VOL. III. NO. 34
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TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1923.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Death to Foreigners •
Held as Hostag
matum Chines lits
Shanghai, May 15.—Foreign
i diplomatic representatives are
under peremptory orders today
from a bandit chieftain called
Wang to guarantee by nightfall
that the Chinese government
would meet his demands that
several thousand of his follow
ers, entrenched in the mountain
fastnesses of Shangtung, be for
given for their depredations and
accorded the status of regular
soldiers. Should the depart
ments of the Chinese govern
ment fail to comply with these
demands, the price, as fixed by
Wang in a letter delivered to the
American consulate at Liencing,
is death to the foreigners held
as hostages. The letter was
brought from the bandit quarters
to Liencing by Rev. William Len
fers, an aged priest.
A report received here this
morning from Licheng is to the
effect that three of the Chinese
captives held by the Suchow
train bandits had been hurled to
their death over a precipice in
the Shangtung mountains as a
warning to the authorities lo
comply with the bandits’ de
mands.
Peking.—With the govern
ment’s consent, Wu Wi Lin, min
ister of communications, and
General Yang Itesh have pro
ceeded to the stronghold of the
brigands and their hostages in
order to obtain the release of
foreigners held captive.
Tsochwang, Shangtung Prov
ince, May 18.—“Get foreigners
out of the grip of the Suchow
bandits and talk terms after
wards; otherwise there will be
drastic action,” was the ulti
matum laid down to Chinese
government officials hero tonight
by Schurman, American minister
to China. _
Peking, May 1C.—Eight of seventeen
foreigners held by bandits in the
mountain of South Shangtung have
been released and are now on their
■way back to Lincheng, the nearest
railroad point- Their release followed
complete compliance by Chinese ne
gotiations with the demands of the
bandits. _
London.—Dispatches from Peking
say Chinese bandits have repudiated
their agreement to release the foreign
ers they hold captive.
Tientsin, May 18. — Government
troops clashed with outposts - of the
Suchow train bandits near Hamchwang
today. The brigands were attempting
to join the main body of. outlaws at
Paetzuku, their mountain stronghold,
when they encountered the govern
» ment troops.
Shanghai.—Loon Fr iedman, who is
held captl by the Suchow train' ban
dits, toda” . anaged to get a message
out to his' . other Max, in which he
said, “Dc. e:: >eot release for several
weeks.”
"Shanghai, May 19.—American and
British captives of the Shangtung ban
dits will 1 e shot next Tt lay if the
Chinese troops are not withdrawn, ac
cording to the final ultimatum of the
bandits, brought from their mountain
stronghold today by Marcel Oliver
Beruba, a Frenchman, one of the pris
oners, who was released for the pur
pose.
Peking.—TeMgrams to the govern
ment indicate that government repre
sentatives are on the point of abandon
ing negotiations for the release of the
hostages, because of the bandits’ ex
travagant demands.
Shanghai.—The release of M. O.
Berube leaves lil'teen foreign captives,
including : Americans, still in the
hands of bandits.
PekiDg.—That the Chinese war lords
anticipate, real civil war in the near
future and desire to conduct it on mod
ern principles, may be inferred from
prompt delivery.
Shanghai, May 22.—The zero hour
for the captives of the Suchow bandits
has passed and no announcement has
been received from the brigands’
stronghold of any executions. The
government troops are withdrawing, as
the bandits demanded. The nearest
soldiers to Paotzuku, the captives’
mountain prison, now, are six miles
' distant.
Washington - A White House state
ment, issued at the close of the Cabinet
meeting tl ■ afternoon, 1 !.cates the
intention '.'tics government lO negoti
l ate directly with the Chinese bandits
holding . . .' iptivel
Shanghai.— . P, Powell, an Amer
ican nt t" cum pendent c.
Shanghai, who has been held prisoner
by Chinese 1 ;r. its ati ’aotzuku, has
been paroled i:i order take part in a
new conference foi .he . elease of cap
tives.
The McGrath-Tacotna-Ophir summer
mail contract was awarded some days
ago'to 13!. •. The •.»••• ; act calls
for eno round trip during the months
of June, July, August and September,
with a hr it Of 0C> pounds either way
’between Grata and ; h r, and with
no limit from McGrath ho Tacotna.
Max Simel has been awarded the
Holy Cross-Ophir contract. His con.
tract also calls for one round trip for
four month, Mr. Sinel left Holy
Cross June 5, and'is expected to arrive
in Ophir about June 20 with mail com
ing by wav of the Yukon.
