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fkkat a dissenting otri, the House
Affairs Committee today re-
faTorably the Dent resolution
jr for the appointment of n
Mmitteo of seven of the Military. Af
..'fain Committee to investigate the dc-
- .'.Metiva ammunition furnished (icneral
lFirriitag'B forces.
$ l f f Tko resolution will be adopted by the
7-Hewe probably tomorrow and the com-
,vt mittee selected ivmediatciy.
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vferi perfect at tho tl'mo of manufacture waH
KJv declared by Secretary of Wnr Baker today
t't ,wnne testifying before tno cniuo imu
tf Arralrs committee. He am van "
"terloratlon which results In misfire or nanir
fire" Is due to slow deterioration resulting
from chemical changes.
"This ts an entirely now trouble, although
Frankford Arsenal has been making- thl'
tpc of uniall nrms ammunition for years,"
Secretary Baker told the committee. "Tlicro
aro several forma of prlmeia used In am
munition, ono of the principal Ingredients
of which Is potassium chlorate, Prior to
the outbreak of tho European war a ma
jority of tho potassium product wero ob
tained from Germany. After wo had ex
hausted our supply It was neecMsary to ob
tain an additional supply from other sources'.
"In May our attention was called to tho
fact that some of our ammunition made at
Frankford was resulting In misfires or hanir
flre. The first report came from the Navy
Department, as a. result of ammunition
supplied to tho Slarlno Corps. Subsequent
ly reportH camo from tho Panama. Canal
and other places. They were so numcroui
as to Indicate a general defective char
acter. "Immediately an Investigation was
started at Frankford. Various theories were
worked on for weeks. At ono tlnio it was
thought tho defect in primer powder vrn
duo to tho granulation.
"Finally," said Secretary Uaker. "we
discovered what Is now believed to bo tho
cause of the trouble. The potassium
chlorate now available for our use has
been found to contain a small amount of
potassium bromate. In the presence of free
sulphur It tends to leave as one of tho
chemical changes somo free sulphuric acid.
This probably depends upon the presence of
Infinitesimal particles of moisture.
"Tho result Is that when It Is manufact
ured ammunition functions properly, but
after months it breaks down. Slow, pro
gressive deterioration results."
Secretary Baker said tint the defective
primers wero used at Prankford from Jan
uary until June of tho present year, and
that during that tlmo Frankford produced
one-tenth of the small arms ammunition
made In this country. The other nlnc
tcnths, tho Secretnry said, had not dc
reloped tho defect found in tho Frankford
primer. As a lesult. Secretary Baker said,
primers for the manufacture of cartridges
at Frankford havo been purchased from
private manufacturers since the tiouble was
discovered.
Both Secretary Baker and Brigadier Gen
eral Crorler. Chief of tho Ordnance De
partment, declared that to far only one
tenth of the ammunition made at Frank,
ford during the "suspicious period" has
developed the defect. They admitted, how
ever, that In view of the fact the defect
Is progressive, all manufactured there may
prove faulty.
Secretary Baker testified that none of
the ammunition made at Frankford between
January and Juno hag been sent to Europe
since the trouble was discovered.
"The expeditionary forco was warned
In August," said Secretary Baker.
"Tho discovery was made In tho latter
part of May and you did not send the
warning until August. Why did you de
lay?" asked Senator Chamberlain, of Ore
gon, chairman of the Military Committee.
"Wo did not know tho particular cause
of the trouble, and thought It might bo
confined to a single batch.
There is a very large quantlt ammu
nition on every battlefield that does not
explode. This discovery is of great im
portance to us because It enables us to
protect our people before they go into
action."
"But you had this Intimation long before
Pershing sailed," persisted Senator Hitch
cock, of Nebraska.
"Not very long," anbivered Secretary
Baker.
"Had the ammunition been shipped to
France then?" asked Senator Hitchcock.
"I am not sure, but we immediately
stopped shipments."
When Secretary Baker was asked whether
it was true that the United States had
bought a quantity of ammunition manufac
tured for England and France which those
countries had rejected, he said he had not
beard of It.
General Crozler sald, 'That Is entirely
untrue."
