The Washington times., 1922-11-09
MARS TRIES To
|. TALK WITH Us,
TESLA AYERS
Scientist Says Inhabitants
Know Our Numbers and
Want to Use Them.
BY WALTER VOGDES.

BY WALTER vOGDES.
Copyright isias by Cosmopolitan NS~'
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-"I be-
lieve that Mars Is inhabited, that
the beings there are in q precari-
Gus state Of existence, and that
they are desperately trying to
communicate with this planet
DIR. Nicola Tesla, world-famous
inventor of electrical devices, in
this statement today reopened Q
field for scientific speculation and
told of his own attempt to COM
municate with Mars.
Believes Planet Inhabited.
Evidences are steadily ac.umu'
lating that Mars is Inhabited, ne
said. "'rhe latest bulletin OF the
Lowell Observatory IL Of special III
terest I'm this connection. II shows
the proba ability of atmospheric con-
ditions on Mars very similar to our
own.
Personally. have a deep convic-
lion that not only do highly In
:elligent beings exist there, but that
they are putting forth every effort
10 reach us. Twenty-Five years ago.
while carrying on experiments with
my wireless power plant In Colorado
| obtained most extraordinary expert
mental evidence. / had perfected
wireless receiver of marvellous sensi'
tiveness far beyond anything known,
and / caught signals which by their
nature were Of deepest significance,
and which interpreted as meaning
One. two,
three four
II know they did not come from
he sun, or the moon. or Venus.
my discovery was announced at
that time, and ! am living In the
hope that my vision was true ana
will be confirmed by future genera
tons"
why" I asked, do you think the
Martians would choose to communal
cate with us by numbers?"
Because numbers are primitive
and universal. Granted that their
language IL different from ours, their
numbers would necessarily be the
same" ~.
"Do you think that beings similar
10 men live on Mars?"
Eyes. That is. believe they
would have an eye. perhaps tive. Ano
ears. In appearance they may not
resemble us closely, however.
"I think the Martians may nave
reached the mechanical stage OF CIV
ilization that ] described 70 you yes
terday, where all racial distinctions
and ideals are extinguished. ana me
has become q fierce struggle. Inc
population there may have been re.
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individuals"
In previous articles ! have told
something of DR.. Tesla's appearance.
his secluded life and his habit OF de-
voting only two or three hours
day to sleep. Concerning the latter
phenomenon, / now directed q Ques'
ton.
A wtntry smile f1ickered across his
thin face, he passed his hand lightly
across his forehead, which is like
brown parchment. and hesitated O
moment before answering. "
Yes. sleep little and eat little
All the members of my family have
been light sleepers and eaters. Sleep
according to my ideas. has resulted
from the enforced periodic cessation
of activities due to the dfurnAl TO
tation of the earth.
primitive man slept because
there was darkness. but. theoreti
cally, no sleep should be required
although short periods OF rest might
be indispensable to the working OF
the human mechanism. Even metalt
show fatigue and need rest.
Il have been able to demonstrate
that, and / also have been able 70
prove that metals have memory. at.
though l have never mentioned this
publicly before"
Tests Memory OF Metal.
How were you able to obtain
proof?"
by an experiment with twelve
! tuning forks. l produced a certain
vibration on the forks. changed the
vibration, and finally tried the first
vibration again on several Of the
! twelve forks. Then I put the en-
tire twelve aside. After a tine
tried the first vibration again. The
forks that had been exposed to this
, first vibration for the longest time
responded most easily the second
! time. And they did not respond tC
the second vibration.
| Similarly, the human being IA m
automatic mechanism, which think,
influences. The chief Of these ars
rays Of light. The average person
imagines that everything Il prompt
ed by will and Is utterly uncon
sciOus Of the influences from out
side.
Noises. for instance, are affect
ing our life far more than is gen
orally realized, and by noises I d.
not mean audible disturbances only
but the inaudible tremors and vibra
tons which are far more intense.
II have no doubt that in the civ
ilization to come. every effort will b,
made to eliminate all sorts of dis
agreeable noises, but I fear that fol
/ the vibration transmitted through
the ground there is no satisfactor,
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