The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: 6.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday
MAY 12, 1923
N®.27.
Washington Issues Ultimatum That Chinese Government Must Effect Re*
V
LOCALS
Word was received on the last
nail that C.F.M. Cole, former
publisher of the News has been
i ssued final certificate of mineral
•*r»try for the Cole Bench placer
claim, Frank states that he spent
t vo we eks in Juneau straighten
ing up some important matters
pertaining to his patent. This
property adjoins the Andrus
holdings on Chittu Creek and is
(considered rich by many pros
pectors who have been over the
ground.
Scotty Atchinson, arrived in
from Shushanna this week and
will spend a few days inMcCarthy
and vicinity.
Bill Berry who has been re
p ti ring the telephone line to Dan
Creek returned to McCarthy
Tuesday evening having com
pleted his repair job.
Bill Marhar who is employed
by Martin Harrais arrived in
town Thursday wjth a horse and
left for the creeks Friday morn
ing with aload of supplies.
Bil ttai • wh > h as bee n em
ployed by the A. R. C. for the
past con ole of months arrived in
town Wednesday and is making <
his he idqu arters at the Golden
for the next few days.
Mrs. Elizabeth Underwood ar
rived from the outside on Fri
day’s train. Mrs. Underwood
spent practically all the past
winter in Seattle, visiting friends
and relatives.
Jimmy Morris son of Mrs. CJn
derwood was also an arrival from
the outside on yesterday’s train.
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Frank McKinnon left fo^Ihit
tu the first ot the week and from
all accounts had a pretty tough
trip in.
Dexter Cayouette left for Dan
creek Thursday to begin work
the claims he holds option on.
Shorty Gwynn is moving his
supplies for the summer out to |
his homestead.
The ball grounds were the cen
ter of a great deal of activity dur j
ing^he past week. Tne boy shave
cleaned up the field in good
shape, and have cutout the brush
in the outfield. There has been
some cinders put on the infield,
and the backstop will be fixed
by the end of next week.
i
rtfe stage drivers put in a few
strenuous hours of work at Black
burn, Tuesday evening, saving
the Kennecott road from wash
ing away when a flood came in
the gully which crosses the road
by the exitnet community.
Sig had the misfortune to fall
in the drink and get thoroly sou
sed.
John Amber for many .years
a resident and property owner
in McCarthy left for the Outside
this week. He intends to join
his wife in Detroit, where he is
contemplating making his home.
Jimmy Morris is leaving for;
Dan Creek to begin assessment
work on the Underwood prop
erty, One man is to be employed
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lease Of Foreign Prisoners Held By
MILLIONARE’S SISTER REL
EASED BY BANDITS
Tien Sien May 11
Thursday Miss Lucy Aldrich
sister in law of John D. Rocke
feller Jr. arrived in this city on a
night train from Tsinanfu; a city
located near the bandit strong
hold.
According to Miss Aldrich’s
statement, she was detained by
the bandits, at their stronghold
for a period rf two days. After
ward she was taken tea nearby
village and given over to the keep
jngof native women. The follow
ing morning a soldier escorted
escorted her to the railway sta
tion at Tsinanfu, where she board
ed a train to Tien Sien. Miss Aid
drich states ill treatment was
accorded her during her detain
ment, but that she does not
know the reason tor her release
A. S. S. Co Steamer Total Loss
The freight steamer Lake Geb
hart, commanded by Captain
Gus Swanson, that went on the
| rocks near Umatilla reef \Yed
! nesday morning broke in two on
! Friday, and is a total wreck.
After pounding on the rocks
for 24 hours, all hope of saving
the vessel was abandoned and
the crew taken oif to safety.
Seattle May 11
James't>. Dailey an oldtime
resident of Alaska and a mem
ber of the Pioneers was today
appointed agent for the Alaska
Steamship Company. Mr. Dailey
will assume the management of
the steamship company’s office
a tNome immediately.
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Bandits,
Pekin May 12
United States Minister to Chi
na, Jacob Gould Schurman yes
terday delivered an ultimatum
to the Chinese government from
the United States demanding the
release of all foreign prisoners
now held by Chinese bandits in
the province of Shantung.
It is further intimated that in
event of a single death among
the prisoners, serious interna
tional complications may be ex
pected. Punitive expeditions from
the different world powers will
undoubtedly be sent over unless
the demands are complied with
immediately, as the prisoners
are said to be in a deplorable con
dition,
Lausanne May 12
M. Vorosky, the head of the
Russian Soviet delegation to the
Lausanne peace conference was
assassinated by Morris Alexan
der Coardi, a former soldier in
the Russian army.
Later— Shanghai May 12
A later message relating t« Lu
cy Aldrich this afternoon states
that she was forced to sleep in
a dog kennel outside of a Chin
ese village, clad only in a night
gown, and that she was ravenous
for food while in captivity.
Tien Sien May 1?
Major Roland Pinger, U. S. A.
one of the captives of the Shu
Chow bandits yesterday sent
out a letter from the bandits
stronghold urging that the gov
ernment trosps be withdrawn,
and that the outlaws demands be
complied with as soon as pos
sible.