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At a largely atten .'d meeting held last j
Sunday night, at the conclusion ('t tin- \
meeting of Camp Iditamd No. 77. \. lV
it was decided that lditarod should have ]
u Christmas tree and entertainment on
Christmas eve I led) K.lcy chairman < t
the A. B entcrtainment eommitlee. stated i
that he had recn\ a! assurances of support j
tor the undertaking from merchants and j
citizens generally, and with the assistance I
, f {he A B. camp there was every a su-i
;.fioe that a line urogram could be arranged |
!v,r the aiTaii.
A committee to arrange for the Chi >tmas
tree and entcrtaiiiinent was appoint.ai. > n
sitting of ilerl.y II:ley. chuirm::a .
Ji st-; h H. Mint!; M. - Lillian Smith. M.s.
Tay lor. Albert \\ ii-*. Jo.-eph 11. Smith. Yi.
Pierson. Charles 1 .n> .. and John t urru*
This committee will have charge of i’ll tie
detail- of the entertainment, and numerous
others have volunteered their assistance a
lt is needed
The indications arc that a grand time |
will be arranged for. not only for the ,
little people f r whom Christmas irec ccle !
bratit ns are especially intended, but for j
the grown tips wt !1
There arc m. r>‘ youngsters in tin* camp
this winter than last year, ami it is pro-i
posed by the committee to give them a j
genuine old fashioned Christmas. Of corns.' !
it ha.- been arranged that Santa Claus shall I
be there, and it is not unlikely that he i
will remember each ot the children.
The hearty . -operaimn of the ; .mule of j
tin* community is being extended toward i
making the* affair a success.
Plans Outlined
At a meeting of the committee held la-t :
Thursday night at the apartments of Mr. !
and Mrs. 11 K. Riley, at which the entire* !
committee was present, plans were outlined (
and sub-committees appointed to take
charge of *1 -- various detail, of the Christ- i
mas tree entertainment. Great interest was |
manifested by all the members of the com- j
mittee. which insures the -access of the j
undertaking.
J'he committee organized by electing li.
li Riley chairman and Mi- Lillian .Smith i
secretary.
After a discussion of the various plans t
suggested, it was decided that a Christmas i
tree be provided, with presents for each !
child, together with randie-. trails, etc. !.
was stated that Mis.- Halley, teacher of the ;
public sehi.cl. was preparing a program of j
recitations by the children, and these will
be supplemented by songs, mu.-ical selectin'-*-:
and readings by various ladies and gentle- (
men who have signified a willingness to as- j
sisi Light refreshments will In* provided i
bv the ladies, and the night's festivities will
probably conclude with an informal dance. 1
A finance committee was selected, who ;
will interview the merchants and others in
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Sweet Sachet Bags, Bayberry Candlas.
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tei ested with view to providing the funds
needed. The committee c<.11 -1 st • of Herb
Kiley and Charles Ihrry
Svb-eommitiees were appointed on pro- |
pram, eoimisting id Mr* Josepn H. Smith, ,
Miss Lillian Smith :.nd Miss Taylor; on re
; fir.-hments. Miss Taylor; on decorations. |
Mrs. Smith; to procure the Christmas tree.
Charles Larson.
Invitations have been received by the
parents of children in Iditarod to attend,
with their progeny, the Christmas tree ami
entertainment at Mat Cit\ on Christmas
eve. As the mothers of small children de
clared it was impossible for them to take
their little ones on such a trip, the propo i
lion to hold the Iditarod entertainment on j
-Mine other evening was not thought ad
visable.
Much regret was felt that arrangements !
could not lie made so that the children i
oi Iditarod could accept the kind invitation j
i f the creek city.
A' th" coneJu-ion of the work of th.
committee the members and friends w n\ i
[jha-airh entertained at ppei by Mr. mm i
| Mrs. Ril-y
ALASKA RAILWAY SURVEYS
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED
Lean and bronzed from his summer'.' ;
work in the N- rth. Thomas Higgs, Jr., ol
the Alaska railway commission., in com
pany with V>\ (' Ede.'. chairman of the !
commission, has returned to Seattle, says
the Sun of that city. He reports all the ;
surveys complete, ami a corps <d draftsmen |
now is making maps and profile." of the I
i country. Ihe lines surveyed by the com- 1
mi.-.'ion include;
Seward to Fairbanks; Portage Bay j
fields; Mile H of the Alaska Northern rad
way to Matanuska coal fields; Susitna to
the Kuskokwim and Iditarod: three lines
from Nenana to Fairbanks and the inspec
tion of the Valdez route; Cordova route; i
Tanana Valbv railway; Bering river to
Cordova, connecting with the Copper Uivcr !
