The story of a battle with pirates off New York, matching in thrills old tales of the Spanish Main, was related by the supercargo of the French steamer Francisca which arrived here to-day bearing marks of the stirring seenes which took place on her docks, Two days ago, the supercargo said, the Francisca unloaded: her cargo to a small schooner lying: off Rum Row, and the crew retired for the night. The schooner, after [standing by for some time, sudden Ay attacked the Francisca, The stranger's crew, apparently bent on recovering the money paid for the fargo, swarmed over the sides of the Francisca and forced the superjeargo into his cabin, He managed ito escape, he said, and roused the members of his own crew, who, after 'a short gun battle, drove the attack: ing party, composed of Americans under a Canadian lewier, back to its own boat.
he Francisca, a vessel of 1,900 tons, suited from Hamburg" on August 20, bound for St. Pierre, Mi,, under the command of Captain Nicotas—Reuter's. American Ser-ice, THE "AMERICA'S" CUP, Sir Thomas Lipton's Further Challenge: Search for a Skipper Satisfactory Toronto, Nov. 29.
Sir 'Thomas Lipton went to the frad farm to-day and after a chat with Amelius Jarvis, Sr., a prison er there, announced' he "had found the man to command the Lipton yacht which in 1926 will challenge America to defend the America Cup in-another of the classic races off Sandy Hook.
Jarvis is a noted Canadian yachts. man and an old crony of Sir Thomas's. He is serving six months for conspiracy to defraud the province ina sale of bonds, For two hours the famous toa merchant and the prisoner enjoyed each other's company at the farm, Sir Thomas made positive announce ment afterward tha he would challenge America's hold on the international trophy in 1926 and that he had Jarvis's pibmise to serve us skipper of the challenger.
The yachtsmen also virtually ided that a craft of the schooner close would be built to oppose the American defender, suid Sir Thomas. Incidentally, ho said nothing could convince him that his old friend Jarvis was guilty of the offence for which he was serving time,—Reuter's American Servic
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