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stantly on the lookout to note these
changes. All charts are corrected
with systematic regularity every few
months. to show the constant changes
In channels and ports, brought about
by the forces OF nature, or in the
latter case by construction of new
docks, additional dredging and new
channels. For this work the survey
counts largely on the cooperation OF
port officials and the Army engineers
for reports necessary to bring the
work up to date.
Work of the service at sea groups
itself naturally under three heads
photography. calculating the time and
range of tides and the velocity of
currents, and determination of mag
netic values.
When some extensive. unexpiored
section OF our coast is to be charted,
the first step Is to determine. by
means Of observations on the heaven
ly bodies. the position on the earth's
surface of a selected point from which
the survey will start. The next lie to
determine, with great precision, the
direction and distance to a second
point This furnishes ."base" from
which many additional control points
are located by triangulation. Then
follows the location of the shoreline,
and the detailed mapping OF tho ter
rain visible to the mariner as he ap-
that in fog or storm. q glimpse OF
some characteristic feature >and its
Identification on the chart may help
fx tho vessels . position.
NEXT comes the task OF depicting
on tho chart the depth Of the water
and the contour OF the land under the
water. This Ia accomplished by
sounding, the vessel moving forward
slowly, measuring the depth at short
intervals. The exact points at which
these soundings are made Hnd tho
on the chart in terms Of fatho,ns.
The mariner who has nothing to
guide him but his soundings may
"feeP his way along by comparing
his soundings with those on his chart.
Sometimes. as in the Boring sea, a
coast and goedetic survey vessel con-
sumes months In locating and chart
ing tho channel through some extern
sive shoal area. barricading the ap-
proach to a great river. for she will
proceed gradually up what appears to
be a perfect channel, sounding as she
goes. only to find herself heading for
a berth high and dry atop some shoal.
She must retrace her steps and take
another course, following this proce-
-dure until the true channel Is found
and all the shoals on either side are
carefully plotted
But mere sounding is not enough.
Sounding may fail in locating some
sharp, projecting rock buried by q
few feet Of water. which would rip
from bow TO stern any vessel unfor-
tunate enough to strike. To locate
these hidden peaks. the drag 10 used
"a device consisting simply OF 2
horizontal wire, weighed down with
lines running to the surface attached
to buoys. This drag is towed along
by power boats. When the wire is
caught the boats retrace their steps
and the officers investigate the cause.
Frequent soundings enable the en-
gineers to record accurately NOT only
tho depth below the surface. bu. the
shape Of this hidden mountain.
TA0 appearance Of the earth's suf.
<aoe beneath the SEA usually folle1s
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the little community over which he
presides.
These men leave home and their
| loved ones for long periods. go into
the unmapped seas and face toll and
| privation for the sake OF doing a
good job There is no other compen-
! sation. Little glory is theirs, and they
receive the additionally inadequate
ray Of those in the government serv-
| ice. They are ION their own" from
. the time they leave port until they
f.; cast anchor at home again. Each
captain picks his way through the
sea by a knowledge of the ways Of
the sea and an unca.nny sixth ssuse--
heritage of every man who follows
the sea. 1t is against the traditions
Of the service to take aboard a. pilot.
X X X X
nF their work, it IL written in
~ black and white on the thousands
Of charts by which mariners bring their
vessels safely to port every day The
, network Of charts which their Surveys
have produced covers every part of the
coastal waters of the United States and
it's possessions. True, in some sections OF
this vast area, additional surveys are
necessary before the chart can be con-
sidered adequately completed. Every
bay, every inlet, every harbor o. the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts has been
surveyed at least once and some of
them several times. Years ago the
great continental shelf which borders
our Atlantic coast was charted with Z
thoroughness adequate for that period.
and q second more precise and setailed
survey is now in progress. THIS cerre-
spending area on the Pacific coast is
being now similarly treated. The IA
nous Inside route Of Alaska which
opens that country to development. has
just been completed with a thoroughness
which assures the mariner that no IN
charted menaces to navigation now
exist. Equally reassuring surveys Of
the waters around Porto Rico and the
newly acquired Virgin Islands are
rapidly nearing completion. In Hawaii
the approaches to the harbors and the
,, main steamer routes are surveyed, but
additional work is required in less I'm
Philippines has about been completed.
But the work of the coast and
geodetic survey. In a sense, IL never
completed. Along the Atlanta coast, for
instance, charts have been in existence
for almost a hundred years. But the
coast line is constantly changing. new
, menaces to navigation are always ap-
pearing, and the ways Of modern COM
merce differ from those of a. century
ago.
A hundred years ago, for instance,
the master of a sailing vessel looked
to his chart to give him room for tack
ing back and forth up an approkch to
his inland port. Today the master Of
a vessel of 10000 tons cares rot so
much what lies to the right nor 20 the
left Of him. so long as a channel is
shown which provides enough water to
keep him afioat. Again, the skipper Of
a sailing vessel which drew twelve feet
Of water was satisfied with a chart
which showed him the route close in
shore, while the captain Of q modern
thirty feet of water must know the
depths along the coast. for q much
greater distance seaward.
Every large body of water which
empties into the ocean deposits q cer-
tain amount Of sediment which
changes the contour Of the bottom Of
the sea. The survey must be Gems
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Real Romance and Thrill of the Sea
Experienced When Charts Are Made

