MEMBER ASSCX;iATED TRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1932.
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 37.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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UNLEASH A EOT
l . S. CITIZENS PROTEST THE
INHUMANITY OF JAP
DEFENSE
SHANGHAI, Feb. 13. (/P)—Japan
ese airplanes and big guns pound
ed the wrecks of the Chapei area
and Woosung fort with the heav
est bombardment since the fight
ng started two weeks ago, and it is
.-.aid that the heavy offensive
?topped a number of Chinese count
r attacks.
American Minister Nelson John
son said that he did not know of
my peace negotiations that had
>een made to halt this renewal of
hostilities.
The voice of the thousand Amer
can residents was raised in a uni
ied protest against the Japanese
■ stupidity and inhumanity which
has characterized Japan’s entirely
unnamed defense.”
The belief prevailed that because
of the Chinese attitude toward the
Japanese taking advantage of their
concession in t h e International
Settlement that all foreigners
vould suffer in the future.
The status of the International
Settlement was further endanger
ed when six Japanese bombers at
tacked Chapei.
Meanwhile the Chinese awaited
'he arrival of four squadrons of
planes due from Canton.
New units of Chinese infantry
-ire entering the lines in the city of
Shanghai to refresh the Chinese
>oldiers already there. The Japan
ese have upward of 20.000 men
ashore in the fighting area of
Shanghai.
The American minister said that
"he International Settlement prob
lem is a matter which is saving the
2ace of both sides, and in explain
ing his statement said that this
:ace was everything in the Far
East and that it is the scheme by
vhich the face of China and Japan
■will probably settle their dispute.
APPROVE APPROPREATION
TOKYO. Feb. 13. <VP>—1The Privy
Council, in session Friday, approved
*>f an appropriation of S12.000.000
to be used as war expenditures by
Japanese forces in Shanghai and
Manchuria.
JAPANESE EXPECTED 10
• SHANGHAI. Feb. 13. (JP> — The
Chinese and Japanese forces con
tinued to oppose each other in the
Woosung fort area Saturday (Fri
day, Seward time) but there was
no appreciable change in the posi
hon of either force.
* The Japanese are expected to
be just about ready to begin a ma
or offensive to “blast out” the
Chinese from the Chapei line and
'he Woosung fort.
During the four-hour truce over
5.000 Chinese civilians were re
moved from the Chapei area.
Peace negotiations, attempted
* ;.gain by American and British of
ficials, again collapsed.
PEACE MOVES BLOCKED
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 13.
ijP)—in a statement issued by gov
ernment officials here, it was said
if 'hat the Japanese have blocked ev
ery effort on the part of American,
British and other mediators to ne
gotiate for peace between China
and Japan,
Juneau, with the thermometer at
jseven above, is experiencing some
of the coldest weather in some
years and the heavy sncwrs and low
«i Temperatures throw a serious threat
over the town in that its water
supply may be cut short.
■Mini III Hill ft UTlirri TX**rn
DELEGATE MAKES PREDICTION
GENEVA. Feb. 13. (7P)—Dr. W. W.
Yen, Chinese delegate to.the Dis
armament Conference, said that
success or failure depends upon
the outcome of the conflict be
tween China and Japan. Dr. Yen
said that if the Kellogg Peace Pact
and the covenant of the League of
Nations is allowed to crumble the
conference will certainly fail.
RESERKCREiffTBE
EXPANDED 1 FEW OHS
PENDING LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 13
</P)—With both Houses ready to de
bate on the banking bill Monday
and Tuesday, the bill is expected to
be ready to go into effect and pro
vide for the expansion of Federal
Reserve credit within a few days
The committee on banking hai
forwarded the bill to the House and
after an expected brief debate in
the House Monday, the bill will be
acted on in the Senate Tuesday.
The bill provides for a change
in legislation pertaining to credit
extension by the Federal Reserve
banks and will assure help to small
banks.
WON’T BE SALVAGED
PORTLAND, England. Feb. 12.
Divers were examining the wreck
of the British submarine M-2, which
sank January 26 off the coast here
and which was definitely located on
the bottom of the channel recently
Admiralty officials said it was un
likely that the hull of the sub
marine, which went down with 61
men aboard, would be salvaged at
present.