. «ffe Northwestern railway at Mile Tv, Con i
troller Bay, Katalla and the oil fields, j
McCarty to Chitna.
A force of twenty-four draftsmen i- em
ployed, and eight inure now in the .\o-;!i
will join the force so. n. The maps ami
pro lilt s will be ready bv January 1 ace >*T,
ing to present plans, at which time it is
expected the full report of the eomini -’ :
will be ready to ."iibmit to President \\ tl j
sen.
Mr. Riggs report- weather conditions thi
summer the wor t he has ever seen in the
North. It rained almo.-t continually, caus
ing several serious Hoods in tho Tan-ana
river.
All th'1 plans for the extension of the
road from the Nenana to Fairbanks call f< r
the construction of a -Teel bridge over ‘h •
Tanana river. This may be either a brake • ,
from high approaches, so constructed as t >
allow thi1 free passage of river boats or
a draw or lift bridge.
In either event the approaches are un
able. The surveys bring the road into Fair
banks on the Garden island side, and if b
i? to reach Fairbanks proper it vvll be
necessary to buhl another bridge across th
Chena slough in front of the city.
Chairman Ikies will leave f r Washington
as soon as practicalT- . Lieutenant Frederick 1
Mears. the third member of the commis- !
sion will sail south from Ship creek aoout (
November 1. From Seattle he will go to '
Canada, where he will inspect roads now ]
building under conditions similar to the pro
posed Alasak line. Riggs will remain in 1
Seattle until the draftng force has com ,
pleted ts work.
The commission will meet at Washington
when till the data i- in shape, and will then
prepare and submit its report.
The only accident to the commissioner- i
was sustained by Riggs, who broke two !
ribs while in the Nenana. He was thr wn i
from a bucking horse. The injury v.a- n >t •
serious; in fact, he did not know hi- ribs
were fractured until examined by the doc; ;
tor who accompanied the party.
J. H. Rogers has moved his wood-sawing
apparatus to Flat Ciry. where he is filling
orders in his line with his usual prompt- i
ness. Billy Stun "man her- “signed on’’
with Mr. Rogers as first officer of the oper- j
ating crew.
IVIORE BARGAINS
Besides Elaine Oil at $6.90 per case
We are selling more New Toilet Articles, Patent Medicines and Cut Glass, which
have just arrived, at greatly reduced prices I
YUKON SLEDS SNOWSHOES BABICHE
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Joe l.nranger. after spending a few days 1
in town this week, returned to his home
on Willow creek on Thursday.
Herman Naeder. Jr., was a visitor in the
city last Thursday from upper Mat creek.
Oscar Sollibakke was a visitor in ihe
city last Tuesday.
The strong wind last Sunday evening
broke a large window in the store room of
H Boas, at the corner of First and Willow
streets, and also one in the premises for
merly occupied by Hyman Schpalik as a
dry goods store.
In mentioning those who had been of val
uable assistance in making their Thanksgiv
ing ball a success, the ladies of Mat ( ity
inadvertently omitted the name of Ivan
Woles, who. they say, was one of their
most energetic aids.
Grant Murdock was a visitor in the city
.m Wednesday last from Mat ('ity.
The Christmas tree and entertainment be
ing arranged by the ladies of Mat ( ity
promises to be the greatest of the kind ever
organized in the district. The funds raided
;>y th<‘ Thanksgiving ball have been greatly
augmented by popular subscription, and '.lie
Ians are being formulated on a large scale.
Details of the entertainment are promised
fur next week’s issue of The Pioneer.
Several attractive improvements have
been made this week to tho headquarters
molding of the Shallow Transportation
Company, on Caribou street.
"CncD Billy” Ansley. clad in his long
linen duster, has been a very busy young
man tliis week. He has been getting in.*
rnre in readiness to give old Santa ( lulls
a big reception, and his place looks a**
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to his liking when “Uncle Billy” gets
through arranging his Christmas display.
The display window of J. L. Sale’s jew
elry si (ire has been artistically “dressed”
for the holiday season.
