Oxk Dou.au Pkk Month.
MAY REACH VOTE
NEXT WEDNESDAY
, By Wireless to The Tu neer
Washington, Feb. 12. In the house yesterday, after various un
tricndlv amendments to the Alaska railroad bill had been offered and
debated, all of which were defeated, the bill went over for further con
sideration on Wednesday next, February 18, without final vote.
Big Attendance at Congressional Reception
The annual reception given by the President to members of con
gress last Tuesday at the White House proved to be one of the largest
given by President Wilson. It is estimated that at least 3,000 persons
were in attendance.
Cabinet Officers Visit Alaska Exhibit
Four members of President Wilson s cabinet—Secretary of State
Bryan, Secretary of War Garrison, Secretary of the Navy Daniels and
Secretary of the Interior Lane—yesterday visited the Alaska exhibit
of products now on display in the department of agriculture building
and spent several hours in close examination. They expressed them
selves as being highly pleased with what they saw.
Would Lease Coal Lands in Forty-Acre Tracts
Representative Norris yesterday introduced a biil granting the
secretary of the interior the necessary authority to lease the coal lands
of Alaska to corporations or individuals in blocks of 40 -acre tracts,
or multiples thereof up to 2,650 acres, for private development. 1 he
bill is now in the hands of the committee on territories.
Breaks With Party Leaders
it is persistently rumored about the hotel lobbies and other places
where politicians gather that President Wilson has “broken" with many
of the leaders of his party on account of the determined stand he has
taken against the exemption from tolls of American coastwise vessels
using the advantages to be afforded by the Panama canal. The out
come of the controversy is being watched with great interest by all
parties.
Lincoln’s Birthday Observed
The 105th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lin
coln was observed in this city today by closing all the public build
ings, and by both houses of congress taking a recess. Memoiial serv
ices were held in several churches of the city.
i
'Ey Wireless to The Pioneer)
Vera Cruz, Feb. 13.—Yesterday afternoon, while strolling along
the wharf in this city, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Arthur
Cook, the flag lieutenant of the United States battleship Connecticut,
was fired upon from ambush by an unknown assailant, who success
fully made his escape with the aid of several conlederates. The lieuten
ant was only slightly injured.
Lind Being Closely Guarded
As a result of the attempted assassination yesterday afternoon of
Lieutenant Cook of the battleship Connecticut, John Lind, President
Wilson’s special envoy, is being closely guarded against a similar at
tack.
WAITS ALL ALASKANS TO BOOST
Liy Wireless to The Pioneer
Juneau, Feb. 13.—In an interview today Governor Strong stated
:hat unless all the people of Alaska and the commercial clubs of the
i erritory make a concerted demand and vigorously back up the con
cessional delegate and governor in their efforts to secure a special
appropriation, Alaska will not have a proper exhibit at the San Fran
< isco exposition next year. The governor has asked for an appropri
ation of $250,000 to make a creditable exhibit. Congress has already
made its appropriation for the exposition, and it included practically
nothing for Alaska.
Attorney E. M. Stanton departed for Dike
man yesterday morning on a short business
trip.____
Bolivia is the world's second largest pro
ducer of tin, the main supply coming from
the Malay straits.
SMALLPOX SCOURGE VISITS
CITY OF HANKOW. CHINA
Terrible Pestilence Prevails in Chinese City,
Where Unsanitary Conditions
, Invite Disease
iHy Wireless to The Pioneer)
Hankow, Feb. 13. This city is undergoing
a severe scourge of smallpox, and many
deaths have resulted. A large section of
the city is quarantined, and it is now lie
licved that the authorities have the epi
demic under fairly good control.
ENGLAND’S MONARCH
SPEAKS HIS LITTLE PIECE
Delivers the Usual Perfunctory Message Pre
pared for Him by His Ministers
— Regrets Irish Troubles
(By Wireless to The Pioneer)
London, Feb. 12. King George, in bis
speech front the throne yesterday at the
opening of parliament, expressed regret over
the troubles in l ister on account of the dis
affection over the Irish home rule bill.
ALASKA PIONEER MINER
DIES IN CITY OF SEATTLE
Death of a Member of the Alaska Colony
in Seattle—Funeral Largely At
tended by Northerners
(By Wireless to The Pioneer)
Seattle. Feb. 12. John Hughes, a widely
known Alaska miner, died in this city last
Monday. His funeral was largely attended
bv the colony of Northerners now in the
■
city.
I POSIES
Word was received in thi> city early this
week of the death of William H. Porter at
the Morningside asylum recently. Mr Por
ter was adjudged insane at Ruby in the j
summer of 1912, and was taken Outside the ,
same year. He res .led in this city during |
the winter of 1910 11, and was formerly ai
well-known resident of Rampart and Fair
banks.
