The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-23

It always has been a habit of the editor of the Anchorage Times confuse his dreams with facts, therefore certain amount of man batism may be expected from the Times and excused. Under the circumstances would pay any attention the editorial in the Anchorage paper in which it is charged that "John w. Troy, editor and of The Empire his position to Gov. Strong" it that this charge has been given surrepttious circulation by Wickites for time
 The fact is that the editor of The Empire in all his life asked Gov. Strong for any kind of a favor-personal, social business political. He received political business financial favor from him. His connection with Gov. Strong, editor of the latters newspaper, wholly at the solicitation of Gov. Strong Before Gov. Strong came to Juneau he told the present editor of The Empire that he had newspaper plant he would start newspaper at Juneau if the writer would to purchase it "on easy terms in the event tain things resulting planned. He said he wanted to get the cost of his plant out of it. He told that the writer would consider an offer from him at any time The matter canvassed in several conversations and always Gov Strong the solici- tor. Later Gov Strong established The Empire and the writer received several letters teegrams Gov. Strong urging him to to Juneau and take charge of the paper. with the idea in view of pur- chasing it later In February, 1913 prominent cit izen of Juneau made special trip from Seattle to Olympia to the writer in behalf of Gov Strong and to solicit his acceptance of Gov Srongs propos tion
 The writer came to Juneau in March, 1913 and managed The Empire while Gov. Strong was in the East conducting his fight for appointment Cover nor of Alaska. It time after Gov Strong returned that the matter of the sale of the paper to the writer again preached. Gov. Strong then made the terms under which he proposed to sell the business rigid and added considerable sum to cost of plant for good will. He not asked mod fly either price terms and finally the money was secured and the paper purchased the price and on the terms suggested by him. Before this ar rangement had been concluded, however the writer learned that Gov. Strong had offered the business to more than other for less money than was finally paid him for it. Gov. Strong, therefore re- ceived his own price for The Empire he was paid eight per cent interest on all deferred payments less than half the purchase price-from the time of the sale until the payments made. The editor of The Empire owed Gov. Strong a dollar for a single minute that not secured by a mortgage and insurance policies and upon which interest was not charged and paid Between March 1913 and September, 1915, when the final payment for The Empire made, the writer paid Gov Strong in profits, purchase price and interest approximately s19,50O.
 The writer had been offered by the bondholders the position of editor and manager and a bonus of majority of the capital stock of paying daily news paper in city of 10000 inhabitants. It was be- lieved by the bondholders that the paper, which had been Republican should become Democratic and sun port the newly inaugurated administration and the about to be naugurated Wilson administration The writer was asked to take charge and carry out the plans He was considering this proposition but the offers to come to Juneau were persisted in The verbal promise that he would be open consider an the day