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Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To B. Anderson, J. Fldridge and w, Me
 Curdy, and to their heirs and assigns:
 You are hereby notified that the under signed has expended in each Of the years 1914 and 1915 the sum of one hundred dollars in labor and improvements upon the Chicken Association placer mining claim, situated on Chicken creek, a tributary of Bonanza creek, in Otter precinct Fourth di- vision, territory Of Alaska, the location Cer- tf1Cate of which is found Of record in Vol. 1. Page 362, in the ofnce of the recorder for said precinct. in order to hold said claim under the provisions Of Section 232+ of the Revised Statutes Of the United States and the amendment thereto approved Janu ary p, 1880, concerning annual labor upon mining claims, beinF the amount required to hold said placer mining claim for the periods ending on the 3ist day Of DeCem- Der, 1914, and the 31st day of December 1915.
 And if within ninety days from the per sOnal service of this notice, or within ninety days after the publication thereof. yru fail or refuse to contribute your pro- portion Of such expenditures as CO-OWner, your interests in the said placer mining claim will become the property of the sub ScTiber, your CO-OWneF, who has made lhe required expenditures, by the terms Of said section. n. MCGUINNESS.
 First publication, April t5, 1916.
 Last publication, July 8, 1916.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27
GREATEST SUPPLY OF GOLD
 GUARDED BY FEW OLD MEN

A Denver, Colo, dispatch says that the largest single gold supply in the world about $500 GOO O00-is locked in the vaults of the Denver mint. The vaults that hold this enormous wealth are among the strong est and with the most intricate locking and time devices in the world. They are con sidered burglar and bomb proof, Contrary to expectations, the great wealth in the building visited by thousands annually as point of interest to tourists Is not guarded by large number of armed men. A few old soldiers, political appointees, are prac- tically in charge of the building, In an emergency hardly a corporals guard ot powerful armed men could be raised in the mint immediately But the strength of the vaults and their inaccessibiEty give the of ficals charged with responsibility for the half billion dollars no worry. The gov ernment accepts al gold offered at the mint The price IS hxed-S2O.67 hne ounce. It has not huctuated in years. The same price rules all over the world. None of the gold which has poured into New York since the balance of trade has been in America's favor has been stored in Den yer. According to officials at the mine, that gold mostly remains in New York and Washington hints and eastern banks as basis for credit In case of threatened ln- vasion, however, 1t Is not improbable that the geld on both the Atlantic and Paclhc seaboards would be removed to the strong Denver vaults
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27

Tartus which led to ,he consolidation of old Russia about Moscow. A reign of terror in the first half of the Seventeenth cen tury led to the foundation of the house of Romanoff, under which the Russian empire has grown to its present greatness.
 A century later the war with Sweden brought the nation to realization of its need of Western ways. Under Peter the Great the Swedish struggle resulted in the permanent alignment of Russia with the nations of the West, instead of the ciyiliza- tions of the East
 With the Napoleonic wars Russia took several more steps out of her semi AsiatIc seclusicn The Crnnean war brought fur ther spread of enlightened ideas and had much to do with the famous emancipation of the serfs. The fcudal system received further blows at the end of the Turkish war of l87718.
 As climax to the Russo Japanese war came the revolution of 1905, the birth of the first duma, and the seeming dawn of freedom.
 But it was falSe dawn. There followed reaction of the most terrible sort, pogroms, wholesale arrests, the suppression of liberal ideas and great shipments of intellectual leaders to Siberia.
 This era was passing away when the war began. In the spring of 1914 the duma dared to refuse to Tass the budget It fought with the reactionary government on almost equal terms
 The war caused the liberal leaders to consent to delay. Old institutions were al lowed to stand unchalenged in the hour of crisis, when every nerve and sinew of the nation was needed in the great trial of arms.
 The war itself ha- done much to en- Tighten. The ignorant young peasant, who seldom went more than fifty miles from his little village, has travelled to the battle front and talked with all sorts of men he never dreamed existed.
 The suppression of vodka has wrought marvels The older peasant instead of spending his evening in besotting reVels, now takes his place in little group around some man or woman who can read and listens to the latest news about the WAT or the words of wisdom from some volume purchased at the nei z! boring town by the joint contributions of many poor folk
 Russia is moving and stirring. The world is bound to hear more of the Slavs Back ward dirty and ignorant, the vast mass Is today but it cannot be denied its place.
 Europe today has about 130,00O,000 Slavs to 7O.O000O0 Germans. In Russia the rate Of increase of population is POI a year, while in Germany it is 40 and falling. This birth rate of Russia is an insuperable force.
 Russia has natural resources greater than those of all the rest Of Europe put together. These are almost wholly undeveloped. As the Slavic consciousness finds itself and mod ern ideas spread the Slavic influence ja world affairs is bounl to grow.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27

