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?Chinese Meet Reverses in
. 3-Dtay Battle, Nonni River
-"TOKYO.—Chinese reverses in a
}.•■; two-day battle with the Japanese
. army in the Nonni river section were
admitted from Peking today in re
ports from General Mah Chanshan.
He said the Japanese cavalry and in
fantry Jaunched :a furious three-hour
at ack upon-Chinese cavalry Friday
at Tangze, forcing them to retire. A
thousand Japanese infantry, support
ed by cavalry, artillery and aircraft,
started a fresh offensive at noon yes
terday, he said, and drove the Chinese
back, after five hours of severe fight
ing. _
WASHINGTON. — Spreading hos
tilities in the Orient today spurred
the American Government to renewed
efforts to end the dispute between
China and Japan. President Hoover
called Secretary Stimson into a hur
ried conference early in the day. Af
terwards, fresh instructions were pre
pared, directing Ambassador Forness
in the Japanese capital, and Minister
Johnson, in China, to renew their en
deavors to bring about a cessation of
hostilities and withdrawal of troops
from the danger zone.
HARBIN, Manchuria.—-All Japan
ese women and children were ordered
out of Manchuria and Hailar today
by the Japanese authorities. Anti
Japanese feeling has risen to such
heat that it was believed necessary
for purposes of safety to bring them
to Harbin. The two towns are on the
border of Siberia.
MUKDEN, Manchuria. — Chinesi
troops sufficient to outnumber thi
Japanese twenty to one were massinf
at Anganchi, near the Nonni bridge
from which General Mah Chan Shai
was driven last week. The two force:
were separated by a “No man’s land'
about fifteen miles wide. The Jap
anese refused to make public any fig
ure sabout their strength, but it wa:
.earned on good authority that the]
have from 1,400 to 2,000 men en
trenched aainst the far superior forci
of General Mali.
LONDON.—Sir John Simon, th<
new Foreign Secretary, is going t<
Paris Monday for the League of Na
tions meeting on Manchuria, and i
was announced that Ambassado
Charles G. Iiawes will observe thi
proceedings for the Un.ted States.
In London the opinion is that thi
issue will be brought down to eartl
at this session and som esort ouf defi
nite p an for dealing with the situa
uou in Manchuria may be evolved.
„OKYO.—The.number of military
incidents provoked by Chinese sol
dLrs and bandits .since the outbreal
of has til ties in Manchuria was listei
in an official statement today at -90-1
exclusive of battles, and the numbe
of fatalities was placed at 48. Thes
incidents were said to comprise at
tacks on Japanese army trains, th
burning of Chinese and Korean ware
houses, farm houses, and native vil
lages.
I Alaska Interests At
| The Nation’s Capital
(By W. A. 8.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.Delegate
Wickcrsham has announced his can
didacy for renomination before the
Republ.can primary in April next,
. duough the following letter:
Washington, D. C., Oct.15,1931.
H. B. Selby, Esq.,
Editor Stroller’s Weekly,
Juneau, Alaska.
My dear Mr. Selby:
In reply to the statement in
your letter of Oct. 2d that no ex
pression had been made public that
I intended to make the race for
Delegate again, permit me to in
form you and the people of Alaska
that it is my intentio nto offer my
self as such candidate again to the
Republican primary next April.
.i! In the meantime Congress will be
: in .session and I will attempt in good
faith to carry out the pledges con
,... tained in my platform upon which
I. j»as elected last year, and also
‘ further such other meritorious
legislation for the benefit of Alas
kaji«$i. shall be presented to Con
£r shall appeal to the voters for
theivrcontinuous support upon the
record to be made by me in that
< effartv-and upon the successful ser
vices performed by me in my prior
■ work fdpjtbe min Congress. You
may give such publicity to this an
nouncement as you wish. Thanking
you for your promise of support in
the next campaign, I remain,
Very sincerely,
JAMES WICKERSHAM,
- . Delegate fro mAlaska.
| A young scientist named Morea
I B. Chambers, working for the an
thropological of the National Ml
seum, returned to Washington th
other day after spending the summe
on St. Lawrence Island, just north a
Bering Strait. When Mr. Chamber
arrived on the island in Alaska o
June 19 the temperature had risen t
its summertime average o fabout 4
: degrees. Previous excavation wor
the island, carried on during the pas
four years by H. B. Collins and other
of the Smithsonian Institution reprt
sentatives, has resulted in knowledg
of a remarkable cross section of Es
kimo history, the most compreher
sive and accurate ever obtained b
scientists.
The site on St. Lawrence Island i
unique and of extreme archaeologi
importance. The live ancient village
represent a vivid portrayal of Eskim
culture from its earliest stages to th
present. It was for some time a me
tropolis for Eskimos, because of it
excellent facilities for fishing am
hunting. For hundreds of years i
was a center of Eskimo population
and it is through records unwittingl;
loft by tribes inhabiting the regioi
tor centuries that so much of archae
ologic importance is discovered there
Mr. Chambers’ work produced spec
imens which undoubtedly wifl cevea
much hitherto unknown concerning
these peoples. Many of tbe specimenj
are aboslutely new to 'science, whili
others, of which similar rtypes -bav<
been discovered befpre, will probably
substantiate and bear out theories
» (Contmued on Page. S.)
