Holt's suicide attempt shatters Nassau jail cell
Frank Holt, jailed in Mineola after confessing to the Capitol bombing, tried to slit his wrist with a sharpened pencil. Blood loss was heavy, his condition serious, and guards seized the weapon as doctors planned further care. A telegram from his wife provided encouragement as officials consider hospitalization.
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Glen Cove
Frank Holt
J. P. Morgan
Capitol
Washington
Aspen
Molt
Nassau County
Mineola
Holt
Hulse
Do Hill
Guy Cleghorn
Sak Sau
Gron
Louis J. Smith
Dulles
Brickmakers’ Official Shot at Door in Labor Tension
Chicago July 6 Charles H Johnston secretary treasurer of the brickmakers inn was shot twice at his door while answering a ring and fatally wounded. The assailant fled. The shooting is linked to escalating labor trouble as 16 000 carpenters strike and building supply firms withhold materials.
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Chicago
Charles H. Johnston
Brickmakers’ Inn
Morgan Improves as Doctors Plan No More Bulletins
J P Morgan shows further improvement from two gunshot wounds to the left hip and asks to rise, but physicians withhold approval. Callers from Cambridge and Mineola will see Holt to compare him with Erich Muenter, missing Harvard man from 1906. Littleton to defend Holt, after locals seek mentally irritable verdict.
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Harvard
Morgan
Paper delivery mixup notice request reprint
Local notice requests correction of delivery by 6:00 and offers to send a copy. If not delivered by 6:30, readers are asked to call numbers 8230 or 443 for a reprint or replacement. The item reflects a historical newspaper delivery service instruction.
Teutons wage herge battle for warsaw
Paris reports Kaiser preparations for a western advance as fighting mounts around Warsaw amid marshy terrain. Russian campaign predictions label the defense of Warsaw central to a vast fortified circle. Westward, German efforts shift to a renewed assault near the Moselle as Harwich aerial raid is repelled. Russia apologizes in Sweden for a neutrality violation after a German mine layer grounds near Gothland.
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London
Petrograd
Warsaw
Ivangorods
Vistula
Bug
West
Harwich
Russia
Sweden
French Bank Sees Rush To Exchange Gold For National Defense
The Bank of France designated six receiving tellers to exchange private gold hoards for notes to strengthen the national reserve. Long lines formed all day, with exchanges ranging from ten to eighty five thousand francs, mostly 1,000 or 3,000 francs. Gold certificates carried the inscription national defense.
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Paris
Bank of France
Gerard Wires German Views on Submarines
Secretary Lansing said a dispatch from Ambassador Gerard conveyed informal German views on submarine warfare, but no formal reply has been issued. The proposals reportedly mirror points already discussed in Berlin. no contents were disclosed.
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Gerard Wires
Washington, DD
Lansing
Gerard
Germn
Berling Presa
Cummins Defends Armed Strength For Peace At Any Price
Senator Albert Baird Cummins of Iowa told Milwaukee listeners that the United States must keep strong armed power to defend its sovereignty and liberties. He urged citizens, native and foreign born, to be ready to fight to preserve freedom and warned against a pacifist doctrine apologizing for surrender. The address echoed cries from 1776 and linked peace to national honor and the Declaration of Independence.
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Milwaukee
Wia
Albert Baird Cubmins
Iowa
Ali United States
Plymouth Huck
Ak Tle Garden
University man links Holt to Muenter over scars
Chicago July 6 Prof John Maxwell Crowe a University High School teacher suggested the identity of Frank Holt who shot J Pierpont Morgan might be cleared by examining scars on his body. He cites Erich Muenter charged with his wife’s death as possibly the same man. Ottmar M Kremb Muenter’s brother will go east with photographs to aid identification.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Glen Cove
Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Company
Mr. Morgan
Martin W. Littleton
Dallas
Tex
Mineola
Frank Holt
Littleton
South
Holt
Chicago
Ohn Maxwell Crowe
University High School
J. Pierpont Morgan
Erich Muenter
Crowe
Sears
Muenter
Altho
Molt
Ottmar M. Kremb
Naval Cadets Begin Practice Cruise to Frisco
The Wisconsin sails today from Annapolis for San Francisco via the Panama Canal. The Missouri and the Ohio follow tomorrow. Only cadets accused of misconduct in the cribbing and hazing inquiry are not aboard. The squadron plans to return to Annapolis around September 9 with the fall term starting October 1.
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Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
Naval Academy
Annapoulis
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Missouri
Annapolis
Academy
Spy on Trial in London Court Martial Proceedings
London July 6 The court martial of Robert Rosenthal accuser of naval espionage adjourned today in London. Rosenthal who held a passport issued by the American embassy in Berlin was defended by Walter Frampton and guarded in the dock by three soldiers with fixed bayonets.
