The Washington herald., 1906-10-12
FORECASTS FOR GLOBE
Prof. Moore Has Big Plan for
Weather Bureau.
BEGINNING ALREADY MADE
Coast Line ships viii Soon Begin TO
Make Daily Reports so washing
tOn-PIan Announced at TeIegra-
piers banquet Last Night by Prof.
MOore-WOFId-Vvid in scope.

Daily weather forecasts served by
means Of the wireless telegraph to ships
at sea is the daring plan that the United
States Weather Bureau is now trying to
put into execution. An outline of the
scheme. which he himself described as
audaclous, was given out by Prof willis
?. Moore. head OF the government
weather bureau, at the banquet Of the
Old-Time and Military Telegraphers' As
ISOLATION at the Arlington Hotel last
night
1t is the hope Of Prof. Moore and
his associates that, with the perfection
OF the scheme, the great meteorological
stations Of washington, London. and
other centers win be able TO give daily
observations to vessels Ca every ocean IN
the same way that forecasts are now
sent broadcast throughout the country.
steps Already Taken.
The necessary steps have already beea
taken by tho United states toward Sc
curing the cooperation Of the trans
continental lines and the coast vessels.
for without their assistance the plan viii
fail, and efforts are 90 De made 90 have
all the ether nations make the same az
raugemeHts.
Prof Moore. who was nearly tho first
sreaker introduced TO the guests by
Toastmaster p. Y. De Graw. first paid
ris respects TO the telegraphers by ac-
/ IuIowledging the debt his bureau owed
t. the great telegraph lines Of the c9un-
/ try for their assistance, which has be-
fTf tn
/ plished.
Prof. Moore Gives Details.
Then he plunged into the details oe bis
great plan.
"The extension Of the meteorological
( service over the ocean by means of
/ the wireless telegraph is what we now
hope to accomplish" said Prof. Moore
I 1t is not possible. in my opinion. for
I the wireless ever % supplant on land
/ the metallic telegraph, but is is possible
I for US 70 make great use Of il on the
/ ocean.
we are already arranging with the
/ t~enscoutiuental lines. as wcU as the
/ coast lines. 20 have all their vessels
/ which are properly equipped. to take OBJ
/ EervatiOns every noon Of the direction
and force Of the wind. and TO send them
/ bv wireless telegraph 20 our Station IN
( Washington.
Being Considered at Berlin,
"The commission now meeting in B-r-
/ liz hopes to make this arrangement in
+ ternati0ual. The American delegation wi
/ propose that the various government,
request that every ship licensed 10 carry
meteorological instruments take noJndly
4 readings and transmit them by the wire
less, and that every ship receiving thes
. messages send them along until they
reach the coast.
"Tben. when these readings are for
warded 70 the observatory ia London 0l
Washington. or any other point we vii
be able 10 make our observations and 10.
cate the storm ceuters on the ocean. as
well IS on the land, and send the fore
casts back TO the same ships that furnish.
cd Us with the information in the frs
place"
Prof. Moore did not tel his hearers
how his plan had been received. but D,
left 40 doubt in their minds of his conf
dcnce that the scheme would be an ulti
mate success.
Many Speeches Made.
Il was a happy gathering that listened
to the speeches OF Prof. Moore Toast
master De Graw. and the others on In,
. programme The old timers and the mill
tary operators were there in fun fore.
with their wives They had finished III
the business OF their twtnJy-sixJh anuua
convention. and had put in a day th4
seemed most enjoyable 70 them In
visit TO Mount Vernon in the morning ans
in seeing the remaining sights IN Wash
inEton during the afternoon
While the Weather Bureau chief wa.
the first speaker on the set programme
the first toast responded TO was that [,
The President Of the United States.
+ which was drunk standing. while all n.
the national hymn.
The ladies-God bless them." was th,
IeXL and the honor fell TO ". j. Dillon
/ who responded uU5ly
b. ". TaffOrd. whose topic, The tele
phone and its relation 10 the tele graph
seemed dry enough, kept his listener,
laughing by a string Of anecdotes, am,
then the guests were told how Cncl.
sam keeps track of what time it really il
by Commander Hayden. whose toast wa.
Time service Of the Naval Observa
tory"
other Topics Discussed.
The remainder Of the programme was a.
/ follows.
W W. Jermane-''The press and tele
graph: IndissolubIe and Indispensable"
John Z. Wilkie-"Old-Jime outsider"
Col. William B. Wilson-"The miIitar.
telegraph in the civil var
II. ]. O'Leary-"l'he Telegraphers
Mutual Benefit Association.
Orchestra and quartz. music was inter
spersed throughout the speechmahng.