PKJC'hJ 10 CENTS
TURKEY MAKING IT HOT FOR
ALL GRECIAN RESIDENTS
Athens, July 15—Reports ' of
anti-Greek outrage's throughout1
Turkty sire bein^ received here
hourly. During the last 72 hours
u; » rils of 40,000 Cieeks have been
excelled freui Turkish villages in
Asia Minor and their kernes pil-'
li.cetl and burned.
Relief expeditions 'aro being or
ganized by tie Grecian government
and every assistance is bolng giv
en. by the shii>s of the allies sta
tioned aloay. the coast, Jjut the situ
ation is extremely difficult "as the
Turks are hindering the progress
•n' the fugitives toward places of
s-! fety. That a general massacre
may be inaugurated by Moham
medan fanatics is feared, though
,.r yet the loss of life has been
•slisht.
JNO. F. DILLON
♦ * »* • «feC5 ^ D
OLD TIMER HERE
John F. I'illon, whom all Skag
v. ..y pioueers will remember as hav
: been assessor and city attorney
;a e^r!y days, is liere today on his
w ay to tha states for bis'first visit
outside ot Alaska in IS years. He
is now U. S. co-rum issioner at Fair
:>a.n.ks which office includes the
itics ordinarily attributed to jus
tice o>" the "peace, probate judge
and recorder. In the Dast five
years over 60,000 documnets have
b<-en filed in his office, ho has
audl-.-d about 170 probate eases In
volviuj estates, aggregating several
million 'dollars and passed judg
ment in 56 insanity cases. The re
cording fees received in his office
amou it aunually to seven or eight
thousand dollirs, which nets .the
governmetii a tidy sum. He has
been eleven ye;1 rs a resident of
Fairbanks, a;.d is very euthusiastic
ever that city's future.
r!'o iVluiiios IJottar Law, said in
mi !'i!t<-rv!ew last ni?ht that up to
: to t' allies had conquered near
ly half oi Germanys' territorial pcs
sessions ir. Africa, the East Indies
J h- r parts of the- globe. Only
a few j..; g th? reranaant of the
CI<. rn.i*i military forcts i:i South
\-'rh" i surrendered to General j
Co: i onvuander o" the British
armies ia that district."
THAW CEIS
JURY VERDICT
New York. July 15—The jury
in tho case of Ha-rry Thaw yester
day declared him saue after deliber
ating less than an hour. The final
decision rests with Judge Hendricks,
who will make his announcement
Friday,' either confirming the ver
dict or setting it aside and order
ing a new trial.
GOOD FUTURE
F
Kenneth C. Kerr, editor of the
Railway and Marine Sews, of Seat
tle, was a returning passenger on
the Mariposa, having been present
at the government townsite ' sale
at Anchorage. He says the bidding
was very spirited, the first lot
sold gcing to L, O, Nyberg ' of
Seattle for $S25. The 6econd lot
sold at $300, the third at $575
the fourth at $1125 and that
many sold at approximately $1,000.
The s;.le was in charge of Special
Examiner Christensen of the U.
S. land office at Seattle.
The town, jvhich is yet a city of
tents, has a population of about
3,000, and the government is era
oloying nearly 1,000 men, he says,
on the railroad. Ho considers the
futur- of Anchorage as very
bright, 3S well as Seward. In the
latter place busiuess is substantial
and active, but not booming.
A Word About Shoes
There'may be other good shoes made, but we handle the very
best makes that we have been able to find, and we have been
looking for the best for a number of years.
We handle the follow
ing makes:
(all guaranteed)
THE AMERICAN
LADY
For Ladies and Misses
SECURITY SCHOOL
SHOE
For Girls
CROSSETT
and
THE AMERICAN
GENTLEMAN
For Men
PLA-MATE.
SCUFFERS,' and
SANDALS
For Children
THE A. A. CUTTER. BERGMAN, ZIMMERMAN & DEGAN
Makes in Heavy Shoes 8, 10, 12, 16, and 18 in height"
fi. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway betweenlThird and Fourth Phone 41
THE FUNERAL OF
COL.BLENHEN
Seattle,' Jn'y 15—The funeral of
the late Col. Alden J. Blethen
chiof owner and editor-in-chief the
Seattle Daily Times, "will take place
privately this afternoon. The inter
ment of the remains of the veteran
newspaper man will be in the Bleth
on lot 011 the crest of the beautiful
Capitol hill.
