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NOME. A LANKA TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1017.
no. 22:;o.
Ox man Goes to Trial for Perjury in
Mooney Trial==Burglars Seek Rob
Safe to Get Damning Papers. . . .
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.— ,
Oxman, the star government witness
against Mooney and Billings, is to
day faring trial upon a charge of
perjury.
The greatest local conspiracy to
murder in all history is now being
relentlessly torn wide open by the
defense turning the tables upon the
prosecution in unheard of revela
tions.
Oxman is firmly held in jail with
out bail and on Saturday Ed Nolan
a co-defendant with Billings. Moon
ey and the rest was released when
Captain Matheson, chief of the de
tectives swore that there was no
evidence aggainst him.
OFFERED FIVE FIGURES.
Estelle Smith, another star wit
ness against Billings and Mooney,
swears being offered five figures in
dollars for perjury by Oxman who
stated that he represented the
higher-up's in the prosecution, than
the prosecution officials. Fickert,
trying to be whitewashed by the
Grand Jury under his direction
wanted to dismiss all the cases to
escape punishment, but the Cham
ber of Commerce wanted the tools
railroaded to protect itself refused
to admit this course according to
statements made.
DEFENSE HOLDS PROOF.
Representing days of tireless la
bor and unremitting effort, the de
fense now holds letters, wires, me
morandum furnishing absolute proof
of the official frame-up. How these
were obtained is naturally not made
public. One letter written to Ect
Reiger, Greyville, Illinois, by Ox
man dat£d from the Terminal Hotel,
December 16, says in part. “I have
a chance. for you to come to San
Francisco as an expert witness. You
will have to answer three or four
questions and I will post you on
them. It is all O K, but I need a
witness”. On December 18, Oxman
wrote telling the route Reiger
should take saying “you can see
California and make good money.
You will only have to say that you
saw me in San Francisco on July
22 and that will be easy”.
REIGER FALLS FOR ADVICE.
Reiger, thinking that the case
was an unimportant one, left and
came to San Francisco. He was
taken to the Olympic Club by Fiek
ert Reiger told the prosecution
that he was in Niagara Falls on
July 22, according to his sworn
statement, they told him that that
was no matter. He was then brought
to the scene of the bomb explosion
on the following day and the case
explained to him. He was coached
by Oxman, Cunha and Fickert what
to say and was promised one third
of seventeen thousand blood money.
Assistant prosecuting Attorney
Cunha said “Mooney’s conviction
will make Fickert Gonernor. Have
your eyes open. I believe officers
stated that you will get your share
of the money ' the day Mooney is
hanged.”
wi.m: axd dixe witness.
Keiger was placed with them and
made one of themselves, being
wined and dned by them, but the
day before he was to corroborate
Oxman he balked. He told them ”1
will not perjure myself to put a
noose around any man's neck”. He
then returned home. Iteiger’s state
mants are packed by wires and let
ters, to prove the conspiracy and
these documents are of such a
damning nature that the law and
order gang sought to burglarize the
safety deposit vault in the Crocker
National Bank last night to get
- them but they failed.
LABOR COUNCIL FINANCE
PROBE.
Last night the San Francisco
Labor Council assessed its entire
membership in order to complete
the probe and to convict Fickert,
Cunha, Oxman and also and more
important, their owners. The Ox
man trial is starting today. The re
velations made show Oxman to be a
common crook and not a ‘‘million
, aire cattleman from Oregon” who
had no funds. He was the principal
in big Illinois land frauds showing
j improved lands to prospective sett
[ lers and selling them title to use
SOME FORM DRAFT
IS NOW CERTAIN
WASHINGTON', D. C\, April 23—
The Senate aiul the House are today
debating on the conscription bill.
It is practically conceded that some
sort of drafting will be adopted.
This will certainly be of a compul
sory nature, although so far it has
not been fully outlined.
The final vote is expected on
Thursday or Friday.
A bill was introduced to accept
the General Roosevelt division offer.
Lodge and other republican loaders
are behind the plan to authorize
Roosevelt to raise a division for
service in France quite regardless
of the draft law. The democrats are
inclined to support the Wilson ob
jection to such an action.
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 23—
Majority leader Kitchin is conduct
ing a fight in the house to compel
the publication of all revenues.
Since it was inaugurated, not
withstanding the efforts to have the
returns made public, the govern
ment has rigidly protected the in
come tax payees from being made
public as to the amounts creditted
their names.
It has been repeatedly charged
that such secrecy effectively saved
them from being exposed in return
ing their incomes at less than they
actually were, and they were thus
shrouded from publicity in the mat
ter of evading payment of their
taxes.
JUDGE THROWS BOMB
IN PROSECUTION RANKS
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23. —
Superior Judge Griffin who presided
at the trial when Thomas J. Mooney
was tried, convicted and sentenced
to death for the preparedness par
ade killing, threw a bomb in prose
tion circles today when he an
nounced that he would personally
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
TAKE NOTICE.
. .The firm of Hpringstein, Berg
quiat, Ralston and Bartholomew,
operating on the Mabel lleneh, Third
Beach Line, has been declared un
fair by the Nome Mine Workers’
Union due to the fact that they are
working their men more than eight
hours per day underground.
.By Order f
JUOOAli NO. 240, I. U. M. M. & 8. W
ask the Attorney General to grant
a new trial in these cases unless
District Attorney Fickert confessed
his error and asked for a new trial.
Griffin said that in the light of
the latest revefations as to the Ox
man conspiracy and the production
of false testimony he could do no
thing else.
Many * believe this is a last op
portunity to Fickert to get from
under the tumbling house.
The trial of Mrs. Mooney which
was to have immediately followed
the trial of her husband has been
postponed for two weeks.
