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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15
Or. Gregory Alderman said:

Dr. Gregory Ackerman said
You can put me down strongly opposed TO the Ultra
ton bond issue You can put 1t strongly.
II think It would DO tremendous mistake for City
Wheeling to vote to spend 100000 filtration
plan can give many for this Some would
De on the efficiency OF the Smith system
ctal question n however enough that am against
the bond issue and hope 1t viii be beaten
would be great mistake for the City Of Wheeling to
endorse this filtration plan and the exhobtant price de-
manded for it,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15
DR.. j. M. Fawcett said:

DR. j. M Fawcett said:
have not given the consideration but per
sonay am not in favor of bonding city to the proposed
amount unless an absolute guarantee is the Smith
nation system will provide pure other systems
AS matter of fact don believe will wise to ratfy the
proposed bond issue" 49,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15
LEADING PHYSICIANS OPPOSE
THE FILTRATION BOND ISSUE

Here II what leading physicians Of Wheeling say about
the proposed 100000 Smith bond to man the
physicians Of Wheeling against the bond issue
thas need to spend this enormous sum for ultra
ton systsn, the physicians would know IT,
the Smith system had great merit a. would Justify
this expense they would know Il.
But they oppose the bond issue
Read what thsy say:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15
DR.. s. L. Jepson said:

Dr. D. L. Jepson said
I am opposed to the bond issue because I cannot think
we ought to make such great expenditure without some kind
OF guarantee and should not install filtration plant that
has not been thoroughly tried Smith system
think we can get good water for great less
money" ~
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15
DR.. o. M. Stats said

Ur q. M. Staats
ITO my mind 100000 is a considerable sum To spsnd sr
htration system that may may give pure water
expect to vote against the bond because think Il po
poses to spend too much for plant as vet un
certain" - ~ NN-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15

DR. John W. Gilmore said
Il am decidedly opposed to bond issue The proposed
amount S640000 entirely much 70 paw for anv aItTa
system in opinion and certainly too much 20 expend for
system that has not been thoroughly tested
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15

intend to vote against the bond Saturday be
cause think that the amount Of money required entirely
too much for Wheeling and great deal
a TO spend to get filtration system quite good the
Smith system- - =
have read with interest publications the subject
and the interview with Mr. Peterson the other
visws very clearly think It will be mistake
Tor the citisens Of Wheeling endorse the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15

DR.. j. A. Monroe said
Il cannot support the bond because think too much
money involved in matter Of guess II the system
were thoroughly tested and guaranteed might be induced 10
vote for the issue"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15

DR. D. B. Best said:
II favor the well system and believe to be the best
adapted to this city 1t has successful in other
We can get for great deal less money than
tenn, and am opposed to the bond issue"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
Suspicion Grows Stronger
DR.. Holt Had AccompIices
in His Criminal Work

The suspicion that DR.. Holt had ac-
completes in his plan to blow up the
Capitol and shoot ]. P. Morgan is
growing stronger with the detectives
here. in New York, and also with sci
entists who have been interested in
experiments to ascertain how the Cap
itol bomb was constructed.
The fact that Holt must have spent
considerable money points to an &C
complete in the minds Of several sci
entists here who have discussed the
case.
Holt was an instructor at Cornell"
said one of the men today, land it is
well known that an instructor is not
regarded as well OFF. His salary ranges
from $500 to $1,000. He married the
daughter of Methodist minister, and
it ia also supposed she was not pos
sessed Of great means.
T, yet here was this instructor who
rented bungalow, travelled about con-
siderably, and bought vast quantity
of dynamite. He hired an automobile
to go from New York down to Glen
Cove, L. l., which Is a long ride. Men
who know the straitened circumstances
of many university instructors have
marveled at the way in which Holt
spent money. sent his wife and family
to Texas, and still had a considerable
sum in his pocket when arrested"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
BABY FAN" VENDORS
AT CAMP GOOD WILL
Seventy-Five Young Women, Who
Are to Aid in Sale July IL and 16,
Make Visit Today.

