The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
WAR MUNITIONS MAY BE SHIPPED TO FOREIGN PORT
Consignment Left Here Sur rounded By Mystery Only
 to Be Halted
DIRECT SHIPMENT IS
 FORBIDDEN BY BRYAN
Cartridges Gan Be Taken Go Another Port and Tran
 shipped

New York, June z-AfGla1u1Tl Gl- ficiaIs at the custom house Eaera saId early in the day that the Ward IineE AntfIIa probably would be Eegusal clearance papers because she had on board cargo of 500 tons of an1rnulnEa ton consigned to the Mexican cona stitutiOna1tsts st Tampfco no obfec- ton to the vesseTs sailing was made when the manifest was presented and the clearing papers asked for. No i'm structdons- it was said at the custom house, had been received from vgash- ington in regard to the shipment.
 The ammunition consisted priuci- pa1ly of cartridges for the HEausen type of rifle. Sou2e au1rn7uif1DH Err field guns was ine1uf1ea tn ezle sn1- ment- Am aerom1ane Egas incamGeA n khe cargo Of fkle AnHIla- The de nation of this machine was kept sa- cret but dt was believed to he eph= signed to the constttutiona1Ists et TamDfro.
 Mystery today attaches to the rFH- ent Uthereabouts and the ultimate destination of about 800 tons of arn- D. M. c. Co, frn BridgeRor by the steamer Nadgatuck, Sunday night. A5- vices from New York today report that the consisnment is suspected by Che United States government to be in transit to villa and Carranza< in AIeFi- -~N~- s~-t@J given positive instructions that a car go be not allowed to leave the port of New York upon any steamer bound direct to Mexico.
 The shipments were the source of much comment Sunday night when e number of auto trucks belonging to a local trucl<man were hastily hired and the ammunition rushed through the city streets to the steamer.
 Almost two hours were consumed l. steady stream of vehicles passed from the U. M. c. Co. works to the dock of- the steamer Naugatuck.
 Although the trucking heads refused to make any definite statements, it WaE learned through water-front sources consigned to the New York oHceG of the company
 A persistent rumor was ahoat today that the U. M. c. Go. furnished their own drivers and hurriedly called for the trucks. This statement however. was denied today by Manager Franlt O. Hoagland, who deprecated the ru- mors and said that the shipments weuE nothing more than the regular ones which are being made nightly by tho water lines. with the addition of Q few extra orders.
 He denied having knowledge of ths destination of the goods and said at the present time the company was not manufacturing anything for the Unit ed States government, as their am munition was being made at tho Springfield arsenal.
 Ohfcial estimate of the number of rounds shipped place it at approHi- znateIy 100000.
 New York. June 2=Five hundred tons of ammunition ordered by the Mexican constitutionalists which er rived in New Y ork today from Bridre- port Conn, will not be allowed to leave this port. Although 1t was stat- ed at the custom house that no in- truction in the matter had been re- ceiyed from Washington, officials de- cIared that it was probable that any vessel bearing arms or ammunitior consigned to either of the Mexican factions would be refused clearance papers.
 The ammunition was brought here on the Bridgeport Lines steamer NaugatuclS and. it was understood in shipping circles that the lotewouIA be lightered to tle ward Liner Antfila which is to sail late today for Tampi- co. Officials of the Ward Line refused to say whether the shipment had been offered for the Antii1a Agents for the company which manufactured the ammunition admitted that it had ,ar- rived here.
 While any vessel carrying the ann intuition will likely be refused clear ance papers if the shipment is con signed to a Mexican port, it might be sent to some Central American or West Indian port then recleafed for Mexico.
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