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the "planet Of mystery" was nearer
to earth than at any time since 1892,
and so in q favorable position for
observation.
The phenomenon which was her
aided as without parallel in the rec
ords of the past was the appearance
of a gloomy, yellow veil which en-
shrouded immense tracts of the Mar
tian surface, obliterating important
markings.
On account of the theory, then
recently advanced by Professor
Lowell, that Mars was inhabited, the
changes aroused extraordinary inter-
est. 1t previously had been sug-
gested that the canals on the planet
had been constructed by a dying
race, a race menaced by starvation
on desert planet, which had sought
by means of these enormous via
ducts to carry water from tie melt
ing ice caps at the poles, and the
appearance of the yellow mist COM
bined with the Simultaneous erasure
of some of the canal markings gave
rise to the fear that 3 gigantis
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

forebears than they have US. His
lung capacity is enormous because of
the thin atmosphere, although his
legs are extremely thin, due to the
little effort needed in walking. He
has little or no neck.
Touching on the question of intel
ligence, the French savant deduced
that the Martians have solved the
problem of existence, and know no
such thing as industrial strife. Be-
ing older, they are also wiser than
we. They have long since conquered
disease, and know the hour Of their
cemise, awaiting the event calmly.
: They have overcome poverty, are
too sophisticated to engage in war,
and need no law or government to
keep them orderly. Philosophers
and brothers, they live in amity and
understanding, devoting all their
thought to The promotion of large.
undertakings in which selfshness,
avarice and earthly trifles have no
part.
They are, in word, as different
from the fanciful and unpleasing
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assure such sensitive souls as may
fear to establish speaking relations
with people too alien in appearance
to make acceptable neighbors, it
should be stated that M. Perrier does
not agree with the conception Of the
Martians set forth by H. G. Wells in
his book "War Of the Worlds" Mr..
Wells, in that work, caused the Mar
tians to resemble cuttle6sh, with
round, gray bodies, with "sort of
faces" and long, groping tentacles.
This conception, NJ Perrier as
serted, did the Martians a great in
justice and created a prejudice
against them. which is not only un-
scientific and unsound, but entirely
undeserved.
The Martians, the French scholar
held, bear certain resemblance to
man, although many Of their fea-
lures are more prominent. For this,
the difference in the forces Of grav-
ity and in environment are chiefly
responsible, he said. Their ears, for
example, are very large.
/ Continuins. tn rsctee II The
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picture painted by Wells as arc we
from the si1nian types referred to
by Darwin.
Returning to the question Of flora
and fauna, M. Perrier concluded
that because Of the reduced force
Of gravity, animals are much larger
on Mars than here, and hop, run
and fly about much more easily.
Grass is higher, fruit is bigger, and
the flowers possess undreamed Of
beauty. The light is something like
our dusk, and the general Landscape
much moro attractive than on
earth.
"The year on Mars Is twice as
long as our earthly one," he ex-
planned, "and hence plants and in
sects have twice the time in which
to evolve. Mars is the land of huge
plants and ideal flowers, Of birds
abnormally powerful in song and
wondrous in appearance, and of
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Life on Our Distant Neighbor Is
''Crand, Intense, Formidable,''
= Says M. Perrier

Chaldean shepherds, or whoever the
still more primitive astronomers
may have been. Its strangeness is
a purely subjective phenomenon,
arising from the instructive reluc-
tance of mind to admit the possi-
bility of peers. Such would be comic
were it not the inevitable conse-
quence of the constitution Of the
universe. To be shy of anything
resembling himself is part and par
eel Of mans own individuality.
Like the savage, who fears moth
ing so much as strange man; like
Crusoe, who grows pale at the sight
of footprints not his own, the civil
lized thinker turns from the thought
Of mind other than he himself
knows"
The peculiar relevancy Of this
view to the discussion resulting from
Signor Marconi's announcement will
strike any one who reads Professor
Lowell's statement His brother
scientists were indeed "shy," as he
had predicted, Of the deductions
reached by him, but they at least
contained the views of the Flagstaff
astronomer as to the kind Of people,
who, If we accept the pleasing posi-
bility suggested by signor Marconi,
are trying to "strike up a speaking
acquaintance" with us. Not only are
they masters in the knowledge of
electricity, but they have already
relegated to the museum of antiqui.
ties many of the discoveries in that
field which we, here on earth, look
upon as last minute achievements in
scientific effort.
Professor Lowell, while comment
ing strongly on the intellectual at
tainments of the Martians, made
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Scientists, Agreeing Martians Are Super Race.
Believe That Planet May Be Si9nana to

