| Show ISK LLiO RANSOM o cf 0 0 0 c 4 BROWNINGS ON TRIAL IN SAL SALT T LAKE COURT I Prisoners Us Used J JAs As SineWs Shields By Chinese Bandits Y FU China May By 8 8 By The Associated Press Negotiations Negotiations have been started for the re- re release release re release lease of the prisoners held by the Chinese bandits it is announced in advices received here One of the Amer Amer- American American American ican majors held captive is reported wounded LONDON May By 8 8 By The Associated Press Press-A Press ransom of for the foreigners held prisoner is demanded by the Chinese bandits says a Central News dispatch from Shanghai today The British and Ameri Amen American American can garrisons at have been mobilized the dis- dis dispatch dispatch patch dis-patch patch adds i PEKING KI KIG G M ME MayO-B May 8 E Bv The As- As As Associated Press With 19 foreign foreign- foreigners lers ers erR most of th them 01 Americans still slit held by th the Chinese bandits who seized the Shan hal e press train near province early Sunday the tha latest report here at this hour 10 35 a m was that a ransom ot of otI I 1 had been ben demanded for forthe the thO return of ot the captives es The Thede de per does also were sal said 1 to be beholding beholding holding out for their own own wn pardon I I Diplomatic representatives of I the foreign gO governments were sere con con- con this morning In an effort eort to find the most mot effective way to todeal todeal todeal deal with the situation United Stales Minister Schurman who had I gone to before the holdup nas in touch with the other mem mem- members mern- mern members bers hers of ot the diplomatic corps by telegraph today Mrs Schurman left lett for tor Shanghai this morning over the railway on which the raid oc- oc occurred oc curr d She Sha was to be bo Joined bY her husband at I Reports that all aU the women omen cap eap- cap captives tives had been released d complete confirmation this morn morn- morning morning ing and there was as nothing to con cor- contradict con contradict that at last nights night's ad advices vices least one woman Senora Ancira ot of Guadalajara Me MeXIcO leo was as as among the hostages es Miss Mss Lucy Aldrich law in In sister of at John D Koche- Koche feller teller Jr was released soon boon after the holdup an and was believed Cd to have holve reached Plan Tien Tsin some time last night t The American hostages include two army arm officers stationed at Manila Major Roland noland Finger Pinger ord- ord ordnance ordnance ord nance nance department and Major Rob Rob- Robert Rob ert ert Alien Allen medical corp corps Their Sons Roland Pinger Jr and Rob Rob- Robert Robert ert Allen Alien Jr aso oso were ere held N l 1 Milner a Lob Los Angeles m and J B Powell Il a Shanghai news news- newspaper paper news paper man were ere among the cap cap- cap captives tives tl Others were J S A finley C Jacobson Lee C Solomon Fred l Buns ld ard Silas Ilias Leon Fried Fried- man moan man Levy all of oC Shanghai Those Thoe on the list other than Americans were believed belle to Include Senor and Senora Snora t Mex lex Mexicans Gensburger French G D B Mu Musso Italian Italian Theodore and V Most ot of acre ere residents of oC Shanghai Is a paper mill of Musso Is a prominent nent tent Yesterday it was sias reported that one or twp ot or the prisoners had been killed In addition to the Eng Eng- English Eng Eng- English English hadI I lish passenger named Hothman a ho was slain during the raid ThIs morning however there sos yaa as no confirmation ot of any deaths other than that of ot Rothman Oth Other r unconfirmed advices advice were to the effect bandits were using their captives as shields against the tho bullets of ot the pursuing lJ oops The first eye witnesses accounts yesterday told of oC the brutality ot of the bandits who were said to have beaten their captives even oven the tho women when they could not keep hoop up with Ith the forced march from the train A relief rUet train was sent to the scene and picked up the passengers ers ho ho escaped or were released I I |
