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Invader Overpowered in Struggle With Servants in Banker’s Country Residence — Blamed Millionaire for Great Conflict. By FRANK D. BENHAM. (Special Correspondent International News Servioe.) GLENCOVE, N. Y.. July 3.—J. Plerpont Morgan, head of the great banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., was shot twice at his summer home to-day by F. Holt, of Ithaca, N. Y., former professor of French at Cor nell University, who is believed to have been driven insane by reading accounts of the European war. One bullet entered the leg and the other the left side, penetrating the groin, but the attending physicians declare that neither is serious. “Mr. Morgan has ben operated on successfully,” was the announcement made by the physicians attending the financier at 4:45 p. m. to-day. The bullet was removed from a point near the spine. On leaving the house on& of the physicians, it is said, remark, ed that ‘‘Mr. Morgan’s condition i a very precarious.” Holt had two revolvers fully lo^d. ed, and two suit cases, one of wlji c h contained a great quantity of d^ na . mite, togther with fulminating :aps . The shooting was done with a 32. caliber revolver. Holt Talks Irrationally. Holt talked in an irrational m anner after his arrest, saying: “I have been sent by God to do this. Morgan Is the only on& w ho could end the war, and I was a di vine agent in trying to destroy him.” Holt visited “Eart Island,” thu Mor gan summer home, three days ago to reconnoiter before he tried to the financier. One of the weapons Holt carried was a .38-caliber revolver; th* other was a .32. It was a .32-calibe r pistol that was used against Mr. Mc rgan Immediately after the attach on the banker. Holt was brought h* re an( j locked up pending his removaj to the county Jail at Mineola. Aftei his ar rest he raved about the war declar ing over and over that Mr. Morgan could end the war if he waited to. Arrives at Morgan Ho }Tie> Holt arrived upon the 8:3/, train on the Long Island Railroad arid went to the Morgan home. Passing up the driveway! the visi tor rang the bell, which wq 3 answer ed at once by a butler. “I wish to see Mr. MoJ^ an/ > sald the man. As an after thought he added, as though to insure his seeing the banker, ‘‘It is very important.” The servant disappeared, but after a moment returned, saving; "Mr Morgan regrets to SHy that he can not see you becauw, he is very busy.” This aroused the stra nge r’s anger. "Won’t he see me? he snarled, drawing a .38-calber Revolver from his pocket. "He will s, ee me He ls responsible for this w ar and it has got to stop. He ls the man who can stop it.” The butler upon pee' n g the weapon, gave a shout of fear, an d Mr Mor- gai who was reading- in hl * s library at the time hurried 01,^ ascertains the cause uf the commotion Butler Grapples Yvith Men. As Mr. Morgan appeared the butler, mastering his fear* grappled with the assailant. In the scuffle the, weapon was dropped, but the w 0jU id-be assassin, breaking the other’s grip, drew an- other pistol, a .SS-cajib^j- weapon. Before Mr. Morgan could say any thing the man bega n t0 flre G ne bullet struck Mr. Mo rgan i n the leg, inflicting a flesh wou», d , and the oth . er hit him in the side The financier retained his presence G f m ind and staited forward foh'hig assailant. Wounded Banker Collapsed. The butler had pick ad u p a heavy brass coal hod, which he hurled at the Stranger, Striking h iln in the,fore head and knocking hint do \vn In the meantime Mr. Morgan, no t knowing how badly he was fyurt, staggered into his .library and Collapsed in a chair. When Dr. Zabriski ar r | V ed he made a hasty examination an.j immediately reassured the family tl la t Mr. Mor gan's wounds were slight and that no fears need be felt. Constable Frank Mcfahill arrived and tok charg* <-f the prisoner. Can’t Live on $25,000 A Year, Says Heiress Mrs. Nils Florman, 20, Asks Court to Allow Her to Draw Large Sum From Trust Fund. NEW YORK, July 3.