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nrnnnnr iinn- i
IS
SIzzlinblAttaqlcIs MadeBy
, i-orme.u rector : or vet
( eran$M Bureau -in Two
I statements issued
SAYS HE l PREPARED
TO NAME GUILTY PERSON
"1 Know Who Laid Plot arid
Day it Was Laid" Asserts
wan under indictment
' ? WASHINGTON, March 1. Ser
- erfely denouncing witnessea before
the Chicago grand jury that indl
' cated him for ..conspiracy and brib
ery la connection with his admin-
, istration otithMe veterans' bureau
h Char!ci ft; Ufyrbcs declared In two
. ' 1 statemenlt Issued from his attor
j iiey'a L ofRce todar that he was fa
fs TlcUmof a! ajae-u" and that
s he, was prepared to name a "high
; , Individual unofficially .connected
. itb the government," ' who, lie
5 charged wlafd the plot."- ?
I ' After an all-day conference with
I his attorney, James : S. . Easby
f Smith, it was announced that the
ground work for Forbes defenso
was being t laid and list of wlt
' uesses being considered. -1 :
.Not' Served ; j '
x Papers should . have been re
ceived on Forbes , late today, but
It Was believed that arrangements
bad been made for him to appear
voluntarily: before a United States
commissioner . here to arrange
bondl 5 He' would go to Chicago
voluntarily, it was Btated, and not
1 ' oppose extraditiorii T
; "If1 ver there was a cbntempt
i ibio frameup," , Forbes said,' to
newspapermen in the presence of
, his attorney, 'I am the man thWt
! wag framed arid I know, the exact'
; '"7 flay the-plot'-was' Uld'and (he in-
dividual, I unofficially connected
with the government. ! '!
Forbes. was particularly severe
; In his' atuclcs on Ellas H. Morti
: ; mer. named as . the agent ot
1 Thompson and Black, contractors,
and Brigadier1 Central Charles E.
Sawyer. He attacked Mortimer's
testimony before the senate inves
M tlgatlng committee and asked in
( f one of his, statements why he had
; not been indicted with himself and
;J V J. W. Thorn pson
t'i: In! his second statement in an-
I swerf to Questions put to him by
! ! newspaper men, Forbes referred to
j I the visit to Chicago by Attorney.
' V General Daugherty and questioned
f r whether It was to. assist the grand
j i jury in returnins indictments or
;J for other r reasons, j ;.; . !
? 1 ,v Repiyirigto questions as to . an
' . alleged connection '.ot Mortimer
j with . the department of justice
t Forbes interrogated: " I :
tl 'VYhy has he been on ball for
nearly a year- for conspiracy to
violate the i prohibition law re-
turned, in thov United States : dis
trict court io NeV , York, with no
action taken in the case since' he
jr) onel.Tom Felder, Daugherty's as
:' " socia'te in the MorBe pardon caie,
t- appearing as his counsel?
! ( "Why has not; the department
K of justice taken action against hm
feud certain of ticials for conspiracy
' to violate the - liquor laws, based
' on documentary evidence fur-
. pished by me to the department of
y justice eighteen months ago the
discovery of which was the first
j intimation I had' of Mortimer's
I , fdal character " ; V i
V ' Forbes charged that the "real
I crooks" were being shielded. He
i further charged " . that' General
"l Charles Sawyer's.work In connew
U tion with the bureau's activities
- had "more to do with preventing
i "proper administration'of the laws
r for the relief of the ex-service man
than ill, other causes combined."
Sawyer Attacked
' Vi He made a sizzling attack' on
the physician of, the, late President
VrH Harding, his charges ring'ing with
? 'f invective and denunciation. - -
) ", ' . (Continued on "page 3.)
THE WEATHER
; OREGON: Unsettled with
showers. ; Sunday; moderate
northeasterly wlnds
;. A-f UOGKUl WJSATHEU , ,
; , ?(Saturday)
Max im u m t em pcra t ure, 10.
