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The Irish standard., 1917-01-06
IRISH WOMEN TAKE A
HAND.

We learn from the Dublin
Leader of December "a, just at
hand, that at Thurles on the
previous Saturday, a number OF
women dealt with the potato
problem in a somewhat strenuous
manner. These good women went
to the market and Immediately
assumed a threatening attitude,
demanding that the potatoes
brought in should be sold at their
price. The farmers, however,
held out for what they consid-
cred just, whereupon the women
Ijeered and threatened to cut open
the bags. Some of the farmers
finally sold at the price offered,
while others threatened to take
the tubers home and feed them
to the pigs. This merely incensed
the buyers, who declared that if
this course were pursued they
would prevent the pigs being
sold. Just what the final out
come was our contemporary fails
to state.
The same issue of the Leader
states that the food problem in
the Old Land is already acute.
England is a vast munition fac
tory, the workers getting fancy
wages. Paper money is plentiful,
and as wages go up, prices do
likewise, and then comes the de-
mand for more pay. In the Irish
towns there are no munition fac
tories to speak Of, but prices are
high and wages are not, with the
result that the poor wage earn
ers of the Irish towns are facing
starvation. Farmers there are, to
be sure, who have potatoes, eggs
and milk of their own. What
they do not consume they are
able to sell at good prices, not
taking into consideration the
more unfortunate.
Our Dublin confrere warns
against the excessive export of
potatoes, but it asks, at the same
time. "What consolation is it to
the very poor if not a ton OF pota-
toes is exported out of Ireland if
the price is eighteen pence
stone and they haven't eighteen
pence to spare?"
Another feature is found in the
fact that Ireland, in order to feed
herself, must depend largely on
exchange with other countries.
If Ireland held all her produce
and imported nothing, a strange
condition OF affairs would come
about. She would be without
flour, coal, sugar and a quantity
of cattle food. The Leader saws
it has always held up the ideal
of making Ireland as self-con-
tanned as feasible. She is far
from that today. She is indus
trially very much lonsi1led
The Irish standard., 1917-01-06
WHERE IS THE FLAG OF ENGLAND?
Henry Labouchere,
Member of the British House of Parliament
l865-l880, and Editor London Truth


1865-l880, and Editor London Truth"
And the winds of the world made answer,
North, South, East and West
wherever there's wealth to covet,
Or land that can be possessed;
Wherever are savage races,
To cozen, coerce and scare,
Ye shall find the Wanted ensign;
For the English flag is there!
"Ay, it waves DER the blazing novels
Whence African victims fly,
To be shot by explosive bullets
Or to wretchedly starve and die!
And where the beachcomber harries
Isles of the Southern sea,
At the peak of his hellish vessel
IT'S the English flag flies free.
"The Maori full oft hath cursed it,
With the bitterest dying BREATH
And the Arab hath Kissed his hatred
As he spat at its folds in DEATH
The hapless fellah hath feared it
On Tel:el-Kebirs parched plain,
And the Zulu's blood has stained it
With deep, indelible stain.
1T has hoated DER scenes of pillase,
1t has Haunted DER deeds of shame,
1t has waved DER the fell marauder
AS he ravshed with sword and flame,
1t has looked upon ruthless slaughter,
And massacre dire and grim;
It has heard the shrieks of the victims
Drown even the lingo hymn.
'Where is the flag of England?
Seek the land where the natives rot;
Where decay and assured extinction
Must soon be the peoples lot
Go! search for the once glad islands,
Where disease and death are rife,
And the greed of callous commerce
Now battens on human life!
"Where is the flag of England?
Go sail where rich galleons come
With shoddy and loaded cottons,
And beer and Bibles and rum;
Go, too, where brute force has triumphed,
And hypocrisy makes its lair;
And your question will find its answer,
For the flag of England is there!"
The Irish standard., 1917-01-06

presbytery, and there is now only
debt of $4,000 to be cleared before
it can be consecrated.
The Irish standard., 1917-01-06

indicates that the special pleaders
will have their hands full trying
to reconcile the nation to the re-
suit.
The Irish standard., 1917-01-06

Continued on Page 81
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
DRAFT EXEMPTION BOARDS ARE CHOSEN BY GOVERNOR
 AND INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN

