One Dollar Per Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1912. Two Bits Per Copy
PANAMA CANAL TO BE FREE
TO AMERICAN-OWNED SHIPS
Washington, August 16.—The Senate has passed the bill pro
viding for the free use of the Panama canal by American ships.
Some of the senators, among them Senator Root, claim that to dis
criminate in favor of American ships is to violate the provisions of
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, but the majority are of opinion that the
United States are quite within their rights. It is argued that the
Panama canal is constructed through American territory, pur
chased from the republic of Panama, and that the question of tolls
is a matter of purely domestic concern
The clause prohibiting the use of the canal by railroad-owned
ships was inserted to prevent the monopolization of the canal by
steamers of the trans continental railroads. As this clause will
operate against Canadian vessels owned by the Canadian Pacific
and other Canadian railroads, Great Britain has lodged a protest
against the inclusion of such a provision. It is possible that the
dispute will be submitted to The Hague tribunal for the settlement
of international disputes.
UNITED STATES MAY HAVE
TO INTERVENE IN NICARAGUA
San .lose, Costa Rica, August 16 - -Three hundred marines
have been landed at Managua, Nicaragua, from United States war
ships, and it is believed that this is the first move in a plan for in
tervention.
The rebels shelled Managua yesterday, and the marines were
landed to protect the lives and property of foreigners. The revo
Jution shows no signs of abating, and it may be necessary for the
United States to act as policeman in the little republic.
5EV TO
Oyster Bay, August 16.—Theodore Roosevelt is busy planning
for the campaign. Arrangements are now being made for the
colonel to make a complete tour of the country. He will visit 40
states, and endeavor to meet all of the leaders in the different lo
ealities.
Lincoln, Neb , August 16.—Mr. Bryan says he has no inten
tion of following in the trail of Roosevelt. He will take the stump
for Woodrow Wilson, but his dates will be set regardless of the
colonel.
Providence, R. I., August 16. —Theodore Roosevelt will make
the opening speech of the campaign here today.
Seattle, August 16.—'Theodore Roosevelt will address the
Washington state convention in this city September 7, when the
Republicans meet to nominate candidates for state officers for the
next four years.
Roosevelt’s influence in this state is growing
STAID TRIAL
Tacoma, August 10.-—Judge E. E. Cushman yesterday denied
the motion to quash the indictments against Charles Houston and
John Bullock, charged with fraud against the government.
Charles Houston, formerly manager of the Pacific Coast Coal
Company, and John Bullock, formerly president of the Sesnon Coal
Company of Nome, were arrested on August 18, 1911, charged with
conspiracy to defraud the United States government, in connection
with the supply of coal to vessels of the navy in Alaskan waters.
The arrest followed hot upon startling exposures of graft
made by Delegate Wickersham in the House of Representatives,
and although strong efforts were made to hush up the scandal, the
government’s hand was forced in the matter, and the grand jury
sitting at Tacoma brought in true bills against both the accused.
PROHIBIT SEALING FOR TEN YEARS
Washington, August 16.—The Senate has parsed the bill pro
hibiting the killing of seals on the Pribiloff islands for a period of
10 .years. The seals have become so scarce of late years that it is
only by drastic legislation that the remnants of the herds can be
saved from extinction.
Extra precautions will be taken by the revenue cutter service
to prevent the poachers from engaging in the traffic contrary to
the provisions of the new law.
WOLGAST TO FIGHT
PACK! MTARLAND
Cadillac, Mich., August 16.—Ad
Wolgast has signed to meet Packy
McFarland in a io round contest at
New York on October i next.
The betting favors Wolgast.
MILLION EGGS FOR THE INTERIOR
Seattle, August 13.—The steamship
Governor, which arrived here from
Saw Francisco yesterday, carried a
cargo of one million eggs, which have
been gathered from various California
points, and are destined for the interior
Alaskan trade.
SENATOR KERN WILL
DEFEND DYNAMITERS
Indianapolis, August 16.—Senator
Kern has agreed to undertake the de
fense of the 47 labor leaders who are
accused of complicity in many of the
dynamite outrages which have disturbed
the country during the past three years.
1 he trial has been set for October 1,
and a large array of legal talent has
been secured to aid in the defense.
Judge Alton B. Parker has been spoken
of as assistant chief counsel to help
Senator Kern.
C. P. Wood, of the N. C. Company,
and Attorney Tom McGowan paid a
visit to Flat City yesterday.
