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Show NO EXPLOSION ON THE BATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI I NAVY DEPARTMENT IS BESIEGED WITH INQUIRIES. Report of Serious Mishap to Vessel Is Utter Nonsense Says Com-' Com-' mander Harlow. , j Guantanamo, March 27. Commander Command-er .Charles H. Harlow, commandant of the United States naval statlou-here, when asked as to the report current in the United States, that the battleship Mississippi had met with a serious mishap, declared that the report was utter nonsense as the Mississippi was In this vicinity with Admiral Arnold on . board maneuvering. Washington, March 27. All this morning, the uavy department was besieged -with Inquiries regarding the rumors about the battleship Mississippi. Mississip-pi. The department put Its agencies at work in an endeavor to communicate communi-cate with the Guantanamo naval station sta-tion on the south coast of Mississippi. Guantanamo has wire communication communica-tion with the north coast of Cuba, and is equipped with high power wireless apparatus which, however, has not been working well recently. The Mississippi is a battleship of the first class, of thirteen thousand . tons, of comparatively recent construction con-struction and commission. Captain John C. Fremont commands her. The Mississippi is attached to the special service squadron made up in adJitlon to the Mississippi, of the Maine, Idaho. New Hampshire, North Carolina and Montana. ., The squadron In command of Rear Admiral Arnold left Hampton Roatls abue March 10, for Guantanamo for headquarters during the maneuvers. |