THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD, Manager
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THE POWDER KEG
For many years Premier Mussolini has championed
the principle of treaty revision in abstract terms, partly
because he believes Italy was badly treated at Versail
les and partly to win the backing of the former Central
Powers. Recently Duce repeated his plea for treaty
revision, specifically indicating that he referred to Hun
gary. It was inevitable that this should raise a storm
in European capitals. For the cry which has been ech
oed and re-echoed in Budapest for fifteen years, “justice
for Hungary,” means only one thing—recovery of ter
ritory lost to Roumania in 1919.
Here is one of the most sensitive spots on the Euro
pean map. Here is the real powder keg of Europe,
along with some other tensions among the small na
tions. There is no difference between France and Ger
many that would bring war of itself. Probably there
is no likelihood of the deep-seated antagonism of Ger
many and Russia bringing on war if lesser states did
not provide the spark to touch off the conflagration.
In championing Hungary’s right to rearm, Musso
lini is on safe ground. But having hinted at territorial
changes, he must be prepared for a whirlwind. To sup
port Hungary in this is to alienate Roumania and prob
ably the other states of the Little Entente. This tends
to erase the hard-won gains of Nazi Germany in the
Balkans, and it forces France to take a livelier interest
in the affairs of the Danube Valley, . for her longrun
security depends on the aid of the Little Entente, as
well as Russia.
As Mussolini’s maneuvers in Central Europe grow
in scope and intensity, we may expect a steadily great
er tension throughout Europe and a mounting danger
of that war which nobody wants and everybody is pre
paring for.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Weather Today
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(U. S. Weather Bureau)
Snow was falling this morning
over the Tanana Valley and sou
thward to Cordova. Rain was re
ported from southeastern Alas
ka. Generally fair weather pre
vails over western Alaska.
Sub-zero temperatures continue
over interior Alaska and the Yu
kon Territory with the lowest ob
served —48 at Fiat and Crooked
Creek. Other min.mums were as
follows: Nulato —15; Kaltag —
45: Ruby —33; Tanana —30: Mc
Grath —33; D e.'ing —22: ar.d
Bethel 2(>
Barometer readings continue
relatively low over Alaska and
the north Pacific Ocean with cen
tors charted south of Cordova &
Dutch Harbor. This distribution
should cause a continuation of
fair weather for this vicinity to
night and Friday with not much
change in temperature.
The lowest temperature at
Nome lost night was —22 at four
a.m., the highest yesterday was
—4.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17^Jus
tice Harlan Stone won't partici
pate in Supreme Court decisions
on the Washington State Women’s
minimum wage law on which ar
guments wiil be held today.
Justice Stone who has been ill
with dysentery since October 13,
plans a trip to the south as soon
as he can travel. He is reported
as improving rapidly now.
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Taken from the flies of 3B years
Ago—October 6, 1900.
ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR
McKenzie.
Action In C. D. Lane Suit
Over Mining Property
IS Stayed.
The following writ of cer
tiorari, which was received
by Attorney Knight, gives
another jolt to Receiver
McKenzie which it will take
that gentleman some time to re
! cover from. As will be seen by
the Writ itself, the proceedings
ion three of the four claims in
question are absolutely stayed;
on No. 11, the fourth claim, there
' was no receiver appointed and
i consequently no writ asked for.
These papers were served as
; soon as they arrived and their
effect is to put McKenzie and the
! New York syndicate in exactly
the same position in regard to
| these Lane mining properties as
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they now occupy in connection
with the Pioneer Mining Com
pany controversy. What McKen
zie will do remains to be seen.
The stay granted by this writ
is positive and absolute and mak
es the trial of any part of the
case impossible unless the de
feated side determines to fly in
the face of the positive orders of
the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals; a contingency hardly
to be expected, particularly as
there is one similar matter al
ready chalked up against them
for which they still have to an
swer if they were WTong.
In the United States Court of Ap
peals for the Ninth District:
John I. Tomanses, Charles D.
Lane and the Wild Goose Mining
and Trading Company, a corpor
ation, petitioners, vs. the District
Court of the United States for
the District of Alaska, Second
Division, and Hon. Arthur H.