DEI LEADER HINTS
AT UNCLEAN POLITICS
ALBANY. N. Y.. Feb. 13. (/Pi
President Herbert Hoover is blamed
for instigating an assembly probe
into the administration of Gover
nor Franklin Roosevelt, Senator
John Dunnigan. chief of the Demo
cratic forces said.
Dunnigan said the Republicans
want to “beat Roosevelt now in
stead of in November.” He said
orders from Washington were re
sponsible for a resolution calling
for a legislative inquiry into the
State administration.
SECRET TREATY
LONDON. Feb. 13. (/P)—A London
paper here is authority fbr the
statement that Russia and Japan
have negotiated a secret treaty
in w'hich Japan is given a ruling
rein in Manchuria by Russia. Nc
details of the treaty were made
public except its existence and its
relation to Manchuria.
C. 0. P, LEADERS PREDICT
NOMINATION OF HOSIER
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 13
oP» — Lincoln Day gatherings by
Republicans throughout the nation
resounded in predictions of the
election of Herbert Hoover and this
was hailed as the opening gun in
a political battle.
Further signs of “pro-Hoover op
timism” were seen when managers
: refused to file his name in North
Dakota’s primary contest, the lists
of which closed yesterday.
It is considered that Hoover’*
nomination is assured without ever
■ a struggle. Senator Hiram John
i son’s name is not entered in th(
North Dakota primary and leading
political observers believe that th<
■ Californian’s chances are doubtful
i
FATHER-SON BUHET
IS HTTENDED BY OB
HUIBJJM FOLK
The annual Father and Son ban
quet, given last evening in the
Community Church, again proved
its popularity when more than 100
fathers and sons were present to
enjoy the festivities. The banquet
was sponsored by Rev. E. E. Reis
ner and the Ladies Aid Society of
the Community Church.
The event was featured by a
genuinely excellent supper, a lively
program, jolly songs and a number
of jovial stories about boys and a
few' talks
E. P. Hanvood presided as toast
| master of the evening and he called
i on Rev. C. T. Hatten to render the
invocation, after which the supper
I was served by the members of the
j Ladies Aid.
j Led by G. W. James, the entire
attendance sang a number of peppy
; songs.
Following the songs a toast to
j fathers was given by Berry Hatten
and he spoke on “Qualities Boys
, Admire in Dads.” This toast to
j fathers was later responded to by
i a toast to sons by S. J. Urie- To
: intersperse the talks, the Friendly
Indians showed their dads what
S they are accomplishing in their
j youthful organization and went
! through the details of one of their
regular meetings.
George W. James, local vocalist,
sang twro delightful solos.
F. L. Groth made a well deliv
ered address w'hich he entitled
“The Boy and the Man.” and which
pictured the great father and son
i love.
The meeting was concluded by
'everyone singing a song.
L
THROWHI SNOWBANK
8!
The Alumni team still remains
undefeated for the present season
by virtue of their 32 to 25 win over
the Seward High School basketball
team last evening.
The Alumni cagers passed all
around the Pony quintet and every
now and then scored a basket on a
quick break through their defense.
The Pony guards functioned fairly
well but were unable to stem the
lightning like darts of the Alumni
cagers. On the other hand, the
Ponies, although they have fast
men, have a considerally slow
breaking offense and time and
again when they should have
scored, they were stopped by the
Alumni cagers very easily.
The Alumni took the lead from
the start- and when the first quar
ter ended the score was 10 to 5 At
the end of the half the score was
18 to 12 with the Alumni still lead
ing. The third quarter saw' the
High School cagers tie the Alumni
20 to 20. but the Alumni promptly
dropped the sphere through the
hoop for another two counts, the
quarter ending 22 to 20. At the
end of the fourth quarter and the
finish of the game the score was
32 to 25.
Alumni
Shellhorn, 4
R. Manthey, 16
Rosness
G. Manthey. 12
O. Sandbeck
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G
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High School
4, Peterson
10, Benson
8. E. Manthey
Rogers
3, E. Sandbeck
Nick Heidel substituted for Andy
Peterson.
“Bud” Hall refereed the game to
the satisfaction of all concerned.
WHALING FLEET
SEATTLE. Feb. 13. (/P)—Plans for
he building and outfitting of a
rhaling fleet here at a cost of up
vards of a million, which will leave
or the Antarctic next fall, were
mnounced by J. M. Carpenter, Na
•etired Navy officer.
(By W.A.S.)
