The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-06-29
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other slight earthquake was felt
throughout the Imperial Valley at $3.50
this morning. In this city, the shock
+, that was experienced today helped to
i complete the work of destruction that
was started when the first quake
came. Bricks fell from the Masonic
Temple this morning, and many other
houses toppled over, which were only
partially demolished before. The
work of bringing order out of the
chaos which followed the first shock
is going forward expeditiously. The
weather has been fine, and it has been
no real hardship to sleep out of doors.
Many merry camping parties are seen,
and the people are everywhere taking
the catastrophe philosophically.
| CALEXICO, June 24.-The number
of persons killed by the earthquake
shock Tuesday night at Mexicali
across the international boundary
from this city, has been definitely
fixed at six. Quite number of
American women, mostly tourists
were injured by the quake but none
seriously.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June "a
The former Secretary of State William
Jennings Bryan, left here for New
meeting at the Cooper Union on the
subject of National Honor" The
Nebraskan has determined to devote
the major part of his time for the rest
of his life to the promotion of the
cause of International peace, and dis
armament of nations. His speech to-
night will be the second public utter.
ance on the subject since his resigna-
ton from the Wilson cabinet, and will
deal with real and imaginary assaults
on the honor of nation. The sub
ject of the national honor will be
treated from a new and original point
of view.
Later in the week Bryan will go to
San Francisco to participate in the
Fourth of July celebration at the
Panama-Pacific exposition.
i WASHINGTON, D. c., June "a
Robert Lansing took the oath of office
today as Secretary of State in the
Wilson cabinet. The proceedings were
informal, the oath being administered
by Chief Justice White of the Su-
preme Court The Office of the new
secretary in the State Department was
filled with flowers from friends and
relatives, who showered him with con-
gratulations over his promotion.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Jnue 24.-Horror
of Leprosy is an inheritance from the
middle ages and is not justified by
the facts, said Dr. Douglas w. Mont
gomery of San Francisco, in a paper
presented this morning before the
Sixty-Sixth Annual session of the
American Medical Association. The
repulsive appearance of leprosy and
the fear of it's extreme contagion DIE
to misunderstanding of the nature of
leprosy as mentioned in the Bible have
created belief in the public mind that
leprosy is extremely contagious. This
belief, says DR.. Montgomery, is not
founded on fact. Leprosy is very
slightly contagious and is a slowly
progressive disease, much less danger
GUS to the community or to the indi-
vidual than smallpox, tuberculosis and
many other diseases.
The growing economic and industrial
Importance of public health work was
emphasized by several speakers.
| Sickness insurance was advocated
by DR.. B. S. Warren of the United
States Health Service, as a means of
overcoming the handicap of poverty
among wage earners. DR.. Warren
showed that disease is more prevalent
among low paid workers than among
better paid and that fully one-half of
the wage-earning families of the
United States do not have an income
sufficient to maintain a healthy stand
ard of living. A governmental system
of sickness insurance for working peo-
pie would increase their economic in
dependence as well as their physical
condition, he said.
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