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HERE, NIST2 . HANE A CLP oF QOFFEE =T WARM Nou UP - AFER NOU'VE TINISHED NouD GETTER DUCK HoME AN TRY To SLEEP, SYANING UP ALL AIGHT WWORRNING \WONT HEL® THINGS Weather Conditions As ‘Weather Forecast for Juneau and vic Clearing and colder tonight, northwest winds. LOCAL DATA Tuesday I THaNK Nou. MR GOOGLE. I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT - TuE BEEN MAKING ALL “THIS WORRY €OR MVSELF AND Tl HANE To GET ConRoL (SMtE SaIF) AF MYSELF Recorded by the U. S. Bureau inity, beginning 4 p. m. today: ; moderate west to Time Barom. Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 p. m. yest'y 30.05 3 90 E 8 Snow 4 a. m. today ..29.68 37 68 SW 12 Rain-Snow Noon today 29.67 32 98 5 6 Snow CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY s TODAY Highest 8 pm. | Low m. Precip. 8a Btations— temp, _temp._ | ¥ *locity 24 hrs. Wea .nm ‘Barrow 10 -2 -8 20 "0 Pt. cldy Nome 22 2 -10 0 Clear Bethel 36 14 | 10 0 Cldy Fort Yukon 24 20 | -2 — 0 Pt Cldy Tandna 34 8 2 0 = a2 Cldy Eagle N 12 0= 0 cldy | St. Paul 36 36 | 34 8 Trace Snow Dutch Harbor 44 4 k! o - Cldy Kodiak 44 4“4 30 - 0 Clear Cordova 40 33 32 4 .04 Clear Juneau 38 34 37 12 .62 Rain Snow Ketchiakn 40 = | - 6 .07 Cldy Prince Rupert 38 38 - 34 8 10 Rain Edmonton . — — | 3 24 » 0 Cldy Seattle 48 48 | 34 36 0 . Clear Portland 52 52 35 36 0 Clear | San Francisco 66 60 48 48 [J Clear *—Less than 10 miles. NOTE—Observations at St. Paui, Dutch Iarbor, Ko Juneau, Prince Rupert, Edmonton, Seattl:, Fx 1d and San Franssco are made at 4 a. and 4 p m., Juneau ti A xcept in Easter Alaska and Wc:\,(‘l T | Canada and is unt y high in the ocean south of the Alaska Peninsula. Light snow has fallen at Tanana and Cordova and|? moderate tnow in this vieinity. Light rain has fallen in extreme Southeastern Alaska and PBritish Columl ‘Tempera have fall en over nearly all of Alaska during the past twenty-four hour and fell below zero in the north:rn half of the Territory. (Ill-luck appears to have dog- ged the vessel Florida from the start of her ill-fated trip. Fried Jauds the stamina and morale | of the members of the rescued crew and tells of some of the hardships they endured before they were safe aboard the America.) * By CAPT. GEORGE FRIED Copyright, 1929, Associated Press) | CHAPTER XXII The complete story of the rescue | f the Florida cannot be conclud- d without paying tribute to the gen who were saved from their oundering freighter. All of us éalized what these Italians had | uffered and everyone spoke highly | | naturally these men were suffering | away part of the bridge, smashing lifeboats and causing the cargo of lumber to shift. Suddenly the| captain was thrown against the| by a huge comber and two of fingers were badly smashed, ‘or(‘irw him to quit. He returned to what was left of the bridge and, iscussed the situation with his of- ficers. The chief engineer was! suffering from two broken ribs as; a result of being thrown about the engine room, and four other men {of the crew were injured. The Florida had no ‘doctor aboard and agony. Instead of abating the storm be- came worse. The men were in a losing fight but true to the tradi-| “, . The captain was thrown against the rail by a huge comber . > | f their courage, endurance and sAmanship after the job was done. ; was then that we got their story. It seems that the Florida had een caught in the gale off the At- wntic coast while on her way from 1e Gulf of Mexico fo Italy. She ad rather an unfortunate start, 5r, while in the gulf, she was bad- s buffeted and a member of her cew carried away. She was In 1e Atlantic storm for several days Jen rudder trouble gave Captain avaloro considerable difficulty. Two days before he sent out his 31l for help the captain endeaver- 4 to make repairs himself, and, ‘hile he was engaged in this peril- job, the