The whole city is stirred by the
situation and the desperate efforts
now being made to hang on by the
prosecution notwithstandng the ex
posures.
There are some who believe that
they will keep sparring on these
questions until May 17 and unless
the Governor takes the matter in
hand, sentence will be carried out
upon the victim of the whole con
spiracy.
ADJOURN SINE DIE.
JUNEAU, April 23.—The Grand
Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska
finally adjourned on Sunday. The
nest meeting will be held in Fair
banks on the second Sunday in
March 1918. They passed a reso
lution fining subordinate lodges for
not reporting. Also another en
dorsing Wilson's war policy and con
demning the Alexander bill.
titST THE NEWS RIGHT. REA.
THE WORKER.
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less swamps. Other shady devel
opments are pending showing liis
connection with the Oregon railway
suits. He was also the male com
panion of Portland prostitutes.
New sensations are coming out
daily as the tools seek protection
through their making confessions as
to their part. The collapse of the
cases against all of the defendants
who were to be railroaded is com
plete and thorough.
NOTHING GIVEN OUT.
COPENHAGEN, April 23.—Little
as to the internal conditions ot
Germany are passing the Teuton
censors but indications are that
tranquility has been restored.
HAIG STILL DRIVES
AHEAD WEST FRONT
LONDON, April 23.—Field Mar
shal Haig is continuing his drive on
the west with tremendous force ana
continually advancing without a
day’s suspension or halt.
Today several villages along the
line were entered and taken by the
British troops.
PARIS, April 23.—The German
counter attacks upon the French
in Champagne having ceased on
Sunday, the French continued their
GERMAN BATTLESHIPS ARE
LEAVING THEIR QUARTERS
PETROGRAD, April 23.—It is an
nounced that the German Battle
ships and their cruiser squadron
left Libau, presumably to attack
the Russian line from the Baltic.
A second squadron is reported to
be en route from Kiel.
There are also reports of the
formation of a tremendous battle
line against the Riga sector where
the Germans are to initiate a great
drive against this capital.
TURKEY HAS BROKEN
OFFICIALLY ADMITTED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 23—
It is officially announce that Turkey
has severed diplomatic relations
with the United States of America.
MEMPHIS, April 23.—Les Darcy
the Australian prize fighter who has
FOR SALE CHEAP.
Two 4 H. P. Boilers.
One 12 H. P. Boiler.
One 16 H. P. Boiler.
Two 6 H. P. Boiler.
DARLING & DEAN CO.
ESTIMATE LOSS SIX
TO FIFTEEN MILLION
JUNEAU, April 23.—The Tread
well Mining Co. estimates its loss
by the flood at between six ana
fifteen million dollars.
One man is still missing, this is
the underground stable man.
After all men were out of the
mine the company geologist and
Superintendent Wayland went down
with two shift bosses, the geologist
going down first and not coming
back the others went down after
him.
After the four had started for the
surface the cage got jammed in the
shaft but after considerable trouble
they were hoisted to the surface
just as the water broke into the
lower level It is now believed that
th« Ready Bullion will be saved us
the bulkhead is holding and the
leakage is decreasing. It wrill be
shut down for two months except
to reinforce the bulkhead. Over one
thousand men are temporarily
thrown out of work but it will be
only temporary, the other local
mines aie to absorb them.
DECIDE IN FAVOR OF
COVERNMENT IN SDIT
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23 —
The Supreme Court decided in favor
of the government in the suit to
forte the railroads to relinquish
millions of acres which had been
granted subject to sale or settlement
but which were still remaining un
sold. The decision is of vital im
portance and returns to the govern
ment very valuable lands.
advance today all along the line,
rhe Germans are further back re
ported by airmen feverishly
strengthening their lines.
PARIS, April 23.—An official
communique summarizes the result
of the French drive on the west as
follows:
“Since the drive began France
has captured one hundred guns a:m
twenty thousand prisoners, twenty
larger villages were recaptured, le
taken fifty square miles of territory
and inflicted a loss upon the Ger
mans of killed, wounded and miss
ing, one hundred thousand men.”
AMSTERDAM, April 23.—There
are no reports as to the fighting on
the west front given out by any
German source today. Private lett
ers say that the Gerjnan hospitals
are now clogged with prisoners
front this desperate fighting.
LONDON, April 23.—While re
ports of the German naval move
ments come with every show of re
liability from Petrograd, it is be
lieved here by some experts that the
departure from Libau of this power
ful fleet is not with the intention
of attacking on the Kiga littoral at
all.
Many experts hold that the Ger
mans are preparing to make a great
dash to the North Sea with a view
of finding the British naval units
split up and easy of conquest ancl
that misleading information has
been sent Russia for this purpose.
In view of the desperate efforts
made to resist the Entente drive
upon the west where many Germans
who served in Rumania have been
captured, the probability of a tre
mendous drive against Petrograd is
not believed at all.
had so much trouble arranging de
tails of a prize tight in the United
States because of his having desert
ed Australia to avoid conscription,
today enlisted In the American
Army, in the aviation corps.
Les Darcy took out his natural
ization papers in Chicago in March
after the rumpus over his prize
fight in New York state prohibited
by Governor Whitman.
PITTSBURG, April 23.—A sensa
tion was caused today when Captain
Arthur Kuhn, a well known me
chanical engineer was arrested by
government secret service men on a
charge of conspiracy.
Nothing is known about the man J
actions.
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 23—
One thousand retired army officers
have been called to the colors by de
partmental orders today.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23—
The practical mobilization of the
available military resources of the
country is now completed and the
new organization when the conscrip
tion bill is passed will be proceeded
with without delay.
Anything In the line of Job work
Satisfaction assured.