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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1911
Page
1
W A Ellis announces candidacy for the Oregon Senate seat as term of the current senator expires. He previously served as circuit judge and member of the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses.
Fragmentary report describes a yardman named Gholos at a Mississippi location during a DeGovernia event. Details are unclear with several garbled terms and missing context about actions or outcomes.
Aaron Longnecker, a miner from Tanoko valley, arrives from Moore events to source supplies. He notes rich quartz in immediate veining and predicts a quartz strike possible any time. Witte and Kael are improving ground on Ne neh a Pott wadugaf Moore, with small cleanups and assay-worthy gold. Ground mining uses no machinery and winter plans include moving his sawmill to Moore after freezing.
Washington reports a landmark arbitration treaty among the United States Great Britain and France aiming for permanent peace. It binds disputing parties to submit all questions including honor disputes to a board of arbitration. President Taft endorses the pact as a pinnacle of his legacy. Admiral Togo, visiting from London, reacts positively to Taft signing.
Wireless dispatches report Haitian rebels entering Port au Prince creating chaos as government troops falter. Foreign interests prompt U.S. Marines to land and France orders cruiser to Haiti while Washington warns of possible U.S. intervention to restore order in the negro republic on Santo Domingo.
The NY court is asked to suppress Nat Goodwin's forthcoming matrimonial memoir detailing his six marriages. Plaintiffs Maxine Milot and Adna Goodrich claim publication would violate rights and expose their private lives. Goodwin, noted for high profile divorces, defends the work as publicity, while courtroom questions touch on his past seductions.
An article reports a divorce case involving Miss Yore, Mrs Colt, and a co respondent amid scandal and a dismissed limited divorce, alongside a separate dispatch from Washington where Oscar Underwood criticizes W J Bryan over cotton schedule tari bill actions, prompting Bryan to promise a retort.
In Fairbanks a depositor, Frank Goyne, chased a departing party including a bank official to Circle and demanded the balance of his Washington Alaska bank account. A murder claim surfaces with a missing miner in Pedro, a church dispute turns acrimonious, and local ads promote diamond sales and mattresses.
John W. Gates is reported to be dying from pneumonia in Paris. The license for the Golden Eagle saloon was renewed by Judge Overfield last week.
Archdeacon Stuck to lead morning and evening services at the A B hall with Holy Communion in the morning for eligible Christians. Father Monroe to conduct service at the new Catholic church on Second street beyond the tramway, a corrugated iron building easily recognized. Also notes hardware lamps and crockery at Siringer's.
Washington announces Secretary of the Interior Wisher will visit Alaska with no political significance attached. Director Holmes departs for Alaska to conduct a thorough coal situation investigation in Katalla.
Wireless notes from August report Johnny Frayme and Matty Baldwin agreed to a two round match in Salt Lake on August 14. In Springfield Ohio Patsy Brannigan defeated Jimmie Rick in a fast twenty round bout. Frankie Neill, ex bantamweight champ, was arrested for attempting to pass a raised bill and released on heavy bail.
The Miner's Home saloon will reopen Monday at the same site as the predeccessor destroyed by the aft fire. Miller and Jerman will again accommodate guests in the familiar manner based on past experience with the proprietors.
The Reliance left Dikeman on the 29th with 10 passengers including Thomas Peterson L Persson L Ginel and Mrs E Lee bound for Fairbanks H Kinney G H McKee for Ruby Bo Shirley and Mrs Shirley for Daw son. The Tana also carried a good list with Mr and Mrs Roy Stevens Mrs Kehoe Mrs Hughes Al Raal W Fileh James Maguire and others.
Pope Pius X N. shows signs of recovery amid illness in Rome. Wireless dispatch reports the pope gaining strength and a complete recovery hoped for by officials and faithful.
Charlie Sater visited Iditarod on Friday and was named Flat city agent for Brumbaugh and Hamilton hardware. Mrs Lheureux arrived from Flat to tour the sights. Fitzwater of Iditarod Soda Waterworks visited the creeks on Thursday. Abe Weiss the Flat city clothier was in town yesterday. Commissioner C I yler and wife traveled from Flat for the Charity ball last Thursday.
Population of New York City reaches 5 000 000. There are 433 members of the House. William Moyer re elected president of the Western Federation Miners. One thousand London dock laborers on strike. Japanese cabinet division prompts immediate reorganization. Los Angeles dynamiters Mable Bender and Conners plead not guilty. trial set for December. Pachuca cloudburst kills 40. Lost bill book with currency papers on Flat Creek. Liberal reward returned to McMaster Flat City.
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