The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-10
CLASH WITH HALEY
COMET WILL END ALL
SAYS ASTRONOMER
ST LoUlsAN BELIEVES CHRIST
FoREroLD Vt WHEN NE TOLD
OF DESTRUCTION BY FIRE.

that this catastrophe Is what Jesus
Christ had In mind when he predicted
the destruction OF the world by FIRE Is
the startling assertion OF Rev. Faith.
or Charles VI. Charroppin. :. y. Of
ST Louis university. one Of the great
est living astronomers. who is visit
ing in Las Vegas. y. NJ, says a dis.
patch from that place. and who is on
his way to Flagstaff, Ariz.. where he
is TO spend several months in making
special Astronomical observations.
For fifteen years Father Charrop-
pin has made a close study OF the
periodic visits into our solar system
OF this great comet. and OF the prob.
able danger 20 the earth. But he has
also studied his Bible with equal dill.
gcnce, and he now comes forward
with the emphatic assertion that such
fiery ending of our planet is pre-
cisely what the Savior had in mind
when fortelling the wrctchcd doom
OF the earth. He does not conceal
his acceptance of the probability that
We may speedily end our days In a
Tremendous pyrotcchnic display
Father Charroppin is the head OF
the astronomical branch OF the st.
Louis university. For nearly quar-.
ter OF a century, he has taken high
rank among the worlds leading oh.
servers OF the heavens. He IS the
close friend OF Prof. Pcrcival Lowell,
and has long boon a Co.wOvkcr with
that scientist in the study OF the
planet Mars. These astronomers are
20 spend the winter together at the
great observatory at Flagstaff. Ariz..
photographing Mars and making a
series OF observations Of the flaming
comet which will travel with us for
some time TO come.
The Rev. Father Is a firm adhcrcnt
OF tho theory that Mars Is inhabited.
iIc does not, however, believe the
strange and apparently systematic
network or lines visible on the planets
surface Is a system Of canals The
moon. he points out bears similar
markings, arranged according 10 a
seemingly artificial system. and due.
in an probability. 10 cracks in the
lunar Orbs crust. But ne does main.
tain tina, Mars presents conditions
suitable TO life. and that e. is very
probable that that planet is pcopled.
Followed Comet Millions Of Miles.
With other savants Of extensive ac.
CUmplishment, Father C'harroppin has
followed Halley's comet millions up.
on millions of miles out into space
on into speculative realms vastly be.
yond the sun. by a phenomenal sys-
tenn OF charts and mathematical cal
Culations. the comets return into our
solar system was forctold almost to
tho week although the mighty heav.
enly visitor had been absent three
quarters OF a century.
Upon one previous flight through
our interplanetary neighborhood, Hal
ley's comet narrowly missed a COLI.
sion with the earth. A tremendous
amount of alarm was occasionod
then by the nearncss OF the flaming
visitor Scientists have never ceas-
ID 10 proclaim the possibility of the
carth's destruction by collision
durinE one OF these periodic ad-
y,lces. 4 few astronomers, Il IS
true, have brought forward the theory
that the comet, which Is very nearly
as large as our earth, is not in the
nature OF n solid mass They claim
II 10 be merely a nebulous collection
Of atoms, held together by some
force Of center OF it's own, and de.
irving its great Hight from some not
fully understood causes. II it We're to
encounter the earth I'm rs progress,
say these savants, We would ex-
pcricncc no discomfort--sayc a
mighty shower of star dust"
Would shatter Earth in Collision.
Father Charroppn, however, is not
one Of the adherents of this theory
He believes that the comet Is of 4
sufficiently solid mass to shattcr both
our plant and itsolf IN the event Of
a collision. He is further convinced
that Jesus Christ foresaw exactly
-ucl % catastrophe when he uttered 10
mankind the warning that this world
Mould one day meet a flaming doom.
- present the comet IS at hand, and
tho scientist calls the attention Of
,hc world 10 the Savior's warning.
The Rev. Father Joseph NJ. Mar.
ra is entertaining the noted astron.
mar here They were classmates in
tl"ir younger days at school az
Woodstock, Md
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