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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 236.
SEWARD, ALASKA,THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TOKYO, Nov. 12. (Copyrighted by
Associated Press)—A fresh brigade j
of Japanese troops have been or- ■
dered by Japan to proceed to Man- j
churia. The decision was made:
* following the news of a battle on a :
new front when 300 Chinese and j
three Japanese were reported to j
have been slain.
The fresh troops were ordered
by the Emperor at the request of
the chief general of the Japanese
staff. However, it is said that the
new troops are but to replace the j
Korean brigade which has been on :
constant duty in Manchuria since j
September 18.
Four Japanese destroyers have
been ordered from Port Arthur and
to proceed to Kure because of the!
increasing gravity of the situation.
One cruiser has also been ordered
from Yokohama to Sasebo and is
* o remain at the latter place to j
await further orders.
FiEisiiiSY !
CHINS IN TRENCHES i
ON ARMISTICE OUT
TIENTSIN, Nov. 12. (/P;—French
X„and British troops went into the j
trenches Wednesday to celebrate
Armistice Day as renewed firing be
tween the Chinese city and the Jap
anese concession threatened to re
solve itself into a battle in which
international complications might;
occur.
Bursts of rifle fire at the boun- j
riary between the Japanese quar
ters and the remainder of the city
were renewed and the Japanese
garrison was giving evidences of
feverish activity.
The British troops entrenched
themselves around the barracks in
the adjacent village of Laoshiraki. j
The French garrison evacuated
Steng Partol, and around its area
aecause they feared that the Chin
ese might attempt to reach the Jap
anese with guns and might fire over
t.he French’s territory and thus lead
to grave complications.
GIVES NAVAL APPROVAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 12. j
\JP)—Secretary of the Navy Adams:
has given his approval of the par-1
w ticipation of Naval teams in con- j
tests at the 1932 Olympics to be held !
_n Los Angeles. Contesting teams j
picked from the Marine Corps, the ,
'J. S. Navy, Annapolis and other j
Naval bodies are to be assembled i
at Annapolis for training in the'
near future.
1 KING CAROL ILL
BUDAPEST, Nov., 12, (JP) —King j
Carol, of Roumania, is ill with j
1 onsilitis, or mumps, according to ;
a bulletin issued here. He will
.rave to* remain confined for three
weeks. *
WHEELER’S OPINION
WASHINGTON, Nov., 12, (/P) In
describing Democratic presidential
possibilities Burton K. Wheeler of
Montana, said that the party can
win with Franklin Roosevelt and
v iose without him.
INTERNATIONAL PATROL
NANKING Nov., 12, (^—Dis
patches from Geneva said that!
the League of Nations’ Council
was considering the suggestion j
for the formation of an interna- j
tional patrol force to occupy por- J
tions of Manchuria to assist the j
Japanese in withdrawing their i
troops. Such a patrol would serve |
the purpose, it was said in official |
circles, of protecting Japanese j
lives and property during the j
evacuation.
TO BE OPENED UP TODAY!
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BALBOA, C. Z„ Nov. 12. </Pi—The I
Panama Canal is still blocked up j
as a result of the heavy and con- j
tinued rains. However, it was ex- i
pected that the canal would be |
clear so that ships could proceed j
through the locks today.
The tie-up of vessels has caused j
much loss to shippers and broken ;
many schedules. Much property j
damage is also reported from the j
landslides and reports from San
Juan said that more than 100 houses i
had been destroyed.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
IN SMS APPEAR TO
BE UN TIE UPHOE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. iJP) —
Higher prices are being paid for,
cotton, wheat and oil, said reports,
turned into the Walter Gifford un
employment committee and have
resulted in a measureable improve
ment of business conditions.
A striking detail of the reports
was that they showed there had
been an increase for the second
successive week in steel production
at Pittsburgh, and a substantial
upturn of business in Los Angeles.
This is the first time in two years
that a large percentage of the city
from which the figures were ob
tained said the business was al
ready looking up.
Other business men stressed op
timism and sentiment for upturns
in the near future.
