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PRICE 25 CENTS
I ShanghaiOccupied by
Cantonese; Fate of Many
Americans Is Doubtful
SHANGHAI, Match 23.-v-TRik city
was occupied Monday by the Canton
ese nationalist troops.
Today; British...\ troops- shot and
killed twelve, and bounded:-a score of
Shangtungese; v soldiers' whfen they
they made an attempt ' to > break
through thev.haXxiers of the interna
tional settlement here. Two of the
British tyere wounded.
Strikers; and 15O,OO0> Shangtungese
are. sacking Chinese quarters.’.in1- the
city of Shanghai today.;
SHANGHAI,' March 28“,^-AV.
tachment: of United States.- marines
was hurried out this morning-to re
inforce British troops holding th*
Markhata road bridge,.on the. border
between the international settlement
and the .native district of Oiapei,
With the arrival of Cantonese regu
lars in the Chinese district compara
tive quiet descended Upon portions of
the natiye city in which, terror, death
and destruction had reigned for forty
six hours. .
SHANGHAI, March 23j—Shanghai
I is to become the base for a world
revolution,isaycs a manifesto., issued by
General Pai Thanghis,. Cantonese
commander,vto the Chihese people to
day, but foreigners most not be at
tacked or resulted-or -aft*;-firopeTtj
destroyed.;. d
GenerakJ?ati;is ehifc£dff staffito Gen
eral Chung; Jfaisheyfc Cantonese com
mander-in-chifefv for eight!.years....
SHANGHAI; March'; E
I Williams, an AmericUnpand vice' pres
idtat. of Nanking University, wa;
among the killed in Friday’s shelling
He was abrother.-pf.Mrs, Margare
Roberts, of Seattle.
There are*.thirty^ Americans stil
unaccounted for at Nanking, and 12(
have been rescued.
I
SHANGHAI. March 24.—The lates
advices, received at 3 o’clock this
mormorning, say 156 Americans ari
still ashore at Nanking and that theii
late is uncertain. Rear Admiral Wil
liams haaordeajed drastic measures t<
be. taken if necessary to rescue them
SHANGHAI, March 24.—The grea
■trike in Shanghai, which affectec
two hundred thousand workers, wa:
called off today.
The nationalists have captured Nan
Kiftg and Chinkinang.
3ft KILLED .75 INJUREirm
ARKANSAS TORN AW
ST. LOUIS, M*rch 21.—Thirty per
sons were killed .and seventy-five i n
jured in a tornado which, struck Greet
forest, Arkansas,, last night.
Ralph Warbdrton was a Wednesday
arrival ever ,thd>.trail' from Nenana
At Big River Mr. War hurt on was hit
with the flu, and was in such bac
shape upon his arrival here that h<
was unable to continue his journey tc
Flat.
“Improving fast. Nothing serious
Will be here about two weeks,” is th<
cheerng word sent, by W. T. Vander
pool, now in hospital a tFairbanks, ti
Deputy Marshal Peter McMullen,, ai
McGrath, a few days ago.
Hiss E. Mhtsh. a visit of severt
days hers, left Thursday for > hei
Up* *t McGrath, going down witl
Fflsighter Tom Shallow.
•i'ORE TOUGH LUCK FOR
FREDERICK A. COOK
WASHINGTON", March 21.—Fred
erick A. Cook, recently paroled for
five years, will be kept in the peniten
tiary at Leavenworth until a test has
been made of the regiht of a federal
judge to release a prisoner on proba
tion after his sentence has begun, the
department of Justice said today.
HAYNES NAMED ACTING COM
MISSIONER OF PROHIBITION
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Roy
A. Haynes today was named acting
commissioner of prohibition.
ARLES W. ARMOUR PASSES.
KANSAS CITY,. Mar. 23.—Charles
, v. Armour, vice president of Armoui
<k Co., died at his home here today.
MANY VICTIMS OF FLU
THROUGHOUT INTERIOR
Influenza, in a mi.d form, but plenty
bad enough at that, seems to be epi
demic throughout this interior sec
tion. Trave.ers coming over the trail
from Nenana report many cases, each
roadhouse having one or more cases.
Robert Jones* at East- Fork road
house, is reported as having been very
sck. At the ig River roadhouse Dick
Rhodes, the proprietor, and Dan Cal
lahan were both quite sick.
Among those reported afflicted at
. McGrath, were Charles O’Halloran,
- Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Hanson, Victor
; Nystrom, Bob Hart, T. A. McClure,
. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Peterson, Dick
; McArthur, Charles Konig and family,
f rank Larson and a number of
I others, including several school chil
i dren, necessitating the closing of the
school.
