A .
NEW YORK POST
CAME BACK AT
MAJ. DUGMORE!
Country wide comment of the inci
dent in which Major C. P. Wi F. Dug-'
more of his British Majesty’s army
handed a poem attacking President
Wilson to reported in N. Y., on his ar
rival recently. The maj. was officially
called down by the ambassador from
St. James court, but it remained for
the Evening Telegram of New York
ti give the retort courteous. It
printed the poem handed out by the
major which is as follows and then a
parody. The original poem was
printed in England just after Wilson’s
peace note was published.
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“Here is what we think of your
President in our country.”—Major C.
P. W. F. Dugmore.
Oh, President Wilson, you’re wast
ing your time
In sending out peace notes so soon.
Do not, please, interfere,
It must surely be clear
That it’s we who are paying the
piper, old dear,
So it’s we who’ll be calling the tune.
You’ve sat on the fence for two years
and a half,
Which from motives financial’s dis
creet;
You have prattled of right
And you’ve ta’en a delight
t
In telling the world you are too
proud to tight,
W’hich is merely the Yank for “Cold
feet.”
So do not imagine that now you can
start
To dictate to us what we should do.
We will finish the Hun
With the bayonet and gun.
And you jolly well mind your own
business, my son,
We’re a little bit fed up with you!
Here is what we think of Major
Dugmore in OCR Country. —The
American People.
Oh, Major Dugmore, you’re wasting
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your time
In handing out poems like that,
You should be at the front,
Where the gatling guns grunt,
And not slur our land with your
comedy stunt.
Mow paste this advice in your hat.
According to Webster an officer lights,
And that’s rather nippy, eh, what?
You’re as popular here as your I
stale .English beer,
Your absence would be more than |
welcome, old dear.
Heat it back with your cheap tommy
rot.
So do not imagine that now you can;
start
Our President Wilson to knock.
Take a tip, you’re in wrong
With your concert hall song.
So here’s your hat, Major, goodby
and. so long.
Let that soak in your dense English
block.
McNAMARA AT WORK
AFTER TERM OF
24 DAYS IN CELL
SAX QUKNT1N, Cal., Fob. 18.—J.
H. McNamara, who is serving a lire
term at the state penitentiary here
for his confessed share in blowing up
the 1a)s Angeles Times building, af
ter twenty-four days in the dungeon,
where, wheiv he
where he was placed because he re
fused to work in the jute mill, agreed
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to obey orders and was released from
solitary confinement.
HANGMAN CUTS FEE
IN COMPETITION FOR
LITTLE SOUGHT JOB
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 18.—At- ’
torney-General Brundage has received
a letter from I. M. Holmes, public ex
ecutioner of Montreal, offering to per
form the public hangings of the state
for $75 each. He also asked for his
expenses from Toronto. ‘I’m afraid
he is trying to cut the union rates for
hanging,” the attorney-general said.
“They pay $100 a hanging in Cook
county.”
Small furnished cabin near business
center. Rent $S; water free. Inquire
Gateway. 2t
EUROPEAN WAR
IS CAUSE OF
(M FAMINE
New Mexican Miners Not
Able to Take Place
of Oversea Men
DAWSON, N, M., Feb. 10. — The
European war is largely responsible j
for the shortage of coal in the south
west, mining operators rn this soft
coal district say. When the war
started hundreds of coal miners from
\
European countries returned home 10
light. j
The first exodus was not sufficiently
large to cause a labor shortage, but
as the reserves were gradually call
ed to the colors, the mines were fore-,
ed to operate with only part of their
usual force. When every available
man was ordered back the shortage
was felt over all the New Mexico coal
district.
Mexicans were imported to take the
places of the foreign miner. They
proved unsatisfactory because they
refused to stay longer than was
necessary to acquire a little Ameri
can gold with which to live in com
parative luxury through the winter
months. This crippled the coal in
dustry when labor was most needed.
The Mexican miners above ground
proved to be splendid laborers. They
were afraid of explosions, cave-ins
and other accidents, although they
proved satisfactory workers in the
copper and silver mines of their coun
try. They have a belief that coal
mining is more dangerous than “hard
rock” mining and refuse to work long
in the coal mines.
