The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-10
WEATHER BUREAU CONVENTION.
Programme of the Meeting t. BE
Held in Milwaukee.

Secretary Wilson will not return 20
Washington until after the annual con-
vention of the Weather Bureau Chiefs. to
be held in Milwaukee, August ., y, and
p Mr.. Wilson Will address the meeting
The coming session is looked forward to
with a great deal of interest by laymen
all over the country. as well as metooro-
logical scientists. Similar conventions
have been held but none have been so
comprehensive in their scope as the one TO
bc held in Milwaukee.
The first convention Of Weather Bureau
Chiefs was held in colchester in 49,. and
following that in various cities in the or
der named Washington. Denver. Brook
lyn, Chicago, Indianapolis. and Omaha
These former meetings dealt principally
with the clmatoIogical phases Of the sub
Ject, whereas the coming session aims at
"a discussion Of all branches.
Representative from all the stations of
the country will be present as well as
Chief Moore and members Of his scientific
staff The programme follows
General section: Presidents address,
Prof. Willis L. Moore. Higher MeteOroI-
ogy, Prof. Frank II. BigeIow: supply
ing Employees with Apparatus for Carry
ing on Original Scientific Investigations"
W. NJ. Fulton. Knoxville. Tenn, and
Prof. Alexander G. Meade, San Francis
co. Cal; Study of Polarization Of Light
with Reference TO Weather Conditions"
G. G. Schultz, Fort Worth. Tex: Fog
Studies. Prof. Alexander G. McAdie. San
| Francisco. Cal
Section Educational Address by
| chairman. DR.. w. F. r. Phillips. Wash
ington. l. c: Systematic Study Of Mctc-
orology and Cognate Branches Of General
Science G. y. Salisbury, Seattle. Wash:
Meteorology in the Public Schools"
John w. Smith, Boston, Mass: Meteor
ology in Colleges G. A Loveland. Lin
colin Neb,i Popular Lectures on Meteor
olOgy." J. Warren Smith. CoIlr- bus. Ohio.
Climate ans Vegetation" G. + Linuey.
Chicago Ill; Climate and man." DR.. w.
| NJ Wilson, Milwaukee. Wis. synopsis
I OF Course Of Lectures in Medical China
/ toiOgy. DR. J. NJ Cline. Galveston. Tex.
| Section S-Forecasts and ForcCasting
/ Address by the chairman, Prof. L. b.
/ GarTiott, Washington, .. c.. The ReIa-
/ ton between General and Local Fore
| casts, L. J Waltz, Chicago. III: Should
/ the verifying Change Of Ten perature Be
smaller Prof II. J. Cox, Chicago, Ill:
/ should not Temperature Forecasts be
| Verified by the Maximum and Minimum
/ Readings Prof. \. J. Henry, Was hing
/ ton. D. c.: Facilities for Syst matte
] S-- l'''aatAtl- - Nt-AAlt.L i } pes
. Z. H. BraudenburE, Denver. Col: The
/ Importance Of the Synopsis Preceding
/ the Forecast and How to MAKE ;he Syn
/ opSls Instructive 10 the Public" +. T.
/ Chafee, Montgomery. Ala. inheritance
Of Low Water Stage Forccastiug in the
Mississippi and Ohio Rivers" Z. Il.
I Smyth, Cairo. H.
Section 4-Records and reports Address
/ by the chairman, Prof. A J. Henry.
/ ~ asulIEIonr d c. meteorological and
/ oLher forms OF reports. +. a Evans,
Richmond, Va the examination of
monthly meteorological reports from
voluntary observers X. c. Allen Ithaca
n l., the best means Of preserving rec
0TdS Tor reference and study Dr. G. 2
Cronk, Cape Henry. Va
| Section Climate and Crop Service
I ADDRESS by the chairman, Mr.. James
Berry, OF Washington, D. c.; CIimatOIogi-
cal studies with reference to the Cr0Ds OF
the several sections. Charles +. Won Herr
tories OF Climate and Crop Sections DR.
.. l.. FdSSig. Baltimore. Nd: Should the
/ monthly reports Of the Climate and Crop
sections contain only original natter q
} A. LOyeland. Lincoln. Neb: Should tho
marks Of Climate and Crop corresUoud-
entS be published in the weekly buIIetfns2
>, w. Gttnn, hurca. ) D; Is II advisable
I 70 distribute the night forecasts by the
Rural Free Delivery NJ Z RIyStDua
/ Springfield, Ill; How many Climate and
crop correspondents are required To- meet
Z luily the needs Of the Bureau in its Gil
mate and Crop service r c. Allen.
I ithaca, y. y Importance Of recording
data as % time Of planting. and the vari-
Gus stages, Of crops from termination 10
| maturity. H. C. Bate. Nashville Tenn =
I Methods or saving time in the distribution
OF forecasts, ". T. Blythe. New Orleans,
Z La; Forecast cards on street cars. y b
Conger, Detroit, Mich, symbols ON Rural
/ FREE Delivery wagons, l. ~ PiuIeU.
I Chattanooga Tenn
Section G-lustrumeDts and exposure.
I address by the chairman, Prof Charles
T. Marvin, Washington. D. c.. Device
FOR automatically recording beginning
and ending OF light precipitation Dr %.
J. Fassig. Baltimore; Is exposure al
Weather Bureau stations for an iustru-
ments satisfactory a r. Sims. Albany.
I y y The maximum and minimum Their
m0meters are too fra gile. cannot effec-
tive protection be devised without impair
ing seusiuyencss. should not aluminium
scales be- discarded g. r OBerhaIzer.
Charlotte. y. c.. Should not thermO-
graphs be- furnished TO voluntary Ob-rrv-
ers, A b. WolIaber Portland. Greg The
Introduction Of automatically recording
river cages, W. NJ Fulton, Knoxville,
/ Tenn.
Section AS others see us. Addresses
by the president Prof Willis l. Moore.
and others
Discussions Of the above subjects viii
follow the reading of the addresses.