Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 6, 1914, Page 1

i MEASURE IS NOW ‘Washington, June -5—Adl ‘three bills on the administration anti-trust legis- lative programme passed the. house late today and were sent to the sen- ate for action thers. Opposition melt- ed away when the final test came and the voting uickly ‘without incids ‘fhc;:ifltto,n '.:‘3 terstate trade eivil appropriati several(supply measures must be disposed of before-the session The adjournment problem now is squarely up to the s e and the dem. ocratic leaders on that side of the cap- itol are expedted “to agree upon a DEFIANCE WiLL BE e “ LAUNCHED ' TODAY Mmerica’s Cup Candidate to. Have Tryout Sund: t, N. Y., June 5.—Finish- the remodeled spars of c¢andidate Deflance owned by the tri-city syndicate, were ocmpleted late today at City Island and M. Pynchon, managing owner, Wwho seems in the best of humor at the prospects - of his boat under a unced that Mr. Pynchon expects to-give the De- her first trial w reduced the the Resolute, the flag officer’s :nil.l?' only 40, seconds over a thirty 1s 1760 pounds lighter. Seven feet was taken off the steppe-end of the wood- mast, while circumference also was reduced by taking off two inches and a half from the surface. The Deflance has been newly painted and varnished for the trial races, The cup candidate yacht Vanitie, owned by Alexander S. Cochran spent the greater portion of the day at an- chor at City Island harbor; trimming up for the race to be held tomorrow off Larchmont. . The sails were in part re-cut, the sheets and cleats were 8. Den- ‘were “Gity of ; )day- the tepder Hartford went to City Island and tow- ed the Vanitie down toward Throgg's Nevck to have the yacht's compasses adjusted. The Vanitie returned to City Island anchdrage .under: her jib. A new bowsprit,. two. feet. shorter than the old bne, is ready to-be- fitted on the Vanitie. Booms and gaffs are d the same lengtlf as originally' designed. | NORTHLAND PULLED OFF BARTLETT’S REEF Forward Plates Were Started, ‘but the Damage’ Is Not Extensiv New Londop, Conn., June 5.—The Eastern line steamer Northland, which grounded off Tett’s reef during heavy weather last night, was pulled off the rocks tonight. by ‘four' wreck- ing tugs, after her cargo had been lightered. THe Northland later came to New London harbor under heér own steam and will proceed to New York late tonight Tor repairs.. The forward plates of the.vessel were started, but the damage i§ not extensive. - Attempts were made earlier in the day to pull the ft bui to no avall. - The tugs Tasco, Cassie, Alert and T. A. Scott Jr. finally stcceeded in freeing the stranded steamer at high tide. The Tasco stood by while the steamer sail- ed for this port.’ MILITANTS FIGHT SHY OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE. Satisfied With the Advertising They . Got When a Member Gained Ad- mittance. ; < B London, June 5—Tonight's court in Buckingham Pa last of the season—was not dist 7 suf- 5% | the Holman ES_ANTI-TRUST BILLS SQUARELY UP TO THE SENATE -Omnibus Bill Went Through by 275 Votes to 54—Vote on the Rayburn Capitalization Bill Was 325 to 12—Forty:three Republicans and 16 Progressives Join- ([programme in the near future. gction on the trust bills house came rather unexpectedly. three measures had been agreed to in ‘committee of the whole” after weeks aking, consideration of the Rayburn bill, as amended by the com- mittee, being completed late this af- ternoon. When the trade commission bill came before the house for a final leader Murdock moved that it be sent back to the in- erstate commerce committee with in- structions to report the Murdock bill as a substitute. This was rejected 161 to 19 and the pending bill was passed without a roll call. Then the Yotes ‘on the other two measures were of vote , progressive t taken in rapid succession. R tath epresent ‘White of Ohio was the only democrat to vote against the Clayton bill and all the progressives Representative Chanrler, of New York. Forty-three republicans and 16 progressives joined the malority in supporting the meas- voted for it except ures LEDYARD TESTIFIED HE New Haven “Dummies.” ‘Washington, June 5—There were in- dications at