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One dollar Per Monkk IDITAROD, ALASKA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1915.___Two Bits Per Copy
MEXICO CITY IS
NEUTRAL SPOT
WASHINGTON. April 2. -With the hope
of insuring permanent protection to foreign
ers in Mexico City, the American govern
ment has proposed to \ ilia and Zapata that
they have the city declared neutral and
outside the civil war strife, and withdraw
their forces.
Villa for Prohibition
El, PASO, April 1.—General Villa is re
ported to have said that he would enforce
prohibition in Mexico if he had the power.
Capital to Change Hands Again
WASHINGTON, March 30. Advices re
reived here state that General Carranza is ;
ready to reoccupy Mexico City, and that
the Zapatas are evacuating.
Pestilence and Starvation
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 29. Reports '
received here state that smallpox and typhus
epidemics are sweeping Mexico City, and
that ihe people are in a starving condition.
They are said to he devouring rats, cats and
dogs.
Villa to Bombard Matamoros
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., March 29.
Villa's assault on Matamoros having failed,
artillery will now he used in sgi effort to
reduce the outer defenses.
United States Troops Will Be There
SAN ANTONIO, March 30.-Three bat
teries of artillery are being rushed to j
Brownsville by special train to prevent
trouble over the battle of Matamoros.
GERMANS FOREVER BARRED
FROM ALLIES’ MARKETS
PARIS, March 13.--Announcement was
recently made in the chamber of deputies
that the governments of Great Britain, !
France and Russia had agreed through their j
finance ministers, who have been in session j
here, that the markets of France, Great Brit- j
ain and Russia sh:dl be closed to German ;
trade forever. i
Russian Finance Minister Bark, explaining ,
the meeting of the finance ministers of the j
members of the triple entente, said:
"The meeting of the finance ministers of }
the triple entente was not merely to or- :
ganire for an economic victory. \\ e must
not be obliged at some date after the war
is ended to pay some sort of indemnity to
the Germans by leaving open to them the
means of recouping and enriching them
selves at our expense in our own markets.
“Germany having demolished the fac
tories in Belgium. Poland and Northern
France, perhaps thinks to force us to buy
from her goods that we cannot make our
selves.
"I,et Germany be quiet. Our markets are
dosed to her forever."
CREW OF FORMIDABLE
MADE HEROIC SACRIFICE
Nowhere else in the world’s history can
such heroism be found, with its undying
glory, as that which was told by Marquis
Crewe in the house of lords in connection
with the sinking of the Formidable. Other
warships wrere in the vicinity when the
explosion occurred, and they might easily
have been asked for help. Doubtless the
captain recalled what happened when the
Aboukir was torpedoed, that the other ves- I
sels which rushed to save the sailors met j
the same fate. The captain, officers and j
crew of the Formidable played the part of
heroes when they went down without asking j
help, knowing that their death would save i
others from .-haring the same doom. Ac- j
cordingly the captain of the Formidable |
signaled the nearest vessel not to stand by, j
but to keep off. Such heroism as this is !
probably without a parallel in history.—
London Chronicle.
WE OFFER THE PUBLIC THE SUMMER I
“THREE R'S"
Rest
Recreation
Recuperation
While we call our institution a Healtha
torium, it is in reality a university of health,
and a more desirable place for recupera
tion could not be found.
We discourage the appearance of illness
to such an extent that patients who come
here are soon imbued with the cheerful
■pirit which eliminates all outward signs of !
illness. 1
This is our idea of an intelligent “getting
well” process. We “talk health” and “think
health.”
THE CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
PARLORS
PIANO TUNER
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George Anderson, piano expert, on pianos,
player pianos and electric pianos, also fac
tory representative for high grade pianos,
will visit Iditarod the coming summer on
his sixth annual trip. Any person in need
of expert piano tuning and repairing, or
wishing to purcahse a piano, communicate
Box 991, Juneau, any time before May,
1915. 3-17-1
We bought from the Schneider estate all
wall paper, and it will be sold at cost.
PIONEER DRUG STORE, FLAT
FOR SALE—A quantity of good copper
mixed lead (type metal). Much better and
more durable for machinery repairing
than the ordinary soft lead. Pioneer
office.