that conditions on Mars are not
inimical to human Life. Rain. snow,
thunder and hail are known there,
as on earth. There are seaweeds in
the ocean, grass and trees on the
land, fields available for cultivation
and friendly soil to provide food
for the people.
"The life which animates the
earth also animates other planets" /"
said the French savant. "From what
goes on around us we may divine
what is happening elsewhere by ex-
amining the exact conditions under
which each planet finds itself en-
rapport with every other. On the
planets which are furthest away,
it is impossible that, human beings
should exist, for no organism could,
for example, be formed in the al
kaline seas Of Jupiter, while Mer-
curry, which is too near the sun,
could not engender life. Only Venus,
the Earth and Mars are habitable. 4"
On Mars, M. Perrier went on, life
is grand, intense, formidable" The
mean temperature is 40 degrees
Fahrenheit, as against rs degrees
on earth, the winters are more Sc
we're, the summers warmer, the year
longer and the seasons more marked
than ours.
The sea animals are. much like
ours, the fishes have sense Of hear
ing, there are insects In the animal
kingdom and flowers and butterflies,
but the humans are very, very differ
ent.
Before going on and giving M. Per-
rier's picture Of the kind Of people
the Martians are, and in order to re-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

Of beings supposed to exist on the
only two eligible planets, two other
questions arise-Why are the Mar
tians or the Venusians trying to
communicate with US, that is, if they
are? and, What atmospheric condi-
tons will we on earth have to over
come in order to reply to them?
AS to the first question, a possible
explanation may be found in the
so-called cataclysm on Mars that was
reported by the British Astronomical
Association in 1909. In that year
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Why Martians Are Tall

"The men on Mars are tall be-
cause the force of gravity is slight.
They are blond, because the daylight
IS less intense. They have less pow
erful limbs. They have some of the
characteristics Of our Scandinavian
type, although they probably have
larger skulls.
"Their large blue eyes, their
strong noses, their large ears, con-
stitute a type Of beauty which we
doubtless would not appreciate ex-
cept as suggesting superhuman in
telligence."
Going further into details, M. Per.
riier concluded that the jaw of the
Martian is narrower than ours be-
cause time and evolution have re-
moved him further from his animal
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

museum Of the Jardin des Plantes
said:
The low atmospheric pressure
has produced a considerable devel-
opment of the pulmonary apparatus,
and consequently the general char
acter of the Martians has been in
fluenced by this development, which
is unknown on earth.
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Great Convulsion Possible

