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Worst Disaster Since the San
Francisco Eathqflake Visits
Nillionaift Playground in
Southern California State
Street ajlass of Ruins, But
Fires Are Checked Water
Cut Off.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Juno 29.
(A. P.) Ten million dollars damage,
12 known dead and virtual destruc
tion of most of the business buildings
on State street resulted from n earth
quake here at 6:45 A. M. today.
The scene of the destruction was
viBlted by a staff man from Hie Los
Angeles office of the Associated Press.
The main scene of destruction is
State street, the principal thorough
fare. The Sheffield water supply re
servoir dam burst and flooded the aast
side, adding to the terror of the In
habitants. Buydlngs practically de
stroyed include the Samarkand hotel,
New California hotel, San Marcos
building, Elks building, First National
bank, American Legion building, pub
lic library Mooso hall. Knights of
Columbus hall, 1'resbyterlnn church,
hall of records, county jail, El Nido
hotel, St. Francis hospital. St Vincent
orphanage, the latter two new and
costly structures.
The main section of the Arlington
hotel came down.
Mrs. Charles H. Porklns. widow of
the former president of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad, was ra
ported killed In the debris of the Arl
ington hotel. The tqjvors and a sec
tion of the front wall of the old Santn
Barbara mission fell to the street
while a number of worshipers were
celebrating a mass.
Others reported dead were:
William Matthews, lather, killed in
his automobile by wacckage from the
California hotel.
D. Santor. killed In a State street ' ..
garage.
Dr. James Angel, dentist, killed in
his office in the Sad Marcos building.
Patrick Shea, gardener at the St.
Anihony's college.
Two unidentified Mexicans and
Chinese.
Miss Carter, maid, killed In th Arl
ington hotel.
The injured wore removed to the
Cottage hospital. -
Naval reservists aided peace author
ities in establishing lines of control
around tin ruined area. '
AH traffic into Santa Barbara was
halted at the otitsk'rts of the city.
Relief stations wero opened in the
city hall.
At noon when the first telegraph
wire to the outside world was obtained.
the list ofdead was 12, although the
toll will be greater, it is feared, when
some of the fallen walla are removed,
as it is thought several persons were
trapped in the debris.
Scores of persons were hurt, al
though most of the injuries were of
a minor nature. The city is without
power or gas. The water supply of
the city was badly damaged.
Sheffield reservoir, which Is the
immediate source of the city's water?
was demolished but the How from the
main dam high in the mountains
seems unchecked.
The San Marcos building, tho largest
office building In the city, was prac
tically demolished. The north wing
of the four-story -structure fell in a
tangled heap and it Ib feared that sev
eral persons are dead under the piles
of brick and plaster.
The earthquakes appeared to center
In theusfness district.. There were
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S. F.
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TO SANTA BARBARA VIA AIRPLANE
BAN FRANCISCO. June 29. A.
P.) The American Red Cross head
quarters here arc negotiating for all
available army airplanes here to rush
a fully equipped relief torce to Santa
BarbarS. One of those who will go
from here is J. V. Richardson, who
headed the Rd Cross relief in the
tornado slrh kn towns of the middle
O west.
Man Who Pvdicfd
Earttmumb Mtporfd
In Santa Barbara
PALO ALTO, Cal., Juno 29.
Dr. Bailey Willla, noted solsniolo-
gist of Stanford universilyOwho
predicted an earthquake in the
general region of Santa Barbara,
iH now in that city. Dr. Willis
4 caused to be published some time 4
back a statement that earth-
quakes north of &m Juan Bau-
tista had relieved the earth pros-
sures, but that other pressures
were accumulating in southern
California g'hich would event- i
ualiy result in a big temblor. By i
a strange chance he lft for
Santa Barbara on Saturday and is
believed to be in the heart of the
disturbance.
PRESIDENT IS
.AT
OF
AIUNGJUKW
Aged Father of - President
Coolidge Rallies From At
tack and Is Reported Out of
Danger Emergency Ope
1 ration Is Performed.
PLYMOUTH, Yt., Juno 2fl. Physi
cians attending Colonel Coolidge an
nounced early this afternoon that the
president's father was netting along
better thunthey tiad expected. They
were on the opinion that hewus out of
danger.
