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TAKOTNA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 26. 1927
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SITUATION
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f , genoval^ Americans
From Long Readies
of Ypgtse:Valley.
mATHflHAL ■ March. 30>—As the
United. States destroyer John ©* Ford
was oa the-^ay to Nanking yesterday
it was* fired t. upon • by .nationalist
troops. The'Ford'.replied, with its
four-ino hguns and machine- guns.
WASHINGTON,, March 30.—The
removal of Americans Iwm> the long
-v reaches of the Yangtse-river valley
of China was continued^tpdtr to the
[ accompaniment of constant firing
from;the shore at the. destroyers and
I ' other fships of refuge.
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WASHINGTON,-April 2.—Secre
tary of State Kellogg tonight issued
| a statement that the-United States
proposes to use whatever means may
be necessary to protect, lives in strife
. torn China.
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CANTON, April 2.^-The evacuation
\ of Americans iaXantui was ordered
today by the United States consulate.
The Americans were arderel to Sham
seen, ihe foreign cqlony.
Michael .Borodin. Rassinn .advisor
, to the Cantonese, is. .expected here
soon in an attempt.Jto.. still the^ Canton
labor ^question.
SHANGHAI, .ir-General
«, Chaig.Jai Shek, Caatones** coin man
. . Ser-irwchief, today protested., against
i thp presence of foreignitroaps . and
warships, in .Shanghai,-, contending
.i .tliat.sueh a display of fwrcwdid more
. harm, than good. “W* are Jiat anti
foreign nationalists,’.’Ll the, military
Tr"-1-— declared, “but.prod3hine.se. Our
. aim is to secure international equal
ity, to hecomg equal in .the .family oi
nations ”
WASHINGTON, .Aiptil U^The «an
« eentration of 1500. additional marinet
at San Qiegaufor.tpasstt)le sarvice if
, China was. ordered today.. bey Secre
tary of Navy Wilbur.
SHANGHAI, April A.-r*Reportj
from usually tr ustworthy sources in
t dicate that . General Chang Kashel
i has been dismissed as generalissimo
of the Cantonese armies by the Can
v ton government. All indications ar«
. that Chang is concentrating his re
sources in the Shanghai district.-1<
defy dismissal.
SHANGHAI, March 2&—Harruw
ing ta.es of escapes from death ai
the .':a.it's ul Cantui.ese soldiers, in
flamed against foreigners, were relat
ed today by two hundred Nar.kiitf
refugees arriving at Shanghai.
WASHIN6TQN, March 30.--:Fif
teen hurviaac more American narmei
wen ordeftfr .&> .Chinn today.
A record to the Navy Department
fr,.i.» • k no^ri'.’ii says ail Amor .cant
have evae.jt>ed Nanking, .and hav<
boarded ’.can Tiaval a-essel a
that pert.
PEEIKCI -larch 2UL—Aiaiued bj
, events tit. Ngnl-Vg, all Ai.ijrieui
members «< the staff of the Peking
Uttiu.. JJoiici'. decided tt
leav: for home immediately.
TOKIO. iMmth I'D.—The Canine
•i today deciifesd to refrain from usiny
1 force in C'Aina, but to endeavor to
i- eun. a peaceful solution by dvp.'o
p.jpbc/I'- HWtSIiR.
17(1,000 BITUMINOUS COAL
MINERS ARE IDLE. FOLLOW
ING WALKOUT ON APRIL 1
CHICAGO, April 1.—One "hundred
an dseventy thousand bituminous coal
miners are idle today, following the
walkout last widnigfct.
The walkout will not inconvenience
the public ior three months, and the
government has said it expects a new
wage agreement will have been ne
gotiated by that time.
GREAT BRITAIN WILL RETAIN
HONGKONG AS A COLONY
HONGKONG, March 30.—-Britain
will retain Hongkong as a colony, the
governor, of Hongkong announced to
day.
Acting on instructions from Lon
don, the governor informed the com
munity that Britain would not sur
render either the island of Hongkong
nor mainland-territories in response
to native demands.
$187,000.000.GASOLINE TAXES.
