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* VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 239.
SEWARD, ALASKA,MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LEAGUE MAY II
SAVE FACE EXPENSE
OF JAPAN AFTER ALL
HARBIN DISPATCHES REPORT
BITTER FIGHTING AT
TAHSING
TOKYO, Nov. 16. (JP) — General
Mah Shen Chan, commander of
the Chinese army, is reported to
have attacked Japanese troops at
Tahsing and that bitter fighting
was in progress.
The report of the battle reached
here just as the government had its
eyes on the League of Nations’ j
Council session due in Paris today
and the government announced
‘that the “League of Nations may
not save its face at the expense
of Japan.”
* The government’s position was;
made clear by a spokesman for the '
foreign office who conferred with ;
the foreign minister. The report:
of the Battle at Tahsing was con-1
tained in an urgent message from j
Harbin saying that severe fighting j
was in progress. The foreign of-j
fice, through its spokesman, said j
that, “We scarcely expect any reso- j
% lution or decision adopted by the '■
League of Nations will help mat-;
ters. Wehave often stated that we
can’t visualize anything such as
a settlement being reached that
way.”
/ SPORTSMAN FOUND DEAD
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. (JP)—Samuel
Adams Clark, architect, sportsman
and clubman, was found dead in
the exclusive Brook Club here.
Death was attributed to a stroke.
Mr. Clark, who was 56 years of age,
was active in business affairs and
was interested in horse racing, al
though he did not own a stable.
i
CHS SEE GOOO
HARRISON HOT SPRINGS, B. C., i
Nov. 16.—There is a silver lining to '
clouds that envelope the salmon
canning industry.
* This was agreed to by over 100
reading American canners and fish
ery executives attending the an
nual meeting of the Association of
Pacific Fisheries here.
Discussion centered on distribu
tion problems and special commit
tees were struck to make an inten
sive study of this phase of the in
* dustry.
The demand for canned salmon
has been reasonably good in the
United States domestic markets,
but prevailing prices have been
rather below production costs.
Signs that this difficulty will soon
be rectified were reported by the
majority of executives.
Election of officers at the closed
session resulted in the reelection
of William Calvert, Seattle, as pres
ident; Dr. E. D. Clark, Seattle, as
secretary, and E. D. Deming, of
Bellingham as treasurer.
H. D. Friele, of Seattle, was elect
first vice president with E. B.
Hanley, Seattle; R. A. Welsh, Bel
lingham, and C. J. Sebastian, Seat
tle, as second third and fourth vice
presidents, respectively.
William Timson, president of the
Alaska Packers Association, of San
Francisco, won the famous Miller
Freeman trophy in a two day golf
* tournament.
[ NATIVE FIGHTING
LISBON, Portugal, Nov. 1G. (/P)—
About 100 natives have been killed
in tribal fighting in Portuguese
Africa, advices received here re
port. The mutilated bodies of vic
tims of the fighting are strewn
throughout the streets of villages
and troops are being sent into the
area to quell the disturbances.
BANK STICK! PROFESSION
IS GETTINCJ HAZARDOUS
CHICAGO* Nov. 16. (/P)—The rob
bing of banks may have paid in the
good old days but now bank employ
ees are better trained to resist any
such attempts.
The loot in bank robberies at
present for the most part appears
small. In a dozen robberies
throughout the nation' during the
past week, the average loot was
only $5,500 cash, and two bandits
were killed and one wounded. One
bank official was wounded.
Besides the above casualties,
many of the robbers were taken.
OCCUPATION FORCES
PREPARE FOR WINTER,
NO HOPE FOR PEACE
MUKDEN, Nov. 16. (/P) — Colder
weather is settling down on the
Manchurian trouble area and win
ter clothing is being issued to the
Japanese troops in Manchuria.
This supplying of the army with
winter clothing and the disposition
of troops in all three areas who
are holding communications sys
tems in an iron grip, is considered
to be Japan’s answer to the League
of Nations’ Council to its hope for
winter peace.
Winter quarters are being pre
pared for the soldiers in all areas
and indications were that military
authorities expected a winter-long
occupation of the territory.
The officials predicted that the
occupation would last at least sev
eral months.
RECOMMEND MERCY
LONDON, Nov. 14. {JP)—H. Smith,
16, who murdered his aunt, won a
reprieve from the Home Secretary.
The jury made strong recommen
dation for mercy.
FOOTBALL SCORES
Michigan St. 0, Michigan 0.
