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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER X / H
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1923
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HOSTILITIES START
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FLEET SHELLS CITY
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HEAVY SHELL FIRE ENDANGERS
LIVES OF MANY FOREIGNERS
TOURING GREECE
CORFU, Island of Corfu, Greece,
Sept. 1.—Corfu was occupied today by
Italian troops after a sharp bombard
ment in which fifteen Greek civilians
were killed and many wounded. The
demand for the surrender of Corfu
was given at 2 o’clock and firing be
gan at 5. The police station and a
school were demolished, and the old
fort on the island badly battered. In
the fort were many casualties among
refugees and orphans under the care
of Americans engaged in Near East
relief were in serious danger liom
shell fire.
Greece Verifies Report
ATHENS, Sept. 1.— Italian
fleet bombarded the police station and
school on the Island of Corfu, says
an official communication issued this
evening.
Many Americans in Corfu
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—A dozen
Americans interested iu relief work
and a number of tourists are stranded
at Corfu, which has been bombarded.
Italians Land on Corfu
ROME, Sept. 1—The commander in
chief of the Italian fleet in a report
to the minister of marine tonight an
nounced the landing of Italian naval
forces on the island of Corfu. The
Italian flag was flown from the old
fortress and a salute of tventj one
guns was fired accompanied by the
cheering of the Italian crews.
Reservists Called to Colors
ROME, Sept. 1.—Two classes of
Italian reservists are held in readi
ness to be called to the colors.
British Fleet Sails
PARIS, Sept. 1.—Ifc is reported to
night that the British fleet has been
ordered to.Greek waters.
Greeks Asked to Submit Dispute
GENEVA, Sept. 1.—The Greek del
egation here has received instructions
tonight to submit the Italian-Greek
dispute to the League of Nations.
Asks Intervention League
ATHENS, Sept. 1.—Greece has ap
pealed to the League of Nations for
intervention under Article II of the
covenant, to adjudicate the dispute
t with Italy.
Italian Demands Unjust
ROME, Sept. 1.—The Greek reply
to the Italian ultimatum declares that
the government considers as unjust
the attribution to it by Italy of re
sponsibility for the assassinations,
and says the acceptance of Italy’s de
mands would violate the honor and
sovereignty of Greece.
Hostilities Near at Hand
4 ROME, Sept. 1.—The Greek reply to
the Italian ultimatum is absolutely un
satisfactory, the Messagero, Italy's
semi-official newspaper declared to
day. Correspondents of all Greek
newspapers have been requested by
the Italian government to leave Italy
at once and a number have complied.
PRES. COOI^JGE REFUSES TO
RECOGnSe RED GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The Pres
ident made it known this* afternoon
that he would not recognize the So
viet government.
MAHARAJA OF BERODA WILL
TAKE BODY OF SON TO INDIA
PARIS, Sept. 1— Maharaja Gaek
war of Beroda, arrived yesterday to
take charge of his son’s body, the
Prince Jaisingh Rao Gaekwar, whose
death occurred on the train between
Berlin and Paris. The remains will be
taken to India for interment.
CUTTERS CAPTURE RUM BOATS
SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 1.—The U.
S. revenue cutters Yambraw and Ty
bee entered port late last nignt
three captured boats, which are be
lieved to have been liquor runners.
tKPORTB IN JULY
WASHING T ON i Sept. 1.—Manu
factured articles formed the largest
item of American exports for July.,
with raw materials second abd party
or wholly manufactured articles of
t'ood-stuffs third.
CRAWFORD PARI!
WRANGELL ISLAND.
HAVE PERISHED
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RESUCE PARTY REPORTS FIND
ING NO ONE SAVE ESKIMO
WOMAN ALIVE
NOME, Sept. 1.—The Noice expedi
tion which left here August 3 to re
lieve the party led by Allan Crawford
which went to Wrangell Island in 1921
returned to Nome today with the news
| that all of Crawford’s party except
i one lone Eskimo woman were dead,
i Several attempts have been made to
! reach Wrangell island and take off
i the Crawford party, the trading ves
sel Iskum, Capt. Putta, nearly succeed
ing last year, but being blocked by
! the heavy ice pack.
