Iditarod Pioneer
Ox,: Dollak Pku Month. " IDITAROD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1913._______Two Bits Per Copy
SENATOR O’GORMAN
WANTS MORE TIME
Washington, June 28.—Senator O'Gorman’s objection on Tues
day prevented Senator Chamberlain from getting unanimous con
sent of the senate to pass the Alaska railroad bill. Senator O Gor
man, while favorable to the bill, based his objection on the plea
that more time was required for studying its provisions.
Senator Chamberlain yesterday made a second attempt to
secure a vote on the Alaska railroad bill, but the effort proved fu
tile. His motion was ruled out of order.
Would Exclude Hindus
Representative Humphrey, of Washington, introduced a reso
* lution in the house yesterday declaring for the exclusion of Hindus.
New Census Director
The senate yesterday confirmed the appointment of W. J. Har
ris as director of the census bureau, to succeed E. Dana Durand.
Withdraws Exum’s Nomination
President Wilson withdrew the name of Edward W. Exam to
be United States marshal for the Third division of Alaska.
“Big Business Court’’ Knocked Out
At a caucus last night of the Democratic members it was de
cided to abolish the court of commerce. The caucus also voted to
sustain the free sugar tariff bill.
Seal Herd Investigation
The condition of the fur-seal herds of the Pribilof islands is to
be investigated by Andrew Gallagher and Henry Elliot, two ex
perts. _
San Francisco, July 4.- Willie Ritchie, champion lightweight
pugilist, conqueror of Ad Wolgast, retains his title by knocking
out Joe Rivers, the game Los Angeles boxer, in the 11th round in
this city this afternoon, before an immense crowd of people.
Ritchie's work throughout the fight was exceedingly clever.
There were numerous nasty mixups during the rounds, both giving
tough rights and lefts. Rivers’ eyes were badly cut, his nose bled
profusely, and his lips were split.
In the early part of the 11th round Ritchie floored Rivers, who
remained down until the referee counted nine. He came up wob
bly and was knocked out by a left punch to the stomach and a
nifty right fare ye-well in the face.
The people of Flat and vicinity turned out in great numbers to
properly celebrate the Fourth of July, and a general feeling for
good natured and wholesome fun was noticeable all day long.
The crowd was not slow in gathering at the baseball grounds,
shortly after noon hour, where the exercises took place. The
hearty manner in which C. R. Peck introduced the speaker of the
day, Hon. Frederick E. Fuller, judge of the Fourth judicial divi
sion, made that gentleman feel perfectly at home. The speaker
touched upon several interesting subjects of a patroitic nature, and
his comparisons of similar celebrations when he was a youth with
those of late years were edifying.
The seven inning baseball game between Iditarod and Flat
teams, for a pure of $150, was won by the Iditaroders by the close
score of 5 to 4. The winning team received $100.
The following events were greatly enjoyed by the big crowd:
Ladies’ nail-driving contest.$10.00 $5.00
Mrs. Loranger first prize, Mrs. Patchell second prize.
Hundred-vara dash for men. 10.00 5.00
Wilbur F. Kilgore first, G. Holberg second.
Seventy-live-vard dash for women . 10.00 5.00
Mrs. Landerkin first, Mrs. Mutchler second.
Egg race for women, 30 yards and return. 10.00 5.00
Mrs. Patchell.
Obstacle race . . 10.00 5.00
Chas. Shubert first, G. Holberg second.
Old men's race, age limit 55 years. 10.00 5.00
G. Landerkin first, J. W. Hili.
Three-legged race, 50 yards and return. .. . 10.00 5.00
Ed Labell and Geo. Kay first, G. Holberg and Oilla second.
Girls’ and boys’ 75-yard handicap, under 7 years. 5.00 2.50
Oscar Sollibakke, jr., first, Margie Kettlewell second.
Wheelbarrow race, man in wheelbarrow, 50 yards and return. 10.00 5.00
Ed Labell first, Geo. Kay second.
Pipe race, 50 yards and return . . 10.00 5.00
Geo. Kay first, Chas. Shubert second.
