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WILLING TO HELP ALASKA
The Seward Chamber of Commerce is showing activ
ity along the right direction. Last w'eea, the local Cham •
i*r wired Secretary of War Baker regarding assistance
in mining chromite ore at Port Chatham. Chomite ore is
one of the most important metals now being used in war
munitions and Alaska has one of the best known deposits
which is now being mined at Port Chatham, a few hout .•>
run from Seward. Almost immediately an answer was
sent to the Seward Chamber of Commerce, Secretary L. L.,
James, Jr., receiving the following cablegram yesterday
from Chairman Sanford of the United States War Indus
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tries board:
“We desire greatest possible production domestic ore
and are importing no more from Caledonia than is consid
ered essential. The prices on domestic ore, chromite, have
reached a very satisfactory figure in our opinion. Prices
will be satisfactory as long as ocean shipping situation is
difficult. We have no appropriation by which we could
make a long time guaranty on prices or aid development
of properties in a financial way but believe the present
situation of shipping is sufficient encouragement to a
. large domestic production and if properties are of high
grade believe we can interest private capital in develop
ment.’’
Few' in Seward know’ that chromite ore at Port Chat
ham is high grade. Few’ know that Port Chatham is sup
plying about one fortieth of the ore needed by metal man
ufacturer?:. W. P. Lass, one of the owners of the Port
Chatham property was in Seward last week and brought.
the attention of the officers of the local Chamber of Com
merce to the fact that he wanted assistance. This assist- j
ance was for wagon roads and also some sort of a gauran- j
tv that if his company expended more money for develop- j
ment that a stabilized price for chromite ore would be as
sured. The Chamber of Commerce took the matter up
PATRIOTS,
Stepping Stones
directly with the War Secretary with the above result.
The Caledonia ore mentioned in the above dispatch shows
to what part of the world the United States must secure
much of a most important metal now needed in war. Cal
edonia is near Australia and ships must carry the ore a
long distance to Philadelphia where it is nowr being used.
Right at our doors, almost, is a great article wanted by the
government and the local Chamber taking initiative steps
quickly shows what can be accomplished..
H. S. ENGIMF IS IN
CHINA uni’TURED IN
WILD WEST FASHION
WASHINGTON, May 6 — The State Department
has advised that George Kyle, American engineer, captur
ed March 5th by Chinese bandits in Hoonan province, has
been released. Two other Americans taken at the same
time were released. The engineers were captured with a
considerable payroll. Later the bandits placed a price on
their heads and threatened to execute them unless the
money was paid.
PEKING, May 6 — (Correspondence of the As- j
sociated Press)The capture of Engineer G. A. Kyle of j
Portland, Oregon, and two assistants on March 6 by band
its who threatened to “send hack their heads unless ran
some was forthcoming by March 22 had all the settings of
a XVII century adventure.
Kyle, who is chief engineer of the Chou-Hsiang Rail
way, left Peking on February 27 for Yencheng, Honan, to
investigate a line that is under survey from this point to
Chengtu in Szechuen. In his party were also E. J. Pursell
and four Chinese.
Kyle had with him $13,000 in silver tor the use ot ms,
own party and the two surveying parties which had pre-;
ceded them. It was soon widely known that the party was
carrying a large sum of money, it being impossible to hide
this fact. There were 14 cartloads of baggage, and the
party were under the protection of an escort supplied by
the Wuyang magistrate.
On March 4 the party passed the village of Chang Pa
Chuang, where a band of robbers was having breakfast, i
They allowed the party to pass on unmolested but after it
had gone a short distance, they started a pursuit, opening
fire from behind. The party ran toward the village of Hu
Chang Chuang but they encountered another band of rob
ber’s from the south hills, who opened Are upon them. Mr.
Kyle and his party surrendered. Taking the two Ameri
cans and one of the Chinese engineers the bandits started
for the mountains, holding at bay soldiers who attacked
them by placing the Americans between themselves and
the soldiers. , ,
The local authorities have tried to locate the bandits
and release the engineers, but the bandits have been shift
ing their quartet's every day. According to the latest re
ports they are somewhere in the mountains between Yeh
sien and Fengchen or Yehchow. The robbers who infest j
these regions are remnants of the “White Wolf” band
which ravaged this district three years ago. Their prac
tice was to capture rich people who were passing thru the
country and hold them for ransome in which they almost
invariably succeed. j
They demanded 70 rifles and 10 boxes of ammunition
before they would discuss the return of the Americans. A
messenger sent to the robbers was told that Mr. Kyle was
ill with stomach trouble, but that he was being carefully
looked after. Mr. Purcell was shown to the messenger
and appeared to be well.
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