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ALASKA—WASHINGTON—CALIFORNIA
SAILING FROM KETCHIKAN
Northbound Southbound
City of Seattle March 15
City of Seattle March 20
Adm. Farragut March 16
Adm. Farragut March 28
Regular Sailings Seattle to California
For further information call at office or
Telephone 77 V. A. Peterson, Agent
Sailing dates subject to change without notice
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Princess Mary
SOUTHBOUND
^PACIFIC# March 11—21 April 1—11—21 and
.railway& May 2—12—23
FOR
PRINCE RUPERT, VANCOUVER, SEATTLE &
Particulars from F. E. Ryus. Agent Ketchikan
Alaska Steam HID
Company
COMFORT AND SERVICE
All sailings subject to change without notice
Tickets to Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria and Van
couver. B. C.—Rail tickets to the East
SS. Alaska Northbound Jan. 28, Feb. 7 and 27
Returning Southbound 8 days Later
SS. Alameda, Northbound February 17th.
Returning Southbound 10 days Later
C. M. TAYLOR. Agent TELEPHONE 64
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ROSS & CO. TRANSFER
Coal Hauled from All Docks
Goods of All Kinds Stored
At Reasonable Rates
ROSS & McKAY Props,
-PHONE 61
Office Phone 76 Res. 121
ALASKA TRANSFER
GENERAL TRANSFER
All Orders Promptly Attended
To
PHONE 222 DAY OR NIGHT
BAGGAGE DELIVERED DAY!
OR NIGHT
GEO. F. FORREST, Ujt.
KETCHIKAN WHAM* CO.
C. M. TAYLOR
Phone 64 Agent
MAKE A NOTE OF
OUR NOTICE
■hat we are making summer dellver
es of coal now for next wlnte's use.
.'ell friend husband he should take ad- j
antage of summer prices and order |
he coal now Better be prepared
Mr any emergency and the saving is ;
■ *ol to be despised. Phone us how
.luch and wbat uind. We’ll start the
delivering at once. *
Bowling Aliy
A nd Pool Hall
Everything New
and Up-to-Date
K. TAKATA and J. K. TATSUDA
PROPRIETORS
INDEPENDENT
DRAYINCi CO.
Coal & Frsight Hauled
From all Docks
Office Phone 64 Re?. G 121
CHRIS SORENSEN,Prop.
ALASKA RESTAURANT
F. C. HAGJWARA, Prop.
NOODLES AND CHOP SUEY
Special From 4 P. M. to 2 A. M.
BOX SEATS FOR LADIES
End of Mission Street
AT THE POODLE DOG
GRILL
f
WrlAMPlAlNlT
EVERY EVENING
BRINGS THR0NG8
to this restaurant for dinner. Thoee
who have been here before know what
to expect in the way of high class ser
vice and excellent food. That’s why
they come again and again. Those
who visit us ;for the first time have a
treat in store they are not likely to
forget and which they will surely wish
to repeat.
CZAR AND FAMILY
MURDERED IN CELLAR
Count A. A. Tolstoy, brother o'
Count ilya Tolstoy, who is now in New
York, both sons of the late Count Tol
stoy, the famous Russian novelist anc
| publicist, was in Berlin during thi
j week of Jan. 25. While he was ther<
the official Siberian Government, estal
lished at Omsk, disclosed a number o'
: alleged facts in regard to the murdei
| bythe Red Guard of the Bolsheviki
This story was published in a New
York paper on Jan, 17, and appeared ir
l the Berlin papers two days later.
I TK.c is a paper called the Vremya
..ublished in Berlin, in the Russian lar
guage. For this paper Count Tolsto)
wrote a circumstantial account of the
murders, disclosing the last words o<
Nicholas and the exact manner ir
| which he, his family and attendants
met their death. The only difference
I in the narratives is that while the
Omsk officials surmised from the ap
pearance of an upper room, blood stains
and bullet marks—that the crime was
committed there, 'Count Tolstoy demin
strates by indirect testimony o^f’ the
j murderersthatthe cellar was the place.
| On this point the Omsk report reads:
"We found in one of the upper
j roc ms of Dr. Ipatieff’s house (now oc
' cupled by the staff of the Czech Gen
‘ oral Gaida) numerous bullet marks on
| the walls at scarcely the height of a
i man’swaist from the floor itself. We
; can imagine how the miserable prison
! ers, forsaken of hope, sat awaiting
death, and that when they heard the
i steps of the ruffians on the stairs they
i guessed it meant murder—sudden,
i bloody, and all-embracing. We can im
agine the walling, broken shrieks of
the women, the running feet of the
children crazed with terror attempt
ing to escape, the sighs o|f' dying lips,
the last murmured prayers.”
, The full text of Count Tolstoy's nar
! rative is:
"As the Czechoslovaks and Siberian
troops constantly made progress the
.local Soviet of Ekaterinburg had al
ready become convinced by the middle
! of July that the undisciplined Red
; Guards would not succeed in holding
! the town. So • it commenced to re
■ move armsand food with all speed.
