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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 224.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1831.
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TOKYO, Oct. 28. (/P)—Concerned t
because of “possible misinterpreta- I I
tion of Russian military opera- I
tions,” Japanese Foreign Minister
Baron Shidesara sent a friendly I
note of warning to Moscow re- |
questing a discontinuance of troop!
demonstration along the Manchu-j
rian-Siberian border. j
The Russian demonstrations, the j
note said, is causing an unpleasant j
effect upon the Japanese as well 1
as the Chinese troops in Manchuria. £
The Japanese consul at Tsitsihar .
reported that about 25,000 Russian ^
troops were concentrated in West j
Manchuria in the vicinity of Po
granitchnaya and cities at each; ^
end of the Chinese railway. !,
It is pointed out that the Chinese j ^
Railway provides a short cut for j1
the Russian trans-Siberian Rail- ',
way, between cities in China and ,
Vladivostok. (
JAPAN RESPONDS
LONDON, Oct., 28, (JP)—The j,
Reuter’s Agency said that Tokyo | j
dispatches said that Japan had i
-accosted the League of Nation’s |
plan for a one year holiday on
armaments, on the condition that
it would not affect plans already
* authorized and that neighboring
states, and especially non-mem- j
hers of the League also agree.
HUGE STRUCTURE
NEW YORK, Oct. 28. (JP)—The
George Washington bridge, costing
$60,000,000 and considered the larg
est structure of its kind in the
world, was formally dedicated with
ceremonies and witnessed by hun
dreds of thousands of persons. Gov
ernors Roosevelt and Larson deliv
ered the principal addresses. The
bridge links New York and New
Jersey.
‘‘MIRACLE OF SCIENCE”
VATICAN CITY, Oct. 28. (^P)—
Pope Pius XI witnessed a ‘‘miracle
of science” when he saw his photo
graph transmitted by radio to Paris j
over the Vatican station.
BRITISH TROOPS RUSHED ;
TO MO OP CYPRUS i
CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 28. (/P)—Brit
ish troops were rushed by sea and
air to the ancient Island of Cyprus
to suppress riots and to put down
a well advanced movement to link
the Cyprian government to Greece.
Two cruisers, the London and the
Yorkshire, and two destroyers, the
Achates and the Acasta, with more
Than 1,400 men and officers were
dispatched from the Mediterranean
fleet base on the Island of Crete,
after riots at Nicosia, capital of
Cyprus. A government house was I
burned down according to the lat- |
est dispatches.
GETTING THRIFTY
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28. (IP) —
Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr., age
eight, and Sydney Earle Chaplin,
age seven, sons of the famous screen
comedian, have saved $4,845 this
year from the $12,000 annual al
lowance they have from their fa
ther, according to a statement from
their mother, Mrs. Lita Louise
Chaplin.
ALASKA SAILS
SEATTLE, Oct. 23. {/P)—The SS j
Alaska sailed at 9 o’clock Tuesday j
with 81 passengers. There were 12 ■
Seward passengers and included j
Sam Gillman, Frank Case, John j
Worcester, Emma Sneve, Mrs. F. j
Smith, Mrs. V. H. Debolt, Mrs. Edith
Gordon, H. B. Wheeler, Fred Mar
tin, A. F. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. L.
R. Simms, L. L. Mevey and Wm.
Flounevy.
KIIR 9EPIRTMEHT SEEKS
TO DISPOSE OF CABLE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. (/P)_The |
War Department is preparing toj
seek authorization from the com- j
ing session of Congress to sell the
Washington State and Alaska ca
ble and radio system.
A bill identical with that which
[ailed to receive action at the last
session and drawn up by that de
partment’s legislative division,
would authorize the Secretary of
War to sell to the highest and re
sponsible bidder, who is a citizen j
of the United States, all or part of
the system beginning October 31.
The cable is to be held in a
“standby condition.” However, it
is to be tested at stated intervals.
IPE1LISTIG POLICY
OP JAPAN IS ATTACKED
MOSCOW, Oct., 28, ,(/P)—The
Japanese ambassador has conferr
ed frequently with foreign office
officials and the Soviet Press is
vigorously attacking what it calls
Japan’s imperialistic policy in
Manchuria, but indications are
that Russia has decided to stay
on the sidelines.
Although the Soviet Govern
ment has an unquestioned inter
est in what goes on in Manchuria
there has been no announcement
of the policy she will pursue in
the Chino-Japanese conflict.
