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Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
CHARGES kGAaNSl' STRONG
lJureau Emnire, Oct. 1 ]

1 Dispatches received from Washington to- Cay confirmed statements that have been made on the streets by Edward l, Wade, | who was a stenographar and clerk in the governors office from early in August until the 18th of the present month, that he had [ filed charges against Governor J. r. A. Strong
 The Seattle Times correspondent, accord i ing to the Seattle dispatches, sad ill today S | Times:
 Formal charges were filed against Gov ernor J. F. A. Strong with President Wood row Wilson late yesterday afternoon. The Alaska executive is charged with retaining a Republican in office, the sad Republican, being William W. Shorthill, the governor > i private secretary.
 "1be charges against the governor are written on stationery from the executive oI flee, and are signed by William Edward } i l. w ade, who, 1t Is presumed at w aShlngton, is q former clerk in the governors office. On plain paper Wade informs the President that he has resigned in order to be free to file charges against the governor. The i charges against the governor aver that Shorthill manlfests a partlSanshlp Of a par tcuIarly offensive and radical type and that ! his incumbency of this important Conhden- tal and lucrative office is in defiance of Democratic protests of the most vigorous and trenchant character
 'It is understood that the charges will be laid before Secretary Lane of the depart ment of the interior, and that he will de termine what action will be taken Not Considered Seriously
 After resigning his position Ill the gov efnor's office Mr w ade stated that 1t was due to friction between himself and Mir, Shorthill. and for several days he has been conducting q more or less voclferous cam paign against the governor fer retaining Shorthill in his office He has stated that he had filed charges against the governor kr doing so, and alleges that Shorthlll IS d Bitter partisan Republican. The incipient campaign against the governor was not re garded seriously in Juneau.
 Governor Strong Says Nothing When questioned regarding the charges this afternoon Governor Strong repled
 T have nothing to say in regard to the matter, as l consider the charges too abso- lutely foolish to pay any attention to them l shall make my answer to the secretary of the interior if am called upon to do so"
 ShorthiII Not Republican
 William w. Shorthlll in a statement gwen to. the Empire, said that he was not Re pkbhcan, and never had been one; that he had voted only once for President and that was for William J. Bryan in 1896, and that he had taken little part in politics in Alaska except to vote Mir. ShorthllPs statement fol- lows
 q have never been active in politics since coming to Alaska, nor, for that matter, be fore that time In the campaign ot 1896 worked and voted for William Jennings Bryan. came to Alaska in February, lo9S,
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
AnSI@y'S
 Iditarod
PORT OF ARCHAN.,EL
 ASSUMES MUCH IMPORTANCE

LONDON, Oct. 2-Advicos from northern Russia state that ArchanaeI. the czars lead ing port on the White sea, las become one of the busiest in the world, and is ranking with New York in importance, A great many ships are coming ani soing constantly, engaged in the traffic in n lnitions of war and general supplies. Blsiness which for merly passed through tle Baltic and the Black sea ports is going through Archangel, taxing the water front fac ,.itIes to the ex- treme Icebreakers have oeen purchased for the port and other prac autlons taken to keep the traffic moving vi h as little inter ference as possible.
 Nladivostok the Russian port on the Pa
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
CAN'T DEVELOP COUNTRY
 WITHOUT THE PIONEER

Word comes from Democratic headquar terS on Horsetiy creek that difficulty IS ex- perenced in securing regular delivery of The Ficneer in that prospective KlonGike. It is suggested that Jenkins get busy with that brand new pick and shovel and develop rome claims which will justify the establish ment of postofIce there. When that time cones and with a loyal Democratic official at the helm, no doubt the favori;e weekly will be received regularly
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04

