Show Ordnance Men Deny Impurities Were Found in Georgias Georgia's Powder Washington March 1 Lieutenant l. Lieutenant J j Commander ung commander in hl his testimony Presidents President's yacht acht of oC of the mon mony before the tho naval committee of ot declared that th t tho the senate on Saturday investigation of or the powder r upon the Missouri and Georgia subsequent to toI terrible accidents on those tho o vessels yes ves the I- I of foreign showed the presence sels t elB such as ns oil waste vaste nails nalI and substances s matches matche and and that the tho Hare back cau causing the accident nt might In all probability ability have havo been heen due du to this The rhe pow powder po In uso mo by the government government govern govern- ment tent today is made mado according to so- so se secret secret cret formula and is a modification mo of or Rear near Admiral an n original patent of Com Converse Rear ear Admiral Almiral Converse Lieutenant Commander Sims and Lieutenant Com Corn Commander Commander mander Hill sa say it would be contempt for the senate committee to discuss tho the matters under investigation At the ordnance department It Is 19 denied emphatically em em- that an any of or tho the powder po found Cound upon the tho Missouri and Georgia after aHel tho great fatalities aboard contained con con- subS substances substances sub sub- impurities or foreign tamed any u adulterated In Inan that it was S stances or any an way The department states that In four tour Instances nails brass hinges oil waste wate and other forel foreign n substances were n found in tho the powder This It is asserted was due duc to careless handling and packing and not in manufacture that the The rho ordnance say a adulterations found were in powder of or tho ho ships that had not i reached cached an any carelessness on the due hue to nn and 1 were part of or handlers of the magazines these magazines is at Ionia bum One Ont of or nt at San ono one at Philadelphia 1 island 1 ono one Francisco another near Norfolk and another at Indian Head In 1906 the muzzles of oC three of or the small guns Suns of ot the Iowa Io were blown off investigated investigated accident occident was The nw cause of or this and it gated sated by h the tho navy nun department was discovered that tho the ca cases caces in Iii which the powder was packed ed had been he en overloaded overloaded over over- at the tho magazine maga moga- loaded by b that were then Issued zincs zine Orders cases he be filled in tho presence pt J ce of ot the that tJ 10 ItIs it itIs and 1 since the Inspectors tor In there has been no uneven uneven un un- un- un that Is claimed packIng even en |