Iditarod Pioneer
One DoelakPer Month. IDITAKOP, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1913. ___Two Hits Per Copy
MAJOR STRONG ENDORSED
FOR GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
Fairbanks, January 31.—At a meeting of the Democratic ter
ritorial committee held here during the week, Major J. F- A
Strong, of Juneau, was unanimously endorsed for the Alaskan gov
ernorship, and representations to the end of securing his appoint
ment will be made to the national committee
PRESIDENT WILSON FLANS
TO VISIT ALASKA SHORTLY
Trenton, January 31.-—Mr. Wilson is gradually unfolding his
Presidential program, and it is now learned that visits to all of the
United States oversea dominions will be made if time allows
A tour of Alaska has been decided upon, in order that the
President may learn at first hand prevailing conditions in the ter
ritory. He also plans visiting the Philippines, while a trip to the
Panama canal has already been announced to take place within a
few weeks. __
SENATOR LA FOLLETTE FAVORS
OPENING ALASKA GOAL LANDS
Washington, January 31.--Senator Wesley L. Jones, of 113811-;
ington, has introduced a bill giving claimants to Alaska coal lands:
the power to appeal to the federal courts for a settlement of their j
claims when patents are refused by the Interior department.
The Interior department yesterday issued a patent lor coal
lands on Admiralty island to George Hardraker.
Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin, has announced his intention i
to take up the cudgels in behalf of the Alaska coal claimants, with :
a view to an early opening of the coal lands._
FAIL TO CONVICT BOXERS
OF PRIZEFIGHTING AT NOME
’
Nome, January 31.—Early this week Gene Kose, an electin'
cian, and Otis Osgood, clerk at the Golden Gate hotel, were ar-!
rested on a charge of prizefighting, the penalty for which under
the territorial law is imprisonment for from one to live years.
A fight between the two took place at the Sons of the North j
hall, Osgood being declared the winner at the end of the fourth j
round.
The government was unable to prove that an admission fee
was charged, or that the fight was one for money, consequently j
the charge was dismissed. _ '•
RESUME FIGHTING TUESDAY
UNLESS TURRET SITES UP
London, January 31.-The allies have been waiting patiently j
for the Turkish envoys to make alternative proposals to their
peace terms, but as the latter are apparently unwilling to agree to j
the surrender of Adrianople the ahies have served notice that they ,
will give but four days grace, and if, at the expiration of that time j
the Turks remain stubborn, hostilities will be resumed, Adrianople l
bombarded, and the war pressed to a finish. The four days expire
Monday night.
Young Turks Favor Compromise
Constantinople, January 31. —The Young Turk party is gain
ing the ascendancy once more, and will soon be in complete con
trol. It is believed they will compromise with the enemy if pos
sible. _|
CHENEY SUCCEEDS DAVIDSON
AS NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
Fairbanks, January 31.—Democratic National Committeeman
Charles E. Davidson having resigned on account of private affairs,
the territorial committee held a meeting here Wednesday and
elected Z. R. Cheney, the Juneau lawyer, to succeed him. Cheney
is now on his way to Washington to fight all President Taft’s Alas
kan appointments. _
AUSTRIA FEARS GROWTH
OF CHEAT SLAVIC EMPIRE
Vienna, January 1.—The Austrian press is much excited over
the statement of Professor Ferrero, the great Italian historian,
that the Austrian empire is on point of dissolution.
The possibility of the formation of a great Slavic empire in
the Balkans under the guardianship of Russia is causing consider
able uneasiness in view of Professor Ferrero’s prediction, as it is
believed possible that in the event of the federation of the Balkan
states being accomplished, Slavonia, Croatia and other Slavic
provinces of the Austrian empire might break away and join the
new empire. This accounts for Austria’s desire to interfere in the
war before the allies could discover their own strength.
AMPUTi E MAN S
FE 'AND HANDS
Nome, January 31.—Yesterday, at
the hospital of the Holy Cross, Frank
Connolly had his hands and feet ampu
tated, and is thus completely disabled
for life. Connolly is the man who fell
from a plat form at the rear of a saloon,
landing on the ice of Bering sea. He
was stunned by the fall, and lay uncon
scious for two hoars before discovered
and carried to hospital
MARSHAL ARRIVES
WITH SIX SOLDIERS
Nome, January 51.—Marshal Powell
and five deputies arrived here yester
day morning with the six soldiers
charged with fiendish outrages upon
native women at St. Michael. Several
witnesses, native and white, were alsc
brought over.