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1t Is supposed to settle their argu-
ments verbatim and not come to
blows. This theory will be put into
temporary practice as soon as word
The Washington times., 1924-05-09
PLANS MATURING FOR
DISABLED VETERANS BALL

distinguished list Of patrons
and patronesses has been an
nounced for the annual ball Of the
Disabled American Veterans in the
Willard ballroom tomorrow evening.
Headed by the President and Mrs.
Coolidge. they include the French
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand,
the Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft.
Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Hughes. Secretary Of the Treasury,
Mr.. Mellon, and Miss Ailsa Mellon,
Continued on Page 25)
The Washington times., 1924-05-09
MRS. LANSING ENTERTAINS
FOR WORLD COMMITTEE.

Mrs. Robert Lansing is enter
tanning at tea this afternoon at her
house in Eighteenth street for the
| delegates to the world committee
. of the Y. w. G. A. which is meet
ing here this week. She will be
assisted in receiving by the Hon.
Mrs. Waldegrave, president of the
committee. the Countess of Ports
mouth and Mrs. Robert E. Speer,
president of the New York division
Mrs. Lansing is leaving town for
a visit at her old home in Water
town. New York. but will return in
week or ten days to remain until
the middle of June when she and
Mr.. Lansing will go to their sum-
mer home at Henderson Harbor,
n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard p. David
son, who succeeded in keeping secret
their destination when they left
Washington Immediately after their
marriage last week, are now in New
York at the Plaza Hotel on their
honeymoon. Mrs. Davidson was
formerly Miss Elizabeth Hanna,
daughter of the late Dan r. Hanna.
They will return to Washington on
May 20.
Ira c. Copley, sometime Con-
gresham from Illinois, who has
been at the Willard with Mrs. Cop
ley is leaving today for California.
Mrs. Copley will remain in town
until Monday and will be the guest
of MIR. and Mrs. Hampson Gary.
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Mrs. julius Conrad, of Cover.
nor's Island, who has been visit.
for the last week, will be the guest
after today of Brigadier General
and Mrs. Frank Coe. General and
Mrs. Coe will be hosts at dinner
tonight for Mrs. Conrad and today
she was entertained informally al
luncheon by Mrs. Samuel Jones
wife of Colonel Jones who had a
few guests at Rauscher's. To
morrow Mrs. Charles B. Howry
will give a luncheon for Mrs. Con
rad.
Mrs Absalom Waller Is visitinE
Mrs. Arthur Walk in Salem
N. C.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Porter
who have been in Europe, have re
6urned to Washington and have
opened their home at 1925 New
Hampshire avenue for the spring.
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Mrs. J. Walter Heustis, who ha:
been in Washington for severn
weeks, will leave town on Saturday
for New York and will visit in Bos
ton and Dubuque. Iowa, before re
turning to her home in Los An
geles, Cal. Doctor and Mrs. Heustis
who are former Washingtonians
are house hunting in the Capita
and propose to make their hom,
| here in future.
The Washington times., 1924-05-09
C00LIDGES TO
HEAR CARTER
LECTURE
Will Have Private View"
Of Excavation Pictures
at White House
By JEAN ELIOT.