rudder went out of mission altogether. He stuck the post while the seas carried tion of the sea they were not ready to give up until all hope was gone. When the SOS was finally broad- cast the crew was in bad shape and the ship was listing heavily. The fresh water supply was very low and that portion of the food which was still edible was being doled out in small rations. The men had been soaked to the skin for several days, and being unable to sieep under those trying conditions they were near the point of exhaustion. ‘While these men were despairing of hope the wireless operator stuck to his post, communicating with various ships and finally the Ameri- | complained. ca alone. This man, Di Gansi, deserves much of the credit for his shipmates being saved. For 36 hour: |—there was no other wireless oper- MR .GOOGLE (S SUCH A TRUE, KIND FRIEND = T SIMPLY CANNGST BRING MVSELF T6 BEUBNE HED KEEP A SIGLE SECRET FRom ME —STiw . CONVINQED TraT G'S WELL - PERHAPS WILL BE OVER HER Tf«l\ TRUM WHEN I GET HOME AND EXPLAIN EV"RI'IT-N\)G, To MY OH MRS KLEZ - oo WHoo GREAT HEANENSY SHE - HAS - LEFT- OH. WHAT SHALL I D632 T MMUST AT ONCE SVICE - CALL MR Goes AND GET W OH. HAS ANVONS. ENER HAD SucH UNHZPPINESS A?{H‘\\li‘ - MRS kS ,/ ‘ MRS HORSEFACE Kide:-- NHAT ARE NOU DOWNG e - aboard the Fiorida—he nevnr If 1 asked a ques- tion the respo: was almost im- mediate. In addition he was send- ing dots and dashes which we ator left the key. guide the America toward him. It was not until we were alongside that he left his room, his radio si- lenced by the elements. When the America’s lifeboat was near the Flo ia and the rope stretched between the two to effect the rescue, many of the men h to call upon their r so that in one last di tempt l.mv could work, ay to the life hand over boat. The injured as well as the sick— there were four > had contracted pneumonia from exposure—had to save tiemselves without any assist- ance. t was impossible for more than one man to travel along that rope at one time. It must have been very de to those still left| aboard the freighter when the rope snapped. The gale was increasing in force and the seas getting high- Fortunately our men were in the be physical condition. They maneuvered and got close enough again to throw a second rope to them 'ml the remaining 15 Italians were to abandon ship. Captain Fzvaioro, the last to leave, told me afterwards that he| had two pets aboard, a canary and a dog. The dog he held under the ith the crippled fingers until | into the sea. asp the rope He regretted He had pla ith his other nned to g hand. y the canary, yet saving it was impossible. The dog freed himself j as the skipper was getting set to leap. For a moment he watched it struggle in the water and then it was ca first impulse was to follow his pet in an effort to save it He realiz ed, however, that this was not onig dangerous but inadvisable, for the lifeboat crew was ready to start back for the America as soon as vas aboard and he did not want to jeojardize the lives of his men So he left his home and his pets, e a sailor can the malk As soon as the men got aboard they were given first aid, stimulants, food and dry clothing. Not one They came aboard as Lhey left their shi;} in an orderly picked up on the radio compass to as & menner without any undue haste or "excitement. ‘There was no scram- ble at any time. Capta Favaloro seemed pressed for a long while. He felt 1 | | Heé had been to sea a everything. 