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Mel Matheson arrived in the city yesterday direct from Marshall
City, the scene of the miscalled Andreafski strike. He confums the 1
previous reports published as to tne failure to locate pay, except in
regard to possibly one or two claims, and that the stampeders are leav
ing the scene. The most interesting news that Mr. Matheson brings is
that “Moose” Johnson, the national director of the Loyal Order of
Moose, who has been on his way to lditarod for some months, is about
to arrive here at last, having been detained at the Halfway roadhouse,
and will probably make his appearance in the city on Monday.
Mr. Johnson left Ruby last fall over the first ice for Nome, where j
he organized a large lodge of his order, and where the festivities inci- I
dent to the installation ceremonies engaged his attention for some time.
From newspaper reports it is learned that the lodge at Nome is in a !
flourishing condition, constantly adding to its membership, and that it
has become a prominent factor in the fraternal and social life of the j
city on the shores of Norton sound. From Nome Mr. Johnson pro
ceeded to St. Michael, where another lodge was organized, having a :
large membership, and Mr. Johnson proceeded up the Yukon to Mar- ;
shall City, with the expectation of organizing a lodge there, but it is
presumed that owing to the fact that most of the population had left
the task was abandoned.
Basil Clemons, who as deputy organizer has performed the pre
liminary work of organizing a lodge of the Moose here, reports that j
about three hundred persons have signed the charter iist, and no doubt ;
Mr. Johnson will receive a hearty welcome on his arrival, and it is ex
pected that the final steps of organization will be taken at once.
Mr. Matheson brought to The Pioneer the following letter from
Mr. Johnson:
“Halfway Roadhouse, March 6, 1914.
“Mr. Editor: As a matter of news I am phased to say I wall be
in your city Monday and immediately proceed to organize the Moose
lodge. I piloted a party of four across the range from Dementi, and
had to leave a big lot of Moose horns on the trail a day out—the same
i am returning for this morning. We hit the mail trail eight miles this
side of Dikeman, after breaking trail for three days. The other mem
bers of the party were Mel Matheson, Julius Walters and J. M. McGee,
all from Marshall City. Wilson creek strike. Awaiting the pleasure or
meeting you, I am Respectfully yours,
"J. FREDERICK JOHNSON,
“National Director L. 0. 0. M.”
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LADY SCOTT AND HER SON
; That T.a-ly Scott and her son Peter, widow !
| and child of the late Sir Robert Franklin !
Scott, the bravo English explorer who per
! ished with his party after tin y had made a
: heroic dash across the Antarctic ice fields
i to the south pole, will not be obliged to
• depend upon any private charity for sus
j tenan.ee is due to the action of King George.
When his majesty learned of the poor cir
cumstanees of the plucky little widow and
her child he immediately set about to make
i arrangements for the comfort of the bereft
woman. King George has informed Lady
■ Scott that a suite in Hampton Court palace |
has been set aside for herself and her son. j
! and that she will be supplied with ample
funds to maintain the position in life to
which she has been accustomed. Sir J. M.
Barrie, an old friend of Captain Scott, has
pledged himself to the task of seeing that
i young Peter is given a thorough education.
| so that he wdl grow to be an honor to the
; memory of his brave father.
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Shotguns and Shotgun Shells
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Carpets, Rugs, Matting, Furniture
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Mcsdames Stranberg, Solibakke, Monk
! man, Onyett, Neahter, Gardner and Dcining
anti Miss Johansen, the ladies who danced
the French minuet in colonial costume at
the masquerade, wish to thank the Aictic
Brotherhood of Flat for the pretty special
prizes which were sent, to them.
Mrs. Kettlewell was attacked by illness
last Wednesday and was taken to the hos
pital, where the is now being cared for.
I Charles Gunz of I'lat City received the
I sad news on the hast mail of the death
! of his mother.
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A telegram was received last week from
George Riley. He left Seward on February
27 for Iditarod. accompanied by seven
dredgermen, who arc to install and operate
the Otter creek dredge. They are ex
pected to arrive here about the 11th of this
month.
Charles Drew, Frank Morgan and H. N.
| Hanson returned from the Kuskokwim last
Monday, where they have been hunting for
jibe pat month. They brought back one
j big bull moose. Mr. Hanson fired the lucky
j shot.
Dave Mutchler left for Seward Wednesday.
He goes to meet his wife and Mrs. Karl
Thiel and little boy at that place, and will
bring them in over the trail by dog team.
Cyril Wood and E. A Austin spent a
couple of days hunting on the Iditarod river
near the power plant.
