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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1925)
THE BEND BULLETIN Til 10 m:tih:k i'luiiilv intilnhi mid Tnosritiy; Central Oregon's First, Leased Wire Newspaper probably Hum dor Hlornw in limn UiOlllM in Hit i fin pi i .linn norl hwesi w ind THE BEND BULLETIN, DAILY EDITION, BEND, OREGON, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 29, 1926 Vol.. XVII. NO. 20 HEAVY CASUALTIES, PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULT OF QUAKES IN WESTERN STATES ft S. PRESIDENT ASKS AID SENT TO CALIFORNIA Navy, War Departments Given Instruction TRAINS DISPATCHED Airplanes Itod to Supple ment J, and Transporta tion; Shock Widely Pelt i if, t LmmmI Win to In itftd telltUa) PLYUOVTH, vi . Junr t Prti Inn I'tMiUilK' telesraphrd liiNirm I'nilH In th war unit navy depart i f mi in Washington at today in live all puNlhIr lid In th " dl nit. i Mm hurt Tnt prtlliif m'ftKv addressed , 1 1 , the MCTetA?) f ur Ntttil "Vuii ami seer-Mar) f iht navy K. vi' possible iM tO Mtotfl Barbara " i.us A.s'tiKi.Ks, J ant It QQBlil Barbers ao4 iiifroaadkai ottlaa vom isolated bj ""' jvfttoi it it rail mid u iff t onMtititcattoQ pefaljnad Spa ia iriiin have left from LBfl An Ratal ami Hmi Franc Uco with Rid i kroai ami othat i illal l it' quake wan ftcnerul throughout RoatOOfl allfornlu hit I uppitrtnty i rhlpri'd at Satila Durham, when Hi lamase Wfl ,,nH "f tlfl Kfi-alMHi t.taillliK hotel-- i rumbled (ii piece ami bUftlw blocks rr In rtiliiH Tin flr-l tremor n fell over will' wren al '1 I & Al Santa Bar bum umi other cttlee, Mmblora ibool Iht district interval for the qMCO of 'Hi minute. Anniliri tfaHOfi HMI violent. ikOOl Simla Itarhara nt .10 n tit . p: tadlni farther terror among the in babttaaU Building Were demoihed at Molt taaltOi Millionaire i aaortf at Ooltla, Maples ami other cine adjaoaat to Santa Hat l-ara 1 1 arks m of Mar 'lit' Southern I'arlfli station al Qollll Ml tihllt In I 0 and 'rack for miles thriWn out Df llM Airplane anil perl.il train- were hast II ill tiali-hi'(l (o (In- Nlrlrkrn ana with reiirf, vrhaa reports of ihe dim ut hatu i' ritNt filtarad ibfonsb Titers ara nnnbar of tail bnltd iiirh in Snntn Barbara! hninei sec Hon and K I Narad ritanj paraooi hini ihalr llrai irbbn tbt) Collapsed siai' street, ii'iiiiinit thoroughfare. hum conplotety andaraslnad and Iti ibopa, lotni- of iiic flnaal in Boatharn ('allfot iiia. art lit mint The lului'i tht'utnr ut Monlorlto, tlx tntli'i Month Of Sattia lljirharii. wan iinollHhitl Strt-ctH wt'tf nmlcr ttitnad unit man y IMalllT InilhlliiKs irari In rnlM Tli" I'll 1 1 re tr i rllnrr Mti n o n ml I tm Banta line luua inffafid mormom proparty datnaajii accordtni i mii road ami irafflfl irho attamptad to atabllsh onununloatlon with iin Mtrli kt'ti uri. Raildanti tbrouibottl Boatharn ('at I for nil irati awakanad b) Ihi i ri in or. i. Many trlsbtanad cMlMM tan t U)i itraata. Posad ana, Powoni ami other niar iiy cltlai fall ttic quake n( the same iini" ii rooked Amtalei a ii rial of tram on orav i period ol i ii re i or fout mlnutoi ihook Ven tura, 'riM- ihoeki in ail Meet inns were the haavlMI In y on im lain An(ffa f Miilrr The iiniiki' apparently centered in Loi Antaloi where the tramori ware moil vlolcnl Ni'iir punlc pri'vnllctl uittoitu Mitrly (JtiiiiiK worken wiim ttii nimbi (ng continued al n iteady drone for So locondi. Nowipaper icoounti or the more HortotiH (Hhi urbancei in the north wail titldml to the tinrcHt of tbt poplillt e, Heal records for June in Nod An kmImh have bean