13 years and was only 31 years oild, | 30. but the Florida was his home and| vithcut it he was lost. He st y told me he was going to sea It had taken cv | he had in the world and he almost | lost his life fighting it, but as soon as he s tened out hi he wo 1 on again. —_ i The Hero Business) | A DOUGLAS NEWS | b (Tomorrow: whi ] ned by ciation for affair will be held in the Odd Fel-| low's hall. de- s betrothal, M lor feels when he has lost e 1hse- | w | the priz Lucile Pepoon the consolation. BRIDGE LUNCHEON, SHOWER ‘ | Miss Hazel Ol-| announced her | Elton E. Engstrom d with a bridge luncheon » shower Saturday, March To complime: on, who atertaine nd lingeric The motif for the tables was green and this color was car- ied out in the decorations and ood. At cards Mrs. Guy Smith won for high score and Miss co - - LIBRARY PLANS PARTY rd party with bridge and be played, is being plan- Douglas Library Asso- Thursday, April 25. The A ca .o | JAPANESE GOLFERS [ WORRIED ABOUT TAX TOKYO, April 1—The golfing fra- CITY ELECTION TUESDAY ternity in Japan is worried by the action of the perfectural assembly The twenty-eighth ini- of Fukuoka, in southern Japan, in cipal election in Do be voting to levy an annual tax of 20 held tomorrow between th : golf club memberships i 9 @ \all m. and 8 as the po andidatos pm., W c 3ot , ther 1z one Cf 1bject to the approval of the home office tkuoka enter as il an in as golf s concerned, nificant o ma cont yver the required number t be but enth sts in the big cities slected for l)nth city council where the ancient and honcrable game is thriving remarkably are l’m' Council in afraid the precedent will be fol- will appear the lowed by their own local govern- f ments. F. A J. Ga - -0 E. Johnson, o.| DOUGLAS VOTERS n, Axel Kromquist, and H NOTICE nedl, When you For Schoo! Board the candidates.duty and vote for a c are Mrs. Edward Bach and Mri |l a Droperty owner Charles Fox. If name does not appear PRURTERRATY do not vote until you are surc your G list of names is correc —adv. GOOD REGISTRATION | e e s Registration for the election to-! morrow totals 175, and beats that | of last year by just or although | pridge CARD PARTY The Rebekahs will hold their last, and Whist Party of the about twenty of last year's voters season'Wednesday, April 3rd, at I are not here now. There are o, O. F. Hall at 8:15 p. m. Public probably twenty more eligible o invited. Prizes and refreshments. register who did not get their adv, names on the books, giv Douglas | —— e | a voting population of close to 200. | FURS | - o | Try a TOASTED SANDWICH at the Juneau Ice Cre: n Parlors. adv m Empnrlum We are now e up your furs, ready to alter or Goldstein's adv. A Voyage to Alaska Via the Sheltered Inland Route | Provides Thrills A-Plenty for Those Seeking the Unusual a FIVE FINGER . the land of the midnight sun, the land of totem poles and glaciers, of Indlans and prospectors, is being visited more and more fre- quently by discriminating travelers who seck unusual, out-of-the-way places tn which to satisfy their wan- derlusts. This great Ame:ican pos. i one time as ‘was once called " and was purchased by the United Sfates from Russia for $7,200.000 in 1896. Contrary to gen- eral bellef, Alaska is not a frozen waste, for many varietles of flowers bloom profusely, even in the north- ern part. Alaska is unique, colorful and alone in its majestic beauty. Brightly- painted, grotesque totem poles never 2all to interest the traveler. “Panning TAKY QLACIER, RAPIDS @ for gold"—washing dirt In a sleve-like receptacle in the hope of finding some of the precious metal—is also a fascl- nating and sometimes profitable pas- time. Visitors can watch the hy- draulic miners at their work of wash- ing away with high-pressure hose the dirc which eovers gold-bearing ore; see thousands of salmon fighting their way up swift waterfalls in an heroic effort to reach the spawning grounds, and buy quaint Indian curios. The fast, comfortable “Princess” steamers of the Canadian Pacific Rail- way leave Vancouver, B. C., every ‘Wednesday and Saturday from early June until late August, and during the remainder of the year at less frequent Intervals. Most of the voyage 1s through sheltered, inland channels, and the