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VOLUME XV11I.. NUMBER 123
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Harding To Leave For Alaska June 20
United States About to Take Hand in China
Personnel of Congressional Party Announced by Chamber
BUDS' CAPTIVE IS
FORCED 10 SLEEP
WITH DOGS
SHANGHAI, May 12.—Following an
interview with Miss Lucy Aldrich,
a sister-in-law of John Rockefeller,
jr., one of the victims of the Suchow
train bandit raid, Minister Schurman
stated that the girl was forced to
sleep in a dog kennel outside of a Chi
nese village, ravenous for food, and
clad only in a night gown and dress
ing sack. Miss Aldrich stated she had
no person to defend her from assault
at the hands of the bandits or villa
gers, but that she was not molested.
Schurman met Miss Aldrich at
Tsinan Fu, and had a long interview
with her. He said she was unable to
give a description of her captors.
Asks that Troops be Withdrawn
TIEN TSIN, May 12—Major Rol
and Pinger, U. S. A., one of the cap
tive passengers of the Suchow ban
dits, has sent out a letter from the
brigands' stronghold urgently recom
mending compliance with the outlaw
terms and imploring that government
troops be withdrawn. He s La ted the
brigands had threatened to kill all
their captives in case another attack
was maue by Chinese troops
Bandits Are Suspicious.
PEKING, May 12.—It is stated that
the compliances by the Chinese gov
ernment with the demands of the Su
chow bandits, has aroused the latter’s
suspicions that a trap is being ar
ranged for them. They reiterate the
threat they will kill their captives in
case they are further pressed by gov
ernment troops.
Pingree Escape an Error.
TIENTSIN. May 12.—The report
sent out Wednesday that Major Rol
and Pingree, U. S. A., and his son, Ro
land, jr., had escaped from the ban
dits has turned out to be erroneous,
Governmental authorities having re
ceived a letter from the Major today
in which he implores acceptances of
the bandits’ terms. The letter says
the captives are given little to eat
?nd drink, and that their health is
breaking rapidU under the starvation
and strain.
American Government Will Act
PEKING, May 12.—The American
government will throw a large num
ber of marines into China today in an
attempt to rescue the American cap_
tives of the Suchow bandits. The
ultimatum delivered to the Chinese
government expired at midnight, and
the captives are still unreleased. It is I
expected that Britain will participate
in the drive, which will exterminate
every bandit stronghold in the Su
chow district. The bandits are en
trenched in th# mountains and so far
have resisted all attempts of the Chi
nese government to retake the prison
ers.
Fourteen Foreigners Held
WASHINGTON, May 12.—State de
partment advices today from Jacob
Schurman of the American Legation
at Peking, said it was believed that j
the foreigners still held by Chinese
bandits in Shantung number fourteen
men and two women. The American
prisoners remaining in the hands of
the bandits are J. B. Powell, editor of
the Weekly Review, at Shanghai;
Leon Friedman of the China Motors
Corporation, Shanghai; Lee Solomon
of Shanghai; and Majors Robert Allen
and Roland Pinger, or the United
States Army.
Captive Boys Returned to Mothers
TIEN TSIN, May 12.—Roland Pin
Will LEAVE JUNE 20
WASHINGTON, May 12.—Plans for
President Harding’s Alaska trip were
completed today. His party will leave
Washington June 20, returning to the
capital about September 1. The pres
idemt will take the water route home
ward proceeding through the canal tc
San Juan, and Porto Rico, and will
visit numerous towns en route. The
presidential party will take ship from
San Diego for the Panama trip.
His first speech on the advocacy of
the entrance of America into the
International court will be at Saint
Louis.
President Harding stated to press
representatives today that he had but
one motive in making his western trip
this summer, and that was to visit
Alaska to obtain first hand informa
tion useful in dealing with the prob
lems of that territory.
It was said at the White House to-1
day that the President felt that the
development of Alaska had been great
ly retarded though the actions of offi
cials in Washington and for that rea_
son he looked upon the proposed visit
as a step toward the development of
the territory in the right way.
WILLARD ID JOHNSON
WILL BATTLE FOR
SUPREMACY
NEW YORK, May 12.—Jess Willard
and Floyd Johnson, the Pacific coast
heavyweight, will meet in a fifteen
round bout in the new Yankee sta
dium tonight.
STEAMER STARR IMS j
NINE 1. M. TOMORROW
It is announced that the steamer
Starr will leave for the westward at
nine o’clock tomorrow morning, mak
ing the trip through to Bristol Bay,
the first of the season. No available
data could be secured as to Ice condi
tions the other side of the peninsula
but it is believed that the route will
be clear by the time the vessel rounds
the point.
The Starr will have on board over
one hundred tons of freight for dis
tribution along the route; one thou
sand sacks of mail will comprise the
shipment of first and second class mat
ter for points to Bristol Bay. The pas
senger accommodations are all taken
and when the Starr leaves in the
morning the vessel will have the ap
pearance of a stampede ship.
