The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 17, 1937, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17, eir cal ¥aost of them asleep at the time, they stated. Passengers Mustered Purser Davis said that he was sleeping ¥n Nis caDim, Wilen he was awakened by the sudden tremend- ous lurch cf the vessel, almost thrown from his berth. He immed- iately clothed himself and reported to the Captain, who told him to see that all passengers were mus- SURVIVORS OF LAPORA WRECK TELL OF GRASH Tallapoosa Brings Seven Passengers and Three tered. Mr. Davis found that the passengers had all been very ably handled by the steward’s depart- sloping floor of the dining salon, | ment and were gathered on the| Ship's OfficersHere |ready to be disembarked. However, It was determined that the ship was fast aground and in no immediate danger of sinking or Arriving from Angoon at 8:45 oclock last night aboard the GO8st|ypouying up, so the orew and Pas-|ern Washington and Northern Ida-| sengers remained aboard for about|pg, Guard Cutter Tallapoosa, thé sev- en passengers and three members, yjgq noury until dayllght, at about of the crew, of th¢ wrecked mq?r' 8:;0 o'clock Sunday morning, when, ship Zapora are mow back in Ju| gy the turn of the tide, the seas neay, at the starting point fr9% fasteneq considerably, and the pas- where they sailed on their ill-fated (. po0/ s ony men made their way b ;‘f‘m’;"“;:iu"x:::‘; Mrs, 1|0 Shore in the lifeboats. e i ) h W, Patrick, was slightly Injured In oo Rew 10 ANENR a fall following the crash, spra).n- near the wreck, at Rocky Point, ;“g d""h:;kl;:" i x:t:’fi::o::: b';h‘:":':’ Admiralty Island, for several hours, Roe s 3 assengers and crew rowed to bers of the crew chopping in her moi:.h Csup!. Alden Hansen, First! jammed cabin door. ° Officer Larry Parks and Seaman The passengers arriving here, in- Go. pundley and Lawrence Mil- gutt J;‘fi‘:;”‘;mi’hmik::‘;’ MIS. Jard remaining behind to stand by ¢ R 4 " ; the ship. Patrick, Mrs. William Taroff and ™, Adbln the pabiinged Wi he; i‘:}‘:infh:‘;:cge:“;zm::;. Sec. Very well token care of by Princi- o ! S€C" pal and Mrs. Kenneth W. Stevens, ond Officer Sidney J. Hooper, Third Ela the Indlan Bureau School there. Officer Gus Osmundsen, 8nd PUI- 4 o the other crew members hut ser George Davis, They - Teport yooner ogyundsen, and Davis, there was @ minimum of ccnfusioB Lo taxen by the motorship Este- following the cimsh: beth, of the Davis Transportation Crashes, Keels Over Company, 0 Sitka, from where they Mr. Ketcham stated that he was are coming into Juneau aboard the lying in hi$ bunz, ready for sleep, Northland. All the crew, except at the time, last Sundey morning the four standing by the wreck; will at 2:40 o'clock. Suddenly he heard sail for Beattle on the motorship a jangle of bells, signalling the en- Northland, Becond Officer Hooper gine room, and concluded that'ls & former resident of Juneau, in something .was wrong, but, before fact, he still refers to this city as| he could dq more than-move, the his home. ship crashed and keeled far over. Badly Smashed Although the vessel had been toss-| Crew members here expressed ' ing considegably In the Neavy seas, the féar that the Zapora is quite he could not mistake what had badly smashed up, especially her happeéned, and was overcome by a bottom. She crashed hard, and as momentary ‘feeling of helplessness. the tide ebbed, her stern graduelly “I have mapy times before been on ' settled lower and failed to rise when ships that have run aground, but'the water level raised again. Af the feeling that gwept over me this high tide, her cabins, engine roo:;\t, time was fer different from any-|and all of her bpw hold, exce] thing I have 'ever befare exper-|for the forward peak and ‘a narrow ienced,” Mr, Ketcham detlared. section along her up-tilted star- All the ‘other passengers were'board side are sybmerged, and is Coffeel Serving it should be an event --notjustan incident. Buying it should be a search for the finest flavor you cen find. Schilling Coffee One for Percolator Another one for Drip _..lllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIII!II.. e M GOOD VISION With Added Beauty We offer a splendid service in supplying glasses that are not only corrective but becoming, as well. Nothing so quickly makes the features drawn and careworn as impaired vision. Noth- ing so quickly preserves the youthful appear- ance as properly fitted glasses. Call Today for an Appointment! Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry Shop TR ELECTRIC HAWING Phone 331 Portable Electric roocs Machine “SI.‘ety Flr‘t" .. DAY OR NITE SERVICE _ RICE & AHLERS CO. Phone 34 Nite 571 (aska, He has been in Juneau for BLIZZARDS IN - EWASHINGTON BLOCK ROADS Highways Filled with Snow | i —Traffic Forced to Suspend Today SPOKANE, Wash., Feb, 17.—Bliz-| zards have obliterated most of the| roads in the Inland Empire, East- | i | | | Many of the most important high- | ways are filled, preventing traflic.f Eighteen inches of snow fell in| {half an hour in the Snoqualmie Pass area. State Highway Department re-| ports a gale like wind is prevailing over the eastern part of the State. - ,————— JAPANESE SAIL T0 DEATH BAY AS SUICIDES “Let’s Die"—_l.:ague Mem- bers Attempt Hara Kari to “Purify”” Buddhist Sect TOKYO, Feb. 17. — Eight men and women, members of a fanatical Japanese suicide league today sail- ed toward Death Bay with a fran- tic police searching party trailing them. Five comrades of the “let's dje” League are being treated fdrcibly at hospitals after attempting hara kari in an effort to ‘“purify” the powerful ‘Buddhist sect. Police interrupted their suicide at- tempts as they kneeled beforg pub- lic buildings and plunged daggers {nto their ahdomens. ¢ feared that nearly all her cargo is destroyed—fortunately she was carrying . bui little cargo at .the time, mostly fish from Juneau. The ' passengers and men were able to savs all the hand baggage | that they bad in their cabins with them, but ¢ is thought that bag- gage stored in the hold will have been soaked by water and ruined. Capt. Hansen and ‘Third Officer Osmundsen were .on the bridge of the little wooden vessel when, in SENATE INVITES RODSEVELT T0 VISIT ALASKA Brunelle Bill on Aeronautics Made Special Order for Tomorrow Morning (Continued trom Page One) and the Seward General Hospital, $920. A flood of law revision bills were introduced in the Senate today. They were: 8. B. 34, by Rivers and Cochran, amending the present statute so that the court can charge the jury either before or after beginning of argument. Ay X 1937, Who Are Happier\7 Married or Single Men; It’s a Draw Because the judges couldn’t de- cide, the debate last night at the Norlitemen's dinner in the parlors of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church ended in a draw. Debaters Henry Harmon and Charles W. Hawkesworth held up the affirmative side of the question while Sherwood Wirt and Joe Wer- ner debated negatively on the sub- ject, “Resolved that Married Men are Happler than Single Men.” Judges last night were: Robert E. Robertson, Grover C. Winn, and Norman Banfield. vincent Beauchamp wds in charge of the dinner arrangements and Mrs. Katherine Hooker prepared a fine repast. The Rev. John A. Glasse presided ; at the dinner as toastmaster. Mem- bers of the Norlitemen Boy Scout Troop will be the guests of honor at the next Norlitemen dinner in [Hlness of Daughter GREEN HOUSE IS i Hokheimer BRUNSWICK PIN ™ ™= |daughter, Mrs. Samuel Gregory, Mrs. William A. Holzheimer will leave on the Northland tomorrow Called south by the illness of her |on her way to Coronado, Califor- 8. B. 35, by Rivers and Cochran, March in recognition of the way extending suthority of the court!mey have been working to build relative to bilis of exceptions. up a fine troop. S. B. 36, by Rivers and Cochran,| amending section 3870 relative to findings of fact by court in actions AMER]CAN LEGION, of an equitable nature. AUXlLlARY MAKING PLANS, ACTIVITIES 8. B. 37, by Cochran, amending Section 3025 relative to conditional sales of personal property. 