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HOME RULE FOR IRELAND
The news published last week that the Irish home rule bill had
passed the British house of commons will cause rejoicing among Irish-j
men the world over, but the feeling of satisfaction w:il be tempered!
somewhat by the knowledge that the bill as finally passed is in the
nature of a compronv/e. While the news so far received does not so
; talc, ii is presumed that the measure contains the provision that the
electors of the counties of Ulster shall have submitted to them for;
their votes the question whether or not they will be included wit urn
ti c new :.v.\eminent. If the vote is adverse, they will be so excluded
for a period of six years, after winch time, presumably, they will be
compelled to join the new government, whether they want to or not.
sentence cf death with a stay of execution for six years.” The Na
Thc Ulsterites insist that they will fight this proposal, "wh ch means a
tionalists accept it with a reluctance which r> almost sullen. Disliking
the propo'.;! intensely, they yet con-anted to it as the pree of imme
diate home rule. In two cf the counties of Ulster the Nationalists in
the last election polled about -4 ; per cent or the votes, lhese were
Armaeh and Londonderry. In four of the nine counties composing
Ulster -Antrim. Down, Londonderry and Armagh—in the last gen
eral election b e Nationalists polled 316,406 vot e, to 729,624 Union- ;
isle. It may therefore be assumed safely that on the proposed refer
endum these counties will vote to stay out. in case the vote should
1 . ie. favor of including Lister, it is within the range of probability
that there w-Ii be blood.heck The Orangemen are organized, well
drilled and e pupped for resistance, and no one seems to be able to
predict ji^t \ .rat the outcome w!i be.
The pn-: age nf the present bil1 w=!l by no means end die activities
of the Irish Nationalist party. Irowever. Improbable as it now seems
that Great Britain will ever relinquish sovereignty over Ireland, the
ultimate aim of that party is the establishment of Ireland as a nation,
i he well-known characteristics oi the Irish race warrant the belief
that t!i agitation looking to that end will be earned on quite as re
lentlessly as has that which has brought to success the present self
government plan. I he remarkable and sensational contest of the
Irish people has aroused the admiration of the whole world. L:,\cr
since the act of union was passed, in 1891. by which the Irish parlia
ment was abolished by means of wholesale bribery and corruption,
there have been many abortive attempts at insurrection. Irish history
s.rco that time has been made up of heroic deeds and treacheries of
the blackest nature. Men have suffered martyrdom and banishment in
b u nd's cause, and m reprisal deeds of the most savage nature have
been committed, and until very recent years the country has been in
constant turmoil. The reforms inaugurated since Gladstone s time—
the d.sesiabhr-hment of the Protestant church in Ireland, the local sell
gov-, rnment act, and improved land laws—have in large measure
ameliorated the condition of the people, to such an extent, in fact, that
men like Richard Croker are by no means enthusiastic or optimistic
with regard to the benefits to be derived from home rule. Croker,
one-time Tammany boss, having repatriated himself with his fortune,
quite recently expressed himself as content with present conditions
and called attention to the bettered condition of the Irish peasantry.
It was the home rule question, and the determination of the As
quith government, under the leadership of Lloyd George, to settle that
question, that resulted‘in the house of lords being shorn of its veto
power, and which now makes possible the home rule bill becoming law
without the consent of that body. This is looked upon by Englishmen
as cither a much-desired reform or a step backward in the science of
government, according to the point of view.
The plucky fight of the Irish has particularly appealed to Ameri
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This hotel has been remodeled and repapered throughout, and
now the most convenient, comfortable and up-to-date pause
the city.
ELEGANT ROOMS GOOD BUNKS
Second and Vynlov/ Streets
cans, of whom such a large percentage are of Irish hirth or extraction.
American money and sympathy has to a large extent made possible
the partial success of the home rule movement, and further develop
ments will be watched with interest here, for the contest is by no means
ended. _
COLORADO’S LABOR WAR
When the news was flashed throughout the country that Presi
dent Wilson had ordered United States troops to Colorado to restore
i order in the coal-mining camps, much concern was felt by those wno
h .d not followed the events transpiring in lhat section as the result o!
