EXPLOSION IN CAPITOL BUILDINGS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2505, 5 July 1915, Page 5

EXPLOSION IN CAPITOL BUILDINGS

SENATE WING WRECKED , : : NEWSPAPER PREVIOUSLY WARNgU OF THE OUTRAGE By Telegraph—Press 'Association—Copyright .(Rec, July 4, 3.25 p.m.) • - . Washington, July 3t !Ajl explosion wrecked the Senate wing of the Capital Buildings. A letter received at a newspaper office the previous evening, signed >"R.' Pearce," foretold the outrage. No one was injured. The Capitol at Washington is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. _ It' is finely situated on a hill above the I'otoroac, and dominates tho entire city with its soaring dome. The building consists of a. main edifice of sandstone painted white and two wings of white marlje. _ The Senate Chamber is in the northern wing and'the Houso of Representatives in the southern. The central block contains a vast rotunda under the dome, the National Hall of Statuary, and tho Supreme Court-room. The main building, with its original low-crowned dome, was completed in 1827; and tjie wings and the new iron domo were added in 1851-65. Tho buildings cover altogether an area of 31 acres, and cost £3,200,000. The general style is classic, with Corinthian details. The Senate Chamber is 113 ft. long, 80ft-.- wide, and 36ft. high, and is more ornate than the .House of Representatives. It contains many valuable busts, statue?, and pictures, ATTACK ON J. P. MORGAN, FIRED AT BY GERMAN PROFESSOR AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Rec. July 4, 3.25 p.m.J Now .York, July 3. Mr. F. Holt, instructor in German at Cornell University, shot Mr. J. P„ Morgan, at his home on Long Island. The assailant arrived at Mr. Morgan's home in a motor-car, and asked the butler at tho pistol's point to show mm Mr. Morgan. The butler called for help, and Mr. Morgan entered the hall. Holt fired, wounding' Mr. Morgan twice, on tho.hip and side. Mr. Morgan's telephonic reassurances to New York friends prevented adverse movements on tne Steck Exchange, Holt confessed that the Gorman nationality was anxious to kill Mr. Morgan, bccauso the firm was exporting war munitions, to enable enemies to kill Germans. A satehel full of dynamite was found near. Mr. Morgan's home at Glencove. ' BRITISH 'AMBASSADOR A WITNESS OF, THE SHOOTING* | (Rec. July 5, 0.5 a.m.) New York, July 3. Sir Spring Rice, British Ambassador, was visiting Mr. J. P. Morgan and witnessed the shooting. MISUSE OF THE SAYVILLE WIRELESS STATION THE MATTER UNDER GOVERNMENT'S CONSIDERATION. , Washington, July 2. The Government is contemplating placing the Sayville wireless station under Amorican control. It is believed that tho movements of British and French transatlantic shippiug are being notified to the German Admiralty. [Tho Sayvillo wireloss station, situated on Long Island, New York, is controlled by the Atlantic Communication Company.] • COUNT BERNSTORFF ACCUSED OF FOOLING THE GOVERNMENT. New York, July 2. The Now York."Journal" states that Count Bernstorif has been using the Sayville wireless station as an adjunct to his spy system. The journal has been collecting messages for months, andhas handed the authorities copies of overy line transmitted or received at Sayville during June. The messages prove that Count Bernstorif persistently fooled the United States Government and the censors. He furnished the United States with a false translation of the code used. Another prolific way of sending coded messages was to make ostensible requests for repeats containing masses of figures with secret meanings. These ■pretended repeats were not reported to the United States Government.