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Two weeks ago eight alleged baseball play
ers of Iditarod sullied f< rth to the town of
Flat and in a loud voire challenged all who
dared to come forth and meet them on the
diamond arena opposite town. After some
hesitation, an aggregation were gotten to
gether, with varied professional baseball ex
perience. took up the gauntlet, and in a few
minutes the game wa.> on.
No one knows what happened, nor how,
but it is believed that our j layers from
Iditarod were waylaid, ambushed, trapped
and otherwise manhandled by overwhelming
odds, and escaped only with their lives after
going through one of the hardest tough; en
gagements known to baseball. It wa> their
first attempt of the season, and our boys
were in no ways discouraged, being beaten
only by a score of -S to s.
During the following week Frank Stanley,
the feed man of Fla-, mused it ro be whis
pered around that if that aggregation from
Iditarod could be prevailed upon to come
to Flat again, he would treat the winners
royally, and produced i front no one knows
where a watermelon of gigantic piopor
tions. which he said would go to the win
ners of the next baseball game.
Accordingly, the word was passed along
to Iditarod watermelon. That was enough.
The Iditarod team were bound to have that
watermelon. They alleged they would eat
Not to leave the country, but
To stay here and live,
I have a large assortment of
Cotton, Wool and Silk Flags
At Outside prices.
Kodaks, Cameras, and all
Kinds oi Supplies for same,
At the lowest figure ever sold
In the North. I will order
Your Kodaks and Supplies for
You, delivered at Iditarod, for
Exactly what you pay for them
Any place in the United States.
Hats, Clothing and Shoes at
A lower figure than any other
Dealer in the Camp. Call and see
Me and save money.
Iditarod
nothing on the day of the game, nor there
after, until they had disposal of that water
melon. There is no telling to what ex
tremes some people will go to get water
-melon.
All the mayors of lditarod. past and pm
ent. were appealed to; Admiral Lowe of the
river fleet. Captain Ray Henderson and the
variou- merchants of the town were ap
proached. All responded promptly. They
even secured the services of a lawyer. Com
mil tee- were appointed to devise ways and
means to secure that watermelon, and reso
lutions were adopted to go forth and battle
for that watermelon.
Sunday last was the day set. and two spe
cial trains took our players and enthusiasts
over to the diamond. It is rumored that
while en mute the services of the engineer
and pilot of the train were secured, either
by threats or promises, as umpire of the ;
game. These offensive rumors are ibered
ited. however.
The pe«.*pie of Flat evidently were equally
determined to have that watermelon, for
they had imported several big league play
er.-. notably George Mutchler. .-tar pitcher;
Dr. Auringer, from New York; several other
doctors and professional men being in at
tendance at the game.
-\t the end of the first inning the score
was 4 to 1 in favor of the all-professional
Flat creek team, and it looked as if our boys
would go hungry, but with a desperation
born of necessity they brought into play all
the force and cunning at their command,
and with the aid of that star twirier. George
Fay. they soon tied the score, and steadied
down until at the end of the first half of the
eighth inning the score was 10 to 10, and
lditarod to bat.
It was here that the work of the lawyer
came in. Having failed to negotiate a hit
during the entire game, he was first to hat
in this inning, and talked the pitcher into
giving him a ba.se on balls (evidently through
sympathy i, and having got to first, he stole
all the rest of the ba-es, by and with the
aid of Admiral Lowe, who aided and abetted
and boosted him along to the home plate,
while the Flat creek team played tag around
the diamond. Thus the watermelon was
won, and then devoured, and the glory of
lditarod sustained.
LOOT TAKEN BY ITALIANS
PARIS, July 1.—The booty captured by
the Italians at Monfalcone is extremely val
uable. especially the naval prizes. It con
sisted of two superdreadnaughts, one first -
class cruiser, eleven steamers, a score of !
sailing ships, aeroplanes and two submarines. |
The quantity of munitions of war taken is ■
enormous. The dreadnaughts are the largest i
Austrian ships.
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‘Fresh Olympia Oysters, lor cocktails, $2
can. Iditarod Meat Co.
FOR PURE LIQUORS
JUST RECEIVED
Victor and Columbia Records
Morris Chairs, Sawing Rockers
Floss Pillows, Portieres. Couch Covers, Lace Curtains, Linoleums, Art Burlap
and House Linings, Sanitary Couches, Cotton Crib Mattresses.
DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS
Complete line of Cooking Utensils and Silverware. Harness and Harness Sup
plies. Tents, Tarpaulins, Hardware, Guns and Ammunition.
SMITH’S ~CUN STORE,
1DITAROD, ALASKA
EXCITING EVENTS TRANSPIRE
IN NEGRO REPUBLIC
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, July 28- A
' mob today dragged President Guillaume
from the French legation, to which he fled
yesterday, and shot him to death. The ex
! ecutive palace was burned yesterday and the
rebels are in control of the city. American
I marines are en route and will he landed.
Marines Meet Resistance
PORT AU PRINCE, July 29. American
marines have been landed here, and encoun
tered some resistance, which was overcome
without casualties.
Consulates Under Guard
CAPE IIAVTIEN, July 29. Strong forces
of revolutionists are approaching the city,
and the consulates of foreign governments
have been placed under the protection of
American marinee.
City to Be Disarmed
WASHINGTON. July 30. Secretary of
Stale Lansing states that the committee of
public safety at Port an Prince has taken
charge in Cape Haytien, and after a con
ference with the United States naval au
thorities, decided upon disarmament of the
city.
CARRANZA COOLS DOWN
AT SIGHT OF AMERICAN GUNS
WASHINGTON, July 27. The Carranza
forces in the vicinity of Naco have quieted
down since the American artillerists trained
their guns on the border.
THE WARLIKE COLONEL
SAN DIEGO, July 28. Theodore Roose
velt. in a speech delivered here, compared
the pacificists to the “copperheads” of the
civil war period.
EXPLAINS SEATTLE EXPLOSION
SEATTLE, July 8.- The mystery of the
explosion of dynamite which shook this city
several weeks ago has been explained by
British secret service men. who claim that
the explosion was the work of Emil Marbs.
a disgraced German army reservist, who
was known to the police by a number of
aliases.
When an attempt was made to arrest the
suspect at a cheap lodging house in this city
last Sunday he avoided capture by cum
milting suicide.
EXPLANATION DEMANDED
FROM MEXICAN ZAPATISTAS
WASHINGTON, July 30. The state de
partment has demanded an explanation
from the Zapatistas in Mexico City of the
case of an American named Allan, who was
dragged from an auto while en route to the
coast. The machine was living the Ameri
can Hag, which was torn from its stalT and
trampled upon.
GERMAN SYMPATHIZERS
MURDER TEXAS WORKMAN
DALLAS. Tex., July 27.—German sym
pathizers today attempted to wreck the sad
dlery of J. D. Padgitt. Foreman Moore was
blown up with dynamite and fatally in
jured.
AS SEQUEL TO SCANDAL,
JAPANESE MINISTER RESIGNS
TOKIO, July 29. -Viscount Oura, the
Japanese minister of justice, has suddenly re
signed on account of the charges growing
out of the parliamentary bribery investiga
tion.
PRESIDENT OUT OF MOURNING
CORNISH. N. H.. July 28. Breaking his
period of mourning for the death of his
?vife. President Wilson today attended a
lawn fete here.
JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS
TOKIO. July 30. The Kuma cabinet re
signed yesterday.
LAUNDRY CHANGES HANDS
With the departure of Mrs. M. Lang, the
old-established hand laundry on First street.
Iditarod, passed into the management of
Mrs. Van Worth and Mrs. Young, both well
known in the camp, who will in future en
deavor to maintain its reputation for first
class work. Your patronage is solicited.
When you come in from the creeks, don t
forget to stop in the Crosby and take a
Hydropathy Treatment.
THE CROSBY BATHS
If you are in need of anything in our
line, see us. Two stores—Rat and Iditarod.
Boas the Clothier.
STRONG &L GARFIELD
A. A. GUTTER
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothing
A i_lsyE OF
AT PEX
MEAT FAMINE IN DISTRICT
ENDED BY BARGE’S ARRiVAL
The steamer M. L. Washburn arrived at
Dikeman at 2 p. m. on Monday last, with
the cold storage company’s barge Lithgow
and a small passenger list. She left up the
river with the barge at 4:30 p. m„ but was
obliged to put back owing to low water.
