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“Federal Officials Cannot Lawfully be Appointed to any Territorial Office.
—Attorney General of Alaska John Rustgard.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 3.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1931
SEWARD, ALASKA,
PRICE TEN CENTS
INCIDENT NOT BE SETTLED BY
LOCAL AMERICAN AND OF
FICIALS CF JAPAN
MUKDEN, Manchuria, J a n. 5,
(VP)_The question as to the repar
ation to be made by the Japanese
military office for the “unjustified”
attack on Vice Consul C. Chamber
lain became a problem to be sett
led between the governments at
Washington and Tokyo.
American Consul General Myrl
Meyers received apologies from the
acting Japanese Consul, Kazuhi
t o Morishira, here declined to
treat the brutal assault as an in
cident capable of being settled by
local American and Japanese auth- :
orities. Consul General Meyers has
sent all information in connection
with the matter to the State De
partment at Washington.
Vice Consul Chamberlain, in a
report to Washington, wrote; “I’m
at loss to account for this entire
ly unprovoked brutal attack. Had
-I resisted I probably would have:
been shot. It emphasized that my
identity must have been realized j
when the attack was made.”
Chamberlain said that the Jap- j
anese civilian interpreter question- 1
ed him for five minutes while the j
others pointed their rifles at him.!
Chamberlain asked the soldiers and
the interpreter why he was being
detained but the civilian only
sneered at him and asked Cham
berlain for his card. The query by
Chamberlain as to the reason of
nis being de* med angered the in
terpreter so t.'a* a blow* was aimed
at Chamberlain s head. Chamber
lain got into his diDlomatic car but
the interpreter followed him and
oeat. him.
One of the uniformed men
pounded Chamberlain with the
muzzle of his rifle. When they left
him he was so badly beaten that
his face was cut to the bone in
two places.
FIVE BURNED TO DEATH
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan. 5. (JP)
—A fire which sw'ept through the
Court Hotel here resulted in the
burning to death of at least five
persons and damage was estimated
at $100,000. Firemen continued to
search debris for more bodies since
10 persons were still unaccounted
*for.
WISHES “BENITO CARRY ON”
MILAN, Jan. 5. (JP)—Arnaldo Mus
solini’s will, as disclosed, admon
ished his brother, Benito, to “Carry
on” in the cause of Fascism. “To
my brother, Benito, I express my
everlasting devotion and highest
hope for his noble, fervent and dis
interested labor,” the testament
/ead' . 1*1!
TOWN OF SANTA CLAUS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5. (JP)
^--Senator James Watson and the
entire representation in Congress
have requested Postmaster General
Brown not to change the name of
the little Santa Claus postoffice in
their State. The postoffice is in the
towm of Santa and every year at
Christmas time it receives innum
erable letters especially from child
ren.
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SS EVANS ENROUTE
SEATTLE, Jan., 5, </P)—The S3
Admiral Evans, of the P. S. S. Co.,
sailed today at 10 a. m. for Alaska
with 37 passengers on board.. Six
are for Seward, as follows: Miss
Mildred Hodges, Mrs. Elma West
berg, H. G. Quigley, Harry Wells,
Peter Nekereff and C. Collins.
■ON VIOLATED
CORRUPT PRACTICE ACT
REPORTS COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4. (#)
—Bishop James Cannon violated
the Federal Corrupt Practices Act
in failing to report any part of the
$62,300 contributed in 1928 to the
anti-Smith campaign in Virginia
by E. C. Jameson, financier, ac
cording to a report submitted to
the Senate by a select committee on
Senatorial compaign expenditures.
The committee reported the
Bishop collected more than $130,000
in the 1928 campaign but accounted
for only $58,558.62, although the en
tire sum should have been reported.
The committee also said in its
statement that part of the funds
reported by Bishop Cannon and his
anti-Smith Democratic committee
eventually found its way into the
personal accounts of the bishop.
TO ASK FOR WORK!
PITTSBURG, Jan., 5, <>P)—'Cox’s’j
army of jobless started for Wash- j
ington to plead for work. More
than 20 blocks were jammed with
crowds as Rev. James Cox, Ro
man-Catholic priest, marshalled his
followers for the trek to the cap
ital.
Father Cox estimated there
were 45,000 marchers. A last min
ute change in plans forced hun
dreds of men to start afoot. About
600 cars were filled to capacity
aside from those walking.
FIVE KILLED
YORKSHIRE, England. Jan. 5.
UP)—Five men were killed in an ex
olosion in a refuse pit at the Frick
ley Colliery near here.
