DOINGS IN
NEAR EAST
Turks Protest Proposal
of Allies by Leaving
Conference Hall.
Lausanne, Jan. 8.—The Turk
ish; delegation fco the Near East
conference left the meeting hall
today» as a protest against the
allies’ insistence upon the estab
lishment of an Armenian national
time; Conference circles were
seething with excitement after
thg incident.
Constantinople. —- Turkey to
day called to the colors all able
bodied men in the so-called lib
eral territories of the Near East,
the mobilization decree being is
sued by the Angora government.
Leniency Promised
Carriers of Hooch
Washington.—Those who are not en
gaged-in “bootlegging,” but have a
small quantity of liquor on their per
aon when arrested, need fear no “rough
treatment” at the bands of Judge
Hardison if they will but taka hls. ad
i?ica
“There s uo use for anyone coming
mto court and demanding a ;ury trial
when arrested for violation of the pro
hibitiou laws if there is no evidence to
show that they have been bootleg
ging,,” he said yesterday. ‘,1 am not
going to impose any heavy fines on any
one who comes in here and pleads
guilty to transporting when they have
but a small quantity of liquor, and that
only for their own use.”
Al Soslaw, who was a Sunday arrival
from Tacoma, left Monday morning
with Frank Dawson for Candle.
Fete Donnelley, from somewhere in
',h«;hil]s, was among the day’s arrivals;
Billy Case, from the Nixon section,
=vas\un arrival todu.v.
Washington.—The Treasury Depart
ment today announced a new offering
of 4£ per cent treasury notes, to be is
sued January 15 and maturing Decem
ber 15, 1927. The issue is for three
hundred million dollars.
CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
I
A Bath in a Real
Bath Tub
Shoe Repairing
Sign",Writing
Paperhanging
CHARLES REBHUN
; The Handy Man
TROUBLE
Alaska May Be Sub
jected to Liquor and
Narcotics Cleanup.
Washington. Jan. 0.—Alaska
may soon be subjected to a fed
era !iy organized liquor and nar
cotics e!ean-up. Dr. R O. Mat
thews* one of the party to ac
company Prohibition Commis
sioner Haynes on his trip through
the West and Sooth, is really
bound for Alaska. Matthews, it
is understood, will leave the
party at Portland in the latter
part of this month, proceeding
to Alaska via Seattle or Van
couver. _
A. H. Twitched, well known reindeer
magnate, was a Mot day arrival, bring
ing down several carcasses of that
much-liked meat for local consump
tion, and agaia retnrqed to Tacotna
this morning.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To B. T. James, IDd McArdle and
Charles Knell, your heirs, executors
and assigns:
You ajrQ hereby notified that l, the
undersigned, jour co-owner, have ex
pended in^lalxw and improvements- the
sum of not less than one hundred dol
lars [$100.00} for the years 1920 and
1921 upon your interests in the Good
Luck Fraction, situated between No. 1
and No. 2 Above Discovery on Moore
creek, in the Mt. McKinlev minim* und
lecoroiug precinct, Territory of Alaska
in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the Re
vi sd Statutes of the United Slates and
'iie amendments thereto concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said min
ing claim for ttie period ending June
JO, 1021.
And if within ninety days after the
publication of this notice you fail or
refu*e 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 2324 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States- Cecil Barlow,
Co-Owner.
Date of first publication. Jan. H. 1923,
Date of last publication, April 7. 1323.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
LUMBER
Any ^Length of
WOOD FOR SALE
Delivered to Your Order
J. HEINO
Man’s 3 Wives Meet;
First Two Call Police
Chicago,—J. s. Cook was arrested
la^t night on a charge of bigamy on t lie
joint complaint of two of his alleged
three wives. Cook, it Is said, was mar
ried fifteen years ago and has live chil
dren by his lirst wife.
A few mouths after he left her he is
said to have married Mrs. Lucy Angle,
42. and deserted her soon after their
marriage. Shortly after, it is claimed,
he married Catherine Egan, 20. of Chi
cago.
Cook’s first wife traced him through
a letter he wrote her containing an ad
dress which happened to he that of his
alleged second wife. The women met
and joined forces to search for their
husband. They saw Cook and followed
bun to the home of his third wife.
They called on her and explained the
situation. The latter begged the other
women not to prosecute Cook, it was
said, but after a discussion the first
two women noiified the police.
Charles R. Horner, former foreman
at the Nixon mine, is now superintend
ent of a mine in Southern California.
Alleged Wife Beater
Branded by Klanners
Hagerstown, Md.—Officers here a-e
making a rigid investigation of the at
tack made upon Edward Fisher, a rail
road man, who was kidnapped in Ha
gerstown Tuesday night bv eight
men, purported to have been members
of the ku klux klan from Waynesboro,
Pa., taken in an automobile to a held
outside of the city, and branded on
both cheeks and his forehead with the
letter K.
Besides having the letters seared, on i
his flesh with acid, Fisher, it is i--6(*)»rt> -
ed, was beaten and left in the die
had to crawl part of the .way homes
Iris understood tha,t his assailants •<
told Fisher that he was marked and i
beaten because he mistreated his wife.
Mrs Fisher denied such reports.
Frank Dawson returned here Sunday
from a trip to Flat, and left Monday
morning for his workings on Caudle
creek. _
Receiving and sending hours at the
McGrath station are as follows:
Week Days—10 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Sundays and holidays—9:45 a. in. and ,
4:30 p. m.