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VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 213.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY
OCTOBER
15, 1931.
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SUITED STATES
TOKYO. Oct., 15, (/P)—'The Jap
anese foreign office instructed its
delegation at Geneva to use every
effort to see that the proposal
for including the American rep
resentative to the League of Na
tions Council during the discus
sion of the Sino-Japanese trouble
be dropped.
The officials felt that the Jap
anese public wouldn’t tolerate
America and the League working
together on the Manchurian tan
gle which is purely an affair be
tween China and Japan
The instructions also said, “that
it was difficult to understand
why America wants to participate
in a League discussion of far
Eastern matters and not take part
in others”.
UNITED STATES BESIDES ■
ADJUDICATE TROUBLE
WASHINGTON, Oct, 15, UP)—
Japan’s stand against American
participation efforts in the Lea
gue of Nations to bring peace to
Manchuria was regarded by the
State Department as indicative of
' a misunderstanding of the Ameri
can position.
Spokesmen reiterated that it
was only the desire of the United
States to see Japan and China
not to resort to war. The desire
is to adjudicate the controversy.
ME OF NATIONS
HIES II. S. TO SOLI
GENEVA. Oct., 15, (/P)—The
■League of Nations Council oper
ating from the hotel dining loom
cf Aristide 'Briand, decided to in
vite the United States to partici
pate in it’s attempt to bring about
a peaceful settlement in the
China-Japanese controversy in
Manchuria
Japan’s representative objected
to the plan of asking American
help and the Council agreed to
await an official statement from
the Tokyo government in the
hope that this opposition would
bet withdrawn.
4 Meanwhile members of the
Council have decided the United
States invitation would be based
on the Briand-Kellogg pact. Lea
gue circles expect that the Amer
ican representative would sit in
the Council on the same terms as
members except that he would
not vote and America would not
be bound by the engagements of
the covenant.
CAPONE WAS “SUCKER”
CHICAGO, Oct. 15. (£>)—A1 Ca
pone was a “sucker” for the races,
i- was testified at his income tax
* trial by half a dozen bookies who
said they won thousands of dollars
from him and that he always paid
without complaint. The defense
^called the bookmakers with the
intent of showing that Capone had
no income left.
I
‘Jottings’ by Sir John Mullens
on his Alaska Hunting Trip
The following excellent descrip
tive article of an ideal Alaskan
big game hunting trip was written
for The Gateway by Sir John Mul
lens, a director of the world-fam- j
ous Bank of England, who has just j
completed his second Alaska hunt i
under the auspices of the Alaska j
Guides, Inc. Sir John departed on ■
the SS Alaska Wednesday enroute {
to Long Island, where he will re- j
main for some time.
A few jottings by Sir John Mul- |
lens on his recent trip in Alaska:
Having recently completed a trip j
around the world, I find myself in '
Alaska once more, that wonderful
country and the most beautiful, I
suppose, in all the world, and so
extraordinarily full of thrills for
the hunter.
We left on our expedition by boat
fro mAnchorage late in the after
noon with as smooth a sea as one
could wish, but the weather chang
, es very rapidly in these parts and \
after a run of about four hours, the ;
! sea became choppy and then un- ■
commonly rough—unpleasantly so,
for those who were not good sail
ors. This delayed us, and we were
several hours late in reaching our
destination. The hospitality of Al
aska is proverbial, and though we
arrived next morning at the early
hour of 5, our kind hostess not only
greeted us with a hearty welcome,
bu.t with a splendid breakfast as
well.
Why is it that the people here
are so kind and hospitable and will
ing to do anything in their power
to help one? Nothing seems too
much trouble for them to take. Is
it because strangers are scarce—
away from the beaten track? I
have often wondered, but my ex- j
perience in this respect has always !
been the same, a warm welcome \
and good fellowship wherever one j
goes—and except to express one’s
thanks, which seems a small return j
after such wonderful and uncalled I
for kindness, one is unable to do j
more. While it strengthens one’s j
affection for the country and makes
one appreciate those who live out j
here, and if this should meet the
eye of any of the many who have ‘
been kind enough to show me hos- !
pitality, I would like them to know j
that their kindness has been sin
cerely and properly appreciated.
