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Exact Weather Forecasts
for Months la Advance
Made Possible By Radii
BUT MILLIONS OF MILES WHERE
THERE ARE NO STATIONS Wli_L
HAVE TO BE LINKED UP.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16.—Me
teorology—the business of weathei
forecasting—evenaually will approach
an exact science, in which condition'
for weeks, even months in advance
may be predicted with comparativ.
certainty.
This is the belief of experts o
the United States Weather Bureau
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who point out that the progress of
meteorology in the future depends
upon the development of radio com
munication.
The Weather Bureau was the
pioneer of all agencies of the United
States Government in development
and experiments with radio, accord
ing to E. B. Calvert, meteorologist
in charge of the forecasting room.
‘•The investigations were under
taken soon after Marconi began his
studies of wireless telegraphy in
189,” Calvert said. “It was fore
seen that this form of communica
tion presented a field of opportunity
in meteorology in securing current
weather information from inacces
sible places and from ships, the pro
viding of storm warnings to vessels
at sea, and supplementing or re
placing the Weather Bureau system
of collecting weather reports by
telegraph and cable.
Radio Is Used.
“Radio has been utilized continu
ously by the Weather Bureau for
more than twenty years, and it now
plays a large and indispensable part
in the bureau’s activities.”
Accurate long forecasting will
never be possible until the entire
northern hemisphere is dotted with
radio stations, according to Calvert;
and even then, he pointed out, it is
questionable to what degree of ac
curacy predictions may be made over
thirty-six hours in advance.
There are now millions of unchart
ed square miles out beyond the
jurisdiction of civilization w’here
“weather” may originate without the
knowledge of the weather bureaus
of the various nations of the world.
A few stations already dot the Amer
ican far north, in Alaska, the Hud
son Bay region of Canada, and on
the islands off the coast, such as
Greenland and Iceland.
In Northern Europe a few stations
daily flash weather conditions
southward to be relayed around the
world. Little is known of the North
ern Siberian wastes and of the
great spaces between the northern
borders of America, Europe, Asia,
and the polar regions.
Needs Long Study.
Calvert said that not only the in
formation of conditions in these vast
territories must be obtained daily,
but that the action of weather there
must be studied over long periods
to determine “how it acts” under
»every possible circumstance.
A glance at the daily map in the
I Weather Bureau discloses a widely
varied set of conditions in even the
limited areas. A tornado may or
iginate on the southern coast of the
United States; a cyclone in Kansas;
a blizzard in Montana; a warm wave
throughout the mid-Atlantic sec
tion, as well as a cold wave may
! sweep down from Greenland.
To forecast the weather the bu
j reau’s experts must know the habits
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Calling at all regular S outheastern and South
western Alaska ports in eluding Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
^ADMIRAL LINE
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails From
SEATTLE
Dec. 10 '
Jan. 7
Arrives
SEWARD
Dec. 18
Jan. 15
South From
SEWARD
Dec. 21
Jan. 18
STEAMSHIP STARR
S. S. STARR SAILS JANUARY FOURTH
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON. Agent
PHONE MADI80N 13*. SEWARD, ALASKA
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of these irregularities; how the tor
nado usually conducts itself; in
which direction the cyclone will go
and whether the Montana blizzard
will be neutralized in the mid-West
by the warm winds from the Gulf
Stream.
That is the Weather Bureau’s
daily problem.
“The first radiogram received by
the Weather Bureau containing a
weather observation taken on a ship
in the Atlantic was from the S. S.
New York on December 3, 1905,”
Calvert said. “In 1906 the vessel
weather service was established as
a distinct project. The masters of
about fifty vessels agreed to take
observations daily and forwarded
them by radio to Washington. At
the present time practically all ships
on the high seas make daily ob
servations and forward them to the
Weather Bureau.”
Canada Will Aid.
Arrangements are being made by
the Canadian Government to es
tablish radio stations in the Macken
zie River region primarily for the
purpose of obtaining meteorological
reports. These will be made avail
able to the United States Weather
Bureau.
“It is apparent that meteorology
will advance hand in hand with
radio,” Calvert declared. “There must
be a close undisturbed contact be
tween the agencies engaged in
meteorological and radio activities.
