THE SDITAROD PIONEER
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THE DELEGATESHIP
On tho face of the returns from the recent election for delegate
in congress from Alaska, Charles A. Suker appears to be elected by
a very slight plurality. Not all of the precincts have yet been heard
from, but the missing vote is not expected to change the result.
The vote was so close that even now it may be that the official
count may be necessary to determine the result, as there is a dis
crepancy in (ho figures given out from different sources. Practi
cally all agree,1 however, that Stilzer is elected on the face of the
votes already returned.
It is understood that the election board will not canvass the re
turns until all the precincts which held elections have been heard
from.
From the expressions in the territorial press it appears certain
that whether Suker or Wickershum is awarded the certificate of
el etr n them will be ; contest. And there is little doubt that suf
ii,:cnt evidence of irregularity in the conduct of the election at
different points will be unearthed to furnish grounds for such a con
test. In such event there will be several intersting que.-tions to
determined by the courts, which may have the effect of clarifying
the atmosphere and adjudicating moot questions which seem to
have heretofore been sidestepped by both legislators and courts,
ft may also have the effect of calling to the attention of the coming
legislature the deficiencies in the election law ami the necessity for
it- simpl.iicatii n.
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ft seems to be generally understood by the press of the terri
ry that Governor Strong will not be a candidate for reappoint
ment. It does not appear that there is any definite authority for
this, other thru the fact that John W. Troy of the Juneau Empire
i, -tuted to be a candidate for the position, and it is not likely that
in- would enter the lists in opposition to Mr. Strong. The Cordova
Times says that practically every prominent and near-prominent
member of the party in power is a candidate for the office. It is
understood that Judge Jennings of the First division is willing to
resign from the bench, as is t Iso Judge Bunnell of the 1 ourli divi
sion, if they can land the governorship. John W. Troy of the
Juneau Empire would not be averse to having the lightning strike
in his direction, while the Tanana valley has a score of willing
Democrats who hanker after the job, among them being E. VV.
Griffin. From present indications it will be a free-for-all fight, but
the Cordova paper expresses the belief that “the feilow who has
the support of National Committeeman T. J. Donohoe of \ aidez
will have a little bit the better of the other fellows who have
thrown their hats in the ring.”
At a hearing in the district court at Juneau on a motion by the
Juneau Liquor Company, on behalf of the Juneau liquor dealers,
asking for an extension of their licenses from July 1 to January 1.
1918, without holding further elections or canvasses, and making it
part of their contention that the expression of the people in the No
vember election was to the effect that the territory should go dry
at that time, but that ill. liquor dealers should be allowed until
January- 1 to dispose of their stocks and business. Judge Jennings
made a ruling that Laves tlie question still "up in the air. lie
stated that he would not express any opinion as to what course lie
will follow on the question of the renewal of licenses of the First di
vision liquor dealers next July, and dismissed the motion without
prejudice. Judge Jennings held that the election held in November
proves nothing with regard to Juneau or the First division. The ex
nrt.-sion of opinion at that time was for the entire territory, and not
i. r any locality or section of the territory, mid that until he is in
for: :ed as to what action is taken by congress he cannot pass on the
matter.
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What is termed "the most remarkable scene ever witnessed in
the British parliiment" took i lace rec-iiUy when Premier Lloyd
George announced in the house of commons that the first act of
the new government was the rejection of the German peace pro
ps ::L. The premier i.- aid to have spoken very deliberately,
and he declared emphatic:dly that peace is possible only on terms
made by the allied nations. He also declared that Germany must
be premired to restore all territory conqueied by her and to make
iuli reparation for the injuries inflicted on other nations. The
Germans, he said, were offering peace while they were dragging
the Belgians into slavery. He deplored the mistake made in not
going to the aid of Roumania in time, and announced that the
government would act with a firm hand in Greece and recognize
the government of Venizelos. A sensation was created when he
made the statement that statesmen who are abandoning the con
flict in despair or through weariness are guilty of the costliest act
of poltroonery in the history of the nation.
