The Alaska citizen., 1917-09-03

d t.Ckct, there was a discussion In Your paper To the effect 1 think that :. appeared to you there was graft n the thing where piece ol prop erty would be offered for sale under circumstances Of this Kind al an ad- yanced price over what t had pre- IuousIy been offered something to that effect. From what source or what authority did you get the in formation that such was tAe fact? tAfter objection and argumenU In the article which Is charged as libel ous, MT Caskey, you ask the ques- ton, or the writer of the article asks the question directly of MT Thompson as to whether he will deny that he got commission out ol il, and along that line there were other articles in the paper not only this article, that everything wasn't right in that deal I'll ask you from what source you received your information that led you to adopt that policy? (Atter objection and argumenO.
 A The discrepancy between the price offered at and the price, the purchase price, was discussed at q meeting of the Woman's Loyal League in which Mrs Cecil Clegg took the stand that it should not be e. (After objection and argumenD Answer the questiou-state what the source was, and the sum and sub stance of your information? A. The sum and substance of the information vas
 Q Who was your informant? A. Mrs. Fred Lewis and my wife in conversation with Mrs Clegg
 c. All right-that's the wife of Cecil H. Clegg. president of the Loyal League?
 A Yes, sir-that the property had been offered to the trustees of the Pioneers for sum less than two thousand dollars
 e. What else?
 A. And she objected to the pur- chase of it for five thousand dollars because she didn't see where profit should be made out of patriotism.
 Q. When was that information brought to you?
 A. We'll, I think it was about since this controversy came up, don't remember particularly. Well,
 it was about-yes es-When the article appeared in the paper or prior to it appearing in the paper, and that is why I asked these questions.
 Q. Was there any other purpose, MT. Caskey, in publishing wri.- ing and publishing this editorial further than to answer the charges that had been made against you and showing the character of the writer as you believe it to be true of the person who was making the charge against you of disloyalty?
 A. There was no other at all, eX- cept to protect myself and answer the charges made the day prevlous.
 O. l believe you testified yester- day that the writer of that article vas Carl Fitchett, did you not
 A. Yes, sir.
 O. And he is the gentleman yeu brought in from the Outside as an editorial writer?
 A. Yes, sir.
 e. How long have you been run, ming a newspaper MT Caskey@
 A. Well, l have been running d newspaper of my own here in town for very nearly nine years, eight years anyhow.
 Q. During all the time you have been here Mr Thompson has been in the newspaper business?
 A. He has.
 Q. And you say, 1 believe, you have been editor of The Citizen ever since, and The Citizen as a daily for q year and a half?
 A Since last September.
 O. (After withdrawing to look at records). Now, MT. Caskey, in re- gard to that statement that you have been-contained in this editori- al which was introduced in evidence from the News-Miner, that you have been opposing since the commence met of the war or since war has come to America as expressed in there, everything that the govern ment has been doing in the way of preparedness, I'll ask you to state whether that statement is true? (Ob- lection SuStained) MT. CaSkev, that's