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SAY WAR CAN’T LAST LONG
l.i MX'N, Oct. 6. War Lord Kitchener's
him• to parliament that the present great
Kurooeun cor.ilict may still be in progress
three year, has been the subject of much
comment in London. That so frightful a
struggle could continue more than a very
few months had apparently occurred to no
one else. Such utterances from so eminent
a military authority as Lord Kitchener, it
was felt, however, could not be taken
lightly. His lordship did not. indeed, pre
dirt that the war would last ihree years.
He did. however, refer to plans for con
tinuing the fight beyond the enlistment
term of volunteers now in the field, re
marking casually that it was impossible to
tell how long the conflict might last.
What would be the effect of its indefinite
continuation was much discussed. lhat.
three years of it would mean the practi
cally complete overthrow of European civ
ilization seemed to be the general opinion
among men whose views are respected by
the British public. There were military
men. financiers and politicians who ques
tioned, however, the possibility of so long
drawn-out a light, even in the face of Lord
Kitchener's expression.
The soldiers argued that modern ammu
nition could not be provided for it. and
that if it should continue beyond a matter
of months there would at any rate have
to be a return to the use of black powder
and more primitive weapons. Financiers
declared it would be utterly impossible to
find money tor keeping such armies as the
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present one:- in the lit hi for more than a
s!.'it time They doubted if they could
be maintained for a half of three years
without bankrupting all of Europe.
The politicians’ view was that long be
fore three years had expired revolution
would have broken out in every country
in arms. There were niutterings of it in
many quarters already, they pointed oih,
and these niutterings they thought likely
to swell speedily into a roar.
VAN ORSDALE ACCUSED
OF MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION
Eugene Van Orsdale has been arrested
and his hearing set before Commissioner
Albrecht next Monday morning on a war
rant sworn to by Matt Johnson, who charges
malicious destruction of personal proper* y.
The complaint states that the defendant
“wilfully, unlawfully, maliciously and wan
tt nly” injured and destroyed certain per
sonal property, t" wit. a building known as
the “Travelers’ Rest.” together with certain
dog houses adjacent thereto, situated at the
mouth of Boulder creek, the property of
Alfred Sedain, left by him in possession of
affiant, said injury consisting of breaking
locks, door frames, removal of windows and
destroying dog houses.
RATIONALISM IS OUR MOTTO
The healing power of the Turkish Bath
will overcome all prejudice by a careful
trial. The benefit of the bath on skin
i diseases hardly needs emphasizing.
The three million pores are flushed, the
glands are relieved from congestion, and the
blood is oxygenated, therefore reacting bene
finally on the skin.
The skin is the regulator of the bodily
temperature, and the preserver of the in
tern:.! organs from infection.
Keep this wonderful organ in good con
dition and half the battle over disease is
won.
THE CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
PARLORS
THE TOY-STREWN HOUSE
Give im* the house where the toys are
.-trewn.
Where the dolls are asleep in the chairs
Win-re the building blocks and the i >y bat
1'" n.
And the soldiers guard the -tairs:
i l.et me step in a house where the tiny cart
With ii- h r-e- rules the fto.-r
And !'• .-t com. - into my w- ary heart,
j For 1 am at h in- once m .re.
! Give me the hoe-.- where tin- t >ys are seen.
Tile h 'll'1 W here the eillldrell IVUip.
. And I'll happier be than man ha- leni
'A. ath the trililt d dome of p imp.
' Let me Mr the litter or bright-eyed i'ia\
And tin joys i knew in a fai - h la;.
Will gladden my hirt • nice m e.
Win ever has lived m a tov -trewn home,
Though feeble he be and gray,
Will y.- irn. no n *tt.-r h «w far he r--am,
. For the giorn-us disarrav
nr the little home with its littered llo- r
That was his in ihe by-gone day-.
And his heart will thr li a- it throbbed
before
\\ Ik n he rest - w hi re a hahy ; 1 i.v .
— K. A. Guest in Itetroit Free Press.
