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POPE PIUS X. DEAD
The death of Pope Pius X. will be sincerely mourned throughout
Christendom, irrespective oi creed. The passing of the gentle old man
whose influence has always been exerted in the interest of the world s
peace and welfare is particularly saddening at this time, and the fact
that his end was hastened by the scenes of bloodshed now being
enacted by so-called Christian nations throughout Europe will appear
a: a rebuke from on high to the devout Catholics of Southern Europe.
FAKE STAMPEDES
This is the season of the year when the stampede fever is in the
air. J he summer work is nearing a close, and it is natural that men
should he on the lookout for new strikes. The least hint of pay in un
known regions is sufficient to start a rush, and oifentimes without the
least excuse. “All is not gold that glitters," and every strike that is
reported is not necessarily a new k bond me, nor even a repetition of
the rich Iclitarod find. The fact that there are many rich fields yet to
he opened in Alaska, and that at any m.or.vnt discoveries may be
made which will cause excitement throughout the world, renders it
the more imperative that these rumors of “strikes” should be authenti
cated before a rush is commenced.
The storv from Fairbanks in regard to a reputed strike on the
Healy liver was not in itself sufficient to have caused a stampede, but
for the interpretation placed upon the news by certain individuals, the
prompt pricking of the bubble before harm was done is cause for
congratulation.
It is to be hoped that we shall be spared a repetition of the scenes
of previous years, when thousands were induced to 30m senseless
stampedes, with their sequels of loss and suffering. Memories of the
Chisana rush of last year, which caused persons on the Outside to be
lieve that the greatest find ever made in the North had been uncovered,
should cause hesitation before encouragement is given these stones.
On a smaller scale, the Marshaail City excitement caused loss of
time and money to many, though fortunately warning was given m
time to prevent many from joining in it. Had it occurred after the
close of p.a\ication, probably thousands wouid have been doomed to
disappointment and loss. _
WILSON’S TRIUMPH IN MEXICO
la these dark davs, when the shadow of we.r overcasts a whole
continent, and when military and naval operations are being institulec
on a plan so stupendous as to baffle the imagination, u is cheering to
remember that the United States, at lease, under a Wise administration,
escaped the necess.iy of a conflict with a neighboring people, and
that a sense of justice and humamtanamsm dictated the policy which
has resulted in lire apparent pacification of Mexico. The New \ or!:
World gives voice to an appreciation of Pres.dent Wiison s policies
which is worthy of reproduction. It is as follows:
“Tire President’s Mexican policy, concerning which there have
been many misgivings, has triumphed, ihe dictator-has resigned. A
constitutional government is to be established, there Will eventually
be peace at home and peace with the United States.
“When General Huerta, on the 18th of February, 1913, tele
graphed to President Taft, ‘i have overthrown this government and
the forces are with me,’ he had no thought of the man who in two
weeks was to be President of tiie United States or of the forces that
that man would array against the Mexican usurpation.
“One week after Mr. Wilson’s inauguration he gave due warning
to General Huerta and ail other Latm-American chieftains who gam
office by intrigue and assassination when he said: 'We can have no
sympathy with those who seize ihe power of government to advance
their own personal interests and ambitions.’ Huerta laughed at this
avowal, and not a few citizens of the United States pronounced it
visionary and fantastic.
“Yet the new American doctrine that usurpation is not to be rec
ognized on this hemisphere has been established in the one country
where its success seemed most doubtful. Against Huerta s airy as
sumption Wiison arrayed adamantine conscience. In opposition to
the tyrant’s armed forces Wiison marshalled the forces of liberty and
justice.
“It has taken some hard fighting m Mexico to overthrow the man
who o\ erlhrew the government, but a moral courage of a higher order
has been needed to enable the administration at Washington to hold
true to its principles. The triumph is curs as well as Mexico’s. The
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“ihanks to Woodrow Wilson, a great country and an oppressed
| people are upon the threshold of a new epoch.”
“ACCELERATING PUBLIC OPINION” TO FAVOR WAR
A terrible arraignment of the alleged manner in which public sen
timent is worked upon and legislation is secured by persons interested
m the manufacture of munitions of war is contained in the following,
which is an extract from a speech delivered in the house of representa
| tives m Washington:
“Armor-plate makers and makers of munitions of war all the
world over are a part of that great, invisible empire of influences which
make for war and against peace. They arc the stirrers up of the con
: stant reports and rumors spread broadcast just prior to appropriations
I by legislatures m every nation of this world of ‘approaching warfare.
