Douglas Island news., 1920-09-03
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The following s a verbatim por- tIon of report of testimony aub- mit,cd at a committee hearing bc rore Che Alaska Legislature as Che almo appeared m the A'mka Daily Empire of April gth 1919. and Che
 amc has uoycr boon explained or denied by Mr. Rw.rard. although ho has Hooded thc Territory with hIs campaign literature
 "uOW LAWYERS AND DOCTORS
 COULD IMPOSE
 "ln answer to a question regard me hs opinion of u.crunu.oua doc- tors. Mr. Faulkner pointed out how easy it would bc for such a doctor To Impose upon m injured man. par- ucu'ariy where ho was ignorant or a foreigner uc stated that it would hc just aa easy for doctor io Im- pose upon a man as It would bc for a lawyer and he cited Che ease of a man named pctc Nuno. who was Injured m TreldWcl I'm April 1918. At that tmc thc Trcadwe'i Company was insured n Che Maryland Cum- aity Company and Mr. Faulkner was representative ol One Casualty Com Dluy AS soon as Che man was ablc lo come to Juneau and within about. sIX months arlcr Che injury thc mattOr ol compensation was dis cuaol. and Inc was told Cha. Che company would bc recommended Go nay him ft0OO. Mr. Faulkner then produced bis records and correspond cucc To show what look placc on September IS. IaIN. a letter was written by him to Ono Casualty Com- pauy stating Chat NI1uo waa badly Injured and chat ho m.eht not be lhIo Co work again lo produced a reply to tbH letter. which waa written on September -1tb. m which thc company mkol h.m Go obtain al thc information and proof he could got regarding Che Injured man
 rnpor, ol h.a parents. and Go cm- n'0y d.uIcr. tcd physician Go make am czamueIou On October ith Mir. Faulkner wrotc to thc come nany at San Francisco recommend ur Che namon. of Sf000.
 Rus,mrd Makes SI.OO0 Easy Money
 "suh eluout Co .ls Umc Mr Rus,eud called Mr. Faulkner on Che telephone and stated hat hc rop- resented Che man V.ano. Mr. FauIk- ucr showed him ha lIea and what was being done for Inc man and TO- oucstcd Mr. BuatelrI lo e.. Eim an aG.dari, from some comtrymcn ol ho injured men 10 supplement his proof chat he Wu supporting ha parents ThIa Mr. Faulkner satol. was uI chat Mr. BumrI did. oz- coping to cau him mp ou thc ic'c- phone twice afterwards to aak d amy word had been received from san Francisco
 "A telegram oam .o Che bank n November authorizing Ono bank .o aceop. Nr rm'tu0ra dun for ff.- UNO. as originally recommended by h.m. before Husfearl entered Che casc at aII The tiu0O w.a paid and Mr. Husarl charged the man f1- 0O0 for h.s services In thc mat,or Mr. Faulkner stated tI.. tlo man eo. c,ucIy vhathe would have had without Nr RuHenrda sorv.cot and that for writing am aGIday.t aud onc interview and two or hrce t.ic- phone conversations. he had charged
 hH man tIOO0."
 Bustgogds Patriotism
 Mr. Ru.leard has also toiI. by ha alfscryne circulars lho good WaI- Iuos of hs citizenship. but hcre H am authenticated. hut rcycr-oNpla.n- cd. cH sodc that gpcaaa louder than worlds
 pw.us Che progress of Che war Judge WHu one 0l Che wildcat known paot.c.ne attorneys m thc tcrrtory. assisted a foreigner who had spent many ycaw n Che United snfc without becoming a c.tEcu to mako out his Guostioma.ro and sub-
 cr.bcd t0 Che mmo without charge as Notary Public u auswcr to hc question ol whether or not hc waived ha citizenship n his mother country tho party answered Chat hc did
 Thereafter when ot Che point Of induction by Che draft board Che party was permitted Co get posses .'ou of his que umuaIrc This hc took to Mir Rusteard. who changed Che wording notwithstanding che fact Chat it had boon fully executed. signed scaloI and delivered to thc Exemption Bolrd p-er.ous'y) to read chat he claimed cNcnp,lou ou account of foreign birth and residence. But regardless of thc Uorts ol his ate ,oruoy Mr. Rus.ml tha party was mduc.cd by Che Juneau Draft Board. D. Sutherland