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Bird Staying
Stopped in
Dutch indies
All Species Save Three Pro-
tcctcd by Rigid En-
barge Act.
NOTWITHSTANDING the horrors

~ IOTW1THSTANDING the horrors
Of war at her very doors n
the burden of caring for 3OO,-
600 helpless Belgian refugees Holland
gallantly has gone to the rescue OF
the bird species Of her East Indian
possessions that were hcing killed and
sold FOR millinery purposes. II APP
pears that throughout the whole of
her vast island empire in the Malay
Archipelago, 1000 miles long by
900 miles wide, all bird species save
three are now absolutely protected
against the feather trade, with a
probability that eventually no ex-
ccptions will he made.
It was about two years ago, imme-
diatcly following the great victory in
, the United States over the feather
trade Of the world. that Dr. Hornaday
addressed a formal memorial to the
ROYAL geological Society Of Amster-
dam. calling thr attention ~ that
powerful organization to the alarming
F expectations ~ skins Of birds of para
disc. crown pigeons and other species
of birds from tho Dutch East indies.
II wal strongly urged that the Neither
lands Government should he asked to
ro;cc it's colonial bird fauna by pro-
hiblting all Expectations Of skins and
plumlgc save a f7w for educational
purposes.
while tho subject was not a new
one to the Royal IUoluc cal Society,
the American victory gave opportu-
nifty for a new attack. Through tn"
kcpn initiative Of ir. &. herbert. direc-
/ toy ~ tn. Amsterdam geological Gar
dcns, and PROT Max Weber a comma
sion was Immediately formed by the
Royal society to- start a new move
mcnt and 70 pursue il. \ report
upon conditions in the Dutch East In
dies and also general assistance was
sought of ~. i. e. koningshor"er the
director Of the botanical gardens at
Huitcnzprg. Lava. who. In the interim.
has iourncyci to Holland and returned
to lava.
During al the time intervening
Dr. Kerh.r' has reported satisfactory
. progress ana predicted important re-
suits. Tho director Of the New York
Yoolocical Park g Gently received
from him tho news tha' = sweeping
and a'm,s, ,omp'ct. rrutcot " meas
uro h,s boon .N;,nd'd ;o the birds
# tho DI',n East irAi"t Tho fol-
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been a reasonably free-fowing legible
style OF chirography.

been a reasonably free flowing legible
style OF chirography.
Many Similarities.
This fact is clear to my mind from
careful study Of the variety of degrees
of slant employed in Its execution.
However. despite the effort to disguise
his handwriting l find the following
similarities in letters and words as fol-
lows:
"Muenter begins the selected para
grph of his letter with the capital /.
Holt has no less than three examples OF
this same letter in his letter. These
except slant. when compared with the
letter l. in Muenters letter. The pro-
portion OF the two examples of capital
l., one by Muenter, and three by
Frank Holt. is 80 striking that one can
read between the lines as 1t were, and
clearly identify Holt as Muenter.
'Muenter's extended loop, employed in
h. b. !. and upper loop OF Z. is abnor-
mally short in proportion to his small
or short letters.
This same characteristic stands forth
in a most convincing manner In Holts
handwriting.
Two Forms of "R's."
"Muenter makes two distinct form,
Of small "r." Holt does likewise:
Muenter makes no finishing stroke to
small at the end of a word, Hol,
follows suit Muenter employs different
degrees of slant in the structural line,
and curves Of his letters forming words
Holt does likewise.
"Muenter places the dot low down, and
| near the top Of 7: Holt has this same
trend in a degree.
"Muenter has rather strong pen pres
sure: Holt Is at home with like
touch.
"Muenter's handwriting shows certain
irregularities In the spacing of small
letters in words. such as a crowding
at times and too much space at other
times. Hollis handwriting shows these
Irregularities In a marked degree
"Muenter has a characteristic way of
making a small p Holt follows closely
upon his heels with the same charac-
ter OF letter.
'Muenter forms his capital g. in a
style related to the Roman italic motif
Holt does likewise.
All Phases Alike.
"Muenter has two examples of the
word will Holt has two or more ex-
amples Of the same word. Every phase
Of the two examples of handwriting
correspond.
"Muenter finishes the words in his
handwriting with a rather blunt or
snappy effect. In this. Holt concurs.
'Muenter makes no finishing line to
small % In the word to- Holt also
omits this line. Holt leaves this line
off in too as we'll as in to-
"Muenter crosses the lower loop of
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
HOLT'S DYNAMITE
FOUND IN A STABLE