Personnel of Party Given
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Members of
the Crawford Wrangell Island party
reported dead were Allan Craw fold
a son of Prof. Crawford of Toronto
| University, leader of the expedition;
Frederick Maurer, of Akron, O., and
E. L. Knight of McMinnville, Oregon.
PONY EXPRESS RACE
STARTED YESTERDAY
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RIDERS WILL ATTEMPT TO DU
PLICATE FEATS OF STAR
RIDERS OF EARLY DAYS
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Sept. 1.—On a
muddy road, Robert Lee shepperd,
who will ride the first lap in the ponj
express race from St. Joseph to San
Francisco, got away at 10 o’clock yes
terday. Prersident Calvin Coolidge
pressed the button in the White
House pressed the golden key which
fired the shot that sent the riders
away.
SOVIETS ASKED TO USE ALL
DILIGENCE TO DEFEAT WAR
MOSCOW, Sept. 30.—The Soviets
have passed a resolution calling on
the Soviet government to use every
effort to prevetn events in Germany
from developing into a new world
war. The resolution said: “The poli
cy of the entente spells a war and
following the seizure of Germany, the
Allies will transform it into a strong
hold for a new attack on Russia.
Courts Will Be Asked to
Define Powers of Deputies
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It is highly probable the Federal
Court, sitting ftt Valdez this month,
will be asked to define the authority
and powers of a United States deputy
marshal, and whether he can arrest
and incarcerate a man without war
rant and j?ue process of law, Consid
erable complaint hast arisen over sev
eral arrests by deputies to the west
ward, who have used their official
powers in what its citizens feel i§ an
arbitrary and unlawful manner. And
according to attorneys for the defen
dant, it is more than probable that
these powers will be tested in a suit
for damages against Marshal H. P.
Sullivan and his bondsmen.
Recently Mr. Joseph Consiel, a
member of Kenai’s lour hundred,
while engaged in preparing a tooth
some breakfast for MJf. Douglas Dun
can, .was approached and requested to
step outside by Deputy Marshal Fleck
enstein. Mr. Consiel acceded to the
request, although appareled' only in
slippers and pajamas, and was told by
the deputy that the commissioner de
sired to speak and hold converse with
Mr. Consiel. Given no time to dress,
Mr. Consiel was abducted from his
bed and board by the officer, and aft
er traveling for a few minutes the
deputy produced by some legerdemain
a piece of artillery the size of a
Big Bertha and a pair of handcuffs.
Consiel, as befits a sovereign citizen
of the United States, demanded to
know what he was arrested for and |
asked the deputy to produce a war-1
rant or other paper. The deputy said j
he did not need a warrant, and guess
ed his artillery would serve in lieu of
such, and at the point of the gun,
handcuffed Consiel and took him to an
office of the deputy at the cannery of
the Northwestern Fisheries Company.
Mr. Consiel thought it strange for
the Federal government to have an
office in a private cannery, but said
nothing, mushing along in good order
with the exception of his rather dia
phanous clothing. On arrival at the
office of the deputy, a Mr. Hill was
found there, also a deputy of the ur
bane and popular Harvey P. Mr. Hill
immediately cleared the decks for ac
tion by telling Mr. Consiel he was ar
rested for vagrancy, an unconstitu
tional sin in a Gity where man toils
not and does not have to spin. He is
again reported to have asked to be
shown the warrant and also to be tak
en before the nearest commissioner,
a Mr. Lashbrooke, distant one mile, to
give bail.
Deputy Hill replied, “I do not have
to have a warrant. I am a United
States marshal, evidently forgetting
that recent reports credit Mr. Sulli
van as trying to administer the office.
At this juncture, George W. Palmer
arrived on the scene and offered to
go bail for Consiel for any amount.
The two deputies refused bail and
forcibly drove, took and destrained
the person of the said Consiel, with
the assistance of J. Lindley Green,
on boaiad a launch belonging to the
aforesaid Northwestern cannery and
proceeded ninety miles ^to Seldovia,
and placed Mr. Consiel in the jail
there operated and kept by Mr. Sul
livan and presumably the Federal
government.
