SENSATIONAL WAR FILM
“THE GERMAN CURSE
IN RUSSIA'’
FIVE REELS OF AUTHENTIC WAR SCENES
Note.—The fiercest fighting was taken with a telescopic lens
camera, some two miles away from the scenes shown.
Notice.—And person with a a weak heart or who is not consti
tutionally strong should not see this picture, for it contains
many close up views of the actual horrors of the war.
Tonight at 8 Sharp Admission 30c and 10c
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ANOTHER BIG MAN ENLISTED
When James A. Farrell, president
of the United States Steel corporation,
was selected for the position of direc
tor of operations of the shipping board,
the steel Industry felt a man had beou
chosen who Is pre-eminently fitted to
handle a Job Involving a knowledge of
shipping. Through his development of
the foretgn trade of the Steel corpora
tion he lias acquired Information and
experience which will be of great bene
fit In Increasing the government's ca
pacity for transporting men and sup
plies to the European war front.
Horn at New Haven, on February
15, 1803, Mr. Farrell Started Ills steel
career In a wire mill while lie was yet
in his teens. While Ills work In (lie
shops wus considered satisfactory lie
gained an early reputation ns a sales
man with the Pittsburgh Wire com
pany. Soon after this concern was
taken over h.v the American Steel ami
Wire company. Mr. Farrell was made
general salesninnager. He lilhil this p
company decided to enter the foreign
post of foreign sales agent.
When the Sire! corporation ahsorl
party he continued in the same cupnch
the United Stall’s Steel I’rodticls oom|
position he jumped to the presidency i
)sitlon with su» h success that when the
held he was offered and accepted the
mm! the American Steel and Wire com
v, and dually upon the organization of
any he was made its head, from which
f the Steel corporation.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL
AND PERSONAL INTEREST
The Anchorage Sunday Times has
suspended publication.
A passenger steamshpi from the
States is due tomorrow morning.
The new buildings at the Bonanza
mine, to replace those recently de
stroyed by tire, are almost completed.
Chief Deputy Marshal J. 11. It. Bonse
of Valdez is spending a few days in
town on official business.
As the city council failed to draw a
quorum last night, no meeting was
held.
Marshal F. It. Ilrenneman and wife
of Valdez spent last evening with
Cordova friends
A. Brigdale has arrived from An
chorage to accept a position as lino
type operator on the morning paper.
Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr , is due
In Cordova tomorrow on his first tour
! of inspection of Alaska since he as
| sumed the executive chair.
| Cash Cole, who has been to the
1 westward looking into some mining
property, spent yesterday with Cor
dova friends, on his return home to
Juneau.
W. II. James of the Kenai Packing
Company came over from Drier bay
in bis launch to arrange for the ship
ment of a pack of canned salmon to
j the States.
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United States Commissioner K !■’
Medley and F. A. McConaghey, super
j intendent of the Pioneer Peeking Com
pany, have returned from a cruise of
i I Tim e William sound
The Coper River railroad will run
j an excursion Sunday to Miles glacier
, for the benefit of its employes. A
I rate of ?.'i w ill be made for non-run
ployes who wish to go.
Charles J. Goodall and associates
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' huve purchased J. L. O'Brien's stuck
in the Cordova Mill and Lumber Com
pany, and Mr. (loodall is now the gen
eral manager of the plant.
"
Mrs. Harding, mother of Mrs. An
drew Stevenson, wife of the president
of the Bank of Alaska, spent yester
day in town as the guest of Mrs. \V. It.
Hillery on her return from Anchorage
to Skagway,
The Km press theater was crowded
last night, and people who wished to
see “The Herman Curse in itussia"
were turned away. This war picture
will be shown this evening at 8 sharp
for the last time.
Mrs. Flannery and the Misses Flail
nory of New York, and Mrs C K
Fargo of Chicago came to Cordova on
todays train, having made the trip
from the States to Skagway, White
horse, Dawson and Fairbanks.
The young ladies who sold buttons
yesterday for the Armenian orphan
fund realized nearly $350. Today the
W C T. C. is conducting a sale of
potted plants at the Blum O'Neill
store The plants found a ready sale
and netted quite a good sum for this
same worthy cause
Our former townsman, Walter He
Long, who resigned as general store
keeper for the Alaskan engineering
commission to accept a similar posi
tion with the American Smelting and
Bellning Company, spent yesterday
with Cordova friends on his way to
Salt Lake City, Utah,
On Sunday last N J. Black Invited
us his guests to Strawberry point Mrs
James MucCormuc and sons, Donald
and Kenneth, Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Mellison, Chester Mellison, Jr., and
Eugene Mellison, and Mr. Cox, the fish
commissioner.
