Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
1'nlr Tonight Wednesday.
roity-flfth Vtnr
Unll TVlltli Yrar
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ill TO
KM OF GREECE
Great Britain 1nd France Reported to
Have Demanded That Passports Be
Handed Teutonic Powers Within 48
Hours Central Powers 0der Rep
resentatives to Burn All Archives.
LONDON, Jnn. 18. A dispatch
from Amsterdam to tno Exchango
Tolegraph company Bays that French
nnd Ilrltlsh troops havo been landed
tit Corinth, Greece, J 8 miles west of
Athena.
The mossago nays that according
to Information received at Amsterdam
from Sofia, the nlllod troops which
landed at Pfcnloron ro-ombarlod after
short Inspection of ths city.
"Among tho wild rumors as to tho
Intentions of tho llls," tho mes
sage continues, "Issho statement tftat
thoy Intond to Wvancff to Athens,
nnd tho govrnmont lll rotlr In
nnd thog overnmont tM retiro In
conformity with th klnft's delr to
maintain armtd neutrality.
"In Sofia dlspttchos tho question
Is nstod what former I'romlor Vcni
7.elos will do In that ovont; Crhothor
ho will proclaim n republic nnd
whothor tho army will slda erlth him.
Tlieflo reports nro said to havo oc
casioned undisguised alarm at tho
Uubjarlifti calpttAl."
l.'Iir.DUi itBM
DintUN, Jan. 18, by Orirolc,. A
noto to tho Grculc government,
uiiioiigtlnj to an ultimatum, Is wld
by the Ovorsoas News agency, to hovo
boon presented by Franco fnft Gisj&t
llrltOln. According to Sofia dls.
patch to tho news aSoncy, GrQocO Ih
jsjauliod t dellvor tlwlfl passports
to tho lufelstdrOot tho cJWtrd iu?OrO
within ? hours, foiling Ohlch tho
ftnMnto orlll taOU "necotnor
uros."
ftSTI8ItDAW, Jan. IS, via Lou
do. Tl Cologne Gazetto ie Inform'
od by its Sofia corfeajwudettt tfict tit
miniate ? th wMrOl poosrs a
Atheist have been ordOrod to burn tM
tho archive t tholr loytvtloiit to prt
Mt t)tm from fftlHna ksl tin hand
f the antonto poora.
Tho Uewtto'a lforiMlon eu con
Atlnil In o despatch from oM beta
tho report was rcalvfi fnn Athsaa
by oay of Contntlntl.
0N?ANIK6rLhVJa. 18. VhO
Oeealne faw nloh foctNitly bna,
cpmirol oRenelva Id tho Coaofioso
Ctfo oupurlor In uib6r to th YuvOa
ospotloci thorn, occoi'dlTiK to It? Ceo
otisittQoplfl wrv olflet, but effective
(C!lauiil oa re two.t?
lib mm
mm at nr
LONDON, Jan. 18. Tue
trans-
Atlantic liner Kndam p
ond today down by tho
list to tarbord. 011 her liasse-
gpnf) aro safo. Thro stokeiHs'tero
hlllod and four injured. The ltn-
dam ft proceeding to Gravosend un
der hor own atem.
The nature of the lit hastt
beo'i learned,
The ltjlam sailed from Nos York
January 5 for Pafmoutb and Rotter
dam. She paad tho LI nurd January
14 but her arrival at Falmouth had
not bsjar&eported although ordinarily
Mie would leach Falmouth tho day
after bolnf reported off the Llsard.
The Itjndam belong to the Holland-American
line and has beon In
Ferrioe for a number of years beUoen
Iondon and Itottordam. She Is SCO
test. long, of 12.070 tons displace
ment and has accommodation for
I9S puHRri,
AW PRESEM
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II II
NEW YOKK, Jnn. 18. OffleUU
of the Holland-American line here
had relrd on word today other
than the news dispatches of an ac
cident to the Itywdnm. The veMel
ealled from hare January S with 101
pasMntera. Sha had a crew of SSS
and a mlitllmiHius caiRo
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OF
T
BY
Senator Llppctt Introduces Resolu
tion Dlrcctlnjj President to Employ
Armed Forces Immediately to Pro
tect the Lives of Americans in Mex
icoGag Pot on Admirer of Hucrta
WASHIKGTON", Jnn. 18. Moiico
enmo up in tho nennlo again today
when Henutor Lippitt. republican, had
tho ulerk rend en Tditorinl attacking
Provident Wilson nnd sulogizing tho
lute General Ilucrtn. Senator My
(jrH, jjelliocrnt, interrupted tho rend
iii(,'( Bi)jriii ho thoin'!it it improper for
tho sennto t critiuiso the president,
"in eulogy of u man el nrnctorizofj ns
n cutthroat mid n Ubuqiur."
