lOJTAROD PIONEER
Published Every Saturday Morning 1
at Iditarod, Alaska,
BY GEORGE M. AKBUCKT.E
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Six Months
One Month
Single Copy .
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LEST YOU FORGET, DO IT
NOW
While the idea is fresh in your
mind, obey the impulse: hunt up
a business house where a lied
Cross subscription paper is kept,
and add your mite to aid that pa
riotic organization in alleviating
world wide suffering. You’ll not
experience much difficulty in lo
euting a list in any settlement in
Otter precinct. At Farrell’s,
Discovery (Otter), there’s one;
at Peck’s. Flat City, there’s an
other, and at the X. ('. Co., Idit
arod, there's still another. If
it’s inconvenient for anyone to
reach either of the above men
tioned places, the amount sub
scribed may'be forwarded by va-:
rious methods to any of them.
In this case, the main thing is to
ST'ART THE MOXEY-it will
reach its destination, never fear,
and you'll possess the soothing
satisfaction of knowing that you
responded to the call for aid.
INCITING MOB VIOLENCE
Fnpleasant symptoms are developing
along a fringe of American life. Suf
frage workers in Washington, suffer
ing from inflamed particularity and a
violent sense oi martyrdom, are being
assaulted by rowdies in outbreaks of
cheap patriotism. V' omen are knocked
down because they are so ecstatically
unbalanced as to carry insulting ban
ners. They are dragged in the mud
and pelted with unfit vegetables.
A little friend of Mayor Thompson,
seeking subscriptions for the unusual
Republican, a political organ of dissent
from national policy, escaped tar in
Aurora by an indifferent packing of
his grip and a rapid acceptance of tiie
next train elsewhere.
There have been draft rio/s in Okla
homa. Treason has been found in \ ir
ginia among illiterate mountaineers,
evidently itching for German money
and not itching for servfce in France.
There have been arrests in Chicago
for failure to honor national symbols.
There have been gutter meetings in
New Vork*broken up by indignant
loyalists. The I. W. W. has been
endeavoring to raise the devil in the
wheat fields and mining districts.
There have been lynchings in protest.
Front Sheet, Flat City Formerly the Bagoy Premises
Flat City Hotel msiromi^U
ff.rs. J- E. Gunning, Prop. Spocml R'.itcs by the wgftk and Month
Open at AM Hours The Old Reliable Place
Disco very Cafe
HENRY DURAND, PROP._Front Street, Fiat
The Grand Mrs. Geo. Mutchier, Prop.
Niteiy Furnished Rooms Barn for Horses and Dogs Baths in Connection
FINNEGAN & CAMERON
FLAT CITY
Agency for Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs and Records
TOBACCO CIGARS STATIONERY
CONFECTIONERY AND BILLIARDS
C. R. Cameron Jas. F- Finnegan
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THOS. McMAHON
DEALER IN
General Merchandise
FLAT, ALASKA
against such activities and threats of
more. German language newspapers
cautiously sneer at national intent and
ability. Half-breed American politi
cians try rat tactics to get the politi
cal corn. t
The American social structure has a
tradition of violeuce. This is probably
the only English speaking land in
which offenders raising community
passion are still burned at the stake.
Americans still do that. It. is proba
bly the only English speaking country
in which a lynching party could be
carried out successfully, and, having
been carried out successfully, could
have uo punitive consequences. ;
Violent mobs offer phenomena in
every country, but there is a peculiar j
savagery to American efforts to retal- j
iale upon disliked persons found in ]
extraordinary breaches of law and j
custom.
That, is why the symptoms of dis
order in the fringe of American life
are disconcert ing if not appalling.
America has not begun to tight yet.
ft has not begun to lick its wounds or
show its scars. It has not even begun
to snarl, much less to bite and be
bitten.
It is as yet untouched, as yet mi-!
taxed, as yet unhurt. Wait until it \
feels its wounds and the rub on thej
pack on its back. Wait until it reads;
the list, of dead and has pictures of its j
wounded. Wait until it gets thej
shock oi catastrophy and is rubbed by
the hand of calamity,
This is a warning to agitators vrhoj
are dealing with the lawless elements,
in American society, so lawless that :
they are savage when opportunity
meets their inclination. If already j
there can bo events of violence and i
indications and threats of more to|
come it must be apparent, that when
the nation begins to snarl there will,
be hideous unpleasantness.
it is a warning to the careless dis
turbers of peace and to the malcon
tents who are allowing their egotism
of opinion to run away with thc-ir com
mon sense.
