Iditarod pioneer., 1916-01-15

came back to find the dear old federal au-
 thorties confscating the stuff. It was
 whisky. When the boat came here, 1t is said, it did not yet have the stuff com pleteiy out of its system, and Seward will get the benefit of it. The latest weather re-
 port from Anchorage was "dry and cold" [ Krause in Jail at Juneau
 i Edward Krause, charged with the mur-
 der of William Christie and others IS now in jail at Juneau. On the way from Se
 attle he was taken secretly from the steam ship and rushed to the Jail before anyone was aware of his presence. The authorities believed this course to be necessary as feeling was high against the man. The peo- pie of Juneau seem to feel that the evl- clence against krause is so strong that his escape from the extreme penalty of the law is impossible. No trace of Christie or the other supposed victims of Krause has been found in spite of the efforts of the authori- , ties and those who are trying to secure the rewards offered He will now await the action of the grand jury, but in the mean time there is hope that he will confess. ~
 Destruction of Game
 Seventy to hundred moose are drowned every year in kasullo river, and Dr. Baugh man has recommended that safeguards in the shape of fences be placed to prevent the animals from crossing at certain points, says the Seward Gateway. The moose try to cross on the ice sometimes when it Is too thin to bear them, and the result is often disastrous The dangerous zone is about three miles long, and the work of guarding
 it would be very little and of small ex- pense, considering the advantages to be gained. It is estimated that the number of moose on Kena peninsula is about four thousand. The difficulty of estimating the number may be judged by the fact that estimates range all the way from l,5C0 to l5,OOO Dr. Baughman thinks 4,000 to be fair estimate He also believes the moose are holding their own. During the winter before last many of them were lost because of the deep snow, but they got on we'll last winter. Tie Indians relate the
 interesting fact that no moose existed on kena peninsula eighty years ago. At that time caribou were plentiful, but they dis
 
 Baughman believes the moose are neither decreasing nor increasing.
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 Savior of katmai Is Dead
 Word has been received by Rev. A. p. kashevaroff of the death of Rev. Alexander J. Petelin, the savior of Katmal village, Russian priest in charge of the Afgonak church and the chapels of the mainland side of Shelekoff strait. The death occurred at Afgonak on October l6 last The dead priest was man of fame and influence in this section of Alaska To him is due the credit for saving the lives of the natives of Katmai village at the time of the erup- ton of Mount Katmai, in July, 1912. The evening before the eruption he was at Kat mai village, and seeing the danger that confronted the inhabitants of the village, he forced them to get in their bidarkas and kyaks and travel fifty miles farther to the westward, saving them from destruc- ton. The village was destroyed and for weeks afterward it was reported that the natives had perished The. United States coast guard cutter Manning, which was at Kodiak at the time of the disaster, after a long search, found the natives and the Russian priest who had saved their lives. Mr PeteIin was a trader in his earlier life, and he appears as one of the characters in Rex Beach's Silver Horde" in his own name and vocation, except that he was a full blooded Russian, and not a Quarter breed" as alleged by Beach. The novelist truthfuly describes the trader and subse quent priest as cross sseyed and competent, and always ready to aid anyone. At the time he was layman in charge of the Rus sian chapel at katmai, and, for his phys ica support, he worked for the Alaska Commercial Company in charge of its trad ing post at that place;-Juneau Empire. Murderer Awaits Execution
 The defense in the ltow murder case has exhausted its last resource, and within few days the day and the hour of his exc cution will have been named, says the Ju- neau Post Itow was arrested three years ago this fall, charged with murdering Frank Dunn, a Vermont lad, who, out of work and impoverished in San Francisco, had signed on as a cannery hand before Chi ncse contractor. According to the test mony in the case, Dunn, determined no longer to stand the life he was compelled to lead announced his intention of leaving. He was captured by Itow, the foreman, and by the aid of several of his countrymen was put to death with long sword which Itow had brought from Japan with him, Itow was convicted in the following Janu- ary, and the story of the trial, and the legal endeavors of his counsel to save his life following his conviction, resulting in his long lease of life, is an evidence of the skill of his attorney Since the conviction of Itow absolutely nothing has been done to alter the condition brought to light at the trial It was shown at the time of the trial that workingmen who sign on in the cannery crew under the Chinese contractor are absolutely at the mercy of the Orien- tals They are virtually prisoners None of the white officials of the cannery ever visit the mlarters where the men are con-