Holt Is Believed to Have Placed Dynamite Bomb Aboard Cunard Liner
HARRISBURG tISMR§ TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 156
HOLT PREDICTED DISA
SHORTLY BEFORE HE ENDED HIS LIFE
IN LETTER TO WIFE
I SAID snt OR
PHILADELPHIA WOULD
BE BLOWN UP JULY 7
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Wireless Dispatches Sent Out
by the Navy Department,
Warns Liners of Danger of
Internal Explosions; Cap
tain of Philadelphia Feels
His Ship Is Safe
MAN IS IDENTIFIED AS
LONG SOUGHT MUENTER
Investigation at Mineola Jail
Establishes Fact That Holt
Committed Suicide by
Jumping From Top of His
Cell Door While Guard
Had His Back Turned;
Planned to Blow Up Capi
tol Here
HOI/r IDENTIFIED AS
MURDERER BY DETECTIVE j
Glen Cove, N. Y„ July 7.—Frank
■Holt, who attempted to take the
life of J. P. Morpan and wlio com
mitted suicide last niffht In the
Mineola jail, was to-day Identified
' as Erich Muenter. the Harvard in
structor. who disappeared after be
ing indicted as the murderer of his
wife, fveona, in Cambridge, Mass.,
in l»0fl. ,
The Identification was made by
S. P. Smith, state detective of the
district attorney's oflU« of Middle
sex county, Massachusetts: Tlieo- (
dore Hilller, an automobile man of I
Cambridge, and A. T. Brown, a j
Boston newspaper man.
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New York. July 7.—The dead
hand of Frank Holt, assassin,
bomb maker and alleged wife
murderer, reaches out over the
Atlantic to-day and menaces with
dynamite two transAtlantic liners
with nearly 1,000 aboard.
Somewhere on the ocean, Holt
wrote his wife, the liner Saxonia
or the Philadelphia —he wasn't
sure which would be destroyed
to-day. A dynamite bomb, con
taining thirty pounds of ex
plosive, which Holt is known to
have received and which has not
been accounted for, is believed by
the police to be the means Holt
had chosen to destroy the ship.
While Holt lay to-day a suicide in
his cell at Mineola, where he was taken
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NEVER MIND THE STRING
Don't pu{ it off until you get
downtown, don't wait another
minute. Order the Harrisburg
Telegraph to your vacation ad
dress, then you won't miss a sin
gle issue. You're going for a rest;
but you're not going to drop out
of Harrisburg life. You'll want
to know what's doing at home.
Telephone the Circulation De
partment or drop a postal card.
THE WEATHER
For Harrisburg and vicinity! Un
settled weather, probably alion
♦•r* to-night and Tfiarftdavj not
much change In temperature.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: Partly
cloudy to-night and Thursday,
with probably ihom-rai not much
change In temperature) light tn
moderate south winds.
River
The North and West branches and
the main river will continue to
fall to-night and probably Thurs
day. A stage of about 5.3 feet Is
Indicated for Harrisburg Thurs
day morning.
General Conditions
A well defined storm of moderate
energy Is central over lovra. It
has caused showers generally In
the Upper Mississippi and Lower
Missouri Valleys and along the
western border of the Great
Lakes In the last twenty-four
hours, with amounts exceeding
an Inch In lowa and Southern
Minnesota.
Temperaturei 8 a. m., ««.
Sun: Klses, 4:43 a. M.i aeta, 7:30
V. m.
Mooni New moon, 4:31 p. m„ July
12.
River Stage: 0 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 70.
I.owest temperature. 59.
Mean temperature, OR.
Normal temperature, 74.
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE AND MAN WHO SHOT J. P. MORGAN
DECLARED TO BE SAME PERSON BY CHICAGO PROFESSOR
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ERICH MIEATEH, ' FRANK HOLT, "•
Former Inntrortor In German at Hiirard. Former laiitractor In German at Cornell.
Chicago, July 7. —Identification of Frank Holt, the assailant of J. P. Morgan as Erich Muenter, the missing!
Harvard professor, who was suspected of having caused the death of his wife, is made here by Professor Chester
N. Gould, of the University of Chicago.
Professor Gould in a statement made public to-day, admitted that he had identified Muenter, who was a
former student at the University of Chicago, while at Cornell University last November.
He said he decided for several reasons not to expose tHe man as "he seemed to be getting along so nicely,
and I thought it was better to let well enough alone." •
Professor Gould's statement, in part, follows:
"When I arrived at Cornell University last November to engage in research work, I was introduced to Dr.
Frank Holt, but paid little attention to him at that time. He asked me how Cutting and Allen, two University of
Chicago professors, were getting along. I told him and asked him if he knew them. He said he did not, but had
heard of them.
