Unresolved bomb scare clouds Cunard ships in New York
Late reports say detectives could not locate bomb packages at Cunard American Line offices and that the Saxonia and Philadelphia faced alleged dynamite threats. Police doubt parcel post delivery. guards at piers are cited as block. Several ships bound for Havre previously carried unexploded bombs found aboard after departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Saxonia
Cunard
American Line
Cunard-American Line
Cunard Line
Philadelphia
Havre
Chicago Confirms Missing Harvard Professor as Frank Holt
In Chicago on July 7 Professor Chester N. Gould of the University of Chicago positively identified Frank Holt as Professor Erich Muenter, the missing Harvard professor and alleged wife killer. Gould noted Holt was a former pupil at Chicago and that the man used to seem to be getting along well, with one exception when Gould saw him with his wife and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Holt
Erich Muenter
Harvard
Chester N. Gould
University of Chcago
Muenter
University of Chicago
Cornell University
Gould
Holt
Wife Receives Letter of Bomb Plot Threat
Mrs. Frank Holt reported a letter from her husband claiming plans to blow up one or more trans Atlantic liners with timed bombs. The letter was sent to the Navy Department in Washington for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalas
Frank Holt
Navy Department
Washington
Unknown to Wife in Dallas Letter to Blow Up Liner
Mrs Holt in Dallas says she never received a letter from her husband detailing plans to blow up a liner in mid ocean. The report notes the husband had been identified as a suspect in a potential maritime attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Holt
Bomb threats threaten two British steamships
Two of the three vessels menaced by bombs were the British steamship Bankdale sailing June 7 and Lord Erne sailing April 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bankdale
Lord Erne
Harvard Instructor Erich Muenter Identified in 1906 Jail Death
Frank Holt died by suicide in Mineola jail, and three men identified him as Erich Muenter, a Harvard instructor who vanished after being indicted for wife murder in Cambridge in 1906. Autopsy: skull fracture from the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glencover
N. Y
Frank Holt
Mineola
Erich Muenter
Harvard
Cambridge
Threat of dynamite on steamers Saxonia and Philadelphia
The steamers Saxonia and Philadelphia were notified by wireless to search for a dynamite rink believed placed by Holt. A letter alleged to be written to his wife claims either ship would be destroyed July 7. The Philadelphia reported all aboard identified. the Saxonia steered toward the Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Saxonia
Philadelphia
Holt
Letter About a Steamer Sink Plan Sent to Navy
Washington dispatch notes Holt's letter to his wife claiming a steamer from New York to Liverpool would sink on the seventh. The message, marked to tear off, was transmitted to the Navy and state departments and read by Holt's wife and her father. Authorities could not confirm explosives aboard either vessel as two liners departed New York for transatlantic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pullam
Holt
Navy Department
New York
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Saxony
Saxonia
Dynamite inquiry after Holt suicide in jail
Authorities chase 25 pounds of dynamite delivered to Frank Holt and a 67 pound trunk found in a New York storage room. Holt admitted using six sticks of 200 delivered. others suspected. Holt's guard Jeremiah O Ry an and counsel Martin Littleton describe events around his death and a telegram to Dallas noting suicide and possible mental illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glencove
Frank Holt
New York
Holt
Jeremiah O’ryan
Trolt
Martin W. Littleton
Assailant of Morgan Jumps from a Window
Frank Holt who attempted to assassinate J P Morgan died last night by leaping from an open jail window in Glencove New York He fell about fifty feet to the courtyard below and was crushed on impact Detective Dr Guy Cleghorn and District Attorney Lewis J Smith attended the scene Holt had been under guard by jail attendant Jeremiah Ryan and escaped from his cell after climbing to an open window for the fatal plunge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glencove
N. Y
Frank Holt
J. P. Morgan
Holt
Jeremiah Ryan
Ryan
Guy Cleghorn
Lewis J. Smith
Cleghorn
German order for Belgian teachers imposes year imprisonment
General Von Bissing, the German governor of Belgium, issues an edict granting a year in prison for teachers who permit or promote anti German actions or statements in school. The decree also authorizes German officials to supervise and inspect schools at all times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
von Bissing
Belgium
Wardner Faces Impeachment Over Redlight Riots
Wardner Ida July 7 The probable impeachment of Mayor B Flaig follows riots July 2 3 with talks of revoking his saloon license and eliminating the redlight district. Councilman Nicholas warned the mayor after he allowed post midnight openings. Chief of Police Fisch resigns saying no mayoral backing in efforts to curb street vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardner
Ida
B. Flaig
Flaig
J. P. Nicholas
Fiseh
English Took a French But Lost It Again
Berlin reports British troops invaded a German trench north of Ypres but were repulsed. German attacks near Souches and Ailly, plus shelling of Arras and a burning cathedral, are noted. Casualties include 3850 Russians captured during a pursuit to the Zelota and Lipa rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ypres
Souches
Arras
Meuse
Moselle
Les Eparees
Ailly
Vosges
Champaign
Upper
Vistula
Zelota
Lipa
Peints
Stoppped Recruits On The Way To Montenegro
In Portland on July 7 detained for three hours 146 alleged Montenegrin recruits were allowed to proceed under federal authorities. Key figures Jovo Madanovich and P M Laburieh were arrested and charged with conspiring to violate neutrality law but released on bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Arizona
