Bombs Aboard Three U S Bound Ships Menaced by Bombs
Three ships sailing from New York to Europe last May carried unexploded bombs placed aboard before departure. Bankdale and Lord Erne, both freight ships under charter for the French army supply run, contained two large iron cylinders with acid and explosives. An international inquiry, involving U S secret service and French authorities, is under way to uncover the source and prevent further destruction.
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L. C Hill
Bankdale
Lord Erne
New York
Europe
Bankdate
Havre
Lord Fine
Ts Learned
Falmouth
Todas
Shine
United States
Died Notices From the Fifth Year of … July 1915
Died notices announce James Bennett son of Teter and Mars Bennett in the fifth year of life. Funeral from 117 Fourteenth Street Northwest Friday July 9 at 10 am. Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Gardiner Clifford G Gardiner died July 6 1915 at Royal Victoria Hospital Montreal. Funeral at 460 Clifton Street on Friday July 4 at 2 pm. McKelvy suddenly July 1 1915 at 4 pm Meridian Place Northwest. Beloved husband of Emma Tubott McKelvy nee Germany. Funeral July 5 at 2 pm. Interment in Grille. Baltimore papers requested.
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James Hateved
Teter
Mars Bennett
Neo Dheaay
Nnsure
Flehteenth
Talitses
Mount Olivet
Gardser
Royal Victoria Hospital
Montreal
Canad
Clifford G Gardser
Clifton Street
Ricky Juix
Holt and wife reveal claimed plan to sink liners
In Dallas a Texas attorney stated Mrs Holt received a letter from her husband alleging timed bombs to destroy trans Atl anti liners. He claimed a ship could sink with the Philadelphia or Saxonia as targets. Officials relay no confirmed accomplices or evidence.
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Holt
Texas
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Tex
Frank Holt
Cockreil
Cone Johnson
Mra Holt
Philadelphia
Saxonia
Cockrell
Cona Johnson
Sensebaugh
Police
Pullman
Lansing
Department of Justice
Noise Like a Pistol Shot at Holt Death in Jail
Keeper O Ryan, on guard at Holts cell, reports Holt leaped to death after a night watch. Holt, cheerful yet restless, requested sleep and spoke of an upcoming statement. The warden faulted O Ryan for disobeying orders, noting Holt plunged 18 feet from the bars.
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Keeper
Glen Cove NY
Jeremiah Oryan
Holts Cell
Frank Holt
Ryan
O Ryan
Hoyt
William Hulse
O'Ryan
O’ryan
Stephen P Pettit
Professor identifies Holt as Muenter in Chicago claim
Chicago professor Chester Gould states Frank Holt, a former University of Chicago student, was actually Erich Muenter, the Harvard professor suspected in the J P Morgan case. Gould says he recognized Holt at Cornell last November and observed his German and English speech, concluding the identification.
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Holt
Muenter
Chicago University
Chicago
Frank Holt
J P Morgan
Erich Muenter
Harvard
Chester N Gould
University of Chicago
Gould
Cornell University
Prof Goulds
Cutting
Allen
University of Kansas
Leone Krembs
Antisaloon League talks push for national prohibition
Atlantic City July 7 Stirring addresses urged a liquor ban as the Antisaloon League of America met. Predictions claimed national prohibition could be achieved by 1920 if saloonless sentiment grows. Gen Nelson A Miles presided at one session and Gifford Pinchot led another. Both gave brief speeches in favor of nationwide prohibition.
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Antisaloon League of America
Nelson A Miles
Gifford Pinchot
Seven Plead Guilty in Ballot Fraud Case
In Indianapolis on July 1 seven of 132 men charged with election fraud in 1914 pleaded guilty at arraignment in criminal court. Among the defendants seeking a change of venue were Thomas Taggart Democratic national committeeman Joseph E Bell mayor of Indianapolis and Samuel Perrott chief of police. One hundred thirteen others remain.
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Bulty
Thomas Taggart Democratic
Joseph E Bell
Indianapolis
Samuel Perrott
James A. Colas
Guard for Gov Whitman in Albany
Three Albany policemen guard the executive mansion day and night at Gov Whitman request. Police at headquarters described the measure as precautionary after recent high profile attacks and the Becker case. No plot to blow up the capitol was known to police at the time.
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Wasungton Joe
Albany
N. Y
Executive Mansion
Gov Whitman
J P Morgan
Washington
Albany Police Department
State Capitol
Rule to compel Illinois Surety to pay executor bond
Justice Stafford issued a rule in the probate division requiring Illinois Surety Company to appear on July 16 and show cause why it should not pay into court the $900 bond for fiduciary James E Padgett. Alexander Hutton heirs claim $1,260 cash and claim Padgett failed to settle the estate. This marks a likely first citation of a surety company to pay bond proceeds into court for heirs.
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Justice Stafford
District Supreme Court
Illinoia Surety Company of
Chicago
H L. BaAtkisson
Alexander Hutton
George W Huttom Jr
Sopha Johnson
Margaret A Scott
George W Hutton
James E Padgett
Padgett
Trade Surety Company
Surety
Federal Trade Commission to tour for hearings on unfair practices
The Federal Trade Commission plans a six week tour starting July 19 to hear foreign trade concerns and gather views from exporters. It will include Chicago hearings with the National Association of Lumber Manufacturers, plus visits to Detroit Cincinnati Indianapolis Minneapolis St Paul and coast cities to meet business leaders and field complaints about unfair competition.
