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IHENZOLLEKN
iTY MUST
G0,U.S. INSISTS
,11 Suffrage and End
l0f Hohenzollernism
Insisted un
1SF REFORMS
NOT ACCEPT AJBL.1S
K
i 1 A.-s, "Dnn -i
merican atanu o.
foutlined Unofficially by
omtc v-i'-
EOPLES TO DECIDE FATE
P.'- Tni-i-niiifi. Bosnia-Hcrze-
Uina and Schleswig-IIolstein
J. J.- IT mm Tllstipfi
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LONDON'. Sept. 8.
'GrmanrJn her reply to I'ope Bene
Lf, peace note, will agree to the
frplete restoration of Belgium ac
ZLx to advices from Amsterdam,
ttnnng i aitho ic
iting tne "" ,-,,
wspaper Tjci. i'i""
it Germany vvouiu mawi,-. .,
t-t no separate agreement ",".
g Belgium's independence should be
Ait. '
By ROBERT J. BENDER
tCWrtt. JAS'IlN10Vl hept S
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Hohtn'ollernlsm rigm. l "-i -
P?.nc" . -. .i.i nun futures .mil
Eiuulion an.1 restoration for those conn
Ut trodden under foot during the war.
EtlM peace NntlilUB "'1 "'
iennlnate the war
PVctear up the tonfuslon created b the
i.'V. ,,.h,rimentM recent announcement,
tmrentconmctlthrre-identWII-.m,
... .1. ,.. Pone, the I nlted Press sought
Krtotuliicd today a seml-olnclal Intel pre-
7.. ...... 1 1 i tit,ii .i tti
fiilon of the Aunnmsuiiu.. ..- -L.
nil Interpretation vouched for by the
bi'stiet aiithoi Itlc.
frfTIW Allies cannot talk pc-ico with the
EoWllern", In the. opinion ol A.iniin
Lratlon lllcl lis 1 ho German People should
Ltiromptl to eliminate entirely mn -Lli.
,l nh.indon nil mlUtaiistlc lute If
Ennr Is not to go on Indefinitely.
itixvv iiKronM ixsi'FricinxT
t.i..M .aaP..i uiiMi .in mprp makltlK 1110
VtpiUlL IClllIM, r-"- -- "
fchancellor subject to the will of the Heidi-
t.u.- t.w.i. irt,itr .itiuini? the Allh of full
tf(iionllillitj of tho iStimiulu pnvteiw to
Ithelr peopu 4
IjAcceptililllls of Oumun'tf lutein il i"
ffnrmii Nll not ilenenil upon llu- ilt Isltin
Ifet ha United SfiU. or KiiBlaiul oi I'l.mce,
I'kut roust ho such as 'tne othir p'oplt-
Ht tho world would he Justified In .icupt-
fSThls point It Is stated Is one tit the most
rjmpirt.uit in mo ritsifietus iiy i" "lu
I'opc It inciii" in Mil m it nit- i iiui-u
Elates lello cs all tho Miles and the lest
of the -world fhall Hit ns u unlit of Judg-
iint mi rrnniii s Int. rn il reforms
rThc United htates will he pulded in Its
Jtace opinions nrnciy u naiioni winm
kne bad Hie most cpcrlen with Ucr
iJians France, for e untile Franco he-
l!es It would he madness to enter peace
stsotlallvns with the Ktlser. so uoes uio
I'nlted States.
pYhen the 1'rehlilent ptld peace mnct rest
lun the lights of people, Bleat and Mini!
.hihf Si...... .. ... ....,...l.JV1ii. ...a.i It lit.
.. U'.i iiutriiiiiii.iunnw ui....ifc i. ...-
ralh, and tint point npplles -tlliettl to
kl utltrances airalifvt tlm dlsmunheinit-iit
fif ftmnlnu
Rll Is declared tint lsace-I.oira!ne, Dos.
i-neizoKo In t c tn bchlesw 1b-1 lolstein,
UrtPBtlfl 111 r!.i-i m. n..i lln.nn t.L 111 1 HUt.
"'-". ' vjiiiii.iij iiuhi wtlllll ... ... .u"
-flo not tointltiitu IntcKral putH of the
tkxl) and i-oul ot Clerniin ami Austria.