the conclusion of today's Session of the.inquiry into the affair: of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rallroad by the Interstate Commerce Commission that the in- Vestigation would be completed soon, perhaps next week. Walker D. Hines, an attorney of the New Haven, at the afternoon hearing, placed several present officials of the road on the stand, and =~ when ad- Journment was taken Commissioner McChord announced that he wanted to conclude this phase of the case to- other witnesses he wanted heard was L. S, Miller, president of the New 'Y'ork, ‘Westchester and Boston Rail- ay. Lewis Cass Ledyard, concluding the t he began yesterday, said he did not consider the directors of the New Haven were “dummies” and that he often opposed J. Pierpont Mor- gan ai meetings. He had several clashes with Chief Counsel Folk and insisted on answering questions in his own way. T. Dewitt Cuyler, a New Haven di- rector, placed on the stand by Mr. Hines, sald the meetings of the board were conducted in a regular, orderly and careful manner. Arthur E, Clark, secretary of the New Haven, identi- fled and read minutes of directors and committee meetings; and figures de- signed to show that between June 30, 1803, and June 30, 1912, the profit and loss surplus of the New Haven had decreased only about $1,300,000, were read by Jultan M. Tomlinson, general auditor of the road. NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES ADDRESSED BY PRESIDENT Deprecates the Use of Any More Force at Vera Cruz. Annapolis, Md., June 5—“I pray God it may not be necessary for our boys at Vera Cruz to use any more force,” reverently declared President ‘Wilson today in the course of his ad- dress to the graduates of the naval academy. He spoke in the presence of a gathering of more than 5,000 per- sons made up largely of present and future officers of the navy. The pres- ident referred to, the American army and navy as “the instruments of civ- ilization, not as the instruments of ag- gression.” “Other nations have been strong,” he said, “other nations have piled wealth as high as the sky, but they have come to disgrace because they used their force and their wealth for the oppression of mankind and their own aggrandizement; and America will not bring glory to herself, but disgrace, by following the beaten paths of history We must strike out on new paths.” ACTIVE CHURCH WORKER ASSAULTED AND ROBBED. Was Bound With His Own Belt and Gagged With Handkerchief at Bridgeport. = Bridgeport, Conn,, June 6.—J. W. Chambers, resident the Y. M. C. A. dormitory and an” active worker in local church circles, was sufficiently recovered today to tell the police acant details of his assauit and robbery in the outskirts of the city last evening. Eighteen dollars were taken from his clothing after he was knocked uncon- scious, bound hand and foot with his own leather beit and gagged with his own handkerchief. Chambers, according te his own story, was knocked dewn by twe burly men abeut 7 o'clock and hidden ;w.:a d{\ e v-.un‘ ‘t lot on Park avenus y regaining consciousness, h: half relled, half crawled, to-the where he was found in a faint across the car tracks by the crew of a Brook- lawn trolley car. A young woman was robbed in the same section a short time ago. Feared Insanity in Holman Family. Hartford, Conn, June 5.—After lawyers had argued for three hours in trial, Judge Thomas ad- read, OFTEN OPPOSED MELLEN. Did Not Consider the Directors of the Invention. ance of 150 miles. Greeted Colonel Rooseveit. Plymouth, Eng., June &—Thqof o e Roosevelt on behalf of the city. Earl of Lucan Dead. London, June §.—The Earl of Lucan died today at the age of 84. He was aide-de-camp to his father, she third ear], when he was in command of the British cavalry during the Crimean war and who was largely responsible for the charge of the light brigade at Balaklava. The family owns about 68,000 acres in Ireland, and the heir to the title is his eldest son, Lord Bing- ham, born in 1860. PERSONNEL OF NEW FRENCH CABINET. | Rene Viviani Has Accepted the Premiership— Names to Be An- nounced at Noon Today. Paris, June 5.