Or. R. If. Moore was wafted by the favor
able breeze into the city from Hat ye.sbv
dny afternoon. He returned home in the
evening.
DANCE AT FLAT CITY
NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT
Hudson and Cowrie, the Plat City musi- j
rians announce a dance to be given in !
Moose hall, Flat City, next Saturday nisi.:, j
November 12. A good time is promised, i
and it is certain to draw a good crowd. I
Many of Iditamd’s citizens are talking of I
going out for the occasion, and it is prob- |
abb that arrangements will be made for j
a stage party.
A retired British naval officer suggests j
that i the German ships do not come out j
and fight they may be caught in a freeze-up
this winter, and then the Briti-h cavalry
can capture them. French hussars captured
a Dutch licet that way in 1794.
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TIMES CORRESPONDENT SAYS
BRITISH ARE JUST STARTING
LONDON, Oct. 17. -The Times’ military
correspondent, replying to the frankfurter
^eitmig's statement that Great Britain v. as
unable to raise more than 000,000 troops,
says:
“We have at the present moment exactly
double ib at number, namely, 1,200,000,
and the number grows almost faster than
we can cope with them. It is our way, as
well as that of America, to begin to raise j
our army after war breaks out, and to go i
on raising them until our ultimate ends ■
are achieved.
“With 1,200,000 men at home, the army
in the field and the hundreds of thousands
forming in India. Canada, Australia and
elsewhere, are merely the nucleus upon
which other armies will eventually he built.
“It is only a question of time. It stands
to reason that an empire of 400,000,000 can
never lack men. This war for us has hardly
begun. We have sent merely an advance
guard into France. In the spring the re
mainder of the advance guard will follow,
and somewhere near the end of 1915 the
main body will begin to come within view.
“We are sorry for the allies that we are
even slower than the Russians in making
our weight felt, but a year or so hence,
when the allies need a rest, we shall be
in condition to make a good war.
“Nothing can arrest the steadily ascend
ing figures of our army. Their cost is of
little account since Germany will ultimately !
have !•» pay in territory as well as money. I
“Imagine things at their worst. Imagine '
the last Cossack on the Urals and the last
1 French doorkeeper evicted from Bordeaux.
Then we would begin a maritime war
* against Germany and still be no worse off
i than when we began war against Napoleon.”
GERMAN SUBMARINE BASE
MAY EXPLAIN DISASTERS
LONDON, Oct. 11. British war vessels
have destroyed a German submarine base
in one of the uninhabited rocks of the Shet
land islands, in the North sea, according to
a report from Scotland. It is said that there
was a large stock of oil, battery plates and
extra torpedoes stored there for submarines
striking at the North sea fleet.
Another report concerns a German wire
less station near Loch Lomond. Messages
have been intercepted constantly, but all
efforts to find the apparatus have failed, sc
the rumor runs.
Some shipping men believe a story that
the Oceanic was struck by a torpedo from
a submarine and run upon the rocks of
the Scottish coast to save the crew.
LOOK OUT FOR FIRE!
Plenty of acids and soda at Dr. Moore’s
Drug Store, Flat City.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
MAIL ARRIVES FROM SEWARD j
The second consignment of mail over !
(he Seward trail reached here on Thursday
evening. It consisted of a limit load, much
of which was second class. It is stated that
much mail is yet at Seward, a steamship
having arrived at that port the day before j
this consignment left, but owing to the lack •
of help in the Seward postoflice it was I
impossible to assort it prior to the departure I
of the Iditarod mail The Seward Gateway I
says:
“The mail for the Iditarod is now coni- I
ing through Seward, and has been piling up j
in the postoflice. Postmaster Hickey says I
that the accumulation of the mail has j
caused a serious congestion in the offico, as j
the amount of space provided is not suf- ,
licient for all the purposes. The Iditarod
mail must also be worked over in this
office, so that the staff is somewhat over
crowded, particularly when the mails going
in different directions and coming for the
various places must be handled together.
The amount of mail for the Iditarod which
has now accumulated in the local office i.- j
about seventy-five or one hundred sacks.”
Mr. Boyd, the carrier, says the trail is I
in poor shape at present, more than two
feet of fresh snow having fallen on the 1
Moore creek divide.
