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The Washington times., 1935-11-01
FEATURE
MINOR QUAKE

There was a minor earthquake
in a northeast restaurant last
night.
James A. Green. 30, according
to police, took the Halloween
spirit too seriously, and will ap-
pear in Police Court today to
answer charges of drunkenness.
assault and destroying private
property.
According to police reports.
Green. who said he lived in the
500 block Eighth st. N. E., en-
tered a restaurant in the same
block and ordered cup of cof.
fee.
He gave the proprietor. Nick
LiveStanoS, a dollar bill in pay
ment.
What happened after that no
body seems to know except that
a sugar bowl went sailing
through a plate glass window
and Louis Logothetis, a counter
man, was so badly beaten up by
Green, police say, that he had to
be treated at Providence Hospital
for possible fracture of the ribs.
The proprietor said his plate
glass window was valued at 500.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
HOSPITAL VETS
MOVED FROM
HELENA
Other Refugees Are
Housed From Bitter
Cold in Rail Coaches

HELENA, Mont, Nov. / UN.SJ d.
A special train bearing 30 World
War veterans from the Fort Har-
rison hospital left here early to-
day for Walla Walla. Wash, TAX
ing ailing ex-service men away
from the terrors of quake-torn
Helena, where another severe
shock cost the lives of two men
yesterday and put nearly a score
in hospitals.
Yesterdays shock, equal in
intensity to that of October l8,
which took two lives, but striking
a city weakened by three weeks
of almost continual shaking, did
widespread damage. running many
buildings damaged by earlier
shocks.
Two Killed BY Chimney
Repairing the chimney of the
KeSsler Brewery, Ed O'Brien, 35,
and a man named Kennedy, about
40, whose full name police have
been unable to learn, were killed
when the shock toppled their Scaf-
folding.
Nearly a score of others were
treated for minor injuries and
released before their identity could
be ascertained.
The severe temblor occurred at
1l:43 a. M, and was followed at
intervals by the usual lighter
shocks. Last night was unusually
quiet, however. there being no
shaking of the earth between 9
p. m. and 8 a. m.
SubZerO Weather
Railroads came to the aid OF
local officials and met the hous-
ing problem. accentuated by driv-
ing snow and temperatures that
dropped to degrees below zero
during the night. Heated coaches
were provided for refugees by both
the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific Railroads.
More than 100 residents OF st.
Joseph's Orphans Home were shell
tered in coaches furnished by the
Northern Pacific. Attending nuns
with 26 babies from the founding
home at the same institution were
quartered in the rectory Of st.
HelenaS Cathedral.
Cursory surveys revealed heavy
damage to Carroll and Intermoun-
tain Union Colleges, st. Vincent'S
Academy, st. Johns Hospital, the
Shrine Temple. the Northern Pa.
cific station, the city hall and the
courthouse.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
: HMBL LORS ROCK EAST MONTREAL TO WASF SFNGTON
Halloween ReVeIerS
Shaken BY Quake

Ifew minutes. We could not figure
it out and naturally we were some.
what startled"
With Mr.. Tauber in the tele.
phone room were j. v. Marean.
Of 1843 North Capitol st., and
A. r. johnson, of 1888 Newton
st. N. w.
Mr.. Tauber said they received
no telephone calls in connection
with the temblor, indicating, Mr.
Tauber said, there was little or
no property damage in Wash
ington as a result Of the earth
culver. In times of general dis
tress. such as fires and floods,
Mr.. Tauber pointed out, the fire
board is invariably swamped with
calls from anxious home owners.
A few telephone calls were re.
ceived by the operators on the
District Government switchboard
The two women operators there
reported they felt the shocks and
became nauseated afterward.
PepcO Lines Undamaged
Apparently no damage was done
to underground cables of the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company,
according to C. Melvin Sharpe,
assistant to the president of the
company. Mr.. Sharpe said he
would have been informed of any
property damage to the company's
cable system.
Ruth Biting, 33, of 206 H st.
N. W., an operator in the Western
Union telegraph office at 708
Fourteenth st. N. W., gave a
graphic description of sensations
she experienced during the temb-
lor.
Like Huge Waves
II was sending a message over
the teletype," Miss Biting re-
lated, when suddenly I felt
was getting dizzy. This was at
ITO o'clock this morning. I
thought the building was being
rocked by huge waves. 1 became
terrified and stopped sending the
message.
There was one more huge
slow wave" Miss Biting con-
tinued, "and I became petrified.
Then the movement stopped.
Several calls came in then ask
ing us if there had been an ex-
ploSion, and l told them I did
not know"
Shocks were reported from the
Navy Yard power house. Eighth
and e Streets Southeast, Emer-
gency Hospital, Seventeenth
Street and New York Avenue,
and from residents in the vicinity
of Eighteenth Street and Co
lumbia Rd. N. w.
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President Orders All U. S.
Agencies to Relief of Helena

