Lamont Wins Ruby Derby In Seattle Event
Lamont Minock led Lamont to victory in the third annual Ruby Derby held over a long City course for a purse of 525 dollars. George Carl finished second and an unnamed third entry completed the podium as favorable weather aided the contestants. The event was run yesterday under Ruby Kennel Club management with three teams competing.
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Ruby
Ruby Kennel Club
Long City
Lamont Minock
George Carl
Famous air navigator Beachey dies in plunge at exposition
San Francisco reports Lincoln Beachey, famed aviator and daredevil, perished during a sensational monoplane dive at the Panamia Pacific International Exposition. Machinery failed, he fell three thousand feet into the water and drowned. his body was recovered as thousands watched.
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San Francisco
Lincoln Beachey
Beachey
German Auxiliary Cruiser Prince Eitel Frederick Reaches Port
Two British and two French warships patrol outside the three mile limit as the German auxiliary cruiser Prince Eitel Frederick enters Newport News for repairs and to avoid capture. Authorities warn of threats aimed at the German vessel and increase security to prevent dynamiting attempts.
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Newport News
Prince Eitel Fredrich
Prince Kitel Frederich
Thaw Loses Bid to Restore Liberty in New York Case
New York dated notes report Harry Thaw will not be sent back to New Hampshire as a writ of habeas corpus is denied. The judge rules Thaw had never been liberated from Matteawan and a new appeal was filed to the New York Supreme Court against his removal to the asylum.
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New York
Harry Thaw
New Hampshire
Thaw
Matteawan
Supreme Court
Alaska Railroad Rush Spurs North Work Hope
Seattle readers report hundreds travel toward Seward seeking jobs on the Alaska government railroad. Politics dominates construction preliminaries as some expect little progress this season, while Jack Dalton predicts starting from Ship Creek toward Matanuska.
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Alaska
Seattle
Seward
Jack Dalton
Ship Creek
Matanuska
Turkey Seeks Greek Neutrality Over Aegean Islands
Athens reports Turkey has renewed an offer to renounce claims to all Aegean islands now held by Greece if Greece stays neutral. In a separate report Greek families at Ysma r i are said to be massacred by Mussulman soldiers. Former Premier Venizelos urges the new government to abandon neutrality.
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Athens
Turkey
Greece
Egean Sea
St Ysmari
Mussulman
Venizelos
British and French fleets repelled at Dardanelles
March reports confirm heavy losses as British battleships Irresistible and Ocean sink after Turkish batteries attack. British destroyers, sweepers, and chix damaged. overall fleet forced back with several vessels damaged or sunk. The alert notes ongoing bombardments and repairs in Constantinople.
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Dardanelles
London
Admiralty
Irresistible
Ocean
Constantinople
German Cruiser Dresden Sunk Near Juan Fernandez Islands
London reports the German cruiser Dresden, long hunted by British forces in the Pacific and South Atlantic, has at last been sunk near the Juan Fernandez islands by the British cruiser Glasgow with aid from the auxiliary cruiser Orma and the steamship Kent. The action was brief. Dresden hauled down her colors and showed a white flag after being damaged and set afire.
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Valparaiso
Dresden
Neutrals
Cumberland Bay
Orma
Navarra
Argentine
London
Pacific
South Atlantic
Juan Fernandez Islands
Glasgow
Kent
Blockade of Germany coast ordered to halt trade
London on March 15 reports orders to impose a blockade along the North Sea coast of Germany effective immediately. The aim is to prevent export or import via Holland or the Scandinavian states and to secure cargoes. Officials indicate the measure is elastic and may target ships for seizure as the first vessel is awaited.
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London
North Sea
Germany
Holland
Allied Bombardment Advances and Kaiser Report
In France and Belgium British airmen operate near Lille as the push to Lille continues. German resistance stiffens with sixteen inch howitzers pounding Nieuwpoort and Westende while warships maintain bombardment. Kaiser Wilhelm, with General Von Falkenhayn, is said to have reached Lille.
