Underground traffic to Alaska ships immorality scheme unearthed
Portland May 19 sheriff Stevens and deputies disrupted an underground railroad aimed at sending underage girls to Alaska mining camps for vice. Arrests included driver Morris Welser’s chauffeur and Billy McCarty at a Washington street hotel. Plan involved routes via Ketchikan and Juneau and a State of California steamer on the Yukon.
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Portland
Alaska
Ben
Stevens
Morris Welser
Billy' Smith
Seven-Mile Roadhouse
Billy McCarty
Leonard
Bulger
Washington Street
Ife
McCarty
Ketchikan
Juneau
Weiser
Stage Queen Rambeau Deposed In Los Angeles Shakeup
Marjorie Rambeau is replaced by Elizabeth Stewart as leading actress in the Burbank Stock Company after a contract dispute. Miss Rambeau asserts a three year deal and vows legal action while Stewart continues in the role. Dawson native Rambeau had starred with the Dick Thorne Stock company before moving to Los Angeles theater.
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Los Angeles
Marjorie Rambeau
Dawson
Elizabeth Stewart
J. Daniel Frawley
Miss Rambeau
Dick Thorne Stock Company
Mary Ann
Sam Mangum
Rimes
Mirabeth Stewart
San Francisco
Burbank
Morosco
the Fox
Zodiac Steamboat Reports Mishap Amid River Traffic
The Zodiac failed to reach Dikeman as expected, leaving river traffic unclear. It had departed Holy Cross with a small down river passenger list and did not sight other steamboats, while Tanana’s location remained uncertain by midweek.
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Dikeman
Holy Cross
Koyukuis
Down River
Ruby Creek
Sanderson's Self-Dumper Trial A Hit At Ellis Lay
A new self-dumping scraper named Sanderson is tested at Ellis lay near La beach Otter creek and praised as a summer success. Officials say it will save time and labor once operators adjust. Caution advised when starting the trip to the box, but dumping is quick and complete. Also note Pioneer Storage offers surplus reging storage and Merchants serves fried eyes or hin and eggs at 75 cents.
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Ellis
la Beach
Otter Creek
Irregular Coal Claims Report Leads Alaska Frauds Probe
Chief Christensen reports seven hundred seventy four coal claims in Alaska are irregular after investigation. Nome-Sinook Mining Co loses again as circuit court upholds limit of twenty acres per member for mineral land. Seattle notes vaccination order for Alaska travelers modified. Pinchot returns from Europe. Local American Mining Congress chapter organized in Seattle with Alaska chapter planned.
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Seattle
Christensen
Alaska
San Francisco
Nome- Sinook Mining Company
District Court of Nome
United States Circuit Court
American Mining Congress
Talking Horse Laments Tax and Law Inequities
A talking horse laments a world where humans gain equal rights and tariff laws while animals face neglect. The creature notes its master by the fire, critiquing lax laws and tariffs that leave ponies and livestock to suffer as the law and society ignore animal needs. The lament blends moral critique with period speech and rural imagery.
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Balaam
Walt
Steel Men Cast a Dream of Northwest Steel Power
The Western Steel Corporation plans a Northwest challenge with a smelter near Fortwood Alaska bunkers and a short rail line at Criple River Nome. Key figures from Carnegie & Co. seek coal for coking and a Bessemer open-hearth ore source. A Nome sale on hematite ore claims priced at 60 with three years balance.
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Western Steel Corporation
Northwest
P. E. Vorker
Carnegie & Co
United States Steel Trust
Vortwod
Criple River
Nome
Alaska
Prion Useh
Esch
Unclear Fragment Sparks Dubious Delivery Claim
Fragmentary text mentions an express company and agents but lacks clear names, dates, or events to establish a concrete news item or outcome. The readable parts reference delivery guarantees and individuals, though details remain incoherent.
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Agilarad Express
Reed Cross
Joe Me
Fowlery
Alaska road work to cost 250000 this season
Col W P Richardson of the Alaska Road Commission says about 80000 will be spent this summer on bridging grading and repairing the Fairbanks trail from Chitina to the interior. The Willow Creek Chitina cutoff and Yukon roads will gain improvements with 150000 from Congress and 100000 from outside tax funds.
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W. P. Richardson
Alaska Road Commission
Fairbanks
Chitina
Big Delta
Delta
Yost
Gulkana
Willow Creek
Alaska
Congress
Seward-Iditarod
Fair
Banks Nome
Yukon Valley News
Wireless Expert Coming to Attle May 24
John Murphy, a New York wireless expert, plans a visit to Alaska to showcase a new form of technology at the Citadel venue on May 24.
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Pinchot
New York
Europe
States
John Murphy
W York
Exper
Alaska
Home Decor Items Boost Summer Comfort
The Home Beautiful promotes wallpaper and mouse lining to cozy up interiors for the rest of summer. It also offers paint suitable for boats to help owners declare their vessels are afloat.
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