The Washington times., 1925-06-30

santa Fe Railway; c. K. q. Bill
ings, OF race track lore; George
Owen Knapp, Chicago millionaire,
and Mrs. Colin Campbell, Wash
ington, d. c., beauty, sister of
Joseph Letter.
Then there was Max Fleischmann,
the Cincinnati yeast king, who
came from his partially wrecked
home in the nearby Carpenteria
Valley to give $1,000 to Santa Bar:
bara's relief fund.
TELL the world Santa Barbara
can care for its own" said FIefsch-
mann. The disaster is great hut
we all will build a new and better
in our beloved city"
And Santa Barbara gratefully
tooktthe money Of Fleischmann and
the Montecito colony. but turned
in the new day for its real strength
10 s.the spirit of the Franciscans.
There Were No Tears,
In the warmth OF the sunny Cali
fornia morning there gathered at
the old mission the rich and poor:
from Montecito rolled luxurious
limousines; from Mexican town walk
ed shawled women with wrinkled,
brown faces and clear eyes.
There were no tears.
Then from q doorway in the ruins
of the old mission came Father
Superior Augustine to give his
blessing and to ask God to guide
his flock in their new works.
Father Augustine prayed and
said: There is spirit OF the Fran
ciscan fathers that cannot die. 1t
is this spirit that has just prompted
me to order all the fathers to
remain at the old mission. 1t is
badly damaged but we will stay
here and with the rest of Santa
Barbara build and restore ms the
fathers before us. We shall carry
on for the order in meeting this
disaster as the Franciscan fathers
met the terrors Of the West more
than "a century ago. And the Holy
Father bless you all.
Women Serve Coffee.
Santa Barbara's women are brave
and tireless. For hours they have
served coffee and sandwiches from
tents to police, firemen and workers.
Many women worked all night in
the coffee booths. Many men have
been conscripted as laborers by the
city. They are digging in debris on
State street and are removing piles
Of bricks from the streets and are
picking UP shoes, costly furs, dresses
and hats heaved to the pavements
and buried in broken glass. stucco
and plaster.
Twenty. four hours after the ter
rifle shocks shook the city, Santa
Barbara presented spectacle.
Beds were everywhere - under
trees, on lawns, in vacant lots. on
the hills and streets.
Few houses were occupied, all
families living in their yards.
Coffee was made over bonfires at
central points and distributed. Little
was done-everyone sat waiting.
Business Suspended.
Business was suspended. mer-
chants not even being allowed to
inspect their stores and offices.
Sandwiches and biscuits consti-
tuted meals for the most part.
Cigarettes, with stores closed,
were bargained for as though
pearls.
There is no famine and will be
none, city officials said. Plenty Of
plain food is available for all.
There is one spot in the stricken
city of Santa Barbara which no
person may approach today. Any
one who. tries, no matter what his
business may be or how urgent,
will be turned back by armed
guards and there will be no mis-
taking the nature of the orders
the guards give.
Oil Pool in Lumber Yard.
The spot is a tract of several
acres on which are situated the
lumber yards Of the Ambrose and
Union lumber companies. The
tract is just three blocks from the
Southern Pacific station.
The reason no one can approach
is that the entire area is flooded
with oil from a group of Asso-
ciated Oil Company tanks which
were preached by the force Of the
quake yesterday.
Seventy thousand gallons Of gaso'
line and 35, 900 gallons of distillate
have formed a great pool in the
lumber yards.
A spark would start a conflagra-
ton which might destroy an al
ready crippled city.
Houses were moved off their