New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1923, Page 5

EXAMINE THE LS. Grust of American Continent Sought for Crustal Movements ‘ Washington, Dec. 19.—An exhaus- tive study of earthquakes in and near | the American continent is being made by the weather bureau in cooperation | with the Coast and Goedetic Survey, | the Canadian meteorelogical officials a | number of universities and about| 5,000 volunteer observers. Among the | university records which are proving | of great value are those kept by Father Tondorf, in charge of the seis- mological laboratory at Ge®sgetown University, whose announcement that a violent earthquake had been regi tered by his instruments was the first | news given the world of the Japanese | disaster, versity professor, is seriously ill, it is William J, Humphreys, professor of |reported. He may retire soon. Pro- meteorological physics, has charge of |fessor Matthews is an authority on | the weather bureau’s work. The pur- | literature and drama, and is a wldrvl)"v pose of the study, he said, primarily is|known author. | to determine the exact | Brander Matthews, Columbia Uni- locations of | ni o gain smowieage of the e DIFFERENT BARS IN structure of the land, although it is| hoped eventually to develop a method by which earthquakes may be forecast and their danger minimized. | Only a persistent study, in the opin- | ion of Father Tondorf, can lead to a| scientific basis of forecasting earth-| quakes. | “The geography of earthquakes,” he | said, “is certain and invariable. No | earthquake can happen except at lines | of weakness in the earth’s crust. Evi- dently these lines of only give when the stresses brought to | bear on them become sufficiently | great. Geological changes, discernible at the surface and within reach of mathematical computation, might presage the release fairly accurately these releases of strosses do not hapen suddenly but gradually, suitably in- stalled pendula might betray these displacements.” s ! The value of the earthquake data being accumulated by the weather bureau, Prof, Humphreys pointed out, Is revealed chiefly in its application to large engincering undertakings, par- ticularly water supply systems. larthquakes of sufficient intensity to make a clear record upon seismo- logical instruments, Prof. Humphr explained, are located approximatel if not exactly, by comparing observa- tions at various widely scattercd points and studying different types of vibrations resulting from the breaking or slipping of a section of the earth's crust, Father Tondorf sald a theory work- ed by by Dr. Omori, head of the Im-| peria} Investigation Committec, who ! died recently, had a fair test in the recent Japanese catastrople, Dr, Omori, from data extending over a| period of 76 years, noted that when the lesser carthquakes were more fre quent, disastrous ones were less likely to happen and vice versa, Dr. Omor in- terpreted these smaller movements of | the crust as so many factors in es- tablishing an equilibrium in seismic | areas, Having ascertained that the period of these lesser manifestations In Japan is six years, he predicted in | 1821 that within six years after 1921 | § there would oceur a destructive quake | quarterly ENGLISH COURT BUILDING Best Ale in Country May Be Used By Ofticials In The Law | Courts London, Dee. 19.—Many American GOES T0 SUPREME COURT |Attempt To Regulate The Activities Of Alien Language Schools Taken |, 7 Controversy To Highest Justice, | | Honolulu, at issue in the present legal contro- versy over the right of the territory HAWAI'S SCHOOL ACT Santa’ Claus Headquarters FOR SENSIBLE, PRACTICAL AND ECONOMICAL GIFTS THIS STORE WILL BE OPEN TONIGHT UNTIL 9 O’CLOCK AND EVERY EVENING UNTIL CHRISTMAS station. Nothing Cohen | was sentenced to serve appened. eign language school. One of the]lan in a finding today. Engin Wil- from close either in whole or part, a for-|from all blame by Coroner J, J. Phe- | scattered about the Grand Central !Probe in New Doctors Is Continued York of laws being questioned provides Ior‘ll:lm Markirwig and other witnesses th complete elimination of the first and second grades in such schools. Another question concerns the right of the territory to tax the schools one dollar annually for each pupil en- A third point is whether the territory has the right to require for- cign language school teachers to pass an examination in the English langu- age. Suits based on all three ques- tions are pending in the courts here. Dec. 19.-—All the points visitors and_most English peoplg know [to regulate or limit the activities of | . oy omT ey the law coufts and have at some time |alien language schools in Hawaii may |Coroner Sure Man Stood vorce, probate and other divisions to | of the existence of various within the buildings which are erly for the prop- licensed sale of intoxi-| my cants, whetl The biggest of thesc bar, whe sorts of legal authorities congregate during lunch time and where as many ac tions have been settled between soli- | citors' clerks and those which come | before the judge. There is a tigy lit- tle bar reserved exclusively offt. cials of the court, WO boast they have the best “drought” ale in London, while another caters to the staff and police when the latter are off duty The refreshment department of the courts is large but provides homely fare, is the Crypt all laymen and EXTRA DIV New York, Dec, 18 & Company, has dee dividend of $1.50 and dividend of extra dividend of 2 regulur quarterly dividend of 26 cents | were declared on the common stock by directors of the Intertype corpor- | ation. 4 an extra | the regular 60 cents. An cents and the Turills of College Life, Parmer-~Well, son, what are you doing up in that tree? Son—Just got a letter from the sophomores in correspondence school telling me to haze myself.—Lyre, U 500 0 R A T T N Thirty Days in Jail and ‘ WE HAVE HIS $400 Fine on Booze Man | Stamford, Conn.,, Dec. 19.—~William J. O'Brien who has figured in other llquor cases was fined $400 and costs and given 30 days in jail by Judge Bamuel Young today on the charges of selling and possession of liquor. An appeal was entered. Before court opened O'Brien was served with pa- pers in an action which secks con- fiscation of liquor said to be worth $3,000, seized from him. He is or- dered to show cause before Judge Young on December 27 CANNOT INCREASE RATES Washington, Dee. 19~ eompany proposals 1o increase by Jifteen per cent charges now paid by Ilorida growers of citrus fruit and vegetables for refrigerating their pro- duce en route to northern consum- ing territory were held unreasonable today by the Interstate commerce commission. Express . 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