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London
Robert Rosenthal
Berlin
Ote
Gen-eral Baron Cheylesmore
F. O. French
New York
Walter Frampton
Rosentthal
Hearings Open On Western Rail Passenger Rates
In Chicago on July 6, officials opened hearings before a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission to consider whether western railroads deserve higher passenger rates. G C Wright for the carriers argued that seven‑year income fell below previous levels despite more traffic and investment, with rising costs in labor and taxes eroding returns. He said current returns do not reach 2 percent and that maintaining uniform state and interstate rates on a substantially different basis is impractical.
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Chicago
Western
Sxamber
Thurtell
Interstate Commerce Commission
G. CG. Wright
Ae Wright
Ttme
Mr. Wright
Dubuque Team Surrenders Franchise Amid Deficit
July 6. The owners of the Dubuque Three-l league ball club surrender their franchise due to weather and conditions causing early-season losses. The club faces a heavy deficit and no immediate plan to continue.
Bomb Shatters New York Police Headquarters Roof
A dynamite blast at Central Station damaged the police headquarters on Center Street injuring none of two detectives on duty. Four suspects were arrested nearby for questioning as authorities pursue anarchist ties and previous attack patterns linked to the incident.
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New York
Police
Center Street
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Polkaman
Joseph Hoané
Lient
Edward E. McNally
Deaks
Detective Bureau
Notables Attend Diaz Funeral
Notables gathered at the Catholic Church of St. Howare dire leu for the funeral of General Porfiriathus former president of Mexico. French and Mexican government representatives attended with Francisco De La Barra leading Mexican officials. The Ecuadorian minister to Frana and the embassy military attache were present. The body was placed in the church vault to await shipment to America in a few days.
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Porfiriathus
Mexico
France
Francisco de la Barra
F ‘Ana
America
Cedar Rapids Theatre Building Collapses
A seven year old Cedar Rapids Majestic Theatre building collapsed this morning due to an insufficient foundation. The structure, with 875 GOO units, caused heavy losses to stage, scenery, and costumes with insurance unavailable and damages not yet estimated.
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Majestic Theatre
Audienne Tuat
Insnieient Foundation
Swiss to Care for German War Orphans
The Swiss government accepts a offer from a committee chiefly of women to care for German war orphans during the summer vacation. The arrangement is agreed at Horne Switzerland with Berlin’s approval.
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Sayvilles
Jdnio
Unian
Horne
Switzerland
Berlin
Villa repulses Carranza attack near Paredon
Laredo Texas July 6 report says seven hundred Carranza troops perished in a long battle to seize the Villa stronghold of Paredon about 30 miles northwest of Monterey. About 18,000 engaged with total casualties around 2,000. Carranza reinforcements pressed the attack. Villa with 19,000 troops concentrated near Paredon. Rail lines used to move troops and wounded as regular trains were halted.
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Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Paredon
Villa
Monterey
Jacinto B. Trevino
Parranza
Cave
Carranzano
Troviro
Malde
SAC
Weather forecast for Des Moines and valley region
Des Moines area forecast from the Weather Bureau calls for a week of moderately wet conditions with showers through the middle of the week. Expect unsettled skies and cooler temperatures toward the end of the period as an upper Mississippi valley system influences the region.
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Des Moines
United States Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
German Air Attack and Trenches on Moselle Front
Berlin reports a British aerial assault on a German bay near the North Sea failed after dawn July 4. Paris dispatches describe German gains of 1,000 yards on the Moselle front with a three mile advance and strong bombardment preceding the infantry assault. British losses at Gallipoli cited as 10,000 men over twelve days, with Turkish forces handling wounded and prisoners as the campaign intensified.
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Berlin
Bayville
M.Y
North Sea
Tetschelling
Netherlands
Font
Arras
la Basses
Paris
Moselle
War Office
Zeitung Am Mittag
Seddulahr
Gallipoli
Alexandria
Cairo
Stecher Defeats Cutter to Take World Heavyweight Title
Joe Stecher of Dodge, Nebraska defeated Chicago’s Charles Cutter for the world heavyweight wrestling title in five straight falls in Omaha. Falls times were 17:03.1 and 10:59 for the first two, with Cutter reportedly injured after the match as Stecher used his body scissors. About 20,000 spectators attended.
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Stecher
Cutler
Omaha
Neb
Joe Stecher
Dodge
Charles Cutter
Chicago
Cutter
Quigmey Grows Weak as End Nears in Chicago Archbishop
Rochester July 6 James Edward Quigmey Catholic Archbishop of Chicago grows weaker at his brother's home. A statement by his physicians says the end may come at any moment with stimulants still in use.
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Rochester
James Edward Quisies
Chicago
Earry
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Frisco
Broadfowl
Havana
Dubuque
Pole
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Max Schmittberger
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Hok
J. P. Murgun
Diaz
Cedar Rapids Theatre
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Southampton
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