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Nov.
0.N.SJ. - President Roosevelt
moved swiftly today to extend all
possible aid to the earthquake
stricken city of Helena, Mont.
Receiving word from the White
House early today hat the
Montana capital had suffered
another devastating tremor, he
communicated with the heads of
all national agencies capable Of
affording relief and instructed
them to determine Immediately
what manner of assistance they
could render.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
N. y. State Capitol Swayed
Like Rocking Chair Report

ALBANY, Nov. / Q.N.SO.-Up-
State New York was shaken
shortly after 1:05 a. m. today by
an earthquake which lasted ap-
proximately / minute.
Although no property damage
was reported, homes and pub
lie buildings rocked and fixtures
were tossed from the walls.
The massive 25-million-dollar
State Capital Swung like a rock.
ing chair" according to troopers
on duty on the top floor. They
said the stones in the sprawling
building groaned and creaked,
Plattsburg was believed to
have felt the most severe shock.
Crowds gathered in the streets
there and in Hudson, Kingston
and many other cities.
Scientists at the Dudley Obser-
Vatory here gave the official du.
ration of the quake as 50 seconds.
They attributed it to ancient fis-
sures and said it was very SINH
lar to an earthquake experienced
in this State about IL years ago.
DR.. Benjamin Boss, director of
the observatory here, spent nearly
an hour at the telephone assuring
terrified residents of this city that
"there is nothing to worry about"
He pointed out that this section is
in the direct path Of the so-called
st. Lawrence fault, which has ac-
counted for many past quakes.
The seismograph at Canisius
College, Buffalo, recorded an
earthquake, according to the Rev.
John P. Delaney, S. j.. at 1:O4.4
a. m. eastern Standard time) i.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
Accused in Staying,
He Refuses 10 Reply

ROANOKE, Va. Nov. 1.-Refus-
ing to answer the accusation of
Mrs. w. L. Wheeling in Police
Court yesterday morning that he
murdered her husband ten days
ago, Isaac Levine. was held for the
grand jury en- a homicide charge.
Levine, whom police describe as
a rum runner. is alleged to have
fired two shots at w. L. Big Boy"
Wheeling, said to have been a con-
federate OF Levine. Mrs. Wheeling
said the shooting followed an
argument over a half-gallon of
liquor.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
Canadians Awakened
BY Earth Tremors

OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. / 0.N.SD.
Canadians from the Ontario
Manitoba boundary to the Allan
tic Coast were reused from their
slumber and thousands were
driven in fear from their homes
around o'clock this morning by
the worst earth shocks felt in
the past decade. Pictures on walls
swung, dishes ratified, and build
ings swayed, but nowhere were
there reports of serious damage
or loss of life.
The temblors were most pro-
nounced in Ontario around
Toronto and Ottawa. Two shocks
broke the seismograph at the
Dominion Observatory. Telephone
wires were also out of commits
sion.
Halloween parties in the hotels
of Montreal and Toronto quickly
ended when the dancers. scared by
the swaying Of buildings, made
speedy exits.
Early yesterday afternoon. Al
berta felt severe shocks which
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
DR.. LEET SAYS
MORE QUAKES
TO HIT EAST
n award Scientist
Thinks TembIors
Center in N. Y.

HARVARD, Mass. Nov.
G.N.SD.-The East can expect
more earth shocks, such as rocked
New England and a large section
of Eastern United States and
Canada, DR.. L. Don Leet, direc-
tor of the Harvard University
seismograph station, said today.
Some may be small, some
large-we don't know how large"
he asserted.
Today's tremor was the largest
ever felt in New England and
was so violent that seismograph
station instruments were put out
of commission for Is minutes.
The center of the quake was
thought by DR.. Leet to have been
in the Adirondacks.
There is no connection. as far
as known. between the Eastern
shock and the Helena CMontO
earthquake.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
SHIP SINKS, 100
LOST, REPORT

BERLIN, Nov. l 0.N.SJ.-In-
direct messages from Constanza,
Rumanian black sea port, said
the Turkish steamer Gebzet sank
with 100 passengers and members
Of the crew while en- route to
Istanbul from Smyrna.
Several ships sent out SOS calls
in the hurricane. 1t was also re,
ported that the Bulgarian
steamer Tar Ferdinand. trans
porting Turks from Rumania. also
went to the bottom. Fate of the
passengers was not known.
No steamer named Gebzet is
listed in Lloyd's register. The
Tar Ferdinand is a 1994ton
vessel.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
Four Doomed to Chair