NEW YORK. July 7.-Detectives have
traced a trunk full Of dynamite sup
posed to have been shipped by Frank
Holt to a livery stable here.
When Inspector Egan opened the trunk
he found l34 half pound sticks Of dyna-
mite inside with q quantity of fuse and
punk. The stun was packed loosely.
The Nassau county authorities have
discovered the place where Holt prac-
ticed his experiments with dynamite.
revoivers. sulphuric acid. and the like.
Louis OFT, Of Central Park. a village
not twelve miles from the Morgan sum-
mer home. has identified Holt as the
man who. under the name Of Totten.
rented a small cottage from him. and
investigation Of the cottage has dis
closed several things which indicate
that Holt had made his experiments
with dynamite there
OFT visited District Attorney Lewis ].
Smith before Hollis suicide, and after
telling his story he was taken to the
cell where Holt was confined In spite
Of the bandages on the prisoners head,
put there to bind up the cut inflicted
by Mr.. Morgan's butler. OFT was posi-
tive in his Identification.
Then Constable Frank McCahill was
dispatched to visit the cottage.
OFT said that two weeks ago last Sat-
urday Totten rented the cottage. on the
outskirts of Central Park, which is
only four miles from Syosset, where
Holt. under the name Of C. Hendricks.
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Double seated knee
length Ora wers, short
sleeve shirts, good quality
balbriggan or open mesh.
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W. begins at the lead line, or at a
point one space above the base line,
which represents the height of small
m as a unit of proportion.
"In this letter 'Muenter' has omitted
tho usual upward stroke of the W.
and employs the downward stroke from
the very start. The small T. he has
made in the same manner as that en-
ployed in the word married. and the
dot of the same hovers close to the top
of the letter. as in the previously de-
scribed word,
THE small f. In wife Is formed with
broad loop above the base line, re-
sembling a small a. and finishes with
an abbreviated stroke, not a regular
lower loop. about one space below the
base line proper. The small e. which
completes the word. Is formed in tho
usual manner, a small loop one space
high. The finishing stroke OF the e as
ceEds to a point about one and fourth
| spaces above the base line proper.
The word and next In regular or
der. has neat, small a, with the first
| strokes of each letter on main slant
while the second stroke of each letter
shows the irregularities already stated.
The small d in this word bears
a striking likeness of the I'd" in the
word married" the blunt turn at
base line marking the characteristic
finish. The word "baby." following
| shows a scientific trend to all the
letters employed therein. except the
~ which is practically like the Y
In "my"-in every particular, except
that the lower loop is not quite so
long. nor so wide between the lines
Of the loop.
Next comes the word will The
small w begins at top line. as in
wife but there is a little curve TO
the top of the first line. The small
T. Is formed as usual, and while the
dot Is somewhat higher. still the PEN
pressure Is strong. as in other ex-
| amples Of that letter Stay Is the
next word claiming our attention. All
four letters forming this word are
formed in the usual manner. The
broad oval turns at the base line. be-
ed characteristics Of Muenter's trend
OF base line strokes. The small "
finishing letter of the word stay has
the usual angular turns at both points
instead of a complete lower loop.
I'm the word with which comes
next. the small W. has striking
likeness. in every particular to the
W. in the word will The small IT,
however, while formed in Muenter's
the top of the loop in a. the finish
ing letter of the word. All the
crosses on the small t. show great
pen-pressure. and an upward trend of
stroke.
THE words described contain all
the actual letters and characters of
Muenter's handwriting before me, ex-
cept capital C. in word Chicago,
small o. small x small p small
w. and small g. therefore, we will
lx,n lFa or;.1
handwriting with that of Frank Holt,
using the paragraph previously men
toned.
"In the first place. the Mineola letter
portrays by no means. what I would
contrary bears the decided earmarks OF
labored attempt to disguise that which
In its unrestrained trend, would have
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

