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Show surnoa foub ix5Oil bAl'CKUAY, ; V XI JiBiiUAKY 8, 1930 J? OF 1930 Peaks of Dixies Great Smokies Carnegie and Her Last Commander TREND IN VALENTINES Join Circle of National Paries The Tragic Eliding of a Voyage of "The Seven Undertaken in Seas, The Interest of Science, and a Close-U- p of the Man Whose, Life Was Tbs modernistic trend towards in decorative design has at last mads a convert of good fet alenum. Thu year ths cards with which oung America will express their seaumenu on February Hih break strikingly with tradition the of generations, although they still ask as insistentsj y as ever that ancient ly V querj, W ill V e , )ou bs my aicntine?" v fi X- tome of ths more nonchalant' missives in the modern manner simply dot a few colored circle ' agajivt a vivid background and a put a geometric heart and brokers arrow m one corner Oth4U. er. less extreme, interpret the mbol in a riot j usual valentine of vivid color Orange pomegran-ate an I tnuiu-hue- d flowers sp pear against a biaik and go! 1 backg joand in a jewel design, or a blus and alvor serenades hi depleted aganet a garden sMting of T vent and purple and jade The humorous vslentines th serious one ly outnumber and a snappv sort of cleverne new finds exprejon in manv ... , s Banenng renarks such as I rould feel awfully are characteristic of On the afternoon of November St, fttt. at Apia, Western Samoa while the crew was fitting the about joi on cards showing ths sUraent I gasoline tanka of the Carnegie, an uplntkm occurred followed by fire which completely destroyed the tweut ouths veesrl and Ms equipment. The cabin hoy was killed. Captain Aitt, who at the time waa Mated oa the .(iplcsllv land rin others frlend nviidns quarter deck, was blown Into the water. Be was quickly picked ip br a smell boat bat died before Vitte- as well as a and puppies reaching the hospital. This picture shows the vessel as It appeared when the fire waa as Its height. c f whole lm tittle inenagene A f'lende approprlately appear woolv la h remark' 'Forget you Ba a ah n and elephant use hts srrigth o hrlrg 'ions of ' Sacrificed. .4 it 4 ' S . ths unusual L - 7 By JOHN A. FUfcMING. i Acting Director. Detriment Terrestrial Magnetism. and FRANK K. BUNKER. Editor, & Carnegie Institution V aahlngton. Before the day broke on th Nov. 30 an Associates of morning Press dispatch reached Washing ton that created consternation among the friends of the Carnegie In the staccato phrases of -i graphic communication it slated! that an explosion had occurred cm the Carnegie during the filling of tha ship's gasoline denies at Apia western Samoa; that the essel hJuf burned to the eaters edge, and that Captain Ault, the commander a s dead. The hope that a r nble mistake had been made w. soon dispelled by a message from Parkinscn, second in command It was on May 1. 1928. on a Washington dock, that PresiUnr Mernam of Carnegie Institution grasped She hand of Captain Aui bade hint goodbye and Godspecu and wished him and hi staff a anu love return. A moment later Ault too At th o ve- - rtrem a f late on the ship a bude. a fevc vshich frank-lminihrr c quick, inefsixe oders, ard the Aritv from inspirattmi ael moved out into the Pntoma thde i a generation Elabor The vojac which was to ha le once ate .s laid more p covered th 'sfim seas and to ,ir over bri Va.ttirds of pink or lav have takn three jeas had begin i a end center Miiulf design The occasion naa a happy oi ' i i,5u or blossoms of for It marked the end of a long a inuroU frame beand of the period preparation ( - as ntitoh re damsel. effects ginning of productive accomplishe semM rg the designs, and ment. Smoky mountain section of Tennessee and North Carolina (typical scene above) U the tolcr'il dtawngs modeled after The Teasel, built 20 years before are the ladles also pre- national park. The map shows the general park ares. (.n. O. Max Gardner of North Carolina (left) Godeypr rt had been completely overhauled and Got. Henry 21. Horton of Tennessee (right) presented the land to tie government lebruary . valent and reconditioned Strong, new FamiW caenunes are lncreas planks and beams ard spars had BT JOHN F. OSBORNE. Yellowstone and the ohcr great Chapman. Tenncaee'. and Mark of number a and inglv b en substituted fui tile structural parks of the wct is under wa cards are designed and worded (Associated Press Staff Writer.) Squire. North Carolina parts which had weakened under in the Bcfors Pesy got benmd the prothe governindividual fathe i . recipients the stresses of .former cruises and KNoWILLK. Tcnn (AP) The ment has meantime UO.OOO taken on. so a smalt group including Colthe cx ject. and acies mcthei, brother, the action of tha elements. Quarfor and onel of administration the to Unaka ven and