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The Washington times., 1915-03-13
AUCTION SALES


THOS. J. OWEN & son, Auctioneers.
BY virtue of a deed of trust duly recorded
in Liber S5o1. folio S52 ct seq. Of the Lans
Records OF the District OF Columbia, and at
the request of the party secured, the under
signed trustees will sell at public auction
within the Office OF Thos. J. Owen n Son
1881 G street n w, on Monday, the fifteenth
day of March, 1915, at four O'Clock p. m.
the following described land and premises
Ioca ed In the County of Washington. District
OF Columbia, and known Lot 10 In Gal"n
f. Green's subdivision Of Girls Portion,
As per plat recorded in the Office Of tn"
Surveyor of the District of Columbia in
Iiber County g. at folio 40
Terms: $1,000 OF the purchase money TO
be paid in cash; balance in two equal in
sediments payable in one and two wears with
interest at six per cent per annum, secured
by deed OF trust upon the property sold.
a deposit Of 5000 required at the time OF
sale All conveyancing, including revenue
stamps, recording, etc. at cost OF purchaser
RICHARD A FORD,
AYLETT T. HOLTHMAN,
Trustees.
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Carriage, Wagon & Auto Repairing.

c. B. STEWART, formerly 1925 + st. now
loc. se. cor. 18th and d. opp. District bldg.
Carriage wagon auto repair painting. n. 1884.
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POULTRY SUPPLIES

LIFE SAVER for baby chicks stones RED
POWDER will positively prevent and cure
"Whlte Diarrhoea'' in little chicks or money
back: cyerything for poultrymen.
WASHINGTON PoULTEY SUPPLY HOUSE.
Sl6 9Th St n. W.
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Vital Records
Birtha.

Births.
William A. p. and Honora Zeregga, boy.
Giuseppe and Lima zsnelotti. girl. ...-
Willis and Zella Waldon, girl.
Robert l.. and Grace Wright, girl.
Robert c. and Gladys Wright, boy
James d. and Mollie z. williams, girl.
Ruben B. and Anna J. Warner. hoy.
Wilhelm and Emma Wehrle. boy. g..
Harword T. and Alice T. Thrift, boy.
Thomas #. and Lois e. Snyder, boy.
Charles f. and Ethel RemsburR, girl
Ulrich Il. and Camilla NJ. Oerly, girl.
Alvin W. and Helen Miller. girl.
Isaac and Sarah Fershtutt. girl.
James r. and Julia NJ. Facer, girl.
Frank B. and Alice W. Cogswell. boy.
Frank and Nettie Cowen. girl
Lee B. and Ora Cook, boy.
Henry and Helen c. Brown. girl.
Toney and Annie Alco. boy.
Ellsworth ad Mamie watts, girl.
Charles and Blanch Willis, girl.
Job L. and Katie Thomas, boy.
Richard II. and Lillian Jennings boy.
Johnny and Edith Holmes. boy.
Clarence and Pearl Griffin, girl.
John n. N. and Rose Branch girl.
Vincenzo and Carmela Portale, girl.
Charles NJ. and Lena Paschal, girl
Raymond and Florence V. Riley. girl.
Samuel and MIllie Edmonson, boy.
Augustine and Elizabeth Queenanne. boy.
John and Bargie Byrd. girl.
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IN MEMORIAM

RIsoN--In loving remembrance Of our dear
husband and father, THOMAS A. RfSON.
who departed this life two years ago to-
: day, March 10, 1913. -
Two years have passed, our hearts still
sore;
As time goes on we miss you more;
Your memory Ia as dear today
AS In the hour you passed away,
i BY His Devoted Wife and Daughter.
tNotices for this column are accepted at 50
cents fiat. either prose or poetry. In case no
tice does not exceed ten lines. Add 10 cents
for each line in excess OF ten.D
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DEATHS

McG ARRELIs-on Friday, March IL, 1918, az
500 q. M, at Garfield Hospital, FRANCIS
D., dearly beloved husband Of Ethel Z. lnee
PeSson). and son OF Mrs. Francis McGar-
rall
Funeral on Monday. March Is, at 2 ..
m, from his late residence, 25u Twelfth
street northwest. Relatives and friends In
yited II
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Marriage Licenses.