STRIKE CALLED G*F
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 12. </P)
—The big strike to be called b\
the Motion Picture Operators’ j
Union for Friday and which was!
to effect about 175 of the Fux ’
chain west coast the it res, has
been called off oy His eastern
headquarters. No details for the i
cancellation of the ttrike were!
given.
WOMEN UNRECOGNIZED
LONDON, Nov., 12, (A5)—Premier
Ramsay MacDonald completed
filling all minor ministerial jobs
without the appointment of a sin
gle woman in office. He failed
to recognize the English women’s!
claim to office even though their
vote was largely responsible for
the ushering of the National gov
ernment into office with the
sweeping victory that resulted.
A gas car will arrive in Seward to
night with passengers to connect
with the SS Admiral Evans, leaving
Seward tomorrow for Seattle. The
gas car returns to Anchorage to
night.
COMMUNIST II SSiQ
TO 8E ST Ml! 10
HOP Efim 11
TOKYO, Nov., 12, (Copyrighted
jy The Associated Press)—Mukden
reports said that 50 Chinese had
3een killed and 300 wounded in
i three-hour battle near Jung
Shilling, in North Mukden- Among
;he wounded Chinese was a wo
nan in uniform who died later at
* hospital.
Reports were prevalent telling
3f the arrival of 15 carloads of
Russian arms and ammunition at
Mriganchi, Manchuria for the
Chinese General Mah Chan Shan.
k new Chinese attack is threaten
ing Mukden from the Chin Chow
direction, according to further re
ports received here. The Govern
ment planned to dispatch a fcsli
body of troops Saturday.
The Japanese Intelligence Bu
reau also said that they had fur
ther information that 2,000 troops
of the International Communist
Army, composed of Russians, Ko
reans and Chinese, had arrived
at Tsitsihar, just north of General
Mali’s position at Anganchi.
The new Chinese attack in the
direction of Mukden is looked for
simultaneously with the renewed
drive of General Mah’s army in
the Nonni River bridge area. Gen
eral Mah’s army now numbers 30,
000 soldiers.
FOR PEACE SETTLEMENT
GENEVA, Nov. 12. hP)—Aristide
Briand dispatched notes calling
upon the Japanese and Chinese to
make every effort to prevent new
military action in Manchuria.
Indications were strong that the
interest shown by the United States
in the League of Nations' efforts
to bring about peace dispelled much
of the gloorn in the League quar
ters.
President Hoover’s Armistice Day
address wherein he made known
the appointment of Ambassador to
England Charles E. Dawes to repre
sent the United States at the
League of Nations’ Council meeting
in Paris Monday brought much sat
isfaction.
THE STOCK MARKET
SEATTLE, Nov. 12. (A*)—Yester
day’s quotations on the stock mar
ket:
Alaska Juneau . 14%
American Can .84 %
Borden .5-1
Canada Dry . 19%
General Motors. 28%
International Nickle Can . 11%
International Tel. & Tel. .17%
Kennecott Copper . 15%
Radio .12%
Reynolds Tobacco (b) . 39%
Richfield Oil . 1
Standard Oil of Calif.34%
Standard Oil of N. J.35%
Standard Oil of N. Y.14%
Union Oil of Calif. 17
U. S. Steel.71
Cities Service v... 8%
Durant Motors . 1%
MUST CONSERVE OIL
CHICAGO, Nov. 12 (/P)—Thomas
W. Lamont, secretary of com-1
merce, in a speech delivered be
for assembled members of the.
American Petroleum Institute,
here, told them that they must j
evolve measures leading to the
conservasion of oil reserves. If ’
they find that they are unable to
put into effect these conservation;
measures, Secretary Lamont said
it may be necessary for the Unit- j
ed States to invoke conservation;
regulations.
NORTHLAND II SEATTLE j
AFTER WISE TO Ml
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SEATTLE; Nov., 12, (/PT—The MS
Northland arrived in Seattle Wed
nesday after a 1700 mile cruise
which took her as far north as
Point Barrow. Raymond N. Gil
more, ornithologist, who brought;
birds and mice from the Arctic
for the University of California
Zoology Museum, was a passengei.
