One Dollar Per Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA. SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1912. Two Bits Per Copy
ABE TO TESTIFY
IN SCHMIDT CASE
San Francisco, Feb. g. — Abe
Ruef lias been brought here from
San Quentin for the purpose of tes
tiffing at the trial of former mayor
Schmidt.
FUSION OF OLD PARTIES
TO FIGHT SOCIALISM
Milwaukee, Feb. 9.—Democrats and
Republicans of this city hare smoothed
over their differences, and will com
bine to elect a non-partisan ticket in
opposition to the Socialists noiv in con
trol of the city government.
NOME PIONEERS APPEAL
TO PRESIDENT TAFT
Nome, Feb. 9.—The Nome igloo of
the Pioneers of Alaska have tele
graphed President Taft asking for un
appropriation for the relief of indigent
persons in Alaska.
BANKER MORSE STARTS
AGAIN ON EUROPEAN TRIP
N'ew York, Feb. 9.—Banker C. W.
Morse has arrived in this city from
Atlanta, and will leave at an early date
for Germany, where he goes in search
of health._
ALASKA POST
FOR OUTSIDER
Washington, Feb. 9.—Frank Boyle,
an Idaho man, has been nominated by
President Taft as receiver of public
moneys for the Territory of Alaska.
His headquarters will be at Juneau.
UNCLE SAM’S FRIENDS
INVITED TO THE FAIR
Washington, Feb. 9.—President Taft
l;as officially proclaimed to the worid
that an international exposition will
be held at San Francisco in 1915, to
celebrate the completion of the Panama
canal, and he invites all nations to
enter exhibits,
GET THERE BEFORE NAT LYONS
London Feb. g —King George
V. and Queen Mary have returned
from India
JACK JOHNSON
TO MEET BORNS
Victoria, Feb 9.—Tommy Burns
bas arrived here. He says that he
will challenge the winner of the
Johnson.Flynn fight for the chain
pionsbip.
Burns returns to Australia in a
month, and will immediately go
into training.
Chicago, Feb. 9 —Jack Johnson
says that he will fight Burns after
be has disposed of Flynn.
Los Angeles, Feb 9 —Johnny
Coulan easily defeated Conley in_2o
rounds. Conley got a bad pasting
and at the conclusion of the fight
bis face was a mass of blood.
TRYING TO GET
ICE BREAKER
Washington, Feb. 9.—In compliance
with insistent demands from Nome,
where the coal shortage is becoming
alarming, the government is trying to
secure the ice-breaking ship at Vladi
vostok to proceed to Nome with coal.
It is reported from Nome that the sup
ply has dwindled to 100 tons.
SPEAKS WELL
0FJ0NL1N
J. F. Kellar, one of the principal
holders of ground on Donlan creek,
apeaks very hopefully of that section,
and says Donlan is the coming creek of
the country.
Contrary W yonayvj opinion, consid
erable money was taken out last year,
as much aa M.500 being taken out hy
simpers.
There are twenty men cow working
on Donlan.
Correct clothes.fur men. H. Boas.
New York, Feb. 9.—Col. Roosevelt’s long silence
was broken Thursday, when he threw a bombshell into
the ranks of the regulars by admitting that he is pre
pared to run for the Presidency if drafted. By this act
I he severed the last strand which oound him to Presi
! dent Taft, whom he placed in the white house.
Politicians here Relieve that LaFollete’s campaign
will not serve his own interests at all, but simply ad
vance the ambitions of Roosevelt.
Republican National Committeeman Ward says that
he will support Roosevelt for the Presidency. He has
had a conference with the colonel, but refuses to discuss
what transpired between them.
Gifford Pinchot is lining himself up with the Pro
gressives, and says that nothing can stop LaFollette’s
j election, who, says Pinchot, will sweep in with a big
j majority.
Washington, Feb. 9.—President Taft is keeping
i quiet and not trying to force himself before the people.
: He is letting his campaign managers do the work for
him, and also the worrying. He thinks there is plenty
of time to make a spurt before the convention meets
Louisville, Feb. 9.—Colonel Henry Watterson, of
the Louisville Courier-Journal, says that if Roosevelt
is again elected the people will, by their expression of
choice, be voluntarily throwing away their birthright,
which all Americans consider to be self government.
Mr. Watterson says that it would be a step toward
absolutism. Roosevelt w7ould make the seat of govern
ment in Washington all powerful by vesting in the
President’s office unlimited authority to supervise the
business of the land and depriving the states of their
sovereignty within their own borders. The President
would be omnipotent and the people would be reduced
to a state bordering on tenantry. In other words, Mr.
Watterson believes that the President would be an ab
solute monarch.
