Santa Barbaraquake damage and rebuilding plans emerge
A powerful Santa Barbara earthquake leveled blocks on State Street and damaged landmarks like the California Hotel and Arlington Hotel. Funds and loans totaling 2,500,000 dollars are proposed by H. H. Colton, William G. McAdoo, and local financiers to rebuild the business district, with McAdoo urging state banks to back mortgage-backed loans.
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Hellman Bank
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Barbara
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California
Hellman Commercial, Trust and Savings Bank
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Gibraltar
Here
Sheffield
Nunn
Arlington Hotel
Perkins
Hancock
Lillian Sanger
Brooklyn
N. Y
Emma J. Morrell
New York
E. H. Doe
Passadena
James M. Hobbs
Chicago
Desgrandchamp
George F. Hamilton
Leason
Army
Trains Rush to Quake Area With Supplies and Medical Aid
Relief trains with doctors nurses and supplies depart Los Angeles for Santa Barbara as Southern Pacific reports minimal damage west of Naples and only a twenty mile disrupted stretch on the transcontinental line. Chicago figures say trains run normally to Seattle, with repair crews clearing a short tunnel. notable Chicagoans in quake area include Countess Agnes Minotto and John J Mitchell Jr others.
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Standard Oil Company
Santa Barbara
Paul Shoup
Southern Pacific Company
Seismological Society of California
Associated Press
Chicago
Southern Pacific RailWay
Naples
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Ventura
H. E. Byram
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Seattle
J. Ogden Armott
Packer
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
Swift
Countess Minotte
Earthquake Damage in Montana Estimated at 500000
Montana towns felt shocks over three days with total property damage not expected to exceed 500000. Cracks appeared in Missoula county jail. White Sulphur Springs reports 10000 in damage and Great Northern Railway lines remain open with Milwaukee tracks nearing clearance.
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
Santa Barbara
Montana
Great Falls
Billings
Bozeman
Logan
Three Forks
Manhattan
Missoula
Expert warned of quake more than a year ago
Boston June 29 Today's Southern California quake tends to support the theory that shocks occur in spasms or groups. The Engineering Economies Foundation says recent smaller quakes did not relieve the earth's strain and emphasizes lessons for the northeastern United States and Canada.
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Boston
California
Engineering Economies Foundation
United States
Canada
Millionaires' Homes Cracked by Quake in Montecito
Santa Barbara Cal June 29 Montecito the show place of millionaires country homes was struck by the earthquake damaging many mansions The George Owen Knapp mansion suffered 25000 The Frederick F Peabody home 15000 The W H Cowles Spokane residence 10000 The Bliss Place Billings and Mitchell homes were shaken No injuries reported
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West’s
Show Place
Santa Barbara
Cal
Montecito
George Owen Knapp
Frederick F. Peabody
W. H. Cowles
Spokane
Bliss Place
Billings
Mitchell
Coolidge Aids Santa Barbara After Earthquake
President Coolidge directing Acting Secretary of War Davis and Navy Secretary Wilbur to give all possible aid to Santa Barbara news dispatches report. He issued the directive from Plymouth Vermont at his father’s bedside as he arrived following his sudden trip from Swampscott to the summer White House.
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Father
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Davis
Wilbur
Navy Department
Santa Bar
Press Association
Secretary of War
Associated Press
Secretary of Navy
Santa Barbara
Mr. Coolidge
White House
Swampscott
Mass
Food by the Truckload Rush to Stricken City
Los Angeles prepared to supply Santa Barbara with milk bread and cooked foods after a quake. Major George E Cryer announced shipments tonight with five hundred gallons of milk due by daylight and more ready. Trucks carrying bread and cooked foods aimed for Santa Barbara around midnight. Chief Engineer William Mulholland sent two engineers to help repair the water system.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
C. M. Andera
Santa Barbara
George E. Cryer
Los Angeles Milk Association
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
William Mulholland
Faiman Murder Charge Dropped in Chicago Case
In Chicago on June 29 the murder charge against C C Faiman, tied to William Shepherd who was acquitted over William McClintock's typhoid death, was dismissed on State's Attorney Crowe's recommendation. Shepherd's allies deny plans for libel suits and await probate action on McClintock's will involving Shepherd.
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Chicago
C. C. Faiman
William Darling Shepherd
William N. McClintock
Thomas J. Lynch
Crowe
Farman
National University of Sciences
Shepherd
Faiman
W. W. O’brien
O'Brien
William Scott Stewart
McClintock
Miss Pope
Iowa
Addison Quote on Readiness and Self Knowledge
A reflection on how unsettled minds cause distress. It notes a jealous person reacts to faults in others by masking self-critique, arguing that recognizing one’s own flaws reveals not just disapproval of another but discontent with oneself.
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Addison
Experts say California Montana quakes unrelated
William Bowie of the Coast and Geodetic Survey stated that California and Montana earthquakes were local phenomena and not connected. He noted old fault lines and ongoing studies to chart earth faults within a decade to forecast major disturbances.
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California
Montana
William Owie
Division of Geodesy
Coast and Geodetic Survey
International Geodetic Association
Congress
United States
Bowie
Becaustudies
Seaboard
Santa Barbara Shocks Follow Short Dead Fault
San Francisco observers report that recent seismic surveys under Prof Bailey Willis of Stanford indicate the Santa Barbara quake originated along a twelve mile dead fault line from Elwood east toward Santa Barbara. Geologists say the fault is transverse to the San Andreas and helps explain why shocks did not reach San Francisco.
