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SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1931.
VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 231.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BEFDRF. THEIR EKES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 5. (JP)
—Obstacles which previously have
been heaped on Republican shoul
ders have already began to pile up
before the eyes of Democratic lead
ers who were flushed into power
on the surging crest of Tuesday’s
election.
The victories of Harry Moore, of
New Jersey, and Judge Laffoon, in
Kentucky, gave the Democratic
party 27 of the 48 governorships.
With the prospective organization
of the House and the elevation of
Representative Garner, Democrat
Representative of Texas, to the
speakership, the problems under
-die present House lineup were
brought out.
♦ Not only will Garner be unop
posed in the securing of the speak
ership but also 30 of the 46 chair
manships of standing committees
will go to the Dixie Congressmen.
Through seniority and future
holding possibilities, the northern
Democrats are s e e k i n g a more
equitable division of these elec
tion spoils also.
A rocky legislative trail is ahead
ior the Democrats if they retain
the majority as major economic,
problems are to be presented to j
Congress.
Upon the organization of the
House and with an equally divided
Senate, the prohibition amendment
-win be subjected to test of its
strength. Leaders of both Houses
indicated it was their intention to
recall the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill
with floors calling for a general
overhauling and a downward re
vision.
On the other hand, President
Herbert Hoover faces a Congress of
The opposing party for the first
:ime since the Wilson administra
tion.
< mm. OF PHILIPPINES
DISASTROUS TO PEOPLE
« WASHINGTON, Nov., 5, (/Pj
President Hoover is convinced the j
-American flag should remain over j
the Philippines, where Dewey ;
raised it in ’98, until a firmer |
footing is found for the Islands’
finances.
Mindful of a new crusade for
independence, he accepted the
)p* challenge of a controversy with
Congress by declaring freedom
Tinder present conditions would
be disastrous for the Filipino peo
ple themselves.
WILL ANNOUNCE RESIGNATION
MANILA, Nov., 5, (ff)—Governor
General Dwight F. Davis told
newspaper correspondents he was
getting sick of reports of his im
pending resignation. Obviously
displeased, he reiterated what he
previously had said, that no one
* was authorized to speak for him
and that when he resigned he
would announce it himself.
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474 WOMEN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 5. (IP)
—There are now 474 women among
The 17,272 licensed fliers df the
J United States, Department of Com
merce figures show.
WAR EMMINENT
GENEVA, Nov., 5, (JP)—Dr. Sze
reported to the League of Nation’s
secretary that Japanese troops
crossed the Nonna River in Man
churia and fired at Chinese troops
killing a hundred soldiers. Japan
ese bombing planes killed 20 more
soldiers, making casualties num
ber about 120, for the little skir
mish.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. (A3)—Doctor
Edwin Kemmerer, of Princeton
University, who has helped a dozen
nations back to monetary stability,
told the United States that the
American gold standard and the
dollar are virtually impregnable.
“So strong are they,” he said
“that New York now has the oppor
tunity of replacing London as a
world’s financial center.
LONDON, Nov. 5. (JP) — Arthur
Henderson, leader of the Labor
party who was defeated in his own
district, said in a message:
“A shattering blow has been dealt
at Labor in Parliament. This is.not
the first time the electors have been
duped on a grand scale, but what
is astonishing is to find that the
old electioneering deception has
been utilized by men who in the
past have been victims with us of
wild and vile calumnies.
“It would be idle to deny that
Labor has suffered a severe set
back,” he said.
MOTHER JSP 0OMBINE
SHANGHAI, Nov. 4. (JP)—Chinese
circles here were stirred by reports
that the city of Tungliao in north
ern Manchuria had been bombard
ed by Japanese artillery and ma
chine guns Sunday.
According to dispatches Japanese
guns were 'mounted on armored
trains which had been brought up
from Supingkai over the Southern
Manchurian Railway. The attack
of the Japanese was said to have
been aimed against Chinese troops
under command of General Chang
Hsu Shen, who favors the Nanking
government.
