The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-10-12

cleared large fortunes in the past
week
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4-The hur-
ricane which swept the gulf coast in
this section last Tuesday evening has
devastated hundreds of miles of the
country and it will be weeks before
the wreckage and debris of the storm
can be removed, and the damage even
partially repaired. From information
so far available the death list has been
set at 1S1, while the property loss
is over twelve million. About $50
schooners and sailing vessels have
been driven ashore and wrecked.
Many plantation buildings have been
demolished while crops were destroy
ed. The land has been flooded, and
the orange groves ruined, the trees
being smashed and utterly spoiled.
The storm centered between Gulfport
and New Orleans. The deaths in
New Orleans were twenty. Through
out the country hundreds are still
maroonered in trees and on the roofs
of buildings In places the water is
fifteen above the greatest heretofore
recorded heights of tide water. The
storm was so bad that the cotton was
bent down and the cotton blown COM
pletely off the plants. In the city of
Empire three hundred persons are still
endangered.
LONDON, Oct. 4-The Solwoy dis
trict composed of adjoining counties
in England and Scotland was rocked
by an earthquake Saturday. The
damage has not been reported.
SEATTLE, Oct 4-Surveyor Gen
eral McHeney, of the State of Wash
ington, officially took over the affairs
of the Alaska Northern railroad last
Saturday. McHeney was acting under
instructions from Lane, and will be
the head of the corpora ton until the
government finally closes its affairs.
WASHINGTON, Oct Further
slides in the Culbera Cut of the Pana-
ma Canal will delay the reopening of
the water way until about October
10th The work of clearing away
the dirt is proceeding expeditiously.
PUEBLO, Oct. 4-The industrial
plan evolved by John d. Rockefeller,
Jr. for application among the en-
ployee of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
works has been approved unanimous
ly by conference held Saturday be-
tween the officers of the mines, and
representatives of the employees. The
plan will now be submitted to Board
of Directors of the company for their
official approval, which it is under
stood will be forthcoming without op-
position, and refendum vote on the
matter will be taken by the miners
in all of the camps. The details of
the plan will not be published until
finally adopted.
MORGAN CITY, La, Oct. 5-The
tornado which swept through this
state last week killed three people in
this town and accomplished a heavy
amount of property damage. Not a
building in the town does not show
some effects of the storm, and many
beautiful residences and plantation
buildings have been entirely demolish-
ed. The greatst suffering has occur
red in the negro quarter, where the
ramshackle houses were blown away
like chaff before the wind.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5-The gov
eminent has announced that the Pan
anna Canal will be closed to naviga-
SdIioh uutil NONcluDcT Isl OWlH6 "
the occurrence of fresh earth slides on
Gold Hill. The earth is slipping
steadily, and it will be some time be-
fore the disturbances ceases.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5-A confer
ence held at the White House today at
which Secretary Daniels and leading
officers of the navy were present, de-
termined upon recommending to Con-
gress the passing of an appropriation
for the construction of three battle
cruisers. The navy at present has
no ships of that type.
WASHINGTON, Oct.6-Besides the
two battle cruisers decided on at the
last naval conference, the building
program of the navy comprises the
construction of two super dread
naughts at a cost of eighteen million
each. The high officials of the navy
feel that the danger from submarines
has been over estimated, and the sue
cess of the allies in Gripping Ger
many's submarine operations has
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