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Show I AMERICAN CAPTAIN APPARENTLY TRESPASSER VANCOUVER, B. C. April 22. Captain Cap-tain Sinclair and the crew of tho American Ameri-can fishing schooner Charles Levi Woodbury left for Seattle today on tho steamer Whatcom. Before leaving, the captain placed sworn statements in the bands of United States Consul General West, bearing on the capture of his vessel ves-sel by the Dominion cruiser Kestrel. "I took the statement of Captain Sinclair Sin-clair and some of his crew vestcrday," declared Consul Colonel West, "and T also interviewed Captain Xewcomb of the Kestrel. Close investigation of the charges and comparison of the statements state-ments leads me to believe that there is not the slightest doubt that the schooner was in Canadian waters when seen by the Kestrel. But what I am also inclined to believe is that she had drifted inside the limit during fishing operations.. J . "My opinion is that tho Dominion 1 government will recognize the possibility possi-bility of the Woodbury having drifted inside the limit while her skipper and crow were busily engaged in fishing operations, and that the imposition of a fine will meet the case." |