New-York tribune., 1907-08-18
Bv ANGELO HEILPRIN

IT'S, such events as the late eruption
G lesuvIus he earthquakes IN
| lah'orma and ja,llslca, ls, Are Ne likely 20
&e similar occuTrence tefore long, OF lis
r-isnt Can sc1 occurrences -ake place IN regions
| E1Ch a1e thought - 1t immune from nature
-ayages,
1 lie OnnlscIer- scientist Who j sriH pulling
Ue- what has rece1l1lv happened IN far OF loT
'oz o. the eaT surface irving 10 ascertain the
causes II The CoIlex activities which have
dtoyed towns. villages and scattered habltalons,
E-lch have DISTURBED balances within the earth
and ont of i, md which have INTERCEPTED new lea
tires INTO the business Ionsf1l1Ies of Communi-
nfs tnds himself lesloged with The inquiry Is 10
II gei beng q The earth - large. The possibilities
nc TTofatahtles- the future. 81 Chicago,
AeE York, and Philadelphia and the problems
--at attach 70 nc resisting power II skyscTaIeTs
sad TIE effect q subway spaces ulon the move
lt1, q portion - the earth.
lte InGul-leS aro IA themselves Sufficiently harm
rs and seenlcrlcir simple n th.IT solution; they
ufh 10 problem n The physics 81 olIT planet which
l1s not alTeady teen long studied and investigated;
aey deal with 10 11oilems IN scicnce that involve
leT oonceItlons the Jheo-v 81 matter Yet they
1t O. kind tac The geologlst > least prepared 10
sasEtT, howtEe- Teadv ne may IL 20 express h1in-
se' II lncerElevs -aortly after an occurrence.
A Discounted Prophet
A the meeting .; the British Association foT The
AoTancerneur - ScleLce held IL Birmingham,
Elgiand IL 1880 tlcl presided oTer by geolo-
st q TaTe ace .rsd learning, The presidential ad-
eess Tas II par devoted 10 a surrey OF the phys
I-~l features, la they had been developed by
eocelcai conditions. 81 The Atlantic basin ana OF
af eastern border u the American continent, and
1oiL these features The Thesis had been elaborated
tAaI N me -eclcl under consideration no great
t4l'n dlsIlaCerueL1s moNemorts were likely TO
ccuI a any cry leTlod any Convulslo1ls that
sde dependent uIon such dIsplacements The
q "a tnis quarter had seemingly attained de-
Eet q stability which nature forces were no longer
Haey 70 disturb, and man could rest secure IN the
!onsIiesS that II those parts the earth had been
llieled and 10 adaltatlors toward ITot'Iie
-sliet Eeto 81 C.te1nUlated further during y
Iiiy following The reading oi the address referred
- NcTo Tas received of the destruction IN great
. Hio th1cUTI earthquake movements, oi Tie
-. =" tnarleS'c'l-a Singular and bitter com
N.-'eIy on The prophecy OF sclence, n lesson mat
tt"oelsis rhO addicted 10 ETophesyIng on
vel 10 hea--
me layfl@n -ay a this point IL tempted 10 ASK
Ge1e lnen 10 lessons that taught 10 lilc III
..stsa1cT u earthquake and volcano phenomena
M would permit him 10 read The future Is i"T
'lAs Class q Phenomena was concerned. loT i
= Il ltsi'n q tie earth : surface. he geol'tlsI
= lSl@il- where some two thousand or more eaTlh
s-aAeS and some earthquakes of fair quaIiy, are
80 io-oeso efe-y EeaT. has difficulty IN
- ing Ire probable future; the same
su 80 = tine - The investigator stationed
as-eiE lhe central islands Of the Malay
C-ls ago ID The equatorial Andes or
- r. e. -4'iit.1cs- ~ IN The shadow of NesuVIus
g--l-a Ll-a y hal might be expected from the
- - is vel indicated IN Nhat has taken
r. IN ~ 1ae past q IL what Is taking place III
Sc. aae same might IL thought true Of the
- 5r-.lsI . Who lad the California region f"T II
e. = lon- tlt vas there a geologIst wise g.
49, 70 predict the likelihood of a catas- q
taF such IS that of AIril IS of the last
- any more than there Was a scientist
tenel The earthquakes which wrecked
rn1 -a--s n Itl2 and Lisbon in I7r5, or the
~ a.. recent qiab,s ii the Simla region in the
yiiey q-Iaiey as and II kingstony The California