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Evening star., 1923-12-17
CATHEDRAL FUND
NOW IS S166,3O1.0D
This Sum Reported Sub
scribed to Date Toward
Districts Quota.
Extract of Letter
Sent by President
On Cathedral Plan

Your work is to be commended.
because it represents the foun-
dation of all progress. all gov
ernment. and all civilization.
That foundation is religion.
Our country is not lacking In
material resources. and though
we need more education, 1t can
not be said to be lacking in In
telligence. But, certainly. 1t
has need of a greater practical
application of the truths of
religion.
1t Is only in that direction
that there is hope of solution
of our economic and social
problems. Whatever inspires
and strengthens the religious
belief and religious activity of
the people. whatever minister's
to their spiritual life. Is. of su-
preme Importance. Without 1t,
all other efforts will fail. With
II. there lies the only hope of
success.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
RAIL PROGRESS HALTED.
Revolt Stops Free Flow OF U. S
Traffic to Mexico.
Rx the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. December II,
-Mexico's present troubles are being
viewed with real concern by traffic
men of the railroads and of big in
dustrial and commercial concerns,
who see renewed complications IN
trade relations should the revolution
prove of long duration. :,
. They point out that Mexican ran
roal facilities were just getting BACK
to normal after the disturbance OF
several years.
An arrangement recently was per-
fected whereby the Mexican railroads
became members of. the American
Railway Association. and the return
of cars was guaranteed by blanket
arrangement, with equipment care
fully checked.
Recently arrangements were MADE
for purchase of through passenger
tickets and for Pullman equipment 10
go through San Antonio to Mexico
City. Red tape was being eliminated
with negotiations proceeding for re-
sumption of through bills OF ladin2
to points in both countries.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
BUDGET HEARINGS
BEGIN WEDNESDAY
Appropriations Committee Gives
Madden Power to Expedite
Action.

The House appropriations commit
tee held its first meeting this after
noon which gave authority to Chair
man Madden to prepare a slate of
subcommittee assignments to handle
the various appropriation bills.
Government officials have been in
vited to testify at hearings which
start Wednesday morning on three of
the big appropriation bills-Interior,
War and Navy.
1t is now expected that the District
of Columbia's budget will not be con-
sidered by the subcommittee until
late in January.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
LANDSLIDE BURIES FOUR.
Quebec Farmers Beyond Aid When
Rescuers Arrive.

KENOGAMI, Quebec, December II.
A landslide on the Levesdue farm
buried alive four men whom a rescue
party was unable to reach in time.
The victims were Joseph Lebel, Will
liam Tremblay, Georges Levesque and
Victor IeVeSnue
Evening star., 1923-12-17
SHIPS PASS VERA CRUZ.
Calls to Be Made Elsewhere Pend
ing Outcome of Revolt.

HAVANA, Cuba, December 1.-THE
French line steamer Flandre, due
here Wednesday, x from .,,. corunna pnr1 "a
Tampico instead of Vera Cruz, which
is her usual port of call. The change
is to be made owing to the revolu-
ton in Mexico.
The Hamburg American line also
s6nounced that in the future Its
6oats will be sent to Tampico in.
stead of Vera Cruz.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
80 WORKERS ENTOMBED
: IN JAPANESE COAL MINE
Reported as Held Prisoners by Gas
Following Cave-In and Rescue
Deemed Improbable.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
TOXIC, December 17.-Thirty miners
were entombed in a coal mine at Kasuya
in Fukuoka prefecture, in southwestern
Japan, this morning and are held prs-
oners by gas in the workings, according
to advces received here. Collapses of
portions of the mine entombed the men.
Rescue work is proceeding with ex-
treme difficulty and it is feared that at
tempts to save the miners may prove
unavaling.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
TRAINS KILL FIVE
| IN z AUTOMOBILES
Sixth Fatality Occurs on
Road When Car Strikes
Justice of Peace.
By the Associated Press.