Guy E. Austin, until recently bookkeeper
at the local N. C. Co. store, has accepted a
similar position with Riley & Marston, on
Otter creek.
A BOSTON BABE
“This is little Waldo.”
“And how old is he ”
“Nearly 6.”
“Can the little fellow write?”
“Oh, yes,” said the proud mother; “but
he has not as yet published anything.”—
Judge. _____ .
PASSENGER VESSEL TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
ENTAILING RUTHLESS MURDER OF NON-COMBATANTS
LONDON. March 30.—One hundred and thirty-eight
lives were lost when a German submarine sunk the liner
Falaba, bound from Liverpool to West Africa. The disaster
occurred in St. George’s channel, which separates Ireland
from England. The submarine gave the passengers and
crew but five minutes’ warning, and fired the torpedo be
fore the boats had all left the ship, sending the vessel to the
bottom and blowing the lifeboats out of the water. The
people of Great Britain are incensed at this high seas
murder.
Charge Inhuman Act
Many bodies of victims of the Falaba which have been
found indicate injuries from shrapnel fire, indicating that
the German submarine must have opened fire on the vie- J
tims while in the water.
American Engineer Among the Victims
LONDON, March 31. Leon Chester, one of the American engineers
employed in British West Africa, was one of the victims of the Falaba.
Other Vessels Sunk
LONDON. March 29. The British steamer Aguila has been sunk off
Bishop’s rock by a submarine. The crew was saved. Several vessels
report being chased in the Irish sea.
LONDON, March 31. The British steamer Flaminian, with a general
cargo from Glasgow to Capetown, has been sunk off the Scilly islands, pre
sumably by a German submarine. The crew is safe.
LONDON. April 1.—The French steamship Emma, bound to Bor
deaux. has been torpedoed and sunk in the English channel. Only two of
the crew escaped.
LONDON, April 2. Three trawlers have been torpedoed by German
submarine U-20. The crews were saved.
Off Glasgow the Norwegian bark Nor has been torpedoed and sunk in
the North sea.
The U-20 also sunk the British steamship Seven Seas off Beachy head.
The British steamship Southpoint was sunk by submarine U-28 off
Cape Finisterre. Spain, showing the extensive range of Germany’s sub
marine operations. The steamship Seven Seas was attacked without any
warning, sinking in three minutes.
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Germans Will Encircle England With Mines
ROTTERDAM, March 31. It is reported here that German sub
marines will lay a cordon of mines about England.
French Cruiser Sinks German Submarine
PETROGRAD, March 31. The ministry of maring reports that a
German submarine has been sunk by a light French cruiser off Dieppe.
Flocks of Submarines
MADRID, Apri 1. The Spanish steamship Augustina, which arrived
today from England, reports having seen ten German submarines in the
English channel.
THE EASTERN BATTLE FRONT
Battles Raging
LONDON, March 29. The battle continues raging in the Carpathians, j
and severe engagements are reported from Northern France and Northern
Poland.
Russians Batter Outskirts of Capital
LONDON, March 29. Russian aviators have circled over Pera, the
residential section of Constantinople, and have dropped bombs.
Russian battleships continue to shell the fortifications on the Bos
phorus, and shells are falling twelve miles from the sultan’s palace.
Turks Try Air Game
CONSTANTINOPLE March 30.—A Turkish s^a nlnne has succeeded
in dropping bombs on the British warships in the Dardanelles.
Russians urive Austrians
LONDON, March 30.—The Russians in Uszok maintain an incessant
attack upon the Austro-Hungarian positions. Access to Hungary is
claimed by way of Barthfield by the Russians. The Austrians have been
driven back of that place.
German Reinforcements for Beaten Austrians
LONDON, March 27.—Along the Russo-Austrian eastern battle line
the Austrians are reported to have suffered severe reverses and to have
been driven back from Czernowitz. The retreat continued for several miles
north of the lines. Germany is rushing reinforcements to the Carpathians.
Austria’s Naval Base Impregnable
VENICE, April 1,—The defenses of Pola, Austria’s great naval base
on the Adriatic, have been completed, and now are regarded as im
pregnable.
