Attend the Big Celebration at Seward July 4th
Hewnrd ZEIle Gut-emsig
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XX. NUMER 162.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 29,1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SIXTY-FIVE PERSONS KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE IN CITY
OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.; BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED
PROPERTY DAMAGE IN MONTANA
OVER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
WITH NO LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED
Three Villages in Montana Demolished and Inhabitants
Terrorized—Tunnels on Railroad Cave In and Mine
Tunnels are Damaged in Many Properties
FIRST EARTHQUAKE IN HISTORY OF SASKATOON
*• Every Brick Building Razed in City of Santa Barbara
First National Bank and One Schoolhouse Are De
stroyed—Shocks Heavy in Los Angeles Today
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 29 An earthquake which swept
Southern California this morning demolished every brick building in Santa
Barbara, broke the watermains and resorvoirs, partly flooding the citj and
started several fires, from which little damage resulted. Great loss of life
is feared, particularly at the Arlington Hotel, whose walls collapsed. Main
street upheaved and as the water mains parted, geysers shot up through the
pavement. A tidal wave accompanied the quake, tremendous waves rushing
in from the bay and flooding the lowlands. The city’s largest building, called
“The Granada Block,’’ withstood the shock.
The quake demolished the Telephone Exchange building, a Santa Bar
bara message stated over a crippled w ire at 9 o clock this morning. Hundieds
of messages from the East for the quake region are piled up in San Fran
cisco because the wires were snapped by the quake. The Cabrillo House
and a big beach hotel at Santa Barbara, were destroyed, as were most of
the buildings on State street. The Gibraltar dam, said to be a pait of the
city’s water system, broke and emptied. State Street, which extends from
the beach for several miles back, was lined with brick and concrete build
ings, from two to ten stories high. The Arlington hotel, a famous resort on
upper State Street, a mile from the!
beach was utterly destroyed.
Sixty-Five Killed at Santa Barbara
SAN FRANCISCO. June 29 (IP)—
The Southern Pacific is advised that
65 persons were killed in the earth
quake this morning at Santa Barbara.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company received word that another
4. severe shock occurred at Santa Bar
bara at 10:15 today. The first shock
occurred at 6:45 this morning.
Roof of Roundhouse Falls
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29 (IP)—
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany received a dispatch that the roof
of the roundhouse at Santa Barbara
had fallen in, crushing several loco
motives and doing great damage.
Many slides are reported along the
highway. The First National Bank and
one schoolhouse were destroyed.
In Los Angeles this morning the
shocks swayed heavy buildings the
inhabitants rushing to the streets.
Wire communications with Santa
Barbara failed at 6:41.
Towns Demolished In Montana.
HELENA, Mont., June 29 (/P)—Se
vere earthquake, shocks demolished
buildings at Three Forks, White Sul
phur Springs and Anaconda yester
day. After spending a night fraught
with fear over sudden dangers from
the earthquake disaster, the popula
tion of the above towns prepared to
evacuate their homes. No loss of life
was reported and but three persons
were injured as the population rushed
to the streets following the shocks.
Today’s tremors were confined to
the south central region of Montana,
whereas last night’s shocks covered
sections of Idaho, Washington, Wyo
ming and Montana. No material dam
age is recorded in the first three
V
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states, but property damage in Mon
tana will reach over 3500.000.
Railway Tunnels Cave In.
Railroads are rerouting their trains
today because of caveins in many tun
nels.
Prisoners in the county jail' here
were panic stricken when last night’s
tremors split the floor of the court
room and jail and nearby buildings.
The quake left no marks on thousands
of miles of underground workings in
the Butte copper mines where thou
sands of men were working.
Saskatoon Is Shaken.
SASKATOON, Canada, June 29 (/P).
The first earthquake in the history
of Saskatoon shook the city for an
hour Saturday night. Windows and
dishes rattled and walls shook. No
great damage was done.
Damage Ten Millions.
SANTA BARBARA, June 29 (JP)—
An Associated Press reported arrived
here today from Los Angeles. He
reports damages of $10,000,000 with
12 dead. Most of the business build
ings on State street were virtually
destroyed.
Shock Harder than in 1906.
SANTA BARBARA, June 29 (jP)—
Survivors of the San Francisco earth
quake living here declare that today’s
shock exceeded the one in 1906 in vio
lence. The twist broke the water and
gas mains, snapped telephone wires
and broke th6 reservoir. Telephone
communication has been restored with
Los Angeles at 10:50 when a single
line was found working in a garage.