All this seemed to strengthen the
theory Of a huge convulsion ad-
vanced by the British scientists, al
though, as seems to be the fate Of all
questions concerning this much dis
cussed and little understood celes-
tial body, eminent authorities at
once took opposing ground on the
subject.
Professor Harold Jacoby, Ruther-
ford Professor Of Astronomy at
Columbia University, contended that
"the Martians are not likely to have
their world destroyed any more than
are we," adding that if any such
catastrophe as limited had actually
occurred the news would have be-
come known through some quicker
channel than the British Astro-
nomical Association. BY this, it
should be explained hastily, Profes-
sor Jacoby did not meen that the
scientists across the Atlantic were
slower in observation than others,
but only that the disaster would
have been revealed by telescopes
everywhere long before a formal
report could have been prepared.
Professor F. R. Moulton, Of the
University Of Chicago, also doubted
tho accuracy of the report, and Pro-
fessor Lowell himself, author of the
notion that Mars is inhabited, was
not particularly impressed with it. il.
Professor Lowell, it will be re-
membered, held to the belief that
the Martians were anything but a
starving, needy people, and he con-
stantly sought to fortify his posi-
tion by offering new proofs of their
prosperity, advancement and skill.
In 1914 he found new opportunity
for strengthening his pet belief by
announcing that instead of losing
any of their canals the Martians
had built two new ones, which could
be seen plainly through the tele-
scope.
1--WE have actually seen them
formed under our eyes," Professor
Lowell said at the time, "and the
Importance of it can hardly be over
estimated. The phenomenon tran
scends any natural law, and is only
explicable Sc far as can be seen by
the presence out yonder of animate
will" BY animate will he meant, of
course, human beings.
Professor Lowell was admittedly
the leading spokesman for the
Martians, and anything he said
was worthy Of the most respectful
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four-footed animals with extraor-
dinarily developed fur and skin"
Neither M. Perrier nor the other
scientists who believe in the habita-
bility of other worlds paid so much
attention to Venus. They agreed,
however, with the head of the Jardin
des Plantes that as this planet is
much younger than the earth,
life there is much less advanced
Because of the greater nearness to
the sun, the climate is something
like that in our tropics, and the air
is always misty. Animals and plants
are much. like ours, especially at the
poles, where the temperature is not
so high, but humans are not much
beyond the development that existed
on earth during the secondary geo.
logical period.
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iANU1c OA 0O xSAoACuI0 w VIAo dNCAdi
appearance Of the folk living on that
distant planet. True, he did say in
another part Of his book that they
probably were not interested in
party politics, and that, Judging from
their canals, they we're favored by q
"comprehensiveness" of mind much
more embracive than that (which
presided over the various depart
ments Of our own public works" in
the United States, but as politicians
look much like other persons very
little could be gained from that.
First Marian Pictures
1t was M. Edmond Perrier, direct
or Of the museum of the Jardin des
Plantes, in Paris, who constructed
the first picture Of the Martians, as
he conceived them.
At the time M. Perrier undertook
this task the division among the au-
thorities on Professor Lowell's the
ory had assumed wide proportions.
Some were decidedly "cold" to the
notion that Mars-the question as to
Venus was temporarily in eclipse
was inhabited at all, and they con-
sidered it futile and profitless, there
fore, to attempt to depict non-ex-
istent people. Others, as has hap
pened even recently, considered the
matter in light vein, thinking to
get some humor out of it, and one
newspaper carried cartoon, cap
toned "Hello Central" showing Pro-
fessor Lowell calling up' Mars.
Still another group seemed to take
it as personal affront that the as
tronomer had sought to enlarge their
list of acquaintances by introducing
race about which they had abso-
lutely no knowledge.
M. Perrier approached the problem
from a highly speculative viewpoint,
but made clear the fact, nevertheless,
that he saw no reason for condemn
ing the position of Professor Lowell.
"Dreams are not crime" con-
tended the French scholar, "and in
this case contradiction is difficult"
The director of the museum OF
the Jardin des Plantcs led up to his
description Of the inhabitants OF
Mars BIZ establishing tho promise
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some such similar catastrophe has
overtaken the Martians, who, in
their desperation, are attempting to
communicate the fact to US?
In August, 1909, astronomers
working at their telescopes had re-
ported what they surmised to be a
new fracture Of the southern polar
cap and the appearance Of a dark
streak along the line Of the break.
About the same time brilliant spot,
which may have been a segment of
the shattered terrain, had separated
itself from the polar cap and had
moved over to one of the dusky
areas Of the planet, partly hiding it
from view.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
By Arnold D. Prince