Russians Slowly Advancing
LONDON. April 1.—Late dispatches indicate that the Russians have
forced the passage through Dukia pass and are slowly making ‘heir way
down the southern slope to the plains of Hungary.
Many Russian Prisoners Taken
BERLIN, April 1.—During the month of march the German Eastern
army took 55,000 Russian prisoners.
Russian Fleet Busy in Black Sea
PETROGRAD, April 1.—The Russian Black sea fleet has bo nbarded
all the towns within a hundred and fifty miles of Constantinople.
Turkey Said to Be Seeking Peace
PETROGRAD, April 2.—The Russian government has been apr.r >ached
with overtures from Austria seeking peace without Germany’s kn v/ledge
LONDON, April 2.—Djavid Bey is reported to be at Geneva, seeking
to learn the terms upon which the allies would be willing to conclude peace
with Turkey.
The Germans are reported to be rapidly retreating before the Russians
in the Nieman river district.
THE FIGHTING IN THE WEST
Trenches Filled With Dead
PARIS, March 29.—Eleven thousand German deaf! have be'-n taken
from the trenches that were won by the French in the past twei 'y days’
fighting in the Champaigne district. The estimated number i i killed,
wounded or taken prisoners is 50,000.
Aviator Drops Bombs
CALAIS, March 29.—Before breakfast this morning a German Taube
dropped bombs on this city. No damage resulted.
PARIS, March 29.—Three persons were killed when a German aviator
dropped bombs on Wilier.
Germans Take Dose of Own Medicine
BERLIN, March 29.—Eleven civilians were killed and many wounded
when French aviators dropped bombs upon the city of Strassburg and
several villages in Alsace.
Aviators Driven Away From Fortress
BERLIN, March 27.—Hostile aviators dropped bombs on Metz, but
were driven away by artillery fire.
Airships Attack Coast Cities
PARIS. March 27.—Both Calais and Dunkirk have been visited by
German airships, but neither was damaged by the bombs.
GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER
TO INTERNE AT NEW YORK
NEWPORT NEWS, March 29 - The Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Frederich,
which put into this port some weeks ago
for repairs, lies at her dock with smoke
louring from her funnels. It is reported
:hat she is seeking a tow to New York, 1
irobably to interne there.
Lying in Wait
NEWPORT NEWS, March 30. The Brit
sh cruisers Suffolk, Berwick and Corona,
md an unidentified French cruiser, are out
side the harbor waiting for the German
•ruiser Eitel Frederich to leave.
Preparing for Voyage
NEWPORT NEWrS, April 2.—Sixteen
Hundred tons of coal have been taken on
)oard the German cruiser Eitel Frederich.
and she is now taking on fifteen days’ sup
ilies.
PASSENGER STEAMER SINKS
IN SIGHT OF EXPOSITION
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30. -The
iteamer General Frisbie, with three hundred
aassengers. mostly women and children,
struck a submerged rock one hundred yards
)ff the exposition grounds and sunk. The
ifeboats from the warships rescued all on
>oard.
FAMOUS GERMAN GENERAL
WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL
GENEVA, March 29.—Gen Von Kluck.
he German commander, has been slightly
vounded by being struck by bits of shrap
nel while inspecting the advanced positions
>n the north bank of the Aisne.
DISSATISFACTION GROWING
IN FRANZ JOSEPH’S REALM
ROME, April 2.- -Advices from the Aus
rian frontier describe the international situ
ition of the dual monarchy as increasingly
;rave. Opposition to continuing the war
s growing very strong among those classes
hat are suffering most from lack of food.
WAR DEMAND FOR COPPER
RESULTS IN WAGE INCREASE
HOUGHTON, Mich., April 1.—The cop
ier companies of this region have announced
a raise in miners’ wages to the old standard,
rhe demand for copper caused by the war
las been responsible for the output being
largely increased.
BIG ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP
ESCAPES BY SMALL MARGIN
LIVERPOOL, March 27—The White
?tar liner Arabic arrived here today after
in exciting chase by a submarine in the
Irish sea. She was pursued for thirty miles,
:>ut finally escaped.