SON BORN
TOKYO, Jan. 5. (JP)—Princess Yi
Kon, Japanese consort of the head
of the former royal house of Korea,
gave birth to a son. The Prince is
a major in the Japanese army.
IHE STOCK MARKET
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SEATTLE, Jan. 5. (/P)—Yesterday’s
quotations on the stock market:
Alaska Juneau .12
American Can .55%
Borden .35%
Canada Dry .10%
General Motors.19%
International Nickle Can . 7%
International Tel. & Tel. 7%
Kennecott Copper .10%
Radio . 5%
Reynolds Tobacco (b) . 33
Richfield Oil. %
Standard Oil of Calif.23%
Standard Oil of N. J.26%
Standard Oil of N. Y. 9
Union Oil of Calif.12%
U. S. Steel .36%
Cities Service . 5%
Durant Motors . %
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In the presence of many friends,
last rites were held Monday after
noon at 1 o'clock, January 4, in Odd
| Fellows Hall, for Mrs. Rlioda Coop
| er, aged 76, who died in Seward
i early New Year’s night. Interment
followed in the Masonic Plot of the
Seward Cemetery.
I The ritualistic service was par
ticularly beautiful and impressive
j under the auspices cf the Seward
I Eastern Star Lodge, of which Mrs.
; Cooper had long been an esteem
1 ed member. Led by Worthy Matron
|Mrs. Hazel Erwin, officers and the
'Points of the Star, each bearing a
; floral or green spray, the solemn
i service was opened by Rev. C. T.
i Hatten with prayer,
i A eulogium was then tendered by
ithe Worthy Matron, followed by a
| vocal solo, “No Night There” by G.
jW. James, accompanied by Mrs. H.
: Sogn on the piano. Mrs. George
I Colwell was the piano accompanist
for the Eastern Star. The various
Points of the Star dwelled briefly
on the virtues of the departed and
each placed a spray upon the flor
al bedecked casket. Additional rit
uals were observed, including a
: splendid eulogy and prayer, after
| which the entire assembly arose in
j song.
Those who wished, and they were
'many, a last glimpse of “Mother”
j Cooper, slowly wound their way by
! the bower in last farewell and res
pect.
The vast array of lovely wreaths
and floral offerings were from F.
L. T.. Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson
and family, Seward Chapter No.
10, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sheldon,
Mrs. S. Urie and family, Mrs. John
Mathew Brows, Mr. and Mrs. Aron
Ericson, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Elwell,
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Manthey, Mr.
and Mrs. Thos. Osbo, Mrs. F. Keil
cheski, Mrs. E. Weybrecht, Mr. C.
M. Brosius, Mildred Saxton, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Halvorsen, Mr. and
Mrs. C. P. Gilliland, Mr. and Mrs.
Ludvig Larsson, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Shellhorn, the Sextons, Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Blue, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Lechner, Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Flynn, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Craw
ford, .Mr. and Mrs. G. W. James,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anrig, the Re
bekahs, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Novak,
Miss Ironsides, Mrs. J. S. Stanton
and Mr. H. Pabin.
Pall bearers were W. C. Erwin,
Coll McDougal, Clark Andresen, C.
M. Brosius, Luke Elwell and Chas.
Sheldon.
The funeral cortege to the ceme
tery was large and there, far be
low the great towering, snow-capp
e d, wind-swept mountains—t h e
Northland which “Mother” loved
so well—Reverend Hatten spoke a
simple grave service as she was
slowly lowered to her eternal sleep.
PROMISES INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5. </P)
—Chairman Davis, of the House
merchant marine committee, prom
ised an investigation of the ocean
mail contracts following a decision
of the United States Lines to lav
no the SS Leviathan while the SS
Majestic, which is also owned bv the
International Mercantile Marine,
continues to onerate. The Majestic
flies the British flag and Mr. Davis i
declared that lines operating such
vessels should not receive subsidies.
SAFE BET
LADY SMITH, Wis., Jan. 5. (/P) \
—Speaking of safe bets, a news- I
paper here has offered a prize of j
$1,000 for the first non-stop air- j
plane flight from this town to its,
only namesake in the world or vice !
versa. The other Lady Smith is in!
Natal, Union of South Africa.
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SMS 111 OFFICE1
GENEVA, Jan. 4. (JP)—The world’s '
needy totals at least 100,000,000, ac
cording to an estimate of the In
ternational Labor Office on the
basis of estimates submitted by
governments and labor organiza
tions of principal countries.
