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Washington. August 20. - The conference held between Presi
dent Wilson and the s e committee on foreign relations was
most hormonious in every detail not the slightest friction even
being threatened. The President called the committee to make
clear his position on matters, and from the way in which his te
rnaries wore received it was very evident that the senators werej
of the same slate of mind. He told the committee that be would
not offer any solution for the Mexican problem until lie had re
ceived a full report from Former Governor Lind, of Minnesota,
who is now in the blighted republic as the personal representative!
of the President.
President Wilson has no proposition to make to the Mexican j
administration, except, to persuade Iluerta to redeem the promise
he made of holding a free and constitutional election. Under no j
circumstances will Pn-v.dent Wilson recognize the present admin
istration of Mexico, unless Iluerta is elected according to the con
stitution.
In speaking of the removal of Ambassador Wilson and the ap
pointment of 1 2nd, President Wilson said that the move had been
made in order to place a man in the field who is in sympathy with
the administration, and not to have a confirmed meddler bungling
up matters.
The plan lately offered by some senators of lifting the etn-1
bargo on arms was not discussed or even mentioned at the confer
once, The only senators present who favored immediate interven
tion were the two N >v:;da men, who argimd strongly for prompt\
action. The President assured them that lie wished to have things
remain practically as they were until after he had heard from his
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eminent railroad built in Alaska,
in the opinion of Secretary of the
Interior Franklin K. Lane, who
was here last week.
■‘The fust step should 1 e a
government owned road from the
sea coast to the the coal held-. Let
congress appropriate money for
the firs* Alaskan railroad and there
will be, in the nest t wo years, a col
onizatidu movement to the north
ern territoiy which will pale into
insignificance the rusu to the gov
ernment lands within the nation
p roper.
“Alaska has 65,000,000 acres ol |
land where the grass grows waist
high in the summer. It is tillable
soil. Thousands of reindeer teed
on the moss growing ranges and j
there is no reason why, with pro-‘
per transportation facilities, Alaska
should not supply the nation with
meat that is more last)’ and nourish- j
ing than beef.’’
Secretary L ine also asserted lie
would advocate a government coal
mg station in an Alaskan land
locked harbor, where the Pacific j
fleet could be provisioned for a
world cruise.
BURLESON S
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Washington, Aug. 20.—That I
Postmaster General Burleson does
not appreciate "High Art” was
brought out yesterday when a de
partment order was issued ,forbid
ding the acceptance or transmission
of playing cards which hear the
picture ‘‘September Morn’’ upon
their backs.
The picture forbidden is from a
famous painting and is one of ’’un
adorned beauty. ’'
KENYON WANTS
TRUSTS BUSTED
Washington, Aug, 20.—Senator
Kenyon, in a speech from the floor
yesterday, said that a more im
portant work for congress than re
vising the tariff was the busting
of the trusts, which are gradually
eating the life out of competition in
.the country.
Joe Martlndale, who left this camp
last fall to go to South Africa, is back j
in Alaska once more, and has gone to,
the new ( ’hisumi diggings.
Mr. and Mrs. J. ,1. Price left Idita
rod last Tuesday. Mrs. Price will go
to their homo in Seattle, while Jack
takes a trip up to the new diggings.
Ih\ (D. Carter, who intended to gw
to the «tph.ir country tins week to re
main a month or six weeks, changed j
iris idans and last Tuesday left on tire]
Comet to take the Florence S. at Dike
man for the Chisana country.
Manager C. P. Wood, of the N. C.
Co., returned last Tuesday fieri Dike
man. where he spent several dais look-'
ing after the transportaion interests of
his company.
Postmaster Thurston has been en
joying a few days' vacation in the
neighborhood of Dikeman.
Bennett James, 1-Id McArdle and \V.
W. Johnson left early this week for a
trip to Moore creek. Mr. Johnson is;
a representative of the Ctiioti Iron j
Works of San Francisco.
Wednesday morning was a sure
enough chilly day. On the creeks ice [
formed on still pools of water—the first j
this season.
Snow sufficient to lover the sidewalks j
of the town fell about midnight last j
Wednesday, hut by daylight Thursday i
it had nearly disappeared.
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Fairbanks, August 20 —Howard
P.olston has been nominated for I
West Point by delegate Wicker
sham, and be soon will leave to
take up his examinations tor en- j
tiance. Mr. Rolston was a mem-j
her of the first graduating class!
to be turned out by the Fairbanks
high school and his friends feel con- [
fident that he will have little cliffi- I
cuity in passing the very strict
requirements of that military insti
tution.
This is the second appointment
of a Fairbanks boy at the hands ot!
