The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-23
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" ''''-A'i4 FNs 'fIt4litlts lldi lIiS llidA fillmore while attorney for him. de franded him. and failed in his duty Ia he complaint. which Is an un- usual document. Chambers calls Gil more many vile names.
 Castle is charged hy Chambers with aiiing Gilmore in heating Cham hers out of s250
 The arrest was made by Marshal Powell. who filed the complaints himself on the three counts of libel ing Judge Murane and Messrs. Gil more and Castle The libel consisted in recording the complaints and making the document accessible to the public
 At the hearing before Commis- sioner Schofeld today Judge Murane denied emphatically all the charges made against him by Chambers. Chambers declined counsel and un- dertook 10 defend himself He asked for a change of judge on the ground that Commissioner Schofield was pre- judiced. Upon refusal of his re- quest he called Judge Murane, Gil more and Castle the vilest names. and was promptly sentenced to ten days imprisonment for contempt of court, sentence to take effect upon the conclusion of the case. Cham hers thereupon attempted to leave the courtroom but was restrained ny the marskal and deputies.
 Hearing on the other complaints will take place tomorrow.
 During the election for delegate l., | lieutenant for Judge Wickersham
 TREASURER APPOINTED. JUNEAU. June T.. = Governor Strong today appointed w. c. Smith. Of katalla. to be treasurer of the territory of Alaska. The office was created by the Alaska legislature in the recent first session of that i body The term Of the new treas urer will begin on June 29 and will terminate on January 1. 1915. l MT. Smith was cashier of the i first bank of katalla when Major i Strong published the Katalla Herald l in that town. Before he came 10 Alaska Mr Smith was a banker in the state of Washington. ln
 politics he has heretofore been class l tI dS dll DtllitIt
 ExUM GOT. ANXIOUS. WASHINGTON, June 17.-Edward 1 EXum. who was appointed by Presi dent Wilson to be United States marshal in the Third division of Alaska. arrived here yesterday to de | fend himself against the attack upon l his confirmation. He has requested
 the president not to withdraw his l appointment until he can be heard in ! his own defense It is understood. l however. that the president has in
 vestigated the story that Exum was l financially interested in dive in one of the coast towns of Alaska, and that he has already determined 1 to withdraw the appointment.
 LANG CLERK OF COURT
 VALDEZ. June 1S.-Together with 1 the announcement which arrived here
 today that the appointment of Fred | NJ. Brown as judge had been con i firmed, came the announcement that Judge Brown had appointed Arthur Lang to be clerk of the court. Lang l was formerly cashier of the Valdez Bank X Mercantile company. and i is secretary-treasurer of the Alas,
 ka Water. Light X Telephone com,
 pany. He is brother-iniaw of
 s. A Temple. chief owner of the
 Valdez bank
 Charles r. Hand, who formerly conducted restaurant in Valdez, i is slated for the office of chief
 deputy in the clerks office. The ap- 1 pointment will be announced within
 a few days. Hand is member of 1 the Democratic district committee.
 SUBJECT FOR MT. TABOR. 1 NOME, June 19.-When the hear,
 ing of Dr. Chambers, on the charge of lbielng William A. Gilmore. came up fin Commissioner Schofield's $ court on Tuesday morning, Chambers
 refused to plead and demanded a i jury trial, and kept up so in sistently demanding a jury trial and in so loud voice that the court could not make itself heard. Ac- cordingly the commissioner adjourn i ed the case. saying he did not wish 10 try a man of unsound mind on a criminal charge.
 In view of the highly overwrought condition Of Chambers. Deputy Mar shal Thompson on the following day l filed a complaint against Chambers on the charge of insanity. The hear 1 ing on this complaint will come up in the commissioners court tomor- row morning Chambers acts con tinually as if under great excite ment. which seems to increase rath CT than otherwise.
 DON'T LIKE THE LAW NOME, June 19.-Although the most drastic clause of the new Alas ka mining law, requiring s10G as sessment work for every 20 acres of placer ground heretofore local ed, will not go into effect until 1915. the dredging companies and the holders of large areas of association claims are already stirring up an agitation against the law. They maintain that the provision in effect confiscates their ground. because they cannot afford to perform that amount of labor, and will be compelled to re- linquish the ground at loss of all the labor and improvements they have put in it.
 On the other hand those who ap- prove the law point out that the whole Seward peninsula is falling into the hands of large companies. who are enabled to hold vast tracts of land cheaply because of the lib eral association claim law. On most of this land the tundra has not so much as been turned, and the dredging companies refuse to lease any part of their properties to in dividuals who desire to open mines
 The dredging companies are pre-