“Federal Officials Cannot Lawfully he Appointed to any Territorial Office.”
—Attorney General of Alaska John Rustgard.
MEMBER ASSOCIATE!* I'RUSS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 2.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Wiille the Gateway is highly
appreciative to these firms who
have, regardless of poorer business,
maintained their regular size ad
vertisements yet, owing to the
9 number of other advertisements
which have either been cut down
in size or cancelled entirely dur- ;
ing the last 12 months and addi- j
tional cancellations these last few .
days, the Daily Gateway, as soon j
as paper arrives, wall be cut down ;
to four pages; a semi-weekly will I
be the next move after that.
One thing is a certainty, the Ed- j
itor does not propose to continue j
carrying the load of publishing an s
eight-page daily paper a single day j
longer than is now necessary. We ,
do not believe there is another
business in town which has lost
more money in two years than the
Gatew-ay. It has now come to a
point where we must make up not
only what we have lost but a rea
sonable profit for our endeavors.
We are going to do that or turn the
key in the door. No one in Seward
has worked harder or more consci
entiously for the upbuilding of this
city and districts than the Gate
way staff to whom long hours has
never meant a thing. One and all
enjoy their work but they are sick
of being made the “goat.”
Retrenchment has followed re
trenchment in practically every
business in Seward during the last
two years with the possible excep
tion of the Gateway Publishing
Company which has c o n s t a ntly
striven to maintain its standard of
the last seven years. This standard
could not be expected to continue
indefinitely in the face of the an
nual deficit of the last two years.
That time has now' arrived; it is |
impossible to continue with an 8- i
page daily with the present in-'
come.
There are a number of local
concerns who have never adver
tised in the daily either for person
al reasons or took the paper for
granted; that is their preroga- j
tive, of course, but wre cannot re- j
■rain from saying we have heard :
that from that source alone lias!
come criticism of the Gateway’s
progressive attitude. It is this
progressive attitude which has
caused the combined circulation of
the Gateway to grow almost as big
, as that of the Fairbanks News
Miner and the Anchorage Times
combined circulation; both of those
towns are two or three time3 the
size of Seward yet the cost of pub
h ashing a daily here is as great, but
the advertising income is relatively
smaller.
Others, pleading poor business,
have discontinued their advertise
ments some of which were as low
as $5 per month, while others have
cut their ads in half or less.
Contrary to the belief of many
:i requires cash to publish a news
paper. We are not getting enough
cash so, like other concerns, must
retrench or quit.
We have no apologies to make,
only condemnation of ourselves in
that we did not have the foresight
or “guts” to put this retrenchment
mto practice two years ago.
New size paper has been ordered
by telegraph and the first issue of
the four-pager should appear in
about 10 days.
It might be added here that
three fine members of the staff
will be added to the list of unem
ployed; the daily file of Associated
(Please torn to Page Six)
AMERICAN GOIUSUL !
BRUTALLY BEATEN j
By JAP SOLDIERS
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V.
S. STATE DEPARTMENT ASKS
THAT “SEVERE PENALTY”
BE METED OUT
MUKDEN, Jan. 4. </?)—Investiga- !
tion of the assault and painful j
beating of Culver Chamberlain, i
young United States Vice Consul, by !
three Japanese soldiers in one of j
the main streets of Mukden, has I
been begun by S. Morishima, Jap
anese Consul.
In the assault upon Chamberlain,;
the young American was so badly j
beaten that his face was cut to the ;
bone in two places. The matter was!
reported immediately to the Japan-!
ese Consul by American Consul;
General Myrl Myers here. Myers i
told the Japanese official that the!
assault wras “entirely unprovoked.” J
Chamberlain arrived at Mukden
on his way to Harbin and was rid- !
ing in the American Consul’s cari
which displayed the American flag
and coat-of-arms. On his way to
the station to catch the early morn
ing train for Harbin the car was
halted at the border of the Japan
ese railway town by tliree Japanese
soldiers who were apparently form
ing a patrol!
Chamberlain alighted from the
car, showed his diplomatic pass
port and explaining his status in
Chinese, wdiich he speaks fluently.
One of the soldiers, he said, show
ed a knowledge of Chinese. Cham
berlain doesn’t speak Japanese.
The three soldiers quickly be- j
gan to beat him with their fists |
and he retreated inside the car. j
The soldiers followed and contin- j
ued to beat him. The chauffeur j
finally got the car* underway and i
returned Chamberlain to the Con
sulate.
