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One Doij.au Peu Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1912. Two Bits Per Copy
BARNETTE CLEARED OF ALL I
INDICTMENTS EXCEPT ONE:
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Valdez, December 27.—E. T. Barnette has been cleared of all
charges except the one of misdemeanor, of which he was convicted
last week when Lew Wing was acquitted.
Judge Lyons today denied the motion of Barnette’s lawyers
for a new trial in the misdemeanor case, and sentence on Barnette
will be passed tomorrow.
The trial of Former Receiver Hawkins on 13 counts of misde
meanor began today. ____
OSCAR ANDERSON HAS TOUGH
EXPERIENCE ON SEWARD TRAIL
Seward, December 27.—Arrived here yesterday morning, after i
having snowshoed for 180 miles. Met with a terrible experience
at Crow-creek pass, being lost for 20 hours, and having at last to|
return to the roadhouse I left in the morning. The pass is un
staked for a distance of eight miles. Seddon, Jackson and Mc
Dowell met with the same difficulty. Midwinter travel on the
Seward trail is dangerous. Tnere is no inbound travel.
OSCAR ANDFRSON,
TAN SCHRAIK AND OTHERS
PARDONER BT PRESIDENT
Washington, December 26. — President Taft has decided upon cle- i
niency in the case of several prisoners now serving terms in federal
penitentiaries Among the most noteworthy cases are those of Captain
Van Schraik, master of the steamer Gen. Slocum, which was burned on j
the Hudson river nearly ro years ago with hundreds of women and
children pleasure-seekers on board; and John Hall, who was convicted
by Francis J. Heney and Deteetive William Burns of frauds in connec-;
tiotl with the Oregon land cases
‘OSCAR UNDERWOOD WANTS BIG JOB
Washington, December 27.—Oscar W. Underwood, floor leader
of the House, denies that he will accept a position in Wilson’s cab
inet. It is understood that the Southerner has his eyes on the
Presidency to succeed Wilson, should the latter decline to accept a
second term, and his acceptancy of a cabinet office might injure
his chances in that direction.
CLARK TURNS IN ANNUAL REPORT
Washington. December 27.—The report of Governor Walter E
Clark of Alaska, for the year 1912, has been received here. The
governor says Alaska has prospered during the past 12 months,
and he advocates the immediate opening of the coal lands to assure
a continuance of the prosperity-_
WILL NOT RECEDE ON PEACE TERMS
Athens, December 27.—The warships of Greece and Turkey
are still fighting at the entrance to the Dardanelles.
London, December 27.—Little progress is being mads at the
p«ace conference between ihe Turks and the allied Bulgarians •
Servians and Montenegrins. Neither will recede from the peace
terms at first proposed, and immediate settlement seems unlikely.
FIRE AT FLAT
CHRISTMAS DAY
While Mr. aud Mrs. Letneswere
attending the dance at B. Hall,
Flat City. Christmas night, a fire
broke out in their cabin on Gold
street. The blaze was seen through
the trout window by Kuut Koland,
who turned in the alarm, and the
fire was quickly extinguished.
The interior of the cabin was
badly burned, but the furniture was
saved. The fire is supposed to have
beeu caused by an overheated stove
igniting the dry moss between the
logs._
Angus McKenzie has completed the
assessment work which he was doing
for Tom Aitken on Chicken creek.
Power of Attorney blanks—Pioneer.
CLAIM CRIPPLE
18 LOOKING GOOD
According to Bob Griffis, who was at
Ophir last week, the old Innoko dig
gings are as good as ever they were,
while the new strike is apparently
certain to make a small catnp.
Mr. Griffis says Cripple is quite a
town, with a lot of buildings. He was
not on the creeks, but learned they
were looking better all the time, with
pay reported in sevealr places.
J. W. Kempf and Basil Clemons were
met at the Johnson roadhouse, 22 miles
this side of Cripple.
Mrs. A. V. Thurston and Mrs. J. A.