New York, Feb. 9.—In the course of an article
entitled “Can Taft Be Renominated,” the New York
World says: “Taft must deal with Roosevelt, who was
elected President by the largest popular majority that
any candidate ever received, and who is the inspiration
of an extraordinarily shrewd and adroit campaign
against the President, Moreover, Roosevelt has Wall
street back of him in his opposition to Taft; he has the
insurgents back of him, and he is sure of sympathetic
consideration from the Republican reactionaries who
are trying to save the United States senate. Every
body admits that the Republican party is shot to pieces.
Most well-informed republicans believe that Taft would
be overwhelmingly defeated and that victory would be
difficult with any candidate Roosevelt is a desperate
chance, and even Republican politicians who do not like
him would accept him in a last effort to save their own
political bacon.”
Washington, Feb. 9.—Taft headquarters will be
opened here immediately. Representative W. B. Mc
Kinley, of Illinois, will be in charge.
Chicago, Feb. 9.—The Cook County Republican
Convention has endorsed Taft,
CLARK OPPOSES 10 S ROLE
Washington, Feb. 9.—Governor Walter K. Clark of J
| Alaska appeared before the house committee on territories'
| Wednesday and strongly objected to the granting ot terri
torial government to Alaska for at least three years to j
j come yet.
The governor made an eloquent plea for the conserva- 1
[ tion of salmon.
Self-appointed Alaska boosters have appeared hefore j
| the committee on territories during the week and asked for j
fish protection, railroads and additional aids to navigation, j
PRES. TAFT’S ALASKA TALK
—
Washington, Feb. 9 —President Taft's latest message
to congress deals solely with Alaskan affairs, but contains
nothing that is new.
He advises congress to get busy with Alaskan legisla
ion, as he asserts the territory is suffering from lack of
proper laws, and advocates the construction of a railroad to
:he interior, said road to be leased and operated by a private
corporation.
As indicated by Delegate Wickersham in his Minne
apolis speech, Alaska has nothing to expect from President
Taft in the way of home rule, as he again suggests a com
mission form of government
DOG RACE FEBY. 22
At a meeting of the Iditarod Kennel Club lield in the j
Budvveiser parlor last Saturday night, it was decided to j
hold a dog race on Thursday, February 22. The board of j
management is bu-y over the arrangements for the race and j
details will be perfected and brought before tonight's meet- ;
ing. Full particulars will be published in next Saturday’s!
Pioneer.
This race will be in addition to and will in no wise in- !
terfere with the big race.
The date of the big race has again been changed. It
will be remembered that it was the original intention of the
Kennel Club to hold this event on St. Patrick's Day, but in
order to encourage possible entries from Nome the date was
changed to March 4. Since then it has become apparent
that the date is unsuitable and the original fixture for
March 17 has again been adopted
The smaller event which will be pulled off on the 22nd
: instant will serve to arouse interest in the big race
MACHINE ELECTS DELE6ATES
Nome, Feb. 9.- The Republican primaries for the
election of delegates to the Cordova convention was a farce, 1
as the election was absolutely controlled by the machine.
Tlie delegates’ names were printed on the ballot papers and
handed to those who had registered and pledged them
selves to support the nominee of the Cordova convention,
whoever he might be.
Des Moines, la., Feb. q —General James B. Weaver
died at his Colfnx home yesterday.
James Baird Weaver, American political leader, was
born at Dayton, Ohio. June 12, 1833, and was therefore in
his 79th year. He graduated from the law school of Ohio
University in 1854, and commenced practicing law in Iowa
immediately thereafter. Upon the outbreak of the civil
war he entered the Union army; was promoted colonel in
1862. and brevet brigadier general in 1865.
In 1866-70 General Weaver was district attorney foi
the Second judicial district ot Iowa; in 1867-73 assessor of
internal revenue for the First district.
For some time General Weaver was editor of the Iowa
Tribune, published at Des Moines. He took an active part
in the formation of the Greenback party and was elected
to congress on its ticket in 1879, serving one term. In
1880 he was Greenback candidate for the presidency, re
ceiving over 300,000 popular votes Later he affiliated
with the People's party and was delegate to the national
convention in 1892, and again was nominated for the pre^i
dency, receiving on this occasion over 1,000,000 popular
votes Since 1895 he resided at Colfax. Iowa.
La F0LL1TTE ATTACKS PRESS
:
Philadelphia, Feh. 9 —Senator Robert M LaFollette
made a bitter attack upon the press while speaking before
a large audience here. He asserted that most of the news
papers were mere mouthpieces kept by the interests His
remarks were roundly hissed.
Washington, Feb. 9 —Senator LaFollette is suffering
from nervous breakdown and his physicians have ordered
him to take thiee weeks rest.
MORE TROUBLE IN OLD MEXICO
Mexico City, Feb 9 —The whole ol northern Mexico
is seething with revolt against the Madero government,
which seems unable to cope with the rebellion.