8. B. 38, by Cochran, relativel geveral important dates were | to duration of mortgage liens. marked on the calendar for the LS & | nia. Wlnnmg Alley Tl’lo Aver— A telegram received yesterday | from Lieutenant Gregory, who is| age Well Over 1,500 Pins Per Match | navigating officer of the U.S. S, | Bushnell, said that Mrs. Gregory was in a hospital, and that he would Final results, just compiled, of pe required to leave soon on a cruise the recent Commercial League|of several months. It is;to be with Bowling Tournament at the Brun- her daughter and three grandchil- swick Alleys, show the Green Housz[drm while her son-indlaw, is away | trio finishing on top of the pack.|that Mrs. Holzheimer 15 'l with a record of 13,778 pins knocked; i A‘..:_E_eav‘lnm over in nine matches. | The Free Lances finished a close second, with a nine-match total of %FEDERAL EMPI‘OYEES & 13765 pins, while the city cate; NOMINATE OFFICERS squad also rolled nine matches for | NOONDAY LUNCHEON place, being nosed out for the show . sloi by Alp Heidelbel‘g| Federal Employees met at noon Beer Barons, who amassed 12345|today at the Terminal Cafe and pins in only eight matches. | nominations of officers for the The average of the victorious|coming term were made. Mrs. Sally Green Housers was 1531 pins per|gShaffer and Mervin H. Sides were three-game match, mighty fair in|nominated for president; Miss Edna any league. The Lencers averaged Scheibal and Lee C. Pratt, Vice- 1,528 pins, Alt Heidelberg, 1,543 andipresidenl; John Keyser, secretary- City Cafe, 1493 pins. treasurer; and M. S. Whittier, Chas. bewmmo: oo g ‘W. Hawkesworth, Capt. J. M. Clark, HEADS DREDGE CREW for the office of director. Heading # crew of five men going| Thirty-two members and guests 13438 pins to finish in four(hi tne S. B. 39, by Cochran and Roden, requiring all Marshals and Deputy Marshals to enforce the Territory’s criminal laws. S. B. 40, by Walker, to establish a department of criminal identifi- cation under the direction of ;the Attorney General. s S. B. 41, by Powers, setting up regulations for the practice of os- teopathy in the Territory. 8. B, 42, Powers, by request, asking an appropriation of $2,271.96 to care for stuccoing and other work on the Territory-owned building at Third -and Seward. The -claims are presented by the Columbia Lumber Company and C. W. Wright. MALLOTTE CASE SENT TO JURY THIS AFTERNOON Prosecutor Folta Hints at Coercion in Argu- ment to Jury Bz the blinding wind and snow storm, | she crashed on the jagged rock- | laden promentory known as Rocky| Point, while enroute from Hoonnh! to Petersburg. | SAIL FOR SKAGWAY MID| ENTHUSIASTIC SENDOFF, Amid school songs and yells of a large contingent of enthusiastic Ju- neau and Douglas High BSchool rooters, Coach W. P. Hautala and eight of his Crimson Bear court stars sailed this morning aboard the steamer Alaska for Skagway, where they will engage the Skag- way High School five in a three- game series to determine the Nor- thern Division Basketball Champ- fons of Southeast Alaska. The same two teams met in a similar series here last year, with Skagway coming out on top in three tight games. But, the Crimson Bears feel there will be a different story told this year when they meet the Lynn Canal Champs on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, Players making the Lynn Canal invasion are: Gilbert DeVault and John Krugness, centers; Roy Smith, Harold Hanson, and Henry Beh-| rends, forwards and Joe Smith and Bud Brown, guards. Also sailisg aboard the Alaska, was a nine-man hoop party from Douglas High School and four mem- bers of the Douglas Eaglet team, bound for Haines for a series of | games. - e RETURNS HOME P. C. McMullen, merchant of Se- ward, who is also a member of the Territorial Board of Education, left for his home aboard the Al- about two weeks. e RICH GOES WEST Gil Rich, sales representative for the Black Manufacturing Company, left on the steamer Alaska for Sew- ard. . e ON PLEASURE TRIP Tony Cravolina, former partner |{in the Gastineau Oafe in Juneau, |left on the Alaska on & round trip to Seward. Cavolina is taking the