The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-19
PERILOUS
TRIP WITH
EXPLOSIVES
SHIP WITH D z A D L Y
CARGO SAILS FOR THE
SOUTH SEAS

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Boston. Jan Is Creeping steadily
outward bile. barometer and horizon
are c staBeiy scanned for the first
sign of STERN or sal. The Tnited-States
sEtlmt Lebaloa bearing the most
dangerous cargo Of explosives ever PM
afioaf and in charge Of a BastoH NAB,
Is ED route fer the south seas
Fourteen hunase. tGss ct leatn,
saona 81 isniie-en1ugh 70 blow the
ety ~ Boston iltc atoms shipped
der secret orders at the Charles
t..Aa nsyy yard AMI hodnd for Guam
tarsmo cuba charge Qf Captain
EdEa j j. Noreott is fhe fea~some
sons ign est ct Ihe ship.
Is clearlg 81 Boston harbor
tgougAt a gasp OF relief 20 every man
az me ChaTi ies1awn mavg yard aud
also marked a rev era III naval ertcr-
prise
Out "a he south dock OF the nary
yarl there slis 4 dark gray yesse
I. sRe mea VITA mPa d4rtng here
an8 there CIR standing tense al som
g7st- Sharp. quick orders came from
straight alert officer GA tAe bridge.
This vas Captain Norc0tt in whose
hsn8s The commiss On Of Ira sporting
ibis trTihl cargo by.
N9t until The light MAS passed aud
s,.e Lebsnon-ihe ship with the peace
ful name IA ned south inta the onen
sea was Boston relieved
Ia the h-ld of this ship are rows
( upon rows vi immense, eVsl-lo0klnS
+ bells loaded with q ew am mgsteT-
+ ious high explosive Ehsiening tanks
i os snokeless p1w@eg and one capable
of tearing The armour p ale Lebanon
into shreas. TORPEDO gear for each
iAs tcped-es ia naval practice and
cans ot Euuc0uS.-l4a9 tons IN all
spt iirg instant death it exploded
seventeen hundred l-incA shells
form he heagies, of the cargo Each
y ore 81 these shells HeigA saa pounds
aa4 the lo2 ing 3t ~ze ol saese s a
sob requiring 4 heavy cr y aul q hall
! dozen men. OF these terrible pro
! jtcrles the Lebanon carries 165 tens
piled iu rows. wooden blocks and
! gunay sacks, Weaead between them %
8 gUar4 as much as possible against
! 1seir shifting az sea are 5000 5jnci
slel s.
i Eada of these shells is loaded Witt
ew explosive uerer before trie,
ont by the government and whose Hro
perties are d matter Of ignorance x
the crex aad officers OF The ship
H-s highl expl3s.ve these shells ma
be is a MATER OF speculation en- q
The formula Hpon which The explosive
s made Is d government secret
Dnrslg the entire strip sauthw al
The Lebanon wiz be cut of rom con
mn ica,ion oi any kind with th'
world ashC oF sfloa- A score @
81 ing c-mpalF ~ ave received
advsces regarding the position on IN
seas Of the explosi &c ship. and n
cha ees are being taken OF co lis on
OF even the CHARGE Of close escape
Every man Of the crew upon goEi
aboard for the cruise south Was 9,
aminea for matches or smoking ma
terisl OF ang Kind.
Fay sad nigh in the darkness @
the holl men will stand on guar
constantly lookt fo. any suspicion
nose which might indicate The sniff
ing Of the cargo.
At night an lights aboarl the LEI
anon are covered. from those in II
engine ro-m 10 the c1e al the fore
mast Even watch Is kept Of I'd
. port ami stsrhoard lights lest 2 sir
gle spark should by some miraculou
|. mea. get aboard Did this happei
: a flash. a deatening upheayel who's
! report would crash ont over mi os {
water ana the chop 81 missiles, whic
I were once ihe beams and plates {
: .Ae ill-fafed snip. would be the onl
reminder { Tie Lebanon and 81
crew