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Evening star., 1925-08-30

The painting, which hangs in the
Gallery of Versailles, shows King
Louis XVI relieving distress in the
Paris suburbs. According to Taine,
this long Winter. by filing Paris
with a tough multitude of refugees.
actually furnished the occasion for
the great revolution, which began on
July IA, 1889, in the following Sum-
mer.
All this leaves the most extraordi-
nary part to the last.
At this same moment. the Smith
sonian Institution, in Washington
not only confirms President Bigour-
dan and the Able Gabriel in the pre-
diction for 1927 but tells what kind
of extreme year it will be.
A LII 1927 will be "a year without
= a Summer 1t viii be nineteen
hundred and freeze to death" in
analogy TO 1916 in our grandparents
memory. 1t does not mean a year
of constant low temperatures. Even
"a year without a Summer means
only frosts or freezing weather for
perhaps less than half the days of
each Summer month. Between such
extraordinary cold spells there may
heat records are established.
How such outrageous variations of
cold and heat persist is explained by
the new weather forecast service
esta blished by the Smithsonian.
Sun-spot activity enters largely into
their calculations, and ''long-Pange
forecasting" is their specially.
The maximum of spots occurs
every II l-3 years. At this crest of
the curve the sun is hottest, and SO,
naturally. should the earth be. eX-
cept that dust clouds thrown out by
seething sun spots intercept radia-
tions most OF the time, so that the
earth gets only a minimum of solar
heat. This explains chill. freezing
weather through whole Summer.
Irl-between short record heat alter
nations are due to the suns extra
heat accidentally side-stepping the
dust clouds.
Evening star., 1925-08-30

assembled on the first summit, pre-
pared for the final climb.
Our toll was rewarded by a mar
velouS cloud scene. On three sides a
great sea of billowy clouds rolled
away to the horizon, its silver-tipped
waves receding into the distant haze
of September sunlight. The topmost'
waves were far below us. Looking
beneath the lower edge. we could see
the dark masses of Somber mountains
in their mantles of silent evergreens.
Through great holes in the mist
banks, here and there, the broken
earthfolds could be seen. Across the
face of the glacier. under our very
feet. drifted wisps whose shadows
scudded athwart the surface of the
ice. Far away the mighty snow peaks
proudly lowered above this shifting
ocean. agleam with the sheen of
Autumn afternoon.
WE safely passed the upper part of
W the chute, going between the cliff
and the edge of the ice The rocks
We're a little inclined to settle beneath
our feet; but we made good time. We
came out onto sort of shelf, with the
perpendicular southern face of the
couloir on our right and a steep
granite incline dropping toward the
chute.
Finding it necessary to descend at
almost a right angle, We did il by
means of a crack in the rock, about
six inches wide. which furnished holds
for fingers and toes. We now stood
eight or ten feet from the surface
of the ice, with a perpendicular drop
to ii.
Below. the rock adjacent to the
chute stood in a broad shelf which
should have been easy to travel over
But when Vincent and | went ahead
to reconnoiter we found them shat
tered and loose and extremely treach-
erous. 1t would seem that a great
mass had slid down from the cliffs
of the ridge and was now resting on
an unstable foundation, either of
shifting powders and gravel or pos
Sibly old ice and snow.
At one place I was slightly in ad-
vance of Vincent. He stepped out
onto a point of great powders, some
of them as large as a house. Sud
Evening star., 1925-08-30

about her waist. the courageous
woman worked her way down the ice,
past the big boulder which interfered
considerably with effective use of the
ropes, and out on to the forbidding
surface of the chute.
Hand over hand she went over, her
feet touching but lightly on the
treacherous ice-face. She often after
ward described it as the greatest
thrill of her life as she hung there in
uncertainty, supported by two thin
lines of hemp the great, precipitous
mountain frowning above and moth
ing but death yawning below.
Slip she did and frequently, but
nothing could break her grip upon
that lifeline, and eventually she won
to the security of the rocks.
We drew back one of the ropes, and
Mrs. Whitnall went next. Her going
was as the going of Mrs. Richardson,
and she, too, was at last upon the
rocks.
X
THREE of our party were now
safely across the chute, we'll below
the most dangerous part of the rocks
Evening star., 1925-08-30