TIME PRESIDENT and Mrs. Cool
idge will view tonight the
marvellous pictures of the tomb
Of Tut-Ankh-Amen and the excava-
tions in the Valley of the Tombs
Of Kings which Howard Carter,
c0-worker with Lord Carnarvon, is
showing here in connection with
his brilliant and illuminating lee
lures on the revolutionary discov-
cries in Egypt. Mr.. Carter will
display his pictures at the White
House before a small family party
and will presumably explain them
with a condensed version of his
more formal lectures.
A box was reserved for Mrs. Cool
idge for Mr.. Carter's two lectures
at the National Theater, one yes
terday and one today, which would
seem to have reused more interest
among the intellectuals than any
event in many moons. But, with
the private view" at the White
House in prospect, the First Lady
presented her box yesterday to JUS
tice and Mrs. Willis Van Devanter,
who entertained several guests, and
today to the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Hughes, who will have as
guests their daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Hughes, and Leland Harrison,
First Assistant Secretary Of State.
An extraordinarily brilliant audi
ence turned out for the lecture yes
terday afternoon. with many scIen-
lists present and goodly number
OF public men. One noted he
Spanish ambassador, Senior Riano:
the British ambassador, Sir Esme
Howard; Senator AMI MYs. Oscar
Underwood, Miss Laura Harlan, Mrs
John Stewart McLennan, and many
other notables.
The exhibition tennis matches at
the White House, arranged AS
preliminary to the invitation tCurna
ment at the Chevy Chase Club,
which were postponed from yester-
day on account Of rain, will be held
tomorrow-weather permitting.
President Coolidge today greeted
the delegates of the world commit
tee of the Y. w. C. A, now in SEES
sion here following their reception
at noon today by Mrs. Coolidge.
The little ceremony took place on
the south portico of the White
House. Mrs. Coolidge will also be
hostess to the delegates to the
American women's legion convention
today receiving them this afternoon.
Former Senator and Mrs. Albert
Beveridge, who have been guests at
the White House for a few days,
have left Washington.
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Justice and Mrs. Edward Terry
Sanford will be hosts at dinner
tonight, entertaining notable COM
pany Of guests at the Willard.
The Washington times., 1924-05-09
JEAN ELIOPS NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY
BIBESCOS ENTERTAIN
FOR TENNIS PLAYERS

The Minister of Rumania and
Princess Bibesco were hosts at din.
ner last night at the legation, en-.
tertaining a company of twenty
four in honor of the tennis players
taking part in the Chevy Chase
club tournament. y
The guests included the Assis-
tant Secretary of War, Dwight T..
Davis, donor of the Davis cup,
Julian Myrick, of New York, chair.
man of the Davis cup committee,
r. Norris Williams, of Pennsyl.
vania, captain of the American
Olympic tennis team; Samuel Har.
dy, of California, captain of 1920
Davis cup team; Mr.. Shinlidzu,
Mr.. Sukada, and Mr.. Kashio, mem.
bers of the Japanese Davis cup
team.
Associate Justice Butler, of the
United States Supreme Court, en-
tertained informally at luncheon yes.
terday at the New Willard.
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The American Ambassador to
Brazil, Edwin w. Morgan, who is
making a short visit to Washing
ton, was the guest of honor last
night of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
White, who entertained fourteen
guests at dinner.
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Miss Ruth Donaldson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. Golden Donald
son, was hostess at dinner last
evening in honor of her guest,
Miss Margaret Decide, daughter
of Mrs. William Riley Decide, for.
merly Of Washington, but now of
New York.
The Washington times., 1924-05-09
DIR. BRUGGMANN' SELECTS
USHERS FOR WEDDING.

Doctor Charles Bruggmann, scere-
tary Of the Swiss legation in Paris,
who will be married next Wednes-
day to Miss Mary Wallace. daugh-
ter of the Secretary Of Agriculture
and Mrs. Wallace, has select his
group Of ushers, the list incluc .ng
Frederick Dunn, of the American
Diplomatic Service; Doctor Ernest
Bremen, secretary of the swiss Legal
ton; David Edward CTnley, AMI
Spencer Gordon, of Washington
Donald McChesney, of SyraC use, and
Angus McLay and Harold Hail. If
Detroit. Walter Thurnncer, char ge
d'affajres of Switzerland is TO tie
best man
Mr.. and Mrs. McLay, the latter
sister Of the bride, are arriving
on Saturday and Miss Wallace's
eldest brother, Henry A. Wallace,
of Des Moines. is also coming for
the wedding, accompanied by Mrs.
Wallace and little Miss Jean Wal
lace. They will reach Washington
on Tuesday, as will Mr.. and Mrs.
The Washington times., 1924-05-09
MANY TABLES TAKEN FOR
MONTICELLO BENEFIT.

