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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-01

Z
ton NJ. Balvin, president Of the vir-
ginia State Automobile Association.
&C. r. WOODING.
Secretary.
Association IndorscS.
The association went ON record in-
dorsing not only tbs Albemarle Club
resolutionA but the revolutions adopt
ed by the Fredericksburg Motor Club,
which were printed In Che virginian
Of yesterday.
+ The association also indorsed the
wide-tire measure proposed BY MT.
Newman. which In given AZ presented
to the General Assembly. This meas
ure, President Belvin said. was IN
dorsed by Captain st. Julien Wilson,
state highway commissioner. and ~
al good roads bodies.
Wide Tire Bill.
Bill to regulate the sale OF wagons
and other vehicles for use In this
State, and to prescribe the kind Of
tires to be used on such vehicles ana
wagons, and 10 forbid the sale OF any
other than those prescribed ~ to the
first day Of January, 1919; and TO
regulate and prescribe the size OF tires
to be used after January 81. ls33. FIX
Ing the penalty incurred for violation
Of same.
"(1) Be it enacted by the General
Assembly OF Virginia. that 1t shall be
unlawful for any person, Arm or cor
poration, after the first day Of jan
uary. 1918. to sell any wagons, drays,
carts and other vehicles in the State
Of Virginia, unless the same be
equipped with tires az follows:
"Au vehicles having an iron or steel
axle as large AZ 1i-4 inches and
smaller than liz tnches. and all ve-
hicles having wooden or Thimblc
Skein axle as large an 2i-4 inches.
and smaller than Sd inches. shall
have not less than a 2-inch faced tire.
IAN vehicles having an iron or
steel axle AZ large A. 1 IL inches and
under , tnches, and al vehicles having
wooden or Thimble Skein Axle AZ
large az ga-4 inches, and under 3l-2
inches, shall have tire OF not less
than 3-inch face
All vehicles having an iron or
steel axle. a. large as inches, and
all vehicles having wooden or Thin
bic Skeln Axle as large a. Ia inches.
shah have q tire Ut not less than 4-inch
face :.
AFTER January !. 1913. all new tires
placed upon vehicles are to be OF
the widths required In tho provisions
OF this bill.
Provided. however. that these pro-
visions shall not apply to vehicles
equipped with rubber tires.
..t2) 1t shall be unlawful after Jan
uary /, 1919. for any person. nrm or
corporation 10 use any wagon or
other vehicle on the public roads Of
this State. unless such wagon or other
vehicle be equipped in accordance with
the provisions OF this act.
's(3) Any person. firm. or corpora
ton, who shall violate the provisions
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-01
BOWLING

Quite q novelty was introduced in
the regular scheduled contest between
the virg1nians and Journals on the
Newport alleys last night when Messrs.
A. and . Sutterlin, father and son.
were pitted against each other, the
father taking the honors from the son.
Captain Splitting was high score.
227: also high total, 500. with Thorpe
second high total. sol, and second
high score. 214.
For the Journals. Fitzgerald was
high score, 201 and Captain Barrow.
second high score. zoo. Mcfarland
was high total sat.
Afr0ia;aa -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-01


Edmond Rostand demonstrated his
genius when he picked ''Chantecier
to typify man, vain man, even IL that
bird long has been recognises IS
possessing traits peculiar to tho ordi-
nary human and vice versa. Both
strut and pose. "Cock of the Walk
Is a phrase handed down for genera
tions. Who has not met the man who
appears to say with ''Chantecler'.
Il dare believe that l, the Cock, am
natures summons to the dawn. / dare
to fear that IL my voice were silent.
the East would sleep and night would
still reign on"
Some men dare to fear that the
night OF ignorance sleeps until they
raise their voice OF wisdom
Jay Donahuc says that The Pay
boy of the Western World Is certain
immoral. or rather 1t would be i'm
moral IL 1t were not satire. The
man who is made hero because he
lyingly boasts he has killed his father
is a most immoral hero TO be sure.
The audiences take him seriously at
times. Now IL Synge had only made
him boast that he had killed his
neither In Law perhaps the Average i'm
tellect might be able to grasp the
situation. Fathers are serious, pa
thetic, sentimental. Mothers are
sacred, especially stage mothers. But.
odd as 1t may appear, there Is no
sentiment. no sacredness about
rnother-in law, even II she chances
to be somebody's mother.
Expert authority says the matter
with the show business--frpm box
Office point OF VIEWS the cut-rate
Il No
managers. In New York 1t appears
they conduct scaling business. SELL
inb blocks Of seats at reduced rates to
wholesale houses and department
stores, Via offer the tickets as a bonus
And yet l6lks who go to Manhattan
claim thst the real matter with the
show business n ticket speculation.
with advances rates on blk office
prices.
Arthur Collins. the manager OF the
lDrury Lane Theater. London, says
among the other excellent thing:
Concerning melodrama l have al
ways held that there Is no difference
between the English and the American
public II rs nonsense to say that
melodrama IL dying out. 1t is sim
popular IL you give a good play and
have fine cast Look at 'Kismet.'
That nothing but meleodarane. The
Darling OF the Gods also a melo-
drama, was produced In London in
the face OF superstition that there
existed a rejudice against American
plays; but it won out, and 1t did so
because 1t was a good piece or
course melodrama has to be done
well in London. and here az well. to
succeed. But. when you present II as
Augustin s,aly did in The Great uhy'
or in the manner The Sporting Ouch
ess' WAS reduced over here You have
a show that IL bound to succeed. Take
The Whip. Every American who saw
It In London admired II. vet / can't
get 1t done over here. The managers
say they don't want melodrama.
II believe the starring system has
been responsible for the ruin OF many
play. In my opinion the minor parts
should be cas-. just ~ carefully az the
principal roles. would never star
anybody. On the Drury Lane bills the
name OF every actor and actress Is In
the same kind Of tye. Whether one
II producing one Of Cecil Raleigh's
melodramas or one Of Pinero's fne
comedies there should be the same
attention paid to detail.
pworeMsec-arei-men var
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-01