denly, without warning, the whole
mass settled beneath him with a dull,
grinding noise. The whole subsistence
probably was but a few inches; but
it was enough TO suggest unpleasant
possibilities, such, for instance, as
leg ground between unyielding stone
jaws. or body held beneath a cruel
weight of Stag while frantic COM
panions strove vainly at rescue.
Conditions did not improve with our
advance.
When l reached the place where the
shelf pinched out between the lower
end of the ice chute and the great
ridge above the mass was so loose
that there seemed danger of starting
rock avalanche at any moment.
Here II was not so very far down to
the Ice, and it looked feasible. once
down, for a party to pass around the
lower end of the chute: but there was
that treacherous drop of loose scoria
to be dealt with.
One man alone might have made
dash for it. Drawing the danger OF
falling stones and taking a chance of
riding an avalanche he might start:
hut with a party of 10, including
Evening star., 1925-08-30

in darkness, and those who remained
would face situation serious in the
extreme. The last to cross would
have to so with practically no support
from the ropes, for we were above
the others, and the support of ropes,
of course, must come from above.
There was but one thing to do, and
we did it forthwith.
Shouting to Vincent to get the
women down the rocks as quickly as
possible, we cast the end of the rope
far out on to the ice, and he drew It
to him. Then we turned to the task
of climbing back to the head of the
ice-chute. just beneath the first sum-
nit. and a dash down the opposite
granite cliffs, in race against dark
ness.
The six others were all far younger
than l, and | felt that where ! could
go they could surely follow. Telling
them to come on, every man for him
self, | turned and started up the mar
row crack in the face of the granite.
/ climbed as l have never climbed
before or since.
Followed an hour of perhaps the
Evening star., 1925-08-30

celebrated Winter of 1S79-1SS0 comes,
at 1876 years distance, after that of
1894, itself preceded. at 1s6 years dis
tance, by the very severe Winter of
1908. And 1855 years before 1903 it
was the historical hard Winter of
1923.
No dates of the past are more
corroboratively established than those
of the great Winters and extreme
Summers historians, writer's of
chronicles, theologians and even the
great poets have always been fond of
recording them, in all centuries. So,
when correspondence like those are
found so exactly throughout history
it follows that there must be a real
Evening star., 1925-08-30
American and French Scientists Agree
That 1927 Will Be "a "Year Without Summer
Unusual Discoveries Made
by French Astronomers
Regarding Those Sun
Spots-A New Science
Which May Foretell the
Weather for Centuries
In Advance.
BY STERLING HEH.IG.


n the usual course OF events the
prediction that 1926 and 1927 will
be danger years. threatening the
L worlds harvests and 1927 a
year without a Summer" would
be received merely as sensational
story"
This time 1t is entirely authentic.
of the most really sensational inter
est to every one. 1t is a prediction
OF the highest responsibility in three
countries. for Prof. DIR. Kuther of
Heidelburg has come out with it in
Germany In France the government
is preparing to make food reserves.
More extraordinary. the meteowlog-
ical service of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition in Washington and at stations
of North and South America coin
cides, precisely and independently,
with data Just presented to the French
Academy of Sciences by the celebrated
meteorologist, President Bigourdan.
chief official astronomer at the Paris
Observatory and president OF the
bureau OF longitudes.
Very great discoveries have been
made, which will enter into weather
bureau forecasts. Not only will 1927
be nineteen hundred and freeze to
death" but all very severe Winters
and bad Summers" will be plotted
out, long in advance. SO that the world
can get ready for them.
HAND in hand with this. new de-
L Developments are entering the
weather service of the utmost value
to the shipping trade. farmers, ranch
ers, packers and all who depend upon
the weather.
The man who made the discovery in
France is the Abbe Gabriel. professor
of mathematics at Caen. 1t was con-
sidered so great that President Bigour
dan himself presented it to the Acad
envy OF Sciences.
Being a statistician. Gabriel had for
long time plotted out, from statis-
ties and from historians and great
writer's of all ages, the extreme sea-
sons-severe Winters and great Sum
mers as recorded, wherever found
Arago had done much work of this
kind. but fragmentary.
When Gabriel had his mass of dates
completed he was surprised to find
them fall into a curious periodicity.
Comparing them with the revolutions
of moon and with sun-spot cycles as
generally established, he "esta blished
that there exists a hitherto unknown
lunar solar cycle OF 744 years, com
posed of exactly 9.202 revolutions of
the moon and 81 periods of sun-spot
variations. This primordial cycle sub
divides into two periods of 372 years
and four of ls6 years"
This discovery has special interest
In astronomy which only technical MS
can appreciate" says Gabriel Gull
bert, meteorologist at the Paris OBJ
sereatory, but the corresponding pc
riodicity which ii has established for
extreme Winters and Summers inter.
ests every ONE
Thus the rigorous Winter of 1917.
SO bad at the front in the World
War, has corresponding to it the
hard Winter of 1544, exactly 373 years
previously, which itself has for prece-
dents the Winters of 1859, 9ss and
S31, all noted in history for their
rigor.
The hard Winter Of 1925 core.
spends to that OF 1909. Of glacial
celebrity, after exactly 1876 years. The
Evening star., 1925-08-30
Trapped Slide Savage Cu Sac Party Eight Men and Two Wome