—Although she will n6t be 21 years old until next December, Mrs. Olga V. Florman, wife of Nils Florman, of No. 777 Mad ison avenue, finds it impossible to live on her income of $25,000 a year. She has applied to the Surrogate’s Court £pr permission to draw a lump sum of $25,000 this year from the principal of a $300,000 trust fund which her father left for her. He was Charles Kohler, piano manufac turer, with an estate of more than $4,000,000. He provided in his will that Olea V. Kohler, now Mrs. Florman, should have the income from the fund, which is invested in stock of his piano company, until 25, and then re ceive $100,000 in cash. A similar amount is to be paid to her on her thirtieth and thirty-fifth birthdays. Nils Florman, her husband, once was the fiance of Miss Helen Stallo, wealthy daughter of Edmund K. Stal lo. Later he was reported engaged to Katherine Force, sister of Mrs. John Jacob Astor. This report was denied In explaining why she needs more money Mrs. Florman says* she pays the rent for the Florman apartment at a cost of $5,000 a year. She like wise supplied the credit for the fur nishings. The contract price for the household goods was $20,000. One- fourth of this has been paid, she says, and she still owes a $15,000 balance. Widow Wins Youth Jilted by Daughter SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.— Behind the issuance of a marriage license to Roscoe C. Randolph, 28 years old, Butte County orchard 1st. and Mrs. Nana E. Taylor, 50 years old, widow, is the story of rivalry for the young man’s hand be tween mother and daughter. According to Chico reports, Randolph was a suitor for the hand of Miss Ruby Taylor, but failed to win her. What part the mother had in this situation is not told. But the girl Jilted him and he turned to the mother, who is said to have Inherited a large estate from her husband, William Henry Taylor, a flour miller. Taylor and his wife separated several years ago and a large sum is said to have been settled upon her at that time. He died a few week* ago In Durham. CLEARWATER, FLA., July 3.—J. J. Mendenhall, a well known lumber man and orange grower. la under ar rest here to-day on the charge of murdering two women, said to be Mrs. Charles W. Elliott and her daughter, a Miss Anrews, last night on a lonely road between Safety Harbor and Tampa. Identification was almost im possible, because the bodies had been drenched with gasoline and set on fire. Guy Stemple, of Tampa, ls held there as the sole witness. He has told an involved sort of story, to the effect that he was hired by Mendenhall to drive the car for him and the two women. Chauffeur's Explanation. "We left the main road at Moccasin Bridge,”- he said, “and took a little- traveled road toward Safety Harbor. I was driving. I heard a sort of crash and glass breaking It seems the man had hit one of the women in the head with a bottle. “I checked the car and tried to stop the struggle. Then I got scared and ran away. I heard three shots. I went back to the main road, and was picked up by a passing motor car, and came on to Clearwater. There I told what I had seen, and when the au thorities took me back we found the car burned and with It two bodies, charred.” Mendenhall also was picked up by a relative in his car and taken to Clear water. He kissed his wife good-night* and retired. He was arrested at day break, being awakened from an ap parently sound sleep. Dual Life Alleged. It is said that Mendenhall had been li% f lng a dual life, and that the mother of the girl with whom he was living unlawfully had threatened to have him arrested under the Mann white slave act because he would not di vorce his wife and marry the girl. Mendenhall was charged with murdering his first wife some years ago, and was acquitted on the testi mony of his present wife. The family is prominent in society, both his pres ent wife and his daughter being tal ented and well known in the w'inter social colony at the famous Belleview Hotel. Hammock, the relative with whom Mendenhall came to Clearwater last night, also has been arrested. Don Jaime Settles Quarrel With Josef PARTS, July S.—Don Jaime of Bour bon, has settled his quarrel with the Austrian Emperor and has returned to his castle at Fredorf, from which he writes to tho Marquis Carralbo: ‘T’ve the greatest admiration for Germany. Nothing that can be done against England, who caused the war, would be too much.” Don Jaime, at the outbreak of the war, declared himself favorable to France, but changed his attitude when his Spanish supporters threatened to depose him as pretender to the throne. Graduate Will Have Service All Her Own CHICO, CAL., June 8.