All sorts of rumors are impreg
nating this city. One report stated
the Japanese are preparing to ex
tend their armed occupation of
Manchuria 200 miles northward to
the city of Harbin.
Evidence gathered among Chin
ese and foreign residents of Muk
den, Manchurian capital, shows the
Southern Manchurian Railway was
never attacked by Chinese troops.
It was this alleged attack which
prompted Japanese to invade Man
churia.
WILL REMAIN CHAIRMAN
WASHINGTON, Nov., 5, (£>)_
Senator S. Fess announced he will
remain as chairman of the Re
publican National Committee un
til the National Convention to be
held in June 1932. Previously Mr.
Fess indicated he desired to be
relieved when Congress recon
venes In December.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 5# f/P>—One of
the most sensational murders in
i the history of New York was re
| called by a dispatch from Paris
announcing the death of Mrs. Helen
| Josephine Mansfield Reade.
She was none other than Josee
; Mansfield, over whose affections
millionaire E. S. Stokes shot and
; killed James Fisk Jr., associate of
j Jay Gould, on a staircase leading
: to the lobby of the then famous
! Grand Central Hotel.
Stokes was convicted of the mur
der, sentenced to death, but won a
| new trial and through the influence
! of W. M. Tweed escaped with a
four-year prison term.
The Mansfield woman went to
Paris years after the murder and
! has lived there ever since. She
! married R. L. Reade, wealthy New
]York lawyer, there.
Its Stock Market
SEATTLE, Nov. 5, (JP)—Yester
day’s quotations on the stock mar
ket:
Alaska Juneau .14%
American Can .82
Borden .13
Canada Dry .19%
General Motors .27%
International Nickle Can . 9%
International Tel. & Tel. 17%
Kennecott Copper . .15%
Radio .13%
Reynolds Tobacco (b) .39%
Richfield Oil . 1
Standard Oil of Calif.35%
Standard Oil of N. J.35%
! Standard Oil of N. Y.15
| Union Oil of Calif.16%
I U S. Steel . 68%
| Cities Service .. 8
; Durant Motors . 1
14 WOMEN ELECTED
LONDON, Nov. 5. (A3!—Fourteen
women, led by Lady Astor, contri
bution of the first families of Vir
: ginia to British politics, will grace
the green leather-backed chairs of
the House of Commons when the
new House is convoked next month.
Thirteen of the 14 have staunch
Conservative convictions.
CONNECTED WITH SHOOTING
PARIS, Nov., 5, (iP)—A small
group of American and French
friends a Li ended the funeral for
Mrs. Helen Mansfield Reade
who died in the Ameican hospital
here. Altho she lived in Paris for
50 years many of her friends
here for the first time of her
connection wjth the fatal shoot
ing of James Fisk, Jr., by E. S.
Stokes in 1872
TEN SUGGESTIONS
WASHINGTON, Nov., 5, (/Pi
Ten suggestions designed to stim
ulate employment were made by
the President’s organization for
unemployment relief in a report
issued here- Further credit relief
measues and more public works
were among the recommenda
tions.
The Rev. Wallace Sutton Mar
pie, who was in charge of the
First Presbyterian church in An
chorage for a number of years,
died at Bremerton, Wash., recent
ly, says the Anchorage Times.
SEEK GANGSTERS
! NEW YORK, Nov. 5. (/P)—Charles
Higgins and “Dutch” Schultz Fleg
enheimer, gang leaders, are sought
by authorities in two racket mur
ders. ' Higgins, overlord of Brook
lyn beer runners, is wanted for
questioning in the death of Robert
Benson, who was shot in downtown
i Manhattan.
PASSES 1WAYJT DZIIIE
Nov. 5. (Special
| to The Gateway.)—H. W. Vance,
; widely known Alaskan, died sud
j denly November 2 at a place about
112 miles west of Uzinkie.
i He was stopping overnight with
i Nick Larionoff and had laid down
| on a couch at 9 p. m., that eve
■ ning and soon after rolled off, and
i on to the floor. He was dead.
Interment will take place at Ko
‘ diak tomorrow.
