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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1016
FIVE HUNDRED VIOLATION*
Hough estimates indicate that the
federal corrupt practices act has been
violated at least 500 times this year
by candidates for places in the na
tional law making body and it will
be violated many times more before
the year is over. When congress re
convenes in December Senator Owen
will have an abundance of "ammuni
tion” with which to reopen his fight
for a real corrupt practices law—one
with teeth in it. He will be able to
show that the present law is not
worth the paper on which it is writ
ten. The statute’s penalty provision
is a joke. It purports to inflict upon
a violator the dire punishment of one
year in the penitentiary or 21,000
fine, or both fine and imprisonment,
bat it does nothing of the sort.
The loophole is the word “wilful.”
Before there can be a conviction it
must be proved that th£re was a
"wilful” violation. This puts the
burden of proof on the government.
The old legal maxim, “Ignorance of
the law excuses no man,” is set aside
by this statute. If a man is ignorant
of this law he is excused.
One of Senator Owen’s plons to
put teeth in the law provides for the
elimination of this word “wilful.”
Then it will command respect.
The 500 or more violations in this
campaign are not all due to failure
to report. Many who have reported
have done so after the time limit ex
pired, which makes them transgres
sors the same as if they had not re
ported. Many others who Iiav3 re
ported as to receipts and expendi
tures have not complied with another
provision which says that the candi
date must declare under oath what
promises he has made, if Tiny, to ad
vance his candidacy.
EVEN the gypsies are advancing.
As a people they were as little af
fected, perhaps as any on the globe
by modern changes and innovations.
That is, until recently. It appears
that they are now abandoning horse
trading for automobile trading, and
dispatches state that a large band of
these people passed through some of
the Western states with a big string
of cars of a popular make.
Lots of men would like to be chari
table but they have left their money
in their other clothes.
One way to boost your grocery bill
is to buy your wife a new cook book.
Ill MLE GALE
LIVES SAVED AT LONG BRANCH
Sandy Hook Life Savers Bring Fifty
two to Safety from Disabled Boat—
Liner Calabria Picks Up Five Mem
from Broken-Down Motor Boat.
I
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—The east
erly gale which was blowing off San
dy Hook yesterday at a rate of 48
miles, kicked up a terrific sea which
caused the crews of many motor boats
to signal for assistance to reach the
shore. The conditions were made
more difficult for navigators by an
overcast sky, and a heavy rain squall
which beat into their faces, and a
thick fog hanging over the water ob
scuring the land from view. At 8:00
o’clock last night the wind had veered
to the northeast and dropped to 34
miles, and the weather of the Hook
was clear and bright.
Captain Frits Bryant and eight
men who were on board the one
masted motor sloop Lucile were res
cued by life guards from the Taka
nassee Station at Long Branch after
they had drifted in the storm for
three hours.
Capt. Bryant said the sloop had left
Stapleton, S. I., at 6:30 o’clock for
the fishing banks. When the gale
was at its height a sea swamped her
and put the batteries out of commis
sion.
During me auernuuu me oanuy
I Hook life savers were kept busy in
their power boat rescuing many fish
ermen who had been caught in the
gale. The motor boat Mary H. Comb;;
of Jersey City, with 52 amateur an
glers aboard, went ashore at the
Point of Hook during the blow. Capt.
Tilton, in charge of the Sandy Hook
boat, was going to her rescue when
the motor boat floated off the sand
bank and with her engine out of
commission, drifted on toward the
beach near enough for the men to
jump overboard and wade ashore.
The Anchor liner Calabria, out
ward bound, stopped to rescue
five men from a motor launch in dis
tress off Romer lighthouse. After
they had been taken in a lifeboat
to the Calabria, they were transfer
red to the steam pilot boat outside
the bar.
Later in the afternoon three power
boats, the Anna E. of New York, the
America of Sheepshead Bay and an
other motor boat, each with about
25 fishermen, were in distress off the
Hook and were towed in by Capt
Tilton and his crew.