By the Ass0cia ted Press.
TOLEDO, Ohio. December 1.-Two
persons were killed and a third was
fatally injured when the automobile
in which the trio were riding was hit
by New York Central passenger
train at Millbury, eight miles east of
here. yesterday.
The dead are: Mrs. Dennis D.
Downing, fifty-flve, and John Reith,
sixty five. residents of Millbury. Den
mis- Downing. sixty-three, husband
of the woman and driver of the au-
tomobile, died later in hospital
here of q broken back
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FATHER AND SON KILLED.
Southern Railway Limited Hits
Auto at Grade Crossing.

CHARLOTTE. N. c., December IT.
Will Costner of Kings Mountain and
his ten-year-o son were killed at a
grade crossing about two miles west
of Gastonia late yesterday when the
Southern railways Piedmont Limited
struck an automobile in which they
and five other persons We're riding,
according to report reaching here.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
BISHOP CONFIRMS SO.
Hyattsville Church Crowded tc
OVERLOOKING at Service.
,peciai Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSvILLE. Nd. December IT,
An overflow congregation gathered
yesterday in Pinkney Memorial
Church when the Rt. Rev. DR.. James
E. Freeman, Bishop of the Episcopal
Church of Washington, administered
the rite of confirmation upon a class
of thirty-six candidates, including ten
adults. Necessity for allegiance to
the church was the keynote of the
bishops sermon, which was based
$ The bishop declared that the teach
ings OF the church are not matters of
individual opinions or caprices, but
age e-long testimony handled down
from the day of the Apostles.
Evening star., 1923-12-17

A copper mining company of
Sweden. which has just celebra ted
It's 706th anniversary, is believed to
concern in the world. The. company
was founded during the first half of
the thirteenth century and has con-
tinued ever. since to play an impor.
tant part in the economic life Of
Sweden.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
0BREG0N WILL PARRY
REBEL BLOW AT, CAPITAL
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IJOHtlnutu lrOnl r Lst q sit,t.l g
close communication, it was stated at
headquarters here. Gen. Vlllareal is
reported in command at Puebla.
Two Generals Revolt.
Gen. Ambrosia Figueroa in the state
of Guerrero and Gen. Jose Lagunes,
operating in the border states or
Yucatan and Tabasco, have broken
with the Obregon government, the
statement asserts. Gen. Figueroa
claims complete control of Guerrero
except for the town of Chilpanzingo,
which. according to the rebel leaders,
he plans to take today attacking
with his command of 1000 men.
Gen. Lagunes is reported co-operat-
ing with the insurgent forces In an
attack upon Villahermosa.
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TCHlTCHERIN ASKS
U. S. TO NEGOTIATE
RECOGNITION PACT
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the Russian government must indi-
cate Willingness to compensate
American citizens who were desnoiI-
ed; second. the Russian authorities
must recognize the debt contracted
by the kerensky regime with the
United States: third. the active spirit
OF enmity to American institutions
must be abated, and, finally. "works
mete for repentance" must appear,
Evening star., 1923-12-17
Doors Engraved.

The doors are engraved with ex-
uuisitely chiseled figures of god
desses in the attitude of prayer, while
above them is the projecting golden
Intel of the second shrine, which is
about seven feet high.
What impresses one more than any
thing else in the intriguing, festive
air of this resplendent sepulcher are
the interior decorations of the walls
of the shrine. These are chiefly gold
en-, inscribed with endless lines of
heiroglyphics with figures of birds,
flowers and animals, set in a triple
frame of broad black lines. This con-
trast of deep black and old gold re-
calls the art of old China or the
decorative effect achieved by modern
designers in boudoirs with golden
ceilings and black walls.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
u. S. CONSUL DEAD.
Hunter Sharp Of North Carolina
Expires in Edinburgh.