Ladies’ potato race, 25 yards and return . 10.00 5.00
Mrs. Sandurky first, Miss Cedermalm second.
Running broad jump. 10.00 5.00
J. W. Farrell first, Labell second.
Sack race, 30 yards and return .... . 10.00 5.00
G. Holberg first, Chas. Shubert second.
In the ladies’ rope-skipping contest, Mrs* James was awarded
first prize, Mrs. Baker second.
What proved to be one of the most interesting features of the
day was the tug of war—to settle a long-disputed difference of
opinion—between the Miners and Mule Skinners. The prize was
$125, and the Miners got first money, $75.
The big dance in the evening, by Camp Flat No. 26, was the
closing event of the successful celebration.
TIMBER MAN COMING
Seattle, June 28.—R. K. Huff
man, of J'lorida, a forest ranger, is
now in this city enroute to the
Tatiana district of Alaska. He has
ail appointment as a government
timber cmiser.
THEJUVER
Launch Nancy Bell left Monday
evening with several passengers,
among whom were A. H. Hansen,
traveling salesman, and Auditors
Turner and Grimm, of the N. C.
Co.
Launch Beaver, Captain Wilson,
arrived about midnight Monday
with Mr. and Mrs. Tom McMahon
and Mr. and Mrs Karl Thiele as
passengers, and about 12 tons of
freight.
Steamer Caribou, Capt. H. Kid
Miller, came in Tuesday evening
with a light cargo for Crowley &
L’orter,
Launch Comet, Captain Norton,
reached port about 21 o’clock Tues
day night.
Launch Nancy Bell arrived at 4
o’clock Thursday morning with
about a dozen passengers and a big
mail.
Launch Standard, owned by
Captain Billy Peterson, has been
chartered by Crowley & Porter and
put on the Dikeman run.
Launch Venttia arrived last night
with about 10 tons of freight.
QUIET DAY IN IDITAEOD
The Fourth was celebrated in
this city in a most decorous man
ner. Aside from unpretentious
decorations of several burners
houses, the running up of a flag on |
Dan Hartnett’s new residence, and
the touching off of a few fire-crack- j
ers by Bill Ansley and some other .
young fellows the day was uu j
eventful.
Du Rand’s Discovery Cafe satisfies
the hungry.
Choice fresh-killed beef.
Iditarod Meat Co.
SHEPPARD OUT,
CHARLES COHINB
L. T. Erwin, of Fairbanks, suc
ceeded H. K. Love as U. S. mar
shal for the Fourth division on the
ist of July. In a telegram received
in this city Marshal Erwin stated
that Percy C. Charles, who was
Marshal Love’s chief deputy, would
shortly arrive here and take charge
of the deputy marshal’s office in
this city, succeeding Harry P.
Sheppard.
Marshal Erwin also stated that
he had received the big petition
from this precinct praying for the
retention in office of Mr. Sheppard,
and as he would shortly visit this
city, he would defer explanations
until that time.
FOREST FIRES ON
KENAI PENINSULA
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Washington, July 3.—The for- j
estry bureau has been advised that
serious forest fires are raging in j
several localitiee of the Kenai pen
insula, Alaska. Orders were issued :
for the foresters in charge of the 1
Cbugach reserve to hurry to the j
peninsula and render all aid possi- j
ble. _
Joe Berry, an old-timer of the North, j
arrived in camp last Thursday, after I
spending the past two months on the j
Outside. _
Mr. Atwell, connected with general j
land office, arrived in Iditarod last j
Thursday morning.
Ship Your Dust
Do you realize that by shipping your j
gold to the Northern Bank & Trust
Co., Seattle, that it will cost you only
(Ic per oz. This includes parcel post
(or transportation) charges and full in
surance. The U. S. Government Assay
Office in Seattle will see to it that you
get the full assay value. For further
information apply to our agent, T. L.
Thurston, at the Iditarod postoffice.
Du Hand's Discovery Cafe for first
class meals.
FOR SALE OR RENT
The City Bath and Lodging House, !
steam-heated and private water system,
operating summer and winter at Fiat
City. Mts. Chas. Kstmere.
