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July 03, 1915

Wounded Morgan phones office

NEW YORK, July 3, 1915 (UP) - Shortly after noon J.P. Morgan called his office over a telephone located at his bedside, and in a talk with W. H. Porter, one of the members of his firm, assured the latter that the wound was a trifling one, and that no concern need be felt by his partners.

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