THE KUSKO TIMES
TAKOlNA ALASKA SATl KL A Y. M ARTf 30 11*32
VOL XU - NO 5
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.'ARTS.-—Chinese troops in the
■ . an me tor brought Japan’s mod
v. „ .. i e to a dead halt today.
• JR i . . . .he fighting; which left
.. l right f.ank dangerousy
. « .o a.counter attack at the end
i i'm.r cays of intense warfare, and
f on the very day when General Ken
Kiehi Uyeda had expected to complete
driving the Chinese out of the Shang
, hai area, Japan was forced to sus
pend its big offensive along the en
tire Chapei-Woosung front,, pending
arriva’ of h avy reinforcements from
T..kyo .ate this week.
* GK’i O-—The Japanese Cabinet
agr.ed late today to send reinforce
ments to Shanghai to strengthen this
country's offensive against China. It
was i: dieated also that a government
changj is imminent, probably leaning
to some form of coalition Cabinet, de
sp e the ovcrwhe.ming victory of
Picmier Inukai’s Cabinet in last Sat
urday’s elections.
SHANGHAI.- -The pilot of a Chi
se ... Uary plane, which three Jap
. a sa : a.i s sh t down in flames . ver
S o-'now, r.itd than sauted as the
bravest Chinese, was disclosed today
as Robert Short, an American. Short
died in the burning wreckage of his
craft, but not until after titf-had’fatal
ly wounded Japanese Pilot Susumu
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Senator
CkiL, of Washington, ar.d Representa
tive Connery, of Massachusetts, hav
introduced an identical bill in Con
gress making an appropriation of ten
million dollars, to aid the States oof
the Union, to pay old-age pensions, at
the ratio of two-thirds by the States
, n.l on. -third by the Government. The
mil does not include the Territories,
and when Delegate Wickersham caled
this fifet to the attention of the men
who introduced the bill they both
agreed that Alaska should be includ
ed and consented to see that when the
bid was considered in committee that
the necessary change i smade.
Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe, in
charge of. the Episcopal activities in
the North, and Dr. Grafton Burke, in
charge of the hospital at Port Yukon,
have been in Washington the past
week. They visited the Interior De
partment . and entered their protest
against the high rates that are charg
edv for freight and passenger service
on- the Alaska Railroad, and at the
Departmeait of Justice they made a
pica for the. reappointment of Judge
Cecil II Clegg in the Fourth division.
Peter E.. Qt&on, secretary-treasurer
of the Alaska. Fishermen’s Union at
San Francisco,, left for the West to
day aftertspand.ng the past ten days
in Washington. - He was here to ad
vocate the passage of the Welch bill,
which provides, that floating canner
ies in Alaska WEtars- shall only- oper
ate when their owners in December
shall indicate wheret hey intend to
get their Isa the following season. As
T—T
apan’s
* Machine
an' who was officially credited
th. th. victory. Kotani flew back
Sha .ghai and landed safely, but
;c ay in the military hospital.
S i. v.i.s the son of a West coast
sine, s man.
SHA1 C'.HAI.—J panese a rp.anes
a,'.: cry battered away at the
Chinese lines last night and today m
a prolorged bombardment, following
.he ai rival of thousands of army re
:-f ice ents for another and greater
.. n: \s rgainst the defenders of
Sir. n, hai. Unab'e to crush the Chi
js . . s a..d unable, to : in more
nan ... l'ew hundred yards in a week
g a..ack, the Japan, se c mmander
w-as.u. aers.ood to be planning a n.w
.i'.ve ,n which probabiy forty thou
and troops will participate within
he n . t two days.
FXOSEVELT ARRIVES MANILA.
MANILA.—Theodore Roosevelt,
now. governor-general of the Philip
p nos, arrived here today for a term
f ce: •'ic. which many bolieve may
a'.o him closer to the While House,,
which hs Illustrious fathor once oc
pe Roos.velt cams to the islands
l.ibiting en.husk.s . for h s new
p.,ci;, which he may occupy at a time
when important changes in Philip
pinc-A-marican relations may take
; ace.
the marine and fisheri:s committee
will not have a h aring on this par
. cular bill for s vera. weeks, Captain
Oison made a dopoa.t.on favoring the
bill and urg.ng a amendment.
Others are er.pected heer later to op
pose the bill.
Delegate Wickersham was very
much gratified recently to receive a
w :e from the secretary of the Ko
•ak Republican Club, stating that he
was directed to advise that in its
platform adopted January 4 the Club
do dared that “We approve and stand
for th se principles and Territorial
lie es as promulgted b your Dee
g. .e in Congress, Jau.es Wickersham,
and we stand for his continuance in
fiice.”