EDINBURGH, December 17.--Hunt-
er Sharp, American consul here, died
today. He was born in Hertford
county, N. c., in 1861, and entered
Evening star., 1923-12-17
BERLIN SUBMITS PLEA
FOR BIG FOREIGN LOAN
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sons expelled except after individual
examination.
NJ. Poincare concludes by drawing
attention to the fact that the inter-
allied commissions of military control
have not YET been able to resume
their regular duties. and declares that
while this state of affairs exists Ger
many cannot claim to be Loyalty exc
cutting the treaty of Versailles.
FRENCH DISAPPOINTED.
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Continued from First Pagel
of the second shrine glisten DULY.
the two bolts, one above and one
below. yet sternly guarding the Sc
cret tomb.
In the middle, set in either batten
of the doors are two metal rings.
LET into the wood side by side, to
which were attached seals, which
Howard Carter, directing the exca-
waiting work, had previously remov-
Evening star., 1923-12-17
COFFIN
DWARFS DREAMS
OF ExCAVAT0RS

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Continued from First Page.)
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BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.

FRENCH DISAPPOINTED.
Evening star., 1923-12-23

garet McG. Ashby, Miss Elsie Snow
den and Miss Helen Calvert
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles C. smoot ami
their children of North Wilkesboro.
n. G.. are the guests Of Mrs. Smoots
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George UhIer,
ON North Washington street.
Frank Summers. athletic director
OF the Staunton Military institute,
is spending the holidays at his home
in this city.
Miss Eleanor Orr of Leesburg, who
is attending school at Gunston Hall
Washington. was the week end guest
OF Miss Dorothy Morton on North
Washington street.
Rev. owen +. Lloyd of Hinton,
W. Va, was the guest last week of
his son-in-law and daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Dulaney Hammond.
Miss Marion Dienelt and Miss Mary
Davis of Virginia Intermont College.
Bristol. Va, have come home for tn
| holidays.
Mrs, \. c. Warwick. Miss Elizabeth h
| Warwick, Miss Margaret Warwicj.
! and Miss Josephine Gregg spent last
week end with friends in Philadel-
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. HuIfish and
Lewis Hulfish are the guests Of NJ,
and Mrs. l.. A. Hulfsh in Marion, s g.
Mr.. and Mrs. James II Hulfish hdyr
as their guests the Rev and Mrs
! r. T. Dodge of Norfolk
Mrs. Siias Lyles. announces tile
marriage of her daughter, Ms.
Annie Lyles Campbell 70 Mr.. james
Frantun Of Alexandria Tuesday, D.
cember is, at her home. lGo2 Far
mont street northwest. Washington
:, Charles G. Carlin. jr.. Albert Auslcy
Smoot, UrCban 5 Lambert. jr.. BooE..
| Howard and Hugh Marsh OF tis
University of Virginia are at tn, Il,
| homes for the Christmas HOLIDAYS
Evening star., 1923-12-23