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George Grigsby, at torn ey-gen end-elect of Alaska, recently re
eeived from George D. Schofield, his defeated Republican opponent,
the following telegram: “Congratulations. You can now re-estab
lish an Alaska residence. I have just wired my wife as follows:
‘Nome bunch ssbor.ites, with Grigsby toughs, combined with An
chorage-Ketehikan vote and Grigsby-Herron lie that I was not an
Abakan. crucified me. Proud of having made a clean campaign
and having carried every town where I was enabled to make a
speech.” During the campaign Mr. Schofield made a decidedly
good impression wherever he appeared, and many will regret that
he felt impelled to send such a churlish message to his successful
opponent. The people generally love a “good sport.” And a good
sport does not “holler” when he loses.
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Sensational developments took place at the hearing before the
congressional committee which is ascertaining the facts in connec
tion with the operation of the Adamson law. A. P. Thomas, rep
resenting all of the railroads, declared that the companies were
more than willing to sell out to the government, lie <aid that
governmental interference and regulation were so detrimental to
the interests of the security holders that all the managers agree
that a sale of the lines to the government would be the only way
in which the investments could be protected. He maintained that
the Adamson law and others of the same kind which are likely to
follow make it impossible to run a railroad at a profit when the
interstate commerce commission is continually hammering at
freight and passenger rates.
Helen Keller, the famous deaf and blind girl, has abandoned a
matrimonial career for the sake of the woman who has enabled her
to learn to talk and offset her innate infirmities, Mrs. John A. Macy, j
according to a Boston dispatch. Miss Keller was engaged to Peter j
Fagan, a young Socialist, who became acquainted with her while a
reporter for n Boston newspaper, and was employed by her as sec- j
retary. But romance came into her life much against the wishes of
Mrs. Macy, on whom she is absolutely dependent for communica
tion with the wrorid, for the development of her powers of speech
and observation, and to whom she is indebted practically for her
life. Mrs. Macy’s opposition to her pupil’s marriage was based, not
on selfishness, but on realization that it would hinder the further do
j velopment- of a marvelous girl.
America has cast off dependency upon Germany for dyestuffs,
with the result that half of the Deutschland’s first consignment still
lies unsold in Baltimore warehouses, according to an expert con
nected with one of the largest dye manufacturing companies in the
country. With the expiration of some German patents several
months ago, according to this authority, American concerns hud
I free rein in experimenting, and a base product as good as that for
I which Americans always depended upon Germany now is being sold
| at $1 a pound. The stuff brought over by the Deutschland on its
| first trip was selling for $4 a- pound when a market could be ob
i lained.
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i The compulsory arbitration of labor disputes, while it may make
I for the comfort and convenience of the public, is another of those
j instances which give a rude shock to conceptions of the right of the
j government to interfere in private affairs. It may be that these
I various attacks on different features of the constitution may work
j a revolution in our system of government without the formality of
| constitutional amendment But it looks like a dangerous practice.
I after all.
William J. Bryan said recently: “My work during the next
four years will be to do all that I can to make Democracy dry.
That is a plain, unequivocal statement of my attitude on this ques
tion.” He says prohibition is a moral issue and Democracy cannot
afford to take the immoral side.
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Two days after the big shipment of gold left Iditarod f r Seward,
'he Seward newspapers announced the fart, giving detail- and the
amount of the shipment. The confidence of the express company m
| the safety of the trails and the protection afforded by the police au
' thcrity is thus evidenced.
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I At the recent election St. Michael probably cast the largest
I proportionate vote against prohibition of any precinct in the tevri
' lory. There were 18 “dry” votes and 48 “wet.”
The passing of Admiral Devvev removes a man whose name
j fer years has been synonymous with all that is best in American
naval history and tradition.
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j Tom Lawson has finally told all he knows, and perhaps more.
| The circus will commence when he attempts to prove his sensa
i tional charges.
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A few more German raiders at large on the high seas and Lie
1 vaunted British “rule of the wave” would be a thing of the past.
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TEXT OF GERMAN PEACE NOTE
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The following is the text of the peace note addressed by Ger
| many and her allies to the neutral governments:
j “In the midst of the most terrific war ever experienced in his
tory, which has been raging for the last two year.- and a half over
a large part of the world, a catastrophe which a thousand years of
common civilization was unable to prevent, and which injures the
most precious achievement to humanity, our strength has not
i made our ears deaf to our responsibilities before God and before
| our own nation and before humanity.
“Declarations formerly made by the United States concerning
our readiness for peace were evaded by our adversaries. Now we
have advanced one step further in this direction.
