Show U S REFUGEES RESCUED w FROM REDS RED 60 IN SIBERIA americans floo fieo russian guards and land in seattle seattle wash four american refugees from tho the arctic const coast of sl 81 bahs rescued by tho united states coast ill guard ard cu cutter ater bear after living for months in tear fear of red Sti guards ards who threatened confiscation of their property proper er ly and even death arrived here recently on tile tho chast guard cutter haidn the four were v er a carl johns johnason John json 0 n famous dog team racer of nome alaska and winner of the 1010 and abd 1911 solomon derby races his russian wife and their son chester fourteen months old and W H parsons of tacoma wash johnson aud and parsons were employees of gf the phoenix northern trading company of tacoma who were cleft left at theli posts la in siberia when the trading schooner eskum es caw from anadye la in def defiance litrico of v a orders issued by the soviet authorities parsons wad picked up by tho the bear oft off east capo cape siberia I 1 as he was trying to escape to amerlean american waters in a smail boat boal braving the gales of the arctic rather than remain in what lie he described as dally fear ear ot bt my life at his post at Sen alavine strait parsons said thousands of dollars worth of valuable furs confiscated at tho the two trading posts by red guards under pain of death it if resistance were offered anc soldiers heavily armed he be said came to td my post and read tin an order of confiscation the officer in charge displayed a long revolver and warned me that I 1 r would bo be killed if I 1 resisted tho the order was signed by governor burke vi v the district who was for formerly connected I 1 was wag told with the russian consulate at san francisco we americans prayed ever otera day that nn an american vessel would come and rescue us every Anle american rican lu ili that part of siberia Is in some sort of trouble and virtually all of the cases have been framed we heard innumerably grew graw some stories of persons along the coast en cn in trading who had mysteriously disappeared according to harsoni Par soni the soldiers who seized the furs okre ya conscript troops and wore no xi til although though they were heavily ormed armed mr johnson went to siberia three yeras ago and met his russian wife st at indian point a n remote post on the ibe arctic there was no minister within 1000 miles but captain kelley olsen waster master ortho of the eskum decided ho ba could marry ir auty tho co couple uple on the high seas A wedding party was formed and the little schooner worked its way 0 out ut through the ice past the three mile limit and tho the ceremony was performed for nied |