JAP OFFENSIVE IN SHANGHAI
APPARENTLY HAS BEEN
START!] I)
SHANGHAI. Feb. 17. (/P) — Guns
were bombing and shells were
bursting in this city as the Jap- >
.xnese artillery began the attempt
of the Japanese forces to drive the
# Chinese defender's back 20 miles
and out of the Yangtze valley. ;
The Chinese are offering a strong
. esistence and apparently will con
tinue to do so as the Chinese com
mand at Fort Woosung said that
hey had no intention of with
irawing from that fort. He said
that they are dug in deep and that
he continued battering of the Jap
anese has had little effect on the
Chinese.
While the guns were roaring at
Shanghai, the League of Nations
Council once more attempted to
-nd warfare through arbitration.
The Council, sitting in session in
Geneva, addressed a strongly word
ed note to the Japanese govern
ment at Tokyo reminding her of
her obligations under the League
• «>f Nations’ covenants and demand
ing that hostilities be ceased. In
The opinion of observers this is the
strongest note sent to the Japan
ese government by the League
Council. Details of the note were
not made public but it is expected
hat the public will soon learn
about it,
More information made available
:.s to the text of the League of Na
*ions published note to Japan says
-.he League appealed “to the su
preme sense of honor of Japan,’’
_-n asking that they cease hostilities.
The note was given to the Japanese
delegation for transmission to their
government.
The note further said that the
League earnestly hoped that Japan
.vould “admit her obligations to jus
tify the confidence reposed on her
by the world powers.”
The annual allotment of funds
for trail work, cruises and fire pa
trol in this area of the Chugach
National Forest, has been received,
.eports District Ranger William
Sherman, who recently returned to
his Anchorage headquarters from
a winter cruise of timber near
Girdwood.
The appropriation is practically
the same as last season and there
for there will be about the same
amount of activity within the con
fines of the reserve as in 1931.
There is no new work planned;
only conitnuation of past projects.
STILL MYSTIFIED
SEATTLE, Feb. 17. (/P) — Police
>fficers are still mystified over the
violent death of John Case and his
• housekeeper, Betty Wood, at Au
burn. They have been unable so
far to reach any decision as to
whether one killed the other and
Then committed suicide or a third
party killed them both. The deaths
occurred Sunday evening at Case’s
V cottage in Auburn. Case was a
busd river.
The Juneau Chamber of Com
merce recently adopted a resolution
protesting against reservation of
Admiralty, Chichagof or Baronof
Island as a bear sanctuary and de
clared that “Alaska should be
deemed more fit for human inhab
< itation and progress than for prop
agation of bears.”
ADMIRAL EVANS SAILS
SEATTLE, Feb. 17. (/P)—The SS
Admiral Evans sailed at 10 o’clock
yesterday for Seward and wayports.
The vessel carried 46 cabin passen
gers and 19 steerage. Seward pas
sengers were Mrs- P. D. Witner,
Mrs. N. E. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. j
Walter Pratt, P. A. Davison, G. A.
Waring, L. A. Oules and four steer
age.
jpmiiiNT I
AUTHORIZES ISSUANCE
ULTIMATUM IS CHINA
TOKYO, Feb. 17. (Ab—1The Jap
anese government authorized the
issuance of an ultimatum to the
Chinese at Shanghai threatening j
to drive the Chinese away by force
if they did not go voluntarily.
At the same time the Japanese
government received information1
that Secretary of State of the Unit- :
ed States Henry L. Stimson was,
preparing a protest for the Jap
anese government’s formally land- ,
ing Japanese troops in the Inter- •
national Settlement of Shanghai.
JAPAN ORGANIZING
NEW HIM STATE
MUKDEN, Feb. 17- bP)—While the i
guns roared at Shanghai and the j
future continued to look dark, po- ;
litical and military leaders assem- ,
bled here and began working out:
the framework of a new political
government for a new Manchu
state.
Japanese influence in Manchuria
became evidenced when a distinct
ly pro-Japairese was elected gover-:
nor of the new Manchu state.
Japan established herself in
Manchuria through her recent
“warfare on Chinese bandits” and
is now organizing a new govern- j
ment distinctly in her favor.
