New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press 5 ‘p10J}vH uuo) ‘P MADY mdaa 9818 1“' IN Kawaqll maauum) | ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, REPUBLICAN DRIVE AGAINST (UEEN MARIE DEWEY IN THE FIFTH WARD; | GABB SUPPORTERS ORGANIZE Club Wil Work for Rest of G. 0. P. Ticket But Wants Democrat | Elected Sheriff. Canvass Lasting for Two} Weeks Reported to Have Revealed Ward Senti- | ment Against Official. County A fifth war independent has been younger republic tire t put fo with the exception of the nominee | for sheriff of Hartford coun leaders of the club say, own to George H tic nominee. \ef purpose of the " the candidacy of present sheriff nomine political organized among of the district club d its support to the en- by the G. O. P. | n ors of the movement sa it is planned to make the organiza- one Strong Sentiment for Gabb. Two weeks have been devoted to a canvass of the ward to determine | whether Gabb sentiment is as lers of the youthful ed it to be, and they ed today that reports receiv ed at a special meeting last night indicated a strong feeling agains Dewe for Gabb. An organiza tion meeting will be held in the part of next week at which time ficers will be elected and the ca paign gotten under way. For th: present, leaders of new organi- zation prefer to remain anonymous. Assurance is given, however, that the campaign will be fought in the open ith advertised rallies at which an fort will be made to further the candidacy of Bingham, Trumbull, Alling, the Hali-Rackliffe-Judd legis- lative tick Gabb. To Aid Gabb Election Day. The anti-Dewey drive will not only carried on in the pre-election ac- tvities of the new club, but also on loction day already plans for of Gabb automo- d republican or on record as fa- st in the field is \ti-organization C: h will vote not only for| b, lwu also for t remainder of democratic ticket, its leaders | Although the fourth ave not begun gram of activities mapped out at the a canv s being conducted, ing to those who claim to be e “antis.” iment is not con- he o spokesmen Anti-Dewe; or st fned to the fourth and fifth wards, | out at the convention that nominated nt sheriff to succeed him- Britain delegates voted as | a unit for Eugene House of bury, who opposed T fight against the sheriff ")OH\ d ingratitude New Britain. Henry Hunt, y attorney who nominated House, jeclared New Britain elected Dewey our years ago after he had been & loser on the basis of his showing elsewhere in the county, and he then refused to appoint Willlam J. Rawl- ings of this city as one of his depu- ties when requested to, do so by the local G. O. P. committee. QUITS POSTAL SERVICE foreibly brought ounty he pres centered AFTER 39 YEARS' WAU(‘ Carrier Estimates He Has Strolled Five Times Around Earth Bernard Lynch of 202 street, post office since on pension last night within a fes hours after the Herald exclusively | announced that the veteran mailman was soon to lay down his leather bag and doff the blue-gray uniform bearing service stripes indicative of 39 years in federal employ. ing as a basis of computation his average dally trips, Mr. Lynch estimates he has walked in course of his employment a dis- tance equal to five times around the world. M. Lynch retired voluntarily on a pension of $1,000 a year. Postmas- ter Herbert E. Erwin had hoped the | veteran carrier would remain on the | force, but Lynch felt he had earncd rest, he explained. The retired carrier was one of the original squad of five appointed by Ambrose Beatty who became post- master on the day Lynch became a carrier, Julius H. Pease, the retir- ing postmaster, remained in the of- and with Mr. Beatty laid out five carrier routes to which the new appointees were assigned. The others were James Whitely, John P. Rehm, - Jo :ph E. Callahan and George Mead, and with the excep- tion of the last named. all are de- Chestnut a letter carrier for the local Lynch has seen the post s staff rrow from five carriers to 28, to which three more will be add- ed Novemuer 1, two rural carriers and four parcel post men. warders | busy pro- | Glaston- | and the | toward | Glaston- | July 1, 1887, retired | !RABBI