NEW YORK-County Judge
John j. Fitzgerald in Brooklyn
sentenced four men to die in
the electric chair at Sing Sing
prison during the week of De-
cember 8. They are Charles
Kropowitz, twenty-one years old.
George Rosenberg. twenty. Frank
Russo, twenty-five. and Vincent
de Martino. twenty-four. The
men were convicted in connec-
ton with the death Of Thomas
Gaughan.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
CAFE. LICENSES
RUN OUT

All restaurants in the Nation S
Capital were operating today with
out licenses.
The license year expired last
midnight and Superintendent Of
Licenses Wade CoomS said today
no new licenses has been issued.
He did not know whether any
period of grace was allowed the
operators to obtain new licenses,
but said that in previous years
the licenses were issued all
through November. He said:
"All know is that it's up to the
police department now to go
around and tell these folks their
licenses have expired and they've
got to have new ones"
The Washington times., 1935-11-01

rocked Montana but western
Canada did not feel the temblors
early this morning.
Dominion observatory officials
said the apparatus. which went
out of commission after 80
seconds, showed the epicenter Of
the quake to be $50 to 200 miles
from Ottawa, possibly in the Lake
Champlain region.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
QUAKE CENTER
LOCATED IN
n. Y. STATE
Gotham SkyscraPers
; Sway; BrookIynites
I Tossed Out Of Beds
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also were reported put out Of COM
mission.
In downtown New York huge
buildings in the Wall Street area
swayed and shook. awakening
hundreds of panic-stricken people.
In Brooklyn thousands of sleepers
were awakened and numerous in
stances of people being thrown
out of bed were reported.
In Newark, N. j., two family
dwelling collapsed as a result OF
temblors, but no one was injured.
Remote From Montana
For hours after the shocks, tele.
phone lines in all the major
centers Of population throughout
the East were flooded with calls
to newspaper offices, weather bu-
reauS and scientific institutions
from frightened people who
wanted to know if there was dan
ger Of further quakes.
New York city, because of a
peculiar rock formation beneath
It's towering Skyscrapers. had al.
ways been thought immune from
earth shocks.
Father Lynch said he was un-
able to account for the quake in
the East, but denied there was
any connection between it and
the recurrent shocks in Montana.
Boston Tower Sways
AL Of the New England States
were shaken. In Boston, the
Custom House tower swayed
dangerously, but no stones were
dislodged.
Albany and upstate New York
felt the tremblorS sharply. No
property damage of consequence
was reported, but in Albany, it
was said, the 25-million-dollar
Capitol swung like a rocking
chair"
The shocks were noticeable in
Buffalo, Rochester, PlattSburgh,
Kingston, Saratoga Springs and
other upstate communities.
Merriment Halted
Virtually all of New Jersey re-
ported feeling the temblors, In
Camden the shocks were felt for
more than 80 seconds and through
out Southern New Jersey chairs
were pushed around, mirrors slid
from the walls and windows were
broken.
Atlantic City reported the
quakeS were felt there, but that
none of the skyscraper hotels was
damaged. Hundreds of vacation
erS and night club merrymakers
rushed to the boardwalk for
safety, but there we're no known
injuries.
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in third peak on the observatory
machine.
Three peaks and an hour and
thirty.five minutes Of earthquake
shocks thus represented Washing
tons first experience with a first
rate earthquake-the kind you
feel.
Then the town went back to
sleep.
There we're no more shocks up
to 8 o'clock today.
The temblor apparently was
not confined to any particular sec
ton OF the city, reports Of the
earth's quiver coming to news
paper offices, police and the fire
department from all sections.
Alexandra Clock Stops
In nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia the earthquake apparently
escaped general notice. No
evidence of it was reported from
Fairfax county in Virginia, or
from Montgomery county and
Prince Georges county, in Mary
land.
In Alexandria, however, the
clock in the Citizens National
Bank stopped at 1:06 a. m.
In washington the street clocks
kept time. without interruption,
and Big Ben in the Post Office
tower likewise took no notice OF
the quake.
A fissure in the District Build
ing as a result of the temblor
was reported to police, but Col.
John w. Oehmann, District in
spector Of buildings said he had
not been informed Of any damage
to the building.
Building Undamaged
The report that the quake had
developed a large crack in the
building was found to be ground
less. Superintendent of the Build
ing Ed P. Brooke conducted an in
vestigation of the edifice when he
arrived. He pointed out particu-
larly that a number Of old settle
ment cracks on the east side OF
the building, fourth floor, which
had been -"taped" by a small
covering Of plaster had not been
disturbed by the quake.
If the building had been az
fected, he said, the "taping" would
have been dislodged from the
cracks.
The building superintendent
also pointed out that the building.
which was completed in 1908, was
constructed on piles because Of the
marshy land on the site at the
time and added such a conStruc-
ton is less affected in earthquakes
than buildings erected on foun-
dation Of rock.
Phone Operators Story
Three night telephone operators
in the employ of the fire board in
the District Building distinctly
felt the shocks shortly after l
O'Clock. One of their SpokeSmen,
Edward E. Tauber OF 201 E St.
N. E., related a story Of the gen.
eral sensation experienced by
hundreds of persons in Washing
ton.
1T was shortly after l o'clock. "
Tauber said. when all three of
us felt a sudden shock in the room
here. We are on the fifth floor
of the District Building. The SEN
sation was like that of a rolling
ship.
"All of us felt nauSeated," Tau
ber continued, land it was sew
eral hours before we were able to
take food. The room felt like it
was going up and down and this
movement seemed to continue q
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
Eastern Canada Is Shaken
BY Violent Earthquake

