THE KUSKO
PRICE 25 CENTS
VOL. III. NO. 3S
MgGRATH, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1923.
STILL IN
HANDS OF
BRIGANDS
Captive U. S. Army Of
ficer Urges Compliance
With Outlaws* Terms;
Harrowing Tales Told
by Miss Lucy Aldrich.
Tientsin, May 9.—Miss Lucy
Aldrich, sister in-law of John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., arrived here on
3 late night train from Tsinanfu,
®n route to Peking. She was ac
companied by Miss Schoenberg.
M iss Aldrich was separated from
other foreigners and prisoners
and led off into the hills with a
band of Chinese captives. One
of- them, she said, who was un
able to keep up with the remain
der of the party, was shot by
one of the brigands and the body
left beside the trail. On reach
ing the robbers’ hilt stronghold
Miss Aldrich saw some other
foreigner prisoners for a mo
ment, across the valley. At
nightfall she was taken to a vil
lage, where she was treated kind
ly by Chinese women, and the
next morning several Chinese
escorted her towards the rail
way, and thence to Tsinanfu.
She did not know whether her
escort was a bandit or not, but
she noticed that he wore a sol
dier's coat. She said she did
not know why she had been re
leased..
Washington—Schurman, U. S.
minister at Peking, has warned
Chinese authorities that death of
a foreigner among prisoners of
Shangtung bandits will mean
that China will face international
complications through the state
department.
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Peking.—The diplomatic corps
delivered an ultimatum to China
Thursday, demanding that that
government obtain the release of
all foreign prisoners held by
bandits in the Sientung hills by
midnight.
Tientsin.— “For God’« sake
take away the troops; : they
threaten to kill us all*'”‘"says a
note from J. B. Popell, an Amer
ican newspaper man captured
with other foreigners, and now
in the camp of Shangtung ban
dits.
Shanghai.—Following his in
terview with her, American Min.
ister Schurman state*! that Miss
Lucy Aldrich* sister-in-law . ©1
John B;Rockefeller, Jr., one of
the victims of the Suchow ban
dits’ raid, was forced to sleep in
a dog. kennel outside of a Chi
nese village, ravenous for food,
clad only in her night gown and
dressing gown, and without a
single person to defend her.
j Tientsin;-—Major Roland Pin
ger, U. ■ S. Army, one of the cap
tive passengers of the Suchow
bandits’ raid, has sent out a let
ter from the brigands’ strong
hold urgently requesting com
pliance with the outlaws’ terms
and Imploring-that government
troops be withdrawn.
Washington, May 10.—Seven
American destroyers have been
ordered from Shanghai and Kobe
to Tsingtsa, one of 'he principal
ports of Shangtung province.
The United States, however,
does not contemplate armed ac
tion in China while Americans
now in the hands of Chinese
bandits are still held captives.
About twenty thousand troops,
including ten thousand American
soldiers in the Philippines and
three thousand British soldiers
at Hongkong, are immediately
available for an international
bandit hunt in China, should
concerted action be recommend
ed by a conference now in pro
gress in Peking.
IN RUHR AND
RHINELAND
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Bridge Burned, Answer
I to Verdict of Court
Martial.
Essenr. May 1 i. — Sabotage
gangs last night burned an im
portant railway bridge as an an.
swer to the verdict of the French
court martial at Dusseldorf, im
posing thfe death sentence upon
Albert Sbhologetter, with six
others, charged with sabotage
and espionage. The bridge waa
on the main line between Wal
trop and Iiunen. The burgo
masters of these two to wns are
under arrest.
SnowvOver Gt. Lakes
Region, 11 Inches of
Hhil at Fort Worth
Chicago.— Snow fell ever the Great
Lakes region and in 3t. Lonis this af
ternoon,' •white at Fort Worth. Texas,
eleven ioehes of hail fell this morning
filling-two mules. Meanwhile the
thermometer registered 100 in the
shade at- Phoenix, Ariz.i
I Corsicana. Texas.—Eighteen work
then were killed in so explosion at od«
of the hugest oil wells of the state, ter
; rpileg south of this eitv.
