•• With malloe towards none, with oharity for all, "Lot us have faith that right makes might, and in
with firmness In the right, as Cod gives us to see that faith let us to the end dare to do our du y s
the right.Abraham Lincoln. we understand It. ’ -Abraham Llnooln.
Iditarod Pioneer_
ONI DOLLAR PER MONTH IDITAROD, ALASKA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1918 25 CENTS PER COPY
BERMAN SUB “GETS” HUNDBED AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Washington, Feb. 7.—The British steamer Tuscania
with 2,179 United States soldiers aboard and convoyed
by British warships, was torpedoed and sunk in the war
zone last night. The survivors were landed in Ireland.
The Tuscania carried the Thirty second regiment,
National Guard Division, which was largely from Wis
consin and Michigan. It is officially stated that D and
E Companies of the Twentieth Engineers were aboard.
These units were of the Sixth battalion of the Twen
tieth Engineers, which is one of the forestry divisions
specially organized for work in France, and was not at
tached to the Thirty second regiment.
The Twentieth Engineers is the largest regiment in
the world—comprising 17,000 men. Col. W. A. Mitch
ell, of the regular array is the commanding officer, and
Henry S. Graves, chief forester of the Department of
Agriculture, was lieutenant colonel, but neither of these
officers were aboard the Tuscania.
Seattle, Feb. 7.—The Twentieth Engineers and For
esters regiment contained 157 men enlisting from Seat
tle, Tacoma, Everett, Bellingham, Wenatchee, North
Yakima, Port Angeles and Burlington. Sixty-two were
from Seattle
London, Feb. 7.—The loss of life on the Tuscania is
now estimated at 101. This total is given in a dispacch
from an Associated Press correspondent in Ireland, and
subsequently was confirmed by the American embassy.
Official figures, however, place the total at 210.
Londonderry, Ireland, Feb. 7.—The submarine which
torpedoed the steamer Tuscania was attacked by a de
stroyer. An American officer intimated that the sub
marine was destroyed.
Considerable Unrest In Germany
London, Feb. 2. —A national demonstration is being
organized in Germany as a protest against the arrest of
Dittman. According to a dispatch from Antwerp, Hugo
Haise, a Socialist deputy, appealed to the chancellor to
obtain the release of Dittman, and the chancellor re
plied that he was powerless in the affair, as Berlin was
entirely iu the hands of military authorities.
One of the leaflets which were circulated in Berlin to
help the cause of a genaral strike throughout Germany
has been obtained by the American correspondent of
the London Daily Express. The leaflet calls the gov
ernments expressed desire for peace only a mask, and
declares that the only way to end ths misery and whole
sale massacre is to overthrow the present government,
and to establish a republic.
Amsterdam, Feb. 2.—The Berlin Tages Zeitung says
that two captured airmen have been sentenced to ten
years’ imprisonment by court martial for dropping
hostile proclamations on German soil
Amsterdam, Feb. 6.—Berlin newspapers are replete
with what Germany is going to do in the coming offen
sive. The Tageblatt says the German fleet is going to
participate vigorously during the next six months,
which will be the decisive period. The Frankfurter
Zeitung says that during that eminently important pe
riod the Central Powers will be absolutely certain to
possess the strategetic superiority, as the hopes of the
Allies for American help cannot possibly be fulfilled by
that time
“HINDI” IS DDE PARIS ON APRIL 1
|HE HAGUE, Feb. 5.—Travelers arriving in
this city from Germany report that a committee
-of thirty editors recently called upon General
von Hindenberg in Berlin, and told him there would
be no food in Germany by May.
“My reply is,” said Hindenberg, “that by April 1
I will be in Paris.”
MILLIONS NEEDED TO WIN THE WAR
IASHINGTON, Feb. 6. — “Until the United
States has three million men in France the
-war will not be won,” Representative Clarence
B. Miller, of Minnesota, who has just returned from
the French battle front, told the house today. “We
must have four million, and we should have five mil
lion,” he said. _
FREEDOM, JUSTICE, AND RESPECT
FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW
HONDON. Feb. 4.—The Supreme War Council,
which met at Versailles, finds in the speeches
of the German chancellor and the Austro Hun
garian foreign minister no approach to the terms re
cently announced by the Entente Allies, and has
decided to continue the vigorous prosecution of the
war until peace can be obtained based upon princi
ples of freedom, justice, and respect for international
law.” This official announcement was made Sunday
night.
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FRENCH
Paris, Feb. 8.—Friday—There is nothing to report |
with the exception of a successful raid by the French
on a German post west of Fosdes, on the Verdun front.
AMERICAN _ 1
Pershing’s Headquarters in France, Feb. 2. Ameri
can troops in the trenches on the French front at one
place are only 60 feet from the German line, aud in an
other place a mile of ground separates the opposing po
sitions.
