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Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21
THE ROAD QUESTION

Ii gratifying to know be made in the ter of roadbung this district The announcement that thousand dollars be spent by the divisional road commls sion dtarod district this year. addition what be spent the Alaska road will lend encouragement to whose operations have been retarded through lack of trans poaton facilities While the funds available will not complete even pressing work is believed that with energetic able like J. Riley the helm such progress will be made will the belief that the much needed road be- Itarod Flat and Discovery Otter will be completed with years appropriation
 is fair that the residents of this section of the Fourth division will with the recognition already but will contend for just distribution of the funds provided by the territorial and federal in the future While and miners of this district have been lament ing indifference of the authorities road needs here the c of the Fairbanks district have been regaed with pleasing promises bouevads for the comfort and convenience of tour iss their automobiles Seattle dispatch of June 20 quoted w. P Richardson president of the Alaska road commis sion, a follows:
 When the Vadez-Ferbanks road is completed it will un- ho oe b oh d oi Le M dd bt b d l oDt inc building of this road this year and that he would so undertake road dbuIng in the vicinity of Anchorage along inc railway line.
 recent news item sent out from Fairbanks follows:
 "In wire received today Superintendent R. J. Sommers of the Alaska road informed that the board has been allotted the of S2o0o for road work the Fourth division which is the entire asked for by MT Sommers with the exception of sOOOO the Brooks Terminal road which taken of by the territorial fund An allowance of S3OOOO has been made for the Ruby road MT Somers allotted will be spent building boulevard between Fairbanks and the government farm
 thousand dollars for Boulevard from Fairbanks to the government farm of the items for which the sS20O0 IS allotted the Fourth division while the prncey of S30OO has been appooned from th fund the whole tarod district meantime miners of this section paying freight rates comparable pioneer days Alaska and the develop
 of the country being retarded in order to provide cenlc highways for and boulevards graty the selfish amb tions of that favored spot in Interior Alaska Fairbanks
 It is time the people of this section took leaf out of Fair banks book. There is of procuring this government assist the opening up of the country but not by sitting quietly abecty taking whatever palry doed The nnoko country Moore creek Candle creek the Too Kuskokwim all of which producers evidently the road commissions and they will not be until the and operators those sections themselves and make he known uncertain Were those districts adaen, to the Fairbanks safe say that government projects would under way each of them Witness the Too
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21
Battle in the Air

"And then there is the flying corps. There was battle in the air here today. One German airrlane came down in flames, The two men in 1t were smashed to a pulp and burnt by the gasoline after they fell. Two of our machines were damaged but man aged to rlane down. Three cut of the four men in them were wounded. These alrmcn are what cell the bravest of the brave.
 My battalion was in the serum of Easter week I have been battalion runner this week-that Is, carrying messages from headquarters to outposts, etc. It seems rather paradoxical, the word runner and me the oldest man in the battalion; but there you are. Just here l must say have never felt better in my life, except for a twnge of rheumatism occasionally, as for instance on the night of Easter Sunday, when we were out in a snowstorm all night in that advance.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21
TWISTING THE LIONS TAIL

Twisting the lions tal has been the pasime of the political demagogue and charatan the United States The fact that applause could be enced of audience which hatred of England had been engendered by muotaons from history, and that could be gained from those who hate England than they love the United States has been the centve of many blatant his puny efforts bitter the great nations against each other aolette guilty of this political trick in the great debate the prior the declaration of Germany and this how the brilliant and patriotic senior senator from Mis- sissippi, John Sharp Williams answered him:
 Twisting the British lions tail is performance very seldom ndgd by those whose orefahes fought for American free dom and independence It generally nduged by somebody else.
 Whence do get laws? Whence do get lera- ure Whence do ethical philosophy Whence do get general ideas of regon From the people who sired fathers before they came here.
 T tired of telling Welshman, Scotchman English man blood am that the hereditary enemy of the United
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21

