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Show 1 BASELESS RUMOR IS TRACED TO MEXICO WASHINGTON. Per. 1-1. The (source of the lalest crop of unfounded rumors of disaster to American forces at sea was located today in lietman propaganda opera op-era ting In Spain through Mexico. For two days the rumor has be'n about 1hai. two American transports and a. battleship had been sunk with great, loss of life. Tim rumor was carried lo t ho United Stales from the publication of an alleged dlspa tch in a neu spa per a t Cua dala.fa ra, Mcn ico. purporting to come from Spa in, I saying that two I ra nf-ports with 11,000 men !J Au) the superdreadnoiiglit Texas had been ' .sunk ;tnd that the American government was suppressing the news. |