HADAS FLAYS 'RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY Rebukes Intolerant in Address | to Royal Arch Masons | 'PLEADS FOR BROADER MINDS | | Neither Christianity Nor Judaism | ‘L Has Always Been Considerate of | Others, Jewlsh Leader Says in Ad- | dress to Giddings Chapter. | Intolerance, prejudice and bigotry were flaved by Rabbl shon Hadas | of the Congregation Brethren Sons| of Israel in an address to the mem- | bers of Giddings chapter, Royal Arch | | Masons, last evening. Himself a Ma- the Rabbi went deeply into the | undamental phases of the order and | | pointed out that the entire structure |of the Masonic organization is en- | twined about the Bible. | Among things which Masonry | ands for, he sald, were “Tru auty and goodness.” “The Bi | background is the source of all Ma- sonry ained. “The Bible is| b ce of all truth. If you | open the Bible a oun finger |on any passage you will find some! piece of wisdom for which man has | ougm for ages. There is nothing €o | Bible. No poet has | |t qu |adai: RABBI GERSHON HADAS. | been able to Imagine anything to| | equal the beauty of the book of Job | or Genesls. “Masonry should be tolerant.| Neither Christianity nor Judaism has |always been tolerant. The gospel oH | Jesus, of Moses and of the Aposties | has been based on the philosophy of tolerance. | When a man refuses to listen to |any kind of an argument you may | be sure he is not sure of his own | position. A hard-hcaded, pig-head- ed individual holds to his own con-| victions and refuses to listen to an: | others—this leads to bigotry. That is {the kind of things which leads to | that type of ‘100 per cent American- ism’ that was heralded in the pre: {the sort of a man who says ‘only one kind of an individual is fit’ That's | the kind of bigotry we do not want | “The founders of the constitution |and the Declaration of Indepen- |dence stated that ‘all men are creat- | |ed equal’ It is not so. Some are |strong minded and some are weak |minded. But within the limfs of | | epportunity we all ought to be equal. It you dig down into the heart of | e o will find as much human- in your own. .\I.’xsnnry stands for fellowship. | The Kiwanis club. L'ons club, Ro- | tary club, Chamber of Commorce | members, get together and pat on {another on the back mnd say. “We lare fellows ali’ A man says, ‘T am |a Baptist. We have rituals anc | ceremonics the Methodists do nor have.' We get together at the Bur- ritt hotel and say, ‘We are fellows | |all’ but at the bottom of a man's heart he is still a DBaptist or a ! Methodist and mustn't be mention- ed with a Catholic. We have a doz n differen” kinds of Christiani'y ta ew Britain. Jesus did not preach any suct intolerance. If your dogma or rit {ual prevents vou from perfect fel- Nowship with vour fellowman, that is not true Christianity, and T can |make the s.me remark about Juvda jsm with just a trifie more empha | drick and his wife. (Continued on Page 24) BINGHAM HAS SPENT $5.600 IN RESLEGTION GAMPATGN | Has Given $2,000 to State Central | Committce and $500 to New | Haven G. O. P. BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of N B. Herald.) ‘Washington, D. C., Oct. —Sen- | ator Hiram Bingham of fonnoc!i»‘ cut has spent but $2,500 up to this time in his campaign for reelec- tion, he declares in his report made | to the secretary of the United States senate today. This amount was paid to his political agent, J. Fred- erick Baker, and Baker turned $2, 000 of this over to the republican state committee and gave $500 to the New Haven republican town committee, he says. Senator Bing- ham declares he has reccived mo (Continued on Page Three) contributions to his campaign, | which would pl | fantast { her majesty { hand, | Ileana and | “charming!” |cupfed for | Queen Marie ¢* Rumania WLl TALK OVER RADID ————— i 1 FROM 21 STATIONS 1WBZ of Springfield I§ One of; Those Linked Up on 8:30 to 9 P, M. Program \NEW YORK SOCIETY IS | { || and he 21. W BRITAIN HERALD 90 a4, OCTOBER 1926.