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Newspaper Page TextCIRCULATION Pally average net pa I a circulation for month ending May 31, 1926 6738 Average dally distribution 7073. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 154 . QUAKE AGAIN ROCKSTOWNS IN MONTANA Helena and Great Falls Are Shaken By Fourth Tremor; Saturday Night Damage $500,000 Helena, Mont., June 29. Helena people were awakened fit 2:20 o'clock th.e morning by nu caithquake sho:k that lasted 7 seconds. No reports of damage b the latest ol series of shocks that started Saturday evening, ht.ve been received. Great Falls, :ont.t June 29. Great falls wiw visited with its: fourth earthquake in 32 hours at 2:30 oclock thi3 morning, HoutfH were shaken by the quake tlu'.t lasted several ueiondB. Damatre Totals SSOO.OOO. Helena, AlouL, June 21). Kesi dents of the Galluliu valley, tha apparent center of the earthquake which shook four states Saturday nl;;ht and yesterday fastidiously remained out in the wide opan ipuces today, looking back at about $500,000 w orih of ruins tho aggregate c.-st of the temblor. It was a whimsical eartliqua ;. No one wa killed. Nearly a scoe of build inKS craeiied and fell. There were a null dozen land slides A crevice extending at it regular intervals from Manhattii to Three Farke, . distance of 19 mMes. remains ae cue ot the scary caused by the uoke. The Lom- CContinued on Page Six) Ti Chicago, June 29. The Chlji o Tribune cays that Williau Darling Shepherd, recently ac quitted for the fiiurder of his fo ter son, William Nelson McCl.n toclt, is preparing to file danngc inits against eevera! persons vno were connected with the case. A tornoys William Scott Stewart a ad Mr. O'Brien ,ho defended Shep herd arc preparing the sui. which, it was fiid, will char.je libel slander, vicious prosecution and false imprisonment. The Tribune auvf it is undr Btd that the defendants in the contemplated nction will bo Chief Justice Harry Olson of the mu nicipal court who instituted t.? Investigation into McCllntcwUV death and Attorneys Alexanlrr Ileichman and Jcl-n H. E. LeJ. Mr Lee in attorney for Miss U: belle Pope, who was McClintock k flmcee. Thursday, July 2nd, Selected For Eighth Annual Bargain Day About 40 e tores are alria1 participating In the preparations for the big bargain event, an 1 more will join In-fore the open In morning Thursday. Special window displayp of tlie bargains to be found on that day will he a feature and all who can are urged to window simp on WVI nes.lay night so that Ihey will kw.w Just where to go to obtain the targains they want on Thurs day nrrning. Ilesiddits of the surrounding districts hare alwaya made It n practice to visit Salem on bargain day. And this year' event will be no exception, according to t'.e plane of those who are arranging the d tails. (Capital Jl QUAKE FLASHES San Luis Obispo, Cal., June 29. A Southern Pacific dis patch says the loss of life and damage to buildings at Santa Barbara is much greater than at first indicated. A number of small fires have broken out. San Francisco, June 29. (A. P.) Hundreds of messages from eastern cities directed to the earthquake swept area in the vicinity of Santa Barbara were held up here by com mercial telegraph companies this morning because communi cation with the section has been snapped. San Francisco, June 29. One report received by the Southern Pacific company here said that seven lives had been lost at Santa Barbara. Another message to the same com pany said that 27 were killed. The roof of the company's round house at Santa Barbara fell in, crushing several locomotives. Many slides were reported along the highway. Los Angeles, Cal., June 29. Advices to "the Federal Telegraph company from the naval radio station at Point Arguello reported the power plant at Santa Barbara totally destroyed. San Luis Obispo, Cal., June 29. It is reported here that the earthquake at Santa Barbara demolished the buildings of the Pacific Southwest bank and the commercial bank. The Potter building was also destroyed. All these structures are on State street. San