broken the puhi few (liiH ami unnrrii-hil wculhor cxporlH have ipraad alarm by cautioning the public ii was "Ideal earthquake wanther.'1 Many row I dun In Wlf! rn port ml in 1'iinf fur Mm dfiirt Bpacei to tin oail t pitoh onmp until tbt hoi ipell llilll pUHHCll, oth en left their homea and n rtck od in i ho public pnrkii bollev ( CTntitlliiifsit on puco it) Temblors In California Overwork Seismograph Three Knorded With Karly Morning Quake Worst Hanta I lat a Obeai inUtf) Uocain smt ot Trouble u MW i 1 1- ii Kouf lieaai I V, V I r.r. Wur t. I lir H- IK I t-lllUll san'i a CLARA Cal . J -", Tht MlihOKraph at Sania lary Hill varatti bare todas recorded the moil Ri'vcrr aartbQuaki "f eevaral ranra Tltt Nhork hl-KOIt al IK a in III) pt ai "W I riKlitr l ball lull am pi It ade mi tin dram Tbe roaord ibowad the earthquake laated rn ? tninutei end tnan lb! 0 illatloim imaliTattMl Al i 'H a in llirrt wan u nrruml nhork. l.nii in i tbfOi lhliinttt. In larlbad on the Inatranani Al In Hi a in whrn iht ri'i nrtlln! tii inn aai replaeed II it ae w ona lllf pfltH Wlrt "till nm Illal III K Aaeordlni to the lalealaUoni of Profaaaoff Albert J Nowlln( aRnututit dlrai i'i of tht- ohntrvaiot . iht mmI of I ht- iliilnrhuiti i wan apprnvi mutely 1?6 mile", getirrall) oiilhrat from here Patber Jerome Itlrard said Iht ire BtOr wan prohahtv Jhe hciivimi earth iiuake recorded ilnea tbe one nl Ivlj I. 1911, which m tb severe thai tbe atanograpb narkar w n tnronrg from tbe drum. ai in 11 a n ii i mother pro Bounced Quake roaord wan Inner Ibndi w III) a maximum am pi limit of fom mllllrnctern aim ill one-foil rib 01 leu' a tin iarl inotntng nhork LATE WIRE NEWS (lly UnleOd IVrtM) (U iv laami Wtn m Hm nnal nuiirtng iiiihi, June pa), tn a na bole math on the filen ronnwi ' uiikw i umi MarDonald smiiti lumi 0 Oilman ami Abe Mitchell tWO up iiimI one lo kii, I.mMHIN. .lone 00 The lions,- of commons rotcil it- cdnfhlencv In the ItaMwIa got i t nine m Monda) nlghi , ahm b) a rote ol BTfl to 115 11 re ie,i, a (jo- non ronfhlence thin InrVoduced b) the labor party P ins, June bo. in. in tern months, acconllni lo the tjiiai ti'i- sa. I'raine uill send lo the I nit.-il Hiafea a ttthi rommtaalon lo ncejo It, it. seilleno ut nl ber debt to ii. . lb a. I PARWi Janr SO, Tltr Quel rtOr nji annonnced todaj thai Knincc! army Is being giailunll u llluh awn from ibe ftuhr ami thai the with ilrawal win in- completcil by Inmni Ml, the dale aureeil UpOH In the lli i tlon conferrnca for rlrarance of tin Ruhr rrpjlnn, on Iwci ilirr,.rrul OOMBlOM wltli his MM ii:i.i:s, .inn,- 'M. a Mil,. . Tm thrown onl of plan the iirsi parna araa lanai'd imta) for Nan '"J "' "" rod to, la siin llokford irqttlrinii bar ifeapa,g i ' Man) nr tha laflonnatrai and roan horr Jal) al thr (rial ofjrlllon itartad laavlni PrlnaTllli ihrw i,', i arcnaad f ronanlrlna lolfor Mi.-ir honiaa in avary Motion nf , kidnap ibe rlim nnr California Governor Misses Quake Danger ru. . Lm WintaTiMB-mdBoiMhi) HACRAMBNTO, Cal., Jnna -'ti Qovt Prlr-iiil W Klilninlsnn s iiuiiTiir. n.irrnwiv ,.snini.c hi'liiK iimiuIii in tin' rlliaster RI Banta Bar bara, ii wan laarnad al the capital today, Thti gorernor ami his party toft I l.ns Cains last nlklit fnr San l.uls uoiipo, llnni 1,1.11 .11 V I,.' was InMnlnk. Pal P...atl ,.,l n T.H.I., 1...... , 1 .... I ,.. ...... k..m. ,,, ..,,,,, ,, ,,, ,,, - llvnr an nililr.'ss. Fortunately, howayar, the govar- I .....n i....n..,.. It-Kisilllllltll. . ,1 II II II nor ,, i san Lull Oblapo at tha Bailor, Ollberl Burnet: John Plem lime the hake occurred, , N(1I.va ,,mvH. If li s n ans h.,,1 tini'ii si'l mm ilav . ... . nheadi the ipaach of the exaoutlva .. . ' . . wnniii hftva i , n made m Banta Bar ban iinrinit tin' quake, No fear wai expranad ai the sxeoutlTe offlcea fnr I !tin governor!! nnfety. Nn Word hks I been "aeatvad from the gorernor tn day, tt was aald, At tomohiu: RAMMBD An niitnninlilli. driven by Krnnk T. Kollahar vas talagcopad by n ma china which waa following it mi Tim Dnllea-Oallfornla biRhwny Bnturday rtlgliti and both enfa wart badly dam iiKmi, according tu wdrd rekohlng Hi nd, but tlOflt of tlm OfiOUPintl In juria! Tim accident wai nut n) ported in Mm aherlffa offln and tha name or the rtrlver nf the machine which overtook ECellahar'i was not lonrnod, BIG CONVENTION OF LEGION MEN REACHES CLOSE Salem Post Wins Bugle and Drum Contest STEWART CHAMPION , . . . ( silifornian lakes micking Contest Many Visitors Still In Vicinity iriiwrtal t Tm Hitllrt in PR1NKVILLB, lone II Wlih Central Oregon! graetaol celebration ami largest BOBTaatiOB now hifitnry. I'rtnfvUlt' I nrlonrlnR Hi wek of P..il lui mnil ami tin Crunk COUBtf aal al the ajaerteaa Lanlon, boal lo the It'glonnalrt'H of (he state for three dayii lut week. Is tn hula Hug tin flunneoa The convention nf the American Legion, department of Oregon, came to nit end officially Saturday noon. hut the entertainment vai sun uu gat WnJ nl u late hour Sat untax night The feature of the final aft ernoon enierta lumeni of the conveu- l ion wan the competitive drills of the drum ami liugle corps, ntagid tu the rodeo arena before mime f. eon spectator! Bnlen aroa firm prize in cbtai a and wan awarded the $&aa uwani The muHielattn of the Salem post were riven a great ovation an ihev paraded In military formation. Their uni form wan yellow nhtrtn. Id tie veMn and troaaan ami black "Anxar" huts Mood Hirer won first prize In lan II Point! won by the I (tree leading drum and bugle corps in the BOmpet! live drills were ai follows. Class A. Salem Ts. McMinuvllle 7'i. Medford To Class II. Hood Kiver 7:1. Pnrt land t.H. Ilcml-Kfdmond 45. The combined Bend Redmond drum corps wan lite only musical organization lu lint to Ret a perfect mark on cadence Kol lowing I he com pet It Ive I drills, (lie musicians marched down the track In front of the grandstand. ( making n very impressive showing Killers t 'nntcM The flnnl daj ot tbe rodeo was I featured h the fight for first honors j b group of huckatoos in broncho 1 rldfni Mike Stewart of Tulare, Cal- Ifornw, won first Itonoff ottier prl.,' VrtSMVI were Quy CMtl, In Uvart, Pal tVoedi ami Miko Btad nick. siudiii-k rtxlt bnekim borsw I tin. siat,. Inmadlatalji attar tha final iiuicn i'vi'iii othi'i'M rnmatnod mrai nnttl snniiay a larsa nunbar oi the burharooi and ran imrst nan win. were hire lor tht rodao i-fi Sunday fur Klamath Palla, whara rodao li tn lie lit til Mi, first nan nf Jnlv tii.. rollowini peraoni wtra on ttia oomml thai handlad tha eonran- n ,( 1(,, Kliinnra, MeKlnlay 1 Kan,. svlv.m n.l...i .aim. and O, w. Krmgia; antartalnment, it L Behaa, Don m. Graham. Warran ITaneay; publicity, Asa w Battles, it H. .in niiH. Mrs i,ney Graham: camp ground!, v v Harnham, M, B . . . . ...... .... i, ,, ,, i ,, . ., i-nil Yanrnv Itav McKln. non; dacoratloni, Gaorga Nlcolal, l..r,,L Dul . I I. juiiii iinnry, nr. u u. itiiiiirr. Cimii ki' Bndgai civic orgnnliatlons, Dr. .1. 