Henry Pearce and Lena Holz.
George g. Taylor and Essie l.. Henderson.
Lawrence l.. Patton. of Indian Head. Nd
and Mary Estes. OF Alexandria, Va.
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IL ROOM AND BATH. best location for
room renting in southeast; netting $65 per
month; II sold at once, IS, $40 for house and
furniture, or S., j0O for house. Address
OWNER. General Postoffice. Lock Box 1871
FOR SALE TO COLORED PARTY. DESIR-
ABLE 7-ROOMS, nth ST. n. W., BAR
GAIN FOR QUICK PURCHASE PHONE
COLUMBIA 1901
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TABLE BOARD

ST. n. w, 9S9-Good Virginia cooking;
$50 week for two meals Il day. So per week
for three meals day; give us a trial
Fl ST. n. w, AO-EXCellent table board and
service: home cooking: $3.50 week.
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BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS

WoRkINGMEN--Go well bought are half
sold and when you come here It's sure
sale: the big sure enough cash down saving
means n lot to the man that must buy low;
see what we can show In slightly used suits
up: get wise. one price. JUSTH'S OLD
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TYPEWRlTERS

UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS OF the hlgn-
est grade, $S5 machines with latest i'm
provements, twO-Cnlor ribbon aud back -spaccr
SO additional. United TypeN ritter Co. so
Riggs bldg.
REBuILT TYPEWRITER CO. ~ 18th.
Visible machines rented, $3.50 rer nonth
" 'd sold ,,1 az ITon, = TO = Ms; pLiees
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HORSES AND VEHICLES
REFRlGERATORS g. ICE BOXES

neCRAY REFRIGERATOR COMPANY.
RelTlgsrators that are unequhisG
Sll Il ST y. w.
- R1kd and Kepair RetriEeTatoTL
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BARRED plymouth ROCK eges Tor settIngi
pure strain Ii 81 2Ilg S. Dak, ave. ne.
h. tJt0.
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Mechanical Engineering.

Mechanical Engineer. designing. drafting.
pc tern making, mill wrghtiEg, general ma
chino work. repairs promptly attended to-
1895 Good Hope road Aracosiia. Line. 3SO3
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! able and Bed Linen
The Paais Royal will distribute $4,000 worth Of
linens at the sale prices here quotedlater prices
must be 20 per cent higher.
Bleached u on sdale All Pure Linen Hem
Muslin Pillow Cases, stitched Guest Towels,
plain and hemsttched Diaper finish. To
45x36 inches, tic. 1e- be 5Oc Sale 2Gr
42x36 inches. .lSS Price, ...'....'.
= Bleached Sheets, wide Huck Towels, red bor-
hems excellent quality, der, hemmed ends, lSx
and free from dressing; "a inches. To be $l.25
Slxo0 inches! Sale kQr dozen. Sale or
Price. .'..:.. 30. Wv Price. ........... wv
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Expl0des Old Theories,

With this naive explanation OF her
work. Miss Obenauer proceeded to ad-
init that figures. just as figures. could
be made to prove almost anything, and
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National Bank of Haiti
Closed, U. S. May Step In

PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti. Jan. a.
The National Bank Of the Republic of
Haiti has been closed by the govern
ment. and seals placed upon the vaults.
Mr.. Desrue. manager. and one of the
French directors of the institution, has
resigned. Charles Williams. a clerk in
the bank. and who was said to be the
personal representative Of the Ameri-
can interests which control half Of the
banks stock. will be arrested. accord
ing to reports.
Congress voted s.OoO.OOo gourdcs az
the capital stock Of the new bank. The
American minister, Bailly- Blanchard
has filed a protest against the closing
Of the bank and the law which provides
for the establishment Of a new one.
Sentiment was strong against officials
OF the institution, In view OF the fact
they had sent $50, 900 in gold coin cut OF
Haiti on the American gunboat Machias
The closing OF the bank caused great
excitement among business men. US /,
was feared that international Compli,
cations would result that might bring
about American intervention.
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Mrs. Donaldson Gets Her
Child for Four Days