JUNEAU Aug Ex-Governor Strong has designated Fairbanks as the divisional headquarters for the divisional exemption board under the selective draft act. He has also appointed the men who are to serve on the board They are: Represen- l tative w. T. Burns of Little Eldorado, Luther c. Hess of Fairbanks, Theodore Johnson, Adolph Pruning and Dr. J. A. Sutherland
 The members for the Fairbanks precinct are: Mayor Henry T. Ray, A. R. Heilig and Dr. J. H. McCallum.
 It is announced that the governor is working on the appointments for the general exemption board for the territory This board will consist of himself and two others. The local exemption board in each district will consist of the registration boards. In the case of each of the sixteen incorporated cities the board will consist of the mayor, the city clerk and the city health officer. In the four judicial divisions, covering all registration precincts outside of incorpor- ated cities, the board will consist of the clerk of the court, the United States mar shal and the divisional territorial health of fcer.
 The final exemption board will be ap- pointed by the governor and will pass upon all protests which may be made against the action of the local boards
 The governor states that this board must be made up of men "who are fearless, broad minded, and who will not let personal or sectional questions enter into their delib' erations in any way"
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
AMERICAN BANK OF ALASKA
 FAILS TO WEATHER STORM

A news item contained in the dispatches of Monday last contained the information that the American Bank of Alaska, of Fair banks, had that day failed to open its doors for business.
 The news created no alarm here, as it had been known for some time that the institution was in precarious condition. It appears that efforts have been made from time to time for many months past to settle up the banks affairs on basis which would insure payment of its liabili- ties, but opposition on the part of stock holders located Outside prevented this. It is believed that deposltors of the bank will be paid in full, and that the principal losers by the failure will be the stockholders
 The recent entry into the banking field at Fairbanks of the Farmers Bank has, it is said, made great inroads into the busi- ness of the American Bank of Alaska.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
BOMB EXPLODES IN HOLD
 OF SEATTLE MUNITIONS SHIP

SEATTLE, Aug. 25.-It develops that a bomb was exploded on board the Seattle built steamship Key West on her maiden oyage from Vancouver with Russian war munitions for Vladivostok, causing fire which came near to destroying the vessel. Pieces of the bomb were brought back by the Key West and turned over to the Cana dian and American federal officials
 Yesterday the authorities ordered an in vestigation, which is now in progress.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
SIGNIFICANT INDICATIONS
 OF AUTOCRACYS DOOM

A staff correspondent of the New York World, writing from Stockholm, Sweden, with reference to the German domestic sit tation, says:
 "Take heed the masses of the German people incline toward outspoken mistrust.
 Such is the warning the Berlin Vor waerts the German Socialist organ, utters to Dr. Michaelis, the new imperial chan cellor.
 "No German editor, with the possible ex- cepton of Maximillian Harden, whose Zu- kunft has been suppressed, had dared to diagnose more clearly the almost patho- logical state of popular opinion resulting from the recent futile but peaceful political revolution but still fermenting
 "The chasm, which even now scarcely can be bridged continues to widen between the opinion of the masses, which, instinct lively, is sound, and that of the elite, who still are fairly we'll fed
 ''The masses, whose political ideas have been sharpened by cruel food privatlons, are beginning to be disillusioned regarding the submarine war; discern no peace sin sight, blame the old system for the hope less outlook and sense, more or less vaguely, that salvation can come only through de- mocratization. The elite, who have not felt the bangs of hunger, are blind to de- mocracy's handwriting on the wall, are rallying stubbornly to uphold the old sys- tenn, and are still convinced the submarine will end the war.
 "So the psychological condition of the German people is the most vital feature of the political moment. They have emerged from the last grapple between the forces of reaction and those of enlightenment Al though the fall of Won Bethmann- Hollweg from the chancellorship signalized the tenn porary triumph of reaction, credible in formation pouring out of Germany proves that the champions of Characterization there are so far from being disheartened that they are girding up their Joins for fight to the finish against the autocratic regime
 Vorwaerts tells the new chancellor how he must overcome the mistrust of the masses:
 "'Great wisdom is necessary and demo- cratic understanding
 "All reports from Berlin show the tenn per of the reichstag to be such that it will not suffer itself to be shelved again, but will continue to strive to influence deci- sively the destinies of the empire"
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
NEWS OF THE KUSKOKWIM

