INTERIOR QUAKE
MOST SEVERE 111
HISTORY DISTRICT
ALASKA COLLEGE, NENANA,,
CURRY AND CORDOVA RE
PORTED SHOCKED
FAIRBANKS, Jan,, 22, (/P)—What
’s said to have been the longest
and most severe tremblors in the
history of this section kept resi
dents of Fairbanks in suspense for
nearly four hours earlv this morn
ing starting at 12:30. when many
clocks stopped by the first shock
lasting over a minute.
It is estimated 14 distinct shocks
were recorded and a heavy rumb
ling accompanied the quake adding
to the alarm.
Nearly everyone roused from bed
and some beds rolled about on their
castor5-. The quakes seemed to
travel toward the southwest and
the ground began undulating
‘lightly.
The damage was confined to
scattering stocks on store shelves
and windows broken. At the Alaska
College and at Nenana reports were
that all residents in that town
rushed into hte streets. Curry and
Cordova also reported feeling dis
turbances.
SCHOOLS CLOSED TO CUPID
SHELBY, N. C.. Jan., 21, (A5)—
Teachers in Shelby public schools
are under contract not to marry
during the school term. “No time
for honeymoons”, board officials
explained.
GOLD CORNEA IN 1869
BROUGHT LARGE PROEIT
A corner in gold was created in
the summer of 1869 by Jay Gould
and James Fisk Jr. Gould figured
that if gold should rise to 140 or
145, the British market would buy
breadstuffs here causing a great
movement of crops over the Erie
Railroad. They bought all the gold
in the banks of New York, amount
ing to S15.000.000. Gold sold at 162
and was still rising. Men became
insane In the midst of*the panic
It was reported that the United
states had \ brown $4,000,000 on the
market. Gold fell, the excitement
ceased but Gould and Fisk won
$11,000,000 profits.
ROB JEWET.RY STORE
NEW YORK, .Tan., 21, (A*)—Five
voting men held up the Park Ave.
iewelry shop of Mauboussin and
escaped with gems valued by the
proprietor at $2,000,000.
mvn.noo GIFT
NEW YORK, Jan., 21, (IP)—A gift
of $1,000,000,000 to be administered
for better understanding among
mankind, was announced by Lucls
hit.tauer. glove manufacturer, in
celebration of his70th birthday.
KILLED RY BULL
EVERETT, Wn„ Jan., 22, (IP)—
Gored by a vicious bull Carl Lund
berg, feeder barn man employed on
the Carnation stock farms, was al
most instantly killed when his neck
was oroken.
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ALAMEDA TOMORROW
An unconfirmed report as to the
time of arrival of the S. S. Alame
da from the South said the liner
arrived at Cordova at 10 o’clock
this morning which would bring
tier into the Port of Seward tomor
row morning.
Floy WEST CONFIRMED
SECRETARY INTERIOR
WASHINGTON. Jan., 22,
a vote of 44 to 27 the Senate con
firmed the nomination of Rov West
of Chicago to be Secretary of the
Interior. The Senate acted in an
executive session and voted not to
make a public roll call.
RACY STORIES OF
DRY VOTERS TOLD:
SENATOR BLAINE ATTACKS THE
DRY LAWS WHICH INFRINGE
PERSONAL LIBERTY
WASHINGTON. Jan., 22,
Tales of the stringent iaws of ih,
Puritan days in New England and
racy stories of the dry voting Leg
islates wh*. "e-e r.ur: 1- when they
voted for prohibition bills, filled
the Senate records as Senator
Blaine of Wisconsin tailed foi
nearly three hours while advocates
of the Naval Cruiser Bill waited
impatiently
Blaine’s atack came during the
discussion of the Harris proposal to
boost the dry enforcement funds
«25,fl0n,000 and attacked the dry
laws as invading a persons’ right
to liberty, declaring “No one liked
bis liouor sc much or his tobacco
so much, or hated his neighbor who
belonged to a different church so
much, as the Puritan.”
AMERICANS FLEEING
NEW ORLEANS. La.. Jan., 21, (A1)
—Isaac Lesman representative of
a New York cotton goods manufac
turer, arrived here with a report
that Americans and other foreign
ers were fleeing from Spanish
Honduras in expectation of a revo
lution.
THIN ICE CLAIMS
LIVES OF FOUR IN
CITY OF SEATTLE
GREEN LAKE AND MUD LAKE
WERE SCENES OF FOUR
BOYS DROWNING
SEATTLE, Jan., 22, (/Pi—Thin ice
claimed four lives yesterday on
Seattle lakes. Winton Churchill,
20, a messenger bey, drowned when
the motorcycle he v/as trying to
ride across Mud Lake broke thru
20 feet of water.
Pohn Baer. 10; Charles Daugher
ty, 12; and Robert Sorenson, 12,
broke thru the ice on Green Lake.
Spectators summoned aid and a
line of planks were laid over the
ice as Sorenson kept swimming.