When John Gardner, negroy4
years old. was searched at tia "
Police Station. after being arfGs&e
Policeman Campdonicu ktr
drunk and disorderly last nigl
razor was found In his pockef.
additional charge Of carrying =
ceaied weapon was entered 49,
him. Il 5ss3}S
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-01
Colonial.
Vaudeville and moving pictures.

Society vaudeville should be a thrill
ling exhibition. Richmond Is to be
entertained at the Academy next Tues
day night, with q performance which
is a reminder that while Richmond
may furnish clever amateurs the New
York Smart Set gives the real show
continuous vaudeville. Marse Henry
Watterson was press agent for that
New York company at one time. and
furnished real copy. From the Monkey
Dinner act to the Suffragette sketch
the New York All-Star aggregation
furnishes a sensational bill.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-01
eijeu.


This week--Beuiah poynter In "A
Kentucky Romance"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-01
Good Roads Baseball Bowing-Other Sporting News
At the Theatres
Society YaadevilJs---Enghsh Msna-
ger Declares That Mslodra ma is
JMst as Successful as Ever


Friday and SATURDAY nights. matt
nee Saturoay--Aaaude Adams in
"Ihantecler.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-01

Continuous vaudeville. afternoon
and night.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-01

these resolutions be sent to Mr.. Pres
ton NJ Balvin, president Of the Vir-
ginia State Automobile Association.
&C. r. WOODING.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-01

President Lynch. of the National
League, yesterday sent out a formal
call TO the club owners that the
schedule meeting OF the league will
be held in New York on Tuesday.
February 81. at 2 p. NJ. The board
Of directors will meet two hours be-
fore the opening OF the league meet
ing.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
>x.ss-,>',>-lAL-L-lAL-S-KZ-lAA

At Tanana Gilmore conducting dancing academy
At Fort Gbbon kennel club has been organized and tie racing
fever i'll the blood of citizens and soldiers They have had
already which William Surridge Johnny Smoke second
Wheeler Marston third.
Delay arrived in Tnana from the Koynkuk January "a with
encouraging reports and reported that the Hastings ground
Hammond particularly good The gold and i'll
afternoon Mrs Brown and Mrs Hill picked $500 the dump
which Delay brought for the Yukon Valley News
August Olson Wsman the latter that Hastings and
in three days panned and picked $1,000 Hammond an" that
Perry Gibson and the the Jack
Nelson aud Severity close bedrock Hammond and
strike the big thing On Nolan creek there but five
fits working this Gold creek there five outfits and few
scattered about the other creeks
The government wireless Ianana to be changed
from the the teefunken After the
change the anan station will be the powerful i'll Alaska The
present tower will be adequate for the purposes OF the
Bango the stationed Tanana
ea the herd by the Unaak
M Norton sound He keeps the hills distance back from the
river, and is miles on the
Point Hope in the Arctic, De
cember said the coolest weather experienced there that time
above The for November above degrees
than in Nome for the period There little young
and old at ALL that
lodge Of the Order of Elks has been organized Nome with
Henry jacobson PRESIDENT Ward ey sreside1 Walter l. Ba
secretary and z. E Hill treasurer.
Nugget says circles around the up here
indicate upper layers of surcharged with
moisture ready for precipitation
believed commissioner and recorder will appointed
Observation-Disclosures called
spring The district of the Yukon the
Koyukuk river. 1t produced nearly $500 last Happy
Felix stake there and Outside visit relatives.
Hot Air Bob erold is conducting weekly aboriginal dances
Iauana and making
Company A. Sixteenth infantry grand ball the post
gymnasium, Fort Gbhou, Washington's birthday.
Jounel who formerly lived in Fairbanks
her debut grand San Francisco this winter and well
ceived
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
WOMEN INCLUDED IN YUKON rlEIEFFIESS