August 1 1914, the emperor had personally to take the grave.-t
decison which ever fell to the lot of Germany, when orders for
I mobilization were issued which he was compelled to give as the
result of Russian mobilization.
“During these long and earnest years of war the emperor ha
been moved by the highest impulses in this strugg.e in which ho
has fought victoriously. Nobody can testify to this better than I,
| who bear responsibility for all actions oi the government.
“In deep moral and religious sense of his duty toward this
nation and beyond it, towards humanity, the emperor now com
aiders the moment has come for oilier 1 action toward peace.
“His majesty, therefore, in complete harmony and in comm, n
i with our allies, deemed to propose to the hosule powers to enter
j into peace negotiation-.
“This morning I transmitted a note to tr: effect to ail the
' hostile powers, through representatives of powers which are water
ing over interests end rights in hostde stales.
“I a-ked representatives in Spain, the United Sta'cs and Switz
erland to forward that note with the same procedure which has
I been adopted today in Vienna, Constantinople and Sofia to other
I neutral states, and his holiness the pope has been similarly in
j formed. (Signed! “HOIAYEuG.”
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“WARD-HEELER’ POLITICS
(Ruby Record-Citizen)
The i-sue of the national election is already a thing of the
past- and we may now turn our attention to the more immediate
question of the territorial contest. It is not yet settled and will
| not be definitely closed for some time to come.
Yet, even as it stands, rt presents an interesting aspect to
anyone who will re-examine carefully the tabulation of votes
published in our last issue.
Read carefully results obtained by candidates in Fairbanks.
Note the support the parties in Fairbanks gave to Fairbanks can
didates as against the way Fairbanks panics slashed the candi
dates from the outside districts.
The slogan in Fairbanks is not "Alaska for Alaskans,” but
“Alaska for Fairbanks.”
When a man is indorsed by a political party and is asked to
put his name upon its ticket, that party owes him support. That
party has no moral right to ask his candidacy and then deny him
fair play, to knife him.
It would seem that it is far more advantageous to run inde
pendently. Then if one is defeated, one can blame oneself, one's
personality, perhaps, or the unpopularity of one’s principles. But
it is humiliating and unfair in the extreme to throw a sop into
the mouths of the outlying districts by inviting them to take
part in the fight, then deliberately deserting them and using their
support to enhance the strength of its own home candidates.
But that has always been the selfishness and self-seeking cf
Fairbanks. It will fight tooth and nail for every dollar of ap
propriation, it will aggrandize only itself, it will see to it that
territorial legislation is in the hands of Fairbanks representation,
and whether or not the outlying districts ever become developed
at ell, it cares not one single jot.
Its slogan was, is, and always will be, "Alaska for Fairbanks.”
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Greece has managed to place herself in a position in which
only three courses of action are possible, any one of which prom
ises to be disastrous.—New York Sun.
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TO MARY IN HEAVEN
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(Robert Burns)
TIiou lingering star, with lessening ray,
That lov’st to greet the early morn,
Again thou usher’st in the day
My Mary from my soul was torn.
0 Mary! dear departed shade!
Where is thy place of blissful rest?
See’st thou thy lover lowly laid?
Hear’st thou the groans that rend his
breast ?
That sacred hour can I forget
Can I forget the hallowed grove,
Where by the winding Ayr we met
To live one day of parting love?
Eternity will not efface
Those records dear of transports past;
Thy image at our last embrace;
Ah 1 little thought we 'twas our last!
Ayr, gurgling, kissed his pebbled shore, |
O’erhung with wild woods, thickening
green;
The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar,
Twined amorous round the raptured
scene;
the flowers sprang wanton to be prest,
The birds sang love cn every spray
till soon, too soon, the glowing west
Proclaimed the speed of wing-ed day.
till o’er these scenes my memory wakes,
And fondly broods with miser care!
Time but the impression stronger makes.
As streams their channels deeper wear.
My Mary! dear departed shade!
Where is thy place of blissful rest?
See’st thou thy lover lowly laid?
Hear’.st thou the groans that read hr j
breast ?
ALASKA NEWS
Death of a Deputy Marshal
Albert F. Sullivan, deputy United State?
marshal at Valdez, and one of the best
liked officers of the North, died in Seattle
recently, following an operation for appen
dicitis. Sullivan had been on a visit to his i
wife and 3-months-old son, at Napa, Cal. j
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Where the Ptarmigan Are
: Dr. Baughman has cleared up the mys- j
tery of the disappearance of the ptarmigan 1
from the Seward district this winter by
earning from Dr, L. IF French that mil
lions of the birds have gathered on the
Alaska peninsula, says the Gateway.
