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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 18.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENi tf
OVERTHROW PRESENT
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
BELIEVED PROBABLE
TOKIO. Jan. 23.—The overthrow
of the present government headed
by Premier Admiral Viscount Saito
despite pleas for unity at home in
the face of disturbances abroad,
was believed probable, as deputies
to the 64th session of the Imperial
Diet gathered here.
The cabinet approved Foreign
Minister Uchidas modification of
proposals by Sir Eric Drummond,
secretary general of the League
of Nations, for settling the Chi
nese-Japanese dispute in Manchu
ria.
The Seiyuka ‘opposition party),
however, holding .strong represen
tation in the lower house, remain
ed aloof and critical of tire Saito
Ministry’s program in China and
at home.
Their opposition during the diet
session may cause the cabinet to
resign.
ENGLISH pirn
LIKELt TO VISIT U. S.».
LONDON. Jan. 23. —Premier
Ramsay MacDonald probably will
personally head Great Britain's
mission to the United States to
discuss war debts with President
Elect Roosevelt in the spring.
Premier MacDonald regards the
debt question as one of the great
est facing his government, and
would be inclined to handle it him
self rather than entrust so vital
and delicate a task to another.
DRASTIC SCALING OF
LONDON, Jan. 23. —Drastic scal
ing down of the British war debt
to the United States was regarded
here Sunday as virtually certain.
The government prepared its
case for presentation during the
forthcoming debts conversations
in Washington.
British regard the Hoover-Roose
velt accord on reopening the en
tire debt problem as definite indi
cations the United States is will
ing to reduce the present debt far
below present payments.
FATEFUL WEEK BEFORE
LEAGUE DF NATIONS
GENEVA. Jan. 23. —Confronted
with unbending Japanese defiance
and indirect hints from China
that Japan is unfit for the League
of Nations membership, the League
today enters wdiat may be one oi
the most fateful weeks in its his
tory.
Dr. Wellington Koo. Chinese
spokesman indirectly suggest
ed that Japan be expelled from
the League. He characterized Jap
an as a disturber of peace in th€
Far East.
VIOLINIST INJURED
PRAGUE.. Jan. 23, —Jan Kube
lik. famous violinist, received
briuses and fractured ribs in ar
automobile accident. His hands
insured for 3100,000, were uninjur
ed. His Stradivarius escaped dam
age.
SO. CALIF. WON AT RUGBY
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Jan. 23, —
The Southern California rugb>
football union defeated the Cana
dian Royal Navy 15 here by a score
of 3-0..The winning goal came 1C
minutes after the game started.
SECOND ATTACK
YOKOHAMA. Jan. 23, —Strikers
demanding a conference with of
ficials of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company, American-owned
rioted for the second time at the
manufacturing plant Sunday un
til 45 were placed under arrest
They were subsequently released
Last week the rioters wrecked the
offices of the firm.
WON SKI JUMP
GOVELNET CAMP, Mt. Hood,
Ore., Jan. 23, —Twelve thousand
spectators at the winter ski car
nival here Sunday saw J. Mob
raaten of Vancouver, B. C„ win
| the Class A ski jump with leaps
of 167 and 182 feet.
LAPAZ, Bolivia, Jan. 23. —Cap
ture of several important Para
: guayan positions on the Fort Na
i nawa front in Chaco by Bolivian
i infantry units, was claimed by
j the government.
Their infantry is gradually ad
vancing on Fort Nanawa under a
heavy artillery barrage. Bolivian
airplanes bombed Paraguayan
trenches.
The Paraguayan causualty fig
, ures last night showed that there
were 400 dead and 600 wounded.
SECRET CONSISTORY
VATICAN CITY. Jan. 23. —A se
cret consistory or meeting of the
college of Cardinals, was called by
the Pope for March 13. The Pope
will deliver an address on world
: conditions and the Cardinals will
, name the officials to preside at the
opening of the coming Holy year
| on Palm Sunday.
KBHEflfiStLLEGEfl TO
HIVE ITTICKEO OFFIGIILS
SHANGHAI, Jan. 23. —Uncon
firmed reports from Kuomin, Chin
i ese News Agency, declared General
ijuto was slightly injured and
Cheng Hsiao Hseu, Premier of
Manchuria, was hurt seriously,
when a member of the Korean in
dependence party attacked them
at ihe Hsinkink railway station.
Japanese detained General Hsi
Hsia, Governor of Kirin province,
on suspicion.
