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FREE SPEECH
William J. Bryan, who was much
criticised for his course as secretary of
state and for his utterances after his
resignation, has, since the United
States declared war on Germany, con
ducted himself in a way for the most
part deserving of commendation. It is
a pleasure to commend him when com
mendation is due. His heart has often
been right when his judgement was
seriously at fault.
"But he has had the good sense and
patriotism not to keep up opposition to
the course of the government since
war was declared on Germany. In a
recent statement he said no sympathy
‘•will be wasted upon those who have
been arrested for unpatriotic utter
ances. They abuse free speech.”
Before the United States entered the
war, he said, it was proper to discuss
the wisdom of going to war, ‘‘but the
discussion Is closed when congress acts.
After that, no one should be permitted
to cloak attacks upon his government
or aid the enemy under the claim that
he is exercising freedom of speech.”
Neither should attacks on our allies
be tolerated, for they are an indirect
meihod of discrediting the par t of our
own government, and Mr. Bryan
declared opposition to the draft was a
form of anarchy.
It has been a favorite method of
sympathizers with a foreign power to
attack one of the countries with which
we are allied. They hope by this
method to create opposition to the i
policy of our government.
It is vital that Americans speak out
against this practice in no uncertain
terms. Mr. Bryan's utterance is
wholesome and timely.-—Tacoma Led
gar. _______
Germany's Mora! Bankruptcy
After three years of war, we hear a
great deal about German man power
being exhausted. Thera is renewed
talk about German finances being at
the point of collapse. That Germany's
food supply is t failing, everybody
knows: that many of her industries
are ruined, is not denied; that her
shipping and commerce have suffered
blows from which it will take a gen
eration to recover, is admitted by
German business men. It is not
strange that they are reported to be
urging peace as an imperative neces
sity if anything is to be saved out of
the wreck. But Germany has to
mourn today a greater loss than any of
those mentioned. She has squandered
her moral assets. At a time when she
needs to call up all her reserves of
good faith and confidence, she finds
that they have been wasted. Nobody
believes her. Nobody trusts her.
Upon the German government the
disagreeable evidence that it is mor
ally bankrupt is being pressed lrom
every quarter.—From the New York
F.vening Post.
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PATIENCE
Be patient, though the load you
carry grows heavier with every verst;
it does no good to raise Old Harry,
e'en when our woes are at their worst.
Once I was prone to cuss and clamor
at every hitch in my affairs; anon I'd
take the axe or hammer, and run
amuck, and break the chairs. When
ever Fortune acted dirty, I walked the
the floor and raised a roar; and so
when I was only thirty I felt like one
who's reached three score. But wis
dom comes as age advances, and
I have found that patience pays; and
no unpleasant circumstances can roll
the current of my days. When tire
some aunts come for a visit, or I have
boils or corns or gout, I say, “Misfor
tune's with me, is It? Well, it can’t
jar a cheerful scout." One faces trou
ble like a rabbit, one with a courage
high and great; and grit like this is
just a habit that any man can culti
vate. One does his duty here so
meanly he leaves behind a punk re
nown; one takes his burden up serene
ly, and chortles till he lays weighty
that it can put me in a fix; and bow
that I am nearing eighty, I feel like
one of twenty-six.—Walt Mason.
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Heinrich Bismark passed down
the winter trail last Saturday.
’Twas stated that Mr. Bismark
was bound for Ophir,
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
WORD TO SOLDIERS
To the Soldiers of the National
Army:
You are undertalcing a great
duty. The heart of the whole
country is with you. Everything
that you do will be watched with
the deepest interest and with the
deepest solicitude not only by
those who are near and dear to
you, but by the whole Nation be
sides. For this great war draws
us all together, makes us all com
rades and brothers, as all true
Americans felt themselves to be
when we first made good our na
tional independence. The eyes
of all the world will be upon you,
because you are in some special
sense the soldiers of freedom.
Let it be your pride, therefore,
to show all men everywhere not
only what good soldiers you are,
but also what good men you are,
keeping yourselves lit and
straight in everything, and pure
and clean through and through.
Let us set for ourselves a stand
ard so high that it will be a glory
to live up to it, and then let us
live up to it and add a new laurel
to the crown of America. My
affectionate confidence goes with
you in every battle and every
test. God keep and guide you!
Woodrovv Wilson.
TEDDY ROASTS
LA FOLLETTE
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Kansas City, Oct. 17.-5-“ If I
were a member of the United
States senate I would be ashamed
to sit in that body until I found
some way of depriving La Fol
lette of a seat in that chamber
which he now disgraces by his
presence there,” said Col. Theo
dore Roosevelt in a speech here.
The former president made this
statement at the conclusion of a
particularly severe arraignment!
of the Wisconsin senator.
Speaking on preparedness,Col.
Roosevelt declared that if the
United States had taken the ac
tion three years ago that she has
since the United States entered
the war, the conflict would be
over by now.
Roosevelt declared that the
United States should go further
and declare war against Austria
and Turkey. He declared that
while nominally at peace with
this country, these nations con
tinue to gather military informa
tion for Germany in this country.