—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. Average Daily Circulation For Week Endmg Oct. 16th 13,759 PRICE THREE CENTS Nun 25 Years, Freed Of Her Vows, Now Is Planning to Marry New Bedford, Mass, Oct UP—Miss Anna Lebrun of Bedford, 25 years a nun, was re- leased from her vows six months ago. Today she s making preparations for her marriage to Frank Lav U. Fort Humphray, They met first when s She saw Sergeant Levesque once in 25 years she wore the veil. The sergeant recently returned to New ford on ieave. Old acq was renewed, and the ment foilowed. Sergea AL y engage- SUIOVER BENEF NEUMANNS REACH Sunday Night's Metropolitan Con- cert Savors of Commercialism, Is Charge—Visit of Queen To Phila- | delphia Is Enjoyable One—To- day's Program a Continual Round of Receptions For Royal Visitor. 22 the New York, Oct. Marfe will talk to American P—Queen | GOLDEN MILEPOS \Prominent Couple Married 50 Years Ago Next Monday AT PHILA. CENTENNIAL people by’ radio tonight through a | chain of 21 etations east Rocky Mountair probably will be her or dress while In the will speak before a mi Aeolian hall, The queen will broad speech between $:30 and | The stations inclt WEAF, New Yor | WEEL Boston; Wu. R. I.; WTAG, Worc WGR, Bufialo, N. ¥ of Iy radio ad- She irophone at cast her 3 o'clock. Wiz WBZA Prov ster, WLIT, ington Y, Schenectady |and WBZ, Springfield, Mass. Hartford Not Included Radio station WTIC at Hartfor announced this afternoon that forts to be linked in on the d nee, Mass.; Phil; WGN, NERE hain broadcasting the talk of Marie had | en unsuccessful. It was found impossible, stated, to make the necessary nections with the WEAF chain. Is G t of Honor The royal party is due a half ur earlier at the Commodore ho- for a banquet given in en’s honor by the Iron Board of Trade, it was con tel Afterward she is the | Delivering what | | Ago | Active Mcthodist Church Workers Visited Exposition Half Century While on Honeymoon and Hoped to Repeat Trip This Year, | Mr. anda M and | 189 So the lding land Mrs. in this cit prominent in t |ity Methodist s Ior over &0 age of the ef- ) by Rev. Geo imann was born nts having hen ved to South the | d Steel | to go to supper at the Fifth avenue | home of Elbert H. Gary. chairman of the United States Steel corpora- tion, She had an appointment for luncheon at the Bankers' club at 12:30, upon her arrival from Phi delphia, and for a reception by the national board of the Young Wom- en's Christian associations after the luncheon, More Social Deflections scramble to entertain was contrasted yester by ional defections from the list of society patrons and patronesses of a benefit performance at Metropolitan Opera House of charges that too high prices are being asked for sea ticularly thosa near the queen's box. Mayor The i Walker said he had not accepted an | that he he would invitation to attend and d not know" whether go. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt, declined to be associated with the benefit, Will Get $50,000 Mrs. Clarence Crittenden houn, sponsor of the performance, sald that although the performance a benefit for the Mothers' Memo- rial Foundation, the Lofe Fuller ballet, which is to furnish part of the entertainment, will receive per cent of the receipts. She pre- dicted the house would be sold out e Miss Fuller's approximately $30,000. Hits 55 Mile Clip Philadelphia, Oct. 22 (P—A magic carpet of motor cars speeding at miles an hour early today car- ried a tired queen from a city of ¢ palaces back to her royal ceping car. Queen Marle of Rumania wished ment 3 | herselt back on her spectal train as | midnight slipped into one o’clo this morning. And in approximate- ly five minutes the distance of over four miles, city, had been traversed courlers of her motorcade, anxlous to show that Amerlca did not hesi- tate to break fts speed laws at the advent of a queen, On a darkened, velvet hung stage, flower like dancers, swinging the unchanged veils of Lole Fuller's dancing gave a drama of mus motion, royal box where the queen sat. Queen on Parade At the close of the performance with a wave of her slipped from hor box, lowed by Prince Nicolas, Princess the members of thelr entourage, escorted by The queen was going to parade herself: a quick parade through palaces of the exposition. Queen Marle alighted limousine at the fine ar and with her party trip through several of the halls of modern paintin “Beautifu “most Interesti were the comments she made pausing before paintings. the om her in To Use Monnment Now Seattle, Wash., Oct. standing unused for vears, Maryhill monument, built by Samuel Hill of Seattle, on the Washington shore of /the Colum!