TORONTO, Ontario, Nov. / Il.
N.S0 0.-Violent earthquakes rum.
bled through the whole Of Eastern
Canada early today.
Little property damage was re-
ported in Canada, but thousands
Of terrified citizens we're tumbled
from their beds and fled to the
streets in night attire, fearing
shocks.
In principal eastern cities water
mains burst and walls of homes
cracked, but damage was slight.
Toronto, however, was badly
shaken.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01
All Saints Day

All Saints Day will be observed
in Catholic churches throughout
the city today. Mass will be cele-
brated at the Immaculate Con-
ception Church, Eighth and N StS.
N. W., at 6:45, 7:30, 9 and 1915
a. M, and 1915 p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01

The greatest intensity, he said. ap-
peared to be within a 100-mile ra-
dius of Buffalo.
The Washington times., 1935-11-01

Mirror SiIvering UnaItered
Mirrors are Silvered today
pretty much as they have been
since 1855, when the process was
patented.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-08-20
Panama Joe Defeated K. 0. Martin
KNOCKOUT
BY L. B. GERARD

On Sa urday night at the Outdoor
Theatre of Frede rikstad, K. O. Martin
OF that city met Panam4 JoA of S.. Tho.
mas. The fl hi was scheduled for 10
rounds.
After seeing some lively prelimnaries.
tine audience loo<ed forward with anxi
Gus eyes. hoping to sac the champs.
Joe entered the ring with his manager,
wei! wrapped in his nigh. cloak; shortly
after Martin stepped in with his mana
ger Al his pUint the auoience started
with noise. Each calling his or her
favorite
Both men were called to the center of
the ring oy Referee ,Vis)n. Shortly
after he spoke thy returned TO their
corners. JUST few seconds after, thu
gong let hose the news of time; the
ch amps rushed at eac1 Orhet: k.O. Mar
Tin used UIenty of feet movements. while
Panama Joe swung his arms IN action.
Marun caught Joe a few face plows;
Joe returned with some terrible 4w
punches: NJ rtin went down; Joe was
aggressive; Martin was knoc ed down
g: cond tune for tn count of four; Joe
let loose some more jaws punches; Mar
tin went down; was couo e ou; the
referee therefore proclaimed Panama
Joe winner ny knock0u the fight
tasted approximately minutes and 80
seconds THIS Is similar 70 the fight
fought in Chicago. between Joe Louis
and ,.eviasky. when he (Lovin>Ky) was
Knocked out 10 minutes and FL s. condS
of the first round
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-08-20
EDITORIAL