ARRANGES FOR BIG LOAN
NEW YORK, March 30—J. P. Morgan
k Co. have completed the terms for a
550,000,000 loan to France.
DR. MOORE PURCHASES
PIONEER DRUG STOCK
Dr. Moore has purchased the drugs and
;undries of the Pioneer Drug Store at Flat
Dity, and is now prepared to supply all
he people of the precinct with anything
hey may need in the way of drugs, patent
nedicines and toilet articles of all kinds at
/ery reasonable prices.
Tomorrow, April 4, is Easter Sunday.
ROUMANIA STILL NEUTRAL
BERLIN, March 29.—Advices received
here state that Roumania will continue to
maintain her neutrality.
XING THURMAN’S BODY
FOUND IN ISOLATED CABIN
(Seward Gateway, March 2)
The body of King Thurman was found in
a cabin in the Chickaloon flats on February
27 by Jack Rowell. The body was terribly
decomposed, and the finder decided not to
touch the iemains. Thurman had been
missing since last July, and many efforts
were made to ascertain his fate. It had
been supposed that he had a cabin which
he used for hunting purposes in the flats,
but none of the searchers seems to have
gone that way. Jack Rowell and Dune
Little were trapping and hunting in the
neighborhood last month, and Mr. Rowell,
seeing the cabin, decided to look at it, with
a view' to spending the night there. On
entering he saw' the body of Thurman lying
in the bed, with one arm doubled up be
neath it. The remains were in so horrible
a state that it was decided not to touch
them, and the government will probably
arrange immediately to have the man
buried.
Fred Bunce brought the news of the
gruesome discovery to the city last night.
SIGNS OF SPRING
That the warm weather of last week had
the effect of starting spring preparations is
apparent on all sides. In various residences
and business houses can b! seen evidences
of the inception of spring gardening. Boxes
of prepared soil containing sprouting plants
are making their appearance, in preparation
for the time when weather conditions will
permit of transplanting outdoors. In other
directions can also be seen indications of
spring cleaning, window washing, paper
hanging, etc., and with the encouragement
of a few warm days the appearance of the
city will be greatly changed from the som
ber hues of winter. The Pioneer has a lim
ited quantity of seeds for free distribution,
w'hich were left over from last season. These
consist of both vegetable and flower vari
eties. Postmaster Wile also informs us
that he has a quantity of these for distri
bution. Now is a good time to start them
by indoor planting.
COUNT CARBONNEAU SICK
IN NEW YORK HOSPITAL
A man claiming to be Charles Carbon
neau, formerly of Dawson, is now in a
hospital in New York, receiving treatment
for a general nervous breakdown, rosulting
from his experiences on the battlefields in
Europe. Carbonnean arrived at New York
on the Baltic and registered at the Hotel
Breslin. His queer actions attracted the
attntion of the hotel officials, and doctors
who were summoned to examine him found
him suffering from a terrific nervous shock.
To the medical men he related a thrilling
story of his capture by the Germans and
his subsequent escape. He says he was
serving as a French lieutenant when he was
captured, together with his five sons. At
the conclusion of the battle a thick smoke
enveloped the battlefield, enabling him to
escape from his captors. His sons, who also
tried to escape, were shot while making the
dash for liberty. Carbonneau says he left
for England shortly afterwards and took
steamer from that country to the United
States.—Ex.
George Anderson of Juneau, a professional
piano tuner, writes to The Pioneer that he
will visit Iditarod during the early part of
the open season this year.
Wall paper, 25c per roll. Pioneer Drug
Store, Flat.
PREPARING TO EMBARK
MANY ITALIAN RESERVISTS
LONDON, March 27.—Advices from
Buenos Aires state that Italian steamship
lines there have been warned to prepare
for the possible transportation of sixty
thousand reservists.
Ordered to Frontier
GENEVA, March 30.—Several Italian
regiments have been ordered to the Tyrolese
frontier.
St'll Calling Out Reserves
ROME, March 29.—The Alpine troops of
the first category, born in 1883, have been
called to the Italian colors for forty-five
days. All artillery and engineer reserves
have been called to the colors for sixty
days from April 16.
