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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-02-17
From Wrecked Zapora
 Arrived Juneau
(By The Associated Press)

JUNEAU Feb. IF, Seven pass engers of the wrecked motorship Zapora are safe here. Sixteen ot the vessels crew of twenty are at Sitka. Captain Hansen and three of the crew stood by the wreck.
 The Cutter Tallapoosa which took aboard the passengers and part of the crew yesterday, rad ioed the ship was a complete loss, and that salvaging of the twisted vessel would probably ex ceed the cost of the boat.
 The Cutter Cyane however, re- ported it might be possible to sal wage.
 Thirteen members of the crew who arrived at Sitka yesterday on the mail boat Estebeth, planned to leave for Seattle today aboard the steamer Northland.
 The Zapora was reported to be lying on her starboard side, at an angle of thirty five degrees, with her bow point upward at twenty degree angle.
 C,,,rarshn For Tho Np,r0at
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m. Later reports indicated all hands had been saved, as the Eel tre shuddered down to the riv- CTS bottom with large hole stove in her side. She is resting in 35 feet of water with her prom enade deck partly showing.
 The Luckenbach was proceed ing up river to Portland after crossing the Columbia River bar in the fercest gale of the winter.
 The Feltre was ocean-bound, down stream. Reports said the crew of the Italian vessel escap- ed only in their night clothing. The tug Warrior took twenty of them to Rainier on the Oregon shore. An oi1er, Baltzaro Az nelo, received an ankle injury.
 The oiler described the crash: "A large hole opened when we crashed and water poured in on us. The lights went out when the engines stopped. I shouted to all hands to make for the deck. found a flashlight and with it's aid we made a ladder, as the water reached nearly to our shoulders. Had we been at sea all would have been lost before aid could have reached us.
 The West Camargo, another vessel was on the river nearby and lifeboat was launched but could not reach the Feltre because of the swells.
 This was the worst accident on
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-02-17

Vessels Ram Each Other Columbia River Storm
Doings Legislature
Especial to the Nugget)


 JUNEAU, Feb. IT. By vote of twelve to four the house kill ed the Coffey memorial for the abolition of fish traps in flask an waters. Those voting in fav or of the measure were Green, McCutcheon, Coffey and Nell Scott.
 The senate in a brief session indefinitely postponed the Green Ross measure for the prohibition of disposal of garbage within three hundred feet from any high way.
 Patterson introduced a new bill by request, proposing to tax clam diggers. A similar bill two years ago failed.
 Rivers introduced a bill in the senate which sets forth that U. s. Marshall's shall enforce the liquor laws of incorporated cit ies. A similar bill has been intro dHed by Rogge in the house. i, The house unanimously passed the Nell Scott-Race resolution to set aside twenty five thousand dollars each biennium for the con struction of Pioneer Women's Home.
 Race introduced a bill to appro- priate fifty thousand dollars for a fish experimental laboratory in Alaska.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-02-17

Jeanne Mozee ............ ..........32, 240 Gertrude Johansen ........ 80, ,78O Marguerite Lee ......... .......22, ,38O Ada Baldwin ........ ........ .....-22, 18O Rita O'Leary ........ ........ 20, ,92O Eileen Stangroom ..... ,980
 Dorothy Nelson .................... 11,020 Geraldine Rude ... .... ... .. 6,480 Borgny Ulricksen .......... ........4, ,O60
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-02-17

the Columbia river in many mon- ths, in fact since the steamer Iowa went down at the mouth of the river January 18th, 1886 and all of her crew of 34 were lost.
 The Pilots Office at Portland said they did not believe the main channel in the river was blocked
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-02-17
GREATEST COLLISION ON COLUMBIA RIVER
 TOOK PLACE TODAY
One going down stream, other coming up Rammed in fog All persons reported saved Italian
 vesel sank in main river channel.
(By The Associated PreSs)

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb H, Later reports indicated The gaeswept Columbia hands had been saved claimed the Italian motohp Eel tre shuddered
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-02-17
Lindbergghs Stay
 At Cairo, Egypt
IBv The Associated Press)

CAIRO Egyp. Feb. Is, - The flying Lindberghs of the United States are planning to stay here for four or five days more before continuing on their journey to the eastward.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-02-17

Queen Show
 An hour before last nights show commenced the crowds were ham mering on the show house gates for admission and long before the show started every available seat was filled.
 .. After seeing all of the contest ants last night we are convinced that Nome was certainly blessed with a generous supply of fem mine lOveliness.
 The queen candidates each ap- peared in evening gowns, all of which were very chic and lovely. They then appeared attired in
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Army Air Bases.