them is pretty hard to take. When it comes to the bayonet they do not consider long about crying Merci, kamarade,' and the worst cf it IS they get it. They don't de serve to be treated as we'll as they Gre but we are not allowed to retallate
 Personally l have no ill-feelng toward the individual soldier, but what 1 cannot understand is the hold the kaiser has on them. They think he is a great general We here can see that it is his staff that car ries on the war, and he gets all the credit We'll, damn him I think his time is short so I'll talk of something else"
 God Bless the Red Cross
 The writer relates the incident of his be- ing wounded, and the wonderful organiza- ton witch takes care of the injured ''l was knocked over about g o'clock in the morn ing" he says, and was in Etaples at { o'clock in the evening, in the hospital, all cleaned and dressed up in pajamas. It was Ike getting into heaven out of hell. From Etaples I was sent to Boulogne that night and from there at ? p. m. shipped across the channel and delivered at the hospital ln Leicester at o'clock the following morning It was only month until I was out again fit. I was kept at different convalescent camps and training depots, but became tired of the restraint, and would sooner take my chance here at the front, as l wish to see it through Of the Red Cross he says i There is nothing but the best of the best to be said of the Red Cross Society, the nurses especially God bless them" Decorated for "useful" Work T had my picture taken when l was 1T FoIkestcnc, and have sent you a copy. lou will sec the decoration. It was given for useful work done under fire. l went across No mans land three times to younger fel lows once. It was h of place to take chance, but l got through without 8 scratch, and helped several fellows in out of danger, or comparatively so for once 8 fellow is behind the parapet one IS out oi danger except from a direct hit from a big one. The dugouts protect one from rifle and machine gun fire, and also from shrrap nel and splaters When this kind of stuff is flying it is as the stage Italian would say Hota da stuffa a llka da tabasque' MacGregor asks to be remembered to his friends He mentions Frank Monlman anc Bly Beaven, from whom he hears from time to time He speaks of Jack Ryan Jake Furrer Dutch Jake), Joe Wilkes, Ec Ryder, Smith and Berg, the blacksmith, Ter Groner Dick Kuloff, Harry Harms, MT. anc Mrs McDonald of Iditarod, land especially Sigrid"
 Back from the Mouth of HeIl'' The letter evidently was interrupted for MacGregor says: "Just now when I wa: preparing to say good night, I was called tc go up to the front. Will tell you when come back, D. "" It is again resumed a' follows:
 Well Bob, Pm back again after having been to the mouth of hell. The ground was too soft at the other end of the journey fol horses, so a party was sent in to carry rations to the front line, about five miles There were thirty of us. Myself and two others carried the rum. Our load was two two-g gallon jars esch-not heavy load, bu one of which one takes great care, as there
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21

is nothing one appreciates more than good snort on Q night Ike hat. We were shelled all the way in, but we kept to the left of the road in the mud, while the enemy were blazing away, overshooting the road to the right While we were delivering the grub a big high power she'll burst close to us, knocking down several by the violence of the concussion, and spraying spl!nterS all around about us; but when the roll was called it was found that everyone was there and no one was hur. Those who had been knocked down by the explosion looked as if they had been dipped in sludgedam, We were not long in beating it back to our billets"
 The letter closes with remembrances to Tom killea and Tom MacMahon, and ex presses hope to meet you all apre les guerre est hnis."
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21
Rails Follow the Advance


