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Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
THAT POKE OF DANNY'S

He was only 8 small man in physique but with the aid of bunch of nine kus knkwim huskies he brought 5000 in gold dust to Anchorage from his property on Bear creek. at the mouth of the kusko kwim Dan Brice arrived in the city Sun day and put up at the White House during his stay in Anchorage Mr. Brice came by way of Bethel McGrath and the Idltarod trail He naturally was utra-enthusastic over his part of Alaska, and said the dis trlct was merely in its infancy, and the next season would see marked developments. He left this morning for Seward, where he will take the first steamer for the Outside. Mir Brice expects to spend most of his time in San Francisco and will return to his prop erty at the opening of river navigation with a shipment of mining machinery age Times.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Arthur A. Everett, and 10 hts heirs ant
 assigns:

To Arthur A. Everett, and 10 hts heirs and
 assigns:
 You are hereby notified that the under signed, having expended in each Of the years 1909, 1910, 1911, 1919, 1913, 1914. 1915 and 1916 the sum Of one hundred dol lars in labor and improvements upon each of the quartz mining claims known and de- sCribed as follows, to wit; The Parks No. i lode mining claim, the Parks No. 2 lode mining claim, the Parks No. lode mining claim, the Parks No. lode mining claim. the Banner lode mining claim, situated on Cinnahar lode, on the right limit Of the kuskOkWm river, about fifteen miles below the mouth Of the Oltna river, in the Kus- kOkWim mining district territory Of Alaska, in order to hold said claims under the pro- visions of Sec. 2324 Of the Revised Statutes of the United states, and the amendment thereto approved January 22, 1880. con- cerninS annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required 10 hold said mining claims for the period herein men toned.
 And if within ninety days from the per- sonnl service of this notice, or within ninety days after the publication thereof you fail or refuse to contribute your pro portion Of such expenditure as CO., owner yeur interest In said five lode mining claims will become the property Of the subscriber, your c0-oWner, who has made the required expenditures by the terms Of said section. F. w. PARKS.
 First publication, Dec. 2. 1916
 Last publication, March 3, 1917. WANTED-Position as cook or house
 keeper; can furnish references Martha
 Hellerick, General Delivery Anchorage,
 Alaska.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
ODD SUBMARINE STORY
 BROUGHT BY SEA CAPTAIN

The greatest feat of navigation ever per formed in the eyes of couple of master mariners is credited to the commander of German submarine which was preying on shipping off the Norwegian coast. Captain Victor Wilsgaard brought the story to Se- attle, and he got it directly from the crew of the vessel most affected shortly after the incident The Post -Intelligencer tells it ss follows:
 The Knut Hilda, 3,200 tons, bound from Archangel to London with lumber, WAS sunk by German submarine three miles east of North Cape, and the crew were taken on board the U-boat With one of the Hildss boats in tow, the submarine started toward shore. But the line parted and the ships boat went adrift.
 The commander of the submarine, how ever submerged his vessel returned, and came up again with such accurate aim that
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
GREAT SECRECY EMPLOYED
 IN HANDLING GOLD SHIPMENT

