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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1925
Page
4
Santa Barbara, Cal June 30 quake tremors leave city in need of relief as damage tops twenty five million dollars. Thirteen dead and twenty three seriously hurt. police and military guard streets while Red Cross and hospitals aid the injured. bankers urged to fund twenty million dollar rehabilitation.
Tremors rocked Santa Barbara through the night with a 1:22 a m tremor followed by additional shocks at 4:24 6:55 and 9:24 p m. Martial law was imposed with troops sailors and police guarding streets and restricting access as residents slept outdoors and looters were deterred. Visitors were barred and film stars among the last night’s guests hurried away as downtown suffered heavy damage to the main thoroughfare.
A telegram from Charles G. Allen of Santa Barbara reports Earthquake is terrible, but we are safe. The Allen family moved to Santa Barbara from Linton about six or seven years ago.
Fourth of July festivities in Linton feature two balloon ascensions and parachute drops by Prof. George A. Skiver of Indianapolis at Haseman's grove. The first ascent occurs about noon and the second at 5 PM with three parachute leaps on each return. A parade of floats for the industrial and commercial pageant is under construction for the morning.
Indianapolis June 30 United Press Dispatch Judge Collins of the Marion criminal court condemns the venue system as outrageous with cases scattered across adjoining counties and lawyers jumping between counties. He notes Floya Christian seeks delay in the William H. Black case while D C Stephenson Earl Kienck and Earl Gentry face Noblesville trial for Miss Madge Oberholtzer’s murder set for July 6.
English inspector of secondary schools E. G. Savage plans a study of Indiana public schools during a U S tour. A British embassy letter to Governor Jackson requests cooperation from state officials in his investigation of American systems.
William D. Shepherd is absolved as the grand jury returns no bill in the murder case linked to Billy McClintock's mother. The decision ends the prosecution for Shepherd who faced major charges. The report from United Press Dispatch notes the June 30 Chicago grand jury action clears Shepherd of all allegations.
Jackson Wyoming June 30 forestry officials report the north end of Chief mountain in the Teton national forest is cracking amid earthquake tremors that rocked four Rocky Mountain states Saturday night. another larger avalanche into the Gros Ventre river is feared and feared by officials.
In Indianapolis on June 30 two youths Harold Hinman 17 and Cepha Fort 18 planned a canoe trip to New Orleans via White river the Wabash and the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. They were captured at Petersburg and returned to Indianapolis to face charges of stealing two canoes from Broad Ripple park boat house.
The Santa Barbara earthquake death list stands at 13 with 25 seriously injured. Names include Mrs. Charles R. Perkins, Bertram B. Hancock, Florence Carter, Dr. James Angle, Chappo Mastero, John Shea, Demetrius Staron, and others. Recovery and casualty details mention Arlington hotel ruins and San Marcos building collapses.
In Scranton Pennsylvania 155000 anthracite miners meet at a tri district convention to shape a new contract with coal operators. Key issues include a wage increase a two year term and a check off system with potential for a September 1 strike if talks fail. International Secretary Kennedy says the union will reject wage reductions and declines to forecast exact demands.
In Indianapolis on June 30 attorneys for D. C. Stephenson conferred in final prep for the murder trial opening next Monday in Noblesville. The state plans to call about thirty witnesses in the case.
Count Michimasa Soyeshina, Japanese peer and editor, said in Chicago that Japan will declare war on Russia within ten years unless Bolshevists stop spreading red propaganda. He added that war between the United States and Japan is not very impossible and announced a July lecture series at the University of Chicago on Far East problems.
The Greene County Taxpayers Association organized and elected officers Lee H. James as president and trustees C. B. Hollers W. E. Dobbs Fred E. Dyer T. E. Slinkard C. F. Heri and T. E. Harris.
Sullivan Ind June 30 A statewide search is in progress for Allen McGray 14 an honor student of Sullivan High School who has been missing from his grandmother Mrs Ollie Allen home for more than a week after leaving for a country visit and failing to reach his destination authorities report no trace of his movements
United Press dispatch reports President Coolidge leaving Plymouth Vermont after noon to travel to his summer residence at Swampscott Massachusetts, assured by word that his father's condition remains safe.
In Indianapolis on June 30 witnesses including elderly men and women described losses from the Hawkins Mortgage Co of Portland Ind They testified in federal court accusing Morton Hawkins former head of the firm of trading them out of valuable stock and loading Hawkins stock at 65 a share while par value was one cent per share Several witnesses recounted life savings lost amid the mortgage company collapse.
Witness accounts describe a monstrous tremor that toppled the Cabrillo hotel and buckled walls as fire crews evacuated civilians. Rescues by ladder saved many, while hospitals faced injuries and a nurse perilously feared dead. A dog, a baby, and a shaken city endured the disaster. Police and troops tightened a cordon around the damaged business district.
A resume lists nineteen major earthquakes and eruptions over twenty five years with San Francisco 1906 about 452 deaths and 350 million in property loss, Tokyo Yokohama 1923 with about 192000 dead and missing and 580000 homes destroyed, Kingston 1907 with 1100 lives lost, 25 million in damage, Sicily 1908 with 76483 dead, Italy 1915 Avezzano destruction, China 1920 with 200000 lives lost and ten cities damaged.
United Press dispatch reports Manconia Villa mox was pulled alive from the San Marcos office building rubble twenty hours after the earthquake. She had been scrubbing doors when the collapse occurred and was taken to Cottage Hospital. Another body is believed trapped in the debris.
London June 30 King George yesterday received Dr Charles Mayo of Rochester Minnesota at Buckingham Palace. Lord Dawson introduced Dr Mayo to the king and the trial. They talked at length on cooperation between the medical and surgical professions of England and America.
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