AMERICA STANDS FIRM
FOR UNHAMPERED TRADE
WASHINGTON, March 31—The Ameri
can government has forwarded the reply to
the British blockade order. The adminis
tration stands firm for the right of unham
pered trade with neutral nations.
Not Made Public
WASHINGTON, April 1.—The American
note to t-lv British government has not been
published in England on account of its being
Holy Week. It will not be made public
until the 7th.
ABSURD REPORT DENIED
BY PRESIDENT WILSON
PARIS, April 2.—Le Temps prints an in
terview with President Wilson in which he
praises France.
WASHINGTON, April 2.—President Wil
son denies giving the interview attributed
to him by a Paris newspaper.
LOCAL BUSINESS MEN
PREPARE FOR SPRING TRADE
M. Jacobsgaard of Hat City has bought
the entire stock of wall paper comprised
in the Iditarod store of the Snyder estate,
through Frank Keenan, the administrator.
It has been removed to Flat City.
Adams & Hudson, the new firm of paint
ers and paperhangers, have bought the sup
ply of wall paper ordered from the Outside
last year by the late Mr. Snyder, and which
has been lying at Dikeman since the close
of navigation last fall. Mr. Adams will im
mediately commence the moving of the
stock to this city.
WIRELESS OF THE ALLIES
SAFE FROM INTERRUPTION
ROME, Feb. 19—Signor Marconi an
nounces that after investigation made by
both the English and French governments,
it is found thz^ the Holland Germans are
unable to successfully interfere with the
enemies’ wireless communications. The
Holland stations cannot effectually receive
messages which are sent by secret waves,
and it is positively asserted by Signor Mar
coni that the messages sent by way of the
wireless cannot be interfered with or re
ceived by other stations which are not
equipped with the special apparatus which
has been installed by the French and Brit
ish governments.
Mrs. C. C. Chittick, postmistress at Hat
City, was a visitor in the city last Satur
day to attend the Pioneers’ potlach.
Oscar Anderson came in from Hat creek
last Thursday on a short vacation trip.
A1 Walsh returned this week from a trip
to the Kuskokwim.
TO INSPECT PRISON CAMPS
BERLIN, March 30.—An American com
mission has been granted permission to in
spect the German prison camps.
COMMISSIONER GERAGHTY
TOOK OFFICE THURSDAY
Guy G. Geraghty, recently appointed |
United States commissioner for Otter pre- 1
cinct and deputy clerk of the district court,
assumed the duties of his office on Thursday
last. There was nothing of a ceremonious
nature in connection with the transfer, and
the new commissioner is now familiarizing
himself with his duties.
Major G. W. Albrecht, the retiring com- |
missioner, who has held the position since
July 1, 1912, has made an enviable record
in the office, and the thorough system and
orderliness maintained in connection with
the important records and documents in
trusted to him have been the subject of
much favorable comment. He has resumed
the practice of law.
The quarters occupied by Major Albrecht i
as a court room have been retained by
Commissioner Geraghty.
NIXON NOW AT HOTEL SAVOY
SEATTLE. Feb. 20.—R. E. Nixon and
W. G. King have bought the Hotel Savoy,
at Second avenue and University streets,
and are planning to make a specialty of
Alaskan trade hereafter. Mr. Nixon is
well known throughout the North. He
was among the Circle old-timers who went
to Dawson during the spring of 1897. He
has been identified with the Northern and
Frye hotels of this city, and has made an
enviable reputation among sourdough trav
elers. Mr. King until recently was man
ager of the Butler hotel.
The Savoy has 225 rooms, elegantly fitted.
The cafe, which will be operated in con
nection, will be in personal charge of A. J.
Hanson, for many years chef at the Rainier
Grand hotel.
“We are going to maintain our old policy
of fair and courteous treatment of Alas
kans,” said Mr. Nixon today, “and w'e
hope that our friends will look us up when
they come to Seattle.”
SHE TOOK NO CHANCES
A late comer from the Outside says that
while visiting in one of the Puget sound
cities he attended a gathering of ladies and
gentlemen at a mind-reader’s demonstra
tion, After the professor had proven his
ability to read a newspaper through two
thicknesses of horse blankets, one of the
girls who was present hurriedly left the
room with the remark that she "wasn't
going to stay any longer with just that
calico dress on.”—Skagway Alaskan.
