FRANK GOTCH DIES
AT HOME IN IOWA
Humboldt, la., Dec. 19.-Frank
Gotch, champion heavyweight wres
tler of tho world, is dead at his home
•here. He had been ill for a long time.
His ailment baffled physicians and was
diagnosed at different times as cancer
of the stomach and aenema. He had
wasted away to almost a skeleton when
•death overtook him.
Gotch defeated all the best grapplers
■ of America and Europe, including the
Hussan^Terrible Turk, Zbyszko, the
Russian champion; Antone Santore,
'Italian; Dr. B. F. Roller of Seattle,
tin the earlv days of Dawson he wres
■tled there under the name of Frank
•Kennedy.
His last notable contest was at Hum
boldt, Iowa, on July 3, 1916. whan he
defeated Henry Ordetnann, of Chicago,
in 21 minutes and 17 seconds.
Gotch had accumulated a substantial
fortune through his athletic powers
and at the time of his death owned sev
•eral hundred acres of the richest farm
Hands of central Iowa.
CrETS six months
FOR ABUSIVE TALK
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Having been convicted this morning
'by a jury of having made seditious ut
terances against the United States,
Xavier Kleinhunz was sentenced by
’Commissioner Reed W. Heilig to serve
-six months in the federal jail.
Kleinhunz. in a public place, on No
vember 27th, made some vile, unprint
able utterances, against America and
Americans, which was overheard by
!B. W. Johnson and reported to the au
thorities. Chief of Police Wiseman
•.Investigated the case, and after seeur
iiog evidence to convict, swore out a
■ complaint against Kleinhunz.
■When the case was heard by a jury
this morning the only defense offered
■vras that the acctrsed was in such an
(intoxicated condition that he did not
(realize what he was saying. The evi
dence, however, tended to prove that
the had been drinking, but that he was
■not drunk. He is a citizen of Germany.
Following the conviction, the com
missioner gave the accused a short,
pointed talk, in which he yointed out
in effect, that the duty of alien enemies
,in America is to obey the advice of the
attorney-general, “to obey the law and
keep their mouths shut.” When the
.sentence was imposed tbe accused
t’oroke into tears and was in tears up to
•the time that he was led away to start
-serving his sentence.
The jury in the case deliberated less
than fire minutes, finding the accused j
guilty on the first ballot.—Fairbanks j
News-Miner, Dec. 6.
joe wameiThead
OF SEATTLE POLICE
Seattle, Dec. 31.—Joe Warren, the
pioneer Alaskan and former chief of
police of Spokane, Wash., and later
chief of police of Nome, was today
named ae chief of police of Seattle.
The appointment was made at the in
stance of a number of leading men who
believe tiiat this will result in the early
removal of General Greene’s quaran
tine of the city.
Joe Warren, after being chief at Spo
kane, was a special deputy marshal for
the Second judicial division of Alaska,
with his headquarters at Seattle and
he is known by hundreds of northern
ers. After his retirement from the
latter position, he was a special officer
at the fair grounds in San Francisco.
CAPT. AMUNDSEN
RETURNED MEDALS
Washington, Dec. T.—The Depart
ment of State is informed tliat Capt.
Amundsen, the discoverer of tho South
Pole and tho Northwest Passage called
on the German minister in Christiana j
and returned to him his German dec- j
orations. In doing so Capt. Amundsen j
said he took, this action as a personal
protest against the murder of peaceful
Norwegian sailors in the North Sea on
October IT. The decorations he re
turned were: The Prussian Crown
order of the first class, the Bavarian I
Duitpold medal, as well as His .Majesty ;
Emperor William’s gold medal loi art
and science
LEON TROTZKY WAS
FORMER REPORTER
Four months ago Leon Trotzky was
a $12 a week reporter on an East Side
newspaper in New Y ork City. Today,
Leon l’rotzkv is one of the leaders of
the Bolsheviki revolters who have set
up a new radical government. Through
a vagary of fortune Trotzky has at one
bound changed from practically an un
known to a person of world-wide impor
tance. Trotzky is about 40 years old.
For years he has been associated with
the Russian revolutionary movement.
He was sent to Siberia for the 1905
outbreak, and sent back again for tho
outbreak of 1912. Released a few
months later he went to Germany.
From there he was expelled at the be
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ginning of the war. Later he was ex
pelled from Switzerland, France and
Spain. He came to New York early
this year and was living in the Bronx
when the Czar was overthrown. On
his arrival in Petrograd, after the
revolution, he allied himself with the
Bolsheviki aud became president of
the Petrograd Council of Soldiers’ and
Workmen’s Delegates. Trotzky’s real
name is Leber Braunstein.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Estate of E. L. Robinson, Deceased.