The United States has been amiable
thus far. British mobs, even in well
governed London, in spile of ail the
established Eugiish sense of public
order, were breaking windows and
pelting aliens shortly after the declar
ation of war. Equally well ordered
Germans were insulting and attacking
people suspected of being English.
The people, organs, and influences
taking the responsibility for stirring
up vicious sentiment in the Enited
States are taking a veiy serious re
sponsibility.—f 'hieago Tribune.
Dr. A—• was sitting by the side of a
rather deaf maicen lady at. dinner, when
the latter, in a simmering manner, re
marked. "Ought l to call you Dr. if
or Mr. II--?" The medico is rather
irascible, so he replied, "Call me what
you like, madam. Home of my friends
call me an old fool." The lady, imper
fectly hearing, innocently replied,
"Ah, but these are only people who
know you intimately!’'-—Ex.
RED GROSS
FDND GROWS
.Six hundred and four dollars
and fifty cents.
That is the amount subscribed
for the American Red Cross
in Otter precinct by those whose
names appear in the list follow-]
jng. The Pioneer is of opinion
that with a little hustling and
some publicity the liberal amount
already subscribed may easily be
duplicated.
It is the intention of auxiliary
chapter officials to forward the
subscriptions to Outside head
quarters within the next few
weeks, therefore it behooves all
who are interested in the humane
endeavor to “throw their feet
out” (excuse our marathon Greek)
and secure additional subscrip
t ions.
The subscribers
$50.00 Thus McMahon.
$25.00 Jas F Finnegan. Mike Pumu- ■
cina, (' K Peek, Manila h> Peck.
$10.00 Mrs U (’lierson, A D Currie, j
iditarod Pioneer, F.mil Smith, Mike j
Blanucha. |
$5.00 Milan S Bozich, A .1 Weiss.]
Thus liennessev, .1 Andrich, Geo I
Phillips, Mrs Annie Chitliek, John ;
Handley, Joe l.orenger, J G Riv
ers, ']' H Jasper, J W Farrell, i
Frank Righini, Frank I-Iereua, i
Percy Thomas, Mrs Selma Dawson, |
Frank Dawson, Rasmus Neilsen, i
Alex SaginotT, Emil Price, Ivan]
Wales, A1 Go-slow, A M Kilgore, ;
W E Geiger jr, Dan McLeod, John ’
Lasso, Thos N 'i'urner, C 1’ Wood, !
J E Fullerton, W R .Sulibakke, j
Paul Laplant, Ira F Wood, R C
Button, Mrs Geo W Albrecht, Geo ]
W Albrecht, G Baker, Sam'l Ap
plebaum, A S Bourne, Win Wil
liam-., Paul Reimer, Manuel Gu
larte, Tom Luscotnbe, R M Hall, ]
E p Foster, Jerry Ford, P J Gun
ning. W in B Thomas, ( has E Tay
lor. Mrs (’has E Taylor. Margaret j
Hal'v, Albert Jones, C A Eeland,
Nellie Bates. Ed Wilkinson, Alee
Richardson. Stewart McConnell,
J H Scott, Emilius Pihl, Anna M
Nelson, Harry Lawrence, A E
Meacham.
■ $3.00—Tom Kutoff. Alex Hanoff.
$2.50 A1 Stulir, Ed Axine, John Kol
opauk, Tom Bolson, 11 Scott, Jem
.Jaese, Treftio Poirier, Alexander
Dicksen, Louis Schwarz.
$2.00 John J Clark, A D McDonald,
,J F Monkmau, Geo Gaillurd, Billy
Greer, Louis Nelson, E J Smith,
Michael Lucey, (.’has Matof, Arthur
Turgeon, W C Hunter, Ja.s hernie,
Joe Gallant, A K Horner, J C .John
son, G Christoph, E L Gulden, E J
Davis, Win Foley, Albert Gardner,
II E Hardin, Andrew Andrews,Dick
{ Arstoff, Jim Besloff, Roger CMc
Nallv, Geo < Kay. Nellie Brady.
George Garoff. Geo W Doane, Mrs
J E Kettlewell, J E Kettlewell,
William Lee, Owen Gray, W H
Johnston. Mrs T R Moore, II N
Clark, (’has Sehuber, Florence
Moore.