President Roosevelt's New Deal is
being bitterly attacked in the United
States. The President is charged with
having broken every promise in the
platform on which he was elected. with
having chosen TO listen TO a group of
professors and socialists who want 10
try the experiment of remarklng
America. Meu who study the political
situation say that the President is very
weak at the present moment. Indus
trialists' farmers and laborers seem TO
be about equally opposed to his plan
of spending the way back to prosper
ity.
1t is said that 10 the 1895 election
the New Deal administration will be
eliminated and the brain trusters 90
down TO Obscurity.
What will happen to st. Croix should
the American people be persuaded to
throw out the New Dealers and set
up a purely Democratic or a purely
Republican government.
If the La Grange estates are at that
time owned by the Federal Govern.
ment the entire industry the is
land will be- in tina hands of the New
Dealers. 1t may cot be possible to
collect the tiny fragments of domestic
capltaI again duO IL 10 uOuOl1uI wnCtuCt
private interests from the United States
could be induced TO invest in the is.
land
Such a crash would outrival the fall
of the Bethlehem Sugar Comany.
The industrial activities of the Govern
ment are being conducted like all Gov
ernment experiments in very expen
sivs manner. The overhead cost com
nared with what NAV be produced 10
xlarmney high. all tending to disre com
mend its continuance under new ad-
ministration at Washington.
Let US hope that such situation may
neanthe sterilization of the industry and
bring about q permanent improvement
f our economic system.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-08-20
N o tice

Subscribers to Shares in Virgin Island
National Bank are hereby informed that
the Certificates have been received and
can be obtained during this week as
follows;
At the Fredarikste Office
From today untll Wednesday
afternoon at 3 D. m.
At the Christiansted Office:
From Thur sday until Saturday at 2 o, m.
VIRGIN ISLANDS NAHiONAL BANK
Aug. 10, 1885
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-08-20

We have a Virgin Islands National
Bank. we have little money in public
funds which has been used effectively
to keep industry on its legs in the worst
of hard times and it may not be lmposs'
bic TO secure Federal farm loans II ne
New Deal should make its exit.
If the Fe ieraI Governments interest
in this island is sincere and not merely
experimental it should help the people to
face any eventual collapse.
To do this the land must be widely
distributed instead Of centralized and
operated by the Government agency.
Under such a system a large number
of people will be charged with Initiative
needing oniy farm loan agency to II g
nance them while raising their crops
The processing is what each individual
cannon do. 1t involves the greatest ex'
penditure, yet it IS accompanied with
the Ieas: risk. Since this needs great
er outlay and better organization tn4n
could be expecred in the near future
from The local farmers it is safer for
the municipality 10 operate the process
ing plants.
A system whereby the land IS dlstrl
buted in small Darc-ls TO the people and
the municipality con rO's the 'ctories
should satisfy evan the New Dealers.
What it would do for 81. Croix is 70 dis
connect it from the II ceriainlias of
national politics and estsbi c1n1i
ton under which men would consider
putting tn sir shoulders to the VIII Ell rath
er than hope f ,r fabulous salaries
in con- pensation for political olotIicklnG
and treacherous colGuci against their
fellow islanders.
The municipal Baud will give a con
cert IN the Park tonight
Motor sloop Arturo" arrived from
Eaiardo, P R. with mail and passsn
gers this morning.
Schooner RESOLUTION" sailed for Fred
eriksted. st. Groix this morning.
Motor boat ''VQilant" arrived from
st. Thomas with mail, and passengers.
: he boat will return at 80 pm. for
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-08-20
News for the Ladies!
We lave received from Engk

We BAVt KeVstVeu IIUH EnS HaHU-
Bridal Wrsaths and Bridal VsiIs. Lave
Floun:ing in different colors, Alocre
Lases, Dress Nets. Lace Runners. Blu
tons and Buckles for Ladies Dresses
Bathing Costumes. Art Silk Crepe
FOR The GENTS
we have received also from En- yiani
Tropical Suiting of superior quality.
Annie d e Chabert
53B Conn. Street
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-08-20

Fajardo. PR. via St. Thomas.
Sloop "Aniba' arrived from Fajard9,
PR with passengers O'Clock yesterday,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-08

St,,.;or of roses graced the home.
The table was beautifully appoint
cd with a lace cloth, silver can,
Siesticks holding pink tarerS, and
an arrangement Of pink rosebuds
and : snaodragons, An exquisite
white cake embossed with white
rosebuds and doves, conferred the
table White satin ribbons, ending
with a spray of flowers were Te.
drawn for the emblems. only
members of the bridal party ana
out of town guests were present,
The list of the later included
the !: brides grandmother, yrs
Harriet V. Cowles, Of New York
CITY Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley H.
Cowies and Mr.. Walter Cow:es'
of Atlanta, Ga, Mr.. and Mrs. Bur
ton Smith and Miss Louise Smith'
Mr.. Dudley Smith, of Charlotte,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Johnston OF
Charlotte, Miss Florence Splnaie,
of Roanoke, Va, members OF the
wedding party; Misses Sara Par,
ker, Sally Cothran, Josephine
Houston, Celier Wadsworth, Mrs
NJ. Montague, DIR. A. B. Choate
and Mr.. jim Conner, all OF Chaf'
lotte.