BALBOA, Canal Zone, Oct. 28. (IP)
— Three Americans, Paul Stach
wick, of Huron, South Dakota, Gor
don Brawner, of Springfield, Illi
nois and Elmer Palliher, of San
Diego, are steaming here after res
cue from a six months shipwreck
and existence on Cocos Island, in
the Pacific Islands, about 550 miles
southwest of Panama.
They were discovered by Julius
Fleischman, son of the former Cin
cinnati mayor. Their vessel was
shipwrecked last April. They are
returning on the gunboat Sacra
mento.
WARRANTS MACHINERY
Charles Miller who has been
mining on Last Chance Creek, a
tributary of the Big Delta, with B.
Gabrielson, was a recent visitor in
Fairbanks and said that he intend
ed to return to the creek to carry
on winter prospecting, reports the
Fairbanks New-Miner. He reports
encouraging prospects on the creek
and that the ground carries suffi
cient values to warrant opening it
up by machinery.
MS ITEMS IF !
INTEREST ST TIE
NATION'S SSPITOL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 15. (By
W.A.S.)—Delegate Wickersham has
announced his candidacy for re
nomination before the Republican
primary in April next, through a
letter dated at Washington, D. C.,
October 13, 1931, to a Southeastern
Alaska editor. He says:
“In reply to the statement in
your letter of October 2, that no
expression had been made public
that I intended to make the race
for Delegate from Alaska again,
permit me to inform you and the
people of Alaska, that it is my in
tention to offer myself as such can
didate again to the Republican pri
mary next April.
“In the meantime Congress will ■
be in session and I will attempt in |
good faith to carry out the pledges
contained in my platfrom upon j
which I was elected la$t year, and
also further such other meritor-:
ious legislation for the benefit of
Alaska as shall be presented to Con
gress.
“I shall appeal to the voters for
their continuous support upon the
record to be made by me in that
effort, and upon the' successful
Services performed by me in my
prior work for them in Congress.
You may give such publicity to this
announcement as you wish. Thank
ing you for your promise of sup
port in the next campaign, I re
main,
Very sincerely,
James Wickersham,
Delegate from Alaska.”
;
The Forest Service of the Depart
ment of Agriculture has just an
nounced that funds totaling $1,
240,608 will be made available to
32 States and Alaska, from the re
ceipts from the national forests in
the fiscal year 1931, to be used for
roads and schools. Of this sum
Alaska will receive $12,931. In ad
dition the Service will spend $496,
243 for national forest roads and
trails, and of this Alaska will re
ceive $5,172.
Major Malcolm Elliott, president
of the Alaska Road Commission, has
come#out to the States from his
headquarters at Juneau and is ex
pected to reach Washington very
shortly. He will remain as long as
necessary for the purpose of de
fending estimates for road con
struction in Alaska, for the fiscal
year 1933.
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The Chicago Federation of Labor
has passed a resolution calling upon
President Hoover to call a special
session of Congress to float a $10,
000,000,000 prosperity loan to meet
the present unemployment emer
gency, by starting government con
struction work without delay, and
has sent copies of the resolution to
I Delegate Wickersham and other
! members of Congress.
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As the contractor, for the clear
ing, grubbing, etc., of the site of
the new government Indian school
building at Shoemaker Bay, near
Wrangell, had to turn the work
over to his bondsmen there was a
delay in the completion of this
work and the penalty imposed
amounts to $1,500. An effort has
been made to have this sum re
mitted, which Is under considera
tion by the Comptroller General.
WANT REPLY TO CHARGES !
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 28. (JP) ;
—The suggestion was brought for- j
ward that high ranking Naval offi-;
cers bo permitted to reply to charg
es of Representative Will Wood.!
Mr. Wood declared “the Navy t
clique” was circulating propaganda j
against President Hoover’s economy j
program and branded the officers!
as “cowards and circulators of lies.” ,
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LONDON, Oct. 28. (/P) — Twenty
seven million voters swept Premier
Ramsay MacDonald’s government
back into office, giving the Conser
vatives a clear party majority, thus
wrecking the old Labor party and
leaving David Lloyd George with
only a handful of the old line Lib
erals in the House of Commons.
With a little less than half of the
returns still out, the Conservatives
had 308 of 615 seats in the house.
It is freely predicted that they will
have more than 400 seats which is
the largest majority since 1832
when the Liberals had 370 seats.
