MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 241.
SEWARD ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
THREE SHOCKS HOUR APART; PEOPLE
RUSH TO STREETS; LITHE DAMAGE
STRONG WOLF MKT.
PREDICTED FDR THIS
' VERB. FDR AUCTION
FUR SALE HELD IN SEATTLE;
CROSS FOX IMPROVE FIF
TEEN PER CENT
SEATTLE, Oct. 22. (£>)—J. E. Ag
new, general manager of the Seattle
Fur Exchange, after the auction of
today predicted a strong wolf market
this winter. At today’s sale cross fox
improved 15 per cent and averaged
$1(2 to $45; reds averaged $17 to $50;
silvers, mostly of low grades, aver
aged $65; whites, on the open market
basis, brought an average of $36.25;
an inferior collection of mink aver
aged $12; muskrats declined 10 per
cent and averaged 63 cents; lynx
averaged $18.50; marten moved poor
ly but ermine well with an average
of $1.72.
Laughter and tears at the Liberty.
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PLATE GLASS WINDOWS IN PALACE HOTEL |
SMASHED—PLASTER FALLS FROM CEILINGS j
—CURTAIN TORN TO SHREDS-QUAKES FELT
FOR DISTANCE 150 MILES SOUTH, 100 MILES
EAST AND 50 MILES NORTH j
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22. (S5)—Three quakes an|
hour apart, the first at 4:30 o’clock smote San Francisco.1
Six clocks were stopped and the Lincoln hotel appeared |
to be a few inches out of plumb.
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OAKLAND,. Oct. 22. (/P)—The city hall tower clock
which regulates city clocks stopped at the first quake and
the ball fell off the city hall flag pole and has not as yet
been found.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22. (/P)—1Two sharp quakes,
an hour apart, rocked buildings and people rushed into |
the streets. No damage has been reported.. The quake
region extended for 150 miles south, 100 miles east and
50 miles north.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22. (ff)—General Blethen,
publisher of the Seattle Times, turned in a report which
he phoned to the Associated Press that his bed in the Pal
ace hotel rocked more than ever he had experienced on
an ocean liner. The quake ground large windows into
fine glass and plaster fell from ceilings. Large plate glass
windows broke and curtains were torn to shreds.
FIFTY-EIGHT REPORTED KILLED IN
HAVANA HURRICANE-TOTAL NUMBER
OF INJURED IS ESTIMATED 2,800
DISTURBANCE CONTINUES WITH GREAT INTEN
SITY OFF COAST OF FLORIDA—SIGN BOARD
BLOWS DOWN KILLING PEDESTRIAN—U. S.
- AMBASSADOR FORCED TO VACATE EMBASSY
UlTTLESHIP MAINE MONUMENT IS RAZED 01 STORM
Scores of Steamers, Schooners, Fishing Vessels, Launches
and Barges Sink—Docks Destroyed and Steel Coal Ele'
vator is Twisted Mass
fr HAVANA, Oct. 22. (/P)—Fifty-eight are reported
dead and 2,100 injured. Four hundred were seriously in
jured in the Havan district, visited by the hurricane.
HAVANA, Oct. 22. (/P)—It is estimated the hurricane
killed 25 to 30, injured 1,800 and damaged $30,000,000 in
property. The dead lived in the poorer sections of Hava
na. No definite reports have been received from the prov
inces in the hurricane's path.
The Cuban monument for the 2661
Americans killed in the -explosion
which sank the battleship Maine, was
yj-azed and two steamers, five schoon
ers, 40 fishing vessels, many launches
and two barges were sunk in the har
harbor. Three large docks and many
small ones were wrecked. The large
steel coal elevator was twisted into
a shapeless mass.
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MIAMI, Oct. 22. (£>)—'The storm
blew down a sign board which killed
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a pedestrian. No shipping damage is
listed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. (^—Am
bassador Crowder cabled the storm
has made the embassy at Havana un
habitable.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. (5>)—-The
weather bureau said the disturbance
continued with great intensity, off the
coast of Florida.
SAMMY MAKIl SETS
DECISION OVER CAPPO
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 22. (^—Sam
my Mandell, Chicago lightweight
champion, received the newspaper
decision over Larry Cappo of Kan
sas City in a ten round cantor. He
dropped Cappo twice.