American Headquarters in France, Feb. 4 —Ameri
can troops are occupying a sector of the Lorraine front
and the entire sector is resounding with bombs and
guns, with airmen active. Fmemy snipers wounded
J two Americans slightly on Sunday. American 75s j
I are hurling a terrific fire into the enemy trenches, with,
the Germans confining their fire largely to American
[trenches, At sundown on Saturday, the German bar
| rage fire opened with its heaviest bombardment of the
j American sector, the Americans replying shell for
I shell. The big-gun fire spread along a front of several
-kilometers. Two Americans were killed and nine
, wounded. One suffered from shell shock.
1 American Army in France, Feb 5.—Fifteen minute*
of concentrated tire yesterday put down a barrage
i which frustrated another raid being planned by the
Germans.
| Feb. 6.—Under an almost ceaseless fire from the
German guns, the American troops are holding a sec
| tion of the battle front in Lorraine, and are preparing
for a general assault of great magnitude.
BRITISH
London, Feb. 5.—“We carried out successful raids
last night south of Fleur Baux, in the neighborhood of
Ypres Staden railroad.” says today’s official report.
Many Germans were killed, and many prisoners and
machine guns captured.
*) RUSSIAN AFFAIRS (
SWEDISH
! Stockholm, Feb. 4.—Troops of the Finnish provi
sional government are closing in the Bolsheviki Red
Guards at Uleaborg, in the gulf of Bothnia, according
to news reaching Haparanda.
1 Stockholm, Feb. 5.—The Swedish steamers, accom
panied b.y a gunboat and ice breaker, which crossed
the Gulf of Bothnia, to take Swedish subjects desiring
to leave Finland, were tired upon by Russian Red
Guards. Later Russian sailors of the Red Guard
boarded the gunboat, and explained that they had fired
in the belief that the steamers were carrying troops
and munitions.
! Stockholm, Feb. 8.—Mannerheim, the commander of
the forces of the Finnish provisional government, de
feated the Bolsheviki Red Guards at Helsingfors, ac
cording to a dispatch to the Afton Tidingen. The Red
Guards suffered a loss of 4,000 men killed. The battle
took place at Korkeakosi.
! London, Feb. 6.—The peace negotiations at Brest
Litovsk have again been broken off, the Associated
Press correspondent at Petrograd says he has been so
informed.
RUSSIAN
i Petrograd, Feb. 6.—At the closing session of the
congress of workmen’s and soldiers’ deputies, a law was
enacted declaring that the workmen’s and soldiers’ gov
ernment was to be permanent in its character, and not
a temporary makeshift as was originally announced.
The congress also declared that the constitutional as
sembly had been eliminated.
I NETHERLANDS
1 Amsterdam, Feb. 6.—A wireless dispatch received at
Berlin today from Kiev says the Poles have occupied
Mohilev and have arrested Ensign Klylenko, com
mander in chief of the Bolsheviki, and his entire staff.
I ") IN THE FAR EAST C
' London, Feb. 2.—The British forces in Palestine
have again started an offensive. They have advanced
from Jerusalem 20 miles to the northward, and have
begun an encircling movement which is designed to
render Jericho untakeable by the Turks.
FAMINE IMNINENf
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Washington, Feb 6.—“A world
wide famine is imminent, unless
drastic steps are ta!-en to increase
production,” was predicted today
by Representative Baer, testify-:
ing before the house agricultural
committee. He stated that Ger
many was in possession of all j
the Russian winter wheat fields
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FATAL STBEET CAB-AUTO MKUP
Seattle, Feb. 4.—Regna Andersen, !
of Snohomish, was killed, and Guarina
Andersen, Thomas Oidne and O. Krud- j
sen were dangerously injured when the ,
automobile in which they were riding
struck a street car. The machine,
which was a small one, contained nine
persons, all Norwegians._
GOTEBHMEIT FIXES THE BLAME
Halifax, N. S , Fab. 4.—Tha domin
ion government’s investigating com
mittee today pronounced that Pilot
McKay and Captain Lamodem, of the1
steamship Mont Blanc, were to blame i
for the recent disaster in Halifax har
bor, in which a thousand people lost
their lives, and the city almost totally
destroyed. ^_ j
MARRIED IN SEATTLE
Seattle, Feb. 2 —Harold L. Tovsfon,
mail carrier between Fortune Ledge
and St. Michael. aDd Miss Mabel
Lutake, of La Crosse, Wis., were mar
ried in this city last night.
1GBEEMENT RELATING TO LABOR '
Washington, Feb. 6.—The govern
ments of the United States and Canada
hare entered into an agreement
whereby neither country can import
laborers from the other without mutual
consent.
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FINED HEAVILY FOB HIDING FOOD
London, Feb. 6.—William John
McCaw, a Unionist member of tbe;
British house of commons for West-1
down, was today fined £400 for food
hoarding^_
TEX ANNOUNCES HIS retirement
New York, Feb. 6.—Tex Rickard,
the widely-known promoter of pugilis
tic events, declares that he is through
with the prize-fighting game, aud is
sailing shortly for South America.
