New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 7, 1915, Page 10

ATERS ——Germany plans ne warfare into according to a re- German navy, who 0 be cognizant of the reat’ Admira - von staff of the German o as outlined pro- iblishment . of, sub- ‘the Canadian coat sinking every vessel id Quebec for Brit- n be carried out, the ‘without any ques- the legality of the wviolation of the The latter will not d out, because the establish- _would be in the t to; con-~ i on of the neu- States would be Magses of Jagged Rocks. filme{on islands—Grand Miquelon and Little Miquelon—and St. Pierre belong to France. Both are masses of jagged rocks, St. Pierre hav- ing the most formidable coast line. The climate is one of fog and rain, even in the summer months, and this very fact is cited as one reason Why the group would furnish an admirable submarine base. ‘When the war broke out practically every able-bodied man in the islands went to France to take his place in the army. Four thousand women and chil- dren and a few aged men were left be- hind. The women were unable to carry on the chief industry——that of fishing—owing to the rough weather that prevails, and as a result it ha been necessary.to send suppifes Halifax and alive. Other islands are mentioned as pos- sible bases for the German commerce destroyers. There is Bird Rocks, for instance, a lonely island' in the Guif | of St. Lawrence, whose lighthou points the way to ships following tfi: northerly course. Then there is the island of St. Paul, eight miles north- east of the northern ' extremity of Cape Breton, the most northerly point, of Nova Scotia. ' Its rocky inlets fur- nish ideal calling places for subma- Even the large island of Anticosti, at the estuary of the St. Lawrence, is sald to possess the qualifications essen- tial for safe and sheltéred havens for the undersea craft. The north coast is high and without harbors, while the south coast is low and very dangerous. 1t was purchased from France in 1895, and is known as a hunting ground for Seals and bears. {With provision bases at any or all of these points, the Germans believe that they would be in a position to maintain an effective blockade and to prevent supplies or troops from leav- ing eastern Canada. It would be comparatively simple, they, say, to keep a close watch on ships out of Halifax, as the distance from any of the islands near the Gulf of St. Law- rence to.the waters off the Nova Scotia wcity is short. They would make no effort to seize and hold any territory for a base, it is said, but would merely agree upon certain points at which provisions and ?uebec to keep them, | fuel could be left, to be called for by 3 imiralty de- ‘doubt that the: T Way very soon it it will 'that England can mmation of von ver . much . the ‘about them. n of the United srred routing « their Canada, to shipping ‘leavnig ports in this 4 \'3&4 thus be af- ‘| Antwerp, 2,909 miles; Hamburg, 3,146 it the latest have a cruis- 5,000 miles. be possible, for ‘which ' are be- L in length, to “provisions to the Atlantic and Ing point in Eu- ‘would only be neces- 't of supplies in ‘Canadian field of e it possible for ey from home wa- ‘period. ‘on Tippitz and his deration, as-the .fio groups of northern and one chiefly followed ing Canadian ports. lewfoundland is Belle in Conception Bay, mouth of the ‘miles long, three ly rocky, and has are 400 feet high. la, and is sparsely ly in the path 16 northern route, i open for vessels e summer months. In renders navigation ble. 3 ore important base, etermined upon, is)| St. Pierre ' and | es off the south d, near the en- ay: These islands _ steamship lane ‘ the submarines. According to the ad- vance information about Admiral von Tirpitz’s plans, carefully selected fish- ermen will supply the needs of the ‘blockading German submarine fiotilla. Irishmen Among Fishermen. Attention was called to the fact that there are many Irishmen among, the fishermen who have no love for Eng- land, and that, aside from the large financial remuneration to be obtained, racial prejudices and hatred have been skilfully utilized by German agents to ‘win some of them over to the cause of the fatherland. ‘Thus it would not be difficult to provision the. submarines with fuel and foodstuffs: without ex- citing suspicion. Coast. Will Ald Submarines. One of the|points brought out was that the dangerous nature of the ‘coasts' would