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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 55. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1927. - PRICE TEN CENTS
U.S.and British
Battleships Will
Bombard City
EVACUATION OF FOREIGNERS WILL SERVE AS
SIGNAL TO BEGIN HOSTILITIES UNLESS IMME
f DIATE GUARANTEES OF SAFETY ARE FORTH
COMING FROM CANTONESE — UNIVERSITY
HEAD KNOWN TO HAVE MET DEATH—WOMAN
MISSIONARY WOUNDED—SELF-STYLED COM
MANDER IS EXECUTED
WASHINGTON, March 25. (/P)—Preparations for
bombardment by American and British warships at Nan
king was postponed until tomorrow because of the partial
evacuation of foreigners. Notice was served on the Can
tonese commanders of the Nanking salient and military
points will be shelled unless immediate guarantees are
given for the safety of foreigners. Admiral Williams re
ported at 5:50 this afternoon: “As the result of the
strong stand taken in regard to the protection of foreign
ers they are beginning to to come out of the city. The
^ Japanese are completing evacuation tonight. The Brit
jnsul general and missing marines are arriving. H.
^,x. a. Emerald’s commander considered that there is a fair
possibility that 120 Americans who took refuge in the
Nanking University would be evacuating to the ships to
night. In view of this we are preparing for further con
sideration of action tomorrow.”
THREE CRUISERS DISPATCHED
HONOLULU, March 25. (JP)—1The
American cruisers Richmond, Marble
head and Cincinnati carrying 1,300
men and six airplanes, left for China.
MISSIONARY WOUNDED
SHANGHAI, March 25. (£>)—The
first of 120 American missionaries who
took refuge in Nanking University
arrived at the dock near where are
stationed the American and British
warships, at 7 o^clock last night.
Among them is Miss Anna E. Moffet
of Fort Sheridan, 111., who was wound
ed twice through the body. A Nan
king dispatch late last night indicated
that the situation was much easier.
There was no gunfire.
DR. WILLIAMS KILLED
SHANGHAI, March 25. (£>)—Dr. J.
E. Williams, vice-president of the
Nanking University is known to be
dead among yesterday’s shelling:
Williams went to China 20 years ago
from Ohio. The latest authoritative
advices from Nanking say 150 Ameri
cans are still ashore. All Americans
and Britishers in Ching-kiang, which
was captured by Nationalists several
days ago, have been taken aboard
steamers or are congregated on the
water front under the protection of
the destroyers. All American women
and children have evacuated Hankow.
The British steamer Wenchow res
cued 20 American missionaries at
Chinkiang.
DEFENDERS EXECUTED
LONDON, March 25. (£>)—Hsu
Langsi, self-styled commander of the
defense of Shanghai, is reported by
the correspondent of the Daily Ex
press to be summarily executed* at the
headquarters of General Pai Tsungg
si, Cantonese commander, along with
11 others of the so-called provisional
government formed by the notorious
Communists in the Chinese quarter of
DELEGATE TO LEAGUE OF NA
TIONS CONFERS WITH GENE
VA COMMISSION
GENEVA, March 25. (JP)—Chu Chao
Hsin, Chinese degelate to the League
of Nations, told the preparatory dis
armament conference commission
China was ready to accept total dis
armament if all other nations did like
wise. The only way of really prevent
ing war, he said, would be to follow
the ancient Chinese emperor who
sank all warships and put arms into
the melting pot and made statues from
them. Chu warned if total universal
disarmament is impossible China
would build a navy to protect her ex
tensive coats and also develop an
aerial fleet.
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KYLE LEONARD CLAIMS
* LOWERED CHANNEL SIM
LONG BEACH, Calif., March 25. (;P)
—Claiming to have lowered George
Young’s Catalina channel swimming
record by 34 minutes, Kyle Leonard,
aged 23, of Long Beach, landed at
Withe’s Point here 15 hours and 11
minutes after entering the wftter on
the isthmus of Catalina Island.
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REBELS KILLED
MANILA, March 25. (JP)—A dispatch
f from Cotobato said that 30 rebellious
Alangkat tribesmen were killed and
many wounded by Philippine constab
ulary near Vintangnan.
SEATTLE MINE CLUB
ORGANIZE MILL1
DOLLAR PROGRAM
FIFTEEN SEATTLE MEN TO BE
DIRECTING HEADS—WILL EM
PLOY ENGINEER »
SEATTLE, March 25. (/P)—'The
Mining Club announced that it ^is
sponsoring an organization of a mil
lion-dollar corporation to finance min
ing development work in the State.
The club will devote its entire meeting
next Wednesday to discussing plans
for the project. Fifteen Seattle men
would be directors. A mining en
gineer would be employed to investi
gate promising prospects, the worthy
ones to be given financial backing, a
fourth of the stock going to the pros
pector, a fourth to the corporation,
and the remainder for sale to the pub
lic.
TONG WAR BREAKS
OUT IN STATES; FI
TWO-YEAR TRUCE BETWEEN HIP
SING AND ON LEON TONGS
EXPIRED TODAY
NEW YORK, Mar. 25. (/P)—Five
persons were killed and five wounded
in widely scattered parts of the Unit
ed States as a result of an outbreak
of warfare between Chinese tongs.
The two-year truce between the Hip
Sing and On Leon tongs expired to
day. Shortly thereafter gunplay
started. Two of the dead were shot in
Brooklyn and New York, one is dead
in New'ark, one in Chicago and one
in Manchester, Conn. Two were shot
in Pittsburg and one wa*s shot in
Cleveland. An official of the Hip
Sings announced he had called upon
tongmen throughout the nation to dis
continue business immediately.
