The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-22
AMERICANS ARE CAPTURED Shots Fired on Fishing
 Schooner. CANADIANS STAND FIRM Master of the Woodbury Faes
 Charge. cspt.i. se Ds.aais. Cruiser cssans ts Have . Cassr Case AEasast
 Crew es reaeAsas
 Vessel.

rived in port today, having tn cnzrEe the American haiibut nshing schoon- CT Charles Levi woodbury. which she captured after nring four rounds from her machine guns and threatening to sink the alleged poaching vessel unless she surrendered
 Three of the vollsys were Intended ns warning. but as no attention was paid to them fourth was directed at the schooner. which struck and siixAt- " damaged her. The captain Of tho American vessel did not surrender. cd by force from the cruiser.
 The action took place Sunday after- noon In northern waters. alleged to be configuous to Canada.
 Five shots tore through the air In the direction of the Woodbufy. each time the machine gun was fired. es the vessels headed away from the weH coast at Vancouver Island and pointed out Into the Pacific.
 Ths frst of the rounds was merely intended to call attention to the com mander to heavo to. which had been fs~ sued to the American schooner. But the last meant business The gun was pointed at the fsh boat which was then at distance of about 800 yards and posslble. The shots. which were aimed hia ripped the main saii on the aBoonSf and one or two knocked 8linters off the main mast. At the hnse moment the second gun of the Kestrel was swung across her deck tu get into range. The Wcodhurg then hove to and her sails. gashsd by the British missiles. were hauled down. But even then the American captain would hot willingly surrender. Hs ds- clined@t make fast . hawser to his vass6l but ' few minutes later an of tirer and three men from the Kestrsl boarded the woodbury and took charge.
 C1@azn of Cannaiamn.
 Captain NeWoomb. of the KeNtrel declarea that If he ever had clean case against an American vessel, xl1fs is the one Eariy Sunday asternoon he declares tha Kextrel was stn4s1sin9 iu from 1na<ntnp Hqpnd ofa fhs west ebNst ' when ha eapfed nn knzef5e&x vessel iishihG between east and west Haycahk Islands. These islands iie about tea miles of Cape Scott the northernmust point of vancouyer islands. The is- lands themselves are five miles apart. and from Newcomb,s nguring II is lEn~ possible that the American boat could be more than two and half miles from either shore by the time she had picked up her dories. She was within short distance of West Island
 Captain Sinclair of the woodbury ap- p6feutly. 0i0 nov nOtlcH itNt UEUf4&cH7 of the Kestrel until the Government vessel was within about three miies- Then the American ran along picking up his five dories. the fishermen cut ting their gear. Within twenty min. utes after the Kestrei was sighted the last 1ory had been picked up and the schooner with her motor power work ing to its full capacity and her sails spread to fine breeze, turned towards the hiRhlandseof the Pacific. The eruiE- CT gradually overhauled the American schooner. and by the time they were four and a quarter miles of shore the Kestrel was alongside and the captains of the two vessels were conrersing.
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 Captain Newcomb had been vigorous. Iy sounding blasts from hts siren ah the signals for the American to stop, but she kept on her course. The frst round of the machine gun was hred when the race had been well begun and the next two were directed acr0ss the bows of the American vessel, But the captain of the latter made no at- tempt to stop.
 s.stop or I will put a hole through you" called Newcomb through neB-
 aT don't think so." said Sinclair. In reply that came plainly over the wa
 Then the gun spoke and Eash open~ cd in the Woodbury's sail When the second gun of the Ksstrei had been trained on the woodbury Captain sin- clair realized that further flight was useless and hove-to. He Fstused. h0w- ever. to help navigate his vessel to port and would not even make fast hawser. His engineer declined to turn over the gasoline equipment. The varship then took the Woodbury in tow and headed for Vancouver. arriv- inR this morning when the prize was tied up at wharf.
 The Woodbury is Q schooner about 100 feet long and se of l20 tons bur- den. She had been fshing out of Ss- attic for a number of years. She has about 1000 pounds of fish on board when taken. There was no time to clean the nsh and the cargo was de- stroyed.
 Captain Sinclair. master of the Wood bury. visited the United states consult ate today and lodged e complaint with Colonel West, the American Consul. West will take the sworn dispositions of captain Sinclair and members of the crew and investigate the case If he thinks the seizure was not Jnsssfied he will lodge c protest.
 Until matters are straightened out the crew of the schooner will remain aboard her. She is owned hx the 01~.A..a TrsaA Nnsaxaav Of GaAtNfA.