SHi itiiu HcrzoRouna weio ussunieti iy
.unrU by executlvo order in 1308. Al-ace-Lorruliin
watt imt nf tho Teuttmle
Wolls of the war of 18T0
MUST QIV12 UP SPOILS
IVriie Administration holds these should he
Ssn me rignt to express theniseles on
prc.iaiion ou wneincr or not tney snail
maln under tho inllltarj heel ot the tier-
F"i"C rowers, return to their mother couti
" France, Denmark and Serhla. set up
lUtOnmnnnq crr. APnmA... 1 ..!.. .1.
. -w , bviviiiiuirina Aiiit uia tutrm"
S or attach themsehes to other
tetl&ns.
k BMnli-Iierzoeovlna, for instance, ls un-
".u to nesiro a berth In tho pioposetl
ri)la nYid Montenegro At the Kama 'time
fcltli 'tuiue, intna, Trieste Htm uo-
m i wiiiui jiaiy nas uesigns also
km!.' 'nlra,ce Into this Htate and the
EniTi t "cre ,s tlmt tlleSB StateB also
kU.t . "noweti to determine the r re.
ipccmA tut..
Thtirn mi... .. ....
fell., r """' ul course, do autonomy ror
Eli . a"d rC8tratlon and restitution for
i,.j r " ".n.iiiiution ot mo Dardanelles
L,J ,r"!de1nt llas left tho door to peace
EIom . . 1S "eu Buardod and tho Teu
Ifeocui?"' tomo in xltl B"1" l their
Sort? I'?,',1,1 ot fuU Pwer t0 the aennan
fcti, ". ,k, !u . l0 ,et ""Putctl terri
K rextir .? for thc,r own futuro "'! srant
SMfen . lnn ana "-ctltutlon for over
Shlnt J ma" countrlcs mean peaco- Any
r nort of these meaift wax to the end.
CONTRACTORS FINED
W(uBust Penalties on Street ClennW
J Firms Tntnl oi tn
Lim c,canlnB and ash collection flneii
Lii.m J i " '""nicipai tontrattors for
KlO tm .f 'iJ!5: durln(J AuBU8t t0,al
nuri i . "'.ui mor innn was im-
j.Tii ""'ar penalties for the month
Ltith' and1("lany hundreds less than any
at th V ' "" year.
Ik! Ps .Swn had
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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1917 comm.iit.i: .,Ti.rr-t;.ticLrr0..coMM.,
SCENE OF FRANKF0RD ARSENAL EXPLOSION AND TYPE OF BUILDING DESTROYED
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HOUSEORDERSWIDE ' - $fcf W fBARRELSOFBOOZE"
r PWZ ft fr fl MM mmtWiW .WtmXl Nearly 2,300,000 Gallons of
ttfr S)m i-1 f jeSMK Uhl'lM SPMU in Wave-
jBi8BsKr ri; pp - rfBai , 7r.aav im nwmv wn
PROBE rfiKM ! !'- ' r- (T ff.PS b3 lffliP. S n,"lu'
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PRICE TWO CENTS
Belief Prevails That Shake
Up in Ordnance Depart
ment Impends
SEEK AGGRESSIVE
7?y o Rtnff Corrai on If lit
WASHIN'CTOX, S-cpt t
Willi tho Jlousn lcadlnic tho repmts of
tho explosions at 1'ianUfuid Arseml a
1 1 solution offtieil ItepiesentatUe Dent
clinllin in of tho Mlllt.m Aff'iiis Commit
tee, ftu a spiel il ciimmltlte of nine tn In
estigate the tltfettlo shells made at
l'rankftutl Aisinal nml eNewlierc was
iinnulnioiish ndopteil toda
Hellef exists heie that the InxestlRatlon
will 1c id to a slnke-up In the ordnance
department, of which Ueneral Cro7ler Is
thief
"I ho resolution mil
Tlesohcd, that the Speaker appoint a select
committee of nln members, and that mh
inniniittce he Instructed to Inuulie Into the
ininufnttute and piiKhae ot ordmncu and
nnuuunltlon. including small arms ami
heay artillery ainniuiiltlon already pur
chased, and tho fHallt and cnndlttoii there
of, fnt iivf. h the hi mul forio ot the
United Statts In the iftoi emeigeriii
and foi such pulpites It vhnll lnt the
powei tn send fol petrous niitl papain and
administer tilths and shall hae the light
to icpiiit at am time
Tim Htupe of this irhnliition "linns en
iU.ill that the epetlal foinmittee will
M iutti oiilutute and otliti wai mttlei"
L'ndt I tin- lei ins of the lesiilutlnn at til
1 and mat blue gun ammunition as well
