THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor.
RUSSELL MAYNARD, Manager.
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LESSON FOR PROSECUTORS.
(New York World Telegram.)
Between “Don’t you know that’s a lie ?” ..And “That is
a lie !” from prosecuting attorney to witness in the presence
of a trial jury there is all the difference between trial and
mistrial.
When an Assistant United States Attorney, in a Fed
eral Court case here this week, accused a witness of “delib
erate falsehood” the Federal Judge not only declared a mis
trial, but said that “if it were not for the fact that the wit
ness had gone out of his way to make comments of a provo
cative nature the Court would take further steps.” The pro
vocation was nothing less than a statement of a defendant
witness to the jury that the prosecutor had offered to void
the indictment against him if he would consent “to talk.”
If defendants get a habit of trying to provoke prosecu
tors into improper utterances that will result in mistrial it
becomes more than ever necessary for prosecutors to take
care to keep their temper and poise.
It is the business of the people’s attorney to bring out
the facts, whatever their effect, but never to seek advantage
by violent denunciation of the defendant before the jury.
Prosecutors in England usually point out, with emphasis,
that what they are after is not conviction but truth and jus
tice—which is one reason, perhaps, why the English prose
cutor, when questioning a witness, so often introduces dam
aging queries with the neat phrase, “I suggest.”
Prosecuting attorneys are acting solely for the people.
They must be impervious during a trial to all efforts to goad
them to personal resentment or anger. The mistrial in Fed
eral Court this week should be a reminder and warning to
all prosecutors that justice is best served by prosecution
that never loses control of its case-^or of itself.
THE PROVERBIAL LAST LAUGH.
Every one knows by this time that there has been a fire
in Nome. A fire is likely to occur almost' anywhere, but
the amount of the loss is interesting.
It was a two million dollar fire !
A town that can have a million dollar fire can hardly be
said to be a jumping-off place.
Alaska was purchased from Russia sixty-seven years
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McCONAGHY AND BROWN
Contractors
BUILDING MATERIALS, SASH AND DOORS,
CELOTEX, PLYWOOD, CORRUGATED IRON
AND GLASS
—FURNITURE—
Office and Warehouse West of Nome Harbor
Lighterage Warehouse
ago, on October 18. When Secretary of State Seward, of
Mr. Johnson’s cabinet, secured Alaska by a payment of
seven million dollars, or so, the purchase was referred to as
“Seward’s Folly.” "*i?
If Mr. Seward has knowledge today of what has taken
place in Alaska with the passage of years, he must be in
dulging in the proverbial last laugh.—Exchange.
Some people seem to think that a lot of the “New
Deals” should be decently buried.
Peace has its roots in harmony—not in arms or al
liances.
The outstanding characteristic of the American citi
zen has always been his individualism. It* is this more than
anything else which has made this nation great in every
respect, whether in the realms of business orjmything_else.
BERING STRAIT
HAS STRANGE
SITUATION
The American side of the Bering
Strait is devoid of all marine life
while the waters off the Siberian
shore are alive with marine growth
food for finny inhabitants of the
cold northern water.
That was one of the interesting
discoveries made in the summer
Bering cruise of the coast guard
cutter Chelan.
Commander F. A. Zeusler, chief
of staff of the Seattle division who
was in command of the Chelan said
recently that he was unable to ac
count for the strange phenomenon
of acquatic life which has dealt
bounteously with one shore and
left the other shore bare.
However,- three members of the
staff of the University of Washing
ton, Dr. Lyman D. Phifer, assistant
director of the Ford Barnes, and
Prof. J. L. Alexander of the forestry
department, were along on the trip
and are studying numerous sample^
of water they brought back in an
effort to solve the mystery.
The Chelan made the most com
plete survey of the bottom of Ber
ing Sea that has ever been attempt
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ed. They covered the entire area,
criss-crossing currents from Unalas
ka north to the ice pack, skirting
shores of islands and also the main
lands. Samples of water were tak
en at 121 stations.
By making numerous soundings,
Commander Zeusler developed a
theory that if the bottom of the
Bering Sea were raised only 200
feet Alaska and Siberia would be
connected over a wide area and a
300-foot elevation would connect
the Eastern Aleutians as far as Um
nak and the Pribilof Islands with
the mainland of Alaska laying bare
a large level plain covering the
northern part of Bering Sea.
The Chelan also took north 1000
seedlings which were planted on
the barren islands by Professor
Alexander in an effort to find what
type of tree will grow best in the
Arctic islands.
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.... Is proud to have been ready, willing and able to, have _
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building of Nome.
.... This great shipment was in the process of loading within
36 hours after the first news of the fire reached Seattle.
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fact that we have been able to save thousands of dollars
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