The card party for the Month
cello Fund to be given at 240O
Sixteenth street. tomorrow after
noon at 2:30, under the auspices of
Miss Mary Williams, will be one of
the most delightful of the season.
There are to be prizes for each
table and some features of unusual
interest. Among those who have
taken tables are Mrs. William Cabell
Rives, Mrs. Ridgeley Hunt, Mrs.
Charles Graves Matthews, Mrs
Claude Mayo, Mrs. Duncan McKim,
Mrs. Clinton Adams, Mrs. William
Levin, Mrs. Benjamin HELEN, Mrs.
Harry Lee Rust, Miss Julia Mason,
Mrs. Anna Moss, Miss Emily Mat
thews, Miss Armatt, Mrs. William
Sloan, Mrs. Cary Grayson, Mrs.
Paul Gillespie, Mrs. Kruger Smith,
Mrs. Minnegerode Andrews, Mrs.
Rose GouVerneur Hoes. Miss Elsie
Bliss, Mrs. Oracle Richards, and
Miss Edith Newland.
Tickets may be obtained from
Miss Williams, 1900 Massachusetts
avenue, Miss Taylor Logic, the
Highlands apartment, or from Mrs.
Clinton Adams, Chatham Courts.
A social aspect will be given to
the special children's matinee at the
Tivoli Theater tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock by the impromptu recep.
ton which will be held in the foyer
by Peggy Albion, who Is to tell chill.
| dren's stories, and Mrs. Harriet
Hawley Locher, director of the pub.
lie service division Of the Crandall
theaters. They will be assisted by
Mrs. Robert Nelson Stanfield. Mrs.
Frank w. Mondell, Mrs. Harvey
Wiley and Mrs. Gerritt Miller, jr.,
all Of whom are among the
patronesses for the series of chill.
dren's matinees in which great in.
terest is being displayed.
A humoresque ballet will be one of
the distinctive features at the open
ing performance.
This ballet. under the direction of
Caroline Mckinley represents the
wedding of tn butterfly and the
beetle with Cock Robin as the
minister of the ceremony.
All the bugs and birds of the
earth and air and the fish Of the
sea will be represented in this in
teresting ballet, and a group of
charming young girls will masqur-
AIDE as principles of bugdom.
The Washington times., 1924-05-09
KINGS BIRTHDAY PARTY
PLANNED AT EMBASSY.

The British Ambassador and
Lady Isabella Howard will \be
hosts at dinner on the evening
Of June to celebrate the birth
day Of the King of England. Lsoly
Isabella is expected to come to
Washington from England about
May 20 to join the ambassador at
the embassy here.
The Am5a ssador of Chile and
Nine Matthew entertained at lunch
con today for Mr.. aud Mrs. Izquier-
dc, of Chile, Who arrived in Wash
ington yesterday on their way to
Europe on their wedding trip. They
will go to New York late this af-
ternoon and will sail tomorrow
Mr.. Izquierdo was here two years
ago as a delegate to the Tacna-
africa conference.
The ambassador of Italy, Prince
Caetani, will leave town Monday
for tour of the West. He will
De accompanied by Luigi Mariani,
secretary of the embassy The am
bassador will sail for Italy in June
to pass the rest at the summer.
The Washington times., 1924-05-09
WILBURS ARE VISITING
IN NEW YORK.

The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Wilbur are at the Hotel Astor
in New York for a day or two,
having gone to attend the\ ninth
annual navy dinner of the Ma
tional Security League, at which
Secretary Wilbur was the principal
speaker. Yesterday the Secretary
and Mrs. Wilbur paid visit to the
Brooklyn navy yard and in the af-
ternoon Mrs. Wilbur was enter
tanned at the Women's Republican
Club while Secretary Wilbur visited
the Y. M. c. A.
y y
Senator and Mrs. David A. Reed
will entertain at dinner tomorrow
evening in honor of the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Hughes.
Judge and Mrs. James Reed of
Pittsburgh arrived here today to be
the guests for few days of their
son and daughter-in-law, Senator
and Mrs. Reed.
The Washington times., 1924-05-09

McChesney. The latter is to be
matron of honor.
Last evening Miss Wallace and
her flance were entertained in
formally at dinner by Mr.. Thurn-
heer. The other guests were Miss
Ruth Wallace, Nine. Hubrecht and
DR. Bremen
The Washington times., 1924-05-09
MANY DINNERS
HELD BEFORE
BALL
Friday Evening Dancing
Class Closes Success
full Series 4