PLYMOUTH, Vt., June 20 (A. P.)
Marked improvement in the condi
tion of Colonel John Coolidge, father
of tho president who is ill ut his
home hero was reported today by
physicians in attendance.
The president, who made a hur
ried trip- hero from Swampscott,
Mass., was assured that the patient
apparently was out of danger, alt ho
it was emphasized that In view f
the colonel's age im setback was pos
sible. Dr. A. I... Chute, Boston surgeon,
who yesterday performed an Opera
tion, lancing the bladder for the
purpose of, drainage, left for home
this morning, satisfied that he no
longer was needed.
Remaining hero, Dr. Joseph Cou
pal, the president's personal physic
ian, plans to hold consultations with
two Vermont physicians who have
been attending the eighty-year-old
father of the executive.
It was indicated that President aad
Mrs. Coolidge would remain hero a
day or two, but that the president
would be able to return to Massa
chusetts to deliver an address Friday
In Cambridge at the celebration of
the 150th anniversary of Washing
ton, taking over command of the
colonial troops.
The pre.dont appeared relieved by
tho news that the patient had spent
a restful night, was apparently on
tho way to recovery and would be
able to sit up In bed during the
day.
Visiting the sick room from time
to time, the president and Mrs. Cool
idge spent part of the morning In the
front yard Joklng'with their son
John, in overalls while doing the
chores usually performed by his
grandfather.
After John had raked the yard
he began unloading a batch of shin
gles Into a wheelbarrow. Mrs. Cool
idge gave him a lift, while the presi
dent, enjoying the scene, jokingly
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RUSHI
t The Pacific Telephone and Tcte
I graph company ha$ received a mes
sage from its manager at Santa Bar
bara. The mannyr states that no
fires have broken out but that brlekO
buildings have either been demolished
or badly damaged along State street.
The telephone exchange -wusonot dc
Mrvfd. but ;idly shaken, neie.-dtut-jini:
the Wit 1 Is H-hig prnpp3.
BEDSIDE
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Southern California Metropolis
Suffers Severe Shock, But
. Damage Is Slight San
Francisco Escapes Entirely
First Tremor at 6:43
A. M. "
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Juno 29. A
severe earthquake shock rocked Los
Angolcs at 6:43 o'clock this morning.
Downtown buildings swayed con
siderably, but the movement was
slow and oven and there were no
indications of damage, although tho
motion continued ror more than a
minute.
The earthquako continued at in
tervals, but all were the slow, steady,
yet extremely severe movements. The
tremors were felt as far north as
Newhall, some 31 miles from here,
according to telephone company re
ports. Tho tremors wor continuing at
6:50 o'clock.
The earthquakes wore felt In an
unu.yml( dogrco of-severity at Mojave
and Lancaster, Antelope Valley, a,
hundred miles north of, here, accord
ing to operators of tho Los Angeles
bureau of power and light system.
Tho center of disturbance seemed
to bo in I,os Angeles and, to me
north, preliminary ' telephone and
telegraph reports Indicated. Ventura
reported that tie movement was se
vere there.
Clocks were stopped by the tre
mors, In Los Ar.geles. El Centro re
ported that the tremors wero not
felt in the Imperial valley,
western Union and Pacific Tele
phono and Telegraph wires west of
Ventura in the direction of Santa
Barbara went dead in tho earth
quake and an hour later the com
panies reported they were not able
to establish communications with
Santa Barbara.
ANAHEIM, Cal., June 29. (A. P.)
An earthquake of moderate Inten
sity occurred hore at 6:44 a. m.
No damago has been reported.
LONG BEACH, Cab, June 29. (A.
ji.) An enrthquake of several sec
onds duration and severe enough to
sway buildings and shake pictures
from walls was felt hero at 6:44
a. m. today. No damago was re
ported. BAKERSFIELD. Cab, June 29.
(A. P.) Appreciable earthquako tre
mors wore felt hero at 6:45 o'clock
this innlng. Houses and buildings
swayed slightly during the short du
ration of the shock, less than a
minute.
No report of any damage being
done has boon received.
A heavy thunder sflower lasting
but a few minutes occurred here,
drenching the hot earth with rain.
