Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-11

almost unbelievable theory-tnat
the earth is webbing on its axis.
After twenty years Of tireless research
and investigation Prof. Hill, working In
conjunction with a number Of other SCI
Tentists all over the world. has deduced
proof of the fact that staid old earth has
three motions instead Of two.
1.-THE poles of the EARTH" says Prof
HILL "are webbing about, apparently at
random, but combining their travels with
in a circle of sixty feet diameter. Should
Peary again take the trip to the north
pole he would find the flag which he
planted there on his last trip Of discov-
cry nearly fifty feet from the spot which
he would now point out as the true north
pole Of the earth. 1t means simply this
il the true north pole were q little black
ball on the smooth, CLASSY surface of the
Arctic ocean, it would be perpetually
rolling around In an ainless sort of fash
ion within circle of thirty miles radius.
"a point which is the north pole today
is not the north pole of tomorrow. No
one can predict where this nomadic pole
will be the next minute. the next hour or
the next year. The Arctic explorer may
pitch his tent somewhere within the circle
of sixty feet and place his finger on what
he supposes to be the pole. Like some
living thing, the little point which has
for more than century attracted all
sorts of men from various corners Of the
earth will be crawling away all the while.
Its speed is worse than snafilike. 1t
has never been observed to. travel farther
than four feet in one week. Sometimes 1t
has required more than month to travel
a yard. In six months. however, 1t de-
scribes an Irregular semi-circle. but so far
we have been able to determine no orbit
or path of oscillation, and the only thing
that we really know about it is that It's
position is never twice the same"
Prof. Hill delights his friends with
little illustrations Of how the north
pole wanders about Recently he said:
..If a man should buy piece of
polar property and it should be stipu-
lated in the deed that the exact point
of the pole should serve as corner
stone, he would have to keep his fences
on the move to avoid prosecution for
trespass. If Uncle Sam marks the
north pole with monument to some
Of the brave heroes who have given
their lives in an attempt to discover
1T he needs must mount 1t on runners
and keep 1T on the move. A perma-
nent stone covering of the race track
of the pole would have to be much
larger than a circus ring"
With Prof. Hill there have been six
or eight other astronomers working at
observatories stationed as nearly as
possible on the same parallel Of latf-
fude as Washington. 38 degrees 81
minutes and 20.4 seconds. The most
important stations are Washington.
Caithersburg. Nd: Cincinnati. Ohio: the
Lick Observatory In California, Mizu-
sawa, Japan: Tschardjui. Central Asia;
Berlin, Germany, and Cariforte. Italy.
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The real north pole is not the same pole
an pointed out by men on marfners
charts A few weeks ago, according to
Prof Hill. the wandering pole passed
within one foot OF it's charted position.
1t wanders home just once In about every
fourteen years. 1t contents itself with
drifting around in a sort Of aimless spiral
curve, sweeping farther and farther from
the chartered POLE sweeping back again.
then out again, travelling in circles all
the while.
1.-THE time required for the pole to make
its irregular semi-circle," said Prof. Hill.
..is about fourteen months. II it is
twenty feet on one side OF the charted
pole today. it will probably be thirty or
forty feet on the other side seven months
hence.
Take an ordinary school globe mount
ed on pivot extending up through the
center. Glue q pencil to the north pole
80 that 1t protrudes In u line with the