Show TANKER CHASED BY PIRATES yarns of having been chased for hours off the coa coast st of formosa by a brace of pirate craft which finally filially gave up the chase when they were unable to get up to windward wore were told at a t los angeles tri goies harbor recently by officers of the shipping board tanker salina arriving from cuba with a cargo of cocoanut coco anut oil each dhow carried several hundred men according to capt gus grano ani and had swivel guns mounted tore fore and aft we sighted them first eight miles to leeward said one of the salinas Sall naB officers through the glass we could see that they were making tor for us with approximately a hundred men on each craft pulling at the sweeps galley fashion in addition to using their lateen sails balls wo we were making twelve knots and as the two pirates were running with the wind to gain a lead on oil us that they might cut across our bows on thy the beat to windward they were making easily fifteen knots they kept up the chase tor for sev eral hours but finally gaye gave up when they were unable to get within range on oil the windward tacks capt grano said bald that me sea of formosa a and nil the japan sea aro are at present menaced by a number of similar pirate craft there to prey on trading junks and small trading vos voe sols the salina capt grano said could have withstood the fire of the dhows chows for hours in that she has 42 separate tanks which would have kept her afloat in case portions of her hull had been punctured by gunfire radio warnings were sent to all ships in the vicinity by tho the salina |