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IMPURE CANDY CAUSES
LITTLE CHILD’S DEATH
Manager Hall, of the wireless sta
; ton, received a telegram from Fortuna
| Ledge yesterday conveying the sad iu
I telligence of the death on that morn
! Ing of little Winifred, the third child
of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Currin, as a
, result of eating an inferior grade of
| candy. Little Winifred was born in
Iditarod about four years ago, was a
beautiful child, and a most winsome
mite.
The sincere sympathy of the large
circle of friends in this community of
Mr. and Mrs. Currin, who resided in
this camp about six years, is extended
I in this hour of sorrow.
LINCOLN m * CLDS
In celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s
109th birthday, we, the undersigned, do j
hereby each agree to pay to the Amer- '
ican Red Cross Society, through its
locul organization, five dollars (15) on .
the 12th day of each and every month
of the duration of the present war. j
Geo. W. Albrecht
C. P. Wood
R. C. Button
Mrs. C. Baker
W. R. Solibakke
Sam’l Applebaum
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A. S. Bourne
Chas. E. Taylor
Wm. B. Thomas
Iditarod Pioneer
W. W. Nelson
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DOG RAGE AND DANCE I
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY
A feature event of the season—a St.
Valentine’s dog race and dance—will
he pulled off at Flat on Thursday next,
February 14. The regular 22 miles
will be the course, the racers starting
at Flat, going to Discovery, then pass
ing through Flat and continuing to
Iditarod, returning to Fiat as the ulti
mate goal.
The officers of the day will be as fol
lows:
Flat—Starter, Earl B. Hunt; time
keeper, Chris Anthonison; judges, Tom
McMahon, Dr. Moore; marshal, A1 D.
Currie.
Discovery—Timekeeper, J. G. Riv
ers; judges, Fred Smith, J. W. Farrell.
Iditarod—Timekeeper, Bill Ansley
2d; judges, Claude Baker, Bill Soli
bakke.
A purse of $200 will add vim to the
spirit and enthusiasm. It will be di
vided into four prizes of $100, $50, $30
and $10 each.
The probable entrants are: E. Coke
Hill, C. P. Wood, Bert Thorsen, Her
man Nahder 2d, Ed Kay, Victor Riv
ers, Gus Christoff, George Kay, Basil
Clemons, Charles Kudz, Wm. Sheedy, ,
I. E. Van Kirk, Frank Dawson, Alec I
Dickson, J. E. Beattie. Capt. Elmer J. ]
Smith, Arnold DeHouse, J. E. Riley, j
Eddie Kimball has charge of the big j
dance and the “Jazz” band which will !
furnish the music.
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ALL EIGHT, JOE, JUST SO WE KNOW
Washington, Feb. 8.—Joseph P. Tum
ulty, the President’s private secretary,
issued a statement today to the effect
that he was not a candidate for the
New Jersey senatorship.
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FIRE DESTROYS NEWSPAPER SHOP
Anaconda, Mont., Feb. 6.—The build
ings and plant of the Anaconda Stand
ard, the morning newspaper of this
city, were destroyed today by fire.
NEARLY READY FOR BALKAN WAR
Washington, Feb. 6.—One million
two hundred thousand Allied troops
will be available by March 31, for the
impending drive to break the German
backbone in the Balkans, was officially
learned today.
BIG MEAT PACKERS' FEES SEIZED
Chicago, Feb. 6.—Armed with a
search warrant, Special Counsel Peffey,
of the Federal Trade Commission, today
seized the files of Swift & Co., the
meat-packing concern, in the office of
Henry Vederher, the corporation’s at
torney.
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Job Prints at Pieaeer office.
DANCE FOR FEB. 22
On Washington's birthday, Friday,
February 22, the entertainment com
mittee of the Pioneers will supervise a
fine program to be given at Flat City.
The entertainment will be followed by
a dance and supper. The committee
promises some very amusing stunts and
skits on that happy occasion.
RELIGIOUS* SERVICES
Rev. F. L. Forbes, the Presbyterian
missionary, is still in our community,
and has been busy holding services, or
ganizing Sunday-school work and per
forming other priestly duties. During
the past week Sunday schools have
been formed at Iditarod and Flat, and,
luckily, the superintendency of both
have been placed in experienced and
capable hands. A. S. Bourne has
charge of the work in Iditarod, and
Ralph J. Button at Flat. The Sunday
schools meet at 2 o’clock in the after
noon of each Sabbath day.
Rev. Forbes will hold religious ser
vices at Flat tomorrow (Sunday) even
ing at 8 o’clock, and in Iditarod at the
same hour on next^londay evening.
E. Coke Hill, of Ruby, assistant dis
trict attorney, arrived in town last Sat
urday evening from an official visit to
Anvik and other native settlements
along the Yukon river. On Monday
! evening Mr. Hill, behind his string of
; seven dogs, left for Ophir, expecting to
return here within a wesk.s time.
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Deputy U. S. Marshal Geraghty Is
expected home shortly from a trip to
Ruby, where he took a prisoner.