- General Madero has called a special meeting of the
legislature to discuss the rebellion.
Washington, Feb 9.—The government is uneasy re
garding the reported serious rising in Mexico, and several
divisions of United States troops have been ordered to hold
themselves in readiness to proceed to the Mexican border
ALTON B. PARKER TO DEFEND
IyOs Angeles, Feb. 9.— Clarence Darrow lias pleaded
net guilty to the charge of attempting to bribe jurors. The
trial has been set for Feb. 14
McMauigal has returned here.
The labor leaders under indictment here for complicity
in the dynamite outrages have pleaded not guilty.
Indianapolis, Feb. 9.—The grand jury has returned
indictments against 32 labor leaders in various pans of the
country
Judge Alton B. Patker has been retained to defend the
accused men.
DESPATCH TROOPS TO HAWAII
Washington, Feb. 9.—The War department has com
pleted plans for the equipment of an entire division ol
troops for service in the Hawaiian islands. The troops will
be rushed to the the islands and a permanent base estab
lished there.
The decision of the War department to send so many j
troops to Hawaii is the direct result of a statement bv
Major General W H Carter before the committee on raili-1
tary affairs, to the effect that 35 000 efficient Japanese
soldiers are now in Hawaii, ready to wrest the islands from
the United States
The total number of United States troops to be sent at
the present time is nearlv 13.000
That the interest in basketball is on the increase was proven
beyond the shadow of a doubt last night, when unquestionably
the largest crowd yet assembled vented enthusiasm at the third
contest of the series between the A. B.'s and the N. C.’s. Flat j
creek was well represented, two stage loads arriving just before
the contest—all cocked and primed for a good time and well pre
pared to show the Iditarod dudes some stunts in indoor baseball,
a game of which between Flat A. B.’s and Iditarod A. B.'s pre
ceded the big basketball contest. From an Iditarod view this
preliminary event is unworthy of discussion. The visitors seemed
to think they were playing^ring’-aiound-rosev, and the Taylor
McNatnee battery corralled the IdUarods’ goat the beginning and
kept it browsing at the end of a very short tether ever after.
The score was little at one end That baseball is a popular pre
lude was proven by the enthusiastic cheering of the spectators
that greeted almost every move of the players. If Ban Johnson
could only see Starr Ballard perform once the Iditarod would lose
its star indicator man.
The basketball game resulted 31 to 23 in favor of the A. B.’s,
making it three straight with one game so close a tie was claimed.
The game was replete with brilliant plays. Lumen's field work
for the N. C.’s and Donnelly’s and Parts’ basket work for the
A. B.'s frequently brought the house up on its toes. Under the
tender watchful guard of Wilson, Fowler was very much handi
capped. The woik of a man like Button does not bring him
much into the limelight, but those who know the game appre
ciated fully his strong fielding of the ball to Donnelly and Paris.
Bruhn made his initial bow last night and it is the general opin
ion that he can make good. It is suggested that the N. C. captain
settle on some man and practice him.
The constant injection of new material does not tnske for
team work, in which the N. C. team is weak. Every player did
his part with all the zeal and fervor in him, and none lack
champions.
After the third game of the series it is a pleasure to record
that the game of basketball has gained universal popularity. As
a topic of conversation there is none more fertile, and as an object
for enthusiasm there is none more deserving. After the games an
informal dance was held which was well attended.
WILL INVESTIGATE
PIERPONT MORGAN
Washington, Feb, 9.—Demo
cratic members of the house of rep
resentatives have demanded an in
vestigation into the operations of
the money trust. The probe will
commence Wednesday next.
MURDERED MAN’S ESTATE
CAUSES TANANA SCANDAL
According to Hugh O’Neil, writing
in the Yukon Valley News, the estate
of Charles J. Smith, who was murdered
at Tanana in December, 1909, has been
grossly mismanaged aad almost totally
dissipated. An attorney is making an
investigation in behalf of the heirs.
Smith was married to a native
woman, and there are five children,
one of whom is of posthumous birth.
The estate was appraised at 112,552.69,
of which $3,252.69 was personal and the
balance real. Oscar Lundin, adminis
trator, is accused of incompetency, col
lusion, and with wrongfully appropri
ating certain portions of the estate to
his own use. It looks like the scandal
will reach a size out of proportion to
the money value Involved.
The indictments found by the grand
jury at Fairbanks against J. Harmon
Caskey and Col. George L. Bellows,
proprietors of the Alaska Citizen for
alleged libel against Peter Steil were
dismissed by Judge Overfield. In hand
ing down his decision the judge held
that, as no names were mentioned in
the editorial, in order for Steil to ap
ply the same to himself he must con
fess himself guilty of the charges
made, and further, if he confess, the
article could not be cvesidered libelous.