YUKON DUE TO 1001
IN PORT EARLY TONITt
The Alaska Steamship company
vessel S. S. Yukon should arrive in
port from the South this evening be
tween 9 and 10 o’clock according to
the local office. The Yukon is bring
ing an approximate tonnage of 311
tons of general cargo for discharge
locally. Of this 250 tons is billed to
rail points, 11 tons for the Alaska
railroad and 50 tons for Seward busi
ness houses. Local passengers for
the South will be permitted to board
the liner at 7 o’clock tomorrow night.
The Yukon will leave port at mid
night, tomorrow night.
J. 0. FARREIL RCGEPTS
REGENCY IT 0. OF 1.
SEATTLE, Oct. 22. (JP)—J. D. Far
rell, Seattle vice president of the
Union Pacific Railway and president
of the Seattle Lighting company, ac
cepted a regency on the University
of Washington board, replacing John
T. Heffernan, resigned.
AMERICAN SHIPYARDS
SEATTLE—American shipyards on
October 1, were building, or had un
der contract to build for private ship
owners, 209 steel vessels of 246,150
gross tons on July 1.
NOTHING BE GAINED
BY INVESTIGATION
BEFORE ELECTION
BULLITT WELCOMES SPEEDY IN
VESTIGATION SO PUBLIC
KNOW FACTS
SEATTLE, Oct. 22. (£>)—White de
clared he will ask the Senatorial in
vestigators to probe the financial aid
which he declared the Anti-Saloon
league and the Republican National
committee gave Jones. White tele
graphed Reed “Bullitt welcomes an
impartial, speedy and complete inves
tigation” -and urged “that the inves
tigation be begun and completed as
early as possible so that the voters
will have the benefit of full publicity
of facts before election.”
POMEROY, Oct. 22. (JP)—Senator
Jones said “nothing will be gained
by the investigation before the elec
tion.”
SEATTLE, Oct. 22. (/P)—Detectives
have been instructed to search all
Chinese on boats arriving from Alas
ka canneries for guns as a precaution
against the outbreak of tong hostili
ties.
EUGENE V. DEBS DIED
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES ON FIVE
DIFFERENT OCCASIONS; SOCI
LIST PARTY
FUNERAL AT TERRE HAUTE
Began Career as Locomotive Fire
man; Was City Clerk Terre Haute
for Years Then Elected to Legisla
ture
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (£>)—Eugene V.
Debs, died at a suburban sanitarium.
He had been unconscious since last
Saturday. Physicians said the will
to live stayed death which came due
to a heart affliction of 35 years dura
tion. The funeral will take place at
Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation
at Indianapolis.
Mr. Debs, a brilliant lecturer and
organizer, was born in Terre Haute.
Ind., November 5, 1855, to Daniel and
Marguerite (Betterich) Debs. He had
but a common school education. On
June 9, 1S85, he was married to Kath
erine Metzel. Prior to his marriage
he secured employment as a locomo
tive fireman on the Terre Haute &
Indianapolis R. R., remaining there
for about four years. He was employ
ed in the wholesale grocery house of
Human & Co. for the following four
years.
He served as city clerk of Terre
Haute from 1879 to 1883 and became
a member of Indian’s legislature in
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LOSS FROM FAIRBANKS FIRE IS
ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $20,000
BUSINESS PART OF TOWN THREATENED WHEN
FACE OF HEAVY WIND FLAMES DISCOVERED
IN DENTAL OFFICES IN HORSESHOE BUILDING
FIRE WALL SAVES FIRST NATIONAL DINK FROM FLAMES
Fire Confined to Second Stories of Three Buildings ;Wa
ter Pouring Down to Stocks Below Create Most of
Damage
FAIRBANKS, (Special to The Gateway)—A loss,
conservatively estimated at $20,000, resulted yesterday
morning from a fire which in the face of a heavy wind
threatened the business section of the town. Flames
were discovered in the offices of H. L. Hedger, dentist,
occupying rooms on the second floor of the Horseshoe
building and were confined to the second floors of the
Horseshoe, McGowan and Behlke buildings, all closely ad
joining. The First National Bank building was saved by
a concrete fire wall. The principal
losers were Doctors Hedger and
Braadfladt, dentists; H. C. Ingram,
surveyor; James E. Ryder and L. J.
Brittain, occupying an apartment in
the Horseshoe building, all on the se
cond floor and the Comet Barber
shop, J. R. Fowle, the clothier; Har
ry Phillip’s cigar store, Harry Wood
ward, realtor; McIntosh and Kubon,
druggists, Avakoff and Brown, jewel
els, all on the ground floor were darn
ed which resulted from water and re
moval of goods. The Horseshoe build
ing is owned by John McIntosh, Miss
J. O’Brien and Walter Araml.