Ten tons of fresh meats were transferred to
the Transit and brought to the city, arriving
here Tuesday night, thus relieving the meat
shortage.
It is probable that no attempt will be
made to bring the barge further up the
river until the water is considerably higher
than at present.
MEXICANS REPRIEVED
PHOENIX, Ariz., July 30.—Five Mexi
cans doomed to be hanged today have been
reprieved pending habeas corpus proceed
ings. _
Major G. W. Albrecht recently purchased
the attractive residence of Charley Worden,
on Second street, and is having the interior
rearranged and decorated to the liking of
his family.
INFORMATION FROM SPAIN
THAT POPE BENEDICT
WILL TRY TO END WAR
i BERLIN, July 30. - Dispatches from
tSjiam state that the leading newspapers in
Madrid are publishing a statement that Pope
Benedict is preparing a momentous move
through the episcopate to bring pressure to
bear on the belligerent powers with the ob
ject of securing an armistice preliminary to
peace negotiations. The statement is veri
fied by the bishop of Pisa, who adds that
the pope is fully aware of the grave diffi
culties to be overcome.
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RECALLS FORMER NOTE
AND PREPARES NEW ONE
\ LONDON, July 27—Sir Edward Grey, the j
British foreign secretary, has wired to
United States Secretary of State Lansing
not to make public the last British note
with reference to interference with neutral
shipping by British warships. He states
that a new note is in preparation.
I Assessment Work Blanks at Pioneer.
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The Keys Cafe building, on Second street,
I near A. B. hall, is being razed this week by
George Adams.
Ed J. Uhl of the Pioneer machine shops,
after an illness of several days, during which
time he was threatened with pneumonia, is
now able to resume his usual duties about
his establishment, and also to attend to
any church matters that cannot be further
delayed.
I “Eat ’Em Up’’ Johnson and Ernest Gove,
after two years’ absence from this vicinity,
returned last Monday, and declare their in
tention to abide hereabouts indefinitely.
During his absence Mr. “Eat ’Em Up’’ ha
visited numerous camps throughout Interior
Alaska, and reports that old Iditarod is the
warmest number of the whole shooting
match.
| C. Frantzen, the well-known freighter,
this week sold his residence and other hold
ings in this city to A1 Chapin and left on
Wednesday for the coast of Alaska, where
he expects to make his future home. Mr.
Frantzen will spend several days visiting old
friends in the Nome camp while on his
journey.
Mrs. Minna Lang, who has been n resident
of Iditarod since the early days of the camp,
was a passenger for the Outside on \\ ednes
day morning last.. Mrs. Lang, after a diort
stay in Seattle, will visit with California
friends and view the great exposition at San
Francisco.
Mrs. William Heitman and baby were
passengers from the Outside arriving on
Tuesday last. They left for their home on
Flat creek on Wednesday.
N. E. Black, auditor for the American
Yukon Navigation Company, was a visitor
in the city on Tuesday and Wednesday.
C. C. Johns, the internal revenue officer,
left on one of Wednesday’s boats for the
lower Yukon and Nome, on his way Out
side.
Mr and Mrs. C. B. Sims, who have been
residents of Iditarod for the pu.-t two years,
departed Wednesday for Portland, Ore.
STORMS IN MONTANA
LIVINGSTON. Mont., July 30. Terrific
storms have soaked Montana, and the hjsi
ne>s districts of many of the cities are
flooded.
CHEERFUL FATALISM
The Manchester Guardian Quotes the fol
lowing pas.-age from a soldiers letter as
“another rvmenee of the cheerful fatalism
.■f iln> Britisher”:
“We are going str ing. At first we had
b day or two of starvation. Then vaccina
lion. Next inoculation. Some have had
isolation. We’re going out soon, and some
id us will meet annihilation. What, oh!”
Mrs. Charles Worden, one of Iditarod’s
most popular ladies, was a passenger for the
Outside last Wednesday, and will remain in
the States during the coming winter.
While others in different parts of the city
- re demolishing buildings for the lumber
they contain. “Uncle Dan” Hartnett shows
his old tin," steadfast and unwavering faith
in the camp by building an addition to his
V able on East Second street. An outfit like
Uncle Dan’s”—so splendidly equipped for
light and heavy truckage—always needs
plenty of stable room.