toward ship canal to the lakes. A federal year to consider Seattle's protests As re- suit of what it heard the board reported to the secretary of war that the north canal was the feasible project but that Seattle did not really need any canal.
 Canal Association Organized
 Two years later Seattle united in its de- mands for the Salmon bay ship canal The following year James A. Moore offered to dig the canal if King county would sub scribe half a million dollars The voters ap- proved this bonus.
 The Lake Washington Canal Association formed to ''take the canal out of politics" and incidentally to build it as a business proposition, secured title to Mr Moores agreement with the federal government, but failed to raise the needed money by an as sessment district
 In 1910 the voters of King county author ized spending three quarters of million dollars for the north canal. The state con tributed S2000O0 more, secured from the sale of lake shore lands in 1909.
 Construction of Locks Ordered
 The canal association, with million dol lars for building, eventually brought about the federal construction of the locks Sen ator John L. Wilson and Governor Me Graw were instrumental in securing from congress authorization of the survey which secured the successful completion of Se- attles cherished project. On June 30, 1911, the secretary of war ordered the work to proceed.
 The canal was built by the co operation of King county, the state and the federal government The county and state paid for excavating the waterway and secured the federal government from ell damage The federal government constructed the locks
 So it happens that next week Seattl, will add 100 miles to the shore line of its har- Dor by incorporating two freshwater lakes. The dream of slxty-three years has quietly become a reality
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27
DAWN OF DEMOCRACY
 IN DOMAIN OF THE GEAR

PETROGRAD, April S.-Out of the tears and sufferings of the great war a new Russia is being born-a Russia of fair government, progress and economic solidty. This is the belief of many patriots.
 Perhaps it IS all beautiful dream. The patriots were profoundly discouraged last September when the czar prcrogued the duma But hope revived and was intensi- fled fivefold when Nicholas not only called together his congress again but appeared in person at the opening of this representative body and welcomed the members in the name of victory
 It is hard for Western minds to compre- bend just what this action of "The Little Father" meant to the Russian mujik. To the humble peasant his czar is a demigod, indeed almost an equal of the Virgin Mary and the Christ. For him to receive per sonaly the peasants representatives was an inspiration for the war-driven Russian.
 The further proceedings of the duma will therefore be watched with more interest than ever. The body is patriotic to the last man, and the liberal block or union of parties has decided to forego pressing for
 
 tory IS past.
 The premier, M Sumner, has record of conservatism which does not recommend him to the liberal elements; yet, like the czar, he now conciliates the most radical and causes the mighty people to oppose a united front to the Germans
 The honest attempts of the government to solve the transportation problem, which has resulted in famine in one province with a superabundance of the needed products in another nearby province, are generally rec ognized The efforts have not met with great success, however Russian bu- reaucracy, unlike the German brand is not efficient. But the spirit in which the prob lem has been met, like the severe measures taken to root out and punish war grating in high places, has encouraged the intel lectualS to look for better things.
 M. Sazonof, the foreign minister, is an other government official who, although a conservative, has gained the respect and confidence of the people. It is felt that Russia's delicate relations with her allies and with Sweden and the United States are in good hands.
 Even if Russia should lose this war, or it should result in draw, great changes are to be expected Russian reforms have grown out of the conflict When Lloyd George, the British minister of munitions said that German arms are blasting the letters off backward Russia he told the truth
 It was the constant incursions of the
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27
PROMINENT SEATTLE MAN
 SPEAKS FOR HIGH WAGES
 FOR ALASKA RAILROADERS