as tint foi illlts in t 1q Intmlic'tl Into The
Housti cominltttf Is litualh unlimited In
tlie nope ot Its Inijulrv Spe ikei f'l.tik will
n inio the uliio incmbeis at once
Acllon t tme In tlie Utilise following tt
tniifeicmo between Set retan Hiker mil
( Inlrm in lient of tho House committee
Dent called at the War Dcp.ntment t ul
lodaj In conncttion with rcportH 111 it
Secretan II ikei opposed ati hnestlgatlon
aside fiom tint being conducted undir his
own dcini tment Haker assuied him be
was ilt sli oils for the good of tho tliptrt
imnt foi an lnrinirx the aggie7 teness of
.which could not be questioned
CRIPPLED PHILS OPEN
SERIES IN BOSTON
Paskel't, Bancroft and Cravath
Missing From Moran's Line-
Up Dugey in Center
PROHIBITION
UKAVKS' nni.D, Boston, jrass . Sept 8
The Phillies had a make-shift line-up In
tho tit st game of tho double-header against
the llraes heie today Gay fraxath's
hand was so swollen that ho could not-pla)
and Paskcrt was called home because of
tho sickness of his wife ISancroft threw
his aim out In New Voik jesterda and
had to quit toda, nftei trlug to work out
Pat Moran uttd N'leholT at thlitl and
Stock at shoit, putting llveia on tecond
bat.t) and Duge in center Held, with fechulte
continuing In right.
Today's double-header was the flist of
tlino twin bills, the teams will play In the
present fecrles Of the six. games aheady
played In Huston, tho Phillies haxe won
one, losing the.
Pat Moran sent Joo Oesehger to the
mound in the flist gune to oppose Karnes
rillST I.VtN'I.VO
Dugey was out, Maranllle to Konetchy
lhers grounded to Konetchy, Stock reached
first on Kelly's muff, but was out stealing,
Trugresser to Maramllle. Xo runs, no
hits, one error.
Nlehoft tossed out rtehg, Maramllle (lied
to Scliulto. Powell fouled to Adams .o
runs, no hits, no errors,
TO STOP PACIFISTS' MAIL
Government Taking Steps to Bar Let
ters of Disloyalists
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. Steps were
taken by the Go eminent today to bar from
the malls all letters and literature ofVtlls
lojal persons as well as their periodicals.
William C. Pitts, assistant attorne'feen
eral, conferred with Judge W, II. 1.amar,
solicitor of the Postoftlcq Department, on a
piogram that -would effecthely cut on paci
fists from intercommunication by mall This
wtiuld act toward hampering the organiza
tion of contentions and other actls Itlea of
pro-German bodies.
Police Carnival Postponed by Rain
The police carnlCal scJieduledVr this
afternoon on Franklin Field has been post-
nil nil ACCOUnt Ui. U1B' lHli T.l6WMtfluo
" to.
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orrara
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Two rlrarl. two missine and moie than Unity in'uioil
five exj.losions at the l'i.irkfoid Aisonal c.ul totlaj, which de'tiojetl
five buildings and n Kieat quantity of munitions. In tho lnie putuic,
taken fiom tho outside of the Government plant, the location of the
huildincs destroyed 'c indicated by the arrow. Tho buildme; below
shows the type of structure in which the explosion occuricd. A si
mch shell, the cause of the disaster, according to unofficial accounts.,
in is alsi shown.
SWEDEN MIXED
IN SUBTLE PLOT
BARED BY U. S.
Conveyed Sinister Messages
From Buenos Aires to Ber
lin, Documents Show
NEUTRALITY VIOLATED
WASHINGTON'. Sept 8
The subtle win kings nf a plot In which
SweiKu violated neutialltv and curled
Sinister iuesage between Couirtl.uxbuig
lieimtii tharge dnffalies In Argentina and
Heilln wer revealul In llu State Deptrt
ineiit today.