Murder cf Head of Rus
sian Soviet Delegation
at Lausanne Conference
L
Lausanne, May 10.—M. Vor
osky, head of the Russian soviet
delegation at the Lausanne peace
conference, was assassinated to
| night. He was shot several
times, being killed outright. M.
A hear ns, head of the soviet
press bureau in Lausanne, and
Didwillkowsi, another Russian,
were wounded. Vorosky and
his party were dining at the
Hotel Cecil Maurice when assas
sinated. Alexander Conradi, a
former soldier in the Russian
army, admitted commission of
the deed when arrested.
Berlin — Russian representa
tives at the Lausanne conference
have handed a note to the iSwiss
government formally accusing
Switzerland of failing to take
precautions to protect the lives
of Vorowsky, Ahrens and Dibri
covsky after being satisfied an
attack on the soviet delegates
was planned. The note says the
allies will be held morally re
sponsible for the death of Vor
owsky and the wounding of
others by a former officer of the
czar’s army, last night.
Lausanne.—In his plea before
the examining magistrate today
Gonradi charged the bolsheviks
with torioring his aged parents
and two of his sons, who died of
starvation and cruel treatment in
Russia after the revolution.
Moscow.—Concerning the as
sassination of Vorovsky, soviet
envoy at Lausanne, Karakhan,
acting commissar for foreign [af
fairs, said: *T consider Vor
ovsky’s a consequence of the at
mosphere of hate created by
Curzon’s bellicose note, simul
taneous with Marshal Foch’s
visit to Poland. They have ex
cited passion in unbalanced
minds of Europe and aroused
hatred by their campaign against
the admission of Vorovsky to
the Lausanne conference.”
Moscow. — All Moscow fac*
tories and other government in
stitutions were closed this morn
ing to permit employes to take
part in a big demonst',Rti°n
against the British note. Surg
ing crowds early began filling
the streets of the city. The in
tent of the demonstration seemed
to be peaceful, but it appeared
evident that they meant to make
the gathering an expressive one.
Caroline Francis and
Santa Ana to Start
Next Week for Bethel
Seattle.—The motorship Caroline
Francis, Captain John Worth, is sched
uled to sail Monday for the Kusko
kwim.
The Santa Ana, recantly purchased
by Captain Wallace Bangley, is sched
uled to leave Wednesday, sailing di
rect to Bethel.
Two Ice Movements.
There were two movements of the
Kuskokwim ice this date. The first
occurred about 10 a. ro., when the field
moved for a few minutes and then
jammed from the Blackburn & Eldridge
point for a distance half way or more
across the river. The second move
ment occurred about 3 p. rn., but the
run came to a stop about five minutes
later.
The water—yes, itrs over the river
bank in front of The Times office, and
at tliis writing—1 p. in —it is gradually
“emending its liue of occupation” to
ward the office door, being perhaps
twentv feet distant. At this moment
a mood of serenity'seems to hover over
and across the Tacotna, but no one
can tell what tonight or tomorrow may
have in store.
Seattle.—James P. Daly, for many
years- a resident of Nome, has been ap
pointed Nome agent of the Alaska
Steamship Company.
Seattle.—Galen Wood, 71, a retired
, minister, was drowned when he fell
from Smith cove pier, today.
Britishers Warned to
Be Ready to Quit Rus
sia On Short Notice
Moscow.—A note reviewing com
plaints in Russo-British relations Was
handed to the commissar for foreign
affairs this afternoon by the British
representative, Robert M. Hodgson.
The British several days ago warned
all Britishers in Russia to be prepared
to leave the country on short notice.
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Seattle May Purchase
Skinner & Eddy Ship
Site for Port Purposes
Seattle.—Councilraen Hesketh and
Tindall were re-elected in yesterday’s
election. The voters also gave in
dorsement to the proposition to pur
chase the Skinner & Eddy shipyard
site for port purposes.
Freighter Gebhart
Breaks in Two Off
Washington Coast
Seattle.—The freighter Lake Geb
hart, asbrre on the Washington coast
near the Umatilla reef rocks, is broken
iu two and is a total loss, according to
word received this morniug by the
Alaska Steamship Company. Twenty
nine members of the crew were taken
off last night.
New York-—Ambassador Harvey ar
rived today frmp London