Shhh Sh-h-h! Hist A ton of gold, more or less was supposed to have come in from Alaska last night on the Mariposa, but you are not supposed to know any thing about it, says the Seattle Post Inteli- gencer of January IS. At least, that is what one gathers after trying to pry little in- formation out of the Wells Fargo people, who, if they had been known of as long az the clam, would be the synonym for silence instead of the bivalve. To resume: The Mariposa docked at 10 o'clock at Pier 2, after her usual voyage over the water from Alaska points.
 It had been noised around in quite an unethcal fashion, according to Wells Fargo, that shipment of S50O,000 in gold from the Iditarod had been taken aboard the ves- sel at Seward, but the representatives of the express company who met the vessel last night were not voluble on the subject.
 Did ton of gold, more or less, come in for Wells Fargo?" one of the men was asked. Cant say anything about it," was the reply. Have you any guards down on the wharf to receive the shipment?" There might be" returned the express man (not expressman). How many guards are there four or fve?" More or less," came the answer. Where are you going to put the gold?" Cant tell" replied the uncom- municative one. "Is there any gold?" Wouldn't say" Are those Wells Fargo wagons down there to get the gold?" "We send wagons to meet all the steamers Do you mind if all this information is pub lished?" WAS the final and sarcastic ques- ton sent at the man who was obeying his orders. His reply was noncommittal.
 From sources other than the garruious Wells Fargo people it was learned that the Mariposa brought in s53567 in gold from the lditarod, Sl2,000 from Valdez and S45,- $50 from Chchagoff
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
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ALASKA NEWS
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A Juneau dispatch of January 26 tells of the burial alive of Benjamin Grote and Maurice Rasmussen, both telephone line men in the, employ of the Perseverance mine, in snowslide in the Silver Bow basin. They were engaged at the time in repairing the telephone line, which had gone down as the result of a storm A number of those who were working in an effort to recover the bodies of the two men, and large crowd of spectators from Ju- neau, narrowly escaped death from sec on dslide at the scene, which came down the mountain while the work of recovering the bodies was going on. One body has been recovered, bearing signs of suffocation. Az a result of the snowslides 800 feet of the railroad track connecting the mine with the mills at the Perseverance mine was carried away The wrecking of the track makes it necessary for the mine to close down for at least two weeks
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
ANCHORAGE BOOTLEGCERS

z. J. Loussac druggist on Fourth street, was arrested the first of the week for sell ing liquor without license. On Friday he pleaded guilty and was fined $500 and costs. It has long been reputed that this place was selling alcohol in illegal quantities but the officers neglected to interfere until the new regime was instslled. Last week freighter was caught in the act of delivering 8 con siderable quantity of liquor at the back door of the Loussac store. The liquor was taken in charge by the officers and later the ar rest WAS made.-Anchorage Star.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
EFFECT OF COURT DECISION
 IN DIGGS-CAMINETTI CASE

The United States supreme court on January Is upheld the conviction of Cam inetti and Diggs under the Mann act in California.
 Although the supreme court had some time previously upheld the constitutionallty of the Mann white slave law, says Wash ington dispatch, the question of whether 1t prohibits interstate transportation ot women only for commercial vice or applies to mere personal immoral escapades having no ele- ments of commercalism or coercion has been disputed ever since the laws enact ment.
 Interpretation by the supreme court of the disputed point was asked in the cee- brated Diggs- -Csminetti cases and in the case of L. T. Hays of Ava, Okla. In all three cases, the government conceded, there was no element of traffic for gain.
 Caminetti was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment and fined $l0OO, Diggs to two years and $2,0O0 fine. Hays had an eighteen months prison sentence, All have been at liberty under bail.
 Lower federal courts and different admin istrations of the department of justice have differed over the laws interpretation. Varl- ous women's clubs and other organizations have agitated for an interpretation to curb all immortality whether commercial or not.
 Two other important questions raised were whether women were accompllces and whether men might be convicted solely upon womans uncorroborated testimony
 In the Dggs -Caminetti case the defendants took two girls from Sacramento to Reno, New, and started to keep house in bun galow in the outskirts of the town. The defendants contended that congress never intended to include, with classification as felonies, offenses which are mlsdemeanors in most states, but aimed the law against persons transporting women victims in con- mercialzed white slave traffic.
 Although Attorney General Wickersham in office when the law was passed, ruled that it did not apply to personal escapades, the succeeding administration held other wise. The Second, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth federal circuit courts of appeal have sustained the broader interpretation, while other federal courts have held only for the commercial construction
 Justice McReynolds took no part in con- sdiering the three cases, being disqualified in having been attorney general during the prosecution of the three defendants.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
IMPORTANT RULING MADE
 RELATING TO WITNESS FEES