After the half gale at sea, the
weather favoured us and after rest
ing a night at the main camp, we
started early for our next one, an
easy day’s journey; a night there!
and off again to the furthest camp
we were to visit—a charming spot
in a sheep valley on the banks of
a trout stream surrounded by
snow-capped mountains and shel
tered by spruce trees. We had four
tents, each of them carpeted with
spruce boughs, making them warm
and cozy and also in addition, mak
ing a most comfortable bed to lie
on at night—dry and not too hard
—completed by a sleeping bag and
blankets; what can any hunter
want more?
I was lucky to have the same
guide who was with me two years
ago on another hunting trip, a find,
strong reliable man giving one full
confidence that he would do the
very best possible and however long
and tedious the d2y, he would al
ways appear bright and cheery and
never confess to being tired; no
doubt, he is accustomed to the life,
but he had to do quite twice as
much as I did, and at past 62, any
thing from eight to 10 hours hunt
ing a day is as much as I could
manage. So I stuck (?) it, because
I liked it and enjoyed the marvel
ously enervating air, the ever
'changing lights and shades on the
| mountainous snow—the lower hills
so like Scptland and the higher
! mountains and glaciers (our fur
thest camp was within a few miles
of one) so grand and majestic, un
like anything quite that I have seen
elsewhere.
We had a grand team of men,
who were never out of temper
whatever went wrong — and many
difficulties arise in connection with
horses, packs and tents — and
amongst whom was a marvelous
cook; out of his little folding stove
he produced at a few minutes no
tice the most appetizing and deli
i cious dishes; quick and alert, he
j appeared almost like a conjuror;
| in the smallest limited space he
| played with his pots and pans
; without upsetting a thing, and his
bread and cookies, in fact every
thing, were served in the very best
home style.
Much depends on the weather,
| of course, in hunting, and we cer
| tainly were not particularly lucky
I —having a sample of everything,
gales (how the tents stood up I
; can’t imagine), rain and snow, and
truly sunshine always changing
and never settled—but one makes
the best of it; off, when it is pos
sible to hunt from the camp, at
7:30 some two hours ride up the
river bed with glasses turned on
either side of the range of moun
tains and one vainly endeavoring
to find a poor ram before your
guide spots one. But at this we had
little chance; these men don’t miss
much and their eye is well trained
to pick up anything in the shape
of game that 'becomes visible as
we move along. We see sheep in
plenty numbers but rams are usual
ly in inaccessible places and fre
quently when one has, as one ima
gines, made the ground good and
you are nearing your stalk, up pops
some ewe and lamb from a shel
tered corner not visible from below7
and off goes your would-be trophy.
So there is nothing left but to sit
down and have a rest and after
climbing for two or three hours,
one is only too ready and willing
for this and to have a well-earned
smoke.
One usually sees a bear during
the day but close to alders and hard
to approach, so we keep our atten
tion fixed on sheep, until our limit
is reached.
It is all a wonderful life. When
coming back to camp weary and*
fagged out, one begins to think
it is far too strenuous, but after
a good night’s rest one feels full
of energy and keenness to get out
again the next day. Anyway, I
only had one day in camp in the
first 14 days, but then rested again
for a general overhaul of gear, and
on the 15th day, having killed a
moose the evening before, the guide
and packer had to get out and1
fetch home their head.
There are hardships in hunting
but many pleasures- as well and
happily in life one is apt to forget
the former aijd remember only
these happy days in the glories of
nature and that magnificent and
health-giving air.
I am,
Sir John Mullens.
BOLE SYSTEM APPROVED
j DETROIT, Oct. 15. (/P)—Detroit’s i
| much criticized dole system was j
j approved by an overwhelming rna- '
jority of votes in a primary which
I resulted in the renomination of
| Mayor Frank Murphy, champion j
j ‘
| After evidently having clung to j
I rocks for some minutes in an ef
! fort to save himself, Father Geo.1
H. Woodley was forced to let go
j and plunged into a deep canyon;
112 miles above Chickaloon, ac- j
j cording to Dan Kennedy, who |
with Arthur Woodley, brother of (
George, accompanied him on a I
sheep hunt, leaving Anchorage j
i last Sunday.
