William Phillips, Assistant Secretary of State, conferred today with the American representatives on his way back to Washington from a vacation. Counselor Folk, the State Department, is expected here tomorrow, American and Mexican members of the commission made a trip this afternoon in a private company in a United States submarine. The craft was submerged for several minutes during the brief cruise. It was the first time the Mexican commissioners had been in a submarine.

WASHINGTON, September 1—An attack on Carranza troops in or near Tampico, by a force under a bandit chief named Palas, on September 16, Mexican Independence Day, was reported today in official dispatches, received here. The bandits were said to have inflicted heavy losses upon the soldiers before being repulsed.

In the city of Tampico, Mexico, in the Tampico oil district and captured and executed three Mexican officials before.  They were driven off by Carranza troops, according to passengers who arrived here today. The municipal president also was taken prisoner, but escaped. We direct attention today to some very attractive Suits in Seine. Whipcord, Gabardine and Broadcloth. They have the now straight line front with side belt, new large collar. The trimmings are in velvet, fur, braid and buttons. All the wanted fall shades are shown, including brown, green, navy and black. The Suits are very becoming, the materials most excellent and the tailoring right, as it always is at Moshy's. 