MOTHERS SELL
DAUGHTERS TO
OBTAIN FOOD
PETROGRAD, May 7.—People are
dying of hunger In the streets of the
large towns of Persia, notably in Ham
adan and Senne, says a dispatch from
Kazvin to the Rostovskaya Reich.
"The specter of famine has become
a fearful reality,” the correspondent
wrote. ‘‘To pass through two or three
streets in Hamadan or Senne is
enough to coipe upon two or three
dead bodies. Here apd there may be
groups of women mourning over their
dead. Here iq a beggar woman—a
mother with two children; one of
them, a baby in arms, is dead, and
near the mother, on the ground, is
another child dying. The mother her
self is already motionless, with a fro
zen, unintelligent stare. The Per
sians, seeing that a human being is
’really’ dying, shove some bread into
the dying woman’s mouth, but the be
lated help, of course, does not save
her life. The poor villagers throng
from the villages to the towns, hop
ing in vain to be fed there.
“Even in Kazvin, this more or less
well-to-do town, it has more than
once fallen to the lot of your corre
spondent to take up from the streets
people stripped bare, who from ex
haustion have been unable to move.
Mothers sell their daughters, still
mere children, in order to secure a
crust of bread; wives of poor men
are given to the rich that their fami
lies may be maintained.
“In Hamadan a few days ago sparks
of a hunger riot broke out, and it
w*a£ only the presence of Russian
troops that stopped the movement,
that was ready tb embrace the whole
country with its flames.
"There is a report that Kuchik
Khan, the freebooter chief, who lives
in the forests near Resht, and has un
der arms about 30,000 mounted men,
is only waiting to raise a revolt till
the Russian troops leave.
I “While trying to organize among
the Persians aid for the starving I am
brought up against either the Per
sians’ indifference or government that
is made impotent by bribery and cor
ruption of a truly Oriental character.
“The misery is almost irremedia
ble.”
IlLOTIIillT OF FUEL
WES DISS1THTM
AMSTERDAM, May 6. — Dissatis
faction with the system of coal dis
tribution which was employed in Ber
lin during the past winter has led to
the adoption of an entirely new sys
tem which goes into effect during
May. The chief feature of the new
scheme is the establishment of "cus
tomer lists,’’ which means that a re
tailer is bound to supply those cus
tomers who register with him with
the amount of coal to which their
tickets legally entitle them. The
plan is intended to operate over a
full year so that consumers can uti
lize their allotted fuel supply as they
see fit.
There will be two coal tickets, one
for coal for cooking purposes and
the other for heating coal. The cook
ing coal ticket is graded into three
kinds according to the number of
persons in the household. A family of
one or two persons will receive 1,
200 pounds; three to six, 1,600; seven
to ten 3,200.
Coal for heating purposes is allot
ted according to the number of rooms
in a house. One room is allowed 500
pounds; two rooms 1,000 pounds, and
so on up to 6,000 pounds. Persons
whc used more than 6 tons for heat
ing purposes l^st winter will be al
lowed Just half the amount they con
sumed then.
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BY WAR INDUSTRY
AMSTERDAM, May 7—The record
prosperity which is being enjoyed by
the Deutsche Bank of Berlin, on ac
count of the vast number of war in
dustries in which it is interested, is
responsible for that institution paying
all its employes war bonuses ranging
from 30 to 50 per cent of their sal
aries.
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on the i
21st day of May, 1918, between the
hours of 8 o’clock a. m. and 7 o’clock
p. m„ an election will be held in the
town of Cordova, Alaska, and in the
territory hereinafter described, to de
termine whether or not there shall
be annexed to said town of Cordova
that certain territory adjoining said
town on the north described as fol
lows, to wit:
Commencing at Cor. No. 1 of U. S.
Survey No. 449, thence south 89 deg.
20 min. west 521.5 feet to the point of
beginning; thence north 30 deg. 30
min. east 663.4 feet; thence north 10
deg. east 1,715 feet; thence north 37
deg. east 1,630 feet; thence south 53
deg. east 1,025 feet to Cor. No. 2 of
U. S. Survey No. 829; thence south
39 deg. 40 min. west 1,510 feet; thence
south 19 deg. 30 min. west 490 feet;
thence south 0 deg. 40 min. east 1,320
feet to the northeast corner of that
portion of qaid town of Cordova com
monly called the Thirteen-Acre Tract,
but which contains 13.65 acres, which
corner is on the north boundary line
of said town; thence south 89 deg. 20
min. 1,313.5 feet to the point of be
ginfring.
All qualified voters are entitled to
vote at said election by placing upon
their ballots the words, “For annexa
tion to the town of Cordova,” or
“Against annexation to the town of
Cordova,” or words equivalent thereto.
The polling place in the town of
Cordova shall be on the second floor
of the city hall, on Second street,
therein. The polling place in the ter
ritory proposed to be annexed shall
be in the office of the Pioneer Pack
ing Company, on second floor of their
warehouse, situated on the approach
to the Ocean dock.
The officers of election in the town
of Cordova shall be the following:
Fred Rayer, D. A. Mosser and R. E
Hegg, judges; and George Kennedy
and H. I. Lewis, clerks. The officers
of election in the territory proposed
to be annexed shall be John GlQis
and A. E. Black, judges, and Emma
Shepard, clerk.
Dated this 17th day of April, 1918.
NATHANAEL GREENE,
(Town Beal) Town Clerk.
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