MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XX. NUMBER 290.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
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Briand President of League of Nations Council Has Ask
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H ed That Both Nations Be Represented—Must
Cease All Further Hostilities on Border
BULGARIA DENIES SHE WILL DECLARE WAR
Greece Lost Four Men With Eight Wounded in Yester
day’s Engagement—British Foreign Secretary
to Represent London Government in Case
PARIS, Oct. 23—President Briand called a meeting of
the League of Nations Council to be held next Monday to
I consider the Greco-Bulgarian crisis. Briand has com
municated with Athens and Sofia, asking both govern
ments to be represented at the meeting, and requested
them to abstain from further hostilities meanwhile.
The Sofia government has declared Bulgaria is rest
ing upon the League’s settlement of the case and will not
make answer to the Greek demand for punishment of her
v. officers and'a large sum of money, until the decision of the
council was given- Bulgarians of the Paris legation de
nied the statement that the Sofia government intended to
declare war should Greek troops remain on Bulgarian soil.
Greeks Loose Four Men in Engagement
LONDON, Oct. 23.—An Athens dispatch stated the
Greek forces had four killed and eight wounded in yester
day’s fighting on the border, which ended in the Greeks
reoccupying their post.
Chamberlain Will Represent British
LONDON, Oct. 23. —The British Foreign Secretary,
* Austen Chamberlain, will represent the London govern
ment at the Greco-Bulgarian League meeting.
DISTRICT AHY.
DUGGAN QUITS
Word has been received here from
Valdez of the resignation of Sherman
Duggan, district attorney for the 3rd
, Division, effective October 31. Mr.
Duggan and his family went south on
:he last trip of the Yukon. It is as
sumed that a successor will be ap
pointed before the November term of
court.
BANK CASE WILL
BE RETRIED AT
ANCHORAGE TERM
SEWARD COURT TERM COMES
TO END—OFFICIALS ARE
LEAVING FOR VALDEZ *
Due to irregularities in the case
cd the Bank of Alaska vs. Matt
> Haich, yesterday’s verdict in favor
of the defendant, Matt Raich, was
thrown out of court, and the new
jury, which was selected yesterday,
to try the second cause for action,
dismissed. The court announced the
. case would be retried at the next An
* chorage term, probably in April 085
next year.
With the ending of this case the
Seward court term, which convened
October 5, came to an end. The
court officials wiH leave for their
Valdez headquarters on the steamer
Alaska, tomorrow night.
REPUBLICANS HOPEFUL
DALLAS, Oct. 23. (/p)—Dissatisfac
tion in the Democratic ranks has giv
en Texas republicans new life and a
plan is now underway to stage a hot
^campaign to elect their own man for
governor for 1926.
TWO MORE BODIES RECOVERED
from Wrecked submarine
NEWPORT, Oct. 23. (/P)—'Two more
bodies were recovered from the engine
room of the S-51.
JOHN BUNCH SAYS
SLOWING MAILS
HAMPER SERVICE
SEATTLE. Oct. 23. (/P)—A, dispatch
to the Times from Washington, said
New heard the arguments for and
against the proposal to carry Alaska
mails by freight upon the expiration
of the government’s contract in Dec
ember. John Bunch, traffic manager
for the Alaska Steamship Company,
declared slowing up the mails would
hamper business in the Territory. He
analyzed the postoffice department’s
cost figures. J. A. Buff represented
the Admiral Line at the hearing. The
Seattle Chamber of Commerce filed a
brief in protest against the proposed
change in the mail schedule. Senator
Jones, the Young Men’s Business
Club of Seattle, and various Alaska
and Washington organizations filed
protests.
i New promised to consider every
thing very carefully before deciding.
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SEVEN ELK ARE
PURCHASED FOR
KRUZOF ISLAND
HEHRD TO BE SHIPPED NORTH
THIS MONTH FROM STATE
OF WASHINGTON
' Seven herd of Roosevelt Elk have
been secured by the Alaska Game
Commission from Washington State
for planting on Kruzof Island. They
will probably be shipped north about
the end of this month and put in
their new home.