1t is Of timely significance that simul-
taneous with the disclosure of vast mill
tary aviation developments abroad, the
War Department reveals its intention to
locate United States Army air estab-
lishment, to be known as the "Northwest
Air Base" at Tacoma, Washington, in
the heart of the contiguous Pacific Coast
region. The proposal calls for an eventual
expenditure of roundly five million dol
lars, to be spread over period of years,
and contemplates provision of mainte-
nance facilities for sufficient war planes
and personnel to meet any emergency,
primarily that Of an enemy invasion.
Tacoma is the first site to be chosen
under the Wilcox bill, approved by Con-
gress in August, 1884, authorizing crea-
tion Of air stations and depots in six
strategic sections of the United States,
including Alaska and the overseas pos
sessions. The following areas were desig-
mated: Cd The Atlantic Northeast; 90
the Atlantic Southeast and Caribbean
areas; 60 the Southwestern States: "a
the Pacific Northwest 60 Alaska; (6)
the Rocky Mountain area, and Cd inter-
mediate stations to facilitate transconti-
mental movements incident to concentra-
ton Of the General Headquarters Air
Force for maneuvers.
These plans are in pursuance of an
important military air policy. They
are more or less the outgrowth Of the
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Labor Incorporation.

The responsibility of labor unions is
one OF the pressing problems growing
out of the industrial situation in this
country. With the ever increasing de-
mand for collective bargaining, a de-
mand that is made by the Federal ad-
mlnlstratlon as well as by organized
labor, the closer the country comes to
the closed shop" as the general and
accepted condition for industrial plants.
1t has not yet come to that. But with
the Congress writing laws demanding
collective bargaining, and the President
asking power for the Federal Govern
ment to enforce collective bargaining,
it is obvious that such situation is
certainly within the bounds of probable
ity. And when and if the country faces
a condition in which its industrial life
is dominated by completely unionized
labor, it is time for the country to think
seriously about making these organiza-
tions responsible.
The obvious answer to demand for
responsibility is the incorporation of
labor unions, making them liable to suit
and liable to damages. And presumably
much could be accomplished by the in
corporation of labor unions toward max
ing them more responsible The Presi-
dent has been represented as desiring
the power for the Federal Government
to enforce the maintenance of contracts
by both employers and employees. What
form his proposal, if it is ever made,
will take is yet to be divulged Labor
unions in this country in the past have
been strongly opposed to incorporation.
They have been even more strongly op-
posed to compulsory arbitration of their
differences with employers, which they
regard as leading to involuntary servi-
tude.
When and if the activities of workers
throughout the Nation are completely
organized in unions, the country would
be at the mercy of the labor leaders, or
possibly of one leader. With the press
ing of button or the call of telephone
it would be possible to suspend the op-
Grafton of the industries of the coun-
try overnight. England suffered a gen.
eral strike not so many years ago. It
has taken pains since that disastrous
event to make trades unions there
thoroughly responsible. Members of
Congress, as well as the administration
leaders, would do well to give thought
to this problem as it relates to American
labor. 1t is one thing to give organized
labor break" It is another to deny
a "break" to the whole people of the
country; to leave them in a position
where they might be subject to the whim
of any leader, be he labor leader or
the greatest employer of labor.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Admiral HObson.

gallant soul put forth into the in
finite yesterday when Rear Admiral
: Richmond Pearson Hobson died. Per-
haps he had outlived the more con-
spicuous aspect Of his fame, but the
latter part of his career deserved public
appreciation quite as truly as that por-
ton Of it which appealed directly to
the imagination OF his countrymen at a
moment when their emotions were
aroused by the Spanish-American War.
His effort to trap the feet Of Cervera in
Santiago Harbor was "big news" in June,
1898. The story Of his sinking of the
collier Merrimac in the path of the
enemy's intended escape went round
tha world as an example Of Yankee
heroism and has become a legend for
Evening star., 1937-03-17