HANDICAP COG RACE
TO BE RUN NEXT WEEK
Arrangements Almost Perfected for Short
Course Event on Saturday.
February 21
The handicap dog race scheduled to be
pulled off next Saturday by the Iditarod I
Kennel Club promises to be one of the most
interesting events of the winter racing sea
son. Th race will be run over the usual
short-race course, and in this instance will
start and finis-h at Flat City. The purse
will amount to $175, to be divided into
three prizes. The established rules of the
club will govern the event, and the matter
of appointing the officers of the course will
be attended to at the meeting of the ken
nel club tonight at the telephone office.
Plenty of mail arrived at the local post
office during the past week -two fuli limit
consignments. Much to the surprise of
nearly all our residents, the first load ar
rived on Sunday afternoon, and the last
load on Monday afternoon. Captain Haley
was the first carrier, and Bob Griffis the
musher of the second outfit. Owing to the
fearful condition of the trail, caused bv very
heavy snowfalls, the mails were scarcely
expected before Tusday or Wednesday. The
first consignment contained many packages
and letters that had been shipwrecked when
the steamer Jeanie sank at Calvert Island,
B. C., on December 19 last.
Postmaster Thurston announces that
a consignment of 300 pounds of mail, the
balance of the winter’s accumulations on
I the Yukon, is due to arrive this evening.
Everybody Will Be There, 2nd More the Merrier I_
Grand Prize i IT T
Masqueraded JnLiLJLf
At A. B. Hall, Flat City, Sat. Eve., Fat), 21st
By Gamp Flat No. 26, A. B.
P HP The Display of Elegant Prizes on Exhibition in the Pioneer Drug Store’s
O Hv Cv Window, Flat City, during the coming week
Special Music! Splendid Floor! Plenty to Eat!
Liberal Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded for Comic Characters
Tickets $5 for SVSen, Ladies Free
COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS |
WILL HOLD HEARINGS
Industrial Disturbances in Colorado and
Michigan Being Investigated by
Congressional Comrr 'tees
(By Wireless f» The -ncer'
Denver, l-'eb. 12. The con ressiomd com
mittee recently appointed to inquire into the
causes of dissatisfaction among the coal
miners in the Trinidad district begun their
investigations in this city yesterday after -
noon. The committee will hold sessions in
several cities of Colorado.
Investigating in Michigan
(By Wireless to Tire Pioneer)
Hancock, Mich., Feb. 12. Investigations
by the congressional committee into labor
troubles of the copper miners in the vicinity
of Calumet commenced today.
SERIOUS RIOTS IN TOKIO
CAUSED BY GRAFT SCANDAL
Members of Parliament Chased Through the
Streets and Brutal Indignities
Heaped Upon Them
p.v Wiroh-ss to The Pioneer )
Tokio, Fel). 12. This city has been the
scene of much disorder during the past two
days, and rioting has been indulged in by
the enraged populace on account of the
“whitewashing" given by the Japanese par
liament and other government official) to
the alleged grafters who have been impli
cated in the lately-expnsd steals in tlxe navy
department. Mobs have chaSed members of
parliament through the streets of the city j
and have heaped indignities of a most brutai j
character upon officials wherever they made |
their appearance.
GREAT TITANIC DISASTER
CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE
Whits Star Steamship Company Will Bs
Mulcted for Enormous Damages as
Result of Court Decision
London, Feb. 12. The decision of the
court of appeals in a test case against the j
White Star steamship lit)' for damages I
resulting from the sinking of the company's
big steamer Titanic on Apr ! 14, 1912, was
handed down today, and sa ■ that the fear
ful disaster was due emir y to negligence ;
njv the -f the effi"',,r>f the vessel 1
As a result of thi- decision an enormous |
amount of litigation is pr nised.
ARCHIE MITCHELL ENJOYS
PLEASURES OF CITY LIFE|
Goes Joy-Riding With Old Friends and Hav
ing a Gay Time in the Metropolis
on Puget Sound
: By Wireless to the Pioneer'
Pea' 1 Ftb. 12. Archie Mitchell, the o'. 1
time .Alaska pioneer and miner, who recently
arrived in this city after many years in the
North, is having the time of his life with
old friends in this city. Yesterday Mr
Mitchell was taken for his first automobile
ride by Mr. and Mrs. George F. Xilroy. who
are spending the winter on Puget sound.
Mr. Mitchell left Iditarod last September for
the scene of the Chisana stampede.
ANOTHER ARMY AVIATOR
FALLS TO HiS DEATH
Science Still Demands Its Toll of Human
Life From Among the Daring
Investigators
(By Wireless to Tlic Pioneer)
San Diego. Cal.. Feb. 12. Lieutenant
Henry Post of the aviation corps of the
United States army was killed in this city
yesterday while making a flight in an aero
plane. The machine, getting beyond the
I control of the lieutenant, turned completely
j over.