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Paris
London
Lille
Niewport
Itinue
Westende
Kaiser London
Kaiser Wilhelm
General von Falkenhayn
Spring Campaign Opens on Vast Battle Front Across East
News from the eastern front reports German columns checked by Russian activity as campaigns begin along a broad front from the Nieman northward through Russian Poland and Gelicis to the Dniester. Engagements spread in a vast mobilization with raids and fort assaults noted around Przemysl and Prussia amid looming reprisals.
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Petrograd
Mina
Poland
Onulew
Nieman
Russian Poland
Gelicis
Dniester
Sastern
Orzego
Submarine Blockade Triggers Multiple British Losses
London reports a surge of submarine attacks as German U boats sink or damage several British vessels off the Scarborough and Scilly areas and in the English Channel. Crews are saved or believed rescued. ships include Anna Hartdale Indian City Floridan Headlands Alusiian Invergile Augusta Counseil Atlanta Fingal Hyndford Blue Jacket and Glenartney. U-29 identified as raider responsible for recent damages.
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London
Anna
Scarborough
Channel
Gelv
Scilly Islands
Bristol Channel
Cherbourg
English Channel
Headlands
Alusiian
Invergile
Cresswell
Augusta Counseil
Atlanta
Fingal H
Ireland
Havre
Northumberland Court Glaw
Hyndford
English
Blue Jacket
Liverpool
Beachey Head
Glenartney
Pioneers of Alaska Hold Large Semi Monthly Meeting
The semi monthly meeting of Iditarod Pioneers of Alaska at It City drew a large, enthusiastic crowd. Topics included the upcoming igloo function set for March 27, committee plans, and nine new members accepted into the brotherhood. Oscar Anderson was elected second vice president, and a sizable feast followed the formal portion. Passengers aboard the Admiral Watson include W E Donahue August Olson John Kirby and James Kirby bound for Iditarod.
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Iditarod
Pioneers of
Alaska
It City
Afra
Brotherhood
A. A. Burglin
J. W. Hill
Albert Carmenter
John A. Lund
William Hanlon
Ohn Handley
James Russell
Oscar Anderson
Igloo
W. C. Pearson
Seattle
Admiral Watson
W. E. Donahue
August Olson
John Kirby
James Kirby
Moose elect officers at Flat City lodge meeting
At a largely attended Moose lodge meeting in Flat City last Sunday evening officers were elected for the ensuing term and other matters of importance were discussed. The names of the incoming officers will be announced in a later issue. Fresh Olympia oysters for cocktails, $2 can. Iditarod Mest Co.
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Moose Lodge
Flat City
Olympia
Iditarod Mest Co
Bridge dynamiter held to district court
Bangor Mo March 19 Werner Van Horn the German army officer arrested for attempting to dynamite the International bridge at Vancehorp and now charged with illegal transportation of explosives in interstate commerce has been held for hearing before the federal district court at Boston.
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Bangor
Werner van Horn
International Bridge
Vancehorp
Federal District Court
Boston
Bert Green Home With Cheecho Bride in Alaska Festivities
Word votes from Tukoma report Bert Green arrived on the 11th with his California bride. Citizens of the Kuskokwim metropolis gave a charivari. Dr Green responded with a unique speech expressing pleasure at the happy event. Other speeches followed and the celebration ended with a dance.
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Tukoma
Bert Green
California
Kuskokwim
Dr. Green
Prominent Writer Says War Must Soon End
Edward Gram mons, noted financial writer, predicts the war will end in July after belligerents exhaust. Captains W C Pearson and James Wilson sold the gasoline launch Beaver on the Iditarod River after five seasons of service. Thuch-touted single blessedness is denied by Jim McCain who, a Ruby district pioneer, has wed Mrs Frances D Winter in Seattle on January 20, 1915. the wedding noted by Everest Fitzwater of Long.