the inspiration of successive generations
of readers.
But Admiral Hobson was only twenty
eight when the first flush Of his celebrity
waned. His exploit was indubitably
courageous and picturesque, yet it was
not enough for mind concerned with
values durably permanent. The youth
full hero desired to be known for q
more substantial achievement. He
resigned from the Navy to enter
the House OF Representatives for his
native State OF Alabama. Then fol-
lowed his first great educational cam
paign. He set himself seriously to the
business of teaching the Nation to ap-
preciate its armed services, especially its
naval establishment. Born a reformer,
he toured the Union in behalf of
big Navy" program which was destined
to be adopted long after he had blazed
the trail.
In recent years it was the twin evils OF
the liquor and the narcotic traffic that
he fought. Knowing from observation
the effect of drugs on the human system,
he studied the problem of prohibiting
their sale with earnest care; then
launched drive on them which may
be regarded as his most important
monument. His speeches converted mil
lions. Not even repeal has contradicted
their compelling logic. They stand to-
day, as they did when they originally
were delivered, unanswered.
And at sixty-six Admiral Hobson was
ready for another battle. His final ut
terance was a protest against President
Roosevelt's proposal to bring the Su-
preme Court under political control.
Those who heard him found him as
vigorous, keen, ardent and generously
just as ever. He died in harness, good
servant of civilization to the last. AS
his comrade Admiral Belknap said, He
was the kind of citizen the United
States can i'll spare"
Evening star., 1937-03-17
"ANNAPOLIS. Md.

ANNAPOLIS, Md.
Dear Sir: Another fan you can
record in me, long an enlightened daily
reader Of your philosophy and observa-
ton.
What more lovely sight than the gor.
geous cardinals playing in the snow
covered branches Of q hemlock tree!
Music yelling from some chorus
minded birds throat. Such see this
morning in my garden.
|. "Sparrows, faithful outposts against
the army of insects preparing for attack.
A bluejay hammering fence post with
his bill, so forcefully one fears a con-
cussion for him. And a marvellous
visitor from the sky, gray all necked with
bronze and rose color.
Nearby in a lilac bush hangs de-
serted catbird's nest, all that remains
of what was romance last Spring.
1.-TWO birds commenced an ardent
honeymoon and built their nest, but a
cardinal continually attacked. Great
was the warfare. Finally, with ragged
breast feathers, he was routed, flying
straight up in the air, while the victor
sang triumphantly in the hemlocks.
Next day Nine. Catbird was seen,
with huffed and broken feathers, carry
ing leaf in her bill, wearing q most
sad air, walking along the path below.
Behind her hoped her debonair and
anxious swain, a most human pair in
their emotions.
They disappeared among tree leaves
and never came back.
This writer is spreading food there
and nesting material, hoping for their
return.
How inestimable are the rewards
these wondrous creatures bring their
faithful friends.
anticipating every day new pleas
ure from your pen, more precious IN
contrast with the dismal news of hu-
manity in its cruel struggles, am,
Sincerely, L. T. A."
The bird world has pretty we'll settled
itself into pattern in its struggles.
Perhaps the ways of birds are no less
cruel, tribe with tribe, than those Of
mankind, tribe with tribe.
Often we forget that we belong to the
animal creation. Perhaps we should
expect no more OF ourselves. But there
is something in man, call it what one
will, which seems to demand something
better.
This "better" is the eternal search Of
the ages. 1t is enshrined in books, in
simple dreams, hopes and mighty aspira-
tions of the race.
At times such as these many persons
seek to solve problems all too much for
them by withdrawing, as far as possible,
from the contests which strike them as
SO unnecessary and so inhuman.
One of the best Withdrawals, il one
is able to encompass it, is that OF bird
study. While this study is very much
concerned with humanity as well as
with birds, and while actively standing
with the best is part of the world wide
spread Of bird conservation, there is
still this pleasant avenue of withdrawal
from the perplexities of life and to be
trodden daily, Spring, Summer Autumn
and Winter, one season as we'll as an
other, for the birds must live in them all.
+
Migration is the birds great fleeing
from problems which are too much for
them.
Twice year the majority of them
Hy one way or another, and then we have
In our small gardens such visitors as
specified above, "all flecked with bronze
and rose"
Evening star., 1937-03-17