the coal miners’ strike. Only once since the reconstruction period had
a President of the United States used the federal soldiers to quel! dis
turbances within the confines of a state, and on that occasion the action
had been the cause of the severest criticism of tire President s so
| called usurpation of power. It was during the great railroad strike
of i 894 that President Cleveland ordered United States troops to Chi
1 cage to presumably protect the property of the railroads from the
strikers and their sympath zers. Governor /vitgeid ct Illinois protested
in vain against the President’s action, declaring that the state authori
j ties were fully able to cope with the situation and it was pointed out
that what the railroads wanted was not so much protection as intimida
tion of the strikers, and it was even alleged that acts of violence were
| committed at the instigation of the railroads, and the strikers blamed
therefor, in order to hasten the arrival of the troops. The fact that
the powerful United States government had been used, perhaps un
v, .ttingiy, in destroying tiie American R; away Union and defeating the
ok k ts of one of the most thoroughly organized strikes .n the history
of tiV. country he.' since become patent to er lybcdy. lhat the de
1 mar.ds made upon Lie railways at that time were just has since been
demonstrated by the fact that they were eventually granted, gradually,
j by the railroad magnates.
In the Colorado strike it appears that the state militia has beer,
used, not for the purpose oi protecting property and the lives of the
! citizens, but for the creation of a reign of terror anc! as a means of
1 subduing the striking miners. An invest, mi.on was ordered by con
gress, ar.d as a result of the facts brought out in the hearings, the
President took matters in his own hands and displaced the militia with
United States troops. The mines have been ordered to close down
; pending the completion of the investigation, the importation of strike
breakers and armed guards has been prohibited, and matters wi il be
; at a standstill until a plan is evolved for the settlement of the dispute
| which brought about a state of anarchy and military despotism in
; Colorado. Officers of the state troops have been indicted for murder
i and various other crimes.
President Wilson’s methods have proven a revelation to the
i Rockefellers and other millionaires, and the fact that he proceeds on
the theory that the protection of the lives and liberties of the citizens,
rather than the sacred rights of property, is the true function of gov
ernment, has given them a shock from which they are still staggering.
ERRONEOUS REPORT OF BISHOP ROWE’S DEATH
The devious ways by which the Outside news service reaches the
Pioneer are responsible for blunders sometimes which, although re
| grettable, are not always avoidable. Last week The Pioneer pub
i lished the news of the death of Bishop Peter T. Rowe, as received by
wireless, together with a brief sketch of his career. It now appears
that our correspondent was chronicling the death of the bishop’s wife.
The daily wireless bulletin of June 3 includes.the following item:
Telegraphic Error. Report of Pioneer Friday should have read: “Mrs. Bishop
Rowe” instead of “Bishop Rowe.”
In placing the blame for the unfortunate error, the telegraph
operators may not be entirely culpable. The man who was guilty of
such a mutilation as “Mrs. Bishop Rowe” is not altogether blameless.
While the good bishop’s friends will be glad to hear that he is
' still with us, genuine sympathy will be expressed for him in his great
j bereavement.
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Henry Roden, one of the territorial senators who have been criticized so severely
| f' r having tried to defeat the const ruction of a government railroad in Alaska, has been
elected a councilman at Iditarod. Some men thrive on criticism. Fairbanks Citizen.
For the benefit of the Fairbanks papers and others who may be
I similarly misled, it may be of interest to state that Henry 0. Roden,
| recently elected to the town council of Iditarod, is not Senator Henry
Roden, but an estimable young man in no way related to the senator.
| Possibly, also. Senator Roden may contend that there is another mis
statement in the above item.
In a decision handed down by Judge Fuller at Fairbanks on April
i 8 the miner’s hen law passed by the territorial legislature is called
into question. While not passing directly on the validity of the act, the
j judge states that he is in doubt whether the law will eventually be sus
[ tained.
Telegraph Stations to Be Abandoned
Orders issued recently from the headquar
ters of the military telegraph system in Se
at tie instructed the officer in charge at
Fairbanks to abandon the offices at Ram
part and Eureka as soon ms possible, ac
cording to letters recently received. The
exact date upon which the stations will be
abandoned has not been determined upon a*
yet. but it will be some time within the
next two months. 'I he re.-.idents of the
two localities are much wrought up over
the proposed change, and will petition the
department to keep the offices open for an
uther year at least.
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Dog Ordinance Valid
In the cme of Wickersham vs. Day.
Judge Fuller, at Fairbanks, has decided
lhat the ordinance governing the impound
ing (d dogs is valid.
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City Hall Condemned
That the Fairbanks municipal building is
unsafe and a constant menace, not only to
surrounding property, but to human life as
: well, is the opinion of J. J. Buckley, chief
i of the tire department, who is ex officio in
j spector of buildings.
Soldier Loses His Life at Fort Gibbon
I'm; Gibbon was the scene of a hunting
tragedy on May 14, in which one man lost'
I Lis I'm. A soldier in the quartermaster's!
department, named Spencer, was the victim.