Mr. and Mrs Louis Z. Doening of New
Rochelle, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Walker of New
York are spending the holidays with
Mrs. Walkers sisters, Misses Marie and
Christine Thompson. at their home on
King George street.
Prof. and Mrs. Arturo Fernandez
spent the week end in Washington,
stopping at the Hotel Hamilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Armstrong
nave as their guests for the holidays
their son. Edward Armstrong, who is
a student at Randolph Macon College,
and Mrs. r: c. Gildart and her sons Of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Hotel of Seattle,
Wash, are guests at Carvel Hall.
Ensign Bradford Bartlett, who is at
tached to the L. s. S. Colorado, spent
the week end with his parents, Capt.
and Mrs. Frank Bartlett, who are in
Annapolis at the Peggy Stewart Inn
for the winter.
j. G. Hillingworth of Philadelphia
who is en- route to Bermuda with a
stag party on his yacht. the Shilling,
Dor this week.
Mrs. Frank W. Rockwell has as
her guests for the Christmas season
her parents, Gen. and Mrs. L. A. Will
mer of Leonardtown, Md. and her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Writ Wilmer of Detroit. Mich.
eugene Worthington, son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Worthing-
ton, has left for California. where he
will visit his sister, Mrs. Keester,
wife of Lieut. George B. Keester,
A benefit card party for the Catho-
Ilc Daughters Of America was held
Wednesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Joseph Milton.
st. Johns College, has had as her
guest for a few days Miss Helen
Thomas of Clairmont, n. J.
Miss Elizabeth Mott left this week
TOT davenport, Iowa. for a visit of
DR.. Walton Hopkins. who has been
on hunting trip in North Carolina,
returned home Sunday.
Mr.: and Mrs. Richard Baldwin have
closed their country home, at Water
in Annapolis.
Commander and Mrs. Wilbur Van
Auken will entertain informally at
tea this afternoon in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Washburn and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Walker of New York
Mr.. and Mrs. hewitt Steele have as
their guests for the holidays their
SON -in-law and daughter, Commander T
and Mrs. L. w. Atkins of Washington,
and their daughter, Mrs. Conrad Grove
Of Detroit, Mich.
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. William
II. Porter are spending the holidays in
Baltimore with Mrs. Porter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland Manning at
their home on North Calvert street
The Misses Julia and E1izabet III
Valiant were guests at the dance
given in Washington on Friday last
by DIR. and Mrs. Devereaux.
Commander Walter B. Tardy Gre
tired). who is engaged in business in
Philadelphia, spent the week end
with his family at their home on
Prince George street.
Mrs. James Munroe entertained at
bridge Wednesday afternoon. a num-
ber of guests coming in later for tea
Mrs. A. s. Burwell is spending the
winter with her daughter, Mrs. S S.
Hepburn. at her home on State Circle.
Mrs. George w. Hodges has re-
turned to Annapolis and resumed her
genealogical research work at the
land office. Mrs. Hodges is being as
sisted in her work by Miss Louise
Magruder. daughter of Rev. James
Magruder.
Mrs Rockwell, wife of Lieut.. Com
mander Frank w. Rockwell, was
hostess at a buffet supper this eve
ming before the Christmas dance at
the Naval Academy.
Evening star., 1923-12-23

| Duluth, Mimi, are the guests of Mrs.
| A. F.. DriscoII.
Mrs. Margaret Kirk Albright and
Miss Doris Albright have returned to
their home in Salisbury. y. c., after
a visit to Mrs. Corinne Arnell in
| North Braddock
Winfield Payne Jones of Atlanta,
| Ga, is the guest Of hts parents. DR..
and Mrs. T. Marshall Jones, on Prince
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sutton an
| nounce the engagement Of their
daughter. Miss Thelma Sutton, to
Mr.. Paul G. Miller of Washing ton
The wedding will take place in Jan
| Miss Eelda Watkins has returned
to her home in Clarendon after a
visit to Miss Hilda Fairfax.
Mrs. Hettie Grymes has gone to her
home In Richmond after visit to
Mrs. A. H. Tagner In Rosemont.
/ Mrs. Allen Burd OF Harrisburg. Pa,
| was the week end guest of her
brother-inlaw and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. III. A. HAMPTON.
| Edith Fairfax have returned from a
! visit to Mr.. r. o. Cr-tis at his home,
Huntington, Prince William county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Seiskin OF
eral months in Washington, have
| taken the house Of Mr.. 7. NJ Erwin
| on Seminary Hill and will spend the
| remainder of the winter there.
| Mrs. A. G. Strother and Miss Dor
| othy Strother of Markham, Va. were
guests over the week end OF Mr.. and
Mrs. c. G. Furr In Rosemont
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry g. Proctor and
! their children Of Huntington. w. Va,
| were guests last week Of Mrs. Proc
| tors brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
| and Mrs. c. A. Swami Sinclair, on
| Braddocln Heights, en- route to Rich
mond to spend Christmas with rela-
| tives.
| Robert Wayland has returned to
| his home in Strasburg, Va. after a
visit to Mr. and Mrs. William Shirley
Risdon in George Washington Park.
| Mr.. John Stewart has iQined Mrs
Stewart after spending six weeks al
! his old home in Scotland
/ Mrs. Melvill DE Gruchy entertain ed
Evening star., 1923-12-23