—Rene Viviani, minis- ter of public instruction, has accepted the premiership in a new cabinet to take the place of that which resigned earlier in the week and tonight prom- ised to communicate to ~ President Poincare at noon tomorrow the names of the other members of his cabinet. Except for some unforeseen conting- ency the personnel of the new govern- ment will be &s follows: Premier and minister of foreign af- fairs, Rene Viviani Minister of Justice, Bienvenu Mar- i n. Minister off Finance, Joseph J. B. E. Noulens. Interior, Louls J. , Adolphe Messimy. of *flne. Armand E. Minister off Public Works, Fernand David. : Minister of Colonies,. Millles La Commerce, Gaston Minister of Agriculture, Maurice ud. Minister of Labor, M. Godard. Minister of Public Instruction, Rene enoult. Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Abel Ferry. Under Secretary of the Interior, M. Jacquier. . Under Secretary of Fine Arts, M. enset. Under Secretary of War, M. Maunoury. GRIM TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES FROM VILLA TO HUERTA. Calls His Enemy Unpleasant” Names and Tells Him He Will Soon Be in Capital. Vera Cruz, June 5.—~President Huerta is now in daily communication with Villa, according :io a report brought here by a refugee, ‘but the character of their communica- tion is somewhat unconventional Gen. eral Villa, according to the report, re- cently sent one of his telegraphers ‘within the federal lines, who tapped a telegraph wire and sent to Huerta a anxious to see him before he left. Villa requested Huerta to wait, de- claring that he soon would be in the capital. President Huerta, according to the story, appreciating the grim humor of pointed Huerta one day. W. H. TAFT PRESIDED AT PEACE MEETING To Form Organization Which Will Be National in Scope. New York, June 5.—Former Presi- dent William H. Taft presided today at a meeting called by the New York so- ciety ‘to organize a permanent body which will try to put a stop to dissen- sions between nations over the treat- ment of aliens. The meeting decided to form an organization national in its scope, which will advocate legislation giving the federal government greater power to regulate the status of aliens in their relation to the governments of the states where they reside. Among those present were Alton B. Parker and between thirty and forty prominent attorneys and others inter- ested in the better regulation of in- ternational affairs. BODY OF MISSING INSURANCE MAN FOUND. Was New York Agent For New Eng- land Mutual Company. Peekskill, N. Y., June 5—The body of Charles H. Strauss, general agent in New York for the New Bngland Mutual Life Insurance company, who had been missing from his home for @ week, was found floating today in Lake Mohegan. A reward of $1,000 for information concerning the agent was offered yesterday. Last-Friday evening Strauss hired a canoe on the lake and paddled away. ‘The empty canoe was found yesterday on the opposite side of the lake. “Gunmen” Witness Indicted. New York, June 5—The grand jury returned an indictment today charging Carl Dresner, a witness for the four gunment put to death for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, with perjury. Dresner was one of several witness- es who appearsd before Justice Goff on the Saturday previous to the ex- ecution when an eleventh hour at- tempt was made to save the condemn- ed men. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Fastnet, June New York for n and liver- pool, ed”. 131 miles west at 11 ew York, -"“. Sunday. ort of whieh was she feared | Theodere Mm:{n-‘flum the Holman fam- it was- until Militant Arson Squad Active BURN HISTORIC CHURCH EDIFICE NEAR DERBY Was Placed Under a Castle Near Dun- Threats. property by means of bombs was con- gettes BOMB FAILED Tb WORK dee, but the Fuse Was Extinguished by Wind—S8ylvia Pankhurst Repeats London, June 5—The campaign of arson and attempts at destruction of Raid Sungled by - wew York Police DETECTIVE SHOT BY POLICEMAN, DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM BULLET STRUCK WOMAN When the Patrolman Dropped Hic volver—Slashing of a District torney Investigator Added to Casualties of Raid on Cocaine Joing. Re- At- New York, June 5.