“UNJUSTIFIED” ATTACK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4. (£>)
|—The American Consulate at Muk
den wras advised by the State De
partment it demanded a “severe
penalty” be meted out by Japanese
authorities for the “unjustified” at
tack at Mukden of American Con
sul Chamberlain.
HEM RAINS LOOSEN
THOUSANDS TONS EAHTH
TACOMA, Jan. 4. (JP)—Thousands
of tons of earth, loosened by recent
heavy rains, slid from the foot of
: Tacoma’s stadium down to the
Northern Pacific tracks below,
causing damage estimated at $35,
000.
No one was injured in the slide
which took out about 50 feet of the
stadium floor. It is not believed
that the tiers, cement seats or sta
dium of the high school are en
dangered.
FIRE IN CHURCH
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. (>P)—
The historic worshipping place, St.
Ignacious Church, here caught fire
Saturday and resulted in much
damage. One fireman was killed
in the conflagration when the roof
caved down upon him.
APPROVE OF SULLIVAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4.
—The Senate judiciary committee -
reported favorably upon the nom- i
ination of Leroy Sullivan to the po-1 <
sition of U. S. Attorney for the 1
Second Division. The project call- '<
ing for improvement of the Wran- j
gell Harbor at a cost of $56,000 and :
the sum of $500 for maintenance!
annually was recommended by I
General Brown, Chief of the Army i
Engineers. The project calls for
extension of the mooring area of j
the harbor for the accommodation
of more vessels. The mooring ba
sin will be dredged throughout an
area of 400 by 600 feet to a uni
form depth.
HI ARfiESTEO HI
TIM INTI PflISli; I
COMPROMISE FAILED
BOMBAY, Jan. 4. (£>)—Mahatma
Gandhi was arrested early today
for the second time within a year
while half of Nationalist India once
more girded itself for a “non-vio
j lent” war on Great Britain.
i President Valla Bhai Patel, of i
the Indian Nationalist Congress,!
was also taken into custody. Both;
were arrested under the Bombay!
regulation No. 1827, the warrant!
stated. They are beinfe removed}
to the Yerawda jail at Poona.
“Good and sufficient reasons”'
were given for Viceroy Lord Wil-j
lingdon’s drastic move. The move j
was made after 11th hour attempts;
to moderate Nationalist leaders and i
bring about a compromise had j
failed.
CHIN CHOW [NTH* 8!
JAPS WHS RESISTED
MUKDEN, Jan. 4. (/P)—Unofficial!
reports from Chin Chow indicate!
that the entry of Japanese soldiers!
to the Chinese stronghold w*as not j
as quiet as first reported and that;
they were resisted by a force of
15,000 Chinese.
Word from Chinese sources re
ported a heavy bombardment of
Chin Chow while Japanese air
planes flew over Chin Chow and
! dropped their deadly missiles on
! Chinese headquarters and on the
| remaining Chinese.
| As a result of its attack the Jap
anese soon made an entry into the
city.
MAJOR COMMITS SUICIDE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4. (&)
—Major W. W. Lemond, 56 years
of age, of the Advocate General’s
staff, shot himself Saturday. Ma
jor Lemond carried out the act of
killing himself despite the attempt
of three men to stop him. The
three men saw Lemond point a
gun at his head and yelled andj
rushed at him. However, they were
too late. Major Lemond entered
the Army as a paymaster. No rea
son was given for his suicide.
CATEGORICAL DENIAL
LOSSIEMOUTH, Scotland, Jan. 4.
(fP)—Prime Minister MacDonald is
sued a categorical denial of a let
ter stating that he did not think
England would ever return to the
gold s'tandard. The letter was given
wide circulation in financial circles
but the Premier branded it as an
“unscrupulous invention.”
ISSUES CALL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4. (JP)
—The Comptroller of Currency is
sued a call for a statement on the j
condition of all National Banks at |
the close of business, Thursday. De-,
cember 30.
1.
PAUL C. J. Pi
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NOTED WORLD WAR COMMAN
DER PASSED AW AY FROM !:
OLD AGE
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PARIS, Jan. 4, (JP)— General Paul
Mary Cesar Gerald Pau, noted
French war commander, died today
a his home here at the age of 83
years.
