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EXPLOSION FIRES BIG LINER!

Vessel Bearing 15,000 Tons of Munitions Afire and Racing for Shore;

Suspect Bomb Planted by Man Who Shot Morgan Caused Blaze

HOLT'S LETTER TO WIFE WHICH GAVE HEWS THAT TERRIFIED ATLAHTIC MARINERS

aUJ.AS. Tot . Jul* * Th«

ktwr wrttfn by Prank Holt to

bit alf*. In which ho told of pl*e

lag eiploal'** aboard iin At

Untie lln«r. waa out hera

lut ttlcbt by O K Ban*ahau*h,

Mr*. Holt * ftther Th« Iwtter la

to hav* N>ro written

•bite Holt «*.« »n hi* way from

Wuhinjton. where ha had aet a

bnm In the I'nlted Stataa cap

(tol, to Olan t'ovo. I- 1 . wherw

it* *hot J P. Morjtan.

Hiking Seattle Boosters!

TWO delegations of visitors arrive

tonight: Patterson. Indiana,

teachers. Shasta Limited. 8 30 p. m.

Detroit Real Estate men. 11:30 p. m.

Both are to be welcomed and con

verted into Seattle boosters.

TGRMAID© OVERTURNS TRAIMS, SMASHES HOMES

CRAFT TRIES TO

REACH HALIFAX

NEW YORK, Julv B.—Shaken by an explosion in her

-4old, the giant liner Minnehaha is heading for Halifax today

sith a cargo of 15,000 tons of ammunition consigned to

England menaced by a fire

A wireless receive*! from Capt F A. Claret of the

liner, announced that the fire aboard the ship was caused

br an explosion.

This news from Capt. Claret cau«e<! a sensation in

"kipping circles. It was believed to indicate the state

ment of Frank Holt, capitol bomb planter and assailant of

J. P. Morgan, that he had placed dynamite upon a trans

atlantic liner. wa« not an idle boast.

Capt. Claret did not state in his message what had

oojcfi the explosion, and declared the fire was tinder control.

The Minnehaha pier at 58th «t. and North river is near

tr> those of the Philadelphia and the Saxonta, aboard one

of which craft Holt wrote that he thought he had placed

the explosive.

The Minnehaha was scheduled to «ai! on Saturday, the

dar on which Holt said the liner which he expectcd to be

sank yesterday, departed.

Owing to being delayed in loading, however, the Minne

haha did not get away until Sunday, and then her departure

*is shrouded with as much secrecy as possible

Capt. Claret first reported the fire on board his ship last

He said he was then 750 miles cast of Halifax and

Baking for that port.

It was evident from his last wireless that the fire gained

headway after the first message

This afternoon's message indicated it had attacked other

holds than No. 3, where the explosion evidently occurred

Mid the fire was first discovered.

Capt. Claret's last message, relayed from Cape Race and

received here at 12:45, said:

"Fire caused by explosion. Now controlled by suffoca

tion awl steam. Much smoke in holds. Deemed expedient

to make Halifax. Due off Chebucto head Cthe entrance to

Halifax harbor) about 9 o'clock Friday morning. Advise

a * ent » CLARET."

SWTS FIRED IT

11. S. SOLDIERS

BROWNSVILLE. Julr »•—

T»«lre thota were fired from im

itish today at the 17. 8. cavalry

Pttrol a mile east of here. Nona

®f th« troopers wan hit

It Is supposed the assailants

*er« Mexican bandit*. The attack

tin brought the situation near to a

"flits an the reault of the threat

'be ihertff received that the local

banki would Im? attacked by the

bandits.

FILLS 4 STORIES;

BREAKS HIS NOSE

William Alrd, 30, a civil engineer,

•«H four stories from a window In

JJw Waldon hotel, Seventh and

at 3:20 a. m., Thursday. He

rushed to the city hospital,

•here It was found his only In

juries were a broken nose and one

"Otb knocked out.

longshoremen go

UCK TO THEIR JOBS

' "ion longshoremen who walked

"n strike at Smith ''ove Tues

aft'' tr<i r,ri thf! J° f ' Thursday.

J'w % conference between Hecre

y. Madsen of the I»ngshore

association with Griffith! £

?*•■» lUvedorca.

The latter, whleh follow*, waa

hr.vlwt "Kn Route," ami »ai

without date

"D«jr Darling: You ar« the

only on* I can and mu*t trust and

*ntru*t with thi* new* I know

you art atrong In your faith In

God and lov* for your fallow-man,

and do therefora approve of my

action. The fact that It ehould

etrike our family Inetead of John

Smith'* may *aam hard, but cant

be halpad.

