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Show U. S. FREIGHTER WILL BRAVE U-BOAT ZONE City of Puebla Will Carry Merchandise Declared Contraband. i j By International News Service. . NEW YORK, Feb. In. The first American Amer-ican steamship manned entirely by Americans Amer-icans to defy I'-boat perils since the recent re-cent German decree will clear for Havre probably tomorrow a tier noon. The vessel ves-sel is the freighter City of Puebla, 2H24 tons, owned by the Harvey Steamship company. The freighter's cargo consists exclusive- ly of merchandise declared contraband. ; At pier No. :"i. Brook iyi. where the ship is lying, the last of 2700 tons of cotton, copper and spelter was loaded tonight. The nueMicm of the arming of the vessel ves-sel bad not been settled tonight. "We will sail, guns or no guns," an official of-ficial said. He added that he expected the siiip to get clearance papers In tiie morning. The City of Puebla will sail with a crew of thirty Americans. She will be commanded" com-manded" by Captain John F. Willet. Everything Ev-erything connected with the venture will be Simon-pure American. Besides going to tiie munitions port of Havre and carrying contraband, tbe Puebla will defy German orders by omitting omit-ting the "barber pole'' stripes of paint on her sides which have been specified. She will have the American flag painted paint-ed large and will fly the national flag fore and aft. The vessel was owned formerly by the Pacific Coast Steamship comnanv. The City of Puebla is the fifth American Amer-ican ship to sail from this port since the latest j - boat campaign started on February- 1. The others were the Dochra, the " Orleans, the Rochester and the freighter Owego. The last sailed Monday. CHARLESTON, S. V., Feb. 15. The first English merchant, ship armed against submarines was the Novian of the Ley-land Ley-land line, which arrived here today and will leave Friday morning. The gun was not concealed, being placed on the stern in full view. While the ship was closely guarded, she took on bunker coa here. The gun was said to be of the revolving four-inch type. There are three gunners, each man serving an eight-hour watch. One gunner gun-ner was on duty as the Novian entered Charleston harbor. |