—A detective se- riously wounded by a policeman who did not recognize him as a detective, tinued today by the militant suffra<«|a woman hit by a stray bullet from Broadsall Church a historic edifice near Derby, was burned to the { vestigator from the district attorney’s the same policeman’s revolver, an in- allowed to pass by unnoticed, goods and putting forth his best turning over of his stock through paper, of the offerings advertised in the heiper for the merchant and it is Use it! In the past week the following columns in the early morning and during ";:flg:’ an amateurish bomb was found in Dudhope Castle near Dun- dee, which once was occupied by John Graham, & famous Scotch soldier. kill- ed in 1689 in the battle of Killiecrankie while fighting for James II, against ‘William III Forunately, however, the fuse of the bomb had been extinguis! ed by the wind. Sylvia Pankhurst, borne to the plat- form on an invalid chair, made anoth- er appearance tonight at a suffrage meeting in Canningtown and .repeated her threat that she would lie on the steps of the house of commons without | food or water until Premier Asquith consented to recelve & deputation of her followers. AEROPLANE RACED WITH NEW HAVEN ROAD TRAIN Noear Milford the Air Machine Came Within 600 Feet of Engine. New Haven, Conn,, June 6.—Passen- | gers on the 12.25 train from New York this morning reported that an aer>- plane had raced the train from Stam- ford. The aeroplane was equipped with ‘a large searchlight which was frequently turneq on the train. Near Milford, according to Engineer John | Grady- of this city, the machine came within 500 feet of the engine. The engineer tooted his whistle and tae; passengers rushed to the platforw, cheering the fiylng machine. 2 The train's.destination was New Haven, and when the passengers dis- embarked they ' sew the machine, flashing its searchlight, right and left, flying in the direction of Branford. It is presumed the -aeroplane followed the ‘Shore Line tracks in the direction of New London. OBITUARY. Mrs. Jane Robertson. Montreal, June 5.—Mrs. Jane Robert- son one of the most prominent women golf players of Canada, died yesterday in Sorrento, Ttaly, of heart disease, ac- cording to cable advices to her rela- tives here. Gen. John P. Harbison. Hartford, June 5.—Gen. John P. Har- bison, a_fo! quartermaster general of the state and for nearly half a cen- tury president ‘of the Hartford Ciy Gas Light compary, died this afternoon after an illness of many months’ dura- tion. Dr. Samuel Flagg. ‘Worcester, Mass., June 5.—Dr. Sam- uel Flagg, one of the two oldest grad- uates of Dartmouth college, died today in his home here from old age. He was graduated from Dartmouth in 1841 and the only other member of the class left is Judge Dayid Cross of Man- chester, N. H. who now enjoys the distinction of being the oldest Dart- mouth graduate . ilving. Dr. Flagg was born in Worcester, July 16, 1821 and served .through the clvil war. Fire at Danbury. Danbury, Conn., June 5.—The build- ing at 16-18 River ptreet occupied on the street floor by the New Methad laundry, John C. Lydiard of Hartford, proprietor, and on the second floor by the Rexton Hat company, Silvernail & ‘Whitford, -proprietors, was damaged to the extent of $1500 in a fire which stop of the blaze. The cause of the threatened the entire building this m The firemen made a quick Adlai E. Stevenson Suffers Relapse. Chicago, June 5—Adlal E. Stevenson, vice president of the United States under President Cleweland, who had a nervous breakdown after the death of his wife six months ago, today fered a m&-mflm is seri- ous Helper For the Buyer and the Merchant As a sclence advertising is young but a great store of experience has already been accumulated and unless the householder brings him- self to understand the necessity of thus co-operating with the mer- chant for their mutual advantage opportunities of value are being There is a reason for the business man scurrying about to get the osition for their disposal before the buying public. He seeks a quick’ household' in no other so satisfactory a manner as through the news- BExperience has taught this over and over again. It has also taught that the careless, haphazard buyer is not get- ting the full value out of the dollar. The easlest most effective way of making the dollar do its full duty is by a regular, systematic study itor or buyer is always the welcome guest in the stores of this city but time and money can be saved~by a perusal of their announce- ments and the patronage of the advertisers in The Bulletin. Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, May 30.. 173 130 873 1176 Monday, June 1.. 193 143 283 619 Tuesday, June . 2..: 172 152 321 645 Wednesday, June 3.. 180 120 235, 288 Thursday, June- 4.. 173 142 298 613 Friday, June 5.. 150 122 182 454 Totals bueuever...1041 809 2192 4042 thought as he sets his business prop- an appeal which can be made to the columns of The Bulletin. The vis- It is the likewise the helper for the buyer. matter has appeared in its office slashed with a knife and one al- leged seller of cocaine shot through the nose—these casualties attended a rald made today on a house in West Houston street to suppress traffic in cocaine, Ernest F. Seyler, the detectiv Harry C. Gibson, the county i gator, entéred the house and arrested James Reggino for selling the drug. Reggino stabbed Gibson in the arm. Seyler shot Reggino through the nose, then pursued him through a window. | Dennis H. Mitchell, a patrolman, rush- !ed in from the street and under the impression that a murder was being | committed, opened fire. Seyler fell | with a wound that may prove fatal. | Mitchell took up the pursuit of Reg: {&ino on the street, but fell and drop- | ped_his revolver. The weapon was discharged and a bullet struck Mrs. Lillian Cudahy in the leg. Mitchell caught Reggino and brought him to the police station before he learned the trut hef the situation, WESTINGHOUSE EMPLOYES 3 GO OUT ON STRIKE. Ten Thousand Men Walk Out—Not a Wheel in Vast Works Moving. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 5—Ten thou- sand workmen employed by the West- inghouse interests in the plants of the ‘Westinghouse Electric and Manufac- | turing company, . the Westinghouse Machine company and the Pittsburgh Motor company at East Pittsburgh went on strike today. Beginning at 7 o’clock in the morning, when 3,000 men refused to go to work, the call of the Allegheny Congenial Industrial union for a walkout was gradually obeyed until 10,000 men and women had join- ed the ranks of the strikers, and not a wheel in the vast electrical works moved during the afternoon. Delegates from each of the 60 de- partments held a meeting tomight to deliberate over the question of extend- ing the strike to other industries. Steamship Arri Rotterdam, June 3—Steamer Dwinsk, New York for Libau. Naples, June 4—Steamer Carpathia, New York. Bergen, June 5—Steamer Bergens- fiord, New York. - | " Naples, June 1—Steamers Caserta New York; 2nd, San Giovani, New York. Boulogne, Jun: 3—Steamer Rotter- dam, New York for Rptterdam. Havre, June 5—Steamer Corinthian, Montreal for London. Plymouth, June 5—Steamer Olympie, New York for Southhampton. Towns Responsible For Military Tax. Hartford, Conn. June 6—In an opinion to Adjutant General George M. Cole, C. N. G., today Attorney Gen- eral John H. Light says that where selectmen of towns refuse or neglect to make returns of military enrollment the tax commissioner has power under the statute to compel the delinguent authorties to comply with the law. H. C. Cassidy Heads Commercial Travelers of New England. Bangor, Me., June 6—H. C. Cassidy of Springfield was elected grand coun- sellor of* the United Commercial Travelers of New England at the final session of the annual convention to- day. Other officers included: grand | secretary, C. A. Haines, Bostol grand Tredaurec; A B. Simonds, Burl- ington, Vt. secretary’s report showed a membership of 5,006 a gain of 311 over last year. Motion to Examine Records of Federal Grand Jury Denisd, Cornn., June Unit b.