Here, three or four days later, after
he had been held incommunicado, aft
ter the manner adopted by the Span
ish government, Mr. Consiel was tried
before Chief Justice of the Peace An
derson at Seldovia, and with all due
alleged legal procedure sentenced to
remain in jail and pay a fine for the
alleged selling of fermented and spir
itous liquor at Kenai, sometime pre
vious to a man named Jay Newton.
Mr. Newton was then undergoing
slight correction for an offense in the
jail operated by Mr. Hill. Mr. Con
s
siel claimed that he had already been
tried for this offense, and cleared by
a jury of his peers, a month or so
previously, in the court of the com
missioner at Kenai. Mr. Consiel then
gave bail in the sum of $2,000 and
was permitted to return to his vine
and flgtree at Kenai, awaiting there
the for him to appear at either
Valdez, Cordova, Seward or Anchor
age, as the ease inay be.
Mr. Puncon Douglas, or Douglas
Duncan, either being good Scotch
gamete befitting royalty, is a man who
has ^through the misfortunes of life,
.tor the last two years been confied to
^lis bed, being unable to arise there
from and walk. This condition is a
result of severe attacks of rheuma
tism aggravated by a sourdough diet,
and such disease has so twisted and
turned the knees of Mr. Duncan that
he will never walk again, or even sit
up. Mr. Consiel was acting as nurse,
housekeeper and friend to the invalid
man. * -
On the 2Sth or 29th of August, 1922,
it is alleged the zealous Fleckenstein
came to the House of Duncan in Ke
»ai, and it is claimed by Duncan that
without a warrant or other process,
he did take the said Duncan and his
bed and transport him to Judge An
derson’s court, at Seldovia, and inci
dentally to a place within the domi
cile of the bastile presided over by
Mr. Hill.
Upon arrivai at Seldovia, upon the
affidavits of certain gentleman claim
ing this invalid had unlawfully and
without consent of the framers of the
Volstead Act, had sold them white
mule and other liquids spiritous and
fermented, was fined $800 and given
six months in jail.
It might be noted as Exhibit C that
it is also alleged that Fieckensteln,
deputy, also took with him and along
with Mr. Duncan and Duncan’s bed,
the «e-sons of Mr. Joe Consiel and
Mr. Arvid Wik, these gentlemen be
ing unfortunately at the bedside of
Mr. Duncan, when Mr. Fleckenstem
there arrived.
Mr. Consiel was also fined in the
same amount and given the same sen
tence as Mr. Duncan.
Mr. Wick a Recent Benedict
Mr V» ik was sentenced,* but for
what charge our informant has no
knowlei ge. Mr. Wik recently married
at Kenai one of the young lady school
teachers, it is said of fine appearance
and marked ability and intelligence.
Our informant thinks this has nothing
to do with whatever charge was laid
against Mr. Wik, who also claims to
have been arrested without warrant
or due process of law. No testimony
was produced against him before the
presiding judge, and our informant
emphatically denies that a kangaroo
court was in session, but insists that
the testimony of the two deputies
stood for warrants, supoenaes, com
mitmentsvand other legal documents.
Consiel has now brought an action
for abduction, kidnapping, assault and
batteries and false imprisonment
against Marshal Sullivan and his two
deputies, Hill and Fleckenstein, based
upon his allegations as set forth here
in as to the incident of his first ar
rest. Mr. J. Lindley Green, a prohi
bition sleuth of the fair town of An
chorage, is not a defendant in the
action, said L. V. Ray, attorney for
Mr. Consiel.
On the other charges, Mr. Ray stat
ed, that an effort would be made to
obtain release of the men on writs
of habeas corpus, in that the facts as
wired to him, if true, showed that the
men were tried on the affidavits of
witnesses, not permitted to be faced
in open court with the evidence
against them, nor permitted to obtain
witnesses in their own behalf.
