Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1917 — GUARD GOVERNMENT ARSENAL [ARTICLE]

GUARD GOVERNMENT ARSENAL

Buildings of U. S. Mines at Pittsburgh Watched Night and Day. Pittsburgh, March 9. —The buildings of the United States bureau of mines and the government arsenal here have been placed under guard both night and day. Gates on two sides of the government property have been locked, while on the Butler street side admission can be gained only with a pass signed by Lauson Stone, superintendent of the bureau, and countersigned by Quartermaster Sergeant William I. Pillans,. who is in charge of the arsenal. Government officials declined to discuss the new orders for these precautions.