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Show ASSASSINS KILL SPANISH PREMIER Men on Motorcycle Fire 23 Shots. Hit Official in Back of Head MADRID. March 0. (By the Asso- 1 elated Press.) This city was horn fled last night when It became known thai Bduarto Dat, premier und minister min-ister of marine, had been sisnas?lnated while returning to his honu- from a late session of the Spanish senate. Immediately after the news was re- j eelved in officio 1 quarters, arrange-j menls were made to earn.' on the gov-; l eminent untila new dremier could j I ho appointed by King Alfonso. The Count il Bugallal, minister of lnte-j rlor. will act as temporary premier. All trace of the men who killed the! premier was lost In the excitement I attending the assassination. Immediately Immedi-ately after the crime had been com-j I mjtted, the criminals who were rid-, log In the side car of a motorcyrle, 1 , dlt-appeared. MOTOIW Yt i.l l oi.i.ow S, Premier Dato left the senate chani-j ber at 8:30 o'clock and entered his car. A motorcyrle with a side car earning two men had followed the.' premier's motor unnoticed WTien the premier's car had reached Plaza Independencia near Scnorj Dato's home, the motorcycle lncreas-1 ed its speed asd approached the side I of the automobile. At that point the! streets are quite dark, owing to the ; fact that s large park borders on thai I right side of the plSS I j When the motorcycle had drawn up even with the automobile, the two I men in the Inside and the driver of: j the machine opened fire upon the IpTemior. 23 shots being discharged. Th" whole tragedy was enacted In a! , few moments, and as the last shot j rang out, the moton-yi lnt. ' a side street and vanished. PREMIER CRIES i I The driver of the premier's car,) j hearing the firing. Increased his speed ' but the premier shouted "I am wounded, jtop the car." The chauffeur chauf-feur found the premier seriously wounded about the head, but able to , speak. The driver leaped to his si at l and drove to a dispensary', nearby, where first aid was administered. Senor Dato was conscious when tak-en tak-en from the automobile, but collapsed I In u few minutes and died when at the dispensary. He had three wounds in tho back ' of his head. The ear In which he was I riding was riddled with bullets. At the session which tin- premli r had been attending the minister of j 'labor had Introduced a bill extending! the provisions of the labor accident law to agricultural workers. s WORK! US' FOE, Eduardo Dato was recognized as j one of tho most conservative of the conservatives in Spain. lie became j leader of the Liberal-Conservative party, the strongest political group In congress) after the disappearance of I C.inovas Never a friend of the work-1 Ing classes and opposed to all riforms. Dato acquired (he height of his reputation repu-tation for sternness In August. 1 I T when he suppressed the workers' movement. Dato has held the seat in parlla ment for Vltorla. capital of the province prov-ince of Alva, since his entry Into par- j llamenl On several occasions he was speaker of the hOUSC. Besides hold-' lng portfolios in various cabinots ho was premier several times. Although apparently of gentle temperament. Dato possessed a will of iron and never discussed a subject with any one! once he had made up his mind. DIDN'T U E X . S. He was born at LaCorunn, August 12,1858, and studied law. He passed! his final examinations at the age of 1 1'. Whan h entered politics he pushed push-ed rapidly to the front, becoming sei -rotary of state for the interior In 1801 I and minister of the same department In 1899. In 1903 Dato became minister of) Justice and In 1907 he was nominated; speaker of the house and also became ; mayor of Madrid. EX was first chosen premier in I 1913 and again In 1917. In 191S he j held the portfolio of secretary of state for foreign affairs. Ho was married in tils early youth and was tho father of three children. Dato's sympathies throughout the war were on the side of the allies I For the United States he Is said never to have had any love. He was a monarchist. |