State Street has been closed to traf
fic from the Arlington Hotel to the
beach owing to danger from shattered
buildings.
FATHER COOLIDGE !
DANGEROUSLY ILL
PLYMOUTH, Vermont, June 29 (/P).
President Coolidge came to the bed
side of his father from his summer
home at Swampscott, Mass., in almost
record time after the receipt of un
favorable reports . Physicians said
that while his condition was very
satisfactory he was not out of danger.
The president and Mrs. Coolidge
motored to Boston and boarded a spe
cial train which climbed 141 miles of
mountain road in four hours to Lud
low, then motored through the rain
to his father’s house. Mr. Coolidge
sr., collapsed yesterday from a gland
ailment.
CHANDLER WINS TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY
PHILADELPHIA, June 29 (/P)—E.
G. Chandler, of the University of Cal
ifornia. won the intercollegiate tennis
championship defeating Cranston Hold
man of Stanford University 6-3, 6-3
and 1-6, 6-3.
Starr Calvert, after whom the reli
able steamer Starr was named by the
young man’s father, an official in the
San Juan Fishing and Packing Com
pany, was a Seward arrival on the
steamer Yukon. Mr. Calvert depart
ed for Sawmill Bay yesterday,, plan
ning to return to Seward the latter
part of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. E. Boeing of Se
attle will be round trip passengers on
the steamer Starr for Kanatak today.
Mr. Boeing heads the well known air
plane manufacturing company. He
stated to a Gateway representative
| that his trip north is for pleasure
only.
Three Hundred Injured
SANTA BARBARA. Cal., June 29
(jp)—Four are known to be dead and
from 100 to 300 injured from the
earthquake which damaged practically
all the structures in the city, wreck
ing several of the largest buildings.
The San Marco building, one of the
largest in the city, collapsed along
one third of its length. St.' Francis
hospital was partly destroyed. One
of the dead is Mrs. Perkins, wife of a
wealthy railroad operator, who was
killed in the Arlington hotel. The oth
ers who were killed in business blocks
have not yet been identified. The
quake seemed to center in the busi
ness district. Twenty minor shocks
were followed by two severe ones at
6:46 and 6:47.
Shocks Continue Today
HELENA, Mont., June 29 All
Montana points suffered again “today
from the third successive quake. The
inhabitants of Helena report severe
tremors.
Damage Less Than Reported.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 29 (£>).
No damage was done here by today’s
quake. Reports are that damage at
While and Sulphur Springs is less
than first reported.
Many Towns Shaken.
LOS ANGELES, June 29 {&)—'The
earthquake was felt here at 6:45 this
morning in a slow even movement.
Many buildings swayed. Newhall,
Bakersfield, Oxnard.. Colton, Mojave,
Lancaster, Ventura, El Centro and
other towns report a severe quake.
STEAMER STARR GOES
TO KANATAK THIS P. M.;
BE BACK IN A FEW DAYS
iThe steamer Starr is scheduled to
depart for Kanatak this afternoon at
3 o’clock, according to Captain Jo
hansen. A large cargo of fuel oil
is being taken to the district. It is
expected the vessel will return eith
er Thursday night or the following
morning. “We will be back in time
for the 4th of July Celebration,” Cap
tain Johansen stated.
PRICES ON FUR
SALE NEW YORK
ARE RECEIVED
NEW YORK FUR BUYER MAILS
INTERESTING DATA REGARDING
BIG EASTERN AUCTION.
Quoting the highest prices paid
for the following list of furs at the
public auction recently held in New
York, now reputed to be the center
of the fur trade of the World, J.
Furman Curtis of 7510 88th ave.,
New York, sends the Gateway the
following list and additional informa
tion on the sale of last month:
Sundry Fox ..-.—.$ 6.30
Otter . 50.00
Black bear .— 10.00
Blue Fox . 125.00
Marten (stone) ...-. 16.550
Timber wolf . 30.00
Northern muskrat . .2.06
Lynx ....-. 46.00
Hair seal .-.. 4.50
Beaver .. 37.75
Brown bear . 10.00
Cross fox .*. 92.00
Marten ..-.-. 75.00
Wolverine . 18.75
Black muskrat :.. 2.40
Ermine . 3.40
Mink ... 32.00
Silver fox ....No sale
Polar bear . ■^•21
Marten (baum) . 20.75
Wolf .-. 21 -25
White fox . 49.50
Red fox . 42.00
This sale that just ended was
known as the Spring Sale and show
ed ten declines and eleven advances
in prices over the last sale which
was known as the Winter Sale.