"The senator ih entirely rifjlit," dc
clurcd Odairninij Stonr of tli foreign
roliitions committee, "I hope in life
futuro wo will nt linvo mor of tliis
tliii(t; attempted r doj)e."
cm t iMVHti
Vy viva voeo voto furtlier tVtvlintf
of tho cilhorinl wiih denied, itentitor
Loi Ahked tltft his resolution di
rcutiug the proKiduut to intervene in
.Mexico bo rend to the foreign roln-
tiotwi ciftumittco. Senator Doruli nug
geHled (lint the retention bu acted
ti)on at once.
"Tlio rPholulion midit just . ell
ho withdrawn foinny good it MI! do
Amwicnn eiiizene liing murdered sn
Mexico," ho Bnid.
"This bcnato ought to .'a'o . tlo
ci'ti'.'o htcj thra moment, notifying tlio
do facto gowjKimcnt in i.:ico tliot
wo nro reauly to uso the ni;ned forces
f tho CJuited Sto&s to prctucit oui
30il9.'' Yico-Pftiflident Kerslioll iuld Uio
dtiaiHU)it on! of wnbe cod Ocxdor
Ijov'ih guvo notia Miot Intor ho 7ould
wove to huvo the SoHoIulioa roforred
lii order tluil (lit tsmniitteo rjijhl act
on -it tomowop,
Bsrc-yrrC'CTto
Senator Lipt& 41)011 introdueod q
wsoliition dirvutiMr tlio yrooi&w to
employ armed l'ofws juuuAtibttily to
proteet th fivesi ot AmuneitUH in
Kv.teo. if tmA in omj)f(mi)ia6 to
ol'lW it leniuu tto lrtij nyad & btory
that iliu Uuft4 DIwSth orould koah an
Mttftoiiioul riji tho Kouth nod Coo&ul
.m9iciiM eoun(,ni'H havetofovo ooci-
sultml htfoitt t(i(uii(c c,r rcdioal otoy,
8lie ouwa utcra liad boon ilrciioO) in
officMO) cirobB (writes in Uiii (lay, end
when EJp. Xripjcrtt Mbbwl, "ltoo lw il
Oould I'Jjo tLo United CJtoieo to Cob
Tho )Rw(ioo of Arjrorjtme, iUttjil,
Ihwo, URisnOy, ySrtnlo ond C8t)o.
uwlio to ir.x)to)0 $xi livits of it citi
aoiiB in neoieo, t'lw obotfiacti op tho
foi.-4 Pulfitioiia eotHmititeo iotaifoO
ttt 4IVbtiOQ (Kd KOB iU'W" CJi CR8-
r,vr.
..d in ijio floily," JJon-s't'"- vA? -it
Mtid. "If I had Loon president last
've,i!i ohm iVa lejjorl i,1 Vno inn der
of mn.iui ciiittMii ;jQehy4 l.'u h
ii'.gvohs KRotlr fctJ aoul.? no J he
M't on tli Vievm. HWUek hefo'.u
.Jjnoncnii Mkldt ere hot fttt the
trail of th4 tiuwlurei-s. uch lo.
trine lould meet n ijwiune note
in tlit heiuU of the aiurieun pt'o
ple." '
in
no SOUGH
A
igta South- "it may he," ini Senator Sto,
bows Ith a"tlit a few iunilor on the renublt-
T m SSK
can yu ao really thirttHV for war
in Mexico, but I do not believ that is
tlio sentiment of tho sonsiblepgnser
atio and ))atnotio bt'iiators of the
minority. I uiicerelv Miuxu liht if
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(Continued on I'agf)Two)
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PANAHH GANAfc
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NKW YOH1C, Jan. 18 -The Pana
ma aanal will be opened to the largest
ships on February K, according to
Colonel K. V. Glenn. L'. S. A, who
arrived here today on the steamship
Metapau 90m Co'""- Colonel Utcnn
returned from a six weeksrip to tne
canal tone and naif when Jie left
there was a channel twenty feet deep
at all points where the slides occur
red. He added that the eanal offi
cials bad sent out a notice on Jan
uary II stating that the waterway
wohld be ready for all traffic one
month from that month.