money being appropriated at any time that the secretary of the interior asked for it.
 Accordingly, as explained by Delegate Wicker,ham, all the secretary of the interior has to do is to put the amount of money he thinks will be needed by the Alaska rail road commission in the estimate which hr furnishes of his expenses for the ensuing year, aud congress will appropriate the money without question. The money Is there, and it doc, no, require an act of con gress to get if. An act of congress provides S35 00U 0OO fer the construction of the Alaska railroad The bill has passed; the money has been appropriated. As the >ecrc- tary of the interior needs it, he can ask ior it. Delegate Netherlands work on the rail road bill is finished He fought hard for its passage against fearful odds, and he won 1t is cut of h% han,t>. The money S there fer the york, and the secretary of the in terior can get ii any time he asks for it. that i< until the &35.000000 appropriated has been used up.
 'In the opinion of Delegate Wickcrsh@" the fact that Secretary Lane iS going to a., for s3G0eO00 :le4ns that construction Wh start at both ends next summer. It may or that there will be two crews working out f Ncnana enc toward Fairbanks and the other to-.ard the Bread Pass country. It means that the work will be rushed to completion, and that no dclay will be tolerated Far banks wi! havc 8 railroad sooner, perhap, tk 2n the most optimistic believe it will cCmP'
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
SIR OLIVER LODGE

Sir Oliver Lodge, whose advice the Brit ish government has been seeking i'll the war crisis. is one of the most famous scientists in the worl4. He also is well known in this country as president of the Society of Psychic Research, which has been investigat- ing scientifically the question of communi- eating with the dead. He was born in 1851, and educated at the University College, London He has been lecturer tt Ox- ford
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
DEPUTY MARSHAL THcMAS
 MAKES TRIP TO TAKOTNA

Deputy Marshal Billy Thomas left on Tuesday last for the Kuskokwim by way of Ophir George AGams accompanied him as dog musher, but met with an accident and came back the same day, and after making repairs to his sled resumed his journey, ex- necting to catch up with the deputy at the Halfway roadhouse.
 The mission of Mr Thomas is not di- vulged, but it is surmised that he is on the trail of some offender against the dignity of the law
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
FORMER SECRETARY BRYAN
 KISSED BY BEWHlSKERED MAN

kINSMAN, Kan, Sept. IA large. wet kiss, saved for William Jennings Bryan for four years by John Graber big farmer living near Murdock was planted squarely upon Mir Bryan's ouivering lips tonight just after he had ended Chautauqua lecture here M7 Graber has whiskers
 Throughout his address, especially when he touched upon the subject of the war. MT. Bryan had been interrupted by enthu- slastic applause He knew that his audi ence vas sympathetic, but was apparently amazed to discover that 1t was becoming anCrous. Hardly had the last clink of his silver voice faded into silence when Mir GraDer rose from his seat, and with out, stretched hand and briSrling portieres, ex- claimed that Mir Bryan was q credit to the country
 Mr Bryan, who will shake with anyone once. reached out to accept the hand of Mir Graber, and before he knew it, ex- perienced the sensation of being patted upon the features by an excited porcupine His genial face disappeared in the Graber whis- ker patch for full moment and a smacb, like an elephant assaulted with hot-water bag rang or spattered through the audi torum. Mir. Bryan, his face as red as the wine he so dreads, sprang back and nut Il. r. Ii you
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
LOEES0M.EE:lNFEsS OF BIG TOIW'H,s

Seattle, with its 3Q0O00 and more people, is too lonesome for Abram Erikson of Cook inlet, near SeIdoyia, lie is going back on the first boat to put in the winter where he is acquainted He worked during the summer for oDe of the big canncr;es, and came down with the crew when the season was over, but now, after three days of city life he is anxious to get back to the North and do q little trapping. "It's too lonesome for n}c, he said. q don't know g soul in the whce town. so am going back 1 can run line of traps and keep real busy and contcnted this winter" Seattle Pos Intelb-
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
MERCURY DROPS
Unusually Severe Weather Causes Much Discomfort and Some
 inconvenience

The long continued cold spell with tenn peratureS ranging from 10 to 45 degrees below zero, has caused much inconvenience and is being remarked upon us being of somewhat unusual occurrence in this section of Alaska. Ever since Thanksgiving day the temperature has been far below zero, and although there has been no wind it has been exceptionally disagreeable, prob ably in contrast with the excellent weather with which Iditar2d has baen favored this fall up 10 the present time.
 The temperature has been particularly trying on horses, and for this reason the dispatch of the mail was delayed this week if m Monday until Tuesday, the thermom- eter on Monday morning last registering more than 70 degrees below zero. For this reason Mir Cassidy, the carrier, refused to take his horses out until the weather mod erated somewhat He left on Tuesday 3orn;ng, although the mercury was still low.
 Earl Byers was compelled to close down his logging camp on Moose creek early in he week on account of the weather and Le has returned to the city
 Travellers using dog teams lave not been laid up because of the weather conditions to any extent, but the going is far from q pleasure trip.
 The following temperature table, from readings taken at l a. m. daily at the N C. Co. corner, is furnished by Fire Chief Currn
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
MEETING OF PIONEERS
 TO BE OF MUCH INTEREST