—Helen Juanita Curtis, of the graduating class of the Chico High School, was 111 and not able to appear with her classmates and re ceive her diploma. But she does not intend to allow her sickness to pre vent her from enjoying all the gradua tion program. * She has asked that she be allowed, alone, to mount the rostrum as soon as she is well, and with the usual pomp and ceremony, be presented formally with her diploma by Principal Mackay. She will wear her graduation dress. The 16,000-Yar d Range Fire of War Nations Must Be Equalled, Experts Declare. WASHINGTON, July S.—There will be a revolution in the ways and means of target practice In the United States navy at a very early day ...if it can be brought about by navy officers and officials w'ho have the good of the service at heart. It ls asserted that what the navy needs is more practice In a business like way, especially practice at long range, in which Germany and Great Britain have shown themselves to be unexpectedly expert. The statements of Representative Augustus Gardner, of Massachusetts, giving the confidential communica tions of Admiral Fletcher showing the need of vast improvement, stirred up officers and officials. They admit that the target practice of the navy has been inefficient, that individual excellences have been trumpeted as general conclusions, and that the United States is a long way behind the guns and gunnery of England and Germany. Submarines Signal. The point-blank statement was made by an expert officer that the United States has not any marks manship which can compare with the certified record of the German navy and of the English navy. He said: “The Germans have been making hits with big-caliber guns at 10,000 yards' range. They have been able to do this by a clever system of sig naling between their cruisers and submarines. That is unknown in our navy. It is something we have to learn and quickly. “The target practice for our fleets have been at 5,f>00 to 7,000 yards, and under the previous administration there was some very good firing and a very big average of hits.” That ls all very well as far as It goes, but it is evident that the 10,- 000-yard range and even 12,000 to 16,000 yard range is the thing we have to deal with. We have to learn to shoot accurately, in other words at an enemy below the horizon. Such feats have been performed by the Germans. Must Be at Long Rang#. There Is no one in the Navy Dg* partment in the absence of Secretary Daniels to answer for him the charges made by Representative Gardner. Navy officers say that target prac tice must be at the longest possible range and in all kinds of weather if the United States navy ls expected to catch up with aJiy of the big nations now at war. Even among the small er ships they say that marksmanship is very poor. They Instance report from San Diego of the practice of the destroyers showing only 22 clean hits out of a total of 189 shots. This fir ing, they note, took place at less th^n a mile and with rapid-fire guns. Secretary I>aniels and his advisory council are expected to take up the charges and revelations of Mr. Gard ner a* soon as Secretary Daniels re turns to the city. ‘Wilson-Bryan Split’ Is the Latest Drink KANSAS CITY, July 3—It’s here! The "Wilson and Bryan split” is being pushed across the polished mahogany- like bars of Kansas City’s most recher che drinking emporiums. Mystery sur rounds the ingredients of the new thirst quencher, but it ls redolent of New Freedom ranger, Chautauqua Lake wa ter, sour grapes and German bitters. It Is warranted to start riots In peace meetings and arouse even stone deaf dirnklng to vodeling Served with a slloe of homegrown Nebraska lemon, it is declared to be a sure produc of political oblivion. Town Wins Fight to Keep ‘Lover’s Lane’ NUTLEY, N. J.. July 3.—Modern ef ficiency was defeated by old-fashioned sentiment and romance In Nutley, and "Lover’s Lane’’ will remain a narrow path winding between straggling shrub bery and over an antiquated wooden bridge. Officials sought to build a macadam road and concrete bridge, but the Nut ley Arts Club, headed by Earle Stet son Crawford and backed by all the young folks of the village, protested and won. By CHAMP CLARK. Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives. THAVE always been In favor, and am now and always will be, of an adequate military force. I think that Congress ought to encourage the betterment of the National Guard. In addition to that I am In favor of doubling the number of cadets at West Point and making It obligatory on the Secretary of War to furnish a drill officer or commandant to any school, college or university that will furnish a minimum of some where from 100 to 200 boys who voluntarily desire to be drilled. What constitutes an adequate navy I don’t know, but I Intend to and the time when Congress make up my mind between now meets In December. Mrs. Sinclair Veils Relations With Raoul Declares Divorce Charges Pack of Lies, but Refuses to Say Mors Till Advised by Lawyer. GULFPORT. MISS., July 3—Fur ther than declaring the allegations "a pack of lies,” Mrs. Meta Fuller Sin clair, mentioned in the divorce suit filed at Mlllen, Ga., by Mrs. Winifred Wadley Raoul, Jr., of Atlanta, against William G. Raoul, Jr., of Atlanta, to day refused to discuss the details of her relations with the young Atlanta Socialist. Mrs Sinclair admitted that she knew of the divorce suit and the charges brought Mrs. Raoul, but de clared that she must confer with her attorney here before making further statements. Mrs Sinclair obtained a writ of habeas corpus here yesterday for the custody of David Sinclair, aged 13, her son by her former husband, Up ton Sinclair, the author. The Deputy Sheriff who attempted to serve the paper letumed with information that the child had been spirited out of Gulfport when it was learned that Mrs. Sinclair was on the coast. The officer declared Upton Sinclair had assured him that the boy w r ould be produced in court July 7, the day of the hearing. Sinclair is residing here with his present wife. Statements by Senators and Rep resentatives Indicate New Con gress Will Try to Strengthen the Army and Nava! Forces. Poindexter Urges Schools for In struction of National Guard Officers—Can Not Keep Peace Without the Power, He Says. Hog Boom In Texas Aids Bank Deposits TEMPLE, TEXAS, July 3—During a recent campaign for diversification of crops in Bell County It developed that, notwithstanding its unusual ad vantages for hog raising, the county last year sent away $613,157 for meat. H. C. Poe, president of the Temple State Bank, communicated with breeders of fine hogs and then an nounced in a newspaper that he would distribute 100 hogs among the boys of the county, taking their per sonal unindorsed notes, payable out of the net profits from the pigs. Before the newspaper was off the press the printer's devil made an ap plication for a hog. After that the applications piled In on Poe until he was fairly swamped. Poe says that the deposits in his hank have in creased $200,000 within 90 days, or coincident with the hog distribution. Gives Birth to Four Baby Girls at Once WASHINGTON, July 3.—As goon as diplomatic affairs clear up sufficiently to give him time, President Wilson will •end a letter congratulating Mr. and Mrs. F M Keys, of Hollis, Okla.. on the birth of four "fine baby girls.” J. C. Gambrlll, of Hollis, ever anxious to report anything which reflects the ex cellence of that town, telegraphed the President, telling of the births. He said that the mother and children were "doing well." Edison Searchlight Greatest In World NEW YORK. July 8.—A 3,000,000- candlepower searchlight, small and fed by storage batteries, said to be the most powerful portable searchlight in the world, la the latest Invention of Thomas A. Edison. It was operated for the first time the other night at the Inventor’s home In Llewellyn Park, N. J. Many residents. surprised by the bright light, telephoned the police to Investigate. It is especially designed for uSe In mine rescue work, at fires, on ships and aeroplanes. Morgans to Live In House 14 Feet Wide NEW YORK, July 3.—The son of one of the richest men In the world lives In one of the narrowest houses in this city. That ls. he will live there when he re turns from his honeymoon. Junius Spencer Morgan, son of J. P. Morgan, haa leased the four-story brownstone residence at No. 123 East Thirty-sixth street, Just east of the big Morgan mansions The house ls fourteen feet wide. Walks 2,000 Miles to Visit Exposition SAN DIEGO, CAL., July 3.—Edith Channel, a Kansas City stenographer, clad in khaki and bearing a 14-pound pack on her back, reached Han Diego after hiking 2,000 miles from Kansas City for the pun>e.