Would Send White
Slaves to Iditarod
Portland, May 19—The workings of an underground railroad, by
means of which attempts are being made to send girls into the Alaska
mining camps from Portland for immoral purposes, has been unearthed
by Sheriff Stevens and his deputies in the investigation of Morris Wel
ser’s “system. Following the arrest of the chauffeur, the various
tentacles of his octopus for debauching girls have been followed up bv
the authorities. One led to the arrest of “Mysterious Billy" Smith last
Saturday night at the Seven-Mile roadhouse, where the chauffeur had
established the suburban end of his system.
Last night another arrest considered by the authorities to be of
great importance was made. Billy McCarty, a flashily dressed tnan ot
35 years, was taken into custody by the sheriff and Deputies Leonard
and Bulger at a Washington street hotel. He was lodged in jail and a
formal charge laid against him. The sheriff says McCarty had laid all
of his plans to send a company of half a dozen girls to Alaska on the
Str. State of California which left Seattle on the night of April 17. The
plans of these men were to have these girls stop off at Ketchikan and
Juneau, southeastern Alaska, there to remain until navigation opened
on the Yukon river, when they would be sent into the Iditarod diggings
Had not the raid upon Weiser been made just at this time the plan
would have undoubtedly been carried out. Two of the girls who had
already consented to go are under the age of r7, and it is directly
through the \\ eiser raid that the authorities learned of McCarty, it ali
being part of the same system. The girls who have informed on Me
Cartv have told the sheriff that the latter had secured their consent
through picturing to them the rosy life in the North. He told them,
they said, there were great profits to be made in the mining camps, in
eluding “double money on beer.” The money for transportation was
to be supplied at this end, and an agent of McCarty was to meet them
in Alaska, according to the girls’ statement.
Dawson Stage Queen Deposed
A dramatic earthquake took place recently in Los Angeles, and
the stage throne of Marjorie Rambeau, who formerly scintillated as a
theatrical queen in Dawson, has crumbled. In her stead is Elizabeth
Stewart, a young actress formerly with T. Daniel Frawley. According
to the Eos Angeles papers, the management claims Miss Rambeau was
not attending to business and made up to suit herself, and not the
management. Miss Rambeau says she has a three years' contract, and
will see about it in court. In Dawson, Miss Rambeau came with the
Dick Thorne Stock company, and after it went on the rocks she and
her mother remained here during the winter, putting on “Merely Mary
Anri,’ “A Texas Steer” and other well known popular dramas, with
aid cf home talent, with the redoubtable Sam Mangum as leading man.
The Los Angeles Times says :
The most sudden change on record in local theatricals took place
yesterday, when lyizabetb Stewart, of San Francisco, supplanted Mar
jorie Rambeau as leading woman of tire Burbank Stock company.
lire departure of Miss Rambeau from the Morosco organization
was somewhat of a bombshell to the local dramatic world, for no one
was prepared for tire event-—least of all, the actress who was replaced,
and the company in which she has worked for a year.
At the conclusion of the performance Saturday night, Miss Ram
beau received a brief note from her employer, stating that her services
were no longer required. At the same time the members of the com
pany, en route home, were told to meet at the theatre at ioryo yester
day morning for an extra rehearsal of “The Fox.” Nothing was
thought of the matter, but on assembling as per the stage director’s de
tnand tire actors were amazed to find an actress whom they had never
seen waiting for a brief rehearsel of the leading woman’s role in the
piece which is current on the Burbank stage.
Miss Stewart was letter perfect in her part, and played it yesterday
afternoon, and will continue to play’ it.
-Miss Rambeau says : “I am still, by virture of my contract, lead
ing actress of the Burbank Stoek company. If necessary, I will prove
this in court.” — Dawson News.
Zodiac Gomes and Goes
“That fast and commodious Str.
Zodiac.1’ which according to the street
crier, was due to go to DiUeman last
Wednesday and all way points, made
a trip up from Holy Cross early this
week without seeing anything. Ad
parently all the steamboats on the rivet
had gone up the Koyukuk or the Sal
chaket as the Zodiac failed to speak anv
of them, and by Wednesday nigh', the
whereabouts of the Tatiana were still
shrouded in a haze of conjecture.
The Zodiac brought some freight
from Holy Cross but no passengers.
She lett again Wednesday and had a
small passenger list for down river and
the Ruby creek strike.
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Sanderson's Self-Dumper Big Success
j Following a demonstration at the
Ellis lay at 1-a bench Otter creek, the
Sanderson self-dumping scraper has
been pronounced a success and will be
used here quite extensively this sum
mer.
In spite of all the conversation that
has been used up over the theory of the
thing, it came out fairly well in prac
i iice, and showed conclusively that it
j will save time and labor as soon as the
man at the throttle gets used to the
system.
Care is required in picking her up
j at the beginning of the trip to the box,
but once filled she will dump perfectly
and without loss of time.
Launch Wien! If you have any
surplus rigging, store it with the
Pioneer Storage. Phone 54.