When firemen were within 10 feet
of him he sank.
The bodies of Baer and Sorenson '
were recovered, firemen and police :
are dragging- for th| others.
GO TO THE WALL|
MINERS AND SMELTERS BANK
OF NORTHPORT, AND ROCK
FORD, CLOSE DOORS
SPOKANE, Jan. 22, <£>)—'Two
correspondent banks of the Ex
change National of Spokane closed
vesterday which brought the total
of closed banks in this section to
five.
The Miners and Smelters Bank
at Northport and the Rockford
State Bank were added to the roll.
The Northport bank had money
tied up in the Exchange National;
and the Rockford bank reported
deposits of $100,000.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 22, (/P)—
The House passed and sent to the
Senate the Cater Bill authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to
give the old Cutter Bear to the City
of Oakland, Calif., for use as a free
museum.
BUILDINGS HUB
GREEK DISTRICT
TERRIFIC FIRE FANNED BY
HIGH VIIND CAUSE OF DIS
ASTROUS LOSS
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan.. 22, (JP) j
—Several persons were killed and
1,000 buildings destroyed in the
Popuws Greek district of Tavala j
and in Constantinople by a terrific
fire fanned by high winds.
At least 5,000 persons were driven
from their homes to the freezing j
streets and suffered from exposure
which was aggravated by a violent j
blizzard.
REMOVING KING TO
SUSSEX BEACH RESORT
LONDON, Jan, 22, (A5)—In order
to assist King George’s progress to
ward convalescence it is planned
to remove him from the palace to
the seaside to obtain the benefit of
the invigorating air and the Sussex
bathing resort has been selected as
the most suitable place.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
LONDON, Jan., 21, (/P)—Former
Kaiser Wilhelm is reported to have
'nvited 37 royal personages to the
celebration of his 70th birthdav ac
Doom.
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ACTIQNS OF PISTONS
AERONAUTICAL
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An airplane engine (above), which has no crank
shaft or valves is the invention of George E. Franklin
(right), Miles City, Mont., mechanic. It is to be manufac
tured in Kansas City. The diagram below explains how
the engine transmits power.
II GUN BUM
GRAND JURY INSTRUCTED TO
INVESTIGATE HOW CON
VICT OBTAINED GUN
LOfJ ANGELES. Jan., 22, (JP)—
With John Hawkins, a convict,
head and Deputy Sheriff Jones in
a critical condition, the Grand
Jury are prepared to make an in
vestigation of the gun battle in the
steel jail elevator which Hawkins
converted into a death trap yes
terday when he attempted to shoot
his way to freedom.
The Grand Jury was asked by
the Board of County Supervisors to
determine where “Hawkins got the
gun with which he attempted to
murder his guards; also to inquire
into the apparent negligence of jail
officials” in permitting the convict
to smuggle an automatic into the
elevator cage where he was being
returned to jail after appearance
in court.
Hawkins and Zeke Hayes, con
victs, were brought back to Los
Angeles for trial on charges of
eight felony counts, robbery, as
sault and kidnapping and were
handcuffed together and guarded
by Sheriffs Jones and Higgins.
The two prisoners were being re
turned to their cells when Hawkins
suddenly jerked a gun from his
clothes and demanded “Down with
the elevator”. Higgens grabbed the
convict’s gun and Hayes also tried
to grab Higgin’s gun and shots be
gan to bark. Hawkins was shot
five times and Jones was shot thru
the neck and stomach.
Hayes received a chest wound
Higgins and Pope escaped with
minor injuries and when the gun
battle ended Hawkins lay dead
with Hayes kneeling beside him
pleading for his life. The two
others in the elevator were unin
jured.
ACCIDENTAL HUG IS
NO CRIME IN BERLIN
BERLIN. Jan., 22, (/Pi—The Ger
man courts have held that a man
who accidently embraces his em
ployer’s wife cannot be dismissed
on that account.
Eduard Rettschlaeger, superin
tendent f mannekins in a millin
ery shop, admired Miss Gelbstem.
one of the mannekins. In tempor
ary darkness, caused by a faulty
electric light, he obeyed an impulse
to embrace her, but when the light
came on he found that he had
made a bad mistake.
His employer’s wife slapped him,
and his employer fired him, but the
:ourt gave him damages.
SUZANNE REPARTED
LOS ANGELES, Jan., 21, (/P)—It
was renorted that Mademoniselle
Suzanne Lenglen has left the west
mast and will soon sail for France.
Her whereabouts is still unknown.
WANTS RATIFICATION
PARIS, Jan., 21, (/P)—Foreign
Minister Briand, introduced a Bill
’ailing for ratification of the Pact
jf Paris into the Chamber of Depu
tes. The date has not yet been
set for the discussion.
TREbfSfS RECORDED
BERKLEY, /Tan., 22. (/P)—The
Jniversity of* California seismo
rrapn recorded slight tremors at
!:37 this morning continuing for
ess than an hour.