Francisco, Juno 29. The First National bank and one school were destroyed at Santa Barbara, the Southern Pacific company heard. San Francisco, June 29. A message from the steamer H. M. Storey, Standard Oil tanker, which was due at Santa Barbara early this morning, picked up here by the marine station of the Radio Corporation of America, declared that "one complete power plant was destroyed," but added that the sender of the message did not know whether the plant damaged was the Edison plant. San Francisco, June 29. The Federal Telegraph company here was attempting to get in touch with the steamer Humboldt, known to be in the vicinity of the port of Santa Barbara. The company reported that it heard two unnamed steamers on the air, one of which reported that a power house in Santa Barbara had collapsed. , VESSEL SAILS Sydney, N. Sr-June 29. Ta : steamer Peary ot the Donald Mic Millan Arctic expedition sailed to day from North Sydney, following tha schooner Bovdoln which e.t Satin day with Commander Mio Millan on board. Sailor. ol the destroyer Putnim of the United Slates navy Unci tlio rails In salute as the P.:i-y sailed Tl.o Ttnu-ilnln and Pearv -Will meet before cro.-sing Melville Vv to Etnh, Oroonlai'.u, to bo uscl a bafe for flights to be mode In on effort tn disenvc- a new territory "Bargain lf.y" is to mean Just what it says, the ntad of the com mittee in ch:irge declared yester day afternoon. "We ate gnin.-; to make it a success r. profitable oc casion for purchasers. People who vitiit the stores are to find pHms 'I'srep.arded by the merchants vii.i will clear their stocks of broken size, odd lot, shelf worn and soiled good at a fi action of their original cost. Will Anmnl .i Manv. This annual bargain day a'i nounccment will appeal to rainy people. Good road have materially en larged the trad J area , of Sabt:i. Tir wr over 20 mUo of ppvl tLuui.n ji-i on rugt 'uur.) RESCUE OE GIRL Jerrine Smith, 12-year-old daughter ot I. H. Smith of this city, narrowly missed death by drown ing Sunday and Leslie Morton, for. mer Oregon Agricultural collegj student, dif.d while rescuing her. The incident occurred at Port land, where a picnic party was be ing held at the riverfront homo of W J. Putton. The party had gone to the bea.: r a ewim fol lowing dinner. The party being enterta'ned included Morion, the girl and her mother. It is thought that death came to Morton as a result of heart fail ure rather than actual drowning. An examination of the body, which wan recovered half an hour after he sank from the surface, (mowed no trace or water in his lungs A pulmotcr was used with out effect. The little gill had swum only a .short distance fiom shore and was i proficient svimmer, but never thclcca for some reason suddfnly called for help. Morton, also a god shimmer promptly went to her rescue and brought her bacli p.lniost to shore. When a few feet from shore sho was taken by oth ers, who did not notice Morton. The man sank in some four feet if water. The drowned mnn wok an ex-.-:erlce man, having served with the A. E. F. in Trance. Fez French Morocco, June 9. (A P.) An official communi cation Issued lat yeiterdny on tic operations In Morocco Bays: "T'lf? offensive which the neny ha bten developing nincp June I in the eastern sector hM hurled it s?!f ag.nin; our fore , but Ut eei) wbere been checked. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1925 LOS ANGELES BUILDINGS ARE ROCKED Quake Reported General Throughout Most of Southern California This Morning. Los Angelee, Cal., June 29. (A. P.) A severe earthquake ehock rocked Los Angeles at 6:34 o'clock this morning. Downtown build hies ewayed considerably, but the movement was slow and even and thero were no indications of dam age, although the motion contin ued for more than a minute. The earthquake continued at in tervals but all were the slow steady, yet extremely severe move ments. The tremors were continu ing r.t 6:5G o'clock. ' Cover Wide Ranee. Rakci'trfield, Oxnard and Santa Barbara to tho north and Colton to th0' east all reported to the Southern Pacific train dispatcher here that