Minimum temperature, 38. j
Rainfall, none. I
'RIvef, 4,7 Ieet abote a i
-Atmosphere, clear.
Wind, north.
ELECTRIC CARS TO
WEST SALEM ASKED;
300 SIGN FOR IT
The people of West Salem and vicinity are negotiating
with the Southern Pacific company for an extension of
electric street car service between Salem and West Salem.
While no definite assurance has been given by Southern
Pacific officials that the extension will be made, the people
on the west side have been told that there is a good chance for
them to get the line.
Mayor J. A. Gosser of West Salem said last night that
he recently conferred with the traveling passenger agent of
the Southern Pacific company relative to the. project and was
told that there was some chance. He advised Mr. Gosser to
get a signed list of all the people in that vicinity who would
use the service. The list has been in circulation for some time
and has been signed by about 300 persons.
The electrification of the Southern Pacific track between
Salem and West Salem across the Southern Pacific bridge
would be necessary. It is said that no trackage would have
to be built in West Salem and it is presumed that this would
not be necessary in Salem.
E
Ways and Means Committee
Plans to Hold Hearings
and Report Bill
WASHINGTON', March 1. The
soldiers' bonus legislation was
started on its way today, the
house ways and means committee
voting to begin consideration of
such a measure immediately.
Three days of hearing on propos
als for payment of adjusted com
pensation to world war veterans
beginning Monday, were decided
upon, after which. Chairman
Green announced, a bill would be
whipped. Into shape. He expects
the committee to report a meas
ure to the house by next Satur
day. The program for the . bill, af
ter, it Jiaa reached tuchousa has
not been outlined. Several appro
priation bills, the Muscle Shoals,
and the immigration measures, al
ready are on the calendar.
Several bonus bills have been
Introduced, including the McKen
sie measure, similar to the one
vetoed by President Harding. Re
presentatives Fish of New York
and Andrews of Massachusetts, re
publicans, have submitted bills re
cently both making paid up insur
ance policies of 20 and 25 years,
respectively, the principal feature.
Payment of cash sums would be
allowed where the veterans would
not be entitled to more than $50.
. The Audrew bill would allow
compensation only to enlisted men
while the Fish proposal would in
clude officers up to the rank of
captain in the army and lieuten
ant in the navy, the same as pro
vided by tbo McKenzie bill.
Four options ot payments would
be allowed under the McKenzie
bill: Adjusted service pay, voca
tional training aid; farm or home
aid and adjusted service certifi
cates. The latter plan would pro
vide for insurance policies.
i.(
REVENUE MEASURE
Finance Committee Will
Consider Bill Early Dur
ing Coming Week
WASHINGTON, March 1. The
revenue bill will be taken up by
the Benate finance committee the
latter part of next week under
plans" announced today by Chair
man (Smoot.
The bill was formally reported
to tbe senate from the house and
referred to the finance committee,
by which It will be" opened agaiii
to revision. However, not more
than a month is expected to be
consumed in consideration of the
bill in committee.
.. During that time hearings will
be held, but Senator Smoot is con
sidering limiting each trade or in
dustry to one spokesman.
Pending study of the Longworth
compromise income tax schedule
wted iHto the bill by the house,
senate feadcrs were reticent in ex
pressing opinions of the plan which
provides for" a maximum surtax
rate of 37 per cent on the
amount of incomes .in excess of
$ 200,000. ; ,
PLAYGROUND IllinXEII
- SAN BERNARDINO W Cal.,
March' l-Tlie mountain tire to
day swept Into the municipal play
ground and destroyed the pavilion.
BONUS N
XT ORDER
OF HOUSE BUSES
hie mm
STOCK EPIDEMIC
HE
R 0L
Foot and Mouth Disease
Quarantine May Be Modi
fied inlSCounties
OAKLAND, Cal.. March 1.
Executives of the federal bureau
of animal industry here and in
Washington, and state experts
stationed here in the campaign
against the foot and mouth epi
demic in central California made
simultaneous announcements to
day that the epidemic is definitely
controlled. Steps were taken to
remove the provisional quarantine
from 15 counties that adjoin the
infection area.