The Post-Intelligencer in editori
ally referring to Col. Blethen char
acterizes liim as "a i-icturcsue fig
ure who was a potential factor in
the upbuilding of the community."
It says he "achieved great news
paper success," and adds that he
"was a two-sided man; the stormy
side 'he public knew' best; the
kindly, gentler side was all too lit
tle known, but it will endure in
pleasant memory, and his virtues
will be long cherished."
From the Cook Inlet Pioneer:
The selection of the experiment
station at tlio junction in Matanusks
valley is indicative of the intention
of tha department of agriculture to
aid the settlers in the problems
belonging to the farming industry
of this region. The tract of land
select" contains fairly representa
tive soils found in this country,
consisting of side hills, second and
third bench or terrace lands above
file bottom lands. The soil is
known as the Kuik loam, is large
ly of volcanic ash overlying beds,
and is from eighteen inches to five
feet in depth.
Small timber, consisting of birch,
sorucc, cottonwood and alder cov
ers the entire areas best adapted
to farming.1 Native grasses grow to
considerable extent in the timber,
and will afford pasture for cattle
five months of the year at the
rate of one head -for five acres.
Horses often i'iud pasture seven to
nine months. Tiicro are some small
areas where the native grasses will
afford fair yield of hay and excel
lent pasture. The bottom lands
above Knik Arm yield considerable
hay each season. Tho greater
portion of the hay lands are taken
up, and in fact, a large portion of
the Matancska valley land is al
ready located and settlement is
bein/ made. Log houses and
barns are in evidence. Clearings
are enlarging day by day, and gar
don and truck patches are to be
fou.id at every settler's clearing.
Methods of clearing are crude
and no regular method 'lias been
adop'ed. The practice of burning
during the dry weather of May and
June has been the most successful.
Where tho moss and dead vegeta
tion is dry enough to get a ground
burn tho trees are easily removed,
as the most of them fall tearing
up most of the roots Tho burned
(Continued on page 4.)
New. York, July 15—Orville
Wright, the famous aeroplane ln
v.-ntor, has consented to join Thos.
A. Edison in the work of the ln
v- titers' Bureau of the navy de
partment. Mr, Wright says that the
United States government should
develop a fleet of a thousand aero
planes aud hydroplanes for the use
of the army aud navy.
The Inventors' Bureau has struck
a popular chord, and Secretary of
the Navy Daniels is anticipating
important, if not epoch making re
sults from 'ts work.
IHE MATTER OF
* DEW BRIDGE
Jack Hayes, superintendent ot
tpverumeut roads for the first divi
sion, arrived in Skagway on the
Doiptiu last night from Juneau. H
is'here by request of citizens of the
town to look into tho ^natter of
the washing away of the Wagon
bridge over the Skagway river a
few days ago and to try and devise
means for the building at once of
the new bridge at the foot of 22nd
street promised by Col. •'NV. P. Rich
ardson a few weekB ago when lie
was bore enroute to the interior.
\Vhrii seen by a representative of
fie Daily Alaskan last evening
Supt. Iiayes said:
"The Alaska Road Commission
has temporarily suspended its al
lotments for work in Southeastern
Alaska pending the result of a suit
broa^t to prevent the use of the
forestry funds as provided by the
last territorial legislature.
"Tho forestry fund does not come
under tho jurisdiction of the Road
Commission but the portions of
tbv forestry funds assigned to the
2nd, 3rd and 4th judicial divisions
was expected to be 'Used in main
taining roads in those divisions
which would release funds formerly
spent by the Road Commission for
that purpose. A largo part of the
money thus 'released they had al
lotted to new construction work in
the 1st division and they have been
compelled to suspend these allot
ments until the dispr.sition of tie
forestry funds by the Territorial
authorities is finally determined."
Sin:e the washing away of the
wagon "bridge last Sunday evening
some a* the business 'men of the
town as well as Mayor Howard Ash
ley have tried to get in touch with
Col. R;charson, but" owing to the
fact t ha t he was on board the Vic
toria on the way south from Nome
It was found impossible to do so
until .9® reaches Valdez.
Supt. Hayes was out this morning
in company with Jas. Kennedy,
chairman of the public works 'and
public property committee of the
town v.jncil, investigating the mat
ter, but he has no authority to act
until he gets an answer to the tele
gram he sent to Col. Richardson
this afternoon.
Fruit Jars, Jelly
Glasses, Etc.
OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE.
We offer the following special
prices during canning season:
Mason Pints, 80c per dozen.
Mason Quarts, ?1.00 per dozen.
Mason ys Gals. $1.25 per dozen.
Small Jelly Glasses, flat, 25c
per dozen.
Large Jelly Glasses, tall ■with
top, 60c per dozen.
Mason Jar Rubbers, heavy 10c
per dozen.
Mason Jar Tops, 25c per dozen.
Parawax, 15c per pound brick.
P. H. GANTY
SANGUINARY CONFLICT RAGING
ON FRANCE-UN FRONTIER
Paris, July 15—Fighting along
the Franco-German frontier yes
terday and today has nearly
equalled the fiercest yet developed
in this gigantic struggle of the na
tions.
At Verdun the German thrust,
made by heavy artillery and sup
ported by infantry charges, was
largely successful and resulted in
important gains lor the Germans,
though thQir loss in killed and
wounded w.as enormous.
At Argonne the German attack
was definitely stopped, and the
Kaiser's forces compelled to retreat
slightly.
A^ othw points the battle ■ line
has been practically stationary for
several days.
TROUBLE ABOUT
II TERMINAL
Cordova Times: We, in Cordova,
might have been disappointed, and
doubtless were, when Seward was
announced as the railroad terminal
by the Dresident. We swallowed
our disappointment, and extended
congratulations sincerely to our
neighboring city. ' We thought it
was settled, and honestly rejoiced
with Seward in her good fortune.
As far as we in Cordova are con
cerne1 we have nothing more to
worry about. We are not going
to a government town, and our
mind is clear. The knowledge that
the matter is eettloJ against us is
much better than the previous un
certainty. We will go on courag
eously doing all we can to develop
the Copper River V»lley by trying
to induce private capital to develop
our resources. • We feel that the
government has 'made a mistake,
but we are not crying over it. Of
on* thing we are certain, and that
is, that today wo are in a better
position than Seward, and for
this reason. Over in the westward
town, they are at sixes and sevens
on the railroad situation. Although
selected as the ocean terminus of
the railroad by the president, the
commission seems to bo bending
every effort to make Anchorage an
all the year round port, and if they
dc thai, why Anchorage will natural
ly become the terminal, for it
.vould not pay to ship coal to Se
war* over the rrilroad, when it
coulr reach the tide water in any
month of the year at Anchorage.
Thir would mean that Seward would
get a little passenger traffic, and
would make that town nothing more
or loss than the terminal of a
brine1- line. Our friends in Se
warC deserve better luck than this,
bu* the fact remains, that judging
from what is goinj on at Ship creek,
thy t'erage Sewardite is a very
much worried man. Here in Cor
dovi, we sleep easy at nights. We
Sive our own litt'p railroad, that
brings over' two million dollars
"wcrth of ore a month to the coast
pnd which has unlimited tonnage
poss'bHities before It. The prob
lem of government assistance in
the railroad line has beer, settled
against us, and wo have nothing
more'lo think about, and so can go
aboat our daily work and do the
bect a e can to explain to the gen
eral inblic, and particularly the in
vesting public, what a rich field
£<•'• development lies in the country
con,L'suous to Cordova. • We cer
tainlv would hate to be in the po
sition that Wilson had picked Cor
dova for the govern ment terminal
of tie railroad, and be worrying
our fool heads off because ' the
meii he sent uji here to do the
job were trying to make Katalla the
terminus.
LOCAL IMS
OF INTEREST
Miss Meek and Miss Edwards,
who have been 'n Skagway for some
days, left on the Mariposa last
11! gilt.
O. n. Perry, general manager of
'the Yukon Gold Co.. of Dawson
i oame in yesterday on tiie Princess
Sophia, and left for the interior on
the train this morning
The Humboldt is bulletined to
reach Skagway at 5 o'clock tomor
tripoers 457 45678 cmfw ETA xzxc
rov morning with 20 round-trippers
sc\ er;;l local and interior passen
gers and 130 tons of freight. The
hour o£ departure has not been set.
SHp >yjll sail for Seattle direct when
r.iie leaves Skagway.
The Heat
Decides
That it's up to you to seek relief. You
can get it here in abundance in these
Cool Union Suits
They're the loose fitting'garments, in the
softest of fabrics, 'which assure the
greatest measure of comfort. The same
is true of our two-piece suits should you
prefer them.
Will Clayson
The Clothier