Stories continue in regarding the dpredon committed
fall by and jail ST. Michael awaiting
pleasure of the Nome grand jury
The told by Judge w. Srangman Idit
arod Nuao las Saturday evening. He
Indian village down below Kaag upon leaving
belonging resident The the dog followed a
upon the
nanded the said, him
themselves the
drink brought another and the and the liquor
genial that the native taried long Finally
what OBTAINING their tribesmau. Of all
village followed. reaching
shocked their friend drunken asleep beach
The uphot the white only
but all the women BESIDES and departed leaving their dupe sleep
his When they had done their will with
tired of their the left them shore
pest they could The dogs carried "a II sold
Judge a
is of having robbed Dave Ievs's ore ast
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
Another etter

Ernest Warner, a prospector,
writing from Ruby Feb. l to
Robert Nesbitt at Iditarod, says:
1t does not look good to me at all, but
do not know where else to go 10. l
wish had staid in the Iditarod. Now
l will be broke again in the spring. l
may come back, or 1 may 60 to the
Sixtymile strike provided the news
gets better toward spring. The
only decent prospects that have been
found so far are on Long creek, but
nothing big. The country is deep and
wet and very expensive to prospect. A
man has got to have boiler, other
wise he is up against it. The
people of Ruby are trying their hardest
to make the thing stick. Maybe they
will don't know, and then you can
never tell
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
COLOR LINE FOR PUGS

The New York state boxing commits
sion is considering the ACCESSIBILITY of
enacting rule that white pugilists
shall not put on the gloves with ne
groes in public bouts at clubs operating
under the new law. There is said to
be considerable sentiment among pro-
moters and trainers for compelling ne
groes to box among themselves. This
would mean that Langford, johnson,
jeanette and McVey would have to
fight among themselves for the negro
championship, while kaufman, Flynn,
CARL Morris, Palzer. Kennedy, Lester
and others would compete for the white
mans title.
The problem is not new one, but it
is the first time in this country that a
state official body has taken cognizance
of it with the idea Of providing rem
edy if public clamor favors one.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02

USE OF FIREARMS

There is much indiscriminate use Of
firearms, both within and without the
city limits, and unless means are taken
to check the evil fatality is likely to
result ere long.
Shots are being fred at all times of
the day and night, and narrow escapes
have been recorded.
Some days ago two men were en-
gagged repairing a scow on the river.
when they became aware that the scow
was the target for a presumably anna
teur marksman. Presently bullet Of
large caIiber whizzed past. Narrowly
missing one of the men. it went clear
through a finch plank, then through
a door and finally disappeared. 1t was
the merest chance that neither of the
men was killed.
Such careless use of firearms should
bediscountenanced, if it cannot be
penaliZed.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
GREAT MANS DAUGHTER WORKS

Miss Laura Harlan, daughter Of
the late Justice Harlan, deprived of
her means of support by the death
of her father, goes to work to earn
her living.
This sets fellow thinking.
Evidently, John Marshall Harlan
died poor. Every brave man, in
one way or another gives his life
away says Carlyle. Justice Har-
Ian was brave man: his life didn't
pay" i'll the ordinary meaning of
the term, He might have made
millions as a corporation lawyer in
private practice. He might have
enjoyed extraordinary opportunities
tor investments in the "a years
that he held place Of tremendous
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
QUEER SKUNK FROM KUSKOKWIM

About as queer a specimen of a pelt
as has ever been seen by local fur
dealers is being shown by Stacy, a hun
ter just arrived from the lower river.
The skin is that of a spotted skunk, an
animal which is rarely caught in the
interior of Alaska, and is supposed to
be a freak Instead of the usually
striped fur common to that animal,
this one shows bright yellow spots on
a dark background. On the back the
spots are round, while on the belly they
are ellptical.
Stacy trapped the animal near his
headquarters on the head of the Kus-
kokwim river during the late fall.
Because of the freakish nature of the
catch, Stacy plans to send the fur to
the Smithsonian Institution, in order
that it may be classified.-Times.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
BE- CAUTIOUS
ABOUT EIBE

