WHISKEY
A-PLENTY
Found Aboard Naval
Mine Sweeper in the
Hampton Roads.
Portsmouth, Nov. 28.—A naval
inquiry has been ordered in an
endeavor to ascertain how and
why excessively large quantities
of Canadian whiskey came to be
aboard the naval mine_sweeper
Red Wing, at Hampton Roads
submarine base, today.
So much of the liquor was
stored about the ships that offi
cers and men are expected to
have considerable difficulty in
proving innocence as to its pres
ence. The mine sweeper has
been placed under naval guard
pending inquiry.
Langley-Fallon Nuptials.
The marriage of Captain Wallace
Langley and Miss Maude FslIon was
celebrated at Seattle on Thanksgiving
Day, the newlv-wedded couple depart
ing immediately on a wedding tripin
the East, during which Capt. Langley
and bride will visit the early home of
the former, according to a telegram
raceived by Captain George F. Gr«en.
Miss Fallon was for a number of years
at the head of the millinery depart
ment of the Bon Mnrche, in Seattle.
Captain Langley, who will return to
McGrath in April, will in ali proba
bility be accompanied over the trail by
Mrs. Langley.
Walter Stephens, after a day in
town, returned to Candle this after
nton. _
Owen Gray came yesterday from the
Nixon mine.
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WAR HERO
A SUiCiOE
Col. Whittlesey, Head
of “Lost Battalion,”
Leaps Off Steamer.
New York, Nov. 28.—Lieut.
Col. Charles M. Whittlesey, hero
of the famous “lost battalion,”
disappeared mysteriously from
the steamship Tolao, on which
he sailed Saturday for Havana,
according to a wireless message
received here from the ship to
day. Later advices state that
evidences of suicide had been
discovered.
It is said that Col. Whittlesey
brooded much over his experi
ences in and memories of the
the war, and it is asserted that
this secret brooding In all likeli
hood caused him .to take his own
life.
Lieut. Col. Whittlesey was one
of the greatest individua, heroes
of the war. During the Argonne
battle Whittlesey and his bat
talion advanced into the enemy’s
territory and were surrounded.
For three days they fought with
but little food or water and were
in a seemingly hopeless situa
tion, but when the Germans sent
over a note saying, “Americans,
you have fought a good fight,
but you are surrounded. Sur
render, and we will treat you
well ” Whittlesey promptly
wrote in reply. “Go to hell!”
and sent it back amid the cheers
of his uaen. more than half of
whom were wounded.
Guardian’s Sale of Mining: Claim,
In the Probate Court for the Innoko
precinct, Fourth judicial division.
Territory of Alaska.
Pursuant to an order of the Probate
Court for the Innoko precinct, I will
sell at public auction in front of tho
Commissioner's o^ce ar Ophir. Alaska,
Saturday, December 24. 1921, at 10
o’clock a. m., the following described
placer mining claims, belonging to the
estate of Charles Ansio, a missing per
sons
Claims No. 4 and 5 Spaulding creek,
a tributary of Ganes ci*eek. Innoko
mining precinct. Territory of Alaska.
No bid of ie'se than $750 cash will be
considered.
Chas. Isaacson,
Guardian of the Estate
of Charles Ansio.
PROFESSIONAL
W. F. Green—
m. d.,*d.;d. s.
Office: McGrath, Aaa.
Albrecht and Taylor
Geo. W. A brecht, Iditarod, Alaska
Chas. E. Taylor, Seattle, Wash.
Practice in all the Courts.
Seattle .Law Office: L. C. Smith Bldg
.Elliott .1642.
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Hearst Reaching Out
in Seattle News Field
Seattle. — William liaodolph Hearst,
with his Post-Intelligencer monopoliz
ing the morning field, will begin pub
lication on January 1 of the Seattle
American. This will give Seattle four
afternoon newspapers.
John Savoli arrived Monday; left
Tuesday.
Jim Iioberson returned .here today
from a tripont Peluk way.
Forfeiture Notice.
To William Dettering:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended during the years 1916, 1917,
1918, 1919 and 1920 the sum of two
hundred and six dollars and fifty cents
-ii20tj,o0) in—labor and—improvements
npoo the Gold Hill Placer Association
mining claim, situate at the head of
Flat creek, a tributary of Otter creek,
in Otter precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory -of Alaska, the location cer
tiBeale of which is fouod of record in
Volume-15 of Locations, at page 192, in
the office of the Recorder in said Otter
precinct, in order to hold said claim
under live provisions of Section 2324
of the revised statutes of the United
States, and the amendment thereto ap
proved January 22, 1880, concerning'
annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to ho'd said placer
mining claim for the period from Janu
ary 1st, 1916, to December 31st, 1920.
And if, within ninety days from the
personal service of this notiee, or
within ninetv days after the publica
tion thereof, you full or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such ex
penditure as a co-owner, which amounts
to one hundred and three dollars and
twent.y-flve cents ,($103.25), your inter -
est in the said claim will become the
property of the subscriber, your co
owner, who has made the required ex
penditure, by the terms of said sec
H<>°.T. Ai, PKAN.a
Date of first publication, Sept. 24, 1921.
Date of final publication, Dec 31, 1921
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