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Show I LOS ANGELES EARTHQUAKE. Los AVgeles has been rocked by an earthquake. "When the bosters of a California city will allow dispatches to go out, conveying con-veying news of a severe earthquake, the tremors must be something more than the kind which cause a little excitement and much laughter. After the great earthquake which did so much damage to San Francisco, the news agencies were requested to refer to the disaster as a fire and repeated shocks were not reported in the newspapers. That is the California spirit. The Californian can endure drouth and declare there is no drouth; he can suffer floods and deny there is a flood; and as to earthquakes, he is wholly oblivious of their presence until he is thoroughly frightened, when he will admit something has gone wrong. The Associated Press report says the earthquake was co-exten-sive with Los Angeles county. Los Angeles itself embraces a big part of southern California. Although considerable damage was done, it is fortunate that no great misfortune, such as overwhelmed San Francisco, attended the tremblor. |