Vancouver
B. C
Jovo Madanovich
P. M. Laburieh
Canada
Plans Completed to Greet the Liberty Bell
New York July 7 A body attachment was issued by Supreme Court Justice Hendricks for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw who failed to appear to testify in her husband’s insanity case yesterday. She told Deputy Attorney General Cook she could not stand the strain and left for the Adirondacks. Physicians testified she was run down and nervous and advised against testifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Hendricks
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Cook
Adirondacks
Growth of American Merchant Marine Totals Record Year
Washington reports the fiscal year ending June 30 1915 shows US built merchant vessels 1226 totaling 215711 gross tons and foreign built adds 147 vessels of 528907 gross tons, bringing total to 1373 vessels and 744618 gross tons the largest yearly gain in US maritime history. Losses for the year reach 1062 vessels totaling 195052 gross tons for the first nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Bureau of Navigation
Department of Commerce
Trial of Tse-Ne-Gat Begins in Denver Federal Court
The murder trial of Tse-Ne-Gat, a Pinté Indian also called Everett Hatch, opens in Denver. The defendant faced armed resistance from Old Poke and others during a failed 1914 arrest in Utah. Gen. Hugh L. Scott mediated the standoff, and Tse-Ne-Gat, now in a sanitarium with tuberculosis, is backed by about 40 witnesses including many Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Everett Hatch
Juan Chacon
United States
Marshall Aquila Nebeker
Old Poke
Bluff
Utah
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Washington
Salt Lake City
Tse-Ne-Gat
Montezuma County
Colo
Harry B. Tedrow
Britain to halt export of war metals
London July 7 the munitions minister Lloyd George announced in the house of commons that Britain will cut off exportation of lead spelter antimony nickel and any other metal needed for war munition production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Middies Head to Canal on Panama Cruise
Annapolis cadets set sail from the academy on the battleships Wisconsin Missouri and Ohio for a summer cruise to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. The trip follows a delay caused by an inquiry into examination irregularities at the Naval Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal
Annapolis
Wisconsin
Missouri
Ohio
Panama Canal
San Francisco
Academy
Robbers Put Up a Running Fight in Little Rock
Bank robbers fought a one hour gun battle with about a hundred residents of England Arkansas. They entered the Bank of England and tried to dynamite a safe but failed, fled in an auto after marching down the street, seriously wounding the town marshal, and used five sticks of dynamite during the assault. They obtained weapons from a hardware store and secured about $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Citizen’s of England
Bank of England
Platform to be Constructed at Freight House Track
Special train of six cars carries the time honored relic as surrounding towns gain a two cent rate and committees are appointed to oversee details.
Jail Break Outs At Bancroft Ensure Quiet Escape
Two county prisoners escaping Bancroft jail after guards slept during the day. The door was removed with a monkey wrench and reinstalled before discovery. Suspects reportedly from Soda Springs held on bootlegging charges. a suitcase with about thirty pints of bottled goods seized. Dan Courtney held for violation of prohibition rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Cooper
George Maybee
Soda Springs
Maybee
Dan Courtney
Friuli District Overrun by Italians in War Coverage
The National Geographic explains the Friuli region, its borders, and population as Italian and Austrian forces clash. It notes Friuli's geography from the Julian and Carnic Alps to the Adriatic, its 3,300 square miles, 700,000 people, and the Furlanian language with Celtic elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Friuli
Addriatic Sea
Langobardi
Italy
Austria
Undine
Portogruaro
Goerz and
Cradisea
Tdrian
Carnie Alps
Europe
Campo Formio
Weather forecast overview across regions
Washington fair with showers in the west and cooler conditions in the east. Thalia shows fair and cooler conditions in the north with showers in the south. Montana reports partly cloudy skies with likely showers in the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Montana
The Liberty Bell Special Train Arrives at Pocatello
The historic Liberty Bell will arrive by special train in Pocatello at 9 p m next Sunday. The run covers two cents per mile each way from surrounding communities. Six cars plus a 60 foot baggage car a private dining car two sleepers ten sections each an observation car and a special gondola carry the bell with fifty accompanying travelers including Philadelphia officials and a special guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Pocatello
Blankenburg
Philadelphia
Liberty Bell Program Committee Plans City Visit Parade
A general committee meeting in the Commercial club rooms drew up plans for the Liberty Bell visit. Officials from the Short Line addressed car placement and platform construction while lighting, parade arrangements, and invitations were organized. Souvenir cards and special child accommodations were proposed, with a Gate City band volunteering for parade duties. A follow up meeting is set for Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Bell
Croods
W. A. Whitney
J. F. Hassett
Salt Lake
First Avenue
U. S
James H. Brady
Committee On Police
Mayor Williams
Bob Tsehudy
George Smith
Walter Hutson
Chas
Gustin
J. J. Williams
Geo, Williams
Miles F. Reed
City Finance Committee
Geo
Gittins
Stoll
Wm. Bohlschied
City Hall
Gate City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morgan
Marvard
Washington Capitol
Millionaire
Navy
Daniels
Montenegro
Evelyn Thaw
American Merchant Marine
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!