At the same time the rumor was
spread, apparently with intention,
that the Siberian troops intended to
liberate the Romanoffs in order to re
store them to power- This had the
| desired effect on the Red garrison who
became excited, and demanded that
the Tsar, with his whole family and
j all who shared their captivity, should
! be executed. On July 16 the Red
i Guards held a meeting at which the
Council of the People’s Commissioners
and the Workmen’s and Soldiers’
Council were vehemently accused of
having been bribed by Czecho-Slov
aks and Tsaristic conspirators.
“The Workmen’s and Soldiers' Coun
cil of Ekaterinburg arranged a meet
ing for that very evening, which was
also attended by plentipotentiaries of
the republic, and lasted until 1 o’clock
in the morning.
“The fate of the Czar and his family
was decided. Belobodorof, a laborer
and President of the Workmen’s and
Soldiers’ Council, was the jfirst who!
voted in favor of the execution, and |
after him Jurofski, President of the!
Extraordinary Commission.
“When sentence had been passed
and signed by all the members Jurofsk
and Belobodorof went to the house o‘
1 the engineer Ignatief, where the Czai
and his family had been conffined, ir
order to bo present at the execution.
“A section of Red Guards, who hac
been ordered to carry it out, did no1
eve nask to read the written sentence
but greeted the verbal statements with
loud hurrahs. Making a great din they
j rushed to the bedroom occupied by the
; Czar and his family.
I “When the Czar and his wife heard
I the noise they immediately understood
what was happening, and quickly
: dressed, the Czar himself assisting hie
i son to put on his uniform, Then all
knelt in prayer.
“The terrified Grand Duchesses were
j huddled together, the Crown Prince
' bursting into tears, endeavored to get
up and fell whereupon the Czar inter
I rupted his prayers and took his suffer
| ing son in his arms. The Czarina con
I tinued praying.
“Then the door was opened and
Jurofski, (followed by the Red Guards,
entered the room. Baroness Buxherden,
alarmed by the noise, rushed to the
Czarina and fell on her knees by her
I side, weeping hysterically. With a dev
: ilish smile. Jurofski, addressing the
• Czar, said:
see you nave aireaay prepared
: yourself.’
“ ‘Yes, I am ready,’ replied Nicholas.
“ ‘Eut our visit does not concern you
; alone,’ continued Jurofski, roughly;
: 'we are going to wipe out your wife,
j too, and all your blood.’
“Thereupon, with a gesture, he indi
1 cated the family of the Czar and Bar
| oness Buxlierden to the Red Guards,
saying: ‘Away with them, and no par
| don.’
“The Red Guards surrounded the
; condemned family and drove them out
through the door, the Czar going first
with his son,, who had fainted in his
arms. He was pale and staggered, but
socn recovered.
“The Czarina followed; praying
softly and incessantly. The Grand
Duchesses and. Baroness Buxherden
sobbed convulsively, and had to be
dragged by the Red Guards to the
i place of execution, the cellar of the
I house.
“Near the staircase leading to the
i cellar the victims met another group,
i consisting of the Czar’s personal phy
| sician, Dr. Botkin; Mme. Schneider,
| the Czarina’s reader; Prince Dolgoruky
; and Count Tatichef.
“ ‘You, to' said the Czar to Dr.
Potkin, who trembled so that he could
not utter a word. As the Red Guards
feared that the bullets from their
rf.'ies would rebound in the narrow,
tiled cellar, they shot their victims
one after another point blank with
their revolvers.
“Jurofski and the Red Guards said
afterward that the Czarina was shot
first, then the Grand Duchesses, and
finally the Czar.
“The bodies were put on a motor:
lorry and removed the same night to a :
deserted mine pit outside the town,:
where they were drenched with pe-J
troleum and set on fire. The ashes j
and carbonized bones were then cov-i
ered with earth.”—New York Times, j
Pocrman, Alaska, 60 degrees north j
of the equator and 60 degrees below!
zero in the winter, is a land of plenty.!
Food runs riot over the land twelve;
months of the year, while in the sum-1
mer north temperate vegetables spring!
FIRE INSURANCE RATES
INCREASED 10 PER CENT
Themajority of companies writing fire insu
rance in Alaska have recently increased their
rates ten per cent regardless of the fact that the
loss ration has been very low. The reason our
firm writes more fire insurance than any firm
operating in Alaska is that your rates have al
ways been adequate, our companies reliable, and
our loss claims promptly paid—Seventeen Alaska
losses amount paid $87,810,000.)
Before renewing your insurance at an increas
ed rate write us giving location of your property
as described in your old policy, and we will quote
you rate that is right.
LOWRY & PIKE, INC.
FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE
New York Block. Seattle, Wash
Lowest Rates, Reliable Companies, Losses
Promptly Paid
j fiorn the ground in rcsponso to cultiva
tion. The country is filled with rein
deer, caribou and moose and we never
lack for fresh meat. Grouse are plenti
ful and streams are alive with grayling
which is similar to mountain trout,
and white fish, while salmon are abun
dant in the rivers. Virtually all the
hardy vegetables such as potatoes, rad
ishes, onions aid the like can be grown,
the same as here. Everybody is too
1 busy mining gold to do much farming,
j however, and in consequence perish
i ables must be shipped in to the coun
I try. Nearly all the men who went out
| this winter will go back in the Spring.
| at least the most of them have said
j they will. Miners receive $5 per day
I and board. Meals at the roadhouses
| are $1.25. It costs $1 for a haircut and
; 50 cents for a shave. Dancing is the
I orincipal amusement, though an itin
j errnt motion picture company visits
i Pocrman once or twice during the
! Long and Poorman. The cost of ad
j mission is $1.50 and the films are old
and worn out through constant use.