FINE LOOKING CLAIMS
After thoroughly prospecting
their claims on Hidden River, the
Boedecker brothers are greatly en
couraged. Prospecting has been
carried forward over a period of
two or three years. The property
is located west of Chulitna sta
tic nat about Mile 272 on the Alaska
Railroad. Mining men speak highly
of this ground.
NEW DiliMTEM
FOR AOAD COMMISSION
A new system In disbursing funds
from district offices of the Alaska
Road Commission has been install
ed throughout the Territory. Prev
iously local bank cheeks were writ
ten. But not so now. U. S- Treas
ury checks will now be handed to
the lads.
First Lieutenant John R. Noyes
will arrive in Seward next week
from Anchorage to install the sys
tem in the local office of Engineer
Anton Eide.
Lieutenant Noyes arrived today
at Anchorage from Nome and from
Seward goes to Valdez, enroute to
his Juneau office.
Tommy Jasper, well known for
mer local resident, is getting plump
| on his chef job at Anchorage, local
j arrivals report- Tom is said to
have lost his beautiful girlish fig
ure, having added about 30 pounds
of avoirdupois.
WANT QUIET HOURS
Juneau radio receiving set own
ers asked the aid of the Signal
Corps there that they suspend op
erations between the hours of 6:30
and 10:30 every night, because that
' period is the most popular among
|juneauites for broadcast reception,
reports the Empire.
NEARLY m EXTRA IN
ILL BE EMPLOYED ON
RAILROAD 1015 SEASON
It won’t be long now before the
employment ranks of the Alaska
Railroad will be swelled by about
700 additional men, by virtue of the
near approach of spring and result
ant opening of the summer’s work j
from the local coastal terminal to;
that of Fairbanks.
Between Nenana and Cache, Mile ,
447, about 200 men will be employ- ,
ed all summer long on grade rais
ing. ballasting and bank widening.;
This class of work is fully complet-;
ed from McKinlev Park station to
Nenana.
Another crew of men, numbering
around 30, will be at w’ork until the
latter part of June erecting a steel
bridge across the east fork of the
Chulitna River. This bridge will be
a 240-footer of the viaduct type
with three 40-foot and two 80-foot
girders.
Other extra men, totaling about
400, will carry forward the regular
annual maintenance work along the
entire railroad belt and through
out the whole season.
Besides this great amount of ac
tivity there will be a large amount
of tie replacements, some 80,000 or
90,000; and this also, along the en
tire route. The various section
crews will perform this work.
HILIBUT CMS ASK
Because of the weak halibut
market, fishermen in Juneau wrere
recently asked by dealers in the
States to keep boats in port until
March 1 instead of having them
on the banks when the season op
ened on midnight, February 15. re
ports the Juneau Empire.
It was said, however, that the
Juneau vessel owners would come
to no formal decision until they
learned the attitude of fishermen
in Ketchikan. Prince Rup rt and
Seattle, to whom similar requests,
no doubt, have been made by the
dealers.
Sentiment among most of tire
fishermen in Juneau favored the
acceptance of the dealers’ sugges
tions but it is not definitely known
whether or not they accepted the
suggestions.
If none of the fishing beats
should leave for the banks until
March I, there would be no market
able fresh halibut until about
March 15.
UNEMPLOYMENT BILL
KILLED IN THE SEME
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 17.
l/P)—The Senate Tuesday killed the
Costigan and LaFollette $375,000,000
unemployment relief measure by a
vote of 35 to 48, and ended a bitter
11-day battle on the Senate floor.
Leading opponents of the meas
ure declared that Federal aid for
the jobless w'as unwise and that
the various States should be able
to adequately care for their own
destitute.
GERMAN SHIP
| With a company of 532 officers,
| cadets and enlisted men, the Ger
man cruiser Karlsruhe will make a
good-will visit to Juneau next May,
Isays the Juneau Empire. She will
| be in Juneau from May 18 to May
130 and from Juneau will go to Sit
jka and remain there from June 1
i to June 8. The vessel’s sojourn to
jthe tw’o Alaska ports is a part of
| her scheduled cruise of 39,640 nau
tical miles. Her base is at Kiel on
! the Baltic Sea. The vessel’s cruise
I began last November.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
SUPPLY BILL REPORTED
ON FOR FISCAL YEAR
The Interior Department supply
bill was reported in the House on
January 25 by the Democratic Ap
propriations Committee- For the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1932,
the Department has $69,342,606.