Developm'etts today were an or
derr by army authorities barring
all. but. federally inspected meats
and pasteurized milk from army
posts -in California and a small
new outbreak in herds in Contra
Costa and Alameda counties.
George Radciirfe, chairman of
the ' state board of control, con
ferred with the state and govern
ment experts today regarding the
part the state is desired to play
in the indemnification of the cat
tle owners whose cattle must be
destroyed. Radcliffe estimated
that the cost to the state would
be $500,000 in the event that
there was no further spread of
the epidemic.
G. H. Hecicc, director of the
state board of agriculture, and the
other experts in charge of the
campaign against the epidemic,
renewed plans to Secretary of Ag
riculture Wallace that he move to
modify or remove many of the
embargoes placed throughout the
country on California livestock
and other Hems. Some of these
embargoes were undoubtedly
prompted by hysteria, Hccko said,
and applied to goods from which
there was rfo possible danger of
contagion.
The veterinarians of the 13 pro
visionally quarantined counties
were directed to examine all live
stock in their respective jurisdic
tions as a first step toward the
removal of the quarantine. Rail
roads have already been notified
that they may remove milk and
cream from those counties.
Slaughter of infected animals
progressed today after having
started two days ago.
US
Democratic State Central
Committee Meeting Asks
Withdrawal
SAN FRANCISCO. March 1. A
motion removing E. L. Doheny as
second vico president of the organ
isation was pledged today by the
democratic state central commit
tee, in meeting here. The motion
also included a request to Doheny
that he resign from the committee.
1 There was a loud chorus of
"ayes" when the motion was put
to a vote and also -many "noes"
but the affirmative vote carried
easily.
' Tho vote was taken after a de
bate in which Doheny was charac
terized as one of the ringleaders
in the alleccd corruption now be
ing uncarhed, in Washington"
On the,-other hand . pleas were
made Jy , certain committeemen
that no action be taken by the
committee "untlTDoheny-has had
a chance to defend himself." . ..
DOB S REMOVED
OT
in
SENATE VOTES
T T 1
OF DAUGHERTY
Brookhart of Iowa Heads
Group Jones of Wash
ington One of Solons
Named on Committee
RESOLUTION CARRIES
WITHOUT ROLL CALL
Justice Bureau of Investiga
tion to Be First Point of
Attacks, Report
WAKUINGTON, Jh.rch t.
Headed by a republican insurgent
of the La Follette group. Senator
Brookhart of Iowa, a special sen
ate committee will begin an Inves
tigation Monday of Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty and his adminis
tration of the department of Jus
tice. The inquiry, expected to rival
the oil investigation in its ramifi
cations, was ordered late today by
the senate in adopting the resolu
tion of Senator Wheeler, democrat.
Montana. The vote was CC to 1.
Senator Elkins, republican, West
Virginia, standing alone in oppo
sition. Jones is Xaniitl
The choice of Senator Brook
hart for chairman came in a spec
tacular climax to two days of bit
ter debate. He was nominated by
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin,
leader of tbe republican insurg
ents, after having been selected
originally by Senator Wheeler.
The regular republican organiza
tion, defeated in its effort to re
tain control of tbe committee and
contented itself with nominating
Senator Moses, New Hampshire,
and Jones. Washington, while Sen
atoc Robinson of Arkansas, the
democratic-leader, nominated &en
ators Wheeler and Ashurst, Ari
zona, as committeemen. Ho other
nominations were forthcoming af
ter a long and dramatic pause and
the slate, as agreed upon-by Sena
tor Wheeler, after conferences
with Senators La Follette and
Robinson; went through without a
roll call. Privately, republican
leaders said they regarded it wa
useless to oppose the insurgent
democratic coalition.
Chamberlain Heard
Upon the adoption of the Wheel
er resolution, attorneys for the at
torney general, Paul Howiand of
Cleveland and former Senator G.
