The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-08

for Lane, providing for the develop ment of the natural resources Of Alaska under tie direction of development board appointed for the purpose.
 ENGINEERS ENTERTAINED.
 SEATTLE, June 3.-The members of the Alaska railroad commission. Governor J. F. A. Strong of Alaska and Bo Sweeney. the local attorney who was recently confirmed by the senate as assistant secretary of the interior. were the guests of honor at banquet given at the Arctic club last night The chief speakers of the evening were Governor Strong. who left for the North after the banquet, and Falcon Joslin, the we'll known Alaska railroad man.
 Mir. Joslin. in his remarks. praised the people of Seattle for having talk en an active interest in the affairs of Alaska at large and of the rail road in particular, by maintaining eternal vigilance at Washington while the railroad bill was being debated in the halls of congress. He further said that Alaskans, in their isolation in the North. do not always have the opportunity to refute the lies told about the country, and that. al though Alaska has been maligned in the East. it has been defended in the West, particularly ill Seattle. which city helped to keep the coun- try in the limelight at Washington until congress was forced to take notice.
 In speaking of the territory of which he is the chief executive, Gov ernor Strong said that he was heart fly in favor of the plan of Secretary of the Interior Lane to have the re- sources of Alaska developed under the direction of development board. He also spoke at length of the rich ness of those resources.
 When he was asked to make a few remarks concerning the Alaska railroad and it's probable termini, Engineer Riggs answered by saying that one terminal would be estab- lished at an open port on the Pacific and another on one of the navigable rivers of the Interior.
 ALASKA MAY GET EXHIBIT.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., June g. Proper representation of the terri tory of Alaska at the Panama-Pa cific International exposition seems assured now, as the amendment to the sundry civil bill introduced by Senator Jones of Washington, pro viding for an appropriation of $20o.- 900 for that purpose, has been re ported favorably by the senate com mittee on industrial eXpositions.
 LEPER COLONY SUGGESTED.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., June B. Consternation reigned in this city for time today when 1t was learn ed that man named Earle, who is afflicted with leprosy, had been taken into custody by the police. After his arrest Earle stated that he had escaped from the leper de tention station near Seattle, Wash ington. He was immediately sent to the leper colony.
 When the news of the arrest reached congress, Representative Johnson stated that he was in favor of setting aside some island on the coast of Alaska for the establish ment of a permanent leper colony. He stated that those who occupied the colony need not necessarily be idle as branches of the weather bur eau and wireless stations could be established there and the diseased men could work for the government on salaries.
 MANY PEOPLE COMING.
 SEATTLE, June 3. The annual migration of people toward the North from this city has now commenced, and although it is not as large as was anticipated, quite number are taking passage for Alaska on each boat sailing from this port. Very few have so far booked passage to the Interior via St. Michael, but it is expected that the travel by way of Skagway and the White Pass X Yukon route will be great this sum- mer.
 General Agent Burnside, of the White Pass & Yukon route, states that he booked 126 people through to the Interior last week, and that most of them already have left for Skagway. Bookings for the next two weeks are not as large as was expected, the earlier reports having overreached the mark
 Local rates are applying on all tickets sold to people going to Al aska, through rates to Fairbanks not yet having been announced by the transportation officials, although they have been posted for some time with the interstate commerce con- mission.
 sAMUELs COMMITS SUICIDE.
 SEATTLE, June 3.-Alaskans now in the city were shocked today to learn of the suicide of M. D. Samuels, one of Nome's bestknown pioneer business men, who ended his life last night at the Seattle hotel by putting bullet through his brain. Domestic and financial trou- bles are believed to have been re- sponsible for the deed.
 Samuels arrived in this city last December and soon thereafter be- came involved in a difficulty with his wife which resulted in the couple being divorced This is be- lieved to have mentally unbalanced him. He was to have sailed yester- day for Nome on the steamship Victoria.
 RIGGS BRINGING 40 MEN.
 SEATTLE, June 8. - Engineer Riggs, chairman of the board of engineers composing the Alaska rail road commission, will sail from this port for the North tonight on the