work in:favor of the sub+ marines,jas they could not be pursued by destroyers and cruisers owing to the greater draft of the latter Also, there are no fortifications to be reck- oned with ! Seant attention is paid to the plans for getting the submarines across the ocean The Germans are confident that there will be nothing to fear on that score, Thé distances from any of the Buropean ports have no terrors for von Tirpitz's men !.,flm;mles from Quebec Zeebruge, which is supposed to be the principal German submarine base, is.about 2,700 miles from Quebec, and as the craft are conceded to have a maximum cruising radius of not less than. 5,000 miles the trip would not be a hard problem to solve ' Other. dis- tances from Quebec are; Glasgow, 2,568 miles; London, ‘2,865 miles; Liverpool, 2,637 miles} Queenstown, 2,406 miles; Belfast, 2,610 miles; miles, and Havre, 2,634, The Miquelon Islands are 465 miles from Quebec, and Belle Isle is 520 miles distant from the same port, thus shortening the trip of the submarines before reaching land, where the crews could rest ~All of the distances given are well within range of the cruising capacity of the boats Simon Lake, submarine inventor, told’ a reporter that he could seé no cbstacle to prevent the Germans from carrying out the plans outlined. 6,000 Miles at Nine Knots, ' “The new German submarines,” he said,."“are capable of cruising at least six thousand miles at a speed of nine knots. If the commander chose to re- duce his speed the general saving of fuel and lubricants would enable him tc cover a much greater distance, al- though, of course, 1t would take longer. “There is no doubt that the Ger- mans have built the great under-sea boats that they are credited with.' I have seen some laid down in Germany that were certainly 300 feet :long. They are built on the same principle as_the Lake boat, that is, they sub- merge on an even keel. “Craft of the new German type are | splendidly, adapted for' cruising, ‘and the trip across the ocean would be easy, in my opinion. They could ne- gotiate rocky shores with ordinary caution, and go where they could not | Le followed by other vesses. 1 Little Peril for War Fish, | “As for danger to the submarine | when making rocky shelters, of course | there is a certain amount of risk. But the construction of the boat does not permit of her coming to grief unless ! she hits something head on. Other- wise she will glance off. It is interest- ing to consider that a submarine will stand the pressure that obtains at a depth of 200 feet, while an ordinary on anybody for aid. While T am not familiar with the coast at the points mentioned, the scheme ‘certainly ap- pears to have a great deal of merit.’} If those. who claim to have inside information about the above- plan are te be credited, the instructions to the commanders of the adventurous ex- pedition into Canadian waters will read: “Destroy. every vessel that leaves a Cenadian port for Hurope. They il carry contraband.” If these orders are enforced, local Germans predict, the moral effect will be disastrous for the Allles. They be- lleve that within a few weeks from the sinking of the first Canadian steamer commerce between Canada ard Europe will be paralyzed. ‘German Officials Conmument. ‘No comment could be obtained from German officials, with one exception— || that of a high officer in the Kaiser's navy, who exclaimed: % “Germany has demonstrated con- clusively that she does not hesitate at the performance of any task for the benefit of the Fatherland. She al- ready has done what was considered impossible on the continent. She has carried the war into 'the enemy's country. Why. should not her valiant submarine men be able to carry her war into the enemy's waters, wherever it may take them?” That wag the nearest to official com- ment obtainable, But the inner circle ,of local Germans, initiated into the secret, swear by the “fall of Lemberg” that Admiral Von Tirpitz has the plan and the submarines to carry it out, and that Germany has tne dare-devils who will stake their lives on the out- come. And what is more, these Ger- man song ‘declare that nothing can be dene to guard against the proposed submarine war in Canadian waters. HOLT PLACES BOMB ON OGEAN LINER (Continued from First Page.) exploded bombs aboard, the missiles having been placed on the ships in this city before sailing. * Examine Left Over