Locally there are many victims,
• among them being Mrs. Joe Oates,
1 who has been quite ill for a number
; of days, Chris Nelson, Robert Lowrie,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dubois, Gus Gul
’ likson, Mrs. W. H. Jones, Freda
• Whadkins, Clara Taulman, Hank Wal
• lick, Arthur Lheureux, Mrs.. Charles
Nicolet, Miss Emma Owens, John
Krieger, Bessie Boyd, Anna. Wilson,
W illiam Behan, Tom Shallow, Charlie
Goebel, and a number of. others.
School here was also closed.
George Adams, of Flat, while visit
ing in Fairbanks, had the misfortune
t to fall and break, the small bone of
his right leg. He is now in. hospital
at Fairbanks, his leg mending nicely,
. but in all probability will be unable
, to leave for Iditarod before the open
ing of navigation.
Vivian Howard, after a visit of sev
, eral weeks on the Outside, was among
. Wednesday arrivals here from Mc
i Grath, at which, latter place she ar
i rived the- day previous from Nenana
i via arplane. The day after her ar
rival here Miss Howard became quite
indisposed, but is now reported as
considerably improved.
H. K. Carlisle, special agent of the
' Interior Department, was a Wednes
■ day arrival from a visit as far as
Flat, and left Thursday for Nenana,
on his wagr to Fairbanks.
i
Happy Jacobson, after a visit here
1 of several weeks, returned Monday to
his home at McGrath.
FIRE WIPES OUT SKINNER &
EDDY CANNERY, NEAR KET
CHIKAN, WITH LOSS $250,000
KETCHIKAN, March 23.—Fire to
day destroyed the cannery of the
Sunny Point Packing Company here,
owned by Skinner & Eddy, of Seattle.
The. loss aggregates $250,000, includ
ing machinery and 15,000 cases of
salmon. Skinner & Eddy announced
from Seattle that the plant will be
rebuilt.
AIRPLANE SERVICE ESTAB
LISHED, NOME-FAIRBANKS
NOME, March 23.—Airplane pas
senger service to and from Nome has
been established. Pilot Joe Crosson
arrved from Farbanks and left yes
terday on his return trip with Alfred
Lomen, reindeer exporter, as a pas
senger.
Crosson made the journey from
Fairbanks in seven hours.
NAMES OF PEAKS IN ALASKA
MARKING ANGLES ON THE
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY
WASHINGTON, March 25—Names
of peaks n Alaska marking angles on
the international boundary - have been
officially designated by the United
States Geographical. Board, each in
honor of some member of the U nited
States section of the International
Boundary Commission, as follows:
Asmum, Bruniiage, Fremont, Morse,
Nefty, Hill, Raymond and Van Wag
enen. Gray and Redal are names se
lected for two glaciers a few miles
northwest of Hyder.
WARTIME NUISANCE TAXES.
WASHINGTON, March 25.—The
last of wartime nuisance taxes would
be abolished under plans of both Ad
ministration and Democratic leaders
in Congress for a prospective revenue
bill to be passed at the next session of
CnnPTPSS.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, Mar. 19.—The Steamer
Yukon sailed for Seward this morn
ing with a passenger list of 334, in
cluding Noel W. Smith, general man
ager of tht Alaska Railroad. Seventy
of the passengers were interior bound
via Seward, while 92 were for the
Kakak Bay and Uganik canneres.
WASHINGTON, March 23.—The
Navy has decided to go ahead with
the filling of the 4,209,000 barrel oil
tanks at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, con
structed by Edward L. Doheny as
part of the contract under which he
leased naval oil reserve lands in Cal
ifornia.
TOPEKA, March 21.—Several com
panies of the Kansas National Guard
were called out today as aresult of
the attempted lynching of two ne
groes mprisoned at Coffeyville for as
saulting two white girls and three
white women.
SEATTLE, March 24.—Steamship
companies, owing to the rush for the
canneries, have been unable for a
week to supply the demands for
transportation to Southeastern Alaska
ports.
JUNEAU, March 23.—The bill de
signed to keep Alaska gold hunters in
the North was passed by the Terri
torial Senate, and now goes to the
House.
JACKSON, Miss., March 21.—Gov
ernor Whifield died at his home here
Friday, as a result of cancer.
SEATTLE, Mar. 26.—The steamer
Alaska sailed for Seward this mom
ng with a passenger list of 261.
U. S.-Britain Demand
Protection for Lives of
Foreigners, Nanking
SENATOR KING WILL NOT
ATTEMPT TO ENTER HAITI
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Re- !
I public, March 21.—Senator William j
B. King will not attempt to enter
‘Haiti, whose government, Haiti, has
decided against admitting him into
the country. The Senator made this
announcement today upon his arrival
here from Porto Rico. King said his
decision not to go to Haiti agreed
with the attitude of the United States
Government.
