Iditarod pioneer., 1915-12-18

lTAROD PlONEER, SATURDAY thank for the assistance giving said the general I've fighting for England M Barres understood by this reply that it courteous of saying: There necessity for you express your gratitude to us
 When 1 myself that the armies of England Russia Italy Belgium and Serbia will put the strait jacket the mad Germans Nj. Baes m rejoice only for France and for this noble England which mortal peril for firmly believe that the salvation of the spontaneous spirit of e
 world depends the victory of the allied armies and that of the peoples threatened can be content with half effort
 M. Barres tells story of five Engshmen engaged machinery depot who refused be vaccnaed against typhoid The comandant depot considered his duty keep these apart the peext that they might constitute danger for the others But letters arrived from England from the es f
 lies in inc scriar authorities in which the writers declared that the men, they signed their contract had entered into
 engagement to b" Vaccnaci The general respected their wishes.
 necessary to get killed M Barrcs But the eoyoIcnt engaged pay them feed them and accord then the maximum of liberty which the state of will permit 1t H . double series of engagements freely entered rto by one s1 and inc other and e;o good faith failure
 part the military chiefs keep the bargain would have
 As all Alaska knows there is but litt'o love lost between Colonel Richardson Of the Alaska road commission and Delegate WicEershan However that may he, the army officer should bear in mnd thc fact that James WckershaIn is ire duly-o,ccted representative of the people Of tAs territory, and whether consciousy or unconsciousiy remarks such as he is credited with using recently al Juneau reflect n a measure on the people whom he represents as we'll as upon the object of h;s hatred. | is to e2y the Ieast, rather und.gai&ed for an officer oI the United Staies army 10 cr.tlc3ze and n2h9A even Ge!a~ate in congress, and constitutes one oI those acts which create prejudice agen5t toe military man and give color to the clam tha military duly breeds ar~o -2nce Rcha. don IS Q@oed IT Juneau ds- ra{ch aa saving coAcern,ng taa standing ot Delegate Vic .v~sla:A at Washington that by 9caeon oi Als lo9.n.nous disregard fer truth and ioe conn9o2 rr.nc;plcs of daceacy, W:ckcrsh2n has attracted >o-e attention, but commands about sae sarse de- cree of respect at the national capa as doe, horse thief n Texas.
 The Teusoas evidently have Marsc E4sary's goat. as evidenced in the following recenily-puo- Esacd dispatch from Toronto Ontario: T gel nod clean through every tune think about ih:s damn fool business Germany hes been trying to put ovcr, t takes me back to '0l, when some of our Southern CcnGsderates talked the same crazy noos9nse we have been getting from the German professors, said Colonel Henry Wai.ccson of te louisville Coos- aG- Journal, ~ho spent ieM hours n lc:oato yes- tercav. 1t y.iI be relief to thous2nds ot decent Ga.mans when ther sv,ash5uckhn3 braa#ag.s got their knockout All this ap.nS Of hc Aaa, to.e lraat(urass. lhis and tao Zeppelin. makes n2e mad Every t.n2 thal of Belgium and jae Lus.taa:a 2nd the LepneHns cet mad and want 10 fight as never fought back in the '60s. Th.s haLf-nads Ho@an- zocn dynasty with all its wholly bar0arous 8ultar must first be smashed, or there can be no peace 10. any of Us. =
 4 Is1les recc.yed in tie last r~al from 5=ot@a gvcs hopeful view of the business outlook On tae Outside, which has been 90 depressing for t2e past year or more The writer who is ID position to o5- serve the change, says: Things are opening up r the East ard from !he looks of things they wi. De better here before long. Everatt is showing u2 in she lumber and 5hingle mills already. Mills 2.e going and docks are full of boats The lumber io- dastry is showing little improvement because of the small orders from the farmers of the middle West. They received fine prices for the.r grain crops th;s year. and are now building cons.dctao!y, ordering t1eir lumber from the coast. There Is q large market for lumber ia foreign countries. but o"r marine is ID such condition that there is not toat 10 be had Ratos are exorbtant and boats go 10 the Atlantic coast to carry munitions at the highest prices. ~
 Dr. Howard Russell, founder of the Anti-Saoon League, told the conference of the Methodist church n San Francisco that he will use part of the two