Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-11
az THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

oI 1hE AC6O&Aa 1885,
LONDON, July 11.-Six years at sea
and voyage of 10000 miles to hunt
and chart islands, reefs and banks OF
doubtful location is wnat the British
Antarctic and Oceanographical Expe-
dition now proposes to do for the ben
ant of the worlds merchant marine.
Originally. Sir Ernest Shackleton and
]. Foster Stackhouse intended only to
survey and chart the coast of the
Antarctic continent. looking for such
menaces to shipping as might lie on
their voyage down and back. But the
charts disclose so many points markea
d.. p. d. and r. D.-doubtful, poslloh
doubtful and existence doubtful-tnat
the explorers have added two and
half wears to their projected voyage,
which starts next December In the
Discovery
The seven seas have never been ae-
curately charted because, says Mr.
Stackhouse, being everybody's busl-
ness 1t was nobody's business to 90
it, Even the north Atlantic has its
doubtful islands and sunken rocks.
Four different mariners, previous 70
the Titanic disaster. reported seeing
rocks near the point where the snip
vent down, and this is one OF the
first things to be investigated by the
Discovery Polynesia, Melanesla ana
Malaysia are notorious for volcanic
and coral distractions, and the Pa
mama canal will open new routes
through these dangerous seas. The
South American and African coasts
have their doubtful rocks. Mr. Stack
house considers 1t just as important
to find out that a menace does not
exist as that it does.
The new sea charting expedition is
financed by public contributions. It's
fifteen officers and scientists nave
given their work for the next SIX
wears gratis. The only expenses be-
sides the equipment are those incl
dental to running the ship and the
nav of the crew of nineteen men. The
foremost photographer of Great Brit
ain Captain j. A. Rupert-Jones, VIII
have charge of the surroundings, and
lieutenant Humphreys will do the
land surveying. Various other kinds of
scientific work are planned, ncluo-
ing observations as to the magnetic
pole.
Existing charts disclose facts which
have a disturbing influence on traf1c,
such as the presence of shallow sur
roundings in areas of deep water.
such places will be carefully searched
for submerged rocks. All corners or
the world viii be visited and studied
by the expedition.
The Discovery is a wooden ship
with steam auxiliary. especially de-
signed for work in icy waters, and
she will carry the latest sounding
machinery. While the voyage is
planned to last six years, the officers
and crew are signed on for seven, in
event of delays.
sn the hope of some day securing
O raw cotton supply independent OIL
America the International Federation
III Master Cotton Spinners and Man
nfacturers Association has launched
a scheme for the establishment of a
model cotton plantation in PunJab,
India.
Considering the advances already
made in India. it is estimated that
before many years the Indian crop
Will be almost as large as the Amer
lean crop. The model plantation In
India will demonstrate the benefits
which arise from intensive farming,
thereby encouraging the landed pro-
prietors to adopt this system and to
IMPROVE the yield per acre and the
quality of the fibre. r
The land will be sown with as large
q percentage of American cotton seed
as possible and the Agricultural De-
partment of Punjab will have the
right to purchase any of the surplus
seed produced which is not required
for the estate for distribution in other
districts.
All the British fleets and fotillas
in home waters, which nowadays
means practically the whole of the
British navy, has been ordered to be
at Spithead on July II to spend a
weekend and pass in review before
the admiral of the fleet, King
George V.
The mobilization, which is in the
nature of a test, is this year taking
the place of the usual maneuvers,
which the present Admiralty Board
has decided can teach the officers
nothing that they do not know al
ready, besides being a very heavy
expense. The ships and auxiliaries,
which will number some 400 craft,
the largest fleet ever assembled, will
include every class of vessel from the
big dreadnought battleships to the
smallest submarines, aeroplanes and
hydroplanes.
The spot is an ideal one for the
assembling of a great fleet, the one
stretch of water in the world that
seems to have been designed by ma
ture as the frame for great naval
pageants. 1t gives the public, as
well as the officers and men, an op-
portunity of seeing the great fleet,
the upkeep of which costs the British
taxpayer so much, gathered together
as though ready for warfare, for
every ship will be so manned and
QUILTED that she could go into i'm
mediate battle. The reserves will be
called out, and the cadets from Os-
borne and Dartmouth colleges will
be embarked, as they would in war
time, and after the king has con-
Guided his visit they will go for a
short cruise with the entire fleet.
Seeing with the ears is the latest
triumph of science in the invention
of the "optophone." which has been
demonstrated before the Royal So
ciety by DR.. Fourier d'Albe, an Eng