The Chitina leader., 1913-04-15


knowledge of the institutions of he declines to
rass with favor upon unworthy applicant This action
particularly subject of comment because of the entirely d
feen altitude assumed by his predecessor IN this division
ago sefconfessed peruer and illegal voter who had
pamed himself off American citizen for fifteen years
granted his second papers with nonchaance that passe
jail understanding An otherwise honest and wenentioned
Judge unnecessarily attached unto his record stigma that
will require years to obliterate.
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Alaska so peaceful these days that the spirit of it
prevailing Washington Think of love feast presided over
by mighty warrior James Wickersham Surely there
nothing to and the day has arrived to garner
the harvest of realization after long and patient waiting
At last the President of Central American Republic has
died in bed and stranger still he has been succeeded by the
Vice President without revolution This looks like progress
This country imported worth OF precious stones
last year and imposed its womanknd the task of carrying
that burden social occasions Thus does the tyran man
keep the ancient injustice of making the bear the
burdens.
The prospect to be that will be tariff for revnue
only nomnay tariff for protection incidentally tariff for
special grabs sporadicay tariff for safety mainly and tariff
for log rolling to get votes compusorily-whch latter will
always be the long politicians have votes the tariff
to be traded.
It is not likely that exsecreary of the Interior Fisher
evidenced much gee when voice the telephone Informed
aim of the verdict rendered in the Frost coal He
doubdy had few words say private about the
juror
Speaker Clarke declared Boston for direct Presidential
primaries Baltimore convinced him that the present system
has its drawbacks.
scheme give the members of the Cabinet seats in the
Senate is making Roadway in that chamber 1t promises
interesting diversion
The simpfed spelling board would make of popular
hit if it turned its attention to simplifying the spelling and
pronunciation of names in the Balkan and Mexican
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CHICAGO April 1.-THE celebrated coal case of the gov
against Albert Frost and four other defendants
to end on Saturday evening. When the
given to the jury Judge Lands in his instructions among
other things said eff there evidence show that
person expected to benefit from than claim if
the evidence shows that person expected to
than claim then that evidence would go prove
ut After deliberaton the jury late Saturday night
euned to court and rendered verdict of guilty,
fleeing all the defendants AS copy of the verdict
handed to the court he studied the signature for and
then remarked Counsel for the defense be congrau
aed upon having achieved most extraordinary verdict
This case has created widespread interest throughout the
country 1t continued month and closely followed by
the Pnchot conservaonists The defendants charged
With conspiracy to defraud the out of sixty
coal claims in the Matanuska coal fields that had alleged
of $OO00OO0 The for the prosecution largely
conducted by special Assistant Attorney General B. Town
send He referred to the defendants conspaors against
the United Staes and declared that it would be that
through Mr. Frost that the entire conspiracy evolved
The motive according to the prosecutor to procure
all the coal lands in Alaska along the Alaska Central railway
the property to be turned later the Guggenem inter
e He said that Frost got his friends his associates and his
employees to execute of attorney to him for the purpose
IF acquiring these Alaskan coal lands Section hands,
graphers clerks and other employees of the Chicago Mwau
kee electric railroad of which Frost then the head had
executed at his behes papers that proposition might
be carried through.
The principal counsel for the defenans Albert Fink
formerly of Nome and Nathaniel c. Sears They contended
that there conspiracy defraud the government that
the locations honestly made and that there nen
ton at time to commit crime evade the law And this
was the view that the jury evidently took of the matter The
defendants and the large number of Aaskans who the
city declare that the verdict great triumph for Alaska and
will that honest ocators will be enabled
ito claims and that the coal development of the territory will
soon begin.
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