Hot Air and Vapor Baths with Electric
Massages cure Lumbago. Rheumatism,
pneumonia, La Grippe, Malaria, Nervous
ness anti General Debility. Our Method re
moves these functional disorders.
THE CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
PARLORS
The Home of the Twentieth Century Turk
ish Bath
FOUND—Lady’s metal hand bag, contain
ing articles of utility. Owner can have
same by calling at Pioneer office.
ALREADY PROVIDED
Mrs. Naggs has a reputation for mean
ness. One day. while ordering some meat
to be delivered later on, she ordered 2
cents' worth of cats’ meat for puss. She
lived a considerable distance from the shop,
and just as the messenger was leaving with
the order Mrs. Nagg’s maid appeared and in
a state of breathlessness exclaimed, “Has the
missis’ meat gene yet?”
“Just going,” replied the assistant.
“Oh. thank goodness I am in time!” she
exclaimed. “You must not send the cat’s
meat; the cat has just caught a bird.”—
Boston Record.
HAMILTON WATCHES
Paine prices world over; same in Flat.
WM. TAYLOR.
Dave Strandberg and Oscar Anderson
were visitors in the city on Wednesday last.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails, $2
can. Iditarod Meat Co. j
Mrs. M. H. Marston of Otter creek was
in the city on Wednesday.
For Working Clothing, see Boas, Flat
Visit our new store at Flat.
Boas the Clothier.
Location Notices at Pioneer ofia’e.
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Fresh Draft EEEFt !
FROM FAIRBANKS j
New Shipment BAiNiER BEER From lire Outside;
“WILD BEAST IS LOOSE,”
SAYS METROPOLITAN PAPER
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(New York Tribune, May 121
Let no German mistake the temper of
the American people. Let no German, high
or low, misunderstand the new vision that !
has come to the citizens of the United States I
in the days in which they have stood be
side their murdered fellow citizens. Whether i
we now join in the war, whether we now !
draw our own sword, hencefor'h until the
destruction of those who today dominate ■
Germany and shape her policies, the Ameri
can people will look upon the nations who
are fighting the Germans in Chapmagne and
Flanders us their allies. They will hope and
pray for their success; they will, many mil
lions of them, feel only regret that no
American soldiers are in those lines doing j
America’s part in the battle to defend civil ^
ization.
For lot no one now mistake the fact. A
wild beast is loose in the world, a creature
combining the ferocity of the animal with
the lust of the degenerate human. Tin* irug
gle is not a struggle between nation.'; it i
a battle between civilization and barbarism.
German victory would mean the deM ruction
of all that we in America hold to be the
best and the noblest in our own national
life. What Germany strikes at is tin* right
of men to lead their own lives, live accord
ing to their own will and in the pursuit of
that happiness which our constitution de
dares is their right.
KING STABBED BY QUEEN.
SAYS NEW YORK PAPER
NEW YORK. July 6. The Tribune pub
lihes a cablegram from Paris which .‘■ays:
“The punctured pleurisy region in the ;
lobes of the lungs, from which King Con
stantine of Greoce is now recovering. i~ ,
due, according to a statement made to the
Tribune correspondent by the diplomatic
representative of a neutral power, to :*
tragic episode that occurred in April during ;
a heated discussion between the king and. his j
consort. Queen Sophia.
“A very animated conversation, it is j
stated, took place in the king’s library one
evening, during which the queen, whose
•occasional outbursts of impetuous temper
are well known to all about her. seized a
•sharp-pointed metallic paper knife and.
scarcely realizing what she was about to
do. being carried away by her hot temper,
plunged the paper cutter into her hu.'band s ;
side. i
“The blade, according to the Tribune c< r
respondent’s informant, pierced the pleura
and grazed the lower lobe of the king s
lung. The truth was hmhed up and the
king gallantly attributed to influenza the
pleurisy that set in owing to the wound.”
COAL MINES OF CANADA
PROVIDE TEUTONS WORK
FF.RNIE, B. C.. June 20.—The mines in
the vicinity of this place.w hich have been
.-hut flown since the war started, have re
sumed operations. All the men employed
are Austrians and Germans.