,L G. Rivers of Happy creek was in town
the first part of the week.
Felix Boucher, who has been trapping and
prospecting around Moore creek all winter,
arrived at Flat yesterday.
Owing to the excellent trail, nearly all
of Moore creek visited Iditarod the past
week.
Charles Stanford, Cecil Barlow and Dan
Stewart have gone in partnership and wid
operate on 9 above. Moore creek, this sum
Bill Thoms and “Red” Label! left for
Moore creek today, where they have been
prospecting all winter on Nevada gulch, a
tributary of Moore, and are more than sal
lied with the results. They are taking
lumber for shore boxes and will work there
this >umni- r. Harry She]'! id is par: own- r
in the ground.
Chester Brink and Billy Bordman re
lumed from the Kwikli strike Ia«t Sumhv.
They say they don’t know any more now I
about the strike than they did when they
left. Jens Kuamme and partner, who
staked all oT Canyon creek, where the pay
was reported, have been unable to get to
bedrock on account of water. They say
Joe Venus is whipsawing lumber for
Kuamme, and he is planning on working [
the ground this summer. The stampede ■
started on the report that the reindeer herd
ers brought, that $00 in dust was panned
from Kuamme’s ground last summer. Joe
Jean staked a claim at the mouth of Canyon
creek. Joe lli, liner, Slim Smith and Joe
Marones sank on Fork creek, but could not
reach bedrock on account of water.
Folsom and Dick Carles are operating cn I
Five pup, Moore creek.
Joe Gallant arrived from the Aniak last
Wednesday. He reports that I red Labell j
of the Marvel Creek Mining Company has |
his outfit all in position.
Mr. Perry of Marvel creek has sold his
interest on that creek to John Bennett.
Judge Steir, the Georgetown comm is
! sinner, is reported to be in very poor health
and failing fast.
Jack Conley opened up tho Big (’reek
roadhouse, on the Seward trail last week.
Harry ^heppard is expecte 1 from Ophir
within the next few days
Paul Shafer arrived at Flat from Bear
creek last Wednesday. He says things are
quiet in that district this winter.
Mrs. Tiaggith, the new proprietor < f the
Snyder house, is having the rooms repapered
and making many improvements.
\\ Team Harden returned from Ruby the
first of the week. He i< going back to his
old job with the A ukon Gold Company this I
summer.
RL'BY IS GOOD LOW-GRADE CAMP
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I Well-Known Surveyor Gives Optimistic '«
View of Future of Camp
(Seattle Sun, Jan. 8)
i I . ?. Robe of Ruby, Alaska, is registered 1
:.t the Frye, while on his way to Salem, Ore., j
; where he will end the winter with his fam
ily. Mr. Robe has been a resident of Alaska !
or 10 years, and is a great believer in the '
future of that country. lie had charge of j
Oh - building of the government roads in j
; the Ruby di: inri for the pa<t two years,
i “Last year $550,000 was taken out.” said 1
I lie. “and next ye. r i believe $1,000,000 e.m 1
1 be safely counted or. l or a number of
ye; rs to come the camp should average from !
>U'JiV0Q to $2.OCCAM,>0. In my judgment |
i Ruby should be considered as a good small.
1 low-grade camp.”
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AFTER HUERTA WHAT?
WILL BE REIGN OF TERROR
(By Colonel Jasper Ewing Brady, late j
U. S. A., in Seattle Sun)
Washington, Jan. 13. Last February Fe
lix Diaz from a prison cell started a revo
lution which ended the uncertain 18 months'
reign of Francesco Madero. The murder of
the constitutional president and vice prcsi
dent followed, and Victoriano Huerta
seized the presidency of Mexico. The rec
ognition of his assumption of power by the :
European governments followed in more or
less rapid succession, but the United States,
under President Taft, refused to have any
thing to do with Mexico as long as Huerta
remained in power. President Wilson con
tinued this waiting policy, and today vve
stand just where we did at the beginning I
of the trouble.
When Huerta assumed power the first
opposition developed in the northern part j
of the republic. Governor Mayorterena of ,
the state of Sonora refused to recognize .
Huerta or any man connected with his (
regime. Venustiano Carranza, a patriotic j
farmer of Cohuila, joined forces with May- j
terena and organized a provisional gov
ernment, with the capital at Hermosillo.
Sonora. Carranza was proclaimed provi
sional president, and since then has tried to
exercise the functions of government.