During the week Fire Chief McGov-
ern was around inspecting stovepipes.
In several instances pipe was found
full Of holes and too rotten to bear its
own weight, while its owners had sup
posed it to be in good condition.
1t is within the safety that the piI e
is so quickly eaten up by rust. Chief
McGovern again requests all residents
to take down, clean and test their pipes
frequently, and warns them that the
season of high Winds is at hand and
is very dangerous.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02

BY last weeks mail E. j. Ives
received a letter from Harry
Hamburger, dated Ruby, Feb. 9.
from which the Pioneer is per-
mitted to quote as follows:
From present indications it looks as
if it is going to be the big thing. Up
to New Years there was feeling of
doubt and the only real hope at the
time was Bob Martin on the Nuahmah
bench, Flint creek; but our
faith was only half half hearted. The
bench has light pay, but they have not
lined up pay anywhere else on Flint
except little gold about 600 feet be-
low Martins. Shortly after New Years
good reports were brought from Glen
and Fernald & Altman have ground
that will 60 81 to IS a foot. Gil Edgar
has pay above them, but not so strong.
Bill Afford has the ground below. In
November Lew Colbert quit working
with Afford and went to Trail creek.
Early in January there were rumors of
pay on Trail. Colbert's partners are
Henderson formerly of Flat ard man
named Johnson. They kept on sinking
holes, restaking and jumping. When
people talked to them they said they
had cent on bedrock. They got all
thnv u-u-,taA oD,,lR orI
the last of January let it out that they
had four feet of 10-cent dirt about two
miles below: and at the same time
Knute Introgard had four feet Of better
than l0-cent dirt about two miles above
Colberts hole. Stree then Knute has
gone six feet into bedrock il his hole
over ten feet of pay. Trail is about
thirty miles long and the knowing ones
claim there is pay the whole length
Where Colbert got pay il il twenty
three feet to bedrock-ten feet of muck.
Lower down about four miles Pete
Jorgenson is supposed to have pay at
UlutIS lett- II is tSpOileu Oh Tue street
this morning that Bill Afford has taken
an option on the Prospector association
on Trail, $1,000 down and 100000 later.
/ do not know how true this is About
two weeks ago pay was found on Mid
night creek, a tributary of Long. Mid
night is over six miles long. Ed Drake
(who worked on Willow, Billy Bowers
and Matt Raglan made this strike.
They have eight feet that will go
nearly 10 cents-twenty-two feet deep,
and people who have seen it say the
formation is ideal-same as Dawson.
The Poppert brothers have prospects
going 3 to ) cents two miles above
Drake & Co. A few days ago Aug.
Pelke struck pay on the Dakota asso-
citation on Long, about a mile and
half above Smith brothers above on
Long. I understand their pay is as
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
BILLIONS OF BACTERIA FOUND

"Three thousand million bacteria
was the net yield given by washing
a smooth skinned clean man,
while a hairy individual lost four,
teen thousand million,' said J, W.
NJ Bunker, instructor i'll sanitary
engineering at Harvard, i'll all adj
dress before the Boston Scientific
Society. He was telling of expert
ments carried Oh in England. He
recommended disiufection Of water
in swimming pools, which he said
may transmit infectious diseases.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
TOO, TALKING OF BOLIVIA

Nugget: According the late papers
Bolivia in South
residents ruscang
quartz According clipping by Jake Berger
Sullivan, Tom Doyle Jack Flanagn
hit the south trail the
has sold the ranch he purchased
stampede
Flanagan will sell his i'll the
Bolivia the mentioned belle
the strike believed e in
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
RUBY CONDITIONS
told IN LETTERS

rich as, if not richer than, anything
yet on Long. Good prospects, but
hardly pay, have been found on Gold
Run, Surprise, Rabbit, Monument and
Twilight creeks. Everybody is opti
mistic, and we know 1t is gold coun-
try. Money is awfully tight and there
are SO many creeks and SO few diggers
that the development will be slow, but
eventually you will all be here and the
big thing of Alaska will be Ruby.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
FLAT CITY NOTES
LADIES' BASKETBALL

An A. B. ladies' basketball team is
being formed here and a number of
ladies are practicing almost daily.
Some splendid talent is here, several of
the players having belonged to clubs
at Fairbanks and Nome. A series of
games with Iditarod are contemplated
The following ladies are active play
ers: Mrs. w. Amalong, Mrs. Frank
Dawson, Mrs. Charles Suter, Mrs. Alex.
Larson, Mrs. Selma Swanson, Mrs.
Campbell, Mrs. Laing, Mrs. Oscar
Gardner, Mrs. A. Letner, Miss NJ. Cool
iQge and Miss Larson,
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
NOTES AND PERSONALS

