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" VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 241. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CHAIRS TOGETHER
ITALIAN MINISTER SAYS THAT
HIGH TIME IS HERE FOR
DISARMAMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 18.
o?) — President Hoover and Dino
Gjrandi, of Italy, came together to
seek a common ground upon which
they could unite to promote the
welfare of the world.
Secretary of State Stimson ac
companied the visiting statesman
to the White House. Grandi carried
a bulky bundle of papers on arms
limitations and its consequent ben
efits to the world economic stabili
^ zation. Grandi also had literature
covering debts, reparations, the
possibility of a treaty revision, the
maintenance of the gold standard
and every other question which
might conceivably be of mutual or
individual concern which might:
come under discussion in detail, j
Choosing liis own words, the
Foreign Minister yesterday de
. scribed the present time as a good
time to carry the world disarma
ment movement to a practical re
sult. He made this statement at a
conference with newspaper men
devoted to diplomatic formalities
and private talks with American
officials. His answers to questions
4 about disarmament were unhesitat
ing.
Speaking in a fluent English he
readily found words to convey his
thoughts on the most intricate of
international problems. "I think
the question of disarmament is the
most important existing in the re
lations between the countries,” he
said. “It is high time for every
body to seek a practical result.”
CHINESE SCORED WIN MONDAY I
SHANGHAI, Nov. 18. (/P) — In I
Monday’s report of battling in the j
Nonni River zone in which General i
Mah Chan Shen succeeded in rout- !
ing the Japanese forces, 800 Jap- |
anese soldiers were killed and 200!
were captured. This message was
^contained in an official Chinese
dispatch from Harbin.
flGOSEVELT UNO SMITH
MEET IS POSTm
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. (£>)—The
meeting between A1 Smith and
Governor Roosevelt, which was to
De held yesterday, was postponed
until today. This meeting holds the
whole political world agog as on
the meeting hinges the possibility
that Smith may support. Roosevelt
or not support him.
If Smith supports Roosevelt pol
iticians say that the next election
will be between Roosevelt and Hoo
ver. If Smith does not throw his
support behind Roosevelt some dif
r ficulties are evident as to the choos
ing of a Democratic nominee.
A determined fight will be made
by the Fairbanks Chamber of Com
merce to prevent the proposed sale
of the Washington-Alaska Military
Cable & Telegraph System to pri
vate interests, says the Fairbanks
News-Miner.
PREFERENCE TARIFF
| LONDON, Nov. 18. (/P)—A prefer
i ence tariff to unite the dominions
of the British Empire into economic
unity and for which Lord Beaver
brook, publisher, fought for more
than a year, seemed assured with
the passage of the government’s
tariff measure through the frist
State Comomns.
JI.R.R. DEFIGII REDUCED
T
BY THE HIGH TARIFFS
I
Through economies, not by rea
son of tariff increases, did the defi
cit in operation of the Alaska Rail
road attain a new low mark during
the past fiscal year; a reduction
of 52 per cent lower than that of
the preceding year, or slightly in
excess of $500,000. Heretofore, the
| annual deficit has been in the
! neighborhood of $1,000,000.
It is believed, from The Gateway's
; conversation with Colonel Otto F.
5 Ohlson, general manager of the
! system, that he is asking in his re
port to the Secretary of the In
terior an appropriation of $500,000
for the coming fiscal year.
Regarding the tariff increases af
fected by the Howell committee,
Colonel Ohlson stated this import
ant matter will be taken up per
sonally with Secretary Wilbur and
that at this time it would be rather
premature to make a definite an
nouncement.
This winter’s work along the line,
besides the great local tie-making
activity which should produce at
least 100,000 ties before spring, will
be replacement of two wpoden
bridges on the northern division by
steel ones. In the spring, ballast
ing of the railroad between Nenana
and Fairbanks will be started.
Colonel Ohlson, who is enroute to
j Washington, D. C., on his annual
! trip, is accompanied by Mrs. Ohl
Ison and Mr. Barndollar. He ex
1 pects to return North in February.