—
When at Discovery take a chance at;
The Flyer for a quick meal. Cooked j
right. Served right.
BLETHENS ACQDITTED
Seattle, June 28.—After a speedy
trial in the King county superior
court Col. Blethen and Clarence B.
Blethen, of the Seattle Times, and
Leroy Saunders, of the Seattle Star,
were yesterday acquitted of the
charges of criminal libel.
FAIRBANKS
Mike Erceg, working the Key
stone drill on the left limit of Ester
creek, opposite 6 below, on June
20, met with a painful and serious
injury when the big hammer fell
upon his hand and severed three of
the fingers at the second joint.
A committee of the city council,
appointed to secure a site for tl e
proposed detention hospital, decided
that the Goyette property, located
on Turner street between Tenth and
Eleventh streets, to be the most de
sirable.
The telephone service of Fair
banks, especially in the vicinity of
Wendell avenue, was demoralized
for a time on the morning of June
when lightning struck the wires
and run through several cabins,
causing considerable damage. Tire
cabin of James E. Barrack caught
fire and the contents were almost a
total loss. The department was
called out, and although they were
able to save the building, the per
sonal belongings of Mr. Barrack
were ruined. A bolt also struck the
telephone wire and ran into the
residence of Marshal Erwin. Mr.
Campbell, who leaves with the E'
wins, was in the basement at ti e
time, and received such a shock
that he was rendered unconscious
for several moments.
Miss Augusta Gunnersen and
James J. Mulalley were married on
June 28 in the parish hall of the
Catholic church.
Morris Friedman, who has been on
Otter fi r the past month with H. Boas,
the clothier, seturned to Iditarod early
this week.
George B. Wesch, formerly con
nected with American Bank of Alaska
in this city, returned here Thursday
iast. He spent the winter on the
States. _
Mr. and Mrs. William Deetering are
residing on Otter street, between First
and Second.
Davie Mutcbler, of the Iditarod
Tramway Co., and Ed. J. Uhl, the
machinist, with a party of six or
seven friends, on last Thursday
night, gave the reconstructed gaso
line tramcar a “try out.” The
engine used was oue that was
shipped in from the Outside in the
spring of 1912 by the tramway
people, but proved to be useless
owing to the very low position in
which it was installed in the car—in
fact, any elevation between the
rails came in violent contact with
the motor
The car, as constructed by Mr.
Uhl overcomes this difficulty, and
he is very much encouraged with
the result of the first trial. After
reaching a point within a mile of
Flat City the connecting rod of
' the motor snapped in two, and ex
periments was called off for the
night.
The tramway track with its
worn wooden rails is not considered
an ideal place to develop speed, but
Mr. Mutchler says the car on some
stretches of track clipped along at
an eight-mile an-bour speed, and is
satisfied that when his construction
crews now at work along the line
get the track more level, the dis
tance between Iditarod and Flat
will be covered easily in 40 min
utes.
Preparatory for further experi
meats, Mr. Uhl is making another
and stronger connecting rod, and,
in the meantime, overcoming a few
minor defects which his practical
eye told him were essential.
It is sincerely hoped that the car
will, shortly, be able to make the
time mentioned by Mr. Mutchler.
for it certainly would revolutionize
travel between this city and the
creeks. The mere fact of knowing
that one could come or go in from
50 to 75 minutes would stimulate
short-journey making amazingly.
ffta PRICES
p*** SLASHED
CARNATION MILK, $5.75^
Other Prices Cut Proportionately
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ATTORNEY-SENSUAL
IS 6ETTIN6 IN BAD
San Francisco, June 26.—United States District Attorney Mc
Nabb started a sensation in legal circles in this city yesterday by
telegraphing his resignation to President Wilson, in which he
stated, without mincing words, that his hands were tied by the in
terference of Attorney General McReynolds.
The immediate cause of McNabb’s resignation was due to an
order from the attorney-general postponing the trial of Drew
Camenitti and John Diggs, indicted for violations of the Mann
white-slave act—a case that the district attorney bad prepared
with great care and energy, and was all ready for the hearing.