11. Roaanberg, 1, M, Bechtel; tranapor I la tlon, c. v. Woodruff, .1. c Wright, Automobile Is Burned In Fire On Cumberland Kim nf unknown origin ahortly after :t o'clock tiii tftarnoti allghtly damaged the houee nn tlm corner nf Ktb itreei ami Cumberland avonue mid burned up a Pord automobile Owned by William Daly Tlm bntiHo is ownad by v. t. Padgent, Thg automobile wai in 1 small garagt built nnin the reatdence, Bo fur n known, the Ion is no) covered by Inaurnnce, Miniature Tidal Wave Reported, At East Lake Hut It's Oily Due to Bub ble of (las From Bottom (eHnltttJ of C'onnfcUun Will, Kr bonfc ilmurbanrr I .mln-r SimiiIi, hololml iiui 4 BSaai lake in Hi: FCewberry crater, ex pei lenced llnlature tidal wi re Baturdaj brenlnl iccordlng to infor nation raacbtbsiAend idda) Tbli in hpjvt'i1 lu linvi la-i-n i-uiiHfd hy a boeji Kajt babble niakltiK Hh way tu (hi ufarf of (l.i- walr from snhtiT ra nt'uii f inHtiifH. vVbetber th reported dtaturbanee nf tbe Wataf at Kant lake in any way rt'lulril In th lernhlorti whirh rot k iht nnrihwfitt in iht pant fw iluyii U protilmatli al It U hfliVfil ii ione thai iiiKin latanlc dleturb- ttiHt In tin Paullnu mountain! inixht huvt opttitd up a f iHiirf , relfUMlni litiprlnontii icaM" One fluMirn art- mt um ummon lu Ontral UrRun. tpiflally In roun-'i- In thf unnth of OfHthnteH. it In polulfil out ly iM'ople who haw litn toltt ahnut Iht rfported tldfl wave. AIno, there art hot IprlBfl In the I'aullnu tniMiululiih Sm h nprinKi. it if explulut'il hy KcoloKtatK. inl Irate that molten lavas an not far under ground in connection with the reported tidal wave. II watt laid that the wa- ten nf Kant lake are filled with tone pec altar "eedlaaeai Peraone who were al the lake Sunday m (hat UiIh u aotlan from jack plnea. Poreel eat vice offiriaU repon (hat jack ilnen in various partu of the forentH are now nheddlni pollen. Othan point out that pollt-n would final, hut the M-dimi-ut Ss In. nol on the water RESISTING OFFICER CHARGE PREFERRED Abusive Language Al Dance Prompts Arrest Whether tbe heat had anything to do with It or not. rannot he Maid with authority, hut at any rate resUtitiK an officer, an osoeedlitnly rare of- faaHHI in ltnd for over a year, he-i-ame Ntiddenly prevalent over tbe w eek end . On Saturday evenins I i' Shan BOa appeared at the I'lne Tret- dam- lu an Inebriated condition ami naked several women to dame with him. each one refusing. To one of them he replied with an obecenc remark. ahereupon Are Dobeoh, formerly a local tavlcah driver, took bin th I arm. Shannon Mrnrk ut Dobeott, hittinr a Woman ai he drew back his arm. It wa.s related in poliee rourt tht nornfni About ihts time Chief nf Police IVler J. Hanson arried and look bbannon Into custody. The prisoner caused no further disturhiince until he arrived at the Jail. When the Chief was ahnut to lock him up. Shan non put up a fierce battle and the chief was forced In strike him with Ills club. Officer Taylnr Uhnads Be lli tod in putting Shannon in pail, and he also had a tussle with the prteoner before 11 was accomplished. Ahnut ' o'clock this morning Of ficer A H Belda arrested W. H Mitchell on I charge of drunkenness, and he also put up a right Shannon am) Mitchell were ar raigned before Recorder Louti Ben nett this morntni on charge! of be ing drunk ami disorderly and resist-. Ing officers, and each was fined SI Hit. The fines were nol paid, and the prisoners are scheduled to join ' the county road crew tomorrow un less the amounts are produced. Slight Fuel House Fire Brings Out Department Kire in the fuel houii al The Sherlln-Hlxon company's plant called out the sawmill and city fire depart ntentl at I o'clock this morning. The fire was extinguished with negligible damage. The