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beds, mattresses and canvas goods of all kinds, tents and
shovels, kitchenware, furniture, stoves, etc. We also J
carry a full line of mirrors—plate glass and plain.
THE NORTHERN BLOCK
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& Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS a'TEKIA BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Oordova Sundays, Tuesdays
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
Leave Chitina for KennecoC Sundays, Tues
days and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitiwa Monaays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to Change with
out notice.
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Dining Car in Connection With all Regular
Passenger Trains Between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot
office, one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER, W. E. BROWN,
Superintendent. Agt. Cordova Wharf
R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent.
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Northern Hotel Building,
Cordova.
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Hours 9 a. m, to 9 p. m.
Special Attention to
Prophylaxis and Pyorrhea.
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U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 13 CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls May be Lett at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. C 0 U N C I L
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Resident: Cordova.
General Hospital (Ostrander Build
ing.
Phones—Residence 115; office 132
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office: Over Blum, O’Neill's Store
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JUNEAU, ALASKA
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1102 L. C. SMITH BLDG., SEATTLE
! WILLIAM PALLISTER, M.D.
Specialist in the treatment of
diseases and deformities of the
eye, ear, nose and throat; glasses
fitted.
JUNEAU GENERAL HOSPITAL
SMITH & McCONAGHY
PLUMBERS AND STEAM FITTERS
Cor. Front and B Streets
Office Open Evenings.
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Room 1.
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
FRANK H. FOSTER
Attorney at Law
Room 1 Alaskan Hotel
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FIRE!
A resident of Cordova had a
email fire in his house the other
day. It was extinguished by the
family at a loss of $150.00. The
next day he insured through us.
The cost of his insurance for
three years was less than his
loss at this trifling fire. Are
you, Mr. Property Owner, going
to wait until you have had a fire
before protecting yourself from
loss?
Any person wishing to build
can secure a fine residential or
business lot in Cordova from us
on exceptionally liberal terms.
Five hundred lots listed.
REAL ESTATE
INSURANCE
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SURETY BONDS
CORDOVA ABSTRACT and
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ROOM 1, ADAMS BUILDING.
HUNS"IMPOSED
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State Department Archives at
Washington Record the
Story of Sissonne.
SOMMUNE UNABLE TO PAY
Von Buelow, on That Account, Threat
ened to Destroy Home of Prince
of Monaco, Who Appealed to
President Wilson.
The universally condemned Ger
man system of extorting money from
raptured communities is shown by
the folloicing documents published
by the committee on public informa
tion:
A striking Illustration of the fierce
brutality of German method* I* con
tained In the archives of the state de
partment, because the prince of Mon
aco appealed to President Wilson
against the Injustice of a tine Imposed
upon a small and Impoverished vil
lage. The following documents from
the state department nrchives tell the
story. They need no comments.
"Paris, Oct. 27. 1914.
“Secretary of State, Washington.
"Prince of Monaco called this morn
ing and asked that the following case
uc Bunuiiuru iue presKient:
"Prince states that General ron
Buelow for weeks has been Inhabiting
prince’s ancestral chateau near
Reims, historical monument, contain
ing works of nrt and family heir
looms; that Von Buelow has Imposed
fine of 500,000 francs on village of
Slssonne some miles distant from chat
eau. because of broken glass found on
road near village. Slssonne being un
able alone to pay has raised with a
number of other neighboring villages
125.000 francs, but Von Buelow has
scut two messengers from Sissonneto
prince that unless bitter pays fine for
Slssonne the chateau and adjoining vil
lage, as well as Slssonne. will he de
stroyed 5h November 1st. Prince
has answered refusing to pay sum now
but willing to give his word to Ger
man emperor that amount would be
paid after removal of danger of fresh
war incidents. Prince now fearful
lest returning messengers, as well a?
male employees on his estate, he sho!
because of refusal to pay.
“I have arranged meeting this after
noon between Spanish ambassador nnc
prince, to whom I have suggested thai
matter be presented to German gov
eminent through Spanish umbnssadoi
at Berilt^lnasmuch us prince’s threat
ened property Is In France.
‘‘HERRICK.”
Von Buelow's Threat.
"To the Mayor of the Commune o:
Slssonne.
