The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-02-11
~ pRoE. ALBERT T. PoRTA

and Santa Clara CoIkeSeS Sd4.y
OAKLAND. Cal, Feb. S.-AlI earth
nuakes and volcanic eruptions can be
accurately and scientifically foretold:
The revolution Of the planets, and
the sun spots they produce when In
conjunction OF opposition, provide the
I,ev-to be read by anyone who under
stands the legends of the heavens.
nv these signs I have been able
within the past four years to prognos-
ticate hundreds Of quakes' mcioo lil
the recent Guatemala disaster, the
eruptions Of Mt. Lassen, Vesuvius.
Central American volcanoes and many
others. as well as general weather
conditions throughout the world
And by the same infallible tokens /
read dread augury for February
There will be three seismic periods
during the month.
The first will occur between Febru-
airy 2 and along the Mediterranean
and Adriatic seas. probably afIectins
Italy, Greece and Asia Minor, OF along
the Pacific coast. =
The second period, from February 8
to is, viii produce quakes IN Central
Europe. or in Alaska and the Pacillc
coast on the same meridian. 1t VIII
also probably again cause violent as
turbances in Central America ncluo-
ing Inflated Guatemala.
This will be the most severe tenn
blor recorded in many years. for the
suns electromagnetic energy Will be
powerfully disturbed by the combined
tug Of Is different planetary conngur-
atoms.
third period. falling between Febru-
arv % and IS. and due to II planetary
phenomena. Regions affected by this
disturbance again will be the Medi-
terranean and Adriatic, together WITH
Alaska, Japan and the Pacific coast IN
! the same latitude belt.
Dangerous planetary combinations
! will also produce four eruptive periods
! in February, occurring on the I'd TO
9th. Sth 70 18th, 18th 10 10th and 22d
! to 2Sth. in the regions already defined.
| These predictions are not based on
mysticism or guesswor6, but OF exact
science.
; Years of observation and study have
enabled me to announce to the world
| this law:
An earthquake will occur as often as
a sunspot or facula, produced by the
conjunction or opposition Of two or
! more planets, is approaching or cross
| ing central solar meridian, front or
! back.
and volcanic eruption will occur
when sunspots, approaching or cross
! ing the central solar meridian, are pro
duced by the opposition or conjunc'
! ton of Venus with any other planet.
| This law is constant.
Now let me explain briefly that cleo
/ tro-magnetism is the universal nat
ural force operating throughout the so
! lar system. and that sunspots adver
tise disturbances IN the exchange OF
this energy between the sun and its
family of planets.
The formation, appearance and pas
sage across the suns surface OF these
surspots can be accurately determined
by mathematics. l can. tell years III
advance when and where they will ap
pear, and have already charted al
those that will occur in 1918.
The nature OF sUnspots was describ
ed by Prof. G. E. Hale, director of Mt
Wilson observatory, as gigantic cy
clones or vast whirlpools of electric
particles, their centers or cores being
fields Of intense magnetic energies
And Prof. G. p. Serviss adds, "a sun
spot is like an enormous electric dyna
mo whose tremendous whIrls generate
a powerful magnetic field sucn as the
revolving armature OF a dynamo o.
equal size would generate"
It is this energy which holds world
to world and whose disturbance is re