Packages. Detectives today examined all the left over packages on the piers of the American and Cunard lines but none of them seemed to tally with a de- scription of the dynamite bo: t they were working on. do not’think the bomb, if it was sent, ‘was dispatched by parcel post. The police l¢arned today that Holt had bought one hundred fulminating caps, one hundred feet of fuse, one hundred electrical explosive caps and two hundred sticks of dynamite from & local powder company. = This order was delivered to Holt at Central Park, L. L, on June 29. ¥ Woods’ Ruse Frustrated. . A ruse of Police Comrthissioner ‘Woods which he intended to spring on Holt today was frustrated by the sul* cide of the college imstructor. The commissioner had planned to tell Holt that a steamship had been blown up at sea. 'He believed in this way he could draw Holt out amd learn from him the name of the vessel and a de- scription of the bomb he'is reported to' have sent, Fa It was ascertained today that Helt left Ithaca on June 8 with the sul- phuric acid that he used in the bomb that he exploded at the capitol at Washington. The acid was pur- chased in an Ithaca ‘. pharmacy on State street. 4 Leaped From Top of Cell. An autopsy early today established the fact that Holt committed suicide- by leaping from the top of his cel door in the Mineola, L. I, jail, while the keeper’s back was turne last night. e A el Walter R. Jones, the Mineola cor- oner, issued a statement after an au- topsy had been performed by . the prison physician. He said: “Holt came to his death by a compound fracture of the skull and . cerebral hemorrhage caused by a fall.” Holt’s suicide followed closely upon the discovery of evidence tending to confirm the suspicion that he was Enriech Muenter, the former Harvard instructor who was accused of poison- ing_his wife in.1906. This was the day set for Holt's preliminary ar- raignment on the charge of shooting Mr. Morgan. y Investigation was'in progress today to ascertain whether his suicide was due to negligence of any, jail official: The shipment to New York of Holt's trunk containing dynamite enough to destroy a city block was also the sub- ject of inquiry. Police officials in- spected the cottage at Central Park; L. L, where Holt spent two Weeks conducting experiments in the manu- facture of infernal machines and in target practice Wwith a revolver. Navy Department Gives Aid. Washington, July 7.—Wireless des . patches have been sent by the navy department to the liners Saxonia and Philadelphia, warning them of Frangk Holt's assertion that they were in danger of infernal explosions today. | The navy acted after receiving a copy of Holt's letter to his wife from the authorities at Glen Cove. The text of Holt's letter telegraphed to the navy department, was as fol- lows: “A steamer leaving New ¥York far Liverpool should sink, God willing; on Tth. It is the Philadelphia or the | Saxony '(Saxonia) but I am not quite sure, as these left on the second or third.” On the margin of the written: “Tear this off until after this hap' letter was | pens.” Sent By Radio. The substance of Holt's letter was sent by radio to the commanders of the two vessels as well as the. de- warship would crumple at a depth of €0 feet. § it would be quite possible for | the rman boats to carry sufficient fuel Jprovisions to get to a.ny{ Americanport, stop there a while, and partment’s report that it had been unable to verify that explosives hail been put aboard one ship or the other. Two other trans-atlantic liners left New York about the same timea and navy officials expect that they return to their base without calling 'also wauld pick up the message and | slipped pim a gun.’ -] body, make investigations. = The vague na- ture of Holt's message made it pos: sible, officials thought, .that some Steamer other than those he named had been marked for destruction. * ‘Copy From Pullman. A copy of Holt's letter also reached the navy department from Supt. Pullman of the Washington po- lice, ; who received it from Joseph E. Cockrell)” of Dallas. It was transmit- ted with the statement that Mrs. Holt and her father wanted the state de- partment to know what it contained. Secretary Daniels denied a report that the navy sent a fast cruiser to overtake the Saxonia or the Philadel- phia. The secretary said moreover, that there was no plan to send one. Lawyers Admit Letter. Dallas, Tex., July 7.