MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 36. SEWARD, ALASKA, .FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1932. PRICE TEN CENTS
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SHANGHAI MERCHANTS BEGIN
MOVE SECURE “MERCY
TRUCE"
SHANGHAI, Feb. 12, (;P) — Bat
tered Woosung fort, which has been
a target for the heavy artillery of
the Japanese is "too muchee likee
hellee,” says a Chinese sergeant
* who met an Associated Press cor
respondent during the four-hour
truce which was declared to remove
the wounded persons from the
Chapei fighting area.
The Chinese were lying low dur
ing the day to escape Japanese
combing planes and worked dur
ing the night to keep the defenses
repaired.
Merchants in Shanghai have be
gun to move for an extension of
v a "mercy truce.” They have asked
the American Minister, Nelson
Johnson, to mediate between the
Chinese government at Nanking
and the Japanese government at
Tokyo.
The Japanese charged that the
Chinese violated t h e four-hour
truce when snipers began firing on
* Japanese troops who were guarding
the entrances to Chapei.
Comparative quiet continued
throughout the day even after the
truce had expired although heavy
fighting w'as in progress between
the Chinese in Fort Woosung and
the Japanese attackers.
MELLON TO TIE OITH
Of OFFICE THIS WEEK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12
&)—Impeachment charges against
Andrew W. Mellon were dropped in
the House by the judiciary commit
tee Wednesday as the veteran fi
nancier prepared to step from the
Treasury Department into Eng
land’s court of St. James.
Upon this exchange of duties,
Mellon’s impending resignation was
accepted by the cabinet and he will
*ake the oath of office Saturday, it
vas announced.
Twenty-three lawyer representa
tives agreed that there was “noth
ing to be justified by further pro
ceedings.”
CGURT CULLS Oil
LtllStS BECAUSE Tit!
TAINTED WITH FRAUD
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12. (/P)—
In a decision reversing the Federal
District Court at Los Angeles, the
United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals ordered cancellation if the
three Pan American Petroleum Co.
;eases in the Kern County naval re
serve.
The leases are valued at $12,000,
000. The court held that the leases
were "tainted with the same fraud”
that permeated other deals between
the Doheny oil interests and for
mer Secretary of the Interior Albert
3. Fall
The Pan American company’s
contention that then* leases were
nonestly obtained and beneficial to
► the government was swept aside in 1
vigorous language.
FEARED ASSASSINATION
GENEVA, Feb. 12. (/P)—When thej
Soviet Foreign Commissar, Maxim j
Litvinoff, arrived n Geneva and up
to the time that he entered the
portals wherein the disarmament
conference was convened, extraor
dinary precautions were taken to
guard the life of the head of the
Russian delegation to the confer
ence. These precautions were tak
en because it was feared that the
Russian emigrees at Geneva might
attempt to assassinate Litvinoff.
HONOR MEMORY
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 12
| </P)—Lincoln’s memory will be hon
ored tonight in a nation-wide ob- ;
servance of his 123rd birthday by ■
Republicans led by President Hoo- !
ver who will speak on a nation
wide radio hookup. Numerous Re-1
publican dinners are being held;
j throughout the nation.
KATE ME CASH
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 12
I—With unprecedented unity, Con
' gress got behind the emergency
1 measure to increase the amount of;
j cash available to American banks!
; and businesses upon the insistence
■ of Herbert Hoover.
| Democratic and Republican lead
ers planned to expedite the bill;
j through both Houses. The bill is
being drafted on a strictly non
partisan basis by Representative
. Glass, of Virginia, and Representa
! tive Stegall of Alabama.
| The measure is designed to re
j lieve pressure on the small Federal.
I Reserve banks which are becoming
j exhausted by discountable paper by
' permitting the Federal Reserve to
i rediscount other sound securities
| w’hich are not now eligible.
It is proposed that the law run
j for a period of one year,
i At the House hearings on the
! bill to extend the Federal Reserve
i credit in connection with the re
! construction corporation, the pub
| lie has been excluded. Exclusion
' of the public was asked by Charles
G. Dawes, head of the reconstruc
| tion corporation.
! REVOLUTION NOT QUIETED
SAN SALVADOR, Salvador, Feb. \
12 ftP)—It appears that the Com- j
' munist revolution in this Central j
American country has by no means
i settled down. Seventy Communists j
w7ho were being held by the Federal
• government in a prison here are!
i said to have been taken out and
publicly executed as a further warn-;
' ing to the "reds" against the Sal- j
j vador government.
