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Show NOT A SINGLE U. S. WARSHIP SUNK, DANIELS SAYS WASHINGTON, Mnv h.. categorical ilenlal I hat any A niericH n naval vessels hud been sunk in the war wiih Issued toil to-il Ik ht hv SeerrtHiy Panlels to counteract .i VampalKn of vlcioun rumora that Is tieliiK carried on so Industriously by person per-son m unknown." It wan the lirst official notice to he taken of n tlooj of reports of naval disasters that Msrted almost as soon as It was known thnt American rie-trnver rie-trnver were in the wur z-uit. It is with deep reniet," said the ser-eliiv ser-eliiv in ti formal si at emeu t , "that I nolo the dallv stream of false reports with re-irard re-irard I o t h sink Intr of American ships. Urokera wlies aro n particular sourro for thofn hnsHefjj. rumtrs t lint cannot but be the muse of needless distress to every true American, hs well as In the mothers and fathers uf the nation who hae.sons at sen. "The depart ment has irlven repeated assurances that Its polhy Is to hp one. of absolute frankness Willi respect to dis-ast'-r. If II should be that ships are sunk, full Infnrmalhm will be Klven out oftn-ial-ly nnd (pilcldy. "Thp reason for 1 bese false reports i-nnnol hot ascertained. Thr one hope Is t ha t the press will refuse to a Id this en ni pah: n of victims rumor ( ha t Is tein rarrlcd on so tiidust nously by persons unknown." |