Captaift and Mrs. Wallace Langley
are spending a couple of weeks in
Washington while on an extended
LasWrn 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 Monday the Senate special com
r.ittee on w id life resources, of which
Senator Wolcott is chairman, .held a.
protracted meeting. Appearing be
fore the committee war John ML'Hnlz
v/o.th, chairman of th_ committee of
the American Society >f Mainmalnlo
glsts for protection, of the. Alaska
brown and grizzly beats, s. He ^sought
to interest the committee. in the ef
fort to have Admiraty .island., and.
poss bly Chicagof Island Established
; s permanent sanctuaries or pre
(Continued on Page. 3.) ,
CHICAGO STADIUM TRYING
TO GKT WALKER OR LEVIN
SKY TO BATTLE ERNIE SCHAF
CHICAGO.- The Chicago S tad hum
announced tonight that it has signed
m e S. haf, of Boston, for a fight tm
■ iarh 30 against any heavyweight
hj Stadium selects. Schaf gave W.
T (Youn.) Stribiing a severe beal
g in a ten-round Lout at the Sta
. last week.
Stadium officials said they were
ti ying to got King Levinsky or
„i. key Walker to oppose Schaf on
he March 30 bout.
Turbulence
In Finland
I OT.ITICAL ARMY OF 40.000 AT
* AUNTSALA OPENS FIRE ON
SOCIALIST MEETING.
HELSINGFORS, Finland.—A j**
I. :ica. army estimated at forty thou
t.nd armed men took control of the
—aer.tsala district, fifty miles north
;£ b re, tonight, after opening fire <m
a soc a ist meeting of men, women
and chi dren. The leaders of the out
um .li, which was started by a fascist*
.e orga_zation called the Lapp©
_rt>. sa d 20,000 to 30,000 more
vac-n were converging at
„ „ n^ar Maentsaia.
NAVAL OFFICERS' WIVES
ASSAULTED AT HONOLULU
HONOLULU.—An armed masked
thug entered two homes of United
States Navy men in the Waikiki
Iitach district last night, criminally
assaulted a nav yman’s wife and at
tempted to attack an officer’s wife
■vi g n arby, it was learned today.
.Io..o-ula's naval civil life was thrown
, pr at when r.ews of the at
lecanie known. Police tonight
a Chinese suspect after one of
- e victims had picked his photograph
..ora police rogues’ gallery.
W iliam I-oss Greatly Improved.
Returning here early in the week
wiih l'ilot Barnhill was Matt Kivi, ®n
h s way to Ophir, following a stay of
• e w. As at Seward. Stopping
/• er at Anchorage Mr. Kivi visited
with "> i.'iam Goss, well known eld
section, who left here a
f months ago to undergo med
. me t at the Anchorage hos
pital. Mr. Kivi reports that Mr.
Oss' a! cent, a heart trouble, has
been greatly overcome and that he is
well on the way to complete recovery.
uK of which will he welcome news to
Ms many friends. Mr. Kivi also states
hat Mr. Goss will engage in fishing
during the coming season and that his
•oadftoose and other holdings here
abouts have been placed in the hands
f'Erc Hard..
S_oUy Clark, Ruby-Ophir mail car
rier, ar;ved at Ophir early in the
week, reporting one of the toughest
..t. ins. he has ever, made over that
j>utsc, it having taken h'm sixteen
hours to make the trip between Car
son's old roadhouse and Ophir.
Jim Oates and Mrs. Warren Alford
w >re Wednesday departures for Fair
banks.
Pilot A1 Monsen, of the Pacific In
ternational, arrived Saturday, bring
ing- the mail, departing the same af
ternoon for lower rivor points.
Items of Importance
In Reecnt News Events
DEMPSEY WILL CONTINUE
ATTEMPT TO COME BACK.
1CHICAGO.—Jack Dempsey has no)
intention of .abandoning his plans for
attempting a come-back this summer
because lie lost a newspaper decision
to King Levintsky, the former heavy
weight champion announced today
through his manager, Leonard Sacks.
