6 Pages . THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME XXII No. 2
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY JAN 8 1921
Delivered by Carrii
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VETS. SHAMEFULLY NEGLECT!
ASSESSMENT RECORDING LAW IS KNOCKED OUT
COMPULSORY ASSESSMENT
WORK RECORDING IS
HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL
San FYanciaco, Jan. .'!—A decision |
declaring unconstitutional the act of
the Alaska, l.^gislatur«- which com- |
pelled the tiling of affidavits Showing
progress of assessment work on min- ,
ing^dairng was h;inde<1 down today by
the Circuit Court of Appeals in an
action resisting- the failure of a claim
under the act. Tii« law is held to be
.in conflict with the act of Congress
which permits filing iflldavits of as
sessment work on claims, but provides
4hail they shall he forfeited only upon
ftiilure to perform the work itself The
wise on which the decision was based I
is Umphrey t*t al versus Betseh et ul.
and involves mining: ground located in
the WTade Hampton district. The!
case was appealed from the Cnited I
States District Court at Nome. The'
Circuit Court held for Betsch and Joe
Jean, who ware ordered to give up i
possession of certain claims through
a decision of the district court when
they failed to file affidavits as re
quired by the territorial law. They
appealed the case with the stated re
REPUB’S TO CAN
BIG BUNCH OF
j GOV’T CLERKS
Washington, Jan. •>—Eleffcn thous
and government clerks wiB probably
firul themselves in ,need of it new job.
if ‘.he Executive. LcgiaUrtivi and Ju
diciary Appropriation Bill ‘ferrying a
large part of the salary apMpriations
of departmental governmefe employ
ees, passes as reported out d commit
toe in the. House a dan' or two ago.
As reported by the committee, the
bill cuts *off eleven thousand govern
ment clerks in the three departments
indicate \ i'i the title
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Bulletin and Weekly Nugget.
CHARGED! HOOVER USED
RELIEI MONEY TO
FEED POLE ARMY
Washington, Jn n. 6—A charge
made by Senator James A. Reed,
(democratic) of Missouri, thpfc Herbert
Hoover, used a portion of
lean contributions for'relief
sufferers in Europe for tho.mninten
:>nce of the Polls1! army provoked a
*?
lively debate In the Senate today ami
brought out both praise and abuse of
the former food administrator.
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KERENSKY SEEKING
TO UNITE IT!
BOLSHEVIK FACTIONS
Paris, Jan. 7--Keren»kfiLlic., ot
the first Russian revolution ||Ueh re
sulted in the oveilh:ow of tht imper
ial government and Who lat«r bec ame
premier of tJhe rr-publi«m^fi^trnnienli
Is now in Parts seeking tof unite the
various Russian tact:
the present Holsheviki regime.
Kerensky has summoned thirty f t
the revolutionary leaders to meet hin
here tomorrow in an attempt to bring
the various antl-HoIshev'.ki factions
and twenty two were wounded M
\-\,W?hmg »>y U police volley fired on 1
rioting: Communists, following the
funeral of a Communist named Hoff
man, wiho was sh<»t by the jxdlce wh<* ’ ,
he* attempted to escape from the:
custody.
SALESMEN WANTED to sell ex
clusive novelty. Small Mias will net
$25 daily • For proposition and umpire
writs Dopt. G , Box tOO, Cincinnati,
Kr^d Harrison, plaintiffs vs c'hrist
Betsoh and Joe J. Jean, defendants.
Nintii Circuit Court of Appeals for th<>
Nintth <'ircuit reversed the judgment
of the trw.l court a. -\'otiu ( which was
In favor- of the plaintiffs, and directed
the trial court to enter judgment for
The sole question presented on ap
peal was -I>.d the failure of the de
fendants to 'file for recurd with th«
; Recorder of the District in which the
is located, not later than ninety days
after the close of the year In which
such work was done’ an affidavit of
perfommnee of the work performed
for the year 191U constitute ‘an aban
donment of ‘he location.’ and did the
cJsiim thereu|>on ’become subject to
re-1'cation by any other person.’ and
did the re-location by plaintiff. F.
