Fairbanks Passengers Reach Iditarod in Fast Time
Prairie Bell launched from Fairbanks to Iditarod arriving around noon on Wednesday. The up river and down river routes carried Fairbanks officials and residents including Judge Charles E. Bunnell, Clerk J. E. Clark, Assistant District Attorney, reporters, stenographers, and mining men. The trip, begun Friday, covered a swift five days with many named attendees aboard.
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Fairbanks
Iditarod
Prairie Bell
Dita Rod
Dikeman
Stoer
Pa Washburn
Fairbank Om
Friast
Charles E. Bunnell
J. E. Clark
Attor
T. Wolcott
JP. Robertson
J. Dempsey
E. J. Power
K. Shirotori
Mise Maud Wallace
Mise Fritcie Mill
J.C. Moody
Howard Turner
Firs
Wacchter
Matrimonial Alliances Shown In Sunday Office Pasting
On Sunday morning last Commissioner uy G. Gerighty pasted Stephenson S. D rell and Edith Rhone on Mons tame office for Dundes Selton Jager and Mrs Anna Mus McDermott. June 18, he performed the.
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Uy G. Gerighty
Stephenson S. Drell
Edith Rhone
Mons Tame
Dundes Selton Jager
Anna Mus McDermott
Welfare of recruits sparks Daniels concern in Rhodesia port
Secretary of the Navy Daniels asked the Rhodesian governor to suppress a port activity deemed immoral to protect mariners and recruits from perils at sea. The call emphasizes safeguarding lives amid troubling conditions aboard the vessel operations and recruitment sites.
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Ashington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Rhodesh
Notorious Anarchists Charged With Conspiracy in New York
June 16. Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, famous anarchist leaders, are held on $2,000,000 grand jury charges of conspiracy against the government and anti craft agitation. Both are jailed pending further proceedings.
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York
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
FRENDSHIP OF URUGUAY SHOWN IN DECLARATION
Montevideo June 20 President Wireau issues a declaration stating Uruguay will not regard as a belligerent any nation at war with nations of another continent.
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Uruguay
Montevideo
Wireau
Urueucy
United States Yet to Sign Entente Peace Pact
London June 19 Foreign Secretary told the House of Commons last night that the United States has not yet signed the entente peace pact concerning final allied arrangements.
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London
the . J. Balfour
House of Commons
United States
Foreign Commissioners 18. The Belgian data on Atlantic port
Washington June 19. The Russian delegation arrived today from an Atlantic port. Read as a brief dispatch noting arrival of foreign commissioners and a Belgian data point in the dated wire.
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Wyashington
Washington
Fifty Million Dollars Spent Weekly by British
New York June 19 The British claim weekly expenditures in the United States reach fifty million dollars Lord Northcliffe announced today.
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United States
Lord Northcliffe
Divisional Road Commission to Meet in Fairbanks July 6
H W body member Ross as chairman notified the division that a meeting will be held in Fairbanks on July 6. Riley is expected to return from Tolstoi within the next few days.
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LER Commission
H.W
Ross
Fairbanks
My Riley
Tolstoi
Passengers Board The Prairie Bell For Prairie Voyage
Aboard the Prairie Bell many left Mon the Washburn for points up and down the river. Mr and Mrs Jar Mrs Earl Byers Mrs Percy William Day and Mr and Mrs Sheppard joined the departure to connect with Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
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Prairie Bell
Washburn
Mr Jar
Earl Byers
Percy William Day
Sheppard
Appeal for Belgians Meets Ready Response in District
The Pioneer reports strong local generosity for Belgian relief. Dick Button, cashier at Miners & Merchants Bank, agreed to act as fund treasurer and forward donations to the Rocky Mountain Hoover Fury Relief in Belgium. A subscription paper is posted at the bank and appeals spread through creek towns for circulating donor lists to aid the effort.
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Iditarod
Belgium
Dick Button
Button
Miners & Merchants Bank
Relief Fund
Rocky Mountain
Hoover Fury For Relief
Charnelly
Comed
Pioneer
Fourth of July Program in Process of Preparation
Flat community races to celebrate Independence Day with Moose Hall hosting events on July Fourth. Finance committee reports ample funds for a long list of sports awards. Next week's Pioneer will publish the full program once finalized.
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Alfa
Moose Hall
Pioneer
Good Work of Volunteers Saves Town of Discovery
A fire at Otter’s saloon and restaurant in Discovery Otter caused $301 to $400 in damage. High winds hampered firefighters until a wind shift drenched the building, enabling volunteers and a bucket brigade to douse flames and save the mining town.
Man with Too Much Country Letter On Citizenship
A Portland reader asks if a citizen can relinquish US citizenship without renouncing another nation. The Oregonian retorts that felony conviction ends citizenship rights, restored only by the governor, with prison as the path to avoid military duty. advises the writer to burglarize a house to stay out of trouble.
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Portland
The
Oregonian
Portland Oregonian
Yukon boats report and scattered Arctic notes
The Julia B with four barges left St Michael June 21 while the Susie with five barges was at Kotlik at 7 am on the 18th bound up river. The Schwatka was at St Michael on the 19th. A social remark mentions St Helena while noting Hohenzollern tea. mentions of Tolstoi arrival and Iditarod plans. Panter learns of his mother's Wisconsin death. A Washington Herald line notes Germany leading in retreat studies.
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Julia B
St. Michael
Susie
Kotlik
Schwatka
Iditarod Term of Court Opens With Jury Drawing
The special iditarod term of the district court for the Fourth division will open at A B hall next Monday morning in June with Judge Bunnell presiding. The first business is the drawing of grand and petit jurors at 11 am, with Chand Baker acting as jury clerk. Thirty names are to be drawn for the petit jury, and several cases and naturalization applicants are listed on the calendar.