trip for pleasure. ————————— OPERATED UPON Mrs. F. W. Bandy entered St. Ann’s Hospital this afternoon and underwent an operation for ap- MEADE IN HOSPITAL Douglas Meade entered St. Ann's Hospital yesterday and underwent an operation, : ————— _MRS. RICE IN HOSPIT. " “Mrs. Géorge Rice entered st,é:nn'l Hospital las* night for medical ‘at- tention, e, Empire classifieas pay. JUNEAU HIGH HOOPERS tn Folowing the close of arguments by counsel shortly past noon today, Judge George F. Alexander opened the Federal District Court sessign here this afternoon at 2 o'clock instructing the trial jury in the case of the Unifed States v Joe and Hazel Mallotte, of Y;% tat, and sent the case to the ji at 2:30 o'clock. The defendants are charged with alleged liquor law violations, and the jury will return a sealed ver- dict, if one is not reached before § o'clock this afternoon. In his closing remarks to the jury, Assistant District Attornpy George W. Folta asked for a ver- dict of guilty against Mr. Mallotte, in any circumstance, and a similar verdict against Mrs. Mallotte, if the jurors felt that her alleged actions ‘were not the result of coercion by her husband. BODY FOUND IN BAY THAT OF AL AHOLA; FUNERAL HELD TODAY The remains of Satri Alarik Ahola | (Albert Ahola) were buried today at 3 o'clock in the Evergreen Ceme-/| tery, the Rev. Erling K. Olafson presiding. Ahola disappeared on December 5, and it was believed at the time that he fell off the dock near the Juneau Cold Storage Company where he was brought to the sur- face yesterday afternoon on a line Bob Menamum was using in fishe ing. The deceased was 64, a native coming month by the members of the American Legion Auxiliary when they met last night at the Dugout. On March 11 a pre-Easter rum- mage sale will be held at the Dug-| out and Mrs, Oscar Olson was ap- pointed to take charge. | Plans_ for giving a dance were |discussed and it was decided that jone would be held early in the | spring with Mrs. J. Elliott as chair- man. Preceding the dance a hot dish dinner will be served in the Dugout for the Veterans and their wives. Mrs. E. M. Polley will be in charge of the dinner. A Veteran made hand-tooled purse is to be awarded as a door prize at the jdance. Skippy Brought Here; Air-Minded Cat Travels Again “Skippy” added a few more miles to her air travels today, and fur- ther established her reputation of Yo Sitka to commence work on the| Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge Company job there, Claud V. Stoner arrived in Juneau this morning on the steames Alaska and is stopping ! Bunnell, |were present and Dr. Charles E. President of the Univer- sity of Alaska, spoke on “Oppor- | tunity.” Mrs. Sally Shaffer pi vi_slded at the gathering today. — et at the Alaskan Hotel, awaiting MAKI LEAVES HOSPITAL transportation for he and his men| to Sitka. Accompanying Stoner are: J. O. Johnson, L. Anderson, Ben How- land, O. M. Odom and H. B. Howd, all of Seattle. sk B, C S RE-ENTERS HOSPITAL Mrs. Modesto Pagaran, a medical patient, re-entered St. Ann's Hos- pital last night, Try an Empire ad. August Maki, who has been a pa- tient at S% Ann’s Hospital since |December 9, was dismissed yester- day. B S ON WAY TO WESTWARD | 3. J. Chishom, West Coast Groc- ery Company representative to the Westward, is aboard the steamer Alaska enroute to Seward from Se- CONCERT TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT [Mina Baclanova-Solovieff to Present Splendid Pro- gram—Starts 8 o’Clock With the advance ticket sale |promising a large attendance at Mina Baclanova-Solovieff’s concert ‘ut the Northern Light Presbyterian | Church tonight, interest in this im- gortant musical t is high. “The m begin at 8 o'- clock, and those who have not pur- chased tickets in advance may se- cure them at the door. Appearing with - Mrs. Solovieff will be Miss Helen Parrott, talent- ed violinist, and Miss Frances Har- land will accompany both artists Sponsored by the Social Commit- tee of the Order of Eastern Star, the concert tonight will be the first appearance in public of the charm- ing