tnoy fel, the tremors. The cnrthqur.ker were felt in an unusual degree or severity at Mo-j-ive r.nd Lancaster, Antelope val ley, a hundred niiiee north of hero, according to operators of the Itn .ingolos bureau o' power and light system. The center of disturbance seem ed to he in Los Angeles and to tho north., preliminary telephone an;l telegraph reports indicated. Ven tura reported that the movement was severe there. Clocks were (Continued on. Page Five) By a majority of 32 to 19, nenr- ly 2 to 1, the Salem chamber of commerce thl noon went on rec ord as definitely favoring a c'iinge in Salem's parking ordinance from the prenent back in to the head In system. The vote wan taken without pub lie speeches of any kind being made on the subject, but tho pro posal wns informally diwnifwed to a considerable extent. A few, who declared that the mere fact that most of the cities In the United state have tho head in system Ih no rcapon why It should bo ndnpt ed in Salem, were met for the most part with fncetloufl remarks as to whether or not they used the back in RVflteni when putting their cwirs in their gam gen. One automobile owner admitted In all ft'Tioiirtnew that he does back his car Into his1 garage. I General reasons advanced In fa- vor of the new system for the most part centered arouml the idea of safety, due to the fnct that driv ers are more careful when back ing than when going forward, and the fact that tourists coming ftiru Hnlem are apt to be handicapped by the present unusual parking system In vogue here. It wns def initely stated by experienced auto Ists that accidents are less likely to occur when the car is being backed from the curb than when It Is being driven forward from the curb, experience being that the psychological effort r.f drlvlnir backward in to lncrea n. driver's care-fullness by at least 100 per cent. Opponents of the new plan ad mitted that the head In system permits more cars to be parked to the block than does the old method A vote taken In answer to the (jutMic-n "Do you rtjd poetry," met with 8 faffii im.;ive no wet and 2a AtkaUv, ujonraa. Santa Barbara Celebrated as Tourist Mecca San Francisco, June 20 Santa Barbara, seat of an old Francis can mission, dating back tn 1786, Is one of the famous watering places of America. Its beautiful situa tlon," partly encircled by hills and mouutains has given it the name of the entone of America. It is ,1(17 miles from Sun Francisco and 104 fiilles from Los Angeles. ' Santa Barbara has been long noted for Its big tourist hotels, nnd its mild climate, both of which features drew thousands of visit ors 'annually from all over the world. Early reports said that most of these hotels had been damnged or destroyed. Santa Barbara has more claims (Continue.! on Page Six) MEDICAL HELP . Lob Angeles, Cal., June 29. (A. P.) Tho Southern Pacific rail road is sending u lied Cross relief trHiit to Santa Barbara at 11:3) a. m.f officiate hero announced. The train is made up of nine o.ich.es and sc eral diners and carries a sccre ot trained nurses. San Luis Obispo, Cal., June 29. (A. P.) The Southern Pacific 0 Jin uu ny is loa ding wa t er t ra i ns at Carpfnteria, 14 miles south ol S-'.nla Barbara, tor use in the ctrcten town. A Kuuthcrn Pacific relief train is leaving here at onco (8:1)3 a. in.) to assu-.t at tnntn Barbara. He ports received here by Southern Pacific officials say that the ruil rocd roundhouses, the city reser voir, the San Marcus building and the Arlington hotel have been de stroyed. San Francisco, cal., June 29. The American Bed Crow head quarters here nre negotiating for all available ermy airplanes here to Tirh a fully equipped relief force to Kant i Barbara. One of thcte who will go from here is J. V.', Richardson, who headed the Hod Cross reliei in tho tornado stricken towns of the middle west. The Pacific Telephone & Tele r?t'uph company has received a message from its manager at Santa Barbara. The manager stated tiit no fires have broken out but that brick buildings have cither been demolished or badly damaged along State Hlreet. Tho telephone- exche.ngo