BEING HELD
FOR RANSOM
Mexican Rebel General
Holds 40 Americans
at Tampico.
Washington, June 27.—Forty
Americans, all employes of the
Cortez Oil Company at Tampico,
together, with property valued
at a quarter million dollars, are
being held until a ransom of
fifteen thousand pesos is paid,
according to a message frorrs the
American consul at Tampico to
the State Department. The ran
som, it is stated, is demanded by
a rebel general.
Mexico City, June 27. — A.
Cruce Bielaski, former chief of
the investigation bureau of the
American Department of Jus
tice, is reported kidnapped and
being held for ransom near
Cueratavaca, in the state of Mo
relos. _
Recommends Continuance of
American Occupation, Haiti
Washingson.—Jndelinite continuance
f American military occupation of
Haiti■» fvs recommended in the report^
presented today by the special senate
committee investigating American ad
ministration in Haiti and Santo Do
min go.
BIG PLANS
OF FRANCE
Some Reparations That
May Be Placed Upon
Germany.
Paris, June 27.- A huge war
reparations plan, under which
Germany would reconstruct
France and also build the long-;
planned tunnel under the Eng-j
lish channel, was today submit
ted by M. Letrocquer, minister
of public works, to Premier
Poincaire, who has laid it before
the French members of the rep
arations commission. The plan
involves the use of German
labor and materials to the extent
of one billion francs.
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Assassination of Wal
ter Rathenau, Member
of the German Cabinet
Berlin.—Walter Kathenau, minister
of foreign affairs, met death today at
the hands of an assassin. The mur
derer first assaulted Kathenau with a
hand grenade, after which he opened
lire with a revolver, the victim falling
dead with the second shot. The as
sassin escaped in an automobile.
J. L. Berry, on his launch Caille, ar
rived Sunday evening. Coming down
on the Caille from Berry Landing were
Mrs. Arthur Berry and daughter, for a
short visit.
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Free State Troops Drive j
Republican Insurgents
From Stronghold.
Dublin, .June 2b. Irish repub
licans wore driven from p; 'Is of
four courts this afternoon by j
Free State troops who stormed j
the rebel stronghold under cover j
of heavy artillery fires. While j
this attack was in progress in
surgent bands seized the hotels,
clubs and houses in Rutland
square and the civil war spread
to other central parts, and soon
all Dublin was involved i. the
battle. _
John E. Shoemaker, Seattk
Among Killed at Derr o. 111.
Seattle.—John EL Shoemaker, promi
nent Seattk civil engineer, who left
this city to accept the position oi head
engineer for the Southern Illinois Coal
Company, was among those slain in the
Herrin, 111., massacre.
AlGoslaw and K. F. Goode arrived
from Tacotna late Thursday evening,
returning up river yesterda> after
noon. _
Mrs. A. Higgins, who arrived Sun
day evening, left Tuesday morning for
Tacotna, going up with Mr. Higgins
on the Alaskan.
In Eight-Oared Inter- j
collegiate Race; U. of I
W. a Length Astern
Poughkeepsie, June 16. The
Navy crew of midshipmen, from
Annapolis, won the eight-oared,
intercollegiate rac< late this af- ’
ternoon, with the University of
Washington second, one length
astern; Syracuse third, less than
a length back, and barely nosing
out Cornell, which was given
fourth.
In order to win the race the
Navy had to establish a world's
record of 13 minutes 35 3-5 sec
onds for a distance of three
miles.
Yukon Str. Movements
Sibilla up Berches (i a. tn.
Kotlik down Holy Cross <) a. m. 27th.
Betty, with mail west, at Hot Springs
Landing: &a. m.
Jacobs down Dugan creek.
Seattle 3 last reported up Kotlik.
Alaska up Tanana for Dawson 27th.
Martha Clow at Nulato.
Teddy H. arrived at Koyukuk stu
tion from Koyukuk river 1) a. m. 27th.
Jack Mutchler, H. B. Bowers and
Mike Blanusha arrived from Taeotna
Monday evening.
Knut Lind was a Monday arrival
from Berry Landing.