chute, with several of the rest of us
grasping the rope. he crept up the
slope. He tied the end firmly around
big rock.
One by one, the other members of
the party went up. hand over hand.
From here on to the last cliff be-
meath the first summit there was little
difficulty. There were now no snow
Cornices to he passed. We were soon
Evening star., 1925-08-30

Missing death by a hair when
misstep sent him pluneing down
Mount Hood, was one of the perils
Of mountain climbing recounted last
week by c. f. Rusk. noted western
mountaineer. Mr.. RuSk also had
the unique experience of night
vigil on Mount Adams. the Ethe-
real Mountain" and of visit to
the summit of Kulshan Mount
Baker,, where he and his COM
panion were perhaps the last to
gain pictures of this weird volcano,
which now appears to be dead.
Evening star., 1925-08-30

But the transit had taken much valu-
able time, and seven of us were still
within the trap. The lenethening
shadows warned me that long before
the others could get across night
would be upon us.
Our company would then be divided
Evening star., 1925-08-30

H A y D. % V f R.
HAND SHE WENT,
SUPPORTED BY
TWO THIN LINES
OF III Z NJ p, THE
GREAT PRECIPI-
TOUS MOUNTAIN
BROWNING ABOVE,
AND NOTHING BUT
DEATH IAWNINC
BELOW"
Evening star., 1925-08-30


T y the usual course OF events the
prediction that 1926 and 1927 will
be danger years. threatening the
Il worlds harvests. and 1927 a
wear without a Summer" would
Evening star., 1925-08-30
BY {. F.. RUSK.

A MBITIOUS plans for the con
~ quest of snow parks and the
a exploration of unknown wilds
4 i had been made by the Cas-
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
NEW HIGHWAY
PROBE EXPECTED
Governor to Probably Name
Experts Today

Governor Jackson was expected to
name expert accountants today to
make an independent investigation
of the State Highway Commission
as requested by commission mem
bers Tuesday. An accounts board
report on the commissions alleged
Illegal sale Of war material 5 being
held up in the Marion County grand
jury. Two reports have already
been made public. The fiLancial re-
port showed the COMMISSIONS ac-
counts correct, but another report
alleged the commission had been
overcharged $4,000 in $425,000
worth of auto parts.
1t is understood the Governor will
direct examination of both the al
legged overpayment and the war ma
terial charges. The investigation
coming on the. heels of several
months work by the accounts board
is due to afcontroversy between the
commission and the board as to the
correctness of the owercharge report,
and is not in repudiation Of the ac-
counts board report particularly, it
is understood
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
OHIO STUDENTS
POISON VICTIMS
Deadly Drug Mixed With
Medicines Two Die,

Bu United Press
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Feb. "A
deadly poison mixed with medicines
at the Free Dispensary at Ohio
State University, probably by some
crank" was direct cause Of the
death of two students and serious
illness OF several others here this
week.
This was the statement issued
here today by DIR. e. F. McCampbell
of the University School Of Medicine.
who declared he had made an ex-
haustive investigation.
The two deaths were at first at
tributed as epidemic cerebrospinal
meningitis, a highly contagious NAL
ady, and score of students who
had come in contact with the vic-
TINS were Immediately isolated.
The poison clevy APPEARED today
when Or. McCampbell pumped out
the stomach Of George THOMPSON
of Canton and found it contained
strychnine. Thompson was near
death, presumably from meningitis.
DR.. Campbell said after an all
night investigation he had discovered
that Charles Huls and David Pusl<in.
two other students who died early
in the week were given the same
prescription from the University dis
pensary as had been given Thomp-
son.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
HAND OF COFFIN
SEEN BY SHANK.
iAnti-Manager' Bill
Is Inspired.