, Aside from feeling gratified as to
the revived interest in mining, Col
onel Ohlson again emphasized the
importance of producing in Alaska j
the common necessities which can j
be produced here with ease and of |
which the importations run into!
the millions.
Regarding coal bunkers in Sew
ard this will undoubtedly be a real
ity when tonnage justifies such an
expenditure; it is not quite so, at
the present time, less than 5,000
tons having been sent through the
Port of Seward during the past
year.
While the tourist traffic for the
ensuing season does not appear so
promising at this time, yet it is an
ticipated it will be equally as large
as the past summer.
The reindeer situation is more or
less in abeyance though further
developments are looked for dur
ing his present visit East.
Colonel Ohlson stressed the im- (
portance of cooperation between .
Seward, Anchorage and Fairbanks ‘
toward inviting the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce visiting this ]
area next summer and that the var- j
ious chambers of commerce or other (
civic bodies should immediately ex- .
tend invitations to the Californian
organization to come North with
Fairbanks as the Interior destina
tion point.
During Colonel Ohlson’s absence 1
Superintendent Holmes has been <
named Acting Manager. <
CIH CIS GREAT
BRITIi 1TIL CEC.
1 TO DO SOMETHING
«
(SHOULD GREAT BRITAIN FAIL
GANDHI WILL AGAIN LEAD
LIBERTY CAMPAIGN
LONDON, Nov. 18. (A*)—Mahatma
Gandhi, heartened by a talk with
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald,
reconsidered his decision to leave
for India and has agreed to remain
until the Round Table conference
is ended.
Lord Sankey, chairman of the
conference, has decided to prolong
the session another week after sev
eral delegates had boosted their
view that the principle representa
tives must be heard before a con
stitution can be drafted for India.
“This leaves me in a fog,” said
Gandhi, “but I am ready to spend
the winter in England if necessary
to stay results from these meetings.”
The Mahatma told the Federal
Structures Committee, which is
charged with the formulation of a
constitution, that India must have
full control over her own army.
“We will go 'through fire and
storm and distress” he said, “and if
it be God’s will, through" a shower
of bullets to obtain our independ
ence. The nation which has no
control over its defense forces is
not a responsible nation and if the
British people think it will be a
century before we can be trusted
with control of the army then for
that century the Nationalist Con
gress will wander in the wilderness.
If India cannot have control over
the army, then the army should be
disbanded. I will wait until eter
nity if I cannot get control over the
National defenses.”
Mahatma Gandhi gave the Brit
ish until December 1 to do some
thing for India and said that if
Great Britain failed to do so he
would sail for Bombay on December
4 to lead a new and more intensive
disobedience movement throughout |
India.
WE STILL WILL TUT
FIND PEACEFUL SOLUTION
$
PARIS, Nov. 18. VP)—With Wash
ington dispatches indicating the
United States considered the Man
churian situation extremely grave,
the League of Nations’ Council sat
down to try to find the way to a
peaceful solution of the conflict.
Aristide Briand outlined negotia
tions since the last Council meeting
at Geneva in October and the
ground upon which he based a be
lief that the cause of t compromise
still exists.
At a secret sitting held imme
diately afterward, the Council
members discussed a plan of pro
cedure believed to have been sug
gested by Sir John Simon of Eng
land and individual members held
brief talks on this plan later. An
other secret meeting of the plenary
Council was to be held yesterday.
SON BORN TO TUNNEYS
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. (IP)—A son
was born today to Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Tunney. Mother and son are
ioing nicely.
SNOW AT NONNI RIVER
j TOKYO, Nov. 18. (/P)—Snow fell
i along the Nonni River where the
i two main forces of the Chinese and
| Japanese are entrenched. Tient
sin reported that it learned of re
j newed bombing and reconnoitering
j activities on the part of the Jap
| anese.
---
NEW ISSUE IS THHUST
INTO THE MRNGHURINN
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
PARIS, Nov. 18. </P)—A new and
menacing issue was thrust into the
Manchurian peace negotiations.
This issue was the possible effect
on agitation to change the Treaty
of Versailles in the event the
League of Nations’ Council fails to
uphold Japan’s demand that China
recognize the sanctity of all com
pacts existing between the Tokyo
and Nanking governments.
