The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-08
past winter he has had charge of the Alaska exhibit at Washington.
 IT MAY BE MURDER

past winter he has had charge of the Alaska exhibit at Washington.
 TT MAY BE MURDER.
 SEATTLE, June 4-Having dis covered evidence which leads them to suspect that M. D. Samuels, the Nome merchant. who was found dead in his room yesterday at the Seat tie hotel, did not take his own life as was believed at the time his body was found with bullet through his head, the police have arrested Mrs. Blanche Smith. known throughout Alaska as New York Blanche and are holding her pend ing further investigation of the mys- tery.
 Early today, the authorities learn ed that Mrs. Smith occupied the room adjoining the one in which the body of Samuels was found, and it is suspected that she was shot was fired.
 Mrs. Smith. who is the divorced wife of Deep Hole Joe" formerly lived at Fairbanks, and was mar ried in Alaska, where both she and her husband were well known.
 WICKERSHAM WANTS BOARD.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., June A. Delegate Wickersham has announced that he will support the plan of Secretary Lane to place the affairs of Alaska under the control of a by the President. to be known as a development board and to have it's headquarters in Alaska.
 The delegate will make formal statement in regard to the plan be- fore the house committee on terri tories tomorrow.
 FRENCH OPTIMISTIC.
 SEATTLE. June 4.-Major L. H. French the well-known Northern mining promoter, arrived here today from the East on his way back to Alaska. In speaking of the outlook in the North, French stated today that he believed the territory had a most alluring future before it, on account of the railroad which is 10 be built by the government.
 French operated extensively in the Nome country. being the promoter of number of big enterprises.
 ALASKA GETS FUNDS.
 w WASHINGTON, D. C., June B. The sundry civil appropriation bill was reported for passage in the lower house of congress this after noon. and will be taken up for con- sideration in the very near future. The bill carries numerous appropri- ations for Alaska, including $57,000 for the care of Alaska natives, $200,- 900 for education of the natives, S5000 for the reindeer industry, $20,- 900 for the protection of game, $15,- 900 for the suppression of the liquor traffic among the Indians, s60000 for aids to navigation, $27,850 for seal service in the Pribiloff islands, and $60000 for the protection of the seal fisheries.
 INQUEST MONDAY.
 SEATTLE, June 5-The coroner's late NJ. D. Samuels, whose death at the Seattle hotel is surrounded by mystery, has been set for Mon day.
 Mrs Blanche Smith, who is being held as a witness in the case, on suspicion that she knows something about the death, was taken ill sud denly today, and has been removed to the city hospital.
 Mrs. Samuels arrived here today and has taken charge of the re- mains, subject to the action of the coroner
 SOCIETY GIRL COMING.
 SAN FRANCESCA, June 5.-Miss Pauline Painter, prominent society girl of Alameda, has announced that she will visit Alaska this summer on big game hunting expedition. It is her intention to go first to Sitka, and later to the Interior country, where she will spend sev- eral week in the vicinity of Ram part.
 MOORE SHOOTS SELF.
 SKAGWAY, June 5.-The body of F. D. Moore, well-known restau- rant proprietor of this city, was this morning, with a bullet hole through the head. Moore fired the fatal shot himself, the desperate act having been provoked by minor busi- ness troubles, which he sought to escape by death.
 SARAH IS EN ROUTE. DAWSON, June 5.-The steamer Sarah a packet of the former N. N. fleet, and now flying the flag of the American Yukon company, will sail for the lower river tonight with load of perishables, Outside mail for all points in Interior Alaska, and small list of passengers for various destinations. The Sarah will make connections at Panama for Fairbanks.
 The passengers listed to sail on the Sarah are as follows: For Walter Wright, William Aitken.
 For Circle-Rudolph Kalemborn and brother, Aaron, who will install a shovel and new style gold washer in the Circle country.
 For Ruby-Joseph Bush, Gus Pur- in R. Alexander.
 For Gibbon-Mrs. B. R. Robinson. For Dikeman-Bennett James and several others.
 For Bettles-U. Palm and wife.
 For St. Michael-W. s. Watson, who has been commissioned to check over the Northern Navigation property to the White Pass con- pany.
 The steamer Alaska, which passed Circle early this morning, enroute to Fairbanks, has ten tons of mail and a hip load of nariShableS Su-