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The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
PRES. WILSON CONFIDENT LEGISLATION WILL PASS

ed for the actual beginning of the | york of construction.
 The bill gives the president tn, l power to adopt name for the rail read and 1t gives him d very wa" lai . itude In the appointment, of officer. and the designation and creation of !" sitions to be filled.
 From the general manager or dire, = tor general or whatever name thn pi esident may choose for the head of tho rond down to the last and icasi employe tiIe appointment ix left to lh,' president He may also detail any officer of the army or navy to perform ruty with the railroad and is given determine the port for the terminal of the road.
 The bill directs that the road shall bt of standard guage and shall con meet with coal field or coal fields in Alaska yielding sufficient coal If proper quality for use of naval pur- DO ses. and so as to give the hest al l r, ssible to the development of nIl of tFe agricultural and mineral rsourccs of the territory and the settlement and development of the public hn,l,, The roads Is also to be equipped <. n. to furnish necessary transportation for all military supplies and troops as we'll ns [" carry the mail and for al, government purposes.
 The bill also provides for the build Ing of docks md terminal facilities a. such ports as the president may determine and for the fixing of freight and passenger rates by the president.
 The president Is empowered {" cm- rIoy such officials and others as may Le necessary for the building an'l conduct of the road and {" IiN their salaries. He is empowered to lease the railroads after completion and tu fix tho rate to he paid for tho lease, hut he may not lease a section of tho load for a longer pcrlml than len years.
 In fact inc bill ns ii will nnally b! passed practically gives tho president nf the United States absolute power t\cI the largest and smallest details of building, management and cuuip-
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
EARTHQUAKE AT RENO
 HOUSES DEMOLISHED

,.i {" stnnd for more than This honor also moved hastily hut cautiously into inc street. The only person who did not seem nt .lI cffcctcdf ny the quake was Il very pretty young woman who vus just about to tell her marital troubles to the court when the earth u,ukc arrived Shc said afterwards
 pt shc had Mcn through so many wursr things in her short three years O.: married life that Il little thing like nn earthquake or falling courthouse tiiI not bother her one hit.
 Outside If thc delay in tho pretty little wnman's divorce the knocking q, wn of few houses and tho smash ing of number of windows in the town the quake did no damage. hui just the samc the people of Reno art wondering if t is a visitation of provi' dcncc on the town md warning thu man must let thc holy bonds of matri' mcny alone.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18

WASfIIEGTnN. Fr,,. 1S-The re- ort from the commanding officer of th" troops stationed at El Pasn thnt lis men had captured the bandit Cos t.llo has created a rtthcr cmharrasS ing situation and thr departments 'i eiair and T justice are searching for lrcrr,lrnts x i" what slan h" done with tue man.
 He cannut he fried for murder by the American authorities for his nc; was not committed on American sol although it was responsible for tho deaths of seven Americans. It is not li Ol,ahle that ih" r"nstitutionalis's ,?ill ask for the mans rxtradition as l.. is unc uf their party. "r claims '' l,. In any event. tho c"nstiutinha'
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
Special Nugget Service.

Special Nugget Service.
 Fl. PASo t'eh. ls.---Thc sensa- t!rnal report of the capture of the bandit leader Cos'illo who was charg ; ,c with being res f,, aisfl,le for the gre,' c,.mbrr disaster of two weeks ago seems tu have been erroneous. The r,an captured and executed In the iu"untains and reported by the MeNi- ,,G government us the leader of thr ln,nd is now said to have been q younger brother If the real leader.
 The man who 1t is said is the leader n. the outlaw hand attempted to com" into the United States with some "f lis followers today and was arrested l., one "f thr cavalry patrols on tlr' |. r,,.r as soon ns iic sci foot in Vnitr;, States territory.
 I'm. man acknowledged that hc was ,hc man responsible for the wreck in the tunnel which cost the lives of for (? Mcxicans and seven Americana. and hc seemed iu he rather glad a r;,l inio the hands of the United states authorities rather than hc cap trrcd by his own countrymcn.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
SCHOONER
 WRECKED
epseiai Nugget Serv co

EpactAt NuHHet 0uTN S0
 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1T.-Word l.s just reached here of the wreck of the three mastcd schooner W. II. Di- mt. nd on Bird Island on February TO- The vessel belonged to the Alaska Cod fish Company and was in command "f captain (. w l:cllhprg. She carried a crew of twenty men. all of whom werc able to get ashore nt l,ird island.
 The vessel wns caught In Il heavy gale and driven from her course before the wind. After the gale, subsidcd q dcncc fog shut down and for two days it was impossible fur the captain |. take a sight nr make Il iandfall. M the closc of tho second day "f calm the wind again frcshcned and the schooner was driftcd unto tho r.ks "f l:Ird island.
 When 1t was seen that the rising s..' wculd pound the vessel L" pieces lhc crew abandoned tho ship and stni' ashore in their small lMats.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
Special Nugget Service.

