Evening journal., 1903-08-26
HICKS PREDICTS
EARTHQUAKES
Storms Next Month Will Be
Severe and Out Of the
Ordinary
MAY Be SOME HOT DRY WEATHER

The weather forecasts Of the Rev.
ira Hicks for the month OF septem-
ber follows:
The storm diagram shows NUM-
Der OF dis urbing causes present IN
September. The center OF the Venus
period rightfuily falls about the same
date with the center Of Earth's equi-
nox extending Is influence over the
whole month. The Mars period does
not wholly pass Off until near the mid
dle OF September.
The first storm period for September
is central on The 4th extending from
the 2nd TO the 7th This period en-
braces Moon in apogee on the srd, full
on the 6ih and on the equator on The
7ih. Signs Of approaching change and
storms Will appear about the srd,
weather VIII grow warmer IN the west,
The barometer will begin falling IN the
same region, and cloudiness and rain
will follow, growing in volume as they
pass eastward. and reaching a culmin-
ating crisis from the 5th to the Ith.
Autumnal thunder storms and squalls
will be na-ural IN many sections on
the 9th and 7th. Look for decided
change to cooler in the west as these
storms pass eastward. the COOL clear
ing weather following the storms TO
the extreme east. The change 10 fair
and cooler viii be retarded until after
the Moon passes north OF the equa or
on the 7tn. Otherwise Il would oul-
inmate ABOUT the full Moon on the
9Th.
weather changes win come in rapid
succession at this time. but we be-
lieve that the dominant state Of the
weather will be warm above the aver
age. The 9th. 10th and ilth are re-
dictionary storm days, on and about
which marked storm conditions will
arise. The opposition OF the great
planet, Jupiter falls on the llth, which
| Is known by oil who have long fol-
lowed our theory to be the central day
Of q regular annual maximum Of mag
netic and electrical excitation. All
things considered, atmospheric and
seismic perturbadons Of wide and
violent character would be quite ma
iural any where within q week or ten
DAYS of the nth. This is one OF the
periods in which equinoctial hurricanes
from the West Indies need not be a
surprise to dwellcrs along our south
coasts. The period IS covered by the
Mars, Earth and Venus disturbances,
AHA an indications o. approaching
storms should De promptly noticed and
needed. Very high temperatures, II
followed b. electrical storms Ht this
time. will suddenly fall 10 very cool
possibly to the frost line northward.
The regular Vulcan s-orm period is
central on the 18th covering the l4th
to 18Th. Tie new moon falls on the
celestial equator on the GOTH being
CO. incident with the central day OF
Earth's antumnal equinox, and with
Moon at en- eclipse node, This is also
at the censer of the Venus equinox
The strong probabilities are that
threatening. unsettled. stormy weather
will begin during the period l4th Is
l19th. and run into the reacionary per-
liod central on'the Goth TO gard. II many
active storms do not occur In the time
covered by these two periods, there
VIII almost certainly be 4 prolonged
smell OF nnseasonably warm weather
/. followed by severe seismic shakes II
many parts OF this ald other coun'
tries. one Of two extremes always re
. suits under such Astronomical condi
tions as exist at this time-general an'
violent storms, or the almost total alb
sence OF storms, with a prnlongod per
iod Of phenomenally hot, BRASS