I An instance was brought out in Germany in the case of the l .rupps, the
! greatest manufacturers m the world of armor plate and of guns and
' munitions of war of every description. It was proven that out oi
their secret funds they had employed men in Pans to excite the French
people with a fear of war with Germany, so that the amount of appro
priations of the Corps du Legislatif for the purchase of munitions of
war of every description might be increased, and at Berlin they had
also men upon their list ‘accelerating public opinion,’ as some fellow m
1 New York once called it, to excite the German people about the ‘hos
tile intentions’ of France. Although we have not had the proof of the
existence of the same sort of thing- in Washington winch Has been
proven and admitted to have existed m Pans and Berbn, I myself do
not doubt for one moment that it has existed here, and. that the ‘war
scares’ ihat come un every time a naval or army appropriation bill is
pending is attributed to such sources.”
ALAS! THE POOR BROWN BEAR!
Shocked surprise must have greeted Secretary Lane’s proposal
that the nation should cease to differentiate between the treatment of
brown and black bears in Alaska.
Such heresy against the great god of Washington, who bears the
august name of Red tape, is almost inconceivable. It stamps the
secretary as a man to be watched, to be doubted and, above all things
■ else, i.o be checked in his mad career.
What though, as the secretary points out, brown and black bears
| are often found in the same litter? Shall the priests before the shrine
of the great god Red Tape concern themselves with such inconsequen
tial matter? Nay; thrice nay!
Enough for them that the brown bear, as distinguished from his
brother, the black bear, stands for a principle—the principle that
Alaska is to be conserved by so bewiideringly multiplying the wheels
of administration that, through sheer faction, they never revolve.
One can readily see that the bureaucrat will lose sight entirely of
the secretary’s suggestion that a commission of three men should take
charge of ail things Alaskan and run them. This is a middling large
suggestion. It bristles with argumentative angles.
However, such matters can be delegated to congress, which, when
roused, has a way of doing things. Enough for the Red Tape devotee
that he shall fight any suggestion for doing directly what can be pre
vented by indirect manipulation.
Whether Lane’s commission idea goes into effect or not, it is cer
tain that he is in a position to tell congress how it can eliminate some
of the absurd limitations imposed upon Alaska by sheer official inertia.
Fortunately for the secretary, and doubly fortunate for Alaska,
the public mind at the present time is so inclined that a man who
tries to do something for the Northland will not necessarily be mar
tyred.—Seattle Times. _
The newspapers of the Puget sound country recently published
many columns devoted to the doings of Frank James, the noted Mis
souri ex-outlaw, who was said to have been engaged in berry picking
and indulging in remimscenses of Ins career in the vicinity of Tacoma.
A sensational story was published to the effect that he had been
tempted to rob a Tacoma bank, but had spurned the offer. The papers
were imposed upon, as James is at his home in Kearney, Mo. The zest
with which the stories was received tends to show that there is still an
unaccountable hero worship connected with the notorious criminals.
The present war in Europe has caused annulment of the plan
to celebrate the 100th anniversary of peace, which has been the talk
of English-speaking people during the past twelve months. It is just
100 years since the powers combined to crush Napoleon, and the scene
of his final defeat is again the battleground of the European nations.
The suffragettes in England have suspended activities owing to
the war, and it is believed that the Irish question will be settled, thus
allowing Great Britain to devote all her forces to fighting her enemies.
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GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS
TELLS HOW 3T HAPPENED
New York, July 15.—George Fred Wil
liams, former ambassador to Greece and
Montenegro, whose resignation recently was
requested by President Wilson because of
attacks on the Albanian government, has
sent a statement from Athens to th • New
York American, explaining what led him to
denounce the “murderous government of
Prince Wied of Albania.”
He said that after Albania was set aside
by six European powers a commission of
international control was appointed and in
trusted with the control over the adminis
trative and financial affairs of the govern
ment, while the powers searched for a
; rince to head the nation.
He said that when Prince William of
Wied was agreed on a farce of government
was begun, which woul I have been the fun
niest exhibition of international incompc
t.ency in the history <»f diplomacy had it not
turned into a tragedy.
lie said the prince immediately dismissed
the commission and appointed a ministry
consisting of landlords, pashas and beys.
Then, he said, began the “murdering of an
innocent people by a German prince, sup
ported by the powers of Euro: p.”
Williams, in his statement, denies that he
resigned at the request of President Wilson.
Williams then told of his trip to Albania,
and describing his attempts to stop the mur
dering of Mohammedans, adds: “I came to
realize the whole affair, from the six powers
.! wn to the minister, was a mass of hypoc
risy, humbug and di-honesty.”
“There was one dreadful reality beyond
my chamber window,” he continued. “Fu
sillades of musketry and the booming of
cannon greeted my ears. Men were dying
before my eyes. ! found that the Prince of
Wied,, to protect himself against the Mos
lem insurant*, had brought clown 2,000
Catholics from the north.
“I found also that he was fighting the
Chris!:*. - of Epirus with the Moslems of
[Yahmu; that he had set brother against
! l.-rothrr, so that ho might have his title
as ruler. I found that the prince was in
| hiding in the palace, protected by marines;
that he did not dare even review his troop*
l.pf -re they went into battle.
