VOLUME TWENTY-ONE.
WIUHNGTON, .N; C, Mr JCAY, ; JULY 5 1915:
PRICEtTHItES CEOT9.
BIRTHPLACE OFs AJERIG N INDEPENDENCE
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physicians Pronounce Condi
Hon of. Money Kihg: .
All Right
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TRYING TO IDENTIFY ,
HOLTMUEOTER
Federal Detective Working bii
Case Would-be Assassin's
r.- TJ jiuussiau report regarding the destruc-
w,uu,T.r ;:: , "
He Will; Haroly ' be. Ready
For Court oir Wednesday.
Glen Cove. N. 1 Y: 3iHy 5 . J. -' T ,
Morgan, snot twice : Dy jj'rank. Holt
last Saturday, I& out -of ' all danger,
his physician announced this morn
ing. Mr. Morgan's pulse and . tem
perature are v normal, they 'said, rand
he passed a restful night- -. .- , . '
Assailant's 'Condition' Graver. ; ?:
Holt, Morgan's;, assallari V was ' so
weak today ': thf 1 i when the f keeper
-went to his cell to ; arouse Mm he
could not sit up on the couch. : unless
his condition Jmpy es rapidly and
physicians saythere" seems no 5 rea
son to expect rapid change it will
be impossible for. him to : be taken
into court for' examination next Wed
nesday. .
All plans to submit; Holt: further
questioning ioday jwefo' ramadiiea
because of hiseriducondiUpni?
Dr. Guy Cleghorn, vthe Jail- phy
sician, said : Holt's injuries;' ' were
graver than first though.; His ex
treme weakness, -Dti- Cleghorn said,
was due to the great loss of blood
from the wound , o.ver; his- eye. ' -"Two
stitches have been ' taken," but when
the wound :jaras -dressed; today it still
evinced as.tendcmiy- to. Weed.' ) In ad
dition HoltNh .black 4 eye, hi
. shoulder was jse.verelywrehchedvand
he was struckyowrulbl
- Mfl stomaCfewhteh!eftil
blue. ' XsiiMU,
"Holt is very' sick," the -doctor .said.
Trying Fathom Identities. f -
New York, July -tr--Erorts were
made here, at Glen ; Cove Long
Island and in several other cities ."td
clear up the mystery; surrounding the
identity of Frank ; Holt,, who v Friday
set a time bomb In the United States
capitol at Washington and onvSatur
day attempted to assassinate :V.
Morgan. Federal detectives through
out the country' are following clues
which they hope will reveal the chief
.events Jn'';;his3iite.
One of the itfipdrtant questions they
had to solve, was j that raised ; by the
police of Cambridge, Mass.; ; regarding
the possible identification of -Holt as
mch Muenter,7l former Harvard in
structor, who i disappeared after :the
death of his wife from "alleged pois
oning in 190G.-;-The statements from
relatives of "; Muenter ..and men. who
knew him as a student . in Chicago,
comparing description of Holt with
their recollection" of - Meunter,, vwere
read with interest by the detectives
working on the ca$e. Points of Muent
er were compardwith: those ;Sf Holt
Until late last night " Holt was
Questioned by police of ficials ' of ' New
York and Washington. ' Major Pull
man, superintendent of. the Washing
ton police, last night questioned Holt,
endeavoring to locate -the; room . he
occupied while In -Washington : before
the explosion of the bomb In the cap
itol, but was unable to do so. -It
was in the course of his exami
nation by police officials that ?Holt
disclosed his plan, when-he entered
the Morgan home to hold Mrs.' J P.
their home " or to? kill them. If Mr.
Morgan refusedVto'. use vnls Influence
to stop the exportation Of war mu
nitions. .'.;t' v
Dispatches fr"om "Dallas Texas', say
that Ilev. O... F.:v$ensabough, Holt's
-'uU-iU.iaWl. na8-iaK en steps wwaius
ensaging Martin C W:' Littleton,
as counsel .fofTHdltj but Mr. Littleton
said he had not 5 received such "a re
quest. ' '' ' '
Mr. Morgan's -condition, according
.to the latest bflnclat bulletin, is-con-
. Bidered most t aVoi-able: . - ' -t
T Locates. theHouse, ' "
Washington; July 5 fThe 'police to
day located v the 3 house where-Holt
stayed in Washington when: he "came
here to plant the bomb which wrecked
a room in the capitol. . It is a room
ing house betweehthe capitol'andthe
Union
. IU1U - O 1.
room the detective fdund an empty
hottle containing ' sulphuric acid . - All
that the afternoon about the
hotel remember Is that Hold stayed
there a few hours and asked for, ft
hath. - - 1 4 . ' . , ;
A"to Driver Dies From Injuries.