Somebody Blundered
“Get me a can of beer,” were the
first words spoken by Murphy when
found, testified Brandt. He was given
a pail of water instead and almost im-1
mediately after drinking it became
unconscious/—From the Milwaukee
Sentinel.
City Express meets all boats and
trains. Phone Maine 122.
Map Showing Mountain Ranges, Navigable Rivers in Heavy Black, and the Route of
the Government Railroads under Construction.
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(The principal known mineral and
mining districts are indicated in the
numbered circles, as follows: 1, Port
Dick district; 2, Sunrise district, gold;
3, Resurrection district, copper; 4,
Falls Creek district, gold; 5. Latouche
district, copper; 6, the Bering River
coal fields; 7, the Valdez district, gold
and copper; 8, Illiamna district, gold
and copper; 9. the Bonanza mining
district, owned by the Alaska Syndi
cate, copper; 10, the Matanuska coal
fields, and Matanuska iron and gold
district; 11. Willow Creek district,
I gold; 12, Yentna district, gold; 13,
Talkeetna district, copper and gold;
14, Mt. McKinley district, gold; 15
Broad Pass district, gold and copper;
16, Nenana coal fields; 17, Kantishna
district, gold; 18, Hot Springs dis
trict, gold, silver, and tin; 19, Fair
banks district, gold; 20, Circle dis
trict, gold; 21, Rampart district, gold;
22, Chamllar district, gold; 23, Eagle
district, gold; 24, Koyukuk district,
gold and coal; 25, Kuskokwim dis
trict, gold; 26, Ruby district, gold and
coal; 27, Ophir district, gold; 28,
Iditarod district, gold; 29, George
town district, gold; 30 Nulato coal
fields; 31, 32, and 33 Seward Penin
sula districts, gold. From Cordova to
Kennicott, the Copper River & North
western Railroad, 199 miles owned by
the Alaska Syndicate. From Seward
to Nenana, Government railroad
route, 412 miles, with 38-mile branch
to Matanuska coal fields, and project
ed branch of 395 miles through the
Kuskokwim valley to the Yukon.)
FAIRBANKS MAN j
IN TROUBLE AGAIN
G. Hinton Henry, of the Fairbanks
Free Press, has been arrested, j
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charged with criminal libel, the com
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plainant being Mrs. J. H. Caskey,
wife of the owner of the Fairbanks
Citizen. The alleged libel is:
“Also we will tell this boob that
Mrs. George Hinton Henry never ha*
to be carried home in a state of filthy
intoxication.”
In the complaint, it is stated the
the word “boob" referred to J. H.
Caskey, the husband of the complain
ant, and that the article, which ap
peared in the last issue of the Free
Press, was intended to convey the idea
that the complainant had been carried
home in a state of intoxication, all of
which was false and scurrilous mat
ter and thereby constituting a crimin
al libel.—(Cordova Times.)
INVITE WILSON
TO ADDRESS THE
PROGRESSIVES
—
ATLANTA, Monday, Feb. 19.—
Conference between the leaders here
has resulted in an invitation being
sent to President Wilson to address j
the National Progressives conference
at St. Louis on April 12.
Andy's Express, phone Madison 14.T
Meet me at The Branch.
SAXONIA WAS
DISABLED ON
ORHT’S BORDER
SEATTLE, Monday, Feb. 19.—
Captain Franz Holfer, of the interned
Hamburg steamer, Saxorna, interned
at Eagle harbor, has confessed to the
federal officials here that he disabled
the ship on specific orders from Con
sul General Ohrt. The latter is now
enroute to Germany with Ambassador
BernstorfT.
Wisconsin’s Hardy People
Our merchants are doing a flour
ishing business this cold weather, for
they are selling men's underwear and
ladies’ garments cut down till there
is almost nothing left for them.
Ouimet is a professional because he
sold golfing goods. A tennis player
is a'pro if he sells tennis goods. Ac
cording to that some of those Dream
land preliminary fighters would be
professionals* if they sold cheese.
Long distance phone at The Branch.
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