Iditarcd Igloo No 10, Pioneers of Alaska, will meet next Wednesday evening Dee s, at S:30 p. m, at A. B. hall, Iditarod. Several applicants will be initiated and q hot lunch will be served. The question of the igloo giving masquerade ball on New Years eve will be discussed Officers for the ensuing year will be nominated
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04

cihc, at the terminus of the TransSiberan railway, also has become of great impor- taAce since the beginning of the war I'm mense shipments are passing through that city from Canada. the Pacific coast of the United States. Japanese and other Pacific ports.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q {
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

. Q Q . 6 Q Q 6 Q Q Q 6 Q Q Q Q Q Q
 E. M. Stanton was in town for few minutes on Tuesday last
 Fred Dickscn was business visitor in town from Flat City Wednesday.
 Harry Yeager has moved his office to the city, and will remain for the balance of the winter.
 Mrs. Joseph McDoweN who has been in attendance on Mrs Prank Larson, returned to her home at Flat City on Thursday last
 Meetings of the Pioneers will be held on Wednesday evening, December s. at Flat City, and on Wednesday, December p, at Idturod
 Gene Norton made the trip to Moore creek early in the week. and left for that place again the latter part of the week with d heavy load of freight.
 Joseph II. Smith expects to leave over the Seward trail for the Outside about December 15 He will return on one of the first boats in the spring, via Fairbanks.
 Dan Dennis of Discovery visited the city during the week He Is leaving for Chicken creek. where he has large holdings, and will remain there during the balance of the winter.
 Al Thorns, the Canes creek, Innoko dis f trict, operator, arrived at Flat City on Fri day morning. He is said to be here for the purpose of securing stock to move machinery to the lnnoko. 1 E J. Smith had another touch of hard luck on Thursday last, when he fell from a ladder and severely wrenched his ankle. 1 The injury is not serious, but Is extremely painful, end will keep him confined for some time.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04

Mime Koudachef, we'll known as an ex- plorer, has been attached to the Russian scout service. She rides the same horse upon which she made her famous trip from Vladivostok to Petrograd.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04

". I Fisher arrived in the city on Wednesday last from Marvel creek, in the kuskokwim region, and will return soon, accompanied by his wife and daughter who have been awaiting his arrival here since the close of navigation.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
ERECTING OUTFIT FOR SALE

knute Roland, the well freighter is offering for sale his entire freighting out fit, consisting of four horses, wagons, sleds harness etc. The property can be seen at Mir. Hollands place in Flat City
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04

Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $50 per can Iditarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04

It is never too late or too early to ac- commodate the people from the creeks when they come to the
 CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
 PARLORS The Home of the Twentieth Century Turk
 ish Bath
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04

Orders for 100000 tunics for the Russian army have been placed with Leeds firms.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04
TOURIST RESORT DESTROYED

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29. Half the town of Avalon which is the Mecca of thousands of tourists, has been destroyed by fire The flames were spread by high wind.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-04

Corsica's big industry is the manufacture of chestnut extracts
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-20
DELAY ON SCHOOL BUILDING NOTED boy BROKER BROKE
Board of Education Making Efforts to
Get shimmen Memorial In
stitution Completed

NJ. W. Jacobs, solicitor for the Har-
risburg School Board, will communicate
with the Fidelity and Deposit Company
of Maryland, bondsmen for John w.
Emory, contractor on the new Shimmell
building at Seventeenth and Catherine
streets, in order to have the work on
the building completed as soon as pos
sible.
Emory, who is Philadelphia con-
tractor, informed the board that he
could not finish the building and has
turned over his business to his bonds
men. According to C. Howard Lloyd,
architect, it will take two months to
complete the work. Emory has already
been paid $50,000 on his general con-
tract, which calls for $66,000. The
board is fully protected by the contract.
About half the plastering and the in
terror finishing is yet to be done.
Director Werner introduced resolu-
tion last night asking for bond issue
of $4,000 for the erection of new
building at Fifth and Mahantongo
streets. 1t was unanimously passed and
will be taken up at a special meeting of
the board with the finance committee
next Tuesday evening.
The plan calls for a twelve room
building to be equipped with gym
nasium, manual training and domestic
science, equipment and an auditorium
with $50 seats. Bricks not to exceed
$3.50 are specified.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-20
SUBMARINES Being BUILT
InU. s. fORCREAT BRITAIN
ASSERTS DUAL MONARCHY

