The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-12-17
WORLDS ENDERS
SURPRISED WHEN
NOTHING BUSTED
Ominous Position Of Planets To-
day Had Caused Many to
Believe Worst
ASTROLOGERS ERR OFTEN
Predictions That Earth Would
Go to Smash Common in
Every Century
ASTROLOGERs ERR OFTEN

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New York, Dec II. = Astonishment
was expressed by the superstitious
when the earth did not come to an end
today.
The ominous position Of the planets
had been well press agented and some
astrologers and persons versed i'll
witchcraft had maintained that at the
precise moment when the major
leaguers Of the solar system formed in
a straight line with Neptune, Saturn,
Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury on
one side OF the sun and Uranus on the
other the earth which had moved four
or five solar PAGES to the front Of the
line would behave like the one horse
shay.
Harold Jacoby. professor Of astron-
omy at Columbia, and many other
scientists maintained that the effect
upon the earth of the planetary align
ment would be nil.
ASTROLOGERS ERRED BEFORE
Astrologers have predicted the end
of the world on somewhat similar oc-
casions for centuries. AS early as
l1S6 the world escaped one Of the
threatened cataclysms. DisappOint-
ment at the escape did not prevent
Stofher from predicting universal
deluge for the year 1924 "a year as
it turned out which was distinguished
for drought.
Mother Shipton witch Of Tudor
times. was credited with being equally
sure that 400 years after her time-in
1881 to be eXact-the world would
come to an end The prediction
caused much agitation in England
when the date she set arrived. Thou
sands of persons deserted their homes
and went out into the fields to await
annihilation.
Prof, Alver F. Porta, a meteorlogist,
is given credit for first thinking up
todays catastrophe.
MANY HAD PREPARED
Chicago. Dec. 17.-"The end Of the
world hoax collapsed today, But
many of the superstitious here who
according to ministers had quietly pre-
pared for eternity by$increased church
attendance still awaited the vast
gales and other phenomena which the
tale Of the scientific prediction fore
casted
Refutations of the worlds anihila-
tion idea as expounded by Edwin 3.
Frost, superintendent Of the williams
Bay. Wis, observatory; Prof. Forest
Moulton Of the astronomical depart
mcnt of the University of Chicago and
Prof Phillip Fox who explained the
heavens to Northwestern university
classes still were read with a degrees
Of sceptician by the more guilible
ones. "T'hey'rc in good if it don't
happen they held, "and none will be
left to indict them if it does"
Mr.. Frost said that for a mouth let
tcrs have been pouring into his office
seeking inside informa ton. He hoped
he had relieved one woman's apple-
fension when he mailed her Il special
delivery statement of the truth il
reply to her statement that she had
mot eaten since she heard Of it, His
inquiries came from all over the coun-
try and from England.
IRON. RANGE QUIT WORK
Duluth, Mimi, Dec. II. - Messaba
iron people to a large extent believe
the world is to freeze up and all. OF
the range die of result.
1T is said the continued severe cold
it was 45 degrees below here for
week until today when the termone-
ter rose to 20 below-has led some
people here to believe in the predic-
tion that the world is coming to an
end q correspondent at Eveleth re-
ports. "Pcoplc are industriously max
ing trips to the woods getting in ex.
ira fuel in the belief that the earth
will become steadily colder until 1t
freezes up. BY being prepared they
plan to stavc eff the final day
Women and children are reported
postponing preparations OF Christmas
gifts pending events today.
MINERS REFUSE TO WORK
Miami. Okla, Dec. II. Several
mines in the Miami zinc and lead
fields are closed today because the
miners refused to 60 down into the
ground with the prospect of the world
crumbling to pieces while they were
at work.
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