 My job that night was helping to deliver ties for the light railroad We brought them up first in motor lorries from twenty miles back to the then head of the road, and then loaded them on hand trucks and took them to the leading rail- which was carried right up to the rear of the guns, over two miles past the German front line we had just taken The leading truck, after being un- loaded, would be thrown of the rails and carried to the rear of the loaded ones, and often used to carry wounded back to the station.
 q tell you, Bob, there is some organlza- ticn here Everything moves like clock work. except when Heinie' gets in one of his heavies That of course, we take as a mere detail, as we know you cannot make omelettes without breaking eggs. And you bet there Is more than eggs being broken here. The Germans have destroyed homes and churches in order to build their cement machine gun implements, which are hard things to go against When they begin to play there is nothing for one to do but 'eat the trench mat term we use to describe 'ducking from machine gun fire.
 "Here gre sawmills, blacksmith shops, shoemakers and tailors and carpenters all building and repairing the wastage of war. Of course only see small portion of the front for you know the British are holding more than 100 miles.
 iII.FeeIng All for the Kaiser
 "This is one of the things the Germans have learned. Their sneering references to scraps of paper and 'Frenchs contemplate little army may have sounded good to them when they were riding the high horse through Belgium and France, without talk ing any notice of treaties, and while none of the allies were ready or even thought Of such a thing. They have learned to respect our army, having tried what the nucleus was like when it was less than OOO0. Now that it is over 5,OO0,0OO they fear it, and = well, to show what we think of theirs, while they fight bravely enough, they are the under dog now, and the medicine we give
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21
"OUR BEST ALLIES"
(New York World)

Quoting the London Times upon the alleged ukewarmness of regions the United States toward the the inspired Cologne Gazette says the direct influence upon affairs of "our best allies the German Americans lis asset for Germany such as does not exist in other countries.
 These "bes ales' do make portentous showing when counted by like the late Professor Munerbeg who put their numbers 25O00000 Upon inquiry they fall of like the ten little Indian boys.'
 Write off many millions for exaggeration The overwhelming majority of the original German stock simply Americans Of German smpathzers before the Lustana sunk the whemng majority again the Gazette admits good Ameri- cans They in the army and the and the guard They subscribed their millions to the Liberty oan They are heart and soul with the country in peace
 fewa few, by percentages They reck- oned not millions but in thousands The police rounding them quite satisfactorily Anarchist meetings and elsewhere When caught of these be allies exhibit of the furor Teutoncu but register meeky if of the legal and promise to be good The M plenty big enough for the and they likely be depoed after the the Cologne Gazette welcome them home We hope it will find this saving nant of Teutonc Kuiu the United States headed by the Gold and the Berkmans altogether to its liking.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21

official document just received defines fol ow
 1t levy against the United States adhere their enemies give them aid comfort The penalty is death Giving aid and comfort the enemies of the United States has been defined the 30 Federal Cases Mo- S22 Tn general any clearly indicating loyalty the gov and sympathy with its enemies and which by fair con- strucon directly in furherance of their hostile designs So obvious the military necessity of possible help to the present enemies of Germany that those who to hwa this almost open the criminal charge of giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States"
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21
LETTER OF IDITAROD MAN
 ON WESTERN WAR FRONT
 TELLS OF WORLD CONFLICT

The Iditarod district has contributed many men to the ranks of the allied armies fighting in Europe. Some of them have been heard from at intervals, and then their letters have ceased, leaving the inevitable inference that they are among the missing somewhere in France" or at other points where the great war for liberty and human ity isbeing carried on. No finer example of patriotism has been given than that of these devoted men who have travelled from the ends of the earth to offer their lives on the altar of their country, and no more con spcuous example of this devotion and loy- alty to country has been displayed than that of D. Q. MacGregor, man approaching the age of three score, now "doing his bit" on the French front and evidently doing 1t bravely and we'll At the outset of the war Mir. MacGregor, who was working in this district, at once left Iditarod for Great Brit ain, and despite his years, was enrolled in French's gallant army. He has recently re- covered from serious wound, and is back on the firing line,
 Mir MacGregor is we'll known throughout the North, and the following exceedingly in terestng letter, recently received by Bob Dunn, will be appreciated by his hundreds of friends His modest descriptions of the tremendous scenes of which he is a part constitute not the least impressive of the war pictures that have been given publicity. The letter is dated Somewhere in France" April 21, 1917, and after speaking feellngy of the receipt of some token of remem- brance from his friend, and of some projects which he and Harry Buhro have in mind for prospecting in Russian territory "after the war" he says
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21