'..Tacoma, WaslL; July - 5. Billy Carl-,
Bn, an auto
races on th
terday, died early
ariver.injurea m Pa.ottAviilP -N a at' 8 a, m. yester- ' opeVboats landed at Swansea. Among? Missouri, : is in-charge of
i: 9. a ' : V -j Utfl 00 fir WHLrl 111 KjO.UL7 Mm ; '-"r . -r-- - - ? -r .7 . , - - 7. - C" " .. .T".
, - -t , i, o e foet me crew, are si jAmericana. - omew - s .
today. ' ' day, 2.5 feet. : h..tl v . " 1. - . .
IDEH
EES REFaaT
RUSSIA
if""
German Warship 1 Not.- Sunk
J Vahd Alhatrbss Went to Fate5
Game to Last.
Berlin, July 5 (Via Jndon). The
itiou of a vessel, of the Deutschlaiid
class 7 is untrue, according to. a'-semi-
i uiuciai scaiement issued nere.- it is
also denied the minelayer, Albatross,
lowered the'N v flag : before running
ashore; Jon ; Swefliah ' territory. .- - 'The
Russians - are 'rsalcf ; to have fired i 1,500
shots at "the -Albatross, 'of which only
25 were hits.:, An eye-witness of the
battle r asserts that' toearly the entire
stern of one of the Russian warships
: A Hussian "official statement yester
day, "said i a Russian jsubmarine ' had
sunk a German l: warship of the
l LOSES JCENTCR STAGE
: .Paris; July 5 ;--The King of . Spain,
who formerly furnished a great deal
of copy ylor :encfiapers; ; has
had very little attention. 'since the
war. Paris began to cool -toward.; Al
fonso XIII in ,1913 ; now- he- seems : to
be , almost entirely outside the ; zone
of interest. ; Reports from Madrid and
Saint Sebastian ? represent him as fol
lowing every development 'of . the war
wiuir grt;ai.iuti est , wiu c witu. 0 - ojrm-
pathetic ; leanijig jtb- the Allies, while
the:rest -tof . the court, is said . to .be
proermah.:.:ft3"C:-'' ;:-'.:
s The Buyonne correspondent of : the
'etlt'CJojH'-wHtes that? Klhirl
ohso recently acted as lltterniealary
between J:hS'6erma tnd
-23i-2eSi .Spear
recelvedoecersnusDaira
since he was wounded; at ICharleiro,
August 28th: ; The "k;ing :sent an auto:
graph'-letter - to ; the young woman in-
formingT,her that her husband:was a
prisoner of : war ; in Germany, deprived
of; Ihe . privileged of. 4 communicating 1
with 4 France, and ? that the was con.-
tinuing his1 efforts to obtain permis
sion for him to ' write to his family.
XILlAlHi
OF THE BIG WAR
V- Berlin, .July 5; For the rounding
out of a sort of auxiliary,, history of
the war regarding the German colon
ies, residents : of the empire's terri
torial possessions chave been . asked
to submit' short sketches of their ex
perience since , last August. v The ? pa
pers must' be" between 800 and 1,600
words in : length.; ; ; fcrf
To induce a large number of such
ske6ch.es the s organization 4 planning
the history has offered several prizes
a first of 156marks, a second of 100
marks," a third of .75 marks and two-
fourths of 50 marks for .the best tnat
are5 submitted. . J
The articles are to touch on the
life of the colonists 'the bf ficials, the
troops and of the native-born. Those
of artistic Bent are . asked . to send ac
companying sketches 6r; to - turn in
pictorial rather than written descrip
tions of colonial-life.
BRYAN SPEAKS AT
THE EXPOSITION
Other Orators" Also sOn i Pro
: gram fat t Independence 1 .
v Day Event. ,y ;cf
San Francisco,: Cal., July; 5. 4n
oration by William Jennings Bryan
on "Universal' Peace", was the fea
ture of the elaborate program arrang
ed for ;' the third and concluding day
of the Independence Day celebration
today at the Panama-Pacific' Exposi
tion. - Other speakers were , Senator
James D. Phelan, Congressman Julius
Kahn and Edwin" Markham, the poet.
