The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-02-14
ALASKA NEWS ITEMS
 AND TOWN TOPIcSi

Joe Wise formerly of Nome is
 now boosting for Frank waskey or Marshal City. Waskey near the close of1 the season last fall came upon some good ground and made quite a handsome clean4ap just as the freeze up came.
 The Fairbanks Citizen has 1n ar ticle entitled Roth for Governor as indicating that the district attorney who Is dubbed Rather Feeble Roth Is
 anxious to step into Governor Strong's gubernatorial shoes. The nice way the Citizen puts it is "If
 there is anything which Mr. Roth Is
 long on, it is first aid to the injured, and the injured is always himself. A prospecting party had hauled out to their claim some coal durins the past week and left it there
 where they deemed it safe. Next morning when the partners arrived on the scene from town they found that man and sled had visited the coal pile during the night and carieo away number of sacks. The night was not very clear and the marau- der lost his way and was compelle1 to tighten his load by dumping one sack, thus giving a clue to his trail which was followed. It is stated that the marshars office is now working on the case.
 The Nome Baseball magnates were to meet last night with some of the Fort officers and devise other ways and means for the pastime's prolongation in Nome. It is under stood that the ladies are to be or ganized into teams and that some lively bouts arc to be arranged. What transpired at the meeting of the fans was not given out up to the time we go to press.
 It is reported that the Democratic delegates to the Juneau convention will convene on Thursday next to decide upon their representation at the convention and who will hold the proxies. It was stated to the Worker that Inspector William Maloney would undoubtedly get the greater part of the proxies but Judge Jennings and Cobb the Terri torial Attorney would get some also. It was also hinted that some pretty strong resolutions as to patronage and its bestowal in this neck of the political woods would be discussed at the delegates meet ing so that it ought to be interest ing as council caucus before the jobs are all disposed of. The cleo, tion tlfls year will, it is intimated, contain many explosive clements io- cally which are likely to keep this little camp in state of unstable equilibrium the sweet while.
 The Chicago Herald of Nov 25 cantains the following concerning o. L. Dickeson, former president of the White Pass & Yukon Route, and a resident of Skagway:
 70. L. Dickeson, well-known in business circles, is confined to his room at the Chicago Athletic Associ- ation suffering from a severe cut on the back of his head and sundry bruises and decorations of his face.
 His injuries were received in fight early Sunday morning in the Hotel Sherman, at the close of the Cotillion Clubs weekly dance. A young woman who was attending the dance complained to her escort that Dickeson made some very offen- sive remarks to her.
 MI. DlChCoOh, tO Wlt nesses of the affray, started to leave the ball room in the main corridor when overtaken by the young wom- ans escort, who was named Miller.
 Miller struck Dickeson two fur ious blows in the face, throwing him backward against the corner of the wall so hard that his scalp was cut open about two inches.
 Dr. T. E. Miller, assistant house physician at the Hotel Sherman, at tended Dickeson and he was taken to the club in a taxicab accompa. nied by two of the employees at the hotel.
 The trained nurse who is at tending him said last night that MT. Dickeson does not know the man .kr Ixt Ia mi hn