—Admission that Mrs. Frank Holt received a letter yesterday from®her husband intimar- ing ‘i€ ‘Had planned to blow up ons or more trang-atlantic liners With timed bombs was made today by Mrs. Holt’s altorney here, J. E. Cockrell. Mrs. Holt previously had denied re- ceiving the letter. Telegraphic. correspondence With Washington authorities as to whether Frank Holt may have had accompfces in his dynamite exploits was made public teday by Mrs. Holt's attorney. i Identified as Meunter. Glen Cove, I. I, July 7.—Frank Holt, who attempted to take the life of J. P, ,Morgan and who committed suicide last night in the Mineola Jail, was today positively identified as Erich Muenter, the Harvard instruc. tor, who disappeared after being in- dicted as the murderer of his wife, Leona, in Cambridge, Mass., in 1906, The identification was made by 8. P. Smith, state detective of the district torney’s office of Middlesex county, a8, dare Hilller, an automobile an of mbridge, and A. T. Brown, & Boston newgpaper man. Examined Holt's Body. The identification of Holt as Muen- ter came after the man named hal made a careful examination of Holt's ‘Holt’y teeth were carefully ex- amined by Smith, who stated that Lhe bridge work in thé upper right jaw was the same @s that in the moutk of Muenter. Detective Smith said there ‘was no question in his mind that Holt was the missing Muenter. X Hilligr, who lived with Muenter and who ‘drove him to the railroad staticn the night he disappeared, was equally positive that the dead man was the former Harvard instructor. Brown, whe had known Muenter, after looking the body over was agreed with Smith and Hillier in their identification. lption Tallies, Detective Smith brought with him from Boston the, detailed. description of Muenter and it was found that it tallied in every way with that of 'Holt. ‘ District Attorney Lewis J. Smith of Nassau County, announced after the identification had been made that he considered it definitely established that Muenter and Holt were the same person. | Explosions in Woods. Mr. Smith said detectives connected with the district attorneys office had discovered today that there had been a few explosions in the woods near Central park, L. I, where Holt made his temporary headquarters before ‘his attack on Mr. Morgan. The dis- trict attorney said he though it pos~ sible’ that a small quantity of the gy~ namite that Holt had, might be ac- counted for in this way, the theory being that Holt had used it for ex- perimental purposes. 134 Sticks of Dynamite. The trunk found last night in a slorage room gbove a livery stable and garage in New, York city contained 134 sticks—sixty-seven pounds—out of 200 ‘sticks of' dynamite known to bave been shipped to and received by Holt under the alias of C. Hendricks, at Syesset, - L. I, recently. Three sticks ‘were used, it seemed established today, by Holt in making the bomb placed in the capitol, and three sticks were found in a suit case on the lawn of J. P, Morgan’'s estate. This would leave sixty sticks, or thirty pounds, of the explosive unaccounted for. Holt's alleged statement that he had used these sixty sticks in his ex- periments in the house rented at Cen- iral Park, L. I, was not believed, for the condition of the premises at Cen- tral Park did not indicate that ex- plosives had been used there. Keeper Tells Story. Jeremiah Q'Ryan, the keeper who was on guard at Holt's cell when Holt committed suicide, had recovered his composure today sufficiently to give a connected story of what happened. O’Ryan said that he had been . em- ployed by Sheriff Petit to guard the prisoner on the stipulation that he watch him from 8 o’clock at night till 8 o'clock in the morning. Last night at the gpecified hour O’Ryan went to the entrance to Holt’'s ‘cell. Holt seemed to be cheerful. “I had some food today and man- aged to retain it in my stomach,” O’'Ryan says Holt told him. “I feel much better npw, but T must get some sleep. These Jdetectives have been coming in and asking me all kinds of questions and they have been bother- ing me day and night. T must get sleep. I have got an important state- ment to make tomorrow and I must be able to ‘convince pecple that what 1| Fay is true.” Noise Like Revolver Shot, O’Ryan said he told Holt to go abead arnd sleep and that Holt turned over on his side, his back to O'Ryan, and Temained there for about on hour, At