‘'a river to King Albert of Belgium, the first is to be oc- time visits it next month, after which it is to be an International museum. The queen brings Rumanian, Greelan and Ser- ian works of art for the palace. Built in Flemish style, in anticipa- tlon of a visit of King Albert, it was never used, as the world war pre- vented the king's visit. It stands (Continued on Page Nine.) the | hacause | Cal- | pay- | through the heart of the | by cager | Fanl while thousands of persons | divided their gaze between stage and | fol- | Mayor Ken- | buflding, | made a quick | (P —After | entertain { when | and Mr. extremely busying active, berself 2 each day, while her h hours each day at Mfg. Co. where he plie as a metal patt ducted a pattern street for years year ago Mr. 2 | acti church tends umann is one of tI members of Me despite his ry serv years. e no inued on Page (Con 'HELD FOR FLIMFLAM ON GAS STATION JOBS Harris Said to Have Given Fake Checks for Vic- tims’ Bonds Warren S. in Hart Ha ho was rly this wee unlawful operations by said, a number of persons were made victims of worthless ch was brought to this cit noon by Detective Serg and Officer Feeney and will raigned in police court tom { mor; the charge of ¢ money fa ctenses | Ha who is said police to be a forme |1s alleged to have o as managers of gasolir tions to several men in New Hartford, Plainville, other week bonds o rrow ur I Bristol ac provided nd took same amount as ing to the police, the required the men to giv {tions a trial of 60 days wished to remaix hereafter, t his check for t cments o pos nd if they is' employ ¢ would recetve (Contir ige Cops Bneak Into Hou:e To Arouse Wife Whom Hushand Thought Dead Joseph Martl of 15 Beaver street, local restaurant employe, was unable to gain admittar 25) illuminated | went home gain yesterday found the doors loc ing his wife had to a lawyer's office with t at the police were not fied and Sergeant O'Mara broke a pane of glass in the rear door and turned the key which was on the inside. Mrs. Marti, who had been in bed, arose as her husband and the sergeant tere She appeared to be and gave no reason for her failure to open the doors in response to her husband's rap- ping. from en- well THE WEATHER New Dritain and vieinity: Probably showers late tonight and Saturday; warmer to- night. PARENTAL NEGLECT ONEBIG CAUSE OF - GRIME IN AMERICA \New York Commissioner Ad- dresses Teachers' Conyention Hartiord URGES INSISTENCE ON IMHIGRATION SELECTION Says Unless Parents Give Children Best in Thelr Youth They Will Glve T's Worst When they Grow Up—Most Criminals Children of | Foreign 000,000 Yearly Spent on Crime. » — at outstand- gr of ection an address th ¢ guUn which was ac ward or backward youth tr orst when they grow Immigration Policy Wa he cq up s emphatically decla pres. said over-congested sections | would be a change in tead of ad- ny are to their from States sh immigrants tests before leave their greeted with | large audience. ht from for- thoroughly tested are accepted for ship- for- ed would-be 1 before they bar Criminals’ shores we l are n('A“v ountry Mr. most- foreig: \n.—:. they are the dolla of sum is 12 times th upkeep of the arm era were hat licted for | a man slain is Mr. Wall than 1,000 this count every seamen more into Canada immigrants v fllegally and t in come from day, slip the attitude s persist in ser country, it wi dipiomatic We are co ubjects Discussed | The crit g men, 1 dly attitude i s toward Europe, s the persona child, adju idying ndividual ma discu ers before the here toda > critical age in the carcers of men, according to Howard C . principal of the New York Normal school, is between 16 nd 18, crs of the fifth and sixth at the results of a surve ly completed showed of boys going to ce those who did u me aimless shifters, rarely hol to one job for long. He