"Holt's carriage and speech had rather stayed with me and reminded me of some one, but I could not remember
whom. Then my mental associations began to work, and I said, 'I know who it is. It is Muenter.'
"The next time I saw him he looked squarely at me and said, "Hello Gould.' - His words had the attitude of
a man stepping back into an old familiarity. He never avoided me, except on one occasion when I saw him with
his wife and family.
'1 had every opportunity to observe him and hear him speak German and English and there can be no doubt
that Frank Holt was Erich Muenter."
11101 VOTE ON
PROHIBITION IKED
Anti-Saloon League Asks Congress
to Submit Amendment to
the People
Atlantic City. N. J., July 7.—The na
tional hoard of directors of the Anti-
Saloon Ijeague of America at an execu
ti\o session to-day adopted resolutions
urging Congress to submit to the states
the proposed amendment to the fed
eral Constitution providing for national
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MURDERED UN'S
DAUGHTER SPURS COPS
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Has No Rest Since Mother Was
Found Slain in House on
the Hill
Mrs. John Casey, of Lemoyne. the
daughter of Mrs. Ella Albright, who
was murdered In her home at Fif
teenth and Briggs streets, last Wed
nesday night, has been keeping in
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Gen. Gorgas Says Wage
Increase Lengthens Life
Chicago, 111., July 7.—Attorneys for
the Chicago carmen read Into the
testimony at their wage arbitration
hearing to-day part of a published
Interview in which Major General
William C. Gorgas. Surgeon General
of the United States army, said in
crease in wages would lengthen the
lives of Americans.
"Add to the laboring man's wages
from $1.50 to $2.50 a day and you will
lengthen the average American's
thread of life by 13 years, at least,"
General Gorgas was quoted as saying.
The arbitration proceedings are go
ing forward, in an effort to settle diffi
culties which caused a two days'
strike on Chicago surface and elevated
lines several weeks^ago.
HARRISBURG, PA,. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1915
TEUTONS SLACKEN
THRUSTJN POLAND
Allies Display Less Anxiety Over
Outcome of Present
Campaign
The force of the Teutonic thrust in
Southern Poland seems to have slack
ened for the time at least and there is
less apparent anxiety on the side of the
entente allies over the outcome of the
campaign in tills region. The latent
official statements from Vienna, how
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MolifiT
IN PHI'S FACE
Intimates South Carolina Is No
More Likely to Treat Negro
Unfairly Than This State
Pleas that if Governor Brumbaugh
honored a requisition from the Gov
ernor of South Carolina for the extra
dition to Edgefield county, that State,
of Frederick Brown, alias Grant, to
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Confer With Traction Co.
Head on 19tit St. Bridge
Dauphin county's board of commis
sioners conferred with Frank B. Mus
ser president of the Harrisburg Rail
ways Company relative to the cost of
erecting the proposed new concrete
bridge across the Philadelphia and
Reading tracks at Nineteenth street.
Plans were exhibited by County En
gineer Hershey.
The structure will boast of a 24-foot
roadway and six-foot waltarays and
all told will cost in the neighborhood
of SIMOO. The commissioners think
the railways company should pay half
|or even a third of the cost. Mr. Muter
i said he would present the commis-
Isioners' suggestion to his directorate
and report to tht county authorities
|by Friday
INQUEST INTO BIG i
SMISIUP TONIGHT
Engineer of "Queen of the Val
ley," Night Operator and Others
to Be Called
Among the witnesses who will
testify before Coroner Eekinger dur
ing the inquest into the accident at
the Hummelstown grade crossing ac
cident, Monday night in which six
members of the Cassei family of
Hoernerstown were killed by a fast
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ORPHANS' OUTING AT
HEM AUGUST 19
May Expell Members of Motor
Club For Reckless
Driving
Plana were made last night by the
members of the Motor Club of Harris
burg for the fifth annual orphans' out
ing at Hershey Park, Thursday, Au
gust 19. The children from" the Sylvan
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Private Banker Is
Missing With $5,000
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., July 7. Vito
Bianco, private banker and merchant
of Pittstown, has been missing since
last Thursday.' Creditors to-day forced
the appointment of a receiver and H.
H. Welntraub. lawyer, at noon closed
the store and bank.
Depositors endeavored to withdraw
their money, but failed.' Blanco carried
deposits of needy Italian families and
the loss is estimated at $5,000.
CONCERT FRIDAY
Two band concerts are scheduled for
Reservoir Park within a week. Fri
day evening the Municipal band will
play a prograh that should make any
one's musical mouth water and on
Tuesday the Commonwealth will play
a postponed concert.
COULD HARDSCRftBBLE
BE IRTZ' GRAVEL?'
