The San Francisco call., 1906-06-17
HE CAME, He SAW,
and HE REPORTED
Casts Eye Over Straw
berry Hill and Finds
Hill Guilty
Expert From Cincinnati
Declares 1t Gave Us
the Shake.


A scientific expert who was sent out
from Cincinnati to find out all ne coula
about the disturbance of April lS mas
returned TO the Queen City and mas
made his report" II Is, indeed q
wonderful document. The CincihhatA
Enquirer tells of il as follows:
Mr. Oliver E Conner Jr-. who went
as the representative of local business
bodies to Investigate the San Francisco
earthquake has returned with the Iol-
lowing report:
My recent visit to San Francisco
and investigation into the cause or the
earthquake there confirms forcibly my
former idea as to the cause or tnat
great calamity and permits me, from
the simple and glaring facts noted ana
recorded, to more clearly present my
deductions In Golden Gate Park.
where thousands of Frisco people He'd
from their tottering dwellings, / found
the strongest evidence of an extlncr
volcano, in the crater of which Is STOW
Lake. whose waters at the time or dls-
turbance showed unusual actiVity-
The surface of this lake is now quiet
and looks as innocent as though us
only mission was to reflect the oeau1rul
fringe of tropical plants that surround
it, In the center of this lake stands
Strawberry Hill, named from its
similarity in shape This hill is un-
deubtedly the solid core Of an extinct
volcano The observatory that was
located on it's apex has been shattered
and destroyed
Upon close examination of this hill
may be seen cracks and assures in all
direction like the spOkes of a wheel
A spring that once existed on its slopes
has disappeared. This is sufficient evil
dence to prove that the center or seat
of disturbance was under strawberry
Hill. The crater lake that once existed
on the top of Fit. Pelee was very in
nocent looking for years. Fearless
people built an iron cross on the rim
and raised enormous crops Of fruit and
grain on it's hospitable slopes. There
came a terrific explosion, the results
of which are only too well known. Had
the explosion been sufficiently strong
to have blown out the core in the
center of Stow Lake the destruction
of life in Frisco would have been the
greatest ever recorded
THE CAUSES GIVEN.
'I have formed the following con-
clusions regarding the causes Of vol
canic and seismic disturbances; First.
both have the same cause. and both !.
phenomena are caused by an electrical
explosion within the earth. One has
an exit for its expanded gases. the
other has not. The recent activity of
Nesuvius was watched by eminent
I scientists. and they report that great
globes of electricity rolled out OF the
crater and exploded with great viO-
Ience. PeIee repeated the same pheno-
mena. 1t belched out great volumes OF
electricity that rolled down it's slopes
in all directions. carrying death and
destruction in it's wake great mass
/ of evidence has been accumulated since
I the destruction of Martinique, proving
beyond any question or doubt that
thousands Of the inhabitants were
electrocuted.
We no longer believe that we live
on the surface of the earth. but within
it, II is no longer a globe of some
/ 5000 miles in diameter. but one OF
about 25,900 miles. The ethers. gases
and all invisible elements are now
reckoned as part and parcel OF the
earth, and are subject to the same
general laws. The phenomenon OF
thunderstorms and the retention OF
stored electricity in the clouds is an
illustration of the cause of volcanic
and seismic disturbances. Each par
ticle of moisture found in a cloud acts
as a miniature storage battery: the
clouds surrounded by dry air are a
ncn-conducting medium producing con-
ditions best suited for the retention OF
electricity. When these miniature bat
teries become overcharged they burst
into vivid lightning and it's accompany
ing phenomenon, thunder. the concus-.
sion of which causes the particles o.
moisture to combine and form rain
This same phenomenon occurs within
the earth in certain localities where
conditions are more favorable for the
retention of electrical energies.
A HUGE DYNAMO.
This earth. from it's expansion and
contraction. chemical decOmposition
and reconstruction, produces enormous
quantities o@electricity In fact. the
earth is like huge dynamo. Is it not
reasonable to assume that there are
localities where this electricity ae-
cumulates in just such manner as it
collects in a rain cloud? There are
many substances that will retain eIec-
tricity under certain conditions. These
elements are found in the earth. and
more especially in the immediate vicin-
| ity of volcanoes. These elements ara
most generally surrounded by sulphur.
a non-eonducting medium. a substances
best suited for the retention of eIec-
trtcity. When this huge reservoir he
comes overcharged we have an ex-
plosion that bursts up n0n-conductin<
mediums such as lava. broken stone.
etc This reduces the vibrations OF
electricity down TO that of heat. and
we have the attending phenomena OF
melted rock and it's incineration vol
canic ash. etc. The same accumulation
of electrical energies takes place in
quake districts The explosion within
produces the disturbances felt above.
The explosive force is sometimes suffi
cient TO burst through. and we have
the active volcano. From my point ofa,
view there viii be no serious disN
turbanees near Frisco for many years
1t will be some time. however. before
the melted rock and metals now in the
( fluid state under Frisco become sum
ciently cooled and sOlidifed to bring
about stable condition. Until this
has taken place there will be smau
spasmodic turbances.
PREFERS HIGHER TAXES
TO OPENING OF SALOONS