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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-05
AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS
REACHED BUEMOs AYREs

Buenoa Avrea. May t--Former sen
ator Burton ~ ohio. and Judge Otto
eehonnrirh. touring South America 20
rromasn closer relations with the
Uuited states. win arrive here TO-
morrow from chile. They Win be met
~ Ambassador stinson and TIE err
hasey star Later they win ee enter
tained ~ President de To- PlaSa.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-05
JAPAN WILL SEND An
uLTtMATuM TO CHINA,

London. May a-The Central News
Toxic dispatch says II il learned that
tha cabinet IN special session, decided
81 send an uitimatum 60 China Il r.
stated ire ultimatum viii accord a
brief time limit fer China'a compliance
with the japanese demands.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-05
ToNE o. CHINESE NOTE
re- DECIDEDLY PROVOCATIVE

Londcn. NAY A Times Toxic dis
rafsh sayn "The tone ~ the Chinese
reply 20 japan preclndes further con-
vernmtiona. China not only REFUSES &c
conceae r. Article Five but does Sc ia
language distinctly provocative"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-05

Continues o. Pags SAD
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BIG CROWD ENJOYED
 PI0NEERS' PoTLACH

sang two numbers in his usual finished manner. and was given an ovation. Mss Lucille Taylor, with a piano solo, won the favor of the audience and Miss Lillian Smith sang rather grotesque dltty, with a darkey song for an encore. Uncle Billy Ansley created much merriment in black face sketch, making numerous local hits, which were we'll received Mrs Percy G. Charles favored the audience with vocal solo, and Mrs. George Mutchler gave her locally famous monologue, An Aid to Dl- gestion" Billy Stoneman presented some coster songs in excellent manner. For an encore Billy essayed to pull off joke on a local attorney, but his assistants whom he had scattered through the audience evidently were seized with stage fright, and they left him in the lurch. Charles E. Taylor and Cyril P Wood gave an excellent banjo and guitar duet, end Percy Charles sang pleas ingly. Mrs Ray D. Clarke sang sweetly a tuneful darkey melody, and Chris Hanson and George Kay also sang. Owen Sanders rendered an original song dedicated to the Pioneers. winch was well received, and Harry Alois sang Rolling Home and for all en- core, the "Marseillaise.'
 At the Banquet Boafo
 It was at first intended to intersperse the concert numbers with dancing, but the en- croachments of the audience on the dancing floor made this plan impossible and the dancing was postponed until the conclusion of the program. The many encores de manded by the audience from the various entertainers prolonged the program until midnight when supper was announced. It was necessary to serve this to relays Of about one hundred guests at time. The old Budweiser building had been engaged for this purpose, and was prettily and taste fully decor ated for the occasion. And such supper, It IS safe to say that no more elaborate spread has ever been served at a public entertainment in this city than that of last Saturday night. It was prepared un- der the skillful supervision of Frank keenan, and was a credit not only to his genius as a chef, but also to his excellent management. For several days he had worked to make the supper a noteworthy one and that his ef- forts were crowned with success was con ceded by all The dispatch with which the large crowd was served by the volunteer walters was also the subject of much ap- preciative comment.
 Dancing was indulged in after supper, music being furnished by Miss Coolidge, Charles Taylor and Mir Jacobs. Ire hall was uncomfortably crowded during the early numbers of the dance program, but it was most good natured crowd. and all seemed to enter into the spirit of ghe oc- casion Dancing was indulged in until a late hour, and day was breaking when the ,rh$
 Many of the out-of-town visitors returned home early Sunday morning but most of them spent the day here resting up The tram had been especially engaged by the Pioneers to bring the ladies and children from the creeks, and this returned at ? r. m Sunday.
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to be on the way to Iditarod over the trail from Seward If the weather should turn warm again there will be much difficulty experienced in negotiating the various streams which the trail crosses.
 While the indications all pointed for a time to an early breakup, there were few especially among the old-timers, who be, leved that was due so early in the spring And yet the wise ones hint at certain sure indications that that momentous event in Northern attitudes IS close at hand. Last Saturday a flock of robins was seen on the trail between Iditarod and Flat City, and this is said to be an almost infalllble sign that no more severe weather may be ex- pected However the old timers shake their heads and quote the old adage to the effect that lone swallow does not make a sum- mer."
 But somewhat of damper was put upon the talk of an early breakup by Tuesday when northerly gale sprang up winch chilled the pedestrian to the marrow and put the fuel question uppermost in the minds of the people For more han forty eight hours the cold wind prevailed, and March went out in blaze of glory, accord ing to the old saying that 'when March comes in like lamb it goes out like a lion. "
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WARS HORRORS