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CHIEF IS TO BLAME
151. L'ASO, Tex., Jnn. IS, Ktjrlquo
PCPO UuJ, ocerotory to General Kron
OlSio VIllO, occoplng throiish tho Cnr
ronen linos, xyau in HI i'ao today,
afefl lino ronooncod furtlior rovOlu
tlonory activltloj In Mexico.
Rul t9 Villa adhorontfi l.oro donlod
Villa hod authorfzed tde maosatro of
Socto Ysobol, or tint ho rvoG ordorcrl
Oil Amoplcans killed.
Accord lea to thoso cAhoronls, nul,
QrCa CCs botna huntnd In Cktntiahua?
City by tho Curroiao cutDopitfta, toot)
O Acnporoto cehonco four dayo oao
end' approached tho coiumORdcnt at
cniDudiua City onft beaaed a on(e
OOuduaJ to tho boPdor cWlO thp com
unut Oas enonja9 io ccaoCTCCClco
Olth o youns; wornn?l.
Thoy coy tfeot oMhait ICDlrtuO Cl
tho Cpplleont end taet rlfl of niOi
0'iictjlv 'tlio commajidOnl CoTlblilofl Q
:jid and Rul Red to tho hcvflof1 Clt"f
out Ills root Identity bccomlna hfcflC-3.
iALIST
WILLING TO EIGHT
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WASHINGTON, J i-i. IS Kverv
roeiiiliHt iii Hie I ml i cl States ould
defenti thib eouniry i nttnekwl by n
t'oroign J up, Itcpieenutie Loudon,
"tho only socialism congroKa, old the
houso today in s addiebs nejiet
lrPro(lnes.
The uoufts shouted down attempt
to liiflt I.osioirtiuie and sHirred
him oh with queajitu. lli deduc
tion at the soeiaayt Buhl fight
whs groeted with (thunderous np
plRUSO. ltepreaentuti'e 0'Siughn
easy of 'llhode llaud dtaaVlcl of
London what would he the uttituilo
of the Multilist in oa-r the Ameriean
tlajr 18 attaeked,
"I doire to sav that if the people
of the lulled State-, were alluded
errv oucwli-t would lifeht," London
-did.
BLAMEFOR PERSIA
WASHINlSToN. J.ui IH. Secre
tary JjUliMii); .mnliiid tndu thut
the Ilerliu t'rm;ii iUIk-v hud inform
ed Auibuulor Uerurd thut all Uer-
mau submaruiek in the Mediterranean
have reported and that none was 00
eerned in the destruction of the Urit
ih lmer J't'isut,
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SECRETARY
SCAPES
DENES
EVERY
m
IS
DENY
OREGON, TUESDAY, .TANFARY 18, 191G
of dVn, rnrmiixu, first chief f .Mox
LOS AN'dKLKS, (Ml., .Van. 18.
Two more fatalities due to swollen
strenniB in southern California worn
reported today, making four dead ns
n result of thu raiiistorin which hegnu
Saturday.
Itoport from Anaheim, nenr hero,
ftwid tliui Jose ItodriKties, h MexionQ,
hud been drowned in the Santa Ann
river uhilo HttointiUr to ford the
swd(ii ntrWni.
X. Itivoro, a txneher of dtanln Aim,
O'na drowned when ho tried to foidi
th8 Vouturt) rWer on u horse noQr Lu
Crosse.
The rniu liHiftftoptwd thioafterci)nii
and th8 flood Oaten Oert liujiniim
to recoiUj.