The fact that the departure of

the liner *»» kept secret would ac

count for Holt's miscalculation

Officials of the Atlantic Trans

port line said they had not heen

advised as to the cause of the fire.

The news of the blaie aboard the

liner weakened the stock market,

and every effort was made to ob

tain reports.

Reaches Halifax Friday

At 10:25 the line official* tinned

the following statement: "The

No. 3 hold contained only general

cargo and no munitions All am

munition la carried In the hold* aft.

The Minnehaha In one of the mmi

modern freighter* at nea. The

crew numbers 100 and In especially

fitted for fighting fire*."

The vessel's normal speed I* 11

knot* At thin rale nhe should

reach Hallfai tomorrow

3,000 SHRINERS TO

MAKE RAINIER TRIP

TACOMA. July -Elaborate

plan* of the Afaft Temple of T«-

coma for taking part In the Hhrln

ers' convention In Seattle next

week and the preparations made

for the entertainment of members

of the order who vlnlt T acorn ft

were announced today.

For Friday and Saturday of next

week a special trip to Mt. Kslnler

has been arranged for the visitor*.

Three hundred automobllan will

carry delegates. More than 3,000

are expected to take the trip on

the two days.

"On* hundred time* I **ld, Ilka

Jonah, 'Lord, **nd *om*body

alia,' but I got only on* anewer.

Nobody el*« ***rn* to b* avail

abl*. I hav* prayed and trem

bled and doubted and lain awake

at night and thought and thought,

but there te no way out of It.

"The *laught*r In Europ* mu*t

be (topped, and America mull

•top tending ammunition. If it

goa* on, I cannot live, for I am

reepontlble In ao far that I do not

atop It when I can. So I will

The Seattle Star

: The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News :

VOLUME 18.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF FRANK HOLT, TAKEH IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS ATTACK OH MORGAH

Frank Holt, photographed juat after h# h«J ahot J. Plerpont Mor

ian. The bandage covera the bruise made on hit head when Morgan's

butler hit him with a shovel as hs was struggling with Mrs. Morgan

and tha maid. '

THAW CALLED

AS WITNESS

NEW YORK, .fiilv Harry K

Thaw took the stand a* a state's

witness In his sanity trial here to

day. He was slightly nervous

when the prosecution first began

questioning him, but soon regained

his composure and waa smiling and

at case

Suspects No Conspiracy

One of the flrnt quentlonn of Dep

uty Attorney General Cook wan:

"Do you believe William Traver*

Jerome I* In a conspiracy with

several rich men to keep you In

Matteawan?"

"My cotinnel told me no, but I do

not believe there I* any »uch con

nplracy now," Thaw replied.

"Neither do I think you nre In

league with any millionaire* for

the name piirpoie "

Thaw said he doubted Jerome'*

motive* be< aune the attorney fol

lowed him to Canada

He nglrl he understood the law

forbade the ntate officials pumu

Ing escaped lunatlcn beyond the

border* of the ntate, and conse

quently Jerome* actlvltlea an

gered him.

' Thaw Visibly Nsrvoua

The wltnenn wan vlallily nervous

an Cook continued thin line of

questioning. Hla annwrn were

vague ami at times ItiHudlhle The

Jurorn witched Thaw Intently dur

ing thin period.of the examination

GIRL IS MISSING;

MOTHER WORRIES

•The mother of Lilly Castile, 17,

ha* H*ked the police to nld in the

search for her daughter, who dis

appeared at 8:30 Wednesday morn

lng. The mother fear* the girl

may have been drowned.

try.

"Flrat—R Pearce. of Wathlng

ton. That la my appeal. It la a

atarter and may do *om* good.

Let ue pray that th* p*opl* may

wake up to the crime they are

committing by allowing the

alaughter to go on.

"Second—The eteemer leaving

New York for Liverpool on July

3 ahould aink, Qod witling, on the

7th. I think it la the Philadelphia

or Saaonla, but am not quite aura,

a*, according to achedule, the**

seattij:, wash.. Thursday, jui.v h, i<ms.

NO. 114.

TEACHERS TO

BOOST TOWN

A committee of Seattle school

principals and teachers planned to

meet the visitors AT TACOMA, and

talk Seattle to them all the way

from that city to this!

They sre going to fill those teach

ers plumb full of descriptions of

Seattle, statistics on Seattle, Inter

esting fads about Seattle, and what

a fine place Seattle Ib to live In.

And then, when they arrive here,

the Seattle teachers are going to

show the visitors that It's all true.

