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VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 242.
SEWARD, ALASKA,THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1931.
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AGREE 111 GENERAL
ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
POSTPONES TALK WITH
SECRETARY STIMSON
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.
\ff*)—As the end to the Washington
visit of Signor Dino Grandi, For
eign Minister of Italy, approached
the Italian diplomat found himself
in a general agreement with Presi
dent Hoover on several subjects of
international concern.
Grandi is confident that his con
versations with President Hoover
may point the way to some measure
of relief from world anr*^e~+.
He postponed his talK ~
+ retary of State Stimson to talk by
telephone to Premier Benito Mus
solini of Italy.
Dino Grandi is probably one of
the youngest of world diplomats, he
being but-36 years of age.
CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES
» WERE CONFISCITED
BECAUSE OF LIBELS
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. (JP)—Prohi
bition agents received a tip yes
terday that a shipload of cham
pagne was being brought into New
York and they immediately sought
out the vessel and boarded it to
make a search.
They found the champagne bot
tles but they were empty. The bot
tles carried genuine labels and ev
erything but the fluid inside.
It appears that the importers of
the bottles tipped the prohi agents
off in order that they might get
the publicity and they did get pub
’ Jicity. The bottles were intended
for the Christmas trade.
However, everything did not go
as well as expected because the
agents confiscated the bottles be
cause they carried genuine labals
and the importers were out 3,000
^bottles. Not only were they out
the shipment of bottles but they
were also out an advertising fund
which they had allotted for space
m newspapers and magazines to
advertise the champagne bottles
and it is now too late to bring in
another shipment.
SENDS CASH
LONDON, Nov. 19. (/P)—Andrew
Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury
of the United States, has paid 1,
300,000 pounds sterling to Hermit
age Museum of Leningrad for an
art collection that included two
rare Van Dyck’s and Reuben’s
’'Portrait of Helen Fourment,” it
nas been learned. He made the
purchase through a London agency.
LICENSES SUSPENDED
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. </P)—
Captain J. Hengst, master of the
freighter Munleon, which was
wrecked off Point Reyes November
7, and Christ Nielson, his third
mate, both were found guilty by the
United tSates Steamboat Inspect
ors. Captain Hengst had his mas
ter’s license suspended for two
months and Nielson had his license
* suspended for three months.
r
INVENTOR DIES
HOBOKEN, N. J., Nov. 19. (/P)—
Colonel Isaak H. Lewis, inventor of
the machine gun bearing his name,
is dead, having been stricken sud
denly by a heart attack while drink
ing a soda in a drug store. Lewis
was 73. His home was in Mont
clair, N. J.
BRITISH TO IMPOSE 110
PER CENT TIFF TO
PREVENT IMPING’
LONDON, Nov. 19. (/?)—'This week
the British Board of Trade will re
ceive Parliamentary authority Ho
impose a duty of lOtt per cent tar
iff on all manufactured goods
shipped to Great Britain in order
to prevent foreign “dumping” as
; a consequence of depreciation of
the value of the pound.
The bill to give the board this
power was introduced by W. Run
i ciman, its president, and will be put
j through all Parliamentary stages.
! The measure will receive royal as
; sent Friday and will immediately
become operative.
Adoption of the measure follows
! close upon the promise of the Na
tional government to restore Brit
ish industrial and commercial pros
perity by every possible means, in
1 eluding tariffs. The bill will con
fer extraordinary powers on the
Board of Trade for a period of six
I months only and is therefore looked
| upon as a formal start of the pro
tectionist policy.
All foods Including canned goods,
will continue to be exempt from tar
iffs but coke, manufactured fuel,
pottery, glass, abra, steel and other
manufactured or partly manufac
tured articles will be subject to
the 100 per cent levy.
I
I
STM II. COUCH
NEIILf KIDNAPPED
I
PALO ALTO, Nov. 19. (^—Stan
ford students were highly excited
over what the campus declared was
an attempt to kidnap “Pop” War
ner, head coach of the Stanford
football team, which meets Cali
fornia in the annual big game Sat
urday.
