ALASKANS HELD
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In a letter written by William A.
Gilmour, to a friend in Nome, he tells
about an escapade in which John Mc
Ginn and George Max Esterly are the
heroes. The portion of the letter
dealing with the robbery, is as fol
lows:
"A few nights before I left, Johnny
McGinn, of Fairbanks, and George M.
Esterly, of Cordova, were out at the
Clearmont roadhouse, near the Pre
sidio, with others and four auto ban
dits came in and held the place
up. The wore masks, and it w?aB as
good as a circus to hear Esterly and
McGinn tell how it happened. Ester
ly thought it a joke, but the handits
soon convinced him and he stuck up
his hands at least eight feet in the
air while the bandit raked $250 out.
of him. McGinn lost $25 and a valu
able fob.
“John told the fellow to hurry up
with the job, as the placed closed
In five minutes, and it was too late
to go anywhere else for a drink. One
patron edged out of the room to the
telephone and called the police. As
the four badits left, the police auto
arrived, and in the duel one robber
was killed and a police corporal mor
tally wounded. He since died. The
others escaped.”
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SEOUK, Korea, March 20. — The
regeneration of Korea lias been con
tinuing notwithstanding the war. ac
cording to a proclamation just issued
by Count Terauchl, the governor-gen
eral, who warns the people against
over-confidence, and urges them to
greater progress. In round figures,
the foreign trade of the country has
reached $54,300,000 during the past
year, according to the report, doubling
the sum of five years ago. The value
of exports has risen nearly three-fold,
with the result that the excess of im
ports over exports, which once stood
at 100 per cent, has dropped to 20 per
cent.
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BERLIN, March 20. — The German
savings banks scored a remarkable
record in 1915, according to a state
ment just issued by Herr Reusch, the
statistician of these institutions, who
estimates that the gain in deposits for
the year reached at least $900,000,000,
not taking account of the amounts
withdrawn for making subscriptions
to the two war loans of the year. As
subscriptions to the latter amounted
to about $1,070,000,000, the net reduc
tion of deposits was about $170,000.
000. Reusch further says that the
gain in deposits was not, due entirely 1
to money being brought to the hanks
but also to a much larger extent that
ever It was due to the fact that de
positors withdrew less money for or
dinary purposes than ever.
ENGLISH WOMEN
1.0 ill fol
4OU.11OU women to replace the 350,001
men who will be missing from agri
cult oral pursuits throughout Grea
Britain in the spring, lias been heart
by responsive ears and without criti
cisia from any of the women's organ!
zations or from the press. Only t
small portion of the press, after refer
ring to the sacrifices made hy woraer
so far In the war, describe the new
appeal of the government as bold. Tht
press as a whole is unanimous in de
claring that no critic since the wai
began has challenged the energy am
devotion with which the British wo
men have responded to the call madt
upon their services.
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NOTICE, EAGLES.
Initiation of class of candidate)
Wednesday. Full membership is de
sired. GKO. DOOLEY, Secretary.
PEOPLE COMING
NORTH MOST
PLAY GAME
That Rev. S. Hall Young, formerly
Presbyterian minister in Cordova, is
a good booster for the north. Is evi
dent from a clipping from the Minne
apolis Journal, which recently arrived
here. It read:
| ' Rev. 8. Hall Young, a Presbyterian
I minister and missionary, who estab
lished a church in Alaska as early as
1878, told a fascinating story in West
minster church last night of the gold
stampede of 1887. and later to the
Arctic regions. His lecture was illus
trated with more than 100 stereopti
con pictures. That Alaska will, with
in three years, be competing with
Pennsylvania for the bituminous coal
business of Minneapolis was one of his
observations.
“From the land for which the
United States paid $2,700,000 to Rus
sia, there has been produced $260,
000,000 in gold, the speaker said. This
precious metal, he said, is far from
being the only Alaskan source of
; riches. The coal deposits and the ag
ricultural resources of the territory
were also set forth.
“Dr. Young praised the character
of the natives of Alaska, and their
susceptibility to Christian influences,
said there were 60,000 whites iivtng
in the territory, and appealed for a
larger missionary and church effort
1 to bring and keep the people in the
faith.
“It's the finest climate in the
world.” said the speaker. "Disease
germs have little show in Alaska, and
as an evidence of how children thrive
in the land of the midnight sun, he
introduced Wiggles’ and ’Giggles.'
two youngsters who were hardy look
ing specimens.
"Missionary or laymen, the man
who goes to Alaska must live the life
and play the game of the people there,
he said. It’s no place for mollycod
dles or blubberers.”
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ENGLAND PLANS
BUILD 400.01
LONDON. March 20. — There is at
present a shortage of 400,000 cottages
in England. Besides this shortage
there are old and unsanitary areas that
ought to be cleared away. The build
ing of these new cottages with a view
to providing discharged soldiers with
work after the war and to removing
a cause of emigration is the subject
of a general scheme deviBed by the
National Housing and Town Planning
* ouncil. It also forms another In
stance of the way the war has dissi
pated England’s indifference to her
internal problems.
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REGISTRATION NOTICE. \
Beginning February 1 the registra
tion book of the Town of Cordova
will be open at my office at the P. O.
Store, Second street, Cordova, at all
hours during the day and evening. The
registration book will be closed at ♦
p. m., Saturday, April 1, 1916.
CHAS. ROS8WOG. Registrar.
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Empress Theatre
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, MARCH 21 and 22
Pathe News, No. 94.
“UNFAITHFUL TO HIS TRUST.”
A Two Keel Luliin Drama, Featuring Alice Joyce.
“BUNNY IN BUNNYLAND.”
A Vitagraph Comedy Cartoon.
Admission 25 Cents. Show Starts at 8 p. m
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