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‘ From studies of the five success- ;
ive interglacial periods in the his- ;
; tory of North America there is;
sufficient evidence to conclude that
within 50,000 to 100,000 years the
| 'Jnited States again may be sub
| nerged beneath an ice sheet, Ste
; >hen R. Capps, geologist and well
mown Alaska member of the Geo
! ogical Survey, now at Washington,
! “ecently stated.
The first glacial period, which
occurred about 1,000,000 years ago,
was followed by successive periods
of nonglaciation until the so-call
sd Wisconsin ice-age, the last to
occur in continental United States,
appeared between 30,000 and 50,
00 years ago. The early interglacial
periods were much longer than the
succeeding ones, according to evi
dences of geology.
Studies in Alaska show that gla
ciation there probably has been
been continuous since the begin
ning of the Pleistocene epoch, z
ORDERED TO SHANGHAI
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12-!
—The U. S. cruiser Rochester, now
in Central American waters, has
been ordered to join the Asiatic
fleet, most of w'hich is now sta
tioned at Shanghai.
TWICE WINNER
ST, AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 12.— !
For the second consecutive year j
T. Phillip Perkins, former British;
amateur golf champion, won the j
National Championship of club
champions here, defeating G. Bay- j
ard Mitchell of Woodbury, N. J.,
4 to 3.
BOMBS BE DROPPED
FROM AIRPLANE Dll
AKLAVIX. N W.T., Feb. 12. (A5)—
Racing through the twilight of the
Arctic’s six months’ winter night
a number of Royal Canadian
Mounted Policemen are enroute to
help several of their comrades dis
lodge a mad hermit trapper from j
his isolated Rat River cabin.
The trapper, named Johnson, has
been besieged by the Mounties at
his cabin since early in January
and so far he seems to have staved
off every effort on their part to
capture him. The trapper is well
supplied with ammunition and ri-!
fles and pistols.
When recent bomb explosions ^
broke in the door of his cabin, he:
found safety in a tunnel under
neath the cabin but as soon as the
bombing was over he returned to
his loopholes and drove the police
men away.
It was the intention of the
Mounties to besiege the mad trap-1
per until he is taken and Captain
May, a flying mounted policeman,
is enroute to Rat River in a Eel-!
lanca plane and it is his intention
to drop a few bombs on the her
mit’s cabin. Captain May was held
up Friday because of bad weather.
To drop the bombs from over
head appears to be the only way
that the Mounted policemen can
demolish the cabin as they are kept
too far away by rifle fire from the j
cabin to throw the bombs. When
the cabin is in ruins tear gas
bombs will probably be used. ,
SHANGHAI, Feb. 12 —The 31st!
Infantry, 1,000 strong, the first j
American expeditionary force to j
China since the Boxer Rebellion,
has taken its place in the Inter- j
national Settlement to protect'
American lives and property.
The United States soldiers ar- j
rived in Shanghai from Manila1
aboard the transport Chaumont. !
With the 31st Infantry in Shang- ,
hai, the United States forces there ‘
totals 2,600 men In addition, the j
American warships concentrated in !
the Whangpoo River off Shanghai,
can land several hundred blue
jackets.
ANOTHER WESTWARD PEAK
IS REPORTED ACTIVE
i
Trapper arrivals in Seward con
firm reports that Mount St. Augus
tine, an ash cone on St. Augustine
Island at the entrance of Cook In
let, has been showing quite a bit j
more activity than usual and is!
in the volcanic zone between Mt. j
Iliamna and Mt. Shishaldin, the;
latter two which have been report- j
ed active during the last several;
weeks.
Mount St. Augustine hitherto has j
been steaming periodically at its
summit and only when the atmos- .
pheric conditions were unusually
clear could the steaming be dis- i
cemed. The island, it is said, is the
scene of frequent earth shocks.
However, of late, recent earth
quakes gave way to puffs of smoke
and red fox trappers who inhabited
the island thought it best to leave
that vicinity before a major dis
turbance vrould take place.
It is thought that the latest ac
tivity is due probably to gases be
coming ignited through friction
caused by a geological uplift of the ,
land. !
