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STEWART * SELBY, I'roprieton
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Daily Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23, 1912, at the postoffice of Valdez,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1016
TORPEDOES WITH EARS.
Torpedoes with ears tuned so that
enemy ships cannot escape their
deadly wake are soon be available for
the use of the U. S. Government. The
inventor, Montraville M. Wood, the
inventor, lives in Berwyn, a suburb of
Chicago, and talks interestingly of his
latest scientific creation.
"In the present war,” states the in
ventor, "hundreds of valuable torpe
does have been picked up at sea after
being dodged by enemy ships. My tor
pedo is so equipped that it will fol
low the sound of the ship with whose
propeller it is tuned- If the pursued
ship changes its course the ears of the
torpedo follow the saund and will re
main on the trail. If the pursued
ship sees the torpedo and stops to al
low it to pass then the torpedo halts
for the torpedo’s propeller operation
is governed by soun dfrom the boat
which it trails.”
To prevent the confiscation of un
exploded torpedoes Wood’s invention
is so perfected that when its propeller
stops the torpedo drops to depth of
100 feet or more. There it remains
until the propeller is started again
by the activity of the ship for which
it is intended. In 3Uch case the tor
pedo comes to within three feet of the
surface of tlie water and gives chase |
in the direction indicated by the tor-j
pedo’s eai4-.-'_
The Wood torpedo is divided into j
three sectio'ns. The first contains a j
chamber for explosives.' The second
or middle sections contains what Mr.
Wood calls the brains. In the third
section is the torpedo engine.
In a Chautauqua tour which Mr.
Wood recently completed he exhibit
ed a torpedo w'eighing 65 pounds and
valued at $2,200, not loaded. This,
he states, is the average cost of tor
pedoes in use in the European war.
IT MAY be Sulzer, or Wickersham,
or Lewis, but whoever is elected let
us “forget it” and get down to cases.
There is entirely too much personal
friction resultant from an election in
the Territory. The people would be
much better off without officials than
to tear the Territory asunder every
two years by so much animosity. It
does not really matter to any of us
who is elected. It will not cheapen
the cost of living or make your day’s
work lighter. Candidates try to tell
you that it will, but an experience
with twelve presidential elections has
assured us that campaign promises
are like the snow on the hills.
BATTLE IN ON.
The battle of ballot! Is on.
All day streams of voters have been
flowing toward the polling booths, to
cast their votes for their favorite can
didates. How the vote will go no
one can say, but it is generally con
ceded that it will be very close.
The main fight is centered on the
election of Delegate to Congress from
this Territory. Both the Wickersham
men and the Sulzer men are confident
their candidate will be elected.
We believe the vote will be much
closer than the Wickersham adher
ents will concede, and that Sulzer has
a shade the better of the chances for
carrying this precinct.
While many politicians claim a ma
jority for their candidate, neverthe
less the fact remains that it is the
home vote which will prove the sur
prise. The individuals who remain at
home during the heat of the campaign
and allow the near-politicians to dis
cuss results, and then walk to the
polls and vote for their candidate
without any brass-band demonstra
tions.
In the National election, up to the
time of going to press the flood of
ballots seemed to be turning toward
Wilson, although the returns so far
are so meagre as to render negligible
any forecast.
Much money has been wagered in
Valdez on the results, both Territo
rial and National, and the returns to
night will be awaited with interest.
Returns tonight will be received
by The Prospector, The Moose, The
Tillikum Club, The Pinzon, A1 White,
and Judge F. M. Brown’s.
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SPEAK well of others, none are so
bad but good may be said of them
and saying bad only pushes them
down the faster.
CLOUDS have their duty and must
be expected, but practice looking for
others, aiding them to smile through
the clouds of life.
CHEER up, a few more hours will
end the agony.
huohTsTmong
FUST TO VOTE
\V.\S THIRD IN HIS PRECINCT
Republican Candidate, Accompanied
By Publicity Agent and Two Detec
tives Reached Polls Shortly After
Seven O’clock.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—The Repub
lican candidate for the presidency,
Charles Hughes, was among the first
to vote this morning, being third in
line. He was accompanied to the
polls by Carl Shedard, his publicity
agent and two dectives.
Admiral Goodrich Coming.
The Admiral Line freighter Qood
rich will sail from Seattle for Valdez
and way ports tomorrow, according
to advioes received at the local steam
ship office today. 4
THE EMPRESS
JANET BEECHER
PNET gKCHEa U
<E rEATHEQS^
FINE FEATHERS
NIGHT LIFE AT MURRAY'S NEW YORK.
Interesting Five Act Feature.
