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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 243.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
JAPAN ID CHINA
ARMISTICE AGREED
ON DURING INQUIRY
CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES
NOT REQUIRE JAPAN TO
WITHDRAW TROOPS
PARIS, Nov. 20. (/P)—Japan and
China agreed in principle to the
Japanese proposal for an armistice
egarding Manchurian military ac
tivities.
Cessation of hositlities is to be
based on the creation of an inter
national commission to investigate
the whole Manchurian situation.
The League of Nations also agreed
to the armistice.
* The decision to cease hostilities
Is considered to be a Japanese vic
tory as the proposal does not bind
Japan to withdraw her troops dur
ing the period of inquiry.
in Jits nun
LEAVES H YORK CITY
ENROIITE CALIFORNIA
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. (JP)—Mayor
iimmie Walker left here his morn
ing enroute to California to plead
for the relaese of Tom Mooney, now
.serving a life sentence in San
Quentin prison for the bombing of
the Preparedness Day parade at
San Francisco in 1916.
Mayor Walker is going to visit
Governor Rolph of California and
nis decision to plead the case was
Drought about by his receiving a
telegram from “Mother” Mooney,
risking the mayor to aid in effect
,ng the labor leader’s release.
Since receiving “Mother” Mocn
1 ey’s message, Mayor Walker has re
ceived hundreds of other messages
asking the same.
Enroute to California, Mayor
Walker will stop off at South Bend
to witness the Notre Dame and
#^ouhern California game to be
played there today.' He then con
tinues on to San Francisco.
MANY ALIEN SEAMEN
NEW YORK, NoV. 20. (JP)—There
are between 5,000 and 6,000 alien
seamen stranded in New York and
Jacking means of livelihood. They
constitute a crime menace to the
city this winter, Police Captain M.
McDermott declared in making
known the intention of launching a
seres of raids.
HELD ON BAIL
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. (IP) — M.
Kahn, vice president of Oil Shares
Incorporated, a $6,000,000 corpora
tion, was held in $25,000 bail on a
charge of converting to his own
.ise a $100,000 of the company’s
money.
SURPRISED AT REQUEST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.
\JP)—Andrew Mellon, Secretary of
the Treasury, was surprised by a
request for a $1,000,000 subscrip
tion to the Pennsylvania unem
ployment fund addressed to him by
Governor Pinchot. The Secretary
took the request under considera
tion. The loan will be repaid with
four per cent interest if the Legis
lature permits.
CANDIDATES AND ROADS
By Act of May 4, 1906, the Alaska Fund was estab
lished by the Congress of the United States. Prior to this
time there was no provision for raising revenue from the
Territory of Alaska and all schools, roads and other Terri
; torial activities were supported by direct appropriation
| of Congress, By the terms of this Act a flat rate of 4c
i per case was assessed against all varieties of canned sal
jmon. Other license taxes were levied against different
j classes of business. This fund has brought about §225,000
i per annum which by the terms of theAct, is paid to the
| various Clerks of Court and by them transmitted to the
I Federal Treasury except such sums as are derived from
; businesses operating within the limits of incorporated;
! towns which sums are paid to the treasuries of the various;
i incorporated towns. The sum transmitted to the Treas- j
j ury at Washington is then returned to the Territory as;
I follows: 65 per cent to the Alaska Road Commission forj
! use on the roads of Alaska; 25 per cent to the Governor j
| to be expended in the support of schools outside of incor- j
I porated towns and 10 per cent to the Judges of the four;
! Divisions to be expended for indigent relief.
When the first Alaska Legislature met in 1913, there
v\*as an immediate need for the raising of additional funds
to meet the necessities of a growing school system, to cover
costs of aid for the aged and needy and to ^upport the
Territorial government. The old schedule or license fees
established by the Alaska Fund was added to. Other busi
nesses were taxed, a school tax was provided and increas
es were made in some of the schedules. Subsequent leg
islative sessions have provided other taxes but the origin
al Alaska Fund still stands. While we have a full comple
ment to Territorial officers, yet approximately $225,000
per year of money derived directly from the various oc
cup a ions of the Territory does not go through the hands
of the Territorial officers at all nor has the Territorial
Legislature any authority over the collection or expendi
ture of the same.
In 1915, the Legislature passed an Act making four
road districts co-extensive with the four Judicial Divi
sions. The only funds allotted to the Territorial road
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RAILROAD WORLD AGOG
- CHANGES PISIOEII
: OF IMPORTANT LINES
! SAN FRANCISC : .,ov. 20. {Jp)~
j Possibility of a new trans-continent
| al railroad, or a new alignment of
railroad interests, between New
York and San Francisco, was seen
in announcements of changes in
the presidencies of three important
lines.
Speculation in railroad and fi
nancial circles was chiefly con
j cemed with the part played by
Arthur Curtiss James, largest in
dividual holder of railroad securi
ties in the United States, in the
realignment of th»?se executives.
Though his name did not appear
| in any of the announcements, it
is known that James virtually con
trols the Burlington, Great North
j ern, Western Pacific and Denver
& Rio Grande railroads and he is
believed to have important hold
ings in the New York Central.
demos support hoover
WASHINGTON, 0. C., Nov. 20.
(JP)—The House Democrats will sup
port President Hoover’s Congres
sional program “so far as pros
perity and good faith of the coun
try warrants,” Representative Gar
ner said. He added that they will
be judges of the wisdom and ex
pediency of such a program.
