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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
Alleged Wealth Of Washington.

The people of Washington per capita
are the wealthiest people in the United
States The average wealth of the citi-
zens of Washington is $3.50, and the
next highest is S1.s1 That shows the
people of Washington are able TO bear
their share.
Mr.. Prouty. continuing. said he could
find ne other capital in the world that is
..subsidized' by the general government
as Washington is Representative Camp
bell of Kansas asked him whether self
government should go with the propo-
stiou to allow the District TO maintain
itself entirely from its own revenues
Judge Prorty answered that the two
should go hand in hand and this brought
on his announcement that he WAS pre-
pairing a bill to cover general legislation
along that line.
II am making UP a bill he said
(which / will have the pleasure of pre-
senting to this House. covering all these
questions, and | propose to call on the
House to consider a general proposition
for reorganizing the entire system of gov
ernment in the city of Washington. In
other words after having looked this
auestion over | do not believe there Is
any way that these questions can be
solved except by an absolute divorce be-
tween the District of Columbia in its
purely municipal affairs and the federal
treasury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
DECIDED BY ONE MAJORITY
Constitutional Amendment Sent to
House for Its Action.
MUST BE RATIFIED BY STATES
Provision Which Bars Wilson. Taft
'and Roosevelt From Again
Seeking Election.

\ constitutional amendment which
would restrict the President of the
United states to n single term of six
Years and would bar Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft
from again seeking election. was ap-
proved by the Senate Yesterday after
noon by the narrow majority of one vote
Aft& fight of three days in which the
Irosressives Joined with many republi-
cars in opposing the restricted preSidcn-
tial term. the Senate adopted the oriSi-
nal Works resolution ny a vote of A. to
o.;
ire language W h.ch it = proposed to in
s.TC in the Constitution in place of the
FIRST paragraph of article is as follows:
The executive power shall be vested in
q President of the tnited states OF
america The term OF the office of Presi-
dent shall be six years: and no person
uo. has held th. office. by election.
discharged itS powers or duties. or acted
rs President under the Constitution and
Il vs. made in pursuance thereof. shall be
eligible to hold again the office by cleo
tt.:l-
The President. together with a Vice
President. chosen for the same term.
shall 1e elected as follows: -
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In Form Of Amendment.

His last move is to propose this retire
ment system for the Post Office Depart
ment and he wants it to begin at once by
having a provision inserted as an amend
ment to tine post Office appropriation bill
In his opinion. that will be beginning of
a retirement system for the entire gov
ernment service and it will be in the ma
ture of an experiment, to be tried out in
one department before being extended to
all departments.
Through observation of the workings
in the one department, he believes the
system can he perfected and adapted to
suit all branches of the governments
workshop.
The amendment he proposes to the
post Office appropriation bill provides:
THAT after the passage of this act en-
plOyes in the postal service who have be-
come incapacitated through superannua-
ton shall be granted an indefinite leave
of absence. provided. that an employe i'll
the postal service. who has served for
period of twenty-five years more can
be recommended by the postmaster Of
the city in which ne is employed for in
definite leave OF absence to the Post
master General under the following con-
ditiOns:
IAN employe who has become incapaci-
tated from performing his duties
through approximation shall appear be-
fore a board of examiners appointed by
the Postmaster General. who shall serve
without compensation with the exception
Of a physician and who must examine the
applicant and make minute inquiry into
his physical and menta! condition and
make report of their findings to the
Postmaster General. If the application
for indefinite leave of absence is recon-
mended by the board of examiners and
approved by the Postmaster General, the
applicant shall be granted an extended
leave of absence together with an allow
ance of $500 per annum This allowance
shall he divided pro rata into equal daily
nstallments and shall be paid monthly.
Provides for Substitutes.
IF il is found necessary TO employ a
substitute to fill the place of the enploye
who has been granted an extended leave
of absence said substitute shall be paid
at the rate OF $500 per annum, provided
however. that this will in no way inter
fere with the substitutes promotion pro-
vided a vacancy in the regular force
occurs and said substitute is in line of
promotion by virtue of his standing on
the substitute list
Provided further. that the Postmaster
General can order an employe who Is on
an extended leave of absence to report
for duty at the office in which he was
last employed. during seasons of the
year when the mail is extraordinarily
heavy. and the services Of the employe
could be utilized to good advantage. Pro-
vded. further. that in the event of an
employe being required to perform duty
during such emergency periods he shall
not receive any extra compensation for
such services other than the allowance
granted him while on an extended leave
of absence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
Plea of the Opponents.