mors remote the 'peaks vallejs Chapman, had struggled tending proteclon ters had been enlarged to accoma nat'onal pU)ground range-ca- lled along and was about to admit derelationships. the Great Smokies as One modate increase In the personnel Govda Af erward tho Dura Spellman in feat 194. of the scientific staff. becau of the clouds that hug ernor spring Ie?v rode on horseback to Roikefeller foundation put up a world that for the Carnegie and Laboratories had been added to the.r veil rldfs their summits and h her brave commander ths vojage; top o' a pile of rock called $5.000 000 trut fund and mahei provide for a broadened program have Le.on.e a haven instead of Gregor s Bald had forever terminated. everv dollar obtained from other of study which included several of on was It November c h hi stretched the outBcfo sourceThui came retognltion Friday, wilderness. the newer branches of scientific 29th, that the end cams It was , irfid f.n t line of h. Instruments of the finest rocky p'aks, from the interior department an! ,hc whe' ornmnt ceki on FiiJar- - just four also softened bv the hat1 of spring- approval by congress workmanship and latest design later, t)?at the family and frb nds accepte tJe to 15u0tK acrea of time ant during into wooded The rloud rargf 70400 a rv had been installed, instruments of Ault in gathered lhixeme aiul taptiuii Nutth aroPna conbe were the homee of Of which r suitable for $jr in wih used to which dot.! the of church which he mcinfiir rouv v from Washington ov whose D. mountaineers ancestors purpoe are within &00 mlle of duct of Investigation and for tn was a member, to pay tribute 1oMax i Gardner voiMi Carolina w reeled the hl! from the Indians tho home of half th rop?a1n i cording of observations Boms of shrni whom they loved was It a nr J1 of Hnrv (, Horton two Th governor, insp red by that of tho United State these Instruments required heavv hearted company that Tenncsv kchruar. the fight ofjvisw start'd the park movement Tho great years Irr th making and are withrielrg mors the at that th late Gov Autm Pca of Ten Ho helped to obtain slate grants than 4 0O0 feet p'ak. out dupltcate above er iafiernoon of their nese The poignanev M nftft a ont Mt naliot3l Even the hinerarj of the Car for Ado and had a hand in f'u et of $i pirk h cn, was somewhat asigrif, however, ?h-Rilere bracing es Am'rua Bld ard n'gl for the entire thre-ca- r negotiations with North Carolina, Thunderhead man-jnthe th of by suaged thought ! bald period had been drawn up in com which appropriated IS 000 000 peaks had bo ne fruit Gregorys Bad of man Captain Ault waa and mate Hie Camcgte in tbs harbor of Papeete, Tahiti. The teasel was bsilt In ISO of While a program of I te detail. Negot at or to- 22T r0 addiHe ded in office after tho bus- they tower a bar rock nature of th In pursuit of making msgnotlo and ekdrtc sarvwya over all oceans. rials for the parpose primarily aerr for the staff been had tional X unKnoxviil before and the iness of purchasing lands wsa investigation Asheville. C. ber work she had completed six cruises and was oet on the seventh. On tho last cruise, the veeeei outlined which was far more am- of national park extern devclop tbe der war, in the hands of state are th principal entrance rltte to continue tlie work for which it bitious than that undertaken on was staffed and equipped to conduct oceanographic study as wVll as crew area on a fcasia to C Col. T. ths commissions headed comparabl by psrk 17 was vessel carried a staff of eight sclent Ms sad a sailors. The of any of the vessel previous ctulses was designed. The Carnegie , was born m rn ,, , ft m m m ,, Four years had been spent in designed, oonstmeted, and operated under the supervision of the Department of Ttrregtial Magnetism Z9 CacLilaln stA'it O.athe Kansas, ir-- l T 181. Institution of of Washington. Carnegie waa to have preparing for what A B. TIn his J received 1904. degree been the last cruise of the vessel under Institution supervision InasOn Kia ' magnolia surveys and that of th. much ss it waa intended that fua pn)sical sciences, 130 fr-Columbia university. ture expedition would bs dispatchr Sn-1 at had in ih put Carnegie It hue a student In physics at ed under other auspices. Due to Francisco for reconuttiouing preBaker inuers.ty h became tnter-cs'ethe cooperation of many scientific paratory to entering upon lue last ii the reearches In ierres-trjorganizations, both governmental and longest stretch or the cruse then being carried and pr.vate the vessel s equipment 'in conformity to program ths a temporary observatory of on In was unusually complete. So, when had ancircled the .North At- State Coast and Geo(the she left her moorings that May lantlc. had passed througn the detic Survey at Baldwin. Because morning in 1928. It was