WOULD OUST SMALL OPERATOR
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 20. (/P)—A
| nation-wide conspiracy to control
'gasoline and oil prices for the ex
tinction of the small independent
| dealer was charged in an anti-trust
| suit filed here, asking ousters from
i the State for 15 major oil compan
' ies and the imposition of fines.
!
Ill ALMOST DEFEATED
PARIS, Nov. 20. {/P) — Premier
; Pierre Laval, who was hailed as the
(preserver of France’s security, fol
lowing his conferences with Presi
dent Hoover, had a narrow escape
from defeat in the House of Depu
ties when he won out in a vote of
confidence by only 39 votes.
The vote was taken on domestic
issues of whether or not the gov
ernment could consent to raising
railroad fares in France without
full debate by the chamber.
Last summer the premier prom
ised he would not raise the fares
without such a discussion but he
announced he will now discuss the
matter only in commission. Lead
ers at once challenged him but
Laval won out by 311 to 272.
AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 20. (/P)—Pro
fessors C. Bosch and F. Bergius, two
of Germany’s leading chemists,
were awarded equal shares in the
Nobel Chemistry Prize for 1931.
RUSSIA INSOLVENT?
RIGA, Latvia, Nov. 20. (/P)—The |
local press published a report from1
Moscow that Commissar Molotov, [
close associate of Dictator Stalin,
has admitted Russia is near in-;
solvency and contemplates trying to
float a long term interest loan in
Germany, England and the United1
States.
i
! EIGHTEEN-INCH SNOWFALL IS
RECORDED AT CITY
IN IDAHO
(By Associated Press)
; A white blanket of snow lay in
| various sections of the Pacific
I Northwest in the wake of blizzards
I which swept over the wide area
from the Canadian line to South
ern Oregon, Southern Idaho and
inland through the entire country
through Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho.
Regions in the Cascade Moun
tains, sections of Washington and
Oregon were hit the hardest by the
blizzard. At Wallace, Idaho, 18
inches of snow fell and this was
blown into drifts which paralyzed
stage and railroad travel.
Two deaths are attributed to the
bad weather and grave concern is
felt as to the safety of 30 road
workers who were caught high in
the Cascade Mountains in Oregon.
The road workers w’ere attempting
to break a trail between Blue Lake
and Stuttle Lake to reach a lower
altitude.
Property loss over the area is not
severe and the damage caused in
cluded the breaking down of wires
and the breaking down of numer-;
ous buildings caused by the high
winds.
The highways are either blocked
or made dangerous to travel by the
snowdrifts and two Oregon rivers
have been swollen to a flood stage.:
JAPANESE ARMIES INTEND
TO FINISH GENERAL MAH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.
(IP)— The State Deparmtent has
been informed that the Japanese
armies will retire to Tsitsihar, bar
ring untoward developments, as
soon as they finish defeating thor
oughly the Chinese Geenral Mah
Shen Chan.
The report intimates what Japan
intends to do and is causing much'
consternation and a grave de
meanor among officials of the State
Department.
FELL OUT WINDOW
SEATTLE, Nov. 20. (IP) — E. W.)
Campbell, of this city, was injured
quite severely when he fell from!
his bedroom window 20 feet to the!
ground below. Campbell, it is said,
leaned out the window when his
feet slipped on a rug and he lost
his balance and fell out.
RECOMMEND REFLECTION j
LONDON, Noc. 20. (IP)—The court
of directors of the Bank of England
agreed to recommend to proprietors
next April that M. Norman be re
elected governor and Sir E. Har
vey deputy governor of the bank
for the ensuing year.
IM ATTACHES
TOKYO IRATE
COUTH Hi) ZONE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL
WILL HOLD A PRIVATE
MEETING TODAY
(By Associated Press)
A number of weeping w'ornen,
mourning the loss of loved ones in
the Nonni River battles, was the
sorrowful scene that greeted the
arrival of 19 dead Japanese sol
diers and 80 injured at Mukden.
The total Japanese casualties are
reported as being 49 killed and 155
wounded.
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, of
the United States, and Aristide
Briand, of France, and of the
League Council, concluded a con
ference at which it is understood
that the attitude of the United
States on the Manchurian question
was discussed and by this duscus
sion League circles hoped that they
might provide a new7 course for
action.
The L^gue Council is expected
to hold a private meeting late today.
Dawes said that an American
representative could not attend the
group of American, British French
and Polish Asulitary attaches at
Tokyo, who are expected to leave
there to investigate conditions in
Manchuria.
The Japanese government an
nounced that Moscow newspapers
carried the news of occupation by
the Japanese at Tsitsihar but that
the newspapers refrained from
comment
mi no BETWEEN
FfiiCE-ITILT INDIGATEO
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.
(A3)—Signor Dino Grandi, Italian
Foreign Minister, left Washington
with a new bond of internatioanl
friendship and will call upon world
nations to aid in reestablishing
world confidence and stability.
In a formal joint statement by
Grandi and Stimson, it was indi
caed clearly that both Italy and
America can hope for some defi
nite result at the Geneva a(rms
conference in that some agreement
would be reached by Italy and
France with respect to Naval arma
ments of the two nations.
Grandi was accompanied by his
wife Signora Grandi and five offi
cials of the Italian Foreign office.
Muni. TRAGEDIES
Bin ON EX-KING
MADRID, Nov. 20. (/P)—Alphonso,
former King of iSpain, was de
clared responsible for tragedies un
der monarchy by a committee of
Constituent Cortes in a report.
The commission requested the
former King be declared guilty of
the crimes of les majeste and mili
tary insurrection against the Span
ish people and condemned to dis
grace and confiscation of his prop
erty and life imprisonment if he’
ever returns to Spain.