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Show RECKLESS TARGET PRACTICE H Ship Captain Protests Against Dan-' gerous Shooting by Gunboat. H LONDON, Dec, 11. Capt. Mills of tha American line steamship Philadelphia IH has ordered a protect against reckless iH target practice carried on off Plymouth. He says that as he approached the bar-bor bar-bor on Saturday with nearly 1000 per- sons on board their safety was endan- ,H gored by a gunboat which persisted in jH tiring, even after the patrol launch ap- 'H prised the gunboat of the Jlner'a ap- 'H proach. Capt. Mills adds that ho -vaa obliged twice to stop and go full speed jH astern to avoid disaster. IH |