A' big. militaryj - pageant;. i athletic
contests-and r a pyrotechnic display
tonight; were In the list . xf special
events. ,v "'
- Diversions For All
fat charming- -Lrtimina tonight. , Dane
Ing, entrancing music,
entertaining
pictures. Advt,' ;
' - r ' ' - r
Fiiflil
- a & r a u'a t rivur u r i rv uiii. l.tr l v. miii-.ii i i i it.n .-. s. tiini i x - in iji uinrimii.Hiri ii -i.ut-?
A 17 wiIfS-W Sit-
frill J f ";rs" a
Wet I -SjligSa,, ' N , iK,' 1 , I ' 4 1 4 i , A '
14 ' - l viiMw-C:.
j -; itT3ieVabove
' Splangled Banner
cut? showsithe: Indep ndeneHaII,?inPhi
floating'InWront-of ithe" Betsy ;Rosshoraeiin the same' city,
; ; . nrni iivr
DtiiLIlN
Tw6 Hundred Join in Rousing
t vrri Event at Con
sulate
GATHERING
Was 'Called. For, Byf Anonymous Per
son Who Placed Wreain. on Statue
of .Frederick "the Great V , i'""
. Berlin; K July ;;4 (Via ' London, July
5.) Mr,C 'than 200 . members' of the
American, colony are participating thi s
afternoon ihe annual celebration -of
the 'anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence. , - - - - - -
Independence
; Inste4dfof gathering at a : suburban
parkVrtas ;ih former years, however,
the"jAmericanswere guests of Julius
G ; iiay Tnlted states' Consul Genera),
andfMrsfiEay, .who : entertained " them
in the garden connected 4 with the city
hospitaUf.V. y V -. '
' An anopymous-person placed on the
statue of -"Frederick ,the " Great a
wreath tied", with the . United States
colors' "shrpttded ? with crepe 'and ex
tended Vthrough .the newspapers to
American's; pi - German descent an ; in
vitation; toyattendra rival gathering in
the. suburba of Grunau,'bat there were
few? to answer the call I ; -
ANOqfHER NORWEGIAN :
SHIP GOES DOWN
London July 5 . The Norwegian
RIVAL
..; ' '
pbarkr- Fiery-Cross, has been, sunk byiatthe Panama-Pacific" Exposition- to-
1a German submarine, 70 1 miles.; south-J
west M ' Sdlly 4 Islands Her; crew of
'-"!.' . - ' r. . . , t y -' 1 -
A DRIVING
Forced t6 Spend Independence
Day Jn (Juiet i
' Manner, - : ' J :
DETECTIVES GUARD
Secret' Serviced Men Surround His
- House and Keep on Alert Old-fash-
ioned Fourth Celebration. Nearby. K
1 Cornish; New Hampshire, July "; 5.
A driving -rain ; storm compelfed ;Presi
dent Wilson to spend most of Indenen-.
U0 go out fora game -of golf.. but the
Train 'wn fm:int hnnttiiA' tfmaaoiith:':vCai,rnin'!,-.r!irRiiiti-' AneMAiT to-
for.the starts Mr.' TOson spent muchiieave-lateltodav for HarfisburePa.:
of the day readins and replying to let-h.
ten and-telegramsnhat'had'accumu-fbefore.Governol,
lated over Sunday.,- ,
- The decree oervice meil patrolled
the grounds surrounding Harlakenden
tiouseana Kepi a vareiiu waicu over-Edgefield county, this State. ' X
the President: - - - :"r'1 , Extradition granted byJformerW
. .An old'. ; fashioned .Fourth, of , July prnftr,nvW Toin hv-rtnvBr.
virmonJV
ermont, just across tne Connecticut
river, and the skr was lighted -by bon
fires during .the early, morning hours.
newspaper men
: :meet ;in congress
San 'Francsco, 'CaL' .July 5 -Newspaper
inen -from'; all- parts- of . world
are hf re today tor- the International
f Press 5 Congress"' which - will- assemble
morrow, add .continues until July 10th.
I .Walier -Wilifams;dean ;6f the school
Villi VCl Bit J
the arrange-
and below- is the original 'Star-
v . : , -- 4 -r " V-!
WT TIN
REQUEST OF
Perm. Chief Elxecutive Thinks
v - Prisoner Would Be?
Lynched V vA Ir;.
f. .