WINTER WEATHER COMER*T«>
VARIOUS PARTS OP-WEST
DENVER.—Winter weather,^ :loii*c
delayed by a -mild autumn.' cam# t<^*
various parts of the West today.' The
Pacific Northwest and Northern Oali
,' fornia had rair. or smow and cooler
temperature. Snow fell in Washing
ton and Oregon, while rain .came to
the northern part of California. Snow
covered all passes over the Cascade
, mountains, with men at work trying
\ to clear the roads. Stevens Pass, in
■ the Cascades, was blocked with a 15
| inch fall.
On High Sea
| TEN IN LIFE GOAT AND ONE ON
RAFT AS PILOT PASSES
FLIES OVERHEAD.
idrift
1
NEW YORK.—The Pan-American
Airways received a .wireless message
today from one of its pilots flying
over the Caribbean that he had sears
_en men in a lifeboat and one on a
I life raft. He gave the approximate
' position of the men as 10.22 north,
‘ 76.52 west. The message was from
\ H. G. Ovmsby, pilot, who was on -his
* way with pasengers and mail from
> Cristobal to Miami. The position
Ormsby gave is about halfway be
1 tween Colon, Panama, and Barran
" quilla, Colombia.
* LINDBERGH FLIES NEW AIR
LINER TO SOUTH AMERICA
: WASHINGTON.—Colonel Charles
. A. Lindbergh stopped briefly at Roll
ing Field today, en route from Ssa
vannah to New York. After taking
on some gasoline he resumed his
journey. Dispatches from Savannah
said the Colonel left there at £:55 a.
m., deferring his journey to Miami t©
fly the air liner American Clipper on
l its first mail and passenger trip to
- i South America.
-I - ■
e IlltJlAMJUHKD FUK 7 It A IB,
r DESPITE ALL SEMEMES
f -
B MANSFIELD, 0.—Ira A. King hfe
r, coughed the week out tonight, his
j stubborn malady resisting every at
5 tempt to conquer it. King, a Mans
t field garage operator, now has hic
t coughed for seven days, despite appli
s: once of rare medical treatments and
_ | even old-fashioned remedies. He has
B : been greatly weakened by the contin
. uance of th eattacks. King’s case has
.! attracted wide interest, and hundreds
f of home hiccough remedies have
| poured in upon his physicians.
E Mr. Frank JLarson and Mrs. Daisy
s Williams were united in the bonds of
j marriage at McGrath, a few days ago.
s The wedding was a quiet one. Mr.
_ Charles UJch stood at the side of the
t bridegroom, while Miss Freda Konig
j acted as bridesmaid. The Times ex
t tends congratulations.
'r Charlie Goebel was a Saturday ar
v rival from his headquarters on Ganes
creek.
’ John Krieger and Charlie Goebel
. left this morning for a brief visit at
McGrath.
1 Ralph Dulac passed through Fri
* day, transporting a load of freight
1 from McGrath to Flat.
Chester Brink made the trip to Me
jGrath yesterday.
Still Boosting
For Big Navy
^-ADMIRAL SAYS WE MAY BE
r ADLY HUMILIATED IN AN
OTHER WAR.
NEW YORK.—In a radio address
i.n. lending the Navy League, Rear Ad
miral Bradley A. Piske, retired sail;
1.0'Jay pa.-'.fist conduct of the Govern
ment'‘‘t.ay; get us into another wai
in wh ch we may be conquered on thi
sea .and .disciplined of all our wealth.’
He personally indorsed the Navj
- Leagued nres'd^nt, William H. Gar
diner,-whose.attack<on President Hoo
veT’s-'nava!. policy recently drew de
nunciation from the Chief Executive
MACnrSiE WHICH MA.YtSPEAK
A MILLION <LAiNGU’AOES
URBANA, ’ ILL—r*A- machine -whiri
may speak one r..million:, languages
each of them composed 1 from tin
sounds of plain £nj$Lish>Mas describ
ed .to. the cCoIlegetiofv.Ekrigi! jeering ol
the University of Illinois, turight bj
Sergius P. Grace, assistant vice pres
idpnt nf thp RaII Idilirirfitaripn. TJrif
appacatu sis a further<fevePOpm e nt
of the speech system.-now used ~U
render Transatlantic- radio . telephom
conversation unintelligible -to eaves
droppers. Mr. Grace told of its pos
sibilities for changing the present
jargon -whenever .that Jbeeames. neces
sary.