The debate throughout the GAY was
characterized asain by ~" contention of
the prosressives iua; the proposed con-
Continued On Fifth PaSe.)
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Captain and Mate Lost.

Meantime Capt. A. G. Larkin and First
Mate Richard X Shaffner. both from Bos-
ton. were washed overheard. but Mate
Perry was unable to describe their loss.
j. T. Matzke. the cook. died of exhaustion
and exposure while being held In Mate
Perry's arms and was buried on January
4. when the weather moderated. No water
or provisions fit for consumption could
be found except a few raw potatoes. and
these were divided among the survivors.
Two steamers passed within sight of
the men on the waterlOSsed Future. one
of them within few miles, but the
wreck was apparently not seen. At day
light Sunday. January =. the steamer
AsunciOn De I4arrinaga saw the Futures
distress signals and ran down to her and
the men were taken off in boat from
the steamer.
Capt. Larkin and Mate Shaffner were
washed overheard we supposed. but it may
have been that they got caught below and
drowned. said Mate Perry today.
Use Bed Sheet for Signal.
The steward and myself took to the
mizzen chains when the vessel lay down
and there We stayed during the bitter
gale with the seas breaking over us every
few minutes. They nearly tore our arms
from the sockets when they hit
We kept making risky attempts to get
down and see if there was food OF water
And there wasn't At least. there wasn't Z
any water and the only food We found
was few potatoes. We ate those.
"One of the boys got hold of sheet
and can of black paint and man
aged to make some sort of signal out
OF them 10 look as much as possible like
an ensign union down. BY Sunday morn
Ing there didn't seem to be much reason
for hope. We hadn't had anything to eat
since Thursday but those few raw pOta-
toes. and none of rs expected to last
much longer. That morning. however, We
were sighted and rescued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
Goes to House for Action.

Ire resolution proposing the cOnStitu-
i!unal amendment now goes to the House
for its approval. If ratified there by a
twO-thiTds vote il viii be submitted to
tie legislatures of the states. and will
hcconlc effective when threc-fourths of
tho forty-eight states of the Union have
officially approved it.
During the protracted contest over the
rcsgJu;ion repeated attempts We're made
"a so change y that il would not affect
LAST Presidents. or the President in office
when it may finally be ratified by the
states. All these efforts failed. Two votes
taken yesterday again demonstrated the
fact that the Senate did not care to
exempt any persons from the operation
OF the single term provision.
An amendment by Senator Hitchcock.
that would have exempted past Presidents
and made the new provision take effect
March 4. 1917. was voted down. II to ~.
and an amendment by Senator Suther-
land to exempt the President in office
when the constitutional amendment may
finaaly be ratified, was defeated, ~ to 30.
How the Senator's Voted.
Senators who supported the single term
resolution on its final passage were:
Democrats-Ashurst. Bankhead. Bryan.
chamberlain. Chiffon. Clarke of Arkan-
sas. Fletcher. Gardner. Hitchcock, John
son, Johnston of Alabama, Kavanaugh.
Kern. Newlands. Overman. Owen, Payn-
Ter. Percy, Perky. Pomerene. simmons,
Smith of Arizona. Smith of Georgia
smith of Maryland. Swanson. Thomas.
thornton and Williams. Republicans
l.randegee. Brown. Burnham, Burton.
Catron Clark OF Wyoming. Cummins.
bingham. du Pont, Gamble. GugSen-
IN. McCumber. Nelson. Penrose. Per
! -. Smoo,, Sutherland. Wetmore and
Works.
against the resolution: Republicans
i..,rah. Bourne. Bradley. Bristow. Curtis
'..llinger. jackson. Jones. Kenyon La
toilette. Lppitt. Lodge Mclean, Oliver,
l-rGc. Richardson. Sanders. Stephenson
: Il Townsend. Progressives-Clapp, Dix
Cu and Poindexter Democrat-Shively
the fate of the resolution was in
GOubt almost until the last vote was
cast. on the roll call Senator Works
himself east the deciding vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