plac on the teacher the duty atd- ing tho boys under he them started right. | “The American public ingly ignorant of the abroad and the feeling t toward Americans,” said 4 ley, professor of history grades he had un- fesirabili work ing [ 18 surpris conditions at exists n Gal- 1 social “We have been unwilling to budgs | an inch from our position of isola- tion and on the world court Europe was willing to meet us 7 »We must be willing to join in the ussion of international problems and show a friendliness or we “]Il lose all our friends irretrievabl he concluded. | The home lite of his child, his in- | fluences, and his physical intellectual |and emotional responses must studied, said of Mt. Holyoke college. Intelligence | tests, she said, are only partially suc- cessful in judging the capacity of the child. “There should be no such thing as flunking in the fundamental sub- {jects,” Philllp W, L. Cox, professor of secondary education at New York Unlversity told a gathering of high school teachers, urging that high school puplls bo required to repeat (Continued on Page 25) Born Parents—§10,000,- | il T red estimated | gotting per cent. | be | Miss Mary Wentworth | SKYSCRAPERS SWAY LIKE TREES IN | GHICAGO GANGLAND Promise to Be Good Boys | EACH T0 STAY “AT HOME” ‘l't‘rms Provide That Fach Faction Will Remain “In Own Back Yards” — Leaders Admit They Don’t Want to Dic Just Yet. P—Al ed ruler vicelands of o, rode “alone” this morning “without fear that any minute I'd get a machine in my fac fter signing ‘peace !rz'\n in a loop hotel. ngla K gs have come to end in ( he told a re t erald and Examiner ter a two hour conference with ives of a powerful north which “all shook hands de up, remembering the old n we were all in e mob “Scar- of th ome ga an |days wl and happ; i} athering was held, Ca- ninary confer- himself and an in- ved the way. It vious ph\'v‘] for cé shvlgh! on the “there is enough bus- all Will Slecp Easy for the time "‘V without a 1d that iness for | 'i “Now first in two n un- as quoted as saying. I believe it's peace to stay. 1 know 1 won't break it and 1 don’t think they will.” | The peace, if peace it came while polic still tigatin, | remains, the tangled clews surr nachine gun slaying successor to Dion O'Bannon as the north side 'band of gangsters and liquor run- ner. The rep! to Weiss, Vincent was named as ons of e peace erence. o others were Geor Moran, and Maxie Eisen, recently | return to and supposed to be one of the initiators of the |fraternal move. | Don't Want to Die “I told thein T didn't want to die.” “I didn’t want ther id it wasn't ne- nd a more successor them many times They thought I hen they saw 1 sent word to | wanted to talk things died But = {before Hymie was kidd {was in earr me that they ver. When Capone rede home alone, he Q14 something he had not done in ltwo years. *“When I used to go out in my car, it looked like a funera! It had to look like that so it ouldn't be one. I feel like a guy all of a sudden let out of prison | The terms of the treaty were {simple, Capone said. ur fight was never over busl-, ness. It was all bad feeling between one man and another. I haven't any business on the north side and they haven't in Cicero. They'll stay | in their b ard and I'll stay in | mine.” ROAST PARK BOARD ON SOUTH END GAS PUNP -| Councilmen Criticize Com- mission for Not Filing Objection Mr. Burdge told the teach- | Jcrit t th k board for gasoline » Towers property | opposite Willow Brook park a hearing before the board ¢ ment last night at which th | dectined to rostrict this s out of the district advanced by blotsky and bo type of in spite cf Frank Ce | men Zapat JEREC board | cilman u sald the Sablotsky J 1 Coun- small,” a Zapatka declared he ‘“can- jerstand the attitude of the hich is a body appoint- beautify our 1s “pret not park board, w led to protect a lotsky informed the commis- sioners he will Introduce a resolu- | tion at the next meeting of the com- mon counell to have the board of fi- |nance and taxation consider the pur- |chase of Towers' holdings. Towers, | who was present, in reply to a que: tion, admitted he would consider an offer from the city. Sablotsky, at