; Sec. Fall Says Impos
sible for Him to Visit
Alaska This Summer
Washington.-—Secretary of Interior
I'a 11 wi'.l be unable to visit Alaska this
year, according to announcement made
at the Interior Department, given out
shortly after a conference with Presi
dent Harding
Fall declared that pressure of busi
ness in his department was directly
responsible for his inability to take the
trip North, the waving of which he
much regretted.
Sir. Toeotno Arrives
From Bethel June 27,
Establishing Record
The steamer Toeotno, Capt. Bugge
at the helm, hove into port about 3:30
yesterday morning:, the 37th. thus es
tablishing a record. The earliest date
of arrival heretofore of any boat from
Bethel, according to several old
timers, was on June 28th, some 11 or
13 years ago, made by the steamer
Quickstep.
Coming up on the Toeotno from
Bethel was A. Higgins, the Taeolna
merchant, returning from the Outside,
and who is giving personal supervision
to his early shipment, with which the
Toeotno and barge were loaded.
The Toeotno remained here about
ten minutes and then proceeded to the
Forks, tit which point her cargo will
he transferred.
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William Rockefeller
Passes On, Leaving
Quarter of a Billion
Tarrytovvn, N. Y.—William liocke
feller, brother of John D. Rockefeller,
died at hi- home here today, his death
being caused by a sudden attack of
| pneumonia. He leaves an estate esti
' mated at two hundred and fifty million
! dollars.
Tana in Sight.
'■ The steamer Tana is on her way
j here—-in fact she’s in sight right at
this moment-7:33 p. m.—her smoke
rolling like a house afire, loo late
for any extended motion. Yes, every
j body’s cheering. Come on, Tana!
Telegraphic Ticks.
j Athens.—Major Blake, on his around
the world flight, arrived here today
from Naples.
London.—Marshal Fooh, of France,
will attend the military funeral of Sir
H. Y. Wilson.
Berlin.—The Austrian government
has been overthrown, the revolution
being bloodless
Seattle. -M. B. Augustine, of the
firm of Augustine & Kyer, died at his
home here today.
London.—The House of Lords today
decided that women may not sit as
members of that body.
Paris.—The Prince of Monaco, owner |
of Monte Carlo, the world’s greatest
gambling resort, died here today.
Washington.—Twenty live new fed
era! judgeships are created by the bill
agreed upon by the Senate and House
conferees.
Anacortes.—Death today claimed
Edwin Judd, 9ti years old, one of the
founders of the Uepubiican party and
pioneer banker of Wisconsin
The Aiaskan left early Tuesday
morning for the Forks, leaving im
mediately after the departure of the
Tocotno.
Jury Says Killings at
Herrin Due to Their
Acts.
Herrin, III., June 20. — The
Southern Illinois Coal Company
is held directly responsible for
the deaths of those taken in the
acts of violence here, according
to the following portion of the
verdict:
“We, the jury, find that the
deaths of the decedents were due
to acts, direct and indirect, of
ollicials of the Southern Illinois
Coal Company, and we recom
mend an investigation board,
conducted for the purpose of fix
ing blame personally on the in
dividuals responsible for these
acts.”
10 Dead, 100 Injured
in Cyclone Covering
4 Wisconsin Counties
Superior. Wis.—Ten are dead and
hundred injured as the result, of a cy
clone which swept four counties in
western Wisconsin late yesterday af
ternoon, described one of the worst
visitations of its kind the State has
ever experienced. die damages to
property will run into hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
White House Intimates
Important Announce
ment Coming Soon.
Washington, .June IS. Inti
mations were given out at the
White House today that the
Government will soon be able to
make an important announce
ment in the coal strike situation.
One of the first steps contem
plated, it is said, is a move to
bring leaders of the union miners
and representatives of the opei
ators together for a discussion
of differences.
Sun Yat Sen’s Body
Guard, 50, Wiped Out
Shanghai.—Madame Sun Yat Sen,"
arriving here today from Canton,
stated that the body guard of tifty sol
diers left with her in the presidential
palace when her husband, after her re
peated urgiugs, took refuge in flight,
was killed to a man. Her own escape
she considers miraculous.
Mrs. A. Higgins and Miss Rosa
Oates were Sunday evening arrivals
from Tacotnu, coming down on the
Maple Leaf.
San Antonio. -Three aviators from
Kelly Aeroplane Field are dropping
bags of food to marooned farmers and
their families in the lower Rio Grande
valley'flood districts.