In circular issued by the department of justice, under date of December 26, l9l6, which has recently been received by the ted eral officials in Fairbanks, are contained provisions which, in the opinion ct the au 1horities, tend to abolish witness fees here tofore allowed.
 In the past, when witness was com pelled 10 travel 100 miles or more he was allowed his actual travelling expenses, m cluding roadhouSe bills, and also hotel ex- penses while in attendance at court In addition 10 this be was also allowed the regular S5 per diem while in attendance at court, and also on the journey both ways Witnesses coming within the hundred-nllle radius were allowed the regular mileage ol l5 cents a mile and the regular per dlem.
 In the opinion of Clerk of Court J, E. Clark as well as of the marshal's office, the new order will do away with the per diem allowance if the witness Is allowed his actual travelling expenses and hotei expenses while in attendance at court. The hundred-nhle limit Is also done away with by thls order, and anv witness now has the right to choose whether he will travel on the regular mile age or at the expense of the government.
 Either wav. the witness loses, according to the Fairbanks Citizen. as it is impossible to cover the travelling expenses with the h cents mileage plus the s5 per diem, And if the government pays the sctul expenses, there being no per diem allowed, the wit ness is out the time he Is away from ms business, plus any expense that he may be put to in filling his place while he Is away from his job.
 Mir. Clark states that there may be misinterpretaton of the order, and to make sure he is taking the matter up with the department. with view to having the cir culsr thoroughly explained
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
Millions of Ptarmisan

The missing ptarmigan have been found, says the Seward Post. Scientific sharps and experts of bird lore now have an op- portunity to set forth their knowledge in regard to whether or not the above IS & statement or misst stement of fact. Here is the basis of argument: From nearly every part of the territory reports were re- ceived this year that the ptarmlgan had vanished A few scattering birds were seen, but the vast focks were not to be found. Some said that cold weather killed them, others that they had migrated. Messages have been received at Valdez from Dr. French on Bristol bay, that millions and millions of ptarmigan have gathered on the Alaska peninsula. Dr. French wrote after crossing the peninsula en route home from term of court at Valdez. He said that never in the history of that section had the birds been so thick The natives are taking advantage of the invasion and are living high. The contention IS that these birds migrated from other parts, but others claim that the ptarmigan does not mi grate, and that the reason he is so plentl- ful out there is that conditions were favor able at matching time, while the reason for scarcity elsewhere is answered by the cold weather of last summer.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
Alaska Coal by the TrainIoad

Uncle Sam's railroad delivered the first solid trainload of Alaska coal in Anchorage on January l2, according to the Alaska Rail road Record, published by the engineering commission This train consisted of eleven cars Seven cars of this coal came from the LaDuke mine and four from the Dougherty mne both on Moose creek. On Sunday, January A. another trsinlosd of twelve cars of coal arrived in Anchorage, nine from the LaDuke mine and three from Doughertys. The Eska Creek Coal Com pany has been awarded a contract for 5000 Ions of coal by the Alaska engineering com mission, the first delivery being made Jan. 15 and the last to be made by May l. The contract price was s per ton f. 0. b. cars at the mine
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
Marshal Erwin's Report

The report of Marshal Erwin of the Fourth division for the quarter ending December 3l was made public on January 22 It shows that the total disbursements for his office for the last quarter of the calendar year were s4S,996.96. This was more than $7,O00 greater than for the same period last year The reason given for the increase is that the support of prisoners in the 1916 quarter was more than $5,0OO greater than last year, as the Tanana and Fairbanks jails are both filled. The bal ance of the increase was due to the late session of court and the fees paid jurors during the fall months. Last year but Gt- tie money was paid to jurors in the same period.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
koyukuk Trader Suicides

Letters received in Fairbanks on January 26 stated that A. Leasing the trader at Alakaket, on the Koyukuk river, near the mission, had committed suicide According to the letter the suicide was committed on Jsnuary s, but the manner in which the man took his life was not stated The let ter said that Indians had been sent to se cure the commissioner and he was expected there within few days
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
Henry Again Arrested for Libel