I.uxbiitg lusiilentlv adl-ed his home of
flco that It should not heed Argentina de
mands In tlie r-boit ltuatlon He coun
helled tint German refuse Argeutliia's jflea
uud It nccessaiy tall In Spanish inediitlou
Most lining of all his lecommend itlons
vwis tint Gernnny compel Aigtntlne hhlps
to tin n hick or to sink them without lei
ing any traces Sweden aided his machina
tions The Swedish legation at Huenos
AliesVorwarded his messages to the Stock
holm ITirelgu Offko as their own ofllelal
messages
i:UTKUTV VIOIVTIID
This was a distinct violation of neu
liality width Is likely to result in a hii-nk
of iclatiuus between Sweden and the Unltul
t tales, vhlle Argentina Is expected to
pluiiRu Into the var now that hhe i-ees
Geriu.inv's schciresnsalnst her bated
I.uxburg sarcastically refened to tho
acting Argentine SIlnlstH for Foreign f
falis as in"notoilous as? and Anglophile"
The communications boie on Argentine h
piolest In Uio Mont Prategldo case and
suhsetiueut devilopments. ;
Luxhuig's first message, dated lla 11
noted "a great change IA public feeling In
Argentina as tho result of the scttltinent
of the Monte Prntegldo case
In this note Luxburg counseled that two
small Argentine steamships ne.ulng llor
deaux then should be spared If posslblo
or else bo "spurlos versenkt" sunk without
a tiace
I.uxburg liad access to news of the secret
sessions of the Argentine Senite, for on
July 3 he cabled in hltr.cnde that tho at ting
Minister had declared Argentine, would de
mand that Uerllu promlfe to sink no more
Argentine ships.
The penalty was to bo a breach, but
Continued on I'nte Two, Column Sl
BILL FOR DRAFTING ALIENS
. SAID TO BE ASSURED
State Department Informs Military
Committee International Problem
, Will Be Solved
WASHINGTON, Sept, 8, Members of
the House Military Committee received as
surances today from the State, Department
that all International questions over the
drafting ot aliens wtll be straightened out
In time for Congress to pass a bill making
foreigners subject to service.
-Whn Mrialsp'dtjMeHMtlet questions are
il4 Ui;,BMHmW'WMM''oururii ara
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GERMAN DRIVE
SLOWS AS SLAV
LINES STIFFEN
Situation Improved, Petro-
grad Is Told in Official
Report From Front
CADORNA STOPS ATTACKS
linpiiivttiiciit in the Kussl in situation
nn the ltis.i flout Is i ('pulled fiom l'rtio
Mad. The Itiiislan loliiciiHut is slow
ing down anil the fieim.tns, vliiso ail
v.tme Is now Ilftv guiles bevuml I tit. i
ate Mulling nunc limit tilts in m ikini;
piuuss Dvlnslv, tlif gteat Slav lnt
less fin tlu r Kiiiith on the Dvlui, is not
lit present mcimtul b thu t n i ill
A (lei man lket has lieen itpoitul
sUlitetl in the IJaltk' Hte.iiniui; tow.inl
the defences of Pctiogratl Jtiisslim
w.nsliips at Kionstadt ntul Ittval nto
ftvcrlshh pttpiilng for the IjU nival
battle tlmt Is believed neat.
Italian Front
Austilaii CDimtei-attatks jsilnst posi
tions won 1 the Italians on tho Isoiuo
and Caiso fionts have vlclded no gains
and have been made at such a frightful
cost In men that these assaults Imvo now
viituallv ceased In most hectois, where
tho Auslilaiis are now on the defensive
I'loni tlie Heiin.ula to tho sea, linvvevei,
the attucks aio beliigr contluutd Willi
gicat fur Culorna h is taken 30,071
prihoneis In his piescnt oiftnsivo
West Front
On the Hiltlsli fiont In West I'lantUiis
and 1'iniuc only lalds and patio! tlght
liiK are leportcd toda ! 1'ield Ma i sin!
llalg AIoiik tho l'lench front the
violent artillery duel ot tho last few ikis
continues
RUSSIANS MAKE STAND
ItEHIND NEW POSITIONS
' PHTKOGUAD Sept 8
'1 ho Husslan letliemeut fiom Itiga Is
slowing down Colonel Kropotklu icported
to tlie Uovi'Miinent today fiom his head
quarteis oil the northern front The fort
ress of Dvlm-k. on the DvinaItlver will lie
defended to tlie last man, It was declared.
