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Newspaper
Iditarod Pioneer
Location
Iditarod, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1917
Page
2
The Iditarod Pioneer is issued weekly from Iditarod Alaska with Charles A Derry as editor and Arpacket? publishers Arbackle and Derry. This edition presents the publication’s masthead details as a Saturday morning issue in volume eight.
The text argues that censorship threatens free speech and criticizes measures seen as enhancing government control. cites President Wilson’s assurances against using censorship to shield officials from criticism. mentions the Committee on Public Information and a Swiss report on Edith Cavell-like executions by Germans, including the shooting of two women at Multhausen for smuggling letters, with the mother witnessing her daughter's execution.
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer signed piece denounces German acts in the Dover Folkestone raid as barbaric terror. It links the bombing to broader war atrocities, recalling Edith Cavell and the Lusitania, and calls for America to join the conflict to end it with a just peace. The piece portrays war as hell but praises eventual American involvement.
The piece quotes Lafollette critiquing British naval policy and U S war stance, arguing Germany faced British blockade and warning that starving Germany echoes historical wartime tactics. It cites an official document disputing the London declaration and discusses American patriotism, democracy, and national unity amid World War I.
The Juneau Empire reports a sharp critique by Governor J F A Strong of Judge Jennings's delegate ruling, citing partisan errors and urging acceptance of accountability. The Anchorage Labor News quotes Strong defending his actions amid contested precincts and technicalities affecting the Alaska delegate contest.
The essay argues that the United States, led by President Wilson, has pursued a virtuous, principled path in entering the war. It lauds Britain and France while condemning German aggression, asserting America gains a free hand and a clean record. The piece extols US neutrality breached only by moral necessity, calling the entry a moral asset in the fight against autocracy.
Herbert Swope in the New York World cites German officials belief in a venal press. He references Holland reports that Germany spent billions on shaping neutral opinions and millions in the United States. The piece critiques perceptions of press influence and the notion that American papers are bought by British money. Job printing noted at The Pioneer office.
A short excerpt of the poem I Have a Rendezvous with Death is presented noting it was widely published and connected to Allan Seezer, a young American soldier of Lafayette corps in the French Foreign Legion who reportedly shot himself to end his suffering. The text weaves bleak imagery of conflict, springtime, and fate, reflecting the soldier’s final vow and grim rendezvous with death amid battle.
Senator Phelan quoted Count von Bernstorff saying German Americans fled home to avoid military service and carried out disloyalty. He urged a German cabinet to promote a Pan-American exposition, then dismissed critics and asserted that German Americans are seen as outlaws by Germany and should remain loyal to the United States.
A long, passionate jab at America’s entry into World War I, urging action against German militarism. The piece laments neutrality, condemns complacency, and imagines sweeping victories from France to Berlin, with references to Dixie, Yankee Doodle, and anti autocratic causes.
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