Under the guidance Of Mrs. Edwin
H. Seton. chairman Of the summer
outing days committee Of the Azso-
ciated Charities. seventy-hve young
women who have volunteered to help
in the sale Of fans July IL and 16,
for the benefit of Camp Good VIII and
the Baby Hospital, visited the camps
this morning.
The excursion or tour Of inspection
started from the summer outing days
headquarters, 1408 H street northwest,
at II o'clock. The party went in
automobiles. Upon arriving at Camp
Good VIII in Rock Creek Park the
visitors were shown over the camp,
now in full swing, and later visited the
Baby Hospital. where babies are kept
during the hot months.
Those who visited the camps were en-
thusiastic at what they saw. and de-
clared themselves possessed Of a much
better idea as to what they are goins
to ask the people Of Washington to
help by buying the ''baby FANS"
About 200 volunteer workers are do
sired for the two Fan" days. Mrs. Sef-
ton already has the major portion OF
this number obtained. and soon expects
to have the full number. Despite the
hot weather, the summer outing days
committee is full of vim, rememberins
the children 1t Is helping. and is full OF
hope that Fan day-two of them
will bring in large returns for the bene.
at Of the Associated Charities camps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
Prof. Munroe's Experiments
on Plan Described by Holt
Fail to Produce Explosion

Experiments in the laboratory of
George Washington University by
Prof. Charles E. Munroe, the bureau of
mines expert on explosives. have abso-
lutely failed to show that the bomb
claimed to have been made by DR..
Frank Holt to blow up the Senate re-
ception room would have exploded. DR..
Hollis first description of the detonat-
ing appliance involved several trick"
matches and a bottle of sulphuric acid.
The acid is said to have eaten through
a cork. dropped on the match heads.
causing them to explode, and thus fire
the dynamite.
Prof. Munroe today showed Star re-
porter trick matches and ordinary
matches that were soaking in sulphuric
acid, none of them having exploded.
He also exhibited bottle of sulphuric
acid turned upside down. The cork had
not been eaten through. although there
were indications that the acid was
slowly gnawing into the soft plug. The
bottle had been turned upside down for
two days.
No traces of any decorating caps have
been found by the expert. although he
has made second f1ne-tooth comb sur
vey of the debris of the Senate recep-
ton room.
Prof. Munroe said today the case is
most interesting one and that the al
legged descriptions of the bomb by Holt
leave the trail as much uncovered as
ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
j. s. TO WAIT ON
NEW GERMAN NOTE
Continued from First Page.)

explicit agreement that Germany
would visit and search unarmed mer-
chant ships primarily engaged in pas
senger trade which. although carrying
contraband, would heed the warnings
of submarines and subject themselves
to visit and search, enabling non-com-
batants to be transferred to a place of
safety in case destruction of a vessel
as a prize is deemed necessary
Such information as has filtered out
concerning Germany's proposals indi-
Gates that the Berlin government is
preparing to recede to some extent
from her position with reference to
passenger vessels. but is inclined to
place many restrictions upon their sail
ings. The United States has contended
that Americans engaged In lawful
errands'' may travel anywhere on the
high seas on unarmed and unresisting
merchant ships.
To enter into arrangements whereby
certain passenger vessels would be
given immunity while others were de-
MED the same privilege would, in the
opinion of many officials. permit the
German government to interpret the
measure of neutral rights which Amer
lean citizens could enjoy on the high
seas and doubtless involve the United
States sooner or later in difficulties
with other belligerents, who, to for
ward the conduct of their own opera
,tions, might insist on an abandonment
of other neutral rights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
New York Police Search
for Holt Bomb on Piers;
Warn Ships by Wireless