Three person were reported to be
in peril in a motor boat off Norman
die, N. J., and hundreds watched
their struggle with the waves fron
the beach but could do nothing to
help them. The coast guard at Sea
bright and Spermacetti Cove tried to
reach them but could not launch life
boats on account of the heavy sea.
Capt. Tilton rescued them with the
Hook boat.
The Btorm was one of the most
sudden and fiercest of the season.
THE EMPRESS
FLO RENCE REED
In the Famous Emotional Five Act Drama
“The Dancing Girl”
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
DRUSILLA 1VE8 ..FLORENCE REED
David Ives .Fu,ler Meilish
Faith Ives . Lorraine Haling
A Quaker . Malcolm William*
John Christison ...-. William Russell
Duke of Guiseberry . Eugene Ormonde
Mr. Crake (his overseer)... William Lloyd
Ijady Bawtry, the duke’s aunt.:. Minna Gale
Sunday-Triangle Play-The Valet-Comedy
8 p. m. Sharp. Regular Admikkion
SHIP'S CREW POISONED;
1 DEAD; S RESCUED
NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 24.—Two
men are desperately ill and one man
dead as a result of ptomaine poison'
ing due to eating canned goods was
the condition found on the Diamond
Shoals Lightship No. 2 by the de
stroyer Cushing last night.
Speeding at 33 knots with a phy
sician aboard in response to an ur
gent call by wireless for assistance
the Cushing reached the lightship at
10 o’clock. The surgeon found First
Mate Andrew Thistle of Baltimore
dead, Wireless Operator R. R. Buck
in a critical condition and Seaman
G. Kemp seriously ill. All were suf
fering from the poison. The Cush
ing took the two men and the body
of Mate Thistle and made a record
run back to the Norfolk Navy Yard,
arriving shortly after daylight.
Buck is in a precarious condition
at the Naval hospital. Seaman Kemp
is greatly improved and was able to
tell of the harrowing day aboard the
light ship. He declared that with
Thistle in a dying condition Opera
tor Buck sent out his call for a phy
sician and was then stricken him
self.
To make matters worse another of
the crew fell down a hatchway and
was found unconscious. AH the oth
er members of the crew1 were slightly
ill. Thistle’s death was caused by
heart failure at the crisis of the pois
oning.
“THE DANCING GIRL.”
AT THE EMPRESS
Florence Reed in the famous emo
tional drama, "The Dancing Girl,”
as produced by the Famous Players
Film Company will be produced at
the Empress theatre tonight and to
morrow night.
The scene is laid on the rocky
coast of the isle of Endellion. Dru
silla, a young Quaker maid, tires of
the austere life of her father’s people
and journeys to London, where she
becomes the mistress of the Duke of
GuiBeberry, who pampers her with
every luxury her soul craves. Her
old Quaker father comes in search of
her, and finding her living with the
Duke, he curses her. Tottering for
a moment beneath her father's tail
ing censure, she faints, and falls the
length of the grand staircase, and
awakens to the terrible consequences
of her rash act and the shqipe she is
to her people. The Duke bankrupts
himself by his extravagance shower
ed upon Drusilla, and repairs to the
lonely coast of Endellion, determined
to die. He meets Drusilla, there for
the same purpose, and both resolve
to rebuild their shattered lives to
gether.
GERMANY MAKES APOLOGY.
Expresses Regret for Action of Air
ship Cruising Over Holland.
LONDON, Nov. 24.—The German
government has expressed regret for
the action of a German airship in
cruising over Dutch territory Octo
ber 22, says a Reuter dispatch from
The Hague. The note, according to
the correspondent, said that owing to
a defect in the motor and the steer
ing gear the commapder was com
pelled to throw out two. benzine res
ervoirs when he thought, he was over
Belgium.
moping Humana Hedd
PORTLAND. Ore., Nov*. 24.—To
be traced down by a vengeful wife
and charged with the theft of $3,000
worth of her diamonds, as well as
to face a more Berious charge, is the
portion of Claude E. Ingram, of
Everett, who was arrested today in
the Montgomery Apartments. With
him was Cecile Stanett, of Duval, >i
winsome girl of 19 years. Mr.