FIRE MEETING
The members of the Seward Fire
department met last evening in regu
lar business session. Walter Holben
was elected captain of the organiza_
tion for the ensuing year. The de
partment also voted to donate eight
dollars to the baseball fund.
ger, jr., and Robert Allen, jr., sons of
Major Pinger and Major Allen, Ameri
can army officers held by the Suchow
bandits, arrived here today dressed in
Chinese clothes, and were greeted by
their distracted mothers in a touching
scene. The boys had become favor
ites with the bandits, and apparently
enjoyed the adventure.
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With the announcement that a com
mute of congressmen would visit
Alaska this coming summer much con
jecture was made as to who would
comprise the party. Details covering
this matter have been lacking up to
the present time, and today formal
announcement of the personnel of the
party can be made.
In a wire to the Civic Committee of
the Seward Chamber of Commerce, rt
ceived this morning, the San Fran
cisco Chamber of Commerce makes
known the complete personnel of the
congressional party as follows;
Senator Andrieus A. Jones an 1 wife>
of New Mexico.
Senator Francis E. Warren and
wife, of Wyoming.
Senator Wm. B. McKinle yarn! niece
Miss Mattis, of Illinois.
Senator Joseph T. Robinson and
wife, of Arkansas.
Senator Edwin F. Lall and wife, of
North Dakota.
Senator Ralph H. Cameron and wife,
of Arizona.
Senator Tasker L. Oddie and wife,
of Nevada.
Congressman Burton French and
wife, of Idaho.
Congressman Daniel R. Anthony, jr„
and daughter, of Kansas.
Congressman Anthony J. Griffin and
wife, of New York.
Congressman William Wood and
wife, of Indiana.
Congressman Louis C. Crampton
and wife, of Michigan.
Congressman Gordon Lee, of Geor
gia.
Congressman Martin B. Madden
and wife, of Illinois.
Congressman Harry E. Hull and
wife, of Iowa.
Congressman Percy E. Quin and
wife, of Mississippi.
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Congressman Charles F. Curry and
son Charles, of California.
Congressman Charles R. Crisp and
wife, of Georgia.
Congressman Samuel E. Winslow
and wife, of Massachusetts.
Congressman Elliott L. Sproul and
daughter, of Illinois.
Congressman George M. Young and
wife, of North Dakota.
Congressman Charles B. Timberlake
and wife, of Colorado.
Congressman Earl C. Michener oi
Michigan.
Congressman L. Underhill and wile,
of Massachusetts.
Congressman Frederick N. Zihlman
and wife, of Maryland.
Congressman William J. Driver and
wife, of Arkansas.
Congressman Edward T. Taylor and
wife, of Colorado.
Congressman Cassius C. Dowell cl
Iowa.
Congressman James G. Strong and
wife, of Kansas.
R. B. Howell and wife, and L. C.
Phipps and wife complete the party.
Congresman Lin Hadley and Con
gressman Albert Johnson of Washing
ton will join the party at Seattle.
According to the itinerary, the par
! ty is scheduled to leave San Fran
! cisco on May 27, and due to arrive in
Seward about June 10. The Seward
! Chamber of Commerce will be prepar_
ed to ententain the visitors and prob
ably one or two local organizations
will contribute their mite in making
the occasion one to be remembered.
The program of the visitors, other
than their visit to Sew’ard, could not
be ascertained at the present time, but
sufficient information is at hand to
warrant all Alaskans to extend a
hearty greeting to the members of
Congress who will visit our North
land.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 12.—The ,
cruiser Omaha, arriving this after
noon from Honolulu clipped twenty
five hours off the time between the
two poits. She was doing her bit to
land a letter from Honolulu to Wash
ington in 101 hours. The letter was
mailed by the postmaster at Honolulu
and was addressed to the Postmaster
General tut Washington.
REFUSE TO dVE PERMIT
TO JHESE GROWERS
SACRAMENTO, May 12.—Attorney
General Webb and Edwin M. Daugh
erty have refused to grant a permit
to the Imperial Growers’ Association
of Imperial Valley for the issuance of
500 memberships on the grounds that
the incorporators are Japanese and
ineligible to citizenship, and that the
granting of the permits might lead to
a violation of the alien land law.
BRENNAN SUES PAPER
NEW YORK, May 12.—Bill Bren
nan has sued the Evening Mail for
one hundred thousand dollars dam
ages for an article published by it,
entitled: “Evening News Staff Unani
mous in Declaring Firpo-Brennan
Fight Queer.”
IN MEM BUT NOT
1 DIN FOOL, SAYS
MOR
NEW YORK, May 12.—“I am an
American but I am not a damned
fool,” Ambassador Harvey angrily re
torted today when newspaper men
twitted him about his pro-British ut
terances at recent banquets In Lon
don. Then he added: "The first as
sertion can be be proved, but I am not
so certain about the latter.”
TO PUT FORTH NEW PUN
LONDON, May 12.—Britain, in her
latest note to Germany on the repa
rations plan, points out the inade
quacy of the proposal from the Brit
ish viewpoint and urges Germany to
try again.
New Offer May Grow Out of Note
PARIS, May 12.—A new German re
parations. offer is expected to grow
out of the British reply to Chancellor
Cuno’s note.
