Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1916 — CZAR NEAR DEATH IS BERLIN RUMOR [ARTICLE]

CZAR NEAR DEATH IS BERLIN RUMOR

Emperor Nicholas Wounded By Bomb Dropped From Austrian Aircraft During Recent Raid. A Berlin dispatch says that Emperor Nicholas of Russia narrowly escaped death from bombs thrown from Austrian aircraft. The emperor was reviewing troops in company with General Brussiloff when suddenly 'a ffyer appeared and dropped many bombs among the troops. The emperor was hit and had a narrow escape fram death, says the dispatch.