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Pillows
Infants’ Wear
CLEANING AND PRESSING
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Besides Elaine Oil at $8.00 per case
We are selling more New Toilet Articles, Patent Medicines and Cut Glass, which
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 5.—Following are the complete returns
of Tuesday’s election in the Fourth division of Alaska, lacking only
those from remote precincts which cannot be reached by telegraph,
and the results in which probably will not change the relative standing
of the candidates. These returns indicate the election of 0. P. Gau
stad, Non-partisan, as territorial senator, and C. B. Collins, Non-parti
san; William T. Burns, Democrat; Dan Driscoll, Non-partisan, and
A. E. Maitby, Non-partisan, as members of the territorial house of rep
resentatives :
For Delegate to Congress—
James Wickersham (Non-P.) 1.698
Charles E. Bunnell (Dem.). 668
John M. Brooks (S oc.). . 431
For Senator—
0. P. Gaustad (Non-P.) 022
Thomas A. McGowan (Dem.). 650
H. Ringdahl (Soc.) —. . 58/
Dan Callahan (Ind.). 402
For Representatives—
C. B. Collins (Non-P.). . 1,108
Dan Driscoll (Non-P.). 077
A. E. Maltby (Non-P.) 885
C. k. Snow (Non-P.) ... 788
William T. Burns (Dem.). 1,037
E. W. Griffin (Dem.) .. '44
James Hastings (Dem.). 666
\ ance McDonald (Dem.). 795
Dan McCabe (Soc.) . 7?5
A. A. Nelson (Soc.). . 501
Charles Rogers (Soc.) . 430
W. E. Waugh (Soc.).. - 428
Returns received from Valdez and vicinity show that
Wickersham has a plurality over Bunnell of 700.
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No, I don’t know when it’s going to snow.
Yes, it’s ali right for the wood choppers.
No, it isn’t any good for the wood haulers.
Oh, we’ll have a change of moon next week some time.
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OLD KAN PECK
FLAT
PLAYWRIGHT ACTS PART
IN REAL TRAGEDY OF WAR
LONDON, Oct. 2.- One of the most vivid
accounts of an episode of war comes from
the Lokal Anzeiger. It is a letter from
Paul Oskar Hoscker, a Berlin playwright,
now serving as captain of the reserve. His
play. ‘‘A Nation in Arms,” is being given
at the Berlin opera house.
He describes a mission on which he was
dispatched to search for arms in Belgian vil
lages, in which shots had been tired by
civilians on German troops. His instruc
tions were to summon the villagers to de
liver up their arms, and those in whose pos
session arms were found, after they declared
that they had none, were to be instantly
shot.
Describing a visit to Jungbusch, he says
that at one house were found an old man,
a woman and a girl of 13.
“Then a terrible thing happened. A ser
geant and a private draggetl a young fellow
out of the house. They had found him
hiding among the straw' in the loft. He had
in his hand a Belgian rifle, loaded with
five cartridges. From the opening of the
roof he may have aimed at many an honest
German. The youth had to put his hands i
up. Stammering and deadly pale, he stood. (
•‘‘Who is this youth?’ I asked the old
man. As if struck by lightning, all three
fell on their knees, wailing. The woman
groaned, ‘He i« my son. For God’s sake,
you are not going to kill him?’ and the
little girl sobbed as if her heart would break.
The prisoner tried to escape, but was put
up against tbp wall by thp men.
‘‘I had to picture to myself by force the
German patrols riding through the night
with the bullets of treacherous snipers whis
tling round their helmets, and think of the
tall figures and bright eyes of our good Ger
man fellows in order to master my nerves
in the face of this sorrow and fulfill my
orders.
“‘He has to be shot. Three men!
Ready!”
“The three men commissioned, who were
fathers of families, two from Berlin and
one a farmer, did not turn a hair. This is
just business. We had got a ruffian who
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merited no compassion. The volley rant
out. The trembling body collapsed t<> the
ground and did not move again. Three
holes were visible in the blue blouse. The
boy’s eyes were closed. His face had n< i
changed its expression. Death by our rifle
is painless.
“ 'We ought to burn the old man’s house
over his head,’ said one of my men.
“ ‘Quick march.’ I ordered.
“The three peasants were still kneeling
n the ground. The corpse lay up again-t
the wall.”
T< ni McMahon, the Flat City merchant
was in the city on a business trip a eoupii
< f days during the week. Mrs. McMahor
; cc< mpanied him.
