VOL. III. NO. 37
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 10.3,
PRICE :’r, CENTS
HARDING IS
ON HIS WAY
Headed for Alaska, on
Longest Trip of His
Administration.
Washington, June 20.—Presi
dent Harding left this afternoon
on the longest trip of his admin
istration-^- a trip that will take
him across continent, to Alaska,
into Canada, along the Pacific
coast to the Panama canal zone
and Porto Rico, and which will
keep him away from the Capital
for two months. Alaska, never
before visited by a president, is
Harding’s goal. Long before he
was even mentioned for ihe
presidency he came under the
“Spell of the Yukon,” and since
his incumbency at the White
House as President he has had
the dream of being able to visit
the Territory and study at first
hand the problems which have
arisen there. The itinerary that
the President has prepared pro
vides for fourteen formal ad
dressee f'n route to Tacoma,
where he will board a vessel for
Alaska, and for five speeches on
the Pacific coast on his return
from the Territory.
Chinese Bandits Ask
Ransom of $1,000,000
Rome.—A band of Chinese bandits
have swooped down upon the Catholic
mission at Hankow and captured Rev.
Fr. Mather Malotto and his followers,
and are holding them for a ransom of
oue million dollars, according to a
cable received at the Vatican this
morning.
Request Refused for
Pardon for Ole Larson
Seattle.—The governor’ this after
nood refused the request of a pardon
for Ole Larson, convicted president of
the defunct Scandinavian-American
Bank of Tacoma. Larson must now
serve his sentence.
River Fleet Doings
□ Tlie Maple Leaf. Bob Hart., left for
McGrath Sunday, with Axel Peterson
as pa°seo£rer. _
The Caille, A. J. Berry, left Sunday
morning for McGrath, having on board
Mrs. A. Eliggins, Daisy Higgins, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Joaquin and two young
daughters, Mrs. J. Oates, Miss Rosie
Oates and Joe Oates.
The Thor, Capt. Frank Larson, ar
rived Sunday evening, her barge load
consisting mainly of oil for the Flume
Dredge Company. The crew of the
Thor, on the way up, cleared the
slough of a large number of trouble
some sweepers.
The Thor left Tuesday for McGrath,
to await the arrival of the first boats
from Bethel. Going down as passen
gers were A. Higgins, Jack Mutchler
and Charles Stanford.
Flees Capital, Captured,
Resigns, Then Repudi
ates Resignation.
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Tientsen, June 21.—TJ Yuen
I Hui g. president of the Chinese
republic, is held a prisoner
aboard his sp°> ;;1 train here,
following his High' ,'ro. the
capital at Chiang, yesterday af
jternoon. His train is surround
ed by troops, acting unde : the
direct orders of Wang Chen
Ping, governor of Chiali prov
ince.
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Shanghai.—With President Li
Yuen Hung.in flight, the Amer
ican Chamber of Commerce here
| this afternoon cabled U. S. Sec
retary of State EUighes urging a
British-American mandate and
the policing of China to end
present conditions.
Peking—Li Yuen Hung this af
ternoon telegraphed from Tient
sin lus resignation as president
; of China and turned over his au
thority to those members of his
cabinet now in the capitol, from
which he fled two days ago.
London. — Li Yuen Hung has
issued a statement from Tientsin
repudiating his resignation as
president of China, asserting
that his action was taken • tider
duress, says a Reuter’s dispatch
from Peking.
Dissatisfied Farmers
to Hear From HardLig
Washington. — President Earding,
soon after the Pacific- coast and Alaska
trip, according to present plans, will
swing back through such upper mid
west state- as Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wis
consin and >1 : 'is, talking especially
to the dissatisfied farmers of those sec
tions.
China Demands an
Apology From Japan
_
Peking.—The Chinese foreign office ;
today sent, a note to Tokio. demand o:
apology from the Japanese commander
and his marines who shot'down sup
porters of the Japanese boycott at
Changsha, in the province of Hunan,
on June 2.
Expenses and Revenue
of the Alaska Railway
Washington. The operating ex
penses of the Alaska railway fo- the
year ending December ill, 1*J2_. ; : riled
$1,772,376, and the operating re onue
$718,1)20. It is est imated that t.he de
ficit for the current year will b,. les
lhah $700,000.
Tom McKinnon, after a visit of sev
eral days at the I. 1). camp at Canes
creek, returned to town yesterday.