Peterson, assisted by Miss Albrecht
and Miss Cahill, will hold a New Year
reception next Wednesday afternoon,
The reception will take place at the
, residence of Mrs. Thurston, over the
j Postofllce, from 2 to 5 o’clock, when
1 all friends are invited.
DEMOCRATS HONOR j
A GOVERNOR-ELECT
New York, December 27.—To
morrow, Saturday, the Democrats
of the stale of New York will give
a banquet in honor of Governor
elect William Snlzer.
SADI LANGFORD
DEFEATS M'VEY
Sydney, N. S W., December 27.
—In a fierce battle here yesterday
Sam Langford knocked out Sam
McVey in the fifteenth round.
Calgary, Alta., December 27.—
Pal Brown defeated Dick Hyland
here last night after a hard battle
of 15 rounds.
NO PARDON FOR
WAPPENSTEIN
Seattle, December 27 —Governor
Hay refuses to pardon former Chief
of Police Wappenstein, now serv
ing 14 years for his connection with
the graft scandals at Seattte during
the mayoralty of Hi Gill.
VICEROY OF INDIA
INJURED BY BOMB
Delhi, India, December 27-—i
Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India,
was badly wounded yesterday when
a bomb thrown by an unknown
person exploded against the car
riage in which the viceroy was
riding.
BOYS INTEREST
IN REXALL LEASE
Fairbanks, December 27.—Theo
dore Johnson and W. A. Loveioy
have purchased a third interest in
the Rexall and Welcome leads, at
the head of Wolf creek. The pur
chase includes the two stamp mill
now on the ground. The property
is well developed, with much tun
| tiding.
The consideration was $3,500.
GOOD NEWS FROM
CRIPPLE STRIKE
Leo Clifford, circulator for the
Iditarod Pioneer, received a letter
from Fred Anderson on the last
mail in which Anderson says the
| ground in which Clifford is inter
ested on Colorado creek (the Ore
gon association, just below the
Star of Hope association) has four
feet of dirt running from 2 to 3
cents to the pan. He further says
that if the pay only holds out it
will he a good thing (which .seems
reasonable to us).
The ground in which Senator
Henry Roden is interested goes
$1,50 to the foot
John Holmgren came in from Flat
during the week. He has been pros
pecting on the benches of that creek
but found nothing encouraging to re
port. This is strange, seeing that pay
is known to exist in the benches higher
up the creek—where Dave Stranberg
has a lay from the Y. G. Co.
Stanley cafe, Flat City, serves fresh
ham and eggs.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.
PHILANTHROPIST
TO BE MARRIED
New York, December 26.—Miss
Helen Gould, the noted philan
thropist, will marry Pinley Shep-1
pard, a prominent railroad man of;
St. Louis, in a couple of months. |
DISTIN RE-APPOINTED
Washington, December 26.—All
appointments recently made by the
President have been held up by the
Senate, and will not he considered
until after the holidays.
William L. Distin has been nom
inated for re-appointment as sur
veyor-general for Alaska
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CHRISTMAS DINNER
AT ACHESON HOME
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Acheson enter '
tained a small party at a splendid din
ner at their home on Christmas even-1
mg', after which the guests spent sev
eral hours socially. These present j
were Mrs. Clifton, and Messrs. Mayor !
Barnes. Sam Bayles, Charles Denton, 1
John Strelic, Charley Maltby, and Mr. j
Crawford.
BUTTON’S DUBS
WERE VICTORS
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An interesting basketball prac- I
tise game was pulled off last Sat
urday night at A. B Hall, when a
team selected by Dick Button, and
named by him the Dubs, overcame
Harry Donnelly’s team of regulars.
The score at the finish stood 45 for
the Dubs and 38 for the Regulars.
Ben Bromberg acted as referee.
Interest in the games increases {
with every practice, and doubtless
w ill continue to do so. The gen
eral public is invited to watch them; j
they take place at A. B Hall every
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
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It is expected the first full dress
game will take place in couple of
weeks.