UoasnOM fpoai Arizono said the
flood ontoM COro flootJfliiK oliO low
lands, throHtceioa irritjOtion projects
ead liHinig traffic. Tlio" residonta
olon the lOK? Gilo rivoP tture wov
ina Oo liilieP erouiid Old tho flood
bod .reached low tectums wilum one
itliki, of 1'hoOni.v. '
?hO pftorty dMmnovas estimated
nO fciC QJl,00e,0bO to CX!,0UU,000.
o
.UVK(jBrjVKM), Cnl., Jan. 18.
At noon today water Oaa rjniulng ino
fie HiiiiVrvn of tne houcea at ArjiQiid
lixesjc': sought rfueoc of lafoty.
1'iirs vi standing ort stamps nnd
ehie'.eim took irfuuu ou tho tops t
biiildinyH.
ONI)(t. Jon. H.-Piitmu'i -ith
uitoftii'' in the house oHeom
msflhi tmiuy the nppoilitinent of Jos
) A. Tease, tunur presidenl of the
boaiil)f edueatito und one time uhief
liberal whip inadie house, us postmc9
ter Kenurul. sueeeeduit: Herbert Sam
MILLION
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CALIF NA
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uel, whuggycently was made liuAT- M. ThAns, Guy CoTluer, John,
secretary ,
CONFPSStO SPY
NKW YORK, Jan. 18. Ignatius T.
Trebich Lincoln, a former member of
the Iiritish arliuuient and a confess
ed tlermtta spy, and who was being
held here pending extradition to
L'uglaud, esoaued fron a United
8tata depaty uwrshal but Satuplay,
u was laarnea loaay, aaa nas uorueen
seen miicc.
ESCAPES CUSIODY
GENERAL CARRANZA?
Ir.iu ipn eminent.
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FULLY IDENTIFIED
BY
.IL'AHIIZ, Jrcx., Jnn. 18. Tlio body
ot Jasu I(odri;iicz, tho bandit lender
e,oeuted biht TIiuiday nt jrndora",
was positively identified today by u
iiiimheV of Ainerioans, ineltnling Unit
ed States ol'fioinln who know tho Villa
aide wien be wiih bore iwrior to tlio
oollniwe of the Villa reaimu.
A K"bl fountain pcJi, bearing tlio
Initials "J. K. 11." helped tho identifi
cation Ohieb ous mado oriennully by
employes of thu liahricorn.j'iira6b, who
euptitred Hodnniicr. when ho npiieur
od oit the properly, rsresuiOnbly ?o
kill Ma.Mino tilnrroiies, n forinor fore
man. (Icncoal Almoidn, ono of tlio hQnflit
Wdiv5 reported exoouted bp CQPrnn
za offioiak, ans killod, accordina to
the rnmh emplayos, iia nn effort to
rescue KodriKUOz.
Ono of those who ideulifiod Dodrj
Kut'z w'us C. K. Tinny, it mino coin
lutny nuj)lpje, who trnifed JtoOri0Uuc'
forro from Sonora after tho dohot of
Villa. Trnay wits tniilinif Jiu bmul
liecHiiso they siailo fifty-itirtfO bngo
oP eoncenttos from the Ul Tigro
pruoiert hi Honwrn.
ELECTS DIRECTORS
ii
At te-e MiRiiml lerlin ot tfcj Jfcd
fold CoinmerriHl el Meilv oven
iuir at the city librurv bull, tho foi
lofiinff wei'. elected as dueetors ?or
tho ensuing join.
C. K. Oatos, Unit Andoradli, Oeorgo
l'ugiara, tf. S. Kraith, 1
J. A. Perff, !!.,. u(Tl
S. Smith, W. l aywaes
tor. J. I). Iloll,
wiaun, 11. a. lAiia, j. r. auwtwn
Bert Thierolf and . L. Hill.
The directors meet Wednesday to
elect a president and secretary.
Mr. Palmer of Central Point apoko
in favor of an employment bureau for
bibor m the vailuy and suggested u
reading and coffee room ill connec
tion Iheiewith. A uonunittee was np
pointed to investigate, eontialing of
.1. A. Westeriuiid, fluy Couuer, Joo
Drown and V. 0. Steel.
