Editor Sent
To Jail.
The Editor of.the Socialist pa
per “Glass Slobode” published
at Sarajewo in Austria, has been
sentenced to six months imprison
ment and two days fasting for
publishing a speech delivered by
Dr. Seukup in the Austrian par
liament. The ji urnalists of the ci
ty held a conference at which a
resolution of protest was passed
and sent to parliament. The
heavy fines a: d imprisonments
given to editors has made it al
most impossible to publish a labor
. paper.
i Conditions in
Irish Capital.
Deplorable conditions exist in
Dublin, Ireland, according to a
blue book that has just been is
sued by the British government.
More than 20,000 families have
but one room, while 1,500. fami
lies live in single cellars which
have been fitted up as living
rooms. An average of 6.1 persons
live in one room. The report
states that the average wages re
ceived by 5,600 fathers of fami
lies is 15 shsllings 2 pence a week
%yhich is less than $4 of Ameri
. can money.
Heyworth
Steps Up.
^ The friends of Heyworth, a
• Chicago capitalist, are very much j
surprised, say the papers* conoer j
ning the rumors of his engage
ment to the daughter of a mere
painter, At present the majority
of people.mate, not on account of
personal attraction, but on ac
count of the income, When a
man of wealth is independent
and sensible enough to be attract
ed by a girl without money, the
disappointed Mammas of our pret
ty Geraldines gasp, in amazement
and feel positive that the report
cannot be true.— Exchange.
Poor Collection.
A recent New York World has
a cartoon representing an open
church door affording a glimpse
of the interi >r where are to be
seen a crowd of out of works lab
elled “I.W.W. ’’ and with an ad
ditonal sign “We 'Want- Jobs.”
Standing on the sidewalk in front
of the church are two. priests
shaking hands, one of whom re+
marks: ‘This has been the re
cord.’breaking attendance in thh
history of our church—but the
collection was nothing to speak
of.” Solidarity.
If I Had A Do
Major Fuhkhouser, Chief of
Chicago official Moralists, is re
ported to have said: “If I had a
dog I would rather shoot him
outright than deliver him to'the
filth and insanitary conditions of
our city jails.”
Therein the Major shows his
knowledge of a good dog’s tastes
and desires. The dog himself
would prefer it so.
But when these same words
are spoken by Socialists, agita
tors and the like, they seem
harsh.
And they are harsh. Why
should the Major, or any of us,
disturb the well bred dogs of the
better classes by even hinting
that they might have to go to
jail, where striking women work
ers and other common-folks are
taken?
The very idea! All selfrespect
ing dogs in Chicago are reqaest
ted to make note of this slur upon
their character and to bite the
Major on the stocking, if they
can so lower their dignity as to
taste such a common person!
Workers’ World,
Socialist Winnings
AtKreeton, Mich., the Reds e-i
lected their entire ticket consist
ing of a supervisor, clerk, treasu
rerroad commissioner, two jus
tices of the peace and a number
. of the board of review. This was
, the first time a ticket was ever
iput in tfce field.
E. E. "Nieland and E. A Milette
. were elected council men by the
Socialists of Aberdeen, Wash.,at
, thej l^te elections.
Socialists of Prosperity, Mo.
defeated an old party fusion tic
ket, electing their entire school
yard ticket. They made the cam
paign on free text books and an
open,school auditorium for the
use of the people.
Two councilmen and one Mem
ber of the school board were e
leced by the Socialists of Hobart,
Okla. There was a-.united, opposi
tion against them.
North1 Platte, Neb., joins the
red column by electing A.E. Be31
councilman. The Socialist can
didate for mayor last year polled
240 votes in the entire city. Bell
secure^ 493 votes.
A0Q0DTH1IM6 to KNOW
Hart Shaff ner & Marx
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Highest Grade Ready For Service Clothes Produced
Are Sold In Fairbanks at The Same Prices as They Can
Be Bought AnywherelnThe States
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Martha Ginnis.
(Contributed/,)
Lo! the poor Indian! He is good
enough for missionaries to fuss
about but that is all. He did not
make the laws but he must suf
fer for their'infraction just the
same. The White man in his ben
eficence knows everything. : Loj
the poor Indian!
Martha Ginnis, a young Indian
girl from Fort Yukon is slated
for that lovely • isle where bank
looters and all the other bad peo
ple from Alaska.are sent. The
summer time has come again and
nature is throbbing with life and
the: joy of green things, but she
must wait behind steel bars in
the hay loft above the jail until
the lazy white man’s mills of jus
tice get ready to punish her.
Her crime? She is charged with
having killed her new born child
in an attempt to conceal what the
white man’s civi izatrion 'has
taught her to be a shame, though
in doing so she ran afoul of the
white man’s law, and now must
suffer for it. She should have
raised this child to carry through
life the stain of illegitimacy in ad
dition to the already heavy bur
denscommon ’ to its race. She
should have known that the trad
ders need fur, and that God has
forbidden anyone to kill the little
slaves. Instead of attending to
his own business;, Commissioner
Burke seems: to have made ahaif
hearted attempt to satisfy the
laws of God and man by senten
cing her to a year in jail, thus sa
ving her from the destroying con
tact with the officials at the peni
tentiary. But no! that was not e
nough. Other officiate of higher
authority could not refrain from
sticking their deputized noses in
to the case and having her drag
ged to Fairbanks to await the ac
tion of the grand jury on >a more
serious charge. Their Christian
hearts could not stand for any ir
regularities, even though a mere
child were thereby saved from1
the penitentiary.
So there you are. It'wasnote
■nougb that a little girl should' b°
once wronged, she must be
wronged again and again, tor
suchisthe way of the wise \yhite
man’s law, made and interpreted
by a ruling class, for the govern
ment of-those beneath the iron
heel.
Martha Ginnis belongs to the
exploited- class, and that class in
this district should voice a pro
test against sending her any
where but back home. Let the
penitentiaries be filled with those
who ought to go there. There is
material enough. Let us interest
ourselves in this girl’s case aud
say to those who run things here;
Thieving bankers and their per
jured tools have been • absolved
from all sin. Martha Ginnis has
done no wrong and we shall dis
pute every inch of the ground bet
ween here and McNeil’s Island.
We are tired of your “justice”
and refuse to fill your lousy peni
tentiaries with innocent members
ot our class, while those of ano
ther class who ought to .go there,
go scot free.
Optimists Here.
I here is a new 'confidence in
our ranks, anew prospect of vic
tory. For although the workers
are still getting the worst of it,
the great thing is that they are
beginning to know that fact. Gov
ernment is still i ot run for the
benefit of those who produce the
wealth of the world. Business is
stiH a juggernaut; the prophets
who claim to be of God are still
preaching for those who , put
bread in their mouths.
But the workers who are crush
ed beneath the wheels of jugger
naut do seem to be dimly perceiv
ing that it is their own stupidity
which is to blame. 'Ihey are be
ginning to wonder “WJiy do we
stand for all this?”And they are
beginning to come t<> the conclu
sion that they-wilt stand fur It
no longer.— Christian Socialist.
NOTICE.
Socialist Local 'Fairbanks
meets at the- Harmony Hall, on
the first and third Wednesday
evening of the month.
Garden Island branch of CH
nes Local meets every Saturday
night at thet Pozza cabin.
Cleary Local meets every 1st
and 3rd Sunday in the month;
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