Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16
rIrevement In health since he left
WnShington.

Washington.
when resigned in washinrton,"
s'i" 'he mnoor with 4 smile, the doe
WIS saNc me three months to live |
nm out OF doors every day After
Two years spent in an office il
"orS one goo" :" get out of doors"
! ~ IS Major SSlrestcr's experience
that tho discipline existing in thrac
private police forces is lust os st,ir,
- one mas IN Il municipal organiza-
! ''oh. ire mysterious methods of the
.' service, THE astutcncss of the
.oun'rS great detective agencies. the
"hdcr-Surfasc methods Of communico
ZION and detection and Tho .mnotb-
working methods or a cupallc and
w"it-eaianccd police force OF any biz
city arc all embodied in the police
systems that have sprung up about the
! N'''''s niihE war orders for the Euro
ncan bclligcrcnts
ne guarded factories or the pu pont
company. which is said to BE- filling
orders for many millions OF dollars
worth OF powder. Suncotion and high
I "NP'osiNcS. arc scattered throughout
'hc East No b,anth II the establish.
ncht-evcn thonIi. 1t 10 Il small dis
f'pu'ihS station--is LET, without pro-
lection No risk is run that spies
within or without the catabIsh,ncn,
shall do damage
VT MILTON PLANTS ,RE
TAKING Va CHANCES
is not expected that ans one OF
the bu Pont observation-disclosures OF amy
orSahiZaion shippin. arms and
munition TO h.liropc---Should ADM, that
'hcse extraordinary pc lice precautions
are neinE taken because OF definite
knowledge OF i'1ots against the muni-
ton makers
Nevertheless. there are OF record the
l'uinha incident, the increasing number
OF unexplained disasters i'm powder
cartridge and steel mills. The passport
, frauds. the Planting OF dynamite
aboard ammunition ships and n general
teetinS or uncertainty n 10 what In
expect next.
Under such circumstances the NUM-
ton plants are taking no chances
whatever. Judge Lamdls said IN an
swer may be found In a common
sense analysts OF tho situation. with
out referring specitically TO amy class
OF suspected enemies
1t is we'll known tina, the allied ma
lions are getting immense quantities
of war supplies shipped from the
that Germany and Austria have com
planned against these wholesale ship
inents. although international law rec
osniZes the right or Il neutral nation
to sell war supplies 10 a heiligeren;,
and in former years tho krupp works.
in Germany, did not hesitate TO sell
arms to bclligercnts in other couu-
tries. 1t is stated that the Southern
Confederacy had no difficulty i'll pur-
chasing arms in Europe during the
earlier days of the War Between the
States, until an actual blockade made
importation difficult.
LIST or MORE NOTABLE
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
Here is 4 list OF the more notable
fires and explosions occurring during
the past few months in muniton
plants
April l-E7plosion in the Equitable
powder factory, at Alton, Ill. Five
killed.
May Explosion In the Anderson
guncotton warehouse, At Wellington,
y. J. Three killed.
May 15--SiX injured ny explosion In
the Du Pont mill. at Carney's Point
January Fire loss Of si.5o0, 600 In
the i3uckthorne plant Of John \. Roeb-
liurs sons.
March Six killed In powder plant
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