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Show GENUINE PIRATE i ACT OFFERED IN ; TURKISH WATERS i CONSTANTINOPLE, May 9. j (By the Associated Press) Pirates held up the French j packet Souirah, which left Batum on May 6 en route to i 'Marseilles, and after robbing"! the passengers of the steamers went ashore in boats which they j compelled members of the crewj to man. i Among those on boartt the! vessel were Mrs. Haskell, wife of Colonel William Haskell, director-general of American relief re-lief in the near east, and Mrs. BIrs. Daly and Mrs. Booth. whose husbands are connected i with relief work in Armenia, i They were fleeing before the bolsehvik advance and were forced to give up their valuables. valu-ables. The pirates boarded the f steamer at Batum, either as pas-sengers pas-sengers or as members of crew. On the night of May 6 fifteen i men sprang from various parts j of the ship, covered officers and ! I passengers with, pistols and I shouted - warnings-they wouldj kill and who opposed them. i |