General Pau was born at Monte
Umar, November 29, 1848. After :
obtaining a common school educa- ,
tion, he entered the Saint Cyr Mil
itary Academy, the West Point of
France, from which he was grad
uated just before the Franco-Prus
sian War.
When the crushed and beaten
armies of France returned to what >
was left of their dismembered *
country after the Franco-Prussian
War of 1870, there was among them
a young officer—-Paul Gerald Pau
—who had entered the service *s a
cadet and fought his way through
to a captaincy.
Through the long years that in
tervened between 1870 and 1914, he
took his place as one of the most
patient and confident of the archi
tects who planned and prepared
for a return match with the victors.
During this period he had ad
vanced at a steady pace until he
became, in 1911, a brigadier general
and a member of the Supreme War
Council of France. At this point
he was retired because of his age.
Then came the great day for
which he had waited so long. As
all Europe became a vast mobiliza
tion camp, the old fire flamed out
again in General Pau, and by popu
lar demand, he reentered the Su
I preme Council of War to accept
I command of the Army of Alsace.
It was there that his right fore
arm had been shot away in the
battle 'of Froeschwilier, back in
1870.
‘Prussians,” he said on that day,
‘‘I have but one arm, but it shall
be of bronze.”
When the World War began, Gen
eral Pau was regarded in a military
sense as ranking with Generals
Joffre and Galliene, but in popular
favor he far out-stripped any fig
ure in the French army. It was
only because of his age and his
none too robust health that he was
not made a Field Marshal early in
the conflict.
General Pau visited the United
States for a few days in 1919, com
ing to New York after a tour of
Canada.
| BRIGADIER GENERAL DIES
j WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4. (JP)
;—Brigadier General William Nich
j olson, commander of Maryland
i troops in the World War, died at
the age of 75 after a brief illness.
FAVORS REPEAL
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 4. (JP)
—Senator W. W. Barbour of New
Jersey, who was appointed to suc
ceed the late Senator Morrow, said
he is opposed to the 18th Amend
ment and favors its repeal.
FLOUTING FOREIGN
801 ISSUES 1
0,S. PROFITABLE
FINDINGS ARE A RESULT OF
SEN. JOHNSON’S ATTACK
ON ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4, (A*)
—Figures, as submitted to the Unit -
ed States Senate by leading bank
ing houses, indicate profits running
into hundreds of millions of dollars
made by floating foreign bonds in
the United States since the war.
Tabulations of the deals were not
totaled up because of the overlap
ping transactions which show that
one firm alone made more than
$29,000,000.
These and other figures are made
public by the Senate Finance Com
mittee, in continuance of the bond
sale probe as launched by Senator
Hiram Johnson, California Repub
lican, as a part of his fight on the
administration’s foreign policy.
The United States will make no
opening overture to the nations at
next month’s general disarmament
j conference at Geneva but a detail
ed policy has been laid out to guide
the American delegation.
The attitude of the American
representatives to the armament
conference will undergo its final
polishing at conferences between
Secretary of State Stimson and
Charles Dawes.
The draft plan at present pro
vides for the United States delega
tion’s acceptance of one point
which provides for their assent to
a combination of direct and bud
getary limitation in reducing land
forces.
HONOLULU IS AG!
MOUSED TO LYNCHING
FITCH BY BUTS
HONOLULU, Jan. 4. tf)—Tense
feeling was again aroused here Sat
urday by the alleged criminal at
tack on another woman. Saturday’s
outrage is said to have been caused
by an escaped convict, Louis Ko
papu. Kopapu is alleged to have
waited at this woman’s house until
the husband went out and then to
have entered, bound and gagged
the woman.
Forty such attacks have been re
ported in a short period of time
and this latest outrage has all of
Honolulu howling for vengeance.
Lynching threats are not scarce.
A squad of 500 special Marines,
shore patrol and other police are
at present engaged in a search for
Kopapu, who is believed to be hid
ing in some mountain fastness. If
this is the case, it is expected that
he will be captured in a few hours.
Prison authorities said that Ko
papu escaped from prison in com
pany with another convict.
GRANT PERMISSION
DENVER, Jan. 4. (JP) — Colorado
has decided to follow the lead of
Illinois and other States and the
Federal government in allowing
railroads a 15 per cent freight in
crease on inter-State freight ship
ments. The permission for in
creased rates was to go into effect
today.