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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
CANADIAN SHIP PIL LE!:S E: ON ROCK
 LATE AT NIGHT
Steamer Is Abandoned by Crew at Midnight-12
 Passengers Safe
WELLKNOWN LINER
 BADLY PUNCTURED
Distress Calls Sent Out Soon Alter Striking
 Aid Dispatched

SEATTLE, Dec. Fl. The Canadian N a t Onal steamer Prince George was abandoned by the crew about midnight last night after being wreck ed on VadsO Rock.
 Twelve passengers aboard were placed in lifebOats about II o'clock last night and were rOwed ashore shortly after the steamer s struck on the rock.
 Frantic calls for immediate assistance were sent out by the Prince Georges radio within a short time after she struck and her condition was found to be serious.
 The crew and passengers found their way to Anyox, four miles from where the steamer hit. The baggage was also taken off the doom ed ship.
 The steamer is badly punctured in both the No. 1 and No. ? holds, and is not expected to be floated assistance, according to a sent out by Capt. N Me- Lean shortly after his distress mes sages were radioed.
 Answering the distress calls. the cutter Alert. at Ketchikan, and the small sister ship of the Prince George, the Prince John, at Prince Rupert. put out. The Prince John will pick up the passengers.
 The Prince George was on 2 regular schedule north to Anyox, having left Vancouver, B. C., Mon- day mig ht with 40 passengers aboard all but 12 having disem- parked at ports enroute to Anyox.
 Among the assengers was Thomas Louden, Superintendent of the Pacific Division of the Canad- ian National Steamship Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
COLLEGE QUINT LAUNCHES TOUR
 FOR CAGE TITLE

Tn search for the cage crown ot Alaska, the Alaska Colleges hoop squad will leave Fairbanks tomor- row on a tour that will take 1t as far south as Ketchikan, and to play games at practically every town between those two points The team will sail from Seward on the steamer Alaska and proceed direct to Ketchikan for is open ing series in Southeast Alaska.
 It is due here about January D, or day later for series with local teams, including Juneau High, a town team, and Douglas game.
 Among the players making the trip are: Bob Henning, George Karabelnikoff and Harry Brant, former Jayhi stars. Harry Lundell, former Douglas High man. Olavi Kukkola, another local boy, is busi- ness manager of the squad and will accompany it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
WORK RESUMED ON WILL0UCHby
 APPREHENSION
Seventeen Trucks Answer Call This Afternoon
 12 Days to Complete

Work on the Willoughby Avenue extension rock fill was resumed to- day when Hawley Sterling, Asst. Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission notified local truck owners weather had moderated enough for hauling. Seventeen trucks answered the call and be- gan dumping rock this afternoon.
 If the weather does not get colder hauling will continue to- morrow and Saturday. No work will be done either Sunday or on Christmas, Mir. Sterling said.
 Unless halted again by unfa- vorable weather, the entire joo will be completed within l2 working days. he estimated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
AIMEE SUING DAvID;PAPERS
 ARE ON FILE
Los Angeles Evangelis t Brings Divorce Action
 Allegations Made

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 2l.- Charging him with long list ol mental cruelties and marital short comings, Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton, evangelist, yesterday sued David L. Hutton for divorce. This was in a cross complaint in answer to the divorce Hutton brought against the evangelist several months ago.
 After denying all allegations ln the Hutton complaint the evange- list accused David of causing her mental anguish and humiliation in the Myrtle St. Pierre breach ot promise suit by insisting that the evangelist pay the $5,000 judgment awarded the Pasadena nurse.
 Mrs. Hutton said her husband would awaken her in the night and demand money. She said Hut ton, through his various actions, made it impossible for her to carry on her work as an evangelist.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
MISSING MAN BACK AT K0ME;
 AMNESIA CASE

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Jesse L. Livermoore, prominent Wall Street operator, whose disappearance led to fears he had been Kidnapped, IS safe at home after an absence of 24 hours.
 Liyermoore said he awoke in a midtown hotel, apparently victim of amnesia.
 Yesterday morning Mrs. Liver more reported the disappearance of her husband and the Department of Justice, at Washington, D. c. immediately placed Federal agents on the case.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
CHRISTMAS BABIES ARRIVE TO GLADDEN.
 JUNEAU RESIDENTS