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Wilson
London
Edward Grammons
W. C. Pearson
James Wilson
Iditarod River
Ttle Larson
al Jones
Jim McCain
Ruby District
Aard
Everest Fitzwater
Long
Frances D. Winter
James N. McCain
Seattle
Wash
McCain
Aby Record
Iditarod
Dra 4Peau
Noted commerce raider Karlsruhe sunk claims sifted
Copenhagen March 18. It is reported that the German cruiser Karlsruhe has been sunk by an explosion aboard and two hundred of the crew have been drowned.
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Berlin
Sheerness
Kent
Copenhagen
Punish Attempted Fraud With Severe Sentences
New York on March 19 Richard Mad den and Gustave Cook were each sentenced to ten months imprisonment for attempting to obtain an American passport for Richard Stegler.
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New York
Richard Madden
Gustave Cook
Richard Stegler
Le Ballister Free On Bail In Forgery Case
Captain Le Ballister, Yukon river steamboat skipper, arrested on a payroll forgery warrant from Fairbanks, has been admitted to $3,000 bail. He will not proceed north until river navigation resumes due to ill health.
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Seattle
le Ballister
Yukon River
Fairbanks
Germans Hurl Insults at Ambassador Gerard in Berlin
American Ambassador James W. Gerard and fellow travelers faced jeers and an audience attack in Berlin after a theater party. The taunts targeted U S policy and the export of arms to Britain and France, leaving the envoy and party greatly annoyed.
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Berlin
James W. Gerard
United States
Great Britain
France
Gerard
Kitchener foresees terrible slaughter and war turning point
London reports Lord Kitchener predicts a summer of immense slaughter beyond imagination. He says allies will peak by July 1 with overwhelming power and foresees Italy Greece Roumania and Bulgaria joining before then. He notes Germany’s fate rests on defensive strength and duration of attacks remains unpredictable.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Italy
Greece
Roumania
Bulgaria
Germany
Congress likely to reconvene this fall amid Mexican crisis
WASHINGTON March 15 Congressman Humphrey returned to Seattle saying Congress will likely sit again this fall due to the Mexican situation and financial troubles. In Geneva March 16 reports say the Italian navy is concentrating at Taranto. Paris March 18 Germans in Italian territory have been privately warned to leave.
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Seattle
Humphrey
Washington
Geneva
Taranto
Paris
Unverified Rumors Of A Trail Victim Persist
Rumors circulate along the Seward trail of another man missing in the same winter district. no confirmation. A foreign-born laborer, who once walked the trail, showed money and claimed poverty, was fed and housed for free, then turned away when seeking aid again. His fate remains unknown, name not learned.
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Seward
Iditarod
Iditarod to Hold April 6 Council and School Board Election
The town of Iditarod announces an annual election set for April 6 to fill seven council seats and a school board member. Voters must register with registration books open March 23 to March 21 at Miners and Merchants Bank from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A mass meeting called by Mayor Baker is set for March 29 at 8:30 p.m. in A. B. hall to nominate candidates. Women may vote and must register.
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Iditarod
Miners and Merchants Bank
Baker
A. B. Hall
Alaska
Dreadnought Pennsylvania Launched at Newport News
The new battleship Pennsylvania, latest addition to the United States Navy, was successfully launched at Newport News yesterday, marking a significant milestone in naval construction. The ceremony drew attention from military officials and local observers who witnessed the launch of the formidable dreadnought.
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Newport News
Pennsylvania
United States Navy
Yesterda
Mrs Rockefeller Buried in Tarrytown Funeral
In Tarrytown N Y March 15 funeral services for Mrs John D Rockefeller were held yesterday with family and local officials in attendance. Her burial followed at the Rockefeller family plot.
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Mrs. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller
Smallpox Cases Reported in Petrograd
Petrograd reports 150 smallpox cases in January and February, reflecting a sharp public health concern in the city.