NEW YORK. July detectives to-
day examined all the leftover pack
ages on the piers of the American and
Cunard lines, but none of them seemed
to tally with a description of the Holt
dynamite bomb that they were working
on The police do not think the bomb,
II 1t was sent, was dispatched by par
eel post.
The police learned today that Holt
had bought 100 Illuminating caps, 100
feet of fuse. 100 electrical explosive
caps and 300 sticks Of dynamite from a
local powder company. This order was
delivered to Holt at Central Park, L. l.,
June 20.
A ruse of Police Commissioner Woods
which he intended to spring on Holt
today was frustrated by the suicide of
the college instructor. The commission
err had planned to tell Holt that a
steamship had been blown up at sea.
He believed in this way he could draw
Holt out and learn from him the name
of the vessel and a description of the
bomb he is reported to have sent.
Got Acid in ithaca.
It was ascertained today that Holt
left Ithaca June 8 with the sulphuric
acid that he used in the bomb that he
exploded at the Capitol at Washington.
The acid was purchased in an Ithaca
pharmacy on State street.
Nothing more dramatic in the last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07

sounded ike a revolver shot.
IT ran back to the cell and said to
slipped him a gun I looked into his
cell and didn't see him. Then thought
that maybe he had been shot from
the outside. I said TO myself: he
Nigh. shoot ms - 50 Il. de es % eHpecs
ing him to Jump at me. 1t was dark
and I couldn't see him. I tripped and
fell When I looked down I saw that
I had fallen over his body.
Littleton Investigates.
Martin W. Littleton. who had been
retained as counsel for Holt. reached
Mineola today and examined Hollis cell
closely Mr.. Littleton climbed up the
iron bars in the side Of the cell, as
Holt apparently had done before COM
hitting suicide, to see If 1t were pos
sible for a man to kill himself in that
manner. Mr.. Llttleton was coh'iheeu
Upon leaving the Jail Mr.. Llttleton
sent the following telegram to Thomas
r. James at Dallas. Texas:
Holt a suicide in jail here. In
doubtedly demented. Do you wish body
shipped to Dallas
Investigation Begun.
The excitement that followed the
noise brought Warden Hulse and other
Jail authorities to the scene. District
Attorney Lewis ]. Smith and DIR. Cleg-
horn. together with several constables.
were soon on the scene and Immediate
ly began an Investigation.
DR.. Cleghorn denied report that
Holt had killed himself by chewing
percussion cap.
He repeated that death was caused
by fracture at the top of the skull.
An explosion which would have blown
his head off would have followed an at
tempt by Holt to chew a percussion
cap. the physician said.
A thorough examination of Hollis cell
failed to disclose. according to the Jail
authorities. any weapon or implements
of any kind which Holt could have used
TO kill himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
ADMIRAL Won TRUPPH
+. ST|RS GERMAN WRATH
Warning That United States Should
Not Be Underestimated Is
Bitterly Resented.

BERLIN, via London, July Count
Won Reventlow. military writer Of the
Tages Zeitung, devotes two columns to
attacking Admiral Won Truppel for the
admirars article printed in Der Tag,
warning Germans not to underestimate
the danger of breach with the United
States and questioning the value of
Germany's submarine warfare against
Great Britain's commerce. Count Re-
ventlow says he read the article with
gret," and adds:
THE foreign press had already re-
ported that Germany will cede its
standpoint in the coming note and
Americans have already accepted this
view.
Weakens German Position.
admiral Won Truppers remarks will
weaken Germany's position and are
equivalent to laying down arms before
the command of hands up is heard"
The writer says that Americans will
read Admiral Won Truppers remarks
about their strength with pleasure. and
will think see how strong and fright
full we are. Who would have thought
it?"
Count Won Reventlow also attacks
Admiral Won Truppel for appearing to
believe that the submarine warfare
against Great Britain cannot result in
bringing Great Britain to its knees,
and declares: There Is less reason
today than ever for varying a hairs
breadth from our submarine cam
paign."
Regarded as a Bluff.
The Kreuz Zeitung, in an editorial.
also attacks Admiral Won Trupple, and
declares that his article in Der Tag
must be characterized not only as an
incorrect but as q wholly inadmissible
statement. That the United States,
in the event of its entering the war,
could greatly increase munitions ship
ments to Great Britain. it argues, Is
doubtful, and Is regarded by persons
American conditions as a
bluff"
The Kreux Zeitung concludes: "Ad-
miral Won Truppers statements weak
en- the German governments position
and the article will be looked upon
abroad as a sign of weakness and war
WEAKNESS and that Germany Is ready
to creep into a mouse hole befors
America"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
previously had denied receiving the

