Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-20
Iceland's Prophet.


WILL the war end in 1918 after
w all? There is Il prophet in lce-
land who thinks so. Not only does pc
think so, but by an ingenious bit ~
mathematics he .endeavors to prove
his conjecture.
Not long since J. y. Doyle, an az
sistant paymastcr at the Great LaHas
: British training camp, in Canada, re-
ceived a communication, unsigned
from an Iceland settlement 1t WAS
written in an Ieelandic dialect easily
understood, however, by those ~
miliar with the language of the, epYM-
try Its theme was, :'The End OF AAel
War in 1918" W.
The process Of deduction is thus
explained by Prlvates Bjorn Oddsson.
himself native OF. Iceland. who at
present Is stationed in the medical
department Of the United States Army
at Fort Myer. Va.
explains. was born in 1856. He was
elected to the Office Of President of the
United States in 1913. six years ago.
His age Is sixty-two years. BY adding
the year of his birth. the. year he was
elected the number "of years since then
and his age the result sis 1886. This
figure divided by 2 gives 1918 as the re-
suit.
Curiously enough. he explains. the
same coincidence exists with refer, refer
the King of Italy. the King. of SCR
bia, the King of England" the King
Of Belgium, the late Gar of Rpe-
s5 u sad vh he H the Ct ss Sap Should
divided by 2 seems bit clouded' IN
the Icelandic- prophecy, and Private
Oddsson is unable to shed much light
upon the subject; but. neyertheless
sum Of the same items in the cases
of the rulers mentioned in each In
stance is 1886 and that divided by
2 the quotient is 1918 are significant
o 1d1 an important happening in the year
President Poincare of France was
born in 1880. says Private Oddsaens
he assumed office in 1913. he has been
in Office five years and; his ageilis
items IS 1896. The King Of England
was born in 1865. assumed the throne
in 1910; has reignsg eight years and
he Is flfty-three yekrs old. These
items also total 3,$3{9 And the Same
is true Of o the King If Italy. who was as
1900. has reigned eighteen years and
Is f1fty-one years old: Of King Albert
Of Belgium. who was born in 1875. as
sumeq the throne inG900, has reigned-
eighteen years, and is. forty-three
years old; of King Peter Of Serbia,
who was born in 1874. assumed the
throne in 1903, has reigncd fifteen
years and is seventy-four years old;
OF the former Gear Of Russia, the un-
fortunate Nicholas. who was born IN
1858. assumed the throne in, 1884.
reigned twenty-four years and was
fifty years old. and Of the Emperor
of far-off Japan, the oriental ally OF
the entente powers, who was born In
1879. assumed the throne in 1912. has
reigned six years apd is thirty-ntne
years old.
-. This curious, deductive prophecy
was given by Assistant Paymaster
Doyle OF the British service to the
Icelandic- Canadian newspaper LQg.
berg. which printed 1t in the Icelallaao
language. 1t has never appeareatan
English, Private Oddsson says, anA!he
feels certain that in the light of I't6s-
ident Wilson'S latest crushing reply
to Germanys overtures for peace 1t
will be regarded as dependable evil
dence, in the absence of anything
quite so definite, that the great world
war will come to a close in 1913. Apd,
being a thorough American pat1aQt,
as we'll as native of Iceland Pftv}te
Oddsson declares with some ehphRNis
that the close will be O glorious Mfc-
tory. a 'supreme triumph, for the allies
over the despicable Hohenzollernas and
all that they represent.