The bill to repeal the law permit
ing Indiana cities to select COM
mission or city manager form Of gov
ernment, introduced in the Legislas
ture by Representative Clermont
Smith, Republican, Indianapolis, was
inspired by the George v. Coffin or
ganization, Mayor Shank charged to-
day.
why, it is as plain as can be-"
he said. These fellows know that
the public is all worked up in favor
OF a. change in our municipal gov
ernment and they know If the mat
ter gets to vote they are licked"
In letter to Smith Tuesday.
Shank challenged him to public de-
bate on the subject, offering to pro-
vide the hall.
THE people should have the right
to say what form Of government
they desire, the mayor declared.
Smith refused to respond to
Shanks challenge, terning Shank's
remarks idle rawlings OF an idle
mind"
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
VICTIMS
CONDITION GRAVE
81.
Laundry Worker Is Held
Under $4,000 Bond.

Nathan L. Washburn, 81, of 1895
N. Capitol Ave-, president of the
Model Laundry, Ga 1Es Ohio St.,
remained in serious condition at
Deaconess Hospital today from a
bullet wound below the heart.
Washburn and three others were
shot Tuesday by William Burns, SS,
of 2207 Duke ST., an under foreman,
who was enraged because Wash
burn had discharged him, according
to police. Burns said he had
''been hounded'' by his superiors and
other employees. He is held in de-
fault of $4,000 bond on charge of
assault and battery with intent to
KILL
Isaac b. Taylor, Sc, of SS41 N.
New Jersey ST., vice president Of
the laundry, is In Methodist hospital
recovering from a wound in his
right leg. Henry Newkirk, S5, of
Stop 5, Lafayette traction line, a
foreman, is at home with a, leg
wound, and Albert Stallings, AZ, is
at the Stubbins hotel recovering
from a wound in his right arm.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
TWO YEAR TERM
IS GIVEN FORBES
Ex-veterans' Bureau Chief
and Thompson Sentenced,

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-Sentences of
two years in the Federal peniten-
tisry and $4,000 fine each were Inn
posed today on Col. Charles r.
Forbes, former head Of the. Veter-
ans Bureau, and John w. Thomp-
son, ST. Louis contractor, for con-
spring to defraud the Government
in connection with bureau hospitali-
zation contracts.
Federal Judge Carpenter rejected
motion for a new trial and immedi-
ately imposed the extreme penalty
provided by law.
Stay of sentence Of thirty days
was granted to allow Forbes and
Thompson to appeal to the Circuit
Court Of Appeals.
Judge Carpentry utterly denounced
tine two men, aiming most of his
shafts at Forbes, who almost col
lapsed when the sentences were an
nounced.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
DAYTON GETS RESULTS
Success Of Plan Related Before Real
Estate Board.

Dayton has operated for eleven
years under the city manager form
Of government with more than a
fair degree of success said DIR.
Frank Garland, Dayton. Ohio. wei
fare director for the first seven years.
before the Real Estate Board at
luncheon today at the Claypool.
Civic leaders and officials. includ-
ing Mayor Shank. were guests.
mo one claims that any plan
will cure all ills of government or
operate perfectly DIR. Garland said
But the gain in efficiency and de-
sired results over the former Fed
eraI plan has been so marked that
Dayton has no serious thought of
giving it up. The present charter
will be amended perhaps but will
not be replaced unless there is a
complete change Of present purpose.
we have tried it and it gets
results. The folly. futility and waste
OF the old-style partisan govern
ment have been eliminated"
DR.. Garland pointed out numerous
specific benefits Of the new plan.
President Frank z. Gates of the
board reported that directors favor
the city manager rather than COM
mission form.
He criticised d introduction of the
bill in the State Legislature to repeal
the law giving cities the right to
adopt city manager or commission
governments.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
DENTON DECISION
SET FOR FEB. 10
Public Hearing TO Be Held
tuesday Night.

The joint legislative COMMITTEES
trying the petition of E. c. Day. Ko-
komo. alleging irregularity ana
misconduct on the part Of election
boards in the George K. Denton.
Benjamin NJ. Willoughby election
contest announced decision would
be made Feb. 10, following public
hearing in the Supreme Court cham
bers at the Statehouse Tuesday
night.
Judge Fred c. Cause, former SUI
preme Court jurist,, filed petition to
dismiss the petition.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
State Senate Indefinitely
Postpones Measure by
Vote of 35 TO 9; SoIons'
Debate Heated,
DEATH MADE CERTAIN
.Lindley Scores Indiana
Normal Schools in
Speech,