CHARGES MURDER
Negro Is - H eld v I n"r Pennsyl vkft ia- But
ExtraditldnNot Allowed-U-Soutri
Carol ina Attorney - General J Fights
Columbia,- S. C. . July 5. -Attorney
Gener'al eepies - and ' ; George C Bell
Timmerman, . solicitor of v the 11th
" U - . ' " T'
BrumDaugn;:0n the
1 granting of extradition paper? for the
Return of Joe Grant; -alias Frederick
-Brownra negro wanted f6r murder In
representation
fe Grant's attorneys that, the negro
prisoner 'Would - be In 'danger .of ;lynch
ing should he be returned to a 6 auth
Carojina.l
MORNING GAMES;
American League. ,- A
- At Detroit 19 p Cleveland , H r'-..--At
- Boston 4 ; Washington 0 , (called
end of 'fifth, rain). -J' 7
riv:A. , National "League. ,4 ;
At' Pittsburgh:. 1; StLouls- .
A . Federal T League.
aV Kansas City'a; SL' Louis 1.
SUB. SHELLED
BIG STEALER
Many Killed ,Or The Anglo-
Calif ornian and Others' '
' Wounded
.'-'ondon, July 5. The British steam
er, Anglo-Calif ornian, bonnet J from
MontreaIr' has arrived at - Queens-town-with
a number of dead on board,
43 result of .being shelled' by.a German
submarine., .r 5 , - ' j"
Twelve men were killed' on the Axl-glo-Californian,
' including the captain.
Bight injured were landed at Queens
town. . - " " ' L -
Montreal. Canada' Julv 5. Flfrvl
Americans and' Canadians were among
the crew of " 95 aboard the ' British-1
steamer, Anglo-Calif ornian. ,She!sall -
edtfrom here June 24th. - v i
TURKISH NEWS
ALL THE FASHION
1 Hamburg,' July 5. Turkish news is
In the greatest vogue Tin Germany at
the present time. ? German - papers
have ' just printed as an: evidence; of
the growth. of accidental; ideas in Tur
Jcey a story of the increasing freedom
of tw6men telephone operators in Con
stantinople. . . , - j f
.Though there: was the 'utmost oppo
sition at. the start to the idea of Turk
ish x women violating - their -centuryf
old traditions , by entering the - 'ex
changes, and" "exposing themselves
to! the public, this feel: has almost, en-"
tirely diedaway, To facilitate '.their
j work the authorities have 'allowed
them to abandon! the prescribed Turk
ish headdress and wear a cap' that does
not interfere with the telephone. Head
piece.,. : v: . ;. t . r r
Ayssji usmanr nas - oeen - placed in en
tire charge of the Stamhoul exchange.
When the telephone operators attempt
ed recently to ; conduct an i;, out-doors
picnic along accidental lines, -however;
all. hte old-time prejudice arose andf a
policeman spoiled; the: whole, affair by
forcing, the . women to sit down' with
their backs to ther men.
STUDENTS LEARNING ;
- ART OF SOLDIERY
r" New York, July 5.- Several hun
dred high school graduates - and stu
dents ; from the East 'and 1 South! con
centrated r. at Plattsburg Camp today
to be taught scientific soldiery t by "reg
ular, army officers. yv' - ,
:l This is the" fourth'; consecutive sum
mer camp . held by the' War Depart
ment In the l East. The students will
be" drilled- for. five weeks and; those
who pass . muster at the end of the
camp ''-will"; .qualify for - appointments
as officers iin, the volunteer forces. ;
TEXAS GOVERNOR
DELAYS ACTION
Austin, Texas, " July ; 5. -Governor
Ferguson" announced' definitely today
he would take no action on the re
quest for the -extradition of General
ffuerta until he has; been advised of
ficially from Washington that the-VIt
la -i governor at Chihuahua, Mexico,. Is
the jproper person- to .request extradi
tion. - , '
j Investigating New" York City.
' New York, July 5. The legislative
committee which is to investigate the
city administration . of New ' York will
meet: this; week; and organize, with
Senator E. j It. Brown , of Watertown
as -; chairman. - There is no secret - of
the fact that the committeewill try to
w. ract tnat .tne. committee, will: cry, to
ft' that tf th P?110!
A? us mayor, snare oi.tne xvduu(
000 direct tax levy, the fault lies not
with the tax but with the city admin
istration: i The - committee includes
nine Republicans ? and - three Demo
crats. Senator Brown denies. that the
creation of the .investigating commit
tee; which he himself suggested, was
a political move to avenge Governor
Whitman for the wide criticism he re
ceived from the city officials. i.