Secretary Baker was asked what could
be done with tho defective ammunition
"Two courses are open," he replied. "We
can either break It up and get the ralvago
or use It for target practice, Instructing the
bddlers not to open their gun chambers
until some time after the explosion should
have occurred. Wo will hao ample op
portunity to use all of this ammunition for
target practice.
"As the war goes on." Secretary Baker
continued, "new difficulties will be con
stantly arising not this particular trouble,
but new ones. My only hope Is that we
may be as fortunate 'In the future us we
have been In this one that we dWcover It
before It does damage."
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i& Pmnrtiali fni Parltwnv. tntlli.varil unit
fr ''Wrset Improvements that will cost the city
ti', .' Hvtnil hundred thousand dollars were re-
S. J-'oerve today by Director Datesman, of the
S'TBpartment of Public Works. The cstl-
smites were Bcneauiea ana awards win be
MM. In a few days.
'The most Important of the undertakings
; - ' i ! construction of tho Parkway between
,'vU; TweBty-aecond and Tweaty.fifiH etreets.
Vr oa wis section win Da pusneu tnrougn
t-arly completion, so that tho Boulevard
City. Hall to Falrropunt Park may be
t cooipJeteOdn the Uiu-u year oc the
Atalnlitriifon.' -
next most Important worlc for which
tea were received was for. the surf a c.
lug ot tha. Northeast Boulcjard and the Ini
pffttewent of ' PassyunKV avenue from
T s -third strt:tq Twantr-elehtli street.
t5otctors, also estimated on giadlng
)UK ccorew y-ieetn Willi uajmaii.
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U. S. Commissioner Puts
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FIFTH WARD SENSATION
The proposed Smlth-Mltten transit lease
was discussed by the Hunting rarlt Im
provement Association at Us first fait meet
ing held In the Packer School, Broad street
above Butler. A committee has been ap
pointed to represent tho organization at tho
councllmanlo hearing Friday. The asso
ciation did not go on record either as fa
voring or opposing the proposed lease.
The Children's Aid Society of Pennsyl
vania, m South Fifteenth street, Is com
piling a new directory of tho names and
addresses of all children placed by tho
society for years back, 'lho organbatlon
Is especially anxious to procure Informa
tion concerning lu boys who aro now serv
ing In the army or' navy.
to Continue
pi.. irt,niinitv sinning en tho north
plasa of City Hall has probd eo popular
that John F. Braun, president of lho asso
ciation, nnnounced that the song festivals
would continue every ecnlng during tho
next two weeks. Tho muslo was furnished
y tho Police baud, and the assisting art IsU
included Jere Shaw, llaymond Morning,
Harry Stltcs nnd Norman Shclton.
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Morrell'a Body Due Today f
The body of General Edward da vh.
Mbrrell, former Judge advocate or th 3
tlonal Guard of Pennsylvania knd a biNj
ber of Congress, who died In Coin,!?'
Springs last Saturday, is expected to arTi
In Philadelphia today. Although no silj
has DPcn sei lor me luuerai, u is pro,, "J
that tho services will be held Friday ti Sr ei
IVlOrrcll CPIHIU 111 .vucsuaio,
SAMUKL Y. IIEEBNKR
Kounder nml former presiilwit of
the Market Sttcct National Dank
unil director in vnrious laruc cor
porations, whose sudden death yes
terday t the homo of his son-in-law,
J. llanckcr (irihbcl, at Chest
nut 11 ill, pluiiKos many 7romi
nent Philudelphin families into
mourninjr.
HKEHNKH lUNKUAL SATUKIUY
Body of Lawyer, Financier and Con
noisseur to Best in St. Thomas's
The funeral of Samuel V. HcelitiT. law
yer, financier and nrt ronnolsstur, wlio
died suddenly at the home of his son-in-law
, J. H.inrker (Irilibcl. Stenton aeiiui.