Fair today. Monday increasing
oloudiness and warmer. probably
followed By SNOW: west winds.
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Continued on Fifth Lkge.l
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02

FOR RENT-Furnished room, $125O per month; bath in connection; loca- tion, opposite Empire office See Kendrick
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02
DOUGLAS BRIEFS

DOUGLAS, Dec 2.-The whist party given last night at the A. L. U. hall was we'll attended, and a very enjoy able time spent. Whist was played and prizes awarded.
 The Arctic Brotherhood will hold their meeting tonight at the A. L. U. hall.
 There will be a very important bus mess meeting at the Congregational church this evening.
 The Sons of Norway will hold their regular meeting Friday evening.
 There will be a Ladies' League meet ing Thursday afternoon at the Con- gregational church.
 Leiver's will commence to make his homemade candy and box it early in December for Christmas. Patronize home industry.
 Leave your orders for homemade candy at Leiver's.
 Everything in the smoking line at Leiver's.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02
SOCIAL TONIGHT.

DOUGLAS, Dec. ?. - The Alaska Club will give a social tonight at D. m., at their club room. Whist will be played and a good time spent.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02

The Spokane arrived at Treadwell at 2 o'clock this afternoon and is ex- pected in Juneau this evening.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02

Well ventilated rooms and board at the St. George House, formerly the Simpson hospital. 10-3-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02
CHANGE AT LYRIC TONIGHT
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DOUGLAS, Dec. 2.-There will be a complete change of program at the Lyric theatre tonight:
 The Will of James Waldron," a very clever drama, with a tragedy in it; a fine Western picture.
 "The Hold-Up in Buckeye Canyon, !" a very strong story of the West in the early seventies. The kind that takes your breath away, full of interest.
 Love Me, Love My DOg," a beauti- full drama. Some trained dog" Re liance production.
 "A Family Mix Up" and. "A Midnight Elopement," Keystone comedies, very Imaginable.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02

There were 34 rainy days; 2S cloudy; partly cloudy, and 3 clear days. Greatest depth of snow during the month, inches.
 c. R. REID,
 Observer, Juneau.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02
GETS WARNING.
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John Erickson, who for a long time had charge of the Circle City hotel team was taken into custody at noon today and is held pending an inquiry into his sanity. The particular haluc- ination that afaicts him is that there is continual warfare between God and the Devil; that every time the Devil slipped one over he (Erickson) had advance information of the same. This was especially marked in the man. ner in which Erickson alleges he was notified of the Louvre, Juneau hotel, and other notable fires in this town.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02

Bender, Jack Bolich, Joe Gatt, Joe Jackson e letters), Charley Johnson (card), Andrew Johnson @ letters), l.. R. Jorgensen, Hilma Lahikainen, Jack Panno e letters), Mrs. Belle Ia bor (card), Joe Tadejo.
 E. L.. HUNTER, PM.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02
RACE TOMORROW EVENING.

DOUGLAS, Dec. 2.-The big skat- ing race tomorrow evening at the Douglas rink. Everything is in readi- ness. Both the racers, Van derWyer and Brahm, are today putting the fin ishing touches to their training. No doubt there will be d packed house to witness the race, which will be one of the best ever seen here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02

Maximum temperature, 480, Oc- cured on November l and 2.
 Minimum temperature, 23', occur ed on November 21.
 Total rainfall, 7.76 inches; great est in "A hours, no inches, Nov. g, 1913.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02
A LETTER FOR YOU?
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List of letters remaining in the post office at Juneau, Alaska, on Nov. 22. 1913. Parties wishing same, when calling, please say advertised"
 John Benning (card), J. c. Ben ming (card), George Brown (card) Capt. Burkins, M. L. Burke, Hugh Cut ting, Alfred Dahl. Dane Agbaba, l..
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02
Empire want ads get results.
KEEP WARM.

