The Washington herald., 1907-07-21

lBtuu0 OIl1eS Need Have no fear.
DR.. Thomas Jefferson Jackson See. the
astronomer OF the United States naval
station at Mare Island, Cal, expresses
a remarkable and novel theory in the
Chicago Tribune
! lie says he has discovered the one com
mon cause Of the six great classes Of
natural phenOmena-the secular leakage Of
! the ocean bottom. which gives rise to the
development Of steam beneath the earth's
crust owing 10 the earth's internal heat
/ He also points out that the chief dan
| ger of these agitations Is along the sea-
coast and. while serving a useful pur-
pose. it is well TO be prepared for their
/ visitation. 20 prevent great destruction Of
/ life and property. as has often happened
owing 10 lack Of understanding Of aat-
uraI laws.
1T seems TO be clearly proved. said DR..
/ See. that the earth is not contracting,
as heretofore held by men Of science. but
tha; the effects of secular cooling Of tie
| globe are ins5nsible II / am not entirely
I
mistaken l have shown that the earth.
SO far from contracting. may be slightly
/ expanding. In any case, earthquakes and
volcanoes, as Well as mountain formation
in general. depend upon the secular leak
| age Of the ocean bottoms.
cites Reasons for Statements.
The great earthquake and volcanic
1 belts are aIguar rba sHarae gf .or+fy-1,,.s
OF Ia The sea. and study OF tie ocean
! depths shows that the earthquakes are
worst where the sea is deepest ana The
shore b. .teePest The land Is often up
/ Hited "1 earthquakes ana The adjacent
sea p"i''iA SINKS, as SHOWN by the ac-
campaigning seismic sea waves, which
means that lava Is being expelled from
beneath the sea, ana pushed under the
/ adjacent land
All the great mountain chains have
/ peen ioGneo 10y this process. and hence
/ the exact pardllellsm 20 the seash0rc
/ known 70 every schoOlb0y, but not
1 heretofore understood by geoioglsts. So
long as We did not know the cause OF
| mountain formation, or crroncous!y at
tTiDuted II 10 the secular cooling Of the
earth we could not make any advance IN
the analysis Of earthquake causes But
10" t-at e4fiHqlakes are proved 10 De
que 70 the leakage o. the ocean bed, nee
essaTily resulting from the great depth
/ ana pressure oI lAe water upon u, We are
IN position u make progress.
Coast Cities Always Menaced.
J
deem seas are sIU,avs urs,f.. and tl,ere-
/ ,,re -b.i- r,.,s.s str,,ls D.. -,.-,g--,.....,
- - -.t.-...,...
anu -i''''S
S-o1i" "t pio'ioeu loI l-e eAllACIon oi
/ contasratons. II the people OF san
Francisco had possessed cur present
khoslelse nearly all the loss sustained
Ill ''-s "I'.l'l ""Ae 'oo'o nave oeeh pre-
'eLi'el' ''''-'' ma to-day "ouiG nave
"s''-l o'l ny so'iie S','''V''"" ana
7'''lloiu Oi-i' eisl's NoUiu not nave SUI
''i1u l"e rum "'I'A mas 0e'h 50 ueeply
i'si'''su'
iAi'o"-edse oI 'I'e Ia" OF nature does
'-o' e'-,i''e Us 10 repair u@ii.ase aii e'iuy
0oi''' ''' ii el-1'ieS Us 10 su1ia against
d iep''i'io" ol ''S''S'eT' ana Is therefore
'.o9' ~7''oi ~ '"e peopie ana 10 '"e
o''l.' IL d IePe'l'i'h OK sutA disasters
can DC prevented ID IuIuIe 'HeIc VIII De
I A'"~A 10 So'S''e 'Nose "a3 suffered so
Hea'lIy III 'Ae great earthquake OF AprA
/ lS 1910.
/ Many persons are slow 10 recognize
ule F4iue OF scieitiic discovery unless
1 II turns IN doiiais ana cents out assured
/ y t"d' WHICH puts us on 6tatd as''-L!--
sutH loSse9 must oe ranked among tAe
/ ilnpotlaht services 10 manAiho- Sueh
Ail'" I''se VIII HoI oAiy prove uSelu! ~
our own uay and generation, out VII be-
come source OF increasing safety
throughout future ages.
Frisco Lesson for Others
! Dr. See said that the leakage of the
ocean which efras risa - -ba davalon-
mon, 30 stao,, ,,.;,,,,,, +l,,, ..r.b =. 80.
- '''e ""'ei Hos ~ "olA uo"H 'i'Iousl u
over ten miles Oh solid rock IKE granite.
No other sreat earthquake is, there
/ Iore' 70 pe expected al san FRANCISCO dur
ing ms generation In taet' 1t VIII be
Iiiiy-per"aps lVV-yeaFs before the sub
'erraheah stress becomes poWeriui
enough 70 snake tAe edr'h AGAIN III
SioieH' manner S''h / IaIiCisco Is lLeie-
Iore' sdie' ana rapidly reouiidlils' Other
/ lo"hs on Ihe racine coast however
ousit u take warning from experience
ana oe prepared ior any emergency "iich
may "liae' ie "ilo'e western part oL
| Oui country Hel ohu tit uOthy ModAtdlIis