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...earthquake of January 31, which was located as being off the coast of the North Western States by seismographic measurements, singularly occurred within five minutes of the hour at which the great earthquake of San Francisco on April 18, 1906 took place", declared Professor J. B. Woodworth '94, when interviewed by a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. "The San Francisco tragedy started at 5.12 A. M., while this quake was registered at 5.17 A. M., 120th meridian time...
...unforseen as geologists had been expecting a similar disturbance in this particular locality for several years. They were led to this forecast from the fact that the shock was centered in the belt between the great earthquake of Mount St. Elias in the region of Alaska, and the San Francisco district. The former disturbance, which occurred in 1899, was the greatest shock that has taken place in North America since the white man's occupancy, while the San Francisco disaster was a serious shakeup in the earth's crust. The section between these two districts, however, shows no signs...
...thus begets the need for a larger subsidy, until finally the entire operating cost is paid by the government. Such was actually the case with the French merchant fleet; the subsidy finally became so large that a sailing vessel could be sent from Europe half around the world to San Francisco, without carrying a cargo either way, and return a profit to her owners...
Henry Covington Janin of San Francisco...
...meeting of the Student Council last night, the petition of the football team that Henry Covington Janin '23 of San Francisco, California, be awarded a football "H" was approved, and a recommendation was made for its official ratification by the Athletic Committee. The appointments of Henry Adams La Fargo '24 of Mount Carmel, Conn., and John Henry Sherburne Jr. '24 of Brookline as Second Assistant Manager of the University football team and Second Assistant Manager of the second University football team respectively were approved...