-O-O-
 Nice warm robes and Kimonas at room IA, Malony block.-Mrs. J. c. Funk 11-1-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE RINK.

Jacob Clark won the Natives 15- lap race at Jaxon's rink last night, defeating Joseph Collier from Doug las, and another Juneau boy. He was immediately challenged for a race to be skated next Monday, by Joseph Gil Her. who claimed that his skate came loose. The balcony was packed with Natives, and next Monday promises to be a still larger crowd.
 New pictures tonight between S:3O and 9:30; 10 cents to balcony
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02
FREE CHRISTMAS GIFTS
 FOR MY PATRONS

On Christmas Eve at eight o'clock the following list of presents will bt given away to patrons of this store For particulars regarding the method. of securing one or more of the valua ble presents, call on J. s. Minkove: 22-Calibre Winchester Automatic. One Occident Sewing Machine. One Pair Roller Skates, to fit size One Electric PercOlator. One Hot Point Electric Iron. One Set Warranted Silverware. One Electric Reading Lamp. One Auto Strap Razor One Pearl Handle Pocket Knife. One Electric Flash Light One Extra Prize.
 j. S. MINKoVE, Douglas.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02

For a good Spanish lunch see Ia male Joe. Phone Central. 11-1-tf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02
BOWLING TONIGHT.
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DOUGLAS, Dec. Accompanies No. and No. will bowl tonight at the Treadwel Club. A hotly contested match is expected; come and root.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-02
WEATHER REPORT FOR NOV., 1913
S. Department Agriculture Weather Bureau Cooperative Observers Record Month of November, 1913.
 Station, Juneau, Alaska

Cloudy, Partly Cloudy, Rainfall Temp. Clear Rain or Snow inches 5p. m.
Evening star., 1913-02-09

for the man W. has been handling car
with rfShthand drive TO accustom HIM
self to the left-hand drive"
In support Of the Ieft-hand drive an
other manufacturer has the following To
say:
I'VE use a left-hand drive on our trucks
because it adds efficiency. When the
driver is running his truck. loaded high
with freight, through street congested
with affic. be needs Il good view ~ the
street 10 the rear well rs in front.
The left-hand drive affords this. where
rs if he was sitting on the risht-hand
side OF the loaCed truck. he could not sec
vehicles approaching from behind
Then. too, when the driver pulls up
to a shipping Platform door with tho
left-hand drive he can have immediate
access. Because traffic rules are such
that Il driver must stand with the right
hand side of the truck next to the plat
form.
side the driver must disnount from tne
left walk around the truck and climb To
the platform This loss of time during
a year is serious. With a left-Eand CON
trcl il is saved.
But the manufactures. designer and
auto engineer even AZ they argue for
their faVorite drive. realize that the
public-that is. that part of the pub
lie comprised within the classification
of individual motoristS-will tnallN act
as the jurors in determining the tate
of the two drives.
Whether the right hand or the left
hand drive shall survive depends upon
the respective selling qualities OF cars
equipped with either right hand or 4
left-hand drive.
The tendency Of public opinion on tho
question at the present time is very
hard to estimate. comparatively few
BUYERS are expressing a decided prefer
ence.
Evening star., 1913-02-09
RIGHT AND LEFT DRIVES
Purchasers of Automobiles
About Evenly Divided
J. on Merits.

