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SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1931.
VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 233.
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TOKYO, Nov. 1. (JP)—In the face
of the reports that scattered Chin
ese armies are moving toward Tall
ying to meet the Japanese forces
which routed Chinese Heilung Ka
:ng army, hurried preparations were
being made by the victorious in
vaders against a possible attack.
While the several reports of Chin
ese troop movements were not fully
confirmed the Japanese have deem
ed it wise to take precautions to
protect their forces of more than
i .000 soldiers at the Nonni River
bridge at the river’s head and near
Tahsing.
Japanese military authorities said
that Japanese forces had no inten
* :ion of proceeding further north
than Tahsing unless some unex
pected developments take place.
Should they advance much further
in that direction they will enter
.nto the area of Manchuria which
j5 under the influence of Russia.
GENEVA, Nov. 7. (JP)—A plan for
^ conomic and diplomatic boycotts
■y the rest of the world powers who
are members of the League of Na
tions to bring pressure against
Japan is under consideration as the
next move in an effort to settle
tiie Sino-Japanese conflict in Man
churia.
The legal secretariat of the
League of Nations is now engaged
in a study of Article 15 of the
League Covenant to determine
whether member nations can be
i asked to recall their ambassadors
and ministers from Tokyo if Japan
continues to reject arbitration
measures when the League of Na
tions’ Council meets on November
16.
Article 15, of the League of Na
tions Covenant deals with sanctions
of a military and economic nature
:o be invoked against an aggressive
nation.
Studies are also being made, it
as understood, to determine the
practicability of an economic boy
cott, At the present any such ac
tion remains in the background as
w. another effort is to be made to
~ induce Japan to adopt a more con
ciliatory attitude toward China. If
that fails the Council probably will
call upon its members to recall its
envoys. If Japan will not yield then
the economic boycott is planned
and will be put into effect.
X SOME UNEMPLOYED RELIEF
DETROIT, Nov., 7, (ff)—-Mayor
Clyde M. Ford of Dearborn, an
nounced that the suburbs unem
ployment problem was at an end
as a result of a decision of the
Ford Motor Co., to begin hiring
2500 unemployed bmen in the
suburb next Monday. Mayor Fore
it; a cousin of Henry Ford.
CRUELTY OF SPEECH
CHICAGO, Nov. 7. IIP)—Mrs. H
Morse filed suit for divorce from
John Morse on grounds of cruelty
charging he had used double nega
tives, “ain’t" and split infinitivef
in his speech.
STARK LEAVES MONDAY
In a special radio message to
The Gateway, Capt. Arthur Ryn
ing, in command of the SS. Starr,
announces that that vessel will
sail for the Westward Monday.
FORMER ASSOCIATION
! HEAD G1CTED; ISSOEO
' FALSIFIED STATEMENT
SEATTLE, Nov. 7. (A5) — W. D.
Comer, 63 years‘of age, a former
president of the Puget Sound Sav
ings and Loan Association, was
convicted by a Superior Court jury
for the issuing of a false statement
regarding the association’s assets
last December.
The State contended that the re
port was “off about a million dol
lars.”
The offense of Comer is punish
able by not morfc than 10 years in
i prison and not less than a $1,000
fine, or both.
Comer ploaded he had nothing
| to do with the preparation of the
j statement and was utterly unaware
of the truth of falsity of it.
SUPPORT INCUMBENT
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 7. (/P) — A
dispatch to the newspaper Excel
I sior from Chihuahua said the State
I legislature has ended its efforts to
obtain a new governor. The mes
! sage said Governor Andres Ortiz
j talked with the opposition leaders
: from here by telephone, and they
I told him they had resolved to give
: him their full support.
i
OF
| LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Nov., 7, (A>
I—U. S. Senator T. II • Caraway. Jr,
Senator from the State of Arkan
sas, died in a hospital here Friday
| night.
Senator Caraway underwent an
i operation for a kidney ailment
several days ago, but faded to
i rally.