JOHNSON WINS
SOLOMON DERBY
Nome, January 31. John Johnson,
with his team of Siberian wolves, won
the Solomon Derby, covering the GO
miles in six hours. He made the turn
in 3 hours 55 minutes.
Bach ford, with bis Missouri bird
dogs, was second; Holrason, with mala
mutes, was third, and Scotty Allan,
with McKenzie river huskies, last.
Bert Kennedy has returned to the
Anialc.
Mrs. Ramps Peterson has been suf
ering from rheumatism.
Frank Fontas is still lame as tit e re
sult of the upset, ho had in the neigh
borhood of Diskaket, while on the way
to Mud river. He expects to return tc
Mud as soon as the dogteam gets back,
Mrs. Manuel Gularte lias completely
recovered from her recent illness.
Fred Willison came over from Crip
ple Wednesday.
Holier! Cockburn returned to Dike
man Thursday.
There were showers of rain yester
day morning and the thermometer
registered 36 above. Advantage was
taken of the thaw to clean windows
and generally stir tilings up.
Judge Hay 1). Clark came to town
Thursday.
A special meeting of the Iditarod
town council was held last evening for
the purpose of extending the time dur
ing which taxpayers may take ad
vantage of the 10 tier cent discount. It
was felt that inasmuch as there had
been delay in issuing the tax notices
those willing to pay promptly should
not be made to suffer. Accordingly an
extension of Id days has been granted,
and all who pay up before February
15 will be entitled to the discount.
This extension of time does not ex
tend to those paying after February 15.
That is to say taxes must be paid in
full between February 15 and March 1,
becoming delinquent on the latter date
witli no extension of time.
Personal Taxes
After March 1, according to section
35 of Ordinance 33, taxes on personal
property "(which includes buildings) are
payable on demand, and in the event of
failure to pay, a writ of distraint must
immediately be issued and the property
sold by the chief of police.
Taxes on Realty
Taxes on realty become delinquent
March 1 also, but the procedure is not
the same. After March 1 a penalty of
10 per cent, is added, plus interest at
the rate of 12 per cent, per annum. II
the taxes are not paid by June 1 a lien
must be filed and the property
attached.
Taxes Coming In
It is gratifying to note that 1912 taxes
are simply rolling in, and thousands ol
dollars are already available for the re
demption of warrants.
If you want to find anyone or any
thing, go to Ansley’s, where ladies and
gentlemen can play pool.
Fresh codfish, over-the-ice, 3oc lb.
Iditarod Meat Co.
NATIVE HUNTERS
BLOWN OUT TO SEA
Nome, January 31. -Thr4a nativo
seal hunters, who ware blown out to
sea on an iee-tloe during tbe recent
storm, are undoubtedly lost, and their
return is not expected.
STILETTOS WIS
AT BASKETBALL
Last night the Stilettos won their
first game of basketball against the
A li.’s.
Although rather rough, the game was
the best yet, and was heartily enjoyed
by the spectators. The. score at the
finish was Stilettos 19. A. 15.'s 17.
The lineup was as follows:
STILETTOS A. B.
Donnelly, H, capt Button, R C, capt
Larson, Chas Wolfe, Vic
Byers, Earl Baker, Claude
Wood. Cl’ Currin, J*C
Erost. Ronald Larson, Frank
Wile. A
The baseball game was won by the
Skinners.
A very enjoyable dance followed the
games, the music being supplied by
Mrs. Maher and Prof. Hudson.
Henry Mantella came over from
Ophir the first of the week on business
and returned Wednesday. He was only
three days coming from the old dig
gings, and describes the trail as fine.
Regarding Cripple, he says it appears
to be looking better all the time.
_1
j Charley Schmidt, who recently dis
| posed of his ground on Bear creek to
| E. A. Mellhenny, of Louisiana, re
j turned to the Kuskokwim Thursday.
BAKKE IS PREPARING
FOR EVENTUALITIES
Nome, January 31.—S. J. Bakke,
postmaster of Nome, is out after the
appointment of manager for the Moon
light Water Company, a subsidiary of
I the Pioneer Mining Company. Bakke
j was appointed postmaster last spring,
! and his appointment was confirmed late
in the summer. His commission only
I arrived on the last mail. He is a Re
publican, and is taking no chances
1 with the new administration.