EX-CHAMPION WOLGAST
WILL BE GIVEN CHANCE
! _
Former Champion to Be Given Opportunity
to Regain His Lost Laurels
From Ritchie
San Francisco, Feb. 12. Champion Willie
Ritchie and former Champion Ad Wolgast
were today matched for a 20-round contest
to be pulled off in this city next month.
Ciabby Bests the Sailor
(By Wireless to The Pioneer)
Los Angeles, Feb. 13. At the Vernon
arena last night Jimmy (Tabby was given
the decision over Sailor Petrosky at the end
of their 20-round match.
HEARING IN THAW CASE
(By Wireless to The Pioneer;
Concord, N. IL, Feb. 13.—1The hearing of
the application of Harry K. Thaw to be
released from custody by habeas corpus
will be heard in this city next Thursday,
February 19.
Our motto at the Crosby Baths is to keep
everything neat and clean.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.
SUFFERING AND DEATH
IN MIDDLE WESTERN STATES
Severe Cold Weather, Entailing Death and
Suffering, Experienced in Middle
Western States
By Wireless to The Pioneer)
Minneapolis, I'eh. 13. The northern
states of the Middle West have been ex
periencing very cold and blustery weather
during the past few days. Three deaths
from cold and exposure are reported in
thi^ city,
SWEDEN’S CABINET FALLS
BEFORE PUBLIC CLAMOR
Crisis Brought About by Dissatisfaction of
People With Preparations for
Defense of Kingdom
(By Wireless to Tlio pioneer)
Stockhclm, Feb. 12. The widespread and
incessant demands on the part of the people
of Fv.tden for better defensgive facilities
along the border forced the cabinet to re
sign early this week.
GARFIELD TO BE CANDIDATE
FOR OHIO GOVERNORSHIP
Will Endeavor to Secure Nomination of
Bull Moose Party for Chief Magistrate
of the Buckeye State
(By Wireless t , Tile Pioneer
Lima, Ohio, Feb. IS. Janies it. Garfield,
who was secretary of the interior in Presi
dent Roosevelt’s cabinet, today announced
his candidacy for the governorship of Ohio
on the Progressive ticket.
MEW YORK CITY VISITED
BY SEVERE TREMBLGR
Great Metropolis Visited by Earthquake—
Other Cities Along Atlantic Coast
Also Affected
‘ By Wircli ss i' Tile Pioneer)
N'ew York. Feb. 12. A severe earthquake
.-hock was felt here and at several other
cities i.l tig the sea coast yesterday. No
damage has been reported.
The people of Iditarod were grievously
shocked yesterday morning as the sad in
telligence of the sudden demise of Mrs. Alta
M. Auten, wife of George M. Auten, a most
estimable woman of this [dace, became
known. The cause of death was heart fail
ure, and she passed away shortly before 10
o'clock Thursday night, February 12, at her
home at the Elk lodging house, which place
she had been conducting for several months
past.
About two months ago Mrs. Auten was
very ill fr m the effects of an attack of
heart trouble, and was confined to her room
for several weeks, but during the past
month her condition had improved so niar
vclously that to her many friends she ap
peared in better health than they had ever
-cen her before. All day Thursday she was
cheerfully about her usual vocations, and
several lady friends who called during the
day and evening had congratulated her on
her seemingly complete recovery from the
late, illness. In the evening Mr. and Mrs.
T. L. Thurston had made a short call on
Mrs. Auten and had departed for their home
before 9 o’clock, leaving the deceased in
ihe best of spirits, busily engaged at her fa
vorite pastime of doing fancy needlework.
Shortly before 10 o’clock H. H. Porter,
one of the lodgers, arrived from his day’s
business at his store, and found Mrs. Auten
lying on the couch in the sitting room.
Speaking to her and receiving no response,
he approached, and saw at once that life
was almost extinct. Hurriedly looking for
assistance, he hastened to the Thurstons
home, and both Mr. and Mrs. Thurston lost
no time in getting to the side of the stricken
neighbor. Everything possible was done by
them to resuscitate her, but all efforts were
in vain.
Besides ner nusoand, airs. muen leaves
one son, Lawrence, a very promising young
man, aged nearly 19 years, who left this
city in the fall of 1912, and is now attend
ing business college in Seattle.
The funeral services will be held tomor
row (Sunday) afternoon at A. B. hall, this
city, of which Mr. Auten has been a mem
ber for many years. Interment will be in
Iditarod cemetery.
TEMPERATURE TABLE
Readings taken daily at the Budweiser,
corner of First and Richmond streets:
Above Below
a. m. Zero. Zero.
