MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 32.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CHINESE REPULSE
JIP flTTSCK ON
iRITISH SETTLEMENT BETWEEN
TWO FRONTS; RATHER DEL
ICATE POSITION
SHANGHAI, Feb. 8. (/Pi—W i t h
heretofore unexhibited spirit, the
Chinese repulsed the Japanese al
ack on Woosung forts and renew
ed their bombardment on enemy
>luejackets in the Hongkew area.
The Japanese already occupied
)art of Woosung village but were
-hrown back when they tried to
extend their holdings. Japanese
destroyers then dropped shells into
;he village.
The bombardment of Chapei re
opened when Chinese unlimbered
rench mortars shelling Hongkew.
The Japanese replied with artillery
md a detachment of bluejackets
armed with rifles and machine
guns. The firing continued for at
(east three hours.
Some of the shells dropped into
-.he international settlement occu
>ied by the British.
Along the boundary, near Chapei.
Chinese blocked a flank attack of
-,he Japanese.
The British settlement is in a
delicate position, facing the Jap
anese in one direction, and the Chi
nese in the other.
DORBRNDT CEBTIIN LOSE
ARCTIC SHIP FOUNDERED
POINT BARROW, Feb. 8, —Pilot
Frank Dorbandt flew two and one
.ialf hours over the Arctic ice and
_ eported he had seen no sign of
:he trading schooner Baychimo.
He said the ice was so rough he
ould not land even if he had seen
he lost vessel on which it is be
lieved is a valuable cargo of fur.
He believed it is a forlorn hope
-hat the ship is still afloat owing
;o ice condtons.
Dorbandt planned to fly up to
Koduk. then to Betties, across to
Forty-Mile, then north to Herchell
Island where the crew of the Bav
ehimo is waiting to be taken out.
THE STOCK MARKET
SEATTLE. Feb. 8, —Stock quo
ations Saturday were:
Alaska Juneau 145'3, General Mo
-ors 21, Kennecott 13\a, U. S. Steel
I85s. U S. Gas 2.
WILL BE LEM
SHANGHAI, Feb. 8, —Japanese
six-inch guns are in action and in
dications were that the Japanese
planned to use heavier artillery
which will empty Chapei in 24
lours.
The report said the Japanese
yarned the Chinese that if they
nad not withdrawn by tomorrow,
",hey would level the city and en
tire countryside.
Foreign military observers agreed
that the “Japs do not realize they
have undertaken a tremendous job
;n trying to drive the Chinese out
of Chapei with the present avail
able force-’
SAILS FOR ASIA
SEATTLE, Feb. 8, —Col. Theo.
Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs
Roosevelt and daughter Grace,
sailed for Asia aboard the Presi
dent Taft. Col. Roosevelt is enroute
to the Phillipine Islands where he
goes to take the post of Governor,
made vacant by the resignation of
Dwight Davis.
Duncan MacDonald, aged 65, who
first came to Alaska in 1898 and
for the last 10 years has conducted
a fox island near Juneau, died in
Juneau last week.
'<00.000 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Feb 8,
Six divisions or about 700.000 men
j have been mobilized here by the
I Soviet government. It is denied
j that, they will be used as a first
unit of Russia’s answer to the Jap
anese occupation of their interests
■ in the Chinese Eastern Railway.
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1 ANCHORAGE, Feb. 8. —Pilot
| Frank Dorbandt and two flying
companions were at Point Barrow
Friday, according to a wire receiv
ed here by Mrs. Dorbandt. They
left Fairbanks Thursday for Point
Barrow on a fur trading expedi
tion.
While at Barrow they intended
; to hunt for the lost Hudson Bay
trading schooner Baychimo which,
when last seen, was about 50 miles
from Barrow and 10 miles offshore.
It was reported that Baychimo
was quite badly damaged when it
■ was carried off by a storm from its
| winter berth and.it is thought a
i hole had been punched in its hull.
: The ship may even now be resting
* at the bottom of the sea.
From Point Barrow it is the in
I tention of Pilot Dorbandt to go to
Kotzebue.
DELEGATES EXPRESS
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GENEVA, Feb. 8, —The French
proposal for the creation of an in
| ternational police force along mil
, itaristic lines and under the con -
\ trol of the League of Nations, was
: greeted in the Disarmament con
j ference chambers here with com
, bined skepticism and scorn, by the
! Soviet and Japanese delegates.