Mr. Steel siwke in favor of elub
aetion to seoure county co-operation
wih the uational govemment and
state for the CraDur Lake liigliwny,
and II. I. WVlUwra, 0. Putnam nnd
I. D. kli were apjwiufed to wait on
RODRIGUEZ
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AMERICANS
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the county couit,
GOMPERS SAYS
LABOR FAVORS
PREPAREDNESS
National Clvlo Federation Told That
Orrjanlzetl Labor Favors Defensive
Propaganda Provided There Is
Recognition and Co-operation With
Unions Wants Citizen Soldiery.
WAaillNQTON, Jan. 18. Samuel
Gompcrs, president of tho American
Kodorntlon of Iabor, today told tho
National Civic fodoratlon In a Bpcech
often Interrupted by applause, that
organized labor throughout tho Unit
ed States favored adcqtinto national
pronarodncss under certain condi
tions, which ho summarized ns In
cluding: HccoRiiltlon of nnd co-operation
with tho organized labor movement
In all flolda of nctlvlty, induntrlal,
comtnorclal, polltlcnl, social, moral
Establishment and extension of tho
citizen eoldlury, democratically or
ganized, officered, administered and
contnolkd.
Itooliitlon Adoptetl
Thp session adopted a resolution,
Introduced by Dr. Tnlcott Williams
of Now York, providing tho nppolnt
mont of n commlttco by President
Low of tho .'deration to ronort on
tho bot.1 plan for preparedness.
"Men worthy ot tho namo," ho
nnld, "will fight oven for n 'scrap of
pepor,' when that paper reprosontB
ideals of human justlco and freedom.
Thcro Ih little rogrrss mado in tho
uffalri of tho world In which reslM
nnco of t thcra Ih not Involved.
Tho proreB of all tho ages has como
ns tho rcLult of protests against
wrongs and existing conditions and
through assertions ot right nnd ef
fective domands for Justice. Our own
freedom and republican form of gov
ernment havo been nchluvcd by re
sistance to tyrnny and inslstenco
uptni right. Freedom oind democracy
daro not bo synonymous with weak
ness. Ueep it IbMiiTcrnUc
"Whatovor plan may bo adopted,"
said Mr. OompeVH, ooplalnlng tho at
titude, of labgr, "tho organized labor
movoinont of Amerlcn demaudfl that
certain fundamental principles must
bo rognrdoiL All pollcloa and ians
for national defense must bo (Tutor
oined by copnoontatlvot of all tltfl
jiooplo. Tho organized labor movo
inont assorts Its right to reprcCen lo
tion lu all caminltleoH, coiiiiiiIshIoiis
or viodlos that decide upon military
dofojwo.
"Tho labor anovomOnt domoods
demogracy In all thlnflOo Including
military orgonizafions ond Inatltu
tlons ot tho coontrp. Not only iiMist
ontronco to oil Institutions bo freal?
SWl oqixttly accordod to ell, but 2ho
mllltory nuiat Do democratically or
SOnjeod, duniocWtloaUy offlcorrd ond
undor tho control of heads ho are
rarranslblu to Vlio cltlzons of tho
bin-'."
I OF
I
J'HOENIH, Ariz., Jan. 18. Rivers
and stronms of -outlleni Arizona woie
rmAfc nipidly today aod ninny resi
dents nt wu tow bwtions ulfeady s'ev
ui to havo moved from their homes
as ti result of the hotvv ruins, lTii.
Mies of IhftshenfetTs offieo beiai weie
'pt busy thrcsjjtfliout Olio day ans
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FLOODS
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werinftcalla from persons marooneiUof 5if"iD' wbieb iuvostigfuted the ue-
near lojre.
( llaily this uftensjon the flood wftt
era from Salt river bad flooded iiiv-
ersulo ptuic hero and tlieajnimHli d9
91 e Miik were removed to sutoty. va
lor was llnuins: over the south ap
proach of tlio Center htreet bridge,
one mile south of Phoenix.
Officials of thu reclamation son'-
iee stated that they feared thn worst
flood on thu Arizona siueo 1801, when
i largo portion of this territory was
under water,
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Igndon Claims Press Slighted
LONDON, Jan. 18.--Tha Times
complains that the version of Oar
niaio's llaruloiig adrroepondoiitifl
published in Loudon was ineomplett
although neutral countries received
tho full Gorman report ami adds:
NO. 255
MEDYNSK S
CONTEST NOT CE
WH
COUNOL
Defeated for Council hy Twenty-Nine
Votes, Father of Rebondlng Plan
Cries Fraud Against Election Board
on Technicalities Ballot Box Is
Taken Home by Clerk.
