Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-08

New York, July 9.-As II In answer
to Frank Hollis last warning that q
chip at sea would sink, God willing.
on the 7th.' there came late last night
wireless message. made public to-
day, from the Atlantic Transports,
steamer Minnehaha, telling that the
ship was set fire at sea, about nfty.
seven miles southeast of Halifax.
Tho ship had sufficient ammunition
on board to sink her. but whether tho
flames were started by bomb which
Holt had placed there was a matter
Of pure conjecture.
Captain Clarets message said the
fire was In No. 3 hold and was not se.
Tious. Tho ammunition was stored aft.
No passengers were aboard the
Minnehaha. Her crew numbered ap-
proximately 100. She was at her pier
don. on July 1.
Holt Might Have Placed Bumb.
Holt made his attempt on the life Of
]. p. Morgan on Saturday, July 3, He
would have had time to have placed q
bomb aboard the Minnehaha while she
was taking on cargo. Tho Minnehaha
should reach Halifax tomorrow fore.
noon.
I'VE do not open and examine every
package taken aboard" an official OF
the line said. but we exercise prccau-
tions to prevent the taking on Of
| bombs"
The fire was caused by an explosion.
| according TO wireless messago from
Captain Claret at 1890 p. IN. today.
! AT that trne the dre was said 60 b0
under controU "a y
Fire Under consroi.
The message read as follows:
Fire caused by explosion; now uns
der control by sufYocatton and steam.
Much smoke in hold. Deem It exped! !,
ent to head for Halifax. ADVISE
agents"
The message came by Cape Race.
The Minnehaha's manifest shows
that she had aboard 1000 cases OF
cordise, $500 cases OF loaded shrapnel
/ siIeiis. i.i11 cases OF trinlre iuluol. L.
54s cases Of cartridges, and It's cases
of safety cartridges.
Among the intiammable materials
aboard were s5 packages petroleum.
1880 barrels of oil and 1871 barrels of
wax. The chemicals include IS bar
rels of formaldehyde and 95 barrels Of
boracic acid.
There were also aboard 2a0 horses,
223 cases of automobiles, and a large
| quantity of zinc and copper plates and
products.
Saxonia Is Safe.
! Police authorities continued today
| their Investigations to ascertain
whether Frank Holt had planted
| bombs on board any steamships now
on their way across the Atlantic ocean.
| AS result of wireless warnings re-
| assuring messages has been received
| from tho captains of the Saxonia and
| the Philadelphia, the two vessels mem
toned by Holt in his letter to his wife.
Inquiry was continued today to dis
cover what had become of the sixty
pounds of dynamite missing from
| Holt's store hidden here.
| Arrangements had been made to
hold an inquest on Holt, who COM
| mitted suicide. today. His .dentifica-
! ton as Erich Muenter. indicted in
| Cambridge, Mass, for the murder OF
his wife, was regarded by the autNo-
| rites as complete.
| ]. P. Morgan, who was shot by Holt.
had so far recovered yesterday as to
| be able to walk about his home at
| Glencove. and it was hoped today no
| Coulu 80 Odl NooiS ASk tiIo AASl tilIAo
since he was shot.
| Frank Holt--or Erich Muenter, to
| give him the name that -rfghtfully be-
| longed to him. killed himself in tho
very hour that the police were begin
nieng to accumulate evidence that he
was not merely an overworked college
teacher with mind unbalanced by ia
naticism for the German cause, but
was one of the most dangerous GRIM
inals OF the age and probably an agent
| OF far reaching conspiracy.
The singular carelessness Of jail
| keeper at Mineola, which made It easy
for Holt to open an unbarred cell door
! and an unlocked corridor door. climb
| the ladder furnished by the steel grill
work Of the cell block or Jail cage to
| the roof of the cage and cast himself
| head forward to the cement floor four
teen below. has interposed what may
prove. to be an ifiSuTTTiouHtabiS obstacle
to an absolute revealment OF Hollis
| doIngs and connections and the identi-
ty OF the plotters with whom It Is now
believed he worked.
!; Mioht Have Cleared Everything.
| SO much has been discovered within
the last twen:y-four hours OF the cun-
| ming. scheming, the elaborate prepara-
! tions for violence and the destructive
plans OF the extraordinary person who
| called himself Holt that the authorities
needed a living man to question.
| saes4s sta
! Liberty BELL at Kansas City.