PRESENTED
IN SENATE
Bill Would Stop Hasty
Marriages and Make
Divorces Difficult.
Washington, jan. 25.— Legis
lation designed to stop hasty
and foolish marriages and make
divorces harder was introduced
in the Senate today by Capper.
The senator presented a bill to
he known as the federal mar
riage and divorce law and a con
stitutional amendment to give
gConress the power to enact
such a law.
Cellar Full of Whisky,
But Dare Not Drink It
Toronto.—The heirs and executors
■of Dr. James Gray, who was kilted re
cently iu an automobile crash on the
Toronto highway, are nonplussed as to
■how they can dispose of the cellar full
of good whisky left by the deceased.
The doctor poisoned a number of
bottles of the liquor for the specific
purpose of providing ‘‘poetic justice”
for thieves who visited his uremises
several mobths ago and removed a
portion of his stock. The doctor sus
pected that another raid might be at
tempted.
Shortly after the first robbery he
placed a deadly poison in a number of
bottles, scattered through his large
supply of liquor. These bottles were
known to the doctor by some mark
whioh the executors have been unable
to discover. The story of the poison
ing of the whisky was toid by the dead
man himself in confidence to bis law
yers. ___
We’ll just pay that subsidy out of
funds that we haven’t got for the
bonus.—Dallas News.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing:
SignJWriting
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
The Handy Man
Wife Applies Horse
whip on Man and Maid
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St. Louis. Mo.—Edward P. Redecker,
50 years oid, a uTission worker of Chi
cago, his wife, and Miss Mary Do
herty, 28, of St. Louis, were arrested
tonight as the result of a horse whip*
ping Mrs. Redecker gave to her hus
band and Miss Doherty in a hotel room
this morning.
Redecker and his wife arrived here
Saturday night. Mrs. Redecker said
her husband requested her to lodge at
the home of his parents while he went
to a hotel. ignoring his request, she
declared, she followed him, and after
he registered at a hotel she slipped
into his room and hid under the bed.
armed with a horsewhip.
Later, Mrs. Redecker asserted, her
husband returned to the room, and iu
a few minutes Miss Doherty knocked
and was admitted. She added that
she left her hiding place, accused Miss
Doherty of stealing her husband, and
applied the whip vigorously.
Sweetheart Protests
Hendricks’ Innocence
Centralia.—Miss Vera Hurley, his
sweetheart, has received a letter from
Horace Hendricks, written a few hours
before be killed himself, in which be
protested innocence of the murder of
M. J. Crowder, a Seattle taxi driver.
Fred Spencer is a full-fledged post
master, he having recently received
appointment as such for the new olhce
designated as Medfra,heretofors'known
as Berry Landing. The Postal-depart
ment frown3 ou names of double or
compound words, which is the partic
ular reason for the new name, given in
honor of one of the old-timers of that
section.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To B. T. James, Ed McArdle and
Charles Knell, your heirs, executors
and assigns:
You are hereby notified that I, the
undersigned, your co-owner, have ex
pended in labor and improvements the
sum of not less than one hundred dol
lars [$100.hO] for the years 1920 and
1921 upon youtv interests in the Good
Luck Fraction, situated between No. 1
and No. 2 Above Discovery on Moore
creek, in the Mt. McKinley mining and
recording precinct, Territory of Alaska,
in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States and
the amendments thereto concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said tnin
ingclaim for the period ending Juoe
30, 1921.
And if within ninety days aftpr the
publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures, as well as the cost of
recording the same, and the costs of
this advertisement, your interests in
said claim will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owner, who
has made the required expenditures
under the terms of stud section 2324 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States. Cecil. Barlow,
Co-Owner.
Date of first publication, Jan. 6. 1923.
Date of last publication, April 7,1923.
Will be Open for
Business at Ta
cotna, Feb. 1
Dr. D. C. Hardy
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Typhoid Agent May
Face Murder Trial
Chicago.—Mrs. Anna Seaborg, 40
years old, a cook, who haa been de
clared a “typhoid carrier,’’ and who
was locked up after she had ignored
repeated warnings from the health de
partment to seek some other employ
ment, has gone on a hunger strike.
She says she prefers to die rather than
ubandon her profession.
Health Commissioner Bundesen says
he has traced six cases of typhoid to
her, following a banquet at the Oak
Park Country Club, at which she wus
theejok. In previous tvphoid cases
she was suspected of toeing'the bearer.
She has not oaten for several days,
but doea not appear weak.
The health department may ask her
indictment for murder or maoslaugh
ter. in case of the deatb of any victims,
since she had been warned against
handling food for others.
Receiving and sending hours at the
McGrath station are as follows:
Week Days—10 a. m. and .4 p. m.
Sundays and holidays—9:4b a. in. and
4:30 p. m.
Stone Crashes Down
4 Stories, 18 Killed
Berlin.—Eighteen employes of the
Berliner Tagenblatt were killed today
when -several huge blocks of stone
crashed down through four stories of
the building. The dead include sev
eral women.
Chris Dahl, Jerry Frank and Mike
Hl&nusba' were late arrivals todar
from Tacotna.
For Clean, Comfortable Rooms
StQpat H
Snyder
House
fU
Flat City. Good Dog Barns
C. M. PEDERSEN
Northern Commercial Co.
of Alaska
\ While, It leasts, Qur
Stanfield Underwear
Will Cost You
$7.50 Per Suit
Trappers, do not forget that we will pay the best
prices for your Fur, or, if preferable, we will
advance a liberal amount of money on your
Fur and ship on a commission basis".
McGrath Roadhouse
Excellent Meals
Service Prompt and Efficient
Tacotna
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