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MT. VERNON, OHIO, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1915 No. 55

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POLICE FEEL HOLT

HAD ACCOMPLICES

Held One Of The 1st Dangerous

Criminals Of The Age

Body Of Holt Positively IdentfieOs

That Of Prof. Erich Muenter

Now York, July S. Fiank Holt, or

Erich Muenter, to give him trie name

that rightfully belonged to him, killed

himself iu the very hour that the po

lice weie beginning to accumulate evi

dence thnt ho was not merely an over

worked college teacher with mind un

balanced by the European war, hut

was one of the most dangerous crim

inals of the age and very probably an

agent of a far-reaching conspiracy.

The alleged caielessness of a Jail

keeper at Mincola, which made it per

fectly simple for Holt to open an un

barred cell door and an unlocked cor

ridor door, climb the' natural ladder

furnished by the steel grill work of

the cell b.ock or jail cage to the roof

of the ca;e and cast himself head for

ward to the cement floor, fourteen feet

below, has interposed what may provo

to be an insurmountable obstacle to

uu absolute revealment of Holt's do

ings and connections and the Identity

of the plotters with whom it la now

believed he must have worked.

The dead body in the morgue at

Hempstead, L. I., might hare been

led, so the police now feel, to have

confessed the full measure of hiu

plans and plots; whether or not he

planted explosives' in the steamship

Philadelphia of the American line or

the steamship Saxonla of the Cunard

line, as he boasted he halftone in a

letter to his wife; whether or not men

more dangerous than himself used

him as tliolr tool; .whether or not it

was his intention to blow up public

buildings in this and other large, cities,

destroy great powder mills, such a?

the Dupout works, or even to assassi

nate public men who had not shown

(as he regarded it) sympathy for the

German cause. All these puzzles

might have been solved by Holt him

self had not the jail warden fallen

asleep or had not some other mysteri

ous circumstance, which can not even

be guessed at, allowed him to tlnd the

one way of escape from Inquisitors

and punishment.

Identified as Muenter.

A very brief review of the goings

and comings of this person, who is

said to have used the name Frarik

Holt to impose upon the girl he mar

ried in Dallas, Tex., her respectable

fnnil'y and their many prominent

friends, hut who was positively Identi

fied as Professpr Erich Muenter, once

a teacher of German in Harvard and

a refugee from justico since 190C,

when his wife Leona died from poison

and he v.as Indicted for murder. Is

SOil STORM SWEPT

WITH MANY FATALITIES

St. Louis, July 8. Five persons

vere killed in n tornado which swept

through Charles county, this state.

The damage is estimated to have been

at least $500,000. Mrs. Thomas Slat

tery and her two children, residing at

Dardcnuo, eighteen miles west of St.

Charles, were killed when the wind

wrecked their home. One death at

Wcuseville and one death at Gilmoro

has been roported.

Four coaches of a westbound Wa

bash ppsei-gcr train were blown from

tho tiack vest of Gilmore. Four mail

clerl.s were slightly injured.

Tho Wuirch of St. Charles Barromeo

at St. Charles was leveled by the

wind Ic was reported that a woman

had "nterpd it and was praying when

the id3 caved in. The church wa3

sufficient, in the minds of Police Com

missioner Woods' detectives, to prov?

that he could hardly 'lave worked

single handed; to show that he must

have had accomplices; to indicate the

existence of a far-reaching and fright

ful plot of murder and dynamiting.

The attempt on the night of July 2

to blow up a part of tho capltol at

Washington; his nearly successful ef

fort to kill J. P. Morgan at East Island

on the morning of July 3; his siicces

(by his own statement, whether tTmr

is credible or not) In secretin? explo

sives on an ocean liner about to start

for Liverpool ; his facility in getting

whereer he pleased until last Satur

day morning without detection, and

his ability to move largo parcels of

dynamite and bomb-making materials

from place to place, all seem to show

so the police say, tha Holt was not

operating all alone, but that he had

the active and passive help of otherb.

In the effort to provo that this is true

ar.d to lay hands on Holt's fellow con

spirators, the full power of the United

States secret service has been brought

into action and the police departments

of New York city and Washington are

hard at work.

The body of Holt op- Muenter is in

the undertaking establishment of C.

B. Corroll at Hempstead, awaiting th-s

instructions of Holt's family in Dallas.

No Dynamite on Liners.

New York, July 8. The captains of

the liners Saxonla and Philadelphia,

on which Frank Holt, the assailant of

J. P. Morgan, who committed suicide

In the Mineola Jail, had placed dyna

mite, according to his own statement,

reported by wireless that inspection

of the two ships had been made and

that no dynamite had been found.

MORGAN LEAVES HIS BED

Physicians Permit Financier to Take

a Little Exercise.

New York, July 8. J. P. Morgan

was able to leave his bed and walk

about his house on East Island. His

physicians did not permit him to over

exert himself, but they decided that

he has regained so much strength that

a little exercise would be beneficial.