Washington Lee 6, Princeton 0.
Notre Dame 20, Navy 0.
Cornell 0, Dartmouth 14.
Colgate 21, Syracuse 7.
Holy Cross 0, Harvard 7.
Army 0, Pittsburgh 28.
Fordham 0, New York U. 0.
Georgia Tech 12, Pennsylvania 13.
Columbia 0, Brown 7.
Penn State 0, La Fayette 33.
Carnegie Tech 19, Temple 13.
Chicago 13, Illinois 6.
Tulane 20, Georgia 7.
Nebraska 6, Kansas State 3.
South Carolina 6, Florida 6.
Indiana 6, Northwestern 7.
Amherst 7, Williams 33.
Ohio State 6, Wisconsin 0.
Iowa 0, Purdue 22.
Baylor 0, Southern Methodist 6.
Wash. St. 0, Wash. U. 12.
Montana 0, South. Calif. 69.
Nevada 0, Stanford 26.
Idaho 0, California 18.
Oregon St. 0, Oregon U. 0.
RAILROAD EXECUTIVE,
C0L11S HAILE DIES
AT DOME IN ST. LOUIS
L ST. LOUIS, Nov. 16. (^—Colum
bus Haile, 71 years of age, former
president of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway, died at his
home here Saturday.
Mr. Haile began his long railroad
career in Texas as a clerk for the
Houston and Texas Central Railway
in 1880. He had grown to manhood
in Virginia where, after completing
his education, he became a teacher |
in a small country school. At the
end of one term he decided that
Texas and railroading offered bet
ter opportunities than Virginia and
teaching.
In 1881, he went with the Inter- j
national and Great Northern rail- !
road remaining four years, then
served a similar period with the
Texas Traffic Association. Appoint
ed assistant general freight agent
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
in 1889, he was promoted to gen
eral freight agent two years later
and served in that capacity five
years. In June, 1896, he became a |
member of the Board of Adminis- I
tration of the Southwestern Traffic j
Association, but a year later re-1
turned to the “Katy” as freight
traffic manager and continued in
that capacity until 1907, \frhen he
was chosen vice president and
placed in charge of traffic.
When Columbus Haile was elect
ed president of the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas Railroad in Decem
ber, 1926, he had behind him an
experience of 46 years as a railroad
man.
It was said that few men ever
assumed the presidency of a rail
road better prepared for his parti
cular job than was Mr. Haile. He
had served as a general officer of
the “Katy” lines 35 years, during
20 of which he had been vice presi
dent in charge of traffic.
Mr. Haile was born at Carlowville,
Ala., September 8, 1860. When he
was a boy his family moved to a
plantation near Staunton, Va. The
son was educated at Staunton Male
Academy, Hampton-Sidney College
and the University of Virginia. He
was 19 when he was engaged as a
country school teacher at $25 a
month.
On December 25, 1883, Mr. Haile
married Miss Temple Perry of Pal
estine, Texas. They had three
children.
800,000 IDLE IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. (#>—There
will be at least 800,000 workers idle
in New York City this winter, ac
cording to a report laid before the
Hofstadter legislative committee.
KIDNAPPERS FARE ILL
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 16. </P)—Kid
nappers of A. Berg,, wealthy fur
dealer, were tricked into releasing
him by promise of $50,000 ransom.
The attorney who acted as go-be
tween in the negogiations was ar
rested.
SUBSTANTIAL RECOVERY
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. i&)—A sub
stantial recovery in the United
States’ economic condition was not
ed by Arthur Hyde, Secretary of
Agriculture, in a speech delivered
before more than 600 members of
the wool industry. Mr. Hyde said:
“Recovery dated from the forma
tion of the National Bank credit
pool,”
ASSURES SOVIETS
| TOKYO, Nov. 16. (ZP)—After an
j interchange of notes ^Tokyo has
pledged itself that it will not harm
Russian interests in Manchuria.
This was made known in a com
munication from the Foreign min
! ister to the Japanese ambassador
! to Soviet Russia.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16. <ZP)—
Hugh Franklin Berry, 66 years of
age, California sportsman and a
pioneer of the Alaska gold fields,
died here after a brief illness.
With his brothers, the late Clar
ence and Henry, he wrested a for
tune from Alaska gold fields. He
was preparing to go out on a duck
j hunting trip just prior to his death.
