Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-27

Ip'rtufH TO mako ihprO Inspections
Df uhy property on which they carried
RISKS including munl'ou works.
flour Wlls storage WuIrhou.rH. ~
ll kinds. 1"cks. w.fo nclOrlca, ana
iu fact cyory type of factory oroWpro-
house which ,pntfibmod directly 20
the work ~ the United states in ils
war with Germany. Such information
enabled cucmy aliens tD know cE-
l'tly the most advantageous points IN
a factory or fiprrhougc al which 20
start fires or place bombs or turn on
the sprinkler system ana the fro
qunncy ~ mch fro and oVplos0ns
aud the efficiency with whlrh they
wore carried ont oyidonccd the nc-
curttb inside Information which those
enemy aliens possessed.
Hero FOR Instance ~ % specimen re-
port ~ "a state board ~ FIRE uudcr
writer's. 10 which the enemy insurance
companies had access.
Railway station AAt closed
FREIGHT pier about nine cars daily or
explosives including smukelegs pow
d'r ana wet nitro ccllulose trun cot
TOM Ana also every two weeks one
car of dynamite Ohis shipment for
local purp0Nesj.
nnilroni Systcm. station A-At
fioat bridges about nine ears each
week of loaded pfolcculoH complete
except fuses not assembled therolnJ
and small arms ammunition
Railway, station Q;-At ciose pier
y. about two cars per day IN all. of
detonutiug fuz"s, Emokcless powder
black powder and blasting caps Also
nt same pier, loss than car load lots
uf black powder. HmOkeless powder
ana dynamite handled once week
in regular local business
hallway, smtlon Z--iJ 10 20 cars
nf hay each week during season and
lcA than car load lots ~ strike-any-
where matches every six months
Hallway, station Y;--At open plat
form about st65 feet south of BLANK
Avenue, r. H. Bridge. about nine cars
per week of explosives including
londed proIcctlles tcompftte) and wet
pitric acid
This specimen report also shows the
location OF % dynamite magazines
where storage Of dynamite In given
together with tho number Of pounds
of dynamite permitted The state
ment IN made that the total dynamite
used In 1915 amounted to Sis,i75
pounds.
Moreover tho question Of danger
In connection with the opportunity
given for the transmission OF infor-
nation valuable 10 the Germans was
not the only prnse OF the situation
H. an admirable statement pre-
scented TO the secretary of the treas
ury. Mt a public hearing In Washing
ton on November Is, the American
defense society maintained In add
ton TO the argument that they were
n means of supplying Information
that their licensing was unpatrlotic,
unsound and unnecessary
This brief which undoubtedly had
a large effect In clinching the case
against the fire insurance companies
pointed out That II was unpatriotic
for any American citizen 10 accept
fire insurance In any enemy or ally
of-encmy Insurance company n
America, aud thus aid German pros
perity. and that Il was unsound b.
invest In such companies inasmuch an
u statement OF their assets and risks
showed that enemy companies hnh
assets amounting 20 only s2T.772 600
as over against $2.S63.s70, 900 In risks.
They called In experts TO testify
that II would he perfectly possible
for American companies TO absorb In
surance transferred from these com
pahles Among those who so testi-
fled were some OF the leading lnsur-
ance experts In tho United States.
Protection Considered Necessary.
Why the German companies did