VT IT should prove to be the case
after all that those mysterious
u Maroni messages" came from
Mars or even Venus, the next
problem Of Importance will be the
hind Of people who sent them. For,
Of course, if the earth Is to have new
reighbors with whom to exchange
gossip across the back yard Of the
sidereal armament, it will want to
know something about them. It will
want to know something Of their
habits, appearance, how they dress,
act and possibly their views on In
terplanetary relations. All sorts of
situations may arise wherein a
mutual understanding of personal
traits, characteristics and general
disposition will aid in establishing
and preserving amicable relations.
Signor Marconi, unfortunately,
was not able to throw much light on
the subject. Virtually all that came
within the scope of his observation
vas that when prosecuting wireless
experiments certain signals oc-
cured with persistent regularity
which could not be explained on the
theory of casual interference. AS
these signals had been received
Simultaneously at New York and
London with identical intensity" he
admitted the possibility of their be-
ing attempts by the inhabitants of
''other planets to communicate"
With US.
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G CHEMISTS agree that
- the people of Mars differ
from us IN many aUays. The
Mcrtsans are believed to
haze very large noses and
ears and immense lang de-
pelopment, because of the
rurefed atmosphere. Their
legs are poorly developed, be-
cause matter on Mars qUeighs
less than here and stal.dy
legs ore not needed to bear
their aOeight. Birds and but
terf1es are gerry large and
beautiful
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Not From Venus

In other words, there is much less
likelihood that those strange Mar
conf signals came from Venus than
that they came from Mars.
Having thus disposed Of ths Kind
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ellus or Mars?


Subsequent discussion, in which
ientists in Great Britain, France
:. The United States participated,
t,e.asSd / an almost hopeless confu-
g., ci views on the reasonableness
=. tbs conclusion, but resulted in
<. a.feement on one point at least,
.-.->.l vas that if any attempts had
l-.. made to communicate at all,
i. j must have originated from
..~rs or Venus, the only worlds
de our own upon which there
j. possibility of human habita-
t.Ja.
What kind Of people, then, In
lAbit these two plancts7 In seek
lag ali answer to this question the
Inquirer is thrown back almost ex-
cIuslvely, Of course, on the con-
cIusions Of the scientists who have
made study of the subject. No
one, so far as known, is in q posi-
ton to give first hand information.
Nor is there anything specially help
full in such suggestions as emanated
recently from one authority, who,
when asked his opinion as to the
population on Venus, replied with
hopeful animation that they were
Chorus girls" Such jocularity is
merely beclouding the issue and add
ing difficulties to a problem that is
difficult enough as it is.
Among scientists who have won
the rlght to speak with authority
the foren.~- was the late Professor
Percival Lowell, director Of the
observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz.
Professor Lowell was the brother
Ct Abbott Lawrence Lowell, presi-
dent of Harvard University. Be-
fore taking charge at Flagstaff he
mad been attached to the observa-
tory at Harvard and had conducted
astronomical Investigations in many
parts Of the world, including Japan,
Iripoli, the Andes and other coun-
tries. He had delivered lectures on
his findings before important scien-
tiflc societies in Great Britain and
the United States.
Not only was Professor Lowell
convinced that Mars was inhabited,
out he believed the people had a
much higher degree of intelligence
tnan those on earth. He dwelt
Particularly on their inventive
genius.
treat Inventors
Quite possibly" wrote Professor
lowell in his book, "the Martian
soik are possessed Of inventions of
which we have not dreamed, and
with them electrophones and kineto-
scopes are things Of a bygone past,
preserved with veneration in mu-
se1ms as relics Of the clumsy con-
ssivances Of the simple childhood of
the race.
Certainly, what we see hints at
sae existence Of beings who are in
advance of, not behind, us in the
Journey Of life.
Startling as the outcome of
snese observations may appear at
nfst, in truth there is nothing
startling about it whatever. Such
feasibility has been quite on the
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DECL ARES ne
Continued from Page One)