RENO. i'ch. 1S. More things than matrimonial rni"nglcments cnn he shaken up tn Reno and just to prove trat family jars were not the only troubles going around old mother na- turc delivered small sized earth cuakc here at tcn-cightccn o'clock tl'is morning.
 It was just ten minutes after the Inc ur set for the hearing of tho usual Tt mhcr of divorce cases as the mem- hers of Reno society who ga to court irstoad of reading all ahout the latest scandals in the sensational papers had assembled for their mornings divorce cope when there was n rumbling of Inc ground and q mttling of windows i,. inc court room as if the souls os ,.! the departed divorcccs and their ,,crartcd mates. soul and otherwise wcro seeking admission to tho old frmillar sccncs of their trlumphs and defeats.
 When the first shock came inc judge who is responsible for the untyinE 'oi E. many knots must have thought that the spirits of tho departed were after him. for his honor inconttncnt- ly ducked from the bench and did not even stop to dismiss the court. Int attendants. who could not be expect
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
COSTELLO, BANDIT LEADER
 CAPTURED ON AMERICAN SOIL

is,s. not having been regularly rec"S- nized as government could not send II a request Or-t,xtraditon even If they wanted the man back for trial.
 u k on the otinr hand extremely III likely that the liucrta government; vill bother is head about the man enc way or another and th"re tli.' authorities of ihe United states stick.
 It Is put forward that the t'nii.| states has no jurisdiction over tho t..nn whatever in the ahscnce of any r quest from Mexico for his detention and that thr most that can hc done .H him is tn send him hack acr"ss tho ",,irr as undesirable This would ."'
 uI.n, tn allowing the bandit , :., free. for it is Iut probable thai ir N woull hc m"lrstcd by his own cn,nl- hymcn.
 While the departments in Washing ten are searching for some precedent i,i tho matter the bandit chief and ris men will im held ly ih" soldiers.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18

WASHINGTON. Feb. lS.-The house "f representatives today resumed the detailed consideration of the Alaska F. ilrnad bill The debate on the meas pro has new been closed and there wiil Ir no more time taken up ny speeches made mainly for the benefit oi the congressional record.
 The administrat tion leaders are con- flt ent that Il final vote on the bill in the house is near.
 After the house acts on the bill there will be very little. if any delay, as the house committee made hut one change il the document as it came from the senate This was in regard to the provision for operating the road. The h, use has so amended the senate bil' as to give the president power to ,iihcr lease the railroads after they arc built to private corporations or to have them operated by the govern nrnt :lS hS ucemS DcSt. IniS prONiSiOn WIS put In thc hill ut the suggestion "f lhr administration in order tn give ih, president free hand in deciding tho hest means of operating tho roads without tho necessity of farther leg islntion on the matter.
 The president and the democratic leaders realize that now is the tim" !" get the railroad laws arranged in such a way that 1t will not bc nrcca- .a,,y {" ngnin appeal |" congress and |" again :" through the harrassing GcInys of fighting private interests for the control of the roads. By putting the entire question of leasing In the hands "f tho president any question of political influence is reduced to 2 minimum and q proper management "f ihc road is practically guaranteed.
 There being now no question as :o the passage uf tho bill in tho immc- ,,nte future plans will be rapidly push
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18

ever given to one man by the congress f the Tinted States for in additi"r r tbr building of inc roads 1t practic- ''lIN puts the entire future develop m 'ni nf the territory in the hands 'f ih' president.
 Th" financing of the road is Or- t3,iGr,l for by authorizing tho sccr-- .tyry uf the treasury to bor INV what money is needed from inc in lime in the construction and administrative work on the credit nf ihr Inite,l Si ties This win bc q. ,r lw tlie issu uf three per cent
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
ALASKAN IS RUN DOWN
SpseisI Nugget Service.