WASHINGTON, April 2.—Motor
ists paid one hundred and eighty
seven million'doBars in gasoline taxes
into state treasuries last year, the
Department, df-'MDommerce announced
today.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, Maidh 30.—The wives
of Lloyd :E. and Eafl Becket, broth
ers, and wealthy .real estate operat
ors, have begun-suife-for divorce, each
asking big alimony and • property set
tlementiCtThe plaintiff* are prominent
club women, and each, mimes.mother
in-law. ax defendant.
.SEATTLE, Maryh ' 3L—George
Bouchkaert, one o'ft'-ffid* 'department
managers of Frederick Jfir Nelson, a
prominent) Elk, amL-rforwerlj "of the
commissary, departments <*£ tfcw.A laska
Railroad at Seward, died this morn
ing following an operation £qr. appen
dicitis.
NEWARK, Aprii 2.—Jairfes- Smith,
former United States Senator, who
helped .tct. give WmjdrmaHMiilson jh'is'
political start, and who inter .became
Wilson's political enemy.;, rfiktd at hit
I home here last night.
SEATTLE, March . 3dL-#vPresiflhnt
j Spangler announced Malay ithat the
j Chamber of Commerce has.made foY
j tnklable efforts to have,: the next Re
pub ican convention he'd here.
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SHANGHAI, March 31.—Chinese
at Chungkiang, on the Yangtse river,
i have torn dovrn a»d destroyed and
; destroyed the American Jlag an th .*
United States consulate.
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| SEATTLE, March 23.—Senator W.
; L. Jones .will introduce a bill in the
j next-Congress providing for the con
f'strr.cticn of a new ferans-Paeific
j a’- .o, beginning at Seattle.
WASHINGTON, Marfli 30.—Perry
' S. Heats, father of the rural free de
: itvery system, and for years a prom
fait -adit .:r and publisher,-died at his
; heme bar? today.
j OLYMPJA. April 1. -The Suita ru
i premc court today dismissed tn»* rie ■
! [ hfx»:'asjsh?j}»is:t % dii;;;.-- against JoV.n L.
ore, Seattle «*«-•—» t.v.
CIISCMt-O, Apr'-l 1.—rieor.e W.
iii iron, jo-r a >st, rl','d Jast : ht
■ .'oi'ov/r.g s'.u.c.': . i heaH d'.: si;
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j r-E'N ORLEANS. Mar;h 20- -Cus:
1 t. Depmedo arrived today fron: Ha
j vatsa, en bis; f oar-con tin :r.t .d'ght
• Iron: Italy.
•j IVASIIIXCTON, April 1.—Color.ei
• Eiarffc. .i Worship has been appointed
j i Tfav* ..'4;df: to President Coolidge.
HENRY FORD
IN ARDENT
Motor Magnate s Car
Hit and Forced'Over
an Embankment.
SEATTLE, March 30.—Hemac Ford
is in the Henry Ford Hospital for
treatment for injuwes-*received in an
automobile accident Sunday^and has
undergone an operation, it became
known today.
The motor magnate was returning
home alone in one of bis small cars
from the Ford administration build
ing at Dearborn, when a .machine
from the raer sideswiped Ford’s car
and forced Jiin»*over an embankment,
the machine, rolling over .three or
four times near the hridge on the
river Rouge. •
Ford extricated himself ami made
his way tlone to tj»* lodge -at the
-.-ate of hisvesta w.'where lie was met
oy the gatekeeper and led to his resi
dence.
DETROIT^-March :,3ft.—«Henry Ford
rested easily tad*;.while many pri
investigators are" working to
.vard p solution of w4mft i sbelieved to
hare bce;e»ai attack upon
his life.
DETROIT, V April 4.—Henry Ford
was removed- this afternoon from the
hospital to Ws-hfirtre?- where he is
resting easily.
GAME WARDEN HALT.SON ,
PAYSSWHfeOTNA A VISIT
. Oddie ‘Hatisontmgame warden for
the Kuskokwim precinct, whose head
(juarters are.at B§thd, was among
Takotna visiters for a daj or two
during the pastAnreek.
.. Mr. Hall*ori,»wh» had just-arrived
from Bethfel, >is .jnaking - an official
visit to varioy*vpart« .of his district
Mv.cormeot.imv with the affairs hf.-his
office. He likes the Kuskokwim sec
tion, and declares himself as * most
favorably impressed with the •coun
try.