Noyes, judge thereof, respondent.
On motion of Messrs. Charles
Page and Edward J. McCutchen,
of counsel for petitioners above
named, and on reading and filing
the petition of said petitoners.
John I. Tornanses, Charles D.
Lane and the Wild Goose Mining
and Trading Company, a corpora
tion, the parties beneficially in
terested, praying for a writ of
certiorari directed to the respon
dent above named, the District
Court of the United States for the
District of Alaska, Second Divi
sion, and Hon. Arthur H. Noyes,
judge thereof, requiring the said;
respondent to certify and return i
to this court all proceedings had
by or before said respondent in a
certain action or proceeding here
tofore instituted in the said Dis
trict Court, in which said action
L. F. Melsing, H. L. Blake, D.B.
Libby, W. T. Hume and O. P.
Hubbard are plaintiffs, and the
said John I. Thornanses is defen
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dant, and praying for further re
lief; and it manifestly appearing
that there is good cause therefor
and that the said court exercising
judicial functions has in the said
matter exceeded its jurisdiction,
and that there is no other plain,
speedy and adequate remedy, &
being therefore willing to be cer
tified of the said action or pro
ceeding;
It is hereby ordered that the
said petition be granted; that a
bond be required of said petition'
ers in the sum of ten thousand
dollars, and in a form to be ap
proved by this court.
That upon the execution and
i approval of such bond by this
! court, a writ of certiorari issue
out of and under the seal of this
court, directed to respondent
herein, requiring and command
ing the said respondent to certify
and send to this court a transcript
of the record and proceedings in
the action aforesaid, that the
same may be reviewed by this
court; and further commanding
and requiring the said respond
ent in the meantime to desist
from any further proceedings in
the said action and the said mat
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ter.
Done in open court this 4th day
of September, 1900.
William W. Morrow,
John J. DeHaven,
Judges U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals. Endorsed and filed
of record on September 4th, 1900,
by F. D. Monckton, Clerk.
Editor’s Note—We will publish
a complete story of the “Injunc
tion and Receivership” Days of
1900, as well as the regime of the
first Federal Judge of this divi
sion, when serious litigation over
mining property threatened the
peace of the Nome mining camp.
Following is the beginning of
the story today:
“INJUNCTION AND
RECEIVER.”
Regime of the First Federal
Judge of the Second Judicial
Division—Serious Litigaton ov
er Mining Property that Threat
ened the Peace of the Camp—
Receivers Appointed for the
Most Valuable Mines in the
Nome Country — Refusal of
Judge Noyes to Allow Appeal
From His Decision—Writ of
Supersedeas Granted by Ap
pellate Court—Failure of Lower
Court to Enforce the Writ, Re
sulting in Punishment for Con
tempt of Judge Noyes, Alexan
der McKenzie and Others—De
velopment of the Country Re
tarded by the Action of the
District Court, Etc.
THE STORY BEGINS:
The failure of a Federal Dis
:rict Court to obey the mandate
rf a higher court is an unusual
incident in the history of juris
prudence. And the trial of the
Judge of the lower court and his
:onviction and punishment for
contempt by the Appellate Court
■vhose order he had disregarded,
is a natural sequel of such an in
cident. The facts that led up to
this disgraceful denouement make
a chapter in the history of Nome,
and the writer states that he
wished he did not have to write
it. A tale of dishonesty and hu
man weakness is not to his lik
ing. There is much of goodness
in the world, and the leaven of
altruism would work divinely if
it were not for the lust of gold.
What is there that has not been
done for sordid gain ? Money
bought the betrayal of the Mas
ter; it' makes Conscience dumb
and Justice blind.
The story tells of the unlawful
and wrongful acquisition, posses
sion and operation of mining pro
perties worth millions of dollars.
The story is confined to a narra
tive of facts of record. If there
be a suggestion of conspiracy or
intimation that men of political
eminence tried to use a federal
court for private gain and to sub
serve personal ends, the writer
makes no apology.
(Continued Tomorrow with the
arrival at Nome of Judge Noyes).
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