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WHO CAN ANSWER THIS?
Probably having settled, to their own
satisfaction, at least, all of the vexed prob
lems of interpretation of the constitution of
the United States, and finding time hanging
heavily on their hands, the members of a
Flat City debating club have taken up con
sideration of that intangible instrument
known as the British constitution. The.
controversy over a disputed point has be
come somewhat heated. ::nd an endeavor is
being made to drag The Pioneer in'n if.
as witness the following request for authori
tative decision:
“Editor Iditarod Pioneer:
“Sir: There has arrived a question
which we would like you to decide,
kindly giving authorities. Question: In
the event of the premier of Great Brit
ain accepting the resignation of a mem
ber of the cabinet, and taking the port
folio to himself, in addition to his own,
is he compelled to appeal to his con
stituency for re-election on this point.
Explanatory: Mr. Asquith took over !
the secretary of war's portfolio on
Colonel Seeley’s resignation.
“We wish you would answer this
question if possible, authoritatively." j
Because of the fact that available au
thorities give no light on the subject of the
query, we are unable to “authoritatively”
decide the question. And it is perhaps bet
ter thus. There is quite a long stretch of
winter before us, and it would hardly be
advisable so early to decide what may be
the only difference of opinion between our
argumentative citizens.
To help the discussion along, however.
the editor will state his belief that such
procedure on the part of a British premier
would not be obligatory. “In effect," says
one writer, the members of the British
cabinet “are invariably members of parlia
ment, though, legally speaking, no one of
them need be.”
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BRUTAL MURDER OF WOMAN
IN DOUGLAS UNDERWORLD
“Babe” Brown, one of the women of the
underworld of Douglas, was the victim of
one of the most brutal murders ever com
mitted on the island, says the Juneau Em
pire. Her body was found in her place on
the afternoon of December 13, the head be
ing pounded in and the throat cut almost
from ear to ear, the neck being practically
severed to the spinal cord.
The woman and another inmate of the
“row" were together at a movie theater
the night previous, and they then went to
their respective cabins.. At noon when the
Brown woman had not been seen, the
woman companion went to the cabin. The
doors were locked from the inside and the
curtains pulled down. No response came
from repeated rappings. Help was sum
moned and the door forced.
On the bed of the cabin was the blood
covered body of the unfortunate woman.
In one part of the room was found a blood
coated hammer, with which it is believed
the woman was clubbed to death, after
which her throat was cut.
The woman arrived on the island about
three months ago from Anchorage.
At the inquest held the following day, new
light was shed on thp murder, though the
officers were still in the dark as to the mur
derer. It developed that the murdered
woman had left her husband in San Fran
cisco, leaving a note stating that she did
not care to live with him any more, and
left for Anchorage last spring. She informed
p neighbor of her destination, and the hus
band followed her to the new railroad town.
Un coining to Douglas he fallowed her and
was seen in her company several times.
The husband of the woman, described as a
man about six feet fall, inclined to stoop,
weighing about 170 pounds, and very dark
complexioned. evidently a Slav or of mu
latto blood, was later taken into custody.
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J. G. Rivers returned from Tolstoi on
Wednesday last.
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Among the arrivals from the Tolstoi on
Wednesday were J. E. Kettlewell, Earl By
ers, John Currin and 'Gene Norton.
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INCREDIBLE
City-bred Dori3 had arrived at grand
father’s farm for a visit. The first morning
she came running into the house to her
mother, crydng excitedly: '*Oh, mamma,
come see the dear little pigs; but just think,
they have a hog for a mother!”—Chicago
Herald.
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IDITAROD, ALASKA PHONE 6 8ECOND AND WILLOW 1
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BRINGS ENCOURAGING NEWS
OF NEW PAY BEING FOUND
ON DISAPPOINTMENT CREEK
Charles Gay, one of the first operators on
Willow creek, in the Marshall district, ar
rived from that camp on Monday last. He
came by way of the portage to the Kusko
kwim.
