Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1914 — DISCOVERER OF GREAT SUN SPOT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DISCOVERER OF GREAT SUN SPOT

Father Jerome Rlcard of Santa Clara university, California, who discovered the largest sun spot seen In two years, Is popularly known as the “Padra of the Rains.” Hls remarkable weather forecasts have astounded the weather forecasters of the country. He has made a study of the subject during the past 13 years, and has been sending out bulletins foretelling the \yeather, not merely for a day ahead, but a month ahead, and foretelling it accurately. He is sixty-five years old aud rugged. The new sun spot which he discovered has an area of 409,936,709 square miles. It is 32,013.15 miles long and 12,805.26 miles wide.