The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-30
|PARTY TOFXPLORF
THE DEAD SEA
GERMAN EXPEDITION HAS AR.
RIVED IN PALESTINE TO
CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC
WORK.

Jerusalem. Palestine, Dec. 3O.--Ap
expedition. the purpose of which is to
thoroughly explore the Dead Sea and
its environs under the leadership of
DIR. Bruhl Of the University of Berlin.
has just arrived from Europe and con-
tinued to The scene Of its future opera
tions..
The motives of the expedition SO 1t
is emphatically ayerrcd by DIR. Bruhl,
are purely scientific with absolutely no
elements Of commorcialism entering
into it's ultimate object. It's members
are. with the exception Of a man from
Copenhagen and possibly another from
Sweden, all German scientists and en-
gineers.
The expedition was organized I'm Ger
many several months ago aud seems to
be most thoroughly equipped, scienu-
cally and otherwise. II is financed by
private subscriptions, a few members
defraying their share of the expense
while among the contributors several
leading Zlonists figure very prominent
| ly.
| The work of exploration will consist
| I'm the major part of sounding the depth
of various sections of the lake as wen
as analyzing the unique and complex
lcomposition of it's waters, studying It's
shores. investigating the nature of the
different minerals that are said to
abound I'm that region, exploring as far
| as is possible, the channels of the many
rivers and hot water streams. apart
from the Jordan. which flow into the
sea from both the eastern and west
ern mountain ranges that hem It's
shores. examining and classifying the
varieties of fish that exist I'm large
numbers only in the extreme south
eastern section of the lake, which con-
sists mainly of shadows and marshes
| 1t must be remembered in this connec-
| ton that IL has always been firmly
maintained by those who visited the
Dead Sea and wrote treaties about IL
l1ong ago that no fish of any KIND can
make their habitat in any part of 1t and
this long-ostablished belief was given
| the death blow only recently by plea
sure party of Americans long resident
| in the country who visited the southern
end of the lake and discovered fish.
So IL remains for the members of the
German expedition TO arrive at the
causes which undoubtedly must be due
to varying conditions Of chemical com
position of the water that make II pos
sible for fish to live i'm certain sections
of the lake and not In others; and. In
short, To find out everything about THIS
strange body of water from scientific
standpoints that is worth knowing.
I'm order the better to facilitate its
Operations the expedition has chartered
n little steam vessel for the space of
three months with the proviso that at
the option of Dr. Bruhl the lease may
be extended for an indefinite period.
What ultimate political or CONNER
cial motives, II any. underlie tho sur
face of the enterprise time only can
show.
American, First Explorer.
| This is by no means the first attempt
made to explore the Dead Sea region
Indeed the honor of priority In TINS
ldirection belongs to the doughty Lieu
Tenant w. r. Lynch OF the American
Navy. who. as early as the year lsfs
spent considerable time In research and
Iexploration of that region at the ex-
lpense of the American Government and
lat great risk to his person, for In those
days facilities for travel were OF the
crudest and people did not know how
to guard against the ravages OF ma
iIarla. to say nothing Of the predatory