Early in the morning, when shooting is at
its best, he started out to get some ducks,
and secured a small birch bark canoe. When
ho did not return his friends at the fori
I ."tarled out to look for him, but could find
I nothing b yond an overturned canoe and
; other indications that it had been capsized'
and Sj ?nc drowned in the river. At last
reports the body had not been found.
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Alaska Prisonsrs Released
Word ha.- been received by Clerk McBride
<>f the dWrict court at Fairbanks that three
Alaska prisoners hail been released from
the federal penitentiary on McNeils island
by Warden llalligan. William Patrick Mur
pit.' sent ;.c< 1 by Judge Fuller to serve
< icii.i• n months for giving liquor to an In
dian in June, 1912. was received at the
[a nit; i, \ Eibruiry 1(3, 1913, and re
lca"(jd April I'd la-.f, having made up some
tin:’' by gf\»d In Itavi. r. Thomas Curtin and
James Kelly wire received at the prison
idem. . 'T 17. 1912, aft r ha', ing been con
1 \ictc.l in loimr -d if having stolen: §a:!d
| du.-t aim ; nting t ■ more than c35 from
J. C Bid y a-. 1 1. .!• ii tzer < n 0 .er creek,
ihey ;.l wi a time bv g > d behavior.
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Grewscme Legal Exhibit Dispotad of
Th barred r< mains of 1.. V*
i bi.-h. which i.ave hern lying in the vault at
the court house at Fairbanks for four year ,
I in company with a mass of records and
j other exhibit." in the case of the United
States against John Cooper, were buried
recently by the colored people of Fairbanks,
t > r is now serving a life sentence for
: ti c killing of Wimbbh, ami as the tini'*
i has exnirrd for permitting an appe: 1 in his
: erne, it is possible to (impose of the ex
hibits in the case. Wimbbh and Cooper
were ruining together, and the latter sud
denly iti.-ap; i ared, and laitr the charred
j bones of Wimbbh were found in the ruin.
■ of a burned cabin. Suspicion was centered
| on Cooper, and he was tried and found
' guilty of murder, and is now serving time
at McNeils island.
Rich Salvage
Between twelve and fourteen tons of
■solid bronze, a tail shaft, anchors and chains
i off the wrecked steamer Olympia, lost in
Alaska three years ago; sixty-four tons of
1 rich copper ore raised from the bottom of
the hay a; Ellamar after thirteen years;
; brass, copper and ore from the old liner
j Saratoga, sunk six years ago, and a bronze
| propeller blade lost by the steamer Santa
Clara about twelve years ago. arrived in Ta
^ coma recently. The rich salvage represents
J two months’ work by Walter McCray of
Tacoma, a diver.
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Koyukuk Mystery Still Unsolved
From information now at hand there
seems to be a well-founded belief that three
persons who started from Wiseman, on the
! Michael, were foully dealj- with, says the
I Outside, via the Yukon river and St.
Michaels, were foully dealt with, says the
Juneau Empire. On the date mentioned
Tommy Johnson, alias the “Blueberry
Kid,” in company with John Homberg, Miss
Marie Schmidt and Frank Adams, embarked |
at Wiseman in the gasoline launch Seal I
Pup for St. Michael. Since that date noth
ing has been seen of he launcth nor any
'of the party except the “Blueberry Kid,” j
who is known to have bought a ticket from
St. Michael to Seattle on October 12. Ac
cording to information since obtained, the
“'Blueberry Kid” took passage on a river!
barge at Ruby in company with a French
woman. They quarreled and separated at
St. Michael. The fact seems to be estab
lished that this woman was at one time lo
cated at Wisexnan and had had some trouble
there. She and the “Blueberry Kid” are
said to have quarreled over some gold dust
which he charged her with stealing.
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Was Carved by Skagway Native
The pen with which Speaker Champ
Clark signed the Alaska railroad bill wasi
one of Alaska gold, and was held in an
ivory penholder made from the tusk of a
mastodon that roamed in Alaska more than
fifty thousand years ago, says the Skagwuy
Alaskan. The penholder was carved in tin1
form of an Alaskan Indian totem pole by
an Alaska Indian living at Skagway. The |
tusk from which it was carved was found
in the alluvials of the Kuskokwim. Geol
ogists say the ivory from these deposits
must be at least fifty thousand years old.
The penholder and pen were supplied by
John E. Ballaine of Seattle and Alaska,
who was one of the active supporters of
tin1 Alaska railroad bill. Mr. Ballaine will
present tlip pen and penholder to the Ter
ritory of Alaska.