was not de stroyed but badly shaken, necofisi te.tin?i tho walls being propped. Beverly Hills, Cal.. June 29. A CbdrPc Chaplin without a limber cane, without a dii-k-:itiuf f )j or over-sized shoes, monopolized film- (ioms limelight today. He was Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr., ci,-ht G pounds, horn at the Chaplin mansion hero Just before ;r akfHSt ycstciday. ill mother, who was formerly the elder Chaplin's leading wom an nnd who became the comedian's wife a( the little Merlcan town of Kmtt.iltiio last N'tYcmlicr, was said to be .resting lomfortnhly. Ill's father gave no interviews to the press but his grent grand father, Willl.'.m Curry, divulged I it tt the famous film port, ray er of comic em'tarrosruneniR had paced the floor and nibbled his finger nails liko counties other expect ant fnl hers nnd had exclaimed when (he babe finally was shown to him: "It looks like me." Th attending physician, Dr. .lame F. H iiloran, who also help ed A ir.. Cl-apliii Into the world about 17 years ego, described her son at; "one of the most perfectly I 'jr. ned LuLlei 1 have en." WBt REPORTS ESTIMATE 4 TO 65 All Brick Buildings In City Reported Razed by Quake Early This Morning; Pavement Buckles and Water Mains Burst, Flooding Streets; Communication Lines Severed and Railroad Service Blocked Santa Barbara, Cal., June 29. (A. Ten million dol lars damage, 12 known dead and virtual destruction of most of the business buildings on State street resulted from nn earthquake here at 6:45 a. m. today. The scene of the destruction was visited by a staff man from the Los Angeles office of The Associated Press. Santa Barbara, Cal., June 29. Four persons are known to have been killed nnd from tOO to 300 were injured in the earthquake that shook this city ut 6:45 a. m. this morning, damaging practically all structures in the city and wrecking several of the largest buildings. Largest Building Collapses The San Marcos building, the largest business structure in the city, completely collapsed length. Tlie Arlington hotel and were part'.nily destroyed. One of the four known dead, a Mrs. Perkins, wlfi of a wealthy railroad man, was killed in the collapse of a wing of tho hotel. The other three persons killed were found in the wreckage of business buildings on Stale street. They had not been identified at 11 a. m. All the brick buildings were demolished this morning including the Arlington hotel by the earthquake which swept the state and it seems to have centered its ferocity on this city. Water mains and river reservoirs were broken and the cjty was partly flooded. Two fires started in the city but so far little damage had been reported done by these. Big Loss of Life Feared It is feared that there may be considerable loss of life, particularly in the ruins of the Arlington hotel, one of whose walls collapsed like an egg shell. The main street of the city upheaved and buckled under the trcmblor and as the water mains parted geysers shot up through the pavement. Accompanying the quake were tremendous waves which rushed in from the bay flooding the lowlands. 1 he pnrtlHimikcn niiiicarcd cntor In tho hilslnetw dlHtnvl. Thore wciro two h!Vm-o Minckfl t.i 0.4ii nnd 0:41 followed hy abaui 20 utl!rn of minor vlolcnre. Survivor of tho San Francisco ealho.i'nlic of 190H maiding In San :n Harharr. doolarrd today's shook excei-ded tho northern tomhlor tn violence. Water Mains Broken. The lwint ot the qualiu hnik" water and rh mains, snapped tele, phono and teli Rinpli wires an I 'iriko the reservoir supplying the . lty with wnter. Ilrenkaeo of the reservoir did not, however, caime any dania,';1. to far as known. Telephone ct:lnmun!r.atinn a-U1i I,oa Almeles, C.li., was restored about lu:5!i when a sIhkIc line n b Barege was found to he funetlo-i-lni. Stt'tc Rtroet. ha.1 been closed t'i tioffle from the Arlington hotel In thy hearh, owin to tho danger of bndly damaged buwlnew blocl;'. C'.Uapf.lng. MHnv Buildinc Crushed. The main seem of destruction l.