SEATTLE, Feb. 1S.-J"hn Ius. az! engineer of the Alaska road tpnmis- sion who is stationed at FHirlGInks vas run down and dangerously injur- ed here today by an automobile.
 Mir. Zug was crossing the street when the auto whirled around the corner and knocked him down. The machine then passed over his hndy. After the accident the driver If the car did not stop to see what dam age he had done hut throwing on st eed disappeared before his nnmlrr q, uld be taken
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
LEAVES HAVANA.
speeial Nugget Service.

Sp0Ctat Nu99et S'riNiCe'
 HAVANA. Feb. iS.- Felix ninZ sail er from Havana for New York today whether the Mexican rev"lutionar. lc.der will he allowed to land In the Tnited States as he may he. consider ed by that country undesirable as T man who Is said to he at the head ot marty which will some day attemrt gain control of a fairs in Mexico.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18

The patrol which picked Costilio up bought him in to this town and tn, tact uf his arrest with request f'i ir structi ions was wired to Washington 1 ending iln receipt of orders ns '.' the disposal or the man and his fol- h.wcrs they will remain in the guard- icuac here.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18

Special Nugget Service
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.4:15 D.. m.-The administrators Alaska rail road bill authorizing the president to ee instruct thirty. five million dollars af railroads from AIaska's coast to tEe coal fields has just passed the rtuse by a vote of 23o to S7.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
NATIONALITY
 NOMINATIONS
Special Nusest Service.

Special Nugget Service.
 SEATTLE, Fcb. lS. Gill and Tr"n- helm were nominated for mayor at the primaries held here yesterday. the f. rmer leading hy eleven th"ns;ind ,ttcs and receiving nearly forty pci cent Of the total vote for alt cln'ii- Gates.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
MOOSE SOCIAL TONIGHT.

|. O. o. N. No. 1liS will ;:iNr d s0cinl dance after the meeting "f the ledge, for members and lady friends. nrnctng at Q p. m. sharp.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
MEXICAN BANDIT IS CAPTURED
THREE OFFICIALS
 ARE GUILTY
Srccial Nugget Service.

<rccial Nugget Service.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. lS. The :nns drawn out trial "f ihc officials
 : the Western Fuel Company charged n.ction with the importation of coal sl 'pments and of making false returns {. the custom authorities came to an md today when twu nf inc "fnCtals # the company. nI'"rintcndcnt r. (. Wills. James F. mi,h and Vice l'resi- Itnt IT. Myer We're found guilty hy the inry hearing tn. case. It is proba hlr that an appeal will he immediately t ken.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
ATTENTION sHRlNEas!

TMr. will hc |. meeting of tho Nome 'Shrinr Club Thursday evening. the 1eti. immediately aftcr the blue lodge meeting. T. D. HELPS.
 President.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
SEND YOUR LAUNDRY

To the Peoples Laundry where you will receive good work executed by none but white employees. ~h" receive the standard wages.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18
pRAecER NOMINATED.
Special Servica

WASHINGTON .lcb. iS.-.et't'" l,aeGcr was today nominated t" b' m stmaster of Washington.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18

Reserved seat sale will open for ths epsra "Pinafersr Monday, February a, st noon, at Hess's Candy Store.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18

Mrs. 6srtletts dancing eiss. every r, esday and Friday evenings al 8 p. m. X. X. hall. ehiIdren's saturda- afternoons.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18

White Barn rebuilt ready for bus'- ness. $1 per dox., for fresh eggs.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18

r"ld bonds payable In thirty years.
 ii"use leader Underwood took lunch- ,"n with tn. president today and they vent int" II full discussion of the AL ska railroad hill and the slight change made in inc measure by the i",;sc committee. At the conclusion u the interview the presiden assured .,lrr i'ndrrwnnd that he could count .n tllc unqualified support nf the pres i,,, ni and his cabinet.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-18

FLOUR IS CHEAP. Bread oni> Sc North Pole Baker / nd Anvil aatc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
Welsh to Defend His
Title in Ring Tonight
STRAUS WINS AND LOSES
Drives Fair Maiden to Victory,
Startle Beats Mckinney.