The State Senate killed the County
unit educational bill today.
A motion to postpone indefinitely
carried by 3S to 9 votes. To pre-
vent any possibility of the matter
coming before the Senate again this
session, Senator Cravens moved to
reconsider indefinite postponement
and then moved to table the motion
to reconsider. The latter was carried
The voting followed bitter debate
in. which Senator Lindley, Repub-
hcan. Kingman, supported the
present system, but scored State
normal schools as failing to train
teachers properly.
During debate Lieutenant Cover
nor Van OrTnan turned the chair
over to President Pro Tenn. Nejdl.
On a vote to appeal from a Nejdl
ruling Nejdl ruled himself supported
amidst "boos" from the opposition
Budget Bin Delay
In an effort to hold down the tax
rate to the present 28-cent limit, bud
get trainers were continuing to
prune appropriations, particularly
those Of the State highway commits
sion.
One. theory advanced and said to
have endorsement of Governor Jack
son for inclusion in the budget bill is
to prohibit the highway commission
from taking more mileage into the
State highway system during the
next biennial period.
The highway system now COM
prises approximately 4,200 miles OF
State roais and the commission pro-
posed adding approximately one
Thousand miles during the next two
years. 1t is the opinion of the Gov
ernor that the mileage already con-
trolled by the State should be put
in repair before taking over more
mileage.
Bus Measure Today
Delay in the budget bill, it was
stated, is due to the fact trainers
wish to iron out all difficulties be-
fore presenting it to the Legislature.
All opposition from heads Of Indiana
and Purdue Universities and the
State normal schools is being ironed
out in committee, it was said.s The
schools are objecting to curtailing
their building program.
The Moorhead bus bill, a special
order Of business for 2:S0 p. m. to-
day. was expected to result in one
OF the bitterest fights in the Senate.
The bill provides for control Of the
bus industry through the public
service commission. Senator Brown,
Hebron. has a bill placing commits
under the State highway commits
sion.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
$4,000 TO PAY
DEBTS OF GUARD
TO Be REQUESTED
Bills ACCUMULATED During
Smiths Term Cover
raSt Three Years,

Legislature viii be asked to make
Ia special appropriation of $4,000
by the state board of accounts and
the budget advisory committee to
pay National Guard debts contracted
in excess of appropriations bor the
past three years, according to
letter sent out by the accounts board
About $40, 900 of the amount repre-
sents claims Of guardsmen for back
camp pay and the balance for armory
rentals and supplies.
In December, 1928, the indebted
ness was, .$15O,000, but an old con-
tinuing appropriation for the guard,
now repealed by the 1923 budget
law, was declared available by At
torney General u. S. Lesh. 1t al
lowed payment of $4,000 Of the in
debtedness. Debts accumulated dur
ing 1922. 1923 and 1924, when the
legislative appropriation for the Of
ice was exhausted before the claims
were paid.
The accounts board has instruct
ed commanding officers of the guard.
to sign and return vouchers for the
existing claims on file, so they can
be presented to Legislature for spe-
cial appropriation.
The Indebtedness was contracted
during the term of Harry b. Smith,
recently succeeded by William
Kershner on appointment Of Gov
ernor Ed Jackson.
X Capt. PHI =, Scholl, finance Of
ficer, 5th ps Area, Columbus,
Ohio, is making the annual audit Of
Federal accounts in Kershner's Of
fee. The accounts board also is ex-
amining the office.
7! Adjutant General Kershner, in co..
operation with the accounts board,
Is having a new system Of accounts
f,ocfo11ad IN 4ho of77no
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
RELIEFE MOVE HERE
Army Planes Ordered to Cooperate
With Surgeon.


Lieut.. Raymond Brown, command
er Of Bowman Field, Government
aviation station at Louisville. KY,
directed a step toward relief Of
Floyd Collins from Indianapolis
early today.
Before word that Collins had finally
freed himself from the huge boulder
was received, Brown, who was in
the city to be admitted to the In
diana Supreme Court bar, telephoned
orders to Bowman Field to have two
fast planes and two good pilots
ready to carry DR.. w H. Hazlett,
Chicago surgeon, from Louisville to
Sand Cave. The plan was abandoned
when DR.. Hazlett took a special
train from Louisville.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
NEW GAS TAX BILL
Raises 1t to Four Cents. Half to Go
to Counties.

Senator Payne, Bloomington,
Democrat. introduced In the State
Senate today another bill amending
the present gasoline tax law to pro-
vide 1evyAof cents instead Of 2.
The additional Q cents would go to
the counties, l cent to be divided
equally and the other on a pro rata
basis according to mileage Of i'm
proved roads. Cities and towns also
would share the money.