And I saw these scenes repeated along the eastern border of France Always there were to be seen women and children. hope less and helpless. Now and then among the nomads, driven here and there by the tides of battle wondering bands upon whom this heavy punishment had been visited, al though they had no part in the crimes that brought it-there were to be seen men, old, doddering whose presence made the bus ness of flight more difficult.
 Out of the welter I select two scenes they are typical of thousands. l saw bride of four weeks-the daughter of prosperous farmer-whose husband had been killed in battle. On the day she got that news there was raid on the little town in which she lived. A "skirmish," so 1t was called in the official reports, and therefore unimportant from a military point of view But when the marauders left the village lay in ashes and in the ashes lay the bodies of the woman's father, her father n-law, her l4 and l6-year old brothers, her bedridden uncle and to make the score com plete, her mother brought down by 8 stray shot She was left alone. She wore dress but ohe did not have a hat when l | saw her.
 l She told me her story in a cunous dead, impersonal manner, quite detached and dis 1 interested. Now and then, at some expres- scn of sympathy, she smiled. 1 wished she had not smiled in that way It hurts to recall it. The story was bad enough, God knows but that smile made 1t worse And all the way through her voice never varied 1 from monotone, even when she told how she had prayed hourly that her man might be brought back to her so that be could see the child that was to come.
 i I saw man 75 years old and his wife,
 few years younger, who had six sons to meet their death on the field of honor" And from this field had come shots and torches that fired their home and drove them forth, wanderers without shelter, with out food and without hope
 think the horror of it all was driven home more deeply by the sight l had at
 Luxemburg. There the towns are lively
 and the fields are full of workers, for WAT has swept to one side of that country ss if to give living contrast instead of com polling one to depend upon memory for the picture of what had been before the horror came And what contrast was presented ! on either side of that little place! Ruin as far as the eye could see-ruins marked | by graves and ashes and everywhere sor- 1 rowing wanderers, staring women and little chldren.-H Bayard Swope in the New York World.
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kins and Blackburn, in the railway com missions employ; MT. and Mrs Jack Brown, MT. and Mrs Charles Jones' Mir. and Mrs. Mccullough and daughter, Thomas H, Jeter, Joe Prairie Hank OConnell, Paddy ODon- nell, John Olson, Frank Butterfeld, P. John son, Bert Mahoney and Robert Small. Mir, and Mrs Bud Whitney reside on their home stead, some four miles up Ship creek.
 The government has recently made re- serve at the junction of the Ship creek branch with the main railway line
 Jack Brown, former forest ranger, IS building launch for use on the arm.
 Odin A. Olson, interested with MT Getchell in claims on Albert creek, Nelchina, departed for that place Sunday He ex- pressed the opinion that the Nelchina will develop into at least a small mining camp
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Saturday. March 27, was big day Tn Idtarod It was the occasion of the hrst social event under the auspices of the newly formed igloo oi the Pioneers of Alaska, and the manner in which the people of the dis trict responded to the invitation to partlcl- pate was tribute to the old trail blazers that was both spontaneous and general Possibly at no other event of a like char acter in the camps history was the attend ance from all parts of the lditarod mlnng district so general as at Saturdays enter tainment From early morning until the opening of the entertainment the trAl be- tween this city and Flat was fairly alive with pedestrians, as well as with numbers who came by conveyance They came from Flat City and Flat creek, Discovery and Otter creek, from Happy creek, Chicken creek and other nearby settlements, and numbers who were on the trail from dis tant parts speeded up in order to be on hand for the great occasion