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//4 U02! uiaims Are irregular
Seattle, May 24—Chief Christensen,
who was appointed to investigate the
Alaska coal land frauds lias brought in
a report that there are seven hundred
and seventy-four coal claims practically
all irregular.
Order Modified
Seattle, May 24—The order issued in
this city some time ago for all persons
going to Alaska to be vaccinated has '
been greatly modified.
Pinchot Returns
New York, May 24—After an exten
sive visit to Europe, Pinchot has re- j
turned to the states.
iwenty Acres to the Man
San Francisco, May 24—The Nome
Sinook Mining company, which lost its
case in the district court of Nome, and
appealed to the United States Circuit
court has again failed; the decision
being that a member in an association
can hold but twenty acres of mineral
land. This will settle all disputes in
regard to association locations in the
future.
Seattle Gets Chapter
Seattle, May 24—A local chapter of
the American Mining Congress has
been organized in this city. A local
chapter for the benefit of Alaska will
be organized in the near future.
THE TALKING HORSE
A horse, brought to an evil pass,
was given speech like Balaam's ass,
and it remarked, in mournful tones,
while rude winds chilled its ancient
bones: “My master sits beside the
fire, and there he’ll talk and never
tire, of equal rights, square deals
and things of which the jawsmith al
ways sings, and I stand haltered to a
post, most ready to give up the
ghost. I wouldn’t give a picayune,
I wouldn’t give a mouldy prune for
any scheme of equal rights that
leaves dumb critters out at nights.
The squarest df al that man can plan
is framed exclusively for man, while
he is fussing with his jaws, devising
tax and tariff laws, he lets his. poor
old pony wheeze, lie lets his trusty
roosters freeze, his cow must shiver
by the fence because she has no
residence; his dug must sleep be
neath the barn, and never does he
care a darn. I wish the world were
changed around, and horses had the
right to pound and Inrlying and
starve the men—you’d see some
dizzy doings then. My boss would
stand here, nice and cool, and I’d be
in there playing pool or sucking
cider through some .-s raws, and ar
guing some blame fool laws.” Then,
having told what he desired, the
poor old war-worn plug expired.—
Walt. Mason.
Steel Men Casting
Lacmeus Eyes on Nome
The Western Steel Corporation will
lave competition in the steel industry
n tile Northwest, if the plans of 1’. B.
Parker, representing four members of
he original firm of Carnegie & Co.,
•vho sold out to the United States Steel
rust, are carried into effect. The
dans for the new company involve the
mikling of a smelter in the vicinity of
Portland, and the construction of bunk
ers and a short line of railroad at Crip
ile river, near Nome, Alaska. Everv
liing, however, is dependent upon the
ibility of tlie men at the head of the
•nterprise to obtain a sufficient amount
if coal for coking purposes.
By a deal just entered into, Peter
iCsch, a Nome assayer and miner, gave
i ten-day option on 22 hematite ore
daims at Nome for $225,000, the first
nonev having been paid on February 9
md the balance extending over a term
if three years. Each brought half a
ton of the iron with him from Nome
iast fall and analysis made by local
•hemists and by representatives of the
teel magnates sin w it to l ea high
trade Bessemer ore, carrying 5d.70 per
tent, of iron and as high as 11.22 per
•ent. of manganese, with a very small
lercentage of phosphorus and silicon,
it is'an ideal ore for the open-hearth
iroeess of reduction.
Will make daily trips to all points of
he creeks, leaving Iditarod tit 9 a.m.
i’emporary office, Red Cross drug store.
Prompt delivery guaranteed. Joe Me
Namee and C. O. Fowler, agents.
Colonel Talks of Road Work
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Col. W. P. Richardson, of the Alaska
Road Commission, is authority for the
statement that fully $80,000 will be ex
pended this summer in bridging, grad
i»g and repairing the Fairbanks trail,
so that it will be in good condition for
summer travel from Chitina to the in
'erior.
On the Big Delta tlie road will be
| changed to take- the side hill, the
j Colonel says, and the Delta will be
bridged this side of Yost’s roadhouse.
On the pass between the Delta and
the Gulkana the trail will go around
the hill to avoid the grade. Gunn creelc
will also be bridged and other work
under way will be completed.
The improvements on the Willow
, Creek-Chitina cutoff will also be com
] pleted.
In all about $250,000 will be available
for road work in Alaska this season,
! says the Colonel.
! Special appropriations of $150,000
were secured from Congress, while
flOO.OOO more, it is figured will be avail
able from the taxes raised outside of in
corporated towns.
This $100,000 will be used in repair
i work and road construction through
j the territory.
Of the $150,000 special appropriations
j $50,000 will be used on the Seward-Idit
arod trail. The money will bo ex
pended in making the trail fit for
double-enders.
The $20,000 remaining of the special
appropriations will be used on the Fair
banks-Nome and other trails.- Yukon
Valley News.
Wireless Expert Corning
Seattle, May 24—John Murphy, the
j New York wireless expert, will soon
! leave this city for Alaska with new
j equipment for Fort Gibbon and Nome.
The Home Beautiful
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j Also paint to paint your boat and let
j people know you are afloat.
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