MacDonald, Churchill, George
and his daughter, Lady Astor, are
all safely elected.
CAPONE WILL PAY DEBT
TO U. ^GOVERNMENT
CHICAGO, Oct, 28. (/P)—A1 Ca
pone resents the intimations that
he is now broke. He says he is go
ing to pay all the debts he owes to
the United States government. Ca
pone says that he “never desired
to cheat the government.”
Should Capone pay his bill to the
government, the treasury will be
credited with $137,000 for income
taxes, $50,000 fine and $100,000
which is given as the figure of the
prosecution’s cost.
YOUTHS FIND JAIL POOR
PLACE TO SOBER UP
GLADSTONE, Mich., Oct. 28. (^Pi
Eights youths jailed here Monday
night on charges of being drunk
think that the hospitality of this
city’s jail and officials is unexcelled.
When the warden went to the
cell where the eight youths had
been thrown into, he found that,
instead of being sobered up, they
were more hilarious than ever. The
warden recalled that he had search
ed everyone of them before he
locked them up so no liquor was
brought into the prison by them.
Through the semi-darkness oi
the cell the cause soon dawned on
the jailer. The night before a raid
had been made and they had pick
ed up eight cases of beer. These
cases had been placed in the cell
for safekeeping and had not been
removed when the youths were put
in. When the warden observed the
cases all the contents were gone.
FISHING SMACKS LOST
FUNCHAI, Madeira, Oct. 28. (/P)
—Two fishing smacks were lost
with 14 men in a heavy storm, dis
patches state. Considerable dam
age was done ashore by high wind*
and heavy rains which swept the
island for 34 hours.
WEST POIfjT TO HONOR
CADET WITH FUNERAL
WITH MIUTRRY HONORS
WEST POINT MILITARY ACAD
EMY, Oct. 28. (JP)—'The flag here
fluttered at half mast all day Tues
day as the body of Cadet Richard
B. Sheridan, Army football player
who died here from injuries re
ceived in the Army-Yale game, lay
in state.
Sheridan will be buried in the
Academy cemetery where lie many
other heroes of West Point. The
funeral will be a full war-time mili
tary funeral.
NON-POLITICAL CABINET
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28. </P)—A
new non-political cabinet, swept
clean of generals and politicians,
with one exception, took its place
in Mexico to aid in solving a poli
tical crisis that brought a shower
of resignations and left a two-man
government in power for seven
days. General Plutarco Calles was
the only military man included in
| the new cabinet, it was announced,
here.
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| GOLD STANDARD TO REMAIN
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28. </P)—
Thefe is no likelihood whatever,
1 that Japan will abandon the gold
! standard, J. Tsushima, Financial
Commissioner of the Imperial gov
ernment, declared upon his arrival
here.
PAINTINGS BY COACHES
; PALO ALTO, Caljf., Oct., 28, (£>)
I—An exhibition If oil paintings
j by Glenn Scobey “Pop” Warner,
| Stanford University football coach
will open here next month. Also
| in the collection will be the works
'of other coaches, Bob Zuppke of
j Illinois and William Dietz of Has
i kell Institute, who formerly
; coached a great team at Washing
I ton State College.
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VISIT FROM STORK
j HOLLYWOOD, Oct., 28, (/P)—
i Bessie Love, screen actress, in pri
vate life Mrs- Wm. B. Hawks, re
vealed that she had declined a
New York stage offer because of
an anticipated visit from the
stork.
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HUM INSPECTOR
IS ENROUTE TO USD
SEATTLE, Oct. 28. (£>) — Glenn
Neel, aeronautical inspector for the
U. S. Department of Commerce,
from Helena, Montana, sailed for
Valdez. Neel is enroute to Alaska
to inspect all commercial aircraft,
'pilots and mechanics in Alaska,
j There are about 37 planes and 40
| men engaged in Alaska aeronautics
| at Valdez, Fairbanks, Nome, An
chorage, Juneau and Ketchikan.
, MUSSOLINI VISITS NAPLES
NAPLES. Italy, Oct. 28. (JP)—Pay
ing his first visit to Naples since
1924, Premier Mussolini was hailed
by nearly a million members of the
Fascist party. He reviewed Italy’s
, domestic accomplishments of the
year in an address before Fascist
leaders and referred to the agree
, ment with the Vatican as one of
the outstanding achievements of
Fascism. ,