Utmjphfl-ey, on the last clay of April.
1917. work a forfeiture of the rights
of the defendants in and to such
claim.’’ In otlier words, the* question
was whether it :s necessary to file
proof of labor within the time pre
scribed by law in order to maintain
The ^Territorial Legislature iiassed
:.n . t providing for the filing of proofs
<-f within ninety days after the
ck»e of the calendar year, and further
provided that all claims would be
d»en>d forfeited in the event of failure
to file the proof of laltor within such
■time. The defendants in this case
did not file their proof of labor until
soh’.r lime1 early in« April, but in the
meantime, the plaintiff I'mphroy had
staked the claim. Betsch had per
formed the annual assessment wo*k
and his only default consisted in h!s
fuJlur-e to file his proof of labor within
the ninety days. The plaintiffs claim
'd by so failing1 to file, his ground was
.forfeited, notwithstanding the fact
th; 1 he performed the annual labor.
In this contention they were sus
tatned by the trial court. However,
tV.c Circuit Court of Appeals took a
sent view of the situation and de
al, ■.--d the act of the Territorial Leg
~ 'e unconstitutional in so fAr as
i: •orv-.e.-J a forfeiture for failure to
! fd- the proof of lalau-. The filing of
11.- of of labor is only ji-nima facie
- but if it bo performed, to hold
■•ih.-t elaim was forfeited for failui
f ^!e a proof of labor would be de
- on: .if his property without
'I----"1 s. Betsch and Jean were rep
- r.‘-d by attorney O D. Cochran
•' ’r ■iiiii’-ey and Harrison were rep
- • I iIV attorney Fred Harrison.
GANGSTERS ATTACK COUNCIL
BLUFFS MINISTER
'• r> • wii« unannounced, today lure 1
'‘■V, A. K. Jacobs, pastor of th'
■ n Church to the outskirts of
: . where they stabh d and beat
EC-OTLEGGERS HOODWINK
GCV’T WHISKEY CUSTODIANS
N w York. Jan. 7—Bootleggers'
rings in New York have managed to
daw from the government's bonded
warehouses approximately one hun
Million dollars worth of llquor:
through forgery and bribery, accord
ing to the special Intelligence unit of
the Internal Revenue Bureau here.
BIG BLOW UP PLOT
REVEALED IN LONDON
London, Jan, 6—The police have
discovered n plot to blow up that por
tae. of the tow 1 of London where the
British crown jewels are stored, it was
NEW ALASKA S S CO
MOTORSHIP LAUNCHED
thousand ton steel motorship Kenni
eott. built here for the Alaska Bteam
siiip t’oimpsin.N, was launched at the
Todd shipya:d to<lay, with Mi’s. Stan
nard. wife of the superintendent of the
owning1 company as sponcer.
BIG SALARY BILL
REPORTED TO HOUSE
Washington, Jan. G—The Executive
judicial and legislative bill, the big
salary measure eontatinnif the appro
jiriat ons from whence are paid a large
portion of tihe salaries of governmental
employees, was iiiiorted out today by
the House Appropriations committee.
WOMAN NAMED SPEAKER
OF B C LEGISLATURE
Victoria, Jan. 6- -The cabinet today
named Mrs. Mary Kllen Smith, rep
| res. atittive from Vancouver, to he
sopreiker of tihe British Columbia legis
SOVIETS PLAN ROUMANIAN
DRIVE IN SPRING
j’iiiis, Jan. 5—The Russian govern
ment is planning a spring drive on
Itoumanla and CJalicia. it is forecasted
from recent developments along the
Western Russian front, and is evident
ly aiming to start a new war in
Kurope wliicfh it is hoped will involve
many nations, through the various
powers dragging and toppling one an
other into the lighting. Dire conse
quences are seen here as a result of
a rekindling of war in the Balkans and
ALASKA FREIGHTER TO BE
SOLD FOR DEBT
; Seattle, Jan. »—The Alaska
freighter C.eilney, the pioneer of the
Alaska coast survey vessels, is to lie
[.sold in satisfaction of debts against
NEGRO LEGISLATOR
SEATED IN MISSOURI
.Missouri legislature. took the oath ■ •!'I
from the St I .oil is district.