Va. were married Thursday evening
at the parsonage OF the Methodist
Protestant Church, Rev. Robert Browne
officiating.
Rev. DIR. and Mrs. Carter Helm Jones
guests Of Mr.. ard Mrs. Carroll Pierce
, on North Alfred street
Mr.. and Mrs. William Macpherson
nave returned to their home in Cali
Frederick H. G. Hatchell on North
Hatchell had as their guests for the
the week end Mr.. Montague Lippitt
OF Charles Town, w. Va.
Mrs. A. b. Landram has returned to
her home in. Greenville, Va, after a
visit to her brother-in-Iaw and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil V. Brooks.
Mr. Mr.. and Mrs George Cunningham of
week end with the formers brother
in-law and sister. Mr.. and Mrs. Keller
Miss Anne Madison Washington of
Montclair. y. j., is the guest of her
Mrs. Richard Blackburn Washington.
! on Braddock Heights.
|, Mrs. Kate Messer and Miss Mary
Law have returned to their homes in
Mrs: A. NJ. Remschel in Rosemont
The Anne Mccarthy Ramsay Chap
ter. Children Of the American Revo-
luton, met Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Charles Alexander
Swami Sinclair on Braddock Heights
Mrs. John A. Marshall, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Fred Cooke. in New York city, Is the
guest of her brother, Mr.. Peter Fran
els, on Prince street.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burrage of
Salisbury, n. C., announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Mary
Viola Burrage, 20 Lester NJ. Swami of
Alexandria, Saturday, December Is,
Pat the rectory of Grace Episcopal
Church, by Rev. Edgar Carpenter
Ensign Carl Drischler of the U. S.
S. Maury and Mrs. Drischler were the
week end guests of the formers par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Drischler
In Rosemont. Ensign Drischler left
for Philadelphia Monday. Miss Mar
ion Drischler of Fairfax Hall
Evening star., 1923-12-23

at tea Wednesday afternoon in honor
of Mrs. William Robert Rose
Mr.. and MIS-. Robert Whittemore
have returned to their home in Rich
mond after a visit TO Mr.. and Mrs. w.
w. Whittemore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Lynn and
their children of Indian Head. Md
motored to Alexandria and spent the
week end with Mrs. Lynn's mother,
Mrs. s. Fl. Feagan.
Mrs. Frank /. Morton and Mrs. j.
A. Long are back from a visit to Mr.
and Mrs. John Long at Lorne. Va.
MT and MrsA Miles Abel and Oliver
Abel have returned from a visit to
relatives in Salisbury. n. c.
Mrs. Lulie King of Montgomery
brother brother and and sister,in-iaWs is T E"ys Mr.. and ned
Mrs. William NJ King, in George
Washington Park.
Gordon and Brouse Burke of the
University of Virginia are home for
Christmas with their parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Harry r. Burke. in Rose
mont. Messrs. Charles and Marcus
O'Ferrall of the university are alsc
spending the holidays with Mr.. and
Mrs Burke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lee Kempel
and their small son, OF Asheviile
n. c., are the guests of Mr.. Kempers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward II
Kemper. in Rosemont. Miss Char
lotte kemper spent the past week
end with friends in Baltimore
Miss Caroline Rust of Stuart Hall
Staunton, has Joined her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. David y. Rust, jr., on Sem
mary Hill for the holidays
Mount Vernon Chapter. Daughters
of the American Revolution, met Fri
day afternoon with Mrs. William J
Boothe at her home on North Wash.
ington street. Those present We're Mrs
Eleanor S. Washington Howard. Mrs
George Uhler, Mrs. Selden Washing.
ton. Mrs. G. A. Swami Sinclair, Mrs
Thomas w. Robinson. Mrs. j. Stewarr
Jameson. Mrs. Henry s. Wattles
Mrs. William r. Purvis, Mrs. Huber
Snowden, Miss Thomas Sebrell. Mrs
John Thornton Ashton, Mrs. Edgal
Carpenter, Mrs. Andrew Mitchell
Mrs. John Hunton Foster, Miss Mar.
Evening star., 1923-12-23

Waynesboro- Basic. Va, has arrived
to spend the holidays with her par
ents.
Rev. Samuel a. Wallis. d. D.. and
Mrs. Wallis, left last week for Palm
Beach, where they will spend the
winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Waldron and
Miss Rixie Gray of Washington. and
Mrs. Weimer of Bealeton, Va. have
returned to their homes after visit
to Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Weimer.
Misses Marian and Vera Cardiff OF
Evening star., 1923-12-23
Not Unusual.