According to Dan Kennedy,j
i with whom The Gateway com
| municated by telephone to- j
| day, the party separated, George j
j climbing one peak while Kennedy;
| Arthur remained on another- All
; had killed their sheep and Ken
nedy and Arthur started back for
; camp.
When about a half mile from!
the peak, on which George was i
hunting, he called to them, asking!
if everything was alright. Receiv
ing an answer in the affirmative,
he announced that he was start- j
ing for the river. A short time
afterward, Kennedy says he heard
j a call sounding like distress- With
| Arthur he started search. When
; found Father Woodley’s hands
! were badly cut and scarred, in
| dicating that he had clung to a
; ledge before being compelled to
I let go or before his hold broke,:
J allowing him to plunge down the
I cliff to his death. His neck was
i broken and clothing badly torn.
The body was taken to Anchor
| age by special gas-car.
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MEXICO CITY, Oct., 15, UP)— j
! Former President Calles emerged:
| as the dominant figure in the j
Mexican government following
the resignation of the Cabinet
owing to “the increasing political
unrest.”
President Rubio appointed Cal
les as Minister of War, succeeding,'
General Amaro. Calles pledged
his full strength to aid Rubio to
stabillize government.
The exact nature of the crisis;
which caused the government’s
resignation was not explained.
GERM'S PEACE PRICE :
REVEALED AT WASHINGTON
_
WASHINGTON, Oct., 15, (JF)—
i Germany’s price for peace two
months before America entered
the late war was revealed by the
State Department as a “slice from
France.”
The General Allied Indemnities
information contained in the
hitherto unpublished cablegram
from Gerard on February 4, 1917
to President Wilson is a part of
the 700-page compilation of of
ficial correspondence made pub
lic by the Department.
Fin SOLUTION
New York, Get. 15. (JP)—Working
with unusual speed, New York
bankers completed a general plan
for carrying out President Hoover’s
proposal of a $500,000,000 organiza
tion to discount bank assets not *
eligible for rediscount at Federal
Reserve banks.
George Morrison, governor of the
Federal Reserve Bank, informed
the President the new institution
was incorporated under the laws
of Delaware within 48 hours. De
tails of the roganization have been
placed before every clearing house
and banking group in the United
States.
The new institution will be called
the National Credit Corporation
and will be capitalized nominally
at $1,200, consisting of 12 $100
shares. It will be authorized to
issue up to $1,000,000,000 of bonds,
of which country banks are expect
ed to supply half.
The new corporation will have a
president, secretary, treasurer and
i a board of 12 directors. One director
! will be taken fom each Federal Re
serve district. Officers and direct
ors have not been picked.
Other important financial devel
opments were increases in the re
discount rate of the Federal Re
serve Bank of New York from IV2
to 2V2 and th^ decision to seek the
easing the New York State’s laws
j governing bonds to permit trus
tees to continue to hold railroad
bonds.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15. (JP)—
The Chinese-Japanese develop
ments at a glance:
| 1. Japanese batalion meeting
! stubborn resistance in fighting
i with several thousand Manchu
■rians, described as bandits.
2. Near Mukden, heavy troop
j movements in various areas con
tinued on both sides.
3. League of Nations Council de
cides to invite the United States
to join peace effort. Japan dele
gate refuses to join in invitation
until Tokyo approves.
4. United States expected to ac
cept but only on approval of To
kyo now awaited.
5. In Tokion, Chinese break off
preliminary negotiations reportedly
on orders of President Chiang Kai
Shek.
NO DECIDED CHANGE
WEST ORANGE, N. J., Oct. 15.
(A5)—Thomas A. Edison was less
easily aroused, his son Charles said
in a bulletin at 3 p. m. Aside from
that there seems to be no pro
nounced change, the statement
added. Edison has been able to
eat only six spoonsfuls of soup since
last Friday.
USING RUBBER BOAT
LISBON, Oct. 15. (/P)—Fritz Eng
ler, second officer for the Hamburg
American Line, sailed for New York
in a rubber boat, expecting to make
the trip in 70 days. Engler said
the boat was unsinkable. It is
three feet by 19 feet and v/eighs
150 pounds.