Speaking of»affairs .in connection
with- hisAiffice, Mr. HaDaon declared
that the laws and regulations Of .the
Alaska Game Commission-were .being j
■given meet conscientious observance
by hunters,-+rappers.tand oldtimers
generally, Jwith which he ^expressed
satisfaction. Were it not for a few
bad violators there would, he said, be
little excuse for ; a game warden
throughoutvthe section.
Speaking of the Barnlmrt case, re
cently.disposed of at Napa mute, Mr.
llallson i&aid:
:“Mr. Barnhart had dealt in furs for
two years without a license. He
failed to get a license on a trip to
(froth after being warned that he
should have had a license for two
years. He had three marten skins,
that he admitted having hdd fsome of
them) for two years. He had un
prime skins in his possession. There
was a cache of. 222 beaver skins, with
in about 200-yards of his residence
and store, at T*itlei*ii:suk;vwhere he is
the only permanentresident.-’
Mr. Malison left Wednesday for
McGrath, from which place, 'following
the river route, he expected to leave
the next .day for his headquarters at
Bethel.
Halfdan Wiig, after a visit of , a
few days at McGrath, returned here
Tuesday.
and seventy-thousand bituminous coal
rival, for a^visit of a couple <*f day*.
C ANNERY HANDS MUST UN*
JlKRttft HEALTH EXAMINATION
BEFORE LEAVING FOR-NORTH
SEATTLE, April 1.—Effective to
day, .the •government has ordered all
cannery hands departing for Alaska
from- Seattle and other ports in this
Hfftetrict to undergo health examina
tion and to be vaccinated.
ONE OF WILK INS EXPEDITION
PLANES LANDS AT WISEMAN
WISEMAN, March- 28.—Disabled
by a frozen radiator, one of-the three
Wilkins'-A retie expedition :• airplanes
that left Fairbanks ..yesterday for
Point Barrow was.unable to continue
its journey after -binding here for
gasoline. The plane is piloted by Joe
Crosso-n, of Fairbanks, and carries A.
M. Smith-as passenger.
REELS OFF 203 MILES A’N
HOUR IN 4-TON SPEEDSTER
DAYTON JBEACHv-Fla., March.29.
—Major II, -O. D, Seagraves, Amer
ican born Englishman, in a four-ton
speedster, today, on a straightaway
course, reeled off 203 miles an hour,
thus ^s.tabli4fciag. a . new • world’s
record.
“CAPTAEN”* :T*A3?UI.F 'SARI.SON
DIED AT FAIRBANKS. APRIL fi
Charles«Carlsan', ■>>. tter» known lo
cally as “Cap,” passed away at Fair
banks on April -6,- according, tr word
received jhern today. No statesmen!
was made in J.he- t^lfegeam- as to the
cause of death.
Mr« Carlson.delt McGrath' for Fair
banks some- tlayseagd."driving a team
of dogs belonging <D; iCgptwin George
Green, and the* news of his-death re
ceived today, s^.h»*-a* known, is the
first heard from-li&nbsinve the day of
his departure.
Charles .Kimball Flume vDredge
Company manager is credited with .
having, left SeaOde.on April 5, headed
for this-iplaee. - it is quite probable
that .he will tak*WMrulam*v from either
Anchorage «or .Fairbanks, in which
event- he *ht»fld> nmve. here within,
the next few days.
Diels'. Sfcevennbb s-who left here a
couple -of weeks' »gt*f was confined at.
the Goss. Koadhous'e-with flu until last
Tuesday, when •nble’-to-move
to Ophir, where wider th» -care of
Mrs. Paulson he is-rapidly regaining
his strength. BilFGoss alSo^was aeri-.
ously ill, but at last... reports was on -
the road *t« rreovsr'
Word from Vermfoe^i.saysrth.it the!
few natives in that vicinity are in a I
bad way, due to tho-'Sn-«nd>‘-l«ck of.)
food. The native known as “Big Jim,”
who had left ihiaijttb* daughter Anna |
in the care of Mrs. B. J. Boyd for the
school term, ptosstd away-after on'y •
two days’ sickness.
