The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-12
ktores Pyroteehnics
FIX 'NEyblode During Night
DIaneyyerI Iof Ts9aps
COMMANDER A HERO
,sDorts to- >saperior St Camp
Ellis. Texas After Blast
| and Them eollapses

Lay n lQMAlArhu AA|FS"iNii " ~
lM1A 3 6llpluIrAti ht at Camp
t,i,s ,lpaday nisht when so sol
~. aupisttng isn dstasing a night
-. stgatton, ,, found themselves
l'xsnR ded 1iNla bpsV iurhaee VI
lsEssti5Rgg 4 WV ottdtrrtd in the last
l,HNgh tf3R might problem which
la,fl l,ttS,8 M sfhe eiSeventeenth In
lL.,.ss ~ Fbpp SaMr Houston on the
~ "a A eyst sezInp Bulls, 25 miles
.,,kaa.!s al. san Antonio. A faulty
-, IA, at,s ibtsolGfiTed and ignited
iIINt44J, oSitss NJ Hfhe trench is be-
IisE g5 n srifsI,ifb f6r the loss OF four
- iffyT iHJufy OF nine others,
" l.,--,ssrs-wncn may die as result OF
~ dsad sre..s
EHvaea JSn A. Benner' Ralti-
ne ifsiysTte $Yeph II. Miller. Read
inSb,a 4 Melph Anlls, San Antonio.
J4,2N }e,lx Catchings, San An
VESlokIcers Of the regular army
.T,yXehhan fifty officers Of the
a.sl,01i Aesprves. attending a 10
y. \ EegIfe Mnce at Fort Sam Hous-
.osf fp.i6M on n lockout hill, 1900
y. III i1dh the blazing trench at the
~ - The explosion. The wood
IL H the trench, saturated with
oGiduNkly caught fire and burned
ya,E kalf hour before extlnguished
tg rSlers who rushed from nearby
,,s sIthes and fought the flames with
An water not being available.
e dead and Injured were
b-1rht Ia san Antonio. At the sta
,ion hospital tonight little hope was
ssd for the recovery OF five of the
other victims.
Private Adolph Aianis, San Anto-
''f Private Antonio r. Duarte. New
Bedford, Mass.
Private Frank Walker, Norman.
Private Ike c. Leman, Port Ar
"'fl' Private Harry stast, Detroit,
Mich.
Texas
Private Ernest Ham. Palos, Ala.
Private Matthew Vlademar, Will
mington, Del
Seriously injured:
Prlyates Robert r. Muir, Wash.
lrgton, D. c., and Robert Green,
ltasca. Texas.
Trapped in Crater Of Fire.
Trapped In a crater OF fire, AZ
soldiers Of the Seventeenth infantry
regiment fought frantically to es-
cape the inferno OF flames and ex-
plodng rockets.
An but l3 were either carried or
blndly found their way out OF the
fiery pit, less than 10 feet wide and
10 feet deep.
Private John Benner OF company
R, who was in charge of the pyro-
,echnic display, made two trips
through the wall OF flames and with
his clothing burned from his body,
all Of the hair from his head singed
10 the skull, he reported to Lieuten-
ant Kelly, commanding officer Of
battalion headquarters company,
that the flames were eXtinguished
and no one was left in the plt-then
he collapsed.
He died at 7 o'clock this morning
a, the base hospital at Fort Sam
Houston, where the others are dying,
Miller's Body Overlooked.
The body Of Private Miller of bat
talon headquarters company was
found at o'clock this morning. cre-
mated and lying in n crevice Of the
pl,, where ii VAS overlooked last
night
Standing on n green knoll. about
1000 yards south OF the rifle pit at
camp Bulls, Brig. Gen. william Il.
smith, commanding officer of the
Lshth corps training center, and
toout IS reserve officers in training,
M'nessed a night attack In which
.VOO infantrymen with machine
guns and automatic rifles took part.
An advance had been made and
laosphoric bullets traced the line
ot IRE across a broad expause. In
ne pit ~ men, under command OF
iAeuuenant Barlow, were sending up
.1eAes the flare from which made
me Held OF attack as light as day.
AZ me conclusion OF the attack,
uI Wlthout warning, General Smith
snl the reserve officers saw n black
.Uul OF smoke helch forth from the
~ below them, followed by a squirt
u white flame that shot skyward.
~ sn instant all was confusion. The
,. .lleks OF the doomed men and the
sonhlng cries OF the burning
'aChed their ears.
@. Crcosotc Lining Catches.
scores OF rockets and targets sent
uae,Whlte streaks Of flame zig
~ssing In every direction. A creo.
~ nning, protecting the edges OF
ny. @ Ply from the elements, was ig-
Sa'' SS,,eu IN an instant and added 10 the
sscape. -0'''''y VI hoPe oi
T., DSNn on the field the maneuver-
~ ~ ,sian'rymen dropped their arms
A. rushed to the edge OF the trench
sio,tssalh Htsalh. Emerging with flaming
~ os,,aalng and blinded eyes, the first
Wy rescued were carried out.
t,a. pAulty rocket. some said, back
r,1 lsniilng the other rockets
rosshg and lying in the pit. The
M shatts themselves, striking
Jnoa S auspped soldiers, rendered many
vr,.soious' even before they were
"Spped In flames.
---stsMAN, April 1.-The onIv