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The Washington times., 1924-08-22
AND NAVY.
GIVE EAR To
MARS
Radio, Stations Are Ordered
to Listen-in for Signals
From Planet

Official recognition has been
given to Mars by the Navy and
War Departments.
An order issued by Admiral Ed.
ward w. Eberle, chief Of naval
operations, requires twenty of the
most powerful shore radio stations
to listen in for possible signals from
the planet from last midnight to
5 o'clock Monday morning.
Similar orders were issued yes
terday by the War Department.
The Department of Commerce,
however, which has control over
the commercial broadcasting sta
tons of the country, refuses to
make such a request of the COM
mercial plants.
We have no authority to order
any stations to shut down to enable
scientists to listen in for Marian
signals" Stephen B. Davis, solici.
tor and Acting Secretary of the
department declared
Cooperation Voluntary.
Cooperation with attempts of the
scientists to watch for Marian
signals. however. has been &C.
corded by several of the leading
UrOdQcaSLlng stations.
WRC which will be on the air to.
night and tomorrow night an
nounced it would maintain five
minute silent periods every hour.
Several of the New York and Chi
cago stations are expected to fol-
low a similar course.
The most interesting Of the
washington experiments of listen
ing in on Mars will be carried out
by c. Francis Jenkins. inventor of
an automatic radio photographing
machine.
The Jenkins machine will be set
in operation at noon today at the
scientists laboratory. 1919 Connec.
ticut avenue, and allowed to operate
continuously until Monday morning.
Registry Automatic.
The machine will register auto.
matically any signals that are re-
ceived
BY adjusting the apparatus to
receive only exceedingly high wave
lengths, Mr.. Jenkins hopes to
eliminate all interference from
transmitters in the United States.
Should any signals be received
they will appear ON the film as
large and small dots.
Special observations of signals
also will be made here by Doctor
David Todd, professor emeritus of
astronomy at Amherst College.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22
Scientists to Attempt
Wireless Message to
Mars From Mountain

LONDON, Aug. 22.--Mars is to-
day nearer the earth than 1t has
ever been for over a hundred
years, and elaborate preparations
are being made to observe the
planet and even attempt communi.
cation.
The red planet has been hurting
toward the earth at the rate of
5000 miles an hour, but is still
more than thirty-four million miles
away.
Tomorrow an attempt will be
made from the summit Of Jung
frau to send a wireless message to
the planet. A 15.OO0.metre long.
wave transmitter will be used. and
1t 10 probable that Senator Marconi
will be present when the strongest
radio wave yet produced IL shot
into space.
Professor Pickering, at the OBJ.
servatory in Vaudeville, Jamaica,
win attempt a series Of photographs
by means of specially constructed
instruments. His first object Il to
obtain, evidence on the subject Of
the supposed canals on Mars, which,
he has stated, ARE not water
canals, nor vegetation growing
along water channels. They are
either bands Of moistened soil, or
vegetation growing on moistened
soil"
The biggest reflectors in England
will be In use in observations, In
GLIDING the thirty.inch reflectors
at Greenwich, at the Norman Lock.
yer Observatory, in Devonshire, and
at the private observatory of J. II.
Reynolds, at Harborne. 1t is not
certain whether the huge telescope
at the Crimean Observatory, in
Russia, viii be ready.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22
JUDGE r. T. SEMMES
DEAD At CUMBERLAND

CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. "a
Richard T. Semmes, probably the
Oldest native born resident, Judge of
the Allegheny county juvenile court.
died suddenly this morning, aged
eighty-two.
He belonged to a PIONEER Mary.
land family of conspicuous lineage,
and was a brother of John e.
Semmes, publicist and lawyer. of
Baltimore. He Is survived by his
second wife and four children by his
first marriage.
Judge Semmes served in the Con-
federate army and was q nephew of
Admiral Semmes, who commanded
the Alabama. He was taken pris.
oner and was confined In Chicago
till the close Of the war.
He was once sentenced to cxccu.
ton, but was reprieved. Judge
Semnes was a law graduate Of Yale
and at one time served as States
attorney of this county.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22