sawdust and shavings In tnli building have caught fire !or I oral times before due tn cnals from the fire room In the power house dropping down the conveyor, and the I game cause was reported today. PIN KD KOH SPEEDING Clyde Smith was fined $10 In Ke- ' Border Lou In Dennett! court today On his plea of guilty to a chnrge of speeding. Smith was arrested hy Chief of Police Peter J. Hanson while 'diivlng too rapidly on llond street. RAILWAY LINES BEARING BRUNT IN NORTHWEST Gros Ventre Slide Gets Blame for Tremor OBSTRUCTS TUNNELS Shift In Main Fault of Rock ies Held Cause of Seis mic Disturbance it.'. '. l4Wld w '- ' : '" Bnl Hullrtin, DtirlaB be past IS hours the United State, bus experienced a iterlen nf Hei.tnli- dlsiurhunreH of Kreuter violence than has occurred on the North American continent for a Ioiik period. An earthiiuake leuterinx in .Mon tana reached out over the Pacific north waal until it was felt in Wyom ing, Idaho. Washinxton ami Oregon Widespread daniaxe was done, al though no loss of life was reported. lluildlnxH toppled, tunnels caved in ami landslides occurred. Today a uuake of unusual violence was felt in (be virlnity of Loa An gete. A stratum avalanche of mountain ous proportions recently dainnmd the Gros Ventre canyon In Wyomlnx. It moved for fully a mile and was from 3.0U0 feet to a mile in width. At the lime the heaviest shocks iware heinx felt in Montana, u gaJafno Kraidi at tbe fnlvi-rsity of Washinx ton in Seattle appeared to he influ enced as well hy disturhances in tbe North Pacific, probably near the Aleutian islands. A shift in a main fault under the itocky mountains was believed by Montana geologists to be the cause of the tremors In that area. More Predicted Meanwhile, nervousness of roust residents was increased hy the pre diction yesterday of Professor Itaf faelf Itendandi. seismologist at Kaen za. Ituly. that strong tremors would he felt today and tomorrow, followed hy violent shocks on July 5. with the maximum shocks between July 14 and Iti BUTTS, June 29. Chief sufferers from the earthquake followinx seis mic disturbances in Montana, were the railroads. Hundreds of workmen were1 al ready ut work today in an effort to restore normal rail traffic. The t'hi caxo. Milw-aukee and St. Paul rail road will have to route Its trains over the Northern Pacific tracks for at least two weeks to xet around ob structions in the vicinity of Lombard. The Lombard tunifel was blocked land u huge cliff Mm feet high top pled over into a It, milt' canyon cov arlng the truck for a distance of 1, linn feet. In some places the slide was 200 feet deep over the tracks, railroad engineers reported. Other Minor slides interrupted train service on the Milwaukee and Northern Pacific tracks, hut they were removed. Ceologlsts watched with interest for unusual signs in Yellowstone na tional park A careful check by rangers there Indicated no unusual activity among geysers or volcanoes. The northern limit! of the park ure only about 10 miles from Three Porks Willi lu ll, lings toppling and land slides threatening to sweep away railroad (rains. Hie wonder was that not ii single loss of life was reported Three paaaanger trains which were hemmed in Saturday night near Lom bard by landslides before and behind were untouched. Passengers waited for tbe coming of day and walked lo safely. Damage from the quake was a difficult thing to establish. Reports from Three Forks and White Sulphur Springs estimated destruction lit ap proximately SI On, 00(1 at ouch place. Manhattan also suffered serious