Senator Dill, of Washington, and
Representative Connery, of Massa
chusetts, have introduced an iden
tcal bill in Congress making an ap
propriation of $10,000,000 to aid the
States of the Union to pay old age
! pensions, at the ratio of two-thirds
by the State and one-third by the
government. The bill does not in
clude the Territories and when
Delegate Wickersham called this
| fact to the attention of the men
who introduced the bill they both
agreed that Alaska should be in
i eluded and consented to see that
when the bill was considered in
i committees that the necessary
change is made.
.
The favorable report of the Dis
trict Engineer at Juneau on the
! harbor improvement at Petersburg
! was reported favorably by the di
! vision engineer at San Francisco
and now the Delegate has been in
formed that the report was fur
ther approved by the Board of En
; gineers in Washington. When it is
i approved by the Chief of Engineers
it will be sent to the Secretary of
: War. who will transmit it to Con
gress, when it will be referred to
| the Committee on Rivers and Har
i bors and be reported for the Rivers
I and Harbors bill. To be included
; in the appropriation bill will be
the next step.
| A letter from the Secretary of
' War, transmitting a favorable re
i nort, dated January 13, 1932, from
, he Chief of Engineers of the U. S.
Army, on survey of Salmon River,
at Hyder, went to the House Com
• mittee on Foreign Commerce and
j ordered to be printed, with illus
| tration.
* * * 4:
Delegate Wickersham was very
much gratified recently to receive
| a wire from the secretary of the
Kodiak Republican Club, stating
; that he was directed to advise that
1 in its platform adopted January 4.
cthe club declared that “ We ap
. prove and stand for those prin
ciples and Territorial policies as
promulgated and advocated by our
! Delegate to Congress, James Wick
jersham, and we stand for his con
; tinuance in office.”
* * * *
!
Capt. and Mrs. Wallace Langley
are spending a couple of weeks in
Washington while on an extended
j Eastern trip. They now make their
; home in Seattle although the cap
; tain has spent many summers in
| Alaska, having vessels that ply to
! the Westward and others that run
| on the Kuskokwim River.
On January 18 the Senate Spe
i cial Committee on Wild Life Re
i sources, of which Senator Wolcott
is chairman, held a protracted
i meeting. Appearing before the com
1 mittee was John M. Holzworth,
! chairman of the committee of the
American Society of Mammalolo
gists for protection of the Alaska
brown and grizzly bears. He sought
to interest the committee in the
i effort to have Admiralty Island and
j possibly Chichagof Island estab
1 lished as permanent sanctuaries or
: preserves for the bears, and argued
! “that there are at least 5,000 brown
j and grizzly bears on Admiralty Is
land, or probably well over half
; the grizzly and brown bear popu
i lation in Alaska.” Both these is
j lands are in Southeastern Alaska,
! off from Juneau, rich in timber
1 and mineral resources, with many
{settlements, and for that reason
' Delegate Wickersham spoke in op
position to the proposed reserva
| tions. which the committee is not
! expected to recommend.
CONFIRMATION SIGNED
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13.!
! (/P) — Confirmation of Ogden L.
Mills as Secretary of the Treasury,
succeeding Andrew W. Mellon, sent
to President Hoover, was signed
Thursday. Mellon will resign soon,
formally, to take the oath of Am- j
bassador to Great Brtain. Arthur
A. Ballantine will succeed Mills as
under-Secretary of the Treasury, j
FI1MHY NEARLY WIPED
OUT By INJF.CT1 ;
OFJftULTY VACCINE
HIGHBRIDGE, N. J„ Feb. 13. UP)!
—Dr. F. C. Low, depressed by ill I
i health and financial reverses, killed
; himself and his wife and daughter ,
by injecting poison into their veins
instead of vaccine, it was revealed.
Low’s son Fred, 19, was found in
j the home nearly dead from the in
jection. He told of the tragedy at
the hospital where he may recover.
Low called the family together
in the living room and told the trio
it was necessary to be injected for
typhoid. He plunged the needle
into their veins and took “a vac
j cine” himself.
j Neighbors discovered the uncon
! scious Fied and the bodies of the
i father, mother- and a sister Mary,
^aged ll.
CONFERENCE NEXT JUNE
LONDON, Feb. 13. UP)—'The For
i eign Office announced that the
| Lausanne reparations conference
would be held next June- The ob
! ject of the conference has been
j enlarged to include world economic
difficulties as well as discussion of
reparations.
