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Vol. 0 No. 18
TH!S »S LABOR'S WAR
This is labor’s war. No ele
ment of the people of this coun
try, or of other countries, would
suffer more than the workers
from a German victory—a Ger
man peace.
What the Germans mean by a
“strong peace,” a “German
peace,” was recently expressed
by Gen. von Liebert, a leading
Prussian co n s e r v a t i v e:
Bor us there is but one prin
ciple to be followed, and we rec
ognize no other. We hold that
might is right. We must know
neither sentiment, humanity, con
sideration, nor compassion. We
must have Belgium and the north
of Fiance. France must be made
to pay until she is bled white.
We must have a strong peace.”
Mr. Gompers spoke well for
American labor when he said:
“The republic of the United
States is not perfect: it has the
imperfections of the human—but
it is the best country on the face
of the earth, and those who do
not love it enough to work for it.
to tight for it, to die for it, are
not worthy of the privilege of
living in it
“I say to the kaiser, I say to
the Germans, in the name of the
American labor movement: You
can't talk peace with the Ameri
can workers; you can't talk peace
with us: you can’t talk to us at
all now. We are fighting now.
Either you smash your kaiser
autocracy or we will smash it for
you.”
The workingmen of America
have a tremendous interest to
serve, a vital cause to defend, a
work of surpassing importance
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A SWEDISH APPEAL
(Svenska, Eolkets Tiding.)
A most stirring appeal to Scandinavian people was made by the Hon. j
C. E. Elmquist during a speech delivered at a loyalty meeting held re* j
eently at Litchfield, Wis, in part, the appeal follows: |
”Jf these men, who u2 years ago were lighting to tear the nation
asundor, can offer their blood and their property to save the country
today,” ha said, ”why shouldn’t the people of the north, and particu
larly the immigrants from Scandinavian countries, battle to save this j
nation? They cam© here to improve their conditions, as my parents
did, many of them with their little bundles of clothing and wearing
wooden shoes, and they have improved their opportunities here abun
dant !y.
•'My country is now at war; my country, the place where i was horn,
my country, where in childhood days I played on the hills and valleys
of the St. Croix, nd was happy all the day long; my country which
opened to me the doors of common schools and the university, and gave
me, a poor boy, the same opportunities as were given to the children
of the rich; my country, the place where I married the girl of my
heart’s desire, where my children were horn, and where one of my ;
little boys is sleeping beneath the sod; ray country, the place where
mv father, a.poor immigrant came from Sweden in 1888, and worked on
a construction crew for a year and a half until he saved enough money
to send for my mother, my four sisters and brother; my country, the j
place whore my father, my mother, my sisters and my brother died; [
mv country, where we have lived in happiness and sweet, content,
where wo have been permitted to live in peace and comfort, and to I
worship God according to our conscience.
'•.My country, which has done so much for me and for my people, and
is doing so much for you and your people, is entitlt|l to my support,
and to yours in this great crisis, to my property, my life, and every
thing I possess.”
1 to accomplish. What is vita! to
i them is vital to America and to
1 the world. That they see their
'duty and the great mass of them
are performing it with unim
peachable loyalty is a cause for
congratulation to the nation, and
to the world.
MADE HEALTHY BY WAT?
Meatless days are good for
your rheumatism, the shortness
of sugar has a good effect on
your kidneys, and the diminished
'coal supply works against the
overheating of houses and conse
! quent colds. If the war lasts
; long enough, we shall be a
1 healthy people-—ClevelandPlain
i dealer. _____________
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A London cable says 38,000 pe
; titions for divorce have been filed
| in Petrograd. Can’t any two
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persons in Russia? agree on any-'
thing?—Knoxville Sentinel.
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; The humiliation Russia is now
undergoing is a fair sample of
' what Germany wants to impose
on the rest of the world.—Chi
! cago Herald,
; The situation in Russia is
summed up in the brief statement
| that the (Hermans are getting the
booty and tin? Russians are get
ting the bout. —Chicago Herald.
j The Germans do not want
peace with Russia. She wants
, Russia. X. Y. Sun.
SAYS LLOYD-GEORGE
| IS HOPE OF PEOPLE
| New York. - The career of David
1 Lioyd-Georgc. the British prime min
ister, was made the subject of an
address yesterday by the Rev. Dr.
Charles K. Aked, former pastor of the
Eifth Avenue Baptist church, before
the League for Culiiical Education, at
its session in Carnegie Hall.
"Although he is prime minister of
Great Britain," said Dr. Aked, "David
1 jloyd-George is not a knight nor is he
a lord. By profession he is a solicitor;
and in England a solicitor is the lowest
grade in the legal profession. But
Lloyd-George today is the pillar of the
I people’s hopes, and the bulwark that
'stands between the pampered aristoe
j racy and the people who have toiled
j through the centuries to make the em
J pi re and place it upon a substantial
J foot ing.
