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City of Seattle April 9
Adm. Farrastut April 11 City of Seattle April 15
'da. Fan-agut April 10
Adnt Eveana April 1” Adm Watson April 20
Rego'Sailings Seattle to California
For further information call at office or
Telephone 7 7 V. A. Peterson, Agent
Sailing dates subject to change without notice
Princess Mary
SOUTHBOUND
^PACIFIC,' March 11—21 April 1—11—21 and
J:A iLWAY^f May 2—12—23
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PRINCE RUPERT, VANCOUVER, SEATTLE &
Particulars from F. E. Ryus. Agent Ketchikan
Sailings subject to change without notice. Tick
ets to Seattle. Tacoma, Victoria, Vancouver- B. C.
Jefferson Northbound March 30, April 11—23
ard return southbound 4 days later.
SS. Alaska Northbound March 29. April 18 re
turning 10 days later
SS. Alameda, Northbound April 3, Returning
10 days later
Northwestern Northbound April 10, May 3 Re
turning S days later
C. M. TAYI.OR, Agent TELEPHONE 64
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* COAL DELIVERED FROM 4
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ROSS & CO. TRANSFER
Coal Hauled from A!J 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
GEOJF. FORREST, JR.
KETCHIKAN WHARF CO.
C. M. TAYLOR
Phone 64
Agent
make a note of
OUR NOTICE
;hat we are making summer deliver
ies of coal now for next ivlnte's use.
Te.-l friend husband he ahou’d take ad
• an’age of sum.:.*:1: prices and ordei
'he c-oa! no* Better be prepared
for any emergency and the saving is
not to be despised. Phone U3 how
much and what aind We'll start the
delivering at once.
Bowling Ally
And Pool Hall
Everything New
and Up-to=Date
K. TAKATA and J. K. TATSUDA
PROPRIETORS
INDEPENDENT
DRAY I NO CO.
Coal & Frsight Hauled
From ail Docks
Office Phone 64 Res. G 121
CHRIS SORENSEN,Prop.
ALASKA RESTAURANT
F. C. HAGIWARA, Prop.
NOODLES AND CHOP SUE\
Special From 4 P. M. to 2 A. M. i
BOS SEATS FOR LADIES
End of Mission Street
AT THE POODLE DOG
GRILL
I RESTAUR^I A i
AFTER AN AUTO RIDE
or a walk or the theatre whtn you
fee! lieke eating something nice and 1
asty stop in this restaurant ana
you'll fc; s_rs to get what you want.
You’ll find out service prompt and;
d:ft and our food cooked to perfection
xo eat Mgre once is to decide on I
making it a habit.
WICKERSHAMLETTER
TO SECRETARY LANE
(Continued from yesterday)
Not only were your telegrams and
letters as Secretary of tlie Interior and
Administrator of Government Own
ership and Operations in Alaska pub
lished and spread broadcast among the
employees of the Government Rail
road "for political purposes” in lyl6
and 191S. but : the 'after campaign
Commissioner Edes and Supt. Browne,
both 1, .’t'.y from the Southern Pa
cific. sent similar ie. , r . ..pporting
and supplementing your efforts in aid
of the partisan Democratic local ticket
- in Alaska. Their letters .may he seen
on the editorial page of the Juneau
Daily Empire for October 31st, last.
And Governor Riggs, so recently a
member of the Comission at Nenana.
and Governor by your grace, toured the
Territory last fall at the expense of the
Government, making partisan political
campaign speeches and giving out parti
| sail interviews to newspapers “for
i political puroses.” He visited Nenana
and other main points on the Govern
ment Railroad exhorting officials and
men to support my opponent, enter
tained everywhere by the agents of the
' White Pass Company, the Northern
Commercial Company and the Alaska
j Syndicate officials. Is that what the
; people of this country must exocet
from high officials under Government
Ownership and Operation of Railroads?
Corruption At the Polls By the Alaska
Engineering Commission
Your partisan influence as Secretary
of the Interior and as Administrator
of Government Ownership and Opera
tion of the Government Railroad in
Alaska, was so persuasive in partisan
polities on the Government Railroad
that it was directly responsible for
many criminal violations of the Con
! gressional Election Laws there. One
bright and shining example will be men
tioned, for it connects one of the Com
missioners of the Alaska Engineering
Commission, and your special repre
sentative thereon, and also the Disburs
ing Officer at Nenana, in the criminal
| oneny or voting ms own wife in viola
f ticra of the election laws at the elec
; tion held there on November 7, 1916.
! The Act of Congress providing for
the election of a Delegate to Congress
; from Alaska fixes the qualifications of
electors at all such elections, and par
ticularly provides that no person shall
be allowed to cast a ballot at such
election except “actual and bona fide
residents of Alaska, and who have been
such residents continually during the
entire year immediately preceding the
: election.’ etc.
Act of Congress, May 7. 1906, 34
Scat. L. Sec. 3, p. 169.