E. Chamberlain of Oregon, sent
formal letters to each member of
the special committee requesting
the privilege of being present at
all hearings, of examining all wit
nesses, of presenting independent
evidence, of having processes is
sued for witnesses and of present
ing oral and written arguments.
They gave assurances of the as
sistance of every agency and facil
ity of the department of justice.
Chairman Brookhart said tonight
that the committee would meet
Monday to draw up a plan of -pro
cedure and would proceed "as
speedily as possible in its long
task, which is expected to take
weekB, if not months.
There arc masses of papers io
be wone over in a preliminary
way," said Senator Hrookhart. "It
is hoped to begin the liearinps in
a few days, probably some time
next week."
While definite procedure is ypt
to be determined, members indi
cated there would bp no formal
complaint, with etailod specifica
tions drafted and filed, as in the
house impeachment proceedings a
year hko against Mr. Daujrherty.
but that various eharRos and com
plaints would be taken up as they
developed with committee mem
bers and in tbe hearings.
Burns Is First
The first field of inquiry is ex
pected to be the department of
justice hureiu of investigation,
headed by Wiljiam J. Burns, hi
connection with the activities of
its agents in several parts of the
country."
Virtually unlimited jurisdiction
to investigate affairs relating, to
.Mr. Daugherty and the department
of justice is given under the sen
ate resolution. Before adoption
of tho resolutions, its preambles
objected to by several republicans.
were eliminated by Senator Wheel
er. The preambles had chareed
failure of tho attorney general to
act in Ihe federal trade commis
sion, the oil lease, and the anti
trust cascsJiut Senator Robinson
and ,Senator Borah, ' republican,
Idaho pointed out that, the reso
lutions text was broader than the
nttfl m4lltli w1ili.li mln-lif ..mietrfof
I the inquiry. ... . .
i SaTORDAYi IN
WASHINGTON
The soldiers bonus bill was tak
en up by the house ways and
meanvcommittee.
v ' ' m
Th'honse aDrw-bnriat!
(ons com-
of $153,696,567 to enable Various
government departments to wind
up the fiscal year without deficits.
; j-. -..
The tax revision bill was receiv
ed in the senate from the house
and It was said public! hearings
would be held on it sobn by the
finance committee
Reports wre received at the
state department indicating that
the revolutionary situaticjn In Hon
duras was serious," with lAmerican
marines and steamers landed at
Ceiba to protect American life and
property.
..
Charles R. Forbes, indicted by a
Chicago grand jury, declared he
would go to that city voluntarily
as "the first step" in his complete
vindication of charges concerning
his administration of the veterans'
bureau.
The senate oil committee again
considered secret messages Bent by
confidential agents to E. B. Mc
Lean in Florida and heard several
McLean employes.
Managers of telegraph compan
ies at Three Rivers, N. MI. where
Albert Ii. Fail's ranch is located,
were subpoenaed by the senate oil
committee.
Tho Wbeejer resolution calling
for an investigation of the admin
istration of Attorney General
Daugherty was adopted by the sen
ate and Senator Brookhart, Iowa,
was nominated president of the
committee of inquiry.
Th e senate oil committee de
cided to summon William J. Burns
chief of the bureau of investigation
of the department of justice for
examination as to whether code
messages sent to E. B. McLean's
employes iri Florida were In a
cipher used by the department's
secret agents. - j
LETTEBS SENT BY
T
Portland Woman Charged
With Sending Poisoned
Candy to Rival
PORTLAND. Or., March 1. -
Mrs. Nettie K. Lindley, recent
bride of a port engineer, was ar
rested here today on a federal war
rant based on grand jury indict
ments charging her with having
sent poison and improper letters
through. the mail.
The complaint charges that Mrs.
Lindley. then Miss Nettie Clubine.
mailed a box of candy containing
poison to Miss Millie Wassenmil
ler, who has since become the wife
of Prof. Paul Hillman, a teacher in
Zioh Lutheran school here.