Laborers and skilled mechanics who went on strike against the government railway commission at Anchorage, Alaska, few weeks ago. demanding higher wages and the eight hour day on railroad construction work, were pledged the support of Seattle unionsts at a recent meeting ot the Seattle Labor Council, which took official cognlz ance of the appointment Of the federal commission to investigate and settle the strike and named a committee to meet the commissioners before they sailed from Sc attle and urge them to deal liberally with the strikers
 A letter from Maurice D. Leehey, Seattle lawyer who has large mining interests m Alaska. was the basis of the councils ac tion Leehey ca led the councils attention to the fact that the strike commissioners are all Eastern men, and for that reason could not be expected to grasp the sltuatlon at Anchorage as quickly or to give 1t the libersl consideration that Alaskans would demand.
 Any prosperity in Alaska in the past said the Leehey letter, has been wholly due to the higher returns given the labor ing man for his services. Alaska must be lend of high wages, or people will not go there All of us here in Seattle are vitaly interested We must see that q high wage scale is maintained in that ter ritory Indeed we must have higher re turns for both labor and capital. else neither will go to Alaska It is to our interest here in Seattle to do everything we can to as- sure higher return for both in Alaska
 Leeheys suggestion was that the council appoint a committee to cooperate with the Alaska bureau of the Chamber of Com merce to take the commissioners in hand immediately on their arrival from the East snl give them all desirable advance in formation regarding the Anchorage situa- tion. The committee was appointed.
 The councils action Is consistent, says c. D. Strattcn, in the Seattle Times, in that it was the first labor organization to register protest when the Alaska rail road commissions chairman announced that conditions in Alaska would compel long hours of labor and low wages for men, en- gagged in building the government railroad, and that the commissions policy would be to disregard the federal eight hour day law and let station work contracts as cheaply as DOSCihle
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To J. F. Baird, Marie Baird and Charles
 HOXse. and to their heirs and assigns:

To J. F. Baird, Marie Baird and Charles
 HoXsie. and to their heirs and assigns: You are hereby notified that the under signed have expended in each Of the years 1914 and 1915 the sum of one hundred dol lars in labor and improvements upon each of the placer mining claims known and de sCribed as follows, to wit The Rainbow association, situated at the head Of Flat creek in Otter precinct, Fourth division, territory of Alaska, the location certificate of which Is found Df record in book one of Locations, page SIS, In the Ofnce of the recorder for said precinct; the Montana as SOciatiOn adjoining the above described Rainbow association the location certificate of which is found Of record in volume one Of Locations, page 2tS, in the Off1Ce of the recorder of said preCinct in order 10 hold said claim under the provisions of Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and the amendment thereto ap proved January 22, 1880, concerning an nual labor upon mining claims being the amount required to hold said placer mining claims for the periods ending on the 3fst day of December, 1914, and 1915.
 And if. within ninety days from the per sOnal service Of this notice, or within ninety days after the publication thereof, you fail or refuse 10 contribute your pro portion of such expenditure as a CO-owner, your interests in the said two placer min ing claims will become the property Of the subscribers, your CO-OWners, who have made the required expenditures, by the
 GEO. w. ALBRIGHT.
 CHAS. E. TAYLOR.
 First publication April IS, 1916.
 Last publication, July 8. 1916.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27
GERMANS ARE DEPORTED
 BY JAPANESE GOVERNMENT

