IDITAROD PIONEER
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at. Iditarod. Alaska,
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WORTHY OF SYMPATHY
A social worker in New York stale
lived for some lime among I. W. W.
me in hers, and after si udying this class
of outcasts be concluded that, thev are
mostly oegeneru! es. As such they are
as much to he pitied as condemned.
Most of them were fuuud t.u be menially
n> ■ fee-live, and many ol them have
minds that are little above those pus
sessed by inmates of institutions for
the feeble minded.
riio.se who have had occasion to deal
with social on*casts of the kind tin
sociologist invest igiii ed will be struck
by his findings. They will at once see
the justice oi the conclusions. and will
call to mind fads to lead lh-m to ac
cept the report as true, says the Ta
coma Ledger editorially.
Organized sonic! y should recognize
L ft mental incompetence of these men
and should (Jo what is possible to rein
edy conditions and reduce their num
bers in the future. Many of tlu-m oriiv
lack education, and others of the class
should be sent, to special institutions
lor the mentaliy interior -n tneir youth
with the hope that they can be rescued
and turned into normal human beings
1 his clas> is recruited vent by year
from the misfits of life. These are un
able to meet the competition of normal
men. They art? shoved aside in the
struggle for existence. They drift, from
job to job, as the social worker linos
and as anyone who has been assocufed
with them knows, and their menial in
capacity makes ii impossible fur them
to idei along in life. Finally they be
come discouraged. They blame thrii
disasters onto others. Man is always
slow to hold him-.elf responsible for his
failure to succeed.
Fiualjy this element in their dis
torted brains begins to believe t he tales
told to them by famiiical reformers
who have new ways of making over
tile old world, Knowing little them
selves, and possessed of disordered men
talities, thc\ are unable to sift the
false from the true, and they become
easy prey for radical self-seekers.
They are finally turned into social
outcasts and become a menace, to organ
ized society. Their numbers can never
become large because t he army of t hose
with minds bordering on the feeble
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Always on Hand
r MICHBLS, PROP.
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Everything for the Miner and
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MAX SIM EL
3tcre at Mouth of Tolstoi
WAS CHOSEN BY LOT
Leavenworth, Kan.. Oct, 18.—That
1 Peii.ro Pierre, an Italian on trial here
in the federal court charged with
threatening the life of the President
j of the United States, had declared to
I them that he had been chosen hv lot at
; a meeting of Italian T. W. W., with
| headquarters at Uhicago. to assassinate
I President Wilson and former Secretary
ot the Tre isurv McAdoo, \va> stated on
i he witness stand today by John Lo
ve I lo and Manuel Pam fra vino, also
Italians.
will not increase in number. There is
no ere;it danyer from t hem except from
tilt* fact that they come to verye on in
sanity from their ravinys on problems'
beyond their yrasp. and individuals
amony them are led into crime They
come to lose ail feeliny of responsibil
ity. either to morals or to law, and i
therein the dancer lies.
Their nilmlv-rs will always be. so few
that they will be of inconsequential
force, but from them are recruited po
litical criminals of every character who
£;’»t\ in their misdeeds and believe
that they atv aetiny in the best, inter
ests o; society when they throw hot ribs
or take, lives.
The whole outfit is worthy of sym
pathy. just as are any of those unfortu
nates who are sub-normal. Averaye
men should pity ti> n; that would have
more effect in i> duemy t.Jmir numbers
than loudly complaining against them
and yiviny their activities publicity
that at.: racts others ot distorted vision.
The people of lh*» Kuskokwim vaile\
are beginning to fully realize the back
set they received by changing the mail
route, am! ar« commencing to protest,
O'S OIL
Mexico City, Oct. 6.—-The sum of $1,
8no.0O0.O00 is needed to develop thor
oughly the petroleum resources of Mex
ico. says an announcement of the de
part merit of commerce and industry.
The amount already invested in the
petroleum industry is estimated as in
excess of 000,000.
The depart merit states that eight
producing oil wells with a daily flow of
584,798 barrels were drilled in the Tam
pico field in five months of this year.