Ingram, who is 30 years of age and
of good personal appearance and ad
dress, is held incommunicado in the
city jail, pending the probable filing
of a government charge.
Mrs. Ingram followed the couple
to this city.
Train Kills Pioneer.
ELLENSBURQ, Wn., Nov. 24.—
Peter Younge, a resident of Kittitas
county for 25 years, and a retired
rancher, was run down by a Northern
Pacific train near South Cle Elum
and fatally injured. He was walking
on the track and did not hear the
train.
H. W. Vance, with the launch El
vira, arrived in port this morning
from Port Wells, after an extremely
rough voyage. He brought up sev
eral passengers.
The launch Katalla Queen, Capt.
Bert Cooper, arrived in port about 11
o'clock last night bringing seven pas
sengers from westward Sound points.
The Golden North has steam heat
ed rooms. tl
The Home of the Pat-a-Cake. Al
I,ove-Wh:;)ey Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; read;
to transfer that baggage for you. tl
WICK GAINS IN
LATE REPORT
KOYUKUK GIVES A PLURALITY
Hulzer's l<ead in the Fourth Division
Is (hit to Hve Votes and Ixwl in
the Territory to Ninety-Two—May
Gain Kuskokwim.
(Special to The Prospector.)
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 24.—The re
turns from the Koyukuk precincts
have-just been received here. They
give Lewis 33, Sulzer 43 and Wick
ersham 61. This cuts Sulzer’s lead in
the Fourth division to five votes. Ad
vices from the Kuskokwim precincts
are to the effect that the returns from
that section will give Sulzer a plu-1
rality of about twenty.
Lewis Sul. Wek.
First Division .... S00 2409 1891
Second Division— 128 689 762
Fourth Division 243 1683 1678
671 4681 4231
Vote by Precinct*—
Susitna . 4 6 16
Cache Creek . 119
McDougall . 7 9 IS
Willow Creek . 2 6 9
Hope . 0 14 21
Wasilla . 6 10 8
Roosevelt . 3 16 12
Sunrise . 1 2 11
Moose Creek . 16 18 11
Moose Pass . 7 1
Fidalgo . 2 7 1
Land lock . 3 5
Granite . 12 13 27
Latouche . 3 34 22
Copper Center .... 2 6 10
Matanuska . 47 41 46
Ellamar . 6 20 1?
Ouzinka . 36 5
Cliff Mine . 5 6 8
Seward . 183 258
Valdez . 12 237 202
Anchorage . 218 336 432
! Cordova. 34 167 201
! lirdwood . 4 30 15^
jKatalla . 1 24 16'
jGranby . 11 13
Teikhell . 4 7
jl’nalaska . 2 57 30
:Kodiak . 66 67
Bonanza . 4 9
Jumbo . 13 5
Kennecott . 24 22
Strelna . 9 9
Chitina . 7 46 32
Eyak . 17 30 40
Allen . 2 4 3
iTiekel . 6 4 11
Sourdough. .... 5
Afognak. 11 16 45
Seldovia . 11 23 55
Unga . 1 61 32
McCarthy . 8 51 M
Knik .;. 11 43
449 1636 1894
Sulzer’s Lead Over Wickersham 02
WIKIDEL CASE ON
IN DISTRICT COURT
The case of T. E. Wikidel vs. J. S.
Wikidel was taken up in the district
court yesterday and considerable ev
idence introduced on both sides. An
adjournment of the case was taken
until 2 o’clock this afternoon that
material witnesses in the case might
be brought into court. The action is
one to quiet title to several pieces of
property on lower McKinley street.
