FINAL PORT OF CALL FOR THREE
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
HEADQUARTERS U. S. SIGNAL CORPS
COMMUNICATION FACILITIES I N
ALASKA PROPER
COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA
RAILROAD
^purarii UatUj (Bntruum
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 212.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TORNADO LASTED BUT
FEW MUTES; LOSS
IS $75,000,000
STREETS ARE CLOGGED WITH
FALLEN TELEPHONE POLES
AND TREES
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30. (&)— Striking
the beautiful west end, of the city the
tornado, coming out of the- southwest
ern skies, left in its wake 69 known
dead, hundreds injured, remnants of
block after block destroyed, homes in
a six square miles area racked and
f torn by the storm and with property
damage estimated by the Globe Demo
crat at $75,000,000, the twister reach- j
ed a velocity of 90 miles an hour in a j
few seconds and subsided in as many i
minutes later to be followed shortly
by brilliant sunshine.
The probable death list will run ,
well over 70 while the estimate of the
injured ran over 550. More of the
west side section, boulevards, trees,
houses of the moderately wealthy St.
Louians, lay covered with a blanket
of uprooted trees, torn timber and |
bricks, out of which crept injur%i
\ men, -women and children.
It is estimated 2,500 homes were
Either weecked or damaged while the
streets are clogged with fallen tele
phone poles. Hundreds of the city’s
most beautiful streets are in ruins. '
The telephone service was demoraliz
ed and it took the city several minutes
to learn what had happened. The
twister was accompanied by a terrif
ic rain which added to the scene of
desolution. Houses and factories
crumpled and many were moved about
like toys.
[
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 30. {/?)—How
much, wealth is sometimes accumulat
ed by the shy nomadic Laps of north- ;
ern Sweden was revealed by a recent
fire in a Lapp storehouse at Lauko- ;
jaervi, far north of the Arctic Circle. ,
In the wooden hut that burned down
there had been kept furs, reindeer |
skins, clothing, antique Lapp trinkets, j
ornaments of silver, bone handled j
Lapp knives, and other impliments as
well as over $1,000 in cash. The en- j
tire loss amounted to more than $5,000 !
but, though there was no insurance,
the Lapp chief owner will not be
ruined. His main wealth consists of j
his reindeer herd.
LANDSKRONA, Sweden, Sept. 30. j.
(/P)—In the grease-smeared jumpers
of an ordinary workman, the 15 year :
old Prince Bertil of Sweden, third son !
of Crown Prince GustaYus Adolphus,
has worked every day this summer as
a mechnaci’s apprentice at the Thulin
Motor Works. His special interest
has been aviation motors and he con
fessed his ambition is to be an aviator
in the Swedish navy.
At the end of August, he quit to re
turn to school. Just before he left
his "boss” took him to hte aviation
1^ field a tMalmoe, where he had his
first air ride in a new bombing plane
r to Copenhagen.
THE WORLD SERIES ‘
The world series baseball games
start on Wednesday of next week, ac
cording to an Associated Press dis
patch rweived by The Gateway today.
In line with giving the best possible
to subscribers of The Gatewray the
games will be reported play by play.
SMITH RECOGNIZED
AS PRESIDENTIAL
CHOICE DEMOCRATS
COLONEL ROOSEVELT, CHAIR.
MAN REPUBLICAN CONVEN.
TION, WARNS
ROCHESTER, Sept. 30. (/P)—Recog
nizing Governor Smith as the candi
date for the Democrat nomination to
the Presidency, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, as temporary chairman of
the Republican state convention,
warned the party it must exert every
effort to “dispel the shadow of Tam- |
many Hall that lies athwart of the i
White House. The eyes of the coun
try are turned to New York and if we
fail in our mission of increasing our j
republican majority in the legislature
the country will say New York is
Tammany tied. Suppose the Smith
fiscal policy had been carried on by
the Republicans during the last seven
years. How long would our prosperi
ty endured? It would have crumpled
in a year and bread lines would be
standing where automobiles are now '
parked.”
Roosevelt criticized the Governor’s
advocacy of the bond issue for financ- i
ing public improvement as against the
payment of expenses from current
revenue as desided by the Republi
cans.
DEATH TOLL FROM
ST. LOUIS TOiJDO
STEADILY MOUNTS
NATIONAL GUARD IS MOBOLIZ
ED; STREETS ARE FILLED
WITH DEBRIS
—
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30. (JP)—Twenty
eight are known to be dead in the
tornado which wrecked St. Louis and
the surrounding vicinity in the storm
yesterday afternoon which came with
such suddenness. West side residents
found the air full of hurling objects;
a temporary construction building was
blown 40, feet and sit directly in the
center of Lindell Boulevard prevent
ing fire apparatus from reaching the
scene of several fires.