The village magistrate was xsmin-
ing the victim Of motor car accident
You say you didn't see his number"
remarked the magistrate. Gould you
swear to the man."
"Wells' said the villager. II did; but
I don't think he heard me-"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-12-08

By virtue of the power contained
in a mortgage from Matthew Purnell
and Mae Laws Purnell, his wife, to
John Walter Smith and others, dated
April 26, 1922, recorded among the
lanG records OF Worcester County in
Liber o. D. C. No. AZ, folio Az, and
in a mortgage from said Matthew
Purnell and Mae Laws Purnell. his
wife, to Gordon B. Jones, assigned by
Gordon B. Jones to Herbert W.
Mason and by Herbert w. Mason to
John w. Station and John S. Whaey,
dated January 1, 1920, recorded a.
mong said land records in Liber o.
d. c. No. 35, folio 300, and by virtue
of certain orders Of the District Court
of the United States for the District
Of Maryland, passed and filed in the
bankruptcy case of said Matthew
Purnell, default having occurred in
both said mortgages, the undersign-
ed; Trustees and Assignees, will sell
at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash at the Court House door
in the town of Snow Hill, Worcester
County. Maryland, beginning
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-12-08

nell by deed dated January 1, 1914,
recorded among the land records of
Worcester County aforesaid in Liber
o. d. G. No. Is, folio 2S8, whereby
the said Matthew Purnell became the
sole owner. The wall on the north
westerly side of this property is a
party wall and is owned in common
by the said Matthew Purnell and
Thomas M. Purnell.
26. An undivided one half interest
in all that vacant lot situated at the
corner of Pearl and Green Streets in
Snow Hill in the Second Election Dis
trict of Worcester County, being a
part of the property of which Levi A.
Purnell died intestate and which de-
seconded to the said Mary E. Purnell,
Matthew Purnell and L. Wallace Pur-
nell as the only children and heirs at
law of the said Levi A. Ptffnell, the
interest Of the said L. Wallace Pur-
nell having passed at his death inte-
state to his said brother, Matthew
Purnell, and his sister. Mary E. Pur-
nell, whereby the said Matthew Pur-
nell and Mary E. Purnell became the
owners thereof as tenants in COM
mon.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-12-08

with the responsibility for most earth.
quakes. 1t is believed that because
Of slow contraction or shrinking which
may result from the cooling Of the
outer portion Of the earth or because
Of pressure from deposited silt, strains
are set up below the surface like those
in the bending stick. Eventually the
strain reaches the breaking point and
there is swapping Of the rocks which
sends violent waves to the surface,
causing earthquakes.
''The blow type Of earthquake is
probably less important. Such a blow
might result from the falling in Of a
great cavern, but probably would
cause only local shiver. A more i'm
portant cause Of q blow might be a
slipping Of one mass Of rock over an
other with collision at the end of the
slide. Such a blow often follows a
break. the two acting together.
Volcanic Explosions Play Part.
Earthquakes in active volcanic re-
gions may often result from explosions
VI SucCS LA UCACdIh thC oui law Out
1t is quite possible that even in the
neighborhood Of volcanoes the ma
jority Of the quakes may arise from
sudden breaks in the rocks.
"That the earth's crust is subjected
to squeezing and pinching is evident
from mountain ranges, which are the
portion of the crust that is 'pinched
up as one can pinch up ridge Of
skin on his arm. If mountains were
ever thrust up at all rapidly the earth
quakes at the time must have been ter
rible. Even now there are certain
mountains that, though millions Of
years old, are still geologically young
and are slowly rising. The mountains
of Japan fall into this class, and 1t is
their growing palms, so to speak, that
cause the almost daily earthquakes in
the Japanese archipelago. Now and
then the strains accumulate over a
considerable period and the break or
slide and collision which finally occurs
Is violent enough to shake down hills,
open wide cracks and destroy cities"