VISITORS FROM FLAT
The following came in from Flat for
the basketball game:
Mr. and Mrs. Burns, Mr. and Mrs.
Atnalong, Mr. and Mrs. Suter, Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Moores, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Moores, Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Swanson,
Mrs. r.ang, Mrs. Campbell, MissKotch,
Miss Rose Murray, the Misses Roscoe,
Messrs. Crosby King. Curly Robinson,
Joe McNamee, Ivan Wales, Malcolm
McDonald, Vogler, Pierce, Peck, Bob
Hart, Tom Howell, Ed. Henning, Dr.
Spaulding, Dr. Carter.
TIMES CORKY AT ROBY
While Sam Godfrey received a
telegram some days ago stating
that pay had been found on seven
creeks iu the Ruby district, musk
ers arriving in Iditnrod from the
Yukon give anything but a pleasant
picture of conditions there.
‘‘Of all th? camps I have been in
in the North,” said one returned
traveler yesterday, ”1 have never
seen such destitution and suffering
asexist at the present time at Ruby,
and men are quitting the camp in
large numbers ”
At one time last fall there were
1,700 people in the camp.
Reports from Mud river are also
said to be disappointing.
Duncan Michie and VV. H. Hop
kins wiil leave at an early date for
Ruby, where they have interests. .
Prospectors returning from the Ditna
river, in the vicinity of Dikeman, are
not optimistic regarding that section of
the country._
[ Location blanks—Pioneer office.
FAST TINE MADE
BY HOLMES' DOGS
Jack Holmes made very fast time
during the week while trying out three
of his dogs.
Leaving Iditarod Wednesday after
noon. Mr. Holmes made the trip to the
Summit Roadhouse and return id the
remarkably short time of 44 minutes.
The distance is said to be something
in the neighborhood of ten miles, and
is remarkably good going for young
dogs. ___________
Sam Godfrey and Frank Craig left
for Ruby Wednesday.
Manuel Gularte arrived from Fla’
Wednesday.
BERT CONNORS’
JPRY DISAGREED
Eos Angeles, Feb. 9.—The jury
iu the case of Bert Connors, who is
charged with dynamiting, diagreed
and has been discharged. A new
trial is ordered.
BRITISH SUBMARINE SINKS;
CREW OF THIRTEEN LOST
Portsmouth, Feb. 9.—While maneu
vering in the harbor a submarine be
longing to the British navy collided
with another vessel and wag immedi
ately sunk. The thirteen men who
comprised the crew were drowned.
STATE SENATOR GRADY
DEAD IN NEW YORK CITY
New York, Feb. 9.—State Senator
Thomas F. Grady, former president of
the Fraternal Order of Eagles and a
power in Tammany Hull, died here
Wednesday.
FOLK OF MISSOURI BOOMED
FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
Joplin, Mo., Feb. 9.—A boom has
been started here to secure the nomi
nation of Joseph W. Folk, former gov
ernor of Missouri, as candidate for the
presidency on tlie Democratic ticket.
PIONEER CO.
WINS SUIT
Nome, Feb. 9.—The district court
convened on Monday last. The calen
dar is not a heavy one.
After having the case under advise
ment for the past two months, Judge
Murane has handed down a decision
which settles the ownership of the
Grant claim, which is valued at sev
eral millions. He has decided in favor
of the Pioneer Mining Company.
ONE THIRD OF YEARLY
ENLISTMENT DESERTS
Washington, D. C., Jan. 17.—Secre
'ary of War Stimson complains that
out of 19,000annual enlistments for the
past ten years the number who desert
yearly amounts to over 5,000, or nearly
a third. Stimson makes many sugges
tions for the improvement of the con
dition of the enlisted men. He thinks
the United States needs a large army.
SOCIAL FOR
NEXT WEEK
The Valentine's Day entertain
ment to be given by the ladies of
[ditarod next Wednesday evening
promises to be one of the chief so
cial events of the winter. It is for
the benefit of the Free Reading
Room, an institution that has been
ot wide benefit to this whole region.
The ladies will provide a bounti
ful supper, and there will be a good
musical program, followed by a
dance.
Free stages will briug the ladies
from Flat and a large attendance
expected. Tickets $3, including
-upper. Ladies free.
The following constitute the
floor committee: Robt. Simpson.
A. E. Maltby, A. Nerland. F. E
Cleveland, A. E. Light, E. G.
Lindberg, E. M. Stanton.
Cut Glass, jewelry. W. Taylor, Fiat.
A. B.
SOCIAL !
DANCE!
Flat City j
Every Saturday Night, ]
Danes 9 to 1,
Admittance $2,50 i
Good Floor 6ood Music