NOTICE!
The women comprising the organic
zation to aid the Jesse Lee Home
are requested to meet at the Metho
dist Church Tuesday at 2:30 p. m.
Mary Hardy, Anna S. Hawkins,
Jennie Adams and Harriett Jones,
school inarms from the States, were
brief visitors in Seward yesterday
between the arrival of the train and
the departure of the Yukon.
Noel W. Smith, general manager of
the Alaska Railroad, accompanied by
Mrs. Smith, arrived in Seward Satur
day evening from railroad headquar
ters. The trip to Sew'ard was made
for the purpose of meeting Con
gressman Treadway and his wife, and
to accompany them over the road to
Fairbanks.
Suzanne Eamon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jno. Eamon departed yes
terday for Seattle en route to Minne
sota to visit relatives.
H. H. McCutcheon, past exalted
ruler of the Anchorage B. P. O.
Elks and delegate to the Portland
convention, to be held there, July
12, passed thru Seward yesterday on
his way to the Rose City.
NAVAL PLANES
TO MAP ALASKA
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 29 (£>)—
Secretary Wilbur Saturday agreed to
provide Naval hydroplanes and their
personall to may over 18,000 square
miles o? Alaska, probably next sum
mer. He announced that a lack of
maps of the interior there had seri
ously handicapped the investigations
of the geological survey.
BOWDOIN SAILS FOR NORTH
SYDNEY, N. S., June 29 (/P)—'The
steamer Bowdoin, bearing Donald
MacMillan departed for Arctic waters
today. The Peary will follow soon.
FREIGHTER CORDOVA ARRIVES
WITH LARGE SEWARD CARGO
Under the command of Captain J.
B. Simpson, the big freighter Cor
dova arrived in port yesterday morn
ing at 9:30 o’clock from the south,
completed discharging her large car
go at 5 p. m., sailing then for the
westward.
Among the cargo discharged at
Seward was 250 tons of British Co
lumbia coal for the local radio sta
tion; 191 barrels of deisel oil and
20 barrels of lubricating oil for the
Standard Oil station; a quantity of
dynamite; automobiles and a cow
for Anchorage. A total of 900 tons
of B. C. coal was aboard the vessel
billed to Alaska naval stations.
TODAY’S BASEBALL
SATURDAY’S GAMES.
Pacific Coast League
Vernon 2, Portland 0.
Salt Lake 11, Frisco 7.
Oakland 3, Seattle 9.
Sacramento 6, Los Angeles 10.
American League.
Boston 5, 1, New York 10, 5.
Phila. 3, Washington 1.
Detroit 5. St. Louis 4.
Chicago 2, 3, Cleveland 1, 1.
National League.
Pittsburgh 3, 2, Cincinnati 2, 6.
Brooklyn, 6. Phila 10.
New York 3, Boston S.
St. Louis 5, Chicago 0.
SUNDAY’S GAMES.
Pacific Coast League.
Oakland 1, 8, Seattle 2, 4.
Vernon, 7, 0, Portland 6, 2.
Salt Lake 10, 6. Frisco 9, 8.
Sacramento 1, 3, Los Angeles 15, 5.
National League.
New York 6, Boston 5.
St. Louis, 3, 8, Chicago 1, 3.
Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 5.
Phila.-Brooklyn—rain.
American League.
Detroit 2, St. Louis 8.
Phila. 1, Washington 6.
Cleveland 4, Chicago 8.
No other games. '
TEAM STANDING.
Pacific Coast League.
San Francisco
Salt Lake .
Seattle .
Los Angeles .
Portland -
Oakland ...
Sacramento .....
Vernon ..
..55
—.49
.43
.43
.35
.35
.24
.....31
New York
Pittsburgh ...
Cincinnati ...
Brooklyn .
St. Louis .
Philadelphia
Chicago .
Boston -
National League.
_40
..38
.-.32
.32
.33
..29
..29
_25
American League.
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago .
Detroit —.
St. Louis —
New York ...
Cleveland ...
Boston .
..44
.43
..36
.32
.31
..28
..27
.22
26
33
38
39
42
46
48
53
25
24
32
32
34
34
38
39
21
23
29
34
37
37
38
44
.679
.598
.531
.524
.455
.432
.415
.369
.615
.613
.500
.500
.493
.460
.433
.391
.677
.652
.554
.485
.456
.451
.415
.333