El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
Marks END Of
EXPEDITIONS
To POLES
Discoveries in Frozen Fields
Not Worth the Effort and
Heavy Cost.
AMERICANS JOIN
PARIS THEATER MOVE

Robert +. scott on ms recent
voyage 10 the south pole, NJ. Schradcr,
the eminent French geographer, OK
presses the opinion that the death Of
the English explorer is the last act
in the drama of the Polar Point obes-
sion, which his caused the loss of so
many lives.
The discoveries of Peary, Amundsen
and Scott have at last removed the i'm
perative desire of scientists to find the
Poles, NJ Schrader declares, and leave
the way clear for a considerable and
important task, the results of which
Will be far reaching. This consists in
establishing a chain Of cirumpOlar OBJ
servatlOns, g vast system Of scientific
mOnasteries," international in char
acter.
The atmospheric and marine currents
which circulate, winter and summer
alike, round the pole perpetually mix
water and air. The cold waters de-
scend toward the south, carrying guam
titles of ice and are continually re-
placed by masses of warmer water
which come from the Atlantic. Above
these ice fields, floating toward the
south, hOVers a layer Of cold air ever
falling on to the frozen mass beneath,
as heavy syrup drops and remains at
the bottom Of glass Of water In
their turn the sea breezes push and stir
up this mass of cold air, lift it from
its icy bed and send IL to cool America
and Europe.
These cold masses of air, as soon as
they come in contact with the tepid
atmosphere of the Atlantic, cOndense
the moisture, precipitate rain, and brew
tempests. Thus by developing an ac-
curate knowledge Of the courses Of the
ice fields, by following them in their
southwark course and observing the
phenomena OF their slow fusion IN
the middle Of the Atlantic, il would
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tent, the force of the winds, the alter
nation and character of the seasons,
and the likelihood of drouth or WeC.
Warning against atmospheric dangers
ample time to adopt such precautions
as circumstances dictated.
Paris's New Playhouse.
Mrs W h Vanderbilt, Otto H. Kahn,
J. P. Morgan, James II. Hyde and
James -Stillman are some Of the Ameri-
cans who have Joined Monsieur Ga
briel AstrUc in building the Theater
Champs Elysee, the most beautiful
playhouse in Paris. These are all share
holders in the enterprise, as are a good
many other persons well known in
England, France and Germany The
committee Of patrons includes the
queen Of the Belgians, the prince of
Monaco, the grand duchess Vladimir,
the duchess of Genoa, the crown prin-
cess OF ROumania, prince Louis Ferdt-
naud Of Bavaria. the duchess Of Port
land and the duchess Of Rutland.
The theater which will be opened
April 2, will be devoted TO the whole
range of musical and dramatic art
and classic and modern operas. The
building viii contain two auditOriums,
one seating 1000 and the other 500
people.
May Ban Electric Ads.
The energetic organization known
as the "Old Paris Committee" whose
mission it is to preserve as much as
possible Of the antiquities OF the city
and its beauties, has taken up the
question of ObtrusiVe illuminated and
other advertising devices which dis
figure so many buildings in this city.
They have coPcluded that steps should
now be taken to prohibit business
houses in such centers Of interest as
the Place VendOme and the Champs
Elysees from placing perpendicular
signs on their establishments. The
committee condemns luminous signs
in every form. An effort is also to
be made toward abOlishing the dis
play of goods outside store premises.
Cruelty Story Exaggerated.
The attention of prince Nicolas OF
Greece, military governor Of Salonika,
having been drawn TO e passage IN g
book Of Pierre Lofts, in which the
author says the officers Of the French
Warship BruiX could testify to having
seen Greek and Servian soldiers gOuse
out the eyes of Turkish prisoners the
prince sent his chief staff officer, Mai.
Vlachopoulo, on board the Bruix with
a copy Of the book to show Capt.
Delage.
The captain has now written to
prince Nicholas to say that he sub
mitted the statement in Lofts book TO
his officers. All were unanimous IN
characterizing it as gratuitous, and de-
clared emphatically that nothing that
possibly be taken as authorizing Lott
to cite their testimony for facts Of
such a nature. which had never come
within their experience.
Capt Delage added that he had
drawn the attention Of the minister of
marine to the way in which his Of
ficers' names had been invoked with
out their consent or knowledge, and
asked him to request Lott TO suppress
the statement in question.
A Town Without Taxes.
From times to which the memory
of man runneth not back, the pretty
town Of Stein on the Rhine has had
no taxes. The common lands belong
ing 10 the township yielded revenues
sufficient to pay all public expenses.
and they were let to the people at
prices so moderate that not a poor
family was to be found in Stein The
local authorities Overspent last year,
and are now trying to to lay a tax Of
One-half Of one percent on the prop
erty holders. They all refuse to pay,
and there seems to be no way Of max
ing them.
While cutting up a centurv-old fir
tree on the SimplOn, foresters found
in the heart of the trunk a bronze
statue of the Virgin Mary. It was
about a foot tall and perfectly pre-
served. 1t is supposed that the stat
uette was placed in a niche carved in
the tree and that the wood gradually
grew all around il.
Foreigners In Switzerland.
Fifteen percent of the population of
Switzerland are foreigners There
were 565,296 enumerated in 1910. and
a measure is pending in the Federal
Diet to require them to become nat
uralized citizens. The Swiss govern
ment finds a good deal of inconven-
fence in being frequently obliged TO
discuss with foreign cOnsuls and Iega-
tions questions in which foreign sub
Jects seek to evade Swiss laws by
taking refuge in the fact that they
are of alien nationality.
has found it more and more difficult
70 curb some of them. SO that when