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NORWAY MADE A GREAT
SHOWING SKI EVENTS:
U. S. HOLDS HER LEAD
LAKE PLACID, N. Y., Feb. 12. (P)
—Paced by the defending cham
pion, Johann Grottussbraaten, Nor
way captured the first four places
in the combined 18 kilometer ski
run jump Thursday. Back of the
champion were three of his com
patriots, Ole Stenen, Hans Vin
jarengen and Sverre Kolterud, in
the order named.
Sven Erickssen, of Sweden, was
fifth in the ski events and Antonin
Barton of Czechoslavakia placed
sixth. The United States failed to
take a place in the ski events.
Rain and Palm Beach thermo
meters washed out all other events
of the Winter Olympics Thursday.
Despite the excellent showing
made by Norway, the United States
still maintains her lead in the
events. The United States nowr has
51 points, Norway is second with
49, Canada is in third place; Swe
den, fourth. Austria, fifth, and Fin- !
land, sixth.
PETITION FOR CHANGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12
uP)—Four thousand farmers of Cal
ifornia yesterday delivered their
petition to the House and Congress
that they attempt to modify the
Volstead Let.
HEMP Sty STJGED BRIEF
BUTTLE JT GLEVEUND
CLEVELAND, Feb. 12. (PT—Jack
Dempsey seored his 26th knockout
■for exhibition fighting when he [
stopped “KO.” Christner in the
third round of a scheduled four
round battle here Thursday night.
The former world’s heavyweight
champion knocked Christner down
four times. Christner was trying
to get up after the fourth knock
down but the count cut him down
for good.
ASKS FOR CONSIDERATION
GENEVA, Feb. 12. (P)—China ap- j
pealed at a special meeting of the j
League of Nations that her charges '
against Japan be considered. Dr. I
W. W. Yen, of the Chinese delega- j
tion, filed the request. It is likely
that an assembly of the League will j
not be called for several days.
THROWS HAT IN RING
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 12. (P)—
Senator James Hamilton Lewis
placed himself in the running to
be a Democratic candidate for
President. His action followed the
receipt of a primary petition pre
pared in his behalf.
Herbert Heglin and Emil Olsen '
have applied for a license to oper- ■
ate a hand packing clam cannery, i
The name of the company i s ]
“Hand Packing Co,” and the plant 1
will be located in the vicinity o f 1
Kodiak Island. i
The young men are said to be l
experts in the business and have
had several years experience with 1
the Seashore Packing Co., at Ku- i
kak Bay and elsewhere. They are t
said to have discovered twro beach- t
es where clams abound. <
These beaches are about 50 miles 1
from Kodiak and few people seem- £
sd to have been aware that there
were a sufficient supply of clams
at that location to warrant the es
tablishment of any kind of a can
nery. i
However, the boys had prospect- t
ed it recently with the result that t
they are making haste to obtain a r
license to operate. The m a n y i
friends of the two predict instan- {
Laneous success for them in their \
new venture. t
IDITAROD RESERVATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12.
A1)—Transfer of the Iditarod mili
tary reservation in Alaska to the
Department of Interior is proposed |
n an omnibus bill introduced in j
lie House Thursday morning. The
>ill provides for the disposition of
i number of military posts and
’enervations found no longer use
ful as military establishments.
MEXICAN YOUTHS ARE
BEING RECRUITED BY
AGENTS OF JAPANESE
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12. (/P)—It is ]
current word here that agents of .
Japan are recruiting youths in this ,
city for service in Manchuria. It j
appears that the Japanese were at- i
tracted to the Mexican youth’s |,
fighting ability because of the ser
vices that they have often given!
to the United States when they
needed men in Central America to I
quell revolutions.
It Is said that the Mexican youths
are being offered contracts to go j
to Manchuria and fight for the Mi- ;
kado’s forces and that the Mexican
youths will be given free trans
portation, a new uniform, and four
silver American dollars each day. j
The Mexican government has J
been urged to prevent the leaving
of Mexican youths for Manchuria.
CELEBRATES CORONATION
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 12. </P)—
—Pope Pius XI, in his celebration
of the 10th anniversary of his cor
onation, appealed to the world for
all peoples to join him in prayer
for help from God in “this time of
suffering among all nations.” The
Pope broadcast his message over
the Papal radio from St. Peter’s
church where he was surrounded
by church cardinals and thousands
of worshippers.