PHILADELPHIA. Jan 3.-In accord
ance with an order Of the court, seven
year-old Dorothy Donaldson. for the
custody Of whom legal battle is be-
Ing waged. was taken from the home of
her grandmother. Mrs. William F.. Dom
aidson. at 2O03 Chestnut street. and
given into the care OF her mother, Mrs.
Keith Donaldson. residing temporarily
IN an apartment house at 1884 Chestnu,
street.
The transfer Of the pretty child was
MADE by MRS. Jane II. RippI.t, .nei
PROBATION officer OF the mum .clpaI
court. at the direction of Judge Brown,
Mrs. Keith Donaldson will keep her
daughter until noon. Tuesday, when the
chiid Will be returned to her grand.
mother. who will retain custody OF the
enid until the court makes final order
deciding who shall have permanent
possession OF the child.
rearing that her daughter would
again spurn her as she did in court the
other day. the younger Mrs. Donaldson
today sought first to interest the child
ana then win her love. She tried the
simple expedient Of attracting the child
with lar-e doll. and was successful.
The Washington times., 1915-01-03
New York Death Rate
Lowest Ever Recorded

NEW YORK. Jan. S.-New York's
death rate for the year Just closed was
1910 per 1000 Of population. according
to the figures made public by the city's
department OF health.
This, the departments report states.
marks the lowest death rate ever at
tained in this city and has definitely
placed tn city among the most health
full of the largest cities OF the world"
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FORMER NEWSPAPER WRITER.

she exploded . few favorite theories
Of the calculators. She continued:
When the movement for . survey
Of the District, to hnd out how
asn sh.s e s ss survey nsrs Gs s.
made general. Il 10 no fairer. in
than It was IL former days to leave
women Tn a. out .,sa,,.s Of The ssuns ns;,~.,. 49,.
find out how much It cost Tor the
girl. with NO home, to live might
be interesting. but II would affect
only about 20 per cent OF the work
ing girls Of the District.
be = survey which >; would SSI de- dster%ins nDh
the average cost OF living per per-
son. and per family. amonG certain
sections OF workers.
In Miss Obenauer's opinion the home
budget 10 much more important tnan
tho personal expenditure BUDGET Of any
one member Of the family. Hitherto
most cost Of living calculations have
0esn .SrvsS on ss' q Ts.s. BE- sss v:,u, na,
tries. she asserts. is also meaningless
without . corresponding survey of the
living cost among the classes, and in
the localities affected. by these wage
Must Consider All Factors.
And Miss Obenauer is inclined to dis.
count those arbitrary comparisons OF
living wages between trades where the
standards Of living are different. She
explained:
1t has been the custom to set the
budget OF garment workers beside
those of clergymen, and Of the tex
tile industries beside those OF stenog-
raphers. for example. You an see
ards and habits Of ivin. vary
Compare. for example, the family
budgets Of stockyards workers. OF
printers, OF garment makers. And
then You viii sse that. without con-
ture. q comparison Of wages does
not show much.
Miss Obenauer already has mapped
out . method Of determinins the itvini
xase ss' q to ana :'
when the Kenyon bfll. providing Tor I
duced. Backing this measure 10 th'
Consumers, League. and. despite tn
! has delayed action on the measure, IT
passage is expected at the present ses
! sion.
First Proposal Of Kind.
. IL this happens. the survey In Wash
/ sncsoeA "hs S0 SAS is - VI ~ Atuu ubAu
In this country. and 1t 10 expected to se
] O precedent that States will follow 4
efforts to study labor conditions.
The forthcoming reports on womel
In industries follow upon 4 series o
intensely interesting documents issue
by the woman's division Of the Burea
OF Labor Statistics under Miss Oben
| auer's direction
She won her official spurs when sa
| was brought to Washington from
Western newspaper to take part IN tn
compilation Of the famous nineteen
volume report covering the industrie
Of Eomen and children all over tn
United States, which was completed Il
1910: In 1911 there came the report o.
women workers in California, and h
that report, for the first time, was cor
sidered. In addition to hours and earn
ings. the duration Of employment. i
the same year the report on the car
ming industry in Maryland was Issued
and next there was the investigation q
the women workers In power iaundrie
In Milwaukee. Then followed the wide
ly quoted report on hours, earningl
and duration Of employment Of waSe
earning women in the District, Ths
report gave the basis Of the campaiR
by the Consumers League, which lie
to the passage Of the eight-hour Ia,
here,
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Work Is Begun on Fort
Which Is to Cost $3,O 600, 900

