Famine Relief Efforts Reach Mexico City
American Consul General Shanklin and Red Cross official Charles J. O'Connor arrived in Mexico City with light supplies to avert famine related violence. They traveled through Carranza and Zapata lines, with no reports of foreign disturbances, as Villa troops move north to guard against Orozco. The Carranza agency cites famine only in Sonora under Villa control, while railways remain disrupted and auto transport is awaited.
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Weather and Tide Table Summary for Washington and Vicinity
July 4 weather outlook features showers and thunderstorms from the disturbance moving from the Great Lakes to the central region. Cooler temperatures prevail in the Mississippi valley and northern plains with frost reports in Nebraska and Wyoming. Local reports show mid 60s to 70s temperatures, with humidity and light rainfall expected later, and river conditions noted as clear at Harpers Ferry and Shenandoah areas.
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Showers Forecast for Independence Day Celebrations
Weather bureau predicts overcast conditions with showers today across the middle Atlantic and New England states and the South and East Gulf states. Fair weather is seen for the Ohio valley, the west gulf, and the Great Lakes region.
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Capitol Crypt Intruder Aims for Supreme Court Seat
An elderly Civil War veteran, Whallen Daniels, was found in the Capitol crypt claiming to sit with the U S Supreme Court to help end the great European war. He was captured after fleeing and later sent to Washington Asylum Hospital for observation. Pension papers tied him to a Civil War veteran status and a southeast Washington address.
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Girl Strangled in Park Mystery In New York’s Bronx
Special to The Washington Post reports the well dressed young woman found slain in St Marys Park Bronx with no clear clues. She was choked and a gag stuffed in her mouth suggesting assault while unconscious. Police note she acted as if expecting someone before her death. A partly eaten corned beef sandwich and whisky bottle lay nearby. The body was found warm by Officer Dolan near Powers Avenue.
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Desperate Graft Attempt To Save WV Woman
Mrs Emory Johnson a young woman from Lincoln county will undergo a drastic operation at Mt Hans Hospital in Huntington tomorrow. Dr R H Vickers will graft rash from ten newborn puppies onto her body in a bid to save her life. He says few humans will donate flesh so ads were placed seeking newborn puppies. The graft requires a patch roughly one foot by two feet.
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Holt Ready to Kill Mrs Morgan Claims Made
A jail sketch describes Holt denying intent to harm Mrs Morgan while recounting travel and letters to President Wilson. Authorities link Holt to Muenter similarities and track his movements through Dallas Ithaca Milwaukee and other cities. A letter to the German emperor signed Pearce was found in Holt's suitcase urging restraint and warning against seizing land.
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Threats To Marshall After Bomb Exploit In Washington
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall said he had received more than a dozen threatening letters while in Washington. He disposed of the mail and notified the Secret Service, saying he was startled but not fearful, as he prepared to attend Independence Day events in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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Firm On Its Own Ground
Editor Post disputes a grave error in today’s issue claiming the Perpetual Building Association’s home was exchanged for an apartment house. The association never occupied 503 or 404 Eleventh street and continues to own a large building at Elevnth and Ei streets, where it conducts its most substantial business in over thirty years and is expected to remain for generations. James Berry, Acting President, July 4, 1915.
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Holt writes of planned murder and hostage scheme
In a July 4 letter to his father in law Rev Sensabaugh Frank Holt describes a plan to halt ammunition shipments to Europe by using Mrs Morgan and three children as hostages. He recounts the Morgan home visit, an explosive incident, and his wish for death as he pleads for neutrality and an embargo on arms. He later confirms the hostage intent and threats to kill Mrs Morgan if shipments continued.
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Fail to Track Holt Seeks Ally in Capitol Bomb Plot
Police fail to locate Frank Holt in Washington after his New York confession that he placed a bomb at the Capitol and shot J P Morgan at Glen Cove. Detectives search rooming houses within two blocks of the Capitol and Union Station but find no matching proprietor or witness. Maj Pullman questions Holt in Mineola jail and contends he acted alone, with investigators noting Holt’s unexplained funds and lack of local associates.