The budget estimate for the year
ending June 30, 1933, was $56,705,
352. But the Committee has scaled
this amount down to $50,431,432.
Alaska has teen treated as fol
lows:
Governors salary last year was
$7,000, but was increased by legal
enactment to $10,000. Secretary of
the Governor’s and Secretary’s of
fice $14,300, increased to $17,500.
Legislative expenses, as usual,
$46,000. Reindeer activities, $26,
900 this year, increased to $34,300.
Care cf insane from $152,000, in
creased to $156,000. Suppression of
liquor traffic among Indians, from
$16,200 decreased to $12,000.
Alaska Railroad, from $1,000,000
this year to $500,000, in addition
to allottment received by the Rail
road during the next fiscal year.
For the education of natives in
Alaska the committee recommends
$690,000, which is $109,000 less
; than the current amount. For
medical relief in Alaska there is
recommended $281,800, which is
; $37,200 less than the current fig
' ure.
For continuation of the invest!
I gation of the mineral resources
i $67,500.
i For administration and mainten
| ance of McKinley National Park
| the present sum of $195,000 has
i been increased by the committee to
| $225,100. In addition, the usual
provision is made for Geological
; Surveys and Land Office expenses.
The Secretary of the Interior
| sought to have the committee con
| sent to giving the Alaska Railroad
! authority by the inclusion of the
i following words: "Operation and
maintenance of agricultural ex
: periment stations heretofore op
: ernted by the Department of Ag
| riculture on the line of the rail
i road,” but this was refused.
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 17. (/Pi—Res
idents of Unimak Island, Alaska,
were apprehensive Tuesday that
Shishaldin volcano may explode at
any time. The volcano boomed
like a huge cannon at two minute
I intervals Tuesday and reports were
j that red hot lava had belched from
the volcano for three days.
Gas exploded with terrific force
when it emerged from the crater
and combined with the oxygen of
the outer air. Hot rocks were hurl
ed thousands of feet from the
crater, which is 8,950 feet above
sea level. The volcano had been
active early last week and then
calmed.
The good news is received that,
some time in the near future, a
former Alaskan and one of the
Territory’s staunchest of friends,
will revisit Alaska. Gen. James G.
Steese, from the Army and Navy
Club at Washington, D. C., writes
friends he plans coming North soon.
W. R. Selfridge, game commis
| sioner at Ketchikan, says a close
i check is being kept to prevent deer
■ from starving and so far he says
deer in Southeastern Alaska have
| come through in good shape, re
1 ports the Ketchikan Chronicle.
j The Ketchikan Fire Department
I has made final arrangements for
! the purchase of an ambulance tc
| be used in connection with the fire
j department and for all necessarj
calls, reports the Chronicle.
RUMORS FALSE
MOSCOW, Feb. 17. (/P)—Fears on
the part of the Japanese that Rus
sian troops were ready and about
to invade Manchuria were quieted
by Soviet officials who denied the
rumors and said that they were
absolutely false.
NIPPONESESAYWILL !
GIVE CHINESE ‘ONE |
MORE CHANGE’ LEAVE
SHANGHAI, Feb. 17. (/P) — The
bombardment between the Japan
j ese and Chinese forces here con
i tinued in an earthshaking duel as
the Japanese announced that they |
would give the Chinese “one more !
chance” to withdraw their artillery :
fire.
As was predicted, sharp fighting ;
; began arid extended along the en- 1
;■ tire Shanghai front and a number j
of shells fell in the United States j
i Marine area. Two British blue- |
; jackets were wounded and one of
them fatally.
The Japanese military command- i
| ders admitted that the Chinese had !
j caused heavy damages and num- j
! erous casualties with the heavy ar
tillery which they have been using
: against the Japanese so far.
Fllillis, !
LONG ISLAND, N. Y„ Feb. 17. (JP)
: —Because she did not wish any fuss ■
j to be made about her demise, the
; death of Mrs. Minnie Maddern
j Fiske, the world’s greatest emo
, tional actress, was not made known i
until yesterday, almost 24 hours
after she had passed away. She
died at noon Monday and was 66
j years of age.
