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Vol. 0 So. 4
THE LOYAL LEAGU E
Although a tritie tardy in get
ting started, the organization at
Flat City on the night of January
18 of a local branch of the Alaska
Loyal League was a splendid
move in the right direction, and
will have a greater prestige in
the matter of clarifying affairs
locally relative to the world-wide
“agony of nations" than any
agency as yet put in motion.
The large attendance at the
gathering and the wholesome
unanimity with which the busi
ness was transacted, as well as
the quiet eagerness displayed in
tiie matter of signing the mem
bership list, was good to look
upon.
The entire proceedings showed
clearly that the people of Alaska,
and of this community in partic
ular, were solidly with your
Uncle Sam’i in this horrible war
of frightfulness until a lasting,
beneficial, humane and demo
cratic peace is an assured fact.
And there you are !
In discussing the suggestion
that the British have been saving
their troops and leaving the
French and the Dominions to do
the bulk of the fighting, a sug
gestion that was in vented in Ger
many, the New York Times re
marks that, the Coldstreams
Guards have been wiped out and
reconstituted no fewer than 21
times since the beginning of the
war.__
The word “Bolsheviki’ trans
lated into plain United States
is ‘‘the men who want more.”
From the present outlook Brest
Litov.sk is a very unlikely place
to get it.
Russian soldiers by trading
machine guns for decks of play
ing cards shows plainly that they
are "game,” and are trying to
keep in it somehow.
ALIEN ENEMIES
When war was declared by the United
States upon Austria it was a foregone
conclusion that Austrians must legally
be classed with the Germans, and now
the local board have definite instruc
tions that ‘‘both Germans and Aus
trians without regard to declaration of
intention are classed asalien enemies,”
and, of course, will neither be drafted
nor allowed to serve in the army.
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Job Piintirc at The Pioneer office.
BY C. KOTZNABK
IY emotions tell me one thing at this awful time, but my
reason tells me another. As a German by birth it is a
horrible calamity that 1 may have to tight Germans.
That is natural, is it not? But as an American by preference,
I can see no other course open
>j: O O G O
For '25 years Germany has shown dislike for the United
States—the Samoan affair, the Hongkong contretemps, the
Manila Bay incident, the unquarded words of the kaiser him
self, and, lastly, the Haitian controversy in 1914 * *. And
it has not been from mere commercial or diplomatic friction.
It is because their ideals of government are absolutely oppo
site. One or the other must go down. It is for us to say now
which it shall be.
Because of my birth and feelings beyond by control I have
no particular love for the French, and less for the British. But
by a strange irony of fate I see those nations giving tliL*ir blood
for principles which I hold dear, against the wrong principles
of people I individually love. It is a very unhappy paradox,
but one 1 can not escape. I do not want to see the Allies tri- ■
umph over the land of my birth. But 1 very much want to see
the triumph of the ideas they fight for.
it sickens my soul to think of this nation going forth to help
destroy people many of whom are bound to me by ties of blood
and friendship. But it must be so- It is hire a dreadful surgi
cal operation. The militaristic, undemocratic demon which
rules Germany must be cast out. It is for us to do it—now. I
have tried to toil myself that it is not our affair, that wre should
have contented ourselves with measures of defense and armed
neutrality. But I know that is not so. The mailed list has
been shaken under our nose before. If Prussianism triumphs
in this war the fist will continue to shake. We shall be in real
peril, and those ideas for which so much of the world's best
blood has been spilled through the centuries will bo in danger
of extinction. It seems to me common sense that we begin our
defense by immediate attack when the demon Is occupied, and
when we can command assistance.
There is much talk of what people like me will do, and fear
of the hyphen. No such thing exists. The German-American
is as staunch as the American of adoption of any other land,
and perhaps more so. Let us make war upon Germany, not
from revenge, not to uphold hairsplitting quibbles of interna
tional law, but let us make war with our whole heart and with
all our strength, because Germany worships one god and we
another, and because the lion and the lamb can not lie down to
gether. One or the other must perish.
Let us make war upon the Germany of the Junkerthum, the
Germany of frightfulness, the Germany of arrogance and self
ishness. and let us swear not to make peace until the Imperial
German government is the sovereign German people.
FINNEGAN & CAMERON
Agency for Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs and Records
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FLAT CITY
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FLAT, ALASKA
THE FIGHTER
Our Uncle Sam is slow to fight, no!
warlike bluiT he tenders; he first makes
sure that he is right, then he busts
his best- suspenders. So loath is he to j
mix in scraps, he is so mild a fellow',
that Mill and other bonehead chaps im- j
agined he is yellow. ‘‘We'll sink hisj
ships,” said Kaiser Mill, “we'll drown
his gents and ladies; he is too ladylike
to kill or start in raising hadies.” Hut
when Uncle sees that peace won’t dove
tail well with glory, he shat’fiens his
trusty creese, and things are looking
gory, Since first, our starry flag arose,
by war-worn soldiers greeted, our Un-j
cle’s met all kinds of foes, and never
been defeated. For when he draws 1
Ijis shining blade, defeat must never j
dim it, and through in carnage he may j
wade, lie’ll always go the limit. That’s I
what his shining sword is for, to knock
a foetnan silly, and this will ho no
wrist tap war; write that down, Kaiser
Willie. Oh, there’ll he grief in Ger
man lands, and dark and gloomy;
weather now Uaeie Sam spits on hisj
hands, and cracks his heels together, j
— Walt Mason.
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Hapshurgs and
Hohenzcilerns
___
On August 22, 1806, the treaty of
peace was signed at Prague, winch
brought to an end the brief but deci
sive war between two countries.
