Show TP K R ar fr all forms of criticism are stoutly refuted by naval officers washington M uch u ch 3 four naval officers all experts in turret construe tion and ammunition manufacture today testified before the senate naval committee in defense of the american navy against all forms of criticism three of the witnesses prof D F S alger instructor in mathematics at the naval academy and a member of the special board on turrets commander E P blotcher Flot cher and lieutenant commander V 0 chaee spoke in do tall concerning turrets accidents and the methods that have been adopted to make turrets safe none of these officers seemed to think there was great danger in the direct hoist K some changes were made to provide more effective screening between the ammunition handling rooms and tho ible guns prof algor defended the american navy as to the criticism made by commander sims that poor was shown at santiago he declared that american gunnery was as good as that of any navy at that time and that at the present time there was no navy in tho world that would pass the american in straight BANK DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ARE INDICTED carson nov 3 tho ormsby county grand jury today returned indictments charging embezzlement against every director tho cashier and the assistant cashier of tho defunct state bank those indicted are cashier davis assistant cashier van delleh directors brougher woodbury peterson mapes bender livingstone and meyers bench warrants were issued ball will be fixed in each case at president was included in the now count and he will have to furnish an extra 1000 bond the evidence that has called forth the indictments was that which shows the withdrawal of personal accounts by the directors after the mooting of the directors on october mr mapes is president of tho washoe county bank at reno and bonder Is its cashier |