Chestnut Hill, yesterd.iv. will bfi held Sat.
uidaj aftcinooa at 3 o'clock In the Grlbbol
linini'. tlie lle. Alexander JlacC'olI, pastor
of tho Second PieOijterian Church, oillclnt
Ing. Interment lll bo In St Thomas's
Cemeteiv, Whitemarsh
Mr Heebncr was a illrei tor of the foplay
Cement Manufacturing Company, th Mar
ket Mi oet National Hank, tho Franklin
Flro Insuranco Company, the Chestnut Hill
llallt-oad nnd the Hope Mills Muuufactuiing
Company and others. Ho w.n a graduate
of ttio University of Pennsylvania
NATIONWIDE STRIKES
THREATEN ARGENTINA
Meeting Requests of Railway
Workers Encourages General
Labor Increase Demands
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Klfricil Colli Smlc of tl ' Vntt'tl i'rr and
Kicnltig Ledger.
BUHN03 AIllHS. Sept. 5.
All Argentine faced utter para!sls of in
dustry today In strikes. Tho prompt sur
render to strikers' demands made by thi
Central Argentine railnas leccntly has re
sulted In pncouiaging lnboiers in many In
dustries throughout the country to attcinnt
an lmpiovcment In their conditions as to
wages and hours of woik.
Tho Government has dli.pati.hcd tno ship
loads of marines and bluejackets to Avel
laueda to re-enforce guards protecting- tho
feed tunnels supplying Buenos Aires with
electricity. Tho same circuits give ctincnt
to the city's railway system, on which a
strike already has forced withdrawal of
half tho cars.
Four hundred naval stokers aro opeiattng
the electtlr light plant Itself, owing to a
sympathetic strike of tho lit emeu theie
Other trades lu which still.p.s aie cither
on or about to be declaicd today, included
bjkers, market men, carpenters, inilht rights
and news venders. In many Instances the
ate natlcm-wldo movements
Hmployes of tho Iluenos Aires Pacific and
Central Cordoba inllwavs today joined u
the general thient of a strike .-ucli a
inovo would tie up tho trans-Andean tome.
Tlio cnip'o.ves of the Central Argentine
tailvvayr, vnIio retuim-d to voil, wero ic
rorled ready to go out again on a "jnipa
thetio btril.e
Tho railroads Her reported roinblu.ng
for the put pose of asking JlrltUh and Amer
ican ambas'-adois to bring presuio on tile
Argentine Government fui their protection.
Much forelsjn capital is represented in the
tatlways. Tho tompanln nlicad havo
made advance demands for piotectlon of
tholr property of tho Governors of tho
provinces of Santa IV, Cordoba lineiiDS
Alios, San l.uis and Meudoia.
STILL "BEST LOVE"
DESPITE DIVORCE
Andrew H. Ilosenbaum. of , 123 Pine
street, a guard at the Independence Hall,
was held under $5000 ball for tho United
States Court by United States Commis
sioner Long today uu il charge of obstruct
ing the recruiting nnd enlistment servico
of the Cnltcd States by promising certain
pet sons called for service that they would
l ill'clnrged or rejected fioni service If
hi' supported Isaao Iieutsch. candidate foi i
Selict Council, at the coming primaries.
This casrt Is tlio llrsl big development In
a tod-hot political tight In the Fifth Ward
between Ucutsch, a Vare supporter, and i
James A Carey, Mu-N'lchol candidate
against him for Select Council, for political '
control of tho viutd. I
Akslstnnt United States District Attorney I
T Henry Walnut asked Commissioner Long 1
to continue the case until tomorrow. In (
Older that ho could produce additional wlt
m nes, nnd in malting the requott asset ted
that ho believed thero would bo a Grand
Jury Investigation of the case, it was alo I
stated that men fiom the Department of '
Justice liavn been in the Fourth Hvcmptloti
District., whero. it is chaigcil. Iloxenbautn
made this offer to get men exempted, nnd
that tho (.Hand Jury had material before
It at the present time against a, politician,
ihailom Stern, a Ststo Representative and
Carey suppotter, who sat with Mr, Walnut
durln;r the hearing today, objected to 230"
ball when Sir, Walnut suggested that
amount be lived by the Commissioner. He
uImi aserted.
' U'e have :i bundled cases like tills down
the re."