Witbin the brief space of seven weeks
Prussia bad completely triumphed
over Austria and her allies airong the
German states. By that treaty the j
house of Haps burg, long dominant in \
Central Europe, was reduced to play-;
ing the second fiddle to the Hohenzol- i
I
lerns. At the present time, even their
second fiddling is very weak. It needed
only another victorious war, with
France as the victim, to raise the
Hohenzolierns to the imperial heights
from which the Hapsbuigs had been
cast.
In dealing with her vanquished foe j
Prussia should no disposition to be len- j
ient. By the treaty signed at Prague, i
Austria recognised her exclusion from)
Germany, consented to the breaking!
up of the Germanic confederation, and
to the annexation by Prussia of Han
over, Nassau. Hesse-C’assel and Frank
fort; gave up her claims to Schleswig
Holstein. and her political influence in
North Germany; left Prussia free to
organize Germany as she pleased, and
agreed to pay an indemnity of 20,000,
000 thalers. Great Britian protested,
but in vain, against Prussian annexa
tion of territory. Having settled with
Austria and broken once for all the
German power of the Hapsburgs, Prus
sia imposed upon Bavaria, Wurttemburg
and Baden secret treaties, of offensive
and defensive alliances, and was guar
anteed the control of their armies in*
case of war.
Bismarck, who had wrought the
downfall of the Hapsburgs, had no
sooner finished with France in 1871,
than he began to plan an alliance with
Austria. It was the latter’s fear of
Russia which finally drove her into the
arms of the conqueror. After the
Russo-Turkish conflict in 1877 1878. as
a result of which Austria secured Bos
nia and Herzegovina, Francis Joseph
was smitten with fear of his powerful
neighbor to the north. The Russian
bear loomed large in his imagination.
Bismarck seized the opportunity and
negotiated with Austria a secret treaty
which provided an alliance “for peace
and mutal defence.” This document
though signed in 1879, was not made
known to the world until 1888. Italy’s
signature to the secret pact in 1882
brought into being the Dreibund, or
Triple Alliance, which stood until put
to the test of a great war.
-A-.
Language of Patches
A iady advertised for a man to work
in her garden and two men applied for
the job. While she was interviewing
them she noticed that her mother
on the piazza was making signs to her
to choose the shorter of the two men,
which she finally did. When the ladies
were alone the daughter said,
“Why did you signal to chose the
shorter man, mother? The other had
a much better face.” “Face!” returned
the old lady. “When you pick out a
man to work in your garden you want
to go by his overalls. If they’re patched
on the knees you want him. If they’re
patched on the seat, you don’t.”
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OH, ELMER, WHAT A GREAT FIND
Thirty-six cases of whiskey of a pop
ular brand was recently discovered in
a cabin a few miles east of Anchorage
on Ship creek.
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Job Printing at Pioneer office.
WOMEN S HAIR FOR
MILITARY PURPOSES
Copenhagen, Dec. 1.—The use of
hair by the Germans for military pur
poses is revealed in the following ar
ticle in a copy of the Lubeck Volks
bote, which has reached here:
‘‘All Lubeck women, girls and boys
are requested to attend at the War
Office Collection Bureau on Saturday,
and deliver to the authorities the wo
men’s hair, which is urgently needed
for military purposes.
•‘Every lad bringing a quanity of his
mother’s or sister’s hair will he pre
sented with a voucher entitling him to
lire three shots free of charge in the
newly erected shooting booth.
“Girls delivering part of their tresses
will be allowed six turns gratis at
the ‘wheel of fortune,’ with the chauce
of winning a pretty prize. Specimens
of these charming gifts are now on
view in the show windows of the War
Office Collection Department at the
corner of the Breite Strasse and the
Beckergrube.
“Women and girls who arc unable
to bring their hair are requested to
forward their addresses to the depart
ment, when a messenger will be dis
patched to their homes to fetch the
hair.”
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The guests in attendance at the
dance and supper given last Saturday
night- at Joe E. Ililey’s tnesshouse on
Otter creek not only enjoyed a very
pleasant evening, but the event was
the means of a nice contribution to
wards the Red Cross fund—something
over $40 being quickly gathered in.
Mrs. Margaret McKenzie, the mess
house “boss," provided a tine lunch for
the dancers and received much deserved
praise for her efforts. Both Iditurod
and Flat creek were well represented
at the affair.
Watch Repairing and
Jewelry Work To Order.
J. L. SALE, FLAT
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Front St., Opp. Flat City Hotel
Our Coffee Is Unsurpassed
Ali Kinds ol Pastries, Pies, Cakes and Bread
Cleaning and Pressing. Miss Isaacson, Flat
Professiona 1
Michigan, 1881 Kentucky, 18»!
Alaska, i9IO
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COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
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Attorney at Law
BANK BLOCK
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OR. IWIOORE
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J. WILSON REED, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Flat Hospital, Flat, Alaska
DR.H.BEHLA
Physician AND
Surgeon
Dentistry in Connection
RESIDENT i-TIYSIC1 AN
Behla Hospital
Flat, Alaska
lust Reopened
TRY J. H. ROGERS’
For a Properly-Cooked Dinner, Tooth
some Steaks, Chops, Etc. Good Coffee.
Front Street at Willow, Idltarod
Big Stocks of Fresh Goods
Everything for the Miner and
Prospector
MAX SIMEL ™
Stores at Cripple City and Month of Tclotol
Fresh Oread for Sale Daily
Arcade Cafe
FLAT CITY
Open Day and Nl&ht
1PITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
Genera! Banking Business Transacted Gold Oust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
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CHARLES ROSS, President
CLAUDE BAKER, Vice-President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
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Open at All Haurs The Old Reliable Place
Disco very Cafe
HENRY DURAND, PROP._Front Street, Flat
__ Gold St., Flat City
U Mrs. Geo. Mutchler, Prop.
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