"It has been conclusively provei
that the road between Slssonne nnd th<
railway station of Montaigu was, or
fv-pi ember ISth. strewn with broker
glass along a distance of one kllome
ter and at intervals of 50 meters, foi
the purpose, no doubt, of impeding
automobile traffic.
“1 hold the commune of Slssonnt
responsible for this uct of ho.sttflt.v
on the part of its inhabitants, and 1
punish tire said community by ievyins
tinon It a contribution of 500,(XX
francs (five hundred thousand
francs).
"This sum must lie entirely pah1
info the treasury of the Etape by <)c
rober 15th.
“The inspection of the Etape now
at Montcornet has been directed tc
enforce execution of this order.
"The General Commander lu Chief ol
the Army,
"VON BUELOW.”
Protest of Prince of Monaco.
Monaco, Oct, 22ml. 1914.
"Sire;
“I forward to your majesty several
documents relating to a very grave
and urgent matter.
“The General von Buelow has caused
to be occupied since one month and
a half my residence of Marchais, sit
uated at five kilometers from the vil
lage of Slssonne. Ttie general lias lev
ied upon the 1,500 inhabitants of this
noor ruined village a war contribution
of 500,000 francs, of which they are
unable to pay more than one-quar
ter. Moreover, he has sent to me two
emissaries bearing a document in
which he threatens to destroy my
property and the village of Marchais,
over and above that of Sissonne. in the
event of my not Jishursing myself the
sum in question before tlie end of the
month of October.
“That is how a Prussian general
treats a reigning prince who for 45
years has been a friend to Germany,
and who in all the countries of the
world is surrounded with respect and
gratitude for his work.
“In reply to the summons of the
General von Buelow I have given my
word of honor to complete the above
contribution in order to avert a hor
rible action accomplished in cold
blood, but adding that as a sovereign
prince I submit this matter to the
Judgment of the emperor by declar
ing that the said sum shall he paid
when the Chateau de Marchais will
be free from the danger of Intentional
destruction.
“I am. with great respect, your ma
jesty’s devoted servant and cousin,
“ALBERT, Prince of Monaco."
Letter Addresed to Von Buelow.
“Monaco, Oct. 22, 11114.
“To avert from the commune of
Kissonne ana that or Ainrcntaa me rig
orous treatment with which you hnve
threatened them, F give my word of
honor to remit to his majesty the
Emperor William, should the war
come to an end without Intentional
damage being caused to my residence
or to these two communes, the neces- |
snr.v sum to complete the amount of
500,000 francs Imposed by you upon
; Slssonne.
"As a sovereign prince. I wish to
deal Iti this matter with the sovereign
who, during 15 years, called me his
j friend and has decorated me with the
| Order of the Knight of the Black
Eagle.
“My conscience and my dignity j
place me above fear, as also my per- I
| sonal will shall elevate me above re
gret; hut should you destroy the
('bateau de Marehals, which Is one of
the centers of universal science and I
charity, should you reserve to this
archaeological and historical gem the
treatment you have given to the Cu
thedrul of Reims—when no reprehen
sible action has been committed there
—the whole world will Judge be
tween you and myself.
| “I tender to your excellency the ex
l presslon of ray high regard.
: "ALBERT, Sovereign Prince of Mon
aco.”
Deportations and Forced Labor.
Until the present war the whole civ
! illzed world has boasted of Its advance
| In humanity. This advance has been
j marked In many fields, and In none
j had greater progress been made thnn
! In the protection to he given to the
| private citizen In an Invaded country.
; as rur nacK as i»o.s. tu ine insirue
| tlj/ns for the Government of Armies
of the United States In the Field,”
| the United States deelnred:
"23. Private citizens are no longer
murdered, enslaved, or carried ofT to
j distant parts, and the Inoffensive in
! dividual is ns little disturbed in ids
| private relations as the commander
j of the hostile troops can afford to
i grant in the overruling demands of n
| vigorous war.
"24. The almost universal rule In
remote times was, and continues to lie
| with barbarous armies, that the pri
vate individual of the hostile country
Is destined to suffer every privation
i of liberty and protection, and every
disruption of family tics. Protection
was. and still is with uncivilized pen- j
, pie. the exception."
Reversion to Barbarism.
