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Show SCIEiTISIS TOLD OF NEW VOLCANO 'Valley of 10.000 Smokes' Interests In-terests Convention at Chicago CHICAGO. Dec. 28. David Jane Hill, form. : ( nited States ambassador to Germany, was to speak today on "the preliminaries of peace" before scientists attending the seventy-third annual convention of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, Sci-ence, in session here. Eighteen Im-m sciences are represented by authorities and seventeen scientific societies are talcing part. Several scientific societies trill hear Dr. Kobert Griggs', professor of hot-any hot-any at ihlo state unlvenslty, eicplorei of the "valley of ten thousand smokes" tonight. The subject of hts address '-The '-The Volcanic Keglon of Katmai. Alas-x..v Alas-x..v which he visitel in 1915, 19K, ann 191T AS a result of hi investigations. investi-gations. President Wilson secured thj reservation of the Katmai district as a national park, which at present is inaccessible in-accessible to travelers because of of roads When In Alaska in 101". I'rofe Griggs ..l.yer'. -il the devaslaiiin; ' fectS of tremendous voh ann- ac'iviti ..f the Katmai region of the preceding preced-ing year, which were of unprecedent ed violence. The dust from them was' Carried around the world and he s;.vs! I'was responsible in m.in' places fori I remarkable cold and wet climatli condition con-dition of the summer ( that yea i I 1 1-(later 1-(later explorations of thai region led him many times into grave danger. |