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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 252
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13,1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Seward Damaged
Greatest Rainfall in
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The torrential rains of the past 40
hours have flooded the country, Low
ell creek glacier stream going on a
rampage, flooding the light plant and
doing incalculable damage. The storm
last night put the cable out of com
mission, washed out a large section of
track on the Alaska railroad and put
the telephone and telegraph wires
out of commission.
The light company suffered the
heaviest damage, the waters from the
glacier stream changing their course
and running into the plant, filling the
office building and telephone plant up
to the window casings. A section of
the pipe line also went down, and un
til the flood waters subside it is im
possible to ascertain the amount of
damage done. Fortunately the large
generating machinery was above the
high water mark and beyond a few
inches of mud in the generating room
damage is slight.
The railroad track where it crosses
Lowell creek is covered several teet
deep for a couple of hundred yards
with mud, logs, rocks and silt, and at
places the track is hanging suspend-1
ed by the rails several feet above
ground.
It is estimated that at least 11 or
more inches of water fell within the ,
past 4o hours. It was one of the worst |
storms experienced in this section
for the past ten years.
ELECTRICAL STORM
Sharp flashes of lightning accom
panied by heavy peals of thunder were
seen and heard in Seward this morn
iing, something unusual in this part
or the country.
DETROIT, Wash., Oct. 115.—Briga
dier General Mitchell of the Army Air
Service and Miss Elizabeth Miller
were married at Goose Point, Mich.,
last night.
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BETWEEN GERMANY
LAKEHURST, N. J., Oct. 13.—Ne
gotiations for a five day air line be
tween Berlin and Beunos Aaires have
been in progress for some time, Capt.
Antone Seunan, commanding the na
val airship Shenandoah announced.
Plans under consideration call for the
commission of huge airships larger
than the Shenandoah, capable of car
rying one hundred and fifty passen
gers, ea*ch with mail and express be
tween Central Europe and Western
South America in one fourth the time
made by steamships.
STORM MOST SEVERE ON INLET
The recent storm was worse on the
Inlet than it was along the coast it is
reported here today. Many washouts
occurred from high tides and heavy
seas.
The freight train leaves here daily
carrying the work crew which is rap
4 idly bringing order out of the recent
wreck.
TO OUR PATRONS
The Gateway is being issued under
difficulties this week, and until the
damage to the light plant is repaired
will be issued as last as possible, but
if you do not get a paper one day you
will the next. We beg you to have
patience. Our auxiliary plant is not
of the best and while it may be suf
ficient to get the paper out at irregu
lar intervals, we can never tell when
it will go down on us. We will do
the best we can.
MRS. COOLIE VISITS
MERCERSBURG, Pa., Oct. 13.
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife of the
President, is visiting her son, John
Calvin, Jr., who is attending the Mer
cersburg academy.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 13.-The
impeachment machinery of the Okla
homa house of representatives was
set in motion today by the appoint
ment of a committee of 21 members
to conduct an investigation and se
cure evidence upon which the pro
ceedings can be based.
E. Berry, a well known silver grey
fox farmer of Cook Inlet, left recently
for Eagle River, Wisconsin, where he
has formed a partnership with Guv
Henry, the originator of the under
ground kennel for foxes. Mr. Berry
has for some time been editor of the
“Fox Talks,” department of the Black
Fox Magazine, of New York, and is
an authority on fox propagation. He
took out with him 52 live silver grey
foxes and six blue foxes to be placed
on the ranch at Eagle River. He will
raise stock for propagation purposes
only.
The value of the animals taken out
is $75,000.
Among the foxes taken, out Mr. Ber
ry has some which are thoroughly do
mesticated, including Lady Jet, Lilly,
Silver Belle, Dick Turpin, and Black
Oster, the latter the largest known,
w-eighing 39^ pounds. An unusual
characteristic about the latter is that
he is a thorough going Mormon of the
old school, as he has 13 wives, all of
whom he guards with jealous care.
F
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 12.—Investigation
by the court of inquiry of the destroy
er accident off Honda, California, on
September 8, closed today with brief
arguments by the counsel for the 12
naval officers named as defendants in
the investigation.