believed ,Caiibean sea and the ranama tfs interest he became asso;of that every provision had been made Canal, had cruised In the southafter his graduation in ciate.. for the suceea of the expedition reand northern central eastern, 104 with the department of and for the safety and comfort of gions of the Pacific, and had Terrsirial Magnetism of Carng e the eight scientists and the seventouched at many pomta in the Paof Washington Ine'itute teen sailors aboard cific including Easter Island. Peru. Is not often that a mar a, The wharf was crowded with Tahiti, Guam. Samoa and Japan. of temperament aod friends Of tha estimated llV.OOt) miles of Flags fluttered from the fit him complete! for and yardarms ship's masthead the three-yea- r cruise 43 000 miles doe work ho it Perhaps Vessels at wharf and In stream had been covered, which brought 'would be more correct to esy that whistled their cheery good wishes the total distance travelled bv the does opportunity provide rer!y All wgr in ht?h spirits The 'him with that work for which ty ship in conduct of its work since drudgery of preparation was over its launching in ivji iu nature and training he is est the day of achievement at hand 008 miles. qualified. However that may te Ths Joy of continuing discover) There yet remained as the final ,hose who know Captain Ault In- was about to bs experienced, A taak. the voyage wb.cb was to end worked with him are! jtimately ausgreat undertaking had begun S unit In declaring that never was bars Included, in order, the folpiciously. a there finer illustration of that j lowing ports. Honolulu. Hawaii Honored by Scientists. 'accord between worker and work Pag, Pago. American Samoa. A year and four months later a which brings Inevitable and unWestern Samoa; Sydney; Apia. body of distinguished scientists questioned success. Australia, Lytleton. New Zeaheaded by President Merrlam, Captain Ault had g rugged land; South Georgia- - Cape Town. on .the Carnegie, at Fan gathered physique and a commanding presColombo. Africa: Coyion; ence. franeiaco, to greet Captain Auli He possessed forcefulness, Australia; Rapa Island, and his staff and to felieftate their reaourcefulnasa, and ths shinty to Aires. ArPacifle Bunaoa ocean; upon their progress. An hour's maka quick decisions Gifted to St. Helena Island; SL an unusual d agree with the qualiprogram of talks was held aboard Ooptola i. P. A alt, oooaanaader of gentina; Panl Axores; San Juan, THREE AUTHENTIC LIKEN E(M5E OF SIMON KENTON ties of leadership ha wsa withal, hip. (Mr. William B. Storey, In- IIm Comrgle, who woo killed In Porto Rock; Rico; Canal Zone; Honolulu stitution Trustee, presiding) in cel- the riploclon which deotroyed the Cantata Ault weird In a chair sympathetic, kindly and hrosdly and San Frinelseo, I can t s' op ss I m wrlt-- that shows no sign o lsttin down fographora pitch in aa axploda a lot Hawaii; "Sorry ebration of the twenty-fifttolerant. waa anni- iwsd. Ha a gentleman of that he where tho expedition was to have specially eotwtrncted to course cherished traditions about him. versary of the founding of Carneof Jto J type who quickly won in a biography o S.mon Knton jTherd ke fer mors unemployment! coaid easily follow the he friendship, good will, and gie Institution and of crtan of compam-needl- e which accompany ended. a great historical character sextant. These a J balloons with (than ther it if it wus-- a fer blog- - M J pilot Datlee of Staff h, Ua major departments of research, "mVitnctlc aiorma Exacting. near and tho I1 -- m.iudiy , he.,; nJraphy wriiln SS? him downm I expect Lincolns j e among them being the department presence of magnetic materials in Tha brief stay at San Francisco to of terrestrial magnetism, unde: the earth aclootlfic thought and an He also tpoko of the was a happy ona for the Carnegie ct Vpprr-al- r the supervision of which the Car- more gradual shift, back and forth staff. For tbs first tlmo since coitwii. as tho railroads jest about ruined Georg Washr Fluhart, a h rusted oh o' theemploment (authority In hla awn field an Cleopatra, an ther xou Could ther have been a combi negie was designed, constructed of the needle which occurs dally, leaving Washington, tho vessel b0t!! !nk Grant ton " so ?",p0rlUB ana operated. an.! to koep on till the names, Abri prompm 'nation of qualities more '.pYen. of the shift which takes place dur wee In a home port. For the first ppolnted task an n ' wrl have pne all ril0BrI'!' furnished a Meta eminent in science spoke of ins th- - eleven-yea- r Lincoln an U. 8 Grant wen ''spoleon h.v Ault mail ddlv to suited ham did a thedaycommander of y Captam sunspot cycle, time In more than a year 'the big preent - dav ini istriesi 'Ivehhocd fer thousan's. I expect be mentioned In polite society. 