Miss Clubine and Hillman, it is
charged, had been friehcTs prior
to the profsessor's engagement to
Miss Wras8enmiller. Jealousy is
the motive ascribed to Miss Club
ine in sending the poison and a
number of objectionable letters to
her alleged rival. A return ad
dress on the box of candy which
indicated that it should come from
Hillman. aroused Miss Wassen
millcr's suspicion because it was
erroneous, according to officers
who investigated the case. As a
result Miss Wasscnmiller did not
eat it. and subsequent examina
tion or the contents of the pack
age disclosed the poison.
The alleged acts on 'which the
indictments are based took place
early last year. Sinco that time
Miss Wassenniiller Iihb married
Hillman and Miss Clubine has
married Lindley.
FINAL FLASHES
B R CSS ELS, , Ma rrh 1. 'By the
A P. ) Princess Iouise of Belgium
died at Wiesbaden today from
double pneumonia after an illne?3
of in days.
MEXICO. M6.f March 1. The
Rev. Asa Q.' Burnspleaded not
guilty and waived reading of the
Information charging him with
having shot Howard Conger of
Lincoln, Neb., ona street here this
afternoon when arraigned late to
day before a justice of the peace.
VERA CRUZ, March 1 By the
AP.) Press dispatches from Mex
ico" City' nay that General Jose
Domlngucz of the federal army
has occupied Puerto, Mexico, and
that the rebel generals, Torruco
& Castillo, are embarking for
Froutera. .
1
lis St.
William J. Burns Department
will Be Questioned Re
garding Messages Sent By
riviary
C00LIDGE CHALLENGED
TO GIVE EXPLANATION
Quick and Easy Access to
White House" By McLean
Subject of Attack
WASHINGTON. March 1. The
lens, long trail of tho oil inquiry
led today into the department of
justice. ,.
A cipher message signed "Mary"
and found among the celebrated
McLean telegrams, carried it
there and the oil committee imme
diately made plans to follow it
wherever. iUniay go.
From William J. Burns, chief of
the department's bureau of inves
tigation, Mrs. Mary Duckstein, a
special agent of the department
and others, . the oil investigators
will seek to learn:
The truth about reporjs that
Edward B. McLean, publisher of
the Washington Post,, and a cen
tral figure in the inquiry, is him
self a department of justice agent
and in possession of the depart
ment's code.
Questions I'naiiswered
Whether Burns dlrectld Mrs.
Duckstein to send a message, to
her husband, who is one ot the
McLean employes, saying that the
"McLean investigation is under
way by special agents of the de
partment of justice" and that he
believed the "informatoin is im
portant." ;
How Duckstein and otner-repre-scntatives
ot the publisher came
into possession of a copy of the
code.
Whether all of the code mes
sages found in the McLean file of
telegrams are, like the "Mary"
message, in cipher code once used
by the bureau of investigation.
Expressing his willingness to
tell the oil committee all he
knows. Burns said he understood
the code employed in the "Mary"
message was used at one time by
agents of the justice department.
"The departimcnt of justice," he
said, "never had anything to do
with the oil scandal or Teapot
dome. I never gave any tips to
McLean. The only telegram to
McLean that I know about was ail
right. It contained notips of any
kind."
Burns would not deny the re
port that McLean was on the roll
of special agents of the bureau of
investigation at a nominal salary
of $1 a month, and that he had
been furnished with an official
badge and a pistol.
Atfer learning that the "Mary"
message was in a one-time depart
ment of justice cipher. Senator
Walsh, democrat, Montana, the
dominapt figure of the oil investi
gation sent to the department for
an i official copy. At first his re
quest was refused on the ground
that his a.;ent was not sufficiently
identified and the senator then
wrote a formal letter to the de
partment. A formal subpwena for Burns
was withheld. Senator Walsh say
ing th,at he would be "invited to
appear in the course customarily
followed in tho case of the gov
ernment officials after the com
mittee resumes its hearing next
Tuesday.
