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Show DACIA IS SUNK BY : Ship in Famous Cotton Controversy Con-troversy Is Sent to the Bottom. ' ALGIERS. Algeria. Xov. 9. via Tat is The French steamship Yser, formerly known as the Dacia, whU-h was seized hy a French cruiser last Fehruary while car-ryinj-r a cargo of cotton from tjie Tnttcd States to Germany, has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The news of the sinking of the Yscr was contained in an official announcement made public here today which re;id: The French ship Yser, formerly the Dacia, rename. after her sale by the prize court, was torpedoed while" conveying con-veying to Bizertafthe passengers -saved from the Italian steamer Klisa Frnn-cesca. Frnn-cesca. The entire crew and passe n- gers were landed. ' |