previously had denied receiving the
letter.
"Of course. we are all terribly sorry.
but there is SO little I can say said
DR.. o. F. Sensabaugh, father-in-law OF
Frank Holt, when told that Holt was
dead at Mineola, L. /.
Mr.. Sensab augh said no arrange
ments would be made until later for
the burial of Holt. He added he could
not believe Holt and Muenter were the
same man. "If Holt really was man
who had dropped to life's bottom-and
can't believe it take my hat off to
him for the way he came back" he
added. NO man could have been a
move lovable husband and father and
a better friend than he. was while l
knew him. My daughter also refuses
to believe Holt and Muenter the same
man."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
CAUSES DEATH OF TWO.
Explosion Of 10000 Pounds Of Prism
Powder on Dairy Farm.

ANNAPOLIs. Nd. July About co.
600 pounds Of old-time prism powder
that the government rejected and is
disposing Of for fertilizer exploded on
the Naval Academy dairy farm near
here yesterday. Two workmen were
killed and one person was badly in
tured.
While the prisms were being shoveled
into q hopper to be crushed 1t 10 sup
posed that friction caused the powder
to ignite. Prism powder contains o
larger percentage Of nitrate potash
than the ordinary fertilizer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
C0NFERS WITH MR.. LANSING.
British Ambassador Discusses Ship.
ming Situation at State Department.

The shipping situation in the war
zone and reports Of British recruiting
in the United States were discussed by
Sir Cecil Spring Rice. the British am
bassador, with Secretary Lansing last
evening, when the British diplomatic
representative had a long conference
At the State Department. It was the
ambassadors first call since Secretary
LansinRs appointment and he extended
his congratulations
The ambassador has explained to Off
cials here that the embassy has no con-
nection with any efforts to secure men
in this country for British military
service, and Secretary Lansing indicat-
ed today that every American minor
taken into the service about whom rep
reservations had been made had been
promptly released by tho British gov
eminent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
Swiss Frontier Is Reopened.

PARIS, July 7.-"After ten days in
terruption the German-Swiss frontier
has been reopened. although the Ger
man authorities have increased the Sc
verify of the regulations regarding
passports for strangers" says the
Bern (Switzerland correspondent of
the Temps. Military necessity is the
only explanation given the Swiss gov
eminent for the cessation of traffic be-
tween Germany and Switzerland"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07

Erich Mueatef and specimen Of his
handvz1t1lg, March -, 1904.
sity. The picture Of Muenter is that
sent broadcast by the police Of Cam
bridge after his wife died of poisoning
In 1905. The specimens Of Hollis hand
writing were photographed from let
ter he sent July I to Rev. Sensabaugh.
his father-in-law. in Dallas. Tex.
Muenter wrote letter from Lawrence,
Kan. where he was a teacher of Ger
man in the Kansas University. which
was forwarded to Mineola, where Holt
committed suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
|DENT|7YOF SUICIDE IS
: NOT YET ESTABLISHED
Man Signing Himself Charley Wes-
ley Turner Is Found Dead in
Room Of a Local Hotel.

IF anything happens to me notify
Miss Mamie Rhea, 3o2 Bank street,
Norfolk. Va. My name is Charley wes-
ley Turner of the U. S. s. Baltimore.
Notify my mother. Mrs Sallie Genie,
Fort Sill. Okla"
The foregoing message, written on
the reverse side of a note the writer
signed Mamie" was found today in
a room at the American House in
which guest had committed suicide.
John Dunn. Indian Head, Nd, was
how the man signed his name on the
register yesterday morning when he
visited the hotel and paid for two days
room rent in advance. Shortly before
noon today his dead body was found
by a chambermaid, q cheap pistol on
tho bed and q hole in his forehead ex-
planning the cause Of death.
Note From Woman Found.
The note on which tho roomer had
written tho message read: Dear Char
lie: Just had to go out. but will be
back just as soon as can. SO please
wait for me. VIII explain when come
back. MAMIE"
1t is believed by the police that the
writer of the note is the Mamie men
toned by the man as being one he
wanted notified in event anything hap
pened to him The police learned that
a man in the Marine Corps named John
Dunn was stationed at Indian Head,
and inquiry at that reservation ELECTED
the information that Dunn was away
>hAH nm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07

