Show BRITISH TARS TO DIVIDE MILLIONS london when W wi jacobs Jacob sv wrote rote many cargoes he lie had no notion his idea was as so 10 be plagiarizer plagiarised and pla giari zed by a great naval war at that but wars kars like women have strange ways mays and not the least strange of them Is the working of the department of the british marshal of the admiralty and prize court 4 6 in ume urne of history it was the duty of this highfaluting dignitary to ar range for aej attend the execution of prisoners sentenced to death tor for murder on the high seas and it Is on record that the marshal of the olden time attended the execution of ad miral ang a british commander who ubo was mas shot on his own quarterdeck quart erdeck as a penalty for losing a battle times hae hane changed the modern marshal Is only a milk ind lind water mater edition of his sterner prototype lie ile Is the watch man stevedore caretaker and guardian dla angel in chief of all german shipping that has fallen into allied hands during the war and incidentally of the british naval prize fund of wilch thousands of british jack tars atud their officers are now awaiting their share the many cargoes to be divided vary from a priceless emerald to a tin lettle kettle the gross proceeds of the sale of ships goods the marshal told a anew lork sun reporter amounted to but this included ghods seized under the blockade which must be held ending pending the conclusion of peace it wai not altie pl tIe to ay what the amount of the prize fund ni be there was plenty of work norl fr rr the prize court ships seized during war the president lord has sat every day since he was appointed and there would appear to be quite another hearts work before the court said the mar marall sll including vessels vessel seized in port ulan ui in the outbreak of war var which numbered over about ships have gone into my custody in the united kingdom hundreds of thousands of tons ot of goods of all descriptions copper aluminum metals wool cotton lard oils and fats coffee cocoa dried fruits wheat barley hides leather tobacco nitrates zinc concentrates diamonds ie pearls aels human hair false teeth nod man many y other things all are among tho the prize captures alluding to the tho quantities of bonds and had securities captured he said the interception of these securities proved a pon powerful erful lever in british hands causing serious interruption of german trade and damage to german credit amusing incident an amusing incident said the marshal happened in the earliest days of the war mar when upon a largo large enemy vessel brought in by the navy lame ome alligators were found the er of customs at the in ad ising me of the seizure appeared to ie pe very nervous of their presence tome he thought were mere dead because heir eyes w were ere shut and some were 00 oo much all ache e the zoological society not being to have have them they were sold 0 a buyer who subsequently toured he pro provinces ances exhibiting them as prize alligators eighteen months later the owner appeared ipp eared in the prize proceedings and I 1 t ined a release of the proceeds of aile z only he ile appeared to ind that they had been sold I 1 don dont t know knon said the marshal how he expected me to feed and look looe after the animals tor for eighteen months I 1 heard that he expressed himself very forcibly to the innocent purchaser |