Ex-Cotincilmnn jrcdynski, who who
defeated for re-election in tho clcfl
tion of Junuary 11 in tho First ward
by Dr. J. J. EmmoiiH by n majority
of twenty-niuo votes, bns filed notice
with tho city council of contostinp; tho
election on tho promtd of irregularity
in proceeding of tho election board
nnd nsked Hint tv dato bo named for
hcnrini,' tha contest. Tho matter will
eomo beforo tho council tonight. C.
II. Chnptnan, W. II. Humphreys and
W. It. Coleman comprised tho elec
tion board in tlio First wnrd.
Under tho charter, tho council is
solo judRo of tho election nnd thcro
is no appeal from its decision, and tho
council Saturday ennvnstsod tbo rc
turriH nnd issued tho certificate of
election to Ur. Emmons. If desired,
tho council enn rcfuso to reopen tho
CIIHC.
Xotlco of Contest
The nolico of contest ia bignctl by
twelve resident!), only fivo of whom
rosido in tho First wnrd. It reads
ns follewu:
"To tin. ironornblo Hlnyor nnd City
Council of tho city of Medford, and
to Elmer T. Foso, city recorder of
btiid city, and to Gun Sanniolfi, city
treasurer of said city, nnd to Dr. J.
J. Emmons, aldtrmnn-elect of First
wnrd of said city:
"You, and eneb of you, will plenco
tnko notieo that tbo undcrkigucd
hereby contest tho election of each of
tho foregoins nmul officers, who
eluim to bo clcated to (ho rcspcativo
offices beforo nnincd nt nn clcuiiou
told in tho city of Mfldford, Jaukuon
county, Oregon, on tlio lJth day of
Jnnuno'i 101(1: Hint eald contest in
-bnhed oa tho followiirg grounds, to
wn :
Vlabithow .iUegtal
"J. That in tbo Hnld election, and
in tho first ward of unid oity, tbo Inw
KowDinin euid uloutlon was repeat
edly violated; that the ballot box of
said ward was not kopi within tho
view of tho judgoH nnd dorks of said
voting- place, tos rcipiirod by law; Hint
nWor tho poIfH olosod, to-wit, after 7
o'clock p. m., tho ballot box was
taken iy 0110 oflho obsrks, to-wit, W.
It. Coleman, nnfl removed from tho
jVotiiijr plnco to tho homo of nid W.
It. Coloinicn, aind kept there without
tflo presoneo of tho othor judges nnd
clerks, nnd without seals boinc; pl.tced
jhoitoii; thut ho count of Bnid voted
in said ward was not conducted no
cording to J-iw, in thiw. that tho Hnme
did not oommenco immedintoly after
(Continued ou poko two.)
WAblllKliTvfN', Jan. 18. Rutlory
trouble is bc'i-vcd to hnvv oojuscd tho
xplosioii t-ialunby wbieb destroyed
the toubmunno K-2 in tho Now Yuri;
mivy yar, killing: five men and frnri
otisly iiijW.idk nino olbera. Thin U
indicated in tho repfrt of tho board
I'luey mm imiuy suoinuu'ii us 1 lim
ing to trinity deparlmeAt.
Thu board uonuludcd thu explosion
was duo to nn e.oessivo amount of
Ks, iiriiieipally hydrogen, generated
fioui the storago Inittirios, forming
with tho air n highly o.p!osivo mU
tiit. Thero wore two poekots of thia
mbtiiro, one in the fonvard battery
and the other in tho after end of tho
after battery, where it appeurs tho
first explosion oueurred.
Ignition whs onused by n spavk. lii'o
origin of whieli was not dutunninod,
This board, npiraintod nt tbo navy
yard immediately itor tbo aoeidyut,
fHsil Us report for the department's
infonnatiuii, wiUiout refeix-nc to thu
proeeadings of Hie nnvul board of in
board, which bufau un iiivustiguttgu
todav.
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