In bu:tng an automobile purchasers
are giving the merits of the right and
| left drivSs more than ordinary consdera-
ton. Tf,re is nearly an even division of
preferene:. among manufacturers and de-
signers.
The right hand drive used on the
first ears placed on the market. and had
firmly ess sablshed itself before the left
| hand dri'e made its first appearance d
few yeas ago
But ths5 new or left drive is pleasing
many dr6:-ers and no doubt ii has come
| to stay.
Various arguments are offered i'm favor
of each drive These may he summed up
i'm statements by two Indiana manufac-
turers:
'.Advocytes of the left-hand drive some
times poifst to the fact that in this coun-
try all c..;cs in meeting pass to the right
and that the driver seated on the left
hand side of his thus has the advan-
tage, as .ae is much better able to esti
mate the clearance of road space between
his own .ar and the one he is meeting.
But it may De said. on the other hand,
that whit: the driver steering from the
right-han5 side Of ear is at a disad-
vantage n estimating the clearance he
tween th.5 cars. he has distinct adVan-
tage i'm being able to see just how close
his ear is running to the edge of the road
and how much solid roadway prevents
him from running off an embankment
while ln this phase of the question il
is also worth while to notice that the
matter OF: clearance is also TO be consid-
cred in tie passing of vehicles going in
the same direction. In this case the ear
coming wv from behind always passes to
the left Here the riG,t-hand driver has
the advartase in estima ting the center of
the read Clearance and the teft-hand driy-
er can bt.ter estimate how close he can
go to the edge or the road.
1T will be seen that on the clearance
and passing phase of the question hon
ors are aaput evenly divided between the
two driveM
"Of course one argument of considera- >
BILE weiglit in favor Of the right-hand
drive is ttse fact that it is still regarded
as the established drive. Even manu-
facturers and sales agents of left-hand
driven cars admit that il takes some time
Evening star., 1913-02-09

dissolution of several widely advertised
concerns, each of which has hundreds
of thousands of dollars invested in motor
cars and materials. Five or six nun
dred such caxs for sale in a city means
a competition of common sense against
the immediate prospect of saving lew
hundred dollars on the part OF the pun.
chaser by investing in bargain saie
automobile that will eventually turn o."
to be a white elephant. and also means
that hundreds of prospects nave oeeil
taken from the legitimate channels OF
trade. which causes a certain amount OF
stagnatiCn that would have fallen TO the
lot CT the bargain sale manufacturer had
his car been sold with even a small mar
gin of profit.
This situation will not have lasting
effect on business conditions. but 1t Is
viewed with more or less distaste by
many reputable dealers who eagerly in
vite fair competition, but are unable to
meet bargain sale prices. The wedding
out process has started in earnest. and in
one or two seasons more it is safe to as
sumo that every manufacturer who is
then engaged in business Will have
proven his right as a survivor purely
upon the merits and good qualities of his
production and not upon his ability mere
ly to finance and advertise a motor car
company whose product will not sustain
it's own weight because of poor business
mana cement.
Evening star., 1913-02-09
Testing the fabrication.

Smoke as Il test for thoroughneSs or
cylinder fabrication is popular though
by no means conclusive form of evidence
on which many drivers are prone to rely.
1t should be borne in mind. however, that
the mere fact that the exhaust is smoky
does not indicate that the fabrication is
complete or rather excessive in all the
cylinders. If the smoke issues from the
discharge pipe of the muffler in steady
and practically continuous stream this is
the case But if ii comes in intermittent
puffs it may be taken as proof that only
one compartment of the crank case is
flooded, the other or others being starved.
Such a condition may indicate different
rates of flow in the various feeds to-
tai cessa ation in one or another. At all
events it reveals condition which will
bear close scrutiny.
Evening star., 1913-02-09
FACTORY USES MUCH SOAP.
Lubricant Mixture Forms Efficient
Oil for Drills and Lathes.

In the machine shop of the largest au-
tomohile factory of the world half
million pounds of white soft soap will be
used this year. The soap viii come IN
LOCO barrels. Approximately l,'.I pounds
are used each day. The companys chem
lists have perfected a formula containing
hot water, soft soap and mineralized lard
oil, which, properly mixed. is a most eiii-
cient lubricant for the drills. one man
I'm the machine shop deVotes all his time
to making the mixture.
The lubricant is pumped around through
n pipeline system 10 the many drill
presses, drilling machines and lathes. At
these machines il is kept constantly
flowing over the parts being drilled.
caught beneath the machine, and used
over again two or three times. When
worn OUT il is carried away in the
sewage system.