Isn't It grand'

Another consignment of realty

men Is due at 11:30 p. m. Thursday.

They are the Detroit delegates to

the recent national convention at

I.os Angeles, who will bring with

them Walter r. I'iper, national pres

ident They will be nllo«>'<| to en

ter the city In peace and quiet Ho

tel accommodations have been re

served for them at the New Wash

Ington. They will ho alloMfcd to

proceed there unmolested.

Hut Friday morning they will be

pounced upon by a relentless Seat

tie delegation of real estate men,

Seattle echool worker* hav«

got on* of the biggeit booatar

Idoaa displayed eince tha big

booatar campaign atartad a

week ago, at the Inetance of

The Star and tha Commercial

Club.

Thuraday night a party of 35

teachara from Patteraon, Ind.,

are due In Seattle. The Star

tipped off City School Superin

tendent Cooper to the fact aev

• ral day* ago. Today ha told

The Star what he'd done.

What do you suppose 7

('ail you beat It?

And They'll Prove It

'Nother Bunch

l*ft th* third" (On tha margin

wa* wrltt*n, "T*ar thi* off until

aft*r It h*pp*n«."

"Thlr(»— I need * powerful ae

aletant. and hav* cho**n J. Mltr

pont Morgan, of Glen Cove, Long

leland. By the time you get thie

It will be all over. I thai! either

be killed or In prlaon, with tha

Morgan family In their realdenca

In Glen Cove, while Morgan will

go to all manufacturer* of ammu

nition and pariuad* th*m to atop

aendlng them. If ha doea not, ha

Frank Holt. the man who shot J. Plerpont Morgan, after bell

taken into custody at Glen Cove, N. Y. The other man Is Deputy Sheri

Theodore Campbell.

ORDERS RED-UGHT

BUILDINGS BURNED

Prosecutor Lundln's fight for a

clean rlty reached a climax In

Judge Ronald's cdurt Thursday,

when the Judge ordered that til®

buildings st 714 and 720 Lane st.

bo removed from tint premises and

destroyed wltlitn ten days.

Judge ltonalil Indicated that all

of HPttttle'B Illegal red light district

will tie shortly eradicated by the

bonfire method, but added that

I.undln mtiHt not presume to abate

anv property unless a showing Irf

made that disorderly women have

been ptylriK their trade on such

property for more than a single

and will be subjected to tfle busiest

| day of their lives.

The way good people are getting

lo the booster business Is an In

spiration. They are calling UP The

Star at ajl hours, telling of visitors

coming. Everybody's doing It.

We're going to bo a famous city

before the summer# over.

mu«t forfeit hi* family, and, of

eouraa, my poor wife and bable*

alio their hutband and father.

"My dear, believe me, I have

proof* that God I* guiding me In

thi* work and that He ha* an

*wered my prayere for guidance.

I *hould not wonder if aome peo

ple wilt *ay that I wj* ml*tak*n,

btcauae the retulta for my family

are eo **v*r*. But what about

the hundrede of thouiand* of fa

ther* and huabanda who are forc

ed to do th* very thing I am at

ONE CENT *

day.

For the reason that the state

was unable to prove Immoral prac

tices had been condoned In the Pot

latch hotel, 1176 Weller st.. for more

than one night, Judge Honald re

fused to grant an Injunction

agnlnst that hotel.

When Deputy Prosecutor Sum

mers began his arguments In open

court this morning, several women

awl children. Including Mrs Ikmna

K. Snook, prominent club woman,

and her four children, were present.

Mrs Snook Is seeking a divorce

from Attorney Herbert Snook Me

leaped to his feet, when Hummers

started reading the affidavits re

garding alleged Immoiitl practices

' I don't want toy wife «a chil

dren to hear that stuff," he de

clared.

"They inav leave the court

room." commanded Judge Honald.

Nearly a dozen abatement cases

are to be heard this week.

temptlngT Bavlng my country

from moral ruin. The path of

duty I* hard, but It rnuat be trod,

and, to gain life, we muat offer

our life.

"If the rich of thi* country wl*h

to get richer by the European hor

ror, they muet alio be ready to

participate in the horror. They

eay If the German* could buy her*

and *hlp safely, they would do ao.

Yea, but that I* no excuee for our

aelling them any munltlone, no

mora than tha aide*. We rnu»t

25 ARE KILLED

IN CINCINNATI

CINCINNATI, <J„ July Toll tak«n by the tor

nndo which swept thru the Ohio river valley last night

and within 10 minutes brought down upon this city the

worst disaster in its history, resulted, according to latest

figures, in 35 killed and over too injured.