C. I. Surridge has been appointed
and qualified us administrator of the
said estate of E. L. Robinson, late of
the Kuskokwim precinct., Fourth divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, deceased.
Dated this 10th day of December.
A. D . 1917. D. E. Stubbs,
Probate Judge of Suid Precinct.
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Estate of Mathias Schernthaner, de
ceased.
Peter Sfeger has been appointed and
qualified as administrator of the estate
of Mathias Schernthaner, late of Kus
kokwira precinct, Fourth division, Ter
ritory of Alaska, deceased.
Dated this 30th dav of November,
A. D. 1017. D. E. Stitbbs,
Probate Judge of Said Precinct.
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and Lottie R. Marston, under the firm j
name and style of Otter Dredge Com
pany, at Otter precinct, Fourth divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, is this day
dissolved by mutual consent, Lottie R.
Marston selling her interest to Joseph
E. Riley, who will continue the busi
ness under the same firm name and
style, Otter Dredge Company.
Joseph E. Riley.
Lottie It. Marston.
Dated September SO, 1917.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE !
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To Charles Courtright, and to his heirs ,
and assigns: i
You are hereby notified that the un
dersigned has expended in money, labor
and improvements during the year 1910
the sum of one hundred dollars ($100)
upon placer mining claim known as the
Ophir Fraction, on Willow creek, a
tributary of Iditarod river, in the Otter j
mining and recording district, territory
of Alaska, in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of the law respect
ing annual labor on mining claims.
And if within ninety days after the
last puhlicaiion of this notice you fail
or refuse to pay your proportion of such
expenditure, your interost iu said claim
will become the property of the under
signed co-owner, according to the pro
visions of Section 2324, Revised Stat
utes of the United States.
Dona LaChance, Co-owner.
First publication, January 5, 1918.
Fast publication, April 6, 1918.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To .T. F. Baird, Marie Baird and Char
les Hoxsie, and to their heirs and as- j
signs: i
You are hereby notified that the un
dersigned have expended in each of the ]
years 1915 and 191G the sum of one hun
dred dollars in labor and improvements j
upon each of the placer mining claims |
known and described as follows, to wit: j
The Rainbow association, situated at i
the head of Flat creek, in Otter pre
cinct, Fourth division, territory of J
Alaska, the location certificate of which
is found of record in book one of loca
tions, page 318. in the office of the re
corder for said precinct; the Montana
association, adjoining the above-de
scribed Rainbow association, the Loca
tion certificate of which is found of rec
ord in volume one of Locations, page
318, in the office of the recorder of said
precinct ; in order ty hold said claim
under the provisions of Section 231-4 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, and the amendment thereto ap
proved January 22, 1880.concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said placer
mining claims for the periods ending on
thg 31st dav of December, 1915. and 1916.
And if, within ninety days from the
personal serviceof this notice, or within
ninetv davs after the publication theie
of, you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your interests in the said two
placer mining claims will become the
property of the subscribers, your co
owners, who have made the required
expenditures, by the terms of said sec
tion. Gf.o. W. Albrecht.
Chas. E. Taylor.
iFirst publication Nov. 3, 1917.
Last publication Feb. 2. 1918.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To CJus Johnson, his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that during
each of the years of 1913, 1914, 1915 ant?
1916 the undersigned has expended at
least one hundred dollars in labor and
improvements upon each of the follow
ing named placer miningclaims, to-wit:
Lower 3, 4 and 5 above upper discovery
on Ophir creek in the Innoko mining
and recording district, in the territory
of Alaska, in which mining locations
you claim an undivided one-half inter
est, as shown by the records of said re
cording district. The said labor was
performed as and for the annual repre
sentation of the said claims and each of
them for the said years of 1913, 1914,
1915 and 1916 as required by the laws
of the United States concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, and the
same was the amount required to hold
said claims for said years. You are
further notified that unless within 90
days after the .completed service of
this notice upon you and withiu 90 days
after the publication thereof, yon con
tribute your portion of said expendi
ture as a oo-owner, to-wit: The sum of
two hundred dollars for each of said
claims and six hundred dollars in all,
your interest in said claims or in any
one of which you so fail to contribute
will be forfeited to the undersigned,
who has made such expenditure, and
will become his property in the manner
provided bv law.
Dated at Ophir September 4, 1917.
ALFRED JOHNSON, Co-owner
First publication Nov. 3, 1917.
Last publication Feb. 2, 1918
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