FLAT CITY TO HAVE
FINE NEW HOSPITAL
The large two-story building on Gold
street, Flat City, lately occupied by Dr.
Moore’s drug store, was recently purchased
by Dr. Auringer, who is having the prem
ises entirely remodeled for a hospital for
his patients.
WEEK’S TEMPERATURES
Observations taken at the Budweiser,
corner of First and Richmond streets, at
6 a. m. each day:
Above Below
Zero Zero
March 28. 2ft .... Cloudy
March 29. 19 .... Clear
March 30. 10 .... Clear
March 31. 0 .... Clear
April l. l .... Clear
April 2. 3 .... Clear
The clothing store of A. J. Weiss at Flat
City is in the hands of workmen, under
going many improvements.
WOMAN, LOVELY WOMAN,
CAUSE OF HIS DOWNFALL
NEW YORK, April 1.—Raymond Swo
boda has been arrested in Paris, charged
with having set fire to the French liner
La Touraine. He is an American, and his
friends have entered a protest.
Became German Spy
PARIS, April 1.—The secret service
police believe that Swoboda became a Ger
man spy on account of his infatuation for
a beautiful actress named Frieschleo. Most
incriminating documents have been tound
in his trunk.
Explosives in Cargo
HAVRE, April 2.—Chemists claim that
the fire in the La Touraine was the result
of an explosion which started in large cases
of textiles stored in the baggage hold.
ALCOHOL AND GERMANY
ARE BRITAIN’S ENEMIES
LONDON, March 30.—Chancellor Lloyd
George, replying to a deputation of busi
ness men. advocated a “dry” England dur
ing the remainder of the war. He stated
that not only was Great Britain fighting
Germany and Austria, but drink also. He ■
declared that the Teutonic enemies were j
secondary compared to the havoc wr-.ught
by liquor.
King to Set Example
LONDON. April 1.—King George has of
fered to exclude all alcoholic refresh: icnts
from the royal houhehold to aid the temper
ance movement. He declares that the army
is hampered in the field by liquor.
AMERICAN MISSION INVADED
AND OUTRAGES COMMITTED
WASHINGTON. March 27.—Five persons
have been taken from an American mission
in Persia and hanged by Turks and Kurds.
Continued efforts to secure protection seem
fruitless. Two American warships are in
the Mediterranean, but the Americans are
nevertheless helpless.
CAPITULATION OF PRZEMYSL
CALLS FOR NEW STRATEGY
LONDON, March 31.—Kaiser Wilhelm,
with the principal German generals, is hold
ing a council of war. planning a campaign
to offset the fall of Przemysl. Large bodies
cavalry are being withdrawn from Yser
and are being massed near Brussels.
UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP
JOINS FLEET AT CANAL
WASHINGTON, March 29.—'The battle
ship Alabama has sailed from Hampton
Roads for the Panama canal zone, to aid in
preserving the neutrality of the canal.
MAYBE OUR MINSTRELS HAD
THIS ONE
“Mister Interlocutor, can you tell me why
a poor barber and a dull razor always make
a great team?”
“No, Mr. Bones, I cannot. Will you tell
us why?”
“Because they always pull together.”
“As soon as the bodies of the crushed
and mangled have been removed from the
aisles. Mr. G. Wotta Noyes will render that
beautiful ballad, ‘I Can’t Meet You To
night, Dear Jack, for 1 Can’t Find My
Hair.’ Ex.
Eddie Anderson, the Yankee-creek trader,
left for home yesterday afternoon.
Hvgum tooth brushes, 25c each. Pioneer
Drug Store, Flat.
NO HOPE FOR
SUBMARINE
HONOLULU, March 27 - The submarine
F-4 of the United States navy, which sank
on Thursday morning last off the entrance
to Honolulu harbor, has been located in
fifty fathoms of water. Scores of vessels,
headed by the naval tender Alert, with
powerful cranes, hope to raise her late to
day. There is hardly a fighting chance that
any of the crew remain alive.
