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Show END OF SHIPWRECKS (SCIENTIST'S NEW METHOD TO PREVENT SEA DISASTERS. Dally Forecasts on Steamers by vVlre-less vVlre-less Data Plan of German Guest of Secretary of Agriculture. Now York. Shipwrecks nt sea aro mncccssnry, according to Dr. Potor Polls, n German moteorologlst, who arrived ar-rived hero tho other day an a repro-icntntlvo repro-icntntlvo ot tho Gorman government lo consult with th,o American department depart-ment ot ngrlculturu. Tho German visitor, who was ac- cnmpanled by his wife, has Inaugurated Inaugu-rated a system of Intorchnngenhlo wlrelenH weather reports among trans-Atlantic trans-Atlantic ships whereby nn official weather map Is to bo issued aboard every cioss-seH liner ovory dny, giving giv-ing weather forecast up to 30 hours, by means of which ships can be warned In tlmo to proparo for nny kind of n Htorm. In tho enso of smaller veesola coming over tho Grand Hanks, tho forecast can bo sent far enough ahead to permit them lo take refuge at St. Johns or Halifax. Dr. Polls, who' Is director ot the Oekon mctenrologlcnl observatory, wns In communication overy dny during dur-ing the trip across tho ocean with both continents by wireless through ship that were passing between his vessel and cither shore. In tlile-WH) he got the latest Information Infor-mation its to the w-nthet and able to give iKirtlctihirs In anpi iftehlng ernfl. Al all bourn, dny and tilsjht. ho had a rndlus of 1,000 klbimelrrs covered cov-ered by the Knlseiiti wlielesn In wilding wild-ing weather bulletins. I)r. Polls will go to Washington to try to Induce the weather buiunn In use numeials Instead of words In lis wireless code system. All nations except ex-cept America use numerals, the objection objec-tion to the use of codo words, particularly par-ticularly those ending In "Ing," being, that they are contusing nnd more difficult dif-ficult to decipher. During his voyage the German weather expert, by kites flown from the deck, took features of the heavens dally, hut on thn third day the kite got away and was traveling Hur'4o-ward Hur'4o-ward at the rate of about 30 miles nu hour when Inst seen. The Inst direct shore-loslilp message mes-sage which the Gorman forecaster received re-ceived wns nt a distance ot about 3,000 kilometers. Twice a day the touipernturo, barometer, force of wind and direction of the air weie takon by Dr. Polls and recorded In a map which he displayed dis-played on the bulletin board of the Ship. Ills weather warnings wero sent lo tho Amble, l.usltoiiln, Iji Suvoto and eoveial other vessels Rolng nnd coming. com-ing. "Bangers of collision In foga, tho unheralded approach of a storm nnd consequent dnnger to life nnd property," prop-erty," r.nld Dr. Polls, "will bo eliminated elimina-ted on the ocean when my plnn of dally weather reports Is perfected,." |