VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan. Alaska, Wednesday April 16, 1919
Number 152
■i
CHARLES £ 3ULZER PASSES
f LAST NIGHT OH II
T
0
KETCHIKAN FOR TREATME
--vSHLN1 .r i OX. :— Apri. 16.—?>Irs. Suiter hs received i
-tutmy '.'.a: r.er sasiand. Charles A. Suizer. died on s
bust proteecim-z trom suiier *: Ketchikan.
he launch Ta.<u which arrived ir. per: last night about mid
:ugkt brougrt :ae :ay of the hits Charles A. Suizer- forme
dele rate : Congress from Alaska. Mr. Suizer died last nigh
*• y2Z u': :"e launch was passing Dali Head in Xiebol
passage nearMettaiatla. Death was due intestinal obstrue
tion. - •
Mr. c-aizer vs.- tasen id at his home in Suizer on Thursda;
ur.c a..rr - rry rung possible was done Locally a messag
wre sen: t-: Dr. D. W. Figgins at Craig, received on Monday eve
•' ’ started :ut ::r S Izer ordir
r* -even r.ours. out owing to a thick fog aw
c'r.rr antavoraote weather renditions the tourney was mud
reath Suizer until six o'clock Tues
torger and the boa: did
yy' y- - • r-T- *-'• - -'.e meantime a message had been sent t
E.et-.v - a- •.ru tr.e iaunen Taku .eft Monday evening at 8 p. rr
- - • 'r" -v r. at- am. anvv.ng in Suizer two hour
after Dr. Figgins.
itient's pulse was bare]*
perceptible an:: he appeared to be a dying man. He had inter
va - efo'»r.e-::vusne-s. then .f delirium.
®’:;‘-y ; "u-.- r.e. . a consultation and after doing everythin
■" - - : - .or. ouiier .: tr.e ar: r.y he was suffering. dr
ct[y\ \ ' " dim t Ketchikan. He consented and the par
f- ’ r- ~-r— - - a tew minutes after noon Tuesday. Du
me *ne uur-ev over Mr. Suizer remained uite conscious an*
tv we now, are we getting near Ketch1
•*£r- ■ -* r-c*-i - " r oetore he died he asked for Dr. Did'
~ - - am. a-.-out his nests. he said. ”I feel ver
TS.F-- to me. Doc.’
xhnat V :-s , r>r Florins was in the galley drinking a cup e'
r'.‘T. rushed in and shouted. “Com*
0U£C*y ’ •"* " n sic-: man's room. Dr. Figgins discover*'
that re was tvir.g and in afew moments the spirit had left.
On arriving hare about rr id.tight- three messages were se»*
f y - Mrs. Suiza* and s:-r. in. Washington. D. C.. anoth*
rr. -ulzer. brother, former governor of New York. and
*r.e t.nird * '.k-vernor Riggs at Juneau.
Tm- momv an ar.-ver was received from Wm. Suizer "
' v ' - .hat the 1 his ped t E zal eth Ne
.i<-.r«c.v rhe o?d home.
ries August Suizer was bom at Roselle Union Countv '*
J- Februam- 24 i»To pc. WRS educated in the nublic school'
ar Pm«rrv S-> - F -ah-erb V. .J Berk lev Academy. New Yo*
< .... r;*■-■- '‘sos M" varv Acad^m.v. He served in |b
~ r r~r during *he Snanish-Arr.eric'*'
Wa»*. -m- Vi 4b-aVs Wr> and w.--> actively en«a<reH :
mining in the tevmorv s;r-ee *ha- year. In 1005. he marrie
Mb* of F!ireve»h N T. »*»d hi onlv child *
w-n-WiPiem S S :be- was V-rr in 1S06. He was apoointe
Grarn -- --v.-. -f y--v Brotherhood in 1915. and again ;*
H- wa-; Tr -be Senate r»f the Alaska ^riSo.e
k-orialsr-r* f• - - th'- f»r«t divt^Son - 1914: and elected TVW»*
to Crr rrre.. rrr. rr ilael-jj A VVr-^jnKar 1 O] p -, V U-h e’enlion w
r-/ed ^>-6 'ri*-&n -r T -. t \V ■>’•&»•« hyr hv the '■>n'S
Contest Committee T*e u * of the M'l* electio■-> is still ur
Vrown although :noff t:e:,v it : reported that Suizer carrie'
the territory by a fair majority.