Dauslieriy Charged
Adverting to the code mailer in
tho senate, Senator Caraway, de
mocrat, Arkansas, charged Attorney-General
Daugherty with re
sponsibility for use of a depart
ment of justice cipher in telegrams
sent, on behalf of McLean.
"I would like to ask the presi
dent himself." said Senator Cara
way, 'whether be had any com
munication with those people irtn
Florida. He owes an explanation
to one hundred million people as
to why M-Lcan had any right to
miick and easy access to the
White House.' "
The oil committee examined
John F. Major, author of moKt of
tho McLean telegrams, and John
J. Spurgeon, managing editor of
the Washington Post, as to Mc
Lean's private wire to Florida, but
got little additional information
Closing the committee room doors
the investigators examined a.Jiew
batch of telegrams and records ot
the Chesapeake and Potomac tele-t
(Continued on page 2.).
NIPPON PRINCE
TWICE DEAD
AGAIN LIVES
Aged Japanese "Elder States
man" Mourned by Nation
Shows Signs of Life
TOKIO. March 1. (By The As
sociated Press) Prince Masyoshi
Matsukata, whose death was an
nounced yesterday and for whom
the entire nation went Into mourn
ing, is alive today and has a bare
chance, ot recovery, according to
statements made by his physicians
this morning. The prince was
pronounced dead at 11:15 o'clock
yesterday morning when his heart
and respiration stopped. Shortly
thereafter however, he began to
show faint signs of life.
By what the physicians pro
nounce a "miraculous recovery''
Matsukata who Is in his ninetieth
year, slowly, came back to life.
The astounded physicians worked
over him separately and in, the af
ternoon he had so far regained
consciousness that he was able to
acknowledge by the pressure., of
his hand the presence of viscount
Makino, the emperor's messenger.
This morning he took some nour
ishment and slept for a time.
AH the Tokio newspapers but
two carried stories of the prince's
death, together with lengthy obitu
aries. Matsukata, one of tbe two sur
viving members of Japan's famed
genro or "elder statesmen" offi
cial advisers of the emperor was
reported, to have been killed In the,
earthquake of last September. Re
cently he became seriously 111 and
a Tokio dispatch to London, Feb
ruary 27, announced his death.
The demise of the prince was
again announced in February.
Released From Card Playing
pliant Filed by Officer
S. Crittenden, arrested with. two
other men and three women late
Friday night in a downtown hotel
room, pleaded guilty to a charge
of possessing liquor late yesterday
in Justice court. He' was fined
$100 by Justice Kuntz. His two
companions, W. M. Clifton and
M.. CJhenowIth. were also charged
with possession of liquor in the
complaint sworn to by Officer Ol
sen, who made the arrest Friday
night, and John H. Carson, dis
trict attorney.
Th9 other two men were re
leased following the plea of guilty
entered by Crittenden, who took
the blame for ownership of the
liquor.
The party had just been released
In police court, where they were
tried under tbe new card room
ordinance passed Dy the council.
Immediately after they were re
leased by Police Judge Poulscn
Officer Olsen placed the men un
der arrest and took them to the
justice court for hearing.
Groesbeck Is One of Those
Being Considered for
Denby's Position
WASHINGTON March l.Uov
trnor Groesbeck, of Michigan, was
added today to tho list or those
understood II be under considera
tion by President Coolidge for ap
pointment as secretary of the navy
in succosoion to Edward Dcnby
who will retire March 10.
Governor Groesbeck has been
mentionea several tmics in con
nection with possible vacancies in
the attorney generalship.
Although it generally is be
lieved in Washington that Mr.
Daugherty will retire at the lon-
ciusion of the benate investigation
it Is not thought the president
would desire to consider at this
time the filing of a vacancy. to
o-cur . at some indefinite future
date
In addition io Governor Groes
beck, the names of former repre
sentative Patrick It. Kelly and
James E. Davidson, republican na
tional committeeman,' have been
mentioned as Michigan men pos-
hibly under consnlcration to sue
cccd Mr. Penby, himself a resident
ot Michigan.
RAIN NEEDED
. DEL MQNXE. Cal., March 1.