The Legislature of Alaska at its first
session granted the elective franchise
to women, by permission of Congress,
and provided that “the elective fran
chise is hereby extended to such wo
men as have the qualifications of citi
zenship required of male electors.”
Session Laws, Alaska, 1913, Chap. 1,
On February 19, 1916, your Disburs
ing Officer at Xenana, G. F. Cramer,
was married here in Washington, D. C..
the record of that marriage will be
found in the proper records of mar
riages in this District; the bride was a
Washngton City iady and had never
before resided in Alaska. In May, 1916
Commissioner Thomas Riggs, and his
wife, and Disbursing Officer G. P.
Cramer, and his bride, left Washing
ton enroute t Alaska, and arrived at
Xenana some time in June, 1916, and
their wives were not, therefore, on Xo
vetnber 7, 1916, the date of the Con
gressional election, ‘actual and bona
fide residents of Alaska, and had been
been such residents continuously dur
ing the entire year immediatelv preced
ing the election."
noth Mrs. Cramer and Mrs. Rlggs
were specially barred from voting at
that election by the Territorial Act
(Sess. Laws, 1913, Chap. 1, p. i.)
which provides that “The elective
franchise is hereby extended to such
women as have the qualifications of
citizenship required of male electors”,
to-wit: Those who are “actual and
bona fide residents of Alaska, and who
have been such residents continuously
during the entire year immediately pre
ceding the election.” 34 Stat. L. Sec 3
p. 169.
A duly certified copy of the record
of the hfenana election returns at the
Xovember 7, 1916, election was filed
with the Senate Committee on Terri
tories, at the time or the confirmation
of Riggs as Governor, and the original
is now on file with the House of Re-!
presentatives with Election Committee i
' No. 1, 'whore it may too soon in support
• of theae facts. You will find the names
of G. F. Cramer and Florence Cramer
and Thomas Riggs, Jr. and Renia Cou
dert Riggs signed to the registration
lists in those official records at tlio
time their wives voted at Nenana on
November 7, 1916, in violation Qf law.
One who comes into Alaska for the
first time in June is not qualived Under
the law of Congress to vote On Novem
ber 7th following. Section 15 of the
act of Congress of May 7, 1916 (34 Stat
L. Sec. 16) also fixes the penalty for
a violation of the provicions of the act
It provides that any person who shall
“vote: “At any time when he may not
.be lawfully entitled to vote, or unlaw
fully votes himself or procures another
to vote, or who shall aid, counsel or
procure any person to do so or attempt
■ to do any act made a crime hereinafter
shall be guilty of a crime, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished
•bv a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars nor less than one hundred dol
lars, or imprisonment not more than
three years, or both, in the discretion
of the court, and pay the costs of pro
secution.”
And when Commissioner Riggs pro
1 cured Renia Coudert Raggs, I113 wife, to
vote at that election, and disbursing
officer Cramer procured Florence E.
Cramer, his wife to vote at the same
polls, both they and their wives were
guilty of the criminal acts denounced
in the congressional election law, and
ought to be punished as if they were
plain common people, instead of se
curing immunity because they were
high officials in the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission, and more recently
the Governor and Secretary to the
Governor of Alaska.
In addition to the penalties imposed
by the act of congress for illegal voting
the legislature of Alaska in 1915 passed
an act to protect the purity of the bal
lot box in the territory. (Session laws
1915, Chapt. 25) Section 2" of the act
provides:
“Sec. 27, Disqualified persons voting
If any person knowing that he does not
possess the legal qualifications of a:
voter, at any election authorized by
law to be held in the territory for any
office whatever, shall vote at such
election, such person shall be guilty;
of a felony.”
Both these women were disqualified,
and they and husbands knew of their
lack of qualifications when they pro
cured them to vote, they were each
truilty of a crime if they so voted.
The'official records of the election
in the Xenana precinct show that Cra
mer and wife and Riggs and wife voted
at the same polling place and signed
the same registration list for the pur
pose of this communication, the evid
ence is convincing that all were guiltv
of the crimes denounced in both the
congressional and territorial election
laws. A grand juror informed me that
body attempted to indict Riggs for
these alleged violations of the con
gressional election laws but was pre
vented from doing so iby the court offi
cials at Fairbanks.
But you will say, what had the Se
cretary of the Interior to do with the
commission of these crimes, even if
the facts stated are assumed to be
true? Just this Mr. Secretary: By
your telegram and letters and by your
action in forcing the government rail
road organization into uartisan politics
you gave such employes as Cramer
and Riggs to know that it was your
desire that the employes of the com
mission should do likewise: should
give their time and attention to local
politics. They got overly enthusiastic
in aid of your idea of conducting par
tisan politics from the office o fthe;
governmet nrailroad, and “went ovor<
the top.' With your unworthy example
they concluded it was your desire'
they should be as active in their offices '
as you were in your office as adminis!
trator of government ownership and I
operation of public railroads, and voted
their wives illegally and committed the
offences mentioned thereby. It was
yoUr bad example which caused them
to become violators of the law. It was
your bad example which made the
Alaska Engineering Commission the
head and front of the most corrupt
political machine we have ever seen in
Alaska—a corrupt political machine
hand in hand with the White Pass Co.
and the Alaska Syndicate corporation.