Another special lot of
wonderful wash skirts.
Exact styles of the
most expensive models
go on sale tomorrow.
Heavy nubbed ratine,
close-woven beach cloth,
in white and tan and
striped effects, p. K,
and other fabrics. Cir
cular flare, belted. and
hip pockets. Models all
lengths and waists.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

received 100 pounds of dynamite by
freight.
Totten was soon a marked man in the
village. His appearance was SO singular
that the country folk found plenty 10
discuss about him before his actions at
tracted their attention, but II was NOT
long before his queer way of living
town. III 'he
Totten, whose story that his pbv.i-
clan had advised him to rest mi, in a
country town had gained credence
from his cadaverous appearance, kent
all the windows in the cottage down
and usually the shades and hind
were arranged to keep out the gaze
of the curious.
Totten spent most of the time IN :
doors, in spite of his tale of ilI
health, and when he was observed
he was hurrying to or from the rail.
road station or standing over a bon
firc In his yard.
Frequently he left the house To qo
TO the station or to the woods. stag.
gerfnR under the weight OF a heavy
suit case. and when he was observes
returning from these trips the suit
case was so light that the neighbors
concluded 1t was empty.
Again he would leave the house
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small e considerably below the base
line. Holt forms his loop practically in
the same manner.
Il Holt has one example. All three
examples are alike In motif.
''Muenter's handwriting shows a GER
tain irreEularitv Of spacing of words.
Hollis handwriting shows. In q marked
degree, the same trend
'Considerins and carefully comparing.
the cross OF the letter T. in both Muen-
ter's and Holt's handwriting. from which
have drawn my conclusions, and
being thoroughly convinced that the
simIlarities OF the examples Of the hand
writing Of that Of Muenter and Holt
oversha dow the dis -simila rifles through
out, l am willing to stake my reputa-
ton as a handwriting expert that the
handwriting Of Holt and Muenter are Of
one and the same person"
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

with the suit case empty and when
he returned he could hardly carry AZ.
After he had occupied the cottage for
three or four days the neighbors heard
the sound of shooting. and they rushed
over to Totten's cottage to learn more
about this queer neighbor. They found
Totten In his yard firing away with a
revolver at a target.
This occurred several times, but the
thing that quickened gossip more than
anv other single thing was his habit of
building bonfires. ...
There were many Of these, and Totten
could be seen poking around In the
ashes He never left the fire until 1t
had burned itself out. and sometimes
there was a peculiar smell. as II from
acid, In the neighborhood of the blaze.
When Constable McCahill broke into
the cottage he found an amazing litter
of things There were pots and pans
and all manner of canned goods, some
OF them opened. There were more than
twenty boxes Of matches, most of them
different types. Most of them were
matches with white tips, which burn
slowly until the fame reaches the
black sulphur. when the light flares
up Violently. In a neat little pile on
table were more than 100 match
heads, all of this type.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

COO Girls Dresses. Of
madras, union linen.
and percale, in pretty,
plain shades, checks,
stripes, and plaids.
Styles include suspend
err. vestee. and MILDLY
or long-wa!sted models.
6 to IA years.
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Wild Cats Hold Up Train
Loaded With Dressed Beef

LEWISTON, Pa. July 7.-Traffic was
suspended on the main line Of the Penn
sylvania railroad for a full hour near
Millerstown early the other morning
when a fast freight train was held up
by wildcats.
Locomotive 3427 with train of
dressed beef parted at a defective COUP
Ter while passing through the rugged
mountains of the Millerstown Narrows,
and Conductor Jack Weaver, of Har-
risburg, hurried forward from the ca
boose only to find the situation in
charge of an old she bob cat and her
two half grown kittens.
The cats, evidently attracted by the
scent of fresh meat, were making night
hideous with their howls in an effort
to attract their mate.
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Fanatics Death Ends, at Least
Temporarily, Work on Prof.
Muenter Mystery.
BODY HORRIBLY MUTlLATED
Friends of Wife Murderer May
Not Be Able to identify
Corpse at All.