The findings of the court will be
forwarded to Washington and made
public by the Secretary of the Navy
next week.
'.COPYRIGHT KEYSTONE VIEW CO, NEW. YORK/'
A MERRY GAME CF LEAP FROG UNDER WAY
Aileen Riggin, Olympic diving champion, is hoisted in the air above
Marie Corday, famous dancer, who upon her return to England will dance
before royalty. The two were amus ing * themselves at Long Beach.
DUCHESS OF YORK
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
LONDON, Oct. 13.—The Duchess of
York had a narrow escape today as
a result of a collision between her
automobile and a butcher’s dray. The
machine was badly smashed, and its j
occupants cut and bruised by broken
glass.
LORD BEAU! BEEN
OFFEEHO GEODES POST
LONDON, Oct. 13.—It is rumored
that Admiral Beatty, the first sea lord
of the admiralty, is to be offered the
British ambassadorship at Washing
ton to succeed Sir Auckland Geddes.
FORD MAY RETURN
ILL WAR PROFITS
TO G0HMEM
DETROIT, Oct. 14.—Secretary Eg
liebold of the Ford Motor Company,
confirmed the rercit that the- books
of the c apany are being audited in
order tLa*. i'ori may turn back to the
government the amount of war prof
its made by his concern.
WAT UK
WITH PERISHABLES
The steamship Northwestern arriv
ed in port last night about 10 o’clock
after a very stormy trip. Owing to
the railroad being washed out in a
number of places, the Northwestern
went on to Anchorage with a load of
perishables consigned to interior mer
chants before the news reached the
States. The vessel unloaded but lit
tle freight in Seward, and is expected
back some time tomorrow.
YANKEES WIN TODAY’S GAME
FLASH—The Yankees wontodoy’s
Baseball game, score 8 to 1. Com
plete details tomorrow.
J./.\RF Oct. IS.—The bodies of
lieuteifrts Robert Olrast *«:d ani J.
W. Shoptal, American aeronauts
killed in the Gordon Bennett cup
competition last month were taken on
board the V. S. Sapcio for removal
to the L*mtt.d States.
GREAT STORM SWEEPS
TOKIO, Oct. 13.—A great storm is
sweeping over Kaha in the Loochoo
islands between Japan and Formosa,
and thousands of persons have lost
their lives.
KEY YvEST, Fla., Oct. ]?,.—Thirty
lives are believed to have been lost
in the foundering of the oil tanker
City of Everett. Reports here state
that but a few of the crew escaped
J. Foster of San Francisco, was an
arrival in Seward this week. He is
registered at the Overland.
The ladies of Seward furnished the
men working on the glacier stream
with coffee and sandwiches yesterday.
Many of the women helped fill sacks
and carry brush to stem the torrent.
WATER NEAR HOSPITAL
Th efirebell this morning called all
citizens to the vicinity of the hospi
tal where the stream broke through,
and was attacking the foundations, as
well as endangering a number of
residences toward the beach.
NO PHONES NOR LIGHTS
Seward is without telephones or
lights, the cable is down and only the
radio gives use communication with
the outside world. M. S. E. Perry has
his force assisting the lone radio op
erator at the station and by this
means only and by the Gateway’s pri
vate set we are fairly well served.
The Starr was in Kanatak last
night on her way to Seward.
NO TRAIN TOMORROW
There will be no train tomorrow and
it is impossible to say when one will
be able to get through. It is report
ed that at least six miles or track and
numerous bridges are gone between
the coast and mile 52. The damage
from last week’s storm had been re
paired and it was reported that a
train would be through Sunday, bu
this has been cancelled.
PANAMA, ill., Oct. 13. -Siv men
are dead and three others are in a
seiious condition aflei drinking some
poisonous liquor described as having
tne color and tasting like whiskey.
Analysis shows that the liquo:’ con
tained nearly pure wood alcohol.
TWELVE KILLED;
SCORES
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MOSCOW, Oct. 13.—At least 12
persons were killed and several score
injured by an explosion in the hunt
ing goods store situated on one of
the principal streets here.