«*«* of visiting the ex position and regaining her health. She carried a revolver and made the entire trip alone She said she never was molested. The Hearst papers have re ceived many telegrams and let ters from leading Senators and Representatives in Congress ex pressing their views on the state of military and naval defense of the United States and clearly showing that better preparedness AGAINST tear is to be the first, if not the most important, work of the netc Congress. Herewith are printed messages indicating that the sentiment of Congress is: First—To protHdc for the nary the new dreadnoughts, fast cruis ers and coast defense submarines and torpedo boats needed for a well rounded, adequate bulwark of defense. Second—To legislate to correct the present wasteful methods of military appropriations and dis bursement. Third—To adopt a definite mil itary policy. Fourth—To provide a larger and better equipped National Guard. Fifth—To create an organized reserve for each branch of mili tary service. By MILES POINDEXTER. (Senator from Washington and Chairman of the Committer on Ex penditure in the War Department.) Not only is it necessary for the growth of the United States in Influ ence and power that her military and naval forces be strengthened, but I am strongly of the opinion that she will relatively decline in influence among the powers of the world unless this Is done. I am in favor of legislation that would provide for a larger standing army and for an adequate navy, and I understand by this term an army and navy at least double the strength of our present establishments. In this connection I would say that I as firmly of the opinion we need an entire reorganization of the present system of the expenditures of funds in both the army and the navy In order to get results commensurate with the amount expended. Country Hat Been Cheated. We have been mulcted In extortion ate sums for armor plate and muni tions of war of all kinds, as well as for supplies for maintenance of the offi cers and enlisted men In our present army and navy. Munitions of war can be manufac tured In Government shops at one- half the prices now paid to private es tablishments. This applies to armor plate for the navy, as well as to guns and shells and other equipment. I think, however, that more Impor tant than a standing army ls the ne cessity of providing reserve material of civilians trained In camp life, in the use of the rifle and In military tactics, who could readily be formed into an efficient army under trained officers In case of need. For More Military Schools. In the same connection, there should be schools established at various places in the country by the United States Government for the Instruction and training of the officers of the Na tional Guard. Of counts, it would not be practica ble to give them the training that is given at West Point to officers of the regular army, but a different training in the very essentials of the duties of an officer In the field could be given to them at comparatively small expense There are a number of thoroughly equipped, but unoccupied, army posts throughout the country which could be need for this purpose. That at Walla Walla, Washington, is a conspicuous example. The training of civilians referred to could be conducted in small camps, say, of three months* duration each summer; and without any com pulsory requirements there would no doubt voluntarily gather there hun dreds of thousands of young men each summer and for successive summers. Continued on Pegs 4, Column 1. ■V Georgia Magnet May- Go to War as Nurse Former Annie Abbott to Seek Hus- bsnd, British Officer, Who Is Missing. NEW YORK, July 3 —Theatergoers will remember Annie Abbott, known as "the little Georgia magnet” be cause of unusual stunts she once per formed on the stage. Miss Abbott weighed only 105 pounds, and strong men could not lift her from the stage floor unless she willed it so. She is no longer “the little Georgia magnet,” but Mrs. McLeglan, wife of Captain S. T. L. McLeglan, of the First Regiment, Royal Cavalry, who wa« called to the colors with other re serves while In Australia, and now is at the front in France with the British troops—if he is still alive. Whether her husband is living or dead Mrs. McLeglan does not know and can not find out. She was at the Hotel Savoy en route to England to obtain definite Information. The last information she had, some time ago, came from his mother in London. It said: “Think Sidney has been cap tured. Father is to see Lord Noel and try to stay execution.” “What all this means I do not know,” said Mrs. McLeglan, who was at the San Francisco fair when the infor mation came. “But I am going direct to England to find out. If I can’t learn there I intend to go to the front as a Red Cross nurse and find out for my self.” Edward Lyell Fox Takes Trip Over Battle Field and Gives Graphio Description—Says Kaiser Now Has Over 1,500 Aeroplanes. Taube Type Discarded Soon After Sensational Work at Begin ning of War—Superior French Craft Drove It From Service. Standard Oil Truck Blocks Rockefeller HARTSDALE, July 3.