NEW YORK, July Tt seemed un-
likely today that the mystery surround
ing Frank Holt, who attempted to blow
up the Capitol at Washington and later
to kill ]. p. Morgan, ever would be
cleared up.
Holt's suicide in the jail here last
night has stopped, temporarily, at
least all efforts to identify him as
Erich Muenter, the long-sought Har-
ward professor who murdered his wife.
Hollis leap Of twenty feet to the stone
tagging beneath his cell tier mutilateo
his head, making It very improbable
that old friends Of Muenter, now on
their way here, can Identify the Ger
man peace fanatic and the wife muir
derer as the same man.
Hollis suicide came with the discov-
cry of one of the most important clues
In the case-the finding OF a cottage
near Hicksville where Holt had lived
apparently for weeks and constructed
the bomb that partly wrecked the Cap
itol and practiced shooting at a target
for the Morgan attack.
Enough To Wreck Block.
From the cottage the detectives traced
Holt's black trunk to a warehouse. In
which enough explosives to wreck sew
eral blocks were found
In the Long Island cottage were found
much paraphernalia that showed Holt
had experimental for weeks with his
FOL
acid stains, and fuses galore were found.
Inspector Eagan. of the bureau Of
combu stibles, said today that Holt must
have been a student Of bomb making
for years, and that his equipment was
the most thorough he had ever seen.
Holt's neighbors. who knew him there
as "Totten," told the police today he
had been there for several weeks.
Jumped Thirty Feet. :
Coroner walter r. Jones. Of Mas
sau county. who held an autopsy over
Holt's body early today. announced
that Holt must have jumped thirty feet.
The coroner's report shows that Holt
6ied from cerebral hemorrhages, in
duced by a fractured skull.
The entire skull, from just above the
eyes to the base. was broken and crush
ed" said Coroner Jones. His death
was practically instantaneous"
Inc coroner TeCelVeQ lne story OF
Hollis death from Jerry Organ, Holt 8
special guard.
Heard Strange Noise.
Il was sitting at the door of his cell
about 1045," said Organ, land ap-
pareptly Holt was asleep. I heard a
funny noise down at the far end of
the cell tier. I went down to investigate
and just as I reached the far end I
eI
was lying on the tagging below. He
was dead when DR.. Clekhorn, the Jail
physician, reached him a few minutes
later"
At late hour Coroner Jones was
holding the body at the county morgue,
and said he had received no requests
from Holt's friends or relatives for the
body. 1t would be held two days, he
would be buried in the county burial
plot.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
Threaten to Close Hotels
If Their Bars Are Closed

REGINA, Saskatchewan. July This
province of Canada, admittedly one of
the most prosperous provinces in tho
nation, may be without a hotel, as a
possibility that looms up today. This
is the result of an order issued by an
association OF all hotel keepers There
are 405 licensed hotels in the province.
All recently went dry. Hotel men
claim they cannot operate their hotels
without bars, without losing money.
Their claim is that 70 per cent of the
hotels run without a bar lose money.
Moreover, rs per cent of the hotels have
depended upon the bars to make up the
deficit in the hotel business.
Following a government order the
hotel men met and decided that the
increased price of foodstuffs would he
assigned as the cause for leaving the
province hotel-less for a while.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
Wife Has Right to Name
Way to Cut Baby's Hair

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 1T is a
wife's prerogattve to say how the baby's
hair shall be cut. according to a ruling
made here by Police Judge Osborn.
Ira Williams disputed the point with
his wife. The argument ended in a
fEht. william was arrested and his
wife charged him with assault and
battery.
In police court. Williams was given a
suspended sentence OF six months and
cautioned by the judge to heed his
wite's request hereafter when any tor
soTial work Is TO be done.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

On the letter written by Frank Holt
Mno July the right words written by Prof
Eric Muenter Kan, March TO- 1904 published
in the New York World.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-10
SAYS JOHNNY
 AIN I CHAMP
Doc" Pardee Claims the New Bronk-Busting King Used Taped Boots-Fam- ous Rider Hurt at Un- fair Methods

Over the result of the worlds championship bronco busting contest lat Prescott this week, there seems to be some differences of opinion, chief ly manifested in the form of a grouch on the part of Doc" C. w. Pardee. Pardee in an interview in d Prescott paper declares that there was no fair shake, and that Johnny Fredericks ought not be called the champ.
 In view of the circumstances sur rounding the 1914 contest. strength is lent to the belief that possibly d lit tie favoritism was shown.
 A year ago. Pardee astonished ev- erybody with his riding. in fact. he rode so cleanly and expertly, that very few fair minded persons thought much of any other contestants. Im- mediately upon the announcement that Harry Henderson. a local fellow. had beaten the Oklahoma immigrant. there were loud hints of broad favor shown the Yavapai puncher.
 Anent Pardce's riding, an expert once said;
 He rides 'em cleaner than the av- craze COW hand. who. after all, is the real bronco buster Doc is un- 
 the game. and has reached degree of proficiency that not one in q thousand riders attain. Because Doc Las learned low to time the wiggles of his spurs across the shoulders of his horse. with the wiggles that his horse makes. he appears to straddle 'em easy. Trust a greenhorn to make it look hard.
 You got to rake 'em three times in the first five jumps, and Pardee nows how to do that and not get bounced. Certainly. Docs riding is of the circus variety, for he learned those fine points with some show. But he's got evrrything in saw in Arizona beat. when it comes to tam ing 'em.1
 Pardee's kick is that Fredericks taped his boots when he rode Vine gar Roan. the first day The judges declared his advantage on this ac- count was not enough to warrant dis qualification.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-10
SPORTING NEWS
L0S ANGELES WILL AID
 ROAD RACE WITH MONEY

