Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-10-03 | Page 10 | Chicago Packers Ask Aid is Government

CIAO CHICAGO PACKERS ASK AID OF GOVERNMENT I WASHINGTON Oct OcL 2 o of Chicago meat packers today today to to- day formally requested Acting Secre Secre- Jary tary Pork of or the state department to nake Dake representations to Great Britain regarding g disposition of Wen Wen- twentynine nine ty-nine seized ships carrying 12 worth of American car cargoes oes The representatives said their efforts w were ware re designed to prevent the cases from reaching the British prize court where recently the cargoes of four tour other ships valued at were forfeited on the ground that while consigned to the Scandinavian countries they were really for tor the tIle German military forces Polk did not indicate what action if fC any the state department would take