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Statement of the Ownership, Manage
ment, Circulation, etc., required
by Act of Congress of
August 24, 1912,
Of Alaska Times, published every
Saturday at Cordova, Alaska, for Oct
ober 1st, 1917.
Territory of Alaska.
Third Division, as.
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for the Territory aforesaid, person
ally appeared H. Q. Steel, who have
ing been duly sworn according to law,
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tor and lessee of the Alaska Times,
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of his knowledge and belief, u true
statement of the ownership, manage
ment, etc., of the aforsaid publica
tion for the date shuwn in the above
caption, required by the Act of Con
gress of August 24, m2, embodied in
section 442, Postal Laws and Regula
tions.
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tor and Business Manager: H. G.
Steel, Cordova, Alaska.
H. Gj Steel, of Cordova, Alaska, Is
the editor and lessee and tho only
person having any interest In the pa
per as published at the present
time. It is leased from the Alaska
Times Printing and Publishing Com
pany, a corporation, and the under
signed has not sufficient knowledge
of the corporation to swear as to
stockholders owning more than on
per cent, of the stock.
Known bondholders are: No bond
holders, mortgages or other securit;
holders from the lessee, H. G. Steel
The t undersigned has not sufflcten
knowledge as to the Alaska Tlmoi
Printing and Publishing Company, t<
8wear as to its financial condition it
re bondholders, etc.
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Sworn to and subscribed before mi
this 1st day of October, 1917.
(Seal) EDWARD F. MEDLE1
Notary Public for Alaska. My Com
mission expires Oct. 11, 1917.
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Furnished cabins. See Dooley.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 2—The slaughter
with axes of ull the Armenian facul
ty members of Anotolia College. Mar
sovan. Northern Asia Minor, together
with 1,200 others by Turkish pea
sants, whose pay for tho work was the
privilege of stripping the clothing off
their victim's bodies, was described
here today by the Rev. Geo. E. White
president of the college, recently re
turned to this country. The massa
cres were committed at night by or
der of the Turkish government, he
said, the Armenians being sent out
in lots of a hundred or two to their
doom and their bodies rolled Into pre
pared burial trenches.
“One group of our college boys
askod permission to sing before they
died and they sang ‘Nearer My God
to Thee,' then they were struck
down," Dr. White said.
"The situation for Armenia be
came so excessively acute in the
Spring of 1915 when the Turks deter
mined to eliminate the Armenian
question and religious causes.
“On the pretext of searching for
deserting soldiers, concealed bombs,
weapons, seditious literature or re
volutionists, the Turkish officers ar
rested about 1,200 Armenian men at
Marsovan, accompanying their inves
tigation by horrible brutalities. There
■was no revolutionary activity In our
region whatever
“The men were sent out In lots of
one or two hundred in night deporta
■ ilons to tho mountains where trench
! es had been prepared. Coarse pea
sants who were employed to do what
• was done, said it was a pity to waste
bullets so they then used axes.
"Then the Turks turned on the worn
: men and children, the old men and
1 little boys. Scores of oxcarts were
1 gathered in the early dawn and aB
1 they passed, the squeaking of their
wheels left memories that make the
blood curdle even now. Thousands
of women and children were swept
away. WhereT Nowhere. No desti
nation was stated or intended. Why?
Simply because they were Armenians i
and Christians and were in the hands '
of the Turks. * t
"Girls and young women were I
snatched away at every turn on the
journey. The girls sold at Marsovan
for from $2 to $4 each. I know be
cause I heard the conversations of
men engaged in the traffic. 1 know
because I was able to ransom three
girls at the price of $4.40.
"The misery, the agony, the suffer
ing were beyond power of words to
express— almost beyonl the power
of hearts to conceive. In bereave
ment, thirst, hunger, loneliness, hope
lessness, the groups were swept on
and on along the roads whtcn had no
destination.
“I received word from ambussadjr
Morganthau that our premises would
not be interfered with. Next morn
ing the chief of police came with
armed men and demunded surrender
of all Armenians connected with the
College Girls’ School and hospital.
We claimed the right to control our
grounds as American citizens.
“More than two hours we held them
at bay. They brought more armed
men. They again demanded surren
der of the Armenians. I refused.
They challenged me for resisting the
Turkish government. They said any
one who did so was liable to immedi
ate execution.
"They broke open our gates, brought
oxcarts in and asked where the Ar
menians were. I refused to tell.
They went through the buildings
smashing down the doors. Then our
Armenian friends, feeling that further
attempt on our part to save them
would bring more harm probably then
good, came forth, professed themsel
ves loyal Turkish subjects and of
fered to do what was required,
"An oxcart is assigned each family
with a meager supply of food, bed
ding and clothing. The mother sat
on the loud with her children about
her. the father prepared to walk be
side the cart. I offered prayer and
then the sad procession carrying 72
persons from the college and hospi
tal moved away.
“These teachers were men of char
acter, education, ability and useful
ness, several of them representing the
’ine type of graduates from American
ind European universities. The com
pany went in safety for about fifty
niles. Then the men were seper^t
id from the women. Their hands
vere bound behind their backs and
hey were led away. The eight Ar
nenian members of the staff of in
itruction of Anatulia College were
imong the slain. The women and
-hildren were moved on and on. No
ine knows where and no one knows
low many of them are still living.
“The government officers plowed
the Armenian cemetary in Marsovan
and sowed it with grain as a sym
bol that no Armenian should live or
die to be buried there. No Armenian
student or teacher was left to Ana
tolia College and of the protestant
congregation In the city of 950 souls,
more than 900 with their pastors were
swept away,. It was a government
movement throughout—a movement
against the Armenian people.
“These things are typical of what
took place through the six provinces
of the Turkish Empire known as Ar
menia. The Armenians are the Yan
iees of the East—the merchants, man
ufacturers, capitalists, artisans and
among the best of the farmers. One
quarter of a million people succeed
ed in escaping into Itusian Towns and
among them American representa
tives have done wonderful work in
caring for the sick, giving bread to
the hungry, clothing the naked, car
Ing for orphans. Probably a million
more went to Syria and Mesopotamia
where they have been dependent
upon American relief which Is helping
this worthy people to pull through
alive.”
The number of Armenians ho have
been massacred, said Dr. White, is
estimated by the American Commit
tee for Armenian and Syrian relief
In New York city at from 500,000 to
1,000,0)0 while there are a million
still living in need of Immediate aid,
for which $5,000,000 a month is ur
gently needed, without which thous
g- ■1
ands will perish in destitution and suf
fering. The committee is so conduct
ed, he said, that every dollar collected
goes for relief purposes.
Dr. White, now living In Minnea
polis, was ordered to leave Marsovan
by the Turkish government. He was
formerly pastor of the Congregation
al Church in Waverly, Iowa.
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MONTANA FARMER HAS
SIX SONS IN ARMY.
(By Associated Press)
HAVRE, Mont.. Oct. 1.—A. N. Par
rish. a farmer near Kremlin, in Hill
county, has six sons in the army. Two
months ago the six sons enlisted and
they have been training at American
Lake.
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MONTANA BOASTS FIRST
WOMAN MAIL CARRIER.
ANACONDA, Mont., Oct. 1. — Mrs.
Mabel McLoughlln is declared to be
the first woman rural mail carrier in
the state. She has contracted to car
ry the mail three times a week over a
route 32 miles long out of this city.
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Don't miss seeing our shoe line. We
have a full line of them, as smart as
my made. Clayson. The Clothier.
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French Puff Paste in Big variety at
City Bakery.
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Largest assortment of fancy Rib
jons at Mrs. Kate Rolfe’s.
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