It is explained hv the management of the
mines that the reason why the Teutons are 1
employed is because they arc more familiar
with that kind of work. It was decided
that it would not be best to employ any \
British subjects to work with the Teutons,
as otherwise trouble might result.
Mrs. Jay Johnson of Otter creek, accom
panied by" her two pretty little children.
Charley and Anita, left on the steamer Little
Delta last Wednesday morning, bound for
North Yakima. Wash., where they will be
the guests of Mrs. Johnson's sisters, Mrs.
Belinda Carbonneau and Miss Margaret Mul
rooney.
Mrs. Sam Wilmer and Sam Jr. were pas
sengers for the Outside on Wednesday last.
A full line of Rubber Goods at Boas'. Flat
and Iditarod. '
PROHIBITION LAW VALID
IN STATE OF WASHINGTON
OLIMPIA, Wash., July 28. Judge I). F.
Wright of the Thurston county superior
court today decided that the state prohibi
tion law is valid. The liquor interests ini
mediately will appeal to the supreme court,
and the hearing will come up in October.
The case in which the judgment of the
court was rendered today was that of M &
K. Gottstein of Seattle again. ' I. M. lit well,
secretary of state, and others, to prevent
them from declaring the slate wide prohi
bition law passed by the people m lb 14 to
be in effect. The case was submitted to
Judge Wright on June lb. and by him taken
under consideration. The arguments occu
pied three days, and six attorneys partici
pated. Attorneys Harold Preston. George
Donworth and Dudley G. Wooten, all he
Seattle, appeared for the plaintiff* Attor
ney General Tanner. Attorney L. L. Powell
of Seattle and Attorney L. L. Thompson of
the attorney general'.- office appeared in de
frn.-e of the validity o! the prohibition act.
The argument of the attorney general was
confined slrit !y to the question of the au
thority of tin g.ivernor or other officials of
the state government to declare the pro
hibition act to be constitutional so far as its
submi-sion to the voters was concerned. His
contention was that the only subject for dis
cus-ion was the constitutionality of the pro
hibition act itself, so far as its purported
regulation of the liquor traffic was con
cerned. whei eas the a torneys for the
plaintiffs laid the greatest stress upon the
alleged unconslituiiormiry of the initiative
amendment ;o tfi♦ * e"iisi itufion and the al
)eg111 illegal metb.o 1 ie which the prohibi
tion :c*t wa- submitted to the voters in llH4
At" irney John H. Powell of Seattle, rep
reenting the Anti-Saloon League, took a
prominent part in the argument. He con
tended that the constitution had been com
plied with.
LIVES OF GERMAN CREW
SAVED BY SUBMARINE
LONDON. June ".'I. O r the first time
siii'-e the (I'mmenri 11 ifnt <.f the -ubmurine
blockade of the British isle? the German?
have picked up the survivor? of a vessel
sunk by their torpedoes. This seeming ten
deucy to manifest an unit-uni humanity is
accounted for. however, by '! tat that
the persons so delivered we-- G> . u - who
partially composed the crew , the Nor
v.egian ship Cambuskenneth. which -ailed
frnn: Port Inn I, Or,-. for Liverpoi 1 an : w;i
.-unk by the German submarine U 159 near
the entrance to St. George's channel today.
N > lives were lost in the attack, and aside
from the eight members of the crew taken
aboard the submarine, all of whom were
German subjects, the remainder, thirteen in
all. were 1: ruled in safety. -A. P A. dispatch
in Nome Nugget.
MAY DISPENSE WITH JURIES
BECAUSE MEN ARE SCARCE
LONDON. June 26.—Owing to the scar
city of men in England as a result of the
war. the authorities are seriously consider
ing the advisability of doing away with jury
trink
While all the men are not at war, those
who are staying at home are all employed,
and they have no time to spend at jur>
work. When a jury is wanted it is necessary
sometimes to stop a machine in a factor} or
to delay some other work in order to get
men. .
The matter of doing away with jury trials
until after the war ends probably will come
before parliament at an early date, and it is
asserted that the measure is certain to be
adopted.
E. H. Flynn of St. Michael has written
Postmaster Wile making inquiry for one J.
Clarence Brown, who i.- said to have worked
for the road commission teamster near
Hot Springs. Anxious inquiry is being made
for him by his friends.
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