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Show NEW SHIP IS GUARDED WASHINGTON, . "Sept 28. At the Navy department today the statement was made that the special guard now stationed around the battleship Connecticut Connec-ticut which is to be launched at the navy yard New York tomorrow was Increased In-creased because of a. 'discovery made some-weeks sgo of a defect in the ways which gave the department considerable consider-able concern. N word has reached the department as yet of the discovery of a new obstruction. It appears that an officer found this trouble and a searching Investigation followed, but It was impossible to determine de-termine definitely whether the defect was due to an accident or to treachery and the commandant of the yard could find no clue to the person responsible. The whole subject was guarded with the greatest secrecy. It always Is customary cus-tomary to guard a ship preparatory to Its launching and the Incident of -several weeks ago has put the officials of the New York yard constantly on the ! watch. . In view of the fact that there has ! been trouble In the building of the Connecticut Con-necticut regarding the piece-work system sys-tem and other labor troubles, the anxiety anx-iety of the officials about the safety of the ship has been Increased. |