scenery en route almost beg- ToTEMS AT WRANGE LA @ & | 100 feet high, gars deseription, Taku Glacler, on of the highlights of this trip, 15 8 huge mass of ice, 90 miles long and The vibration of the ship’s siren as 1t approaches ctten | causes great masses of ice to break off | and plunge into the water with & cannon-like report. Skagway, the northern terminus of the voyage, 13 8 | quaint little town which was con- | sidered during the gold rush of '98 to be one of the wickedest spots on | earth. From Skagway the traveler | can traverse the famous White Pass| Trall by rail, circle Lake Atlin ana' possibly fish for some of its celé- :n:ed h'k: m";.m sail down the | ukon emulating :hn prospectors of old, 'could cook 'without scorching R s Calls Scienée to Aid Of Amorwan Anglers 1__“",! “have dvc!dedlv intensmed‘hemesh ced by .| water angling problems. But in- jdustial and municipal wastes, com - monly referred to as pollution, have done more to destroy thousands of miles of good angling streams and |lakes than all other factors.” I WANT A WORD WITH Nou Fa. 3 WASHINGTON, April "\ul of science is being inv Seth E. Gordon, Conservation Di- rcctor of the Izaak Walton League, | | {for the protection and building up | 'of America’s game fish resources. R LIS H"-\ The number of anglers in Ameri- \bert Hoover's desire to “rt J esire to “reduce the| "< increased from 1,000,000 to |time between bites,” he says that iproblem of the sportsman has con- f E, 2?121 ’,"mtcheonlgs"sf:sxzf:r:hl:; cerned him mu less than the § {dwindling chances for the man orhl"u‘l‘) 1o fblmg bnc: ;T‘l;::ldc?:. {Loy of average means to fish at all. ::Q o :}?o zx‘:nuiafo:rodfmuon a.; “Our best angling, like our - 3 % + B I e | vell as the output of our hatch- ling,” he warns, “is drifting into he hands of the wealthy business|°7ic and rearing ponds, to meet the demands.” nd professional men of Amer About 250 of the League's chap- 'Had Conshpahon 40 Years—All Gone Now ters are spending their time and “Chronic constipation troubled me | money helping to rear millions of |baby fish to a size which Bives | |"hem a chance to survive when re-| .eased in streams or lakes, he says. Several hundred additional chap-|for 40 years. I tried Adlerika and I ters are expected to take up that|3m happy to say my bowels are work this year. now very regular.”—Geo. A. Allen. | Even the FIRST spoonful of Ad- There’s a L] [ | Calling on the .Bureau of Fish-|j.:cq relieves gas on the stomach jeries for assistance, he declares the, .4 removes astonishing amounts | {guidance and aid of more lrained‘u( old waste matter from the sys- iflcld workers are needed, and Lhnt tem. Makes you enjoy your meals | more thorough stream and lake‘ {studms than have been possible in| |ihe past are essential to bring “""nnd bowels, Adlerika will surprise |desired results. Another way science| oo gytier-Mauro Drug Co. In ‘un help, he says, is by convlncing\ | Douglas, Guy's Drug Store. !the public that fish are not fit for '__“.__ Iiood during their spawning periods. | . | “The development of the v:oun-‘J MOOSE LEGION our 1apidly increasing popula-| Regular meeting will be held ev- short sighted lumbering op-'ery first and third Tuesday of each |erations followed by uncontrolled month at regular time. Next meet- & ) . . forest fires, drainage of lakes and ing Tuesday evening. Refreshments Waat’s true in cooking fudge o0 good roads and automo-|and all members should attend. is true in roasting coffce. That's j105 and an appalling increase in! G. A. BALDWIN, why Hills Bros. never roast tne number of anglers,” he holds, Herder. coffee in bulk. Only a few — z § p —_— pounds at a time pass through . the roasters by a patented, con- MAZDA LAMPS tinuous process. The result is a Why have empty sockets at these prices? and sleep better. 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