1 the importance of the wont whim and of the shift which can be was had for treating fam- that no records were lovt n, the Carnegie f had been initiated by the de- measured only in terms of cen- ilies and friends. Hardships had great disaster except thoe ob to zre & daily Ufa o' Lincoln be- - didnt know the publio cared a partment twenty-fiv- e years before turies baen difficulties and tained in ssiiirg from Pago Pago fore the ear la out. Lota o' wnttra ihinj about the pnai lues h 80 and of the place of the Carnegie but of a to distance In speaking of ths study of dangersexperienced, personal affairs of our great and mat. beea Apa, had Days ar dicin' out ole. tongferjrotten torlcal in Its program of investigation. magnetic phenomena. Dr. Campcharacters, but u ser, bean spent In beating mile. haractera like Henry Taken together, these talks epito- bell ssid that until the Depart- nlghta had tji that It does if w mav jeds 'HI, Beyond the Golden Gale. winds and seas which more - tho Tcter an Great the TorIvan and mised the accomplishment of the ment cf Terrestrial Majtnelism Of against Frannumber o bu Ban weeka five at The destruction. irlbie. an mixin 'em up with all fiv great Institution in the field of terres- Carnegie Institution, tinder leader- than onesandthreatened dollar biographies that ar anew and cisco passed qulcky In grooming sleet and Icebergs o' aorta an acandala debuuohorvs A. trial magnetism during the I in our bookshops. stacked Bauer, began ship of Dr. Ixit.it In the north Atlantic and the Carnegie and making her fit j Jest as soon a a great hwtorlcal ncvrr That t'heT"euz"a. , its work, these extraordinary mag- fog in tha tropical region of Once again famil.es and fr.ends figure s relatives all die or lest as thing shady m ths life o W h ;r. , Dr, Henry K. Pritchett of the netic happenings had been studied typhoons -' the farefor the dock at Pacific had been encountered. gathered Institutions Board of Trust is. chiefly tv individuals aorklnq tha Kh Invented the cotton b t. ,SOtnLSh, ?a,'.fXpirf?n thPS In every critical situation, how- well, the las; psrttng before the to defend him. the hi- - ,htr rou,t ha,e nobuddy Cabrought out that the organization alone and on land areas which ever. F. the con rage, good judgment time, a year and a half later of had entered upon the study of tnc formed but a minute part of the hart talks some o' wrltln' hi b a Once again joyoua Is and skill of the low-a Ault, sickle whose Csptaln cause surface. right triangle Earihs ( B magnetic forces which he's Daniel got fluttered from and pennants flags st star is Denebola. efficiency of his crew and the In He added. response to too Boone mux i af the craft prevailed the rigging as. on the morning The recognition thut there waa netd problem of terrestrial A Regulus mark, ths front paws of brave an darin, but r.o d ub vessel 1919. the t. af September of left who the member staff whole I on and Denebola locates his had his weaknesses for investigation, covering both mnfnetlam relat.n to the the Boms in Golden sea and land, which mould be of the great planet upon which the.shlp at Apia when she touched turned her prow toward the tall remarkable men have n r world wide in scope. Ip to that we rvalue is a a extremely exten- that port last May said, after the Gate and the great spread of ocean To th loft of Leo, In th north- things in the hands of i the Great time, he said, magnetic study in sive complicated and difficult one disaster In a letter of condolence. beyond. la east, balanced an' Dipper designin' The spirit of elation and of high this country had been conducted it Is entirely too targe for an In- - "There was not one of ue who felt on it hand). It is Interesting to wux as ornerv as any 'dri-by governmental agencies also that dividual. . H is a problem for an ether than secura and safe while endeavor which held sway when watch It upward progress from or roller skatin' in.-- i actor ihn . it Was largely utilitarian in char- institution a) cornu. urn ina.itutlpo'st sea under the command of Cap-- the expedition left Washington htd to night at tha asm hour, er lived, an' Ben Frank in w.tb c night Tha tain Ault. given place to the quiet confidence acter, having to do prlnc'pally witn until about th first of May It w 111 his great Intelie-- t dulr, ever , great financial resource. mastery. The b found inverted high At all times even under the best of demonstrated securing the data needed in the knowle lge gained by Carnegie in In the anything Will iam Pnn L x more than out been had for tltntlon In these fields t terrestrial of conditions the work of tho turf staff north. preparations of maps. wu purfy ztra gh F non K now knew a Th will member gencontribute year. was arduous. Tho dally schedule It was found that observations maynetism) A lln from th lowest star in