SENTENCE PASSED ON
BLIND-PIG OPERATOR
Pete Michels, who pleaded guilty
recently to selling liquor without a
license on Otter creek, came up for
| sentence last Monday, Commis
sioner Albrecht having taken the
matter under advisement. A fine
j of $200 and costs was imposed, but
• Michels being unable to pay the
same, he must serve it out in the
fedei al jail at the rate of $2 per day.
Writing from Tanana under date of
! December 4, Mrs. Beattie relates a
distressing accident which happened
\ to Nugget, the little red dog. In order
to reduce her embonpoint, Nugget es
jsayed to break trail for a while, dur ing
which exercise she froze her little
tootsies, and had to be left behind for
: repairs when the party reached Ruby. t
Harold Seddon was expected to ar
rive at Seattle on December 26, ac
cording to John Holmgren, who re
ceived a wireless from Seddon last
week, saying he was leaving Seward
on the 20th.
TEMPERATURE-TABLE
; The following temperatures for these
wt?ek ending noon Saturday, December
28, are from observations taken at the
Budweiser observatory, corner Second
and Richmond—
KOOK MIDNIGHT
Saturday, Dec. 21. -25 -34
Sunday, “ 22. -35 -34
Monday, “ 23. -35 -37
Tuesday, “ 24. -39 -35
Wednesday “ 25. -32 -35
Thursday 26. -31 -32
Friday, li 27 . -28 -32
Saturday, “ 28. -36 —
DYNAMITE CASES
GO TO T ITIRY
Indianapolis, December 27.—The
fynamite cases went to the jury
this morning. There are 44 cases
in all and the verdicts are all to be
rendered at the same time.
HUMBOLDT CASE
NOT YET OVER
Seattle, December 27. •— Clem
Shepard, purser on the steamer
Jefferson, was arrested yesterday
and charged with complicity in the
Humboldt gold robbery of two
years ago. At the time ef the rob
bery Shepard was purser on the
Humboldt.
TO ROAST THE
TOAST TRUST
Detroit, December 27. — The
government lias commenced suit
against Kellogg’s Toasted Corn
Flakes company, alleging it is a
combination in restraint of trade,
and therefore a violation of the
Sherman law.
ATTEMFT LIFE OF
JAPANESE OFFICER
Tokio, Japan, December 27.—An
attempt was made yesterday to as
sassinate General Prince Yama
gata, field marshal of the Japanese
army, by shooting. The prince had
a narrow escape. Many arrests
have been made.
GALES GENERAL
ON THE ATLANTIC
New York, December 27.—Ter
rific snowstorms and gales have
swept the whole Atlantic seaboard
during the past week.
Plymouth, Eng , December 27
-—Heavy storms have swept the en
tire British coast line during the
past week, and many wrecks are
recorded.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
OH MOORE CREEK
The folks over on Moore creek
had a very jolly Christmas, accord
ing to Steve Foster, who arrived
fiom Moore Thursday. B T. Jamts
and Charley Knell gave a grand
turkey dinner to the boys, and
with the dinner went everything
necessary to make it a complete
success. Joe Honda was chef.
After dinner there was an ani
mated discussion on woman suff
rage, and in the evening there was
a display of fireworks. Everybody
enjoyed the treat immensely.
During the day a case of choice
wine and cigars arrived from Jack
Baird.
From a communication which arrived
on the last mail it was learned that
J. B. Mading, formerly of Flat creek,
had a paralytic stroke shortly after his
arrival in the Wenatchee valley from
Iditarod, and is now recovering his
health at Seattle, where he was taken
by his son “Doc” Mading. Mr. Mading
spent nearly three years in this camp.
Stanley cafe, Flat City, serves fresh
ham and eggs.
EXTRA SESSION TO BE CALLED
TO DISCUSS TARIFF REVISION
Princeton, N. J., December 27.—At a conference here between
Speaker Champ Clark and President-elect Wilson it was finally de
cided to cal! an extra session of Congress to discuss tariff revision,
in accordance with Democratic pre-election pledges.
Wilson Is 111
President elect Wilson is suffering from a severe attack of
grippe, and is compelled to keep his bed.