Tom W. Boyd, subcontractor on tin
Seward-Iditarod mail route, arrived in towi
last Sunday morning and left early the fol
lowing (Monday) morning with the fir-'
consignment of mail over the new route
On account of lack of snow, dogs were uset
instead of horses. Mr. Boyd informed Th<
Pioneer that he expected Colonel H. K
Revelle. the mail contractor, to arrive her.
with the first through consignment of mai
from Seward.
Pat Fleming, the genial old residenter o:
Otter creek, after a busy summer, was i
visitor “at the landing” for a couple of day;
this week, renewing acquaintanceships witl
his numerous friends.
Professors Lowrie and Hudson are giving
a dance tonight at the Moose hall. Hat City
“Chicken” Smith, the gardener, ha;
moved his family from his ranch to hi;
residence on Otter street.
After laboring diligently to pile a large
supply of wood in front of his office or
Willow street, in order that it may “show
to the best advantage. Attorney Ned M
Stanton hot-footed for Flat City last Thurs
day evening on double quick time on ur
gent business.
Henry Martelli of Ophir City was in the
city during the early part of the week.
For next Saturday night Professor Pra
peau, the renowned showman of Iditarod, F
planning a grand ball at Moose hall, Hat
City, the music fer which will be furnishec:
by an orchestra of four pieces.
Chester Riley of Discovery was in the
city last Saturday and Sunday.
Taking Her Literally
The maiden lady of uncertain age became
indignant when the census taker asked her
age.
“Did you see the girls next door?” she
asked—“the Hill twins?”
“Certainly,” replied the census man.
“And did they tell you their age?”
“Yes.”
“Well,” she snapped, as she shut the door
in his face, “I'm just as old as they are!”
“Oh, very well,” said the census mart to
himself, and he wrote down in his book:
“Jane Johnson—as old as the Hills.”—
Rocky Mountain News.
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IDITARQD DISCOVERY, OTTER
WILSON TELLS HOW IT
FEELS TO BE PRESIDENT
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Some time ago President Wilson unbos
• ornecl himself to the members of the Na
| ticnai Press Club of Washington. He told
them in a frank, conversational way how
I he felt as President of the United States,
j It was an intimate picture of Woodrow
I Wilson, the man, drawn by himself. The
j President did not intend to have his re
j marks reported, but later, at the request of
i the club, the unusual speech was made
public. He said in part:
I “I was just thinking of my sense of c m
I fusion of identity, sometimes, when I read
; articles about myself. I have never read an
article about myself in which I recugnized
i myself, and 1 have come to have the im
! pression that I must be some kind of a
fraud, because I think a great many of
I these articles are written in absolute good
j faith.
j “I tremble to think of the variety and
falseness in the impressions I make—and it
| is being borne in on me that it may change
' my very disposition—that I am a cold and
; removed person who has a thinking ma
j chine inside which he adjusts to the cir
I cumst ances, which he does not allow to be
! moved by any winds of affection or emo
l tion of any kind, but turns like a cold
searchlight on anything that is presented to
I his attention and makes it work. I am
j not aware of having any detachable ap
' paratus inside of me. On the contrary, if
! I were to interpret myself I would say
! that my constant embarrassment is to re
j strain the emotions that are inside of me.
i ‘ You may not believe it, but I some
times feel like a fire from a far distant
j volcano, and if the lava does not seem to
‘ spill over it is because you are not high
I enough to see into the brain and see the
! caldron boil. Because truly, gentlemen, in
me pOMlI'iIl 'VllU il 1 uucupj nine la a 'OH
of passionate sense of being called with
j my fellow men in a peculiar relationship of
i responsibility. Not merely the responsibil
j itv of office, but God knows thVre are
| enough things in the world that need to
I be corrected.
