Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-07-15
FLASH WARNING TO
BEWARE OF BOMBS
u. s. NAVAL WIRELESS TOWERe
SEND MESSAGES TO TWO
SHIPS At SEA.
EXPLOSIVES PLACED ABOARD
Telegram from New Orleans Newspa-
per Says Letter to that Paper Sign
ed "Pearce" Indicates Danger
To Continue Hollis Work.

Washington, July 10. Warning to
look out for bombs concealed in their
holds has been flashed from the naval
wireless towers at Arlington to two
ships at sea which sailed from New
Orleans July 9.
Sending of the warning was ordered
by Secretary Daniels upon receiving a
telegram from a New Orleans news
paper saying a letter to that paper
signed 'Pearce' indicated that explo-
sives had been placed aboard those
vessels.
Vessels Carry Mules for Allies.
Both the vessels, the British steam.
ship Howth Head and Baron Napier,
cleared with cargoes of mules for the
British army July and sailed the next
day, the former for Dublin and Belfast.
via Norfolk, and the latter direct for
Avonmouth.
The radio message was broadcasted
over the sea and even If it is not
picked directly by the Howth Head
or Baron Napier, some other ship in
the neighborhood may relay 1t. Naval
officers think responses may be caught
by some of the wireless stations along
the South Atlantic coast today.
Newspaper Receives Letter.
New Orleans, July ia letter re-
ceived by a newspaper here signed
"Pearce" declared the writer intended
to kill ]. p. Morgan and Sir Cecil
Spring Rice, the British ambassador,
and finish the work of Enrich Muenter,
alias Holt, who committed suicide sew
eral days ago after wounding Mr..
Morgan.
1t warned persons who had friends
or relatives aboard the British steam.
which sailed from New Orleans July
with mules for the British army to
watch for reports from these vessels.
The writer declared that it was
Muenter who warned passengers on
board the Lusitania before that YES
sci sailed from New York that it would
be dangerous to make the voyage on
her. II also is declared that Muenter
personally called on Charles Frohman
and urged him not to take passage on
the ship.
To Carry on Hcit's Work.
After announcing his intention to
kill MIR. Morgan to avenge the death
of Holt, the letter writer says:
Holt (Muenter) was my partner
and I glory in the thought of his com.
radeship. We worked together ever
since this cursed war began. Holt is
gone but am still here and AM going
to carry on the work the two of VS.
began. am going to carry on the
work with redoubled fury.
The statement that Holt intended
to wreck libraries and other such pub.
lie buildings is lie. The capitol is
the only building that we planned to
wreck and we partly succeeded in our
plan. But what We did plan and what
am going to carry out, is the just idea
to stop this country from contributing
to the damnable. hellish. barbaric
slaughter across the ocean,"
Frank Holt Buried.
Dallas, Texas, July l3.-Frank Holt,
the man who shot ]. p. Morgan, con.
fessed to placing a bomb in the ma.
tional capitol and later committed sui.
eide, was buried here. Mrs. Holt and
her two children were present at the
services as was also her father, Rev.
o. F. Sensabaugh. The services were
conducted by Rev. ]. P. Mussett OF
Fort Worth, close friend of the
family.