Fob. 8—5:00.... 10 .... Snowing
Feb. 9—2:00.... 10 .... Cloudy; calm
I Feb. 10—2:00.... 11 .... Hazy; calm
Feb. 1 I—3:35. 2 Clear
Feb. 12—2:00. 12 Clear; calm
Fob. | n—2:00. If) Clear; calm
Feb. 14—1:00. 3 Clear; calm
French people eat on an average of 105
eggs a year each, English 85 and Italians
only 48.
(By Wireless *o The Pioneer)
Washington, Feb. 13.—The senate this morning passed the bill
to open all the withdrawn coal lands of Alaska to homestead entry,
reserving to the national government the title"to the coal contained
therein.
Redfield Speaks for Alaskan Railways
Secretary of Commerce Redfield, in an address yesterday before
the Chamber of Commerce of the District of Columbia, which was
largely attended by senators and representatives, made a strong plea
tor the passage of the Alaska railway bill, which is now being debated
in the house.
Work Commenced on Lincoln Monument
Yesterday afternoon, on the 105th anniversary of the birth of the
great emancipator, amid imposing ceermonies, ground was broken for
the magnificent memorial monument which is to be erected in this city
to the memory of President Abraham Lincoln.
SENATOR
(By Wireless to The Pioneer;
Oklahoma City, Feb. 12.—The suit of Mrs. Minnie Bond against
United States Senator Thomas F. Gore was begun in the district court
in this city yesterday, and is attracting people from all parts of the
state. Mrs. Bond is suing Oklahoma’s noted blind statesman for $30,
000 damages for alleged defamation of character. Among other alle
gations, the woman charges that the senator attempted to commit an
assault upon her in March, 1912. The senator’s defense is that the
whole affair is the work of political enemies who are endeavoring to
drive him from political life by a system of blackmail. The case will
be stubbornly contested, as some of the best attorneys of the state are
engaged on both sides.
Ml
(By Wireless to The Pioneer)
New York, Feb. 12.—Hans Schmidt, the former priest, who was
convicted last wreek of the murder of Anna Aumuilei, was yesterday
sentenced to be electrocuted at the state prison at Sing Sing during
the week of March 23. At the trial it developed that insanity was a
family trait among Schmidt’s kin. According to Heinrich Schmidt, the
prisoner s father, several relatives hanged themsebes, seceral attempt
ed suicide by drowning, and one shot himself. Schmidt s sister said
her brother’s heritage of insanity came from both parents. When he
was a boy, she said, his religious mania was so marked that the neigh
bors dubbed him the little chaplain. The Rev. Father Markert of
Techny, III, who went to school with Schmidt in Germany, testified
that he believed the prisoner to be of infirm mind, and that he had
been so for 12 years. __
WANT ROOSEVELT TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR
(By Wireless to The Pioneer
New York, Feb. 13.—The state committee of the Progressive
! party, after a two days’ conference in this city, last evening announced
; that it had been decided to place in the field a complete ticket for the
state officers which are to be elected this fall. Colonel Roosevelt is
being boomed by the committee for the governorship.__
TAFT SAYS SOCIALISM IS PARAMOUNT ISSUE
(By Wireless 10 The Pioneer)
Philadelphia, Feb. 12.—Ex-President Taft, in a 'lengthy article
contributed in a current issue of the Saturday Evening Post on the po
litical situation of the country, states that the Republican party is very
much alive to the glaring fact that Socialism is the central and most
vital political issue which the United States faces at the present time.
MASQUERADE BALL AT FLAT
NEXT SATURDAY EVENING
—
Interest Displayed in Big Event of Camp j
No. 26 on Eve of Washington’s Birth
day Assures Success of Event
Arrangements for the big Washington s j
birthday ball and banquet are progressing
nicely, and nearly everyone you meet will
tell you that they will be among those pres
I pnt. The beautiful array of costly presents
to be awarded at the dance have attracted
considerable attention this week in Sale’s
show window. The presents during the com
ing week will be on display in the drug
store at Flat City. There will also be a
number of cash presents awarded at the i
hall for character make-ups. The commit- j
tee will make the necessary arrangements !
whereby guests from distant points may at- |
tend at a very moderate transportation ex- ;
pense, and without unnecessary loss of j
time.
The Pioneer has received a quiet “tip” i
that several fun-making stunts will be pulled
pff on that joyous occasion.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.
TONIGHT
Being St. Valentine’s, the
will be a love feast. Cupids,
hearts and all that sort of junk
will be the proper caper.
Come, gather a fair damsel in
thy arms and trip the merry
tango.
Next Saturday no dance. All
hands mush out to Flat for the
jolly old doings at Pa Peck’s
camp.
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