-i S'nio rtrcet.. the principal thor-ouf-'hiaro. Tho Sheffield water supply reservoir dam hurst oml dec fled the east side adding tn the terror of the Inhabitants. I!ul7ding practically d(tr.iyed inrlude the Samarkand hotel. New Callfoinlp. hotel, Kan Marcos build ing. Kiks building. First National bank, American legion building, public library, Moose hall, Knights ot Coluinbua, l'rcBbyterian church, Local: river, -.1; PRICE THREE CENTS LIVES SNUFFED OUT BUSINESS BLOCKS COLLAPSE along one-third of its the St. Francis hospital Hail nf Records, county Jail, W Nldo hotel, St. i rancls hospital HI Vincent orphanago, tho latter two new and cosily Htructurcs. I'he main ac tion of the Arling ton lintel came down. Mri. Charles II Perkins, widow of the former president of tho Chi cago, Ilurlinglon & Quiney rall ro.Ml ,was reported killed in the del rls of the Arlington hotel. Th towers and a secllou of the frog' wall of the old Santa Ilarbara mission fell to the street while a number of wor.il' ippers were cele brating mass. GthorB reported dead were: William .Matthews, lather, kill od In bis automobile by wreckage from tlie California hotel. I) Kanlor, killed in a Slate streel garage. Dr. Junior, Angel, dentist, killed in blc. office In no San Marcos building. Patrick Shea, gardener at ih" St. Anthony' col ege. Two unidentified Mexicans un;l Chinese .M'Hit Carter, maid, killed In th" Arlington hotel. The Injured were removed to the cntlago hwt-al. Naval reservists aided peace au thorities In establishing lined ot cei.trol around the ruined area. All traffic into Santa llarbarx wns halted ot the outskirts ot the city, I'.ellef station's were opeped r the elty hall. M noon when the first teV (Continued on I'M Hnl CLOUDY TONIGHT And Tuesday, probably scattered thun der storma In the mountains of the east portion. Mild temperature. Max., 73; min., 46; rain, none, almoe., clear; wind, northweet ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS E Sr.r. Frnnclsco. Cal., June 29. (A. P.) The Pacific Telephon9 A Tft'egraph company here eceivri word thnt nnotbor severe esirth qvnkc wns felt al Santa Barbara it 10:15 a. in. t San Joee, Cnl., June 29. (A. P.) A flccontt earthquake shock, lens eevere than the one which wc.rkud hfivoc In tianta Barbir.i er!y turtay wna recorded hy in struments ut So nth Clara college at 10:45 a, in., today, it was re ported hy Father J. S. Ilicard, h-iad v.t the physics departmen ot lhi college. The first shock at (i:45 this morning was the most avf ?rc recorded at the college eiuca 1911, Father Hicurd said. San Frasrieco. C'nl., June 29. (A. P.) Tho Southern Paciifc op erator nt Naple-in i3 miles nor'h west cf Han ta Barhara, reportaJ another severe earthquake shook -at 11:30 o'clock, i'he operator dripped the telephone and fled. Herbert Ntinn, former Oregon fltate highway engineer from April, 1917, to April. 1923, le city manager of Santa Barbara, and has been for about a year. Ha recently built & residence there of unusually substantial con struction. When aflked a few mon t lift ago by Roy Klein, who flucceeded Nunn here, why ho was building such a (tubfltantial home, Nunii jokingly replied, "Well, we have earthquakes here sometime." J. II. Tillman, former highway contractor in Oregon, la engaged in public construction work in Santa Barbara. W. A. Delzell, ec retary to Oovernor Pierce, hat a cousin, Paul Dclnell, engaged on a large ftcale in the Ice bueinc.-s in that city. advancFsTeToT TITLE FIGHT HEAVf 1 w York, Jun;r 29. Advan t'rkt'i sale fur the Italian hosnit il fund boxin.: bouts at the Polo (.i rounds. Thursday night, hae tvached Jl25,00v, piomoters au ao tneed lam nlgiil. With only four days mon in which to make tholr decision, : motors are still rndeclded as o tho order In which the fights should be staged. llnrry Grcb, world's midd'? vvcight champion, and Mickey Wa'ker, world a welterkeWit ''hamplou, have asked to fight '.be final bout. A similar request hu be-in made by Harry Wills, negro heavyweight contender, who me-Kt Charley Weinert. Poth matches w:H be 15 roum.s to dwlelon'i. Jimmy Flattery, the aensatlonal Duffnlo uiiddlewolght, meets Dvi Shadn, Californlu weUerwelRht, U ii rounds.