" Cutler and Stecker on the Mat.
; Omaha, Neb" July : 5. Tonight at
Rourke "Park, two of the greatest, liv
ing athletes will contest to a finish for
the wrestling' championship. Charles
Cutler, , the Chicago : giant, an under
study of Frank Gotch and Claimant to
the American mat championship;; will
meet Joe' Stecker. a phenomenal young
athlete from Dodge, Neb., in a finish,
match. Ed Smith of Chicago' will ref
ere. '.; The", big auto races have c at
tracted a crowd of sporting enthusiasts
to . Omaha,; and the scene ; will shift
from the SDeedwav to . the big mat
event tonight.
Throughout Country Pecpls
Celebrate in Honor of In- -dependence'
Day '
t f
N
BUSINESS SUSPENDED
AT WASHINGTON
Though Official Observance b -Lacking
Tis Yair-Balti-;
more Honors Memory ,of
, Washington New, Ycilf
.'Having-va Big.Time-At
Other Places; - :f & '
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FOURTH'S .FATALITIES. u
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.t ' Chicago, July 5. Eight persons
were killed and 177. Injured: as O
; result of Fourth of July celebra
tions throughout - the nation, yes- r
terday, according, to figures com-
piled" today ly. The Trlbunel;ln
1914: the . totals numberX of vie- i
" tlms .was 9 skilled ' and ,60JL In-
jured.'j I ' y'u .
?The: fire ; loss durip'g; accidents' r
connected with ; thetuse'of .ex-
plosives yesterday f was ?66,650, .
compared to a loss or $76,035 last
year..'. ,' V' '' ,J, .
,
, Washington, July ' 5., Independence "
Day today passed quietly "at ' the Na
tional capital, -j ; In- , the -l absence T-of
President Wilson and members . of ; the
sion the celebration arranged for today
was devoid of its" usual . official - char-
acter j All s' executive departments -"were
closed and governmental 'A ac-
uim; o witiv.nccniT -.en, ti -si turn
, Baltimore Observes Day. - '
. ' Baltimore," July 5; Baltimore will
tonight v celebrate , the - centennial ;of
the laying of the cornerstone ot Wash
ington : monument . their first public
.memorial'; erected' to George 1 Wash
ingtoh.' 1 - J... S'l.
, Liberty Bell On Way.
began at" sunrise today to'remove the ;
treasured LiBerty Bell, from Its plape -in.
Independence Halt for its journey
to, the Panama-Pacific ; Exposition. Af
ter 'the .case was removed the bell,
was : taken . outside into Indenendeni
Square, where it was viewed by thou-'
sands who ,had gathered for; Indepen
dence Dajr exercises. 'Xater the relic -was
to be taken to the West Philadel
phia station, of the r Pennsylvania' rail-, .
road, aboard a heavy automobile truck -and-hoisted
on a special" gondola car
which : is j to -"take ft; to the Pacific -coast
. J 'Z , ; t . '
-Gotham's ; Celebration. .: '
New York,. July ,5, New York's
Day. today comprised a varied list of
events ranging from ceremonies and -speech-making
In City. Hall Park, to i
patriotic exercises - by scores of
neighborhood organizations in differ
ent sections ? of the cityr unfurling f a -huge
American flag on" J; Broadway,
and numerous memorial exercises and
athletic . contests. ' '- - " "
KILLING OF FARi,lER
CAUSES a
Innocent NegroesjMay .Have
mBeen Lynched ihMelee
In Georgia ; Vj
. - " V
Macon, Ga., July 5. An armed posse
of about 100 farmers - was searching
today, for John , Richey ' and. ; Thomas
Brooks, "negroes, who' are alleged to
have been responsible for the killing
early Sunday at Gray's, Jones county,
of Silas Turner, a prominent 'planter.
According to . information received
here today two negroes, t. Will v Green
and. his" son, were lynched last might
near Round Oak by, a ;mob during an
outbreak of race f eeling , over the killing-
of Turner. TheV authorities be
lieve the Greens had ; no connection
with the murder. -J '.';,?'
Eighteen Drivers Ready tor; Race. -
' Omaha; Nebraska, July- 5. Eighteen
drjvers: were entered;. today In the
400-mile automobile meet at the new
Omaha board ? speedway 'The , race
was for a $15,000? purse; ,
i Drink Mint-Cola; "Healthful and In-vIgorating.-f
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