Funds for the purchase of the
animals were provided in an appro
priation made by the Alaska Legis
lature last spring in a general game
and fur-bearing animal stocking pro
gram. As soon as money was avail
able the Commission began an effort
to secure the elk, meeting with a
number of difficulties which were fi
nally overcome thru the assistance
of members of the Washington State
Game Board. The animals are avail
able to ship them while their antlers
were in velvet.
The Seward Boy Scouts will meet
this evening at the Athletic club at
7 o’clock.
W. J. Imlach, of the Imlach Pack
ing Company, was among the local
arrivals today on the Alaska. Mr
Tmlach has been making a trip ol
inspection of his Port Benny plant,
near Latouche. He is a guest at the
Hotel Van Gilder.
Copy of Court Martial Charging “Conduct
to Prejudice of Good Order and Military
Discipline^ Served on General Mitchell
Mitchell’s Statement After Shenandoah Wreck Constitut
ed Insubordination—Was Disrespectful to War
Department—Arrest Deferred
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 23,
—A copy of the court martial
charging “Conduct to prejudice of
good order and military discipline”
against General Mitchell, was serv
ed on him today, but arrest was
deferred.
The accusation said Mitchell’s
statement after the Shenandoah
wreck constituted insubordination
and was “highly contemptuous and
disrespectful to the Navy and the
War departments.
STEAMSHIP ASSOCIATION MAKES
PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT
VESSELS RUNNING WITHOUT LIGHTS
Claimed Scout Cruiser Deliberately Ran Into Schooner
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Benjamin Van Brunt, and It Was Only a Miracle
That Crew Escaped With Their Lives
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MANY CLOSE ESCAPES FROM COLLISION TOLD OF
Many Times Government Vessels Came Up Close With
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out Showing Lights, Suddenly Steaming Away
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Across Bows of Passenger Vessels
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—The American Steamship Lic
ensed Officers Association protested yesterday against
the alleged practice of Government vessels ignoring the
rules of the. road in lanes used by merchant vessels. They
charged that on September 21, a scout cruiser “deliberate
ly” ran into the schooner Benjamin Van Brunt, south of
Cape Henry, casuing the schooner to sink, and it was only
by a miracle that the crew was saved. Everyone of the
schooner lost everything they had aboard, the complaint
went on to state.
An accident similar to that which happened to the S
51 is likely to happen in the future unless “the present and
past tactics” of government vessels are changed. “Many
times out of the darkness, government vessels appear with
out a running light, or with only a white light showing,
making it impossible for officers of steamers to ascertain
anything about the heading of the other vessels. Many
times government vessels have come up close to a steamer,
suddenly to steer away, sometimes across the bow of the
approaching vessel, showing no lights or only part of the
lights they should have.
•<<-VSlTONE VIEW CO.. NEW YORK
CHESTER MOVE SEEN AS* ONE
• TOWARD ENMITY
Admiral Colby M. Chester, Presi
dent of the Ottoman American De
velopment ' Co., owner of the Ches
ter concessions covering the Mosul
and four other oil fields of Turkey,
who says that his offer made to Brit
ish and French oil interests for them
to participate in the development
of these fields, has averted an Anglo
Turkish oil war, as a result of Eng
land’s opposition to paying one bil
lion dollars to benefit a small group
of oil interests. His offer removes
all excuses for further military expen
ditures of Britain in occupying the
Mosul oil fields.
KLINES ASHES
POURED ON SEA
SEATTLE, Oct. 23. (/P)—The ashes
of J. H. Kline, former Alaskan agent
for the Pacific Steamship Company,
who hanged himself in California two
weeks ago, were scattered on the wat
ers of the Pacific by Captain N. E.
Cousins, commanding the Ruth Alex
ander, en route from San Diego.
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Road Foreman Back
from Copper Gateway
Coll McDougal, one of the foremen
of the Bureau of Public Roads de
partment, returned to the local head
quarters this morning from Cordova
on the steamer Alaska. Mr. McDou
gal was sent over to the Copper City
Gateway a feiw weeks ago, to super
vise the repairing of portions of the
Eyak road which was damaged by
the recent heavy rains in that dis
trict.
The steamer Alaska is scheduled
to sail tomorrow—midnight.