The Criminal Code of Alaska, as amended by the act approved February 6, 1909, provides that any person found guilty of selling or giving any intoxicating liquor to an Indian or half breed shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding two years. The three white officers who have been employed under the appropriation referred to have confined their activities chiefly under this provision of the statutes, but in two or three cases it was found more practicable to secure conviction under certain other sections, particularly the section which prohibits the sale of liquor without a license. As my quarterly reports have shown, the appropriation has been administered with notably successful results. Inclosed herewith, as a part of this report, is a tabulated statement showing the number of cases prosecuted, including the name of the defendant in each case, the sentence of the court, and other relevant facts.

The results of these prosecutions have been universally commended, for the economic as well as the moral advantage of protecting the native population from the deleterious effects of intoxicating liquors is now generally recognized throughout the Territory.

The total disbursements from the appropriation of $12,000 were $11,850.07, leaving an unexpended balance of $149.93. The disbursements were generally distributed as follows:

The figures given above are subject to slight correction, since the June expense account of the white officer who is employed in the interior of the Territory has not yet been received, although the amount has been closely estimated.

Respectfully, yours,

The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

WALTER E. CLARK, Governor.

1 Warrant issued and defendant left the Territory before he could be arrested.

Mr. ACKER. I also have a supplemental report bringing it down to January 16, 1913, together with a statement showing the employees and the amount of money expended down to December 31, 1912. The CHAIRMAN. Who are the special employees detailed from the Treasury Department?

Mr. ACKER. They were revenue inspectors who, by reason of their experience in that line of work, were transferred to this service with the consent of the commissioner. Those minor salaries there are mostly for Indians.

The CHAIRMAN. Do they do any effective work?

Mr. ACKER. Oh, yes; the report I think goes into that in some little detail. They go around among the natives and ascertain who are bootlegging and make reports to the principal agents and make arrests, and get up evidence for them.

TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE,

Juneau, Alaska, January 16, 1913.

SIR: I have the honor to report herewith a summary of the operations of this office in connection with the suppression of the liquor traffic among the natives of Alaska during the quarter ended December 31, 1912, with which summary is a record of the cases of violation of the liquor law prosecuted during the next preceding fiscal quarter. As heretofore, the principal work in connection with the suppression of the liquor traffic among the natives has been performed by two special employees loaned to this office by the Internal Revenue Service, and employed under your authority and general direction, in apprehending bootleggers and others who give or sell liquor to Indians.

With your approval, one of these employees, F. Earl Hagler, of Tennessee, was permitted at his own request to return to the Internal Revenue Service on the 4th instant. It was deemed unnecessary to appoint his successor in southeastern Alaska, but David Willard, of Haines, a highly intelligent and efficient Indian, was appointed as an assistant to Lewis L. Harding, the other special employee, at a salary of $75 per month. The work of the special employees was highly successful during the quarter ended December 31, 1912, as it was in the quarter next preceding; the percentage of convictions of violators of the law being high considering the difficulties encountered in obtaining strong evidence and the comparatively small credence placed in the testimony of natives, in the opinion of many jurymen.

The total number of persons arrested by the special employees of this office during the period from July 1, 1912, to December 31, 1912, was 46, the rule being followed of arresting men only when evidence was at hand deemed sufficient for successful prosecution. Of these, 19 pleaded guilty. Convictions were obtained in 19 cases, bail was forfeited in two cases, and most of the others were awaiting trial. The penitentiary or jail sentences imposed ranged from 30 days (in two cases only) to 20 months. There was only one verdict of acquittal.

It will probably be necessary in the near future to appoint a special employee to work along the Tanana River among some of the native settlements, and at points along the Yukon.

The expenditures from the appropriation for salaries and expenses of travel during the period from July 1 to December 31, 1912, aggregated $4,723.45.

Respectfully, yours,

WALTER E. CLARK, Governor.

The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR,
Washington, D. C.

Paul Bohm..

How Sing.

Japanese foreman at Complaint made and warrant issued,

A. Gorobat.

Joe Souza... J. Peterson.