Colonel Kropotklu dented reports that tlie
fortress had been bombaided
(Press reports that Dvln.sk had been
shelled b the Germans weie published In
Dei llu and other I'uropcau cities us well
as In America.)
lleports as to Dvlnsk and tho slowing
down of the Russian reticat were received
by Colonel Podgousky, commissioner ot the
army. Colonel Kropotklu made Ms report
verbally over the long distance telephone.
Colonel Kropolkln b president of the cen
tral army committee
i Ti nulns are. oacupylng new ptjsitloiin.
JUBt . WW pjP" - Xy HJI., .-; H
BSZS2SJZ33zixmm2:i
fond i intrii it piscd In
AUglft l I"'I7 to pinhlblt
things Hie fin Hit r in inu-
whiskv In .iiiv put of till'
I uiti d st tits gin s Into t lit ft at Ho i look
1 mile, m tluie will In in the tirst luttiiial
Ili'ViMiue lilMilit nf xv 111. ll this tin Is a
put -471 Hi J s.illniis nr ilWillbd iplilts
i.tulid in liulid
lit the piolillillivi- il.iiisi. if the fond
oniiol ut milllnux of huhtls nf gialn
whhh VMiuld nlhtiwl'e he gtouuil up foi
liiuii will thus be itltasid foi food
Vn ailillliini il tnx to he .idili-tl to the one
alieailv id ued mi liquor In biiiitl it'C is ex-
imtid to nine the piiet' of whisk it
almost piohlblllw flguie
I In following iliiliiin v.ih given out b
nlliiloi l.i ilucr of the I'list lutein 1 1 I'.ev-
i nut' IHftiUt at noon toil i
I'list 'Ihu United St ites I'ootl Ad
iiiliilstratlim has tuli.il that under the
pinvlsluns of the ait all feiiiient Uion
tutlst bn tnmplcte befoie SepteinliHi S,
1117 nt 11 i.Ytoc-k i"'nl' PMlllatlon
in i bt pioiecdtd with there ifttt if pur
sued piompth' to i omplctlrin
teond 'I he I nitid States Food Vd
tiilnistintion hts mini thit the teims
foods flints fond itiatei lals in fetils In
the .at intlude all tenuis tuliei. fi tilts
liiul ises giape t lief e, ipple rheese
ft nit pilings, i tune iv icfusi btet sugar
inol tse sum wine llld all nlllel fotids.
fiuits footl miteiiils ut ft-i ds and the
li piodili ts ilieiem
QUICK NEWS
PniLS OPEN IN BOSTON WITH DEFEAT
PHILLIES, 010 0 10 0 0 10-
BOSTON, i3tt'..:.0 00000 1 1 1 1-
ucscugei and Adams,; Bnrues and Xiatjesboi. Hi,
3
4
G 2
S 2
K
lei and Biniibticltl.
FIRE IN STERN LEATHER PLANT
l'iio was, diitoveieU in tlie tivt-bttny plant ot the Stem BioUiUo
CLeathcr Comiiaiiy, 211 Nortli Thixd btieet, tills afteiuoon, tluiateulu;
Jjcighboiluf buildiugs. Two file alaiuis. weie sent out in quick s.m.-tcsbioili
PHILLIES ab
Dugey.cf -t
Evers,2b t
Stock, ss t
Schulte, rf ... 1
Wiiittcd.lf.... 4
Ludcrus, lb . 1
Nichoff,3b .. I
Adams, c 3
Oesehger, p.. . 3
BRAVES DOWN CRIPPLED PHILLIES
ab
h
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
BOSTON
Rehg.rf ....
Maranvillc, ss.
Powell, cf . .
Konetchy, lb 3
Smith, 3b ... 3
Kelly, If t
Ravvlings, 2b . 1
Tragresser, c. 3
Barnes, p 4
r
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
o
2
2
5
11 1
1 0
1 2
2 3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Totals...
