The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-07
SAMOA INQUIRY BARES ATTEMPT
 TO DO TERHUNE
Naval Officer and Ex-Report CT Seek Control of South
 Sea Islands Government.

ican samoa s Deetle-lnSpect1nS cnlel of police is out of jail and the judge who has seven other jobs is again holding court, according to adyices from Tutuila. This change back to normal followed naval inquiry which resulted in dissipating an at tempt by a Naval officer and a for mer newspaper reporter to control the Naval administration of the Am erican possession in the South Seas.
 In furth herance of this attempt the Naval officer, Greed II. Boucher, Lieutenant Commander, and the eX reporter, Arthur A. Greene, enlisted the support of Commander A. C.. Kali, second in rank to Commander Warren J. Terhune. Governor of the island. The three piled charges against Tcrhune and his administra- ton and finally Kali tried to send a wireless message to the Navy De partment at Washington branding his superior as insane.
 With the message in front of him Terhune, suffering from ill health, tDIllllltttu CulNIuc nt PltliNl p'ti | of this tragedy developed when the Naval Court of Inquiry, already en- route to Tutuila from Hawaii, ab- solved Terhune's administration of all charges. recommended the depor- tation of Greene, the courtmartial of Boucher and the removal of Kail from his post.
 Among the charges filed against Perfumes administration was one that officials were drawing illegal extra salaries. J. Hurkin Mailo Native Chief of Police, and Judge A. NJ. Noble were especial targets of Boucher, Greene and Kail.
 Police Chief Jailed.
 After Commander Terhune shot himself Kail became acting Gov crnor and he jailed Mailo on charges that the Chief of Police had urged the Natives to oppose the activities of Greene and Kali. Previously Boucher had alleged that irregu arities of the Terhune administra- ton included paying Mailo as "bettle inspector" as well as head of the police force, but that no beetles were inspected.
 Judge Noble, who besides being District Judge was secretary to the commandant, registrar of titles, sec retary of Native affairs, judge of the probate court, superintendent of education, associate member of the |, af ho American Bank of Samoa, was charged by Boucher and Greene with being instrumental in alleged misuse of funds and authority Kail closed Noble's court when the former be came acting Governor.
 Other charges before the Naval inquiry included the following:
 That the Terhune administration was a close corporation and that many of it's acts were illegal.
 That the Governor was physically unable to perform his duties
 That the civil and Naval officials of the administration were ineffi- cient and that some were immoral.
 Gross Irregularities.
 That there were gross irregularities in handling funds.
 That the administration made American Samoa the laughing stock of the South Seas and of the United States Navy.
 The Board of Inquiry sat for eight days. Testimony revealed that Boucher for twenty-five of his eighty-five days service, was under suspension on three charges ing a pistol, attempting a mutiny and falsehood Boucher eXamina ton revealed that he posed as a se- cret service man without authority; publicly criticised the Secretary of the Navy and the President; insub- 0rdinately communicated with auth critics at Washington in violation of regulations; and committed many other preachers of Naval regulations Upon examination he declined to answer many questions on the ground that the answers would in criminate himself He acknowledged that all charges he made were based on hearsay and without inyestiga- ton IL was revealed that docu- ments were stolen from Naval of icers but an attempt to introduce these by Greene. who acted as Boucher's counsel was overruled by the Board.
 The testimony revealed also that Greene and Boucher created unrest among the Natives in an effort to change the government and assume control for themselves. Their activi- ties resulted in organization of Ma tives into a committee" which for warded an appeal to President Will son to remove Governor Terhune, and the Native unrest was mani