Washington. Feb. s0.-Germany and
Austria. through their Ambassadors
here, complained to the State Depart
ment to-day that submarines were. be-
ing built in the United States for Great
British and shipped in parts 70 Can
ada Ina statement on the subject the
German embassy said:
ssThe plants of Bethlehem and the
Union Iron Works at San Francisco are.
according to reliable information. send
ing the component parts of submarines,
orsiered by the British government to
Canada Submarines for England are
also being built at Boston and Seattle.
The attention of the United States De-
partment has been drawn to these facts
by the Germsn and Austro-Hungarisa
embassies as being in contradiction
With the laws of neutrality
Some time ago the German embassy
filed complaint with the State Depart
ment against the manNfaetare OF sub
marines in the United States. which, 1t
Was said. were intended for Great
Britain. The matter was taken up by
the State Department with the com,
panv which had had the contract AMI
after conferences here between Seere'
tsr- BRYAN and Charles NJ. Sehwao.
president of the Bethlehem Steel Ccn-
psnv, it was announced that the Ameri-
can builders had withdrawn from their
contracts.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-20
LECTURES AT HARRIS STREET
Two Meetings of Interest Planned b,
Men,a LeaRue of Church

The Mems League of Harris Street
Evangelical church has planned two
meetings of interest for this coming
week. Tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
o'clock Prof. C. II. Albert, of Blooms
burg State Normal School. will speak to
men only on the subject PLAY the
Came Prof. Albert is noted as
speaker to men and will come with
live message. This meeting is held
under the direction of the devotional
committee. of which j. j. Nungesser Is
chairman. Good singing and good fell
lowship will feature the service.
On next Thursday evening at q
o'clock Shirley Watts will deliver his IL
Illustrated lecture, The Telephone Girl
in the Sunday school building. This is
not restricted to the men of the church
but all men are invited to come. Nc
admission will be charged. A chorus
of men from the Harrisburg Evange-
listic chorus will attend and sing. The
event has been arranged by the social
committee, of which Robert Fagan Is
chairman.
The services of the day at Harris
street church are: $50 a. m, mems
prayer meeting; 1890 a. m, morning
worship and sermon by the pastor;
D. M, Sunday school; $3.50 p. M, mass
meeting for men, addressed by Prof.
C. II. Albert: $40 p. M. Christian En-
deavor; 7.30 p. m. sermon by the pas
tor, The Church that Was Dipped"
Tomorrow marks the close of the
second year of the pastorate of Rev.
G. F. Schaum. The pastor and Mr..
Theo. Beshore, tha lay representative,
will leave for the annual conference.
which meets at Bethlehem next week.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-20
NEWEST MURDER CLUEFAILS
Authorities. at End Of q Week. Have
Thrown No Light on Mystery Of
I Girls Bones Pound in Cellar

The county authorities, WAC thus
far have failed to throw any light on
the mystery OF the Snding enc week
ago yesterday Of the skeleton of 4
young girl, who was murdered. in the
cellar at 1SS South Fourteenth street,
are now without clue TO work on.
That furnished by an anonymous letter
writer has been run down and proved
TO be Of no value, said County Detee
tive Walters this afternoon.
That letter attempted to bring into
the ease young girl who was believed
BY the writer to have disappeared. The
letter went on 10 say that its author
would divulge his identity to the Dis
trict Attorney and the identity of an
other person who might be able TO give
sCme valuable information.
County Detective Walters refused 70
give out the specific information con-
tanned in the note. but said in re-
sponse 10 a question about the results
from investigating that clue:
There is absolutely nothing in
IL -
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-20
HOUSEHOLD
TALKS
Henrietta D. Grauel
February e, Washington's Birthday

