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Show REQUESTED TO RESIGN. President Calls Upon Alaskan Officials Offi-cials to Step Down. WASHINGTON. Nov. J6.-Prcsldent Roosevelt has removed from ofllce Frank II. Richards, United States marshal for thc Nomo district in Alaska, and has requested re-quested the resignation of Melville Brown of the Jnnenu district. The cose of .ludge Moore la hold In abeyance. This action la thi; result or the Investigation of the Alaska Judiciary made recently bv Assistant Attorney-General Dav. Attorney General Moody had' n confr-enco confr-enco with tho President today, at, which the report of Assistant Attorney General Day on the conditions as thov were devel oped by an investigation which he made last summer, was considered. At thc conclusion con-clusion of the conference Attornev Genet Gen-et al Moody made the announcement of the President's action. The Investigation made by Judge Day Involved practically all the members of thc Alaska Judlc!ai;y in charge and counter coun-ter charges. He worked on the case for many weeks, making a special trip to Alaska to obtain Information on the subject. sub-ject. He completed his reuort recently and placed it In thc hands br tho President. Presi-dent. The President's action was based oiMho Ibulins of Judso Day The nature of tho charges against the officials was not made public ln detail, It being deemed advisable not to publish at this time the report made bv Judge Day. it is known, however, that tho charges involved selfish, of not corrupt, "practices before tho Alaskan courts in mining claim cases The charges against Judge Brown, who vaa appointed from "Wyoming, were In cried cr-ied that he had a personal Interest in mining cases which were before his court, and that he had appointed his secretary as receiver of some properties which wc.ro hi litigation. Charges have been rrado from time to time against nearly all the Federal officials offi-cials ot Alaska. Governor Brady not being be-ing exempt, but it Is said that the action of the President todr.' ilnallv closed thu matter of the charges, ofllcials of the administration ad-ministration being satisfied that Governor Brady. James Wlckersham of the Yukon district, and other officials Involved In them, have acted ln the best interests of tho territory. Judge Wlckersham today was reappointed. |