800 Seattle Women
Dropped From Si*?hi
in Last T *o Years
Seattle.—Aroused at the unovpouted
disappearance Monday of two Seattle
women, the police department today
i made a survey of the records for last
year, from which it was found that
eight hundred women residents of the
city have dropped from sight in that
time.
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j Message Fror * 0n] !rr
Says Polar Project
Abandoned,
Christiania, June 23.—Captain
Roald Amundsen has abandoned
his proposed flight across the
North Pole by aeroplane, it was
[announced this afternoon by the
Norwegian minister of d f nse.
The minister received a message
from Leon Amundsen, brother
of Roald, reading:
Just received following tele
gram, dated Norvik, Alaska;
“Trial flight held ' y n Re
sult very unsatisfactory. Sorry,
but am forced to abandon pro
posed flight. Have written.”
Prohibition Enforce
ment Is Most Embar
rassing', Says Harding
Washington.—President Harding, on
the eve of hi--, departure for Alaska to
morrow. held an extend conference
this afternoon with A^orney General
1 Daugherty and Federal Comm:.--,; »er
Haynes on matters relating to prohibi
tion enforcement, which lie regards as
the most embarrassing pi ,-in before
the government.
Nine Found E on
Suspected c w :•; or
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Now York.-—The sloop Mary lie-:
:U-rice, a British craft, which is be
lieved to have been engaged in sin u
gling Asiatics into this coun ry from
Cuba, was found oiT the Banks this
morning. Aboard the boat, dead were '
found five Chinese, two white men and
two negroes. The captain of the bout1
was missing.
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The Ophir-Cripple scow of Carlson &
Hounan, loaded with fresh commodities
and perishablfes direct from the Out
side, arrived at Ophir last Tuesday
night, since which time Ophirites and
suburbanites have been partaking of
the best in the wav of eatables. Tc
kotnans will have their innings one of |
these days—we don’t know when—j
maybe tomorrow, maybe a week or ’
longer hence; but it can be said in all]
truth that Frank Larson with his load- '
ed scow can’t reach lie re any too soon.
The first mail of the summer season j
to reach Tokotna was that coming by j
way of Ophir, and winch reached here
Tuesday afternoon in charge of Con
tractor Billy Jones.
First Installment, $75,
000,000, Paid to the
United States.
London, June 22.—“This day
may well be known as Black
Friday, for every six months for
the next sixty-two years a pay
ment like this will have to bo
made,’' comments Lord Beaver
bvook’s Daily Express on the
payment today of seventy-live
million dollars to the United
States, this being the first in
stallment on the British war
debt under the Anglo-American
debt agreement.
Washington. — The contract
under which Britain will extin
guish her four billion six hun
dred mil I ion dollars1 war debt to
the Baited States during the next
sixty-two years was finally exe
cute 1 this afternoon and deposit
ed in a vault at the Treasury
Department. The agreement was
sir : ■ d by President Harding and
S cr ' wy o' T'-easary Mellon for
the UtiAudS t-.-s, and by British
Ambassador ( eades, for his gov
ernment.
A Challenge From
Agrieulh;5 al Dept.
Eegr . \g Alaska
Washington.—A challenge to anyone
"’ho contends the Do irtment of Agri
culture is hindering Alaska and re
tarding her proper development, to
point out just how its administration is
au fault, has been i tied by Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace, who is now en
route to join President Harding on his
trip to Ala <! a.
i Killed, Many v ound
ed, in a Georgia Kiot
Savannah. G t.—Or e was killed and
many wounded when a mob this morn
! attc..![■:’ i to r a Walter Lee,
a .o si!.-meet,, from the util, which
was prevented only the severest
battling on the part of a numbo^ of
armed police. State troops are now
guarding the p isr-ner.
Suit Dissolved m Favor
of S. A. Bank Depositors
Seattle.—The suit brought by the
Department of Justice against! the de
funct Scandinavian American Bank
was dissolved today in favor of the de
positors by Superior Judge i). F.
Wright. The amount involved was
one-halt million dollars.
E. M. Whelan, Mixon mining man,
was a Wednesday arrival from Mc
Grath, coming vki Mie overland route,
and left Thursday fot the I. D, camp at
Gaties creek, on a business visit.
Charlie Stanford, :; .>m'Flat, arrived
iiere last Saturday evening.