The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-20
 Affidavits Are Read to Big Crowd at Coliseum
 by Valentine Who
 Is Al Primed. "WASHING DIRTY LINEN" Public Meeting Starts as a Frost; WoI|and Left in Hard Position
 by Instigators.
"WASHING DIRTY LINEN"

q am not in favor of washing dir ty linen, but in this case there is dirty linen to wash and it must be washed here tonight and then hung out on the line.''
 This was practically the opening statement of Mayor Emery Valentine at the so-calledg peoples mass meet ing" at the Coliseum last night.
 Between HOO and 1900 persons when the Mayor made his dirty lin en- remark. sat up on the forward part of their seats. or snuggled back, waiting in expectancy for something sensational.
 The Mayor for an hour and half poured into the ears of his listeners contents of affidayits. Several affidav- its, making various charges against the Chief-ofPolice were read by May or Valentine, only one of which made definite charges against the charac- ter of the Chief. The others were general charges against the chief and his men. a
 One affidavit charged that Chief Harding had been in room in the Gastineau Hotel with an Indian wo- man named Bradley on certain date and that the woman had been or dered from the hotel by the porter who saw Harding in the room with the woman. Most of the other aff- davits made charges against the chief n e n1, rrir, ton and cruelty, were by persons who had come in contact with the law.
 Starts as Frost
 The meeting started out as a frost. Chairman F. Wolland called the meet ing to order and stated it's purpose. He called for speeches from Charles Hanson, James McKanna and r. R. Cheney, none of whom went to the front
 Afterwards James McKanna stood in the audience and stated that in his opinion the plrpose of the meet ing was all wrong, that if any charg es were to be made against the Chief-of-Police they should be made before the Council in the proper form with all parties concerned given a chance to answer any charges against them in fair and open trial
 He was answered by a man named Osgood, who within the last year had been convincted before the court of running a gambling game in the city. at another time he had pleaded guilty of similar offense.
 Valentine Appears
 George F. Forrest was then called for and suggested that the Mayor be asked to appear and state the charg- es against the Chief of Police. May or Valentine. who was waiting be- hind the curtain of the stage. appear ed. after a short delay and stated that he had nothing to do with the meeting and had hoped to bring the charges which he was to make be- fore the Council in executive session, but since the people had demanded them he would give them what they demanded.
 He stated that he had been noti- fled couple of days ago that mass meeting would probably be call ed and he then started to read his address which consisted of twenty or thirty typewritten pages. He review ed the history of Juneau from the time of the formation of the first fire department and laid heavy stress on the good work done by himself dur ing the early days of the towns growth
 Takes Shot at Many
 He took shot at the Carter ad- ministration and every one from that time down and intimated that the City Councils have been guilty of gross neglect in administering the affairs of the city. He stated that the real council room of the city was located in the laundry in the
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