GUEST TAKES LEAO
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 23. — Play
I ing par shattering golf. Charles
Guest. Los Angeles, and Emor\
i Zimmerman. Portland. Ore., each
carded 69 at the end of the first
18 holes to tie for the lead in the
$18,000 Arizona Open.
i Tom Telfer, first San Francis
i can to finish, turned in a 78.
TRIED TO “MAKE” GIRL
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 23. —
! Declared to have threatened W. L
1 Cameron in his Russ building res
j taurant during a quarrel over ad
[ vances to Mr. Cameron’s daughter
I Foster, 27-, was arrested on the
j charge of disturbing the peace.
BOLIVIAN'S GAINING
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Jan. 23. —Ar
l official government announcement
j said an important battle was rag
ing in the Nanawa region, witt
Bolivian forces gaining advantag*
over their enemies.
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INJURED, CAR ACCIDENT
FRESNO, Calif., Jan. 23, —Mrs
James Scripture, 26, of San Fran
cisco, and W. T. Maupin, 29, ol
Mendota, were injured seriously ir
an automobile accident here Sat
urday. Physicians performed ar
emergency operation in an efforl
! to save the woman’s life.
* * * *
OH HUM!
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23, —Anoth
er screen romance broke up Sat
urday when Lola Lane, a formei
employee in a mattress factory anc
! later a screen star, filed suit foi
divorce from Lew Ayres, handsome
j young screen juvenile.
* * * *
STREETS RAN RED
I BERLIN, Jan. 23, —While Adoli
j Hitler, leader of the National So
, j cialist-s. rode safely in a high
: powered car to and from a demon
stration Sunday by the Nazis
there was bloodshed on the streets
and the police reported 22 per
■ sons had been injured and on<
killed.
NO FURTHER MORAL
OBLIGATION REMAINING
MS11WINT
GENEVA'S, Jan. 23. —Germany’s j
! demand for arms equality will be;
among the major considerations I
facing the committee of the World,
disarmament conference when its j
, sessions begin here today.
Germany bolted the conference i
• last summer and has persistently j
J insisted on being allowed arms
I equality before going ahead with
j a discussion of arms reduction in
i fact or in principle.
The Germans declared other na
tions promised at Versailles to dis
arm but that they have failed .to
live up to their agreement and
Germany therefore had no further
; moral duty to remain unarmed.
STATE OF SIEGE
MANAGUA,. Nicaragua, Jan. 23.
i —The government in an official
! statement yesterday announced
; a continuance of the state of
J siege under which all of the Re
public, except four provinces, was
placed Saturday.
Dispatches from San Juan del
Sur Saturday said the Senate had
decreed a state of siege for all
the Republic except the provinces
of Rivas. Granada. Massaya and
Carazo.
Sill WOULD ABOLISH
Ml PUNISHMENT
SACRAMENTO, Calif.. Jan. 23.—
i Thirty-seven members of the as
| sembly introduced a bill to abolish
1 capital punishment in California
and substitute life imprisonment
without hope of parole as the pen
j alty for first degree murder,
i The measure carried more names
| than any other bill in the history
l of the legislature.
JOIN LEAGUE OF NATIONS
GENEVA. Jan. 23. —An applica
| tion to admit the Philippine Is
i lands to membership in the League
of Nations following independence
was filed here Saturday.
The move was described as un
official but that responsible offi
j cials had started negotiations with
| both the Philippine government
i and the United States.
! The motion followed the vote.
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SMUIIDE SNEPI
HR 10 KITH
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23, —The
story of a snowslide that swept a
man in his own cabin down Sold
water canyon slope to bury and
probably kill him in its wreck
age, was told by a delirious and
half-clad frozen miner.
The man, S. Geyer, stumbled
into a ranger cabin at Camp Boni
ta. in the San Gabriel mountains,
his blue body covered only by a
night shirt and some gunny sacks.
JUDD BACK IN CELL
FLORENCE Ariz., Jan. 23, —
Winnie Ruth Judd was taken back
to her cell in the state prison here
■ where, in a concrete hut in a cor
ner of the yard, she lives alone
with her mother. She is downcast,
tired and completely worn out
from her experinece on the wit
ness stand at Phoenix last week.
PROSPECTORS FROZEN
GOLDFIELD, Nev., Jan. 23, —
Two prospectors were frozen to
| death five miles from town when
, i their automobile stalled in a deep
, I snow drift. Wden found it was ap
• parent they had collapsed and were
; I then buried by the heavy fall of
snow.