The police estimated early in the day that at least

25 perished in Cincinnati alone.

Twenty-one are known to have been killed. More

bodies are expected to be found as the city proceeds

in gathering the storm's harvest of dead.

Three families are believed to have been complete

ly wiped out. This would account for 11 dead alone.

They are the families of Meyer and Israel Tenne

baum and Mrs. Esther Cohen.

Four coaches of a Pennsylvania passenger train were

Mown from the track anrl rolled down a steep embankment at

Bechmont, a suburb of Cincinnati.

Three bodies were taken from the coach**, which were

crushed. Sixteen injured who were recovered were rushed

to hospitals.

Policemen and Firemen Dig in Ruins

Police and firemen were so busy today digging in the

ruins of buildings in Cincinnati and its suburbs for dead

and injured that no accurate estimate of the property dam

age was possible.

It i* believed that the damage will amount to $1,000,000.

Dozens of buildings were leveled. Windows were broken,

houses unroofed, church steeples blown off and the streets

littered with del ris.

At 630 West Kighth st. the families of Meyer and Israet

Tcnneluum were entombed in llie ruins of their home when

the house collapsed. The structure was twisted before the

storm for over three blocks, where it fell to pieces, burying

the family of Mrs. Esther Cohen, sister of the Tennebaums.

Twenty Buried When Row of Houses Fall

The tow boats Convoy and Dick Fulton were sunk in

the middle of the Ohio river. Their crews of 13 men are

missing.

Nearly 20 persons were buried in the wreck of buildings

at 568, 570, 572 and 574 West Sixth st.

A boarding house in the cast end was leveed. One dead

and one injured have been recovered there so far and the

ruins are still being searched by police and firemen.

Thruout the city hundreds of

coatly plate-glass windows were de

stroyed. Automobiles were over

turned and trees were uprooted.

Streets Piled With Debris

Today the streets were piled

high with debris

The storm Is the greatest disas

ter that Ims ever befallen Cincin

nati. Yet It all happened In ten

minutes

Mont of thou? killed were asleep

In llielr homes and were crushed

to death when the houses sudden

ly collapsed before the rush of

wind.

"For Ood's sake, save me!" was

the cry which greeted rescuers

when they climbed over the rutns

of the home of Mrs. Esther Cohen.

The voice wni that of Mrs.

Cohen, trapped in the wreckage.

FY»r two hours the rescuers Work

ed before they reached her. She

was removed to a hospital as quick

ly as possible, but died there.

With her dying breath, Mrs

Cohen pronounced In Hebrew:

Hear, oh, Israel, the l.ord our Hod

Is one (Sod."

7 KILLED NEAR ST. LOUIS

ST. IA)l'IS, July 8. Seven per

sons are reported dead In St.

Charles county and elsewhere near

St. Louts as a result of the cyclone

which swept this region late yes

terday. The damage about St.

atop It.

"Thie I* my laat letter before

the Glen Cove affair. My heart i*

with you and my bable* and alt

the family in Dallaa lam aorry

If a great blow *hould fill on all

of you, but hope God will avert

It. He know* beat. I cannot do

otherwiee.

"Wall, good-by, my tweet dar

ling. Bring up our children In

the love of God and man, and be

•trorg and kind. Your affection

ate, FRANK."

Last

EDITION

Showert tonight; Friday fair

TIDK.fI AT ftKATTLJE

Htfh. Uv.

4i* p. m- 13.1 ft. fciJIO m. m., S I ft.

*>tO« p. m.. U.» ft

Charles alone was estimated at

$360,000. The total damage thru

out Missouri will be nearly

$1,000,000.

Near C.llmore, Mo., four cars of

a Wabash passenger train from

St. Louis to Kansas City wera

blown from the track.

GIRL FOUND DEAD

VINCKNNKS, lnd . July B.—CliT*

Riley, 17, was found dead In the

ruins of her parents' home, which

collapsed In last night's wiudatorm.

MANY PERSONS INJURED

LAWRENCEVILLE, 111., July R —

Several persons are suffering from

injuries today from the windstorm

last night.

ALL WIRES ARE DOWN

INDIANA POMS, July S.—All ef

forts to reach Ohio river points

swept by the tornado last night

failed earlj today. Poth the tele

phone and telegraph wires to the

stricken region were down.

SHE GIVES HER ALL

AYLESBURY, Eng., July

Mrs. E. Bateman, 80, has 18 grand

sons and two sons serving with tl>«

British armj.