Natives Bury Baby Cab With Dead Baby
An Indian baby of a family named John
•on, living in Indian town, Dmglas island,
was buried recently, relatives carrying the
dead child in an uncovered coffin, which
was followed by a native pushing the baby
cab. formerly the property of the dead in
fant. A peculiar custom still lingers with
the Indians of the island, that of burying
with their dead some article of which they
were fond in life, and so it was with this
child, for when the earth covered the cof
! fm it also contained the tiny vehicle which
I had been its pride. Sometimes these arti
cles are left on the grave, and it is said
that even sewing machines have been placed
on the grave.- of dead natives, the soul of
which is supposed to go to the unseen world |
to be used by spirit hands. Juneau Em
! pife.
F.re Damage: Skagway Newspaper
Fire in the ceiling and upper floor of the
i Skagway Alaskan building caused much
j damage to the building and the newspaper
! r iant on March 19. The newspaper office
and printing shop were flooded with water.
The paper suspended for a few days.
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Alaska Railroads to Burn Alaska Coal
A di-patch received in Cordova states<
that th government engineers who will be
in charge- of the construction of railroad
building in Alaska will burn Alaska coal
| in the building of the railroad. W. G.
I vVhorf of Seldovia, who recently received
patent to sixty-five acres of coal lands, y
now ananging with Secretary Lane to fur
j iiish the government with a large amoui.t
j of coal as soon as railroad construction be
gins.
War Among Government Employes
Rumors comp up the river, along the re
1 laj’ stations of river gossip, that United
'• States Commis. ioner Waskey, at Marshall.
' ’..'a - entertained not long ago by a case
' from Rus.'iaii Mission, says dm Ruby Roe
I rd Citizen. There was a man in it. Mr.
! ruder, tlie government school teacher, and
| a woman as well, Miss Berg, the govern
j ; i.: nurse stationed at Russian Mission.
I T scum that Mr. Fullers wife did not on
1 ov the dm ;ny <*f Miss Berg, whieh led
I :.> a quarrel Imtv.o n Mr. Full r and M;*s
: F ry. They fought desperately, but finally
j his superior strength prevailed and Miss
i Berg threw up the sponge, but not until
lie vcas able to honorably retire, bearing
1 unmistakable signs of war. There is some
times victory in defeat; so she took him
.mure Commissioner Waskey, who, we are
informed, discharged him.
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Accident at Fairbanks
As the result of an accident on Garden
* island, Fairbanks. George Hajukovkh lies
m St. Joseph’s hospital with he right arm
! 1:ringing by a shred, and in danger of losing
his life. The accident took place near the
Miners’ Home hotel. Hajukovich, together
with several other men. was moving a
woodsaw outfit. As the bones and arteries
of the arm were completely severed, it was
feared for a time :lmt he would lose his
i life from loss of blood, but the surgeons
1 succeeded in stopping the flow of blood and
have high hopes of his entire recovery, al
! though there is practically no likelihood of
; saving the injured arm.
DR. BEHLA. THE DENTIST,
PREPARING TO GO OUTSIDE
Dr. H. Behla, the Flat City dentist, nn
| nounces that he will soon leave for the
Outside, and will close his office on July i5.
Copying and enlarging, also all kinds of j
portrait and view work. See Clemons .t1
Koon, Flat City.
WATCH
sp HK world’s record for speed on the
Hg water is held by a motor boat—
i5.22 miles an hour. A measured i
mile in less than one minute and j
twenty .nds—Howard Time.
Forget for a moment that speed-boat I
racing is a sport. Consider its practical j
results. At any given price, compare the!
j motor boat of today with that of a few;
years back.
In every American industry you will
trace all its progress to hard-headed ef
forts to beat the record for efficient use
of time.
When you see a concern forging ahead
j of competition, stamping its individuality
on the trade—there you will find the
HOWARD type or man putting the thing
across.
Tin- HOWARD Watch owner may be the
titular head of the concern, the superin
tendent or department manager, rt is just
as likely to be some inspired youngster,
who would probably disclaim any part in
moulding the career of the business. As
if he could help exerting the power he
does:
A HOWARD Watch is always worth what
you pay for it.
The price of each watch is fixed at the
factory and a printed ticket attached—
from the 17-jewel tdouble roller- in a
Crescent Extra or Boss Extra gold-filled
case at sin, to the 23-jewel at $150—and
the Edward Howard model at $3 50.