Mr. Gay brings word of a strike made on
Disappointment creek about the first of the
year by “Shorty" Edgar. From the bot
tom of a shaft $00 had been rocked out
when Mr. Gay was at the scene, and it
was expected that the amount would total
$80. Disappointment was one of the first
creeks located in the Marshall district, and
a great deal of prospecting has been done
.here, wthout encouraging results, how
ever, until the recent find. The ground is
located about half a mile up the creek,
which is about three miles long. It seems
that the pay has been missed heretofore by
reason of the fact that the prospecting was
confined to what was considered to be the
channel. Edgar sunk near the right limit,
and it seems to be the general opinion that
the paystreak has been located. There is
considerable interest manifestd in consc
ience.
On Elephant creek, which parallels Dis
opointment, being separated by a low di
vide, good prospects also have been found.
The new developments, Mr. Gay says,
have created an air of optimism, and it is
expected that the camp will be a lively
lace during the coming season. There is
i general belief that more pay creeks will
be found, and it is a certainty that addi
tional ground will be opened up on Willow
creek.
The Marshall camp is considerably ex
cited as a result of a series of robberies
I hat have taken place recently. A1 Hall,
the tinsmith, was the latest victim. He
left his shop to go to dinner, and when he
returned he found that it had been entered
and the cash drawer forced and robbed.
The robbers took $350. A peculiar feature
of the affair is said to be the fact that the
victims claim to know the perpetrators of
the robberies, but owing to the loss of
time and money involved in a trip to Nome
to prosecute the cases, no action has been
taken against the culprits.
Mr. Gay will not return to Marshall until
late in the spring. He disposed of his lay
on Willow creek ground some time ago,
but is the owner of other claims on that
stream, and probably will operate them
luring the coming summer.
A
POKING FUN AT WICK
:
Delegate James Wickersham of Alaska
| trie;, cnee again to be elected to congress
on an anti-transportation platform in
Alaska, but failed to get the votes. In the
rid days he controlled the situation and his
anti argument met with favor, but the pop
ulation is not interested in his personal
grievances because he failed to receive a
515,000 a year job from one of the chief
transportation companies. Failing to do so,
he started out in his career of rule or ruin.
This year he urged the interstate commerce
commission on to the game, and an effete
••oung man from the East went North to
attack the Wickersham windmills.
Transportation men all over the North
■est are enjoying a good laugh at Wick
ts ham's defeat and the progress of the
nquiry. The most important feature of
he latter was the fact that the Canadian
hues, which largely control the situation in
Southeastern Alaska deliberately ignored
ihe interstate commerce commission sum
mons, as is their right, and Wickersham,
therefore, has placed himself in the posi
tion of encouraging the strangulation of
\merican lines, while the Canadian lines
-n chuckle over the situation, continue
their operation as in the past without the
lightest fear of being called to account.
But what is causing the greatest amuse
ment of all is the fact that Wiekcrsham and
the United States examiner were among
: ose on board the Northwestern, coming
back from Cordova. The boat struck tbp
■rettiest little gale recorded in the Gulf of
Alaska in the last ten years. State rooms
were smashed in and flooded, the boat
i stood on end and did everything that a
wicked corporation carrier could possibly
think of. Wickersham and Examiner Wil
o of the I. C. C. were completely pros
i 'rated, and the latter, when able to lift
1 is head, was free to admit that onerating
steamships in Alaska was somewhat dif
?nt from Pullman trains in the South
and 20 to 40 cents' a hundred for hauling
freight in Alaska is not so high, all things
considered. They were the limpest pair of
investigators that ever stepped off a steam
ship at Juneau, and it is now expected that
Wickersham will file charges showing that
undue influence was exercised over the Gulf
of Alaska to cause them all this punish
ment.
And by the way, a telegram from Juneau
stated that Examiner Wilson bought a
ticket to Seattle by a Canadian boat. This
adds to the gayety.—Railway and Marine
News.
