Douglas Island news., 1919-06-20
SWORD STILL TO
 COME TO CAPTAIN
Veteran Alaskan Navigator May Get Kings Gift Some Day, If
 He Lives Long Enough

Itcrcst Co many folks who knew Cap tain Tozicr. thc old-timc master of coast guard boats that run Co Alaska waters for SO many years. The req son. of course. that there is 80 much red tape Co untangle is the fact that uo one in Che naval or military scrv- tee of Che United States Is permitted Co receive a gift from any foreign . king or state;
 To ten thc truth. right at tho out sct. United States Senator Wesley L Jones does not know where Capt. uorr F. sroztcr, retired veteran Of Che Coast Guard service. Is now; he hasn't heard from him for more than a year TO bc sure. his son. Leroy rozicr. of Fairbanks. Alaska. was in Washington last spring. but he didn't volunteer anything. In the absence of information to the con tmrv. Senator Jones believes Capt roz.cr is living comfortably some where in retirement, but he doesn't know. says the Washington cores poudcut ot the Seattle Times.
 The thing that counts is that the bin granting permission 70 Capt. rozicr Co accept a sword offered him by thc King ot Great Britain has again been introduced by Jenator Jones and once more it has been sent Co. Che senate committee on for ciru relations. IT it follows the fate of similar bills that have entered fhe senate each time that body re- organizes. it will slumbcr an thru The tumultous struggles ot the for c.eu relations committee over for eIru wars, treaties. leagues of na- tious combinations Of diplomatic appointments and Che other things .hgt are due to happen.
 There Is no need for thc committee even 70 take up the bin with the state Department. for one can turn bnrk to the files and find any kind of a report that Che committee wants
 iG u fact. it wants any at an.
 Captain Tozicr has been due to get that sword from his Imperial urmess. thc King of Great Britain. ever since 1909 seventeen years. In 1913 counsellor for the State Department J. B. Moore, said it wasn't a gift at all. but merely the buying of new sword to replace one that had been lost and all Cap tain Tozicr had Co do was Co call around and get it. But Chairman Augustus O. Bacon Of the committee on foreign relations said that lawyer folk didn't know what they were talking about: that it was sure enough gift and that Senator Jones. by an the gods of legislation. had better get in a bin if he want ed Tozicr Co get that sword. So Jones once more introduced the bin and in thc session Of six years ago it was given K. O. drops as it came in through the door
 Away back in the days when Sena- tor Jones was a member of the House he tried to get through a bill fbat would given Captain Tozier his sword and he had the sympathy Of thc House chairman Of the committee on foreign relations, but he had to accept sympathy instead of votes.
 The sword has been hanging around Congress SO long that even The story of the kings great appre- citation of Capt. Tozier's services has been lost But from what can be picced together of the story, Capt Toz!er was in command of one Of Che revenue cutters that used to make headquarters at Port Town send in the early days and spend the summers in Alaskan waters or be rushed through the ice in late fall or early spring to bring back ma ro0ued whaling crew.
 The boats patrolled Alaskan wa tcrs. protected the seal herds from poachers and enforced revenue laws when not busy saving lives, and Captain Tozicr was one of the grizzlcd veterans of the fleet. re- tired some years ago. He was fa- nous in the Northwest as a collect or of Alaskan Indian curios and the Ferry Museum in Tacoma used to have two or three rooms filled with his collections.
 Along in 1902. the mcager facts set forth. Capt. Tozier aided in thC search along Vancouver island shore for IT. NJ. <. Condor. which was lost that season. In the performance oi duty. Capt. Tozler lost his sword and when the news reached Hi Majesty. the King of Great Britain etc.. the English monarch ordered somebody to go out and buy Capt Tozier another and send it along through State Department channels with his compliments. The sword said to be a rattling good sword. too