These declarations were made in the
midst of our Civil war—one of the
I world's fiercest conflicts. A half-cen
tury later, after more than 50 years
of progress, the German government
has gone back to the methods used
i by "barbarous armies” and “unciv
ilized people.” Ti has deliberately
adopted the policy of deporting men
I and women, boys and girls, and of
i forcing them to work for their cap
. i tors; It has even compelled them to
| make arms and munitions for use
| against their allies and their own flesh
| arid blood.
No other act of the German govern*
> J ment has aroused such horror and de
| testation throughout the civilized
! world. Thousands of helpless men
, ; and women, boys and girls, have been
j enslaved. Families have been broken
1 up. Girls have been carried off to
work—or worse—in a strange land,
, | and their relatives have not known
J where they have been taken, or what
j their fate has been.
! This system of forced labor and de
| portation embraced the whole of Bel*
i glum. Poland and the occupied lands
of France.
Whitlock’* Story of Horror*.
In less moving phrases, but in dead
| ly corroboration, the continuation of
the report of Minister Whitlock says:
| "The rage, the terror, and despair
j excited by this measure all over Bel
j glum were beyond anything we had
j witnessed since the day the Germans
j poured into Brussels. The delegates
! of the commission for relief in Bel
| tun, returning to Brussels, told the
iost distressing stories of the scenes
[ ITUcliy Ituu suuun minium^ uir
I cizures. And dally, hourly almost,
! since that time appalling stories have
j been related by Belgians coming to
I the legation. It is impossible for us
to verify them, first becuuse it is nec
essary for us to exercise all possible
tact in dealing with the subject at
all, and secondly because there is no
means of communication between the
Occupations-Uebiet and the Etappen
Gebiet. Transportation everywhere
in Belgium is diiiicult, the vicinal
railways scarcely operating any more
because of the lack of oil, while all
the horses have been taken. The peo
ple who are forced to go from one
village to another must do so on foot
or in vans drawn by the few miser
able horses that are left. The wagons
of the breweries, the one institution
that the Germans have scrupulously
respected, are hauled by oxen.
One of Foulest Deeds in History.
••The well-known tendency of sensa
tional reports to exaggerate them
selves, especially in time of war, and
in u situation like that existing here,
witli no newspapers to serve as a daily
clearing house for all tiie rumors that
are as avidly believed as they are
eagerly repeated, should of course be
considered; hut even if a modicum of
till that is told is true there still re
mains enough to stamp Ids deeds as
one of tlie foulest that history records.
"I am constantly in receipt of re
ports from all over Belgium that teud
to bear out the stories one constantly
hears of brutality and cruelty. A num
ber of men sent back to Mods are
said to be in a dying condition, many
of them tubercular. At Muliues and
at Antwerp returned meu have died,
their friends asserting that they have
been victims of neglect and cruelty,
of cold, of exposure, of hunger.”
BEVIVES III IHt
(By Associated Press)
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 6—In
quiries received from farmers in Cal
ifornia regarding the cultivation of
castor beans urgently needed for the
extraction of castor oil used as a
lubricant in airplane engines, have
caused George H. Hecke, state coin
mlssioner of horticulture, to conduct
an investigation to ascertain the mar
ket value and to learn the cost of pro
duction.
Thus far it has been established
that an average yield of castor beans
in California is about twenty bushels
to the acre, which based on the an
nouncement of the chief signal officer
of the war department that the gov
ernment will pay $.'i.50 for a forty-six
pound bushel, f. o. b , at the nearest
railway, insures a gross return of S70
an acre. Growers contracting with the
government for the sale of beans will
be furnished seed at the cost, plus
transportation charges.
Little information is available con
cerning the cost of growing and har
vesting a crop of castor beans. They
ripen slowly and irregularly and are
gathered by hand.
Efforts to encourage the planting of
.approximately 5,000 acres to castor
beans in southern California have
been made by the war department, ac
cording to information furnished com
missioner Hecke by the state council
of defense.
Castor beans have been grown com
mercially in California but the indus
try was abandoned because a drop in
the price of castor oil made is un
profitable. Information received by
commissioner Hecke shows that a con
siderable acreage was planted to cas
tor beans in Orange county a number
of years ago and that the production
in the vicinity of Marysville, Yubm
county, many years ago resulted in the
establishment of a castor oil refinery
there.
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