the end of that time O’Ryan heard a noise in. the next corridor. He glanced at Holt and saw that he had changed his position so that he was facing the door, but apparently sleep- ing. O'Ryan then crept, he says, on his hands and knees down the. corridor to check the disturbance, so that Holt might sleep. He looked into the other corridor and found there was nothing there. As he was about to start back, O’Ryan said, he heard a noise that sounded like a revolver shot. “I ran back to the cell and said to myself: ‘He's done it. Somebody I looked into his cell and didn’t see him. Then I thought maybe he had been shot from the outside. I ¢aid to myself: ‘He might shoot me,’ 8o 1 drew my re- volver and went into the cell, expect- ing him to jump at me. It was dark and I couldn’t see him. I tripped and fell. When I looked down I saw that I had fallen over his body.” Littleton Notifies James. Martin W. Littleton, wno had been rlained as counsel for Holt, sent the following telegram to Thomas R. James, gt Dallas, Texas: “Holt a ::::Ié:j in jail here. Undoubtedly de- Dt Do you wish body shipped to & Says Holt is Muenter, lcago, July 7.—Identin Frank Holt, the assailant o:‘u;.n ;’ Morgan, as Erich Muenter, the miss. ing Harvard professor who was sus- Pected of having caused the death of his Wife, is made here by Professor Chester N. Gould, of the University of Chicago. Professor Gould in_ a statement made public today admitted that he had identifiea Muenter, who was a former student at the University of Chicago, while at Cornell university last November. He said he decided not to expose the man, as ‘“He seemed to be getting along so nicely and T thought it was better to let well enough alone,” Prof. Gould’s Statement. Prof. Gould’s statement, in part, follows: *“When I arrived at Cornell university last November to engage in research work I was introduced to Dr, Frank . Holt, but paid little attention to him at that time. He asked me how Cutting and Allen, two university of Chicago professors, were getting along. I told him, and asked him it he knew them.. He said he did not, but had heard of them. “Holt's carriage and speech had rather stayed with me and reminded me of some one, but I could not re- member whom. Then my mental as. sociations began to work, and T said ‘T know who it is; it is Muenter.’ “Said Hello Gould.” “The next time I saw him he looked squarely at men and said, ‘Hello Gould’ His words had the attitude of a man stepping back into an old familiarity. He never avoided me ex- cept on one occasion, when I saw him with his wife and family. : “I had every opportunity to observs him and hear his speak German and English, and there can be no doubt that Frank Holt was Erich Muenter.” Personals | Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Brotherton and Mrs, Lockton and family left Satur- day for a two weeks stay at Block Island. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Keyes and daughter, Dorothy, of Springfield are spending a week with Mrs. Keyes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. F, Foster of Edson street In the accompanying illustration are shown the jail at Minneola, N. V., where Frank Holt, who attempted to kill J P. Morgan, succeeded in end- ing his own life last night by jumping from top of cell. to court below-—also the bridge leading to the Morgan home at Glen Cove. It was over this bridge that Holt made his way to the financier's country estate. The bridge now is carefully guarded by detec- tives, none but members of the fam- ily and personal friends of the Mor- gans are permitted to cross it. Miss Margaret Seibert and her father, Philip Selbert, have returned from a few days stay-at Pine Orchard. Willlam Scott and daughter, Miss Rita, of 210. Maple sireet, have returned from Troy, N. Y. They have been touring in the Catskills. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs, Peter Crona have as their guest Miss Helen Crona of New- ark, N, J. H. T. Sloper of Russell street has returned from a trip to Greenville, Maine, where his family is summer- ing. H. P. Richards of Chestnut street ieft today on an auto trip through the White Mountains, Kenneth E, Sloper is spending the week in Maine. Mrs. W. P. Crabtrce and family are | at Southampton, Maine, for the sum- mer. Mrs, Lester A. Vibberts is stopping | at the Pease cottage at West Wharf, | madison. LW i Miss Ella Schaefer of Wallace street is visiting with friends in Wash- ington, D. C. The Misses Irene and Violet Hill are visiting in Brooklyn, N. Y. E. W. Bennett is spending a few days at his former home in East- hampton, L. I . Public ‘Works Commissioner and Mrs. John A, Anderson left today for Block Island, where they will spend the remainder of the week. Th Misses Lillian Andres and Anna Geisler left yesterday for Denver and Colorado Springs, Col. . