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BY SKILL
“Not by brute force but with skill.”
has long been the motto of France in
military endeavor. Skill won at the
Marne and again at Verdun and it is
by skill that the artillerymen on the
latter front are now battering holes
in the German line to make way for
an advance toward Metz.
The methor of German attack in
mass formation has been soft picking
for the skill of the French gunners,
else the French line of battle had been
swept back upon Spain long since.
By skill the French with an infe
rior force, so far as numerical num
bers go, has repeatedly driven back
the Hun horde, and by skill they are
now preparing for allied advance
from west toward Berlin, in which the
Sammies are expected to play no small
part.
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SNAPPING AT THE HAND
Anchorage people have just awak
ened to the fact that the lice^ge
money from that berg does not go
back into the till of the city treas
urer and have registered a protest as
follows in The Times:
“Between $8,000 and $0,000 will be
sent from Anchorage to the district
court at Valdez this year whence it
goes to the coffers of Uncle Sam,
never to return to this city.
“This large sum of money is taken
annually from the merchants and
business men of Anchorage in the
shape of federal licenses. Every per
son who engages in business in An
chorage is subject to a license, the
amount of which depends upon the
character of the business he is in, and
the amount of his annual turnover.
“In incorporated cities in Alaska,
this license money is returned to the
city authorities to be used for the mu
nicipal expenses, and in that manner,
becomes really a municipal tax. In
Anchorage, however, the money once
having left the city, is gone forever
more.
“For the past year the property
owners in Anchorage have been as
sessed heavily for improvements,
which in addition to the deferred pay*
ments- on their lots, have placed upon
them a burden which is excessive. Un
der these conditions, it is wrong that
such large amounts of money, which
justly belong to the citizens of this
city, should be sent away. Eight or
nine thousand dollars would go a long
way toward paying annually the ex
penses of a municipal government con
ducted along the right lines.”
If this is not snapping at the hand
that feeds them, what is it?
The report of the Alaskan Kngi
neering commission shows as follows:
“Kxpennitures—Anchorage townsite
$188,194.37; plant at Anchorage for
handling construction work, consist
ing of yard tracks, office buildings,
store-houses, quarters for employees,
mess houses, hospital, heating and
lighting plant, freight handling ma
chinery, etc., $619,761.10. Wharves
and docks for handling freight light
ered from ships, $41,409.37” and many
other items interspersed with con
struction expense which have been for
the direct benefit of Anchorage. And
in addition the commission is now in
stalling lights without expense to the
town, except for future current, and
proposes to expend a quarter of a mil
lion in an experimental effort toward
dredging a slip in the mud.
Of course a part of this money
came from the sale of lots in the
townsite, but only a small fraction.
There wouldn’t be anything there,
except Jeter’s homestead if it wasn’t
for the government, and yet they kick
at a little old $9,000 return for the
over-a-million benefits received.
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TROtBLE AHEAD FOR
THE “ICE WORMS”
Word that mine fields of the North
Sea have gone adrift and floated into
the Arctic Ocean, presages a rather
active winter season in the far North.
When these mines get mixed up with
the ice floes and are jammed, the “ice
worms” in the immediate vicinity are
due for a severe shock.
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notice:
The regular meeting of Resurrection
Lodge No. A-7, I. 0. 0. F., will be
postponed to next Thursday night at
eight o’clock.
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—Donnell in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
McLEAN TAKES STAND IN OWN ]
DEFENSE, WITNESSES DENY STORY
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hurt. She told him “yes, and to get
her home.” He took her in the house
and told the boys to unhitch the dogs,
and wanted to go after his wife’s sis
ter or the priest’s wife, but his wife
told him not to buf'to let them enjoy
themselves at the dance that night as
she would be all right. He did all
that he could for her. Later, he went
to Symes’ and Christensen’s for help
but both families were at the dance.
He said his wife’s head was bruised
but didn’t appear as badly bruised that
night as it did next morning.
He said he*put hot towels on her
head and that after about 10:30 she
went to sleep and rested well that
night. It was about 0:30 when they
started for the ride and they were
gone about half an hour. He said no
one came in but the man (Gregory
Keparin), who came after the praplui
phone.
