July 3:
New York: "Thomas P. Lester" (Frank Holt, aka Eric Muenter) knocks on the front door of millionair industrialist J.P. Morgan. Morgan's butler, Stanley Physick, answers the door. When Physick refuses to let Muenster in, he pulls a pair of pistols and demands entrance. The butler takes Muenster to the library, while Morgan and family are in another room. Muenster searches the house until he finds them in the dining room with the British ambassador. Muenster fires four shots, wounding Morgan in the leg and stomach. Morgan still manages to grab Muenster and Physick hits him on the head with a lump of coal. Another servant takes the pistols and a stick of dynamite from Muenster's pocket, which is placed in a bucket of water. Police arrive and arrest the perpetrator. "Holt" makes a confession, which leads police to suspect him of the Senate bombing the night before. Morgan's wounds turn out to be minor. Muenster also claims that he has placed bombs on several ships, all timed to go off on July 7.
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Celtic Sea: Walter Forstmann, commanding
U-39, sinks three more ships - Norwegian sailing barque SV
Fiery Cross, 1,448 tons, bound from Philadelphia to Le Havre with a load of oil; British freighter SS
Larchmore, 4,355 tons, carrying a load of coal from Cardiff to Bombay; and SS
Renfrew, 3,488 tons, travelling in ballast from Marseille to Barry. This brings his score to 22 ships and 38,510 tons.
German East Africa: at 0910 HMS
Mersey holds firing practice for the machine gun crews. The rest of the crew are busy organizing and placing sandbags around the ship.
The crew of HMS
Severn spend the day stowing 2,000 new petrol tins and placing sandbags.