nine-pound ham is best. Soak it over
night and serape and wash it well. Boil
1t for one hour in plenty of water and
in the water place bag of whole
spices. After this drain it well and in
the fat stick dozen or more cloves and
then brush it over with maple syrup.
Bake four hours, basting often. Pre-
pare the sweet potatoes and lay them
IN the dripping pan beneath the ham 80
the liquid used for basting will keep
hem moist. They should be let to
brown when they are tender"
OF course, Madam Washington had
great open fireplace in her Kitchen
You can see it when you visit Mount
Vernon and hams or any meat roasted
before il We're superior to our meats
cooked in modern closed ovens. But
baked ham is full of moistness and
rich flavor. and this old recipe is an
excellent guide.
If You are giving an entertainment
for Boy Scouts or Campfire Girls or
other young folks organizations. you
may want to have souvenir menus
made. In such case you will find that
the following plan will cause some fun.
Washington's Dinner Menu
February 22nd
Puos nwotvrrat, Srefaw
Yrelee
Dekab NAH Dnalyram nekcihc
Teews seotatop Hasauqs
Der egabbae dallas
Toh nroc daerb, Elpam purys
Der. etihw dna eulb eel maerc
Deidnac seirrehc Notgnihsaw ekac
Eeffoc, Ydnac. Stun
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-20

Washington, friend to truth of soul
In action faithful. and in honour elearl
To the hospitality inclined Washing.
tons birthday affords au unsurpassed
opportunity for entertaining. Beauti-
full Colonial costumes and treasured
furnishings aid in making the patriotic
luncheon or dinner impressive and de-
ightful.
Heirlooms of cleaning silver. glass
and pewter. fine china and old-time
candelabra daintily arranged make the
table picture of loveliness.
A suggestion of yellow in the deco.
rations will do for the color scheme for
yellow and white are Colonial. and this
bright color may even extend to the
gown worn by the hostess.
If the affair is prepared for younger
guests. perhaps something more lively
will be liked. In this case You will
find the small pots of Jerusalem cherry
trees just the decoration to delight the
youngsters.
The brilliant little cherries on the
small plants seem to grow just to repre-
sent Waskington's cherry tree.
Historians tell us that baked ham
was well-hked dish with General
Washington. and We find a recipe in
Madam Washington's own cookery book
for preparing sweet potatoes to serve
with baked ham or with fried chicken" +"
Therefore, these meats may well be used
for our meat course this holiday.
Madam Washington's recipe for
baked ham and sweet potatoes: "A
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-20
nt.Teachsrs. Meet

The semi-monthly meeting of the
Parent-Teaehers Association of the
mrs: district Of Susquehanna township
was held in the Pleasant View High
School building last night. An inter
eSting program consisting of masic and
drill intersperSel with humorous read
ings were rendered by the grades. The
principal address OF the evening was
made by Professor G. Herman Goetz,
OF this city. The exercises were con
chnded with the regular routine bust
ness. during which Vine several new
members were admitted. 1t was deeid-
ei 10 hold bazar in the near future
for the purpose of establishing school
library.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-20
GERMANS CAPTURE French
HOSPITAL CORPS IN PRUSSIA

Petrosrad, Feb. 20, via London,
ls.e0 p. M.-Reports from Wilma. near
the East Prussisn frontier, received by
the French hospital at Petrograd tell
of the capture by Germans of the
French hospital corps. With the exeep-
tion of Manager Richard and DR.. Kopp,
who were absent from the hospital at
the time, the entire corps, including
Chief Surgeon Cresson, it is said, were
taken prisoners.
The corps. which had been universal
lv commended for its exceptional serv-
ice had been engaged since the begin
ming Of the war in sending flying de-
taohments 10 the front and had been
almost constantly under German fre.
On \ previous occasion one doctor
and several nurses, while hsa6aging
wounded on the field. were surrounded
By German cavalry and ordered TO sur
render but a detachment of Cossasks
arrived In time 10 effect their rescue.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-20
Source of Supply

What is one of the principal prod
uets of the West Indiesi'i asked the
teacher.
The class remained obviously silent
"Oh, come, think lttle,n adjured
the teacher. with patient encourage
ment. BILLY, tell the class where the
sugar You use in your home comes
from
Billy pondered bashfully for mo-
ment. then, blushing, blurted out:
Sometimes we buy it at the gro
GERS, but l think we usually borrow
it from the folks who live next door. -
Chicago News.
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