AMERICAN RED CROSS WILL
NQT ATTEND MEETING GENEVA
PARIS, Sept. 1.— American Red
Cross delegates tQ the international
conferoa(i0 decided today not to attend
the meeting in Geneva. The decision
was reached on receipt of news that
the international conference had ap
proved the Suggestions that a com
mittee be appointed to consider the
fusion of the international Red Cross
and the league of Red Cross societies.
BODY OF REAR ADMIRAL KNOX
BE BURIED AT OHlG HOME
GREENVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 1.—The
body of Rear Admiral Harry M. Knox
retired, who died yesterday en route
from this dty to Denver wa§ brought
back to Greenville today,
GOAL STRIKE CALLED
OFFWHENMK
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GOVERNOR PINCHOT ARRANGES
SETTLEMENT BETWEEN OP
ERATORS AND MEN
HARRISBURG, Sept. 1.—The Pin
chot plan of settlement of the pro
posed anthracite coal strike was ac
cepted in principles by the operators
and miners. There will be no strike
declared Pinchot.
The miners were given increased
wages, an eight hour day and the right
for collective bargaining.
COOLIE OUTLINES
ALASKAN POLICV TO
' CUE TOEFIGIALS
WILL ADOPT SAME PLANS FOR
DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOS
BY PRESIDENT HARDING
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.— White
House officials this afternoon stated
that Calvin Coolidge in the matter of
his Alaskan policy is inclined toward
the adoption of plans for development
of the Territory outlined by President
Harding in his Seattle address.
HARDING'S VISIT
HAS ACCOMPLISHES
6000 FOH ALASKA
ERRONEOUS IMPRESSIONS CON
CERNING TERRITORY HAVE
BEEN WIPED OUT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—President
Harding’s visit to Alaska has accom
plished a great deal in the direction
of clearing up erroneous impressions
concerning the Territory and its re
sources among government officials,
declared Secretary Wallace today in a
statement reporting his trip.
MOSCOW, Sept. 1*—A delegation of
45 Japanese business men are here to
investigate the trade possibilities and
visit the* Agricultural Exposition.
GREEK REPLY WHS
UNSflllSFliCTORY '
TO ITILIl CWT.
WAR CLOUOS GATHER OVER
FRONTIERS OF GREECE AND
-- ITALY—ARMIES READY
ROME, Sept. 1.—The Italian cabi
net at a meeting late yesterday after
noon found the Greek reply to its ul
timatum unacceptable.
Mobilization of troops _of both gov
ernments is proceeding rapidly.
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COMMISSION FROM PORTO '
RICO WILL SIT IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The War
Department has' been advised that a
commission from Porto Rico will sit
in this city shortly after congress
convenes in December to adopt a
change in the organic laws, permit
ting them to elect their own governor
by popular vote.
DIRECT OF MINI SGOBEY
I WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.— F. E.
Scobey, director of the mint has sent
in his resignation to President Calvin
Coolidge, effective October 1.
His resignation has been accepted.
DEALERS RESPONSIBLE FOR
HIGH COAL PRICES LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The coal
commission report charges the re
sponsibility for the high prices of an
thracite last winter directly to the
speculative jobber and wholesaler.
SWEDISH SWIMMER LOWERS
TWO SWIMMING RECORDS
LONDON, Sept. 1.—An exchange
telegram from Gothenlurg states that
a Swedish swimmer, Arne Borg, made
two new world’s records in the 880
yards and his own record for 1000
meters.
MICE HOLDS UP
GERMANY FOR OIE
TRILLION MARKS
LARGEST HAUL OF DEMONETIZ
ED CURRENCY YET MADE BY
OCCUPANTS RUHR
DUSSELDORFF, Sept. 1.—^France
today seized 1,300,000,000,000 German
marks. This is by far the largest haul
France has made since their occupa
tion.
FRENCH TROOPS WITHDRAWN
FROM CONSTANTINOPLE
PARIS, Sept. 1.—Arrangements for
the withdrawal of French troops from
Constantinople in consequence of Tur
key’s ratification of the Lausanne
treaty now under way was announced
officially today.
GERMAN MARK DROPS
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—The German
mark took another slight drop today.
It is possible now to purchase 11,111,
000 marks for an American dollar.