E VALERA
IS HOPEFUL
George’s Offer to DeVa
Jlera More Than Sinn
Fein Expected.
London, July 23.—The written
offer of Lloyd George to Earn os
De Valera was more than the
Sinn Fein expected. The offer
failed because it insisted on Brit
ish occupation of Irish ports
and retained specialties between
Ulster and Westminster.
London. — De Valera, before
leaving today, said: “Although
the immediate future is uncer
tain, we have perfect confidence
iu the ultimate success of our
cause.”
Dublin.— The impression is
growing here that the peace
offer made by Lloyd George to
De Valera will work out a set
tlement of terms.
London.—An outstanding frac
ture of the Government’s Irish
peace propositions to De Valera
•is the concession of fiscal au
tonomy.
The Tana Returns.
The steamer Tana returned yester
day from Nixon Landing, where she
unloaded the remainder of the mining
machinery for the Treadwell Mine.
The Tana will lie at McGrath, dis
mantling the Laveile Young, for about
ten days, after which she will proceed
on her way to Bethel to meet the
Ozmo, now on the way from Se&ttle.
The Ozmo carries about three hun
dred tons for this section.
7,000 Elks in Parade.
Seattle.—A procession numbering
•seven thousand Elks will march
through the downtown business section
today, as the casing event of the State
Association of Elks meeting.
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
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Sign Writing
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
The Handy Man
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SOMEONE
IS LYING
Mrs. Bergdoll Says He
Did, Army Officer
Says He Didn’t.
Washington, July 23. — The
mother of Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, the notorious draft
evader, told the House -commit
tee investigating the escape of
her slacker son that she gave
five thousand dollars to Major
Bruce Campbell, Army officer at
Governors Island, for use among
high officials at Washington to
help obtain his freedom.
Washington, July 26.— llMrs.
Bergdoll’s charges that I de
manded a hundred thousand dol
lars, and obtained five thousand,
to secure her soms release, is
false in every particular,” Major
Bruce Campbell, Army officer,
testified today before the House
committee investigating the es
cape of Bergdoll.
William D. McGowan, well known
mining man of the Nixon district-, came
down on the Tana for a short-stay here
in order to attend to a few business
matters. Mr. McGowan reports three
nights of frost up in his section, re
cently. Prior to that, on the Fourth, a
heavy hail storm occurred, the frozen
particles being almost as large as a
man’s thumb.
House Passes Fordney Tariff Bill.
Washington.—The,Fordney tariff bill
was passed tonight by the House by a
party vote, the Democrats recording
against it.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Henry Johnson, Thomas Burns,
Victor Crisson, William Mark tin.
Deroy Tozier, John Clark, George
Wesch, their heirs, executors and
assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that I, the undersigned, your
co-owner, have expended in labor and
improvements the sum of not less than
one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the
years 1918, 1919 and 1920 upon your in
terests in the Spot Association, situ
ated on Ganes creek, in the Innoko re
cording 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 min
ing claim for the period ending Decem
ber 31, 1920.
And if within ninety days after 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 said section of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
C. Li. Baker,
Co-Owner.
Date of first p.ublication, July 13, 1921.
Date of.final publication,“Oct.. 19; 1921.
Britain Still Maintains
It Is Unnecessary to
Send Reinforcements
London.—Notwithstanding1 the re
port made bv the Allied high commis
sioners from Oppeln that the Allied
troops in Upper Silesia are insufficient
in number, Britain still maintains It is
unnecessary to send reinforcements
and is taking no action with that object
in view.
Postmaster at Nome.
Washington,—The name of John
Hegness, for postmaster at Nome,-was
sent to the Senate this afternoon.
Regardless of Confer
ence, England to Con
tinue Building Ships
London.—England will • continue to
build new ships, even if the Washing
ton conference is completely successful,
Lloyd George told the Commons tins
afternoon.
Guests of Edison and Ford.
Washington.—President ami Mrs.
Harding left this morning for the
camping banks of the1 Potomac, where
they will spend their uveek’s end as
guests of .Thomas -Edison and Henry
Ford.
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