Bill McK««ga*;t-*rinter ’-on]
the Outside with his family, and
George Adams, after, a-‘Stay, of about
three months at Jfrtfrhi.nks} are re-:
ported as airplane passengers from &
the latter place*to iiF!at» a few days j
ago.
Miss E. M&rtU*. ****>'?■*■. '*es«erday j
from McGrath, for-a vfcvr of a few'
days here.
Evan J.ves^and tft! Hson arrived;
Monday from M sGratt,.- and departed
Tuesday for Ophir.
Victor Nystrartv-isia 1 key Hayes'
were Sunday •ripO'ivtd* |Sr«p» MdGrath.
Olaf Waagtn. aiter it visit of few
days, left Wedneadpy vIor Ophir.
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Clara Tauhnan left Friday for a
visit oft a ’few days at Flat.
KIDNAPPED
.AND KILLED
American Mining E»
gineer, Mexk»f ¥w
tim of Bandits,
-WASHINGTON, March 30.—Am
bassador .Sheffield, at Mexico City.
,vas directed today J}V the State Dc
part ment to make rc^SreSentatio-r s at
:he foreign office--regarding- the hid
lapping at Lluadalajaca SimiL O'
Edgar. M. W ilkins, an American i-iti
sen.
Wilkins is bekl for $2,0,660 .ransom
His 3-year-old son, captirred wit)
lini. was released to take his answer
jf the demand to Guadalajara.
■ WASHINGTON, April 2.—Instnn
dons to Ambassador Sheffield make
irgent representations of the gevenv
nent over the slaying by bandit, of
Edgar M. Wilkins, American mining
mgmeer* were dispatched to Mexico
Uity by the State Department' to day
>n receipt of official advi«<-s that the
lody of Wilkins had>lbeen '{found.
HARRY SINCLAIR, OIL MAG
NATE, DENIED “'NsFW TRI AL
WASHINGTON^"March 31-..-Harry
F1. Sinclaii1, recently convicted of con
tempt of the Sendte in refusing tf
inswer -questions of the Senate com
nittee during'the Teapot Dome in
vestigation, was denied a new Una:
:oday "by Justice'Hitz in the Pistrie:
it Columbia "ii pr^bie cdurt.
R. F.RJfDlBAUGH PASSES.
TACOMA, March ^L^Rswlo^
■'’©ster-Radfbaagh, 81, founder of the
racoma Ledger, ftfrty-spven years
igo, dietPat-hi* hom* here ttesy.
Captain George Green, nvefcter “of
:he steamer Tana, 'after- a wmhr’f
Jisi*-om the Outside, is again wi hit
way back. Captain Green is reported
» have deft Sfeattle about Maxell iJ6
in<l is due to arrive at McGrath frhir
Zenana withirnthe -nefet-ffow- <Im-<
* John <Auld,>tr»vhHng x«*it 'A/flilar.
Daasatti, returnere‘h(*r- a rdoYoi. -<)Y
lays *ago front- a business vi«P -a<
McGrath, departing almi/st- immedi
ately for-his home at Flat
Departures via--airplane during the
liast week were Virginia- Howard aim'
ioe Mitchell, of Ophir, both of \\h#ir
xre headed for‘the Outside for med
ical treatment.
Freighter Tom .Shallow was a ; is
terday ‘arrival from McGrath, i'rcfcr
which place hfc' brought up a number
of essentials.
Frank Guskey, recently nuitiPii as
local manager of the N. C. Company's
affairs, arrived Sunday from Mc
3*ath.
Tim Twitfehell, coming front A. kiak
where he has beexi located fur-t' ■ cnie
months past; was a Sundej“#fc-"tw»l.
Peter Jensen, after a iflS* \ t' sev
eral weeks at Ganes cre^J ‘ ’'airi/ed
Sunday for a town visit.
Harry- Menzoff, aftt»<> frtrmber of
months at Flat, ■ rr o . few
lays ago.
Alfred iJ ihnssfc#. anuAig
Takotna visitdrf*- e past. few
lays.
/Min T. MVdherjf »•
itor from MoCrWnh.