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Jan. 3-Con-
struction Of the placements for coast
defense batteries at Fort Macarthur on
Point Firmin. Los AnR sles harbor. has
been begun by the United States Gov
ernment.
Nearly 5000 900 Is to be spent on the
batteries. while the entire fort il ex-
pected to cost about 100000
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Digs Up the Human Side
'N Statistics on HON. Men
And Women Earn Bread
Former Newspaper Writer Explodes Old Theories
and Delves Deep Into Figures to Find Out
How Toilers Live and Work.
BY ]. r. HlLDEBRAND.

Edna Ferber, Fannie Hurst and Ida Evans have guild
ed your magnaons through the whir of factory wheels
and the busy hum of department stores where women
work, but have you read Marie Obenauer?
Perhaps not, for she writes in figures not in words
She is the up at the Department of Labor who put
life, human interest," tears and smiles into statistics. And
She about to conclude the biggest ob meaning the best
mathematical thriller, she yet has undertaken.
FORMER NEWSPAPER WRITER.
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from q newspaper feature writer.
dealing with the freakish and unusual
happenings Of great Western city. to
q position where figures. figures, figures
columns Of them-form her daily
mental diet, was q considerable trans
formation.
You might suspect this woman. who.
for six years, has been 50 arduously
dealing with figures. must have 90.
auired an adding machine habit Of
disabuse your mind Of that error.
Quick. alert. keen-eyed. gracious, and
wholly feminine. she still suggests the
niewspaper ne nMs.p S woman ,, eagerly interested
anomalous. she win tell YOU. for these
figures Of hers all stand for conditions
that affect real people. that enter into
the warp and woof of their daily liv-
ing: that bear upon their hopes and
All OF which is to introduce Miss
Marie L. Obenauer, whose formidable
collection of titles is chief statistician
OF the woman's division Of the United
director of the woman's division OF the
Commission Of Industrial Relations.
The particular job she and her train
cc assistants are now rounding out Ia
me ,.ss, collection thne & OF three reports which
ininvestigated phases Of women in the
Industries. >''o
Plans Survey of District.
And her next job. II Congress SO wills
- Is already outlined In a bill pending
Oetore the Senate. providing for a sur
ey or the District to determine the
cost OF living here for persons enga red
IN various industries.
report No. /. which Is about to he
Yut INTO shape for publication, con.
germs the mooted point Of the erect O,
Ininlnlum wage laws on women in in.
HStry, SnSuy since Oregon presents the bes,
ever a sufficient period Of time. Ma
Doenaued chose that State for he,
statistical study. "0'
report No. deals with the amoun
s,nsnnsapyn nunesmp1oyment and the causes o.
4picat city with large. rsopoS ton y.
tsS tSCmen engaged In widely varied Indus
Report No. 3 treats of the effects o
hour law. minimum wage. etc, on in
dustrtes In States where such industrie
must compete with similar ones in othe
States having no such restrictions.
Viewpoint Is New.
Only the scope Of these reports can o
0vulged. The results, which have no
yet been thoroughly formulated, ar
withheld. by provision of law, until thei
formal publication.
But the interesting phase Of tho Ion
rows Of formidable figures will be som
Of the new viewpoints on which tines
statistics will be. based. Said Mi.
Obenauer:
Women. you know. have only re-
Gently been breaking their way into
ngures, just as they had to break
their way into vocations and pro-
1essfons.
