The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
U. M. 6. MAKES DUN DUM, BUT
 NOT FOR WAR
Works Manager Hoagland De- nies Accusation of Gcf-
 man Ambassador.
TERRIBLE MISSILE
 FOR SPORTING USE
Patent Shows Bullet With Steel Head That Opens Like
 Umbrella in Wound.

l Following the charges made by Count Won Bernstorm, the German
 ambassador at Washington that Brit ish troops are being supplied with dum-durn bullets by an American firm alleged to be the U. M eco. of this
 been begun in this city by govern Inent officials. A rumor that secret service men well known to transporta- ton employees had arrived here this
 morning could not be confirmed at the IT. M c. Co. plant, where it is custom ary to refer all inquiries to the export Idepartme in New York city.
 Works Manager Frank o. Hoagland,
 denied positively there was any truth
 in the ambassadors statement.
 Speaking of the manufacture of dunq-
 dunn, or mushroom bullets, as they are ordinarily called in this country, it was admitted that the local ammlni- ton co1npany had manufactured such bullets for sporting purposes for many bullets for sporting purposes for uiny
 years. In fact 1t was admitted, that
 a new type of this sporting bullet had
 recently been patented by MT. Hoag-
 land and turned over to the company
 he represents It was denied; how ever, that the local company knew
 that any of them were being per- verted to war uses by the firms to
 which they were sold.
 Works Manager Hoagland, while re- fusing to discuss the matter in detail, substantially denied that he knew how
 many of these cartridges were n1anu- factured here, whether any had been shipped to England through Canadian agents or whether any had gone to Germany. He referred inquiries re- garding the bullet directly to the pat= ent. that misconstruction might be avoided.
 A description Of the bullet nention- ,1asr. 'bassador, shows that 1t is vicious and destructive missile As described in the October issue of the Patent Qf- fce1 Gazette. it would appear that ins stead of mushrooEning the bullet is so instructed that its force at the mos ment Of Impact. opens concealed steel ribs on th6 exterior of tho bullet prop- CT much in the form of an urn bFeIIa,
 without 8 covering. so that the effect of the bullet is to tear and rend the f1esh in a ghast1y manner. The bullet, as described under pat ent 1. .114, 1856, application for which was iiled February 24, 1914, serial 82o. .622. is:
 A bullet comprising a core, a body covering and separate tip cover, the tlp covering being weakened by the lorna tion therein of a plurality of cuts entirely. through said covering, but with the edges closed together, leave Ing the core substantially covered, so that upon impact the body portion Of the bullet will telescope the forward and thereof and the tip covering will be ruptured and open out like an um- breIIa.
 The speciac charges filed yesterday by the German ambassador follow in 1 part:
 .sThe British government has or dered with the Winchester Repeating Arms company 900 riot guns with l 90, ,o0o, 900 of .buckshot cartridges. The sbuekshot cartridge contains nine bull lets. The use of these weapons and | this ammunition has hitherto been l unknown in civilized warfare.
 The Union Metallic Cartridge com pany, Bridgeport, Conn, has on Oc- a patent for a mushroom | bullet. It has been ascertained from [ reloabIe source that since October, | 3, ,000, 900 cartridges made according to | this patent were sent by the above | mentioned firm to Canada for use in | distinguished these bullets from or1i- | nary ammunition, so that the soldier who uses them does not know that bel Is using dunn m-dum bullets
 New Haven. Dec .9-@The following statement was given out by the Win chester Arms company yesterday:
 stThe charge made by the German ambassador that the Winchester com Dany has received an order for 20 600 lot guns and 5o.OO0,00o buckshot. car ridges is absolutely without founda- ion. This company has not received my such order from the English gov srnment or any agent Of it or from Lny other of the governments involved n the European war. In fact, no ,uch order for riot guns or buckshot cartridges has been received from any me and none is expected z