Colonel Roosevelt and President Wilson least hearty laugh of Colonel Roosevs request for to take advance expedition into the French trenches After stating the arguments support his plan the Colonel told the Pre dent that he should be allowed because there many people in the United States who believed that if Roosevelt into the European he would back Roosevelt said have grnned broadly he said this and the President to have laughed heartily.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21

A Massachusetts claimant of exemption from the draft de clared he had wife and horses support The wife he explained could support herself but the horses absolutely de upon him. Here hint local of sidewalk breaking stock,
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21

Lloyd George advises all the Irish factions get together be- hind closed doors and decide home rule The who out will write the constitution and be kng:-Chcago Tribune.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21
Thousands of Mules

"So during the day supplies and munl- tions are brought up to within five to ten miles of the firing line and dumped for dis tribution. The 1S-pounder shells or lighter ones, up to 100, are packed in on mules to the guns in the rear of the firing line. The heavier guns are served with their supplies from light lines of railway. There are thousands of mules in use, as we'll as horses, but there is no mistake-an expedition of this colossal size would have been imposs- bIe if it were not for the mechanical trans
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21

England safely give Ireland any kind of gove ment the Irish will agree on.--F1orida Times Union
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-21
A Test of imagination

Just at this moment there Is one of the greatest noises you could imagine going on. I say imagine, for unless you can imagine the noise of all the thunderStorms you ever heard concentrated into one blast, that Is what this is and 1t goes on for days some times This will likely last until tomorrow morning; then barrage will be put on the German wire entanglements for about an hour to allow our men to get close up to his front line; then it will be lifted and dropped in behind him to prevent his rein forcements from coming up to hls assist ance. This is the way both the French and British have caught such big bags of pris- oners. This mode of ettack is the idea of the French commander chief. You have no idea of the mud we have here, but if you can imagine the whole country being like the road from Fairbanks to Discovery, Dome, up Pedro creek, was the first falls, it will do Of course the roads, some of which were laid down by the Romans have good bottoms, but they are narrow, and Ii they have string of motor lorries in the middle and Red Cross ditto on one side, and strings of pack mules on the other, foot passenger has to be nlmble to escape being run over, as they are full all the time-that is, at night, for of course the transport does not move within the fire zone during the daytime. If it did their airplanes and cap tive balloons would spot it and give their guns the position, and then there would be something doing.
South Bend news-times., 1917-04-20
CALLS CENTS A DAY
ENOUGH TO LIVE ON
Boston Expert Urges Women to Buy
Food Staples Instead OF Pre-
pared Food.

BOSTON. April 20.-'It costs only
10 cents a day to nourish the body"
f. w. Howe Of the Framigham state
normal school told the Federated
Woman's clubs in session here. He
emphasized the need of buying food
staples, instead of prepared foods.
Wheat, barley and corn contain
all the nourishment that the foods
prepared from those staples do, and
of course the buyer of prepared
foods has to pay for the packing and
preparation. We are living in a fac
tory age. / mean by that our
amusements. our clothes and our
foods are all made in factories, and
that is detrimental 10 the home.
Fifteen cents a day is enough to
nourish the body. 1t Is only when
we begin 10 cater TO our Unsuitable
appetites that it costs so much
money. Once people start catering
TO their appetites there is no limit to
the amount spent
''There are three angles to the
food problem what we buy, what
use we make OF il. and what we
throw away. Some women can run
their homes on a small amount Of
money. It's just the common sense
of one housewife against another
who lacks it. It takes a 5000 wife
10 live on a $500 income"
South Bend news-times., 1917-04-20
KANSAS WOMAN NAMED
NEW HEAD OF D. A. R,