He was born in Stoddard Coun
j ty, Missouri, October 17, 1371, and
i received his A. B. degree at Dixon
College, Tenn-, in 1896. Caraway
was admitted to the Arkansas bar
in 1900, and began practice at Lake
City. He was elected to the Sen
ate from Arkansas in 1921 and
had served in that capacity until
his death. He was a Democrat.
TIE STOCK MARKET
; SEATTLE, Nov. 7. </P) — Yester
j day’s quotations on the stock mar
| ket:
| Alaska Juneau .
American Can .
Borden .
Canada Dry .
General Motors .
International Nickle Can
International Tel# & Tel.
Kennecott Copper .
Radio .
Reynolds Tobacco (b) .
; Richfield Oil .
Standard Oil of Calif.
Standard Oil of N. J.
Standard Oil of N. Y.
Union Oil of Calif.
U. S. Steel .
Cities Service .
Durant Motors .
.1514
83%
.51
•19%
.28
.11
-18%
-16%
-13%
.40%
- %
35%
36%
-14%
-16%
.70
.. 8
.. 1
THREE-BUY RATTLE AT
ill RIVER BRIDGE IS
HALTED; INI KILLED
TOKYO, Nov. 7.(/P)—The tliree-day
battles of the Nonni River ended
yesterday with the Japanese in full
control of that part of northwest
ern Manchuria and the Chinese
army is in full route. The Japan
ese casualties were reported as
numbering 130 but the number of
Chinese killed is not known. The
Japanese used bombing planes to
aid their soldiers.
The Nonni River battle was
staged for the possession of a dyn
amite wrecked bridge where the
Taonan Anganchi railway crosses
the river. The battle was conclud
ed by the arrival from Chang Chun
and Taonan of Japanese reinforce
ments which swept the Chinese out
of their hillside positions around
the town of Talising, six miles
north of the bridge and sent them
scurrying in disorderly retreat.
Japanese Ambassador Debuchi,
! at Washington, declared it was the
! present intention of his government
! to withdraw its troops south from
the Nonni River as soon as the
bridges around which the fighting
occurred have been repaired. It is
said this will take about two weeks.
Ambassador Debuchi also said that
| Russia had no military force in
I Manchuria.
' EVENTUALITT PREPARED
I GOLDFOR SAFE-KEEPING
.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov., 7, (IP)—
Fortifying her position in this
| country and preparing for any
; eventuality that may occur from
I the Manchurian crisis, Japan has
j landed $23,500,000 in gold in this
| port in 30 days, bringing her tota]
to $75,00,000 in furtherance of the
preparedness campaign.
Japan has also contracted foi
9,000 tons of Guggenheim process
| niter due to pass thru here short
ly- As this beoame known the in
surance rates on shipments tc
Manchuria were elevated one pei
cent.
The gold shipments are attract
ing much attention from the resl
of the world.
STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS
U.S. PBESNEIITim
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 7. {/P
—America is not taking sides ir
China’s dispute with Japan. Un
der-Secretary Castle of the Stat<
Department has made it clear hta'
a policy of strict and undeviating
neutrality was being pursued.
He saw no justification for a re
ported feeling at Geneva that th(
United States was favoring the
Tokyo government.
This rumor had its origin in ar
interpretation placed upon the fae
j that the United States had not en
I dorsed the demand of the Leagu<
of Nations that Japan evacuate it
troops from Manchuria by Novem
ber 16 as a preliminary to arbitra
tion of the disagreements.
Although its exact identity L
still hidden, a new essential to lift
has been discovered within the pro
tein of milk.
GLORIA SWANSON MARRIED
ELMSFOORD, Nov., 7, (JP)—
Mayor John E. Murray said he
had married Gloria Swanson, film
actress and Michael Farmer,
wealthy sportsman August 16, at
the home of Dudley Field Malone,
the attorney.
brave bounded GOBS
HELP COMRADES, TOLO
IN ACCIDENT OF FLEET
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Nov., 7, UP)
—The bravery of wounded sailors
who ignored pain and minor in
juries that they might help com
rades more seriously hurt was
told as the deaths from a series
of three accidents, involving the
U. S. forces along the Pacific
j coast, mountetd to seven.