Christmas babies who arrived III Juneau during the last week to make their home here are, Miss Patricia Diane Coolin, six ana three quarter pound daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frank Coolin; Mss Irene Claire Mckinley, six and one half pound daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. w. Mckinley and Bar rie Douglas Coate; seven and one four pound son of MT. and Mrs. Carl Coate.
 The two young ladies and the young men are amiably sharing the nursery at St. Ann's Hospital for the present, but hope to be at their various homes in time for the New Year
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
MRS, N. KODAK ENDS LIFE BY
 TAKING POISON
Juneau Woman, Planning to Take Trip with Illus
 band, Suicides at Home

Tragedy entered the home Of Nick Kobak shortly after noon yes- terday, when in the midst of prep arationS to leave for the south on a trip, Mrs, Kobak took a fatal dose of bichloride of mercury at their home on Third Street above Harris. Her son, Ross (Sonny) Kobak and Vivian Lavenway were in the house at the time and when Mrs. Kobak began to show signs of illness, felt something was wrong and called Dr. L. P. Dawes
 At the time Dr. Dawes was call ed, part of the fatal poison had already passed through the stom- ach. and though Mrs Kobag was rushed to St Ann's Hospital-.and emergency treatment used. death came at 6:20 o'clock last evening.
 Husband Notified
 MT. Kobak employed at the AL aska Juneau Gold mine, had laid off from work and was downtown making final preparations to leave for trip south with his wife on the steamer Yukon, when the trag- edy occurred. He was reached as soon as possible and remained at the hospital with her until the end.
 Though she was conscious until she died, Mrs. Kobak said nothing to bring light on the question of why she ended her life other than to repeat over and over, T want ed to end it."
 Case Mystifying
 Members of the family feel that it might have been poor health, as for the last several years she has suffered considerably with pains in her legs, though seemingly cheer full Recently she had been look ing forward to the trip south with her husband and grandson to visit her mother whom she had not seen since coming to Alaska seven- teen years ago, which completes their mystification as to why she took poison.
 Mrs. Kobak was born in Port land, Ore. and was 45 years old when she died She came to Alas ka with her son and daughter Margie, now Mrs. Bert Ruotsala, in 1916. and several years later mar ried MT. Kobak who, had lived here for a number of years.
 The remains are at the c. w. Carter Mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
BOOT LECCINC
 ID BE FOUGHT
 BY UNCLE SAM
Treasury Department Bor- rows 750 Agents from
 Justice Department COMBINED FORCES
 PROTECT BORDERS Coasts to Be Patrolled Rum Running to Be Pre-
 vented If Possible

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l. - Ihc Treasury Department augumenteo it's bootleg combat unit yesterday by borrowing 750 agents of the Department of Justice.
 The decision to loan the services of the Prohibition agents to the Treasury and Bureau Of Internal Revenue was reached at a confer ence between Acting Secretary Morgenthau of the Treasury De- iartment, and Attorney General Cummings.
 The combined forces of the two departments will protect the bor- ders and coasts against rum run ners and aid in combating moon shine operators, also prevent trans portation of liquor from wet to dry States The transportation of liquor from wet to dry States was made illegal by the Repeal Act.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
German Eugenic Courts to
 Function On First of Year;
 Causes, Purposes Explained

Instructions have been issued to hospital and sanitarium officials as well as heads of panitentiaries and prisons to get a list of incur ables and habitual criminals ready by January l.
 Sterilization operations will be performed under a court order aft CT the system checks, from which there will be no appeal
 The sterilization law is applicable among others, to the feeble mind ed, to insanity, blindness, deafness and serious physical deformities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
MISS DONKELAAR IS
 WED FOB. VANDERBILT I

Tn the office of United States Commissioner yesterday afternoon, Miss Mary Donkelaar became the bride of MT. Bert VanDerBilt, Judge J. F. Mullen performing the ceremony.
 Mrs. VanDerBilt came here re- gently from Auburn, Wash MT. VanDerBilt has resided here for some time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21