TROOP MOVEMENT
0001 COUT WILL,
WOULD OE! PROBLEM
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 23.—
The American government is dis
posed to regard Japan’s campaign
in Jehol as a part of the larger
Manchurian problem, demanding
no new statement of policy. How
ever, a troop movement south of
the Great Wall would raise a new
international problem, it was stat
ed in high official quarters.
This statement was issued after
Raymond Bosquet, counsellor of
the French Embassy, called at the
State Department and inquired
what measures the United States
was prepared to take to defend
foreign interests at Pieping.
Under Secretary of State Castle
informed him no special plans
were being made beyond those
constantly in effect for interna
tional action in defending the le
gation quarters at Pieping.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 23. —When
her automobile skidded into a
tree during a rain Sunday, Thelma
Todd, featured movie actress, was
slightly injured.
She was taken to the California
hospital where it was said an ex
amination revealed she had suf
fered cuts on the left cheek and
ear and an injured side.
Her husband, Pasquale de Cicco.
a broker, was shaken up.
oitteTMtolP
OUDGET FSTIMITES
PARIS, Jan. 23.—A bitter fight
between Finance Minister Henrj:
Charon and the Chamber of Depu
ties finance committee appeared
inevitable as the committee pro
ceeded to strike out provisions in
Charon’s budget estimates.
Charon denied, however, that he
would resign, but said he would
| “fight to the bitter end.”
I will SHI II! HOW
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HAVANA, Jan. 23, —Cuban offi
i cials ordered the $1,000 bail post
ed by Adoplh B. Spreckels, young
San Francisco sugar heir and
| coxswain, forfeited and issued ar
j order for his arrest should he re
turn.
The bail was posted last week
when customs agents found con
traband Marajuana cigarettes ir
his baggage.
BATTLE RAGING
ASCUNCION, Paraguay, Jan. 23
—Well informed sources said Iasi
night that a battle at Fort Nanawa
in the Gran Chaco was still rag
ing fiercely, Paraguayan troop;
successfully holding at bay a large
Bolivian force estimated at 5,000
• * * *
ADOPT RESOLUTION
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 23.
A resolution memorializing Con
gress to legalize “naturally fer
mented wines” was adopted by the
State Assembly.
* * * «
CASHIER HELD SACK
SMAKOVER, Ark., Jan. 23.—Twc
: bandits forced five employes to lie
on the floor and robbed the bank
of Smakover of $6,500. The cash
ier was handed a sack by the ban
! dits and told to get the money
l After receiving the money the rob
bers fled.
* * * *
ASSUMES COMMAND
PARIS. Jan. 23, —Brig. Gen. S
H. Ford, military attache at the
embassy here since November 7
1930, sailed on the SS Leviathan
from Cherbourg for New York. He
will go to Vancouver, Wash., to as
sume command of the Fifth armj
brigade.
GUNS BLAZED
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 23, -
A robber suspect identified as
James Noonan, 25, paroled convict
of San Francisco, was dead here
and a police officer was seriously
wounded as a result of a running
gun battle.
FROM ii rat
GENEVA. Jan. 23, —A decision
by Japan on whether or not to
quit the League, conciliation
moves in the Manchurian contro
versy which, having failed, is
expected at the meeting of the
Lytton committee of 19 today.
Japan’s decision depends on
whether the committee’s report
condemns the Japanese for their
actions in Manchuria last vear,
! and reaffirms the policy of non
I recognition of the socalled new
I state of Manchukuo which Jap
1 an set up
FORCE*) DOWN
NEW7 ORLEANS. Jan. 23, —Win.
: Gibbs McAdoo, Senator-elect from
! California, planned to resume his
! flight from Washington to Los
' Angeles after being forced down
near Ocean Springs, Miss., bv fog
last Friday.
! RAISING OF EXCHMGE
HATES BOOSTED MARKET
WELLINGTON. N. Z„ Jan. 23, —
I Prices of commodities, stock mark
| et shares and transportation rates,
| have taken a marked rise since
j last week’s Cabinet order raising
j exchange rates of the New Zealand
i pound.
j The infraction measures has
I had definite repressions.
Quotations of stock exchanges
1 markets bounded up to par and
! in some cases, over par.