and accomplished young so- prano whose voice had won her an important place in the musical world of California where she had been studying for several years be- fore coming North in December to become the bride of Vladimir Solo- vieff, well-known member of Ju- neau’s Russian colony, The romance of Mr. and Mrs. So- lovieff, which started when they met at a banquet given by the Rus- sian club of San Francisco in honor of Mr. Solovieff's graduation from the Universitv of California in 1932, has interestea all who know the young couple. In coming to Alaska to make her home, Mrs. Solovieff ‘ls not giving up her career as a musician, but, for the pleasure of all who hear her, she is continuing voice work here and has already appeared on several semi-public oc- casions when she has won loud ac- claim for her talent. Her program tonight will be var- Iied, with groups of songs in Rus- sian, Spanish, Italian, French, Ger- man and English. Enjoy. moderate and sensible livi and-vyou'll never being the most air-minded cat in Alaska. The pet of Mrs. James Freeburn, and the mascot of the Chichagof Mine Camp, Skippy has lately de- veloped 1 sore eye, and this after- noon was brought into Juneau in the Alaska Air Transport Stinson seaplane by pilot Sheldon Simmons, when he returned to this city. She has now been entrusted to the care of Territorial Veterinarian, Dr. Jules Loftus, for medical attention. It was Pilot S8immons who broke 8kippy in to air travel, nearly a year ago, when he flew her from Seattle to Chichagof aboard the AAT Bellanca, when that ship was being brought to Alaska for the first time. ‘ Outbound at 9:15 o'clock this | morning, S8immons flew mail to Chi- chagof and Hirst-Chichagof, and three passengers, Mentor Peterson, Jack Saarela and Jim Nicolo, to Hirst -Chichagof. He arrived back at Juneau at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and plans to make two flights to Sifka tomor- | row, ENITTING CLASS TO BE ORGANIZED HERE The Vocational Department will organize a class for women who are interested in knitting tomorrow. The first meeting will be held in the afternoon between 1 and 4 o'clock and the evening between 7 and 8| o'¢tlock at the home of Mrs. Mary Holmquist, 633 Gold Street. . ———— WALSH GOES OUT M. J. Walsh, City Clerk at Nome, who flew to Juneau a few weeks ago, is a passenger leaving Juneau on' the steamer Alaska for Seward, on the first leg of his journey back home. ———eee—— MRS. NORDALE LEAVES Mrs, A. H. Nordale, of Fairbanks, of Kokola, Finland, and was nat-|recently re-appointed member of| uralized in 1918 in Colorado. He was|the Territorial Board of Educa- a Veteran of the World War, was|tion, who has been in Juneau at- single and had no known relatives. |tending thc ten-day session of the| No inquest was held as the body|Beard, is among the passengers ! was immediately identified by his|leaving on the steamer Alaska for ‘{friend Mate Loukko and several|Beward, from where she will con- others. ————— WEDDING YESTERDAY In a ceremony performed before U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray in Commissioner’s Court here yes! day afternoon at 3:15 o'clock, Al Morgan, of Hoonah, was wedded to Osborne, also of Hoonah. itnesses to the ceremony were Mary Huston and Miss Rosellen Monagle. —.——— TAX NOTICES OUT Notices to Juneau taxpayers, that second half payments om their city taxes are now due and will become delinquent on March 15 are now being mailed by City Clerk A. W. Henning. - IN HOSPITAL * Mrs. L. M. Ritter entered St. Ann's with an injured leg. —_——— Try an Empire ad. |ties of her new teaching staff. tinué to her home in Fairbanks. —————— TO NEW SCHOOL POST Miss Rose M. Malcof, who arrived in ‘Juneau about six weeks ago on the Gen. W. C. Gorgas from Pal- mer, where she taught school for a short time, was a passenger leav- irig Juneau this morning on the steamer Alaska. " 'Miss Malcof is enroute to Chig- nik, where she will assume the du- feel your age Avoid late hours, rich foods, overstrain, worry . .. 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