Mr. Morgan's family and friends were

surprised at his remarkably rapid re

covery from the injurlos Inflicted last

Saturday morning by Frank Holt. Ju

nius S. Morgan, spokesman for the

family, said over the telephone: "My

father's condition is excellent. Prob

ably by the end of tho week he will be

able to take a trip on his yacht, tho

Corsair, a trip up the Hudson or the

sound."

valued at $70,000.

Nearly 100 patients In the St, Jo

seph's hospital at St, Charles were

thrown into a panic when part of the

roof was blown from tho structure.

Attendants and patients who wore

able to leave their beds restored or

der and carried the helpless to places

of safety. Tho electric light plant was

put out of commission and miles o!

electric light, telephone r I telegraph

wire werj twisted loge.er on tho

streets.

Water was running four and five

feet deep in the streets ot St. Charlos.

In the lower part of the town, tho busi

ness section, water engulfed the floors,

of Btoies. The great s,teel plant of Hip

.American Car and Foundry works wns

badly damaged.

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In the accompanying Illustration

are shown two of the latest pictures

to reach this country from the war

DISASTER OVERTAKES

S. S. PICNIC PARTY

Toronto, ont. July 8.-Tweive pe, j-, o a

sons were killed and forty Injured, n,0 tQ Nlagara FallB. A car bound

some seriously, In the derailment of ft north wag trailed on the sharp in

trolley car near Queenstown, Ont. The , cnne leading from the trolley bridge

victims were members of a Toronto t0 tne village.

CONSIDERS RELIEF PLANS

ON MEXICAN SITUATION

Windsor, Vt, July 8. President Wil

son received a very lengthy cip'.ier

message from Washington regarding

the Mexican situation, dealing princi

pally with the increasing serious re

ports of widesnrcad tamine. Military

STRIKE HI

Springfield, O., July 8. Nine pris

oners of the city Jail, who had been

doing outside work, went on a Btnke,

declaring that they did not have suffi

cient food to eat to enable them to

work. The prisoners were placed un

der lock and key.

MAY DROP

HUERTA CASE

wimhtnetan. Julv 8. There are in

dications here that the qase against

General Huerta, charged with con-1

spirucy to violate the neutrality or t e

United States by inciting a now Jlc ,

can j evolution, alight be abaudoiiDd.

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zone In Europe. One shows a German

camp scene In Poland, the other a

number of men repairing big guns of

operations for the capture of Mexico

City were also described. There is

good ground for belief that the presi

dent Is considering suggestions of a

plan for early and extensive relief op

erations in Mexico.

OROVE CITY

VOTES WET

Columbus, July 8. With a total ot

294 votes cast, Urove City, a suburb,

after being dry for two years, votel

wet by a majority of 5. Both wets

pnd drys nut no a vicorous campaign.

EXPLODES

Port Clinton, O., July 8. Hoy Linl

owner of a garage at Oak Harbor, and

Charles Weiner of Toledo were heri

ously burned about tho face and bod

when a gasoline tank exploded pa

Link's car. Link was working; under

tho car.

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the Austrlans which had been put out

of commission temporarily In an at

tack on the Russian forces.

AT TOE TOP

Columbus, July 8. Charles H. Bry

son, a member of the Ohio civil serv

ice commission, has received his

rating in a recent competitive exam

ination for the position of chief ex

aminer and executive officer of tho

Philadelphia commission. He stood at

the top of the list of thirty-four appli

cants, and tho commission in the Qua

ker City i in the habit of appointing

the candidate with the highest stand

Ing, regardless of his political afllliu

tions. Bryson said if he were tenderta

tho position ho would accept.

It li mo

Columbus, July 8 County c' . -s

from sixty-flvo couni'., at a rupt'ng

here, decided to inH'i.fe a cnw'tu

llonal amendment fixing four jears as

tho term of all county officers. Tho

proposal will provide that th ' - "'

election of county olllcers in l h ad

that four-year officials be elected in

1918. The primary effect of tho amend

ment would be to extend from two to

four years tho terms of olllcers elect

ed in 1914.

WIDOW LOSES

OER SUIT

New York, July s. A j n in tho

United States dlstiKt m.-t rf turned

a veulkt in favor oi tin Nu Haven

load in the ?r.,n"0 t' mi;e suit

.brought by -Mrs. Floiemv ClnrKe,

widow of fleorje L. Clarke, the ensl

' ii cur or the Boowi express which

juui I f ' ""! it Wo.loirt Conn.

, i on " '' 1 lllng Clarte and four

; passengers.

DRYSON

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CINCINNATI

STRUCK BY

A TORNADO

Buildings Razed in

All Partsjf City.

MANY PEOPLE MISSING

Great Damage Done on Hilltops

land In Business District,;

STEAMERS SINK IN THE OHIO

Nearly a Score of Passengers on

Pleasure Boats Reported Drowned.

Dozen Suburban Towns Also Hard

Hit by the Storm All Wire Com

munication Through the Ohio Valley

Octroyed- - a

RESULT OF STORM'S FURY

Ohio Cincinnati swept by the

property loss in Cincinnati estimated

roperty loss In Cincinnati estimated

at nearly $1,000,000. Train wrecked

in Plainville, Ohio .