“My heart sickened at the shedding of
the I bed of the Albanians that this silly
bog fancier might wear a crown, and I
made up my mind to devote myself to
war king his usurpation. I went to Cal
ona and stirred up the people to declare
independence.
T took means of reaching the contending
forces and showing them the folly cf butch
♦ ring each other that all might be enslaved.
1 began my work to get the various sec
lb ns of Albania to unite in cantonal form
and create a federation for mutual defense.
T have some den lid help rs whose work
I shall bi-close ■'.hen it is further advanced.
I issued in Athens a broadside attacking
the whole scheme. All Greece responded
with enthusiasm, and 1 was wch >med as
the founder of a new diplomacy of free
dom. Even the Epirus president declared
that if Epirus got her freedom it was due i
1 to the American minister. Military officers |
have uttered rne their fealty and 1 am now i
in communication with the insurgents anti !
: ik‘.holies who aw lighting for Prince Wil- |
liam at Durazzo.
“This very day the Epirote assembly j
meets to adopt or reject the Corfu agree
ment, to which 1 am opposed. It will be ,
debated ir t" stponed. Of course 1 had to j
n ign as minister of the United States, for |
L e: - Id net ph t against the six great powers
of Europe and !. id my phve. This defense
less Albanian m is att .eked by a lot of
ravenous monarchical v.olve*.
“Thanks to my experience in United
States politics. I am a good vv If hunter.
“bet all my well-wishers rejoice that t hi -
wok has fallen to me. I g'r.ry in the sup
i p< r? which came from the United States
v.hen Greece and Poland were struggling
h-.r liberty. Is Albania to be a Greece or ,
Poland We . hall see.”
EMPEROR OF GERMANY
STARTS fW PIOUS MOOD
Berl:n, Aug. 1. Fmperur William, ad
drrs.dng a vast «Towd asse •! -d m front of
the palace, said:
“V\ nr v:« uld do us an enormous harm in
the sacrifice of life and property, but we
should show our enemies what it means to
provoke Germany. Now, 1 commend you to
God. Go to church, kneel before your God j
and prav Hi- help for our gallant army.”
_
J. E. CHILBERG IS SUED FOR
RECOVERY OF LARGE SUM
Seattle. July 31. Somewhat of a sensa
tion was sprung here today when the Nome
Syndicate. Ltd., of London. Marled pro
ceedings against J. I\ Chilberg of this city
for the recovery of $202,500, which amount
it is claimed was lost through the purchase
f the Pioneer Mining Company holdings on ;
Seward peninsula.
It is charged in the complaint that Chil- j
berg, to whom the British capitalists went ;
for information, represented that the claims I
of the Pioneer Mining Company contained j
great wealth, and upon his recommenda
tion the properties were purchased. The
complaint further sets forth that investi
gation proved the properties practically
worthless.
Chilberg is president of the New Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, and also president
■'f the Scandinavian American Bank of this
city.
TOURISTS ARE HELD UP
IN YELLOWSTONE PARK
Gardiner, Mont., July 29.—One of the |
most spectacular hold-ups in the history of j
Wyoming occurred early today in the Yel- j
lowstone national park, when several stage !
coaches belonging to four of the largest
transportation companies operating in the
park were held up by two masked bandits
and the passengers relieved of over $3,000
in cash and jewelry. The loot was collected
from 165 passengers, none of whom made
any effort to resist the frisking.
Following the hold-up the bandits made I
good their escape, and it is believed they j j
are now in hiding in the park. Several
posses are in pursuit.
WOODEN LEG IS HELD
FOR DEBT BY LANDLADY
San Francisco, July 18.—John Canfield
wants to know if his landlady has a right
to hold hi* wooden leg for room rent. Chief
of Police White received a letter from him
today raising the question. When he was [
sent to the state hospital at Mendocino some I
time ago the woman would not let him ;
take the leg with him because he owed her j j
money, lie is about to be discharged from
the hospital and needed it to help him earn j
a living.
MEETING OF MOOSE LODGE
WAS MOST INTERESiNG
A largely attended and enthusiastic meet
ing of the Muo.se lodge was held at Flat
City on Sunday, August 9, at which time
J. .1. Smith was elected treasurer to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the departure of Karl
Thiele for the Out ide. and A. K. Meacham
was elected prelate to succeed Carter Koon,
who has also left the camp.
The officers of the lodge now ar*:
Deputy Supreme Dictator C. V. Pear
son.
Honorary Past Dictator W. F. Harrison.
Past Dictator Ashby Bain.
Dictator Ivan Wales.
Vice Dictator G. B. Gcraghiy.
Prelate A. F. Meacham.
Secretary A. M. Kilgore.