They opposed the proposal as
| submitted by the French saying
| that the purpose of the conference
| was to bring about disarmament
i and not to undertake further ar
maments which would result if
! such a militaristic decision was
| taken. They were of the opinion
I that if the proposal is adopted it
I would only mean that there would
, be created another strong militar
1 istic faction and would do little
j to insure world peace.
At Washington Senator Borah
of the Senate foreign relations
committee, expressed himself as
I not favoring the French proposal
j saying that he did not expect many
' nations would support the propo
sal.
GIRL IN TROUBLE
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, —A girl
witness in the Hollywood moral
case that involved Alexander Pan
tages and several other persons, is
held pending extradition to Utah,
i She is Helen Livingstone, 17, and
i was one of the young girls who
i brought suit charges against Pan
'tages and others. She was arrested
on a warrant from Salt Lake City
charging theft of traveling checks.
Dog Is Bail For Mountaineer
FAYETTEVILE, Ark. (/P) —City
officials agreed to accept a moun
taineer’s hunting dog as security
for a fine, to be returned to him
upon payment
The annual loss of the Alaska
: Packers association, issued recently
, at San Francsco, showed a net loss
of $402,024 in 1931- A paper loss of
$1,116,000 insecurities also was in
cluded in the report.
The pack of the association from
11 canneries, 10 in Alaska and one
on Puget Sound, was 740,894 cases
The book value on December, 1931.
I was $7,095,428.
TWO LIGHTHOUSES
SCENE
Mount Shishaldin. on Unimak
Island, which has been erupting
for over a week throwing incandes
cent matter throusands of feet in
fo the air. was reported Saturday
as becoming less violent for the
seismic convulsion has found a
vent in a large perpendicular fis
sure near the summit from which
molten lava flowed two-thirds of
of the way down the mountain
side.
As was reported last week a hea
ly mantle clouded the vicinity and
a terrific lightning display illumi
nated the landscape; this was ac
companied by thunder and rains.
On Friday another report came
saying Shishaldin w as in full
eruption once more and was eject
ing a huge volume of black smoke,
lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases
with flames leaping nearly 2,000
feet and that uneasiness was felt
among the residents of that area
as well as those living on adjacent
islands, all of whom expressed ap
prehension that Shishaldin might
soon burst asunder with serious
consequences. It was thought that
the increase in smoke might be
the overture for a greater eruption.
Unimak Island is inhabited by
lighthouse crews, scattered red fox
trappers, and various game. The
southern portion is the location
of Cape Sarishef lighthouse, high
on the cliffs with attendent houses
below just above the beach where
thousands of sea lions make their
habitat. This is on the Bering Sect
side.
Scotch Cap lighthouse, by Uni
mak Pass and on the Pacific side,
is in that part of the North Pacific
known to mariners as the “Grave
yard of the Pacific.” It is a stra
getic point for trans-Pacific shipp
ing—the great circle route—and it
is on this rugged coastal region
where large vessels have found
their Vahalla. The most recent of
these wrecks was that of the Jap
anese freighter Koshun Maru, en
route to the Orient with a full car
go of oil products and timber; this
was in 1930 The big ship broke in
two after going ashore during a
fog and storm, poking its nose al
most into the front yard of the
lighthouse.
It is now believed, in view of his
extensive investigations of volca
noes on the Alaska Peninsula and
his, correct prediction of last year
of major eruptions in that locali
ty, that this season’s studies of Fr.
Bernard R. Hubbard, “the Glacier
Priest," and professor of geology at
Santa Clara University, that he will |
confine his studies to that region
and that instead of coming to Sew
ard the latter part of this month, j
he will arrive at an earlier date. I
A report reaching The Gateway
Saturday was to the effect Mount
Illiamna, 10,086 feet high and in
the center of an extensive glacier
field in the northern part of the;
Aleutian range, on the west side of
Cook Inlet and 17 miles from the j
coast, is active.
Mount Ilianina has been active
since perhaps Tertiary times and
is said to be increasing in inter
mittant activity; smoke and steam
is said to be escaping from several
places.
“OIL KING” ILL
ORMOND BEACH, Fla., Feb. 8. -
| Alarm was expressed here over the
| continued illness of John D. Rock
I efeller who missed church services
again Sunday. The multi-million
aire has now been ill for more
than a week and as no announce
ment as to his condition has been
made public by his physician, some
; anxiety is expressed.
i According to a Nome report ap
pearing in the Nugget, two native
j trappers were buried by a snow
; slide about nine or 10 miles from
'Unalakleet as they passed below a
j cliff. One Phillip Kilyuluk was said
I to have died.
