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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
Magnetic Observatory Set Up
In Eskimo Igloo by Explorers
Scientists IL, MacMillan's Party viii Try
To Find Force That Deuiates Com
pass Needle From True North.

scientific "crib" are the instruments,
chief among which are Photographic
ally recording magnetograph and
electrograph. which oblige nature
hour Of the day indisputable pic
lures of the variations of the earth's
| magnetic and electric fields. Here
tofore. observers in the northland
have been obliged to light their in
struments by small oil lamps. which
created temperature variations by
using up oxygen. The Refuge Har
Dor observatory Instruments. how
ever. are electrically lighted. the
necessary apparatus to provide the
Juice" having been shipped with the
timber.
Needle Deviates.
At the present time the needle Of
the compass points either east or
west Of north by an angle. called
declination, that varies according to
the location Of the point of observa-
ton. Thus, in the arctic and ant
arctic, the declination may be as
great as $50 degrees. And while this
declination is changing year by year.
there is also a marked variation in
the degree of declination at different
periods Of the day. The declination
has been found to be greatest during
the hours of sunlight. 1t has also
been established that the magnetic
and electrical elements Of this planet
are frequently swept by violent
storms, when the variations often be-
come many times as great as during
periods of normally.
DR.. Bauer received wireless mes
sage from DR.. Macmillan last Satur-
day. II was picked out Of the air by
a q nn n r
I'm Prince Rupert, Canada. who is so
intensely interested in the work Of
the Macmillan expedition that he
watches carefully for it's messages
and on many occasions has relayed
dispatches that would otherwise have
been lost.
After confirming that the observa-
tory had been completed and the in
struments mounted, the famous ex-
plorer said that the last observations
taken showed the westward declina-
ton of the compass at Refuge harbor
to be 101 degrees away from true
north and the magnetic, dip to be
almost SO degrees. while the magnetic
force directing the compass needle is
about one-fifth only that at Wash
ington. DR.. MacMillan's message was
regards" to Or. Bauer and J. A. Flem-
ing. assistant director of the depart
ment Of terrestrial magetism here.
Although the compass now points
west OF true north at London. records
show that in 1880 it pointed IL de-
grees east of north there. Yet by
1912 IL declined "a degrees west of
north at the same place. change of
80 degrees in 232 years. For three
centuries students of terrestrial mag
netism have been searching for the
mysterious force that Is pulling the
compass needle around at will and
causing the magnetic poles to change
their positions.
Observatories have been stationed
all over the earth for the study Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
HAYNES APPROVES
new WAR ON rum
Says Dry Unit Will Need
Same Appropriation De-
spite Coast Guard.

Announcing his approval Of the
Treasury's new program to double
the strength of the coast guard to
war on rum smugglers, Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes last night de-
clared that while 1t would greatly
strengthen the hand of the prohibition
unit, It would not change the prohibi-
ton units request for appropriations
for the year ending June 80, 1925, now
before the bureau Of the budget"
Mr.. Haynes would not reveal wheth-
er he had been informed by Director
Lord of the bureau of the budget. CT
the final amount allotted to the pio-
hibition unit. but said he welcomed
, the coast guard program decided upon
by Treasury officials.
Convinced of Wisdom.
advised of the progress of the tenta-
, tive plan. Mr.. Haynes said, and was
convinced that the coast guard was
the proper arm of the government
service upon which to spend the most
money in a vigorous attempt to rid
the the American coast of rum run
Iers.
The new coast guard program will
call for appropriations aggregating
about s2S.5o0,oO0. with which to
more than double the number of boats
and to largely increase the person
mel of the service. How this esti-
mate will be presented to Congress
was uncertain last night. But the
; plan, having already received the
approval Of President Coolidge, was
expected either to be included In the
1926 budget at the last moment or
sent to Congress as a supplementary
proposal.
The question has been before Di-
rector Lord of the budget bureau.
but his decision has been withheld
Projected Several Months.
The program has been under con-
aideration for several months, during
which the views of coast guard Of
ficers from all important districts on
the eastern and southern seaboards
have been obtained. An official report
dealing with the proposals refers to
the heavy burdens imposed on the
coast guard by its duties in combat
ing rum smuggling and asserts that
these burdens are steadily increasing.
But the coast guard can stop al
most entirely the importation of in
'toxicating liquors into the United
States from the sea If it be allowed
the appropriations to obtain and
maintain ships and boats and to in
crease its force as proposed" the
report says. 1T proba bly, will be i'm
possible to prevent absolutely the
importation of all liquor and there
always will be cases where small
quantities are smuggled ashore. but
such cases will be sporadic and ex-
ceptional and the quantities involved
trivial. The coast guard can do this.
but itscan do 1t only. if it's resources
j are augmented as suggested"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TODAY

