New Year Note on Alaska Draft Quotas and Population
The Iditarod Pioneer surveys Alaska’s wartime draft, noting a 12 percent quota based on 1910 census and that about 50 men from Otter Innoko Mt McKinley and Kuskokwim precincts must be accepted for service. It warns many registered may fail exams yet most fit men will be sent. It also mentions eighteen ships sunk by submarines the week ending December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
National Army
Otter
Innoko
Mt. McKinley
Kuskokwim
Commercial Club to Hold Annual Meeting in January 1918
The Iditarod Commercial Club will meet at Miners & Merchants Bank on Monday January 7 1918 to elect new officers and discuss finances. The treasury is 86 cents with 11 members in arrears, requiring each member to contribute three dollars to vote. The club has delivered local benefits despite modest dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iditarod Commercial Club
Miners & Merchants Bank
Hohenzollern Doctrines Said to Guide Modern Policy
A pamphlet found in Wendell Phillips library purports to reveal the Hohenzollern creed. It claims Frederick II of Prussia advised his successor to seize gains and justify taking what is taken, with danger in conceding what has been held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Phillips
Boston
Frederick II
Prussia
Frederick the Great
Frederick
Schooner Seized as German Raider in San Francisco
Government orders the port collector to seize the power schooner Hugh Hogan for German raider status. Federal probes found shelter deck concealment for light guns, Bolinder engines for high speed, and ownership traced to German interests in Mexico. Another vessel in Puget Sound is to be seized similarly. Pete Monier arrived from Tolstoi mining grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hugh Hogan
Mexico
Puget Sound
Local Board No 18 Explains Draft Exemption Rules in Alaska
Local Board No 18 Crary of Iditarod Alaska outlines exemptions for draft hosts noting 600-page instruction book and lack of draft timing details. It lists grounds for exemption and discharge including officers clergy students and enemy aliens, with procedures for industrial or agricultural claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crary
Iditarod
Iprraropd
Alaska
Otter
Innoko
Geo. W. Albrecht
Fairbanks
United States
Territory of
Germany
Otter Precinct
Louis Schwars
Stephen Resch
Peter Dukich
Ely Rapich
Geo
N. Nogulich
Louis Hasu
Mike Blanusha
Vincent Kaubeck
Mato Matich
Giacomo Giuliano Cassatti
Sea Service
Local Draft Claims Rules and Bulletin Access
The local draft board will only consider claims filed on proper forms within seven days after a man is called for a physical. Blank forms are limited and only summoned individuals may receive them. A Bulletin of Information is available at the Iditarod Pioneer office and at local post offices, with copies at Major Albrecht's office. Candy specials and miscellaneous services are advertised at Pioneer Drug Store in Flat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iditatod Pioneer
Major Albrecht
Also Mentioned on This Page
George M. Arbuckly
TION
Pioneer Office
Commercial Club
Pete Monier
Tolstoi District
ECO
Kcom
Seattle
Scandinavian American Bank Territorial Depositary
Charles Ross
Claude Baker
R. C. Button
Aeons
Iditarod Meat CO
Prone Is
Local Board OF Selective Draft
Pioneer Drug Store
Miss Isaacson
Flat City
Front St
J. H. Rogers
White Elephant
Front Street
Willow, Iditarod
WAX Simes Tree
Cripple City
Tolstoi
E Bagoy
J. E. Gunning
Henry Durand
Fiat
Gold St
Geo. Mutchler
Michigan
George Woodruff Albrecht
Kentucky
Iditarod, Alaska
Chas. E. Taylor
First Avenue
DR. Moore
Brug Store
J. Wilsom Reed, M.D
Flat Hospital
Flat, Alaska
H. Behla
Behla Hospital
Flat
Baily Arcace Dafe
Pioneer
Gasolir
Harnes
Finnegan & Cameron
Thos. McMahon
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