Nathan Straus won a match race
and lost one at the regular Sunday
matinee Of the Road Drivers Associa-
ton, of New York. held on Harlem
Speedway yesterday afternoon. More
than six thousand persons were pres
ent and enjoyed the sport immensely.
Close finishes and spirited competition
marked the races in the Class A and
match events.
For the first time this fall meeting.
Mr.. Straus was seen in a sulky. He
handled the rcins over his bay mare,
Fair Maiden. against II. 5. Crossman' s
chestnut geldiug, Vermont Belini. Fair
Maiden won the race i'm straight heats.
Many Of the spectators near and
about the finishing point thought tina:
Strauss chestnut gelding, II. o. Nc
Kinney won the third heat in the Class
4 trot. with Startlc, a bay gelding
owned by f. Shoemaker. the only other
starter. but the judges decided that it
was a dead heat. Each horse had won
a heat. 50 they had 20 go another The
Straus gclding showed the way up 20
the last eighth and then began to tire.
Startle was full OF fight and sprinted
desperately. and went under the wire
victor by two lengths.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
Sunday Soccer
Games Results
MAY END BASEBALL WAR
Hermann Has Plan to Absorb
Fed League, Is Report.

Chicago, Nov. 1.-August Hermann,
chairman of the National Commission
left here tonight for Cincinnati, and
is said TO have taken with him plan
for the amalgamation into organized
baseball Of the Federal League. inns
afternoon he had telephone CONVEX
sation with Charles Weeghman, presi-
dent Of the Chicago Federals, and later
conferred with b. b. Johnson, presi-
dent Of the American League.
Except to admit that preliminary ne
gotiations for ending the baseball war
were discussed, Mr.. Hermann would
say little.
"Before the subject Of peace was
preached in New York we all sworc
ourselves 20 secrecy regarding the ne
gotiations," said Hermann. 1T was
agreed that publicity probably would
wreck our plans, and we will say moth.
ing until we have reached decision.
The plan being considered IS be
lieved to include the absorption OF the
Federal League so as 10 leave but the
American and National leagues in the
major class.
Representatives Of the Brooklyn,
Pittsburgh and St. Louis Federal
LEAGUE clubs conferred to-day with
President James A. Gilmore, but none
would discuss the conference.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
COLUMBIA CALLS
WINTER ATHLETES
Candidates for Hockey
and Basketball Teams
Report This Week.

Winter athletics will get under way
at Columbia this week, when the first
calls will be made for basketball and
hockey players. incidentally the wrest-
ling. fencing and water polo squads
will be put through series of elm
nation tournaments, the results of
which will determine the makeup Of
the respective teams.
Although Columbia does not open its
varsity basketball season until Decem-
Der 4. when il faces the recently or
ganized Rutgers five. Harry Fisher will
begin work with the squad tomorrow.
The freshmen will be called to the
front first, and after Fisher has weed
ed out promising players OF possible
varsity calibre the youngsters will be
assigned to an assistant coach and the
varsity squad will be asked to report.
Columbia may find its basketball
season seriously affected by the fire
which recently swept the gymnasium
building. Although the gymnasium it.
self did not suffer from fire, tons Of
water covered the floor for several
days. with the result that il is badly
warped and sprung Workmen have
endeavored TO smooth 1T off. and it is
believed that it is now in fair condi-
ton.
The schedule of the Columbia five
will be limited as in the last few years.
There will be five preliminary contests
with Rutgers, New York University,
Brooklyn Polytechnic. st. Lawrence
and the alumni. The only other games
that the Blue and White will play will
be the regular intercollegiate League
contests, ten in number.
Despite the fact that coach has
not yet been selected, plans for the Co
lumbia hockey team are maturing, to
gether with scheme 10 build an out
door rink OF Morningside Heights I'm
til the university purchased the Drexel
property IN li7th 81. il was believed
that the rink would be built on South
Field. but with the newly acquired land
available IL is now understood that the
rink will be built there. The rink will
be inclosed. but i, will not contain a
freezing plant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
VICTORY MUST BE
HONORABLY WON
National Collegiate Athletic
Association Makes Plea
for Purity.