 When Percy Charles as master of cere- monies announced the opening number ot the entertainment at A. B. hall at 9 80 p. m. there was not a vacant seat III that spa cious building, and many were compelled to stand during the rendition of the concert program that preceded the ball. It was estimated that nearly three hundred per sons were in attendance, and but for the wretched condition of the trails there doubt less would have been a great many more.
 And the event proved to be we'll worth the trouble experienced by the out-of flown residents in getting here. It had been we'll advertised An attractive and unique poster that had attracted great deal of comment had aroused the interest of the community, and the fact that some of the best amateur entert diners in the district were billed to appear was no small factor in attracting the large attendance
 The Concert
 The program opened with an instrument tai duet by Miss Coolidge and Mir Jacobs, which was followed by song, "S':nshine and Roses,' by Mrs. Charles Larson, ren- dered in most pleasing manner and calling for an encore. Jack Smith, "the Alaska Harry Lauder" gave some topical Scotch songs, which made quite hit. Mrs Cyril P. Wood rendered "The Four Leaf Clover" " in which her splendid contralto voice was heard to great advantage, furnishing one of the most enjoyable numbers on the pro gram For an encore she sang The Per feet Day" Harry Leland popular as ever,
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From the above list of candidates the voters of the town of Idit arod will on Tues day next, April 6, select seven members of the municipal council and two members of the school board All of the candidates whose names appear in the above lists were nominated at a mass meeting of citizens held last Monday night, with the exception of E, M Stanton for the council and J. F. Keenan for the school board, who were nominated later by petition. The council men to be elected will serve for one year, and the members of the school board are to be elected for terms of two years and one year respectively It IS not stated how the terms are to be apportioned but 1t is presumed that the successful candidate for school trustee receiving the highest num- Der of votes will receive the long term.
 It has been customary for the council man receiving the highest number of votes at the election to be considered president of the council, or virtually mayor, but 1t IS possible that this custom may not be ad- hered to this time.
 Up to the eve of the mass meeting there had been little interest in the forthcoming election, and there seemed to be a dearth of candidates, but since then the public has taken notice of the event, and the in nate fondness of the average American cltl- zen for the game of politics has begun to manifest itself It is likely that there will be keen competition for the honors.
 At the mass meeting held at the city hall last Monday evening eleven nominations were made for municipal councilman, but some of these at once slgnlhed their lnten- ton of withdrawing.
 In spite of the warning given in The Pioneer last week. to the effect that persons should not be nominated at the mass meet ing without their express consent, no sooner was the meeting opened than indscriminate naming of possible nominees began, with out reference to the wishes of the persons named This, of course, resulted in flood of declinations from those present who did not aspire to public office. But some of the nominees who were not present found themselves in rather peculiar position, and were put to a great deal of annoyance. As no one withdrew their names 1t was taken for granted that they were willing candi i dates and their names were handed Tn to the municipal clerk as among the nominees of the mass meeting and entitled to rlace upon the official ballet. Despite the efforts of some of the unwilling candidates to with draw their names. they were informed by
 @ clerk that he had no authority to omit their names from the ballot, citing an opin- ;on of former city attorney of lditarod to that effect Thus they were in the rather anomalous position of having been nomi- pated against their will and being compelled to stand for election or rejection by their fellow citizens in spite of their assertion that they would not qualify if elected. The municipal officials later allowed the names to be dropped from the ballot.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-04-03
MARCH SURE WENT
 OUT LIKE A LION