STARTS DIVORCE DETAILS
RIGA, Latvia Nov. 16. (ZP)—E. B.
! McLean, Washington publisher, has
j begun divorce proceedings here.
GOOD RESPONSE GIVEN
GALL FOR FINANCING
HANGAR IT SEWARD
It is announced today that the
Aviation Committee under the aus
pices of the' Seward Chamber of
Commerce has secured $2200 of the
necessary $3,000 estimated neces
sary to build an airplane hangar
on the Seward aviation field.
Seward residents or business men
who have not yet done their bit in
aiding this community enterprise,
are reminded that their contribu
tion will be accepted by members
of the committee, composed of C. J
M. Brosius, John W. Blase, Charles
Lechner and Elwyn Swetmann.
It is also desired at this time to
call attention to the fact that these !
contributions to the local aviation)
hangar fund are not to be consid- |
ered as a gift but rather as a strict I
business investment. The money)
will be refunded at a later date:
together with accrued interest.
Contributions of $25, $50, ($75,
$100 or more will be accepted and
it is the desire of the Aviation Com
mittee to secure the whole amount
immediately so that they can call
a meeting and perfect plans „and
specifications of the hangar and
to call for bids.
ECONOMIC POESSUOE TOOT
TO BE THE OUT SOLUTION
PEIPING, Nov. 16. (iP)—Because
of the latest developments and
plans for future developments, pes
simism prevailed over the prospect
that the League of Nations’ Coun
cil at Paris would be able to make
much progress toward a solution
to the Manchurian problem.
Greatest faith here lies in the
i plan whereby economic pressure
would be resorted to and it is gen
erally believed that this would
meet with success.
NO ARMISTICE YET
TOKYO, Nov. 16. TTPp-Attempts
to secure a 10-day armistice in
the Nonni river bridge area have
failed. The armistice was desired
in order that the bridge, jhadly
damaged, might be epaired.
Ill MUSTER
FLOWN TO CAPITOL
B y COL. LI1BER6H
GRANDI BEING RUSHED FROM
NEW YORK BECAUSE FEAR
OF DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. (IP)—As
Dino Grandi approached the New
York harbor, Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh waited with a plane to
pilot him to the United States cap
ital, at Washington, D. C., where
Grandi is to begin a conference
with President Hoover.
Col. Lindbergh was at Savannah,
Ga., enroute to Miami, Fla., to take
over the command of a huge air
liner when he was recalled to New
York. He said that there had “been
a change in plans.”
When Col. Lindbergh arrived in
New York, it was made known that
the State Department had request -
ed that the inaugural flight of the
huge liner, to be piloted out of
Miami by Col. Lindbergh, be de
layed two days in order that Col.
Lindbergh be able to fly the Italian
Foreign Minister to Washington.
Lindbergh will leave Washington
for Miami to fly the big airplane
on its inaugural voyage over the
Caribbean Sea. .
Dino Grandi is being taken di
rect to Washington because it is
feared that if he remains in New
York or delays along the route that
there may be demonstrations by or
ganisations in America who are
opposed to the Italian form of gov
ernment. It was planned to take
Grandi off the ship at quarantine
and then take him via a route, not
made public, to Washington.
Grandi, in Italian political cir
cles, is next to Premier Benito Mus
solini and it is often that he is
pointed out as being a likely suc
cessor to the fiery Italian leader.
HE, GEHK REICH
HCCORD ON REPARATIONS
PARIS, Nov. 16. (JP)—France and
Germany have reached an accord
on the handling of reparations and
credits after two weeks of exceed
ingly difficult negotiations.
The gist of the agreement is that
France will accept simultaneous
consideration of private credits
from them in Germany and war
debts while Berlin agrees to the
appointment of separate organisms
for the study of the two questions.
Thus two inquiries will be carried
out simultaneously. One will be
by the consultative committee of
international law which will be
strictly limited to the role assigned
to it under the Y<mng plan, name
ly, the limitation whereby Ger
many's capacity to continue war
debt payments must be determined.
The other inquiry will be confined
to foreign creditor banks and Ger
many debtor banks to work out a
method of converting short time
credits that will be acceptable to
creditors and yet won't bankrupt
Germany.
BUTS RUSSIAN PAINTINGS
LONDON, Nov. 16. (AV-The Daily
Telegraph said that Andrew ^ Mel
lon had purchased a number of
famous paintings from the Hermit
age Museum at Leningrad, paying
nearly $8,000,000 for the collection.