Besides the ornithologist there
were three ether passengers
aboard who were members of the
crew cf the Baychimo, which is
ice-locked near Point Barrow.
iGlfPSY US DIDN'T !
KIDNAP BUT BOUGHT I
14-TEAI-OLB BRIBE
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j
i CINCINNATI, Nov. 12. (/P)— Eph- (
: riam Marks, 25 years of age, Gypsy
“prince,” was jailed while Federal
authorities attempted to decide
whether his 14-year-old bride had,
been kidnapped or purchased, ac
cording to tribal custom.
Frank Ranco, of Brooklyn, and
i the girl’s father, charged that she
had been kidnapped from a Brook
lyn theatre and forced to marry
Marks.
The Gypsy replied that he had
paid the father $2,250 for the girl.!
The girl was found in Queen Amelia
Marks’ camp and Queen Amelia said
that it was Ranco’s racket to sell
the girl, then trace her down and
reclaim her with the aid of police.
WANTS LONGER FIGHT
j LOS ANGELES, Nov-, 12, (/Pi
Trainer Jacobs of the present
world champion heavyweight Max
Schmeling, has announced that j
Schmeling will not consider a
bout with Mickey Walker in Los
Angeles because the boxing laws
of California allow only 10-round
engagements and the champion
prefers the longer battle. Jacobs!
is a passenger on the Ille de
France due in New York today.
LONDON, Nov. 12. (A3)—Troops;
were on the march again across the i
! continent of Europe but it was the j
| shuffling half-step of companies:
j and regiments whose battles were j
I fought 13 years ago.
From Paris to Brussels and in
every little town on the continent
here and in London Armistice Day
brought about the solemn ritual
noce more and a ritual which is
dedicated to the memory of those
who died in the great war.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 12.
(/P)—Thirteen years ago, Wednes
day, President Woodrow Wilson was
up before daybreak and wrote in
pencil on half sheets of stationary
a message beginning, “My fellow
countrymen: The Armistice was
signed this morning. . . .”
Yesterday President Herbert Hoo
ver, accompanied by General John
J. Pershing, went to Arlington cem
etery to lay a v/reath at the tomb
of the Unknown Soldier.
It was 13 years ago Wednesday*
that General Pershing seized a tel
ephone at a French Chateau and
gave the order that stopped a half
million American soldiers who were
still pressing on.
It was 13 years ago that Hoover
was carrying cn work in England
and Belgium for Americans, little
knowing that the events which fol
lowed were to place him at the
Presidency of the United States.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov., 12
pp)—Police Chief Webb indicated
that investigations would be made
by his office into the “acciden
tal” first arrest of Van Leavitt, a
brother-in-law of President Her
bert Hoover, on a liquor charge
The investigation is to deal
with circumstances leading to the
arrest of the retired plumbing
contractor as he was leaving a
grocery store with a gunny sack
containing 19 pints of liquor.
Leavitt is at liberty on a bond
of $250. In hisv plea of not guilty
he said that he did not know
what the sack contained and that
it was handed him by C. R. Dai
ley, a grocer, when he saw the
Federal men approaching.
BE U. S. OBSERVER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 12.
(/P>—President Hoover in his Ar
mistice Day address made known,
the appointment of Ambassador
Charles E. Dawes, in England, to
represent the United States in the
League of Nations discussions to
be held in Paris Monday. It was
also made known that Ambassador
Dawes had received instructions
merely to act as an observer and
not to take part in the League dis
cussions.
FOOTBILL SCORES
St. Marys 0, U. of Calif., L. A., 12.
Montana S. 0, Mt. St. Charles 6;
decides State championship.
Linfield 6, Willamette 20.
Springhill 0, Birmingham S. U. 6.
OLDTIMER PASSES AWAY
KETCHIKAN, Nov , 12, (/P)—A1
Shipley, 85 years of age, said to
have entered Alaska before it was
purchased from Russia, and Ike
Buren, both well known oldtimers
of Alaska, died within a few hours!
of each other at the hospital here
Wednesday. Funeral arrangements
are pending.