BUCK DIAMONDS FOUND
IN ISIITIC RUSSIA
AKMOLINSK, Asiatic Russia—Beds
of black diamonds have been found.
The Russian Academy of Science is
making a preliminary survey of the
fields Vhich are said to be extensive.
This is the first time black diamonds
have been found in Russia.
TO CONSTRUCT BARRACKS
WASHINGTON, March 25. (£>)—
March Field, at Riverside, Calif., will
be reoccupied shortly as a training
base for the Air Corps, in line with
the Air Corps five-year program, and
$1,300,00 has been allotted for 838
enlisted men and quarters for offi
cers.
Shanghai. Among those forming the
government was a woman lawyer
named Yohsien, who was educated In
Paris.
HOP-OFF FAILS
FAIRBANKS, March 25. (/P)—1The
attempt to take off for Point Barrow
of the airplane Alaska failed when
the plane failed to rise owing to ex
cessive cargo. Another effort will be
made tomorrow after relieving the
plane of part of its load.
!
SEPPALA WILL MAKE
TRIP STATES EACH
YEAR WITH TEAM
ESTABLISHED A KENNEL AT PO
LAND SPRINGS IN MAINE JO
BREED RACERS
SEATTLE, Mar. 25. (/P)—Leonard
Seppala, en route to Alaska, said he
expects to make his trip to the States
with a dog team an annual event. “I
may not take part in Alaskan races
until I am too old to win the American
and Canadian classics; then I will go
back to my homeland behind my
team.” Seppala has established a ken
nel at Poland Springs, Maine, and
hopes to make it the centre of racing
and dog breeding.
KODIAK RESIDENCE IS
DESTROYED BY FLAMES
(Special to The Gateway)
KODIAK, March 25. —Within the
last week two serious fires damag^J
the home of Walter Johnston, and last
night about 9 o’clock the fine resi
dence of Mrs. Carolyn Selig and four
grown children was entirely destroy
ed, nothing being saved except a
phonograph.
HUNDRED NEW DUSES DF
TYPHOID IN IUIONTRENL
MONTREAL, March 25. (IP)—A
hundred new cases of typhoid fever,
bringing the total to 988 since March,
4, are reported here. The medical
commission decided the epidemic orig
inated from contaminated milk from
an undetermined source.
ADMIRAL EVANS SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, Mar. 25. (£>)—The S. S.
Admiral Evans sailed for Alaska at 9
p. m. Wednesday and carried 158 pas
sengers. Seward passengers: F. E.
Williams, L. E. Smith and J. A. Mur
phy.
PECULIAR ACCIDENT
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. (£>)—
John Haggerty of Berkeley shot him
self with a lawn mower. He ran the
mower over a .38 calibre cartridge
which exploded, the bullet grazing his
head.
WANTS WORK INVESTIGATED
WASHINGTON, March 25. (£>)—
Senator Odie of Nevada fired another
shot in his feud with Secretary Work
declaring he had proof that the office
of the Secretary of the Interior was
mismanaged and that he would ask
Congress for an investigation.
STANDARD OIL PLANT
AT NANKING SHELLED
AMERICAN KILLED
U. S. AND BRITISH DESTROYERS
BOMBARD CANTONESE AND
RECAPTURE PLANT
SHANGHAI. Mar. 25. (£>)—It is of
ficially announced that some Ameri
cans were killed and some wounded in
Nanking when Cantonese irregulars
shelled the Standard Oil company
plant. The United States destroyers
Noa and Preston and the British
cruiser Emerald returned the fire,
bombarding the Cantonese with their
main batteries. Landing parties were
sent ashore and fought their way to
the oil plant and took out the foreign
ers. It cost some lives, but it is not
known whether the dead are civilians
or sailors. It is believed that all the
surviving foreigners were brought
aboard the warships. Approximately
a hundred American naval men par
ticipated in the landing expedition.
FEARS CASUALTIES LARGE
WASHINGTON, March 25. (/P)—Ad
miral Williams, reporting the casual
ties at Nanking, said the exact toll
of lives was uncertain, but “feared the
number was large.”
'CRUISERS TO CHINA
WASHINGTON, Mar. 25. (/P)—The
light cruisers Richmond, Marblehead
and Cincinnati have been ordered to
proceed immediately from Honolulu
to Shanghai.
The firing of the Noa and Preston
is the first time since the world war
that an American warship has used
large calibre guns except for training
purposes. Admiral Williams has large
powers and can use the entire naval
fleet in the Far East if he sees fit.
A British subject named Smith
was killed and the British consul gen
eral was wounded in Shanghai, reports
said.
DESTROYERS GATHERING
MANILA, Mar. 25. (JF)—'The de
stroyers Pillsbury, John D. Ford and
Peary have been oredered to Shang
hai.
HEROIC RESCUE
SHANGHAI, Mar. 25. (£>)—Brief
reports say the rescue of civilians
entailed heroic action by the Alglo
American naval forces in which lives
of both nationalities were lost. The
American and British representatives
aboard the Emerald notified the Chi
nese officials that foreigners must be
protected. Foreign naval wireless is
the only way of communicating with
Nanking.
ROY I. HAYNES NAMED
PROHIBITION HEAD
WASHINGTON, Mar. 25. (£>)—Roy
A. Haynes was named acting Commis
sioner of Prohibition. Secretary hfel
lon made the appointment after a
fight by the Anti-saloon League and
'Other dry organizations on behalf of
Haynes, who had been nominally hold
ing the poet as commissioner.