IoDA
The Wanderlusters' hike will start
from North Capitol street and Mich
igan avenue at 2:3O o'clock. Miss
Clara K. Handy Will lead.
Red Triangle Outing Club will meet
at seth and NJ streets at 2:45 o'clock
One-way ticket to Rixey; hike to
Chain Bridge. Visitors invited.
Mrs. John N Culbertson will ad-
dress the Women's Interdenomina-
tional Missionary Union of Rockville
at o'clock, in the Christian Church
Open forum of the Secular League
will be held. 3 o'clock. at 1906 E
street Samuel Salamon will speak
of Democratic Liberty VS.. Red Lib.
erty." General discussion.
Special meeting of all students and
friends of DIR. David v. Bush, 7:3C
o'clock, at the Playhouse. 1914 n
street.
Harry D. Appleby. psychologist. OF
New York will give a public lecture
at the Playhouse, 8 o'clock. Subject
Reading Others at Sight" Public
place, at $3.50 pm. Subject: "Elimi.
mating Human Friction"
William Grant editor. of Edin-
the auspices of the Washington Zion.
list organizations. at Y. NJ. H. A. Hall
The speaker. q Gentle, will give ar
account of a recent visit to Pales.
tine. illustrated with slides. Public
invited.
The Russian Cathedral Singers will
give a musical program at First
Congregational Church. s o'clock
Closing concert tomorrow. same
place and time. Free will Offering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
ny HAROLD X. PHILLIPS.

Carrying gamely on in the centuries
old search for the powerful unseen
force that Is pulling the needle OF
the once supposedly trustworthy
compass to point almost everywhere
but true north. a stalwart little band
of determined men has locked it.
self up in the lonely white wastes
of the frozen arctic circle for the
winter. hunting again for some clue
that may lead it to the powerhouse
of that mysterious energy.
1t is composed of members of DR..
Donald B. MacMillan's expedition into
north Greenland. Tonight the men are
camped with him on the bleak shores
or Refuge Harbor, within less than
IL degrees of the geographical
north pole itself. existing on the
in the flush OF their quest for that
veritable golden fleece of science
which. If it is discovered. may revo-
lutionize many things out here In
the civilized world.
Not only would a solution Of the
and terrestrial magnetism be an
epochal contribution to the advance
ment of science, but 1t is pointed
out that progress along that line
probably would also have significant
bearings on some of the present most
pressing problems of radio commu-
nication. To go still further. IT is
highly possible that some important
improvements might also result in
other kinds of electrical instruments.
In Scientific Observatory.
Housed In scientifically con-
structed observatory. where they re-
ceive more care than the most pam
pered babe might expect. a series of
highly polished little instruments are
doing the real work in their quiet,
ever-efficient way. They are under
the personal direction Of Richard Fl.
Goddard of the department OF ter
restrial magnetism of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington, who was
appointed by DR.. Louis A. Bauer.
director of the department. to ac-
company the Macmillan expedition
and assume charge of the magnetic
and electrical observations.
Because Of the serious effect on the
instruments of large or sudden tenn
perature changes. every precaution
has been taken to make sure that
the temperature within the observa-
tory. although 1t is located in the
very heart Of the arctic. shall be
kept uniform throughout the winter.
1t is constructed of specially pre-
pared lumber. shipped all the way
from Maine on DR.. MacMillan's ship.
The Bowdoin. The structure is pro-
vided with numerous dead-air spaces
to reduce temperature variations:
each wall is covered inside and out
by warm quilts. surrounded by an
other house of stone and finally COM
pletely encased in an Eskimo igloo,
or snow house.
Within this carefully protected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
TWo Glue Blood
to Aid Man Who
Tried to Kill Self

