Stresemann
GUSTAV, became Chancellor of Germany following the fall of the Cuno Government in August, 1923.
SUPREME COURT He held office for only a few months and was succeeded in October by Chancellor Marx.
SUDAN. (See EGYPT.) SUN. A total eclipse of the sun occurred on Sept. 10, 1923. At least part of the eclipse was visible throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, and southern South America. In southern California the eclipse was visible in its entirety, even though the obscuration of the sun's face by the moon's shadow lasted only for a few brief minutes.
Not since June 8, 1918, had a similar opportunity presented itself to American equipped, the most important of which scientists. Various expeditions were was that under Director Edwin B. Frost, of the Yerkes Observatory. This expedition had been financed by William Wrigley, Jr., and occupied sites on Santa Catalina Island, the property of Mr. Wrigley and in the direct path of the totality. Elaborate telescopic and photographic apparatuses had been erected on a plateau some 1,300 feet above sea level. This expedition included for the first time in the of astronomy moving picture machines. Among other observations were those made by army and navy aviators, who, from headquarters at Rockwell Field, San Diego, Cal., rose to a height of some 20,000 feet above the clouds and the fog, and then flew out over the ocean and photographed the eclipse at various stages. Other observations of the disturbances of magnetic conditions during the eclipse were made from the "Carnegie," the world's only nonmagnetic ship. Unfortunately climatic conditions were unsatisfactory in most of the places where the eclipse could have been observed at the period of its totality, the sky being obscured by heavy clouds. In New York City, where the maximum eclipse was less than 50 per cent, the conditions were excellent and many photographs and observations were made.
SUPREME COURT. Senator Borah of Idaho announced in the Senate, in November, 1923, that he would undertake to have provision made by Congress which would require that, in declaring an Act of Congress unconstitutional, the Supreme Court must have at least seven of its nine members in agreement in the decision, instead of decision by a majority as at present. The proposal was in the form of a bill and not an amendment to the Constitution. Senator Borah states that the existing condition is indefensible because with four legal opinions on one