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Petrograd
Ex Clerk McBrides Plans Making Many Arrests in Spirit City
Former Fairbanks district court clerk Angus McBride contemplates life in the mountains after leaving Alaska. Blacksmith Dave Early, formerly of Riley Marston on Otter Creek, arrived from Ruby. In Seattle, March 11, Prosecuting Attorney Lundin vows a full probe of police graft and plans wholesale arrests of disorderly women to support the inquiry.
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McBride
Spirit City
Angus McBride
Fairbanks
Alaska
Dave Early
Riley & Marston
Otter Creek
Ruby
Seattle
Lundin
Battle May Decide It All
Reports from the state department say General Villa and General Carranza clash for Tampico district control twenty miles from Tampico. Villa leads 28,000 troops, Carranza 25,000 as U.S. battleships Georgia Delaware and cruiser Washington arrive at Vera Cruz. Carranza ends blockade of Progreso after U.S. urging. foreigners in Mexico City seek transport to Vera Cruz as Carranza returns to stabilize the capital.
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State Department
Villa
Carranza
Tampico
United States
Vera Cruz
Georgia
Delaware
Hert
Washingson
Mexico City
State Department For Transportation
Death of Judge Noyes Linked to The Spoilers Figure
Baraboo Wisconsin March 14 A H Noyes former territorial judge at Nome Alaska noted for Rex Beach novel The Spoilers has died. He was removed from office for a felony convicted and sentenced to years in prison, pardoned by President McKinley after serving one day due to ill health.
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Baraboo
Wis
A. H Noyes
Nome
Alaska
McKinley
Judge Noyes
Rex Beach
Iditarod Man Addresses Seattle Organization
Charles Ross, president of the Miners & Merchants Bank of Iditarod, spoke before the Seattle Chamber of Commerce last week. He claimed Alaska’s miners have fled in recent years and that outsiders now do the work, lacking interest in the territory.
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Seattle
Charles Ross
Miners & Merchants Ban of
Iditarod
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Alaska
Consternation Reigns in the Sultan's Capital
From Sofia and Constantinople reports describe panic in the capital as government offices prepare to relocate to Eskisheher. The London dispatch notes the sultan and his advisers may depart soon amid expectations tied to Smyrna's fall and ongoing work.
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Sofiatantinople
London
Remov
Smyrna
Clark Praises Wilson as Great American Leader
Philadelphia March 18 Champ Clark speaker of the House praised President Wilson in a speech last night calling him one of the nation s greatest executives and saying he bears the heaviest burden ever placed upon a U S president.
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Philadelphia
Sprsis
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Shuttle orders Russian reservists to join colors
Russian reservists in Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and Alaska have been ordered to report for duty as tensions rise, with authorities detailing mobilization steps and expected timelines for activation. The move marks a significant scale back home and signals potential deployment considerations for the United States and allied forces in the region.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Alaska
Record appropriations will cause big deficit
Washington report from March 15 quotes Chairman Fitzgerald of the house appropriations committee: last congress appropriations totaled nearly 1.25 billion dollars and the country faces a deficit of 13 million dollars.
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Washington
Fitzgerald
House Appropriations Committee
Prohibition Bill Vetoed by Utah Governor Spry
Salt Lake City March 19 Governor Spry vetoed the state wide prohibition bill after passage by both houses. The note mentions Stare Sternberg of Flat City seeking to race any and all Fort teams for the Iditarod Kennel Club cup, to run on dates convenient to contestants.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Spry
Stare Sternberg
Cup of the Iditarod Kennel Club
Week's Temperatures at Budweiser Corner
Observations taken at the Budweiser corner of First and Richmond streets each day at 6 am report temperatures. Values show cloudiness and readings around the mid teens with lows dropping to near zero on March 1 and March 14.
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First
Richmond Streets
Mutchler's Stage Announces New Daily Schedule
Beginning today March 20 Mutchler's stage will depart Iditarod daily at 9 a m and leave Flat City at 3 p m. The timetable remains in effect until the tramway becomes operational.
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Mutchler
Iditarod
Flat City
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