Two persons gave their blood to
save the life of a man who Is record
ed by the police as having attempted
to shoot himself to death yesterday.
The man was Quentin V. McCulley,
twenty-five, of 100 Minnesota avenue
southeast. He shot himself in the
abdomen with a revolver Friday. ac-
cording to the police. in a Respondent
state because of his failure to obtain
work.
His condition became so weakened
at Casualty Hospital yesterday. that
physicians declared blood transfu-
sions the only hope for saving his life.
Hugh McCulley. brother of the
wounded man, and a professional sell
Ter of blood, gave comparatively large
amounts of the life stream during the
late afternoon yesterday, and at a
late hour last night physicians at the
hospital were holding out strong
hopes for his recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

these phenomena. Several times the
Carnegie Institution has sent an OBJ
server with expeditions into the
northland. but never before with such
suspicious opportunities for such
thorough observations Whether or
not his reports will result in modern
science reaching the end of its rain
bow and the pot of golden knowledge
only time can tell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

vi aiu my HAL.
Henry w. Austin will speak ON
character Analysis" before the Anna
Maud Hallan Practical Psychology
Club tomorrow. 7:45 pm, at the Play
house. 1914 N street.
The Helping Hand Club Will give n
Christmas dance in the oak room of
the Raleigh Hotel. December T.
A card party and dance under the
auspices Of the Ladies' Guild of Holy
Trinity Church. for the benefit of the
church, will be given. Wednesday at
Rauscher's.
Rosary Church will be given at Cath
Ollie Community House, COL L street,
tomorrow. pm.
There will be a meeting Of MI
Sigma Pi In the vicinity. Thursday,
8:15 p.m., at the Cosmos Club. Short
talks by DR.. J. c. Merriam. DR.. Paul
Bartsch, DR.. H. L. Shant and DR.. E. e.
Slosson. Ladies invited
The Hubbard Home and School As
ISOLATION will meet tomorrow. 8 pm
The Mas.achusett. Society will hold
q social gathering in the private ball
room of the Arcade, November "a,
IS pm No business will be transact
ed. Entertainment, dancing and re-
freshments.
E. A. Hnrleston's collection Of
paintings. which have been in the
public library of New York city, are
on view for the week in the social
hall of Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. C. A.
H. H. Wheeler, U. S. forestry serv-
Ice, Will give free illustrated lecture
on THE Lure Of the Forests" Wed
nesday. pm. at 1886 G street,
Y. NJ. C. A. Public invited.
Motion pictures OF the Caribbean
will be shown Thursday, s pm, in
the ballroom of the City Club. The
'flm Is based on cruise on a great
white ship fleet of the U. F. Co., to
islands In the Caribbean, Panama
and Central America.
women's City Club by-lnw. COM
mittee card party tomorrow evening
lat and Tuesday from to T.
Tho free lobby concert mt the Gen.
trail Y. NJ. c. A, 1876 G street north
west. will begin tomorrow at 1880
Miss Naomi Phelps. soprano: Miss
Grace Bromley. reader; Miss Guy
Fitch Phelps, accompanist; Frans A.
Schroeder. pianist: NJ. H. Leonard
ETOI. LiOHGl ~ lbSHO Is TO
give demonstrations in Lightning
Calculations" The public Is invited
"why the Tax situation IL Encour-
aging" is to be the subject of an ad-
dress by George II. Duncan, a mem
Der of the New Hampshire legisla-
ture, at dinner to be held at $3.50
Pm, "Wednesday at the Innside Cafe
terra, 719 18th street, by the Tax Re-
form Association
sLineoln Camp, No. 2, Sons of Vet
Grams, U. S. A, Maryland division
and Ellen Spencer Mussey TEXT No.
Daughters of Veterans, u. S. A., will
entertain tomorrow night the mem
bers of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, the Womans Relief Corps. the
Ladies' of the G. A. r. and the Sons
of Veterans Auxiliary. There will be
prominent speakers, a musical pro.
gram and refreshments.
Matthew #. Boyd OF the Washinx.
ton Herald will speak on Coal as a
Consumers Problem" before the Gem
trail Labor Union. 1905 e street north
west, Monday evening at $3.50, un-
der the auspices of the Trade Union
College. The, public is invited
DIR. James j. Walsh of New York
will discuss Funny Things That Have
Cured People" before the University
Club, Saturday night. November 81
at the clubhouse. Charles Trowbridge
Tittmann will sing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
ZEBRA'S BITE FATAL.
Countess Hardick Dies After Visit
to Budapest Zoo.