the outset of his talk, said his interest was merely that of | a city official and a citizen inter- |ested in beautitying city parks. He pointed to the fact that the station is to be in close proximity to the new memorial to Spanish-American war | veterans and close by the entrance to one of the city's most beautiful parks. He argued that tha sight of a gasoline station at the entrance to the clty would detract from the im- (Continued on Page 24) |a lawy | thankec | ment to HILBOURNE REGALLS SIGNS PEACE PACT| DAVIDSON CHARGE Gumen Shake Hands and Express Regret fr Aack | Brunt of Shocks Adjustment Board Member THREATENED WITH suIT| QUAKES WHICH HIT SAN FRANCISCO ~ AND OTHER CITIES OF CALIFORNIA Three Heavy Tremors Felt — Oakland and San Jose also Feel | Which Affect 300 Mile | Area. No Serious Damages or “T Am Prepared To Go To Court,” | Commissioner Says Regarding Re- | flection On His Honor—Petitioner | Repudiates Own Lawyers. Threatened with statements made ng Comm the board lawsult un several weeks ago M. Davidson of adjustment of oline cted st Ed tion Inter s trac 0. Kilbourne, prom- | Quarter restdent and ement, last night pplied for a spe- the zo: g act would permit him to place a | ct, to Stanley Quarter | first hearing on his er Davidson re- 1 that the opposition had | veral good points in its ar- Kilbourne interrupted n marke made y for rival gasoline ley Quarter. David- disqualified him- successive meetings the ers declined to take part fon of Kilbourne's case but nothing further was heard of his plans until he arose last night, and \ddressing Vice-Chairman J. E. Cooper, Asks Kilbourne To Explain “I am arising on a point of per- sonal privilege. I don't know cther the board wants to go into matter any further, but I want ask Mr. Kilbourne if he Is still n immediate self. At commissio ¢ the same opinlon as he expressed | at a previous meeting about me. To y frank, I was dumb- for it came like a bombshell thrown by one man at another per- son erfe fed nce and outside parties have talked the matter over with me. Iam in doubt whether Mr. Kilbourne spoke in fest or it he felt that possibly he had some reason. “I take this position: that when an accusation is made against a mem- ber of the board, he should either be cleared or he is not only disqualified |to act in that particular case, |in all cases and should resign. We have a very important function to perform, too important to have a question about our standing exist. “I want it so thoroughly under- stood in the minds of the general public that there will be no ques- tlon. And T make this statement: It T am not cleared tonight, it Mr. Kilbourne does retract what he has said as publicly as his original statement, I am prepared to g0 to court with him. T haven't consulted cer, but 1 will bring some sort for damages, not that I money from him. If he ¢ to say, T will give him an opportunity tonight."” Mr. Kilbourne Retracts Kilbourne replied: “I am glad to do so, Mr. Davidson. I trust I haven't bo discourteous to any member of t I woul of action s hon her take this up outside | where I got my information. If the | board wants to know T'll tell the board privately. T have the great- co n Mr. Davidson the board and I all honest and est confiden mber of acting chairmay for his compli- the honesty and fair-mind- edness of the commissioners. Prior to the Davidson-Kilbourne the commission had vot inue the hearing on the the request of Hunger- xo who have represented Cooper, Kilbourne petition at ford & (Continued on Page 12) 402,695 BODIES ARE IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES Of Al These, That at Arlington, Virginia, is Largest With 35380 Graves. on, Oct bodies of 402,695 men and women who died for the United States rest in the $4 national cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the war depart- ment, it was disclosed publication of the annual report of Quartermaster General Cheatham. Arlington National cemetery, across the Potomac from the capi- tal not only ts the largest in area, comprising 408 acres, but also con- talns the largest number of bodies— 35,380, including 4,713 which never have been identified. Most of these unknown were victims of the Civil war. The smallest national cemetery is at Balls Bluff, near Leesburg, Va., which contains the bodies of one known and 24 unknown dead with- in its area of about half an acre. The bodles of 10,700 soldlers of the Confederate armies are buried in various national cemeteries, s | were re- | ssioner if he was| n I have been reflecting | but | d of adjustment. | and | 22.