It happened during the attempt
of 50 California students to touch
off the Stanford big bonfire Mon
day night. Warner was recognized
by some of the California raiders
and one of them said, “We ought
to take that guy with us.” “Pop”
drove on, laughing about it.
SHU DOG CHS THE
DEATH Of TWO SUS
MANILA, Nov. 19. (JP)—A small
dog that bit 10 men aboard the de
| stroyer J. D. Edwards, while at Che
foo, China, six weeks ago, has
caused the death of two sailors
from hydrophobia.
The two sailors who died were
John Jones, boatswain, and John
Bersoki. The latter was the one
who brought the dog aboard.
The other men are being treated
at the Canakao hospital at the
Cavite Naval base. The others have
so far not shown any signs of in
fection.
MARK FIGHTING II
I CHINA READY INVOKE TREATY
! DIRECTLY INVOLVE U.S. AS
CHINA GUARANTOR
(By Associated Press)
Dispatches from Tsitsihar to
Mukden said that the Japanese
army began formal occupation of
Manchuria today. Earlier dispatch
es from Nanking said that General
Mah Chen Shan was still in pos
session of Tsitsihar and Anganchi,
but it appeared that the Japanese
forces had moved into the provin
cial capital of Tsitsihar.
A station south of the walled city
was the scene of yesterday’s fight
ing and apparently took the Jap
anese only as far as Tsitsihar sta
tion, although the advance guard
entered the outskirts of the walled
city.
The Japanese government has
instructed its Ambassador to Mos
cow to convey a friendly warning
to the government of Russia re
garding the danger and the serious
complications which will result if
Russian soldiers be sent into north
ern Manchuria which it is feared
might happen.
Yesterday’s casualties gave the
number of Japanese dead as being
300 and the Chinese 4,000.
It was reported at Harbin that
Chang Chihui, governor of the Har
bin district and who is friendly to
Japan, had declared for the in
dependence of Seilungkiang prov
ince and set himself up as its gov
ernor.
} At Paris Ambassador Charles
Dawes continued private negotia
tions with members of the League
of Nations’ Council in an effort to
save the League as an instrument
of peace. Observers predicted that
China was ready to invoke a nine
1 power treaty directly involving the
! engagement of the United States
to guarantee China’s administrative
integrity.
Dazed by reports of yesterday's
offensive against General Mah,
leaders realized that they faced im
perilment of the League of Nations’
survival. The war zone was re
INCLUDE SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. {/P)—
San Francisco will be included on
the itineraries of two inter-coastal
cruises during November and De
cember. According to announce
ment by the Canadian National
Steamship office here, the new 24
knot passenger liner Prince Henry
will visit San Francisco November
24 and a sistership, Prince David,
will call on December 15. The an
nouncement was made by R. F. Mc
Naughton, general agent.
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TO SHOW AMERICA
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.
(JP)—Dlno Grandi’s visit means a
lot to Mrs. Grand! who is accom
panying her husband on his diplo
matic mission. Mrs. Grand! was
given an opportunity to show Am
erica the latest in Italian dress
and spent many months with ward
robe designers in preparation for
j the trip. She brought with her one
! trunk of clothes for each day’s stay
in America and has enough gowns
so that she can wear one gown at
each public appearance.
HONOR DISTINGUISHED SON
HIRAM, Ohio, Nov. 19. (/P)—This
city prepared to honor one of the!
t-ate's m&st distinguished sons—!
the 100th anniversary of the birth!
of James A. Garfield, who was born j
at Orange, Ohio, November 19, 1831,!
and who was the nation’s 20th
President.
BIG INVESTMENT TRUST
STOCKHOLDERS NOT
SITISFIEO; SELL CUT
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. <#•)—'The
’Goldman Sachs Trading Corpora
tion, one of the largest investment
trusts, has been sold for $500,000,000
by a representative of the stock
holders who charges in effect that
th^Yt: ^y was operating solely
uie benefit of the partners who
assumed the management. The
partners are named as W. Cach
ings, A. P. Sachs, H. Sachs, S. Wein
berg and H. Bowers.