The ball, which was given last
evening at the Willard by the Fri
day Evening Dancing Class, brought
it's series of dances to a brilliant
close. Most of the members OF
the class had guests and large
proportion of the 300 persons who
attended the ball were entertained
at one or another of the numerous
dinner parties given before 1t.
The Minister of Bulgaria and
Mime. Panaretoff and the Minister
of Panama and Nine. Alfaro were
the ranking guests at the dinner
which DIR. and Mrs. Davenport
White gave in their apartment at
the Dresden, others In their party
being the Charge dAffaires OF
Brazil and Nine. Samuel de Sousa
Leao Oracle, Mrs. Ollie James, Mrs.
William Kearney Carr, Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Waggaman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Norment, the naval
attache of the Spanish embassy.
Commander Gabriel Ferrer, and
William Bowie Clarke.
Miss Mray Morgan was hostess to
a company of 40 guests before
the dance. Included among the
guests were Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood, Senator w. B. Mckinley.
Miss Julia Maths. Major General
and Mrs. Merritt Ireland, Cangress-
man and Mrs. Samuel F. Winslow,
Congressman and Mrs. S. Wallace
Dempsey, Commissioner and Mrs.
Cuno Rudolph, Colonel and Mrs.
Charles B. Drake, Colonel and Mrs.
Charles Patterson, Colonel and Mrs.
Matthew Delaney. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Davies, Mrs. Amos Pinchot,
Mrs. r. r. Gown, Mrs. Joseph
Hampson. Mrs. Robert Mackenzie.
Colonel Jennings Chopper Wise,
Colonel Theodore Davis Boal, Leslie
Allen Morgan, Hugh Webster and
Major Reginald Foster.
Major General and Mrs. John
L. Hines were the guests OF honor
last night of Brigadier General and
Mrs. Dennis E. Nolan, who enter
tanned at dinner at the Willard.
The company included Major Gen
eral and Mrs. Hanson f. Ely. Brig
adler General and Mrs. Stuart
Heintzelman and Colonel and Mrs.
Charles E. Kilbourne.
Congressman and Mrs. Fred Brit
ten took a dinner party of ten to
the dance and former Congressman
and Mrs. Ira G.. Copley entertained
eight guests at the Willard. Colonel
and Mrs. Jack Hayes were also
dinner hosts. entertaining for Brig.
adler General and Mrs Albert G.
Dalton. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Price
Wright had a few guests for bridge
and went with them afterward TO
the ball.
The guests Mt the dance were
received by Mrs Robert Nelson
Sranfield, Mrs Tasker Lowndes
eddie, Mrs. Cuno Rudolph, Mrs.
charles Boughton Wood and Mrs.
| George Faber Downey.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-15
GEORGES WANTS
GIBBONS FIRST
Gibson, However, Intends
To Hold Frenchman
To His Agreement

NEW YORK. April 14.-Georges Car
pentier would rather battle Tom Glib
bons, st. Paul light heayyweight, at
Michigan City, Ind, on May 81 instead
of engaging in the first fight of his
prospective American campaign against
Gene Tunney, American light-heavy-
weight champions in New York or New
Jersey the week Of June 8,
This information, marking the last
development Of a lively battle among
rival promoters over Carpenters en-
gagements in this country, was cabled
today by Billy Gibson, Tunney's man
ager,s by Francois Descamps, the
Frenchman's manager, who expressed
a desire to alter his agreement with
Gibson making possible the Gibbons
Carpenter match first. He suggested
Juiy 4 as a date for the match with
ssnMeF.
Rejection of this plan, however, was
immediately announced by Gibson, who
declared he would hold Carpenter to
the letter of an agreement to fight
Tunney first. Gibsons contract with
Descamps entities him to prior claim
on the French fighters services here.
Floyd Ftzsimmons, Michigan City,
Ind.,S promoter. meanwhile is going
ahead with plans for the match he. iYi<
tends to hold May 81 in spite of Glib
sons attitude. Jack Curley and Eddie
Kane, Gibson's manager, are on their
way to France as emissaries of Fitz-
simmons to induce Descamps to go
through with their plans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-15
MACK HOPES FOR
FIRST DIVISION
Fletcher, Of Phillies, Is
Also Optimistic AS
Season Opens

PHILADELPHIA, April 14.--On the
eve of the opening of big league base
ball the local managers were looking
forward with confidence to the com
ing campaigns. Connie Mack. leader Of
the Athletics, is hopeful of a flrst-divi-
sion berth, and Arthur Fletcher is GER
tain that his team will emerge from
the cellar.
Mack was far from discouraged over
losing the city series with the Phillies
and expects his team to hit its real
stride Tuesday.
my team is much stronger this
year." Mack said, land I look forward
to staying in the race from start to
finish. Our biggest problem is in the
pitching box, and If the hurlers come
through as 1 expect them to we will
fool some of the critics. Fletcher also
is optimistic.
During the winter we have made a
few changes that helped a lot" he said.
land now are ready to go out and do
our best in the National league race.
/ am certain that the team will show
to better advantage during 1924, and
If the pitchers deliver we will be far
from the cellar at the finish"