The case has attracted much attention owing to the prominence
of the defendants. Drew Camenitti is the son of the commissioner
general of immigration of this port of entry.
Causes Sensation in Washington
Washington, June 28.—The resignation of U. S. District Attor
1 ne.v McNabb, of California, and its prompt acceptance by President
I Wilson, created a mild sensation in the house which the Repub
i lican members quickly took advantage of, and a resolution was in
troduced calling for an immediate investigation of the affair, but
action was deferred. Commissioner General of Immigration Cam
enitti, of San Francisco, father of the accused white-slaver, will be
investigated in an effort to ascertain the extent of his complicity.
Representative Mann, Republican leader of the house, in a
speech in support of the resolution vigorously attacked both Pres
ident Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds for their connec.
tion with the McNabb affair, saying that they acted with undue
haste.
Los Angeles, July 4.—Bud Anderson’s lightweight champion
snip aspirations received a severe setback today at \ ernon at the
hands of Leach Cross, the New Yorker- Anderson put up a re
markably fast and game tight, but Cross won by a knockout in the
12th round.
Cross, in the last round, sent swift rights and lefts to the jaw,
! flooring Anderson. Bud immediately came back for more gruel.
! He got it- He was just beginning to see the pretty stars. Cross,
! with a terrible right decided who was to get the big end of the gate
receipts. When the referee had finished counting the 10 seconds,
Bud was still in dreamland, and had to be carried from the ring.
Leach Cross (Dr. Louis C. Wallach) is a native of New York
city, a Hebrew, and is a dentist by profession. He is now in line
| to dispute championship honors with W illie Ritchie.
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Discovery, Otter, was the scene of an enjoyable celebration of
the nation's birthday yesterday. The program, as agreed upon, did
not begin until after 6 o’clock in order that the workingmen on the
day shifts could enjoy and participate in the fun.
When Senator Roden, the speaker of the day, opened the pro
gram he was heartily cheered by the large assemblage. Mr. Roden
always feels perfectly at ease while among his constituency, and
his remarks contained many good ideas.
The tug of war, for a prize of $100, was a most interesting and
.strenuous event. The teams were the Puntillos and the Discovery
(Riley’s) claim boys, all miners, and that the contestants were
evenly matched is evidenced by the fact that they tugged for 80
long and weary minutes before the Discovery boys began to take
in rope the Puntillos were loth to surrender.
_ , , , , , $25.00 $10 oo
Hundred-yard dash.
Casper Halbert first prize, Joe Tovia second.
„ . , , ■ 10 00 5.00
Running broad jump
Casper Halbert first, Joe Tovia second.
Old men’s race. 0
Mr. Landerkin first, A1 Parmenter second. The Old War Hoss,
George Taylor, didn’t start.
„ , 10.00
Sack race
Casper Halberg.
Three-legged race .
Wilbur Kilgore and Joe Tovia
, 10.00 5.00
W omen s race .
Mrs. Landerkin first, Mrs. Moses second
Women's nail-driving contest.
Mrs. Fraser
Fat men’s race.
Mason Farrar,
Doughnut-eating contest for children. trophy
Esther Stranberg first, Peter Bagoy second, Herbert Stranberg
third.
Egg race, for women.
Mrs. Landerkin.
The dance after the sports was enjoyed by a large crowd.
WILLIAM P. ALLEN, from Seward,
Alaska, formerly of Pendleton, Ore.,
please write his brother, Ed. C. Allen,
at 310 Oak street, Portland, Ore. Im
portant.
Imperial Baths—Turkish, steam and
tub baths. Rooms in connection.
Maude Earle, Prop.
Choice fresh-killed beef.
Iditarod Meat Co
SEEDS
The Pioneer received by a late mail
several dozen small sacks of assorted
vegetable and flower seeds from the
Agricultural department at Washing
ton. You may secure a supply of the
seeds by calling or sending to this office.
“The best ever,” is what patrons say
of the new spriog-water shower baths
at The Crosby baths. Caribou street.