Uriel nug in the ball. Commissioner Long
fc.i'd it should bo higher tlinti 5JD00. "Wo .
arc holding thcsr Socialists In ?10.000 ball
for dlhtribtttlng literature," ho said, "and .
tl'.s Is u hPitous ihaigo because It also In
volves the draft. It Is not only a despicable
thing, but a ciimlnal thing iih well."
The two nun on whose testimony the de
fendant was lipid wero Frank llrovvu, of
2iji) South Point)! striet, and Walter Dona,
hue, of .lir. South Slth street. I. Irwin
Jackson, leprchentlns tlie defense, cioss
eamliied them caretull-. but did not call
witnesses and the defendant did not tako
the stand
Frank llrovvu was the first man called to
testify. He said when he was called for
examination by the i un.serlptlon board on
August JO ItOM'tibaum ciiine to him and
told him that if he would 'turn In" for '
Deutsch be would get him exempted. He j
ald ho did not hear this offer made to
other", but that lUKcnbaum went to manv
otlicis and had loulldputlal tall::i with
them He said lie alo saw the defendant
collect ten or twelve) envelopes, in which
notice to appear had been sent to tho
men. nnd take thrse Into tho ofilco of
Lieutenant Dennett, who Is charged by the
Carey fat Hon with using tho police on be- '
half of Deutsch
"If ou didn't tut n lu for Deutsch, what
was lie going to do to you'' was asked,'
b.v thp Commissioner.
"Pass us," was IJtown's positive Answer.
Ilrown was asked If Itosenbaum did not
know that "lie and his family were for
Carey first. last and all the time," and said
tint Ilosenbaum i ertainly did Know.
Donahue testllled virtually the rame as
Hiown legardlng what P.oenbaum did In
Ilia loom. He was nked If lii knew what
business Kosciibnum had in the police sta
tion when men were being examined, and
said he did not know, fioth young men
paid they pasted tlio c lamination for ser
vice The affidavit on winch the warrant war
issjed was sworn out bv ,T. '. Cas-el, a spe
cial agent of the Huieau of Investigation of
the Department of Justice, who Is supposed
to be only one of a great 'many investi
gators who have been working In the dl
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Di:rfscir nipicci.us chap.gu
Following the hearing Deutsch ildlculed i
the stntetnentK of tltc oung men as being
political. .
"This la purclv a political finiuc-up." said '
Deutsi.li. "The falsity of the charge, is evl- '
dent on tlio tace of IL It is apparent that
Ilosenbiuni would not go to one of the I
strongest Caiey workers If he wanted to
make folloivcrs fui mo through this
method "
lloseiibaimi vias one of the witnesses Im
fore Slagistiate couard, Slonday, when
eight joung men wero held linger j'JOO ball
lacll to keep tho peace after they had been
arrested on a charge of comer lounging
ltosenbaum . harmed at this hearing that tin
voting men in-ulted him every time lie
passed the polioim of Harry Cohen at
fi.th and Lombard streets, i ailing him
"one of the Deutsch lats." The hearing at
which the voting mui were held under ball
resolved Itself Into a political tilt lu which
It was oprnlv rh.ugtd that Carey workeis
were Insulting evciy one lonnectcd with the
Deutsch faction.
POLITICAL 'I'tLI. DIINIL'D
I Norton ti. Haiti" ihalinian of tho lo.al
hoard, mphatli.ill denied that 'pull"
1 .ould Inlliieni o the board's decision.
, "I hope mid feel that it is not necessary
lor me lo letuin slatet.ients made Irre
sponsibly," he said. "W'c havo striven for
tliteo months to kicp polities out of o'ur
woik, and have been successful in so doing.
mui cm.- in.iii, to mi- us we Know, ever
T ptll'- of Edwai'fl F TInhpi'f nn ' ,l!,Ie1 '" attempt piessure, and he was a
JeiieiM OL LUW.I1U 1 . .UOUeUsOll , ,ue,e ,.Xplte,l by. if i h,,(1 i,ell0,ed that
to une-iime Wire Address
Her as "My Dear Bun"
K Platonic fiiendshlp i Indualed be
tween Sirs Laurleu C. P.obertton and
Hdward F. Htbertson. a .N'ew Yoik manu
facturer, whom slio divorced lait June, in
letters written by the husband Mine, tlio
sinning of the decien and filed In the Su
preme Court. Ono of the letters addresses
JIis. Uobeitson as "Sly dear Bun"
Sirs. Hubcrt'on in presenting her aitton
before Justice DMehanty and a Jury named
Miss Sllna Tempest as corespondent.
