Show WASHINGTON is S CALM I I Effect in Official Quarters of the Utterances of Secretary Long INFORMATION ABOUT THE DAUNTLESS N o fouht V1elt11 ut it ho V 11 le Engaged In 1holo 11llou Washington March 2Th tension over thu Mall affair Is I noticeably relieved re-lieved In all official quarters today partly because of the absence of dispatches dis-patches to the state or navy depart nents bearing on the subject and ill so bucause I ul tile conservatism In plred by Secretary Longs utterance that the element of Spanish partlclpa ton In the disaster has ben eliminated eliminat-ed In his judgment Although tho navy derartlnfrt had no reports from Havana or Key West 1 dispatch announcing the dtp irluic of tho cruiser Itiuoklm from Santa Lucia fur La Guya had some indirect slE llcancu In further removing one of the forger vessels from what has thus far bn the rCnmon center 01 naval tic llvlty ut Key Wist Tile Brooklyn will take u short stop ut Laguaya and will hen proceed further southward Both the date derailment and th atlUnt of justice have 1eled considerable detuld Inlomalon relative rela-tive to tile alleged filibustering steamer steam-er Dauntless accumpalied by the sug Iutou that the ete might be libeled under the nalgaton law for cOlceal Ing tier lame and undlr the neutral 1 law or carrying war material to 11 CubJTw The enirespondcncu bcga on January litli last and covets much data on the pact record of the Daunt larger I states that In th mIddle of February last the Dauntless was hovering between lan and Georgia ports for the evident Imrpooo at cluu Ing tic tee t ton eo BS to get away with u llbustelng par for Cuba The In Urination was conveyed to th department depart-ment of justice that this purpose Mae ii cleir that It would be a wise precaution pre-caution to Place a deputy United States marshal or deputy collector of custon lU board the still A memorandum iccltca the basis ut suspicion of the Dauntless I states that In the come at the United mute vs John D 1 ar r cently approved by tho court 01 al Ieals 1 the testimony ot one witness was that the Dauntless hd painted out her name to mold lecognltlon while taking supplies for the Cubans from the Island of Nnvassa to Cuba The testimony of this witness Is given In detMl lie says the supplies were first brought from the United States to Navussa on the ship nurada whence they were transferred to the Dauntless He says he noticed that the word Dauntless appeared on the buckets a handles and 5 awls of the vessel but that the name on the tm 1 painted Out For this alleged offense against thiA navigation laws If Is I pointed out the Dauntless has never been prosecuted and It Is claimed to be a cunning offense for which she Is I now subject to libel The memorandum also cites another instance occurring lat May when I Is I stated that the United States cruiser Marblehead overhauled the Dauntless Thereupon It Is I stated the Dauntless threw overboard her cargo as witnessed by the olce at the Marblehend I Is also staled that the Dauntless has ben known 1 to apply for entrance to Florida prt when sh hnJ on board cargoes conllned To tile President of the Cuban Republic This material already In the hands of the Authorities hero will b supplemented supple-mented by additional Information hearIng l hear-Ing on the recent mOments ot the Dauntless although It Is I said that the showing already I made sulllces for ac lion against he vessel At the Spanish legation the Maine Inquiry Is not the subject of official attention at-tention and beyond sharing In the general gen-eral Interest felt In the nubject the le gotten onlelos have n occasion to consider con-sider officially any of the phases of the affair Senor Du Hose feels from all the advices he has received that the Inquiries proceeding at Havana are blee Ing facilitated hI 1 both parties He says the Spanish officials gave the fullest opportunities to the American divers In making their Investigations of the wreck and that Captain Slgslxe lifts shown the same eonldeton to the Spanish olcials and their dlv ere As to th press reports coming from Bladrid that a mixed man an IIon my ultimately bi required Mr V Hose I feels that this Is I quite too ta off and I that the first findings will be sufficient 1 Io iu f NI ly conclusive In utahllshlng the cause I of the disaster The arrival of the Viz rayu Mr 1u at Done Havana has been reported to |