What the Red Cross Is
Robert H. Scott, field representative
of the American Red Cross, while or
ganizing a chapter of the organization
at Seward recently stated that the Red
Cross is a recognized part of the gov
ernment—the part to which falls the
duty of during the war of alleviating
suffering both on and behind the firing
line.
“Too few people really know the
purposes and scope of the American j
Red Cross,” said Mr. Scott. “In order
to get members they must know what
their part in such a body would be and
how much they might do toward win
ning the war by their efforts at home.
The words of President Wilson, head
! of the American Red Cross, define well j
the Red Cross:
“ ‘But a small proportion of out
people can have the opportunity to
serve upon the actual field of bat
tle, but all men, women and chil
dren alike, may serve, and serve
effectively.’ „
“The American Red Cross is the hu
manitarian branch of the United States
government and its president is the
President of the United States. Among
its national officers are the secretary of
war and secretary of the navy. Its
membership is open to every resident
of the United States, and citizens of the
United States residing in a foreign
country. It is a national and an inter
national relief organization, is granted
immunity on the battlefield, and is an
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J. I.. SAI,E,
FLAT, ALASKA
WHY WE ME AT WAR
BY BLIIJB ROOT
(Krom an Address Delivered Before the American Society of International
Raw, Washington, April 2G, 1917.)
The democracies of the world are gathered about the last
stronghold of autocracy and engaged in the conflict thrust
upon them by dynastic policy, pursuing the ambition of rulers
under claim of divine right for their own aggrandizement, their
own glory, without regard to law or justice or faith.
The world cannot exist half democratic, half autocratic.
It must be all democratic or all Prussian. There can be ifo
compromise. If it is all Prussian, there can bo no interna
tional law. If it is all democratic international law will be
honored.
I I
; thorized to render relief to the sick j
and wounded in time of war, to care i
! for their dependents at home, and to;
: furnish relief ahd assistance to those j
: made destitute by disasters.
••The national organization estab
lished chapters in the larger towns j
: throughout the country to carry on j
its work. Every successful chapter!
: requires the hearty support and co- |
| operation of its leading men and I
women. The work necessary for a j
i chapter to undertake is as follows:
“To extend its membership to evety j
man, woman, and child in the com- \
[ munity. This is essential because the
j American Red Cross is an organization j
,01' all the people carrying on the j
; work in which they are ail interested, i
land whose life and effective service
* . i
depend upon the loyal support of its ;
members.
j • ’Every man or woman who fails to j
i become a member of the American
j Red Cross is neglecting the first duty j
! that our government places upon them i
in this struggle. The membership!
dues are small—from $2 up, for sub
scribing members—but membership is
an index of patriotism. The Canadians
have what they call ‘Sunshine pa
triots,’ those who wave the flag but
do not pay the cost. Membership in
the Red Cross shows that you are !
willing to make your love of country \
effective, that you place service above i
selfishness.
“Every boy that leaves for the front ;
is looking to the Red Cross to provide
[ him with a bandage, a nurse and doc
j tor in case he is wounded. Those
! women who allow their love of plea
sure to interfere with their duty to
wards their local chapter of the Red
Cross are just guilty of being slackers
as those men who wilfully evade en
listment or conscription.
Those business men who plead their
own business as an excuse for not in
teresting themselves in the Red Cross
are as effectively aiding Germany in
i winning the war as those men who are
conducting the submarine warfare.
The time has now come in the States
when no man is considered a patriot
who fails to transmute his conversa
tional courage into practical patriot
ism. This time is coming in Alaska
and it is up to Seward to be among
the leaders.”
WANTS POSSESSION
OF HIS DAUGHTER
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, November
5. —L. T. Erwin, United States
marshal for the Fourth Alaska
division, is here for the purpose
of instituting proceedings to re
cover possession of his 9 year old
daughter Marie, who was placed
in an academy in this city by her
mother, now divorced from Mr.
j
Erwin.
Tub and stesin baths at all hour*. Sny
der House, Flat.
Profess! ona 1
Michigan, 13SI Alaska, 1910
Kentucky, 189!
George Woodruff Albrecht
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IDITAROD, ALASKA
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BANK BLOCK
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DRUG STORE
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Physician and Surgeon
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Consultation Hours in Forenoons and by
Appointment
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Dentistry in Connection
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Behla Hospital
Flat, Alaska
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