Evening star., 1922-11-13
DEATH TOLL 1000,
WITH MANY HOMELESS
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finally settle down. Is what caused
the earthquake that wrecked the en-
tire south Pacific Saturday and regis
tered it's trefnors as far away as con-
tinehtal Europe. in the opinion of
eminent scientists in Washington to-
day. -.
red, under the Pacific ocean and
spread its most terrerizin8 effects
along the western coast of South
America was no surprise to Washing.
ton scientists. That is a., "seismio'
country. they declared, where such
revolutions of nature may be expect
there are spots on the sun Or the po-
sitiohs of the planets of the solar
system.
Ages ago. when the earth was sup
posed to be cooling on, nature made
one mistake--it left a tremendous
are now covered by the Pacinc ocean.
according to the scientists. That is
what seologists cali "fati." 1t is
a series ct definite cracks in the
stant strain as it strives to settle
down to its final base. >
As the years roll by the strain be.
comes too great tremenaeus sections
al ana i"i the Jesuit result Is "a an SUBJ upheavai r0 ei
nature. The impact OF this mammoth
landslide causes the earthquake and
the waters OF the ocean are sucked
down into the depressed or otherwise
short time later with furious force.
rushing back upon the coast lines IN
the form Of tidal waves.
Zones Well DeAA<d.
According to n. H. Heck. one of the
expert scientists at the United States
coast and geodetic SURVEY. these
earthquake regions are as well az.
fined as the Potomac river. This
Of % The Paeine coast Of North and
South America and reaches over to the
Japanese Islands, although 1t 10 not
Continuous, he said. In southern
part Of this tremendous
crack in the earth can actually be
Whether or not the crust Of the
earth in the yeare to come will find
its final level and settle down is
question scientists are unable to
answer. but some of them declared
today they believed such would not
out. future generations may expect
to experience earthquakes long after
our age has PASSED away.
Rev Father Francis A. Tondorf.
director OF the e.s observatory At At
the first person In washington to
know OF the earthquake. The in
struments In the observatory re-
corded one continuous shock for three
hours. and Father Tondoff estimated
the location of its center to within
s.na sov inileI ne he 81 in. Chile.
UnSeknown to most people. Father
rondorf said, there is an earthquake
somewhere in the world on an aver
are of every two hours and twenty
seven minutes. He Quoted the
Of the Chilean observatory, to show
that seismographs record an average
Of $3.50 earthquakes every year.
70 suffer worst from Saturdays
shock. was DESTROYED in February.
1853 by similar eartaquake'
Strange ideas Of Cause.
Since the beginning of time. Father
rondorf, said, earthquakes have been
a matter OF keen speculation. Among
races notions prevailed
which he described as gretesfue;
an Japan. it was supposed that q
restless monstrous spider Iaade shs
usd. "fn Mongolia the earth-shaksr
Was conceived as q subtsrransan hog;
In india it is a mole. Ths Mussul-
mar pictured It As An elephant. while
in North America the tortoise rocked
the crust. -.
1wu Clatses Of asskes.
Mailman, writing in 1850. classified
earthquakes as volcanic and tectonic
the former being due TO: volcanic
explosions, the latter to movements In
the rock masses The Importance of
,hfs fatter class has grown In time,
and II Is now most generally accept
ed that all the really heavy qaakes
are 70: be included under this type
and that those Of volcanic origin are
Of slight importance.
ssThe great California earthquake OF
April, 1905, 10 q striking instance Of Z
dieturbancA due to 4tslocatioa. The
shifting was along the San Andfehs
fault, the slip measuring d distance
az 2Io miles, in which the two sides
al the fracture had been diaplaced
relatively to each other BY aA amount
VA arvin0 from q maximum OF twenty.
.cnh. feet To- an uncertain fniAlmAnn,
but which must have disapptAfed en-
tirely at the ends q the fault"
. The American R@d Cross has taken
steps to extend AID 70 tnoss stricken
have been sent to TWO. chapters of the
asSar at ChuquicanAtA. aSking what
osa n needed. The latter chapter ID
- me province OF AntUfaxAstA, near
tNA affected AREA.
~" The Chilean ambassador, ssnor Ma.
shIeu. conferred today with Jehu Bar.
sNn EaSn1. tfeSfdOnt,. Of the. Red
CrnRs rAl6fiVl to rS3&AS work.