dam Inge. Building! were cracked In 'Unite. Great Kails, Muzcmnn and Livingston. At Manhattan a echool which bad withstood II earlier tremors while other structures col lapsed, finally gave wa Sunday night during ii feeble quiver. ECltlmatei Indicated tlm total dain 04! from Ibe earthquake! would amount In about 1800,000, Convulsion of Earth Recalls That of 1906 Most Violent Since Historic Frisco Disaster .Ml. lawm'n Ak, Fit In : I 'on aldered Om of Worst in the I'a-t Decade ( It. P. lrtl WIr t.. Th B.o.1 Bulletin) SAN PBANCI8CO, Jnne 29. The earthquake which laid Santa Barbara low- today was the most severe tem blor in this state since the San Fran cisco earthquake and fire in I !!!. Althouxh many shocks have been reported in the state during (he pas( decade, no serious loss of life or prOOefty has resulted. The heaviest quakes have occurred in Souhern California llemet was damaged by a quake In Iflg. River side was shaken Ocioher t. 1921. The nexi month Kl Centro. Calexico. and other Imperial valley towns were shaken. Other heavy shocks were reporied in Imperial valley January 1 to S, 1924: Los Angeles January .1. 1921: Kureka January 1. 1921 San Fran- eiseo. Stockton and Monterev. July IS. 192 1. Til" larxest disturbance in the de cade was the eruption of Mount les sen November 9, 1921. when the whole mountain shook for three hours. VENTURA HIGHWAYS BLOCKED BY QUAKE Pavements Twisted, Build ings Overthrown (U I I.. ... ! Wire lo The Bn l Bull.tinl VKNTI IIA. Cal . June 29. Stone and brick buildings collapsed, paved streets and sidewalks were twisted and bulged into Imnasnahle thor- omchfart antt ton were twlmei!' from their founriution a the city u' Santa Barbara with a population ot 5.(tt0 was shaken into virtually ConpltCa ruin early today by earth- tt-fiiKff rearhin Ventura, about 10 miles from Santa Barbara, thU miirmnK brouRht first eye wHhmss ar, ounls of the scenes of terror vis ited upon the sister rity Water mains were broken ami parts of the Git flooded. Fire brok" mil in nthr nuri-m min were exposed. All electric power 1 was paralyzed. Hotels crashed down with business block, and men. wom en and children dashed from th-lr homes into an inferno of falling de bris. Quake Stricken City To Receive Naval Aid (U. P. Iaac-il Wire to Th Bend Bulletin) WASAH1NC.TON. June 29. Ad miral J. H. Oaytou. commandant l'Jth nival district with headquarters at Sail Francisco, wired tbe navy de partment today that three naval lugs there were available for imme diate earthquake relief work, and thai the submarine tender Savannah could get to Santa Barbara Thursday morning. The navy department has instruct ed htm under the commandant of the. 11th naval district, with headquar ters at San Diego, lo use their own j discretion and render till possiMe assistanre. Seismograph Records Worst Disturbances The city's four leading churches (li. P. Wirr t. The Uon.l Hullrtini j were twisted from their foundations SKATTI.K. June 19. The most into mere piles of rock and debris, violent earthquake ever recorded on When Santa Barbara awoke this the University of Washington seismo- morning the familiar feel of "earth graph was registered here this morn- quake weather" was in the air, tir ing, believed to route from the South- Cording In old time residents, ern California quake. university Karly risers bestirred themselves science professors derlared today. ami prepared to resume the hum The needle on the Instrument reg- drum of routine after the week end. is 1 erel (he quake as lasting for In the doen big hotels of