The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 47, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 March 1932 — Page 7

EARTHQUAKE STUDY PROVES U. S. IS SAFE

Manhattan Island Is Safest, With Area East of Rockies in No Danger. New York.—Despite the proximity of the recent Cuban earthquake the chances are live million to one against any,, individual in the United States losing his life through an earthquake, and the chance against an earthquake occurring within any one area of 25 square miles, in a total area of more, than 2.500,6(10 square miles east of the Rocky mountains. In one particular year during the next 30 years, is also Much Medaled Hero f BaQMir mak Patrick O’Keefe, known as "Doc.’’ a aernber of the fire <|epartment of the •tate sanitarium at Hutland, Mass;, Is considered the champion fire laddie of the state. He is seen above wearing a few of the eighty medals awarded him by as many cities and towns for his acts of bravery. about five million to one, according to John HJpley president of the Manufacturers’ Mutual Fire Insurance company, and past president of both the /Kmeriean S'H icty of Me< iiaiiical Engine« r* and American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Freeman presents this Information in a 900-page book, entitled "I.’irt ■ ,-Damage . til Earthquake - ltisur.it." Just published by the Grew Hill Book company. The volume, It is -stated, is based' on more than 25 years of study by the .author . of the causes and effects of earthquakes, parti< nhirly from the stimdj>oint of tl « safe design of engineering structures. In Ips preface to the book Mr. Freeman declares that Its purpose Is “to promote rest arch toward better data for engineer* relative to earthquakeresissing construction, which <! da-are now far from satisfactory.’’ Even Ineluding the danger area west

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PIED PIPER ENTICES GHOSTS

Modestly Admits He Has Way With Wraiths. I.r>nd»>n \ itKKlern pled piper, who lures ghosts instead of rats, has all the s he can these days. He Is itoberl' King, of arul he travels about. Eure>|M> ridding hauntesl:'houM>4 of their wn h- casting out „devils and other such odd J*’*’" ‘ King mMestly admits that he has away with ghosts. ’ First 1 diagnose the cause,” ho said, “and if it Is causal by a dea l person. I attempt to cleanse the room. Disturbances can be broken up by a stream of concentrated thought that

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of the Rocky mountains, and the 700 or more lives lost during the San Francisco earthquake and tire In IfMjMJ, the author finds that only about 930 people in the Whole of the United Stites have lost their lives directly and Indirectly through earthquakes during the century which ended in 1930. I>iiring that period, he states, the greatest loss of life, outside of San Francisco, was during the earthquake at Charleston, South Carolina, In 1886, when 100 lives were lost. Os the total loss of property in the San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906, Mr. Freeman finds that only 5 per cent can be attributed to the earthquake proper. -and that the balance of the loss was due to the fire which-fblloTved. “An estimated loss ratio average of 5 per cent damage of the structural value Tn an area effected by a severe earthquake would be high,"J the author declares, adding that, “this figunis in excess of the actual quake damage In San Francisco in 190«*», and Is high also for the actual quake damage in the great Tokyo Japanese (catastrophe of 1923. the greater iVs in both instances having been caused by the fires which followed the quakes." “No region within the United States or < anada appears wholly immune from the possibility, of earthquake damage,” the author avers, (’although the -liability is exceedinglysmall in those portions of the United States located east of the Rocky ibountalns. From all data of earthquake history and geology,’’ he adds, ‘’.Manhattan island with its foundation of JeXceptlonally rigid bed rock, over which Its buildings of greatest value stand, ap-

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has the same aicti>>n. as a pin <>n a bubble. This sitvam is fortified by a religious ritual. recently was called to a house. Its occupants sensed a peculiar atmosphere. one <>f depre-sion ai d extreme sadm-s-c He v told there also were mysterious kmhks. creaks and shadows. in i the hall alone.” said King. “Soon I sensed a disturbance that was like a current. <»f air. I followed itJ It lead me to a room at the top of the stairs. There was the center of the psychic disturbance. It was tremendous, a kind of epileptic storm. The room was saturated violent feeling, rage aiid murderous hate.