PET WHALE KILLED
No more will travelers on the liners be
greeted with the spout of “Farallone Char
ley,” the mammoth grayback whale which
has for years greeted vessels off the Golden
Gate.
Cy Wilmarth, chief steward on the
steamer Matsonia, from Honolulu, brought
the news that on the outgoing trip “Faral
lone Charley” was sighted in a death duel
with another and larger whale.
Passengers on the liner witnessed the un
even contest for half an hour.
When the Matsonia arrived here and it
was learned that a dead w'hale had floated
on the beach below' Point Sur, and as their
net whale dd not greet them on the way into
oort, the officers aboard the liner have con
cluded that “Farallone Charley” has been
vanquished.—San Francisco Chronicle.
John Auld returned from the Tolstoi on
Sunday last.
SUFFERINGS OF McDONNELL
ARE RELIEVED BY DEATH
Duncan McDonnell, or “Cinnabar” Mc
Donnell, as'he was better known, who was
so frightfully frozen while on a trip to Ophir
creek, in the Kuskokwim, on January 7 and
the following days, ilied last Tuesday night.
The news was brought by Dr. Moore, who
arrived from Kolmakoff last night.
Dr. Moore left here just a week ago, and
was taken to Kolmakoff by relays of dog
teams in thirty hours, to give medical aid
to give medical aid to the unfortunate
to the unfortunate prospector.
The news came as something of a sur
prise, because of the fact that during the
week news was brought here that McDon
nell was not so severely frozen as was at
first believed. Charles Gay, who arrived
here last Monday, brought word of the
sufferer’s condition before the arrival at
Kolmakoff of Dr. Moore, and another trav
eler from the Kuskokwim, who arrived yes
terday, also brought word that there was
a good chance of saving the patient’s life,
and that he would not be as badly maimed
as first reports would indicate. Dr. Moore
says, however, that the first reports were
even short of the truth as to the terrible
manner in which he was frozen.
According to Arthur Willis, who reached
Flat last Friday evening from Kolmakoff,
oil the Kuskokwim, making the trip through
without rest or sleep in order to procure
medical assistance for the unfortunate man.
it seems that Mellon noil started for Ophir
creek from his cabin on Bear on January 7,
and was overtaken by the storm. He was
enowshoeinv. and got into an overflow, his
snowshoes becoming so clogged with ice
that he was compelled to abandon them. His
eyes became affected, and he wandered
around all that day and night, all the fol
lowing day and night and on the third day
he finally managed to crawl to the cabin of
his partner on Ophir creek, where the latter
and a man named Castleman, known as the
“Cotton-picker,” worked over him Car many
hours, extracting the frost from bis limbs.
They started to take him to where assist
ance could be rendered, and were overtaken
by another storm, and were compe ted to
make camp without fire, and suffered many
hardships before they reached Kolmakoff,
on the ninth day after the mishap to Mc
Donnell. By this time it was seen that the
| patient could be taken no farther, and Mr.
I Willis started on his trip for Iditarod.
McDonnell’s tegs were frozen to his knees,
j his hands and arms not being badly frozen,
| however. His tongue was frozen, his lips,
j gums and cheeks also, and when Willis left
j the sufferer had only occasional spells of
consciousness.
I Willis arranged for five relays of dogs for
the transportation of the physician to Kol
makoff.
But little is known as to McDonnell's
antecedents. He was born at Galt, Ontario,
4S years ago, and leaves a sister and a
brother, the latter said to be a colonel
fighting with the Canadian troops in the
great war. Duncan McDonnell saw service
in the Spanish-Ameriean war with ihe
famous Rough Riders organized by Colonel
Roosevelt, enlisting from Montana. He
was well known around Nome, having
worked there four or five years ago at his
trade of printer on one of the newspapers.
For a time he was United States commis
sioner in the Kuskokwim region.
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MILE-A-MINUTE CRUISER
BUILT FOR ITALIAN NAVY
A warship that goes a mile a minute has
been added to Italy's navy, according to re
ports from Home. If the reports are ac
curate, American experts declare the ac
complishment will revolutionize shipbuild
ing.