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A Chance for Jenkins
Report has it that Dan Jones, the Nome
• Oicer of the Alaska road commission, will
make a lengthy stay in Marshall for the
urpose of surveying roads which will be
built alone the mot feasible rente in in a j
return, stys the Industrial Worker. It is 1
.bo said that somewhere in the neighbor- \
hood of $10,000 will be apportioned to Mar- j
: ! next } ear. That Joe i’hen might be j
he pr be.i lr di* burning i.fiicer in that sec
i n is also another of Dome Rumoi .* state
! mexifs.
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Another Victim of Trail
Word was received in Fairbanks ou Dee.
i:i 'ha* the body of a man named I.aw- i
rente, who had been mi-dug for seme day--, i
was found in a tide track about four nules
from Klickcteritk. Five of Lis dogs were j
found near by, all nearly frozen and halt j
starved. They were in such a bad condition j
that the searching party killed them rather
han permit tl an to suffer. Several days
oreviotisly some of Lawrence’s dogs reached
St. Michael, and it was then that fears
were lir.-t entertained for the safety of thc
owner.
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Moody Won’t Stand for Gamblers
Nick Larson of Hot Springs pleaded guilty
to the char ire of gambling before Commis
sioner Moody. . and wes fined $100 and
costs.
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Suicide at Oines
A woman known as Ceorgia Phi lips, of j
Ones, was found in her bed in her cabin |
on December 17 with a towel, remforcel
by a pillow, over her face. She was in a
dying condition, the towel having evidently
been saturated with chloroft rm or ether a
short time prior to being placed in that po
rtion. She died later and Commissioner
Samuel Weiss of Chatanika announced his
intention of holding an inquest over the
remains. From notes left by the woman
it was evidently her intention to commit
-wiicide. She is supposed to have a son in
j Montana.
More About White Whales
Bon Nygren, who with his partner, Sam |
TrrkeLon, is making a success of the white I
whale industry at Cape Nome, tells the i
Nome Nugget that whale have been p.enti
ful, though in poor condition, owing to the
fact that a great many killer whales rha.-e
them. At the white whale plant at Cape
Nome no part of the animal is wasted.
Hides, flesh, oil and bones are all utilized.
The hides bring a big price, and are made
into the strongest kind of leather. After
the oil is extracted the meet is dried and
sold for dog feed. The meat is good to
eat, tasting very much like beef. In Nor
way it is eagerly sought after, and is sold
as “steer cf the sea.” The oil of the white
whale is said to excel the oil of any fi.-h.
Some of the local product is so clear and
transparent that one can look throug: it
snd easily read a paper held on the other
side. It sells in England at the remarkable
nrice of £500 a barrel. One single fleet
carrying the products of the Norwegian
white whale industry has sold its cargoes
at Falmouth for the astounding total of
80,500,000 crowns, which is more than $26,
000,000. At Cape Nome long nets are used
to catch the white whale, which average
twelve or thirteen feat in length. When
entangled in the net they are shot with a
rdie so as to injure the skin as little as
possible. Thes? sea mammals are not at
,.ii lerocious. They show fight occasion
ally when in the net, but when they are
not angered they are so docile that the hand
may be laid on them with safety. The
food of the white whale, as disclosed by the
contents of the stomachs, is tom cod, large
codfish, salmon and an occasional crab. The
bones are stacked to dry and are crushed
to be used as fertilizer. In Norway the
meat is canned like beef.
Killed by Woodsaw
A Tanana dispatch to the Fairbanks
News-Miner, dated Decebmer 15, says that
W. J. Lloyd, a young man of that city, 1
was instantly killed while working on a
woodsaw. While Lloyd was adjusting the j
belt of the saw the flywheel burst, one of
the pieces striking him in the upper part
of the forehead and passing through to the
back of the head. The fingers of the right j
hand were cut also, but it is not known
whether it was before or after the wheel
broke. One of the flying pieces of the j
broken wheel was picked up more than 300
feet away from the place where the acci
dent occurred. The physician who exam
ined Lloyd's body after the accident de
. It red that death had been so sudden that
the man never knew what struck him.