lit. No action is likely, under any cir
cumstances, until the smoke of Supreme
Court battle has cleared away.
Because OF the hubbub caused by the
judiciary crisis, it's safe guess that the
next men named for Supreme Court
Justiceshlps will undergo Senate con-
flrmation tests of utterly unparalleled
. severity. The scrutiny to which they
Will be subjected is destined to make
tame by comparison the furious fights
on Justice Brandeis in 1916, on Chief
Justice Hughes in 1880 and on Judge
John j. Parker of North Carolina Gun
confirmed in 1881. Samuel Untermyer
OF the New York bar, who favors enlarge
ment OF the court, is among those who
predict coming fierce confirmation con-
tests. 1T will be as easy for a camel
to go through the eye of needle" says
Untermyer, "as for a nominee with
known or preconceived views on New
Deal legislation to pass muster. Therein
lies one OF the dangers and difficulties of
securing the best men"
Rear Admiral Hutch" I. Cone. U. S.
N, retired. and former official of the
old United States Shipping Board, has
Just been appointed chairman of the
board OF a well-known company of
American steamship owners in New
York City. He will devote himself mainly
to the expansion of the Scantic Line to
the Baltic, as well as to the companys
South American and intercoastal opera
tions. Admiral Cone is time chief
CT the Bureau of Engineering in the
Navy Department. He also served as
marine superintendent of the Panama
Canal. During the World War, under
Admiral Sims, Cone commanded Amer
lean aviation forces in Europe, retiring
from service in 1922 in consequence of
wounds received aboard a British vessel
sunk by a German submarine in the
irish Sea. In recent years Admiral
Cone has been active in the work of the
Guggenhelm Fund for Promotion of
Commercial Aeronautics.
X X
Among recent visitors to the National
Archives Building, which now rivals the
Lincoln Memorial and the Congressional
Library as tourist mecca, was q Far
Eastern missionary. He was so i'm
pressed by the solemn splendor of the
stately exhibition hall on the Constitu-
ton avenue side that he told the guides
he was tempted to remove his shoes, the
practice in vogue among pilgrims to
sacred places in the Orient. The mis-
sionary said he'd never felt such sense
of reverence and awe as was inspired
in him by the shrines designed to be-
come the resting places of the Declara-
ton of Independence and the Constitu-
ton Of the United States and their noble
setting.
Apparently addicted to the alluring
art of ALTERATION, local hotel is ma
tionally advertising wonderful WASH
ington" as the metropolis Of marble
magni1cence" and granite grandeur"
In Capital restaurant which adorns
its walls with pictures Of Federal no
tables there's group photograph Of
the nine justices of the United States
Supreme Court. 1t happens to hang be-
meath a decorative mural slogan reading
Give me liberty or give me DEATH"
What is John @. Citizen to think of
the pros and cons of the judiciary squab-
BILE when the doctors disagree? Latest
notable difference of opinion in exalted
quarters Is that which separates Presi-
dent James B. Conant Of Harvard Uni
Evening star., 1937-03-17

recommendations made by the special
committee headed by former Secretary
OF War Newton D. Baker, . report which
still stands as the most authoritative
study Of Uncle Sans military air needs.
In his recent annual report Secretary
Woodring urged acceleration OF the
Army's aircraft procurement program
to provide for delivery OF sufficient COM
Dat planes annually to reach the au-
thorized total OF two Thousand, three
hundred and twenty serviceable ships as
early as practicable. According to some
unofficial figures just published, the
United States is not keeping pace with
other nations in provision OF war air.
craft. 1t Is stated that the present total
OF available planes, for both the Army
and Navy, is only two thousand, four
hundred, as compared to the very SUBJ
stantially larger numbers kept in COM
mission by the leading European powers.
Americas experimental military planes
are probably slightly better in perform
ance than the best foreign models, al
though none of the important Old World
countries is noticeably behind the United
States in ship design. In speed, Euro
pean planes have attained high degree
of proficiency.
Congress should give prompt heed to
the recommendations of General Malin
Craig, chief of staff, in connection with
the Northwest Air Base, requisite funds
for which are included in the current
War Department appropriation bill. The
Tacoma base is expected to be the early
forerunner Of similar establishment In
Alaska, probably at Fairbanks. When
present and future plans are carried out,
supplementing existing air fields at San
Francisco and San Diego, the Army's
watch on the Pacific will be effectually
strengthened. The world race for air
power must not catch Uncle Sam Tagging
behind in so vital a branch of national
defense.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Faces.
Thank Heav'n for the faces
That daily we see;
Those bringing the graces
That sparkle with glee,
And those that show sorrow,
Which brings into mind
Some heart that must borrow
A thought that is kind.
There's joy in the beauty
That Art holds so dear;
There's pride in the Duty
That brought lines severe.
The baby with smiling
Brings freedom from care,
And a villains beguiling
Will bid us beware.
Thank Heav'n for the faces,
The smooth or the quaint,
That show in all places
The sinner or saint.
In grief or in glory,
Where crowds swiftly change
Each face tells a story
Both truthful and strange.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