While the women were doing this.
and men were decrying their usurpa-
ton Of the supposed male natural
monopoly on work. they kept right
on gathering figures about vocations
and trades and labor Just as IL
women did not exist.
But finally when the proportion of
women engaged in the manufacture
Ing industries reached g ratio Of one
to fve men. statisticians began to re.
alise 1t was high time to count the
women in. .''''''
Explodes Old Theories.
With this naive explanation OF II.
work. Miss Obenauer proceeded to az
init that figures. just as figures, coul
be made to prove almost anything, an
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$3.50 Limoges China Dinner and Tea Sets,
ana sed with $3.50
$3.50 Austrian China Dinner ana Tea
ssw .hsps aps gold 255O
--' $500 French China Dinner and Tea Sets
100 pieces, pink floral and spray coo EO
design, new shape ............. UAOsOO
$27.5O Austrian China Dinner and Tea
sseerat'sn ssss ,Ss pieces gold band S23.5Q
$3.50 Austrian China Dinner and Tea
Ssnd Ssis iss Dsss' green ana gold S175O
$500 Limoges China Dinner and Tea
Sets 100 pieces. brown ana gold coo IN
band design and handles UOOsOU
$3.50 Haviland China Dinner and Tea
ssss,ss,:a q; :s:a: With :sis Bands: new $4,000
$3.50 Haviiand china Dinner and Tea
Sets, 100 pieces floral and spray design with
ssaapea sala esna decoration iaeh piece S29.5O
$3.50 Austrian China Dinner and Tea
Sets. 100 pieces. floral border de- 01C IN
sign. new shape e................ OxOsOO
$1150 English China Dinner and Tea Sets,
100 pieces blue design; popular GO TX
$1,000 English China Dinner and Tea Sets,
sisP 81 pieces green border de. S6.98
800 Austrian China Berry Sets, assorted
decorations large bowl and saucers Sl~
TO matcn ................. wv
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The prices during
this most important
sale will be twenty
- 20 per cent less
than in the near. fu-
ture. The war is cur
failing production in
Europe and creates
risks that make ship:
ping rates and insur-
ance enormously high.
Prices OF linens will
be 20 per cent higher.
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Propretors Of hotels restaurants and institutions
where many linens are used understand the situation
and will duly appreciate these sale prices.
72-inch Fine Irish 72.inch Fine Heavy
Bleached Table Damask, Quality Bleached Scotch
full range OF patterns. Table Damask, good
Extra heavy quality. Will patterns. To be $i.39
be $l.25 yd. C1 m yard. Sale a IN
Sale Price. :. w Price .Vls ~
23-inch All Pure Linen lSx50-in Lace.trimmed
Damask Table Napkins, Bureau Scarfs and Shams
beautiful designs. To be good range Of patterns
$50 g.; DOE dozen $500 win :: s.,i 7Ss s. and 43c
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Southern Pacific Shops
Reopen; Employing 5000

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan, s-After
nearly month of idleress. Southern
pscihc shops at Sacramento. Cal: :
bakersfield. Cal: Sparks. New: Oak
land' Cal: Portland. Ore: Dunsnuir.
Cal: Ogden. Utah: San Francisco anS
Tucson. Ariz.. opened on a fve-day
eight-hour basis.
Full time is six days to the week of
nine hours each. This resumption
means Unemployment Of between 5000
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PHIIAADELPFiIA. Jan. 3.-The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company today
asked the steel manufacturing concerns
of the country to bid on Il, 600 tons of
structural steel for bridge construc-
tion during 1915. The company also
asked for bids on l.270 tons Of steel for
use In REINFORCED concrete work.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-06-29