On a warrant sworn out Tn the commis- sioners court at Fairbanks on January 26 c. Hinton Henry was arrested, charged with criminal libel, the complainant in the case being Mrs. J. H. Caskey, wife of the editor of the Citizen. The alleged libel is con. tained in the following: Also we will tell this boob that Mrs. George Hinton Henry never had to be carried home in state of filthy intoxication." In the complaint it IS stated that the word boob" referred to J. H. Caskey, the husband of the complainant, and that the article, which appeared in the Free Press, a publication conducted by Henry, was intended to convey the Idea that the complainant had been carried home in 8 state of intoxication, all of which was false and scurrilous matter, and constituted a criminal libel AS another hearing was in progress before the commissioner, the
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
Canadian Liner Ashore

The Canadian line steamship Prince John was cast ashore by the high seas in Wran- gell narrows on January 26. The passen- gers were landed in the safety. The steam ship Albert, freighter belonging to the same company, left for the scene of the wreck
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
MAX SMITH RETURNS

Max Smith, who arrived in town from the States Monday evening, will leave on the lower river stage this morning for Tan ana. where he will relieve J. A. Donald as agent for the Northern Commercial Com. pany for short time Mir. Donald is going Outside on 8 vacation trip.-Fairbanks Citi- zen, Jan. P.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03

defendant did not appear for arraignment. Henry was convicted of libel but recently and his case is pending on appeal
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
FOR SALE--TEAMS

One team of horses and one of mules, with sleds and harness complete
 NORTHERN COMMERCIAL co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03

Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $1 50 per can. lditarod Meat Co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-23
|B|LLy SUNDAY WAs NATIONAL SHIPPING
|GOOD BALL PLAYER PLANS UNPOPULAR

NEW YORK, May 23.-Billy Sunday
evangelist and ex-ball player. started
his cafeer at turning men into the
proper paths of life long before he be-
gan to send his enthusiasm shooting
into their breasts from the eminence
of platform.
Gov. John K Tener, now president
o. the National league, declares Sun
days influence was one of the best
things he ever saw on baseball field
Tener played ball when Sunday did.
Sunday was a fine baseball player
and as fine man as ever knew on a
baseball field" Tener said recently.
HE was not good hitter, but
when he did reach first base it almost
certain that he would score a run. He
ran upright, his feet moving like those
OF a sprinter. There was no waste mo-
ton. If he had been able to hit with
any degree of accuracy his name
would have gone down in the history
of baseball with as much vigor as
some Of the games greatest men. II
was beautiful to see his long legs in
action around the bases. He was the
fastest man l ever have seen on the
baselines.
ssc,,ndov,e ;nH,oDco avon when he
was a young man playing baseball
was a fine thing. He didn't have the
mistaken idea that to cure man Of
bad habits it was necessary to hold
him up for the public to gaze upon and
criticise. But you often could see him
sitting on bench, his earnest face
turned apepalingly to some man asking
him to change his ways. He had way
about him that made those men think
There was on braggadoccio in his
makeup. He simply played baseball
and tried to make his fellow players
better for having played with him
Sunday was most helpful man an0
when he quit, the game lost a strong
personality"
"Tener declared Sunday would com
pare very favorably with many men
who are playing baseball in the Nation
al league.
Given the coaching these men are
able to get, and with his natural abil'
ity to think quickly and rightly ant
he would have been man of national
prominence in baseball right now. He
had a wonderful ability that it would
have been hard to deny him the high.
est praise"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-23
COMING! THIS PICTURE HOLDS
ATTENTION OF THE AUDIENCE

"The Birth of Nation" looms up as
a coming attraction at the Opera House
where it will be seen May 1929. 1t
is the largest and most important pro-
duction of a decade, yet not a word
is spoken throughout the 2 hours and
As minutes performance. Music sup
plies the absence of speech, mechan-
ical effects and realism, whilst the
wizard of. the screen, David w. Grit
fifth, unfolds in 10000 feet of film the
thrilling romance of the War Between
the States and the reconstruction of
the Southland. Some faint idea of its
magnitude may be had from the fact
that, $4,000 actors and 5000 horses
took part and that the staging of this
great outdoor drama" cost half mil
lion dollars. his city will be favored
with the original production from, one
OF the large cities-New York. Boston
and Chicago, where it was first stimuli
taneously shown.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-23
MexicanS Planting Crops.
ernnents.

CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mex, May %.
"A saying in Spanish that, when Mex
leans pillow, plant and prepare the soil
for crops, war is at an end, is being
quoted in the agricultural districts OF
this state as proof that the revolutions
have worn themselves out and the peo-
pie are returning to peaceful pursuits,
In all of the fertile mountain valleys.
on the plains of the north and the irri-
gated districts in southern Chihuahua
farmers are putting in crops, many of
them for the first time in five years.
Beans, corn, some wheat and even po-
tatoes are being grown on the highly
productive tablelands.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-23

LIVERPOOL, May 23.-While Loyalty
accepting the governments action in
taking over virtually all vessels for
war purposes, Sir owen Phillips, chair
man of the Royal Mail and other yes
sells Off war purposes, in speech at a
meeting of the Holt Line said the prob
lens of the future must not be lost
sight of if the British mercantile mar
inc is to hold its own hereafter.
Bearing in mind the vitality essential
character of the service of the British
mercantile marine, whether in peace
or war. and what the government of
other enthusiastically and the re-
verse-are doing or propose to do to
foster their respective merchant nav
les" he said, 1--WE trust our govern
ment will be wide awake to the new
conditions likely to arise, and will see
to it that British shipping shall not
be unfairly handicapped in the fierce
competition which will ensue with the
State-aided merchant fleets of our
present enemies, of neutrals, or even
of our Allies.
1.-THE intervention of state depart
ments in shipping affairs may be de-
sirable and necessary under the alb
normal stress of war conditions but in
my opinion the unique position obtain
ed by British shipping which has been
of such incalculable aid to the country
throughout its course, was due to the
individual and unfettered energy, en-
terprise and resourcefulness of our
shipowners.
There has been same talk lately of
the naturalization of British shipping.
If such a policy were seriously to be
entertained there would be grave dang
err of our losing our premier position
in the shipping world and I trust there
for, the government will realize the
desirability, in the individual endeavor
and freedom from government interpos-
ition, except where this is necessary in
order to secure as far as possible SAT-
ETY. of life at sea and fairplay for Brit
ish shipping when menaced by the
orders and restrictions of foreign gov
ernments.''
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-23
A THOROUGH TEST
One to Convince the Most SkeptiCaI
Americas Reader.


The test of time is the test thai
that counts.
Doan's Kidney Pills have made theiI
reputation by effective action.
The following case is typical.
Americas residnts should be cor
WINGED.
The testimony is confirmed-the
proof is complete.
Testimony like this cannot be ig-
nored.
w. A. Hardin, grocer, Elm Ave. and
Hill St., Americas, says: 81 mad Sc
we're pains in my back which were Al
most vulnerable at times. The kidney
secretions were too frequent in pas
sage and highly colored. tried
Doan's Kidney Pills and got relief
from the first. Continued use removed
the pains in my back and the action Of
my kidneys became regular" Estate.
ment given March s, 1900
Little Trouble Since.
OVER FOUR YEARS LATER, Mr.
Hardin said: "Doan's Kidney Pill;
cured me few years ago and 1 an
glad to again recommend them to 9TH
er sufferers from kidney trouble"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't sim.
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same thai
Mr.. Hardin has twice publicly recon-
mended. -Milburn Co., Props.
Buffalo, N. Y. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-23
vale Mem to Try for Marine Oficers.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 23.--
Harry LeGore, John W. Overton and
Louis Ferguson, Yale varsity captains,
and seven other students who are lead
ers in athletics, fraternity life and on
college publications will take exam
nations today for the Marine Officers
Reserve Corps. Two of the ten, Walter
B Day and Frederick G. Wheeler. who
are graduates will try for permanent
commissions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-23
Few Exemptions Allowed by British

TVW INUHPiIVIIS fFIV"VU y II -t117--'
LONDON, May 23.-Not even the man
who repairs King Georges typewriters
and those of the prime minister, David
Lloyd George, is exempt from military
service. Only a months extension of
time in which to join the colors was
given him by the military tribunal, the
Judge remarking that he did not be-
lieve the king would like to think he
had an able-bodied man on his staff.