BERLIN, Dec. 21.-The Eugenic Courts begin functioning January in an effort to make Germany physically fit. This is one of the obiectives of Chancellor Hitler's regime.
 Seventeen hundred courts will examine at least 100000 men and women considered hereditary de- fectives,,' and depriving these peo- pie of reproductive power.
 It is estimated it will take at least two years to complete this examination.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
EXPLORER OF
 ARCTIC DIES

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 21. = pr. Knud Rasmussen, aged 54 years, Danish Arctic explorer, is dead here after a long illness brought on by blood poisoning. His last expedi- tion was to Greenland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
PRINCE GEORGE REPORTED WRECKED
TomorrOtU Is
 Shortest Day; Winter Begins

. Tomorrow is the shortest , day of the year and also the . beginning of winter, but the latter won't mean so much as Juneau has been having . winter for several days. Dur . ing this month the North , Pole is tilted 23 degrees and
 . 27 minutes and beginning
 . tomorrow the tilt will stage } q come back and the sun
 will also stop it's southern , tour, as it were, and turn ? about face, starting north , ward again.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
} BIG EVENTS
 FOR OUTBREAKS
 FOR CHRISTMAS
Season s Services Start S Friday Night, then on
 Sunday, Monday

Christmas Services will begin FTl- day evening at the Resurrection Lutheran Church with the program given by the Sunday School pupils at 7:3O o'clock. Sunday morning the congregation will celebrate the Nativity at the II o'clock service, and on Monday evening, Christmas Day. the Senior Choir will sing the cantata, The First Christmas by Ira Bishop Wilson.
 The Sunday School program at 7.30 o'clock Friday evening will be of a different nature from those Of former years and should be of interest to everyone, whether adult child. There will be a beauti- fully decorated Christmas Tree and after the program, candy, oranges, and nuts will be distributed. The program follows:
 Christmas Hymn-All.
 Tableau-Boys of the Senior De- partment.
 Reading-Myrtle Mello
 Hymn-All.
 Tableau-Boys
 Primary Program.
 Story-Rev. Erling K. Olafson.
 Christmas Cantata, Our Glori- ous King" CNolte) sung by the Junior Choir
 Hymn-All.
 Junior Choir Girls
 One of the outstanding features of this years program will be the 30-minute cantata sung by the Junior Choir girls. This is a beau- tiful and inspiring musical setting of the story of the first Christmas, and the girls have worked dili- gently preparing for the presenta- ton. The whole program is plan ned so that it will take about an hour and ten minutes.
 Liturgical Service
 The beautiful Liturgical Service of the Lutheran Church will be used at the II o'clock service on Sunday morning. The Junior and Senior choirs will sing and Fred Gilman will give the solo, ''The Birthday of a King" CNiedlinger) as follows:
 Piano Prelude-Rachel Borleck.
 Processional Hymn.
 The Confession and Declaration of Grace.
 The Introit
 The Kyrie.
 The Gloria in Excelsis.
 The Collect.
 Anthem, List to the Message, CNolte) the Junior Choir
 The Epistle. Timothy 2:1l-l4.
 Anthem, 'sThe Birthday of a King Fred Gilman and the Sen for Choir
 The Christmas Gospel Luke 2:1-14
 The Nicene Creed.
 The Sermon by the Rev Erllng K. Olafson.
 The Offertory and Offerings.
 The General Prayer.
 The Benediction.
 Recessional Hymn.
 Senior Cantata
 The Senior Choir Cantata has large variety of solos, duets, and chorus numbers. One of the num- bers is contralto solo with a Yio- lin obligato. The church will be beautifully decorated in greens and flowers and there will be large, red Christmas candles in all Of the ,,,i,, rinurc and Q dacnra+ five tree
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
YEAR FOR CHAMBER AHEAD, SAYS GARDNER
New President of Local Chamber ForeseesM Much
 A Activity Ahead