The new warship is called the Tutt' Ali,
meaning “all wings.” While some details
ere suppressed, it has become known that
the Tutt' Ali on its trial trip did 800 miles
at the speed of an express train.
“During the trip,” says an officer, “we
were attacked by an enemy submarine. You
would have laughed to see the torpedo fall
several hundred yards clear of our stern.
The torpedo catchers which escorted us
cere left far behind. In a few minutes all
we saw of them was a bit of smoke.”
This wonder ship is driven by naphtha
nd compressed air. The naphtha passes
through compressed air at such a terrific
rate that it emerges in a state of pulveriza
tion; it is then propelled into so-called boil
ers by means of atmospheric pressure, thus
[ producing heat of from 1,500 to 1,800 de
grees centrigrade. Tutt’ Ali has three tur
bines, which propel with a force of 8,400
horse-power each.
Safety valves throw off showers of water
and pulverized naphtha, which turn bright
purple in the sun as they fly upward. The
| ship shakes as if it were in a perpetual
earthquake. Even hardened seamen have
to learn to walk on Tutt’ Ali. The steel lin
ing would break with the vibration but
for a special system of joints. The noise
of the turbines is so great that no voice
can be. heard. All orders are given by sig
nal. The ship leaves a high mountain of
<ea behind.
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TRUCK DRIVER ON THE JOB
Tom Clark, foreman of the wagon drivers
for the New York World, one night after
the Morning World had gone to press heard
of a big piece of news. Clark had sense
enough to see that it was big news. With
out consulting anybody he gathered in a
few printers and pressmen and got out an
extra. He beat the town and a raise in
salary was his reward. The piece of news
which he so deftly handled was the death of
'ving Edward VII.—American Magazine.
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A1 Walsh returned to the city on Thurs
day evening, after a trip to the Innoko
districts. He said he timed his arrival so
as to have a chance to see Mrs. George
Mutchler in the role of “Juliet” at the Moose
entertainment tonight.
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Everything is in readiness for the Moose
entertainment, card social, supper and dance
to be given by the Moose lodge tonight in
honor of the ladies of the district. Grant
Murdock, chairman of the entertainment
■committee, is in charge of the arrangements,
and states that all ladies of the district are
invited, with their escorts, whether members
of the Moose or not. All Moose are wel
come. The following is the program:
Opening address.A. M. Kilgore
Cornet solo.V. A. J acobs
Accompanied by Garrison Costar
Recitation.E. M. Stanton
Song..Howard King
Accompanied oy Mrs. King
Story.Jack McDonnell
Vocal selection.Harry Leland
Accompanied by Garrison Costar
Dialect recitation.Jay Johnston
Scotch songs.Jack Smith
Accompanied by Garrison Costar
Recitation.Master “Bill” Smith
Duet—“Hark to the Mandolins”.
• ■ Mrs. C. P. Wood and Miss A. M. Floan
Accompanied by Garrison Costar
One-act comedy sketch—“The Rehearsal
of ‘Romeo and Juliet’”.T. W. Farrell
Featuring Mrs. George Mutchler as
Juliet and Wm. Stoneman as Romeo
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ALLEGED SLAYER GF NELSONS
AGAIN PROTESTS INNOCENCE
Readers of The Pioneer will recall that
several months ago there was published a
letter from Joseph CanifbeK who is serv
ing a life sentence in Leavenworth prison
for the murder of the Nelson brothers, on
the Kuskokwim, in 1911. in which he main
tained his innocence and asked for an in
vestigation of his case with the object of
securing a pardon A statement of Henry
Roden upon the subject of Campbell's con
viction also was published. It was under
stood that District Attorney Roth had the
case under investigation, but nothing has
been made public here as to what conclu
sion he arrived at, or whether he recom
mended r pardon for the convicted man.