VIENNA. November 17-Countess
Harlick. former Hohenlohe prin-
cess, died here today OF blood poison
ing resulting from her having been
bitten by zebra while visiting the
Budapest zoo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Phil Sheridan Relief Corps will
have inspection Tuesday, $50 pm, in
Grand Army Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

In 1919 Canada's population was
224 a square mile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

A dance for the benefit OF the HOLY
Rosary Church will be given at Cath
Ollie Community House, COL Z street,
tomorrow, 8 pm. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

ChinchiUa
OvercOafS, $500
Other Chinchilla Coats,
$10.o5 to $3.50. Heavy
Overcoats, $685. to $3.50.
Herringbone weav YES,
S11.75. Chinchilla Polo
Caps, S1.o5. Tams, $1.45.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

The Helping Hand Club Will give n
Christmas dance in the oak room of
the Raleigh Hotel, December 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

4 card party and dance under the
auspices of the Ladies' Guild of Holy
Trinity Church. for the benefit of the
church, will be given. Wednesday at
Rauscher's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

There will be a meeting Of nj,
Sigma Pi In the vicinity, Thursday
S:15 pm. at the Cosmos Club. Short
talks by DR.. ]. C. Merriam, DR.. Paul
Bartsch. DR.. H. L. Shant and DR.. e. e.
Slosson. Ladies invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

"Character Analysis" before the Anna
Maud Hallan Practical Psychology
Club tomorrow. 7:45 pm, at the Play
house, 1914 N street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
Wool SHb.Over
Sweaters, $500

Other Sweater Styles,
$2.95 to $685.. Brushed
Wool Coat Sweaters, SIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

The Wanderlusters' hike will start
from North Capitol street and Mich
igan avenue at 2:30 o'clock. Miss
Clara K. Handy will lead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

DIR. James J. Walsh of New York
will discuss Funny Things That Have
Cured People" before the University
Club, Saturday night. November "a,
at the clubhouse. Charles Trowbridge
'Tittmann will sing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

E. A. Harleston's collection of
paintings. which have been in the
public library of New York city, are
on view for the week in the social
hall of Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. C. A.
The Kusko times., 1923-04-25
TacOtna Tinklings

Tacotna, April 24 - The Plume Dredge Company have landed their dredge on Little creek and will soon have a crew of men at work assem- bling it.
 Dan Nicholson and partner will put a bedrock drain on the1r ground this spring.
 Frank Speliack will also be busy on Little creek this summer.
 Chris Dahl and Gust VI ,.son are busy at the mouth of Spruce creek, prepar- ing to work their lay or the Hill prop- erty.
 Victor Hill will continue operations on Sprnce-
 John Rieck and Red Daniels are get ting in shape to work the Vina1 prop erty on Spruce.
 John Edwards and Nicholson will work their property on Spruce this summer.
 Vibe & Cameron will resume opera tions on their Spruce creek ground
 The Innoko Dredging Company have fifty men at work, constructing thelr dredge and hauling wood to operate the same.
 The N. c. Co. have carpenter and paperhanger at work in their Tacotna store, putting it in readiness to receive their summer shipments.
 The people of Tacotna will soon ha' ( a school. The necessary papers ar rived from Juneau in the last mail via Ruby and Ophir, and school board wHI be chosen at an election to be held on May 4th.
The Kusko times., 1923-04-25
APPOINTED '
 BY HUGHES s
Commissioners Named to Reach Understand
 ing With Mexico.

Washington April 24.-secre- tary of State Hughes announced today that the American com missioners 10 negotiate for Q closer understanding with rep resentatives of the Cbregon gov. ernment in Mexico City will be Charles B Warren, of Detroit, former ambassador to Japan, and John Burton Payne, former Secretary of the Interior, now chairman of the Red Cross h order to hasten the reaching of an understanding with Mexico the two American commissioners will meet with two Mexican con- missioners at Mexico City in the near future.
The Kusko times., 1923-04-25
DEFENDED
 BY HARDING
Talks of Participation by United States in
 World Court.