In keeping with the extraordinary weather conditions prevailing throughout the winter, the closing days of the month of March were signalized by a spell of soft weather which seriously threatened to put an abrupt end to travel over the winter trails, and to bring about breakup that would have been unprecedented in the an nals of Interior Alaska. Reports reached here of streams overfowing causing great inconvenience to travellers, in some instances water to a depth of two or three feet flow ing over the ice. Clarence White, who came up from Bear creek, in the Kuskokwim country, on Saturday last, reports that he was compelled to build raft to get his sled and dogs across Little Eldorado creek, and it was reported that the mail carriers were having serious difficulties on the other side of Takotna. On Sunday slight change was experienced, and the wind veered to the north and brought freezing weather. By this time the snow had almost gone from the trail, and wheeled vehicles came into use Toward Moore creek, where there had been more snow than in the vicinity of Idit- arod conditions were not so bad, but the trail has been what the mushers term as tough"
 Some anxiety was expressed about the large number of persons who are known
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LOSS OF BATTLESHlPS
 SUBJECT OF INVESTIGATION

LONDON, March 17.-Considerable mys- tery still surrounds the sinking of the Brit ish battleships Formidable and Bulwark end secret inquiries are said to have been ordered in addition to ordinary official in quiries. The Bulwark had just finished coaling when she was blown up in Sheer ness harbor. The Formidable also coaled at Sheerness, and it was only a matter of a day after leaving that harbor that she sank in the channel of Torbay. While of ficial explanations were that the ships were sunk by submarines, private investigations it is said, show that explosions in both cases occurred in coal bunkers, leading to the be- lief that they were caused by internal ma chimes placed in the coal
 When you come in from the creeks don't forget to stop in the Crosby and take an Electric Vapor Bath.
 THE CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
 PARLORS
 The Home of the Twentieth Century Turk
 ish Bath
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KNIk NEW s
(knik News, March 6)


 SHIP CREEK, March 2.-At no time dur ing this winter would it have been at all difficult for large steamer to reach Ship Creek. The weather has been ideal. In November the thermometer registered be low zero three days; in December, three days; in January four days; in February, eleven days The total snowfall to date was thirty three inches; the greatest depth on the ground at any one time was 142l inches.
 No one here knows anything about the townsite question. Those building are just taking chance Two business structures are in course of construction, but cannot be completed on account of the lack ot finishing lumber, doors, windows, etc. The government mess house is similarly handl capped A commodious roadhouse and a pool room are the structures being erected and the owners are w. s. Perkins and O'Connell & Prairie respectively
 Mr. and Mrs Jack Brown and Mir. and Mrs Mccullough have built comfortable homes and several log cabins are built and in course of building There will be httle building until title can be obtained to lots.
 The government will erect large hos pital here in the spring, according to a letter received.
 Thomas Parker, said to be representing Francis Roach, member of the Washington state senate, has located manufacturing and mill site on the water front here.
 Those here now are Captain Porter, off cial weather observer; E. L. Remore in charge, and Messrs. Jackson Charlton, Per
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WANT CONSTRUCTION
 OF CAPITOL TO BEGIN

Business men of Juneau are discussing the idea of taking organized action to hasten the beginning of construction work on the Juneau capital building. The sundry civil bill passed by the recent congress provided for continuation of the work and appro- priated S75,OOO additional money for that purpose
 Of the original appropriation for Juneau public building, s177,5o0 remained after the site and the work of investigating the foundation were paid for This sum IS still available, and the addition of the s75,0O0 carried in the sundry civil bill will increase the total available sum to S252,5OO. This is S375,OOO less than Secretary of the Treas ury William G. McAdoo has estimated will be required for the building, but it is enough to pay for all the work that can be per formed before another congress conveneS. which can make additional funds available, Juneau Empire.
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ARE NOT CANDIDATES

To the Voters of Iditarod: My name was presented to the mass meeting last Mon day night as candidate for councilman without my knowledge and entirely against my wishes I am not candidate and were I elected I would not qualify for the posi- ton. Respectfully, Il. BOAS.
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Gillie Bates of Otter creek and Jack Fol som of Moore creek arrived in the camp early this week from the Outside, where they spent the winter.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-04-03

