The Nome nugget., 1926-03-27
RICH STRIKE NEAR NOME IS NO BLUFF
IJUDGE RTTCHIE BEFORE SENATE.
 sIRtUNIAIITTEE or THE JUDICIARY

WASHINGTON, March .6. t,P)-Te,lera, Judge Elmer Rchic the Third Division of Al,skn. who is Icforc the Senate sub-t committee of the Judi ciary. invited Doctor Clarence True Wilson, Mcth"- dist bishop. whom Congressman O'Connor of the House Wednesday, called a liar, saving he sI"nld change his middle aud declared Wilson ,,'- :aiIrr of faIscIoods.
 Ritchic in defending his nomination 'I"riar- ,,I that the administration of iu~ter "h"c- ti,.. in Alaska, the Committeeman questioned Eit'hi" closely concerning his conviction t Salt Lake City for crimna libel when he was fined one hundred dollars; h" declared he never paid the fine and stated inc good citizens agreed with him that the verdict had been miscarriage of justice He denied that ''" wrote or circulated letter which charged base, and described his nrwspapr, work in seattle.
 In answering questions of M'.ns auI ovc,runu Ri,chi'' said he appointed Frank Fntee trmp"r"il, District Aornc, because Foster tn" best a'aiiabI" d"sr'" the incident 'f 'h' "o'" Nal''"f and declared thc best "I' mrn >"pp"" him, h. .tatrd Mrs Chase ,lr.i of his '"nri ant xcni"d that si, cn,t.d from het,I with T"~trr
 Ritchic -Npiained that somebody gay" Poster hottie 0. cocktails and Foster gave Mrs Chase few
 
 evening some one ot t. ,t,st raput shir of Valdez invited Foster to her get what re mainrd the bottle of lipuo, and they had few more drinks, occupant of an adi"inn. room com pIancd and Il Deputy Marshall aanh called Mrs. 'hnsc the door of her Hitcic denied that Mrs Chase distributed the fled affidavit of the hotel keeper 1cn,in, she cicctcd. He also said that prohibition conditions good Anchorage lut believed the city ,Irsng uu and admitted thI conditions bad nt Bristol I,,,
 Judge Ritchic said il dini, ni, the charges against him because he confronted b> witnesses he said h" wanted [" c""-~ "Nan'"" n"c- sat" Sutherland and denounced charges of hr,rsas and drrlar"d tlat Sutherland "nE, mad" q few char grs that are within his knowledge l." said the tempt was made |" bolster charges against him hy declaring that eminent citizens of N',sk, supported them. Referring to the charge that Mrntc a letter IibcIIing John Frame he testified that certain per- son asked him |" give some ini"r'ntti"n nc'rnin@ Frame whi, he dictated his strnnyr. i,rr stating what h" knew about Tram" and insisted thai he had wrt"ct right 10 do SC, stated that nncf, pc.cn, "f tn" r""rI" al .hc Third p>~ion would support fl" accuracy of lis statements. He rmrtIcr said that 'l" election of Frame nbta through the votes of one thousand incratc Indians
 When Hitc'ic declared that Mrs thns, had good character, Prohibition Chief Means asked him II hc thought that inc knowledge of District Attorney Foster and Mrs Chase drinking cocktails helped t,r enforcement of prohibition, Rchi" replied. il wae not generally kncwn. Ovr,ns,n asked whether Foster was appointed after inc hotel csrapalc in which Ritchr replied th" appointment made two year, 'a''r Hitchi" further said that tn" businessmen ., F"roNm requested FnstriN. selection The Committee several times reminded HtcIie his con, rttnn in Tan anu hhthi' insisted h" wis Victim of shy4tcr lawyers and that the verdict "f tir in, prise to everybody.