Baron Dies at Belfast.
LONDON, Nov. 24.—John George
Barry Bingham, fifth Baron Clan
Morris, died Saturday at Bangor cas
tle, Belfast. Baron Clan Morris
was born at Seamount, Galway, in
1852 and succeeded his father in
1876.
An up-to-date line of cook stores
and ranges at Mean’s. tf
New Heaters from 112.60 ap,
Wbod Stores, Pipe, Cooking Uteostls
and Wash Boards at Rudolph’s. tf
When you want something good to
eat try the Merchants’ Cafe, open all
night. > tf
Location notices, both quarts and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Tour picture will please the folks
at home better than anything yon can
send them. Jenner the photographer
tf
A new line of heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
A new line of hand painted china.
Owl Drug Co. tf
FOR SALE—Thoroughbred Lew
ellyn pups, $10 and $16 each. Erick
Lucas, Seward, Alaska. 11-30
A full line of pyralin irory at Owl
Drug Co. tf
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 08 OPEN ALL NIGHT Chau. Fischer, Propr.
ST. ELIAS HOTEL
Under New Management
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED; WARM, LIGHT, OUTSIDE ROOMS
SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENT GUESTS
PHONE 104_ MRS. L. HOLT, Prop.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdss Pocfc. Opposite Prospsctor Office. Tslspboes 24
LOUIE’S CAFE
Emyttti Firat due
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
LAUNCH N & S
Leaves every Wed seeder at • a.
as. trosi Vaides Deck far Kella
aar, Laadlock. aad KMalso.
Leaves every flatsrday at 7 a. m.
from Valdes Dock tor Cedar Bay,
Wells Bay. Port WeMa aad Grrnm
Ite Miae.
PORUAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
OWNER AND MASTER.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—Iu Owl Drag Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
Valdez Miners Onion No. 188 j
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER, President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez Alaska.
FOR RENT—Three-room house,
Sherman street, furnished, ready to
move in, rent moderate, man and
wife preferred; apply Mrs. A. C.
Dowling, Sherman street. tf
Hughes Congratulates Wilson.
Congratulations to those carrying
fire and life insurance. If you have
not the security and safety of these
call on the Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
Men Removing Slide.
The Alaska Road Commission has
sent out a crew of men to remove the
earth slide at Mile 16, in the Key
stone canyon.
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When Yon Bny at Home
Yoo Save Time
| Irade at Home It Pays
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_PROFESSIONAL, cards.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
<>■«» *w VaMeu Drag Cn.
Ph— *1* street
-ontract Surgeon. U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. V- & Public Health Serr.
(MaHae Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate “itlssil Dnirrrnt.
Wiaklastw, D. C.
DENTIST
FoutetM Years la Valdes.
PHONE HO <
Offloe Rooms la WUdllsg Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNKTS-AT-i.an?
OMee Opposite Court Honee
Phone M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS a |C RITCHIK
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNKYS-AT-LAW
Offices la Whaling Huildlng
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. SEVEN
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8:01*
o'clock in their hall over U. S. Com
missioner's office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. H. HUNT, President.
E. G. AMES, Secretary.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free aad Accepted Himu
Regular Communications first Wed
Km*7 eacH , month - McKinley
Halt Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
V. S. Miaeral Sorreyar
MeKJaley Street eppedte V. M. Stare.
VaUe*. Alaska
A. M. DIERINGEE
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERV and FEED STABLE,
STORAGE,
Teaming of Ail Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
The Best FlaoeQm Valdez to
Stop a&s the
Arctic Hotel
Vn, Li*U Kates—Tie Hsast d Caefart
rates; reasonable
BATHgROOM Syceal Ratas By the Msatfc
PHONE 1SS MRS. STRING, hap
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE '
GEORGE SEXTON. P»or
SIR ICT Lv FIRST CLASS
Fourth Are, Seward. Alaska