Delegate Wickersham, the first!
being the son of Mr. R. W. Taylor. |
TO BE SOLD SOON
San Francisco, August 20.—The
gunboat Manila now serving as a
prison ship at Mare island, is to be
sold at auction by the government.
She was formerly a Spanish gun
boat captured by Admiral Dewey j
in 1898. She will be sold as soon
as the prisoners are taken away and I
the vessel stripped.
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New York, August 25. — The
will of Isador Strauss, prominent
financier of this city who went
down with the ill-fated Titanic, was
admitted to probate last week by
Surrogate Cohalan, of New \ork
county. The estate of $4,500,000
is all bequeathed to the children ol
the deceased, with the exception ol
$440,000 which is divided among
various Catholic and Jewish chari
ties of New York city, and an
equal amount which is allowed for
the administration expense.
The great fortune amassed by
Isador Strauss was given its first
substantial foundation when, as an
agent of a Savannah firm he went
to Kttrope to buy supplies for the
Conlederate government.
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Winnipeg, August 21.—Il.ury
Kellv, head of ihe Canadian Ordei
of ICks, is in seiious trouble as a
lesult of fraternal activities. Rep- '
resenting that lire Canadian lodge 1
was ji.ot of the American Older of,
IHks, Kelly secured thousands o!
dollars from unsuspecting persons
who wished to join the older.
Kelly is now under arrest ai.d is
1 waiting a preliminai y hearing.
Many persons are ready to testify
against the defendant, and there is :
little doubt but that he will pay
dearly for his over-activii v,
ppfH'i SI TUP
.1 L* 1/' kS 1 £ii-s
Birmingham, Ah , Aug 20—
Donald A. Kenyon, a chauffeur. |
and Christopher C.its "hi, an iron
m< lder, were hilled tonight by tin
electric sit >ek at lire local ballot
the la vai Order o! Moose. An
i iation was in progress and it i j
said that an electric shock was
part of the ceremony. In some j
way. not \et explained. Kennedy
and Gu-uin, it .s said, received lot.
much cut i ent.
It was first thought that the two!
men had fainted and they were 1
hurried to the hospital, where they \
died shortly afterward.
m a a r»T*?»T-.v
iu MmyLh
A resident of IditaroJ recently
returning from the Yukon river
tells of a father near Kaltag who
lately made each of his two
young sons a present of n 22-caliber
rifle. The last seen of the old man,
so the stoi_v goes, lie was on his
way to St Michael to get a bullet
removed from the neighborhood j
of his ribs that had got there from !
and accidental shot in the back
from one of thekidses’ guns.
martin looked like a fountain
Ruby Record-Citizen: Martin Sick
inger visited the creeks the first of the
week, and returned overflowing with
enthusiasm.
Fresh-cured silver salmon—best dog
feed. Crowley & Porter.
When at Discovery take a chance at
The Flyer for a quick meal. Cooked
right. Served right.
Du Rand’s,Discovery—the place to ea
NOW ON SALE!
“The Alaska Mining Law,” with ex
planations of the new rcgulatiions by
Henry Roden, senator representing the
Fourth division in the First Alaska
legislature. Every miner, operator and
prospector should have one. Printed
in neat pamphlet form. Price 50 cents.
For sale at Ansiey’s book store, Idit
arod, and at the Pioneer drug store,
Fiat City.
(Seattle Sun, July 2 «.)
Seward, Alaska, July 28 — 1 lie
United States postoffice has am
nonnced that it will install a
four-times-a-montb mail seryice
from here into the Iditarod No
vemher 1. A weight limit of
mail per trip is fixed at 350
pounds, and the trip must be
made within 22 da vs.
(Fairbanks News-Miner, A gust 11.)
SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION
The greatest hope and promise
Alaska lias been able to obtain from
any administration in its history
comes to us through the present
Democratic administration. During
the short time the Democrats have
been in power, the effort to deliver
Alaska from its shackles and open
up the country by railroads and bet
ter laws lias been more pronounced
than lias such effort in all the otlist
days of Alaska’s life. in a strug
gling country, it is good business to
help and support those who show a
disposition to help and support the
country, and it will be go 1 business
upon the part of Alaskan,? to put in
with the Wilson administrai ion and
help it to help us and to become tlie
greatest administration the t'nite.l
States Iris known, especial !y so far
as Alaska is cone me 1.
