Mexican leaders clash over interim government and peace
Provisional President Carbajal faces money woes as Huerta empties the treasury. He plans talks with Carranza delegates to transfer power and restore constitutional benefits. Huerta and Blanquet sail to Jamaica en route to Europe, with Huerta promising a return to aid peace. Carranza declares an armistice as Zapata moves toward Mexico City, while Wilson pushes for an end to differences to restore peace in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gy Wireless
Mexico City
Francisco Carbajal
Huerta
Carbajal
Carranza
Mexico
Puerto Mexico
Blanquet
Jamaica
Dresden
Europe
Chihuahua
Wilson
Washington
Villa
Zapata
Victoria to Offer Excursion on Inside Passage
The steamship Victoria will sail from St. Michael for Seattle around August 7 and provide a free excursion for Interior Territory passengers to southern coast cities on the inside passage. Calls include Cook Inlet, Seward, Valdez, and Cordova.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ys Wireless
Seattle
Victoria
St. Michael
Cook Inlet
Seward
Valdez
Cordova
Tie Meneer
Coming and Going in Iditarod and Surrounding Towns
The community records personnel moves and travels across Flat City Iditarod and nearby areas. Frank Hasland leaves Takoma for a new posting, with Harry Lawrence to take over, then plans to descend the Sinoko river. James Chronister visits Otter Creek for business while Cal Moisant prepares a lengthy vacation outside camp. Ed Rusk replaces Crowley Porter at Flat City. Moisant and Cameron advisors plan distant trips. several residents depart for Seattle, Olympia, and the East. Bennett James buys a gasoline drill for Moore Creek prospecting. Louis Siler visits Iditarod after chicken creek work. multiple locals attend district court and meet in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Moisant
Flat Creek
Moisant & Cameron
Cal
Alaska
Report on Federal Judge Speer Finds Insufficient Evidence for Impeachment
Washington reports the judiciary committee’s findings on Judge Emery Speer of the U S district court at Macon Georgia. The panel says there is not enough evidence to convict in the Senate and urges dropping charges while condemning certain abuses of judicial discretion and autocratic conduct. Separate reports offer exoneration and critique. The record notes include rough treatment of district bar and use of federal staff as personal servants. other charges are deemed unsustained. A social dance tonight by the Sourdough orchestra at A B hall, Clemons and Koon assure satisfaction and invite all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Emery Speer
United States District Court
St Macon
Wais
Senate
Wolstead
Minnesota
Speer
Webb
Fitz Henry
Steamship sailings from Nome and Yukon announced
Seattle July 20 Victoria to sail July 26 Senator July 24 Nome departure August 5 to 7 Victoria August 8 to 10 St Michael sailings Nome and St Michael schedules include Shamrock IV voyage Plymouth July 24 Sir Thomas Lipton yacht sailed to New York last Tuesday
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Nome
Yukon
Seattle
St. Michael
Victoria
Hancer
Plymouth
England
Sir Thomas
Lipton
New York
Endeavoring To Avert Threatened Strike In Railroads
Federal district court seeks to settle impending railroad labor dispute as Western railroad managers push to prevent a strike. A fierce Middle West heat wave causes heat related deaths and prostrations across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moneer
Chicago
Federal District Court
Western Railroads
Middle West
Dan Sutherlands Partner Dies in Alaska Beach Tragedy
The body of William Sherryrue, once a partner of Territorial Senator Dan Sutherland, was found on a Juneau beach last Wednesday. He reportedly suffered a severe head blow from an ore bucket while working at a mine camp and later fell on rocks as he convalesced, with Interior Alaska mail arriving that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
William Sherryrue
Territorial
Dan Sutherland
Adams and Knox Lose Chicago Beach Claim Case
Large crowd watched the district court trial of Sam C. Adams and William Knox against Yukon Gold Co over the Chicago Beach association claim on Flat Creek. Verdict found for the defendants after lengthy proceedings, with emphasis on the Spikenard mining claims dispute and competing possession claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Fuller
Sam C. Adams
William Knox
The
Yukon Gold Co
Flat Creek
Chicago Beach Association
Tertory
Adams and Knox
Yukon Gold Company
Adams
Knox
Spikenard Association
Thomas P. Aitken
John Price
Id Company
Ben Howland Taken By Poison in Fairicants Mystery