Mir. and Mrs Ray Clarke moved their rme this week from the Byers cabin to the house lately occupied by Mrs. Campbell, on Third street
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ACARnS big and small, printed on LASANDo paper, cardboard or cloth, on short notice, at Iditarod Pioneer ofTlce. Pioneer.
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To the Voters of Iditarod: The under signed is not a candidate for councilman at the election to be held next Tuesday. April 6, and would not qualify for the position if elected. The electorate IS hereby requested not to waste votes.
 GEORGE F. MARSH.
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For one week, wall paper at cost. Pio- neer Drug Store, Flat.
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TUESDAYS
 ELECTION
} >oooooooooo 6 0 Q Q c Q Q Q '
FOR cOUNcILMEN

 GEORGE w. ALBRIGHT WILLIAM ANSLEY RICHARD c. BUTTON JOHN c. CURRIN CHARLES LARSON JOHN A. NELSON HERBERT E. RILEY JOSEPH H. SMITH EDWIN M. STANTON HENRY A. WEIR
 FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES PERCY G. CHARLES DAN MCDONALD J. F. KEENAN, DAVID MUTCHLER CHARLES E. TAYLOR
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HOMESTEADS LOCATED
 IN THE KNIK COUNTRY

k News, March 6 g-named persons have located lacent to or near knik: George Nylen T. H. Jeter AXel Hirvilla Herman Nelson II. H. Sharp P. E. PitChGOrd Timothy Gaines A. w. Madsen E. w. Lawson II. MCCaughey M. E. ShOrtleigh J. w. Downing John NJ. LOken EStelle Dalton Id John Lanquist G. B. Fisk
 Curtis Ross Charles Johnson ell Louis Lund Henry Wilson T. s. McDOugall 1. V. Miller
 Ben Marino A. E. Danielson s. Anderson Dan Sloan
 E. B. Sparling T. o. Larsen T F. F. Winchester C. A. Larsen F. NJ. CrOcker Samuel Marsh ). N. Nelson Olaf Hjelm J. FleckinStein C. H. Wilson Hans Hugh
 J. q. Johnson William Larsen John NOOnin l q. Motrat
 L. B. Anderson Mary Morrison J. Rasmussen J. Buggc
 A. Engtvet
 l. ". Bennett P. FlCckinStein , C. w. Dirtzel IT. ASbrOn
 oscar Carlson Charles Martin X. Walter er A. ChriStopherSon F. J. TOmlinSOn NJ. K. Sullivan w. s. Ferguson n \. $. Lee
 w. z. FpntOn Y. w. Mitchell Charles Ulankey as II. MCkinnon p. J. Jewell Fred Winter F. F. krueper James St. Clair pia Oysters. for cocktails. si Iditarod Meat Co.
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The following-ns homesteads adjace A. G. Swanson 0. G. Herning P. D. Whitney Albert Atrain John Wilson A. A. Cobb 0. C. Miller Joseph Grimes F.. W tiSS Peter Hebert F. H. Andrews H. C. Shough F. shepard G. J. Blake Martin LeckvOld C. B. White John Parks Adam Werner William Campbell A. q. Henry F. Terry w. J. BOgard J. J. Page G. DanielSon J. F. EdIund C. H. Bauer c. A. Haller Roy Cornelius M. M. kinSinger AHel OlSen
 A. H. Olson D. GreenWaldt J. w. HOOpe
 H. H. Drake
 C. J. Hertel A. J. Pierce
 Herman Hugh A. ThOrSen H. Hoppell \. Rcising William Dalton John Eusturin C. C. Thorpe z. LutChinger Anton schmidt C.. Egtvot Hans Walby
 l.. c. olson
 E. A. DunCklee I0hn Springer W NeklaSOn
 Ray Haugham IT 4. Brown
 Charles schiller George Clyde
 C.. stern
 I. H. Conway
 Kenneth Larsen r. \. Brown 0. J. Jacobson C \. Gates William Hughes I. ]. O'Rrien
 Al CrOrker
 \. C.. Kramer Jacob Metz
 Fresh Olympia
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Location Notices at Pioneer ofti"e
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Fresh Olympia Oysters. for cocktails. s2 can. Idtarod Meat Co.,
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(Knik News March 6 The following named persons have located homesteads adjacent to or near knik:
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GEORGE F. MARSH.