111, Is captain of Bryn Mawr college basketball and hockey teams. She Is •lap president] of the Undergraduate association. ' Stone History Tablet Found in Buried City Mexico City.—‘Excavators have uncovered in the buried remains of the city Chicen Itza tn Yucatan an exten<l space similar to. altars found oh the uplands of Mexico. The discover?] was made in the famous Temple of warriors and has l>een given the name of “Table of Merchants.*' It is completely. covered with the most perfect Inscriptions yet found in Yucatan. It Is also beMeved to contain the dates and extensive relations of events that took place many years ago In the famous Toltec-May* city. The hieroglyphics are filled in with colors which make them stand out boldly. It has not yet been decided wiether the new hieroglyphic tablets belong to the age of Toltec domination or to that of the Itzaes who preceded them. Further excavations be undertaken in the hope of finding other engraved tablets. One of the explorers said he hoped to find in the ruins of Yucatan cities sufficient tablets to restore the ancient history of Yucatan. ' j Use of Skins for Shoes Threatens Python’s End Pretonia. South Africa.—Pythons are decreasing because women must have snakeskin slices. The fashion, growing steadily in all parts of the world, has already irre-

pears to be one of the very safest spots in the United States for probable immunity from destructive earthquake shock.” Total Quake Damage Low. “The total earthquake damage In the United States and Canada, exclusive of fire damage following quakes, during the last century," Mr. Freeman estimates, “does not exceed, roughly, $40,000,600." The author also explains that the motion of an not as bad as most people believe it to be and. “rarely. If ever, as terrible as many of the published accounts lead one to believe. In nine cases out of ten,” he adds, “happenings during earthquakes that Involve loss of life and property are the results of inexcusably bad designs, or of bad building construction, and could be prevented by the use of proper construction methods." 'pfe author reassures his readers concerning the possible earthquake future of the United States.' "The zones of greatest earthquake activity;” he says, fare limited and well defined. By studies of earthquake bolts; and by history, and by studies of topography and great contrasts of elevation between mountain ranges and ocean deeps, we are reassured that the San Erato is. <> earthquake of 1960, the New Madrid earthquake of 1811, and the Owens valley earthquake of 1872. present examples of earthquake destruc-. tion of the greatest violence and broadest range that we have to fear in the United States and Canada. Nothing worse than these three historic quakes appears’ to be even remotely possible in the United States or Canada.” .

’T >vas able to visualize the Cause. I a woman had been murdered by her husband. I saw him kill her. Spe had betrayed him. .He had discovered her sin. , “Having discovered the origin of the malevolent feeling. 1 set about to cleanse it. left’the room. The fiouse became healthy again. There were no more knocks yr creaks.” Prince of Wales Best Linguist in His Family London;-rThe prince of Wales 18 the best linguist of the royal family. He is at home in many languages, and his latest accomplishment is Spanish. Eighteen months ago the prince knew scarcely any Spanish, but after acquiring a thorough groundwork by regular daily studies, he took every

parably damaged python life here. If the fashion continues, or unless some other skin is found, pythons are threatened with extinction. At the present time several thousand python skins are exported annually. The trade, however, is only in Rs Infancy, and it is anticipated that the time will come when the slaughter of pythons will be intensl-

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THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL.

The Indolent College Student By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Emeritus Dean of Men, University of Illinois.

A prominent university professor , broke into the newspapers recently, as

professors often I will. In an article in which he deplored the indolence and constant misuse of I time by the indifferent wundergrad- | uate irr college today. I gather from his remarks that the/college man of today is lazy, unambitous and given almost wholly to pleasure

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, seeking a’nd this In striking contrast to what was true in former years, or when he was himself in college. The student of today has little interest in intellectual things, he claims; he works little at his books and«spends his time generally in social and extra-curricular matters. It is the practice of middle age and old age to exaggerate the sacrifices it made in youth and to enlargeripon the labors it performed. 1 have heard my older brother relate to his children the herculean labors which he performed when a boy and emphasize the fact that children are not made to work now as he did then. There Is some what he says, but the difference is not so great as he now Imagines. I have been a student In three of the largest universities of the country—lllinois, Chicago, find Harvard-— and I have had pretty close contact with undergraduate life for many years. There have always been loafers In college and always men who had no serious purpose, and these men were allowed to hang on much longer thirty years ago titan they are today. So long as he paid his tuition thirty years ago, little was said. There is no comparison between , the tasks assigned to the undergraduate in college today and those which we were assigned when I was an undergraduate. The student’s elementary preparation today is, of course, more thorough, bad as it is. than It ever was, and he is better able to do work, and he does do itybetter. At least SO j/r cent of the students whom I know, today are’seriousminded, purposeful, and give quite as serious attention to their studies as they should. These students work, harder and longer than we (fid when I was in college. They read more.’they apply themselves over a longer period of time daily. <©. 1932. Western Newspaper Union )

opportunity of practicing while on his South American tour, with the result that he cannot only deliver a formal public speech in correct Spanish, but can carry on intimate personal conversations with ease and fluency. - 1