News from this city reports Ben Howland formerly with Cascade laundry died by his own hand in Fairicants about ten days ago. Blighted affection is cited as the cause. Howland left camp last fall with a party of stampers for the Shushana diggings and stayed near Parbanks through the winter. Seattle dispatch notes khaki-elud soldiers of the United States army numbering 411 and thirteen officers of the Fourteenth Infantry sailing for Alaska for two years duty. Captain A H Martin and Major James W McAndrews accompany the troops, who relieve the Thirtieth Infantry already in the North. The Second battalion stays at Fort George Wright, and the Fourteenth will be stationed at Fort Liscum Fort William H. Seward Fort Gibbon Fort Davis and Fort St. Michael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Howland
Cascade Laundry
Howland
Shushana Diggings
Parbanks
Seattle
United States Army
Fourteenth Infantry
Alaska
Great Northern
Spokane
A .H. Martin
James W. McAndrews
Thirtieth Infantry
North
Fort George Wright
Fourteenth
Fort Liscum
Fort William H. Seward
Fort Gibbon
Fort Davis
Fort St. Michael
Carpentier Fights Smith Beset By Side Bet Talk
District Court proceedings reveal Georges Carpentier and Gunbowl Smith’s postponed return match with Carpentier seeking a $20,000 side bet. Grand jury and trial jury reports pending. multiple sentences, divorces, and civil judgments addressed. Citizenship grants and bank receivership orders noted amid routine docket items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpentier
London
Georges Carpentier
Gunbowl Smith
Lively Scenes On The Water Front Near Departure
Last evening crowds gathered along the docks as two boats prepared to depart for Dikeman and St. 3 Nome. The Beaver carried about a dozen passengers and the Prairie Bell over six as friends bid farewell, while ideal weather and mild mosquitos marked a festive river travel scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iditarod
Dikeman
St. 3
Nome
Prairie Bell
Gilmore Delays Alaska Mining Law Talk Postponed
William A. Gilmore, noted Alaska attorney, arrived in town and left without delivering his planned address on the alleged defects in the present mining law. He favored amendments, criticizing the 100-dollar annual assessment work rule and limited location period, noting the law hinders Seward Peninsula mining but could improve with changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
William A. Gilmore
Nent Nome
A. B. Ball
Mrmore
Alaska
Gilmore
Seward Peninsula
Dredge Man Flees on the Prairie Bell Last Night
The dredge man escaped custody by making a getaway on the vessel Prairie Bell during the night. Dozens of named hotel guests and local residents are listed in connection with the incident or surrounding scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Johnson
Prairie Bell
Crossley Returns From Washington to Alaska Grand Jury
District Attorney J. F. Crossley returns to Iditarod after extended trip to the United States where he argued cases for the government in the circuit court and met with Department of Justice officials in Washington. He was admitted to practice before the U S Supreme Court and stopped briefly in Iowa on return. The Crosby Massage and Bath Parlors advertise shampooing and scalp treatments for stylish women, promising high standards of purity and excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul la Plant
Carl Oskyr Nord
Puller
Noyes
Washington-Alaska Bank
J. A. Jesson
Fairbanks
San Francisco
Ben Williams
Jerry Ford
Fuller
Commissioner's Court
W. F. Harrison
United States
Frank McGibney
E. M. Stanton
W F. Harrison
J. 4. Crossley
Circuit Court of App
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
Iditarod
Grand Jury
Washton
Crossley
Supreme Court of the United States
Alaska
Iowa
Crosby
Republicans Will Not Hold a Convention This Year
Charles E. Herron, Republican territorial committee leader in Valdez, says after consulting party members across the Territory the party will not nominate a congressional delegate candidate or hold a convention in November. He urges divisional committees to pursue the best course to advance legislative tests for the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdez
Charles E. Herron
Republican Territorial Committee
Herron
Rich Men's Sons Defer Mount McKinley Aim At Allsea
C O Iselin son of yacht owner and NYYC commodore H C Morgan son of J Pierpont Morgan arrive in Seattle for an Alaska hunting trip. They plan to outfit for interior ascent and likely attempt Mount McKinley. The party departs in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
C. O. Iselin
New York Yacht Club
H. C. Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Atlantic Coast
Alaska
Mount McKinley
Trial of Mme Callieux in Paris Over Figaro Editor Killing
The trial of Mme Callieux wife of the French finance minister began in Paris last Monday. She faces charges of killing the editor of Figaro last May with political evidence excluded from the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mme. Callieux
Minster of Finance
Figaro
Senate Becomes Economical With Alaska Funding Slashed
The Senate killed all amendments to the sundry civil bill cutting Alaska appropriations including the San Francisco exposition display, leaving only 15000 for a Fairbanks public building site. Representative McDermott introduced a House bill to investigate campaign graft.