I
TOKIO, Oct. 13.—The Asoiaso vol
cano, twenty-seven miles east of Ku
mamoto, one of the largest in the
world has become unusually active in
the past few days, according to a
correspondent to the Tokio Asasi.
Large quantities of ashes and pu
mice are falling on nearby cities and
towns and the inhabitants ’are fleeing
in terror.
Several heavy earthquake shocks
were felt in Tokio last night, but no
damage was done.
TOKYO, Oct. 13.—A thousand are
homeless and several hundred fishing
boats were destroyed with a loss of
90 lives, when a tidal wave swept
the coast of Japan today* doing its
greatest damage at Aichi.
Ben Knutson of Moose Pass was
registered at the Overland this week.
Mr. Knutso nreported that he was
forced to take a boat from Moose
Pass roadhouse out to the station,
the water being eight inches over the
kitchen floor. Mr. Knutson walked in
•from Mile 23.
SAW MILL DAMAGED
Georgfle Tobin was in town today,
and states that the road at Mile 5 is
washed out from the creek to the
graveyard, the main channel of the
stream running down the road. The
sawmill at Mile 3% was cut in two
by the stream, half of it being swept
away.
POLO GROUNDS, Oct. 14.—Yester
day was the thirteenth day of the
month, and each team made thirteen
hits, yet the Yankees won by the
score of eight to tour. The Giants
got an awful drubbing the first five
innings. They used five pitchers and
four pinch hitters, and although rally
ing heroically in the eighth, went
down to the worst defeat of the se
ries. Young made the only home
run of the day. The score:
1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9—R H E
Yankees .0 6 1 1 0 U 0 0 0—8 13 0
Giants .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1—4 13 1
Batteries, Yanks, Shawkey Pen
nock and Schang; Giants, Scott, Ryan,
McQuillan, Connard and Barnes, Sny
der.
First Inning
Yankees—Witt singled leftward;
Dugan popped to Snyder; Ruth tan
ned; Bancroft took Meusel’s ground
er and touched second. No runs, no
hits, no error.
Giant—Official scorer says Ban
croft tossed to Frisch for third out
on Meusel’s grounder, Bancroft flied
Meusel; Groh popped to Ward; and
Frisch singled rightward; Young sin
gled leftward; Frisch stopped at sec
ond; Meusel forced Young, Ward to
Scott; no runs, two hits, no errors.
From second to Fourth inning not
caught owing to thunder storm and
excessive static.
Fourth Inning
Yankees—Ruth walked; Meusel tan
ned; Pipp singled left; Ruth weut to
third; Ward singled left, scoring Ruth
Pipp going to second; Schang tlied to
Frisch; Scott popped to Bancroft;
one run, two hits, no error.
Giants—Stengel walked; Kelly sin
gled left, Stengel ging to second;
Snyder hit into a double" play, Slmw
key to Dugan to Pipp, Kelly going to
second; McQuillan fanned; no runs,
one hit, no errors.
Fifth Inning
Yankees—Shawkey singled left and
Witt sacrificed, Snyder to Kelly, Du
gan to Meusel; Ruth fanned after
knocking a foul that would have been
a homer if fair. No runs, one hit, no
errors.
Giants—Ward threw out Bancroft,
Groh flier to Meusel; Frisch flied to
Ruth; no runs, no hits, no errors.
Sixth Inning'
Yankees—Meusel fouled to Kelly;
Pipp fouled to Snyder; Ward flied to
Frisch; no runs, no errors, no hits.
Giants—Young singled to center;
Shawkey threw out Meusel; Young
went to second; Stengel singled to left
Meusel making a beautiful stop, com
pelling Young to return to Second;
Kelly flied to Ruth, Young going to
third; Stengel held at first; Snyder
forced Stengel, Dugan to Ward; no
runs, two hits, no errors.
WEEK'S (MS 10
ATTACK MADE Of FORD
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—Secretary
Weeks, replying to an attack made on
him by Henry Ford, concerning the
sale of the Mussel Shoals property,
said the Detroit manufacturer’s criti
cisms were a mass of reckless words.
EXTREMELY HIGH TIDES
The tides the past few days have
been higher than for some time. The
road leading to the radio station is
covered with driftwood and debris and
the road near the old mill has also
been covered.