tho ton wu bom In lauqur, or C of magnetic phenomena at sea erously to s better comprehension of duties alloted to each waa ex- that before them ,ay hard, unreof the way to- pepper or Rome court) in Dipper taken upon vessels of tiade were of some of the laws which have acting. In rough weather os in mitting. routine work, work which ward Denboln In Leo direct tho gtnia in 1753. an' afier murdtr not accurate because the instru- attended and will continue to at- calm, oouadlaga had to be takes, most often be done under the moet cy to tha larg faint star cluster boy companion h 'led to a group ments employed were effected by tend the evolution of tho Earth; nets had to bo of Coma Berenices. Thia aluatet headwaters of the bottom trying conditions. It was here team to fine the Iron and other magnetic ma- to a better understanding af the samples had to bolowered, trained of scientists, marks met location of th eecUred. Smon Girt), (reorgn lea., th specinorth A tnlerre'silonshipe of the Earth and mens of deep-se- a and hardterials la the ships structure to inured work, no danger other Indian be th ai. galactic Ilfs to farthest had pole, fighters, point ma- our Sun; and quite likely to a betsnd vessel built of whom wur mixed up wh our r ' north of tho Milky Way. obtained and and al- ship, confident of themselves for terials was therefore eseential. Th" ter understanding of tha interrela- ways there waspresarvad: determined and mats thelr of With wu a war th racer-dinthe region of lutlonary Keniop of tha as constructed to fid tionships of our Sun and lto planets Carnegie Leo and Coma 1 remarkable for mixed up with Mad Antho values of tho magnetic ele- tho oako of science to carry on. this need Because of its special with tho myriads of other suas the that Pacific th enormous number of spiral Warn that sailed out Into the of atmoopborie-olectri- c campaign acalnst the features It enabled the Department, in our own stellar system; aod of ments, nebula which can be seen. The dfans In 1791-an rn morning. of Seotember ns Dr. Pritchett said, to make ob- our sun snd its planets with the pressure, of the Ault from A wireless ar He Captain of also vast in the war of IS stare spirals system fought sir. of ovaporatioau of the on servations over the world surface myriads of other great stellar sys- the safe The eastern sky ss it appears ta September 13. reported presumably like our own and o an' tonally our gor'ment awatd where these could not before be tems ss represented by the spiral movements of air and far beyond tt that their distances ed him a small pension In 18.M arrival In Honolulu. A cable from changes In tempera- Pags Pago, Samoa on November to BAKER In led ROBERT accurately taken. He added: That nebulae distributed through wide ture of the H. the the east, appear muat b reckoned in millions of Thera nothin in Hw a "Hit'r By by and In salinity at various 27th stated that th expedition was this service has been of enormous space." Leo. of Ohio, that reveals S.mon tight yean. (Professor of Astrenomv, Univer- constellation Moreover reports of benefit not only to the manner but mornAult In what prqved la depths On On th the Leo la the first of month that Caplao port. Just a th stars in our own ga- ton as a lad killer, that b w i sity of Illinois.) also in our attempt to understand be hla last public utterance, des- all observations had to ba pre- leaving n lactic In full view above the eastern November 98th the vessel of or bother into ing clusters system gather unhappliv married tin forces of terrestrial magne- cribed the work of tho depart- pared for forwarding to tho horns anchored In the haritor of Apia URBAKA. I1D (AP) With the after 9 o'clock in tho evening. so these exterior who wux married 81m galaxies are astism can not bs questioned. ment. since It was organised twenty office upon arrival at th next port Western Samoa. All was well approach of spring, Orion and tha This constellation is easily recog- sembled into galaxies of galaxies." anjbuddv on Kenton got his mail at Zane President W. W. Campbell of five years ago. and sketched it ofealt with ship and otafr. Twenty-fou- r Dog Stars hava moved Into the nised by its sickle of bright stars, Hundreds may be counted on a Mile O, an i burled at Vrhana of tha difficulties tbs Uulvervlty of California told accomplishments in the two fields In spite hours later appeared the southern sky In tha warty evening with Regains. Its brightest star, at. single photograph In this part of O . New Jerusalem, O , an K of' tho sodden fluctuations of the of Its activity, that of worldwide o faithfully did sach execute his meaaaga which made known to the The stara of spring are beginning the end of the handle. Below the' ths skyl ton, O. 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