8 p. m. Sharp. Regular Admission
THIS SPEECHES
WERfEFFECIE
IS CONFIDENT OF HIS ELECTION
If Victorious Hughes Will go South
to Rest until Inaugurated. If not
he Will Resume Practice of Law
in New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—Hughes ex
presses the belief that his speeches
on the false prosperity of the country
have been tremendously effective. He
rested yesterday, having closed his
campaign Saturday night. He will re
ceive the election returns over a spec
ial wire connected with his suite at
the Hotel Astor.^Jf elected he will go
south to rest until his inauguration
on March 4. of which he is supremely
confident. If not elected he will re
sume the practice of law in this city.
UNCLE SAM ADVERTISES
FOR GOOD LOOKING GIRLS
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7.—The
United States army authorities here
have advertised for women to aid in
securing recruits for the army. The
advertisement, inserted by Lieutenant
John H. Gardner, retired, who is in
charge of the recruiting station here,
called for twelve girls for the U. S.
army.
The advertisement specified that
they must be "attractive, intelligent
and industrious,” held out the induce
ment that here was a good chance to
"make money and do your country a
service,” and concluded with the
warning that "no triflers need apply.”
Col. Gardner’s plan is to secure a
store on Market street and install
therein an exhibit which will demon
strate the life of a soldier from camp
'■ooking to infantry drill. The wom
en recruiters will work out of that
station and will be paid $1 for every
recruit they secure.
CUPID IN POWDER KEG
IS DISCOVERED BY GIRL
KENVILLE, N. J„ Nov. 7.—Hen
ry Huberman, an employe at the Her
cules Powder Works, recently in
scribed his name and address on the
face of an old "broken watch and
dropped it into a keg of smokeless
powder which was to be shipped to
England.
This little incident may mean a
wife for Huberman, who received a
letter the other day from a young
English woman working in a muni
tion factory at Newcastle-on-Tyne and
inviting Huberman to correspond,
which he has done.
The letter was from Miss Jean
Bumpton of 55 Hunter’s road, Spit
tal Tongues, Newcastle. The time
piece, it is believed, was discovered
by Miss Bumpton as she was filling
shell cases with the explosive.
ELECTORAL VOTES
Alabama .12
Arizona .3
Arkansas .?.9
California ....13
Colorado .6
Connecticut.7
Delaware ..3
Florida .6
Georgia .:.14
Idaho .4
Illinois . 29
Indiana .16
Iowa .13
Kansas.10
Kentucky.13
Louisiana .10
Maine .6
Maryland .8
Massachusetts .18
Michigan . 15
Minnesota .12
Mississippi .10
Missouri .18
Montana .4
Nebraska .8
Nevada .3
New Hampshire . 4
New Jersey ..’..14
New Mexico .3
New-York .45
North Carolina .12
North Dakota .6
Ohio .24
Oklahoma .10
Oregon .5
Pennsylvania .38
Rhode Island .5 |
South Carolina .....9|
South Dakota .5
Tennessee .12
Texas .20
Utah .4
Vermont .:.4
Virginia.12 j
Washington .7 |
West Virginia .Si
Wisconsin .13 i
Wyoming ..3 |
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Necessary to a choice
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MIGHT CHANGE THE
MARRIAGE LAW
VIENNA, Nov. 7.—Whether or not
Europe will be obliged to change its
marriage laws as the result of {he
war, is the question which has re
cently occupied sociologists in the
Central States.
Most of them are of the opinion
that material modifications must en
sue; a few think that legalized poly
gamy must be established in order to
provide for the surplus of women
which two years of warfare has made
one of the problems of all Europe.
The total population of the states
at war, the non-Aryan elements of
Russia excepted is roughly 373,000,-1
000 of which according to best
sources. 188.000.000 are women and j
185,000,000 are men. For the coun-1
tries of Europe where exact statis-1
tics are available, the proportion is
105 males to 107 females. For Eu
rope this leaves in normal times an
excess of three million males of which
number a third would be marriage
able.
To this million of women who at
present can find no husbands for the
reason that nature, While insuring an
excess in the birth of males permits
more of them to dfe in infancy, will
be added at least eight millions
whom death on the battlefield and in
capacitating wounds has also depriv
ed of mates. Europe therefore, is
face to face with the question of how
these nine million women are to be
cared for.
FINE feathf:rs at
the empress tonight
The interesting photoplay In five
acts "Fine Feathers” will be shown
at the Empress tonight for the last
time. Also election returns will be
given as the show proceeds.
Rig Election Clean-l'p.
Many people will win large sums
on the result of the election. This
money should work for you. So have
the Alaska Inv. Co. write your life
anTTfife insurance policies, now. It
RUFUS GAYNOR.