ALASKA COWING
SEATTLE a;-?:! IA.-Tfc* Alaska
a! turns --..ii" for aoriA »{*.!»
it* foboarirtsf 5-— f - Keushikaa
GrOrt 7A 1. Hv • iri. II B
MICer C W. E- <*. H. MvrriH M«
B P Wfc ji. Mrs. >1 J. Waiaii. Mr*.
<"'?> Jstf/sva, K
' ■* - - -r*
CrekSia.
COUNCIL MEETING
T ■ lit r> i "f»? cf t«c ft<rar
' zt the Conacil char j
Virt Isaponaat Lanine*».
MRS. HEARST'S
FUNERAL TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO. Aprii 16. — The
ody of Mr*. Phoebe Hears!, mother of
VilUam Randolph Hears!, was laid to
#• today beside her husband. the
te Georye Hearst in the family matt
ileum in Cy press Lawn cemetery.
As a tribute to the well known phil
:thropist. the courts, schools, and all
tte and city institutions adjourned
is sfterr.cvn.
PARIS, April 16.—Herr Mangold
:ef burgomaster of Samabrueken. in
cupied Germany, southwest of Tre
s. has been removed from office by
•der of Marshal Foch. The nature of
e cut plaint against him has not been
sde public.
Wickersham Coming
SEATTLE. April 16-—Delegate-elect
uses Wickersham was a northbound
ss<:-: _ r thS moreing on the steamer
'*s';s for Juneau.
M ; s r. » ; formed of Sui
t's uch chis me: .'ore leav
sg for .Casks, eipre.-s. J hi- regrets.
russianTmFerIal
FAMILY TO LIVE
IN TURKEY
DAR!S. April 16.—The former Dow
~--'r Empress of Russia and a number
" ti e members of the Imperial familv.
eluding the former Grand Duke Xi
Nolas NicltoJaerich. hare arrived in
sns-ar.tiaopie where they plan to re
de permanently, says a disnatch re
tired here today
MAYOR HANSON
ADDRESSES MASS
SAN FRANCISCO April 16.—In re
vm.sc y an invunuoi!. Mayor Hanson
1 Seattle. addressed ten thousand peo
’e is the civic auditorium today. May
t Rolph presided as chairman and in
•odaced Mayor Hanson.
"Ti.ere is no place in the United
date* for Bojdtevists," Mayor Han
'a declared, adding that the «3orern
•ent and the various, states should
iv- the unensps red work on the Mb
it works.
TO ADDRESS CLUB
SEATTLE. April 16. — Senator
'oiadeyt-r arrived from the east and
Til add*-* i- •- Republican club *his
C, P, R. CONVICTED
OTTAWA April 16.—Contrary to an
rder 55i council pa-je4 by the federal
overtimes’, la ISIS, the Canadian Pa
ific Railway has beer. convicted in
he police court here of having -raas
orted liquor through a dry area..
Shipment of 64 cases of whiskey to
licensed hotel keeper in Notre Dame
’Alette. Quebec, which is ‘ wet" terri
ory across she river from Ottawa
thick is "dry' ’ was the basis for the
Kt; taint. An appeal will probably be
trade by t ‘<* company.
TO PROBE ALL
LEAD POISONING
Washington, d. c., April 16. —
*he working conditions service, the De
artm-n: o' Labor, has prepared as a
aide to i-.du-'rial physicians a sched
ie for to p ysical examinations of
ad workers in which provision has
eta made for covering not only the
epical manifestations of lead poison
i bat also f&r bringing out the pre
ious history of the worker to deter
ine whether hazards In other indus
-ies may have had an adverse effect
pcm the health. Lead poisoning is
rctpaent in the pottery industry
RY LAW TO SERIOUSLY
HAMPER GERMAN CLUBS
CLINTON, Mass..—With folly *100.
X* invested in the four halls main
ined by the German societies, the
ornverin the Schiller Verein. Lich-i
natein l»ds;e of Hamugari and
Tashingtoc Lodge, Sons of Hermann
i this town, there is much speculation
at*ig members and citizens as to
hat is to be the fate of this proper
r under national prohibition. The of
cer* of the organization admit they
re enabled to keep the hails open and;
naintain the property only from the
ffofit* from sales of beer.
MOVEMENT OF BOATS
'uthbound
Vcrt i: western Th ursday.
n d Tr.ariday p. m.
idmlra! Watson Sunday.
'i*-bGund
r r : Tf !.’r»day night
'' i jka Friday noon.