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KODIAK, Alaska,
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SHlbTOI
IT BRITISH ELECTIONS
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Nov. 5. (/P)
—Astonishment and optimism was
combined in American officials’ re
action to Great Britain’s political
upheaval. The National govern
ment had been expected to receive
firm support at the polls.
The landslide which left the op
position with scarcely a handful of
votes in the House of Commons
I brought expressions of amazement
i here. The overwhelming support
I led to optimistic statements that
the government was now in a posi
tion to deal positively with Brit
ain’s economic difficulties.
Fur farmers of the Anchorage
district will hold another fur show
there during the winter, accord
ing to the Anchorage Times.
Plans for the exposition were
formulated last Friday evening at
a meeting of the Kenai and Su
sitna Valley Fur Breeders associa
tion. The show will be held at
Anchorage on December 18 and
19.
The association held its first
show last winter at the Commun
ity building and it will be the aim
of the organization to bring to
gether this winter a larger num
ber of fur bearers than were ex
hibited last year and to present
an unusually attarctive program
of entertainment.
ATHLETICS HARD HIT
I WASHINGTON, Nov., 5, (JP)—A
lucrative income field for profes
sional athletics was hard hit when
the Federal Trade Commission is
sued rules declaring endorsements
which are purchased for athletic
equipment must be so labelled
and prohibititing use of stars’
names on equipment he or she
did not design or use.
Juneau Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross will hold its annual
Roll Call this year between Arm
istice Day, November 11, and
Thanksgiving Day, November 26,
announces the Juneau Empire.
FIIHI PRECLUDES
IFF EDI il JAPAN
PATCHING IP THOUBLES
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TOKYO, Nov. 5. (/P)—The Japan
ese war office issued a communique
| announcing that “positive meas
; ures” have been decided on to cope
’ with the threatening position fac
i ing the Japanese occupation troops
; at the Nonni River bridge in Man
| churia.
Fifteen soldiers of the Japanese
I occupation troops were killed and
j many others wounded in a battle
with Chinese forces there.
The communique also said that
reinforcements are being sent to
, the scene of the battle. Tokyo news
papers announced that a mixed bri
j gadb of 4.000 troops are being sent
by Japan to the occupied areas to
replace the tired soldiers who are
holding their positions.
The fighting seemingly precluded
| all hope that China and Japan
| might patch up their troubles by
November 16, which is the date set
by the League of Nations for the
. withdrawal of the Japanese soldiers
from the occuped areas.
I SATISFACTORY PROGRESS
PARIS, Nov. 5. (JP)—Negotiations
between France and Great Britain
for the withdrawal of British au
! thority from the New Hibrides are
progressing satisfactorily. It is be
lieved that the archipelago shortly
will be under French sovereignity.
GAMBLING SYNDICATE
! SAN FRANCISCO, Nov-, 5, (A1)—
A Seattle gambling syndicate said
to have cleaned up $300,GOO in the
Rolph power mayoralty campaign
in 1927 again was operating here
in the campaign just completed
and is using a lock box in the San
Francisco postoffice to receive
thousands of straw votes on
which its operations are based.
TKOIGITE'S SON
TO INHERIT $I4JU
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. (A5)—J. M.
Reynolds III, 15-months-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Reynolds, in
herited $1,785,415 under the will of
his great grandmother Mrs. Jennie
Sorg, filed for probate in Hamil
ton, Ohio.
He will get full control of his in
heritance the day he becomes 21.
Eventually through his mother he
will be the possessor of $14,000,000
! provided no small sisters or bro
thers make ithdjir appearance to
share in the fortune.
The fortune was founded by the
boy’s great grandfather, P. J. Sorg,
tobacco magnate.
PURGHRSE OF U.S. WHE1T
IS DENIED BY FRANCE
PARIS, Nov., 5, (/P)—Minister of
Agriculture Tardeau, denied that
France is seeking a credit ar
rangement in the United States
for the purchase of American
wheat as had been reported from
Washington.
Tardeau said he has not beeni
approached on the matter and
has not considered France’s wheat
needs for 1932.