Show NEW explosives WAR department IS MAKING TESTS ENGLAND HAS A NEW FUSE new york juno 29 A dispatch to the new york herald from washington important testa with a new high explosive are being conducted by the board of ordnance and fortifications at the sandy hook proving grounds little is known in tho war department of tho characteristics of the new explosive it is the invention of prof tuttle of oregon who asserts that it is perfectly safe and was willing somo weeks ago to put a red hot poker in a charge of declaring it could be done without causing it to explode it is believed to have picric acid as its base tests of the explosive by the inventor are said to have been very satisfactory and it may prove to bo tho material ithe army has been seeking besides abo ordnance department of the army has been experimenting with lovite and dry and wet gun cotton paying moreal to tho last named explosive than to any other so far none of them have given abo results desired before adoption for service use captain win crozier military at tacho of tho american delegation to the hague conference was instructed beveral ago to stop in england on his way home and ascertain it possible the ingredients of liddlie and the secret 0 the fuse used by genera f alt A c w Kitch eners army in the soudan with such excellent effect it is untrue that he has been directed to contract for any quantity of the explosive military authorities in england have apparently been unable to secure all the information concerning the explosive the authorities would like to jiahe it Is recalled that discovered and in use by france was kept secret but this government finally obtained information of its ingredients and has been testing it tor some yeara at sandy hook tests of jovito were made by the army officials several years ago and were not very successful the navy department has tested jovito with considerable sid erable success and it it keeps satisfactory is it may be adopted by the naval service |