—(P— The I today in rl\o‘ | Casualties Reported — Temblors Are Heaviest Since Memorable Disas- | ter of 1906. with | | San Franeisco, Oct. 22.—(P— olent carthquakes rocked the cen. | tral coast counties of California this | morning just an hour apart, while | @ third was lighter. The first shock was at 4:36 a. m,, and lasted about twenty seconds. The second was at | 5:36 a. m. and was much sharper but lasted only about 15 seconds, no injuries and no serious damage had | been reported from either shock. The third was at §:42 a. m. and was | light. | The center of the shocks appeared to be between San Francisco and | Monterey Bay. The temblors were felt as far south as San Luis Obis- | po. aproximately 250 miles trom San | Francisco, and as far north as Napa, 50 miles from here. They were also felt at Stockton, ninety miles east | and south. Large Buildings Sway In San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, the largest citles affected, {large buildings swayed like trees, driving people into the streets and parks for safety. Hotel guests were shaken from thelr slumbers and those who di4 not rush to tha streéts | gathered scantily clad {n the lobbiex Cities Affected Other cities reported tha | temblors are: Salinars, severe shock, |no injuries or serious damage. Santa Cruz, shocks swayed buildings {and broke windows. San Jose, rocke ed buildings and broke windows., Oakland, both shocks violently | shook buildings. Stockton, shock not severe. Palo Alto, shocks violent but [ no injuries and no serlous damage reported. Sacramento: Shocks not | newspaper offices and not serious. Merced: Three shocks, all tinct, no danger. v felt at it occurred dis- (Continued on Page Three) FRISCO PHONE GIRLS REMAIN ON THE JOB Admit Fright But Stuck Loyally to Their Switchboards San Francisco, Oct. 23 (P— |Through the earthquake shocks | which rocked San Francisco this | morning the telephone operators of |the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph |company remained at their posts and |kept calm. They gave alarmed in. {quirers cheerful advice and proe cured information for the Associate |ed Press and made long distance |connections as though nothing had happened “Aren’t you girls afrald 2" one op« |erator was asked | “I'n say we are, [“but we're sticking. The first shock was peculiar, ed gradually, gently swaying and tables. Old timers familiar with such things soon got |suspiclous, however. and jumped up |trom chairs and got away from ob- |jects that could fall or be thrown about. The swaying soon turned into jerks, and then subsided gently {for a second or two. This was {followed by & rocking chair move- Iment in which buildings waved to land fro, perhaps not as much as they appeared to be moving but gh to catse wild scrambles for |stalrways and exits. | The second shock did business |right from the start, shaking build- ings rapidly in a lateral movement. General C. B. Blethen, publisher of the Seattle Times, turned reporter this morning when the first temblor shook San Francisco, He was stop- ping at the Palace hotel and de- soribed what occurred at that hotel. The general said his bed rocked more than it had ever rocked while he was on an ocean liner. The wrench of the quake, he said, was from north to south and ground some of the large windows into fine fragments of glass. Plaster fell from ceflings i unexpected places and small cracks appeared in the lobby. Four plate-glass windows, two of them large, suffered most. The two larger were on the New Montgom- ery street side and the lace curtains hung at the windows were torn te |shreds apparently by the broken |slass. On the west side of the ho= tel ona of the large plate-glass wine dows was broken into small plegesy was the reply, it