5 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
REGENTS REAPPOINTED
SEATTLE, March 19.—The reap
pointment of five regents of the Uni
versity of Washington, named by
Governor Hartley, and twice refused
confirmation by the State Senate at
the session just closed, was announced
from Olympia today.
A. G. Johnson, for the past two
years local agent of the N. C. Com
pany, left Friday for McGrath, on his
way to Fort Yukon, to which place he
recently received appointment from
the same company as agent and where
he will take over the affairs of that
concern. Mrs. Johnson plans to re
main here until the opening of navi
gation. Frank J. Guskey, who has
been named as successor to Mr. John
son, is expected to arrive here within
the next couple of days to assume
charge of the local station.
John Collins, well known Ophir
mining man, was a Thursday arrival,
after a visit of several months on the
Outside, principally at his former
home, Tacoma, WaWsh. Incidentally,
this was Mr. Collins’ first visit to the
Outside in twenty-eight years. Trav
eling in company with Mr. Collins
from Tacoma was Mrs. Louise Liver.
hagcn, on her way to Ophir.
Owen Gray was a Tuesday arrival
from Nenana, from which place he
had Andrew Groven and Bruno Pfen
nagworth as passengers, both of
whom are attached to the force of the
New York-Alaska Dredging Com
pany, on Bear creek, Lower Kusko
kwim, and for which place they de
parted with Mr. Gray on Wednesday.
Harry Sheppard and Walter Wood,
after a stay of several weeks at Fair
banks, were Wednesday arrivals, com
ing with Chester Brink and Mrs.
Brink. Messrs. Sheppard and Wood
continued on their journey to Flat on
Friday, going with Mr. Brink.
Ed Enholm, well known Tolstoi
mining man, was a yesterday arrival,
after a visit of several months on the
! Outside, during which he visited Bos
' ton, his old home and took a circle
around through the States. He ex
pects to leave within the next couple
of days for Tolstoi.
Dr. L. W. Fromm and brother Carl
eft Monday for Ophir, where they
were scheduled to remain for a couple
of days and then continue to Ruby.
Frank Hart returned here Tuesday,
following an extended visit on the
Outside.
Juian Dassati, well known road
house man, located on the Iditarod
trail, was a Thursday arrival, after a
vist of several weeks at Fairbank
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Strin
gent demands for the protection of
foreign lives at .Nanking were served
n Chinese officials today at a eonfec
nce of American and British repre
sentatives on board the British cruiser
Emerald.
The demands were, first, immediate
of all foreigners and foreign prop
erty; second, that the Cantonese gen
eral in command report on board the
Emerald before 11 o’clock tonight to
negotiate respecting outrages com
mitted by his troops, and, third, that
all foreigners must be delivered on
board under escort up to 10 o’clock
tomorrow morning.
The Cantonese were warned, the
Navy Department was advsed, that if
these demands were not complied with
Nankng would be taken as a military
area.
SHANGHAI, March 24.—An unde
termined number of Americans were
killed and wounded at Nanking today.
;he Americans were killed when the
Cantonese troops, which had just cap
re 1 the city, shelled the hill in the
orthcrn part of the city, where the
foreigners had been concentrated
prior to evacuating the city. The
British consul was wounded, and the
Japanese consult is reported killed.
The consulates of Great Britain.
United States and Japan were -eport
ed looted. The missions air ■ were
looted. One British was killed.
WASHINGTON, March 25.—Brutal
maletreatment of many Americans,
including women, by Chinese soldiers
n nationalist uniform, at Nanking,
was officially reported to the Navy
Departmenut today by Admiral Wil
liams, who forwarded a report made
to him by Rear Admiral Hough, at
iNanning. oo iar as is iuiuwh, i^u
miral Williams said in his statement,
all American missions and homes
have been ooted.
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Assur
ance of the full 100 per cent support
. f the Government for American
naval forces in China in whatever
steps they take for the protection of
American lives was given late today
by Secretary of Navy Wilbur, after
conference with Secretary of State
Kellogg.
WASHINGTON, March 25.—Pre
paratoins for bombardment by Amer
ican and British fhips at Nanking
have been postponed until tomorrow
because of the partial evacuation <>f
the city by foreigners.
President Coolidge and members of
his Cabinet today considered the dan
gerous Chinese situation in an hour
and a half session.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ferris, who ar
rive at McGrath last Sunday from
Fairbanks, were Monday arrivals
here, coming up with Deputy Marshal
Peter McMullen. The newlyweds
were tendered a reception at a pleas
ant party at the Larson House on
Monday night, in which dancing was
a big feature.
Before U. S. Commissioner George
W. Hoffman, at Napamute, Ora Barn
hardt was lined $25 for having three
marten skins in hi& possession. He
'hen plead guilty to having no fed
eral license, for which he was fined
S25, and furs to the amount of $2,500