34
3 C 20 17
i
Totals, 35 J 8 30 14 2
2 DIE, 30 HURT IN
ARSENAL BLAST
AT FRANKFORD
Five Explosions Wreck
Buildings, Kill and In
jure War Workers
$50,000 ESTIMATE OF
MUNITIONS EXPLODED
Buildings Burst Into Flames
and Employes Seek Safety
in Torrential Rain
SEVERAL STILL MISSING
FOOD CONTROLLER NAMED FOR OHIO
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. The name of l'red C. Cioxton. Columbus, O., as Ohio
footl administrator, today was sent to President Wilson for upp'.oval by Food Admin
istrator Hoover.
Facts of Big Explosion
in FranUford Arsenal
TWO dead, two missing
--uniiv persons injuietl.
c-oInUnntit,,on'! rr nrmv valued
?.)0,00D, lost.
Buildings destioycd valued
$iO,U0().
Cause of explosion, unknown.
and
at
at
FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY'BURNED TO DEATH
i Four-youY-old Charles GalUiKhcr, of Eleventh and Tioga streets, -waa, burned.
WME&mu i''ilvvt.;: c?:;MwBamm
'$
Commandant Montgomery this after
noon fornjed a board or inquirj to in
vestigate I ho explosions. The first wit
ness was Sergeant I'ogcr, wlio was in
charge of the vv.ilch at the time of
the blasts. 'I lie board said no state
ment would he forthcoming today. Ma
jor .1. II. I'clot is one member of tha
board.
A tray of detonators powerful ex
plosive caps placed in big shells to
make them explode when "fired" was
accidentally upset in a dryhouse a
building vvheiein powder and munitions
of vanous soits are dried at Trank
foitl Aiscnal sit U:21 this morning.
A seiits of five explosions tesulted
that killed two men, injuied at least
thirty arsenal vvoikers, some of them
women, exploded $30,000 vvoith of
powder and munitions and destroyed
the dr house and two neighboring ones
and two ncighboiing high-explosives
houses.
The blasts shook Tiankfotd, shat
tered windows of nearby houses and
thiew sleeping; neighbors' of "the plant
fiom their beds.
The buildings burst into flames,
vvhoe lurid glare lighted up the sky
as the aisenal workers ran screaming
thiough blinding torrents of rain from
the place of death.
IJIK DKVtJ
linw Mil) L.IVTON. ll -JiilJ Orlearn st la
ilnrit. In the ilr room
V II I.IWl IIVllZl:i. Tn coil) who hail deliver
Hit u tnnators to Union
THK IVU in:i
Vl I'lM I s (-, -Hi! (Irwmvlth t frue-
tiir1! Ifit mil turn huh nmt stuck reported
t1ttu In rratikruril IIunpltRl
riMVIV Kir, L'S h0 N 7th at., Uceratlons
nf fHC
Dvmi:i rvin.i.r l'.' :.' i: i.tprincott t i
Iiperntluns 1 1 fare
elivilllis vrci'iil t!A 41 tsto i: I ehlBh.
live , laicrAtluns of scalp
r 1 IlillTNTR V.I lll.'S llarrlsin at lao.
eiatliniN of heml
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tion uf lun 1
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CORONER ON SCHNE
According to Coroner Knight, who made
an lnfoimal statement after a preliminary
Investigation and a conferente with Colonel
MontROinerv. coininandant of the arsenal,
I.inton'st post was In the dry house, whera
It was his business to receive detonators.
Ilaltzel and nnolhcr mav, whoso busluesa
w as to tlellv er tra s of detonators to the man
In cluige of the dry house, delivered such
a tray to Linton and turned to walk back
to the high explosives or "It A." house.
No 4 Then the explosion occurred, killing;
I.lnton and Ilaltzel. Coioner Knlghl said
he and tho commandant weie agreed that
the accident was not the result of care
lessness 'It was just an accident, pure And simple,.'
paid tho coroner.
Accoidlng to a btatement made In Wash
ington by Hrlgadler General 'William Cro
7lei. chief of the llureau of Ordnance, after
receiving un oiiiciai report irom rranaiora
Arsenal, them Is leason to believe that the
live explosions which followed the one In
the detonation dryhouse were all due to tha
Initial accident,
"After the explosion In the detonation
drj house," said General Croiler, "the others
occurred. A detonation ot that klud ltlt
sensitive materials atound Is apt to cause
other explosions. No cause of the accident
l civ en in the
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