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Commission
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
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Minneapolis
St Paul
Pacific Coast
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Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
King Countered Fire With Calm in Italian Attack
A letter from a soldier to his parents describes King performing under shellfire during a Austrian attack. The king visited a monitored post with the general staff, spies relayed his presence to Austrians who fired sixteen 12 inch shells. The king counted prefectures as they fell and composed a note on the cost to Austria to kill one man.
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Washington Post
Rome
Naval Balaklava prompts criticism of Dardanelles raid
London dispatch notes Gen Sir Ian Hamilton’s report on the Dardanelles landing stirs praise for Allied troops and sharp censure of strategy. The Times calls the naval clash preceding the landings a Balaklava and condemns the campaign as unforgivable bungling amid widespread press debate.
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London
Ian Hamiltons
Dardanelles
Lord Northcliffe
Times
Miss Fitch Engaged to Lieut Stephen C Rowan
Mrs Henry W Hitch of Washington announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Henrietta Winslow Fitch to Stephen C Rowan U S N. The wedding is planned for the autumn in Washington with family notices confirming the betrothal.
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Washington
Stephen C. Rowan
Apecal
Washington Post
New York
Henry W Hitch
Washington, DC
Henrietta Winslow Fitch
Convict's Story May Save Becker in Rosenthal Case
Special to The Waatington Post reports that Louis Harris known as Dan the Dude may save Charles Becker from the electric chair. After three nights of work he produced a 24 page typed manuscript revealing the inside story of Herman Rosenthal's murder and Becker's alleged involvement.
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New York
Sing Sing
Charles Becker
Jack Rose
Bridgie Webber
Harry Vallon
Leutenant
Dan the Dude
Louis Harris
Dan
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Dan Baya
Jack Roses
Rosenthal
Harvard Instructor Muenter Threatened Revenge After Flight
Cambridge Massachusetts July 7 The dual personality of Erich Muenter alias Frank Holt shown after his Cambridge flight in 1906. A pamphlet and statements reveal a diseased mind threatening to annihilate Chicago and Cambridge to avenge alleged charges amid poison death of his wife and the community’s condemnation.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Erich Muenter
Frank Holt
Harvard University
New Orleans
Eliot
Muenter
Harvard Medical School
Chicago
Poleen
Million for Soldier Saved a Big Mining Plant
Private Alpha A. Gifford of the Thirty first Company First Battalion United States Marine Corps stationed at the exposition barracks in San Francisco is a millionaire after his New York relative Yen Gifford left him a fortune exceeding one million dollars. His wealth traces to Boer War adventures in South Africa where he aided a mining plant. He plans to serve out his enlistment to 1918 and use the fortune wisely.
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Central States
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San Francisco
Washington Post
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South Africa
Marine Barracks
Exposition
United States Marine Corps
Gifford
Exposition Marine Barracks
New York
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Giffords
Tower of Jewels
Minalas
aenNre Cory
Gifford heir to large mining fortune plans marine service
A story traces Gifford, heir to a vast mining estate believed at death to total $500,000 in cash and equal South African holdings, who after nursing his ill elder relative during upheaval now contemplates future plans. He enlisted in the marine corps from Augusta Kansas last August and serves with high regard for duty.
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Marine Corps
Augusta
Kansas
Marine Barracks
Defies Chicago Threat by Smith in Governor Bid
Col Frank L Smith, Dwight Ave, runs for Republican nomination for governor and blasts Thompson Lowden Lundin group. He says he will expose who backs each candidate and that Chicago backing cannot dictate the nominating outcome. He claims the mayor misreads influence from city hall and promises forthcoming disclosures.
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Chicago
Frank L Smith
Dwight
Col Smith
Tila
Col Lowden
Girl Shot in Pistol Fight Near Griffin Home
In Waycross Georgia today Charles Inman was killed and Misty Addie Inman Henry Inman and W J Griffin were wounded in a pistol battle at Griffin's home. Griffin escaped though he fractured an arm. The dispute began when the Inman brothers went to induce Miss Inman to return home. Miss Inman, 29, received four wounds but was not considered in critical condition.
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T—Charles Inman
Misty Addie Inmen
Henry Inman
W J. Griffin
Griffin
Here
Inman Brothers
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Charlies Inman
Blind Woman Sees Baby First Time On Berkeley Streetcar
Miss Tamayna Carlyle aged 21, born blind, regained sight after an operation funded by a benefactor. At Berkeley, she described seeing a baby on a streetcar and mistaking it for a package. She recalls colors, faces, and the sensation of sight after years of darkness.
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Washington Post
Miss Carlyle
Judge Gray left $504,000 to heirs in Newport will
New York reports Judge John Clinton Gray died June 28 in Newport Rhode Island leaving an estate valued at over $504000. His wife Mrs Pauline Gray Witherspoon receives life income from specified stock holdings and, if she dies first, the assets convert to cash and $250000 goes to a residuary estate. Edith Gray Hitt, another daughter, inherits all un\-bequeathed furniture and one fourth of the residue.
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Washington
Washington Post
New York
John Clinton Gray
Newport
Paulne Gray Witherspoon
Thomas F Witherspoon
Washington, DC
National Bank of Commerce
Peoples’ Bank
City of New York
United States Steel
American Tobacco Company
Edith Gray Hitt
Scholarship at Naval Academy Slips in Mathematics
Annapolis Md July 7 Prof H E Smith head of mathematics testifies before the court of inquiry into irregularities in examinations saying the standard of scholarship in mathematics at the Naval Academy has greatly lowered in recent years A president of the United States is partly blamed by a cuibbing witness in the proceedings.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
H E Smith
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