The party left the dock at » o'clock,
with the weather looking promising
After an hour or so a storm seemed
certain. When ubout two-thirds of
they way there the water became so
rough that further progress was im
possible without great risks.
The party therefore turned home
ward, but progress was low, and had
not Mr. Black been a splendid captain
there might have been a long, sad
tale to tell.
A quiet cove was found and there
the party stayed until 3 o'clock p. m.
A delicious picnic lunch was served in
the spacious cabin, and all voted It
much fun and Mr. Black a splendid
boat and boat captain. t
LOYAL LADIES “
"Save a life.” This is the slogan in
the Armenian anti Syrian relief dris.
A few facts will enable us to better
understand the conditions in those
countries and to give Intelligently.
America does not realize the bun
ger that exists In parts of Turkey. A
boy was brought to the hospital. His
condition was such that he could not
eat solid food, but he cried for bread
When told that he could not eat it he
said he did not want to out it. but
wanted to put it under his pillow, so
that he could feel that food was near
A consul tells of eating a piece ot
melon and tossing aside the rind A
man pounced upon it like a panther;
he chewed at it for a few moments,
then he tossed it aside, when another
picked it up and devoured the rest
An American doctor coming down
the side of a mountain noticed a
group of children in one plate When
he leached them he discovered that a
camel hud died by the roadside and
these tarnished children were in ties
peralion picking the last shreds ot
flesh from the skeleton. It is a com
mon sight In the streets to see chil
tlren picking grains from the dung of
animals.
In Aleith no grapes are expected
because the children have eaten the
young shoots and leaves. Fifty-five
per cent of the population of Lebanon
are reported dead from starvation,
malnutrition and resultant diseases.
In Beirut they are dying by the doz
ens in tho streets. Kach day the
government sends wagons to gather
the bodies, and these are buried In
the potter's field.
G. Cornell Tarler, first secretary of
the American embassy at Constanti
nople, said: "There is no question as
to the extreme need. The distress
among the stricken people is beyond
any power of words to describe. The
American public can, however, have
absolute confidence that every dollar
given is wisely and effectively used
for the saving of life. The number
of children who are In daily need
runs into the tens of thousands. No
appeal comes with greater force or
where necessity is more urgent than
for the refugees of Turkey.”
The liberal response of the public
to tliis appal was demonstrated yes
terday by the amount collected by the
loyal young ladies who are backing
up their faith in the cause by giving
themselves to the work. Let us give
as unstintingly to this noble appeal
for help as we did to the Red Cross.
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KEEP ON GOING
Every boat is taking people out of
Anchorage. Why? There ate many
! reasons. Delay in getting the appro
priation caused some to leave I'rom
] ises of higher wages. Reported ab
normally prosperous times in that
mustie outside The war. lint great
jest ot ali causes is one not enumer
■ ;tied above Alaska mistits.
\ny big promt t like the building
t ! the onei iimeiit railway was hound
lit send this way a large population,
: inati.i n them iiom -nine other like
project, all intent on making what
j money tin y could out 01 the innuedi
late means at hand and then heat
ing il.
Such are the people who question
the merchant on his prices, who are
1 ever on the guard that they may not
leave an extra penny in the country;
who arc continually and forever tell
ing us what great guvs they were
when they were perambulating around
in their own ported!) safe bailiwick.
To the people who ale going to
'have ihe tug job o! making tile great
est coinmonw ealtli ill America out of
Alaska tlte room of tile class ol people
spoken of will lie of more help than
(heir company.
Alaska needs people, but red
ldooded, imaginative people who ran
see farther ahead than a board dock
or a day's pay.
Just now it is discouraging to see
our population dwindling, hut you can
bank upon It that the one person who
says "I Intend to stick,'' and really
means, it is of more value than a ship
load of people whose residence is de
termined by the amount of the stake
they can acquire before getting on
the boat. Go to it and keep going.—
Anchorage Democrat.
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The recent 2Vi cents per pound ad
vance in the price of copper has bene
lited the owners of the Copper King
mine, in the Whitehorse district, to
the extent of $5,000. For two months
previous to the advance they had a
lot of ore In the bunkers at Skagway
for which they were unable to secure
transportation, and believed them
selves unfortunate. A few days ago
they managed to ship the ore and It
net them the additional handsome sum
on their smelter returns
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paring for his immediate and
future needs.
Hoarding is contrary to the 1
public good. Intelligent econ- 1
only is a patriotic duty. {
Many men need clothes now.
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ahead but don’t hoard.
Get thi“ styleplus habit. You jj|
will wear stylish, serviceable eg
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thrift and destroy the tempta- pi
tion to hoard.
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