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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1925
Page
11
Two men stood outside St Paul City Hall selling copies of the St Paul Press. The scene drew onlookers as they arranged bundles on a feed bag in a swell hotel nearby.
The quake left a long casualty list with names and injuries as hospitals treated the injured. State street lay desolate with wrecked stores and crushed vehicles, while the Arlington hotel tank’s fall caused multiple fatalities. New California hotel wrecked. Carrillo hotel damaged with interior losses.
Former star pitcher Chief Bender, long a pillar of the Philadelphia Athletics era, has been appointed as a coach for the Chicago White Box by manager Eddie Collins. The move marks a transition from pennant and world series success to mentoring in a new organization.
Sheltered residents crowded open spaces after the tremors as water mains burst and mud covered gardens. The Santa Barbara mission suffered major damage with its tower bells crashing while a kneeling congregation prayed and left amid adobe debris. Bankers plan a reconstruction session as salvaging begins and insurance details remain unsettled.
In New York the heavyweight Harry Wills and middleweight Harry Greb headlined the Italian hospital fund boxing card at the Polo Grounds. Wills favored four to one over Charley Inert, Greb eight to five over Mickey Walker, with other bouts featuring Jimmy Stattery over Dave Shade and Joe Lynch favored to defeat Jack Sharkey. Wills trains at Summit, New Jersey, while walkers and Greb plan rest days before fight night. A cloudburst near Bakersfield delays Tejon pass traffic as crews clear debris.
Buffalo heavyweights Siki and Weigand clash in a six round bout won by Weigand in Buffalo. Stribling scores a ten round decision over Bud Gorman in Detroit amid calls for a draw. Paulsa and Ross go ten rounds in Scranton as debris and rescue efforts unfold after a mountain pass collapse. Santa Barbara earthquake relief mobilizes army and navy with air scouts and ships to assist. Los Angeles patrols ship out a fourth relief train to Santa Barbara adding 100 policemen and ten detectives.
The funeral service for Girard George was held at the family home on Montauk Avenue with Rev. Harold H Ogden of the Government meet Presbyterian church officiating. Pallbearers included Russell Goodloe Leslie Hester Clyde Craighan and others. A second obituary notes four year old Pearl Lavenia Brown of Prichard died at 6 50 am and was sent to Monroeville for burial via Roche Undertaking Company.
In Cardiff June 30 delegates of the Presbyterian Alliance Council discussed democracy in church government. Rev. H. C. Swearingen of St. Paul represented the United States, arguing democracy began with the Reformation and that reformed churches govern as units transcending nationality and race.
A Tien Tsin dispatch says about 100 communists were arrested, including five servants of the Soviet consulate. The charges or details were not specified.
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