Much work faces the Chamber of Commerce next year, particu larly in the encouragement of min- ing activity in this district de- clared c. T. Gardner, President. who took over that office today, succeeding John w. Jones, whose term expired last week. T hope, with the strong Board of Directors we have, we will be able to do as good work for the community as was done during the year just end ing by President Jones and his as sistants" he added.
 G. H. Walmsley, retiring after four years as Secretary, was given a rising vote of thanks for his eff tlcient and loyal services and pre- sented with a gift, beautiful card table, by the Chamber.
 Presented by Jones
 Ex-President Jones made the pre- sentation in a brief laudatory talk in which he thanked MT. Walms- ley for the great help he had given him as head of the organization during the past year We could not possibly have had a better secretary nor one who would have devoted more of his time to the welfare of the Board MT. Jones declared
 MT Walmsley thanked the Cham Der and the Board for it's action. He spoke on the value of such organizations as the Chamber and declared his belief in both local and national chambers. He urged members to take a more active interest in all of the work, saying 1t was his experience that two few were willing to do much commit tee work. By it's very nature, Chamber cannot be one or two man organization and to fully serve it's purpose, there must be gen. eral, cooperative interest in it's activities.
 Is Red Letter Day"
 He said he regarded today as sort of red letter" day in the Chambers history because of it's election of Curtis Shattuck as it's Secretory Former Gov. George A. Parks once said the future of Alaska lies in it's younger genera ton. We have heard talk of our young men growing up, going away to school and then failing to come back to Alaska. Here we have evil dence that this is not always the case.
 MT. Shattuck was raised here, was educated in our schools, went away to college and returned to make Juneau his home. His in- terest in the Chambers work, in the community, is indicated by his willingness to accept the Secretary ship"
 Taylor Terhune Speak
 Ike P. Taylor, Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, and H. w. Terhune, Executive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission, recently home from Washington, spoke briefly on their work in the National Capital. MT Terhune said he would return there almost im- mediately to look after the working out of details of his Public Works projects.
 The appointment of a special Christmas Tree Committee was an- nounced by MT Gardner, com- posed of Rev. John A. Chase, Rev Charles F. Rice. and Rev. Henry Cross. They will judge trees in both the residential and business sections for prizes offered by the Chamber and the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company.
 Twelve requests for information were received and answered during the past week, MT. Walmsley re- portd
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
PRICE OF GOLD
 UNCHANGED TODAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.-
 } The price of gold is un-
 changed today from the past } four days, remaining at , S34.O6. The price of bar gold in London was $32l4
 } an ounce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
MAY OPERATE GRANITE MINE

L. H. Carvey and John Keller have arrived in Valdez from the Granite mine at Port Wells and announce they plan to operate the property and expect to put it among the big producers of the district,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
OFF FOR SOUTH

Mrs. Louise Karstens left on the steamer Yukon to spend several months with relatives in Stanwood, Wash. She was accompanied by her son Robbie.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
Nations Huited To Berlin for
 l936 OIympiad

BERLIN, Dec. 21.-The Ger man Olympic Com m it tee. through the German diplomatic mission, has officially invited all nations to the 1886 Olym- piad in Berlin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
MIR. AND MRS. RAPUZZI
 RETURN TO SKAGWAY

MT. and Mrs. Louis Rapuzzi. of Skagway, who have been in Ju- neau for the last week, returned to their Lynn Canal home on the Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
Postponement Indicated

Late this afternoon it was an nounced that the Lutheran affair for tomorrow night would be post poned owing to the present severe weather.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
FRANK M'CAFFERTY HERE
 AFTER BUSINESS TRIP

Frank McCafferty, proprietor of the Juneau Motors, returned from short business trip, on the steamer Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
REFLOATED, IS REPORT

VANCOUVER, B. O., Dec. 2l.- The Canadian Press has been ad- vised by telephone that the Prince George has been refloated and talk en to Anyox Harbor The report said she was released from the rock by a small tug and proceeded to Anyox Harbor under her own pow CT punctured badly in two holds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
VESSEL KNOWN HERE

The Prince George, 3-funneled steamer, is well known to Juneau being operated on the Southeast Alaska route with the Prince Rup- ert during the tourist season.
 Tallap0osa Starts
 The Coast Guard cutter Talla- poosa picked up the distress signals from the Prince George about mid night and started south to aid the ship. Off Taku Harbor another radio was picked up that the crew and passengers were taken off sue cessfully and the cutter turned around and proceeded back to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
Bulging Mail Bags Shom Coast