Over in Chihuahua and Durango was
Pancho Villa a bandit pure and simple,
who had been a foil -wer of Madero and
who saw in the situation a chance to start
once more on a career of brigandage and
loot, lie had under his command some
10,000 or more men who would be loyal
to his slightest wish. Villa’s big hold on
his men is due to the fact that he treats
and pays them well. He immediately re
pudiated Huerta and swore he would stop
at nothing save his utter extermination.
His campaign in the states of Durango
and Chihuahua is a matter of too recent
history to need more than a brief mention
here.
Villa's Rise to Power
IK* first captured the city of Durango,
which he has since held; then he moved on
Torreon, caotured that, and has held it at
odd times since. His next move was against
Chihu: ima. the richest prize outside of Mex
ico City in the entire republic. Here he
met rather determined opposition from the
federal troops under the command of Pasc
■;ual On wo, ami after three weeks of futile
effort Villa suddenly made a flank marc?
to the west of Chihuahua, and after a rapid
forced march appeared in front of Juarez,
situated opposite El Paso. li*xa>. His
movement was more than successful, and
Juarez fell.
From tin re Villa started the movement
.-.loch eventually gave him Chihuahua
will,! t:; a light. The federal power in North
ern Mexico was broken save for 4.000 men
undi ! Men ado and Orozco at (Jjim.ga. The
L’cm rapl k al local: n of Ojinaga, together
v itii d:e : !m i-t impregnable situation of the
t'-vvii it-! If. has made the destruction of
•h:s fnl ral force mere than dixit ulr. For
six days the Villa troops under Ortega
fought back and forth and at last the rob
D ’■''ere compelled to retire to await rein
forcements and a fresh sup; ly of ammuni
tion. 1 inaily Villa won this fight.
Over in ihe eastern portion of the re
I ublic the rebel forces are under the im
mediat command of Generals Pablo Gon
zales and Candido Aguiliar. They have a
combined force under them of about 10,000
men. Gonzales operates in the states of
Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, while Aguilar
has been paying particular attention to the
northern pari of \ era Cruz, his especial care
being the immensely valuable oil properties
f the I.ngli-h and American companies, sit
uated near Tuxpam.
Gonzales and Aguilar made a combined
attack on Tampico during the past month
■ were unable to drive it home on ac
nt of the presence of two f • lernl gun
boats lying ni the Km Pairuco. These boat
by reason of the superior range of their
?uns, were able to drive back the advancing
roods at the time when their attack seemed
about to succeed.
Gonzales then retired toward Victoria, his
base, and Aguilar returned to his operations
about Tuxpam. During the first week of
ihe new year Gonzales made a forced march
north and attacked the federal troops de
fending Laredo. Again he was unsuccess
ful. This brings all the important military
operations down to date, save the actions
over in Sonora and Coahuila. There the
rebel troops under General Percy Obregon
have captured Culiacan and are now be
sieging the federal troops garrisoning the
Ciudads on the west coast.
Where Huerta Rules
Huerta holds absolute sway over the fed
eral district and Mexico City; he has troops
at Zacatecas, Monterey, Jiminez, Piedras
Negras, Guaymas, Mazatlan, Manzanillo,
Guadalajara, Acapulco, Vera Cruz, Tampico
and a fesv other advanced positions. From I
this we are apt to believe that Huerta is i
really stronger than he is. Most of the !
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places mentioned are so far away from
the capital and the lines of communication
leading to them are either cut or in the
hands of the rebels, that any relief or as
sistance would lie a mighty hard matter to
put through. Huerta’s real strength lies in
Mexico City, Vera Cruz and Tampico. These
places he can reach by rail and steamer,
and he has been able to do more than hold
his own.
Reports as to the numbers of men en
gaged in this .struggle have been greatly
exaggerated. The real numbers are as fal
lows : j
Carranza in the west has about 7,000 to1
10.000 men; Pancha Villa, in Chihuahua, I
has 10,000 to 15,000; Tomas Urbina, oper-j
ating near Durango, 4.000; Pablo G-'iizalesi
and Aguilar, between them, about 10,0u0j
men, making a total of about 40.000 rebels I
under arms and operating as cohesive anm d j
forces.
Iluerta has 30,000 men in the confines of j
; s capital and must perforce keep them ;
there for the defense of Mexico City and
his government, and he has about. 20,000
men at the other places mentioned. All
the talk about Huerta putting an army of;
100.000 men in the field as the purest rot.
He has neither the arms nor ammunition.!
