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Show CITIZENS FAVOR THE INSURGENTS American Officer at Mazat-lan Mazat-lan Begged by People to Transport Them to i Rebel Lines. On Board U. S. S. California. Ma-zatlan Ma-zatlan Mexico. May 25. The Japan ese cruiser Idezumo, which was at anchor in Mazatl'an harbor for several days, departed today for Manzanillo. because of the expected arrival of a .lapancte merchantman at that port May 2, Word has arrived from Tepic that Theodcre Jones, an American held In prison there by the federals on a perfunctory charge of murder, has been released by order of General Buelna. Evidence of strong constitutionalist sympathy among the citizens of Ma- zatlan is being shown Officers of i the American fleet, while ashore j today, wore stopped in the street by i Mexicans who begged that the American launches be allowed to transport them to the constitutionalist' constitutional-ist' lines. They seemed disappolnt-ed disappolnt-ed when it was explained that the rule; cl strict neutrality prevented this 1 |