And when the electors of Alaska gave
a majority against you, your associates
undertook to steal the election for
Delegate.
(Continued Tomorrow)
ECHOES FROM WASHINGTON
Washington Happenings Always Inter
est Our Readers.
After reading of so many people in
our town who hare been cured by
Doan's Kidney Pills, the question
naturally arise3; “Is this medicine
equally successful in our neighboring |
town?” Tho generous statement of
this Washington resident leaves no
room for doubt, on this point.
Mrs. J. C. Brown, 108 E. Thirty
fourth St„ Tacoma, Wash., says: "My
health had always been fine until my
kidneys went back on me some ten
years ago. At first I didn’t pay much
attention to the trouble and finally I
was so bad off I could hardly go.
Half of tho time I was in bed unable
to do my housework. Everything 1
did to relievo myself failed and I was
just miserable and discourage. I was
advised to try Doan’s Kidney Pills but
had got where I thought there was-no
help for me. Doan’s helped me from i
the start and two boxes removed the I
trouble. My good health came hack
and I felt fine ever since Doan’s cured 1
me.”
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co.. Mfgr9., Buffalo, N. Y.
FOR SALE.—Kimball Organ cheap.
Phone 205 —Adv. tf.
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FOR SALE—Two-chair barber out
fit and cigar case to be sold below
cost. Enquire this office, Adv 6t.
MRS. J. A. KUMMER, late of Se
attle, will do plain and fancy dress
aking. Phono 222.—adv. Imp.
FOR SALE:—12 h. p. 2 cylinder 4
cycle medium duty. Apply H. C. Hen ]
kins, first house south of Heath’s:
store. — Adv. Imp i
FOR CHARTER: A 40 ft. boat suit
able for fish buper or general utility.
New Standard engine. Addresh Box
,547 Ketrhikan. Adv.Imp.
FOR SALE.—Gas Boat 25 feet long
in good condition, with 8 h. p. Palm
er engine, 4 cycle, in good working
order, for $550, at the Mather Iron
Works. —Adv. 1 mo. p. <
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NOTICE
Mrs. Leonard announces that the
hours at her Boarding House are
from 12 to 1:30 and from 5 to 6:30. !
Adv. 6 t. p. j
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TUG INVERNESS
Solicits towing of all kinds.
Work done by the hour or by
i the job. A trial will convince
you that your work will be done
in a quick and reliable manner.
For particulars inquire at the
Stedman Hotel office. advpl5
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NU BONE CORSETS
Fancy Hand Sowing, Corset Alter
ing. Bungolow Aprons a Specialty
All style buttons made to order
Call, and let u8 show you!
Mrs. D. Cooper and Mrs. O. Basse
Rooms 1 and 2 Tongass Building
Open from 9 a. m. till 5 p. m. Phone 2061
KETCHIKAN
Draying Company
A.U Orders will be promptly and
carefully executed.
BaDelivered Day and
Night
ED. NEWMAN, Prop.
Office Phone 60 Residence Phone 157:
RUSSIAN STEAK
BATHS
Rheumatism cured and
all ailments relieved by the:
aid Russian steam baths,
Open every afternoon from
4 until 10 in the evening,
Woman in attendance on
Thursday, ladies’ day,
Next to Sparhawks store
New Town,
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ACCIDENT, FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS
CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS
BONDS OF ALT, KINDS
CUSTOMS HOUSE U \P!L!TY
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Custom n, nu:n, JNWlt 25
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fines of Quality—
For the finest boats that f! *si
For Sale by
H. R. THOMPSON
LP’LPJ. y »
John Davis & Son
Pioneer Boat Builders
Designers and 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 SCOW ELLIOTT
. 75 by 20 feet— 43 Tons.
Home on Scow _18 by 62
Suitable for Saltery
All in good condition Inquire of W.
A. Bryant, at Heckman Co.
KETCHIKAN CLEANING
& PRESSING WORKS
Suits Sponged and pressed, Dry or
.Steam Cleaned. All kinds of La
dies (garments. uuoves, snoes
spats, wool snirts & sweaters
All Work Guaranteed; Phone 222
3R0WN & KUMER, Props.
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Attorney and Counselor-at-Law <•
* Office—Town Council Chambers •>
Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Expi-vt grinding and saw-fitting at
Sully Oarponter Shop.—adv tf.
HOWARD BUYS
FURS
Si:e<lman HotelOffice
Jewelry Shop
In Watches, Diamonds Jewel
ry, Spectacles, C i: { Glass, Silver
ware, Clocks and Cu ?os._
TtEPAIRING a SPECI VLTY
Chas. J. Engstrcm
Jeweler
Thirty-five years Experience.
fl Ml SP&61RL!
Beg* meng Wednesday Ayril 9
and continuing until Saturday th<.
12th,
Ladies and Misses Shoes Special at
25 cts. and up
To make room for new goods
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