Says Natives Not Truthful
Ray then asked McLean what he
knew of the truthfulness of the na
tive children in general. McLean an
swered that they were not generally
truthful. McLean stated that he
stayed up all night and kept a fire
burning. He said the children slept
all night on a bed in the front room
and that from where they sleep they
couldn’t see into the bedroom.
Attorney Ray’s effort to show that
probably McLean’s own children by
his native wife were lying, was re
sented by his client, who said: “I will
not say that my children are liars.”
Mrs* McLean woke up about nine
o’clock in the morning and told him
to take in the clothes off the line. She
was in about the same condition of
the night before, only her face was
more swollen. He began to get alarm
ed about ten o’clock and sent for the
priest. He admitted writing the note
shown as Exhibit “A.” He tried to
bring her back to life but when the
priest arrived she was dead.
Mrs. Hoidahl came in and asked how
it happened. He said that he felt
himself guilty of her death, not wil
fully, but accidentally, and answered:
“Is she is dead, I killed her.”
Blames Priest for Trouble
McLean said their married life had
been perfectly happy and that they
hadn’t had any more trouble than most
married people do and what trouble
they did have was caused by the
priest. When questioned, McLean said
his wife was the “best of wives and
mothers.” Here he broke down and
cried.
McLean explained the accident of
the lamp by saying that two days be
fore, Yelmar Peterson went to fill the
lamp at McLean’s home and put gas
oline in the lamp instead of kerosene.
The lamp exploded and set the can on
fire. McLean ran in and grabbed a
blanket off the couch and smothered
the fire. There was no damage done
to furniture or rugs. His wife wasn’t
in the room. McLean said he last saw
his wife’s body on January 20, 1016,
and that at that time there were no
burns on her body. He said there was
a cut on her forehead. He testified
that Donald was bom in September,
1906, and that Hector was born in No
vermer, 1907. When asked if he
thought Mrs. Hoidahl understood Eng- ]
lish well enough to understand what
he said to her, he replied “No.” The
prosecution asked no questions.
Dr. Sloan was called as a medical
and surgical expert, ayd questioned on
burns, cuts and contusions, but his
testimony did not materially change
' the effect of Dr. French’s statement.
In rebuttal, the government called
Mrs. Symes, who started to tell of be
ing at McLean's house on the night
of the events described by the Mc
Lean boys, but an objection by Ray
that this was not proper rebuttal, was
sustained.
Mrs. Berglund was called to sustain
minor statements.
Donald McLean denied that his
father had taken his mother sleigh
riding after supper, and said that
their sled had been taken by Greg
ory Keparin when he took the phono
graph to the school house for the
dance.
Hector McLean told the same story,
saying that Keparin had called for
the phonograph and taken the sled.
Gregory Keparin himself was called
and stated that he returned from a
hunting trip at 6:15 o’clock that even
ing and had been asked to go for the
phonograph and that he took it to the
schoolhouse and that the sled was still
there the next day.
The case was then closed by the gov
ernment and for the defense and At
torney Munley for the government
commenced his statement to the jury.
Oscar Carlson, of Nushagak, was
the first witness called at the Thurs
day afternoon session. He stated that
McLean had asked him to his home
for supper.
Attorney Ray objected when the
prosecution asked why he went to the
house, but objection was over-ruled.
He did not have supper, he said, be
cause Mrs. McLean was going to a
dance and would not prepare supper.
So he went back to town and left his
sled and dogs and also sleeping-bag
at McLean’s. He went back to the
house in the morning to get his be
longings but only went into the kit
chen. He didn’t see Mrs. McLean and
Mr. McLean didn’t say anything about
an “accident.” Attorney Ray asked
no questions in cross-examination.