The first letter written b Sir. Robertson
Is dated August 10. and suggests that she
meet liira at his otllce to discuss tho question
of alimony Pending trial Sirs, Jtobertson
had received HOu weekly, together with
$1000 counsel fees. Mr. Robertson sug
gested that a more amicable adjustment
might ba made between them,
He sa'.d: "I shall take all necessarv steps
to vacate No. 200 West Fifty-eighth, I- D. Q.
Tho place given me the blue3. When the
stuff at 450 W. H. lias to bo bought or sold
out I will try to get whatever jou'd like for
you thoro, free of expense to jou."
The letter concludes : "liest lovo to jou
and wishes. F.UNA."
The other letter rcfern to the disposal of
contents of the house prev lously mentioned.
It enda'.e'Take the best care of jourself.
Wlth,besl love and all good wishes. IMdlo
P.."
political pull could get Into the selection of
t men lor tno army i would not have served.
1 'But." he uintltuifd, "the idea that poll-!
tics can control inch u matter as exemp
tion strlkis me as prepo-teiou.!. Some have
tiled II. uiiquihtluii.ihl.t Jim those who
havo attempted to blink sUlIi pressure have '
inado tliemselvis marked men. whose cveiy
movement is subjected to closer scrutiny
than tliey would undergo had they not made
the attempt "
The other member" of tho bo.ml ate A.
Nleclehnan. nn optician, of ti:'8 South Fittli '
stieet. mid Dr. S F. Levin, of Ola South
Tenth stieet who Is the medical isainlner. i
Reyislcr Tomorrow
for Coming Election
TOMORROW is the first of the
three registration dnyg, aet aside
by law, for the enrollment of citizens
us nonpartisans or as members of
the different political parties. The
other day nre September 11 and 15.
Tolls will bo open in the 1336
flection division? of the city between
the hours of 7 n. m. and 10 a m,
and 4 p. nt. and 10 p. m.
Previous registratfon vvjjj not e
tUie youv to vote eithen nL th
wrMary'islectiSnon September 19 or
HM'Ktaseral Vtlen tin Novembar fi.
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iii:li) ior suwixc; husuanu
Mot,ht-r of Si- Alleges Urutul Treat
ment lUi'lJUXSACK. N. J Sept 5 With her
si children, ranging from two to twelve
jeais, tiiKsIng at hei skirts, Sirs Katherliio
Haiiwlg was formally arraigned In court
hem todav on tlie iliuigo of murdering her
husband, Christian -M llartwig. She shot
him to death at tho breakfast table yester
day morning following an aigument over
tellgion.
Sirs llartwig told the police that Hart
wig had threatened to hit her with their
two-jeai-old daughter, whom he was slng.
ing over Is head, club fashion, when she shot
him.
Sho pleaded "not guilt) " to the murder
charge and vvas-iemanded to jull. iler chll
dien wore turned over to a city Institution,
Sirs. Hartwig dedarod sho felt no remorse
for her act and expressed confidence that
bhe would be acquitted.
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LARGE BALANCE FOR HEIRS
The estate of Henrietta C. Uarclay, who
died In May, 1910. Is alued at "64.I30.5
In an account tiled today wit'i Register
Sheehan. There Is a balanou of J727.45C.H
aw'.iUlig distribution among the heirs
Wills probt.ted today Include tto at
Samuel II. Hitter. 03t Rublcam street.
which. In private bequests, disposes of prop,
erty valued at J11.G00: Ivate jr. Leader,
Portland, Sle., 9000; John Kremmel, (o
Ilartvllle street, 6000; Edward E. Bnyder,
.wimBdltd In the Philadelphia Jlnnniini
tsajfl Tiulsa Korpsmann. 301 West IndL
aim aeiiffl, 209yandAnn "Fisher, ibsi"
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