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Show COMET IS IN SIGHT Seen by Observers at an Early hour This AWning New York, A-prll 12. A claps In s-tionomy s-tionomy at the Brooklyn Institute of , Arts and Sciences searched the sky early today for traces of llalleya comt. The first nHmpae of the visitor vis-itor was caught at 4.20 a. m., and the cmct remained Alslblo for about 20 miuuU-s. Providence, R. I., April 12 Halley'p comet was observed early this morn-Ins morn-Ins at Brown university by Profes6or Win slow Uvlon- :Jt wa.s sighted shortly after 4 o'clock. No tall was phown. and. by comparison 'with a known star In the vicinity. It was of sixth magnitude. Chicago, April 12. Ilalley's comet was . observed for half and hour through the twelve-Inch telescope at Yerkes' observatory at Lake Geneva, Wis., todaT. Only the body was visible, visi-ble, the tail being obscured by atmospheric atmos-pheric conditions. Observations were ; taken from 4:45 to 5:13 a, m. |