“ I he crying need of meteorology
is more information from ships and
from inaccessible places, and espe
cially from the areas in and about
the polar regions.
“Meteorology is essentially an in
ternational science. Weather has
no natural allegiance.”
New London Fashion
Removes All Color
From Woman’s Hair
LONDON, Dec. 16.—All freak hair
fashions of the past few years are
surpassed by the latest hair fashion,
that of removing every vestige of
color from the hair.
Many prominent London society
women have adopted the new fash
ion, which is achieved by undergo
ing a treatment which thoroughly
bleaches the hair.
Hairdressers assert that once the
hair is so treated it will never re
cover its former color again.
Urbach has a new shipment of
wardrobe trunks for Xmas presents.
Call and see them. tf
If you don’t get your paper before
six o’clock please phone us and one
' will be sent by special messenger.
New Fall Suit Samples now on
display—We guarantee a fit—Prices
$30 and up to $55; at Urbach’s.
PERFECTS A NEW
SALVAGING SYSTEM
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.—The
perfection of a salvaging system for
raising sunken ships, by which even
an ocean liner of the size of the
Lusitania could be raised, was an
nounced here today by J. G. Currey,
an inventor, of Leavenworth, Kan
sas.
In experimental work at Astoria,
Ore., and other ports, Currey claims
already to have raised hundred-ton
weights from as deep as 380 feet.
The success of Currey’s machinery
hinges upon two points, the inven
tor said today. They are: (1) A
grappler which, he declares, will
cling to any object upon which it
can get a hold, and (2) a new prin
ciple of lifting the sunken ship be
tween barges.
“Heretofore the tension in lifting
a weight out of the water has been
directed from the inner sides of the
parallel barges,” Currey explained.
“My principle is to equalize the
strain by running lines to both sides
of the barges, so that the barges
retain an even keel and have a fixed
water foundation against which to
pull.”
AIR DRIVEN VESSELS
LATEST INVENTION
LONDON, Dec. 16.—The propulsion
of a boat by air beneath the water
line, recently demonstrated in Lon
don, will revolutionize marine en
gineering, it is believed.
The invention of an Australian en
gineer, the device does away with
propeller shafting and thrust block
thus saving frictional losses in speed.
An engine driven blower in the
forepart of the boat forces air
through tubing running under the
bottom of the boat on each side of
the kele. The air passing through
thousands of holes in the tubing in
the after part of the boat, drving
the boat ahead.
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BLIND MAN ERECTS
DOUBLE BUNGALOW
DENVER, Dec. 16.—Aided only
by a young boy, A. R. Brandt, blind
for fifteen years, has completed con
struction of a “double bungalow”
house here.
Brandt, who lost his eyesight ia
a dynamite explosion, for a time
made brooms in the State Home for
the Blind. With savings he pur
chased land, excavated a cellar,
operated a motor-driven concrete
mixer, laid the foundation and com
pleted the house, which will give
him a comfortable income.
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
Swedish American Line
“Only line between America and
Sweden.” Direct over the Atlantic'
and the North Sea in Large, Mod
em and Comfortable steamers.
Frequent sailings.
Christmas Excursions to Sweden
and Finland
S. S. STOCKHOLM—From New
York December 2; from Halifax
December 4.
S. S. DROTTNINGHOLM—From
New York December 10.
Also Earlier Sailings 1
For further information and res
ervations aptply to
WAYNE BLUE,
Agent for Seward, Alaska
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA
ROUTE SCHEDULE
Vessel
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
Alameda.Dec. 13th
Northwestern. Dec. 20th
Alaska.Dec. 27th
Scheduled
Arr. Seward
Dec. 2Cth
Dec. 27th
Jan. 3rd
Scheduled
Sail fm Seward
Dec. 20th
Dec. 27tb
J an. 3rd
NOTE—Ships in above schedule sail from Pier Two, Seattle, at 9:00
a. m. each sailing date and wi 11 call at Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau
Cordova, Valdez, Latouche and Seward, both north and southbound.
Northwestern and Alameda will also call at Petersburg both ways.
Steamers leave Seward at MIDNIGHT on sailing dates shown.
Steamer Redondo is scheduled to saial from Seward December 6
and 13 for Seldovia and Halibut Cove.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
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