Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-15
A SEER AND PROPHET
Is EDINBURG CITIZEN
DIR. Milton A. Mobiles Foretells
Earthquakes and Prophecies
knowledge

Pierce Cummings, writing in the
Dearborn Independent, gives an in
teresting account of the prophecies
of DR.. Milton A. Mobiles, which will
prove of peculiar interest to our
readers because of the fact that DR..
Mobiles makes his home at Hotel
Bruce, in Edinburg.
Under the caption. HE Is the
Prophet of Earthquakes" the indie
pendent says, in part:
my friend, Dr. Milton A. Mobiles,
telephoned me the other night 1t
was, to be precise, 9 o'clock on the
evening of January 81.
81 just called" he said, ito tell
you that there will be an earthquake
somewhere south of us tonight or
tomorrow. 1t is due during the
night but may not come until morn
ing. 1t will be in the northern part
of South America or in Central
America; probably the latter"
Now let it be known that DR.. No
bles is probably the only successful
prophet of earthquakes in the coun-
try, if not in the world.
He is, incidentally, physician, a
geologist of note, Bible scholar, an
expert on Indian relics and he is
versed in the science, or the art, of
INSTRUMENTATION, as you prob
ably have forgotten, is divination by
the winds. But it is as foreteller
of earth tremors and volcanic erup-
tions that he is best known.
We chatted for a time on other
matters, and then he returned to
one of his numerous avocations,
while duly recorded his forecast for
the newspaper with which 1 am con-
nected.
The next day the Associated Press
carried the following dispatch:
Foretold Great Japanese Earthquake
Washington, Jan. 2S-Two pro-
nounced earthquakes were record
ed on the seismograph at George
town University here last night
and early today
Father Tondorf announced the
first quake began at 1920 p. M,
continuing until about l o'clock
this morning, with maximum tre-
mors at 1910 a. m. He esti-
mated the distance of this quake
at about $500 miles from Wash
ington. The second quake reached
a maximum from GIG to 6:20
a. m, ending at GAS. The distance
of the second quake was not as
certained
Further confirmation of DR.. No
bles' prophecy came on the following
day, when the Associated Press car
ried this story about the tremors:
Mexico City. Jan. 29-Reports
from Vera Cruz regarding the vio-
lent earth shocks in that state at
2:25 a. M, Wednesday, state no
news of any casualties or material
damage had been received The
authorities of the Vera Cruz seis-
biological station, who expressed
the belief that the center of the
disturbance was near that port,
connected the shocks with the re-
newed activity of the volcano
Popocatepetl.
There is natural fear among the
population, the advices add, of a
repetition of the disaster of 1920,
when several villages disappeared
wit hthe loss of hundreds of lives,
and marked changes occurred in
the confguration of the surface in
some sections.
And thus DR.. Mobiles prophecy
came to pass within a remarkably
short space of time. Mere coinci-
dence? Possibly. And yet this
same DR.. Mobiles has predicted earth
quakes and volcanic eruptions and
disastrous floods during the past 20
years with startling accuracy!
The great japanese earthquake
was forecast by Dr. Mobiles in a mes
sage to a New York newspaper sew
eral hours before the catastrophe
took place.
"A portion of Japan probably will
sink into the ocean exactly as
though cracked off," his telegram
said in effect. Possibly whole is
lands will co.
And the editors of the newspa-
pers, having witnessed the uncanny
fulfillment of his prophecies before.
Immediately flashed him word to
wire them all information possible.
The cataclysm occurred a short time
after his story was received although
details of it did not reach this coun-
try until hours later.
These facts would indicate that
DIR. Mobiles is an extraordinary man.
Attention has been directed at him
many times because of his bizarre
statements. Men have laughed at
him. But they also listen.
Because of his remarkable sue
cess at augury, many are paying Sc
rious heed to the most astounding
of his predictions, one which appears
absurd at first thought, and yet one
which, it is declared, even now seems
a. a l.