The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-07

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are the forces hfch start in motion
!. the pieces Of earth which have been
sundeTmined by the shrinking of.the
molten interior. When there is one
earthquake shock it usually is fol-
-lpNSad b5sss AssHers sot aefs in 3
succession. That siasd due to the ia H.
ling Bpdy flint laas ssndFe dgmeHts
in one place and them faIlng In a.
l lew minllt ties to "a plaee more secure.
sprS it may heSduest of q bod allipg in
one place and the fall Earring loose
"a body perhaps several hundred
SIni1eS.away.
Fart hqiakes hsirai occur n:
mountainous regions That is due
to the lines Of weakness In 2 the
smnuntains.t M fountains are caused
shys thesWriuklipg. of the earth sscrust@
5a4png those lines Some few noun
tafns are bull up from VOLCANOES,
!. but the .Yplca4 oes fol low the lines
of least resistance and spout out
where there "a read y are cracks In
the earth s surface.
When thes sinterio Tor shrfnks the
serAst has to- fold just :like.fhe skin
the app1s wrdnkl ess 30 the. skin
can follow the interior. Ehe noun
Ftains do notylook very big when the
whole earth is eonsid The
highest mountains are only a little
oyer five miles hi gh. That sis insig-
Snit1cant when the entire earth is
onsidereds 1t is not as high as the
size Of the wrinkle onEa an apple! In
proportion. s.s!s s. sstI
That theresafee afthuuak esseasons
pie CaIifoTnianss expect EARTH
squakes between January and June
These shocks usually are mild.
hut they are more pronoupced the
first five months Of the year; They
come at other lines of the year, sbuts
are not expected 30 much then.
Italy. 5ss top, expects her hardest
shocks the hrst four months OF the
year. g III
The sun is about 900, 900 miles
nearer the earth In winter than In
summer. That sounds like "a big
mistake, but when we consider that
summersin the south ern hemisphere
comes at a time when we have our
winter it can readily be seen that
summer and nearness OF the sun
have nothing to do witt each other:
Perhaps other planets arein posi-
ton osexert their int1uence on the
earth at certain times .of the year
than at others. If that is true. we
can readily see that the scientists
who hold TO the theory that planets
AFFECT the earthquak les have some
thing definite on which to base their
claims.
There probably is nothing more
terrorizing than a violent earth
quake shock. T. was In Mayfiefd.
Cal. near to Leland Stanford SlIni-
ayersity when the earthqll shock
was felt there at ~ the time pt the
earthquake and Are Of San Fran
cisco. II rushed from the house as
sfastsas could, but as ran 4 was
thrown to- the floor three times.
When reached the outer door II
could not pull It open for some time
because the house bent back and
forth and kept the door caught In
the slintefss Finally pulled the
door open between Yibrat ions and
got to- the street. There was
thrown down again. Looking to-
ward the university i saw the enca-
lyptus trees waving back and forth
as though in q Violent tempest.
could see the boys dormitory and
dt,5 too. was going back and forth
=aa though d rInlss & -
RECENT So.
sIIAA1AS.Q IIAEES.
e FheH earthqn kes OF Italy weresof 3.
igreata Ienca than any g hare
ever zexperta ced in Cal ifprnia Or
An-khes Andes Lt0EntAt ms ss
fGeEHpapaf cDT esppnde nt said Il.
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