WASHINGTON, April 20.-Mrs.
George Thacher Guernsey of Kan
sas was elected president-general
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution for the next three years
Thursday night over three opponents
by a majority Of 5S on the first bal
lot. Mrs. Guernsey received 677
votes; Mrs. George c. Squires of
Minnesota, 263; Mrs. John Miller
Horton Of New York, 235, and Mrs.
James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois,
121.
In one Of the most vigorously
contested fights in the history Of the
society, the entire ticket headed by
Mrs. Guernsey defeated at the last
election by Mrs. William Cumming
Story. was swept into Office.
The other new officers are: Miss
Elizabeth F. Pierce, District Of
Columbia, chaplain general; Miss
Emma l.. Crowell. Pennsylvania,
recording secretary general; Mrs.
Duncan L. Fletcher. Florida, organ
izing secretary y-general; Mrs. Robert
]. Johnstone. Iowa, treasurer-gen-
eral; Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsifer.
Maine, corresponding secretary-gen-
eral: Miss Grace NJ Pierce, New
York. registrar general; Mrs.
George X. Clarke, Massachusetts,,
historian-general: Mrs. Benjamin ..
Heath. North Carolina. director
general in charge OF the report to
the Smithsonian institution: Mrs
James NJ. Fowler, Indiana, librarian
general; Miss Catherine 3. Barlow,
District OF Columbia, curator-gen-
eral: Miss Nathalie Sumner Lincoln,
Connecticut, editor OF the magazine.
South Bend news-times., 1917-04-20
F FILMS EXPLODE;
SIX ARE KILLED
Score of Others Injured in Fire
in Exchange Office in In
dianapoIiS.

INDIANAPOLIS April 90 Six
persons are dead and a score Of
others are suffering from minor in
juries as a result of fire which is
thought 10 have resulted from an ex-
| plosion of moving picture films in
the office OF a film exchange in the
Colfax Office building and apartment
house in the downtown district here
| Thursday night.
Forty persons were in the building
when the explosion. followed by
wave of flame which swept through
the building, occurred and a score of
women were hurt in the panic which
followed a rush for the stairways.
The dead:
To. Martha Z. Keller, a physician.
Harry Rowland, IS years old. an
emplOye of the Cole Motor Co., who
resided in the building.
Leona Griffen, Is years old.
Robert Griffen, IA years old.
- Griffen, mother of Leona
and Robert Griffcn.
An unidentified woman.
Among the injured was w. o.
Elkins, a fireman, who was trapped
on a fire escape and struck by fall
ing brick. His hands were crushed.
and Mrs. Sadie OslOm, mother of
Harry Rowland. suffering from the
effects of smoke and shock.
The flames spread TO the Linden
and Royal hotels, across an alley.
but guests made their escape and
the property damage 10 the hotels
was slight. Policemen and civilians
made a number OF thrilling rescues
of persons trapped on the third floor
of the blazing structure. An uni
Identified man dashed up a ladder
through the flames and snatched a
child from the arms Of the mother,
who was about to drop the infant 10
the ground He returned and rescued
the woman. The explosion occurred
only a few minutes before a large
crowd which scheduled TO gather
i'm an auditorium in the building for
the rehearsal of a minstrel show.
The loss TO the building, owned
by the Indiana National Insurance
Co. is estimated at $65,0O0.
South Bend news-times., 1917-04-20
NOTHING LIKE THAT.

what are the passengers looking
out OF the windows for" asked a
nervous lady as the conductor came
through the train.
I'VE ran over a cat. madam"
WAS the cat on the track?" she
next asked.
"Oh no, ma'am." assured the con-
ductor. THE locomotive chased him
up an alley."-BurF.
South Bend news-times., 1917-04-20
Fashionable Suits for Men

These suits are buSineSSke in looks and in prices
they're smartly styled for who don't want to
Stanty think how their clothes look who want to be
sure they're right. Men who think they're hard to fit
are easy for u.s. we have the clothes for them It's big
showing of good ones
Our new medium stout and "ShOrt stout" are Splen-
did fitting models to fit who developing COM
Portable WaStne
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LOS PERIODICOS DE VIENA DI-
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WILSON NO LOGRO 10
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