—John D. Rockefeller, while riding In his automo bile through the village, was blocked by a Standard Oil delivery truck. "That is a pretty good company you are working for," Mr. Rockefeller said to the driver. "Yes,” the driver replied, "the com pany ls all right." *’I wouldn’t mind owning some of Its stock," continued Mr. Rockefeller. "I guess you do," the driver said, with a smile. By EDWARD LYELL FOX. ‘‘Two Taubes flew over X. to-day and dropped bombs. English flyers put up after them, but the Germans escaped in the clouds.” In one form or another that brief dispatch has appeared In the news papers of the United States for tha last nine months. I called on a German mother—an apple-cheeked, smiling German moth er—whose boy was with the army of the Crown Prince of Prussia. She read me a letter—one of the first he had written—the first letter home of a man who had Just fought the war In the sky. She read aloud: "Dear Mother—Thank God! After a veritable Odyssy, to-day at noon I again reached my division. With much Joy I was greeted on all sides, for, after a four days’ absence, I was given up for lost. Dear little mother, I shall tell you the story from the beginning. During the forenoon X went up at D for the purpose of ascertaining the enemy's position at L and F , and to take notes on their movements. Sketched Position. “Ober-Lieutenant K went along as observer, and my biplane soon car ried us to a height of about 800 me ters above the enemy’s position, which was sketched and photograph ed time and again. As expected, we were soon the object of a lively firing, and several times I felt a well-known trembling in the machine—a sign that a shot had hit one of the wings. Aljter a three-hour flight, we were able to give our reports to General Hemin- gen at headquarters. He praised ^1 warmly and ordered that we be served a roast chicken, and he gave us soinq fine Havana cigars. "As I was again preparing my aerol plane in the afternoon, with the hell of several chauffeurs, who filled thl bezine tank, and as I was patching the four bullet holes with linen. Bavarian officer told ine that he would like to observe the retreat of the Engi- lish from the large pike toward M . I prepared my machine immediately, and around 4 o’clock, with Major G , I went up- By following the streets it was soon evident that the English retreat was without plan cA|| order, but to all appearances the troops wanted to reach fortified posi tions as fast as they could. Perhaps they would llee all the way to Paris. Trip to Paris. "Paris! The Bavarian officer shrieking something to me. Though the motor almost drowned, I under stood what he meant. I glanced at the benzine indicator. I possessed sufficient oil. Paris it would be! “Steering toward the south, journeyed for half an hour, and tfhei out of the distance, far, far below' the gray stone housetops of % French capital took shape. Somethin! impelled me to increase our speed and we raced toward the city at 7 miles an hour. Incredibly fast Pari becomes clearer and more distinct. The chain of the forts St. Den Montmartre stands out through t mist! The iron pillars of the Eli Tower! • • • We are direct above Paris. The major points belo with his finger; then he slowly turn to me, raises himself from his sea and shouts, ‘Hurrah!’ "And I? From sheer Joy, mother, nearly went out of my mind. I be* - to make the wildest circles in the I felt I could do anything. There white Sacred Heart Church, hen Gare du Nord, there Notre E there the old ’Boul Mich,’ w'hej a student 1 had so often carouse-' which now, as conqueror, I above. “The heart of the ene: defenseless; the proud, Seine lay below me. Eve' rible which I always thoug as possesing vanished—01] preasion of the wonderfu 1 /