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NAME OF "MUSHON"
IS GOOD ENOUGH
“Everybody knows me by that
name, and I’d like to have a
right to it,” said Fred Mushon
recently to a Seattle jurist when
presenting his petition for the
legal change of his name from
Fred Jansa to Fred Mushon.
And so “Mushon” he now is, for
his request was granted by the
judge.
Mushon is well known here,
although he has been Outside
for a number of years. He
formerly operated a restaurant
in Fairbanks, and during the
early rush to the Klondike was
the proprietor of a road house
in the Dawson country. His
place was known as the “Mush
On,” and it was there he got the
name which has stuck to him
and which he has now adopted
as his own.—Fairbanks Citizen.
WHY ISTHEREASON ?
Buenos Aires, Nov. 7.—A dis
patch from Madrid states that
the United States is fortifying
the Azores islands. Lisbon news
paper are protesting, and are de
manding an explanation.
KAISER ISN’T
A BIT STINGY
No one ever with justice can accuse
the kaiser of being stingy, The sul
tan of Turkey is in sad straits for
drachmas. Constantinople knows more
about the high cost of living than New
York ever imagined. The baggy
trousered gentleman in the Turkish
army haven't been paid in so long a
time that they wouldn't know what to
do with all the money the government
owes them if they got it in a lump.
In Bulgaria, Czar Ferdinand’s sub
jects have been picked as bare of
money as Job’s turkey was of meat.
They are dreadfully tired of war, but
dare not stop.
The sultan and the czar have beeu
trying to whisper something to this
effect to the kaiser, but the kaiser has
been too busy to listen. In despera
tion the Turk and the Bulgar blurted
out the sad news at the same time.
The kaiser was much surprised. He
was shocked. He assured his beloved
brotherrnonarchsthat he had no idea
they were in need of any cash. Why
hadn't they mentioned it to him be
fore? He was very sorry they had
been annoyed. He would have every
thing arranged at once.
And he was faithful to his word.
Bulgaria and Turkey have both been
notified that all their war expenses of
1917 and 1918 will be paid by Germany.
When? Oh! after the kaiser wins
the war and collects $100,000,000,(RX)
indemnity.
The sultan and the Rulgar czar
know exactly what Vennstino Car
ranza thought of Willie llohenzollern
when the emissary of the kaiser told
the first chief to go ahead and “bust"
the United States and he’d give Texas,
Arizona and California to them.—
Daily Financial World.
AMERICA MUST
FOOT THE BILL
New Y ork, November 10. —William
G. Sheppard, the war correspondent,
arrived in New York today from
Russia, said that Fetrograd would
very likely fall and that the Germans
will probably occupy Helsingfors
within a short time, and they will
then cut the Finnish railway, which
connects Russia and Sweden. The
feature of the war that impressed Mr.
Sheppard most is that America will
have to carry the burden of the war
expenses. He asserted that Germany
worked the greatest piece of diplom
acy of the war in getting Lenine and
Trotsky, both of whom were formerly
in New York, through into Russia.
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VILLA WOULD BE GOOD
Chihuahua, Mex., Oct. 18.—Claiming:
that he is entitled to honors at the
hands of the Mexican government as
the man who of all patriotic Mexicans,
did the most to put down the Huerta
regime in Mexico, and declares his own
belief in himself a.s a valuable citizen of
the republic both in public and private
life, Francisco Villa has written to
General Murgula, leader of the govern
ment force which is trailing him, ask
ing for amnestry. He further declares
that he has ceased military operations
against the government and bitterly
complains because his band of bandits
is being hounded by the government
forces.
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Juneau people are elated over
the report that the Union Iron
Works, a subsidiary of the
Bethlehem Steel cempany, has
leased waterfront property at
the territorial capital, where
marine ways will be built for re
pair of ships of large tonnage*
The plant at San Francisco is
overflowing with orders for new
construction and is unable to
handle repair business offered.
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Charles Jackson and Dennis
Callahan left Flat last Tuesday
to spend the winter in the States.
Ed King departed last Sunday
to join his family in Seattle.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
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Stoves and Graniteware Gasoline, Coal Oil, Etc.
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SALMON FISHING
MAY BE RESTRICTED
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Seattle, Nov. 5.—As a step toward:
the protection of the salmon industry j
in Alaska and to conserve sources of j
food, the Bureau of Fisheries will hold ;
a hearing in Seattle on November 20 |
to consider the proposal to prohibit;
fishing in Bering river and all its trib- ]
utaries, including Bering lake. !
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One hundred and sixty eagles
have been killed and both feet
of each bird turned in to the
territorial treasurer since the
law passed by the last Alaska
legislature went into effect-]
The sum of $80, which is at the ]
rate of 50 cents per eagle, has]
been paid out as bounty. It is]
said that a large number of'
eagles will be killed when they |
come down to the beach after |
fish a little later in the season. ]
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rier House, Flat. I
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AND COFFEE HOUSE:
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Pies, Cakes, Bread, etc.
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Alaska. 1916
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