“I have mixed, first and last, with all
sorts and conditions of men—there are
mighty few kinds of men that have to he
described to me. and there are mighty few
j kinds of experiences that have to be de
| scribed to me and when I think of the
j number of men who are looking to me as
he representative of a party, with the
! hope for all varieties of salvation from the
! things they are struggling in the midst of,
j ;t makes me tremble. It makes me tremble
| not only with a sense of my own inade
quacy and weaknqss, but as if I were
! shaken by the very things that are shaking
i them, and if I seem circumspect, it is be
| cause I am so diligently trying not to make
any colossal blunders. If you just calcu
lated the number of blunders a fellow can
j make in twenty-four hours if he is not
! careful and if he does not listen more than
he talks, you would see something of the
feeling that I have.
j “I was amused the other day at a remark
| that Senator Newlands made. I had read
j him the trust message that I was to deliver
| to congress some ten days before I deliv
ered it, and I never stop ‘doctoring' things
I of that kind until the day I have to de
j liver them. When he heard it read in con
!gre.s he said: '1 think it was better than
lit was when you read it to me.’ I said:
| ‘Senator, there is one thing which I do not
| think you understand. I not only use all
the brains 1 have, but all I can borrow,
and I have borrowed a lot since I read
it to you first.’
“That, 1 dare say, is what gives the
impression of circumspectness. I am listen
ing; I am diligently trying to collect all the
brains that are borrowable in order that
I may not make more blunders than it is
inevitable that a man should make who
has great limitations of know-ledge and ca
pacity. And the emotion of the thing is so
great I suppose I must be some kind of a
mask to conceal it. I really feel some
times as if I were masquerading when I
catch a picture of myself in some printed
description.
“In between things I have to do as a pub
lie officer I never think of myself as the
President of the United States, because I
never had any sense of being identified with
that office. I feel like a person appointed
for a certain length of time to administer
that office, and 1 feel just as much outside
of it at this moment as I did before I
was elected to it.
“No man could imagine himself the gov
ernment of the United States, hut he could
understand that some part of his fellow
citizens had told him to go and run a cer
tain part of it the best he knew how. That
would not make him the government itself
or the thing itself. It would just make
him responsible for running it the best he
knew how. The machine is so much
greater than himself, the office is so much
greater than he can ever be. that the most
he can do is to look grave enough and
self-possessed enough to have filled it
“For example, take matters of this sort:
“I will not say whether it is wise or
unwise, simple or grave, but certain prece
dents have been established that in certain
companies the President must leave the
room first, and people must give way to
him. They must not sit down if he is
standing up. It is a very uncomfortable
thing to have to think of all the other
people every time I get up and sit down,
and all that sort of thing. So when I get
guests in my own house and the public
is shut out I adjourn being President and
take leave to be a gentleman. If they
draw back and insist upon my doing some
thing first 1 firmly decline.
“There are blessed intervals when I for
get by one means or another that I am the
President of the United States. One means
by which I forget is to get a rattling good
detective story, get after some imaginary
offender and chase him all over - preferably
[ any other continent but this, because the
various parts of this continent are becom
ing painfully suggestive to me. The post
[ offices and many other things which stir
reminiscences have ‘sicklied them o er with
a pale cast of thought.’ There are post
offices to which I would not think of mail
ing a letter, which I can't think of without
trembling with the knowledge of the heart
burnings of the struggle there was in con
nection with getting somebody installed as
postmaster.
Now. ll I were tree, 1 would come not
infrequently up to these rooms. You know.
1 never was in Washington but a very few
times and but a very few hours until I
came last year, and I never expect to see
the inside of the public buildings in Wash*
! ington until my term is over. The minute
jl turn up anywhere I am persnally con
ducted to beat the band. The curator and
j the assistant curator and every other bloom
ling official turns up and they show i:.< so
| much attention that I don’t see the build
ing. I would have to say: ‘Stand aside
I and let me see what you are showing me.’
Some day after I am through with this
office I am going to come back to W ash
iugton and see it. In the meantime I am
in the same category as the National mu
seum. the monument, the Smithsonian in
stitution or the congressional library, and
everything that comes down here has to
be shown the President.
“If I could disguise myself and not get
caught I would go out, be a free American
j citizen once more and have a jolly time,
j I might then meet some of you gentlemen
| and actually tell you what I really thought.”
WHEN THE MAIL CLOSES
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Until further notice, mail for the Outside
! will close at the local postoffice every Sun
! day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The registry
i department closes on Saturdays at 5 p. m.
Mrs. J. A. P eterson gave a Halloween
: party on Friday evening. October 30, which
was enjoyed by a large number of her
friends.
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