Bempseyt-said he will continue his
present tour until sometime in April,
lay off for a month, and the nestab
lish a train in#' camp where he can
train for: six weeks or two months
without interruption. “Dempsey and
myself are satisfied with his condi
tion to date," • said Sacks’ formal
.statement. ' “Dempsey has had a lot
of extra work shoved on him during
the tour, and.it is not humanly pos
sible for him to satisfy the public as
he has been attempting to do by par
ticipation in outside functions and
then giving his best in the ring. He
has been eating different sorts of
food, sleeping in a strange Led every
other night, riding railroad trains and
shaking hands with thousands of well
washers. This has-been uuite a strain
on him. Unfortunately for Dempsey,
he made his poorest showing before
the largest crowd that has turned out
to see him on his tow. ‘ The unexpect-,
ed drop in Dempsey’s weight from
ItJ4 pounds on Monday to 1H0 pounds
un Thursday ten'ds-Ao -indicate that
Jack was slightly..off 'farm. Although
the newspaper poll gave Levintsky
the bout, Referee D. Purdy said today
that this vote did not'indicate how
close the bout was. 1 thojight Le
vintsky had a shade,’ said Purdy, ‘but
it was mighty close. - Dempsey land
ed a lot of telling punches about the
body, and I think his showing was
very good for a man- who has been
idle for four and a half years. I have
ferereed several of Levttttsky’s fights
and he never set a faster pace than
he did against Dempsey. 1 don’t
think any man is through who can
i stand up under the paceTike Dempsey
did.’ ”
ARMY PILOTS SAVE LIVES
BY TAKING TO PARACHUTES.
RIVERSIDE, Cal.—Two army lieu
.enants billed out and floated to safe
ty after their pursuit planes collided
n midair while flying: over the moun
tains between Paris and Corona late
today. The pilots, Lieutenant and
French, of the 73d pursuit squadron,
leaped out of their planes at the mo
ment of impact, and their parachutes
prevented them from .'being injured.
The planes crashed on a mountain
side and were demolished.
HUGE ROTARY SNOWPLOWS
RELEASE ALASKA R. R. TRAINS.
!
SEWARD.—Hugo rotary snow
plows today released two Alaska
Railroad trains buried by the terrific
storm, which was abating today after
raging over a wide area for three
days. Residents of Anchorage un
leashed the roofs of their houses,
which had been tied down, during the
height of the - storm.
WASHINGTON. — The so-called
■“lame-duck” measure, which calls for
the convening of Congress two
months after election instead of
thirteen months, as at present, was
passed by the lower house of Con
gress today. Under the provisions of
the measure, the incoming president
takes over his duties January 15 in
stead of March 4
WANTS “ALFALFA BILL” ON
DEM. PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT.
BAKER, Ore.—Steps to place the
name of William H. “Alfalfa Bill”
Murray, governor of Oklahoma, on
the Democratic presidential ballot in
Oregon were taken here today. Clyde
H. Cornell, newspaper man, iniated
the' move to honor Governor Murray
and sent him the necessary Oregon
forms.
LIVELY TIME IN FRENCH
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
PARIS.—The new government of
Premier Andre Tardeau won a vote
of confidence in the Chamber of Dep
uties just before midnight tonight
after a tumultuous session, which
was interrupted by fist fights be
tween left and right wing deputies.
The disorders that had halted bitter
debate three times during the night
session finally ended in a charge of
opposition or left-wing members
across the Chamber, where they en
gaged in a 15-minute free-for-all bat
tle with the right-wing deputies.
Fists were swung wildly, clothing of
deputies torn off, eyes were black
ened, and many noses bled freely.
Many were forced to seek first-aid
treatment after the fight, which was
ended only by suspension of the ses
sion.
100 RUSSIAN FISHERMEN
BELIEVED TO HAVE PERISHED.
REVAL, Sofia—About one hundred
Russian fishermen reported marooned
on floating ice off the Estonian coast
were beieved tonight to have perished
in a severe storm. At the request of
the Soviet Government the Esthonian
authorities organized and will send
an expedition to search for the fisher
expedition would be successful. The
men, but little hope was held that the
reports said the fishermen were on a
huge block of ice when it was swept
away from the coast during a storm.
MORE THAN 100 PROPOSED
CHANGES TO DRY LAW.
WASHINGTON.—A predominantly
dry House committee is preparing
for the session’3 first test of prohibi
tion strength in the lower branch of
Congress. The judiciary committee
has before it more than one hundred
proposals to change the dry law, the
outstanding proposal being that of
the wets for submission of a home
rue constitutional amendment. Anti
prohibitionists are Seeking a favor
able report on this resolution, and
wet leaders are also preparing an
amendmenet to the Volstead act to
legalize the manufacture and sale of
beer.
ABOARD U. S. S. CALIFORNIA,
At Sea.—Danger of a smallpox epi
demic in the Navy’s Pacific Fleet was
believed ended today when quarantine
on the U. S. S. Arizona was lifted.
Private C. W. Smith, of the Marine
Corps, the only case in the fleet, will
be returned to active duty in a few
days. Rear Admiral Pringle and all
officers and men on the Arizona were
vaccinated twice.
DIVORCE BUSINESS
RUSHING AT RENO.
RENO.—Spring is here, and the
divorce business today showed its
first signs of swining into vush; order,
with 25 cases filed. Divorces'^Satur
day declined in number., to J4,.still a
g -; ’ day’s business.