The military man-power of
belligerent nations in the Far
East are approximately:
JAPAN
Active army 210,000
Organized reserves 2,500,1)00 |
Unorganized reserves 5,092,
000
RUSSIA
Active army 658,000
Organized reserves 5,425,000
Unorganized reserves 7,877,
000
CHINA
Active army 1,500,000
Unorganized reserves 14.000,- i
000 i
FOR SELF DEFENSE
TOKYO. P'eb. 8, —The govern
ment here has been instructed by i
the Japanese consul general a t
Vladivostok that there is an unu
sual amount of military prepara
tion underway in that city by the
Soviet government. The Japanese j
official reported, however, that the I
assembling of troops by the Soviets j
was merely a step of caution and
they are to be used for self-defense.
CONFISCATING PROPERTY
BOMBAY. Feb. 8. —Because Ma- j
hatrna Gandhi, now lingering in a i
federal prison, did not pay his tax
es. police entered his home and
confiscated all of his personal prop
erty.
REPLACEMENTS ARRIVE
SHANGHAI, Feb. 8. —Japanese
reinforcements numbering about
10.000 men arrived in Shanghai on
Saturday to replace the Nipponese
bluejackets who have been in the
troubled area since the beginning
of hostilities over a week ago.
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WHO II NOW ft
PACIFIC GHOST SHIP
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 8. (/P)—
The Japanese freighter Tamaho
Maru became the most recent ghost
ship of the Pacific Ocean, having
reappeared upon the surface after
it was presumed she had gone
down, 500 miles south oi the Aleu
tian Islands.
A dispatch, relayed from the Jap- j
anese steamer Shidzouka Maru,
stated that she had sighted the
floating derelict in mid ocean. The
Tamaho’s crew had abandoned the
vessel on January 1 and shipped
aboard the Reiyo Maru. The crew
is now at Yokohama.
The Tamaho Maru was last seen
safely riding the ocean swells by
a Nippon liner about 400 miles off
the coast of Japan with her valua- |
ble cargo safe.
SMITH WILL ACCEPT i
NOMINATION IF IT IS
OFFERED, HF. STATES
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, (/P)—Alfred
E. Smith will accept the presiden
tial nomination if it is offered him, j
he said, but will make no pre-con- /
vention campaign.
His statement in part was that
“If the Democratic National Con
vention, after careful considera- j
tion should decide it wants me to j
lead, I will make a fight but I will j
not make a pre-convention cam- j
paign to secure the support of del- j
egates. By the action of the con- j
vention of 1928, I am the leader of j
my party in the nation with a full i
sense of responsibility thereby im- ]
posed. I shall not, in advance of I
the convention, either support or
oppose the candidacy of any aspir
ant for nomination.”
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POWERS CLASH
! GENEVA, Feb. 8, (/P)—G reat
Britain and France clashed at the
| disarmament conference over two
| theories abolishing war. Sir John
Simon, spokesman for England,
; presented a plan including aboli
| tion of submarines and gas chem
‘icals and criticized France.
JAPAN MOBILIZING
TOKYO, Feb. 8, —The entire
Japanese army has been ordered
mobilized and be ready for any
contingency which may arise be
cause of the present international
situation, the War office announc
ed.
HONOLULU, Feb. 8, —Hundreds
of naval aircraft took to the air
here from the United States navy's
two airplane carriers; they were to
make a mock attack upon the de
fensive works of Hawaii.
The planes carried a number of
synthetic bombs which they will
unleash more than 50 miles away
from their mother carriers and
then return. This activity on the
part of the American Asiatic fleet
is a part of the annual military
maneuvers.
The military maneuvers being
staged are the greatest ever to
have been held o n the Pacific
Ocean since 1918; the war games
opened with the secrecy of actual
combat.
Plans for the war games, which
involve every man of the service,
were laid two years ago and it is
stated they have no relation to any
political developments of recent
months in the Far East.
REVISION NINE POWEfl
PICT IS PROOF OF
IPANESE INTENTIONS
TOKYO, Feb. 8. (/P)—Japan’s new
move to revise the Nine-Powder Pact
to establish neutral zones around
China’s chief commercial centers,
should convince the powrers that
Japan “has no intention of at
tempting to control China proper
except in concert with other na
tions,” the government spokes
man said.