Al Walsh returned Wednesday from the Kuskokwm, where he spent few days He reports that the steamship Santa Ana left Bethel on her second and final voyage of | the season on August 12. The wife and daughters of Captain Langley of the steamer Tana were outgoing passengers, as was also Mrs. Felder wife of the trader at Bethel. c. Fielder has bought out the business of the kuskokwim Commercial Company at Bethel, At Akiak Karl Thiele is build ing two big warehouses; and he is also put ting up store building at the mouth of Crooked. Fred Bishop, at Sleitmute, is building two-story house.
 All of the material for the Candle creek dredge has been landed at McGrath.
 Contrary to previous reports, which had it that gardens along the river had been destroyed by the high water, MT. Walsh reports that they are in better condition than ever before known, and that more produce will be raised in that region than in any previous season.
 Jack Smeaton, the Donlin creek miner, has had an excellent season, and will be in Iditarod in few days on his way Outside which he has not visited for fifteen years. Harry Stevens and Joe Konechny, also min ing on Donlin creek, are doing preparatory work for next seasons operations.
 At the cinnabar properties, few miles from Georgetown, Fuller, Willis & Millett are doing fairly we'll and have retorted considerable quicksilver. Parks also has three men working.
 Duke E. Stubbs of Kolmakoff is now the proud owner of the fastest boat on the river, having recently received a new Buff falo engine from the Outside
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
TO TAX WAR PROFITS IN GREATER PROPORTION
 IS OBJECT OF SENATOR'S

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-An increase of $49sOOO,O0O in war profits taxes was decided upon today by the senate finance ommittee An amendment to the war rev enue bill providing for this increase is to be offered, probably this afternoon. The committee made this concession to the Borah Johnson group, which is fighting to make swollen war profits pay a bigger share of the nations war bills
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
LITTLE CHANCE OF ESCAPE
 FOR SUCH AS KINGDOM GOULD

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The President today declared that the first draft of citizen soldiers should be made up of men who are not the heads of families In letter to Secretary of War Baker he said that the only exception to this rule should be in the case of man seeking exemption who has dependents but has enough income to sup ply the needs of those dependent upon him.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
MONSTER SUBMARINE

WASHINGTON, Aug 25.-The gun crew taken from the Navajo arriving today, re ports that a new 4O0-foot German sub marine had engaged in a twenty four hour battle of the Irish coast
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
 WANTS EMBARGO LIFTED

WASHINGTON, Aug 28-The govern ment has been advised that Japan, probably this week. will tender the use of her ship yards for the building of ships for either the Atlantic or Pacific trade, on condition that the United States lift the embargo on the export of steel
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
TEXAS GOVERNOR REMOVED
 AS RESULT OF INDICTMENT

AUSTIN Texas, Aug. Ex-Governor James E. Ferguson, under indictment for misappropriaton of state funds, has been suspended from office pending an invest- gation of the charges against him. Lieu tenant Governor Hobby succeeds to the governorship.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
GUNMAN KILLED

SEATTLE, Aug. 27.-Yee Bing, head gunman of four Hop Sing tongs, and him self wanted for several shootings, was shot and killed last night by two gunmen, both of whom escaped.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
MASS MEETING IN SEATTLE
 WANTSI. W. W. STAMPED OUT

SEATTLE Aug 2S.-A great patriotic mass meeting held here last night demanded that sedition and treason in Seattle be stamped out. We are for an American, not a German peace" was one of the an nouncements made in the resolutions adopted.
 Bryan Sees the Light
 CHICAGO, Aug 2S.-In an address de livered here last night William J. Bryan said that there could be but one end to the war, and that was the overthrow of Ger many.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
MUST REMAIN IN JAIL

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25-Mrs. Mooney, recently acquitted on one count ',ith the preparedness" parade bomb out rage, has been denied admission to bail
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
TRUTH GENERALLY KNOWN
 CONFIRMED BY EVIDENCE

WASHINGTON Aug. 2S.-The state de partment announced today that it is in possession of evidence that Germany had planned to make war on the United States after defeating France and Great Britain.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
SAD BLOW TO COAST LUMBER INTERESTS