WILL BE REPRESENTED
PARIS, May 12.—The French Olym
pic committee has received an official
notification from Sweden and Turkey
that they will be represented at the
Olympic games this season.
MOSCOW, May 12.—Concerning the
assassination of M. Vorosky, Soviet
envoy at Lausanne, Acting Commis
sioner of Foreign Affairs Karakhan,
said tonight: <‘I consider the murder
as a consequence of the atmosphere of
hate created by Lord Curzon’s belli
cose note, simultaneously with Mar
shal Foch’s visit to Poland. They hav<»
excited passion in the unbalanced
minds of Europe and aroused hatred
by their campaign against the admis
sion of Vorosky to the conference ”
Road construction will be one of the
[ primary developments to be enacted
for the betterment of Alaska during
the coming summer season, is the
substance of an interview held with
Col. James G. Steese, shortly after
his arrival in Seward yesterday.
According to Col. Steese the Alaska
Road Commission will engage in ex
tensive construction in the First and
Second divisions, acting on a co-oper
ative basis with the Territory. Prac
tically the same constructive program
as has been followed the past two
years will be followed out the coming
season, the territorial board approving
the general plans following during
that period.
Among other matters which will be
taken in charge by the Alaska Road
Commission will be that of shelter
cabins, an increase of fifty per cent
in the amount allocated in the last
appropriation being allowed for the
pprogram this season. The erection
and upkeep of these cabins will be un
der the supervision of the government
with the commission doing the work.
At the recent legislative session a
special act was passed which allowed
for the purchase of the tram road in
the Tolovana mining district, leading
from the Trapper’s cabin to Brooks,
a distance of fourteen miles. The
Alaska Road Commission will operate
this project to assist the mining men
of that district.
It was also stated that a special ap
propriation was made for the better
ment of the Kaltag-Unalakleet cut-off
to Norton Sound.
The road program for this year is
very promising; when the plans have
been formed and carried to comple
tion the year 1923 may be said to
have been one of the most progres.
sive in the history of the territory. A
, full forty percent increase in the ap
propriations has been granted over
that of the past period, when $700,000
was apportioned for road construc
tion. The program calls for an allot
ment of $900,000.
The Seward division has been turn
ed over to the Forestry Service and
the assurance is given that on the re
sumption of work this year the pres
ent projects will be nearly completed,
with the Alaska Road Commission
working on the Seward-Nash road and
the Kenai sled trail, financed by terri
torial funds. Superintendent W. W.
Lukens has already submitted his es
timates for a basis of fall work, which
will practically complete the program
for this year, and, incidentally the
completion of the Seward-Kenai road.
KETCHIKAN FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, May 12.—Fish prices
for May 11, fresh halibut 12 and 8
cents.
MOSCOW, May 12.—The Soviet
government does not desire a break
with Great Britain, M. Ganetskey,
deputy foreign minister declared in a
speech before the Trades Union coun
cil which passed a resolution declar
ing Russia would meet with France
any attempt to infringe upon her in
dependence.
Demonstration Against Note
MOSCOW, May 12.—All Moscow
factories and government institutions
were closed this morning to permit
the employes to take part in a great
demonstration against the British note
threatening eventualities unless Rus
sia keeps its hands off British fishing
vessels.
Surging crowds early began to fill
the streets of the city intent upon
a demonstration, which seemed to be
peaceful but appearing evident they
meant to make the gathering an im
pressive one.
INDICTMENTS GROW OUT
ILLEGAL REMOVAL LIQUOR
PITTSBURG, May 11.—Indictments
growing out of the alleged illegal re
moval of whiskey valued at three mil
lion dollars from the A. G. Gucken
heimer & Bros.’ distillery at Freeport
have been returned by the grand jury
against distillery officials and nine oth
er persons connected with its sale
MISSING CUTTER REPORTS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 11 —
The Q-15, coast guard vessel which
was reported lost at sea and missing
since May 5th dropped anchor in Bay
Harbor here last night after a rough
time on the high seas, but the crew
said at no time was the ship in dan
ger.
BAD CHECK ARTISTS BUSY
NEW YORK, May 11.—Postoffice in
spectors are hot on the trail of a band
of check forgers who sent out over the
past week nearly a million dollars
i worth of forged checks.
WITHIN TEN YEARS JAPANESE
VOTERS WILL BE IN MAJORITY
SUPERIOR, Wis., May 11—Senator
Lenroot, who has just returned from
Hawaii, said that unless steps are
taken at once Japan will assume by
virtue of numbers government author
ity of Hawaii. He said with the next
ten years the Japanese votes will far
outnumber the natives and Ameri
cans.
THIRD DEATH FROM EXPLOSION
SAN PEDRO, May 11.—The third
death resulting from the recent explo
sion on the battleship New York oc
curred yesterday. C. P. Bridges, third
class fireman, died from burns receiv
ed.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT ENTERS
PROTEST AGAINST SENTENCES
BERLIN, May 11.—The German
government has notified the powers
having no part in the Ruhr occupa
tion, protesting against the sentences
of the Werden court martial and ac
cusing the French of making a sense
less charge of a secret plot against
the French troops in order to shift
the responsibility for the murder of
fourteen workmen.
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