Evening journal., 1919-12-18
OLD WORLDS
On JOB TODAY
GOOD AS EVER
cont.nned from FIrst Page.

await translation as the Millerites die
on a hilltop more than half a century
ago. Tae veracious Associated Press
Is authority for the statement that
johnson paid SO for a reserved seat IN
this house and that on betaking hims i
thlther early yesterday found the house
empty and that no one in the neighbOr-
hood had even heard that the end OF
the world was at hand Johnson there
upon complained 10 the Cleveland pO-
lice. but at last account had not recOV-
cred his SIS.
In the Miami zinc and lead field In
Oklahoma several mines were closed
because the miners refused TO go down
into the ground with the prospect OF
the world crumbling TO pieces while
they were at work. In indianapolis all
the steam whistles in the city started
shrlekng after daybreak and a choir OF
church bells joined the tumult. Such
persons as were ready 10 believe that
man was responding 90 the fateful sum
mons from on high hurried to the
churches 10 set their souls In order. A
woman called up newspaper Office and
said. 81 guess us notice OF the end OF
the world. The whistles are calling the
people 10 church and I'm going" Ex-
plantations The throttle Of a whistle at
a railroad rOundhouse had jammed and
the other whistles and the bells had
Joined through force Of example.
Everywhere the men who sit in OBJ
scrvaiorics watching the procession OF
the heavens were beset by inquirers as
TO how Prof Portals doomsday was
getting along. The reply usually
amounted 60 This: "Go about your busi-
ness. When the end Of the world comes
youll know IL without consulting an
astronomer"
great majority OF mankind found
the day a subject OF facetious conver-
saiions. but there is no doubt that in
the aggregate the number Of those who
took the matter seriously was very
large Maybe most Of the latter were
Sildren. 10 whom all this talk OF
catastrophe promised a greater wonder
In store than ever was known before.
70 was Of course a South Wilmington
boy, aged 7 years, who upon meeting
at the foot Of the apartment house
stairs a neighbOr's child Of 3 said to
her: elizabeth. It's a shame you are so
young and have not lived your life, for
The worlds going TO come to an end to-
lay"
Searchers for Prof. Porta-Prof Al
bert =. porta-whose name has gone
30 the ends OF the earth. were
inclined until yesterday afternoon to
suspect he was the grand vlzier Of the
Ahkoond Of swat. Philadelphia papers
had spoken Of him as THE eminent New
York astronomer" New York heard
that he was a resident OF Ann HarbOr.
Mich. and even member OF the facul-
ty OF the University Of Michigan. The
u developed knew him not
but lt was understood" he used to be
n professor I'm the University Of Turin.
Italy, and was now said TO be an anna
teur astronomer at present living just
outside Los Angeles. Los Angeles went
hunting for him In vain. 10 looked as
II The professor had hief himself TO
some peak for closer communion with
astral affairs until finally san Francisco,
With only a change of an initial, came
through with this:
prof. Albert A. Porta. san Francisco I
neteorologist, from whose deductions /
IN a planet con1guratiOn the prophecy ]
If the world coming 10 an end today .
vas said 90 have sprung, reported to- /
lay the demonstrations were greatly /
,xaeg rated. The rotation Of the sun, /
the pull OF the planetary .
lhalanx on any one place 0f the suns
surface for any considerable length OF
line. would prevent the formation OF
my sun spot. Prof. Porta said IL VISA
his sun spot that he feared.
"Haavy clectrO-magnetic energies
Produced by the tension Of the planets
IN the sun would produe a huge sun .
,pot which would In turn cause a cata-
'lysm. hut which event is prevented by |
ne suns rotation Prof POrta said. 1
Those who garbled my original predic- /
ions are responsible for the widespread .
ear that the end OF the world is COM 4
ne. ] am well satisfied to let the turn .
II events prove my contention that f.
serious storms. earthquakes and other /
disturbances may be expected
And anyway" added the San Fran /
,lsco meteorologist. there is going 10 |
,e a serious storm on the Pacific coast