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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1925
Page
1
Chicago reports indicate Colonel John C. Coolidge improved after bladder drainage operation and rest in Plymouth Vermont while Santa Barbara faced a devastating earthquake. The quake collapsed hotels and damaged State street, with five to twelve dead and extensive water mains damage noted.
Accompanied by Mrs Coolidge the president leaves the summer White House to be with his father. Personal physician Dr Coupal and surgeon Dr Chute come to help as Attorney General Sargent reports the father in intense pain. The president travels by special train to Ludlow and is met by John Coolidge and the attorney general. The family encounters an electrical storm as he visits.
At Sewore Bechuanaland on June 29 the Prince of Wales reviewed native Bechuana warriors in bizarre costumes. Chiefs wore London police helmets tartan kilts bear a king fur hats and other regimental pieces, creating a striking pageant as the royal party observed.
A list highlighting nineteen major earthquakes and eruptions, with deaths and property losses. Notable events include San Francisco 1906 with 425 lives lost and 350 million in damages, Tokyo Yokohama area 1923 with 192 000 dead or missing and 589 00 homes destroyed, Kingston Jamaica 1917 with 1 100 lives lost and 25 million in damages, and other historic quakes in Calabria, Central Italy, and Avezzano.
Helena awoke to a 2:50 am tremor lasting seven seconds with no damage. Great Falls felt its fourth quake in 36 hours at 2:30 am, shaking houses and rattling dishes. White Sulphur Springs reports reduced damage since Sunday. courthouse and county jail damaged but serviceable below. Yellowstone tourists said shocks were minor. another Great Falls quake is noted at 2:30 am lasting several seconds.
Stanford seismologist and president of the Seismological Society of America Dr. Bailey Willis, who predicted an earthquake near Santa Barbara, is reported to be in the city. His earlier statement said Northern California relief from pressures followed by growing Southern California forces could trigger a major temblor.
Hale Hold, president of the Burlington and Quincy railroad, stated no cause for alarm for passengers despite reports of earthquakes and mountain disturbances in the northwest. He said trains would stay on schedule and Yellowstone Park travelers remained undisturbed.
A strong earthquake struck Los Angeles at 6:43 AM. Downtown buildings swayed slowly and steadily for over a minute with no damage reported. Tremors continued at intervals, felt as far as Newhall, 81 miles away, according to telephone reports.
Idaho Falls on June 29 saw a raid on the Pure Oil company safe after forcing East Side Lumber locks with nitroglycerine. About 150 dollars in currency was stolen. suspects fled in the lumber firm's truck, later abandoned on the Yellowstone highway near Blackfoot. Police call the act professional and the first actual safe blowing in Idaho Falls.
National and regional baseball results recap with box scores from Washington Philadelphia St Louis Boston Cleveland New York Philadelphia Cincinnati. Notable pitchers include Ruel Wallace Cochrane Ovengros Dixon Schalk Mogridge Beall Wingfield Picinich Bassler Yowell Speece Myatt Vance Deberry Knight Wilson Rixey Brady Hargraves and others.
Vice President Charles G. Dawes plans to attend Cheyenne frontier day July 24 and will speak in Denver July 22. His Pacific coast coast trip is postponed until September after return from New England. He will stay with John Carter during the Denver visit and will tour Wagon Wheel Gap ranch of Colonel B Humphrey after returning to Denver.
A strong early morning quake struck Santa Barbara and much of southern California. State street damage was extensive with the Arlington and California hotels collapsed or ruined. Power and gas were out, water mains broken, and several deaths reported as rescuers worked amid rubble.
San Francisco reports damage to Santa Barbara's famed resort area after a quake. The city, known as the Mentone of America, sits 367 miles from San Francisco and 104 miles from Los Angeles and attracts thousands of visitors for its hotels and tropical flowers.
Fresno dispatch notes limited fire risk as Santa Barbara suffers wrecked buildings including bank, library, city hall and a Catholic school. Relief trains organized by San Luis Obispo chamber of commerce, San Joaquin Power reports debris on State street hindering traffic. Southern Pacific notes eight miles of tracks affected and trains operating to Goleta with routing via San Joaquin Valley.
A major earthquake centered between San Luis Obispo and Carpenteria disrupted Southern Pacific lines from Naples to Santa Barbara. Wires failed at 6:44 am, halting Santa Barbara communication and stopping oil-tank and rail operations in Naples and Goleta amid landslides and collapsed structures.
Gloucester Mass June 29 AP Fifteen men drown as the fishing schooner Rex sinks after a collision with the Tuscania 200 miles east of Halifax Nine crew members are rescued by wreckage and by the liner. Thomas Downey of Lowell the Rex’s master is found dead Officials of Fred L Davis Co say many crew may have died below deck or from impact injuries.
Cardiff June 29 The Alliance of Presbyterian churches heard Reverend Clarence B. N. Mac Artney of Philadelphia argue the Bible must remain unchanged as divine words in a contest with science. He warned liberal Protestant churches are losing faith and religion while affirming scripture as the sole rule of faith and practice despite departures from this view.
Los Angeles reports the identification of Mrs. Cora Elixade Silva wife of Franc de Silva of Texas as the woman killed alongside attorney John L. Richardson in an avalanche near Kernville California. The two victims from a weekend fishing party were found buried under rock and will be shipped to Mountain Home for burial with family relatives in Porterville providing the update.
The 8th and Baltair tender to the United States destroyer squadron departed Honolulu for Melbourne and will precede the fleet en route to Australia.
Charlie Chaplin and his wife welcomed a son in Beverly Hills. The newborn’s name is not disclosed, and the press was kept away. Chaplin reportedly remarked, It looks like me, upon seeing the baby. The attending physician was Dr J P Halloran, aiding delivery.
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