TO INVESTIGATE
' COALFIELDS
Seattle, August 16.—William
Holmes, of the geological survey,
will leave for Alaska soon with a
crew of 40 men, to conduct a
thorough investigation of the Bering
river coalfields for the United States
government.
JUDGE THOMAS R. LYONS
OPENS COURT AT NOME
Nome, August t5-—Judge Thos.
R. Lyons arrived in Nome yester
day on the revenue cutter Thetis,
and opened court today. He has
several important cases to try here.
MR. DALY’S BODY WILL
BE SHIPPED OUTSIDE
Fairbanks, August 13.—Mrs. A. J.
Daly has telegraphed instructions to
ship the body of her late husband Out
side for interment.
MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR HAS SON
New York, August 16.—A baby
boy tipping the scales at seven and
a half pounds has been born to Mrs
John Jacob Astor, wife of the late
Col. John Jacob Astor, who was'
drowned on the Titanic.
HARRAIS' LAUNCH
WAS WRECKED
/ .. ■ .
Nome. August 16.—A terrific
storm broke over the Nome district
last night and many vessels were
driven ashore. Among the latter
was Martin Harrais’ launch Dem
ocrat, in which he traveled to Nome
from the Iditarod.
Reports from Teller tell of similar
storms in that district, the schooner
Dwyer being driven ashore and j
becoming a total wreck.
Ray Erchinger and Roy Ferguson, j
formerly with Brumbaugh & Hamilton,
of Fairbanks, have gone into the hard
ware business on their own account. I
WILL REPRESENT
PRESIDENT TAFT
Washington, August 16.— Secre
tary of State Philander C. Knox
will leave Seattle September 20 for
Japan, where he will attend the
funeral ot the late mikado as special
deputy for President William
Howard Taft.
EUGENE CHAPIN NOTIFIED OF
PRESIDENTAL NOMINATION
Waukesha, Wis., August 16.—
lingerie Chapin has been notified of
his nomination for the Presidency
of the United Slates on the Prohi
bition ticket.
JEFFERSON APPOINTFD
POSTMASTER AT VALDEZ
Valdez, August 16.—Jessie D.
Jefferson has been re-appointed to
the postmastersbip of Valdez b>
President Taft.
Fairbanks, August 10. —With the Koyukuk, Chandlar, Kantishna, Richardson, Rampart, Innoko,
and several other outlying districts still to be heard from, the full totals for last Tuesday’s delegate
election will not be obtainable for some weeks to come, but the results to date gives Delegate Wicker
sham such a lead that it is impossible for any later returns to change the result
The following table shows the vote as it stood yesterday afternoon:
Wickersham . 2,559
Krauczunas . 1,395
Gilmore 1,370
Jennings. 940
Harrais 226—6,490
By the time all the votes are counted the total should reach 7,000—a figure which is about 20 pei
cent, lower than at the last election. Taking the reduced vote into consideration, Wickersham s lead of
nearly 1,200 over his nearest opponent is a far better showing than could reasonably have been expected,
and his total vote is nearly equal to those of Krauczunas and Gilmore combined.
At the eleetion of 1910, when Mr Wickersham had to meet two opponents, his lead over El S. Orj
was about 1,300, and that with a total vote for all candidates of 9,282.
The figures below show the voting by divisions and precincts:
RESULT BY DIVISIONS
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
CANDIDATES Div. Div. Div. Div.
Wickersliam 478 287 331 1,443
Kvauczunas. 180 253 87 875
Gilmore . 142 622 383 229
Jennings . 270 250 160 260
Harrais ... 19 4 60 143
Totals 1,089 1,416 1,021 2,950
FIRST DIVISION
Gil- Har- Jen- Kranc- Wlck
more rais niags zunas crsham TOTAL
Douglas. 15 11 40 30 56 152
Juneau. 52 1 118 21 140 332
Silver Bow .. 1 .... 0 2 21 30
Haines.1
Skagway .. j
Keiclfcf 74 6 103 127 264 571
Wrangel..
Sitka. !
