At a meeting of the town council,
held last night, Henry A. Slater was
appointed assessor. Engineer Dunlap
submitted a blue print of the grade of
Federal avenue and the alley of
block 11, which was accepted. This
was prepared for the government, who
wanted it In order that it might pro
ceed to draw the plans for Cordova's
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Furnished cabins. See Dooley.
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H. C. Strassburg, formerly of the
steamer Alaska, reached Seward on
the last trip of the Alameda and as
sumed the duties ot purser on the
Dora.
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Mrs. Kate Roife’a
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Don’t miss seeing our snoe line. We
have a full line of them, as smart as
any made. Clayson, The Clothier.
ARMENIANS ARE
BURIED ALIVE
IN TRENCHES
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(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 16. — Burial alive I
in trenches with the bodies of their
mothers, who had been slaughtered or
allowed to perish from exposure, was
practiced by the Turks In their woj-k
of exterminating the Armenians, It |
was declared by the Rev. Henry H. !
Riggs, missionary of the American I
board of commossioners for foreign
missions to Harput, Turkey, who re
cently came back to this country. A
trench was dug beside a camp of Ar
menian women, he said, and as they
met death the survivors were forced
to drag their bodies to it and bury
them. • (
“The gendarmes said they could not
take care of the babies that were left
behind, so many of those wore buried
with their mothers," Dr. Riggs said.
“When I visited this camp 1 frequent
ly saw Turks wandering about among
the Armenians picking out pretty
girls and little children to take away
i to thels^hoines. Some mothers told us
that they had themselves thrown their
babies into the Euphrates river rather
than allow them to be taken to Mos
lem homes. Many more threw them
selves into the river to escape a bond
age of shame worse than death.
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“About fifteen miles from Harput
is alike hidden from sight with many
ravines about It. We were told that
the Armenian exiles were being killed
and left in these ravines. Two Ameri
cans investigated and * brought back
photographs and actual facts. They
saw in a twenty mile ride 10,000 hu
man bodies, most of them killed by
the bayonet. With a few exceptions
they were women and children and
the mangled condition of their bodies
showed the horrible fate that had
been theirs.”
The story of the deportation of the
Armenians of Harput Is on^of "per
fidy, violence and murder,” Dr. Riggs
went on, adding, "It is nearer to the •
truth to say the Turkish government
undertook the extinction of the Ar- „
menlan population." After the issue
of an edict for all Armenians to go to
Mesopotamia," he said, "there came
the arrest of all the men of standing.
/They were sent out on the road
tied together In groups or two to five,"
he said, "driven and beaten by the
gendarmes. Of the first party of 800
one young man survived to tell the
story of what happened. The party
was taken into a yavine and ordered
to sit down,” he told me. "Then the
gendarmes climbed up on the sur
rounding rocks and fired with their
rifles into the crowd of b^und prison
ers as long as they showed signs of r,
life. x j
"The man who told me the story sue- §■
ceeded in getting his knife and cutting £
himself loose. As he made his dash
for liberty he was followed by a vol- $
ley of shots, but got away unscathed, if
All the other men of that and similar
parties were ruthlessly butchered.
"The women and children were then :•
started on the road toward Mesopo- •:
tamia In companies of two or three :•
thousand. By indirect routes they •:
were forced to wander about until the •:
summer heat and disease wasted away |:
the majority. No transportation was •:
provided. I saw one old man, who :•
had traveled 200 miles, start out to go •:
the remaining 250 miles, carrying on :■
his back his pack of quilts and clothes •:
and on top of that his aged, palsied :■
wife, who could not walk.
“Often the routes chosen took the :■
people over waterless deserts, where •:
thousands perished from thirst. I
passed through such a region where •:
thousands of bleached skeletons each :
side of the way told the story of a •:
waterless journey across the plains in f
nuguni.
“The people who passed through
Harput from the north usually spent
two or three days In camp within sight
of my home. The sights we saw there
can never be forgotten. They were
absolutely without shelter, day or
night, from heat or cold. The atr was
unspeakably foul frem dead bodies
lying near. As we approached the wo
men and children came around us like
hungry wolves, all restraint lost in the <
: one desire for a piece of bread.
"The sick and dying lying around <
under the blazing sun with no one to
care for them, waiting for the end. <
One place I saw a row of tw'elve dead
women and children, who had been
lying in the shade of trees. With them
was one little baby still alive. The
shade had^ shifted and the burning
August sun had fallen on them and
killed them. A long trench was dug
beside the field/where these people
were encamped. The people them
selves were obliged to dig and fill it.
As soon as one died she was. dragged
to the trench.
"Since then, however," Or. Riggs
continued, “arrangements have been
made to continue the relief work
through neutral agents who are dis
bursing the funds and supplies gath
ered through the American committee
for Armenian and Syrian relief in New
York city. vThe question of saving
the remnant of the Armenian race."
he said, "can be solved only by Ameri
can generosity.
"The Armenian men are dead,” he
said, "and the women have been
crushed and cannot long survive the
terrible experiences through which
they have passed. But there are 400,
000 orphan children, most of whom are
begging their bread today. The hope
of the future is in gathering together
these remnants and saving th6m for
the seed of the future Armenian race.
These children look to us today. If
they can be fed and housed and edu
cated for the next ten years they can
constitute the leading progressive ele
ment in the life of a new Turkey as
their fathers did in the old.”
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CLASSIFIED ADVS.
WANTED—Girl for general house
work. Apply to A. Van Vechten.
WANTED — A Good cook for hospital. 1
Apply Mrs. \V. W. Council.
WANTED — A Girl to help with work j
and care of children. Apply Mrs. j
W. W. Council. I
FOR SALE — A practically new Royal
Typewriter, with case, for $50.00.
Phone 129.
FOR SALE — $75 Phonograph, practi
cally new, for $55. Phone 95-2 bells.
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WANTED — A dressmaker. Must be
experienced. Apply Style Shop.
LOST — A pah of spectacles. Return
to Times office.
FOR 8ALE—A 15-foot launch, with 5
horsa-power Evinrude engine. In
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FOR SALE—Sewing machine and
Royal typewriter. Phone 129. tl
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