Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-12-25
rather Jose Algue Well Known in
Philippine Islands.
Director of Weather Bureau at Manila
Who Has Made Extraordinary In
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is De-
voted to Humanity.

London-Quietly and unostenta-
tiously, without being in any way her
aided by the press, certain priest
paid a visit to London recently who
deserves to be ranked among the
worlds greatest benefactors. His
name. Father Joe Algue, is scarcely
known, perhaps in this country, put
every man and woman in the lar east
knows Father Algue, director OF the
Philippine weather bureau at Manila
for did he not, after many years Ia
Dor, invent an instrument whlcn Is
called the barocyclonometer, by Wnlch
1t is possible to guard against the most
dreaded of far eastern calamlCes-
the typhoon?
This instrument is now in use on
upwards of 1000 ships that san Tue
waters of the far east, Whlle Ine
American government proposes to mt
fits ships with a modified form o. lug
instrument in order that captains ND!
he warned of the approach OF nurri
canes or storms, and thus make 1t pos
sibIe for them to slip out OF Marin
wav And it was in order TO nave
This modified barocyclonometer Haue
under his personal supervision In'''
Father AIgue recently came TO hon
don. b,no.
The instrument is really commune,
ton of the ordinary barometer anu
cvclone detecting apparatus, the la'-
fer being Father Algue's own III
tiop The barometer used alone VIII
telI Of the approach of the storm ou'
will olive no hint as tt the dlrecClon III
which the center or vortex Oh me
storm Is moving. 1t is this addlIlon@l
inforrpation which the cyclonometeI
supplies. and it's use has unoouo'eu.
" led to the saving OF mllllohS u
lives in eastern waters. =,
Not only, however, has Fatnel F1i
pue invented the barocyclonoihet7 !
bTt in connection with the Philippine
weather bureau. he has also organ
ized system of cyclone danger sig
no1s which it is no exaggeratlon 10
saw save thousands OF hVes every
wear Father Algue has corps y,
90 native assistants who are scd'.el Gu
through the Philippine arcnlpelago'
Some are observers, others telegram
,nerators. others messengers WINE
ar Manila Father Algue is IN direct
communication with q score OF other
-,oa+ber stations IN the ISLANDS, ana
also with points far away from Tue
Philippines-Hong Kong tor instance
The approach of typhoon 10 a.
400 +e1aqranhed to Father AIgue at
Manila and he then sends the news
IN all quarters by means OF his asso-
oiates and messengers. Al tlneS ne
hos heen able to give notice OF the
onnroach of a typhoon three days De-
fore it appears, and a-most always
manages to give news OF II one u~y
before.
We in this country, have little idea
- tho enormous loss of life and dam
age caused by an eastern typhooh'
T1Jban it is mentioned, however, that
the average number of typhoons IN the
pbilippines is 81 a year, and 1t is not
unusual for the fall Of rain in two
days to equal the total rainfall CT
other countries for year, Whlle the
wind has been known to uproot
churches some idea of the value of
tbe work which is being done by this
nriest. who has practically devoted his
life to typhoon fighting, may be gath
cred.
Apart from ne barocyclonometer,
Father AIgue has invented several 9TH
ar weather instruments of great value
to mariners, but he cares little for
implicitly or fame, and it is interest
ing to not3 that one Of his treatises
ON typhoon fighting was translated
into German and circulated in Eu-
rcDe yet his name did not appear on