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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
3
United States reports 400000 enemy aliens on record and reveals Felix Diaz offered 400000 dollars by German-Americans in Mexico to back a counter revolution. Drafts will include alien slackers. allies negotiations continue.
Seattle November 24. Mayor Hi Gill announces he will not resign his position despite mounting pressure.
Readable lines describe round‑the‑clock tub and steam baths at the Snyder House in the Flat area, indicating 24 hour facilities for guests.
In Paris Col E M House leads an American mission arriving after a 31 knot Channel crossing. He tells a women’s delegation that a grim determination exists to wage war until the world is free from the shadow of the sword. He asserts soldiers in France will be heard from until permanent peace and security are secured.
Amsterdam reports in diplomatic circles that Germany proposed Kai Chao to Japan and signaled readiness to discuss occupied Pacific islands in exchange for Japanese withdrawal from the war. Japan is said to have rejected the offer.
Seattle November 24 Charles A Sulzer Alaska delegate to Congress departed this morning for Washington to attend the coming session He said he would work to the end to secure better opportunities and development of Alaska resources for the territory
Seattle November 24 James McPugh a wealthy farmer and son of John McPugh was convicted in federal court today for involvement in conspiracies to violate the selective conscription laws.
An Englishman and a Canadian airman were killed in Dallas Texas when their aeroplanes collided at about two thousand feet while training for army service.
General Pershing has rounded up about two hundred American men in Paris wearing ambulance driver uniforms. They were ordered to enlist at once or be drafted as conscripts, with some having seen active service.
Frederick C. Johnstone of the Alaska Fish Company and Tongas Trading Company is chosen president of the Arctic club. A. F. Zipf of the American-Yukon Navigation Company becomes vice president.
Clarence White departs during the week for a Kuskokwim expedition to work on promising ground with partner Charley Worder. The venture centers on mineral prospects and early field efforts.
The city of Harbin is in the midst of a reign of terror with hourly robberies. Russian police have lost control as criminals form mobs and roam the streets in broad daylight.
Paris reports three American naval airmen were picked up by a French patrol vessel after being adrift at sea for sixty hours following an unspecified incident.
Alaska engineers join the National Army corps arriving for training at Camp Mead Maryland on November 24. Washington and Montana mining men are well represented among the engineers.
Arthur H. Pollen argues in the Tribune that U boats can prevail if Germany holds land. He notes Britain’s sea mastery remains decisive and that global shipping losses are shrinking the world fleet by about 20 to 25 percent annually.
Scotland Yard releases startling finding that Lord Kitchener and his staff were killed by a bomb aboard their cruiser Ham s her rather than a mine. The German saboteur, educated in England and secretly in British naval service, infiltrated high circles to gain access. The Yard’s secrecy contrasts with public speculation that the ship struck a mine.
San Francisco November 26 report lists several hundred graduates from the second series of officers training camps including Alaskans R R Pullen of Skagway C R Horner of Pecauel Kerper of Nenane W H Combs of Alaska eligible for future promotions J C Smith Thane A L Seward E T Seward J C Lutterell Seward Fifty three Seattle men also won commissions
Buffalo November 24 The American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution declaring Postmaster General Burleson an autocrat for forcing postal workers to endure unsatisfactory conditions. President Gompers was re elected at today’s session. For the week ending November 22 seventeen British vessels were sunk by submarines.
Coowners are notified to pay their proportion of required expenditures on two placer mining claims to prevent transfer of interests. The claims are tied to the Rainbow association and Montana association per Location Certificate vol 1 page 318. If payment is not made within ninety days from personal service or publication, the subscribers will own the coowners’ shares as allowed by Section 2524 Revised Statutes and the 1889 amendment.
Alfred Johnson, co owner, claims ownership share and labor expenditures on Lower 3 4 and 5 above upper discovery Ophir creek Innoko district Alaska for 1913 1914 1915 and 1916. He demands 200 dollars per claim from Gus Johnson and heirs within 90 days of service and publication or each claim will be forfeited to him. First published November 3 1917. last publication February 2 1918.
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