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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1925
Page
1
Helena Montana reports a seventh second tremor awakening residents at 2 30 am the third quake in as many days Great Falls Montana also felt the tremor at 2 30 am with no damage reported The shocks rattled residents across four states in a weekend sequence reported from Helena and Great Falls Montana.
Bulletin reports a devastating Santa Barbara quake with 65 feared dead and at least 10 million dollars in damage. State Street buildings are largely destroyed as shocks struck at 6:45 and 10:15 this morning. An AP reporter confirms extensive ruin and casualties in the city.
Helena reports Saturday night quakes demolishing structures at Three Forks White Sulphur Springs and Anaconda. No deaths. three injuries in Yervists tremors. Shocks reached Idaho Washington Wyoming. 500000 frightened. Railroads reroute due to tunnel cave-ins. jail prisoners panicked. courts split doors. Butter Copper mines affected with many miners underground.
Saskatoon residents felt the first earthquake in the city’s history for about an hour late Saturday night. Windows and dishes rattled and walls bulged but reports indicate no property damage of considerable amount.
United States Senator C. C. Dill departed on the outer Haida for the Pribilofs to photograph the Pacific patrol and seal rookeries. Merl Lavoy accompanies him to secure pictures. Dill notes the permanent fish canneries and fox industry. He plans to return to Seward by July 12 and may then proceed to Fairbanks or return along the Richardson Highway.
Beverly Hills California June 29 announces the birth of a six and three quarter pound boy to Mrs Lita Grey Chaplin wife of comedian Charlie Chaplin. The event adds a new member to the Chaplin family and is reported as a home birth with typical publicity of the era.
Four road crew workers cutting a country road near Okanogan Washington freed several green frogs trapped in cemented gravel three feet underground. The frogs moved vigorously after release, suggesting such imprisonment could occur over years. University of Washington biology professor Trevor Kincaid called the scenario possible though lacking scientific data.
Skagway June 29 George R Dedman proprietor of the Golden North Hotel and pioneer of Skagway died at White Pass Hospital at 12 80 after a five day illness. Survived by his widow and son and family. Dedman came to Skagway during the Klondike rush and, with Hol Foreman, built the Golden North Hotel later buying Foreman out and remaining there. He previously lived in Portland Oregon. He earned many friends across Skagway and the North.
In Plymouth Vermont on June 29 President Coolidge hurried from his Swampscott summer home to his father Col John Coolidge's bed side after unfavorable reports. Doctors said the father's condition was satisfactory. The president and Mrs Coolidge traveled by special train from Boston to Ludlow then drove under rain to the rural home. Col Coolidge had relapsed after a severe illness.
The Federal Government will finish the fiscal year with a surplus exceeding 245 million dollars, about 50 million more than prior estimates and over double the start-of-year projection. Revenue and income taxes total 1.749 billion, about 98 million above estimates, with Secretary Mellon likely to push for a 300 million dollar tax cut.
Oslo prepares a royal welcome for Capt Roald Amundsen and his expedition members returning to the capital. They arrive July 4 from Horton with naval planes escort, will land at the Honor Pier, travel by carriage to the Royal Palace, meet King Haakon, and attend a special dinner in their honor.
Spokane report says the wheat crop this year could be larger than last season and fetch good prices despite recent heat damage. The Wheat Growers Association meeting in Spokane indicated the growing outlook and decided not to handle this year's crop.
H L Faulkner prominent local attorney arrived home aboard the Queen after a 30 day business trip to the United States. His daughter Jean accompanied him. No new developments in the Thane project between Pope nitrate interests and Alaska Gold Mining Co. were noted. Faulkner said Thane had left San Francisco for the East and would visit Los Angeles New York and Boston to wrap up details with Pope and associates.
Reports from Chicago describe the MacMillan Navy Arctic expedition focusing on low wave radio experiments aboard the Peary. Four transmitters cover 20 40 80 and 180 metres, with daylight and night operation plans. Zenith Radio Corp and Eugene F McDonald announce nightly family messages via the Zenith station with public listening possible.
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Judge T M Reed in United States versus Booth Fisheries Company. Advices reached local attorney H L Paulkner. Booth Fisheries was convicted last December for maintaining a floating trap within 1500 feet of a stream mouth near Lucky Cove south of Ketchikan under the White Bill. The appeal followed a San Francisco argument on June 15.
In Tacoma on June 29 Charles Kinney and Arden Lloyd were convicted of murdering Harry Schmidt during a February 7 bank hold-up. The jury imposed life imprisonment as the penalty.
The June 29 quake left 100 to 800 injured and many dead as the San Marcos building collapsed a third of its length. The Arlington Hotel and St. Francis Hospital were wrecked while Mrs. Perkins, wife of a wealthy railroader, died in the hotel wing. Major shocks followed two severe quakes at 6 45 and 6 47 am.
An early morning California earthquake devastated Santa Barbara tearing down brick buildings incl Arling ton Hotel wall collapse on Main Street. Water mains broke flooding streets, fires started, and the Granada block withstood the shock. Wires across the region failed as Cabrillo and beach hotels were ruined and State Street largely destroyed. Continued operations.
More than 100 delegates from nine Pacific-bordering nations will attend the Institute of Pacific Relations in Honolulu July 1 to 15. Meetings and round tables will be held on the Punahou campus with housing arranged on the Punahou grounds. Participants will tackle international affairs, peace promotion, business goodwill, and racial antipathies through prepared papers, bibliographies, and questionnaires.
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