The San Francisco call., 1901-10-15
PLAN TO STUDY
MAGNETIC FORCE
Observatories. to Be Es-
tablished at Sitka
and Honolulu.
Geodetic Survey to Coop
crate With the Foreign
Expeditions

WASHINGTON. Oct 1.-THE Coast and
Geodetic Survey has established mag
netic observatory at Sitka, Alaska, and Is
constructing another at Honoiuiui del5 s5
wall, TO cooperate Wlth tne Dll.tSli DltS anu dI,o
German governments IN lavestgatlhS
problems of the magnetic 1OreeS ana nee
die variations throughout the world. inns
Is In connection with one .,sr anu In w
British expeditions for the South pOle on
plans long ago formulated The cO-Opera-
tiOn of this and other governments was
asked by Germany and the movement
now we'll under way, so far as the pre-
liminary work is concerned, contenpldteS
magnetic observations at hXed ODSerVa-
tories throughout the world simultaneous
ly with the actual scientinc researches IN
the south polar regions. Both the Amer
ican observatOries will be ready TO as
sumo their part of the cooperation at the
time designated in February next. The
work of the expeditions is likely to oc-
cupy two or three years, and It's value -
largely dependent on the observations
similarly and simultaneously made In diff
ferent parts Of the world. 1t Is expected
to determine the question whether all
magnetic disturbances and phenomena
are subject to common and World-wids
cause instead of being Of a local charac-
ter.
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minutes to couple up. We had all the steam
we coIld In the after engines.
What orders We're given by Commodore
First Signal to Close In
quite a number OF signals were made. but
only recolect few Of them. The, first sig
raj made was the formulated signal TO close
great many wig-wags were made to the Ore
gon. There Is record, believe, IN the Jog
book. did not pay any attention 70 the sls-
nails during the action. except such as az
Admiral Dewey-The witness has spoken OF
the order requiring them 70 keep steam up Tor
moving with some Of the engines uneoupled-
1T was the order OF the commander IN chiet
while lying on blockade"
Ibid the Spanish ships head to the west
ward Of southwest before the Brooklyn made
the ..Is turn vi With port helmT'
was the helm of the Brooklyn steadIed or
% essed At at any time during the turn sf'er tn'
mo; not until she was around and parallel
with the Spanish feet.
blanketed had the Brooklyn turned with star
board helm ?''
'1It is possible II might have blanketed the
fire Of the Texas; II is possible L might have
nterfered with the movements OF the oregon.
as they We're both coming & up m Lha if S1
that I never considered for one moment any
other thing but turning that ship to star
How far were the vessels OF the flying
squadron of the entrance OF the port OF San
tiago while on blockade. first by day and sec
'sThe blockade was closer and closer all the
time. The first night ! should say that 1t was
between five and six miles OF and about seven
from FIVE to to six miles from the entrance and
from four to five miles each side' so as to
cover the entrance"
"Pilot," Not "Guide."
as the frst Of Admiral schley's witnesses. An
interpreter introduced, as Nunez cannot
speak English. He said he had been pilot
for. twenty-one years in all the Southern Gu
ban ports. The interpreter used the word
guide in interpreting ms ssatsn1ent as sooye we,
word should be pilot
Nunez said he first met Commodore Schley on
May e. having been taken to him by the st.
Paul The commodore. he said. asked him il
he knew Of the presence OF the Spanish heet
he did not think the water was deep enough for
vessels Of such size.
On June 1 he had gone on the Vixen to the
Cuban coast with a message for General Calixto
Garcia, which he had delivered to Colonel
Cebereco. Commodore Schley had sent him ON
this mission and he had been told then by
Cebereco that the Spanish fleet was in the
harbor This information Nunez said he had
ca--iad - A5rnira1 Ssar7Dso1 1,r6e- tls 5frec,
ton of Commodore schley.
ter which the pilot said he had carried from
Commodore Schley to the Cubans, in which he
suggested a code Of signals similar to the
code arranged by Captain McCalla at Cienfue-
or cross-examination the witness said that
Cehereco had given him the names of the
Spanish vessels inside the harbOr. He gave
the names Of those vessels. saying that they
ashore June he had not seen The Colon TIs
had not seen that vessel indeed until July g.
He said that his reason for thinking the yes
sells could not get into the harbor of Santiago
was that such large vessels those of the
Spanish feet had never before been seen there;
hp thought the harbor both too narrow and too
shallow. He had expressed the opinion that
unless they had double machinery (twin
screws) they could not get in without the as
sistance Of tugs.
Nunez was then excused and the Judge ad-
vocate was about to call Commander Mason
when Admiral Dewey suggested that as II was
then ten minutes to the court should ad-
journ. Accordingly the court adjourned until
IL o'clock tomorrow