J. L. SALE
IDITAROD
LEADING JEWELER OF THE NORTH
DR. H. BEHLA,
Dentist
Appointments by Telephone
Flat City
DR. IViOORE,
Physician and Surgeon
OFFICE GRAND HOTEL, FLAT
Eye-Glass Fitting Telephone
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Office Second St., Iditarod, Alaika
Next to Iditarod Hotel
J. C. MOODY,
Attorney at Law
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Office: Second Avenue
W. F. HAFJR8SOW,
Attorney at Law
iDITAROD, ALASKA
Second Avenue, Near Marshal's Office
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law
BANK BLOCK
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Assessment Work Blanks at Finncur.
Order
!n the District Emirt for the Territory of
Alaska, fourth Judicial Division.—In
I tin Matter of a special Term of Uourt
al lfliiai'od, Alaska.
II satisfact.irily appearing that it is rtre
! > ~sai v f .r the public welfare, and for the
despatch of the business id tins court, that
a special term or said court be held at
! iditarod m litter precinct, commencing at
It a, ui. July toil, and the judge or
j Mod (vert :c\v deeming it expedient to
ilold such term:
it is ordered: That a special term or
I itus ccurt lie iii’id at said town of Iditarod,
c.rninoncing II a. m. July >i, toil, and
Hi,ii mi clerk of this court cause due
n> I: ■ to he given thereof.
haled at Fairbanks, Alaska, this loth
dav to .'lav. A. D. 1SM4.
F. K. FULLER, District Judge.
Summons for Publication
>o. 17 0 I
: III tlie District Court for the Territory or
Alaska. Fourth Divisu n.—Fred Labelle,
l plaintiff, vs. Mary Labelle. defendant.
: The President or the t nited Slates of
America to the defendant Mary La
bel le, greeting:
Whereas, on the 27th day of January,
1914. plaintiff llled in this court his
' eoinplaini wherein he prays for a decree
! dissolving the bonds of matrimony now e.\
j isting hetwceii plamMtf and defendant,
the ground of willful desertion of the
plaintiff by the defendant, as set forth lu
, said complaint; and
Whereas, on the 1-th day of March.
10 1 i, an order was made and entered by
i the above entitled court. dire- ting that the
1 summons herein served upon the de
fendant by publication thereof m The Id;t
nrod Pioneer, a newspaper T general cir
culation. published at Iditarod, Alaska, for
a period of not less than six consecutive
weeks:
.Now, therefore, you are hereby required
1 to appear m the district court in and for
the Territory of Alaska, Fourth division,
within thirty days after the completion of
.'aid publication, that is to say, within
thirty days after the 6th day of Tune.
; 19 14. and answer the complaint of the
I above named plaintiff: otherwise your d«*
: fault will be entered and the plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief demanded
I in his complaint, to wit. a decree dissolv
ing the bonds of matrimony now existing
between plaintiff and defendant.
Witness the Honorable. Frederick E. dul
ler, judge of said court, by the clerk of
<aid court, with his seal of office, on the
: *j 1st day of April. 1914.
( Sea! ANGILS MCBRIDE, Clerk,
i GEO. W. ALBRECHT. Deputy.
First publication, April 25. 1914.
Last publication, June 6, 1914.
Notice of Forfeiture
To A. Arndt, Theresa Arndt and Jos. Mikuta.
their heirs and assigns, and to all
persons claiming by, through or under
them and each of them:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that ihe undersigned, co-owner, has ex
pended one hundred dollars during the
year 19 13 in labor and improvement* upon
that certain placer mining claim
known and described as the “Wild
Cat” Association Placer Mining Claim,
situate three miles below lower dis
covery on Rear creek, a tributary of the
Tuliksak river, in the Kuskokwim mining
and recording precinct. Territory of Alaska.
Saul claim was located on the 25th day of
February, 19 12. and recorded in Yol. 7 or
Locations, at page 33, of the records or
the recorder of the said Kuskokwim re
cording precinct.
Such labor was performed and improve
ments made for ttie purpose of holding
said claim, and constituted the annual as
sessment work for the year ending Decem
ber 3 1, 1913.
You and each of you are hereby further
notified that unless you pay your propor
tion of saiii expenditures, together with the
cost of this advertisement, to the under
signed within ninety ^90} days after the
date of the last publication of this notice,
your interest m said claim will become the
property of the undersigned co-owner, un
der Section 2324, Revised Statutes of tho
United States. DOMLMCK SORACI.
Co-Owner.
First publication, May 2, toil.
Last publication, Aug. 1, 1914. j