Efforts Result in Failure
HONOLULU, March 29. Hopes for the
crew of the sunken submarine were again
shattered today when the chains being used
on the drags broke. It was also reported
by two divers that it is supposed that the
submarine is caught by the wire drags of
an old anchor.
Late yesterday the submarine was be
lieved to have been caught by the drags
again. A chain net is now being woven
around her.
The business of the city has been par
alyzed by the accident.
Hope Abandoned
HONOLULU, March 29. Hope has ab
solutely been abandoned of saving the crew
of the submarine F-4. A large bell is being
constructed in an effort to raise the vessel,
but parts of the superstructure are break
ing away, and are being brought to the sur
face with drag hooks.
Moved Inshore
HONOLULU. March 30. The submarine
has been located finally and has been moved
three hundred feet toward shore. No hope
that any of the crew are still alive is being
entertained.
Work Progressing
HONOLULU, March 31.-The huge div
ing bell has been completed, and with the
aid of pontoons the work of raising the sub
marine has begun.
Work Halted
HONOLULU, April 1. Little work in
the effort to raise the submarine can be
dofle for the next three days, while the pon
toons are being placed in position.
Experts Arrive
NEW YORK. April 1.—Expert divers
from the Brooklyn navy yard have been
ordered to Honolulu.
NEW YORK. April 2. Five naval divers
are leaving for Honolulu to raise the sub
marine F 4.
NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY
ON HIS WAY NORTH
SEATTLE, March 27.—William Smyser,
recently appointed United States district at
torney for the First district of Alaska, ar
rived here tonight, accompanied by his wife.
They will leave for Juneau tonight.
“RAMBLING SAM” SANDERSON
GOES OUT FOR MACHINERY
(Cordova Alaskan. Feb. 221
S. R. Sanderson, a large placer operator
of the Nizina placer diggings, who has been
in town for the past few days, left this
morning for McCarthy, where he will wait
for a carload shipment of machinery which
is being shipped him by Harmon & Deever
of this city. Mr. Sanderson is a former
partner of Price Manley of the Iditarod
district, and has been an active operator
in Alaska’s placer mines since the early
rush. For several years he was superin
tendent of the drilling operations of Idita
rod's dredging placers, which was done
principally with the Keystone machines.
He has also operated in the Tanana and
Fairbanks district in this capacity, and is
an expert driller and instructor in this
method of prospecting placer ground. In
making a selection for a heavy steam driller
for the Nizina district he quickly decided
upon the purchase of the H. & D Standard
in place of a Keystone, as the H. D
Standard contains many new and advan
tageous features over the old style Key
stone, and has given better success in this
class of work. The H. & D. Standard steam
driller is an Alaska-manufactured product,
and bears the epigraph, “Made in Alaska.”
It has proved a decided improvement over
other makes where heavy gravel drilling is
desired.
DR. WHITING’S ARREST
CAUSED BY “HOPHEAD”
SEATTLE, March 4.—Somewhat of s
sensation was created among old Alaskans
when word was passed around that Dr. F
B. Whiting, formerly surgeon for the Cop
per River & Northwestern railway con
struction crews, had been placed under
arrest. The charge against him was ad
ministering morphine to a patient. In
quiries made brought the explanation that
a man who was addicted to the drug habit
was in such a critical state that the doctor
was induced to prescribe morphine. A police
man who had been keeping his eye on the
fiend followed him to the doctor’s office,
and the arrest was afterwards made.
FRANCE TO PLACE BAN
ON THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
PARIS, Feb. 20.—The chamber of depu
ties is considering the adoption of prohibi
tion measures to be maintained during the
war, and may decide to abolish all liquor
from the country permanently. It has been
decided that no renewal of saloon licenses
will be granted even after the war. Hotel
bars will be permitted to furnish liquors
to ‘guests until the new order comes into
effect, but the bars will be closed to the
public.
The war has had a startling effect oo
the people of France. They have sought
consolation in religion and the church. The
gay Paris of former times is no more
except in a very limited section. Thou
sands of wounded soldiers are to be seen
on the streets everywhere, but the intoxi
cation which was apparent during the early
! "-eoks • of tfae war has diaaopeawd
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