CORK HOTEL RAIDED
BY MILITARY
Cu’lc. Jan. ."> —The military raided j
the Impel ia I Hotel late today. Pur-!
ins the course of the raid the troops |
■sliot dead Finlwir. a darky priest, of I
T:iint:yfo!Hl Abbv. London.
FAMOUS BLIND CHAPLAIN
OF HOUSE RETIRES j
Washington, Jin. 7—Itrv. Henry
X. (’ uiden. the blind chaplain of the
House of Representatives, retired to
day after twenty years of service as
chaplain of tiie lower house of oon
Tho Hpuse of Representatives voted
him a pension of $125 per month for
life and also made him Chaplain
KneritUB.
HUGE SUNDRY APPROPRIATION
BILL PASSES HOUSE
Washington. Jan. 7—The Sund:>
Appropriation h!ll. currying appropria
tions totaling: 9S8S.271.S91 passed the
House of .Representatives today.
inoX iou Xi|m—mou jdtanx ®*U
SuiqiJocqns *jr apToad snojatun^
CHARGES DISABLED
WAR VETERANS
SHAMEFULLY NEGLECTED
Washington. Jan. 7—Flat <•
in hospitals for Irwk <■!' proper
tion and that the families of
inoaiKitriated ex-service men are
1": i
ing, even though th* > have ccnniper |
nation due /them. were made here today
l».\ National Coinmvander (Julhruilh of
th>- American Ijogion.
Commander Ualbniith's declaration
a.:s made before the House Interstate
-| nd Foreign committee.
WASHINGTON ORDERS
SEARCH FOR MISSING
ALASKA SHIRS
Srtittl**, Jan. 6—'fTru; Coast Guard
steamer Algonquin will probably be
sent from here in »axvh of the Ala.’
ku isiwer schooner Joseph Fhiitizer j
wiri« !| until recently had been engaged 1
in carrying the mails between Sew- j
aid. Alaska, and the on the
rt.v-.-t -f i Sfjw-rv-J. L
The F’ultizer has been missing since
December 15. When hint heard from
the schooner ha<l seven men on board.
Secretary of the Interior Payne has
asked both the Navy and (’oust (lu;u I
service to ;U<i In the search for the
missing: vessel.
* eil -byU)* *r».e JYStf-k*
Nnsrpet to your home.
GIRL FLEES FROM
EXPECTANT RRIDEGROOM
TO WED ANOTHER
PHELAN TAKES TURN
AT TWISTING TAIL
-••:n Is emulating the Hun in lx-:
war policy.” S-.nator Phelan of (*a'i
fotnia declared today in a Senat
s-ipceith on the allege*] attempt of Brii
a in to corner tiie world’s crude <•;'
Phelan declared that Great Britain
had obtained four billion dollars in
loans from the I'nitcd States and had
“used our own money In an attempt
to acquire the oil monopoly. Senator
I' rtni tiie miraculous suggestion to the
Senate that England should 1>>
brought to terms by "refusing he
the debate from oil to the Japanese
land question by declaring that the
Japanese were buying oil from the
iSriti.sh companies in California at
$1.06 a barrel, while Californians were
BRITISH COLONIAL
SECRETARY RESIGNES
I^omlon. Jan. «—lv»rd .Milner h;
resigned as Rrft.'sh Colonial Kecretn ■■
according; to an announcement toda;
19 DROWN IN LAUNCH SINKING*
Buenos Aires, Jan. 6—-Nineteen
persons perished when a launch tied
to a wharf on the local water front
capolsed today.
ATTENTION MOOSE
Regular meeting L. O. O. M. at
8 p. m. every Monday evening. New
Moose Hall.
W. H. KOCH, Sect?
New and uptodate legal forms for
Proof of Annual Assessment Work
also Oil Location blanks. Deed blanks
for general use. Special and General
Power of Attorney forms. Placer and
Quartz Location forms now eu sals
at Nugget Office. Price 15 cents oach
or $1.00 per dozen.