Kentucky Covington, Ludlow, Day

ton, Bellvlew and Newport suffered

heavy property losses. Reported near

ly a score of lives lost In these cities.

Illinois Russellville struck by tor

nado, reported seven dead. At Law

rencevllle two reported killed. Enor

mous property damage at both these

cities.

Indiana One killed at Vincennes.

One killed at Lawrenceburg. Heavy

property losses In both places.

Missouri Seven reported dead In

St. Charles. Town of St. Peters said

to be partly wiped out.

Cincinnati, July 8. Twelve persons

are known to be dead, twenty build

ings are known to be destrojed ana

hundreds of persons are missing as

the result of a fierce tornado v.hich

swept over the city.

Latest reports on the extent of the

cyclone's damage here show so many

persons missing that an estimate o'

the dead is impossible. It ib feared,

however, tnat scores have lost their

lives.

The steamer Island Queen, pljing

to Coney Island, ii picnic resort, has

not reported. There were many nun

dreds aboard.

The steamer Convoy was sunk and

six of tho twenty-four persons on

board were rescued. The others are

believed to be dead.

The f,eamcr Jolton was sunk and

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1 Specials for Saturday

In the Meat

'Department

Standing Rib Roast, lb 1 7c

Chuck Steak, lb 17c

Chuck Roast, lb 15c

Chuck Boll, lb 14c

Plate Rib,-lb 13c

Soft Rib, lb 12c

Brisket, lb 11c

In the Bakery

Department

Parkerhouso Rolls, doz 8c

Ryo Bread, loaf 5c

Raisin Bread, loaf 5c

Orango Cakes, each 10c

Nut Rolls, each 10c

R. W.

all on board wero roscued oxcept tho.

captain, who was drowned.

Six persons aro bellovcd to be dead

In debris at Eighth and Cutter street.

Eight persons aro missing in a house

demolished at Sixth and Mound

streets.

Great damago was done on -the hill

tops surrounding the city and In tin

small to'ns along tho Ohio river.

Most of the damago In Cincinnati

proper was confined to tho business

district.

Owing to the fact that all wire traf.

fie was destroyed through tho Ohio

valley, the extent of the damage or

possible loss of life In the river towns

in this section Is not known. Last re

rorts were that much damage has

been done in Dayton, Belloview, New

port, Cavington and Ludlow, on the

Kentucky shore, and at Lawrenceburg,

Ind.

Word reached here that passenger

train No. 8, Cincinnati to Cleveland,

was blown from tho track in the storm

Romewhfre between Cincinnati and

Columbus. There was four feet of

water over the track, according to re

ports. The storm spent Its fury here

and moved up the river. The steamer

Convoy sank with all on board, a crew

of thirteen.

According to reports brought here

by refugees, the town of Lud'ow, Ky.,.

eix miles southwest of here, wa3 prac

tically leveled by the storm. The club

house and motordrome at the summer

resort on tVie edge of the town wer&

demolished and 2,000 persons were

marooned there without shelter.

CARPENTER STRUCK BY PLANK

George L. Shafer Suffers Bad Gash lr

Head While at Work

While at work on a new barn which

is being erected on the Cortland,

farm near Lexington, George L.

Shafer, a carpenter, suffered a severe

injury to his head when he was struck

by a falling plank. The accident hap

pened late Tuesday afternoon. A

heavy plank which was being placed

In position fell and it struck Shafer

on the head, knocking him to the

ground. He was rendered unconscious

by the blow and for a time it appear

ed as if he had been instantly killed.

As soon as he had regained con

sciousness, he was placed in an auto

mobile and brought to the office of

Dr. J. M. Davis, who gave him medical

attention. Several stitches were re

quired to close the wound on top of

his head. Mansfield News.

SOCIETY NOTES -

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Pleasantly

Surprised

A number of friends of Miss Mabel'

Totraan pleasantly surprised her at

her East Chestnut street home Wed

nesday evening, in honor of her birth

day anniversary. Tha evening was

spent in games and music. Delicious

refreshments were served Out-of-town

guests were Mr. and Mrs. Hugh

Hogue and children, who reside east

of the city. Miss Evelyn Shrlmplln

and Mr. Clinton Scoles, who reside

north of the city, and Mr. Marcus Car

ter of Gambler.

Mr. and Mrs. Potter Sockmau and

Mr. and Mrs. William Mclntire have

returned from a trip to Marlon and"

Delaware.

Saves You Money

In the Grocery

Department

Still selling 25 lbs. Granulated

Sugar for , . . .$1.'60

10 lbs. Granulated Sugar.... 65c

New Potatoes, pk 20c

Just received more old Po

tatoes, pk 18c

Brick Cheese, Hi 18c

LImburger Cheese, lb 20c

New Peas, lb 5c

Hershey's Milk Chocolate,

regular 5c bar, three for. .10c

Hershey's Almond bars, regular

5c bar, three for 10c

Canadian Cut Plug Smoking

Tobacco, two 10c tins for. .15c

American Navy Plug Chewing

Tobacco, threo 10c pack

ages for 20c

Half lb. Sweet Cuba Fine Cut

for 18c

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