Show BUY LANDS NEA POWDER PUNT PLANT MOUNTAIN TOPS overlooking DU PONT WORKS SAID TO BE OWNED BY BROWN MEN quietly bought up land on which could be mounted a few guns which could easily eally put plant out of business with few shots shot now new yorka york A japanese syndicate which Is said eald to represent the japanese government has been secretly purchasing a number ot at mountain tops overlooking the great du pont smokeless powder plant at ilas kell N J the powder of this factory ta Is manufactured almost exclusively for or the united states government it la Is this which Is used by the big guns guna ot at the army and navy with such caution have the japanese taken titles to the hills to the northward of the tha haskoll plant plaat that the ersi dents of the neighborhood did not become aroused until the present agitation in california against allen alien ownership of 0 lands began to develop its proportions why they quietly settled here beside us Is a puzzle said one of the officials of the du pont powder company late tuesday night it they wanted to they could mount a few guns there and throw A lew few shells into our midst and would pretty nearly put us out of 0 business ot of course I 1 am not saying that they have any such ouch thins thing in mind I 1 have always been of the opinion that japan is one of our best friends friend a |