COLONEL 60ETHALS TO AC f
GOVERNORSHIP OF Cl , ZONE
Colon, Canal Zone, December 27.—It is understood here that
as one result of President Taft’s present visit to the Canal Zone,
Colonel George Goethals has been prevailed upon to accept the
governorship of the Zone, and it is probable the appointment will
be made immediately upon the President’s return to Washington.
The President has been very anxious to show some signal recogni
tion of Col. Goethals’ great work, but hitherto the engineer has
always refused to accept a political appointment.
President Taft will leave Colon for home immediately, his
tour of inspection having been completed. _
JUNEAU GRAND JURY INDICTS
WEAITHY MAN FOR MURDER
Juneau, December 26.—Joseph McDonald, general manager of a
mining company at Guadajato, Mexico, and reputed to be a very
wealthy man, lias been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of mur
der in the first degree. It is alleged that in the year 1902 he killed one
N. C. Jones. Extradition papers have been issued.
McDonald was formerly superintendent of the Treadwell Gold Min
ing Company.
His Arrest Follows
Mexico City, December 27.— Joseph McDonald, a wealthy mine
manager of Guadajato, was arrested at this place this morning on
a charge of murder while manager of the Alaska Treadwell mines
in 1902 He will be brought here to face extradition proceedings
initiated by the United States government.__
WEDNESDAY’S DOG RACE
In connection with the big dog race scheduled for New Year's
day under the auspices of the Iditarod Kennel Club, the board of
directors wish it to be understood that it will be strictly a sporting
event, and the handicaps will be liberal enough to give every team
that enters a chance of winning the race. The entries should close
tonight, but this rule will not be strictly enforced, and post entries
will be allowed.
The course to be run will be practically the same as last year,
viz.: Straightaway start at the Traction company’s office on Front
and Otter streets, Iditarod, out past the Summit roadhouse to Flat;
up Front street, Flat City, to Peck's corner; thence to the Grand
hotel corner, on Gold street; thence to Discovery; and return by
the same route, with the option of taking Front or Second street
on the return journey through Flat.
The race will be governed by Kennel Club rules. Facing of
any kind will not be permitted; no team in motion may receive as
sistance; a team catching another may demand the trail at once,
while the team passed can regain the lead after three minutes; and
the judges are empowered to disqualify any competitor for per
forming any act contrary to the interests of clean sport.
It is hoped to get a very large number of entries on account of
the liberal terms offered, and already about half a dozen teams
have been entered. The prizes offered are $50, $35 and $15 for
first, second and third places respectively.
What is particularly wanted by the Kennel Club at this time is
plenty of entries, and even a man with a couple of dogs may enter,
and, with liberal handicapping, stand a chance of winning first
prize.
The following are officers of the day: Starter—C- F. Wood.
Judges—Henry Weir, George Marsh and Joe Smith, for Iditarod;
Frankie, for Summit; Nels Glantz and Charley Marsh, for Flat
City; A. A. Shonbeck and J. E. Riley, for Discovery.
CARD OF THANKS
Mrs. A. V. Thurston wishes to thank
her friends and the public generally for
the liberal patronage accorded the Post
office Candy Store during the Christ
mas season, and will continue to make
candy at the old stand.
White-meat grouse and ptarmigan,
Crowley & Porter.
For fresh ham and eggs go to Stanley
cafe, Flat City.
WERE MARRIED LAST SUNDAY
Last Sunday, December 22, Commis
sioner G. VV. Albrecht united in matri
mony Miss Stanne Bagoy and Peter
Miskovich. The;«vitnesses were Nikola
Miljevich and Mrs. John Bagoy. The
bride came over from Europe early this
year; she is sister to John Bagoy. Mr.
Miskovich is now mining on Otter
week, where the couple will make
their home.
Don’t Forget the Mask Ball on New Year Eve
A. B. HALL, IDITAROD Plenty New Features! There’ll be a Rich Paystreak of Jollity Discovered! All for Fun! ADMISSION $3.00