Carious Problem of What's in a
Name Developed After Today's
Condemnation Hearing
ADJOURN UNTIL JULY 20
City to Take Up Question of East
Side Property Holdings When
Viewers Meet Again
Is it "Hardscrabble?"
Or Is It "Hartz' Gravel?"
You may take your choice now,
when you speak of the section of Har
rlsbury lying on the west side of
Front street between Calder and Herr
which is now the subject of condem
nation proceedings instituted by the
city.
The question of whether "Hard
scrabble" is really and truly "Hard
scrabble" —or whemer after all. it Is
"Hartz" Gravel"—developed inform
ally this morning after the board of
viewers had adjourned for the day.
"Hardscrabble" It was pointed out by
one of the older witnesses was at one
time called "Mt. Pleasant" but long
before that —more than a hundred
years ago—the gravelly section of
river front was called "Hartz' Gravel."
This was because the ground was
owned by a family named Hartz. A
descendant, it is said, still lives in the
neighborhood.
City Closes Its Side
With the possible exception of ad
ditional testimony which might be
offered relative to land values on the
west side of Front street from Herr
to C'alder when the board of viewers
meets July 20, the city's side of the
"Hardscrabble" condemnation pro
ceedings was closed to-day so far as
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Col. Bryan Takes New
Fling at Newspapers
San Francisco, July 7.—Passage of
n law to compel editors to show their
financial interest in policies they advo
cate was recommended by William
Jennings Bryan in an address before
the International Peace Congress at
the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
"It seems reasonable to suppose,"
Mr. Bryan said, "that the signing of
editorials and news reports w<*ld
contribute both to accuracy and to the
reputation of writers. It is one of the
injustices of the present system that
the men who furnish the literary
ability, the editorial writers and news
paper correspondents often live In
obscurity while the corporations from
whieh they draw pay reap an unfair
profit from their genius."
The tendency toward "independent
I newspapers Mr. Bryan deplored.
"The man who thinks he can write
on public questions clthout bias," he
said, "is more apt to deceive himself
than those who read what he says."
He suggested that "independent
newspapers" become "bi-partisan'
and present articles signed by repre
sentatives of both sides of political
questions.
Experience in the State Department,
Mr. Bryan said, had convinced him
that the public welfare would be bene
fited by a law compelling editors to
tell what pecuniary interest they had
in governmental policies they advo
cated so the public might know what
weight their editorials deserved.
CITY POSTMASTER'S
PAY GOESJO $4,000
Many Nearby Offices Get Raises;
Decreases Also Announced
at Washington
Indicating a healthy growth in busi
ness at the local post office during
the year ending March 31. the pay qf
Postmaster Frank C. Sites has been
caised from S3BOO a year to S4OOO
Postmasters in many other nearby
towns where business has increased
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PROVIDE PLAYGROUND
AT INDUSTRIAL HOME
•
Park Commissioner Taylor to In
stall Complete Equipment For
Small Youngsters
Youngsters of the Children's Indus
trial Home will have a real playground
this summer through the kindness of
M. Harvey Taylor, city commissioner
of parks and public property.
More than a hundred small folks
live at the home and to-day Commis
sioner Taylor arranged to install all
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CHICAGO PURCHASES J.IRROI.D
Chicago, 111., July 7. —Harry Liebold,
an outfielder with the Cleveland Ameri
cans, has been purchased by the Chi
cago Americans at the waiver price, it
was announced to-day. He has been
instructed to report here on Friday.
Manager Rowland plans to use him In
left field, replacing Roth.
OFFER IS ACCEPTED
By Associated Press
Cape Town, July 6, via Ixmdon,
July 7, 5.18 a. m.—Official announce
ment was made to-day that the Impe
rial government "had gratefully ac
cepted" the offer of the government
of the Union of South Africa to pro-j
vide a contingent of troops to be rais
ed in the union and some batteries of
artillery.
14 PAGES
BERLIN NOW WANTS
U.S. TO COMPROMISE
Advices Tend to Show Germans
Are Anxious to Have Ques
tion Settled
PROPOSALS UNSATISFACTORY
Situation, However, in Washington
Circles Not Believed
Hopeless
Washington, July 7.—Further mes
sages from Ambassador Gerard were
to-day transmitted to President Wil
son at Cornish, N. M., outlining the
point, of view of the German govern
ment on submarine warfare as em
bodied in a tentative draft of the
German reply to the last American
note.
The dispatches tended to show that
Germany is anxious to bring about a.'
compromise 011 the question of herl
submarine campaign and there were
indications in official quarters that the
proposals in their present form are
not acceptable to the United States.
Just what means would be adopted to
inform Germany of the disapproval of
the United States is not apparent.