Japanese residents at Shanghai
asked for a special Japanese conces
sion there but the government is
opposed to the establishment of a
de-militarized neutral zone about
the city, saying fighing in Shang
hai is necessary in order to protect
all nations.
It was said the destruction of
the Woosung forts is necessary so
that the powers can land troops
when needed
ARCTIC DASH NEXT YEAR
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, —Sir Hu
bert Wilkins, in this city, intimated
that he was contemplating a sub
marine expedition into the Arctic
sometime in 1933. In the meantime
the noted explorer will probably
make an air trip to the Antarctic,
it was said. He is now conferring
with airplane manufacturers re
garding an airplane to be used in
his explorations.
IGLOO CONVENTION
Fairbanks Igloo, Pioneers of
Alaska, has begun arrangements
for entertaining visiting officers
and delegates two months hence
at the 1932 convention of the Grand
Igloo. Fairbanks delegates will be
G. Moody, delegate-at-large; A.
Nerland, J. C. Buckley, M. O. Carl
son, J. F. Bryant and J. Rust. The
executive committee to make ar
rangments for the convention are;
R. C. Rothenburg, J. F. Bryant and
J. Rust. The convention will con
vene in Fairbanks, says the News
Miner, on March 25.
MINE LOOKS GOOD
Uncovering of large ore bodies
at the lower levels of the Cleary
Hill Alaska Mines Company’s prop
erty on Cleary Hill assures long
continued operations of one of the
premier gold quartz mines of In
terior Alaska, reports the Fair
banks News-Miner.
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Stewart Edward White, noted
' author, plans to visit McKinley
| Park this summer, it is said.
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ANOTHER VIOLATION OF INTER
NATIONAL NEUTRALITY IS
COMMITTED
SHANGHAI, Feb. 3. —Thousands
of fresh Japanese troops have re
placed the Nipponese bluejackets
and are continuing to harass the
Chinese defenders of the Chapei
section. After many days of fight
ing, with the Japanese using mod
ern methods of warfare, including
planes, machine guns and artillery,
the Japanese have been unable to
make the Chinese defenders yield
from their Chapei holdings.
Another violation of internation
al neutrality has been committed
by the Japanese.
The violation this time consists
of the establishment of a Japan
ese base for their military planes
; in the Japanese section of the in
ternational settlement. The base
i is located behind a great cotton
i mill in the north end of the city
and is adjacent to the Whangpoo
river.
Sunday, eight airplanes were
seen tuning up on this field and
! were^ apparently making ready for
a bombing flight against the Chi -
5 nese
The League of Nations has com
pleted the telegraphic inquiry of
! the Shanghai situation which it
I ordered and its findngs and deci
jsion may be made p lblic within a
i few days.
SOVIET EXPECTED TO
PROTEST OCCUPATION
HARBIN, Feb. 8, —The Japan -
j ese forces occupying this railroad
i headquarters have begun consol
idating the position which they se
| cured in a short fight with Chinese
forces.
The Chinese are fleeing and their
columns are further being attacked
j from the air by Japanese bombing
; planes.
An emphatic protest is expected
1 to be made by Russia for Japan’s
! occupation of Harbin, a city where
i the Soviet government’s influence
in Manchuria was the most strong
land which was railroad headquar
j ters of the jointly Chinese and Rus
| sian owned railway.
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PUNTS FROM Ml
j Seward does not have all the
j“blow-hards,” writes the Gate
' way’s famous Kodiak scribe, for
! “sometimes,” he wrote recently,
j “we have a few in Kodiak. Start
ing in about 4 p. m., Feb. 1, and
continuing until midnight it blew
: extra hard here.
I “The wind guage at the radio
istation showed a velocity of 7 2
| miles an hour. Perhaps we do not
have as many as Seward but when
we do have one it is worth while,
i “The wind rocked nearly every
i building in town, blew the shingles
off a number of roofs, a citizen’s
hat three miles to sea and blew
the pants off of a longshoreman.”
STUDYING SITUATION
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 8. (/P)
i—The United States is making no
| new’ diplomatic moves to halt the
fighting between Japan and China,
but officials are studying the sit
J uation. Two more American des
i troyers were ordered from Shang
hai for duty up the Yangste river:
one to be stationed at Nanking and
| the other at Ching Kiang.
The freight train scheduled to
arrive in Seward Sunday evening
will arrive tonight, as was pre
viously announced.
See “Nothing But the Truth” February 13 and 17