New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1924, Page 13

- INEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1924, Tomorrow, the Second Saturday Much Discussion Over Mars, Which is Now Nearest Earth; Wireless Signals Listened For sd“fi'u Fi‘“rin' A'. instrument that 4 mospheric Conditions 357 1% 2 1141 to determine more accurately the | composition of the lighter and darker R.'her “ln specu. '.urucu of Mars, i | Measuring Heat Willlams Bay, Wis, Aug 22.—An hfing Upon Life in The instrument is in use at Lowell servers to be declining into a mere astral roue, today took the lead over radlo, moonshine, baseball and poli- tics as a topic of conversation among laymen on the Pacific coast, This was due to the assertions of | Are Skeptical, astronmers that our nearest plnm-l-‘ Chicago, Aug. 22.—Scientlsts and ary neighbor had arrived at a point astronomers here are frankly nk«pll-}'l’ observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz, but wag | developed largely fhrough the efforts Ph t of Professor Edwin B. Irost and his net. corps of assistants at Yerkes observas i tory here, | The heat measuring instrument {s Ban Francisco, Aug. 22.—That an- | one of the most delicate ever contriv- clent sidereal swashbuckler, Mars, ed, according to Mr, Frost, Blsmuth now belleved by some ecelestial ob. |and blsmuth tin alloy and two vacuum thermo couples so small that 60,000 of them would he but the size of a drop of water set up an electric or magnetie current, which, measured by A galvanometer enables a computation |nl the heat radiated by the object at which the Instrument is directed, nearer to the earth than he has been |cal regarding chances of ascertaining for more than 100 years, or a mere | more knowledge of Mars tonight when | 54,000,000 miles away. This I8 14,- [the planet gets nearer the earth than """";"\"fl miles nearer than his usual | it was a month ago or will be a month stance, hence. While the man In the street was| The best chance of observation will speculating on the possibility of this |come six weeks from now, according brother speck in the cosmos being In- | 1o professor Philip Fox of the As- :"‘h':"'d .f’;‘:’ astrologers were comput- | tyonomy Department of Norlhwvalern‘ ng the effect of its proximity on the | university, Then it will be summer in | ;’l';:‘::"’”:l"':"_,‘::r‘" r"'r']"“;:":" ";:m'l"‘;:- [Mars and the snow caps will have | L A | ( | near San Jone, and at Mount Wiison, |5, b0 S0 o cone | trained on the pass rby to record any J M". ’: I:I:-“i .d_l.l]:ml((;:q‘crk‘;n Tlv- tdlosyncrasy he vaay display. Else- | i ooty - versity of Wisconsn. o where the radls with its glzvedy S labeled it ridiculous IQ ask radlo sta- tennae, Is gr.ping in the ether rnr;:‘.:”;.t :‘; fi:‘l:"";:“ :ll:‘lrm[;:o.;:ri;n;.;; anything ardible the sphere by some |+ 5" LA chance p.ght cast off. [iEe wlkiss, Whil- the more credulous and ro- He asserted it Is absured to expect mantic are hopeful of some sign that | that minute detalls of the planet be may serve to link the earth a little | Photosraphed with present terrestrial closer to the solar brotherhood, the telescopes, PXle\"lh’\K that those taken skeptical scientists in the mountain | With the largest refracting telescope observatories said the most they hop- | 1N the world, that belonging to Yerkes ed for was a little knowledge with |Observatory, would bear a scale of respect to the atmosphere and clima- | 10,000 riles to the inch. tie conditions on Mars. “For the sclentific study of Mars,"” Months To Examine Photos | Professor irost said, “an hour of clear The astronomers expect it will take | 8Ky and tranquil atmosphere is more montas to ecomplete examinations of [important than several million miles | plates and observations made. Some- |Of lessened distance.” thing, however, has already been gain- i ed, for Professor R. J. Trumpler of Hear Signals, the Lick Observatory on Mount Ham- Vancouver, B, C., Aug. 22.—Mys- ilton, mald today a study of photogra- | terious signals picked up at Point phic plates verified that Mars had Its | Grey wireless station here during the unnmn: and ‘lm (;h:rmnl hel!';. Just | jast week culminated yesterday in a now, he ventured to guess, €y are gtrange group of sounds, causing :a\-lnz 8',I‘4"0:l ‘z;p:'l’I ;:dlh‘frol‘;Li;f:rg;‘ ’g‘; wireless experts to wonder if the plan- pparently -8ha ) et Mars is trying to establish com- fce extends from what corresponds to | n:unlca.tian wl}thgnm earth. :llrr"/;:‘rtic '"lrv_h" to the Martian equa- | your distinct groups of four dashes or and a snowstorm seemed probable | oach came through the ether today, alo. ~cnl'hn ptrr;\‘i_’!\;l.mn. CoBe i il the operators stated. The signals were u.ftn.-:.fl'{ el e At o k:,"’w"rm"c' s-(t?m"g T “:,“,' b S e h & d “zipp"” and mirror lens 100 inches in diameter— | 10/8 S0 S T R o wave and other highly modern facilities for | =00 Ah Be R o0 s spyins on ;,-ml;xhu,tntlu tl;c y]nllky :asa . W. Mellish and W. T. Burford ue results of recent tests have been L p 4 < Ahnglnosd. Hor the beneft of the lay- 'opcmtors o{ lons experlence, st’atci men who may desire to see fo. them- | that they never .mev;r;usly eml:lenn er- selves whether Mars Iy inhabited, the | 1 such messages. skt Mount Wilson astronomers are lend- |tHVity cuts in on thelr regular mes- | ing gratis the use of thelr telescopes | 9888 and every known method of) to all who care to climb the mountain | Sotting rid of the —disturbance was 5,000 feet to the summit for a look, |tried without success. What May Be Seen “The fact that I disinctly got four Those who accept the offer are ex- | 8TOUPS of four dashes convinced me pected to see little more than a small | that some intelligible communication ved disc somewhat wrinkled with age | force was at work,” comments Mr. and geological mishehavior. There | Burford. may be visible faint outlines of moun-| A close watch is to be kept for tho tain ranges and oceans; but nohody | next few days, and it is expected that will be seen walking unless the hy-|eminent British scientists will ba ask- pothetical inhabitants exceed in sta- |ed to devote attention to the phnome- ture our Paul Bunyans and Gargan- | na. I tuas, Larg: citles, should they exist | ———— would not even be visible, say the savants. After a few brief hours the planet will diminish in size and brightness and. flicking a loose beam at us in farewell, will tear on its way to an- other corner of the universe to return to our corner somewhere around 2024 A. D. “Wall Street Bishop” Weds at 76 Washington, Aug. 22.—Powerful radlo stations of both the army and navy departments are standing by from last midnight to 8 a, m. Monday to “listen in" for possible signals from Mars, Admiral Eberle, chief of naval op- (Continued on Page 15) Building For The Future We are starting something big in New Britain That I8 what the boarded.up front of our store means; that is the theme of the song sung by the carpenters’ hammers, the saws, Those are the practical result-bringing tools which, In the hands of skilled workmen, are the means of expressing a profound determination to “Do | Things" which is back of the alterations and improve- ments we are making to our store, The finished appearance of New Britain's Greatset Value-Giving Store, rome indication of the when the improved values, service, thought work is done, will give of which the material betterments you will see are but tangible expressions of good faith, AS progre demands every lieves that “he knows it all,” today. , must broaden the view of the fu- we build, we must build with an day, as of yesterd ture. 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