—Judge ceurt Condensed Telegrams ir Douglas Straight, Egglish journalist died - in aged 70 years. President Wilson has been invited attend the State fair in Syracuse,” N. Y., in September. . prominent London, The Democratic State Convention opened at Raleigh, N. C., to nominate a United States senator. A seat on the New York Stock Ex- change sold for $42,000, a decrease of $3,000 from the last sale. Henry S. Morgan, youngest son of J. P. Morgan, is recovering from an op- eration for appendicitis. Actual work on the surveys of pos- sible routes for the Government's rail- road in Alaska was begun. Paul Deschanel, one of the members of the French Academy, was re-elect- ed Speaker of the Chamber of Depu- ties. “White Wolf” the Chinese brigand, is again active. He destroyed the monastery of the Tibetan Lamas at Chont. Proof of the invention of wireless submarine telegraphy by Professor Reginald Fesenden was demonstrated at Boston. The Cummins | removing the li- ability limit of railroads on shipments injured or destroyed was passed by the Senate. Four persons were killed and several injured by an explosion of dynamite at a construction camp near Monongo- hela, Pa. Governor McGovern formally an- nounced his candidacy for the Repub- lican nomination for United States senator. Joseph T. Hall, receiver of taxes at Hempstead, L. I, was killed by being thrown from his automobile near Val- ley Stream. Mayor Mitchel of New York was a visitor at the State Conference of Mayors and City Officers now in ses- sion’at Auburn. Fire broke out in the hold of the Steamer Santa Cecilia, of the Frace Line, which was moored in Brooklyn. The loss is $10,000. W. 8. Carter president of the Rail- way Firemen's Brotherhood at Chica- 0, declared that plans are being made for a general strike. 8ir_ William Osler, former professor at Johns Hopkins University, was elect- ed a foreign associate of the French Academy of Medicine. Ten firemen ~were overcome when fire caused $10,000 damage to a seven- story loft building on West Twenty- Third street, New York. Mrs. James J. Brown, of Denver, a heroine of the Titanic digaster, is con- sidering an offer to ruy for Congress from the Denver district. John Lapole and John Kenwin, em- ployed in the Brooklyn cooperage plant, were fatally burned as the Te- sult of a furnace explosion. George H. Peck 65, who has been en- gaged In the trucking business at Torrington for the past 20 years died hardening of the arteries. A severe wind and rain storm the Great Lakes. The steamer C. Curtiss ran aground off Duluth but was refloated with slight damage. Harry Shaw, of Camden, N. J. 25 years old, was caught in a hoisting machine and thrown from the deck of a vessel into the Delaware and drown- ed. Dr. 8. S. Goldwater, Health Com- missioner, will sail from New York on Saturday for a three weeks’ cruise in the West Indies and the Panama Canal Zone. “Davy” Truax and. 82-year old prisoner at Leavenworth, Kansas, died of joy after receiving his parole papers. He was serving a life term for murder. « Word was received at Hartford that a local manufacturing concern has re- ceived an order from the Chinese gov- ernment to manufacture $1,250000 worth of small firearms. The cruiser Brooklyn, which was at one time ordered to the scrap heap, will sail from Philadelphia for China to take her place as flagship of the Asiatic squadron. Schott, of Brooklyn, was 00 by a jury for the death of her husband, who was killed by a circular saw in the plant of the United States Printing Co. Secretary McAdoo said he had reach- ed no decision with regard to the at- titude to be taken by the Treasury to- ward the proposed subway easement under the postoffice of New York. What is said to be the largest flag- pole in the world, an Oregon pine 230 feet long and six feet in diameter at the base, was raised on the Panama- Pacific Exposition grounds. It is the gift of Astoria, Oregon. The American civil engineers com- | missioned to endeavor to prevent the periodical floods of the Hawaii River in China, started from Washington for their fleld of operations. The American Red Cros has financed the work. It was announced that Professor Perley O. Ray of Pennsylvania State College has been appointed to fill the chair of political science and history at Trinity College, left vacant by the re- cent resignation of Professor Raymond Gettel. . A note picked up in a bottle by I savers told of the wreck of the steam- Mier Henry B. Smith off Marquette, Lake Michigan, in the storm. of. last. November. The steamer left Mar- Qquette with a crew of 20 men and was never heard from. WOMEN INJURED IN RUNAWAY AT