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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1913
Page
7
Tonis Llahi appeared before Commissioner G W Albrecht on Tuesday charged with illegally selling liquor into a creek. Speaking via interpreter he pleaded guilty. The court fined him 100 dollars, with costs, and released him on his own recognizance until 2 p m Friday morning.
New Haven Conn June 26 Former President Taft is preparing to transfer his voting residence He will have his name put on the voter list moving from Ohio to Connecticut September the board for registration will pass on his qualifications after an examination including the reading of a section of the Constitution As an ex president Taft must live in the state one year before voting and will not be eligible for city elections this fall but will qualify for the state election in July
George Whatcher aged 65 a famous old-time negro minstrel dies at his nephew’s home in Fast Orange New Jersey His last appearance was in New Orleans last March with Dustin and Farnum in the Littlest Rebel In the 1880s he was part of the big three Thatcher Primrose and Westminstrels Also mentions British empire supplying about 60 percent of the world’s gold and a restaurant called Du Rand's Discovery the place to eat
Chicago July 26 Franklin K Lane secretary of the Interior spoke to Chicago commercial groups last night urging Alaska require many miles of railroad to open its resources. He emphasized vast untapped potential and the need for infrastructure to develop it.
The international arbitral tribunal weighing British American claims was asked to decide if the United States can be considered an innocent receiver of stolen property. Canada seeks about 50000 dollars for 68500 feet of lumber used in 1900 to build barracks at Fort Jungle City Alaska. The timber allegedly came from Canada, cut by Howard Mountain who sold it without permit or payment and then left the country.
Commissioner Albrecht has installed two large fire proof cabinets to store Otter precinct records and his private papers. The office has received several other improvements, making it the best equipped in the territory.
Nelson Bennett, the well known railroad contractor who built the Stampede tunnel for the Northern Pacific, died at his Tacoma home yesterday afternoon. His last work was on the Pt Defiance tunnel near Tacoma, and he formerly owned the Tacoma Ledger about twenty years ago, a period marked by a lengthy conflict with organized labor and substantial wealth loss.
San Francisco reports Arthur Pelky now plans to accept no boxing challenges until fall following his acquittal on a manslaughter charge connected to Luther McCarthy's death in a Calgary bout on May 24.
Honolulu reports widespread opposition to President Wilsons selection L E Pinkham as governor of the Hawaiian islands. Protests have been forwarded to Washington from residents and local leaders amid the July appointment.
New Westminster reports Join McNamara, recently convicted of complicity in a local bank robbery about a year ago, was last Thursday sentenced to nine years in the penitentiary. The case will be appealed.
Sofia reports on July 26 that European powers urge peace among Balkan states, with all signatories ready to accept terms except Turkey, signaling ongoing tensions and incomplete reconciliation efforts in the region.
In Juneau on July 26 the Joseph McDonald murder case prosecution closed its case Thursday. The defense began its evidence yesterday morning. The trial is progressing very slowly.
London July 26 The British war office reports a dangerous revolution has broken out in the northern provinces of China, signaling potential upheaval and risk to regional stability.
London July 26 reports Col Theodore Roosevelt, soon to depart the United States for a lecture tour through Argentina, will extend his travels to Australia. He has contracted to speak in the major music halls across the principal Australian cities.
Three well known Alaskans Messrs M Mar ston John Beatton and Louis Vigelius all of Iditarod have contracted for the erection of a fine moving picture theatre in Seattle. The show house will be on Second avenue and will be called the Alaska.
A devastating fire at an overall factory in Binghamton New York killed sixty six of the one hundred seventy workers. Poor fire escapes and crowded conditions were blamed for the high death toll.
In Calumet Michigan July 26 a strike involving 12 000 copper miners near the city escalated into rioting and bloodshed Martial law was declared and state troops were dispatched to the troubled district.
Sing Sing prison inmates mutinied last Thursday night and grew so unruly that state troops were rushed in to quell the disturbance. Several guards were badly beaten though no one was killed. The incident occurred at Sing Sing, N Y, on the night in question.
Cardinal James Gibbons, head of the Roman Catholic Church in America, marked his 79th birthday last Wednesday in Baltimore by celebrating Mass at the cathedral, which was crowded to the doors.
Cordova July 26 Northern bound Copper River railroad trains have been loaded with stampeders traveling to the reported new strike on the Sushanna.
Constantinople July 26 The city enjoyed widespread celebration after Turkish troops captured Adrianople following stubborn resistance. Locals report merry scenes and public displays of relief as news spread. Intriguing tourist tip follows: upon disembarking, visitors are urged to try Crosby baths on Cari bou street.
London reports Mrs Pankhurst continues refusing food since returning to prison and is described as dying from the hunger strike. A local street notice also mentions directions to a house and an advertisement touting spring water showers at The Crosby baths on Caribou Street.
A New York tale reports Karl Hoopes, a Holland barber, who spent fortunes after buying the Brooklyn Bridge for 400 and paying 100 for a contract to share 15,000 policemen each morning. He fell for a gilded cobbles dealer and a scam about the bridge and a barbering deal, then pawned the Flatiron building before suspecting foul play.
Notice to M J Heavey Leo Demoska and five others heirs or personal representatives that Labor and improvements totaling one hundred dollars were expended for 1912 on the Lone Star association placer claim on Moore Creek in the Takomna district Alaska to hold the claim under mining labor laws. If within ninety days after the last publication the co owners do not contribute their share, their interest will vest in the undersigned J Jewell. First published May 16 1913.
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