tho new route plans Outside Of its re- quest to Los Angeles to aid with money the local supporters of the race have specified nothing, except that the race shall enter Arizona by way of the new Yuma bridge over the Colorado. It was in the hope that Yuma, San Diego, and possibly other cities along the route might add to the purse, and in recog- milton of Yuma's consistent support of the race in the past, that the chamber of commerce made this notation.
 Drivers in the 1914 race have stoutIy held out for a change in route. Most of their objection to the northern road lies in the uncertainty of weather con- ditions. As it happened, rain inter- fered last year. and made trouble all along the line, from Los Angeles right down to the last open river crossing at New River. It is to forestall such an- other condition of affairs. that the drivers have held out for the southern road.
 By fall. thousands of tourists. who have been spending the summer in travel through California, visiting tie eXpositions, will have begun returning east One good result of the race will be to call attention to the superior qualities of the southern route.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-10
BIG DELEGATION
 ID SAN DIEGO
Moose and Rotarians Will Boost for Moose Sanita- rium and Citizens Gencr~ ally Are Asked to Join in the Movement

Present indications are that Arizona will be one of the best represented states at the International Supreme
 convention of the Loyal Order of Moose to be held at San Diego the week be- ginning July 19.-Arrangements are about completed for the various dele gations from the southern part of the state to gather in this city and to pro- ceed to California over the Santa t'e,
 joining the delegations from Prescott and the northern section at Wicken- burg and proceeding as one.
 The big incentive this year for repre-
 sentation at the convention is the fact that the location of the proposed
 Moose million dollar tubercular sani- tarium will be definitely determined upon. The Arizona delegation is going after the sanitarium heart and soul and expects to land it for Arizona In this work the Moose have already se- cured the promise of the cooperation of the Rotary club which will go out of Phoenix in a body, at the same time that the Moose are leaving and travel 1 ing with them over the Santa Fe to San Diego as a booster aggregation. The Rotary club expects to put in some good hard work in San Diego in be- half of the proposed sanitarium on the general score that all good citizens shUld work for what cannot but be of wonderful benefit to the valley.
 In this connection the Moose are urg- ing every citizen who can arrange to make the trip to San Diego at the time the Moose and the Rotarians are tray cling to do so, as the more representa- tiVeS Of Phoenix there are in the con- vention city at the time the big ques- tion comes up the more effective will 1 be the movement The chamber of commerce is boosting for the sanitar- ium and there is hardly a citizen who does not realize that the location of such an institution in Arizona would be mighty advertisement for this sec tiOE of the southwest
Arizona republican., 1915-07-10
PRISON TEAM ...... g CASA GRANDE -..... ,

How doth the busy little bee in June each shining hour, It honey takes from every tree and keeps it till it's sour. An, nothing flinders, nothing gains it's labors here below; it does not always cock it's ears to hear the whistle blow. Wherever honey is on tap you see the .humbler climb: for shorter hours 1t doesn't scrap, nor charge for overtime; it's on the wing the livelong day from rise to set of sun, and when at eve 1t hits the hay no chore it left undone- And when the bumblers are possessed of honey by the pound, bad boys come mp and swat their nest, and knOcl1'it to the ground The baseball team they gathered day by day has vanished in a breath, and so the bees they claim foul play, and sting themselves to death. There Is no. sense in making work a gospel and a creed in thinking every hour will spoil that knows no useful deed, no use competing with the sun, and making life a strain, for bees, and baseball must have some fun if they'e DC safe and sane"
 Yours sincerely,
 PRISON BASEBALL CLUB,
 w. M. Smith, Box B,
 Manager.
 Florence, Arizona.