P /W 1 much.like furniture. Their real composili°n is not known generally till some flood of misfortune peels off the veneer. One may - wish then that folks would wear a good deal of veneer — like furniture.

fled to meet its demands. Those who are pleading for the python declare that the man in the street's knowledge of this reptile is often at fault. They admit that, it has the power to crush a man in its coils In a few minutes, but they declare it Is seldom troublesome unless molested. Woman Wills $25,000 to 50-Year Sweetheart Salem, Mass.—Romance stretched out from beyond the grave after more than half a century on earth. Mabel A. Eddy of Lynn and Erving S. Cook of Lewiston. Idaho, were sweethearts for more than fifty years. Miss Eddy died at seventy-eight. In her will filed for probate here she left $25,000 to Cook. Culture of Indians Is Traced to Old World Berkeley. Calif—ln spite of the extreme variety and dissimilarity of Indian languages in North and South America, there is evidence in their tribal Initiation and secret society ceremonies to show that originally their culture was derived from the Old world, and that since that time their spiritual aad mystic life has been dominated by the ancient civilization of the Mayas in Central America. These conclusions are reached by Dr- Edwin Loeb, lecturer on anthropology at the University of California, in an article entitled “The Religious Organizations of North Central California and Tierra Del Fuego.” From the work of Professor Kroeber and himself in California, and of other

J i ■ I yMany women this year have an economical desire for the kind of coat that looks smart at any time and place from a morning in the country to afternoon in town. This is a special design by a New York house to me*t such a need. It has individual chic and economy.—Woman’s' Home Companion.

California Pullet Lays Egg of Record Size Watsonville.-Calif. —Mrs. A. Gill believes her nine-months-old white Leghorn pullet is a possible world’s champion egg layer. Not that it produces, an egg a minute. It did something to make every hard-working hen jealous. It laid an egg 9 inches in circumference the long way and 7M» inches the short way. The egg is white and perfectly formed. Youngeit Church Organist San Jose, Calif.—This city claims California's youngest'church organist. She is Miss Marjorie Graff, fourteen. organist at 4.1 race Lutheran church, here.

In addition to Spanish the prince's other foreign languages are French, Italian, German and banish.

POTPOURRI I1 ! I 1.1 ■!-l-l 1111 I 11 111 !' H-i Felt From Asia Felt is an unwoven material made from hair, fur and wool. It Is matted together through a process including rolling, beating and pressure under moisture and heat. It is of Asiatic origin, and the best felts are still made-in Persia. Although it has many uses, the most important is for hats. <©. 1922. Western Newspaper Union.)

anthropologists in Tierra del Fuego ’ and elsewhere, Loctor Loeb has been able to show that the foundation of the ceremonies used by American Indians for initiating boys and girls on their approach to manhood and womanhood. is essentially the same as thq j foundation of similar ceremonies throughout the world. 100 Year* Old, Still Work* Middlebury, Vt.—ln his one hum I dredth year. Dr. MCrritt H. Eddy is still a practicing physician—probably the,oldest in the United States. J

Capt Kidd’s Death Chains Recovered London. —The- chains that bound the arms of Captain Kidd, when he was hanged at Wapping. 231 years ago. are believed to have been recovered. A chain harness, similar to the one used at the Wapping execution dock, where the bodies of pirates were left dangling from the noose until three tides had flowed over them, was dredged up from the Thames a short distance below the famous Tower bridge. j The harness consists of a chain which was placed around the body of the criminal and kept in position by a padlock. The wrists were secured by iron loops connected to the body belt. Captain Kidd is believed to have been the last man -hanged at the execution dock on the river.