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 23.—The Mi
! ami Racing Association opened its
j 45-day winter meet with a brilliant
| program to a capacity crowd.
Mrs. S. H. Fairbanks’ Gold Step
won the six furlongs inaugural;
Con Amore was second, with Dyak
third. The winner earned $2,330
Gold Step paid S2.70 for a S2.0C
ticket
FRENCH MIL PILOT
ODD DF5T1TI0I
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 23, —Jear
Mermoz, the French airmail pilot
who piloted six pasengers across
the South Atlantic from Africa tc
Brazil between breakfast and din
ner. arrived in his machine yes
terday from Rio de Janeiro.
The last leg of the flight was de
layed when the airplane became
stuck in the Brazilian mud.
WIDESPREAD SEARCH
' VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 23, -
Believing that Lee Schleising
er, socially prominent and head ol
the Portland department store
whose automobile was found in the
Columbia river December 28 is stil
alive, Sheriff R. McCrite orderec
a widespreal search instituted foi
him.
♦ * * *
, SO HE MARRIED THE GIRL
DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 23. —Johr
P. Hewrne, known to stage, screer
and radio followers as “Moran anc
Mack,” blackface comedy team, wit
be married today in Mexico to Mise
Mamie Harrison. 19, of Dallas.
* * * *
FRANK AT SPRINGS
t -> —> •- * -.<? ; -
WARM SPRINGS. Ga., Jan. 23.
Back again in his little “Georgis
, White House,” President-Elecl
Roosevelt last night talked cabi
■ net and federal legislation witt
two Progressive Republican Sena
■ tors, LaFollette of Wisconsin anc
Cutting of New Mexico.
CHINESE TROOPS WILL
BE SENT AGAINST JAPS
TOKIO, Jan. 23, —Marshal C.
K. Liang, Chinese governor at
Fe-iping, has ordered troops sent
against the Japanese positions at
Shanhaikwan in an attempt to re
capture the ruined city at the sea
edge ot the Great Wall, it was re
ported yesterday by the Japanese
garrison at Chinchow.
The Japanese report stated Mar
shal Chang had ordered Gen. Ho
Chi Kuo, Chinese field command
er. to prepare an offensive.
Chang, meanwhile, was said to
have dispatched his Sixth brigade
into Jehol through Miyun and
! Kupeikuo. to stand off Japanese
* and Manchukuon troops moving
; against Jehol city.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 23. —Er
I nie Nevers. Stanfords All-American
) star, led the Pacific Coast All
Stars to a 13-G victory Sunday
over the Green Bay Packers in the
| second annual Knights of Colum
; bus football game at Kezar stad
I ium.
Thirty-five thousand fans saw
Nevers bring his team from be
hind to defeat “Red” Grange’s lads
from the East. The Green Bay
Packers are three-time champions
of the National professional league.
TOM-TOMS ECHOED
ASHLAND. Wis., Jan. 23. —The
1 rythmic monotonous beat of tom
, toms echoed and re-echoed thru
the Bad river reservation Sunday
i as Chippewa Indian braves buried
| their ‘‘medicine man” Maboz. who
j was known as “The Little Rabbit.”
I Wabcz was 71 years old when
1 he died. He was buried with his
• head to the West so that when the
Resurrection comes he will awake
facing the East.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 23. —Fire
[ of mysterious origin on Saturday
! burned out 150 feet of track on
the Key systems Oakland pier and
threatened destruction to the two
mile trestle and tying up morning
traffic.
Fire department officials esti
mated the damage at more than
$100,000. Service on the pier was
not expected to resumed until to
day.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23, —
Leaving at least three dead the
alleged Alaskan storm that hit
California Saturday continued its
alleged icy trek throughout the
weekend.
The high Sierra’s saw heavier
: packs of snow, cold ra'ins fell in
termittently from Eureka to Los
Angeles, with traces in San Fran
cisco where the mercury dropped
to 40 degrees. Forecasts called for
more rain. -
ONCE CAPTIVE INDIANS
CHICAGO. Jan. 23, —Mrs. Are
nia Thankful Carson, 79, "who as a
girl of 9 was held captive by the
Mill Creek Indians, died here.
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WARNING NO. 2
TOKIO, Jan. 23, —China was
. again warned by the Japanese gov
; eminent to stay out of Jehol^prov
• ince, the scene of impending con
l flict between Japanese and Chin
ese armies, which Japan regards
[ as an integral part of the new
socalled state of Manchukuo.