Son of Late Mayor of New
York Joins French Ambulance.
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Photo by American Press Association.
YOU CAN GET A LOT
of satisfaction by buying your
bread, cakes and pastries from
us. First, because you will tie
promptly and courteously
waited on. Second, there can
be no possible doubt as to the
quality of our bakery prod
ucts. Third and last because
they are not priced as high r.s
their extra fine quality would
seem to indicate.
Schmidt’s Bakery
Delicatessen
> A A A A A A A A A A AAA A A A A A A A A A A«
MERCHANTS CAFE <
FRESH RREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Plione AS OPEN ALL NIGHT Chats. Fischer, Propr.
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ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
Agts. for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public iVZZi, Bldg. Phone. 196 •
ST. ELIAS HOTEL
Under New Management
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED; WARM, LIGHT. OUTRIDE ROOMS
SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENT GUH^..
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
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
MISSOURI GIRL IS WEI)
TO SOLDIER OX BORDER
LAREDO, Texas, Nov. 7.—A mar
riage ceremony performed over 1200
miles of telegraph wire, with two tel
egraph operators acting as proxies,
united last night Private Byron J.
Linhart, company B, Second Missouri
Infantry, stationed here, and Miss
Ruby Swartz in her home town of
Butler, Mo. The rites of the Epis
copal church were used.
Preliminary to the wedding the of
ficiating clergymen in Laredo and
Butler entered into a telegraphic con
versation to ascertain the official
standing of each other in the church
and their authority to perform the
ceremony.
Linhart, accompanied by the Rev.
(’. W. Cook, appeared at the Laredo
(Office of the Western Union Telegr; p'n
company at S o'clock last niaiit f v
the unique ceremony. At the same
hour Miss Swartz, accompanied by
Rev. E. M. Talbot and Mrs. Captain
Edward E. Clark, the bridesmaid ar
rived at the telegraph office in Butler.
The telegraph operators handled mes
sages directly between the two places
embodying the full marriage cere
mony of the Episcopal church, where
in both bride and groom signified
their acceptance of each other as life
partners.
After the telegraphic ceremcny
Linhart was waylaid and pelted with
Rice by his brother guardsmen here,
and later in the evening was chariva
ried by a brass band from one of the
Missouri regiments.
Linhart stated last night that no
arrangements had been made yet foi
a honeymoon.
How about that photo you promised
to send home? Go to Jenner, th
Photographer, and have it taken to
day. It only takes a few minutes, tf
Hand laundry. Phone 81 McKiule;
St. * % tf
We're on time like the clock. City
j Express. tf
Fresh Augustine & Kyer Butter
Krisp and Queen Victorias at Hunt’s.
Location notices, Doth quarts and
placer, at the Miner office.
Anything in nugget and ivory Jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
Banquet Steel nanges, plain and
polished tops, at Mead’s. tf
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
An up-to-date line of cook stoves
and ranges at Mead’s. tf
Steam Heated Rooms. 50c, 75c and
$.1 per day at the Arizona. tf
Malted Milk Chocolate at the Val
dez Candy Kitchen.
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug jfo.
SKATES for sale and skates sharp
jened at the City Express. tf
Home-made Mince Pies at the Ar
cade. tf
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For steam heated rooms come to
the Golden North. tf
The Golden North has steam heat
I
ed rooms. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug
Company. tf
Carbureters, magnetos, hatteriey,
spark plugs and coils at Mead's. <jtf
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices over Valdes Drag Co.
Phone ’IS McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv.
SV ^V -i <M*r,ne Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University.
Washington. D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
j Office Rooms In Whaling Building
i DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATTOUXEYS-AT-L A W
«r
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA \ -j
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JOHN LYONS e. r It ITCH IB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
I. O. O. F. No. 6
Meets every Monday evening in Mc
Kinley Hall at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting members cordiaUy invited to
attend these meetings.
C. C. RUDOLPH, N. G.
T. G. QUINN, Sec.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. SBVBN
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8:00
o’clock in their hall over U. S. Com
missioner’s office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. H. HUNT, President. S .
E. G. AMES, Secretary.
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VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Masons.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month In McKinley
HalL Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER, President.
Granite Mine.
CBAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdes Alaska.
Candy Kitchen!
E. W. HUNT—h Owl Drug Stor«. I
FOUNTAIN DRINKS!
HOT-COLD j
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Malted Milk, hot and cold, phos
phates of all kinds, and hot drinks
at Hunt’s.
New Heaters from $12.50
Wood Stoves, ripe, Cookies Utensiis
and Wash Hoards at Rudolph’s. if .3