Who Was Who? By Louise M. Comstock

MR. DOLLEY AND MR. HENNESSY NIGHT after night Finley Peter Duniie useefto while away down In James McGarry’s saloon on Dearborn street in Chicago. Week after week there came from his pen those humorous conversations between Mr. Dooley and Mr. Hennessy which, throughout the late nineties and the early’ nineteen hundreds carried a half comics half philosophical commentary on the news of the day which proved a common sense and healthful influence on the thought of the entire country.' ( Mr. Dooley wes supposedly patterned on James McGarry himself, as far at least as his rich brogue was concerned; in thought and word he was' undoubtedly his author, Finley Peter Dunne. Mr. “Hinnissy" was John J. McKenna, veteran politician of “Archie road." today chief inspector of Illinois employment agencies, and for half a century the newspaper man’s best source of information upon Interesting events In Chicago’s history.- t ; Mr. Hennessy's share in the conversations was merely to just the obvious commonplace remark needed to set Mr. Dooley’s easy tongue wagging. seemingly Inspired. In long expositions of current events, with a wisdom that served to set the opinion of many readers and a humor that served to smooth over much of the bitter partisanship of a day when party politics needed just such treatment. “. . . the Lord save us from harm.” Mr. Hennessy would piously remark, and Mr. Dooley would be off; “Ye ought to know the history Iv platforms. ... Years ago, Mr. Hinnissy. manny years ago, they was a race betweeen th’ cMmmicrats an’ th’ raypublicans . . A • • * •*WILD BILL npHEY called him “Wild Bill” HieA kok, but his name wasn't William, at all. and instead of being wild, he was—most of the time—one of the quietest, softest-spoken men in ttie whole history of the frontier. His real name was -lames .Butler Hickok; a na-tive-of Illinois, who served as a spy for the Union army in Missouri during the C-ivil war and later as an Overland stage driver and a scout for United States .army troops in the lildian wars in the West. i The name “Wild Bill” was tacked wu to him because of'a desperate hand-to-hand battle he was supposed to have fought with the “McCandlas gang"’ while he was employed by the stage company. The only trouble with the story is that such a fight as has been described by many writers never took place. Official records in the Nebraska Historical society show that Hickok killed one Tnan named McCanles. a peaceful settler, and the manner of the killing q-as such as to reflect little if any credit upon Hickok. Eater as a marshal in various Kansas towns, Hickok made a brilliant record as a peace officer, being noted for the deadliness, of bis aim with a pistol and the lightning-like rapidity with which he disposed of various bait men. This enhanced his reputation as “Wild Bill.” but It also led to his downfall. Eventually a would-be bad man, who dared not faced Hickok and shoot it out. slipped up behind him as he sat at a. game of cards in Deadwopd, S. D., one day Tn 1576 and shot him ddwn. UNCLE TOM ALONG-forgotten tombstone, cleared of accumulated rubbish and vegetation recently by a government weed inspector working near Dresden, Ontario. Canada, revealed the final resting place of Rev. Josiah Henson, regarded as the original of Unde Tom, hero of Harriet- Beecher Stowe’s "Uncle Tom's Cabin,” The tombstone is in an old cemetery just five miles off the main automobile highway east of Chatham, during Civil war days a great gathering place for run-away slaves wly> had come up from the South via rne underground railway, In Canada they were safe from, the dread fugitive slave laws which facilitated their capture and return in the states. On the tombstone is the inscription: "In memory of Rev. Josiah Henson Died May 5. 18S3 Born July 15, 1789 Age 93 years, 10 months and 5 days." It was in 1850, when Tom was in Boston on his way to Canada, that Mrs. Stowe saw him. She was so impressed. so go the reports, by his story of the brutality of certain, slave owners, and by his description Os the way in which his own father was beaten to death, that she resolved then qnd there to put him into print as the embodiment of her protest against the whole system of slavery. (©. 1932. XVestern Newspaper Union.) Good in Silence It doesn’t pay to hold disrespect for others, no matter bow they may impress one. To dispute endlessly with other people is a mild way of showing contempt for their opinions. The resentment which this course engenders is not to be incurred lightly, nor without good and sufficient reason. It Is better to keep one’s mouth shut. But who can do it?—Exchange. Interesting Forgeries Harvard university has a collection of the so-called Ireland forgeries, papers and letters which William Henry Ireland wrote In the Eighteenth century and strove to have attributed to Shakespeare. Fatigue Antitoxin According to a German scientist, fatigue Is caused by a poison, which he has isolated and from which he has prepared ah antitoxin that seems to increase energ"

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