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bullard have gcne to Block Island. Philip Duffy and Steven Lynch are at Savin Rock. Thomas Cully is the guest of friends i in New Haven. i i Mrs. William C. Cramer and family | | of Winthrop street, are spending a two | | v-eeks vacation at Indian Nck. John E. 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George A, Stark of Maple street has returned from a trip, to New London and Block Island. Frank Bodmer and family and Miss Mary Meyer of Rockville, are spending their vacation at Saybrook Heights. Mrs. Cora Kunze, who has 'been visiting her mother, Mrs. Kate Krouse or Main street, for the past few days, has returned to her home in the west. J. 0. Deming is at Sound View for the month of July. Thomas O’Connell left this after- neon for Ocean Beach where he will spend ‘the next four weeks. Mrs. 7. M, Hewitt is at Sound Beach. Attorney George Westerberg of | Chatannooga, Tenn., formerly of this city, is a visitor in town. Norman Hull has returned home from New York, where he has been visiting for the past few days. City Items Christian Binheimer sold land and buildings on Hurlburt street today to J. Joseph Farrell. Joseph H. Beloin today leased the | Hotel Leeney at 320 Main street to Morris Schupack for two years at an annual rental of $1,500. Henry Bronstein sold land and buildings on Bronson street today to Felix Kalanta. F. H. Alford sold land street to Fred Kulike today. New Britain nest, O. O. O., will visit Bristol nest tomorrow evening, leay- ing on the 7:20 dinky. New Shoes added to our $1 Shoe Sale every day. Besse-Leland Co. on East DOMESTIC " SAR{)-‘;?IS. in oll can 40 SELI saLvox (rear ....» 10€ 12¢ SOUR PICKLES . .doz Faney N Potaioes 15-1b pk} D'C -Natiye Black 12 . ALLIES REPULSE GERMAN ATTACKS (Continued from First Page.) : man attack which was pre the throwing of flunmxnu::::.d b “There s nothing to report from the rest of the front.” Turks Mown Down. Parls, July 7, 2:36 p, m,— French war department this l-fhrn‘::: gave out the following recent state. « ment on operations in the Dardanelles: “In the Dardannelles on July 5 the Turks delivered a. general attack, the most important they have undertaken since their efforts in the carly days of May. Their purpose was to drive us into the gea. “At four o’'clock in the morning a very intense artillery fire was opened on our first lines, a8 woll us on the zone behind these iines occupied by French and 'British troops. The enemy subsequently endeavored to de. liver several infantry attacks, hut not ul in coming as far as our trenches. Decimated by our our artillery fire and mowed down by our rifles and machine wuns, most of our assailants neyer left the fleld of battle. During this action batteries of the enemy in. the. Asiatic coast fited without - intgrruption. A Turkish cruiser steaming between Maidos and Chanak also took part in the engage- ment. On several different occasigns aviators of the enemy bombarded dur lines. . “At the end of the day of ahout fif. teen British and French ayiators fiew over the Turkish aerodrome at Cha- nak, threw down several bombs and were successful ‘in striking the prin- cipal hangar with & big bamb. Turkish Sailing Craft Sunk, Petrograd, July: 6, Via #londor, July 7,9:25 . 8. m.—The following official statement was isswed tonight » { trom theé headquarters of the axmy of, | the Caucashs: e ocoast rflfi\ “In there has been an artiilry duel, A Russian : motor boat sank a Turkish salling vessel. “South of the Kana-Dagh range a Ttussian @etachment encountered a regiment of enemy Infantry with ar- tillery, machine .guns and two squa- drons of cavalry. The enemy forces were defeated and heavy losses were nflicted upon them. ' ) Turkish Offensive Fails, “West ‘of Ablgvat the . Turks at. tempted an offensive but failed, On the rest of the:front' there has beea no change.”. 2 There will be a very important re. 3 of the Y, M, T, etock can l4c | ¥ 8 b | . v