Harold Seddon, from the Takotna
district, has been in town for few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Snyder, of the
well-known Snyder House, entertained
Mr.. G. Stanford and Mr.. f. A. Cleve-
land at a dinner party last Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Judge Taylor. from Iditarod,
has been visiting Mrs. Tom jackson up
the creek for a few days.
Frank Spira. George NeiIs, Toney
Seward and Danny Coil, who have been
working on Donlan creek. returned last
Sunday.
Frank Hanson, who returned from
RUBY few weeks ago and went with
Bob Hart to DonIan creek, got back
from there last Monday.
On the 10Th Of the month the great
est mask ball that has ever taken place
in the North will be held at A . B. ball.
The following returned from Aniak
last Sunday: A. B. Ferguson, Duncan
Little, Jack Shropshire, Dan McCarty,
William Bevans, George Kinman, Nc
Donald and Krutsinger.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
DAWSON NAN ENDS LONG FAST

R. +, Fox, of Dawson, well
known as an ivory worker of this
city for many years, and for a long
time engaged in mining on Mint
gulch, completed fast of 90 days
week ago, says the News of that
city, He lost 80 pounds during
the fast Since then he has re-
gained all but 10 pounds. He says
he toDk the fast to cnre the rheu-
matjs1', and that he is entirely free
of the complaint No nourishment
of any kidd passed his lips during
The fat.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT
AGAINST GREEN AND SHIRLEY

Judgment by default was rendered
in the case of F. G. Moves VS.. George
R. Shirley and Y. O. Green in Justice
Stanton's court Feb. 20 The suit was
on promissory note for 5000 given to
the Washington-Alaska Bank in Sep
TENDER, 1910. The judgment includes
accrued interest.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02

power over big business, bnt-he
died poor.
Do you know, we have an idea
that if Justice Harlan looks down
from above, he is not a bit ashamed
to see his daughter earn her bread.
Isn't it title of high respectively
high respect, indeed - under the
oircumstances?-Ex.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
Telegram Received

The following telegram was
received last Monday by H. V.
Pierce, of Flat, from Sam God
frey at Ruby;
Towgrade pay holes Long, Trail,
Midnight, Glen. No paystreak devel-
oped any place. Looks spotted.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02

The polar bear in an open-air in
closure at the New York ZOO howled so
when a cold spell struck the city this
winter that the keeper had to take
them indoors and turn on the steam.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02

In the Porcupine district Of Ontario,
Canada, 5000 claims of 40 acres each
were staked in 1870 and slightly more
than that number in 1911. There was
also much buying and selling, and the
prices ranged from a few hundred to
100000. Nearly every claim has some
market value.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
CHECKS FOR WITNESSES
AWAITING THEIR OWNERS

Commissioner E. M. Stanton holds
checks as witness fees for Eugene
Brant, Henry Brant and Lem Baldwin.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02
Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITARoD, ALASKA

Kennel Club Kennel Club! Iditarods pet baby cub
Of which Arbuckle is ruler and revolving hub,
Will on Roof Garden night quench your thirst by the
And pacify all you hungry with delicious palatable
grub.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02

Select Outside Lumber, con rugated
iron and roofing paper at Ross y Mes
tors.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-03-02

Staley underwear. H. Boas, clothier
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-21
new AVIATION FIELD
| BATHED IN BLOOD
Opening Day of the Oakland Meet
Ends With Fatal Injury of
One More Unfortunate

OAKLAND. Cal. Feb. 1.-THE
opening of the aviation meet today at
the old Emeryville track a few years
ago famous for its horse racing. was
baptized in blood. Tonight VIM. n.
Hof of San Francisco lies probably
dying in the hospital and half a dozen
fellow aviators more fortunate than
he escaping from the wreckage of
their machines. nerving themselves TO
play again tomorrow the hide and seek
game with death which turks in ocean
fogs and gusty winds of San Francisco
bay
Phil o. Parmalee, Glenn Martin
Horace Kearney. Hillary Beachey. are
among those whose machines were
driven to the ground. one after an
other the biplanes We're caught i'm the
varying current and before they could
right their machines they were IN
trouble, though save to Hon nothing
serious happened.
Hoff was trying a new machine and
was at a height of fifty feet when 4
buckled, dropping straight to the
earth with the aviator underneath
His pelvic bone was fractured, nose
broken, face made a pulp and in.
ternal injuries.