The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-04-22

taxpayers.
 Judge Holzheimer announced tha a petition had been handed to him signed by twenty-four citizens. SaiC petition was purportcd to be re monstrance pertaining to the unjus system of taxation which IS in vogu in the municipality of Nome.
 Judge Hobbes objected to the peti ton being filed as being adverse tt the City's request, on account O same not bearing upon it's face tn, necessary legal qualifications stat ing the reasons for objcct:ng, etc EHis Honor sustained the City Attor ney's objection.
 District Attorney Mundy read ; typewriter document, the nature o which was a petition to his honol requesting that an order be issued for one Martin Kennedy to appear in Court and show cause why sen teacc for contempt of court should not be pronounced against him, fol publishing or causing to be published the following squib in the local item. column of the Daily Nome Indus trial Worker, ir the issue of Apri 11th, towit:
 ''These few lines are written
 for the benefit of those whom
 it may concern.
 Whenever the Miners in this
 community desire to discuss
 the wage question, tkey will
 do so, at an opeI- meeting,
 or at closed meeting,
 without consulting George
 B. Mundy, or others similar to him, in regards there
 to. Regardless of intim-
 idation with threats of arrest. Now, MT Mundy, if you have knowledge that any citizen in this community has committed crime against the peace ard
 dignity of the United States of
 America, just go right along
 and do your sworn duty. Don't
 threaten him by saying, T
 would have you arrcs%od o.Iy
 fer your famiiy's sake
 Remember that because a man is married end has a family, he has no more special prive-
 leges regarding the enforcement of the law, than q single man
 has. Therefore, that is no req
 son why he should violate the law, anymore thac igno"Snce
 of the law is itGolf an excuse
 fer so doing.
 We presume, that if tho per
 sen, or persons so thrcateEcd by Muady, will notify the Hon-
 orable Judge of the District
 Court, due cognizanco will be
 t2ken, and we feel assured, if
 the aforesaid attitude of the prosecuting ,-.tor-cy, is fcurd
 to be correct, the mat.or will
 be thoroughly investigated.
 After his Honor had carefully reat the contents of the aforesaid docu ment he informed MT. Mundy tha he failed to see any reason therein why such an order should be issued because in his opinion nothing i said squib pertaincd to any matte , which could be considered as con | tempt of court.
 He went on to say: Your Honor the aforesaid squib, in my opinion , was published, for the purpose c t predjudicing miners against m' who may serve as jurors, in tn } lycase of the s. S. vs Marti | Kcnnclly."
 , His Honor couldn't sec it tha f way. Mir. Mundy continued by say . ing: "I desire to call your Honor attention to one part in p&rticula l lf the aforesaid squib the pert whic l says that l threatened miner wit y arrest because he spoke at certai . meeting upon the wage question. | want to say to your Honor, that th | aforesaid statement is false, and l is reflection upon me as an office r of the court for doing my duty. r. Judge Holzhcimer promptly il formed him that he did not conside ] him any more an officer of tn court, than M. Hobbes, Mir. Cochran or any other member of the Nom Bar Association. He refreshed h S(Mr. Mundy's) memory that a Smembcrs of the Nome Bar Associ; htion are officers of the court.
 The Court intimated that he WE sinclincd to consider the squib ha nothing to do with contempt ( court. He further stated that | Aconsidcred the said squib merely personal affair between Mir. Mun6 and whoever wrote it, and if it w; lnot true the District Attorneys know what legal process to go through get redress.