The Pioneer has received another communi
cation from Campbell, dated October 12,
1916, with the request that it be published,
but owing to the fact that it is of volumi
nous proportions, it is impossible to do so.
In another letter Campbell states that he
has received a letter from Mr. Roth in
which that official says that he has sub
mitted a full report on Campbell’s case, and
that he has strongly urged the granting of
his petition for pardon.
Campbell was convicted on circumstantial
evidence, and while each link in the chain
seemed to have been forged perfectly, there
s, of course, room for doubt in ell such
cases. The Pioneer has devoted a great deal
of space to the case, not because of a belief
n the innocence of Campbell, but because
■t was desired that he be given a chance to
orove his innocence. He was convicted al
most entirely upon the evidence of natives,
le theory of the prosecution being that the
Nelsons were murdered for purposes of rob
ery. This theory was borne out to some
extent by the fact that Campbell disposed of
furs and a watch, among other things, which
bad been the property of the Nelsons.
In his letter Campbell details his move
ments from the spring of 1911, when he me!
the Nelsons on the Kuskokwim, until the
day of his arrest at Ruby in the summer of
1912. To bear out his statements he sub
mits affidavits of various persons with whom
he traveled and for whom he worked, with
the idea of disproving the claims of the
prosecution that he went Outside after the
alleged murder for the purpose of enjoying
his ill-gotten gains. These affidavits include
one from John A. Dull, who tells of having
traveled from Russian Mission, on the Yu
kon, with Campbell and Billy Barnhart,
leaving the former place on or about July
’0, 1911, and giving positive testimony as
to the amount of money possessed by Camp
bell at that time. There also is an affidavit
from one “Goose” O’Neil, an employe of the
steamship Victoria in that year, who swears
to Campbell’s traveling to Seattle, and later
to Southeastern Alaska, and of his destitute
condition. Sam Campbell, another employe
of the Victoria, gives similar testimony. Ida
A. Campbell of Sumas, Wash., makes affi
davit that Campbell boarded at her house
from the fall of 1911 to the spring of 1912,
ml that he was employed cutting ties by
a man named Hoyle. Kelly and Curtin,
convicts at McNeil Island, make affidavit
to the effect that some rather irregular pro
ceedings were taken by Marshal Kelday in
procuring the identification of Campbell by
the native witnesses who testified at the
trial. Kelly end Curtin were in the Iditarod
jail at the time Campbell was being held
here awaiting trial.
The indictment under which Campbell
was convicted charged that the Nelsons
were killed by him on June 30, 1911. Camp
bell lays great stress on this fact, and de
plores his inability to locate one Billy Barn
hart, who he says, would have been a ma
terial witness for him on this point.
It would seem after a careful reading of
Campbell’s letter and the documents sub
mitted with it that if this man Barnhart
could be discovered he would be able to
throw considerable light on the guilt or
innocence of Campbell. If some of the
statements of the convicted man can be
verified he should have little trouble in prov
ing his innocence. But it must be admitted
that there is a suggestion of an effort to
prove merely that the crime was not com
mitted upon the date charged.
Speaking of the jury which convicted him,
Campbell says:
“There is one thing I would like to say,
though, in connection with this subject. That
is that my triel was held late in the fall,
between the 20th and 30th of September,
end the last boat was lying down the river
waiting to pull out, and that some of the
jurymen, the court party and a good many
others connected with the case were anx
ious to get away on that boat for Ruby
md Fairbanks and other place.?, and that
we did freeze in before we got to Fairbanks.
Taking that into consideration, and the fact
that the jury did stay out forty-seven hours,
and that they did come in three times dur
ing that time and told the judge that they
were hopelessly tied up, there being no
chance for an agreement, I think, knowing
the ways of the country as I do, and that
if these people had not gotten away at the
time they did, they would have had to fit
out with a dog team and go over the winter
trail, with considerable delay and hardship
and at additional expense, thst these things
ought all to be taken into consideration, and
that it was, to a certain extent, forcing a
verdict."
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