MANY INJURED
The National guard was ordered
mobilized to assist the entire police ;
force A detective and two policemen i
were among those killed. The chief \
of police was reported killed, and oth- |
ers injured, at Venice, 111. A 62 year !
old woman was killed when the side
of her home was blown in upon her.
J Two workmen in the St. Louis Coke
and Iron Co., were burned to death
when the tornado blew heavy iron lad
les over them.
ThOvauthorities have been unable j
to check the numerous deaths because |
of disconnected wires and many of
the streets being strewn with debris. !
DEATH LIST 84
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30. (/P)—'The
known death list has reached 84 and
possibly other bodies w’ill be found.
BABE EQUALS RECORD
NEW YORK, Sept. 30. (JP)—Babe
Ruth tied his world record of 59 hom
ers when he smacked out tw'O, one
when the bases were loaded.
‘The Modem Slapstick Comedy!.
That for. vou '
NOU LITTLE
RASCAL 1
I JUST CANT
MAKE MV ARROWS
STICK ON THAT
L Guv
J
NATIONAL LEAGUE
j St. Louis, 2; Cincinnati, 3.
| Philadelphia, 1; Boston, 7.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston, 6; Philadelphia, 1.
Washington, 4; New York, 15.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
| Seattle, 3-7; Hollywood, 4-8.
Portland, 5; Missions, 8.
Dos Angeles, 4; Sacramento, 9.
San Francisco, 7; Oakland, 6.
ERUPTION, LATE IN
AUGUST OF ALASKA
VOLCANO, REPORTED
CAPTAIN HARRY CROSBY STATES
ASH FELL OVER 50 MILE AREA
WESTWARD
SEATTLE, Sept. 30. (JP)—The erup
tion late in August of Megic volcano
on the Alaska Peninsula across from
Shelikoff Strait from Kodiak, is re
ported by Capt. Harry Crosby, return
ing aboard the cannery ship Salmon
King. Thousand of tons of pumice
and ashes showered over a 50 mile
area, it was stated.
Crosby said “We were about 50
miles off the pennisula in clear still
weather when suddenly I noticed a
puff at the top of Mount Megic. Soon
the air was filled with volcanic ash
and it began raining pumice stone. !
The volcano smoked like a factory
chimney for five days. The eruption |
continued and the mountain was still
smoking when -we left. Each morning I
the decks and rigging -were covered
with fine powdered ash resembling
snow.”
IT BAGDAD- KOEKKE
! PASSENGEflS UNINJURED
—
BAGDAD, Sept. 30. (/P)—Lieutenant
! Koennecke was compelled to postpone
his take-off from Bagdad until Fri
day morning due to his engine over
! heating. He, with two companions,
| are on their way from Cologne to the
United States.
CRASHES TAKING-OFF
BAGDAD, Sept. 30. (JP)—Lieutenant
: Koennecke’s byplane crashed while
eaknig-off in continuance of the
round-the-world journey. Koennecke
and his companions were uninjured
alhtough the plane was badly smash
|ed.
NURSE IS FREED OF
POISONING CHARGE
!
! OKLAHOMA, Sept. 30. (JP)~Mary
Atkinson, 26 year old nurse, was freed
from the charges of poisoning Mary
Jane Bailey, age 18, the daughter of
j Rev. Charles Bailey with whom Miss
Atkinson was infatuated. The evi
dence was ruled insufficient.
SIX SOUTHERN SUITES
DISCUSS FARM POWER
‘ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 30.
(/P)—Rural electrification, Muscle
Shoals and power development in the
south are to be considered at the
Southern Appalachian Power Confer
ence, convening here October 13 for a
threeday session.
The conference was organized five
years ago by governors and State geo
logists of six southern states. With
industrial development of the south
in recent years particular attention
is to be given at the coming meeting
I ti increasing power projects in this
section.
I
I
| SANTILLANA DEL MAR, Spain,
.Sept. 30. (/P)—Everything in Spain
i
‘likely to attract visitors from abroad,
jinterests King Alfonso, who has in
augurated regular communications
between the royal summer residence
! and this village, renowned as the
supposed birthplace of the famous.
i
Gil Bias. Tourists may now make
the journey there and back in one
day at small expense.
PASTURES. NO GRAIN
J
EDINBURGH, Scotchiand, Sept. 30.
(/P)—John Barleycorn’s red nose has
been slapped by the farmers of Scotch
land. They are refusing to raise grain
for the whisky trade, contending that
barley land does not pay, and a great
many tillers of the soil this year have
turned their grain fields into pasture.