BRITAIN WILL PLACE
TARIFF LEV! IMPOBTS
LONDON. Feb. 13. UP)— In a his
toric session of Commons. Great
Britain’s free trade policy, the na
; tion’s fiscal cornerstone for a cen
tury, was thrown overboard by
Neville Chamberlain, who wore the
I mantle of his famous father, Jos
: eph, as he proclaimed the financial
j revolution.
On March 1 a general tariff of
; 10 per cent will be levied on all
British imports, with the exception
of wheat, meat, fish, grain, cotton
| and wool, under the National gov
j ernment’s program.
A tariff commission, something
i like that of the United States, will
i be established to levy additional
j duties up to 100 per cent.
: HNTI-S1LOON LEAGUE
I MIES ITSELF NESi
—
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Feb. 13.
UP) — The Minnesota Anti-Saloon
League' adopted resolutions against
“every suggested change” in the
prohibition law which would op
i pose a referendum on the issue.
The League’s officials said they
: resented the “over-emphasis by the
; wet press and great news gather
! ing agencies of events calculated to
| prejudice the public against pro
! hihition, and called attention to
i the distortion of news w-hich makes
; the great agencies unreliable as
; purveyors of newjs of the day.”
STOCK MARKET
SEATTLE, Feb. 13. UP) — Quota
tions on the stock market: Alaska
| Juneau 14%; Chrysler 11%; Free
■ port 16%; General Motors 20%;
! Kennecott 10; Kroger 13%; Radio
j 7%; Radio-Keith 5%; Tri-Cont.
12%; United Corp. 8%; U. S. Steel
3S%; Cities Service 5%; Premier
no sale; U. S. Gas 2; Big Missouri
i 10 cents.
! up* "an* ■ wjrjvarrw
DEMURRER OF BISHOP
CUNNON IS SUSPENDED
0! SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13.
(/P)—The District of Columbia Su
preme Court suspended the demur
rers of Bishop James Cannon and
his former secretary, Ada Bur
roughs, in the indictments aganst
them, charging them with violation
of the Corrupt Practice Act.
They were indicted on charges
of failing to make a complete re
port of their expenditures against
the candidacy of A1 Smith in 1928.
The demurrer questioned the
constitutionality of the act but the
Supreme Court did not pass on the
constitutionality of the indictment
but held that the indictment was
defective because it failed to charge
that Miss Burroughs knew of the
contributions made to Bishop Can
non.
PUS LIMIT ■MTS
TO DEFENSIVE VEINS
GENEVA, Feb. 13. (/Pi—Sentiment
among delegates here has swung to
the first concrete move to limit
armaments of world nations. It is
now felt that armament should be
limited to defensive armaments
only.
This sentiment became prevalent
after Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet
Commissar, declared that the only
real security against war was total
disarmament of the nations but he
said that this would be impossible.
Two names were left out of the
SS Starr Westward passenger list
ing. The emissions were that of
Kathryn Galen, for Seldovia, and
C. A. Betchel, also for Seldovia.
BICENTENNIAL DANCE
WILL 0E GALA AFFAIR
COMMITTEE REPORTS
The George Washington Bicen
tennial Dance will be given Satur
day evening, February 20, instead
of on the actual birth date. Febru -
ary 22, according to the dance com
mittee. This dance and entertain
ment will be held in commemora
tion of the 200th birthday of the
first President of the United States.
Throughout the United States,
citizens are planning and prepar
ing for the bicentennial observance
and already, days before the birth
day, many colonial parties have
been staged and more are sched
uled after February 22 to celebrate
his birthday.
However, as far as is known, one
celebration is planned for Seward.
The local Reftekahs and Odd Fel -
lows are offering to the public a
dance, at which time several other
special numbers will be presented
and which will be announced as
soon as the contracts for the per
formers have been drawn up and
signed.
Plans have already been made
for the awarding of two separate
j door prizes to persons holding the
. lucky numbers of a drawing to be
held at the Washington dance and
j which drawing will take place at
! midnight, or shortly after that
! time.
I Tickets for this even were run
I off the press today and may be
purchased at the Candy Cottage or
; Sylvia’s or you can secure them
j from Sol Urie or Walter Corliss,
i The dance committee’s final ad
vice is to “buy a ticket for $1. At
tend the dance and entertainment:
receive a chance on the two door
prizes. Come and absorb so much
enjoyment that the so-called de
pression will seem nil.”