A heavy rainfall before March 10
is essential to prevent injury. ;
ADMITS PQSSESSIDn
OF UQUOR: FINED
MEOTiMICn
GOVERNOR FOR JOB
FORTY DEAD:
T.N.T Plant of Nixon Nitra.
tion Works Utterly Blown
Off GroundNoise Heard
. for 60 Miles
SOLDIERS MOBILIZED ,
TO ASSIST RESCUERS
Uninjured Unable . to Tell
Cause and Injured Unable
to Answer Questions
new Brunswick; j.
March, j2rryirft which UH
kl rvhcVn explosion wreck
ed thn TNT plant' of the Nix
on Nitrate ' company, killed
upwards of a score of pet
song, and dee&oyed the little'
town f Nixon, raq , wider
control at .1 :43. Vclock this
morning. Tbo flames stopped
spreading within 100 yards
of buildings in which large
quantities of celluloid , were
stored. . :
v;;.. A 2 . o'clock searchers
abandoned , nntU dawn their
; - search for missltut bodies h.
r;rnonlderlnt wreckage and
4jHt of the ouUor-town fire
pinpaiiie dropped. for their
home stations leaving stare
troops and a small squad of
firemen on gnard.
At 2 o'clock this morning
18 bodies had. been' recover- ,
fd. . ' t The ., het information
. w as that at least six men were
missing Mi th the possibility
that eight more . also - could
not be accounted for. , , .
I EW- BRUNSWICK, -Jf." 4
March l.Th(j bodies of . 18 .
persons r recovered , from, t the
ruins of the TNT : explosion .J
and celluloid fire which, today
destroyed I the plant of the
Nixon nitrate . works, " the
ammonite company and the
town of Nixon,' had been iden- , .
tified tonight.. Eight of the
missing also had been named '
and 29 of the most scrioas
injured identified. N .
Reports of survivors that ;
a score of victims of the blast ' .
lay buried in the ruinspf the ,
wrecked buildings led author
ities to believe the death list t
wouM amount to40 when a
final check was obtained. The 1
total number of injured," in
cluding those , under , treat-1 -ment
at four 'hospitals is ex
pected to reach 100. ."'' ".
NEW'- BRUNSWICK N. ' ' J".,'
March ,1.: Forty persons: dead and
a hundred or more, injured,, wa
estimated tonight as the .toll of an
explosion in the TNT," plant of tho
Nixon Nitration - works. v;.'Flaines
showered through 40 buildings, of
an adjoining celluloid works. and
demolished the little industrial
town of Nixon. An accurate check
on the number killed was impos
sible. -( . ; .
As many of the victims d'ead
and dying, as could bo removed
from the blazing ruins were taken
to a half dozen hospitals and hast- ;
ily equipped emergency morgues.
Their bodies were so mutilated
and burned that only a few.were
identified. By nightfall 12 bodies
were reported recovered and seven
had been identified tentatively,
Spurred by reports of survivors
that a score still lay burled beq
ueath the burning debris, soldiers
joined firemen, state police and '
citizen volunteers in hoisting are
lights and beginning an all night
attack upon the twisted masses ot
wreckage.- " .. - 'i .
Plant Was Ieased f
The explosion occurred at 11:30
a. m., in the ordnance salvaging
plant The, nitration works had
been leased to the Ammonite com-"
pany for the treatment of army
TNT to be used as' agricultural
fertilizer. . ,
The building two stories high,
500 feet long and of hollow tile
construction, literally was blown
from the earth along . with the
men believed to have been in it.
Tho shock was felt fpr,60 miles,
shattering windows, lifting roofs
and toppling chimneys ' in many
cities. On Staten island buildings
rocked as if an earthquake. Tho
slnglo destructive blast - crushed
40 buildings of tho '.Niton com
pany's celluloid . novelties manu
facturing works which surrounded
the TNT. plant and razed as It hy
shellfire the .encircling dwellings
of 20 employes wpese lil'tla ct-
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