Purity i'm athletics is the subject OF
a circular issued last week by the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Association
10 all the members of the organiZa-
ton. The association defends inter
collegiate athletics of all kinds, but
at the same time demands that Ill
contests must be fairly played and
that honorable victory is the only kind
of victory worth striving for. I'm part
the admonition reads as follows:
athletic sport, if honorsbly and
wisely conducted, can hold its own IN
any institution of learning; but 20
gain a position of dignity 1t must Be
saved from many of its friends. and
maintained on so high a level that no
reasonable man can question its value.
Rightly administered it strengthens
the weak. improves the weak places
in the strong, clears the brain, teaches
boys and young men TO respect their
bodies and to know the relation Ct
a clean. vigorous body TO an active
mind and an honorable life. Rightly
conducted il is school Of manly skill.
courage, honesty, selfcontrol and even
courtesy; wrongly conducted it is a
school of bad manners, vulgarit5.
tricky evasion, brutality ideals
not Of sportsman but of a sporting
man.
we are constantly told that in Eng
land men play for the sake of playing,
whereas in America men play for the
sake of winning. The more serious
the question of winning. the more
serious the need OF winning honorably.
Sport in America is not mere fun; 1t
is a test of character, and nothing that
makes the player less gentleman be-
longs TO IT, The football player Who
wantonly Injuries his rivals, the base
ball player who persists in shouting
TO rattle his opponents, the schoolboy
or student who takes money for sum
mer baseball and conceals the fact
should be put out of the team. Nor
should any school or college nave
secrets as TO the legitimacy OF itS
athletic representatives.
THE association encourages 'iacu'y
control Of athletics believing that tne
man in charge of physical education
should be a member of the faculty and
as good a man as any IN II; that re
should have a thorough Acquaintance
with athletic sport and strong sym
pathy with youth, knowing, and able
10 teach. the difference between elev-
erness and trickery. between mani
ness and brutality, between the anna
teur spirit and the professional, be
tween the sportsman and the sporting
man."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
Big Crowd Expected to See
Wolgast Battle for Light
weight Crown at
the Garden.

Frederick Hall Thomas, OF Pronty-
pridd. Wales, known to the boxing
world as Freddie Welsh, the light
weight champion Of the world, Will de
fend his title against the rushes Of Ad
Wolgast. OF Cadillac, Mich, the former
champion. at Madison Square Garden
in a ten-round bout tonight. To those
who have not secured their tickets IN
advance the well known adage may be
called TO mind: "Come carly and avoid
the crush" In all probability there
will be a record crowd on hand. Jimmy
Johnston SAID again last night that
most Of the better seats had been
taken.
A fast bout is promised, but critics
agree that Welsh should win without
much trouble. The Briton is by far
the more scientific boXcr Of the pair.
and combines with his skill the ability
10 fight At close quarters. further
more. he is at the zenith of his career,
while Wolgast is making one more des-
peratc effort 10 come back
II will be the first appearance o.
Welsh in this city since he won the
championship from Willie Ritchie.
Naturally. the enthusiasts are eager u
renew acouaintauces with the man who
whipped the doughty little San Fran
cisco lad. Welsh, although the first
Englishman 20 hold the worlds light
weight championship since the days o.
Dick Burge. is one of the most popular
men in the ring. His friends are
myriad. won as much through his per
sonality and admirable characteristics
out of the ring as by his ability as
fighter.
Wolgast. the snarling wolf Of the
ring. has heard the recall sounded.
Like many another. he has disregard
ed il. believing that he had lust one
more fight left" Defeats by Joe Man
dot. Tommy Gary and Johnny Tillman
have failed TO reduce his bump of self
esteem in the least. This much may
be said without fear Of contradiction:
Wolcast Will go into the ring to-nlgh
ready TO fight 20 the last gasp. and II
defeated will have not the slightest
cause for complaint. He has trained
we'll. but for man about to face one
Of the shiftiest boxers in the ring he
has neglected his boxing. Seldom, IN
deed. has he donned the gloves IN the
gymnasium. and this will undoubtedly
count against him when the gong
sounds tonight.
There is little probability tnat elther
man will win by a knockout. NoIgast'
always a "mauiing" fighter. was never
q quick finisher. or late ne mas APP
parently lost his punch, and turtner-
more lacks the skill to corner "A man
of Welsh's calibre. The Briton is a
light. tapping fighter. who depends on
his speed. so ten rounds of fast work
will most likely be seen, with Welsh
winning on points.
In the sem-fnal contest Eddie Nor
gan, of England, will face Eddie wal
lace. of Brooklyn.