The United States heads the list
of idle workers with 6,000,000 un- j
employed. Soviet Russia stands last !
with none. No figures were re-1
ceived from the majority of South
American countries but labor of
fice officials estimate there are at
least 7,000,000 unemployed on that
continent.
Germany has 5,350,000 jobless and j
Great Britain 2,650,000, both fig- i
uTes being government estimates. I
JAPANESE OFFICE METES
OUT PUNISHMENT
TOKYO, Jan. 5, (&)—'The Japan
ese foreign office has instructed
Ambassador De Buchi, at Mukden,
■that the civilian interpreter, who
; was one of the group of three who
! stopped the American Vice Consul
Chamberlain'S in a diplomatic
car bearing the insignia of the U.
S. diplomatic service, looked over
; his credentials and then brutal
i ly attacked him, that he be dis
1 missed.
The Japanese foreign office said
| that the others involved in the af
fray which led the United States to
iofficially demand an apology be
punished.
STEAMER AGROUND
KEY WEST, Fla., Jan. 5. (JP)—{The
wrecking tug Relief sailed from
here to the assistance of the Nor
wegian steamer Maimanger, which
is aground off Cape San Antonio,
Cuba. The Maimanger sailed from
here-on last Tuesday for Cienfuegos
after taking on fuel.
BIG GAME HUNT
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. (/P)—
California’s greatest big game hunt
started at midnight, December 31,
when the year 1932, divisible by
four, unleashed 500,000 predatory
and instinctively marriageable wo
men. As the blare of whistles ush
ered in the leap year, the State
wide bachelor drive began.
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CHILDREN KILLED
NAPLES, Italy, Jan. 5. (/P)—Three
children were killed and three res
cued wrhen a lime quarry, in which
they had taken refuge from a rain,
collapsed.
REFUSES TO SIGN
MOSCOW, Jan. 5. (JP)—'The Soviet
secretary of foreign relations sent
a note to the League of Nations
declining to sign the League’s anti
narcotic convention on the grounds
that it is insufficiently effective.
TEMPORARY JAPANESE CONSUL
LATE SAYS CHAMBERLAIN
SPOKE ROUGHLY
MUKDEN, Jan. 5. (P) — Japan
presented an apology for the brutal
assault by three uniformed Japan -
ese soldiers to Culver Chamberlain,
young United States Vice Consul,
at a place near Mukden while on
his way to catch a train for Harbin,
The apology was made for Japan
through Kazuhito Morishima, who
Is temporarily in charge of the Ja
panese Consulate at Mukden. Mori
shima visited with the United
States Consul General, Myrl Myers,
and presented his government’s
deepest apologies.
The Japanese Consulate indicat
ed that Chamberlain spoke roughly
to the Japanese soldiers. Friends
of Chamberlain said that he Is
quiet and well mannered and did
not think that he would speak to
the Japanese soldiers in the terms
described.
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STRIKE AVERTED
CHICAGO, Jan. 5. (/P>—Fred Sar -
•gent, president of the Northwest
ern Railroad, announced a com
promise between road and main
tenance of way men who voted for
a strike. The employees have agreed
to accept the decision reached re
garding th proposed wage reduc
tions for all union railway workers.
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NECKLACE RECOVERED
NEW YORK, Jan. 5. (A5)—Mrs. K.
K. Erhart, socially prominent, re
covered a $4,000 necklace she lost
in the street. A small boy found
it near the curb and turned it over
to police.
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MAKE ANCIENT FIND
BRIGHTON, England, Jan. 5. </P)
—Workmen digging a ditch near
here recently reported finding a
skeleton, so a squad car was rush
ed to the scene but the police were
3,000 years too late. An archae
ological expert examined the bones
and suggested that death had oc
curred not more recently than 3,000
years.
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ORDER DISSOLUTION
BERLIN, Jan. 5. (A5)—Dissolution
of the East Prussian Chamber of
Commerce was ordered by the
Prussian government because of
the organization’s recent demand
for the resignation of President
von Hindenburg.
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WOUNDED FATALLY
PORTLAND, Jan. 5. (A5)—-Richard
Thorn, 11, was fatally wounded
when a revolver with which he and
a younger brother were playing ac
cidentally discharged.
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BANKER DIES
CHICAGO, Jan. 5. (A*) — David
Forgan, vice chairman of the exe
cutive committee of the Central
Republic Bank and Trust Company,
died in Evanston, HI., after three
weeks illness. He was one of Chi
cago’s leading bankers.