WASHINGTON Aug. 3l.-Chairman Hurley of the United States Shipping Corporation states that steel vessels are far superior both for war and chant service, and announced that no more wooden vessels would be built for the government
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
CHARGED WITH MURDER

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 29.-Investiga- ton begun by the federal authorities into the fatal rioting by negro troops indicates that the disturbance was preceded by the refusal of the negro soldiers to occupy the seats set aside for colored persons in the street cars, Thirty-four of the rioting sol diers have been charged with murder
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
WISH MAY BE FATHER TO THE THOUGHT

COPENHAGEN, Aug 31.-M Krkof BuI- garian Socialist in an interview in the Vosches Zei tung of Berlin. predicts that another attempt at re- volt by the Maximaist faction in Russia will bring them into power.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
LEAVE WITH MATERIALS
 FOR GOVERNMENT RAILROAD

SEATTLE, Aug 27,-The steamship ketchikan, sailing Sunday for St, Michael, took three hundred tons of rails end four flat cars for the Nenana division of the Alaska government railroad. The army transport Crook, sailing tonight, will have fifty tons of rails for Anchorage
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
LARGE FUND AVAILABLE
 FOR GOVERNMENT NEEDS

WASHINGTON, Aug. Congressman kitchin said today that additional estimates submitted by the treasury department con- templated that $1,O2l, 100000 would be available for government expenditures dur ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
FIRST OF STANDARDIZED MERCHANT SHIPS

LONDON, Aug. 3l.-lt is announced that the first of the many hundreds of standardized merchant steamships being built fo rthe British government to replace the tonnage lost in the submarine campaign, has been placed in commission
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
PLENTY OF DEMAND FOR ALASKA'S COAL
 BUT SCARCITY OF MINERS IS HANDICAP

SEATTLE, Aug. 3O-Manager Baxter of the Alaska Steamship Company is touring the Vancouver island and other colleres with view to determining the certainty with which he will be able to secure coal to fill the flood of orders from various sections Alaska mines are hard pressed for men, with the de- mand for coal increasing.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
PUBLISHERS LOOK FORWARD TO RELIEF

WASHINGTON Aug. 3I-Newspaper publishers predict that the Presidents action in fixing the price of the paper on which the Official Bulletin IS printed at 2Iz cents per pound will pave the way for much lower rate on news print paper.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
Bryan Sees the Light
WAR LORDS ANIMOSITY
 DIRECTED AGAINST ENGLAND

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 25-England, the arch- h-enemy of Germany must be struck down. Emperor William declared in an ad dress to his troops on the Flanders front Wednesday, He charged that the English are spreading hate of Germany over the world
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
SHIPPING OF PACIFIC
 MAY BE ENDANGERED
 BY ENEMY SUBMARINES

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29.-The board of marine underwriters is i'll at ease over the unusual number of vessels overdue in the Orient from this coast and overdue at Pa cifc coast points from the Orient This uneasiness indicates fear that the forces of the enemy nations may be contributing to upset schedules.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
MORE MONEY FOR RUSSIA

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Another hun dred million dollars has been advanced to Russia for the purchase of supplies before her ports are closed by ice
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
STRIKE OF WOMEN

SEATTLE, Aug 3O.-Five hundred candy and biscuit workers, mainly girls and women, went out on strike this morning for higher wages and recognition of their union.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
JAPANESE FORCE AVAILABLE
 FOR USE AGAINST TEUTONS

PARIS, Aug. 29.-Senator Lucien Rubert is quoted as saying that Japan is keeping 250,000 men under arms and that the major portion of this force is available for service against Germany if it can be transported to the zone of action
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
COMMITS SELF-DESTRUCTION

SEATTLE, Aug, 25.-George M. Taylor, probate court clerk committed suicide to- Lake Washington ferry
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
DANGER OF SHEPARD STRIKE INVERTED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-The shipyard workers of the Pacific coast will not strike, according to A. J. Barnes secretary of the metal trades department of the American Federation of Labor, in statement made today
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
FOREST FIRES IN IDAHO

MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. Thousands of farmers in the Clearwater country of Idaho have been driven out by forest fires Many homes have been destroyed
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
GERMAN FOOD PLOT UNEARTHED IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Aug. 3l.-Assistant Federal Attorney McDonald is unearthing evidence that German spy agents are involved in plot to divert shipments of Washington condensed milk billed to allied countries into Germany.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
POLAR EXPEDITION SAFE

SYDNEY, N. S., Aug. 27.-The relief steamship Neptune arrived here Sunday, having on board the polar expendition from the steamship Maximillian.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
PRICE OF WHEAT FIXED

CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-The price of wheat has been fixed at S220 per bushel by the government food administrator
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
'ANADIAN CoNScRIPTIoN ACT EFFECTIVE

OTTAWA. Aug. 3l.-The military service bill, providing for the conscription of men between the ages of 20 and 34, became law today upon its sig nature by the governor general.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
METROPOLIS OF NATION SHOWS LOYALTY

NEW YORK, Aug 3O.-Two million persons cheered the National Guards from all parts of the state. and numbering 25,000, when they paraded on Fifth avenue today
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
CREW OF TORPEDOED AMERICAN SHIP SAFE

LONDON, Aug. 31.-The American schooner Laura C. Anderson has been torpedoed. Her crew was picked up and landed at an English port.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
May Lead to Downfall of Michaelis

WASHINGTON, Aug 29.-Oficial Washington is predicting that the Presidents rejection of the pope's peace proposal will lead to the downfall of Chancellor Michaelis, with Bernsorf as his success sor, and that the latter will at once offer new peace plan based on the German viewpoint.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-09-01
SALVATION OF RUSSIA
 DEPENDS ON DISCIPLINE

LONDON Aug 3O-The Russian provisional government has decided upon partial re-estabEsh- ment of the death penalty to restore discipline in the army, according to dispatch received from Moscow today, which quotes Premier Kerensky as saying: This hurts us to the very sou but tor the salvation of our country we will kill with all our soul
 Petrograd dispatches disclose dsafection among the Russian troops on the southern Roumanlan front where the Austrian and German armies are renacng Moldavia In the Fokshanl region Rus- ean division abandoned its positions and fled in dis order, and the lines are still yielding in the Varnltza fcg.on.
 Momentous Council Convened
 MOSCOW, Aug N.-A state council which prom ises important results to the life of Russia opened here Sunday In speech Premier Kerensky de- dared that the armed forces arrayed against the peo- pIes power will be crushed with blood and iron.
 Wilson Pledges Moral and Material Support WASHINGTON Aug 28.-Expressing American confidence in the trump of democracy. President #ilson today sent to the Moscow conference mes eace pedgng both moral and material assistance to Russia.
 Reports have been received here to the effect that the Russian provisional government has de- cded to abandon Petrograd as the capital of Russia
 Military Guard on Strike
 PETROGRAD, Aug. 27-Ihe entire military guard policing Petrograd has resigned demanding more pay
 Operations on the Russian Fronts
 PETROGRAD, Aug 28.-The German offensive on the Riga front has been brought to an end with out any important success, says an ofclal announce ment.
 A war office announcement says that the Rus- sian infantry in the Boyany region left their trenches before the enemy attacked and retired eastward.
 Vigorous Operations on the West Front
 BERLIN Aug. 25.-The war office announces that the Germans evacuated Hill BOA.
 BERLIN, Aug 27-The French attack east of the Mouse at Verdun was repused in hand-to-hand fighting.
 PARIS Aug. 27-1he French. delivering smashing blow have advanced mile reaching the outskirts of Beaumont.
 LONDON, Aug. 27-On Sunday the British ad vanced half mile east of Hardicourt
 PARIS, Aug 28.-The war office announces that the French are holding all gains in spite of desperate counter-attacks by the crown prince forces.
 BERLIN, Aug 28.-The Germans today recap tured the village of Beaumont.
 Austrians Overcome by Italians
 ROME, Aug 28.-A desperate battle IS in prog ress on the Baisizza plateau, north of Goriza, it IS officially announced The resistance of the Aus lrians has been overcome at various points.
 GENEVA, Aug. 28-A dispatch from Vienna says that Emperor Charles has gone to the Italian front to try to stop the retreat of the Austrans.