"It would be difficult to explain the;
power of this man. He has audacity,
courage, anti is reckless of convention,
but withal he is a deep thinker. He is
a master of repartee, and the English
L heckler fares but poorly at his hands
when occasion demands rebuke for in
terruptions during one of his public
speeches. He simply smashes and pul
verizes in his instantaneous retorts and '
leaves the heckler in a bewildered
state. His voice, perhaps, is respon-1
sible for the power which he holds
over his listeners. It combines the
crooning of the mother, the wail of the
wind, the storm and the tempest, and
the march of armed men. His voice
and his methods are those of the Welsh
preacher and he speaks like a prophet
with heart aflame,”
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Chicago: H. Gordon Selfridge, the
Chicago and London department store
proprietor, now in this country, says
that business, as reorganized and put
upon a war basis, is remarkably good
in London. The German air raiders
have been used to advertise the Sel
fridge store, arrangements having
been made by which the life of a per
sons becomes automatically insured
when lie crosses the threshold of the
store. The store is also equipped with
bomb-proof cellars.
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London, March 9.—Only one in every
twenty of the able bodied German pris
oners in this country have been util
ized for work on farms, according to th#
Agricultural Gazette,
The Journal says there must be well
over 100,000 able-bodied prisoners in
the kingdom and such a number could
do wonders in the way of food produc
tion if organized. Within the last two
or three weeks the number actually
working on farms was less than 5,000,
the paper asserts.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office
AY SKOL HELP
Ay bun von gude, yolly fuller
Lumberyack !
Ven ay vork vital a~ and sawing,
Big tree crack!
Op to me to help it falling,
it ban fun
By yee every fuller near it,
I le skol run !
Ay ban sawing plant.y big logs,
For sum flume
1 )py bail sliding down sum log chute,
To one boom.
Lumberyack vith pike pole standing
On sum brail.
Vork lak satan ven log coming,
Down on trail 1
Pike pile handy, take big log in,
Mak lii tii stay!
Lak a toy for gude log rolling,
He mak play !
Brai’ go off, sum fast, sum easy,
Down to Gap,
Tenk he give som boats and launches
Little rap!
i
Ves, uy ban gude, yolly fallen,
Ay mlyu!
Now ay bar von bugle calling,
Loudly, tu
Uncle Sum ban speaking to me,
Ho my Pal !
1 skol help my dear old uncle,
Vcrk lak bal !
Nail my Flag on big tree handy,
Slide down chute,
Not afraid to meet von kaiser,
Hot. yore boot :
Ay skol let my ex get busy,
lie skol fall
Pike pole rolling him in ocean,
Dat ban all !
- Juneau Empire.
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Washington: It, was heard here that
until recently Carranza was a fugitive
from Mexico for nearly two weeks fol
low ing a revolt, and that be liau consid
ered tbe advisabilty of fleeing to Vera
Cruz, and holding that port and Tam
pico as a means of insuring himself a
certain amount of revenue. His inabil
ity to form a cabinet is due to tbe re
fusal of men to accept posts unless he
breaks diplomatic relations with Ger
many. To this be is quoted as reply
ing, “I will not abandon mv best
friend.”
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In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska. Fourth Division.—J. E
Riley, plaintiff, vs. Hilda Riley, de
fendant. -Summons.
The President of the United States of j
America to the above-named defend- j
ant: i
You are hereby required to appea1'
in the District court for the Territory
of Alaska, Fourth division, within 30
days after tire day of service of this
summons upon you, which will be 30
days after the completed publication
thereof, in accordance with the order of
said court, and answer the complaint of
the above-named plaintiff in which com
plaint the plaintiff demands a decree
dissolvin'! the bonds of matrimony ex
istin'! between plaintiff and defendant
and a decree of absolute divor ce and his
costs and disbursements, and unless you
so appear and answer plaintiff will
apply to tire court for the relief de
manded in said complaint.
Witness the Honorable Charles E j
Runnel], judjre of said court, this 15th j
day of April, 1918.
[Seal] ,T. E. Clark, Clerk, i
By A. M. Kilgore. Deputy.
First publication April 20, 1918.
Last publication May 25, 1918
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Dawson News, March 8: A record
trip was made by the police patrol on
the journey from Dawson to Fort Mc
Pherson. The party left here January
IS, and got there January 29, making
the trip in 2*1 days. The return trip
was made in 19 days. The outgoing
trip always requires longer, as the
loads are heavier and tho trail is tin
broken.
The famous Sergeant Dempster was
in charge, and was accompanied by
Constables Pratt, Hilliker, Keim and
Brocket’, with Indians John Martin
and Peter Alexis for guides and trail
breakers. They had 20 dogs. The
teams and the men came back in tine
shape.
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