the city, eight roll minutes and shook for an ( employes of kitchens and dining hour afterward. At one time (he! rooms scurried about preparing needle left the tape entirely. Sunday breakfast for the season's army of the machine registered another 1 tourist-,. slight quake, thought by university In shops and stores porters were authorities to come from Montana. ; preparing to open for the day's busl- ' I1GM, DISMISS CHKCK CHAROR . Suddenly the earth shivered, tt Charges of Issuing a wol-thless was not a hen vy tremor nor the cheek, filed against William Mathers UMtal vertical motion which a if out last week by cluy Miller, wore dis missed today tat justice court on mo tion of District Attorney A. J Moore, on the ground thai iheiv was not vufftcicut evidence ngninst Mathers, SANTA BARBARA LIST OF KILLED IS INCREASING Business Men Trapped At Early Hour FIRE ADDS HORROR 'Feel" of Air Brings Fear of Tremor, Hut Quake Is All At Once ft:. P. bf-.rU Wirr t Thtt Hn.l HulMIn) SANTA BARBARA. June 2. At least In persons were killed or are missing. 3nn are Injured and prop erty damage totalling more than I2u.uno.ono caused by an earth- quake which laid this famous resort city In ruins early today Four bodies had been recovered this afternoon ind al least six others were misslnk. The death list will grow. It is feared State street, beautiful main (hor onghfara of the city, was a mass of ruins from the ocean to the Arling ton hotel Buildings for blocks were toppled into the street and broken water mains unloosed lorrenls of water on the ruins. lames Hazard, local merchant, was killed when the wall of an office building buried him in his ant ., bile in the renter of State street. His body was removed from the wreck age hours after the quake. Nick Ijiuiheau. restauran: .iwnr. ,,ied whi,e emptinK 10 "'"I" ,r,,m his I'stahllshment. whirh wftl Tllli- pltd hy the sudden earth ir-tnor whirh firs: forked the city and sur- rnlindlnK "itory at :45 a. m. MissitiK included Mrs. K. I't- kins, widow of u former president of the Burlington -ft Iowa railroad, Father Shea or St. Anthony's semi nary and two unidentified Mexicans. Woman Thoughi Victim Mrs. Perkins was a guest at the oxclnslve Arlington hotel, which was : totally wrecked. Ur room was cov ered with debris and it Is believed her body is buried in the wreckage. Father Shea was believed killed when the towers of tbe famous Fran- isian mission tumbled with a crush and fell through the front portion of the old landmark. The mission bells. Installed in 173, were hurled 1J tWI Into the street. The California hotel, at UM foot olfStute street, was demolished. A big oil tank of the Associated Oil company broke and gasoline flooded streets a foot deep over a wide area. Threp of the city's largest hank buildings are In ruins. Fire has broken out In some sections of the ciyt. and was spreading rapidly. The Sheffield reservoir, which supplies the city with water broke and anoth- ' er tank in the hills back of the city was drawn on for the emergeney. Flee to Hills Women and children were in a state of near panic. Many inhabi tants have fled to the hills, fright ened by additional tremors whb'n have occurred at intervals since the first severe jolt, early this morning. The east wall of the Arlington hotel fell into State street, a mass ot debris. A bare skeleton of tlte fashionable millionaires' resort re mained standing. patties an earthquake. It wu4 a startling Jolt , The whole ourlh seemed to rise and shake Itself whit the quick motion of a dog fresh from the water. I