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Descriptions Link Holt to Muenter in Morgan Shooting
Cambridge police await New York identification of Frank Holt as Erich Muenter, Harvard instructor who vanished after his wife’s death in 1906. Pictures and full description sent. no word yet. Chicago sources claim Holt and Muenter may be same man, based on an anonymous account. Sensabaugh counters, Holt may be unrelated. family remains silent.
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Sister of Missing Harvard Teacher Identifies Brother
Chicago July 4 Miss Berthe Muenter of this city positively identified a photo as that of her brother Prof Erich Muenter once known as Frank Holt J P Morgan's assassin Muenter vanished in April 1908 after alleged arsenical murder of his wife Leone Muenter near the birth of their daughter New information places Muenter in Chicago as Holt with ties to Vanderbilt University and Cornell University according to a college associate who knew him in Chicago and during his academic years.
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Holt Denies He Is Former Harvard Teacher
Mineola Long Island July 4 Dr Frank Holt who shot J P Morgan yesterday was questioned in his Nassau county jail cell about Boston police belief that he is Erich Muenter former German instructor at Harvard who disappeared after the death of his wife Mrs Leonie Muenter on April 16 1906 and after learning she died of mercy poisoning Holt denied he is Muenter and said police can verify his 1906 Cambridge whereabouts Capt Curlay Boston detective bureau notes surprising resemblance between the two men and compares photos and telegraphic descriptions showing strong likeness
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Morgan Firm Handles Billions in War Orders for Foreign Governments
New York July 4 The J P Morgan & Co firm has placed contracts totaling over 3.5 billion for foreign governments since the war began With about 400 million for Britain and 50 million for France in the last month the firm acts as agent for both governments Most contracts were for ammunition shells powder and related munitions Though only a portion has been shipped the rest is being manufactured The firm’s commission starts at two percent on smaller deals and declines with larger totals No contracts have been steered to firms with Morgan ties The agency notes the drop in foreign exchange stems from Britain France and other factors while large US grain and food purchases press currency downward
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Tragic 4 Family Die In Auto Train Crash Near Farmingdale
Four members of the Mayer family die in a collision when their car is hit by a New Jersey Southern Radio train at a crossing near Farmingdale on July Fourth. Robert Mayer aged 52, his wife Mary 52, daughter Elizabeth 18, and son Herbert 13 die or are fatally injured. Herbert dies moments after.
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Auto bandits rob Ohio Dairy Lunch on Fourteenth Street
Three young white men, likely garage mechanics, robbed the Ohio Dairy Lunch at 81L Fourteenth Street Northwest early yesterday morning. They threatened Night Manager Charles J Kallis with pistols, took $180 from two cash registers, and fled in a car abandoned later on Anacostia road. The robbers, described by Kallis, left the scene after Cook Charles Chasin yelled for help. The stolen automobile, linked to Morria Botts of Woodridge Virginia, was recovered by a mounted officer on the Anacostia road.
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Funeral of Porfirio Diaz to be held in Paris
The funeral for Gen Porfirio Diaz former Mexican president who died in Paris Friday night will be held Tuesday at 11 at the Church of St Honore d'Eylan. The obsequies take place in the Catholic rite with Paris as the setting for this state and public mourning event.
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Henry Jury Disagrees In Long Local Trial Deliberations
The Henry case, one of the hardest fought local criminal trials, extended into 50 hours of deliberations after Justice Siddong’s lengthy instructions. Jurors considered the evidence since Friday afternoon with initial acquittal leanings noted, and several members reportedly shifted opinions before the final poll. The panel included Arthur M. Connor, Clifford G. Wineberger, Francis Endres, Benjamin Mundell, Frederick Chartron, Robert Rice, John Harding, William Betts, James Bolden, Janito Mentz Jr., George Gordon, William Rawlings and others.
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Fourth victim in Chicago fatal Fourth of July blast
Chicago reports a single fatal accident during Independence Day celebrations as Clarence Marygraft died when a gas pipe he had filled with chemicals exploded. The incident marks the fourth death connected to the city observance.
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