Alaska Boundary Survey Nears Completion in North
A 600 mile Alaska Canada boundary survey under Thomas Riggs Jr and T D Craig wraps this season. The project uses a line of monuments and a 20 foot vista through woods, with 200 markers set every few miles along the route from the Mount St Bliss Alps to the Arctic Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitka
Ala
United States
Thomas Riggs, Jr
United States Boundary Commission
Jaska
Riggs
Germans active in Nicaragua canal bid in Senate hearing
Washington reports reveal German interests sought to outbid the United States for interoceanic canal rights in Nicaragua. Nicaraguan Minister Chamorro described a $3 million offer and urged that Americans stand to gain much more. He noted European bankers may influence Nicaragua while denying a concrete German offer details. The hearing also covered American Marines in Nicaragua and potential requests for their presence. Mrs. Isadore Bayles was moved to Flat City hospital for health reasons. Al Walsh visited from the creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Nicaragua
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chamorro
Ister
Germany
Panama
Cuba
Republic
Isadore Bayles
Flat City
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Mother Hubbard
Frank Hasland
Northern Commercial Company
Takoma
Harry Lawrence
Dawson
Hasland
Sinoko
James Chronister
Otter Creek
City
Arthur Eaton
Ophir
M. H. Marston
Karl Theile
Theile
Louis Peime
Innoke River
Tovuis
Seward Trail
Frank B. Stanley
Nels Glantz
Sidney Riggs
Joe Turner
Hat City
Olympia
Wash
Bennett James
Little Delta
Moore Creek
A. A. Shenbeck
E. Coke Hill
Walter Rowson
IL. 1
Porter
Louis Siler
Chicken Creek
J. J. Nestor
T. L. Harding
James J. Crossley
W. A. Gilmore
Weness
W. Dickson
Robert Cockburn
Ed Dowling
R. Peck
Drs. Moore and
Jacobsgaard
Hugh Roosevelt
Teddy
Peter Jensen
Greenstone Creek
Ming
Dance OF Sourdough Orchestra
A. B. Hall
Clemons & Koon
Shamrock IV
A. Gilmore
A. E. Maltby
John L. McGinn
Henry Roden
Seaaaeeran Iolamelie Sercetratghel
Wm. Knox
Bever
Holyross
Mr. Gilmore
Iditaros
John Loekner
Stanton
Loekner
Roden, Moody and Stanton
Charles
Charles Worden
William Ansley
Agnes Ansley
Tom J. Nestor
Joe C. Nicholls
MIR
Regina Frederick Olsen
Hans Larsen
L. Broden
Nicholls
H. Riley
W. W. Johnson
Pete Jensen
R. Roberson
William Davis
William Gray
Howard Burke
Thomas DeCamp
al Goslow
Ed Anderson
Jonas Brewis
Jack Cronin
James Wilson
A. A. Shonbeck
Cole
H. L. Landwehr
Julius Russaund
Harry Yeager
J Nelson
the Iditarodry
M. N. Canavan
B. A. Dodge
C. C. Heid
J. J. Price
Henry Riley
John le Me
J.J. Crossley
Ellis Gardner
T. J. Nestor
L. Harding
C. Winess
Joe Lewis
J. Aoki
J. W. McDonald
Angus McDonald
J.B. McDowell
Allsea
Mme, Callieux
Alaska Boundary
John F. Baird
Culgery
Alta
Ricaraguan
al Walsh
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