SECOND DIVISION
Candle . 19 .... 9 1 28 57
Council . 20 .... 10 3 8 41
Solomon . 8 .... 11 8 5 32
Sassafras. 8 .... 3 1 .... 18
Bluff. 5 .... 8 3 8 24
Shovel. 28 ... 9 22 8 67
Big Hurrah. 10 .... 1 ... 22 33
Fort Davis. 57 .... 18 47 26 148
Nome—No. 1 . 98 .... 27 38 38 201
'• No. 2 . 162 .... 38 36 46 282
“ No. 3 . 8 .... 32 43 20 103
Solomon. 8 .... 11 9 5 32
St. Michael.. 1
Ophir. j
Utica . ;■. 58 4 19 39 68 188
Deering. I
Patterson.... J
THIRD DIVISION
Gil- Har- Jen- Krauc- Wlck
mor« rals nings zunas arsham TOTAL
Seward. 96 . 41 9 12 158
Kenai . 3 .... 3 1 3 10
Clark’s Point. . 1 2 3 4 5 15
Valdez. 47 32 27 21 98 225
Valdez Reservation. 56 15 14 13 48 145
Katalla. 7 .... 34 3 16 60
Cordova. 91 5 106 15 40 258
FOURTH DIVISION
Iditarod city. 22 3 19 10 107 161
Flat City. 5 78 21 39 113 256
llikeraan.. 6 1 20 27
Discovery. Otter creek .1 5 3 27 92 128
Gibbon (Tatiana) . 14 .... 1 52 63 130
Chena. 1 27 .... 3 4 35
Ester . 10 2 16 70 39 137
Fairbanks. 100 37 80 127 318 662
Gilmore. 1 1 5 8 34 49
Graehl. 5 5 2 42 50 104
Little Eldorado. 5 .... 10 8 29
Lower Cleary . 8 9 11 68 59 155
Lower Dotne. 2 1 6 64 27 100
Lower Fairbanks . 1 1 2 19 13 36
Lower Coldstream . 1 1 1 16 22 41
Pedro. 3 .... 19 10 6 38
Upper Cleary . 5 5 1 34 22 67
Upper Dome. 3 5 10 27 45
Upper Fairbanks. 3 .... 3 24 22 52
Upper Go’dstream . 2 1 7 25 44 79
Vault. 2 . 25 6 33
Ruby . 33 2 52 71 177 335
Hot Springs. 2 7 3 73 92 177
Nome, August 1G.—Dan Sutlierlaed has received a
wire from Delegate Wickersham in which the latter
says: “Congratulations: thank all of my Alaskan
friends for me. Republican Territorial Committeeman
Herron telegraphed to Sutherland as follows: “Con
gratulations, old chap, you were too much for me.”
EON VOYAGE CASE
BEING TRIED AGAIN
Nome, August 16.—The famous Bon
Voyage case, which has been before the
courts for over five years, and recently
before the Superior court, is again
being threshed out before Judge Lyons,
a new trial having been ordered.
The Pioneer Mining Company has
filed suit in ejectment and for $800,000
damages against J. C. Brown, for 1-b.
Little creek, which Brown is mining.
Rumors of the case pending having
leaked out, Brown left hurriedly on the
Victoria, to avoid service of the
summons. J. C. Brown is the man who
discovered the famous third beach line
at Nome.
Just before Chas. Lindfos leftOphir
a party arrived from Cripple creek with
the information that five feet of from
ten to fifteen-cent dirt had been found
there. It is not known on what claim
these results have been obtained.
TRY TO ROB
SLUICEBOXES
About midnight on Thursday,
while the crew were at supper, a
man who has not yet been located j
attempted to rob the sluiceboxes on ;
Riley & Marston’s Discovery claim, j
Otter creek. The watchman hap- I
pened to step out of the house at j
that time, and saw a man creeping j
in the direction ’of the dump- |
box. He immediately turned in i
aii alarm by blowing the whistle, j
and the man took to flight
A crowbar and pick were found
in the vicinity of the attempted rob j
bery, and the former has been
identified by Chronister & EUirger j
as having been stolen f.om them io;
days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. A. Strong visited
Flat last Saturday.
NTttUtoa shijj, WVisi, a: Flat City.
HIGH DEGREE FOR
IDITAROD MASONS
Last night, at A. B. hall, Iditarod,
Ernest B. Hussey, 33rd degree, con
ferred degrees up to the 3'!nd, Scottish
Rite, P. & A. M., on the following
candidates: ,T. J. Crussley, Walter
Rowson, Henry Roden, Charles E.
Taylor, John Strelic, Karl Th iele, C. L
Jones, Abe Weiss, N. N. Jaffe, Sam
Bayles, A. Nerland, J. H. Scott, W. B.
Thomas, Gustaf Christopher, E. M.
Rusk, T. L. Thurston, Ed Donnelly and
Tom McMahon.