The department adds that there is a
great need of better transportation fa
cilities and that if these were provided
the monthly shipments, which now
amount t;i fi 000.000 barrel*, could be
increased to 17,o34,94o barrels. The
vast surplus of crude petroleum is
stored in the ground awaiting improve
ment in transportation.
COMMUNIST LABOR PARTY
ORGANIZED AT CHICAGO!
Chicago, Oct. 10.—-Three hundred
representatives of the left wing faction
i*f llie Socialist party of the United
States who recently withdrew from (he
parent body, have organized Lite Com
munist Labor party of America and
adopted the emblem of the Soviet re
j public of Russia with the motto, “Work
j ers of the World Unite.” The emblem
j consists of a scythe and a hammer sur
| rounded by a wreath of wheat. A sug
| gestion that a torch be added to the
; emblem was voted down.
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I Nearly Eig^ht Million Tons
j London, Oct. 18.- A total of 7,750,000
tons of British shipping was sunk or
i destroyed through action of the enemy!
during the war, and 14,280 lives were
i lost through these sinkings.
WHERE GARY STANDS
Washington, Oct. 20.—Judge E. H.
Gary, president of the United States
Steel Corporation, has notified Secre
tary of the Interior Lane and Secretary
Morrison, of the American Federation
of Labor, that he would not recede
front his stand for “the open shop” in
the industrial conference, and reaffirms
his refusal to negotiate with repre
sentatives of labor unions that are not
employes of steel companies. Judge
Gary is i epresern ing the public at the
industrial conference. This is his first
stand since the conference started.
RETURN TO OLD FRENCH HOMES
Paris, Oft. (>. -Sixtv-two French
women who had rnarrie I Americans,
army officers or soldiers, and subse
quently had been divorced ift the United
States, returned to France on the same
steamship recently, according to the
newspaper Avenir. Most of them, the
newspaper adds, returned not beenase
of personal differences with their hus
bands, bur. because of the inability of
the bride> to adapr t iH inselves to the
Americiin mode of living.
Wasliinokh). Oct. TIki national
prohibition law j> expected to bo sent
in tlit* White House today by Attorncy
Clcneral Palmer, who has been invest i
Liating it-- constitutionality. It. was
learned that the hill will remain in the
White House until October 28, when it
becomes effective, even without the
signature of the President.
Washington. Oct. 25. — The Depart
ment of Justice It s notified the beet
sugar refiners that a change fur sugar
exceeding 10 cents per* pound will be
considered a viola!ion of the food-con
trol act. The govi rnment held that 11
cents i-. a fair retail price.
Ratification Without Debate
Vienna, Oei. 18.—The A.iinriau mi
nimal aiHHinnly i.onay ratified the peace
treaty without debate*.
WALDORF ASTOR DEAD
London, Oct. 20.—Viscount (William
Waldorf) Ast/or. expatriated American,
died of heart trouble today at bis home
(Hever cast le) in Kent. Astor was born
in New York in 1848: be removed to
England iri 1890. after averring that
“America was no place fora gentleman
to live,” anti became a naturalized
British subject: in 1915 be was created
“baron” by King George V. He was
the owner of the I‘all Mall Gazette and
Hall Mall Gazette, and was the author
of a couple of romantic novels, which
were remarkable, possibly, for their
elaborate binding if nothing more. Be
fore leaving America he was a member
of the New York state legislature, and
in 1882-5 he was United States minister
to Italy. In England, once or twice, he
“stood fora riding” for a seat in the
British house of commons, hut the
bloomin’ electors wouldn't stand for
him. At the time of his departure
from America his personal fortune was
estimated at 100,000.000 despised (?i
American dollars.
To Surrender Crown Property
Rome. Oct. 11. King Vfetor Em
manuel I ills decided to surrender all the
crown properties in favor of the peas
ants and for national work for former
soldiers. The premier will announce
t his in parliament.
Professional
ALBRECHT and TAYLOR,
AttorncysCounselors at Law
Idit-arod, Seattle,
Alaska Washington
DR. MOORE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DR.H.BEHLA
Fiat
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