Mir. George c. Hazelet returned yes terday from a weeks visit to Anchor age observing the conditions there, and moving around the country some what. representative of the Times interviewed MT. Hazelet this morning to secure his impressions of the new town and Mr Hazelet talked freely about the railroad work there, and the possibilities of the country. He said:
 q went to Anchorage to investigate conditions in the town for my own satisfaction and to size up the busi- ness at first hand.
 q found the largest tent town ever saw-from 2,O00 to 2,500 people are fed, housed and their wants, in way taken care of in tents, all located on the government railway terminal ground.
 There are from 25 to 30 restaurants and as many lodging houses, ranging from Sx10 to 16x24 feet. There arc from I2 to 15 places were groceries are sold, running from peanut stands with sugar, coffee and the staples, ul to fair stocks of groceries. including fresh vegetables and fruits, and mor' are coming in with each boat. Ther' are two or three places where mem furnishings goods are sold in conjunC tion with hardware, etc, and as man, dry goods and ladies furnishing places. The town has 15 or 20 barbe shops, and one bath tent, six laundries two watch and clock repair shops three tin shops, five transfer outfits two drug stores, one sawmill, one pi'
The Cordova daily times., 1915-06-29

light it blows away very rapidly, sim'I liar to the soil in all sections of Alaska, so far as my observations have extended.
 Dissatisfaction on all sides is rife at Anchorage. This, ohewever, is common to all big new enterprises. There seem to be several bones of contention between the people and the government officials, such a low wages, short hours, employment of foreigners, discrimination against Americans. etc. The principal objec- ton offered, however, seems to be against the method of handling the townsite The fact that any one indi. vidual may purchase all of the lots, or as many as he likes. and that these may be transferred to other parties, opens a good way for speculation and pooling, and prevents the man of small means from getting a foothold in the town. Nothing is discussed so much these days in Anchorage, as the townsite problem, I quote what you hear on the street anywhere:
 "'Here is a mass of 2,OOO people sQuatted on the government terminals from which they must soon move many of them with just enough money , to build a small building and starr their business, forced to bid against some fellow from the states who ha' plenty of money and desires to specu late. This is un-American, anC directly opposed to the ayowed policy of the administration. Why is i done?'
 q was told that a petition signed
The Cordova daily times., 1915-06-29
UMPIRE JUDGED VIEW OF THE
 SITUATION AT ANCHORAGE

that it cannot be done. They explain that immense ice gorges pile up clear across the Inlet In any ordinary win ter and move back and forth with the tide, sometimes for a distance of 60 miles. The Inlet as whole does not freeze over, hence 1t Is not a question for an ice breaker, but the Ice and snow freeze in masses 10 to 15 feet thick, and move back and forth from 5 to Il miles per hour, owing to the stage of the tide.
 My observations were that boats are required to wait for the tide to go in any direction from Anchorage. In fact, the book says that sea-going yes aels should not attempt to go in over the bar between Fire Island and Mo Kenzie Point, at less than half tide. TO go to Knlk Arm from Anchorage one must wait until the tide is flood | ing, and to get out of the Arm must wait until 1t ebbs The same applies to Turnagain Arm. Leaving Anchor age from Turnagain Arm, one must go out on the ebb tide, and lie back of Fire Island until the tide turns, and go up the Arm with the flood. and reverse the thing to get back.
 Tt Is said that 300 homesteads have been taken up, from Anchorage up the Matanuska, and in and around Knik. An examination of the ground at Anchorage. Knik, Hope and Sun rise. showed deposit of ligh alluvial soil from six inches to one foot in depth, underlaid with gravel The soil appears very productive fol vegetables. but in dry weather 1t Is SC
The Cordova daily times., 1915-06-29
GERMANS DRIVE RUSSIANS
 ACROSS RIVER GNELAL|PA
Special to The Times By Associated Press.

LONDON June 29-The Russian center in Galicia is rapidly reforming behind the River Gnelapa. The expected withdrawal of large bodies of German troops from the east to. the western front has not occurred, and Germany is stii com peled to retain her forces in Galicia intact This is probably due to the unexpected stubborn resistance offered by Russia even while she has been retreatng and also due to the fact that while her armies have been whipped, they always retired in condition to fight again. The increasing pressure which the Italians are bringing to bear along the Austrian frontier has also been instrumental in preventing the Teutons from reinforcing the western line,