A review of the American stage
(would reveal fewr actresses who
j have attained greater heights in
) the world of dramatic art than
j those reached by Minnie Maddern
1 Fiske in her professional career of
j more than 50 years, during wrhich
1 she won universal praise for the
! remarkable character of her emo
; tional acting. Her stage debut
w'as made at the age of three
Mrs. Fiske was. born in New Or
leans, La., December 19, 1865, the
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Maddern) Davey. Her father was
well known as a theatrical man
ager and her mother was the
daughter of Richard Maddern, an
English musician.
In 1890 she was married to Har
rison Grey Fiske, author and jour
nalist, whereupon she retired from
the stage until 1894, reappearing
: as the heroine of “Hester Crew,”
: a play written by her husband. <
She then appeared in a number of
j plays which she wrote herself.
NEW YORK CK1NAT0WN
GELEBRITES M (EAR
—
NEW YORK, Feb. 17, (A5)—New
York’s Chinatowm celebrated the
advent of a New Year, the year
14885, according to Chinese calen
j dars.
All debts were paid, formal calls
were made, and Chinese, in their
best bib and tucker, paraded thru
the narrow streets playing weird
musical instruments and carrying
Uong snaky dragons which gobbled
up dollar bills wrapped in lettuce
'leaves. The dollar bills were to
! swell China’s war chest in her re
jsistance to Japanese arms.
U. S. STEEL AND AMERICAN
TELEPHONE LEAD; WHEAT
AND COTTON RISE
The market smashed thru 1932
high levels as the rally spread with
idded impetus along a broad front
yesterday. U. S. Steel and Amer
ican Telephone led the advance.
Tickers were delayed.
President Hoover’s announcement
that the government’s anti-hoard
ing campaign had changed tha
trend and that upwards of $34,
000.000 had been brought out of
hiding places, since the drive had
started February 4, was the main
stimulus to the market.
The market opened irregularly but
the President’s announcement and
expectation that the Senate would
act speedily on the government’s
credit plan, set off new buying and
short selling.
Steel rose two and a half points
to a new high for 1932 and up 14
and a half from the bear market’s
low' of 35 and a half made Jan -
uary 5. American Telephone gain
ed six and three-eighths for a new
high at 135. Radio reached new
high levels at 10 and up one and
a fourth. Auburn advanced up 10
points.
Gains ranging to three points
were made by Case, Allied Chem
ical, Bethlehem Steel, Dupont, In
ternational Telephone, Westing
house and Transamerica. Utilities
w'ere strong.
Rails resumed gains featured by
Atchison. New' York Central and
Union PaciTic. Near the close,
Chesapeake and Ohio directors de
clared a regular quarterly dividend
and the stock promptly rose nearly
three points.
Rumors w'ere circulated that Am
erican Telephone planned to de
clare a full year’s dividend at the
regular rate of $9.09 annually.
Wheat rose over two cents a
bushel; cotton rose a few cents,
and bonds firmed up with United
States issues in demand. Sales
totaled 2.500.000 shares.
Spokane interests have taken an
option on Alonzo Wells’ mining
property on Colorado Creek, on the
west fork of the Chulitna River,
according to information reaching
The Gateway.
It is recalled highly encouraging
reports have been received about
this ground on which prospecting
was carried on during all of last
season. Mr. Wells is said to have
had five or six men in the field.
This is the same property tin
Bartholf’s were greatly interested
in, it is said.
REAL “STRINGS”
In the January issue of the U. S
Army Recruiting News, a bulletin
of recruiting information issued by
direction of the Adjutant General
of the Army, there appears an ex
cellent picture entitled, “Two real
strings of trout taken by soldiers
from Chilkoot Lake, near Chilkoot
Barracks, Alaska.”
A fallen Douglas fir with one
end on shore and the other in wa
ters of Lake Sprout, Vancouver Is
land, floats a small forest that
grows on its surface over the wa
ter.
The power boat Sea Lion sank
near Ketchikan recently, reports
the Chronicle. The vessel is a to
tal loss.
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