livery stockholder iu the Tatiana
[Wishing Company is at* old Dem
ocrat. While during tlie last admin
istration of the KeptibiUnits in the
hope that it would be i-r the best
i interests of the country, no such
j reason now exis-s, and iu* time the
! News-.Miner will bo a Democratic
j new-paper. upholding the adtninis
| trillion and w irking for the cause to
tin: bs-st of i' — ability. \\\- shall
recognize no internal strife in the
j party hi Alaska, 'cut “si iravel
j with the administration and support
| its organizatiotrti
rmrir&firc! win
IMjjiJtlliy W1 sJ2J
IVft 0 y h 14 v i’
Dredges will Ire working on
Yankee creek in the Inuoko
country is the report of a mining
man who returned from there re
■ently, Very extensive pros
peeling has been going on tin re
during the whole ol the past sum
nisr and from the information
gained, it seems probable that Yan
kee creek will be taken up by the
dredging outfits, although Gaines
in lire same district, is not so
promising. It is not now possible
for the dredging machinery to be
brought into the country before
next season, It will be brought to
the head of the l'akotua river and
shipped overland a distance ol 15
miles to Yankee creek, which will
probably take the balance of the
season in which to arrive and at
that rate will trot be working be
fore the summer of 1915. Gaines
creek is not showing up very well
according to the returned mining
man. Frank Joaquin, of the Kus
kokvvitn Commercial Company, has
the options on the ground on that
creek and is doing the prospecting
there with a drill.
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Panama, 'August 26.— Colonel
Goethals, head of the Panama
canal commission has designated
October 10 as the day when the
Gamboa dike will be dynamited
and the waters of the Pacific
joined to those of the Atlantic.
It is probable that President
Wilson will be on hand to watch
the last stroke of the enormous
undertaking which has cost the
United States millions of dollars,
years of labor and many deaths
from accidents and fever.
just in—fresh cured Yukon silver
salmon—prime dog feed. Crowley &
Porter.
Boston, August 25. —Governor
Goss, head of many corporations in
this state, was given a most sting
ing r ebuke recently when he at
tempted to see each of the striking
workmen individually. He sent a
note to the leaders of ths union
stating that he would not recognize
| their organization, but that he
j would be pleased to have each in ;
dividual member call upon him,
j For answer the union men burned j
{ the missile, and in a body marched
I back to the state house, wiiere the |
| ashes were sent to the governor,
j Shortly afterward his excellency [
| was seen to emerge from the side j
j door of the.state house and drive off,
! in his automobile.
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Vancouver, 13. C., August 20.—
John McNamara, alias ‘'Australian
Mac,” alleged to have Hen impli
cated in the robbery of the New
Westminister branch of the Bank
of Montreal September 15, 1911,
when more than $271,000 was j
stolen, was sentenced to serve nine
years in the penitentiary for the j
theft of an automobile which the;
j prosecution alleged was stolen to
carry away the hank loot. From.
this sentence will he deducted iS.
months which McNamara b: s
spent in prison awaiting tiial sir ce
hi- a rest in Xew York.
Charles Dean, who was arrested
in I,os Angeles the time McX -
mara was caught in New York u 11
I lie tried rn October.
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The launch Beaver on Monday after
noon !'. ft with a number of passengers
for the i’lomsra S.
The Wiiiie Seal, which has maintained
a regular service la 'tween Iditarod ain’t
Fairbanks during the past two seasons,
has abandoned the run and will make
a trip up the Tan an a river this fall,
it is learned that Captain Spruill has
mad-' the necessary arrangements to
establish a trading post in that section
! of tlie Interior, and will u>e the White
! Seal to take his outlit there.
The Orphan Boy reached port Tues
day afternoon witli a fair sized cargo.
The O. B. was tmated to a dark-brown
1 coat of paint while on tier iournev.
Launch Nancy Boll arrived at C
,,'clock Wednesday evening with a
Mnai: jag of freight, no passengers, and
' a little mail.
It was rumored about the streets this
1 week that the launch Mabel -owned by
Moran and Flannigan—which left this
port on August 9 for the new strike
loaded with miners, was not strong
enough to make headway against the
current of the Yukon river, and that a
number of the passengers awaited the
arrival of the White Seal from Iditarod
to take them on their way rejoicing.
A dispatch from Nulato last Thurs
day stated that the Yukon river had
raised four feet during the preceding
4-3 hours, and was .Mill raising—-the
highest for more than two years at this
season.
Commodore C. H. Sencco is adver
tising the steamer Little Delta (Capt.
Si Atwell) as the last through boat for
the Chisana strike. She will sail from
Dikeman on Tuesday, September 10.
An inch of snow fell at Nuiato last
Thursday night, followed by rain yes
terday morning.
Where Boats Were Aug. 29
Fort Gibbon. August 29, 1913.
Alaska up Rampart 9 a.m.
Gen. Jacobs up Chena 28th.
Julia B. at St. Michael 28th.
Herman up Kotlik 28th.
Louise down Kaltag 26th.
Relief at Kaltag down bound.
Sarah at Gibbon for Dawson this
morning.