of the wolves of society. preying upon
the decent and law abiding communl-
ties One who has left his stain Of
red clear across Imperial county.
st is one Of my greatest regrets
that in drawing in the net of the law
that this mar happened to be out of
he valley, It is indeed . misfortune
that in this net the big fish Of the
game should escape the punishment
of the law. | consider you only a
small fish in the fry.
II understand that you at times
have been broke and your wife has
had to work to support YOU both. J"
Here Mrs. Shortridge broke in and
said that she had never supported her
husband until last year when he was
ill. Judge Swing then said, That has
no influence upon me, because | do not
think that any woman with a high
standard Of morals would even con-
slider living on the money that her
husband took away from some other
people by low, illegal methods.
SCORES DAVIS
"The man who is watching this case
! from the spectators seats is watching
/ to see what will happen to a man who
| aces LIt IIIl4SS LIldG JOu anu Hc ia Z
done. If | deny your request for pro
baton it will be because Of the effect
it will have upon others in the COM
munity. | do not know that it would
10 much rood to punish nan Of your
Iaca fop 7os% crime IcU re too ole
to form any stable new habits. / have
been influenced by al these letters
and petitions coming from the people
# Imperial from the two sides of the
factions. if there be such, and l think
that if ! give YOU probation for what
may be the rest of your life, that that
would do as much good as anything
could do"
The Judge then gave Shortridge pro-
baton for five years, one Of the con-
ditions to be that he shall not play
with playing cards in any kind of a
game.
sao-tr.dge is G3 yezy Old and SUI
fers from nervous troubles.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-15
MAN CRUC|F|ED
But SURVIVES
TERRIBLE ORDEAL
(By Associated PreSs)

MEXICO CITY, June 15.-Dr. Jose
di Gabrielle, the Italian religious yea
lot who was crucified by the Indian in
habitants of Tequizistlan, Oaxaca, last
Good Friday, arrived recently in Mex
leo City, enroute to his home in Pa
chuca, apparently little the worse ply
Sically, but still harboring his beliefs.
Di Gabrielle appeared in Oaxaca
carly in Lent, proclaiming himself to
be the Savior and so worked on the
superstitious and ignorant Indians
that they crucifed him, using railway
spikes to nail him to rude cross. He
was taken down the next day and sur
vived his ordeal, being viewed by thou
sands on Easter.
News Of the crUcitixion reached the
capital of the state Tehauntepec and
the governor ordered Di Gabrielle
brought there. A great procession
followed the cart in which he was
transported. Later the mayor of Te-
ouizistlan, who acted as the Roman
centurion and four other principal fig
ures in the crucifxion, were arrested.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-15
CANADA PLEASED

MONTREAL, June 15-Canadian
papers today devoted considerable
5nace to comment on the nomination
of Senator Warren G. Harding for
president Of the United States, and
in general this comment favored his
candidacy.
"AIr, Harding has a good reputation
is not an extremist, has shown bust
ness enterprise and is thought to have
qualities that will commend him to
the voters" said the Montreal
Gazette.
The Montreal Mail and Empire (con-
servative) said: Senator Harding
has been chosen for no other reason
than that those responsible for his
choice believe he will win, because the
party will unite behind him. Under
Harding, the people of the United
States may expect the sort of gov
ernmert they have received under Nc
Kinley and which they have not re-
ceived since"
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-15
LIE IS HURLED
Continued from page y

strenuous although he held no import
his office at the capitol shortly before
r7or, Dcse3 for motion picture men,
greeted senate employees, received
personal friends who called to con-
gratulate him. vent over piles of con-
gratulatory talegrams, played golf
ard then worked far into the night
at his home in an effort to catch up
with correspondence.
He declined to make any statement
regarding his position on party pol
icies, indicating he would have nothing
to say until in his speech of accept
arce. He also said that pending his
official notification. he would with
hold making public his campaign
plans. He also declined to say
whether he would resign his senate
seat.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-15

/ sidered by the Rumanian government,
There are IS important bridges in
other parts of Rumania awaiting re-
construction.
In addition. the great bridge over
the Danube at Cernavoda, in many res
poets the greatest structure iii Europe
must be reconstructed. This bridge
known as the King Carol bridge, Is
1860 feet long and ia feet above the
high water.