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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1914
Page
11
All bidders must deposit a certified check for 500 dollars payable to the undersigned before bids. No bid will be considered without this deposit. For details contact B G Barnes at Central Trust Company in San Antonio Texas.
United States officials in Corpus Christi prepare data on local customs activity to argue against moving the customs sub-office to Port Aransas. A June 1 suspension of the order hinges on showing sustained need, while Navy reports list the battleship Oklahoma at 67.2 percent and the destroyer Downes at 93 percent completion.
About fifty pirates disguised as passengers boarded the Norwegian steamer Childar near Hong Kong. They overpowered six officers and crew, seizing control of the vessel as Chinese passengers watched nervously. The hijackers, among a crowd of about 200 travelers, fired revolvers and secured the ship about forty miles from Hong Kong. The incident recalls piracy eras along the China coast.
A San Antonio banker named Villaret is named state bank examiner for the Pittsburg district. Pirates seize the ship Childar, bind four officers, loot uniforms and brass fittings, and take over the engines. They escape to Bias Bay aboard junks with valuables totaling over ten thousand dollars and face a dim safety outlook amid widespread piracy in Chinese waters.
A mob of more than 1000 strike supporters, many foreigners, caused a riot near a Wakefield rattan factory. Windows were broken, vehicles stopped, and workers and strikebreakers were assaulted as police struggled to contain the crowd.
J P Hayden auditor of the Texas State railroad died instantly in Rusk when his car struck a cow, overturned and pinned him beneath the vehicle. He leaves a family. In Beaumont an election on the issuance of 140000 dollars bond issue is noted.
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