ASSOCIATED PRESS MAN
ON RELIABILITY OF NEWS
In writing to the Gateway. J. 15. Nelson,
representative of the Associated Press for
the Northwest, says that very little news
if a reliable kind, or what could be called
real news, is being issued officially by the
governments at war. He says in a letter
of October 5:
“It is really hard to get fresh stuff from J
all points. Today we do not know what
is truly taking place at Antwerp, at Cracow,
and in Bosnia. The French official reports
are al»- dutely truthful. So are the British
official reports, but the latter are very brief.
The Austrian official reports and those of
Servia are practically worthless. The Rus
sian contain exaggerations, and the German
official reports are none too trustworthy.
The censorship seems to be increasing."
Seward Gateway.
STORY OF DESTRUCTION
OF GERMAN VESSELS
LOXDu.W Oct. Iff. The To.-t publishes .
a di-p- tch from Harwich dated October IS, ,
on the return to port of the British war- !
ship- which vanquished four German lor- I
yedo boat destroyers in the North sea Sat
urday. Th<’ dispatch says:
“Bearing battle honors proudly, the
eraser Undaunted this afternoon led into
Harwich from the Norili sea destroyers
which participated in the engagement Sat
urday, the result of which was the sinking
of four German destroyers. The spectacle ;
ashore and alloat was a moving one. Sail ^
ors. soldierand civilians swarmed to the
pier and to points of vantage, cheering the
victors.
“Interviews with members of the crew of
the Undaunted show that this vessel, to
gether with four torpedo boat de-trovers.
1 T Harwich Saturday morning and sighted
the Germans in the afternoon. By fine
seamanship the enemy was forced to fight.
The German destroyers faced the odcls
bravely. With her big guns the Undaunted
opened fire at a range of five miles. Then
the smaller vessels closed in and became
busy.
“Then began a running fight. While the
cruisers, protected from torpedoes by her
fighting consorts, devoted her attention par
ticularly to two of the enemy’s ships, the
destroyers attacked the other two. The
reply from the Germans was poor in com
parison. The first of the enemy’s craft
sank after half an hour’s lighting. Within
an hour and a haif the battle was over.
“One sailor pays tribute to the pluck of
the Germans. Tiiey fought well, he said,
and kept on firing until they sank. This
accounts for the smallness of the number
of German survivors.
“The destroyer Loyal brought back three
British wounded, together with the bodies
of four Germans men and one German
officer who had succumbed to their injuries
on the way.”
From another source it is related that a
trawler sighted the German destroyers be
fore the British fleet came up. When the
German boats saw ine enemy they made
frantic efforts to escape. The British ships
camp rushing forward at full speed and be
gan the engagement as soon as they were
in range.
PROFESSOR MUNSTERBERG
WILL NOT QUIT HARVARD
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 21.- Professor
Hugo Munsterberg has withdrawn his resig
nation from the chair of psychology at Har
vard university, “at the request of the
authorities,” according to an announcement
made tonight.
The resignation was submitted recently
after Professor Munsterberg learned that the
university had received a communication
from Major Clarence Wiener of London,
threatening to withhold a legacy of $10,
000,000 to Harvard unless the professor
was dismissed.
The Harvard alumni bulletin, which con
tained the announcement, says editorially
that the university cannot afford to admit
“any suggestion that it would be willing to
accept money to abridge free speech, to re
move a professor or to accept his resigna
tion.”
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ID1TAR0D DISCOVERY, OTTER |
FUNERAL OF AN INFANT
The funeral of the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ivjgene 1 oranger of Willow creek was .
held last Tuesday afternoon from the under
taking parlors of Joseph II. Smith in this
city, and the interment was in the Iditarod
cemetery. The child was horn Sunday, and
lived hut an hour and a half.
This is Mr. and Mrs. Loranger’s second
affliction within about a year, they having
lost another child under similar circum
stances last December.
INFORMATION WANTED
The postmaster has received the follow
ing letters of inquiry for missing persons:
“Athens, 0., Sept. 12. 1914.
! To the Postmaster: Could you kin.ilv
tell me anything about T. II. Jourden. We
have not heard from him for about three
years. His sister is very poorly and wo
would like to locate him if possible. He
was at one time in Fairbanks, but it seems
we cannot hear from him now. If you could
tell me anything about him we would surely
be thankful to you.
“MRS. GUSSIE McKINSTRY.
“45 Richland Ave., Athens. O.”