The suit was brought last May
but has been kept a secret. H. Wil
liams, a socially prominent director
of the utilities corporations, is also
named in the suit on the charge of
participating with the partners in
trying to bring about a monopoly
in the insurance companies, utili
ties and industrial corporations.
Complaint was drawn by former
Supreme Court Justice D. Cohalan
who asserted that stock sold at $100
par, now sells for $3 and $4.
AIRPLANE CRASH
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 19. (/P)—An air
plane crashed near here from the
height of 1,000 feet which resulted
in the death of W. O. Roberts, pilot.
A passenger, named Lucas, escaped
with ony minor injuries.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, Nov. 19. (JP)—
Ira A. King had hicoughed for 11
days last night and his stubborn
malady is resisting every attempt
to conquer it.
The Mansfield garage operator
has hicoughed despite the appliance
of rare medical treatment and even
oldfashioned remedies. He has been
gradually weakened by the contin
uance of the attacks. King’s case
has attracted wide interest and
hundreds of home hiccough rem
edies have poured in upon his phy
sicians.
The Stock Market
SEATTLE, Nov. 19. {A3}—Yester
day’s quotations on the stock mar
ket:
Alaska Juneau .16%
American Can .76%
Borden .49
Canada Dry.18%
General Motors .26%
International Nickle Can .9%
International Tel. & Tel.15
Kennecott Copper .13%
Radio . 9%
Reynolds Tobacco (b) .38%
Richfield Oil . 1
Standard Oil of Calif.32%
Standard Oil of N. J.33%
Standard Oil of N. Y. 13%
Union Oil of Calif.16%
U. S. Steel.65%
Cities Service . 1V2
Durant Motors.No Sale
WILL MAKE PLEA TO GOVERNOR
ROLPH FOR RELEASE OF
LABOR LEADER
NEW YORK Nov. 19. (/P)—Mayor
James Walker, of this city, will
make a plea before Governor Rolph,
of California, next Wednesday for
the freedom of Tom Mooney, a San
Quentin prisoner.
A telegram was received by Mayor
Walker from “Mother” Mooney and
the reading of the missive brought
tears into the Mayor’s eyes. It
was Mother Mooney’s final plea
| and it moved Mayor Walker to offer
his services in behalf of the labor
leader who was sentenced to death,
but which sentence was later com
muted and he is now serving a life
sentence for the Preparedness Day
; parade bombing of 1916.
TESTIMONY OF DEM
[ WITNESS INTRODUCED
IT TIL OF PINTO .
! LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19. (/P)—A
; voice from the grave sounded in
the retrial of Alexander Pantages,
wealthy showman, charged w*th
attacking Eunice Pringle, young
dancer.
Louis Fisher, an errand boy and
witness to the escape of Miss Prin
; gle from Pantages’ office two years
ago, was killed in a motorcycle acci
dent, but by consent of attorneys,
ihis testimony at Pantages’ first
i trial was to be read to the jury of
j eight men and four women.
The jury had a vivid picture of
i the aftermath of the asserted at
! tack in mind as they assembled for
! the session.
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JILTED—SHOOTS SELF
I DENNISON, Ohio, Nov. 19. (/P)—
Thomas Wheeler, 34 years of age,
shot and killed himself after slay
ing Mrs. Russel Scheidger, after
she had spurned his attentions.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. (TP)—P. E.
Crowley, president of the New York
Central Lines and “Cinder Rail
road” with a record of 53 years of
achievement, tendered his resigna
tion to take effect January 1. HI
health was given as the reason of
his retirement.
F. E. Williamson, president of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, who
was general superintendent of the
first district of the Central at one
time, was at once chosen as his
successor.
Mr. Williamson in turn will be
succeeded as president of the Bur
lington by R. Budd, now president
of the Great Northern. It is un
derstood that Mr. Budd’s successor
will be W. P. Kenney, vice president
| in charge of traffic of the Great
| Northern.
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