MAIL IS COMING BY
SPECIAL CONTRACT
Postmaster Thurston has received
advices that the first part of the mail
which was blockaded on the railroad
should reach Iditarod Thursday or Fri
day next. It will be a full consignment
(400 pounds), and consists principally of
second-class matter.
The government has let special con
tracts for carrying the delayed mail
down as far as Nulato, and it is possi
ble that an extra service will be ar
ranged for between Nulato and Iditarod
until mail accumulated by the blockade
has been cleaned up.
Next week's mail will be delayed on
account of its lute arrival at Nulato,
the local wireless learning that Jim
Haley die not get away until yesterday
morning, when it was snowing heavily.
CAMP FLAT ADMITS
FOOD NEW MEMBERS
Camp Flat No. 20, A. B.. initiated
the following new members last Tues
day: Tom Sandvik, Alec Grubas.
George Vig and Albert Guttenplane.
LYONS EXONERATES BARNETTE
BEFORE FAB SENTENCE
For reasons of their own, and doubtless after mature consideration,
the attorneys for Captain K. T. Barnette in the recent bank cases re
! fused to allow him to testify in his own behalf. But Barnette had the
j usual opportunity accorded convicted persons of making an explanation
! before sentence was passed upon him, and he very adroitly turned this
! opportunity to his own advantage. Had his statement been made on
the witness stand there might have been an opportunity in cross-exam
ination of placing his actions in a less favorable light, but he had the
i last say, and made the most of it.
Knowing wliat we all Know aoout me uaiiK lanure ana me causes
which led up to it, Judge Lyons’ statement before passing sentence of
| $1,000, without costs, will be read with a considerable amount of in
terest. Here is the verbatim report of his remarks, as printed in the
' Fairbanks Times of January 6:
“Mr. Barnette, the jury found you guilty of filing a false report
■ with intent to deceive and defraud. I am frank to say to you, Mr. Bar
i nette, if I felt that the court had made no mistakes, and if the court felt
| as the jury did that you were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, I should
I concur with counsel for the government; but I say to you, Mr. Bar
nette, that this is the court’s province, the court’s obligation, and I say
to you, as I have said to many other defendants, if there is going to be
any mistake made, it is going to be in your favor, no matter what may
have occurred from your acts.
“The question with me is the extent of your guilt, and I am very
■ frank to say that, in the light of your explanation, which has not been
1 contradicted, that if that had been before the jury, as well as some
things that the court permitted which I think the court should not have
permitted, particularly your vvithdrhwals of your deposits in 1910, and
1 if the jury had also known that you thereafter went to Seattle and en
deavored, by pledging your personal ciedit, to secure the necessary
overdraft, they might have had a reasonable doubt, after you had pur
sued that course, whether or not you had any criminal motive ill filing
the report.
“As counsel for the government has stated a serious state of affairs
has resulted from the failure.of the bank in which you were the leading
spirit, but under all the circumstances I am not satisfied that the case
has been so satisfactorily tried, (and the error is the court’s, and no one
else’s), as to make me believe that if certain evidence had been with
drawn fiom the juiy which should have been withdrawn, that they
would have found you guilty. For that reason, I do not intend, Mr.
Barnette, to inflict the extreme penalty provided by the statute upon
you, but I think, under any state of the case, not only you, but every
man connected with that institution who signed those reports were
negligent, and that if there were a statute making such negligence a
crime, no doubt but that your case would come under such a statute.
But for me to say at this time that I could find beyond a reasonable
doubt that you published this report with intent to deceive and defraud,
I am unable to say so, and being in that state of mind, I propose, as I
always will, whenever I am called upon to sentence a man, to give him
the benefit of any doubt I may entertain concerning the insufficiency of
the evidence to sustain the verdict, and if there is any error to be com
mitted it will be committed in favor of and not against the defendant.
But I do think that there ought to he some punishment, under the cir
cumstances. imposed upon you that will make you and every other man
l-ealize that when they are dealing with trust funds, the circulation of
any reports concerning the same will be scrutinized, and must be
known to be true befoie being signed or published.
“It is the judgment of this court that you pay a fine of $r ,000,
without costs, and that you stand committed until the fine is paid.”