Business ImprOUes
 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 21.-High piled bulging mail bags in Pacific Coast State pcstcffices showed Uncle Sam is laboring with the rapidly swelling business which IS reaching in certain places to reccrd heighth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21

Sweet potatoes will keep longer in storage if they are harvested before the first frost.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-21
STOCKS AGAIN
 MUL.LED ABOUT
 MARROW RANGE
Y Yesterday e s Shake-Up Makes Traders Cautious
 Slight Changes Today

NEW YORK, Dec. 21-Stocks mulled around today in an ex- tremely narrow range. There were a few soft spots and some gains. The list as a whole stepped cau- tiously after the sharp shake-up yesterday.
 Todays close was mildly irregu- lar with transfers only one million shares.
 Curb prices were irregular and the movements small.
 Erratic specialties settled down to a more even gait but were un- able to stage any comeback.
 Homestake was off more than five points. U. $. Industrial Al cohol was off four points.
 U. s. Smelling rallied nearly three points.
 Minor advances were made by some issues.
 CLOSING PRICES TODAY
 NEW YORK. Dec. 21. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 199s, American Can 931b. American Power and Light 55s, Anaconda 131s, Armour B 21s- Bethlehem Steel 347s, Calumet and Hecla 37s, Curtiss-W Wright 2$s, Fox Films 12&, General Motors BPS International Harvester 38l2, Ken necott 19. North American Avia- tion A. Chicago and Milwaukee (preferred) T, Montgomery w a d 2Osk. Standard Oil of California 39ls, United States Steel 45h.
Evening star., 1933-06-04
CHAPTER XVIII.
Jules Returns.

TRIGHTENED, unhappy and puZ-
zled as Margaret was when she
reached her room, her mental
Il condition did not improve as she
sat and waited for her husband
and tried to come to a decision as to
what it would be best to tell him. AND
should she say anything at all ABOUT
her meeting with the German officer?
Perhaps it would be as well to make
no reference to him, inasmuch as she
had tacitly agreed to regard what he
had said as confidential 1t would be
rather foolish and pointleSs to say to
Jules:
Il met Herr Schlacht and had chat
with him, but cannot repeat our con-
versation to you"
Besides, the whole incident was utter
iy Insignificant in comparison with the
other matter of which she must speak.
At the end of one of the longest and
unhappiest days of her life Margaret's
husband knocked at the bolted door of
Margaret's room, and, protesting sur
prise at finding the door bolted and
barred against him, was admitted after
satisfying her as to his identity.
Jocular, facetious, fiamboyant, en-
deavoring to hide lack of ease by false
and noisy eaSiness and to conceal con-
ated demonstrativeneSs, Jules Maligni
found his wife in no mood for the re-
ception of forced humor or forced af-
fection.
AS he advanced to put his arms about
her he found himself coolly, firmly and
very definitely checked and repulsed.
Expecting fierce anger. accusation and
q torrent of reproach he found an atti-
tude of calm, cool seriousness and de-
termination that was more disturbing.
Rightly or wrong, he firmly believed,
In the light of a not exiguous expert
ence, that the best way to argue with
an angry woman was with a closed
mouth-pressed firmly against hers and
that any offended girl can be quickly
kissed from bad temper into good
temper.
But this was not an angry and bad
tempered woman.
It was woman cruelty hurt, badly
frightened and quite determined upon
her line of conduct.
IT say, I'm terribly sorry about last
night" he began as Margaret's extended
hand repulsed his embrace "I don't
know what they gave me, but one min
ute I was sitting there chatting with
Dad and the Kid and old Schlacht
and Raisul-and the next minute 1
woke up IN DaOS room, h0urS later, and
absolutely blotto."
Tell me, Jules. Did you get drunk?
Just be serious and tell me the truth,
because it's most terribly important. I
won't say word of reproach"
Drunk, my dear, on glass or two
of claret? You don't think my heads
as weak as all that, do you? Have you
ever seen me drunk or in the slightest
degree the worse for drink in all the
years that you've known me?"
mo, I haven't, Jules, until we came
to Morocco. You've been drinking far
more than is good for you for the last
six months-it seems like six years. But
I have not seen you drunk"