Said He Was Murderer
Mrsv Hoidahl, the next witness call
l ed, talked rather low and broken, so
that it was difficult to distinguish what
she said. She stated that she saw
Mrs. McLean at the vredding on the
nineteenth. She was called to the Mc
Lean house the next afternoon at
about two o’clock. The prosecution
asked why she was called to the house,
but Ray objected, and the objection
was sustained. McLean was standing
outside the door and told her his wife
was dead. When she saw the body,
she asked him what he had done to
her; to which McLean replied: “She’s
dead and I’m her murderer.” The
face was swollen and blue, said Mrs.
Hoidahl, but she didn’t examine the
house for signs of violence. Ray ask
ed no questions.
Mrs. Burgen, sister to Mrs. McLean,
was then called. She had seen her
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sister at the wedding on the nineteenth
and had left her at the priest’s house
at about five o’clock. The priest’s
house was about half a mile from Mrs.
McLean’s home. The next time she
saw her sister she was laying on the
bed a corpse. Mrs. Hoidahl was there
and the priest had been there but had
gone home.
. Mrs. Burgen stated that she heard
Mr. McLean say to Mrs# Hoidahl: *She
is dead and I am her murderer.” The
prosecution then asked the boys' ages
but Mrs. Burgen wasn’t sure about
them. She stated that her sister’s
body wasn’t put in a grave but was
put in a coffin and it was covered in
snow and gravel. Ray asked no ques
tions.
KstaMish Conditions
L)r. French, physician at Nushagak.
was then called. He was not at Nush
agak at the time of Mrs. McLean’s
death but was called to make an ex
amination of the body when he re
turned to Xushagak on February 15th.
Mr. McLean was then at Dillingham in
jail. Ray objected to Dr. French de
scribing the autopsy on the grounds
that it had not been proved that the
body had undergone no change during
the three or four weeks between the
time of death and the examination.
Dr. French was withdrawn for a time.
Gregory Keparin, interpreter from
Xushagak, was next called. He stat
ed that he went to McLean’s home the
night of. the dance at about 6:15
o’clock to get a phonograph. He said
he didn’t see Mrs. McLean, that Mc
Lean came out of the bedroom and
i handed him the instrument and told
; him not to break it. He put it on the
sled and took it to the dance. Mc
Lean said nothing to him about his
wife. He said he saw Mrs. McLean
the next day when he went with the
, priest. She was dead then, and her
i face was black and swollen. He saw
the doctor take her out of the coffin
three weeks later and the only change
was that the face was slightly more
blue than it was when he saw her put
away. The body was frozen when the
coffin was opened. Ray asked no ques
tions.
I)r. French On Stand
Donald McLean was called next and
described how his mother was buried.
Dr. French was then re-called and
was allowed to proceed with his de
scription of the autopsy. He said the
body had been taken from thje place
of burial and was in McLean’s house
when he saw it, but the coffin had not
been opened.
Dr. French opened the coffin himself
and found the body frozen. He placed
it in cold water to thaw. It took near
ly thirty-six hours to thaw out. On
February 17th he made the examina
tion. Apparently, the body had under
gone no change. He then gave a re
port taken from notes made at the
time of the autopsy. The contusions
and bums were all on the head, face,
shouders and arms. He found the
left ventricle of the heart filled with
clotted blood, but when asked if that
would cause her death, he answered
“No, that it was probably blood that
was in her her heart at the time of
her death.”
Cause of Death Evident
He said that death was caused by
pressure on the brain by hemorrhage
produced by rupture of the brain
caused by some violence or force. He
was then asked if fatal wound could
have been made by person sitting on
the woman and pounding her head on
the floor. Ray objected, but objec
tion was over-ruled. The doctor’s an
swer was yes. Made examination of
the house and room where the tragedy
occurred. Ray objected on the grounds
that he couldn’t tell much about the |
house three weeks after she had died.'
Objection wap sustained. The doctor I,
stated that he could see no signs of
the rug having been disturbed. The
prosecution then turned the witness
over to Ray to question.
On cross-examination, Attorney Ray
attempted to obtain from Dr. French
admissions that frost bites prior to
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death or burns from an exploding
lamp, might have caused the marks
on the body and that an ailment might
have caused the hemurrhage on the
brain, but did not make much head
way. *
Night Session
At the evemng session Donald Me
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