Effects of the deluge were made
apparent in the mountains. In one
instance an old settler near Granite
Station awakened to find his home
surrounded by water.
An oil tank collapsed at Naples,
submerging the Southern Pacific
company's tracks there, tho com
pany advised The quake seemed
to center at a point between San
Luis Obispo and Carpenteria.
Small landslides wero reported at
Benham and Puenta.
SAN PEDRO. Cal., June 29. Two
earth temblors of moderate Intensity
were felt here today between 6:35
and 6:40 a. m. Each of the shocks
lasted from ten to twenty seconds.
Windows rattled find In some In
stances China was toppled from
shelves, but no major damage was
done.
ALHAMBKA. Cal. June 29. (A.
P.) A slight earthquake shock last
ing about thirty tQconds was felt
here at 6:45 o clock this morning.
No damage was reported.
SANTA ANA, Cal., June 29. (A.
P.) Dishes rattled, windows shook,
chandeliers swung and some clocks
stopped at fiQM o'clock this morn
ing when a series of earth temblors
shook this locality. No serious dam
ap has been reported.
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The Bouncing Parents of Proud Baby
Ahovo nro shown Mr. and Mrs, Charles Chaplin on their wed
ding trip. Yesterday the houncin; comedian welcomed Charley,
Jr., a proud tiimut of pounds, whom Iho comedian iblartHl
icHcmhled Ids fulher.
W. D. SHEPHERD TO
CHICAGO. Juno 29. -fA
P.) The
Chicago Tribune says that
William
Darling Shepherd, recently acquitted
of the murder of his foster son, Wll- i
Ham Nofcon McCllntock, Is preparing
to file damage suits against several
persons who wero connected with the
case. Attorneys William Scott Stewart
and Mr. O'Brien, who defended Shep
herd, are preparing the suits, which,
it was said, will charge libel, slander.
MASTER Ml IN
KIDNAP SCHEME
ASSUMES BLAME
Russell Crawford, D. of 0.
Law Student, Absolves His
Companion of All Blame and
Hopes-He Will Be Allowed
His Freedom.
SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 29. (A.
P. Russell Crawford and Bliss
Baker, both university students whose
plan to extort $50. 000 from Colonel
D. C. Jackllng, millionaire mining
man. as an 'experiment to test the
machinery of the law," mot with fail
ure hero last Friday, were to appear
In police court today on two felony
charges attenipteil extoft ion and
sending a threatening letter with in
tent to extort.
A letter sent to Colonel Jackllng
threatened to kidnn p nnfl innoculate
with poisonous germs the colonel's
wife, unless the demand for money
.vs met.
Crawford, a law student and said to
be the "master mind." of the plot,
made a detailed confession and of
fered to assume full responsibility for
the act and allow his partner to pur
sue his studies In Europe, police said.
The law student, apparently pos
sessed with a more practical mind
than Baker, Is responding to their
predicament more philosophically and
still expects to do big things.
"I am willing to shoulder the blame
for the whole occurrence the experi
ment that failed If that will free
Bliss and allow him to go to Europe
to pursue his studies," said Crawford.
"Now Is the psychological moment for
him. He has won a scholarship at
Prague. It may mean his whole life.
An for me. It does not matter. I will
do great things yet."
An attempt to compare their try
10- a "perfect crime" with that of
Loeb Qnl Leopold was resented by
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vicious persecution and false imprls-
onmenl.
Tho Tribune says it is understood
the action Will Include Chief Justlco
1 lurry Olsn of the municipal court
who Instituted the investigation into
McCllntock's death and Attorneys
Alexander Retclmiun and John H. S.
Lee. M r. Lee Is at t orney for M Iss
Isabellc Popo, who was McCllntock's
fiancee.
EYE" WITNESS
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Juno 29. (A.
P.) An eye witness account of tfce
Santa Barbara earthquake was
brought to L'$; Angeles today by Dr.
Frederick V. Fisher, lecturer for tho
Los A ngelcH cha mber of com morce
who was aboard a Southern Pacific
train passing through tho city when
the temblor occurred.
"We wero Just pulling out of Santa
Barbara for Los Angeles when our
train began to swing sharply from
side to side," he said.
"It felt as though we had Jumped
the track.
