US. authorities were to-day hol ing the British freight str. Capilano, with a cargo of 10,000 tons of wheat and a considerable quantity of umber, following seizure in the Straits of Juan De Fuca.
An order in Admiralty for the seizure resulted from a suit by Dant and Rushell, lumber shippers, to collect $20,000 for cargo loss on the freight vessel Chief Maquilla off the Aleutian Islands.
Both ships are owned by the. Canadian-American Shipping Ca. The owners to-lay declared that the Capilano was seized in Can: waters, contrary to law—United
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