Show ON TRAIL OF ECLIPSE Various Governments Including Ours Prepare to Study Great Astro Astronomical Asto Astronomical Phenomenon Washington March 23 Admiral Chester Cheter superintendent of the naval observatory has ha completed arrange arrangements aage month ments ment for the observation of the total solar eclipse of Aug 2030 of this sola elpe ug year Jer Jeran an event of the greatest importance to te astronomers and the detif detail of or his Ills plan have haye been made mae public Congress ap appropriated appropriated appropriated for this purpose the naval party will wi be sent out oi 4 United Unie States ship Columbia and the United Unite States ship Carter to establish these thee separate stations namely one near ner the central line lne of the eclipse I possibly on one of the islands island on the Columbretes group off the east est coast of Spain Spin one ten to fifteen miles mies with within wih in ir the edge of the shadow path probably probably probably ably near Valencia Spain and one near ne the central line lue close cose to the rail railroad rai railroad road from Tunis to Algiers in Africa The force forc will wi consist of Rear Rear Admi Admiral Admiral Admiral ral C M 11 Chester Cheter U Tj S N in charge about seven men of the staff staf of the te na naval naval val yal observatory L L E Jewell Jewel of JoInt John Jo Hopkins university Dr Pr Pl S A Mitchell of ot Columbia university and Dr N Egilbert of Dartmouth college Professor sor sr R Ti R H Bigelow of the United Unite States weather bureau will wil accompany the ex cx expedition expedition work in charge chare of meteorological In this eclipse the moon shadow strikes the earth at sunrise near the south end of I Lake ake Winnipeg Manitoba sweeps eastward through trough the British possessions over Labrador and enters the Atlantic ocean oen miles mies north of the east entrance of Belle Bele i Isle lIsle straits After leaving the American coast coat no ito noland noland land is met by the shadow until it i reaches the north coast coat of Spain where the middle of the shadow crosses the coast coat line lne miles west w st of Santander and sweeps southeastwardly across leaving Madrid ladrid about forty miles mies and Valencia about two miles mies distant from the southern edge outside of the shad shadow sha shadow ow w Crossing the Mediterranean the shadow strikes Africa Africa midway between Algiers Algier and Tunis across the desert In Into into Into to Egypt leaving the earth in Central Arabia Besides Beside this American naval naYa expedition expedition tion ton Canada expects expect to locate observatories observatories observatories tories In Labrador the Indiana State university will wili wi send a body boy to Spain the German government will wJ locate on the Columbretes islands iland and English parties parte will wi locate on Majorca ajor and on ott I the mainland of Spain Spin Lick observatory observatory observatory tory will wi send parties parte to Labrador I Spain and Egypt and Russia will wil send I out two parties I |