MADISON Were Thrown from Bus Into Road— Attending Sunshine Society Meeting. TWO ton people who were attending the convention of the Universal Sunshine society here today were Injured. to- night in a runaway accident. Both wo- Mediation is at Standstill ONLY WORKING ON DETAILS OF GENERAL PEACE PLANS. CARRANZA STILL SILENT Nothing Definite Can be Developed Until Word Has Been Received From Constitutionalist Chieftain —Huerta Optihistic. Niagara Falls, June 5—Still without any intimation of what General Car- ranza’s answer would be on the ques- tion of constitutionalists representa- tion here, the mediators and the American and Mexican delegates spent their time today working out details of the general peace plan. There was no conferences, but the American delegates remained in their apartments on the American side, studying various phases of the situa- tion which will become Increasingly important as the time for the actual wording of the protocol arrives. They were familiarizing themselves with much data which Washington is sending on to them about individuals mentioned for the new provisional government. All principals were anxious to hear some definite word about the consti- tutionalists, for there can be no def- inte developments until their intem- tions are known. Huerta Reported Optimistic. Mexico City, June 5—Persons who spoke to Prisident MHuerta today say that he is very optimistic over the outcome of the peace negotiations at Niagara Falls. The n today did not publish reports of any pro- ceedings at Niagara Falls, but the be- lief was expressed that the end of the difficulty was near and there soon would be a resumption of diplomatic relations with the United States. It was persistently rumored today in political circles that General Jose Refuzio Velascs would be appointed minister of foreign affairs and that the other vacancies in the cabinet would be filled tonight. General Velasco is expected to arrive here shortly. AMERICAN SCHOONER LANDS AMMUNITION FOR REBELS. At Tampico Without' Interference on Part of United States or the Huerta Government. ‘Washington, June e 5—Information Galveston had alists without interference on the part of the United States or the Huerta government was received in official quarters here without comment. State department and navy de- partment officials declined to verify the report, but from other sources it was learned that the presence of the Sunshine off Tampico with arms abcard consigned to the constitutional- ists had been known to the Washing- ton government for several days. In view of th enemies of the without interference was regarded as significant. ‘With the Cuban steamer Antifia en- route from New York to Tampico with arms consigned to Carranza’s forces, there has been much speculation as to what the United States would do In case the Huerta gevernment should at- tempt to blockade the port. Every in- dication, tonight, however, was .that the United States would maintain its previously announced position that Tampico was an open port. At the navy department it was stated that no order had gone te Admiral Badger since May 18, whem he was advised that the government desired that com- merce with Tampico be uninterrupted, except an order yesterday toward Tampico, Admiral instructed to report at once ‘Washington. The Mexican vessels have since been kept under closesur- veillance. Tonight thers had been no report te the navy department that the boats had made any move toward Tempico. though previous reports from Mexico City had declared Huerta would at- tempt to prevent the delivery of am- munition to this enemy. The movement of arms, pending Te- sults of mediation at Niagara Falls and the proposals to the constitution- alists to participate in the peace ne- gotiations have been followed by ru- mors of disapproval on the part of the South American envoys engaged in the effort to compose the Mexican situa- tion. In fact, there have been wide- reports that the mediators had States, had protested against delivery of munitions of war to the comstitu- ciliation, nor would he comment on the actual delivery of ammunition as ported from Vera Cruz. Foreign diplomats in formal declaration of a ‘Huerta "government.