Admiral Evans Saturday
NAVY M£N TO
INVESTIGATE
FACILITIES
Committee Will See What
Improvements Are
Necessary
SEATTLE. April 16.—To investigate
t'.-e terminal facilities and the improve
; ti«: in transportation necessary for*
i he proper handling of the output of
’ coal for the Xavv front the Matanuska
; coal fields, a committee consisting Of
i Captains SumneV. E. W. Kittelle and
L. E. Gregory. V. S. X.. sailed for An
i chcrage this morning on ■board the
: steamer Alaska for Anchorage.
On reaching Anchorage, the commit
itee will tv joined by a party of scien
tists who will assist them in their in- j
; vest igations
MIXXEAPOLIS. Minn.. April 16.—In
fection diseases, one of which is seri
ously towering the production of all j
kinds of cattle is menacing Minne-!
sota's dairy and cattle industry, which ;
brings an annual revenue of -125,000,-1
"h>. Experts at the university farm are j
engaged in experiments to combat the j
diSt'3iO.
EX-PRINCE FALLS
AMSTERDAM. April 16.—Accordine
o a Wieriugen dispatch to the Handels
: hiad. former German Crown Prince j
(Frederick Wilhelm is suffering from a
i broken hand and wrist as a result of!
I a motorcycle accident.
__
LOXDOX. April 16.—The silver med
. a! of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Hu- ]
' mane Society, and their illuminated,
| cert if seat' have been presented to En
sign J. J. Munits, of the United States:
destroyer Beale, for gallantry at sea.'
When the City of Glasgow was torpe
; deed in September, Ensign Munns. in
I a motorboat launched from the Beale.:
| succeeded under great difficulty in j
1 saving throe- of the foot- men left on i
board.
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BOLSHEVIKS
MURDERED
THOUSANDS
Red Cross Workers Bring
Back Much Grue
some Evidence ,
_ i
OMSK. Russia. April 16.—Indisput-’
( We evidence of the massacre by the
ursian Bolshevik's of two thousand)
ivilians in and near the town of Osa1
has been obtained by Messrs. Simonds
lr,d Emerson. American journalists
vho with Dr. Rudolph Teusier of the
American Red Cross, have just return
ed from Perm and Osa and other re
occupied Russian territory.
The unsp- akable> conditions in Bol
shevik! Russia are all due to the reign
->f anarchy and terror instituted by
enine and Trotsky, and they declare
hat if means are not found to alleviate
he food situation as well as the ques
:on of fuel, the Russian people may be
wiped out entirely. Disease and under
-'Urisfamen: with their attending evils
re killing the people off like flies and
a attempting to stamp out the infec
icrua diseases, the Bolsheviki are or
!«-ring all incurables killed, hoping to
'httnteract the contagion.
ROSS FAMILY WILL NOT COME
Owing to the recent death of her
•other. Mrs W. A. Ross, who with Miss
ora and son Bob, w re expected to ar
rive home shortly, will not come this
summer to Ketchikan, having made
oth' r plans on account of the aged
mother, who could not make the jour
ney north.
Mr Ross will keep bachelor's quarr
r with Messrs. Wold and Bishop, and
• i-' said that they are not lacking for
. tod cooking, but no one knows who
the cook la.
GOING INSIDE AGAIN
C. H. Harrison, sourdough Alaskan,
tenth charter member of the local
edge of Pioneer*, is going to go furth
er b.side this summer as soon as bo!
can dispose of his property here, and
fcopea to go to Seldovia.
if.- Harrison came to Alaska in 18i5,
and has been here ever since, enduring
all ti e hardships and experiences of|
th- ,iit:! r. Ketchikan 1* g-tting too1
tivi!!red'.“^e say*! ’ and he want* aa-j
other taste of the frontier.
ISSUE WARNING
TO BOY SCOUTS
NKW YORK, April 16.—According to
Wans suggested by the national board
of fire underwriters and announced by
•he board here hfonday. the dangers of
he victory fire celebrations which are
to -be held all over the United States
,'y 300.000 boy scouts of America on
I'he occasion of the signing of the peace
‘reaty have been called to the atten
I 'ion of the organization and are to be
'minimized ‘by the boys adopting "all
•vossible safeguards."
C A if BRIDGE, hfass.. April 16.—Har
ard boasts a student TO years old. in
'be person of Colonel George Lyon,
’r . of Nelson, Nebraska, who having
’rued his pile. Is back at the univer
sity from which he graduated almost
•wo-score years ago.
Ed, Hagen Arrested
SEATTLE. April lb.—Former police
man Ed. Hagan was jailed this morn
ing on the charge of having stolen gov
ernment lifiuor from the warehouses
where the confiscated "booze" is
stored.