New York, April A.-Partici
 patton by the United States in the world court of the League of, Nations, as proposed by the Administration. President Hard ing declared today, would be in harmony with party platform pledges, candidatorial promises and American aspirations, and would not be an entry into the League of Nations "by the side door, back door or cellar door. :" Excessive friends of the League. the President declared, have be- clouded the situation by the un- warranted assumption that the proposal is move toward mem- bership in the League, while, he added, irreconcilable opponents of the League have also hecloud- ed the question with the assump- t1on that entanglements with, En, rope would unavoidably follow.
The Kusko times., 1923-04-25
TO IMPR0vE:
 SERVICE
Conference At Seattle Considers Alaskan
 Mail Matters.

Seattle, April 23.-Improve- ments in the Alaska mail service and wider and more frequent dis tributlon to points in the interior of the Territory will be brought about as the result of a confer ence in this city between F. G. Wetzler, chief clerk of the mail service at Nenana, and officials of the railway mail service here, headed by W. c. Vandervoort, superintendent for the thirteenth division. The conference today dealt principally with awarding new contracts for deliveries and mail distribution throughout the Territory
The Kusko times., 1923-04-25
Mrs. Rarnette Wants to Know What Re-
 ceiyer Moves Spent

San Francisco. Mrs. Isabel Bar aette, said to have been the first white woman to have landed at Fairbanks. for whom, isabel Pass was named, to- day obtained an order from Federal Judge Frank B. Derrick that F. G. Moves, former receiver for the Wash ington Alaska Bank of Fairbanks, Alaska, show what amounts comprise the $47 GOO, which he asserts were ex- pended to collect S58, 3Ol. which he is holding in a San Francisco bank and which Mrs. Barnette is seeking to re- cover
The Kusko times., 1923-04-25
COLUMBIA,
 BRIT ANNHA
Ambassador Harvey Di- lates al Guild Hall,
 London.


 London, April 24-Britannia and Colum bia clasp hands across the seven seas, Ambassador Har- vey declared in a speech last night at Guild Hall New Eng land, in the United States, , he said, "reveres Old England, to which she owes her being and her true English principles as against sociaIistic theorists, and the true English Christian faith as opposed to bolshevist and pagan practices. J
The Kusko times., 1923-04-25
BAvARIAN
 FASCIST
Shoot Anyone Who At tempts Arrests of Ma
 tiOnalist Leaders.

Munich, April 24.-Adolf Hit Ter, leader of the Facisti, in- formed the Bavarian govern ment today that he has given orders to his followers to shoot anyone who attempts to carry out warrants for the arrest of nat!onalist leaders, issued by the special high court at. Leipsig for political crimes.
The Kusko times., 1923-04-25
TO BOYCOTT
 JAP GOODS
Chinese Organizations Generally at Head of
 New Movement.

Picking, April 23.-The Chi. nese General Chamber of Com merce, union of trade, com mercial and industrial bodies in Pekln, today began asboycott on all goods of Japanese manufac ture. Eighteen inspectors have been appointed to report viola tions of the boycott.
The Kusko times., 1923-04-25
Wm. Chappelle Estate
 to Be Held in Trust

Seattle.-The will of William Chap belle, a Klondike millionaire, with S755, GOO worth of property in Seattle, is not to be adjudged under the California law, which would nullify it's trust pro- visions, but under the Washington law, according to decision Of the Washing ton state supreme court
 By the provisions of the wifi this property will be held in trust for sixty years, at the end of which period one third of the estate will go to the widow or her heirs, while two-thirds of Lhe estate will be divided evenly between several brothers and sisters, or their helfs-
 The decision ends long-drawn-out litigation between the heirs.
 Robert Menzies, of Candle. was a town visitor for few hours today.
The Kusko times., 1923-04-25
Wide Interest in Trial
 of Patriarch Tikhon

Seattle.-The tr ial in Moscow tomor- row of Patriarch Tikhon, head of the Russian church, by tbe same soviet au- thorities who executed Archbishop Butchkavitch, is arousing wide inter- est, particularly in this city. Tikhon visited Alaska twice during the '90s and preached. here once on his way North
The Kusko times., 1923-04-25
Sec. Hoover Will Also
 Make Trip to Alaska

Washington Secretary of Commerce Hoover has decided to make the trip to Alaska with President harding and party, scheduled to leave Washington about June I5. Hoover will not cross the continent with the President, but will join the party later on the Pacific coast.