Japan's order of deportation against five German business men of Yokohama, which already has been carried out, has brought into discussion the entire treatment of the German civilians as we'll as German prison CTS i'll Japan.
 The authorities make no statement in connection with the deportation beyond the declarstcn that the men were dismissed from the country because of conduct det- rimental to the interests of Japan and her allies. Japanese newspapers however, al lege that four of the Germans, namely, those connected with the firm of Otto, Reimers X Co., were dismissed because they shipped copper through neutral countries destined for Germany. Some newspapers say they understood on good authority that Japanese copper mine had actually been worked by the company and its products forwarded to Germany through the United States.
 The deported Germans include Martin Pors. manager of Otto, Reimers & Co. /; H. Fokkes K Fischer and C. Heitmann. The fifth German dismissed is M F. Ben gen, manager of Bergmann x Co.,, Yoko- hama
 The investigations of the police covered several months, and the evidence in each case IS said to fill more than 500 written pages. The incident Is regarded as show ing that the authorities are constantly ex- erclslng a strict surveillance over the Ger man civilians resident in Japan.
 The Japan Gazette, published at Yoko- hama, prints a copy of an affidavit which was sworn to by Martin Pors last July at the American consulate at Yokohama The affidavit declares that the copper business transacted by the firm of Otto, Reimers Co. in Japan since the outbreak of the war has not been done and is not done with Germany, nor with Germany as the ultimate destination. It continues by say ing that all the copper shipped by the firm to New York is sold in New York through its agent, E. P. Earle, an American citizen, to various American refining establish ments. The affidavit was sworn to before George H. <.cidmore who subscribed him self as consul general of the United States in charge of German interests in Yoko- hama.
 
 German prisoners of war have led the Jap. anese press to declare that the authorities are treating the prisoners too liberall y The most recent trouble occurred at the camp at Kurume, when a Japanese guard is said to have been assaulted by a German prisoner after he had warned the prisoner to be more careful about smoking and about throwing live ashes on the floor The Jiji declares that the authorities should deal with Germany and its people in manner different to that accorded to other nations It expresses the opinion that a sharp watch should be kept over the German residents in Japan, all of whom, it thinks, should have been expelled from the country long ago.-Tokio dispatch.
 Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters $50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.,
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27
Canal Work Abandoned

The first work was ditch from Lake Union to Salmon bay. This project was fairly we'll completed, in a modest way, when, in 1885, Frank H. Osgood joined the board of directors and undertook a contract to join Lake Union and Lake Washington The desire of Lake Washington farmers to reach the city markets by an easy route offered good economic argument for the completion of this work. When the ditch was almost finished the Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern railroad was begun, and since the railroad duplicated the work of the canal, the water route was abandoned.
 For many years the Salmon bay canal was the object of investigation and recon mendations of federal engineers. In 1891 the report of board headed by Colonel G. H. Mende!l, who favored either the route now used or a canal from Smith cove to Salmon bay, so cheered Seattle that the securing of federal aid became live po htical issue John H. McGraW was elected governor the following year, largely by his build the canaF' platform.
 Two Factions Develop
 In 1890, as a member of the harbor line commission, former Governor Semple be- came actively interested in the plan of fill ing the tide flats by digging the lake canal through Beacon hill to Lake Washington In 1893, due to his urging, the state legls lature passed tideland act which permit ted a person or corporation to dig private canals and take their pay by first lien on the land reclaimed.
 The harbor line commission had pre- viously decided that all land uncovered when the tide went out belonged to the state
 In 1894 Governor Semple secured con tract to fill in the Seattle tidelands, and out of this grew the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company, which had as its avowed purpose the digging of the south canal
 Seattle raised bonus of half million dollars toward the financing of this enter prise and at the same time began to split into two very active factions of canal builders
 The south canal party, starting with all the sinews of war and popular approval, WAS iOi llle SpCctiy SoihpioIloh Oi 'AiE 6hAAp canal by private capital. The north canal faction favored government aid for ship canal over the older and much approved route from Salmon bay.
 Factions Finally United
 Two years after work began on the south canal the private corporation got into finan- cial difficulties The opposition of the pro- ponents of the federal canal, led by John J. McGilvra and Judge Burke, had grown to formidable proportions. Will H. Parry, in 1900, quit the Moran Bros shipbuildlng enterprises to champion the south canal. The extraordinary genius of Mir. Parry for organizing and directing won the south canal project a second victory, yet 1t was MT. Parry himself who, five years later, brought both factions together and united Seattle in its demand for the Salmon bay waterway
 In 1902 congress appropriated $160,00O to dredge in Salmon bay, but dealt the canal proponents a staggering blow by stipulat ing that none of the money was 10 be spent
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27

Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters $50 per can. Idtarod Meat Co.,
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27
VERNON CASTLE AN AVIATOR

After a course of preliminary training in the United States, Vernon Castle, dancer of renown, has gone to England to fly for the allied cause The recent aerial activity of the Germans in both Zeppelins and aero planes has compelled the British to cell upon all available air men, Mir Castle is an Enpllshman
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-05-27
MufChIeT Bros. GENERAL
 FREIGHTERS DAILY STAGE SERVICE
SEA TRAVEL STILL HEAVY
 DESPITE SUBMARINE MENACE

WASHINGTON, April 9.-Dcspite the perils of submarine warfare, 100000 per sons have crossed the Atlantic and European ports as passengers since the beginning of the war Figures assembled recently in the bureau of navigation show that 25O 000 of them traveled on vessels owned by the belligerents.
 Only 3s00O of the passengers travelled first class.
 Passengers carried by bclligerent ships are divided as follows:
 By Italian ships l13,0O0; British, S9,000; French, 43,0oo; Russian. 6o00; Belgian, 1,C00
 American ships carried 5l,O0O passengers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-07
Stay With Us a
While Longer

A blue and gold day-blue of sky I'M
fiecked, save here and there a fleecy cloud,
as soft and white as the foam of the sea
gold of sunshine, touching everything with
Midas wand, and lending to the world
dazzling, palpitant splendor, that made
the pulse sing for the very gladness of liv-
ing. Music of the bands and the sound of
marching feet, in rythmic time tovwelcome
Priscus XVII, king of the revelry. Bright
bunting in colors of carnival glad faces
that awaited the coming of the monarch,
happy children, and always the sound of
music that rose and fell and rose again.
That was Pensacola's welcome yester-
day.
Thousands are in the city and others are
arriving today for the carnival festivities,
and the very spirit of carnival is in the air
To those in the city today, The Journal
extends greetings At midnight Mardi
Gras comes to a close, and the quietude of
the Lenten season will prevail. The beauty
and the lure of water; the hospitality that
never fails; historic points of interest; fish
ing that is unexcelled anywhere in the
world All these and more are here, to in
terest and amuse.
The Journal hopes that all who can do
SO will remain over in the city, to get ac-
quainted with the side of life that is in the
background during the carnival season.
There is not time in the rush of the earn
wal celebration to see much Of Pensacola,
to visit the forts, the aviation station, the
gulf beach, and other beauty spots about
the city.
The Journal trusts that all who can
make it possible TODD so, will remain over
for few days, in order that they may
learn that Pensacola is hospitab1e at all
times and under all conditions.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-07
HAS
ISSUED SUBPOENAS
FOR ABOUT DOZEN
ALL WHO WERE SAID TO HAVE
BEEN FOUND IN ALLEGED
GAMBLING HOUSE WILL AP-
PEAR AND TESTIFY.

More than a dozen subpoenaes were
yesterday issued by County Solicitor
Scott M. Loftin, and all men who were
said to have been found in an alleged
gambling house on West Romano
street viii be required to appear be-
fore the solicitor and give testimony
under oath. County Solicitor Loftin
last night left for Key West, to be
gone about week or ten day.
Last Friday night, Sheriff Ellis and
Deputy Rice made an attempt to raid
the alleged gambling house, about
which there had been so much COM
plant. Before the officers had sue
ceeded in getting into the alleged
gambling room, their approach was
discovered, it is said, by negro at
tendant, and when the officers did
reach the suspected place, all was as
quiet and serene as if nothing out of
the ordinary had been happening.