! The stories of heroism came
from the U. SS. Colorado, wh?
an aircraft gun exploded while the
ship was 45 miles at sea,engaged
in a mythical attack on an enemy
of theirs- Four men, an officer
and three enlisted sailors, were
: killed outright as broken steel,
hurled like sharpnel, raked the
decks.
Later another sailor died and
still another is on . the verge of
death.
No direct explanation has been
made as to the cause of the ex
j plosion but, according to a report
| sent to Washington, it is believed
: that the premature firing of a
! timing fuse was the cause.
WELL KROWiilULSKA
MINE MIN PASSES
I
! VICTORIA, Nov., 7, (/P)—Lewis
| Marks, district manager of the
! Canadian industries and formerly
with the Canadian Explosives Co-,
died here suddenly from a heart
attack Friday.
For more than two generations
the 2,500 unemployed men in the
mining camps of British Colum
bia, Alaska and the Yukon Terri
tory.
PLANES CARRY DISEASE
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. (A5)—Possi
bility that airplanes may carry yel
low fever from epidemic regions to
uneffected areas was suggested by
recent researches of the Rockefel
ler Foundation, according to an
annual report.
t
U. S. IS WILLING TO SEND
DELEMTE DEBT CONFABS
' WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 7. (IP)
_The administration was repre
' senjted as marking time on the
! question of reparations and inter
* allied debts pending the outcome
of next week’s conversation betweer
1 Premier Laval and Ambassador Vor
; Hoesch, German ambassador tc
France.
J It was indicated, however, thal
J the United States will send a del
' egate to any conference on debts
' that may be called.
j LIBERAL DIES
> LONDON, Nov. 7. (/P)—-Lord For
. res, Liberal, died in his sleep a1
the age'of 71.
81 THEATRE MAGNATE
I _
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7. (A3)—Eun
ice Pringle, youthful dancer has
told again from the witness stand
her story of an alleged attack by
Alexander Pantages, theatre mag
i nate, bi?t the taking of testimony
was stopped several times as the
girl lost her composure and broke
into tears.
All the intimate details of the
meeting of Pantages and herself,
| as told by her at the first trial two
j years ago, was retold by Miss Prin
; gle, who was the State’s strong wit
, nes in the retrial granted Pantages
1 by the State Superme Court after
his conviction.
The courtroom was jammed. The
vaudeville magnate sat motionless
* as Miss Pringle gave her version
of the alleged attack and he watch
ed her intently.
The girl, who was 19 Thursday,
told how she attempted to fight
off Pantages but was dragged half
faiting to the floor of the little
office in the impresario’s downtown
j theatre building, scene of the al
leged assault in August, 1929.
ONLY BE STRONG ENUF
TO ATE INVASION
i
j WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 6. (/P)
—President Hoover’s recent state
1 ment, as interpreted here, added
!to the general apprehension re
' garding the designs of his admin
istration upon the Navy.
| It also revealed speculations as
to how long Charles Francis Adams
; of Massachusetts will retain the
Secretaryship of the Navy in the
Hoover cabinet in view of the ap
! parent conflict between the Presi
! dent and the Secretary of the Nayy
upon fundamental principles of
Naval policy.
The Hoover statement says in
effect that this country only needs
a Navy large enough, in conjunc
tion with the Army, to repel in
vasion, that the Navy we now have
is adequate for that purpose, and
that to maintain a larger Navy
! would be “not only economic injury
i to our people, but a threat against
! our neighbors and would be a right
! eous cause for ill will amongst
! them.”
f
. ALLEGED AT FRIGE'S
! DISPOSAL, TIME OF MR
! ELMIRA, N. Y„ Nov. 7. (A5)—A
| new interpretation of the Hoover
Laval agreement, that it places the
military power of the United States
at France’s disposal in time of
, war, was given here by Representa
tive McFadden, chairman of the
last House banking committee.
The Pennsylvania Republican, ad
dressing a Kiwanis luncheon, de
• scribed the agreement as shocking
. and said never has American states
manship sunk so low.