The steamer Santa Ana, Capt. Wal
lace Langley, and the Caroline Francis,
Capt. John Worth, arrived at the
mouth of the Kuskokwim on June 3,
according to word received here from
McGrath.
W. J. , Jr "Mil Scores
a Double Defeat;
Indianapolis.—Dr. Charles F. Wish
ert, president of Wooster College,
i Wooster, Ohio, w s elected moderator
I at the 130th general assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States, defeating William J. Bryan.
Bryan was a so defe ted, and evolu
tionists scored a decided victory, when
the general assembly defeated the com
moner's resolution to bar schools per -
mitting the teaching of evolutionary
hypothesis from the use of church
funds. •
| £ . ■ .• V - £!Tt
| Stops FI oyd Iohn son,
23, After II Rounds
of Hard Fighting.
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New York, May 15.—In the
Yankee Stadium, Saturday after
noon, Jess Willard, 40, stopped
Floyd Johnson, 23-year-old Iowa
boy, after eleven rounds of hard
fighting, the feature of the bout
being that it was the greatest
boxing show for charity in the
history of the country. Seventy
thousand people saw Kansas
come back, and also witnessed
the knockout of Jack McAuliffe
by Leu is Firpo, of Argentine, in
the third round of a scheduled
fifteen-round exhibition.
Willard and Firpo, the victors
in the two star bouts at the big
boxing carni val, will be matched
in a fifteen-round contest to de
cide a championship opponent
i.v J k Dempsey, the present
title holder, Promoter Tex Kick,
ard announced at the conclusion
of the show.
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Sign to Fight in New
"York; Winner to Con
test -for Big Title.
New York, May 17.—Jess Wil
lard and Louis Firpo attached
their signatures this afternoon
to a contract to fight in New
York or vicinity not later than
i July 7th, according to announce
ment by Promoter Tex Rickard.
The winner of this engagement,
says Rickard, will be matched
with the winner of the Dempsey -
Gibbons contest in a title match,
which probably will be held on
Labor Day.
British Mission at Mos
cow Packed Up and
Ready to Leave.
Moscow, May 19.—The British
mission in Moscow began pack
ing up this afternoon, to be in
readiness to depart for Riga. A
number of British subjects have
been asked by the mission to be
prepared to leave on short no
tice.
London.—Preparations are in
progress at Chatham and Ports
mouth for the immediate dis
patch of light cruisers and mine
sweepers to Russian waters, ac
cording to the Herald.
London.—The Baldwin cabinet, at
its first meeting this afternoon, decid
ed that, Russia's reply to Foreign Min
ister Curzon’s ultimatum was practi
cally satisfactory, but that Russia must
cease her propaganda befoae relations
will be resumed.
Home.—Mrs. Corbett Ashby, of Eng
land, elected president of the Interna
tional Women’s Suffrage Alliance.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, of the
United States, was elected honorary
president, by acclamation.
Mentone, France.—George J. Goulu
American financier, who has been ill
at Cape Martin, near here, for several
months, passed away yesterday.
Harry Brink, of Martella A Brink,
was a passenger up on the Thor, leav
ing Wednesday in his own boat for
McCrathand his headquarters, about
fifteen miles down the Kuskokwim.
A. Higgins returned here Friday
from a business trip of several days at
i McGrath and adjacent points, coming
| up with Bob Hart in the Maple Leaf.
! W. J. Wldman. of the Innoko Luni
oer Company, who arrived Sunday
i night, returned to McGrath Tuesday
1 afternoon, on his way to Medfra.
Julius Saupe, Flume Dredge Com
; panv manager, arrived Wednesday
evening, returning to Yankee on
Thursday.
Mrs. J. H. McLean was a round
I tripper on the Thor, taking advantage
of the stay at McGrath to visit among
friends._
Jack Brandon, Felix. Gmnet and
Henry Aho left Wednesday to assume
duties with the Alaska Road Commis-r
sion. __
George F. Kilrov, (nnoko Dredge
Company manager was a Friday
j evening arrival.
Claud Nyberg and Knut Wickstrom
< were Friday arrivals from Ganes.
A new flagstaff now adorns the top
front of the Gulliksen House.
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Lee Lamprecht and M. McDaid left
Thursday for Little creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Bristol arrived
Friday from Ganes.