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Show , T ERT HEATON, who is charged with robbing the IJingham State bank of JIG,'! 92 yesterday afternoon. iftt .-, .. . - . . 'Xl ' ..-:W,i ' I ' ' j l" ' V ( " " M ; j . ' GETS NO REPORT 01 CII110OTIIG President Is Distressed; Dorsch Says Patrol Continued Con-tinued to Fire. WASHINGTON", Dec. 20. The shooting shoot-ing of two American hunters by Canadian soldiers on the Niagara river, near Fort Erie, yesterday, is viewed by President Wilson with deep distress. dis-tress. Ho told callers today be bad received re-ceived no formal report on the incident. Secretary Bryan instructed the American Amer-ican vice consul at Fort Erie to take possession of the body of tbe man killed and to do everything possible for the man wounded. The fctate department depart-ment has reported the incident to Sir Cecil Spring-Hice, the British embassador embas-sador here. ' BUFFALO, X. T., Dec. 29. Charles Dorsch, who was wounded bv Canadian soldiers while hunting ducks in The Niagara river at Fort Erie said today that neither Smith, who was killed, nor himself understood what the soldiers wanted. In tho confusion the hunters decided to pull for home. The fatal shots followed. Dorsch said bo counted fifteen shots, several of which, he said, were fired aiter he and his . compauion were lying wounded in the ! bottom of the boat. i Three militiamen who formed the i firing squad are under military detention deten-tion at the Fort Erie barracks. |