AL flecked with humble browns and
grays are the sparrows, including that
numerous one, the English sparrow, and
that much resembling one, the song
sparrow.
Every evening just at dusk after all
the other birds have fled comes to our
snow-shed feeding station in the rhodo-
dendrons a single song sparrow.
There 1t perches daintily, sampling
seeds, much too busy to sing.
In the morning just before full light
Is its time Of song.
The same bird 1t is, undoubtedly, send
ing forth these sweet notes upon the
cold air, for it still is cold In the
rhododendrons.
Only last week they wore upon their
new leaf buds, standing up like jewels
among the leaf clusters, ends pointed
downward from the cold-they begin to
curl, to conserve their moisture, at ex-
actly 26 degrees above zero, and it was
18 above-great plumy hats of snow they
wore, in a formation such as no other
snow in six years had caused.
Even in the snow the song sparrow
sang it's clear, flute-like notes and earned
again its title.
But is it so much better bird than
the English sparrow, after all? Our cor
respondent points to the service of the
much-abused birds in eating insects,
and there can be little doubt of it, they
do serve mankind in that way.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander, too. If our more beau
tiful birds, such as the sweet bluebird,
help in insect destruction, so do the
sparroWs, and ought to receive some
praise for 1t.
These are inestimable rewards, indeed,
these sights and sounds of feathered
life, in even the humblest and smallest
garden.
There is no place not even a window
ledge, where some bird will not come if
we are not too snobbish in our estima-
tions.
English sparrows?
Birds as well as any
"Oh, but they fight sol"
Well, doesn't mankind fight, too?
And how as the slang says. Birds
would be ashamed to fight mans way,
one may believe. Nor do we believe
dogs or cats would fight with fame and
gas, even if they knew how.
For the average person bird study in
the home grounds is a withdrawal, a
turning from the woes of too complex
civilization, il it may be called that, to
the simpler charms Of race of crea-
lures which long ago determined how it
shall live
In watching these "hows," as worked
out OF the various feathered tribes we
may find material for interesting daily
observations for a lifetime
Every type of mind, the scientific, the
poetic, the practical, the dreamer, the
materialist, will find something to watch
and be interested in.
One may study as hard as one pleases,
or not at all, it makes no difference to
the birds, they go right ahead with
their lives.
For them no difficulties exist other
than those brought up and developed
by the environment. And then in the
Fall when the environment becomes too
lnclement for them they simply move
South. In the Spring these same birds
return to us. We often have wondered
just why they return from a scientific
standpoint. Maybe the reason is a
simple one-they want to share our
Spring with us!
Evening star., 1937-03-17

Attention was diverted in the United
States Senate from presidential plans
for the judiciary to discussion in con-
nection with the Mellon art gift that
dritted into the relative merits of grape
fruit as produced by Florida, Texas and
California. This argument might
eventually result in throwing some pro-
found and subtle art problems into the
custody of the Department OF Agricul-
ture.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
An International Bareain.

From the Cortland IN. " Standard.
It Is reported that the French want
us to lend Nazi Germany lot of money
in order to prevent another war in
Europe. Sure, and II that isn't enough,
the administration might be induced to
give Hitler Maine and Vermont for
colonies.
Evening star., 1937-03-17

There are figures of song and fable
that the world, as America knows it,
positively refuses to do without. One is
Santa Claus and the other is ST. Patrick.
The-Arst mentioned holds certain ad-
vantage by his consistent success in
keeping out of arguments of more or
less political nature
Evening star., 1937-03-17

Senator Norris favors reasonable con-
troll of the courts. Such an enterprise
may command cooperation OF the courts
themselves and be easier to attain than
reasonable rates for electricity in T. v. A.
territory.