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District Court
A.B. Hall
Bunnell
Chand Baker
Grand Jusave
Arselm Rutio
Baird & Co
Heinrich Wortmann
Stewart & McDowell
Strandberg
Riley Veteraus
Byers
7 Y
Suter
Slipperm Et al Rubber Company
AL B
Bates & Bentony & Hobbe
Mases
Nestor
Soraci
Bowman Awards
All Smith
Suter Bros
Albrecht
Wickersham Strong Clash Over Jennings Nomination
Dispatches from Washington report the Alaska fight over Judge Robert W. Jennings. Governor Strong tipped senators to delay, then handed the matter to former Delegate Wickersham who charged Jennings with unfair, collusive, and corrupt conduct. Senate committee and full Senate later voted unanimously to confirm Jennings.
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Juneau
Vernor Strong
Fairbanks
Washington
Enate
Robert W. Jennings
Judiciary Committee
J. Bla. Strong
Wickersham
Jennings
Aluka
Wickershem
Senate Committee
Senate
Moody to Succeed Vinal as Commissioner at Ophir
J. C. Moody, formerly of this city and late United States commissioner at Hot Springs, arrived with the court party to assume new duties as commissioner of the Innoke precinct succeeding W. A. Vinal. Moody will depart soon for Ophir. William Young named commissioner at Hot Springs to succeed Moody.
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J. C. Moody
Hot Springs
Mr. Moody
W. A. Vinal
Innoke
Ophir
William ©. Young
Dr H Behla to begin medical practice in Flat City
Dr H Behla, a well known Interior dentist, writes The Pioneer that he will arrive about July 25 and immediately start medical practice in Flat City. A graduate of a Chicago medical college, he has studied four years and will take the territorial medical examination at Juneau in early July. He brings modern surgical instruments and all necessary medicines and will also continue dentistry, a field in which he has long been successful.
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H. Behla
Interior
Behla
Chicago
Juneau
Bebla
Wires Crossed Leave Telegraph News Unreceived
Unexplained absence of telegraphic news yesterday noted by local officials. Judge Bunnell has been visiting the creeks in recent days, with no further details provided on the unusual communication gap.
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Judge Bunnell
Mail Backlog From Winter Delays Hits Sea Wolf Arrival
Relayed consignments unable to be transported over winter trek arrived on the Sea Wolf last Thursday, with 250 sacks of goods noted. Post office staff warn that second and inferior class mail cannot be forwarded without postage, urging prompt action as backlog strains the office.
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Jast
Ansley
Team of School Assured amid Iditarod Education Plans
Iditarod town council members announced a public school will operate next year regardless of pupil numbers. One member warned families may move from Hliterod due to lack of school facilities, while revenue from saloon licenses ends this year yet funds will sustain the school.
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Iditarod
Hliterod
James Fullerton Married in Dikeman News
Passengers arriving at Dikeman on the Washburn report the marriage of James Fullerton proprietor of the Dikeman hotel to an Outside partner. No further details were learned. Fullerton left for the Outside earlier this year aboard the trail. He receives many sincere congratulations.
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Pasengers
Dikeman
Washburn
James Fulleton
Dikeman Hotel
Fullerton
Alaska Travel Halt Supposed to Block Draft Evasion
A Fairbanks report says Seattle steamship firms will not sell Alaska tickets to men aged 21 to 30. The measure, attributed to prevent draftees from fleeing to the hills and avoiding military service, is reported by the News-Miner.
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Fairbanks
Seattle
Alaska
News-Miner
Goyette Sentenced to Three Years in Fairbanks Court
In Fairbanks district court on June 3 Judge Bunnell sentenced Louis Goyette, convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon on Dan Creighton, to three years in the penitentiary. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kettlewell and their children and Bill Lee of Yukon Gold Company's power plant were in the city over the weekend.
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Fairbanks
Bunnell
Louis Goyette
Dan Creighton
J. B. Kettlewell
Bill Lee
Yukon Gold Company
Flat City team edges Discovery in lively baseball game
A spirited six inning game on the Flat grounds last Sunday evening between Discovery and Flat ended with Flat winning 14 to 13. Batteries were McDaniels and Onyett for Discovery and Shay, George Mutchler, and Costar for Flat. Final innings showed a high scoring finish as each side pushed runs across in a tight finish.
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Discovery
Big Ernwil
McDaniels
Onyett
Shay
George Mutchler
Costar
Generosity of Miners Aids Sick Man Amid Strain
Pete Basoff long hospitalized in Flat village left aboard the Prairie Bell for outside relief after a generous subscription from local miners creek district residents and district expenses. John Durscribe notes the donation list.
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Pete Basoff
Towa
John Durscribe
Advertised Letters at Iditarod Post Office 1917
List of letters remaining unclaimed at the Iditarod post office for the month ending June 15, 1917. Names include Guefor, C. Hill, Alby Baird, David Hebrett, G. W. Belanger, Thomas Ives, Be. J. c Mann, Thomas McCree, Thomas D. Philants, Peter Wilks. One note mentions a letter from Talmage Neb. for J Henry Renk with no word since 1913. Also references Tub and steam baths at Sny der House Flat.
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Iditarod
Guefor
C. Hill
Alby Baird
David Hebrett
G. W. Belanger
Thomas Ives
BE. J. c Mann
Thomas McCree
Thomas D. Philants
Peter Wilks
Sken
Talmage
Neb
J. Henry Renkom
Henry Roden
Fred Ralten
Snyder House
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John Beston
Flat
Gilbert Ber
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DR. Behla
A. A. Gutter Shospacs
Strong & Garfield Shoes
the Felder Shoes
Ax the Dougherty Shoes
A. J. Weiss
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H. Boas
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