In giving these figures I have not taken |
account of the many roving bands of rebels j
operating wherever they have an opnortu- I
nity. There are many such bands, but they i
acknowledge no man or faction as their !
leaders; they operate soMy for loot, ami
as soon as they destroy one place they dis
and. And I have also failed to give an!
account of the Zapata brothers, Etniliano j
and Eufcinio, two bandits who have been
operating in the states of Morel;.s and Pu ’
: • 1 a ever since they were (11 enough to !
carry a gun. They have a large following!
of about 10.00!) men. who in ordinary times!
are supposed to be peaceful farmers, but who
respond with alacrity to the call of their
leaders for action.
The Za: at os and their followers are the
purest menace to peace in Mexico that
here is at the pr cut day. At the present
time the Zapatas have men within the very
c mfines of Mexico Ci*y ready to sei
first opportunity to burn, outrage and loot.
They are the men m.ot fear -d by Huerta;
'hey am right at Ids door and fur;.! h fh ■
principal reason why Huerta i? unable to
nd nr<.t ’ ng ns.
After Huerta, What?
This is a brief review of the situation
'.own to date. There are enough men tin '
er arms in Mexico who arc opposed to 1
Huerta to wi -e him off the map within '
two weeks' time if they would only com- j
bine into one force whose sole purpose was ;
to overthrow the dictator, but they will
not combine. Each is jealous of the other, 1
and the day Huerta h overthrown, as he '
will be, will mark the beginning of a reign 1
of blood and terror in at wiii make any
dung Huerta may have done seem to have
been the act of a Sunday school teacher.
Get this thoroughly in your mind. At
the present writing there are three distinct
governments operating in Mexico Carranza,
with his capital at Hermosillo; Villa, con
trolling Chihuahua and Durango, and
Huerta intrenched in Mexi- » City. Each
claims to be the leader of the entire Mex
ican people, each is demanding recognition
as die do facto and de jure government of
the republic, and not one of them can be
shaken from his determination to rule as he
sees fit. Iluerta will lie driven from power,
but not by any armed force at present op
erating in Mexico. The great problem of
the Wilson Bryan policy the one great
question is, After Huerta, what?
REUNION OF ALASKANS IN YAKIMA
Large Number of Former Residents of Ter
ritory Meet at Banquet Board
There was held recently in Yakima.
\\ ash , a reunion of former residents of
Alaska who now make their homes in that
fertile region. The event was planned by
Attorney E. B Yelikanje. and was greeted
with enthusiasm by the old sourdoughs.
The banquet was a great success, and will
probably be ma le an annual event. Among
tl'.e former Ala.-kans present were: Mr. and
M" . X. C Richards, J. M. Hitchings, Arthur
Baldwin. Charles Dumbolton, S. G. Black
burn Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Yelikanje, Mr.
and Mr.- R. B. Milroy, Fred G. Kappelman,
George Thomas, R. P. Root. A. L. Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. Murray, B. Miles, E. G. Ten
nant. A. W Barr. W L. Powell, Mr. and
Mrs. \V. I). MeXair. B. F McCurdy, Mary
M. Hi 1. Claire Martin, Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Ames, George Karr. I J. Crabtree, A. K.
Thompson, Then Pahlitsch, John B. Wal
lace, I). D. McLennan. C. 0. Kittilsen, John
Michaels. ?>Irs. Carbonneau. Miss Mulroonev.
Ben MichJi- Is, Lew is Michels. William Mc
Gonagle. M. R. Galloway, M. E. Olsen, Wal
ter Blackwell, Mrs. Benson, A. J. Larson, J.
B. Bin; rman. Je: .*■ Reuter, John Pounder.
Jatnes i raser, Harry W. Sprague, W. W
Mu;.,.!. L. D. Luce. I(. R. Bayne. E. C. Yan
Brunch. C II. McCrowvold T. W Thorn
ton. W. F. Baker, J. C. Roth, E. Helliesen,
Mr an . Mrs. S. C. Ilenton and J. V. Payne.
COLD WAVE IN THE EAST
New V. r!\ Jan. 14. La-t night was the
coldest in 14 years. V i.r degrees bdow
zero, the niinimum. was touched at f> a. m.
At s it wa- 1 below. Nine persons have
been ace .unted for who died as a direct
result of exposure. The poors sufferings
were frightful. The municipal lodging
houses were packed. Scores of derelicts slept
in the morgues beside the cadavers. Work
men today were inclosing the municipal pier,
at the foot of East Twenty -ixht street, as
a shelter. Completed, it will accommodate
several hundred.
The total acreage in Hungary is about
SO.OOO.COO, of which 28 per cent is in for
est. Of this. 50 per cent is owned ! y in
I dividual- or corporations. 20 per c°nr by
municipalities, 15 per cent by th govern
ment and 15 per cent oy the church.
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