The daily Alaskan., 1913-02-05

The FalrOahk8 llueS uds JuaN arrived with a full account of the burning in effigy of the figure of Justice together with the baled-hay images of two Fairbanks citizens, a lawyer and a court justice, for their actions in aiding the wreckers Of the Washington-Alaska bank to escape. The event is so unusual in its interest that we reprint the account entire:
 Hundreds of Fairbanksans gath cred at tho waterfront last even ing. witnessed the burning of three dummies labeled Justice" John A. Clark" and John l.. McGinn," and joined earnestly and vigorously in the yelling and cheering that greeted the spread of the fire in the figures suspended from a tri- pod. The affair was In the nature Of an indignation meteing of the depositors of the Washington-Alas- ka bank. and was the result of the women's committee As consider able publicity had been given to the event, an eager mob of ciu- ! zens of both sexes turned out to ! witness the burning of the effigies and hear the attendant ceremony. The crowd began to assemble be- ! fore s o'clock, the hour fixed by the mistresses of ceremonies for the ! fun to commence. By the time & ! o'clock came, Front street overflow ed at it's junction with Cushman street, and the sidewalks and the windows Of nearby buildings were crowded with jostling humanity. The hanging and burning of the stuffed dummies was preceded by the reading of a prayer prepared for the occasion. The speech teem- ed with sarcastic references to the ! judicial farce that was recently en- acted at Valdez, and at which Cap tain Barnette and the others impli- cated in the wrecking of the local ! financial institution were eXonerated of all guilt and blame
 The effigies were three in num- ber. One, suspended between the other two, represented Justice, and was labeled accordingly. The code of Alaska was attached to the et- figy to show the lack of faith in Alaskan laws governing private banks. The figure to the right of Justice was labeled John l.. Me Ginn." To the left was an effigy bearing a placard with the words John A. Clark" The latter two bore cardboard circles inscribed District of Alaska" and depicting uotarial seals.
 When the dummies were swung into position, they were set afire by the committeewomeu and the straw and excelsior which filled the cloth ing burned merrily in the cold night The flames melted the spectators to cheers, in which they were led lustily by a band of youngsters that crowded the edge of the waterfront.
 Scattered about among the per sons of the crowd were a number of cloth transparencies, five in all. These were lettered with trite phrases showing the feeling and at titude of the depositors and more particularly of the women commit teemen towards the officers and management of the defunct bank. Among them were expressions such as Justice and Law Is for Crooks, John McGinn, How Much Did You Get to Forget?"
 When tue last figure had been consumed, several of the bystand- CTS proposed three cheers and a tiger for the women's committee, which were given with noise and yigor loud enough to be heard blocks away.
 At the picture shows in the Or pheum theater on Second avenue, number of slides were put on in addition to the regular performance. The wording of the slides consisted of pertinent questions and observa- tions on the Alaska code which made possible the exoneration of the guilty bankers, on the testi-