DIRE DISTRESS
; It is Near at Hand to Hundreds of
Ketchikan Readers.
Don’t neglect an chiug back.
fackache is often the kidneys’ cry
for help.
Neglect hurrying to the kidneys’ aid
Means that urinary troubles may
j follow.
Or danger of worse kidney trouble.
Here’s convincing testimony,
i C. E. Wright, 1052 Second St., Santa
! Rosa, Calif., says: “It was several years
| agothat I suffered jfrom backache and
other symptoms of kidney trouble. I
j had severe pains across my kidneys
and often I could hardly get up or
down. The action of my kidneys was
irregular, causing me to get up several
♦imes at night. A burning sensation
attended the passages of the kidney se
cretions. Several boxes of Doan’s Kid
i ney Pills regulated the action of my
kidneys and removed the backache.”
60s. at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., fcjrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
I
But who will wish to wear gingham
now that it will not be so difficult to
obtain.
NOTICE OF CITY
ELECTION
Notice is hereby given to the elect-,1
ors of the City ojf1 Ketchikan, Alaska, j
that a general election will be held at j
he Council Chambers, on Main street,!
on Tuesday, April 1st. 1919, for the j
purpose of electing a Mayor, to hold;
office for one year, and three members
of the Common Council to hold office;
for two years and one member df the i
School Board to hold office for three;
years, and for the purpose of voting
on the proposition of the City improv-;
ing its water front with a commodious
feck for the accommodation oif* the
fishing fleet. Polls open at nine o’-;
clock a. m. and close .at. seven p. m.Ji
Qualification for voters for the j .
Mayor and Councilmen are all persons
21 years of age, who are citizens of:
the United States or having declared
fheir intention to become such; and j
who have been bona tide residents of
fhe Territory of Alaska for one year,
and hdve resided within the corporate
limits of the City of Ketchikan six'
months, and shall have been duly reg
istered.
For members of the School Board,
all adult persons citizens of the Unit
ed States or who have declared their 1
intention to become such, residing 1
within, the city of Ketchikan and who,'
shall have been duly registered.
P.y order of the Common Council.
Dated this 10th day otf March, 1919. i
S. A. PLUMLEY, City Clerk,
Last Publication April 1.
LOST—Black satin sash. Return to *
this office —Adv.
FOR SALE—ELECTRIC RANGE.
Phone 93. —Adv. tf. j
SALE STILL ON at the Ketchikan
Bazaar. Scores of Bargains—adv tf.
New 6 H. P. 4 Cycle "Miller” Ma
rine Engine complete. Price $325.00.
See Olsen at Furnivall ’s.MAdv. 6t. |
WANTED an honest boy about 18,
'or the store. Apply at the Bon Marche
—Adv.
SEWING MACHINE for sale. Apply
Mrs. G. W.' Woodruff or phone 126.
—Adv. tf.
FOR SALE-Thl'CC-room modern house
Courthouse Hill—easy terms. C.
A. Smith.—adv. 6t.
FOR SALE:—12 h -p. 2 cylinder 4 j
eyrie medium duty. Apply H. C. Han-j
kins, first hous(Vi.vi«lW$iiM*at>>»«tpre j
Adv. imp. • V- i r
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—Engines of Quality—
For the finest boats that float
For Sale by
H. R. THOMPSON &Co.
John Davis & Son
Pioneer Boat Builders
Designers arid Builders of Seine
and Trolling Boats. All work Guar
anteed. Let us figure with you for
your new boat.
Place your order early to avoid rush
Can make quick delivery on new or repair work
John Davis & Son
Metlakatla, Alaska
FOR SALE:—-1-2 burner Perfection
ind 1-3 burner Comet oil stove. Phone
Fi-102.—adv. atp
-OR CHARTER: A 40 ft. boat sult
ible for fish buper or general utility.
Mew Standard engine. Addresh Box
j47 Kotrhikan. Adv.lmp.
N THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF ALPHONSE A.
HANSEN, Deceased
NOICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the
tn'dersigned Chas. H. Cosgrove, admi
listrator of the estate' of Alphonse A.
lansen. deceased, to the creditors and
ill persons having clatpis against tile
said deceased, to present them with
he proper vouchers within six mon
hn from (die date of this notlco to
>has. H. Cosgrove, administnaor of
•aid estate at his ottico in the Tongass
milding, Ketchikan, Alaska, where tile
nisiness of said estate is transacted,
dated this 10 day of February, 1019
Ohas. H. Cosgrove, Aadminlstrator
Expert grinding and saw-fltting at
Sully -s Carpenter Shop.—adv tf.
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