After the initiation ceremonies, Mr
Hussey was the guest of honor at a
banquet served at the Merchants cafe,
which was attended by all of the
initiates and also by visiting Bret hern
James Hagan, W. H. Lord, Ed. Fried
man.
During the evening Mr. Hussey was
the recipient of a beautiful watch fob,
manufactured in Iditarod, as a memento
of his labors in the camp.
Mr. Hussey expects to leave for
Nome and the Outside tomorrow.
DEFEATED CANDIDATES TALK
OF ELECTION TO NOMEITES
Nome, August 1G.—When the election returns began to pour
in and the re election of Delegate Wickersham became a certainty,
curious Nomeites turned to the defeated candidates, all of whom
were in the city, for their opinions on the outcome of the struggle
William A. Gilmore was very disappointed with the result, and
especially with the Nome figures, as he fully expected to poll 80
per cent, of the total votes cast on the Seward peninsula. Mr
Gilmore assigns the appointment of Judge Fuller to the Fourth
division as the principal cause for the low vote which he received
in the Tanana valley and at Valdez.
Robert W. Jennings says he cannot understand it at all. He
fully expected to be elected, and the result is a sore disappoint
ment to him.
Martin Harrais arrived too late to hold any meetings in the
division, and attributes his low vote to that cause.
Kazis Krauczunas is the one defeated candidate who takes the
result philosophically. He is immensely pleased with his total, as
indicating the latent strength of the Socialist party in the territory.
Washington, August 16.—For the second time President Taft
has vetoed the new wool-tariff bill which had been passed by the
Democratic majority in the House and accepted by the Senate.
The bill was again brought before the House and passed over the
President’s veto. It now remains for the Senate to act.
The President also refused assent to the new steel-tariff
bill, which had occupied the attention of Congress for several
weeks. The House promptly passed the bill over the President's
veto, but when the bill again came before the Senate the latter re
fused to endorse the action of the House.
BARROW CASE IS NEARING THE END
Los Angeles, August 16.—The trial of Clarence Darrow is
nearing the end, and is expected to go to the jury tonight.
Attorney Appel, for the defense, made a most eloquent plea
before the jury, bitterly attacking Prosecuting Attorney Ford for
the methods which the prosecution had adopted to obtain evidence
He likened Franklin to a coyote, and wound up with a demand for
acquittal, saying that no man should be convicted of crime upon
mere suspicion.
Clarence Darrow also addressed the jury. He made a most
striking speech in his own defense, and created a very favorable
impression. District Attorney Fredericks will close for the pros
ecution today.
TAFT VETOES EVERYTHING
INCLUDING HIS OWN SALARY
Washington, August 16.—The breach between the President
and Congress seems to be widening daily, and adjournment is ap
parently as remote as ever.
The President yesterday vetoed the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriations—tying up his own salary, in addition to
those of the judiciary and congressmen.
The exercise of the Presidential veto is assuming serious pro
portions, and congressmen are wondering how long it is going to
last.
JOHNSON RUNNING SHORT OF MONEY
Chicago, August 16.—After two shoi-t weeks as proprietof of a
swell cafe, Jack Johnson finds the business of looking after the
place burdensome, and is again talking fight. Johhson says he is
willing to meet anyone on earth for a purse of $30,000.
SHIP STRIKES ICEBERG; ALL SAFE
Montreal, August 1G.—The Allan liner Corsican, bound for
this port with 200 passengers, mostly immigrants, struck an ice
berg late on Monday night. The vessel was in the neighborhood
of Bellisle when the collision with the berg took place. The ves
sel sustained little damage, and all of the passengers are reported
safe.
GOVERNMENT FEED
VOLCANO VICTIMS
Seattle, August 10.—The victims of
the volcanic eruptions on Kodiak island,
and on the mainland of Southwestern
Alaska are now all being cared for by
the United States government, and it
is expected that food and other necessi
ties will have to be provided from the
same source forseveral months to come
William Kelly, who had his leg
broken last week is doing well. The
limb was set by Dr. Spaulding, and
Kelly is now resting at the Emergency
hospital.
MANY NO BOATS
ARE DRFEN ASHORE
Home, August 16.—Violent storms
continue all over this section. The
schooners Mary Sachs, Seddon, Nora,
Arizona and others dragged their
anchors and were beached. They
were all more or less damaged.
The N. C. Co.’s boat Meteor, which
brought, the returning Shriners here,
made a landing with great difficulty, as
heavy seas were running and a storm of
great violence prevailing.
1! aud $5 Hats for $1.50. Weiss, Flab