Show NO EXPLOSION ON BATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI I March 27 Command pr I Charles H If Harlow Harlan commandant of or r tho the United States naval station here hore when asked as to the Uio report current In Inthe Inthe Inthe the United States that tho the battleship Mississippi had met with a serious t mishap declared that the tho report was L utter titter nonsense as tho Mississippi was f fIn in lit this vicinity with Admiral Arnold i ion on Oil board maneuvering I Washington March 27 2 iA All II this morning the tite navy 11 department was WIS U besieged with inquiries regarding the tho rumors about bollt tho tIme battleship 1 pl pI Tho The department put its agencies I at work woric In an aim endeavor to communicate cato cate with tho the mo naval sEa sta station Lion tion on the tho south coast of Mississippi j Guantanamo has wire j jUon lion Uon with tho time norm coast of Cuba and andIs andis f j jIs Is equipped with high power wireless apparatus which however has haR not i r been beon working well recently Tho The Mississippi is a battleship of or j I tho first class elms of oC thirteen thousand iii i 1 tons tOilS of comparatively recent con can construction and anti commission Captain John C Fremont commands her The Mississippi is attached to time the special service squadron made up In addition to the Mississippi of oC the Maine Idaho Now Hampshire North Carolina and i Montana The Tho squadron in command of Rear Admiral Arnold left leCt Hampton Roads l abue March larch 16 tO l for Guantanamo for or headquarters during the maneuvers maneu ors |