MRS, CLARENCE MACK AT
INJURED IN AlIT ©ACCIDEN1
JERCHO*I 3i. 'Y.—Mrs. Cl arena
H. JMackay, the former Anna Case
opera singer, suffered severe lacera
tions .and -possible internal nijuries
today when -her automobile collidec
with -another machine tof the on th<
Jericho Turnpike, .about .seven -mile.'
from the Long Island .estate of thi
Mack ay*.
SMALL DOG BITES TEN MEN;
ONE DIES, HYDROPHOBIA
MANILA.—sA small dog that bil
ten men aboard the destroyer J. D
Edwards while at Cheefoo, China, sir
weeks ago( caused the death front
hydrophobia of Coxswain John Masor
Jones, of Durham, N. C. The othej
nine are beiqg treated ,at the Cana
cao hospital, at the Cavite naval-base
Physicians .said none of the others
had shown signs of infection.
Mrs. Oliver Anderson, after a visil
of several weeks at Anchorage anc
Seward, to which points she went t<
consult specialists, returned to Me
Grath on Friday, having been, a pas
senger of Bob Ellis. Mrs. Andersor
returns greatly improved in health
which will he joyful news to hei
many friends.
The new "Diesel-powered Blancs
monoplane of the -Holy Cross Missioi
arrived In-McGsadutwo days ago, pi
loted by Brother XS-JLJ. Feltes and
Brother M. Lapeyre.' 'This is the onlj
Diesel-powered plane. :,i Alaska and
it is some job.
Pilot A1 Mmiscn of* the Pacific In
ternational, arrived'at -MsGrath this
afternoon, bringing the -mail, and ex
pects to land at -Takotna' early in the
morning.
Fred Roeth Iisberger, following a
business trip to McGrath, returned to
his . home at Ophir on Monday.
California
- Hijackers
ONE DEPUTY SHERIFF KILI.ED;
MEMBERS OF GAN<7 TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY.
* SAN FRANCISCO.—With four
men in custody in connection ■with
the fatal shaking raid in 3ar>. Leandre
and San Jos*' last Wednesday, author
I ities of the Bay City and .Southern
j California were continuing then1
search for a fifth naan, a member of
the hijackin gang. He was the only
principal still at large. This fifth
man was the driver of the car in
which Joe Teresi, Santa Monica hi
, junker -czar, and Earl Kennedy, his
lieutenant, -rod- /to San Leandro and
took over at gun's point ar, expensive
coupe in which Fred L. Hopkins ol
Long Beach and C. M. Edwards of
Taft were, running 21ft gallon? of al -
cohol to Los. Angela*. The fifth maa
, drove away in the. hijacker's auto
mobile, while Teresi and Kennedy
1 kidnapped Hopkins and drove away
with the-liquor, t On-the outskirts of
Saw Jose the rum car was stopped by
' Depnev . Sheriffs McCauley and Frank
- SapOrito 4®n<Pw .ihk)ody^uh-duel fol
t lowed. to death.
. Nfcporito dargftously 'wouhdeo -anc;
Kenne<ly shot in the ahdurO£ir Ken
t nedy was cantuned later at Burlin
{'tune .by San Mateo policemen w*het
Teresi escaped and made bis way t®
-&• ranch <hideout near Indie, in the
Southern California, sJeeertj wherg he
was arrested hi' Lcs-Angeles depot/
'sheriffs
GUNNYSACK
19 m tsotvo*
SANTA MONICA,. <CdEf .—Ohabget
with ^possession of a., garmysacfc coii
■.tairang -nmeteei utnu* ofliquor, C*.
Van Ness Leavitt was at liberty to
day under hail or fZfiOQ Leavitt,
who was .arrested yesterday as he at
tempted to leave a -. grocery store
owned by a' frcnrmnncrminnnnminnn
owned by a friend, C. D.. Bailey, wh»
! also was accused and released under
similar bonds. The two appeared hs
court this-mom its, pleaded not guil
ty, and were ordered to stand trial cm
November 16 for alleged violation of
tbe Wright act.
GANDHI. JLAR.ENGUGB-0F
KOIJNDTAHLB .CONFERENCE
LONDON.—-Mahatma Gaedhi <3e
;' eided today that .the- round-table een
I. ference an Indian affairs is bound to
> fail and announced he would sail fox
| home on November 29, ready to be
gin again his fi^ht, against. British
[ rule.
| SURELY MARRIED THIS TIME.
| YUMA, Arizona.—Gloria Swanson
much married film player, and Mi
i chael Farmer, .wealthy’ sportsman, i
’ the legality of whose secret marriage
at Elmsford, N. Y., on August 16 was
questioned, were remarried here to
day by Justice o 'f the Peace-Earl A- (
Freeman.
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«|-FOOT SEINER BURNS A*'SEA :1
SANTA BARBARA.—A- SiMoot l
purse seiner, believed to be cne of a a
[ fleet of fishing boats feota-Sa-j Pedro, jj
| caught fire off the Carapruteria Air- )(
. port today and burh«dttO-tho water h
, line. The crew was rescued'by „
P~-Kara fishing boats.