The Alaska daily empire., 1919-02-17
Justice Morrison Wants People Remember Dates Princess Sophia Hear
 ings at Juneau.
TO SIT TWO DAYS HERE
Court C0nvenes at Court House February 26, 10 a. m.;; Remains in Ses-
 sion on Feb. 27th.

Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr, has been advised by Justice Morrison of the Supreme Court of British Columbia that he will arrive in Juneau on the night of Fbruary 18th, and that the Princess Sophia" hearing will be held at 10 o'clock a m. on February 26th., and the whole day of the 27th. in the Court House at Juneau.
 Justice Morrison also requests that the widest publicity be given so that all witnesses desiring to attend may know the date of the sit ting.
 Dawson Man Urges All To Give
 Testimony
 Charles F. Vifquain, who, twenty years ago was purser on the steamer Yukoner, at that time the most pa. latial steamer plying the waters Of the upper Yukon river, but for the past dozen years cashier at Dawson for the White Pass Company, was here Saturday. passenger on the Princess Mary en route to his home in the Yukon metropolis after a hurried trip to the Outside that was one of unsual sadness.
 Mir Vifquain's wife and only child a beautiful girl twelve years of age. were passengers on the ill-fated Prin cess Sophia and were two of the 343 people who lost their lives at that time. The bodies of the wife and daughter were both recovered and were held at Vancouver, B. C., until Mr. Vifquain,, who had remained ir Dawson, could reach there, when he took them to his boyhood home in Nebraska for burial.
 In conversation with a representa- tive of The Empire, MT. yifquain said:
 "In behalf of myself and other Dawsonites who lost loved ones in the unfortunate wreck of the Prin cess Sophia, I wish to extend the most sincere thanks of myself and friends to the people of Juneau in general, to those who cared for the bodies ahd to the officials for the very efficient and painstakihg mar ner in which everything in connec tion with the affair was handled We Dawson people feel deeply, and iron the bottom of our hearts appreciate kindly, humane and sympathetic man ner in which all in Juneau, who were connected with the affair, cared for our loved ones whose bodies were recovered, there being nothing left undone that could be done at that time.
 "I wish to say, however, that while we entertain the feeling of charity | for all and malice toward none, we earnestly request all the people in the vicinity of Juneau, Haines and other points in this portion of the Territory, who were on Lynn Canal and contigous waters on Thursday October 24th., and the day following | the. striking of the reef by the So | phia, to appear before the Court | that will hold an investigation on 1 the 26th. and 27th. of this month for the purpose of securing information as to weather conditions at the time of the disaster and during the period which intervened between the time the steamer struck the reef and early | Thursday morning and foundered late the following day.
 What we want is a statement ol facts as to weather conditions as they existed at that time and we earnestly request all who can supply the Investigating court with any in formation on this subject to appear and tell what they know. It is due those who lost their loved ones and it is also due the Canadian Pacific Company that these facts should be brought out" q