"In a moment the shaking hccamO
worse and It seemed that the train
would go over on Its side. The engi
neer applied the brakes. I looked out
of the dining car window and saw
trees shaking, houses moving, chim
neys fallings and people running from
their homes.
"As soon as the first of tho shocks
hfid stopped the train got under way
again and we traveled as far as Hum
merland, about seven miles from
Si'nta Barbara when another shock
toppled a huge oil tank onto tho track
In front of the train.
"After this was removed and the
train continued, we found in every
pass und deep cut evidences of the
quake. We twice narrowly missed
being burled In slides."
The train arrived In Los Angeles
four hours behind schedule.
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I.KW'IKTON'. Mnnt.. Juno 29. A
force of 2000 laliornm will be rooulrod
ti rlpfir the landHlideH which Innt nlRht
Mocked the tracks o the ChlcnKO.
Milwaukee and Kt. Paul railroad near
Lombard, railroad officials declared
lareil
tiTke
here last rit'ht. The work will
flflccn days, the officials claim.
GIVES ACCOUNT
OF EARTHQUAKE
BLOCKED BY QUAKE
President Directs
Immediate Aid for
Quake Stricken City
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4 PLYMOUTH. Yt., June, 29. 4
4 (A. P.) President Coolidge to- 4
4 day directed Acting .Secretary of 4
4 'nr Davis and Secretary Wilbur 4
nf Dm iiiivv H niuj rt mmit In lrlvtt 4
4 all poHsible aid to Santa Barbara. 4
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WASHINGTON, June 29. A. 4
4 !" 1 ()i-.Iipu u--n ui.tW liv Ihn A
4- navy department today to tho 4
4 commandant of tho Eleventh and 4
4- Twelfth naval districts at San 4
4 Diego and Sun Kra isco to give 4
4 nil nosslble asHistanco hi tho 4
4 earthquake zone. 4
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CHAPUH HAVE A
BOUNCING BAB
Son Who Looks Like His Papa
Is Welcomed at Beverly
Hills Mansion Declared a
Perfect Specimen By At
tending Physician. ,
" .
BKVKltLY HILLS. Cal. June 21).
(V p.)-t-CburUo Chaplin without
limber cano,'' without a duck-shule
or over-sized shoos, monopolized
fllmdom's limelight. Ho was Charles
Spencer Chaplin, Jr., weight d
poutids born at the Chaplin man
sion hero just before breakfast yes
torday.
His mother, who was formerly the
elder Chanlln's leadlnu woman und
who became the comedian's wffe at
the llttlo .Mexican town of Em
pa I mo last November, was safel to
be resting comfortably.
His father gave no Interviews to
the press, but his great-grant. father,
William Curry, divulged that tho fa
mous film portray or of comic em
barrassment had paced the floor
and nibbled his fingernails, like
Auntless other expectant fathers iiinl
had exclaimed when tho babo fi
nally was shown to him:
"It looks liko mo."
The attending physician, Dr. James
K. Jlalloran, who also helped Mrs.
.Chaplin into the world about 17
years ago, described her son as "ono
of thf most pcrfoctly formed babies
I have seen."
Wall Street Report
NEW YORK. June 2fl Tho closing
was weak. Activo selling for both
accounts inspired partly by reports of
hi'flVV flumiiirfi In tho f'u 1 1 fi irnlii nnWh.
tjuake broke out in tho final hour,
Pacific coast stocks, notably the oil
shares, declined one to three points.
American (.'an extended Its break to
6 points nnd losses of ono to five
points were registered by Havana
Electric, United Fruit, General Elec
tric, United Ktiut-s Cast Iron Plpo and
Dupont
Uneasiness over earthquako dis
turbances In California and Mon
tana and a rise In call money to six
per cent, the highest rate slneo 1923,
caused a sharp break In stock Uflcea tt""vw ,B v"
. . ,,i . 1 i ered two feet by the quakes. Ilun
today. Heavy selling broke out In ... u
the lute
dealings. Sales approxlmutod
1,200,000 shares.