ALASKA LABOR
UNION FORMED
IN WRANGELL
W RANG ELL. April 16.—Alaskan
Labor Union Number 10 was organized
'’ere last night with 75 members, by
H. V Hendrickson, secretary of the
Ketchikan Local Number 5.
Mr. Hendrickson hired a hall and de
'ivered a forceful address after which
the local workmen organized. Wil
Ham Lewis was elected President,
Knig J. Johanson, Secretary. Ninety
•vreeut of the membership of the
Wrangell Union are fishermen.
DEVIL-DOGS FORM
SULthll I HtMStLVfcS
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. April 16. —
When the marines from every war
since the Civil war met here recently,
he first social organization ever form
’d of the members of the United States
Marine corps was organized. The so
ciety ha3 been named the title the
Germans betowed on the marines —
the “Devil-Dogs." The action, of
'hese marines, it is thought, will be the
signal for the formation of like socie
ties in other sections of the country.
FORMER I. W. W. MEMBER
AWAKENS, THEN REPENTS
SPOKANE.—Jame3 Nevin. convict
-d of criminal svndicalsm last July,
has agreed to renounce all connecton
with the Industrial Workers of the i
World and support the Constitution of
United States and the Declaration
sf Independence. In an affidavit filed
in the Superior Court Nevin asks that
his appeal from the syndicalism convic;
ticn in the police court be dismissed
and the case be sent back to the low
er court.
Nevin declares he nc-ver again will
a member of the I. W. W. and will
be a loyal supporter of the Govern
ment.
Anarchy In Full Swing in Munich and Bolsheviki
Again Defeat Government Troops Retaking The
Railway Station-Robbers Reaping Harvest
LONDON. April 16.—“There is a complete understanding on
the fundamental questions of the peace settlement” declared
Premier Lloyd George in an address before the British Parlia
ment today. He asserted that it is not true that America and
Europe are at variance.
Pointing out the difficulties in effecting peace, the premier
said. “A complete breaking up is threatened in Russia, Austria
and Turkey. There is no authority, throughout Russia,” he
"■aid, “and the question of the recognition of the s iet Govern
ment has never been proposed.
LONDON, April 16.—Premier Lloyd George said today, in his
opinion, allied intervention in Russia would be the greatest act
of stupidity and believed that England should not be committed
to the gigantic task of improving conditions in Russia.
Peace Preliminaries Are Made Knov.a
PARIS. April 16.—The peace preliminaries were made known
this afternoon to the delegates of eighteen smaller nations which
declared war against the Germans- as outlined bv the five great
powers at a meeting held in the French Foreign Offic \
First Infantry Regiment Joins Spartacans
COPENHAGEN, April 16.—A Munich despatch just received
says that the First Infantry Regiment has joined the Spartactns
and that Anarchy is in full swing in Munich. Robbers and loot
ers areunchecksd and are reaping a golden harvest. There is no
authority of any sort and excesses and depredations of all kind
are common.
BERLIN, April 16.—The Government troops were badly de
feated by the Bolsheviki in an attempt to hold the Munich Rail
way station today according to a dispatch from Nuremburg.
GOVERNOR RIGGS ORDERS FLAGS
LOWERED FOR THREE DAYS AS MARK
OF RESPECT TO LATE DELEGATE ELECT
JUNEAU. April 16.—Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., has this
dav issued the following proclamation:
“Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to call to Eternal Rest
the spirit of Charles A. Sulzer, a man beloved by the many who
recoenized in him an earnest and faithful worker in all honor
able thiners or for the principles which he considered rieht, and
whereas death has sealed his lips and closed his eyes in ever
'.'istincr sleep,now, therefore. L Thomas Riggs, Jr., Governor of
4he Territory of Alaska, actuated not only by a sense of public
'oss but by personal grief, do hereby call upon all persons with
;n the Territory of Alaska in both official and private life, as a
^a»-V of respect to the deceased and his sorrowing family, to
lower all flags to half mast between the hours of sunrise and
cunset for the period of three days from the date of this pro
clamation.
Given under my hand and seal this sixteenth day of April,
1919- at Juneau, Alaska.
(Signed) THOMAS RIGGS, Jr., Governor.
'Signed) CHAS. E. DAVIDSON, Ex-Officio.Sec’y of Alaska.
