JUNE 19, 1923 SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 265 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 
At the Bureau of Standards Physics Club, Monday, May 14, Dr. L. B. 
TUCKERMAN made an informal report on the lectures delivered at the Franklin 
Institute by Sir J. J. THomson on The electron in chemistry. 
Dr. Pau Bartscu, U.S. National Museum, left April 29 for Porto Rico 
on a collecting trip. 
Dr. C. N. Fenner of the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of 
Washington, left on May 14 to spend the summer in the Katmai region, 
Alaska, to continue his studies of the phenomena of the 1912 eruption of 
Katmai Volcano. 
Dr. A. 5. Hrrcucock, Smithsonian Institution, left in May for South Amer- 
ica where he will make botanical collections. Three months will be spent in 
Keuador, the work being a continuation of the codperation between the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, the U.S. National Museum, the Gray Herbarium, 
and the New York Botanical Garden in studying the botany of northern 
South America. About three months will be spent in Peru and Bolivia 
studying grasses for the Department of Agriculture. 
Mr. Nei M. Jupp, curator of American Archeology, U. 8. National Mu- 
seum, left Washington on May 4 to resume his explorations at Pueblo Bonito, 
New Mexico. 
Mr. Exxiot Woops, architect of the Capitol, died at Spring Lake, New 
Jersey, on May 22, 1923 in his sixtieth year. He was born near Manchester, 
England, February 2, 1864, of American parents. Mr. Woods had been em- 
ployed in the office of architecture in Washington since 1884. He was largely 
responsible for the plans of many public buildings, including the Senate and 
House office buildings and the Arlington amphitheater. His interest in 
science was mainly in astronomy and electricity. He was a member of the 
Washington Society of Engineers and of the Philosophical Society. 