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Hill
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Idaho
Wyoming
D. Townley
Stanford University
Seismological Society of America
San Francisco
California
Porterville
University of California
Seaside
Associated Press
Seiismological Society of America
Bailey Willis
Elwood
Los Angeles
J. M. Hill
United States Geology
Quakes Felt Across Hawaii and California Shake Kilauea News
Seismographs at Kilauea Observatory recorded tremors from both the Montana and Santa Barbara earthquakes. Director Thomas Jaggar noted the California fault showed a 25 foot horizontal movement near San Luis Obispo. Santa Barbara shocks appeared distinct from Montana aftershocks and prompted alerts on remaining lava activity.
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Island of Hawaii
T. H
Montana
Santa Barbara
Thomas A Jaggar, Jr
California
Jaggar
Hawaii
Algar
Halematmau
Kilauea
San Luis Obispo
Engineering Economic Foundation
New York
East
Virginia
Carolina
Boston
Montreal
Quebec
Rockies
Santa Barbara Earthquake Devastates Jail and Hotel
The Santa Barbara disaster toppled jail walls and the Arlington Hotel causing prisoner escapes and severe damage. Firemen Red Cross and guards aided relief as residents evacuated outdoors amid a smoky haze and aftershocks. Historic La Guerra and El Patio ruins marked the Spanish era loss.
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Santa Barbara
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Pio Pico
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Padres
Deaths in Chicago and Hartwell Notices
Fragmented obituary items report deaths of Ella Fom Cook sister of L B Cook and Mrs L H Pummill at 789 arkway arenes Hart well with a June 27 funeral. Also Ida S Williamson Walton wife of the late Al H Walton died June 27 and naval services are set at Wilcox chapel 24 West Ninth Street on Tuesday at 1 p.m.
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Chicago
Gery Weineeday
Cook A A
L. B. Cook Ella Fom
L. H. Pummill
Arkway Arenes
Hartwell
Elacedas
al H. Walton
Wilcots Chapel
West Ninth Street
Major world earthquakes in 25 years tally nineteen events
In the last quarter century nineteen major earthquakes and eruptions have caused thousands of deaths and vast property loss. Only one occurred in the United States with San Francisco in 1906 recording 452 fatalities and massive damage. Other notable quakes hit Japan, Kingston Jamaica, Sicily Calabria, Central Italy, and China with large death tolls and homelessness.
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San Francisco
Cal
Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Kingston
Jamaica
Sicily
Calabria
Italy
Avezzano
China
Bids Sought for Eight Feeders to Transcontinental Air Mail
Postmaster General New invites bids for eight feeder air routes to support the transcontinental service. Routes include New York to Boston via Hartford and Chicago to St. Louis via Springfield among others. Rates: 5 cents per ounce for feeder segments plus 10 cents per ounce for feeders under 1,000 miles. Daily service planned both ways.
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Ashland
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Portland
Resignation Ends Long Presidency at Illinois Woman's College
Dr. Joseph R. Harker has resigned after more than thirty years as president of Illinois Woman's College. Halvor Steenerson, longtime Minnesota congressman, is noted as born seventy-three years ago in Dane County Wisconsin, tracing his roots to a lineage reaching back seventy-two years in England.
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Illinois Woman's College
England
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Halvor Steenerson
Minnesota
Congress
Dane County
Wis
River Stages Report For Cincinnati Area
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 12.1 feet at 6 o clock last night. The Chris Greene of Charleston was reported moving upriver at 6 o'clock. Louisville and Madison area boats were noted with arrivals and departures around 5 o'clock. The Chris Greene is expected to depart for Pomeroy at 5 o'clock tonight.
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Greene Line Steamer Tom Greene Sets Tuesday Departure
The Tom Greene steamer sails Tuesday at 5 p.m. from the Greene Line wharf for Portamouth Ironton Ashland Caddettaburg Muntington Gallipolis Charleston and intermediate points with telephone contact at Main.
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Charleston
Dr Arl Wilzback Speaks At American Business Club Luncheon
Dr Arl Wilzback secretary of the National Association of Y M C A Secretaries will speak at the American Business Club luncheon at the Gibson today. Police report several robberies assaults in the city including a $70 clothing theft from Mrs Helen Schermer 925 West Court and a $35 robbery of Edward Conway at Auburn and McMillan. George Merkle 29 of Montgomery Ohio was injured in a horse accident on Marburg avenue. no arrests. Charles Auer of Elland circle reports a purse missing after someone left his home last night. Fred Walker 38 was stabbed while restraining a quarrel involving a man known as Suck Tooth Ballas and Lucy Johnson in East Front street. He was hospitalized by the injury.
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National Association of Y. M. C. A
American Business Club
Gibson
Holt Hoskins
Copeland
Hoskins
Helen Schermer
West Court Street
Edwar Conway
McMillan Street
Auburn Avenue
George Merkle
Montgomery, O
General Hospital
Dewey King
Alamo Avenue
Marburg Avenue
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Behir
Charles Auer
Elland Circle
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Sycamore Street
Today's Anniversaries
1850 Newman Erb born in Breslau Germany a notable American rail way financier died in New York March 25 1925. 1861 Ito Juarez named dictator by Mexican Congress. 1864 Congress grants Yosemite Valley to California for public use. 1865 Benjamin F Perry appointed governor of South Carolina by President Johnson. 1875 Samuel J Kirkwood nominated Republican candidate for Governor of Iowa. 1892 General John Bidwell of California nominated for President on the Prohibition ticket.
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Breslau
Germany
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Ito Juares
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Yosemite Valley
California
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Avernor
South Carolina
Johnson
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Iowa
John Bidwell
Gardener Saved as Water Hurled Him From Wall
Santa Barbara event recounts Rob ert Malcolm a gardener at the Arlington Hotel who was watering flowers when a wall fissure opened and a water main burst. The torrent struck him and threw him clear as the four story wall collapsed into the street.
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