The Young Womens Christian Asso-
citation posses . world membership of
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07

few crowded days Of Hollis life has
come to life than the warning of de-
struction that was uncovered after his
death. His confession that he placed
last Friday. his attempted assassina-
ton of ]. P. Morgan, the growing be-
lief that he was Erich Muenter. al
legged murderer of his wife. culninat-
ing today in his positive identification
in death-as Muenter and his sensa-
tional suicide by leaping twenty feet
from the top of his cell to the floor,
formed a series of events to which the
threatened destruction Of the Philadel-
phia or the Saxonia fitted as a star
Ting climax.
The powerful wireless stations of the
Navy Department were enlisted In the
efforts to prevent the threatened dfsas-
ter at sea. In answer to the warning
from the captain of the Philadelphia
which said that everything aboard had
been identified. and that all was well.
The Saxonia had not replied. Her
weakness Of her wireless batteries.
which could not, it was thought, span
the distance from midocean to shore
without relay.
Dynamite Holt Bought.
The dynamite with which Holt intend
ed, 1t is believed, to destroy the Saxonia
and the Philadelphia was part Of a
shipment Of 100 pounds received by Holt
recently at Syosset. L. l., under the alias
of c. Hendricks Seventy pounds of the
dynamite have been accounted for. Three
pounds were brought to Washington for
the bomb exploded in the Capitol: the
remaining sxty-seven pounds were found
last night in a trunk in New York city.
District Attorney Lewis j. Smith Of
Nassau county today said detectives con-
nected with the district attorneys office
had discovered today that there had been
a few explosions in the woods near Gen.
trail Park, L. l., where Holt made his
temporary headquarters before his attack
on Mr.. Morgan. The district attorney said
he thought it possible that a small guam
tity of the dynamite that Holt had might
be accounted for in this way, the theory
being that Holt had used it for expert
mental purposes.
Mrs. Holt Received Letter.
DALLAS, Tex, July 7.-Admission
that Mrs. Frank Holt received a letter
yesterday from her husband intimating
he had planned to blow up one or more
transatlantic liners with timed bombs
was made today by Mrs. Hollis attor-
ney here. ]. E. Cockrell. Mrs. Holt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
Saved by Smooth Passage.

The bomb in the automobile case. Mr..
Hill said, was evidently designed to be
exploded by the motion of tho ship
causing the acid and the chemical to
mix. An unusually smooth passage
probably resulted in the failure Of the
plot, he thought
One OF the boards on the automobile
case had been pried loose and the
bomb inserted. possibly at the time
the case was placed aboard the ship.
TT also has been found" said Mr..
Hill. that attempts to destroy or make
useless automobiles shipped to the al
lies are frequent. We are compelled to
keep at Havre large force of
mechanics to examine carefully each
machine even before it is tested. On
several occasions during the past few
months there has been found emery
dust In the cylinders, which will soon
make the car useless, and in some in
stances borings have been made in
vital parts of the machinery"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
Months Fire Losses. Sc. GO.

Fire Losses In the District Of Co.
lunabia last month amounted to $3.50.
The loss was slightly in excess Of 6h
S 81 s '''-' ''''~''' u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07

what makes you think this atory
would be particularly interesting to
the readers Of woman's magszin4r'
Well It's all sbout men.:-JudSe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07

Frank Holt ana specinea Of his hand
Whiting. July 4. 1918.
Handwriting and Bertillon experts
hnd marks Of similarity between this
photograph Of Frank Holt. the man
who blew up a room in the Capitol at
gan, and that Of Erich Muenter. tho
Harvard teacher of German who Is
wanted on q charge of wife murder.
and their handwritings. The photo
Eraph OF Holt has just been secured.
stFucf6S In German IN CorasN uqivsr-