New-York tribune., 1904-09-14
THE GE0GRAPHERS MEET.
Holes in Pacific Morc than 90 900
Feet Deep.

That the Geographic Congress which hold ,.s
first meeting in this CITY yesterday was indeed in
ternatouaI was distinctly indicated ,r thu morn
ing session. as soon as the president CommaEder
r e. Peary U. S n. had finished his brief ad-
dress of welcome. The first four sneate-s n, the
Programme were representatives Of Eneian4 Ger
many the United States and France The attend
anee at the morning meeting vas between 200 and
so That at the section meetings in the after
noon. ranged from dozen to forty or fifty
Sir John Murray. the first contributor to the
scientific proceedings discussed Deep Sea De-
posits'' in fascinating manner He spoke with
out notes but referred 10 charts Illustrating some
OF the facts presented. Mount Everest. IN the
HIma layas is 2sGl0 feet high There are places in
the Western Pacific where the water is deer enough
completely to submerEe i. The bed OF the ocean
is covered with three kinds Of material For about
TWO hundred miles out from the coast detrftus
from the continent abounds Elsewhere one finds
the shells OF minute marine organisms that have
died At greater depths there are volcanic dust
the ashes Of meteors and other matter not related
20 any form of life DR.. E o. Hovey gave de-
scription of the volcanic islands of Saba Mar
Unique and GuadeloUpe. the interest of which was
heightened oy fine set OF lantern slides Count
Joechlm Won Pfe, Of Lauban. outlined the policy
pursued IN the establishment OF the colonies of
Germany. He said that they had originated in
private enterprise rather than military and gov
ernnlental conquest Out of compliments to the ma
jority of his hearers. he presented his PAPER in
English.
The morning session was held in the building az
the American Geographical Society in West Eighty
nEsf-st At its close the members proceeded TO
the adjacent Museum of Natural History where a
buffet luncheon was served.
In the section OF oceano=raphy an animated dis
GIss'on followed the reading Of a paper which
aeait with the well known marine experiments Of
the Prince Of Monaco In the absence OF the
author the paper was presented BY Professor 7
Inouiet OF Nancy. France Critical comment was
oHered by Sir John Murray and DR.. Hugh r. Mill
James D. Hague. OF this city the next contributor
otered data concerning the questionable existence
OF reported island in the Pacific. between Hawaii
and Panama. with results OF the cruise made by
the United States steamship Tacoma in search OF
II Henryk Arctowski closed the work OF this sec
ton with consideration of the eteoroIogy OF the
2htarctle and OF cooperation in polar research
In the section on education the fair sex was
largely represented. Seven papers were read, as
oTs1Sv b EntTsnGs ExamnaonS in 4ysi
ward University. T+iod WaT N ~ ,b er2arTsr 0
School" by Miss ZonIa Baber. OF chicago; .'Geog-
fessor A P. Brigham Of Hamilton, n Y: 'ob-
servatlonal Work for Children" by F. Carney, Of
Can t5eographicaI Edueaon he Pramo;sd bv Inter
Fischer. OF Berlin. and school Geography in the
ford conn From the popular point Of view. per
haps The most interesting paper presented in the
James White. OF Ottawa. talked in a concise and
instructive fashion about the fur bearing animals
OF the Northwest and their preservation only
two papers were presented in the section on ex-
ploratOn- These related to the Everglades o1
Florida and the physical geography Of Mexico The
former came from J. y. MacGonsle. OF 81 Angus
tine, and the latter from Robert T. Hill. OF the
United States Geological Survey.
The four sections here mentioned VIII resume
business at 10 o'clock this morning.
Two popular and admirably illustrated lectures
given last evening in the large auditorium
OF the Museum Of Natural History by Mrs Fanny,
Bullock Workman and DR.. ". H Workman o.
Worcester. Mass. These two famous mountain
climbers visited the northwestern Himalayas IN
1897 and 1903 and have won International fame by
their achievements. Mrs. Workman reached an
elevation OF 256s feet, the highest ever attained
BY 2 woman. Her husband was able 20 surpaS-
this De -oruauce. II IS estimated that he reached
an altitude of 1884 feet. which is greater than
that usually accorded to Aconcagua. scaled BY
There viii be a subscription dinner in honor ot
the foreign delegates this evening at the Hotel
Endcott- 1t is known that gold medal VIII 50
presented 70 Commander Peary BY a representa-
tive OF the French Geographical Society az that
time The famous explorer has excited much
curiosity by the remark that he will have an IN
portaut announcement TO make IN acknowledging
the compliment