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Japanese Lost on Trail
Harry Imanura, a Japanese, disappeared
from the neighborhood of Kern creek, on
the government railway near Seward, on
Thanksgiving day, and although searching
parties have been out looking for him, not
i trace has been found. He is believed tc
here been frozen to death. Some three
months ago Imanura attempted to commi.
uicide. He came to Seward from Latouchc j
and went to work at Glacier just before he J
howed a suicidal intent.
Sidney Charles to Publish Paper :
Sidney Charles, for more than three years j
in charge of the editor's desk of the Juneau J
Dispatch, has left for the States, where he j
will consummate a deal for n printing press, ,
typesetting machine and other equipment
with which ho will establish a printing of
fice ill Juneau and issue a weekly news
paper.
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Marshal! Said to Be Freak District
Marsha.1 City, the new gold strike on the
V: k< a, eleven miles from Andreafeky, is a
•rook tnl 1, according to a number of North
.-•■ii mining men from Willow creek, the
‘ream on which all of the pay has been
'■mud—and $250,000 was taken out during
lie past summer- - is a geological curiosity.
The paystreak suddenly breaks off when the
ember line is reached fr in ihe higher alii
udes. All of the gold is above the timber
ne. Willow creek is the only stream of
his character that has ever been discovered •
u the North, and, so far as is known, j
n the world. A similar condition is fouini j
n u tributary of Will >w creek. Frank Was j
key, Alaska’s first delegate in congress, who :
spent a fortune trying to induce congress
!o ne.es a territorial government law for
Alaska, and subsequently “went broke” at
Nome, is said to have been one of the big
■jest winners at Marshall City, his e’ean-up ’
for the past summer being $40,000 net i
Might paying claims had been discovered j
when the snow began to fall and the rivers I
.1 freeze.
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Farthest North Radio Station
The farthest north radio station on Ameri |
can soil now open and doing business is j
•■crated under the auspices of the bureau
f education at Norvik, on the Kobuk.
This is the new native settlement estab
lished bv the bureau of education on a r.a
live reservation made for that purpose,
ba t summer a teacher who also under
stood radiography arrived from the Ou(
-i le and with him was shipped in a wire
i- s outfit. Nome was startled recently by
be rstiio liian fending notification that his
station was in working order, and asking for
the news. The wireless men had overlooked
the fact that this station had been erected
and first thought that they were being
-trung by some “smart flee” with a trans
mitting apparatus. After a while, how-j
ever, they realized the fact in receiving a i
rcgi lor message in due form from the Nor- i
, ik station. It is reported that the bureau !
■f education has under consideration the :
recti. ;i r-f smother wire'css station at Bar j
row, whereby regular Communication {
through Norvik may be had with this point
on the Arctic ocean and Nome and the Out
•ide. Any important news matter which
might be well to make known from the j
North could then be transmitted from Bar
row. The scheme will likely tec resliza
ion some of these days, and radios will be
common as a rancher's phone Outside.
Another Rig Mining Company
The Josevig-Kennecott Copper Company
has recently been organized in Seattle, with
a capital oi‘ $2,500,000. The concern has
ourcba.-rd mines in Southwestern Alaska
near the Big Bonanza and Jumbo proper
iea. Four hundred thousand dollars has
been subscribed in New Vork and the
inney is now on the way out to Seattle
0 be used for immediate development of
he properties. Former Governor Hay of
"Va-hington and J. B. McDougall, retired :
a .itclists, are interested, and D. K. Me- |
Donald of Spt kaiie is president.
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TOMMY McSMART ENLISTS
WITH AMERICAN LEGION
Tommy McSmart, the former well known
local musician, is in the British army, says
a Fairbanks newspaper. That is. he has
oined the Sixty ei hth battalion of Cana
iun volunteers, with headquarters at Van
couver. The battalion is known as the
American legion.
Tommy had intended originally to join
■he volunteers from Dawson. He arrived
1 Vancouver from California, where he
i been located, too late to meet them.
Accordingly, he joined the American legion,
nd according to a letter recently received
■jy Thomas G. King, expects shortly to be
n his way to the battle fronts of Europe.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters. $1.50
per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
Professions 1
Michigan, 1881 Alaska, 1910
Kentucky, 1891
George Woodruff Albrecht
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IDITAROD, ALASKA
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Stores at Cripple City and Mouth of Tolstoi
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