St. Michael up Rampart 7:36 a.m.
Tanana at Gibbon for Fairbanks 9
a.m.
Yukon up Eagle noon 28th.
Charley and A. E. Maltby went to
Dikeman last Tuesday to meet theirj
! sister, Miss Ada Maltby, who is re- [
j turning to Iditarod after spending the '
I winter in the States.
Fairbanks, August 20.—The following dispatches as received
by the News-Miner from the Cordova Alaskan: Chief of Police
Hennecke, of this city returned last night from a trip to the new
Chisana diggings. He says there is no truth in the reports of
lives lost on the trail.
Cheif Hennecke says that there is a shortage of food in the
new camp and there are no tools to be obtained there. He says
that there are many miles of good-paying streams distant from the
Discovery claim which have not as yet been located. Tie says that
claim jumping and food stealing necessitate a United States dep
uty marshal and commissioner there who have a good knowledge
of the law and the strength to enforce it.
On his way back he passed many outfits going in and which
will soon be at work there. He predicts that there will be big
strikes made there yet.
Conditions as Reported by Returning Stampeders
Cordova, August 20.—Late reports received here claim strike
not very extensive. Several stampeders returned yesterday,
some turning back on account of scarcity of grub at the new dig
gings. Report little prospecting being done. Three hundred on
way here from Seattle- Brady Howard, old timer, does not think
camp will produce this year.
Valdez, August 20. —No reliable news received here regarding
Chisann. All booming done Cordova and Seattle. Seventy-five
Valdez men have gone; will investigate. Deputy Marshal Drown,
of Chitana, made trip, staked two claims and returned to hundred
fifty dollar job, indicating nothing startling. Expect reliable news
next boat. Scolai Pass dangerous in fall; Gulkana route considered
best way to new diggings,
Stampeder Shot; Will Not Live
The following telegram which is self-explanatory, was received
at the marshal's office last night from the telegraph operator at
Paxson’s: “Two prospectors, John Swanson and Rudolph Thies
report that a man named John Smith accidently shot himself while
hunting ptarmigan along the Gulkana river about 12 miles from
here. Thies left his two partners with Smith and came in with
Smith's partner John Swanson to report. Smith shot through his
right luug and parties reporting say he had not long to live as he
was unconscious when they left.”
Inquiry made about town last night failed to reveal the iden
tity of Mr Smith. At first it was feared that it was John Smith,
formerly a partner in the Freeman bench, and later it appears that
that Mr. Smith left for the Chisana on the steamer Reliance
VERDICT OF THE CORONER’S JURY
In the Coroner’s Court for Otter Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska, before George W. Albrecht, Com
missioner and ex officio Coroner, sitting at Flat Creek, in
said precinct:
In the Matter of the Inquest upon the body of Charles Moeller,
deceased.
We, the undersigned, the jury duly impaneled and sworn
to inquire into the above entitled matter, do find that the
deceased was Charles Moeller, that he died on Wednesday, the
27th day of August, 1913, between the hours of 4 and 0 in the
afternoon at Flat creek, about 2)i miles from Flat City; that
his death was caused by strangulation inflicted by his own
hands, he having hanged himself.
This the 28th day of August, 1913.
J. E. Rivers F. J Kelly
J. E. Kettleivell O. S. Gardiner
A. F. Morgan Martin Josephson
Commissioner Albrecht was called to Flat creek last Wednesday
night to hold an inquest over the body of a young man named
Charles Moeller, 20 years of of age, who hanged himself from the
roof of a cabin near the dredge of the Ynkon Gold Company during
the afternoon. The commissioner, acting as coroner, convened
the inquest at 3 o’clock Thursday morniug.
The last seen of the deceased was about 4 o’clock in the after
noon of Wednesday, and his absence was not noticed or commented
on until about 0 o'clock, when search was instituted, and in a few
minutes he was found by George H. Neary hanging by his neck.
He was taken from his suspended position by Manager Austin
and Prof. Newsum, but be had been dead for more than an hour.
As there was no controversy over the cause of the young man’s
death, only three witnesses were examined, and a verdict was ren
dered as given above.
The young man came to this camp during the later part of
July from the city of New York, where he had been employed in
the offices of the Yukon Gold Company. From acquaintances it
is learned that lie was a young man of good habits, and very
shortly after his arrival seemed to be suffering from homesickness
or melancholia, and was utterly unable to apply himself for any
length of time to his occupation, that of bookkeeping. Everything
possible had been done during the past few weeks to cheer the
boy; his occupation had been changed in order to break the
monotony of the work-a day existence, much attention had been
given him, but nothing seemed to arouse his interest.
The remains were brought to this city on Thursday and em
balmed, presumably for shipment to the Outside,