Evening star., 1925-01-04
BETTER FORECASTS
OF WEATHER SEEN
MeteoroIogists Predict I'm"
| proved Service for Bene-
fit of AViatorS.

The seventy-ninth convocation OF
$he American Association for the
Advancement of Science came to
close late yesterday when the Amer ..
lean Meteorological Society, the last
Sf the sectional organizations 10
meet, held its concluding sessions IN
the United States Weather Bureau
Twenty-fourth and NJ streets.
Discussion of improved knowledge
of weather conditions and better
forecasting for aerial navigation lea
eured the final papers presented
Visibility was declared to be the
weather condition most important 10
aviators, as the power and speed ot
planes now make them independent
of ordinary winds and rain.
Tribute to Meisinger.
Tributes were paid by his associates
TO the scientific work of the Iate -
Leroy Messenger Of the weather bu-
yeau, killed during a balloon might
last Summer. His work was oe-
clared by Charles E. Marvin, chief OF
The bureau, to have been OF tne
greatest value in forecasting Tor a'i-
ators.
Luring of the cotton boil weevil by
sweet perfumes to an untimely END
was described by n. L. Mclndoo OF
the Department of Agriculture. Gov
ernment chemists, he said, have eX-
tracted faVoring substances from un-
ripe cotton bolls to use them as lures
to poisoned bats. The work is stlli
incomplete, but promising, he stated.
knowledge of Stars.
Mound Builder ruins near Ports
mouth, Ohio, show evidences OF a
knowledge of the heavenly bodies
similar to that possessed by the
Mayas and early MexicanS, Stansbury
Hagar of the Brooklyn Institute, de-
clared. These ruins were the most
important aboriginal remains in this
country.
The scientists during their week
sessions, indorsed the plan for a new
calendar of 13 months of four weeks
each; the establishment in Washing
ton of a national botanical garden
and aboretum, and of national park
along Glacier Bay, Alaska. The pro-
posed extensive study of the oceans
by the Navy also was approved
Most of the section had completed
their work the day before and few
had adjourned even earlier, although
a majority of their members remain
ed over to attend the session of those
branches of science which were still
at work. The entire convocation,
however, adjourned yesterday to
meet again in Kansas City next De-
cember.
Awarding of Prize.
One important task still remains to
be done. 1t is the awarding of the
American Association prize of $1,000
10 the delegate who presented pa
per constituting the greatest contri-
button to science during the convo-
cation. Selection of the author Of
this paper was intrusted to a special
committee and the winner probably
Will not be announced until the mid
die of the week because Of the tre-
mendous number of papers that must
be surveyed for the final choice.
Never before in the history of the
world has so large a body of repre-
sentative scientists been brought to-
gether for a general discussion OF tho
sciences and the researches of the
past year as at this convocation of the
American Association. During the
week 4,300 mem bers registered, many
hundreds more than had ever before
attended one of the conventions.
In that time more than a thousand
papers touching every field of science
were read. and most of them were
fully discussed in open meeting.
Nearly so societies, among them some
of the largest research organizations
IN the United States met here stimuli
taneously with the American Associa-
tion and still more were represented
by delegates.
Although most of the delegates had
begun their journey back home by last
night, a few are remaining over for
private conferences and for visits to
the numerous places of scientific inter-
est in and around Washington. Virtu-
ally the entire time of the delegates
was occupied with hard work during
the convention and little time was
found for sightseeing.