! miles of underground workings there
Big Shake-up in Dry Forces. ;WIlB no damage, according to Buttd re
WASMINOTON. June U9. (A. P.) portH. Tho minors flocked to the sur
A sweeping reduction In tho mobile fac0 when they felt tho shocks. h
prohibition agents forces and thai Guards Called Out
dropping of 400 persons Trom the) Guards aro posted about damaged
Washington prohibition headquarters Htructures and no ono Is allowed to
personnel is planned under the newly n.nr them
ordered decentralization program of
tho treasury department
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GLOUCESTER, Mass., June 29.
Fifteen men we're drowned and nine
other members of tho crew of the
fishing schooner Rex of this port
0scued when the boat was sunkln a
l'llll(Mf 11 Willi lilt- V.UIII1III rtlll-IHM lllir
steamer Tuscunin,
200 miles east of
Hutlfax yesterday.
Beyond the me
O
K'C message
OUAKE llll'
if nr.
Half a Million Dollars Loss in
Montana From Tremblor
1 Saturday Night St. Paul
Railroad Suffers Heavily
Earthquake Shocks Con
tinued Today.
IBILENA Mont., Juno 29. (A. P.)
--Montana polntH trnmhlcd again to
day as the earth'Klnward convulsions
continued for the third successive clay.
Helena folks wore awakened at 2:0
o'clock this innrninR by a shri
tremor that Insted for seven soconds.
No damage, however, was reported.
Great Fulls experienced Its foiBtlt
quuke in less thnn 3li hours at 2:30
o'clock, when tho buildings wero
shaken for Boveral seconds.
llozcman was visited by threo dis
tinct temblors last night nnd parly
today. Manhattan, Ixigan and Throe
Forks also reported similar shocks
While the latest shocks did no new
damage at Hozeman they were severe
enough tt? widen seams In Ullck build
ings damagod by tho Saturday night
quakes.
Tourists from YollowBtone park
coming Into Itozomnn declared that
severe shocks wero felt In tho canyon
Saturday night.
TIELENA, Mont., June 29. Resi
dents of tho Oullctln valley, tho appar
ent center of the earthquake which
shook four states Saturday night and
yesterday fastidiously remained out in
the wide open siAces today, looking
hack at about $500,000 worth of
ruins the aggregate cost of 'tho
tomblor. i i
It was a whimsical earthquake. N.
ono wns killed, nearly a score of build
ings cracked and fell. There were a
half dozen landslides. A crevice cx-j
tending at Irregular Intervals from
Manhattan to Throo Forks, a dlstanco
of ten miles, it-mains as oil a at the
scars caused by the quake. The Lom
bard tunnel of tho Chicago, Milwau
kee and St. Paul railroad suffered a
cave in and an avalancho near Deer
I'ark covered 500 feet of rail mad track
nearby, leaving it burled under earth
and rocks 100 feet dp. This was
caused when a cliff 800 foot high, top
pled and fell. '
Thousands of persons In Butte,
Great Falls, Billings. Livingston. Mis
Houtu, Helena and othor cities and
towns wero thrown Into a near panic
and rushed clear of buildings. '
The shocks continued intermittent
ly until well after ten o'clock. Yester
day there wore slight recurrences at
Three Forks. Whlto Sulphur Bpringa
and Anaconda. - '
Property Ixss iJirgo
Three Forks, Manhattan and Logan,
n" n'ar tne Punction of Madison. Gul-
latin and Jefferson rivers, which form
tho source of tho Missouri, sustained
the greatest loss. Tho court houso nt
Whlto Sulphur Springs fell and sev
eral smaller structures wore demol
ished. The loss there wlU exceed
$100,000 It Is said, and Three Forks,
whore tho damago was greater, lost
about $200,000, reports say. Throo
Forks residents counted 41 distinct
shocks, they reported. ; ;
Jefferson rlvr, a Bhort distance
dreds of men were working In tho
mines at Butte- and Anaconda as. tho
earth's surface trembled, but - In ,the
I rnonrlmmrt on Paa Klhn
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celved by tho ship's owners from the
Anchor line reporting the disaster, no
word has come to amplify the dotuils.
The Tuscanfa which struck the
little fishing craft during a fog. re
ported herself standing by, searching
for possible survivors and bodies. Tho
lOaster of the sunken vessel. Thomas
Downey, of Lowell was picked up
dead.
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