Treasurer- J. J. Smith.
Trustees- James F. Finnegan, Frank
Stanley, Robert K. Lowry.
Sergeant -at-ArmW i 11 i am Osborn.
Inner Guard James Kay.
Outer Guard Samuel P. Gage.
As Guy Geraghty left on the steamer
White Seal last Wednesday, the filling of ,
the vacancy caused by his departure wdl '
come up at the next meeting at Flat City
on Sunday, September 13.
The secretary was authorized to order a
full set of uniforms for the officres and
badges f. r all the members from the su
preme secretary. This order has been sent
by wire, and it is expected the same will
reach her before the close of navigation.
The attention of the lodge was called to
♦ he bereavement just sustained by President j
VViFoui, and the following resolutions were
adopted by the lodge and a copy forwarded 1
to the President, who is a Loyal Moose, be
ing a member of the Newark, N. J.,
lodge:
W'li^v.m. it j; a S"o;ve of pr 'Foam! grief
to all m» Tribe is of tin* l.oyal order of
Moose when a brother Moose is deprived
of the (• <.»r:{•;*i»\ of his l< ve»i one-; and
Whereas Woodrow Wilson, the Pro-i
dem of the I lilted Slat' - >.f .Mnerten. is a
me,n:ber of Newark, *N. J.. lodge of l.oyal
Moo.-t ; and
Wiiereas. flod in His in-"-.M|table wi-dmn
has seen tit to remove fr -m the side of our ;
imnored I’re ident and brother and take |
■ mseir in- life’s mate; it »w, :here
r : be it
1 , t I d i l a r o d ' N
l.o\ al order . f Mo. f ?' W-rid. he; |>y I
11r• [her \\ il n its sine< r< at ! ;
heartfelt sympathy in this the In nr of
a-:, at able :. ,n, and a- wres ii-ii!i of our
undying I'.»ve and e .nl’.denee. And be it
furl her
K. <o!\-( d. T'.iat these !•••--Jut ions be
spread upon the miuu'es rod that a e..j.y
be ei!'. ' and l'orw::' !• d to brother
Preside;!: Wd mi.
The next meeting of the lodge will be
held at Ansleys hell. In: or;.:, t -morrow
(Sunday) evening, and it has been thoughl !
best to call the meeting to order at 7 p. rn. 1
sharp in order that those who wish may J
attend the picture show at 9:30.
Severn! new members will be initiated.
DUNCAN MICHIE MAKES
BRIEF VISIT TO IDITAROD
Duncan Michie, who, with John Holm
gren and Pete Jen-on. is interested in prop
erty on Greet tone creek, in the Ruby 'h<
irici, cat * in on the White Swd fr-mt Ruby
lust Monday and left on tie1 same 1 sd i
m Wedne.-duy m. ruing. While her ■ he was j
in co-nsi.ltulir-n with his partner. Mr. Holm- |
gren, and it is understood that arrange- j
moats are being made for the installation ,
of a dredge on their property.
Contrary to statements made in Fair
bank.- and Ruby pagers Mr M hie stall •=
that the dr,-h;/. has not vet been ordered. !
and if ordered it is probable that it will no.
be in?ta!l°d ■- r a period of two rears. It 1
is too late to get it del'vered at Ruby this
year, and if ordered next year it will not
be taken to the ground until af.er the
winter trail i- in good shape.
Mr. Michie expre cd pba.-'.o’e a* being
in Iditar <1 o;u-e more, saying that there
was m. re activity in evidence than he had I
,pcii el '-where. While things were moving j
nicely along the creek' in the Ruby district. \
the town itself was quiet.
e^AND LCCGE CF MOOSE
BARS ATHE'STS FROM ORDER
Milwaukee, Wi?.. July 29. By a rising
vote the grand 1 "ige of the Loyal Order
of Moose of the Work! this afternoon de
clared unaiiinfeuFly their faith in a su
preme being. It was decided to exclude
atheists from membership in the organiza
tion hereafter, and to eject any who now
bcLng. if any are found in the sub or can ate
lodges.
PETER H. FIELD INQUIRED FOR
The postmaster has received the follow
ing letter:
“Olympia. a-h., July 15. 1911.
“Postmaster. Iditarod. Alaska.
••Dear Sir: 1 am trying to locate a
cousin. Peter 11. Field, or I'jel 1 lv in in
Nordre Orialin, Norway. His fa:tor and a
brother died this spring, and it is very im
portant that he let his relations know where
he is. The last heard of him was about
five years ago, when he wrote to a sister in
Minnesota. He was then in Alaska, but j
his address has been lost. Any assistance
rendered will be greatly appreciated.
“N. O. FIELD.
Guy Geraghty was a passenger on the
White Seal. He is bound for Seward, and
will go over the trail from Fairbanks to
Valdez, finishing his trip by steamer.
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