“Fairbanks. Alaska, Aug. 5, 1914.
“Postmaster, Iditarod : Is there a lady in
Iditarod by the name of Mrs. H. Byers, or
I could you tell me her present location I
j would like to communicate with her. so am
j sending a letter to her by this mail. WYuld
, \ou kindly forward it to her if she is
I in Iditarod, and oblige
“MRS. E. A SHAFER.*’
| The postmaster also has information of
value for James Fitzpatrick.
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GIRL BABY AT PHILLIPS HOME
Dr. II. E. Auringer reports the arrival -»f
| a nice girl baby at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George Phillips of Flat creek last Sun
i day morning, and according to late reports
j both mother and babe are doing well.
RENEGADE AMERICANS
HOOTED AND HISSED
NEW YORK, Oct. 1. Nine hundred
I refugees, many of whom have been away
from the Unite! States for more than a
decade, returned today on the steamer Co
lumbia, which was chartered by the gov
ernment to bring the Americans front sev
eral of the countries on the other side of ,
the Atlantic which are involved in the
war. Many of the returning passenger-;
reported to the cu.-toms officials that they
had been abroad fifteen years, having prac
tically made their home abroad.
The fact that so many of the refugees
I had virtually renounced their allegiance to
the Stars and Stripes before the outbreak
of the war, and then had appealed to the
United States to rescue them from their
adopted countries, provoked expressions of
contempt from the thousands who were at
the dock when the steamer arrived. As the
refugees came down the gangplank they
were jeered and hooted as unnaturalized
citizens.
Some of the refugees had been absent 1
so long that they could not remember in j
which state they were born.
INTERESTING DESCRIPTION
Or NAVAL ENGAGEMENT
LONDON. Oct. 22. Graphic descriptions
of the battle off Helgoland, in which the
British fleet sank the German 'Tubers Mainz.
Koeln and Ariadne and two torpedo boat
destroyers are contained in the official re
ports of Admiral Sir David Beatty Rear
Admiral Arthur Henry Christian and other
officers, who took part in the action on
August 2S.
The reports show that while the Germans
did not succeed in destroying any British
ships, they fought with great determination,
and before the arrival of tlie embers tho
situation, in the words of Vice Admiral
Beatty, “appeared critical."
The British Heel, when it went into ac
tion. was only twenty-five mile* from two
German naval bases, and tie ships were
maneuvered in the hope of bringing out the
main German fleet, bur without sneer
The British were attacked, however, by
submarines, destroyers and light cruisers.
One British cruiser, the Arethusa. which had
been out of the builders' hands only forty
eight hour- was so severely handled that
she had to Ire taken in tow after the action
was over.
Vice Admiral Beatty commanded the first
battle cruiser squadron and first light
cruiser squadron, while Rear Admiral Chris
tian commanded the destroyers and the Are
thusa.
A special report was al-< issued on “he
work of the submarines since the h.-ginnT.g
of the war. It says that three hours after
war broke out two submarines, unace on
panied, carried out a reconnaissance in Hel
goland bight and returned with useful in
formation.
Submarines also stuod guard night and
day while the expeditionary force was be
ing transported to the continent, a:id have
been inces.-aiitly employed on the enem> s
coast in Helgoland bight and cbewlu’r •
The report coioinue.-:
“They have obtained much valuable
formation concerning the eomj '-1:1011 and
movements of 1 s • iti 1
copied his waters and recnnnoitep’d his an
chorages. and while so engaged havi been
subjected to skillful and well executed anti
submarine tactic.-, hunted for hours at a
time by torpedo craft and attacked by gun
fire and torpedoes.”
Submarine- took part in the Helgoland
battle, but conditions were not favorable,
the invisibility being low and the sea calm
There was no opportunity of closing with
the German cruisers to within torpedo
range.
Reference is made to the E 9’s sinking
of the German cruiser He! t and the de
stroyer S -l'Jti. Dealing generally with the
use of these craft, the report say-:
“Against an enemy whose capital ships
have never, and whose light cruisers have
seldom, emerged from their fortified har
bors. the opportunities of delivering sub
marine attacks have necessarily been few,
anil on one occasion only -prior to Sep
tember 13—has one of our submarines be a
within torpedo range of a cruiser during
daylight hours.”
A large number of officers are recom
mended for orders and promotion. Com
mander Max Horton <»f the E 9 for both.
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