AVIATOR GROSSES THE ALPS
| IN TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES
Geneva, January 81.—The famous aviator Bielovuci yesterday
flew over the highest Alps, crossing the same in the remarkably
quick time of 25 minutes. He used a light monoplane. The feat
was an extremely hazardous one, and is considered little short of
marvelous, even by expert airmen-__
SEAL PROBE INCRIMINATES
SEVERAL 0 S. OFFICIALS
I
Washington, January 31.—The House committee appointed to
| probe the Pribiloff island seal investigation, has submitted its
report, which favors a closed season for seals for not less than five
; years.
A sensational part of the report is that which charges several
government officials with being concerned with representatives of
the fishing interests in attempted fraud in connection with the in
vestigation. ___
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
TENDERFOOT MINER NAY DIE
Fairbanks, January 31.— Crushed beneath falling gravel and
! rocks while working in a shaft in the Tenderfoot district, Alfred
Wirkkala, an old timer, was brought to this city and now lies in
hospital in such a condition that it is feared he may die.
Wirkkala’s injuries are terrible, one leg being broken in four
places, his ribs fractured, and his face pierced by the pick which
was at the bottom of the shaft. _
HOUSE OF .ORBS REJECT
HONE RUIE FOR IRELAND
London, January 31.—After a very short debate the House of
Lords have thrown out the Irish home-rule bill.
The government has not yet decided what course it will take,
but the bill will probably be brought forward again at the next
session of parliament. It is possible that it will be reintroduced
shortly after Easter, although it may be delayed uutil the autumn.
The Conservatives are demanding the resignation of the Lib
erals, but are hardly likely to see their wishes in this direction
era titled ___
GENERAL DANIEL E. SICKLES
ARRESTED FOR CONVERSION
Albany, January 31.—A warrant has been issued for the ar
rest of Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, the famous civil-war veteran.
Gen. Sickles, who is 87 years of age, is charged with the corn er
sion to his own use of a sum exceeding $26,000, being funds of the
Public Monuments Commission.
Wife Pawns Jewels
A judgment was recently obtained against Gen. Sickles for
$8,200, and the creditors were about to seize priceless war relics to
satisfy the judgment when Mrs. Sickles intervened, and pawned
her jewels to save the relics. Mrs. Sickles, who is a Spanish
woman, married the general 41 years ago, but has been estianged
from him for over 20 years,__
ATTORNEY LODIS K. PRATT
FINED BY JUDGE FULLER
Fairbanks, January 31.—Because he questioned the decision of
the court in the case of Pedro vs- Hanot, Attorney Louis K. Pratt,
was yesterday fined $150 for contempt by Judge F. E. Fuller. He
has filed an appeal.
Judge Pratt has been twice before fined by judges of this divi
sion. On the last occasion the fine was remitted by President
Taft, with the co-operation of Delegate Wickersham, who, as judgo
of the court, had imposed the fine.__
TEMPERATURE TABLE j
The following temperatures for the J
week ending noon Saturday, February ;
1, are from observations taken at the
Budweiser observatory, corner Second j
and Richmond—
NOON MIDNIGHT
Saturday, Jan. 25. -34 -29
Sunday, “ 26. -19 -34
Monday, “ 27 . -25 -33
Tuesday, “ 28. -25 -22
Wednesday,“ 29. -13 -4
Thursday “ 30. 10 32
Friday, “ 31. 34 30
Saturday, Feb. 1. 20 —
Blank books, Higgins’ inks, shading
pens, draftsman’s sets, camera and type
writer supplies. Ansley’s Book Store.
Harry Yeager came in from the head
of Flat yesterday.
FLAT A. B.'S NOTICE
Members of Camp Flat No. 20, A. R,
are particalarly requested to be pres
ent at the regular meeting to be held
at A. B. Hall, Flat City, next Tuesday,
February 4, when special business will
com# before the meeting.
C. R. PECK, Arctic Chief.
A. E. BAIN, Arctic Recorder.
Latest reports from Cripple are to
the effect that $13 was obtained at the
bottom of one hole on the Dikeman as
sociation by Jim McDonald. The Dike
man association is below the Oregon
association, on Colorado creek, and the
find was reported a few days ago.
Candies, nuts and chewing gums—
wholesale and retail — at very low
prices. Ansley’e Book Store.