LOAN FUND URGED FOR FARMERS
ANCHORAGE. (By Mail). — Fofty
thousand dollars should be set aside as
' federal fund from which loans could
' c made to Alaska farmers to enable
:hem to buy livestock, agricultural im
plements and machinery, suggests An
drew Christensen, manager of the Land
and Industrial Department of the Alas
ka Engineering Commission, in an offl
"ia; report to William C. Edes, chair
man of the Commission. The yields of
root crops greatly exceed in quantity
the demand of local markets, and such
products cannot be shipped at a pro
fit to distant places, so Mr. Christen
sen urges that farmers be aided and
encouraged to direct their efforts to
meat, butter, cheese, eggs, milk and
dairy products.
‘Twelve to fifteen years' experience:
with agriculture in Alaska.” he says,
'Was demonstrated that the Alaska soils
v ill produce all kinds of root crops,
such as potatoes, turnips, carrots, rad-,
ishes, lettuce, cabbage, etc., and that
there is now grave danger of over-pro- j
duct ion in this class of products. Dur-.
ing the season of 1&17 there was an;
over production of several hundred'
tons of potatoes and turnips in the!
Maianuska Valley, considerable of
v'ilth went to waste because of the
leek of market. It is, therefore, of the
ir most importance that diversified
fi»rtaining be immediately undertaken;!
otherwise many farmers will give ulp
in d< ’pair and leave the Territory. It
as a!so been dctnoostated that oats,
barley and rye, when properly cured, j
make excellent feed for stock. These)
iran:I grains can also be matured. The
'armtrs in the Tandna Valley have tna
iured wheat and It will not be long be
’ore sufficient wheat will be raised in
the interior to supply flour. However, t
there cannot be full development of the
agricultural resources of the Territory
until all branches of agriculture are
- oroughly established.
In order to encourage diversified
'arming it will be necessary for the |
government to render aid in gome way.
T? the stock and dairy industry can be
encouraged It will have a tendency to
make Alaska self-supporting, a situa
<ion which is very much desired. This
will resut in holding in the Territory in
the Territory twenty million dollars Or
more which Is now paid by the people
of Alaska to the producers and com
mission houses in the States, and in
the cost of the freight from the States.
This money can then be used by the
farmers in improving their farms and
in the upbuilding of other industries In
the Territory. Not only would this re-;
suit in retaining money in the Terri
tory. but it ould make living condl-,
lions there h r- At present nearly j
all meat, butter, cheese, eggs, milk and j
dairy product of that kind arc im
port'd and consequently it is not as
fresh or wholesome as if it were sup
plied locally. Diversified farming
would encourage the development of
the agricultural lands and the cstab
lishnii nt of permanent homes. The peo
ple of Alaska would then become more
firrniy attached to the soil. They
would be encouraged to bring In and
raise their families in the Territory bo
cau»- of being able to live on fresh
' rod icts from the farms instead of
'iving on canned and cold storage food*
•«» is largely the case today.
In other words, the people of Alaska
would be able to live as well there as
‘he people In the States, which wilt
av<- a large influence in establishing
'i permanent population, instead of tlie
'nsta:ble and migratory' one of the
present.
"Congress is at present rendering fin
in'-ial aid the Indians throughout
the Uni U oiui ^ho policy of the
G-ninent advancing money for the
■ 'irei.asc of seeds, antmab. machinery,
■> implements and o ’’er equip
••nt to the Indians has result. 1 in cn
eonraging the development of a,, ricul
1 oral lands and many of the Indians
• now self-supporting. It would See l
■ at if the Government will thus help
the Indians that it should at least do as
much for the whites of Alaska, cape,;
•dully since it will undoubtedly result
In bringing increased revenue to the Al
isha raiilroad in which the Govcrn
• nt will have invested -35,000,000 or
■ore.
On account of the isolation of Al
t’ a : the great exp-isc incident to
ioping In stock, machinery, equip
■tii'iit and applies for the farmors and
iti'er hardships and difficulties not
vperlf/nced by the farmers in tho
States, the development of tho agricul
oral lands tributary to the railroad
vlll be exoeedlnly slow unless tho agri
ulturistH are given Government aid.
''any of them are an; ious to got a fow
tend of sheep, cattle, pigs, chickens,
•to., In order to get a start, but on ac
sf the exorbitant freight rates bewcen
Seattle and Alaska and the initial ox
lensn Incident to the purchase, it. Is Ut
;crly impossible for many of tln-m to
0 undertake it. It Is, theroforo, BUS"
/sf.ed that Congress be asked to au
1 nri/.e the use of $'h,000 for the pur
has- of stock, farmln" I'm-dements and
■achinery to 'be so'd to bona fide
armors on long-term payments of
rom five to leu annual Installments."