INVESTIGATE SALES TAX
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12- ;
(A5)—A subcommittee wras appointed i
by the House to look into the pro- {
posed sales tax. {
HUDSON IB ELECTED
TO HEAD EXCHANGE
5. FJINING BOARD
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 12.—
Charles E. Hudson was elected
president of the San Francisco
Mining Exchange for his third
consecutive term at the annual
meeting of the exchange. W. H.
Hannan, vice president; K. Cohn,
secretary, and F. H. Walker, treas
urer, were re-elected to their re
spective offices.
In his annual report, Hudson said
hat in spite of the generally poor
business year in 1931 the San Fran
cisco Mining Exchange is in a
stronger financial and physical
condition than a year ago. Ten
lew companies were listed during
he year as against only four in
.930. Although the turnover in
hares was slightly less than in the
jrevious year, the money value
vas great, indicating, he said, the 1
wpular leaning toward mining is- '
sues of better calibre and higher .
>rice. j
Hudson’s address touched upon
he bright outlook for mining dur- ]
ng the new year. He predicted j
hat the increasing demand for gold '
pill bring about greater 'production i
>f the precious metal and the ac- ,
ive operation of many more new
md old mining properties in 1932.
PASSENGER SPEED RECORD j
CHICAGO, Feb. 12. —The United t
lir Lines claimed a new speed rec- i
ird for passenger transports be- i
ween San Francisco and Chicago. <
[he 2,030-mile flight was completed £
n 17% hours, which is two and i
me-quarter hours under the sched
ile. Cliff Coppln and L. R. Schram i
vere the pilots. i
JAPKE MILS
EXPRESS REGRETS
OF BOMB INCIDENT
NIPPONESE TROOPS BE LANDED
DOWN THE WHANG POO
RIVER
SHANGHAI, Feb. 12. (/P;—Japan
ese naval chiefs yesterday made
swift calls on American admirals
ind military commanders to make
formal regrets for the “accidental
jombing” of a cotton mill in which
i score of United States Marines
were billeted.
Admiral Taylor, in command of
she United States Naval fleet, and
3eneral Hooker, in charge of the
United States Marines, were as
sured by the Japanese admirals
that the bombing was an unfortun
ate mistake and they said that the
‘pilots did not know that the two
bombs had fallen until they were
told so upon their return to the
Japanese air base.” The admirals
admitted, however, that five planes
had been sent up for the purpose
af making a bombing attack on the
Chinese.
The United States commanders
were informed that from now' on
Japanese bombing flights would be
confined to Chinese terri ory.
The Japanese a d ir ’ r a 1 s hinted
that they were lai g a large
force of troops up Vhangpoo
River in the vicinity of the Shang -
hai-Woosung railway. It is said
that this movement is being under
taken by the Japanese in the hope
that they can break up the Chinese
lines at Fort Woosung and in the
Chapei region.
HUME'S BROTHER
ACQUITTED OF MURDER
HARRISTOWN, Pa . Feb. 12.
Rose Allen. 19-year-old debutante,
who defied her family in a love af
fair that led to the fatal shooting
of her socially prominent sweet
heart, has returned to her father
and brother, though circumstances
made it necessary that she testify
against her brother, Edward H. P.
Allen, who was acquitted of mur
dering Francis A. Donaldson III
The attractive young society girl
displayed her true state of mind
when the jury’s verdict was read.
3he collapsed, and Eddie, his nerves
shattered by the suspense of wait
ing for the verdict, picked her up
and carried her out of the room.
NORTHWEST PRODUCERS
PHY SI 0,000,009 IN
DIVIDENDS PftST YEAH
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 12. —Be
fore, mines can pay dividends they
nust spend large amounts in wages
rhe mines of the Pacific northwest
-the Coeur d’Alenes, British Co
umbia and Washington—disbursed
learly $10,000,000 in dividends dur
ng 1931.
This was made possible as the
esult of efforts on the part of the
nanagement of the various prop
irties to keep as large a proportion
>f their men at work during the
rear as possible. It does not mean
here has been no employment in
he mining districts, but it does
nean that in a year of discourag
ngly low prices for metal, witfr the
lemand very low at times, a vast
trmy of miners has been given
?ork.
And every mine paying a dividend
n 1931 is in shape to continue hir
ng men In 1932.
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