It is believed, however, that Mr. Ger
ard would be instructed within a day
or two to make clear in advance of
the receipt of the formal and final
copy of the German note that he is
unable to make any comment.
from press dispatches and
other sources it appeared that the Ger
man proposals were unsatisfactory,
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Pennsylvania's Output
of Petroleum Increases
Washington, D. C., July 7. —The out
put of petroleum in Pennsylvania in
1914. which amounted to 8,170,385
barrels, registered an increase of 253,-
033 barrels over the Stale's produc
tion in 4913, according to a statement
just made public by the United States
Geological Survey in cooperation with
the Pennsylvania Topographic and
Geologic Survey Commission.
This notable increase,-coming from
a State whose oil production prior to
1913 has shown a fairly steady decline
of 5 or 6 per cent, a year for 14 years
or more, is worthy of especial notice,
for it was accomplished without the
discovery of new pools of consequence
within the productive area. It repre
sents, rather, the intensive and effi
cient development of an area in which
the productive limits have long been
fairly well defined.
M. ri .rryt f T ~i **
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j I . • relative to the sanity of her husband, Harry K. 1 ■
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''' AUTO HITS CYCLIST -!
| this :ernoon A. B. Tack, 127 Herr stree his auto I J
' • mobile :oHided with a motorcyclist running •:outh in Green. '
* ' stre t. Both machines were damaged e- name of * i |
! 1 driver of the motorcycle could not be learned I
S OLD UP , |
I n3, Ore., July 7. Atr i ft
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J I • ay to join their cojors i • !
, ; u:. •.. tiers. - |
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HOLT HAD ACCOMPLICES
, W shington, July 7. Professor Charles Munroe, the 1 ►
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expei-t in explosives of the Bureau of Mines who conducted ; .
' the investigation here after Holt dynamited a room in the I |
< ' Capitol, declared to-day he was confident Holt had accom- j 1
! plice- I *
j » CAR KIULS THREE ' I
I Indi napohs, July 7.—Three persons were killed instant- t [
JI ly abc ' . ,cn to-day when an automobile in which they were ;
f ; riding as struck by a Union Tractioh Company interurban |
! carat > :rossing a few miles north of Indianapolis. ;
< ■ DUTCH STEAMER MI3SINQ | ,
I Lon lon, July 7.—The Dutch steamer Albergeg, which 1 ,
j I left New York, March 30, and Ncwpoit News, April 1, for • ';■*
, ! Port .... in, has been posted at Lloyds as missing. 1 '
j » READING BOOKKEEPER SUICIDE .
Reading, Pa., July 7. —Edwin I-'. Feather, aged 61 yea: *, !
< a bot kketper for thirty-eight, y'eii's, jumped into the Schuyl- • «
j kill from a high bridge early this mcfrning. He died this 1 [
< r No cause is assigned.
' " MARRIAGE
{ • C'harlra H. Fair. Knnln, and Mary S. Miller, Milunun, l anctiater ouir.
county. j |
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ENGAGED WHEN 18;
. HIED IT I
John A. Snyder Hies Himself to
California to Wed Sweetheart
of Long Ago
WERE SCHOOLDAY LOVERS
Then That Inevitable Quarrel and
Both Were Joined to
Others
Culminating a romance which began
more than thirty years ago and con
tinued intermittently through all the
vicissitudes of two more than ordinary
eventful lives, John A. Snydor, 561
TTorrest street, a mail carrier, at
tached to the Maclay street station,
married Mrs. Mary C. Stemler, a for
mer resident of the city, at Los An
geles, Cal.. this morning. The bride Is
50 years of age and the groom slightly
more than 60.
The circumstances surrounding the
romance and the recent courtship
which involved a 'cross-continent cor
respondence surpass the writings of
the most imaginative novelist.
Announcement of the wedding came
as a complete surprise to Charles H.
Hoffman, superintendent of delivery at
the Post Office. He quickly spread the
news among the scores of employes,
who were likewise surprised. It was
the sole topic of conversation among
Mr. Snyder's hundreds of friends.
Engaged at Eighteen
The present Mrs. Snyder was born
in Baltimore. Her maiden name "was
Miss Mary Cook. She came to this
city when quite young and attended
school with the Snyder lad. When she
was about 18 years of age they be
came engaged and set the wedding
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Petrograd Says Teuton
Forces Are Checked
London.. July 7, 12:09 p. m.—Petro
grad claims that a distinct check has
been inflicted on the Austro-Hun
garians near Krasnlk. in Southern Po
land, where the invaders are threaten
ing one of the most Important rail
road connections at Warsaw. This
claim directly contradicts the Vienna
official report which states that tho
Russians have suffered a defeat in this
section. Otherwise the Russian and
Austro-German reports agree that
quiet prevails along the remainder o i
the eastern front where for the first
time In several weeks the Austro-Ger
i man armies have ceased to' win daily
successes.