Along with this new issue came
two other factors that confused the
search for the elusive compromise
that might bring peace to Manchu
ria. There were indications that
the United States was relaxing its
firm stand for Japanese evacuation
of the disputed area.
And there were rumblings from
Russia. News that Maxim Litvinoff,
Soviet Commissar for Foreign Af
fairs, has protested to Tokyo re
garding Japanese army activity in
the region of the Chinese Eastern
Railway. The Russian sphere of
influence in Manchuria led to the
belief that Russia would not remain
aloof in case the League failed to
to stop the Japanese advance.
The Rightest Press of Paris loud
ly applauded Tokyo’s position as the
bulwark of the European status
quo and branded as a principle, the
Chinese proposal to arbitrate the
validity of treaties imposed by force
of arms.
ATTEMPT HOE TO 18
SEWARD POSTOFFICE
Due to the alertness of Postmas
ter Charles Sheldon, a shipment of
gold dust valued at $240,000 was
prevented from being lifted at
about 3 o’clock this morning.
Postmaster Sheldon, who sleeps
on the mezzanine floor of the post
office, was awakened by a slight
noise and armed himself and came
down to await the entrance of the
robbers. However, in the dark, hej
bumped into a chair and thus
warned the burglars that someone
was inside the postoffice and they
immediately took flight.
An examination of the door,
where the robbers had been work
ing, showed a series of four auger
holes bored beside the Yale night
latch and ready to admit a hand
for the turning of the lock.
The Seward marshal’s office has
I announced that all persons enter
| ing Seward will be forced to give an
account of themselves before allow
ed to remain and all incoming ships
will be given a close scrutiny at all
Alaska ports.
Peter Cook, veteran telegrapher
in charge of the Anchorage who is
on a 60-day vacation, departed to
day for the famous Cook Inlet me
tropolis.
UNITED STATES DESIRES OPEN
DOOR TO MANCHURIA AND *
RESTORE STATUS QUO
(By Associated Press)
' After a smashing offensive
1 against General Mah’s Chinese
army, the Japanese soldiers
the Chinese fleeing in disorci^- _
J the northward, beyond Anganchi
iand Tsitsihar. The Japanese oc
cupied Anganchi and continued to
push forward and reached a point
; at the outskirts of Tsitsihar.
Mukden headquarters of the Jap
; anese reported to the Japanese war
office at Tokyo and said that the
attack was provoked by General
'Mah and the Japanese fought in
self defense and that fighting
.would continue until the Chinese
I army is crushed and permanent
; peace established.
| The League of Nations met at
I Paris to consider privately the re
j suits of yesterday’s individual dis
I cussions from which representatives
of Japan and China were absent.
The United States’ attitude at
Paris is said to be the desire to
maintain its traditional policy of
an open .door to Manchuria and to
associate itself in an international
move to restore the status quo of
j Manchuria. It is also the desire of
| the United States to do everything
| possible to avoid wounding of the
•Japanese feelings,
j Chinese officials at Nanking are
pessimistic over the prospect of
firm action by the League of Na
tions toward forcing Japanese eva
luation from aMnchuria.
Japanese officials said that their
troops, in crossing the Russian
owned Chinese Eastern Railway at
Anganchi, they would make every
effort not to disturb Russian inter -
; ests.
General Mah, in reports to Peip
ing, said that his condition was
becoming serious following the
general attack by the Japanese who
were using infantry, heavy guns
and airplanes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18. (&)—
A state-wide search for Absalom
S. Eshoo, itinerant garment work
er, who was known as “the Armen
ian,” was underway following the
murder of Benjamin Reinisch, sec
retary and organizer of the Amal
gamated Clothing Workers of Am
erica.
Reinisch was shot through the
heart and instantly killed in the
office of the union headquarters
and the murderer was seen running
from the building. According to
descriptions given to the police, it
is believed that Eshoo was the
killer.
ACTOR IS SAFE
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18. (/P)—
Noah Beery, screen actor, is safe.
He disappeared with two friends
during a * raging snowstorm here.
The three took refuge in a deserted
cabin and when the storm subsided
they made their way back to this
city.