widely accepted that these areas
are vegetation, which fades In win
ter and reveals the color Of the
soil beneath the foliage.
Then came the startling discov.
cry Of the canals" These are
the tiniest hair-like lines, laid with
geonetrical precision across tile
surface Of the planet. covering II
with a network and connecting the
dark areas Of supposed vegetation.
Where the canals cross each other
or join are round black dots, large
or small according to the impor.
lance Of the canals. The canals
in common with the areas of vege-
tation fade in the Marian winter,
though the black spots at their
points OF intersection still remained
visible to the keenest and best
trained eyes.
The theory was advanced and
has been staunchly supported by a
great school Of astronomers. led by
Professor Percival Lowell, Of the
Flagstaff, Arizona, observatory.
that the canals are actually canals
as we know them-waterways built
for purposes of irrigation by. a
race Of superintendent beings.
The vast red areas which now
cover the greatest part of the
Marian planet are held to be
deserts, devoid OF life and rapidly
encroaching upon the areas of
vegetation and civilization as the
planet slowly dries up.
Marian Cities.
The dark points at the canal
intersections are the Marian cities,
it is held. The canals are visible
merely because Of the narrow strips
or vegetation growing along their
banks. When the vegetation dies
in cold weather the canals fade
and disappear or become very faint
to the observer on earth.
The planet, because OF its smaller
size, has aged far more rapidly
than the earth, scientists claim.
Its atmosphere is now very thin;
clouds are never seen in the
Marian sky. Vast deserts cover
the surface and the seas have dried
up leaving vegetation in their beds.
The planet is now in the last
stages OF its existence as the
theater Of life.
The Marian peoples, If such
there be, have been forced by the
physical conditions in which they
live to sustain life by exercise Of
scientific skill or to perish. They
nave, in the battle for life, become
.rained beyond any limits Of which
We have conception on earth. 1t il
neld.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22

selves describe Nathan Leopold as
a paranOic."
Loeb IL Bored.
Leopold paid strict attention az
his lawyers read long excerpts from
the Singer-Krohn volume. Loci
looked bored.
You have here" Bachrach said,
evidence from Doctors Singer and
krohn that absolutely destroys the
evidence they have here on the
stand that there was no mental Iis.
ease In Nathan Leopold. They wrote
time"
'Schizophrenia," came back into
the discussion as Bachrach took up
Loeb's condition in detail. Schiz.
ophrenia, he read from the books,
means splitting Of the mind and
personality, definite cleavage be.
tween the intellectual and emo.
tional beings. One tendency of the
schizophrenic, Is toward dream,
ing"
that is what 1t is-day dreaming
and phantasies."
The record is full of Dicky Loeb's
day dreams and fantasies" dis
closed by the alienists who examined
him.
Leopold Breaks Down.
Meantime, tension was high today
the allegedly breaking and
the physical and mental condition
|of Nathan Leopold.
For the first time during the long
ordeal through which he and young
''Dicky" Loeb have passed he broke
yesterday, crying out In his near
hysteria, my God, do you think
they win hang us?" It occurred in
the bull-pen. during noon recess. He
showed no signs of the break upon
his return to court for the after.
noon session. But early reports
were today that he did not pass the
same reposeful and pleasant night
last night that has marked his re.
tirement heretofore. But last night
he went to his dreams with the
terrible denunciation Of the prosecu.
ton ringing in his ears: "Hang
them! Hang them! Hang them!'
It had been--for them, certainly
what should be to any man facing
such a battle Of life or death, the
hardest day since the boys cracked
the skull of little Bobby Franks
with cold-chisel and then stuffed
his naked little body into a drain
pipe.
Loeb, imperturable always, stoday
showed mo- indication that he was
similarly affected. except, perhaps,
In a face a little drawn, and an at.
tention more intent than he has
heretofore exhibited, as his attor.
ney pleaded with Judge Caverly for
HIS life.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22
Quiz for Forest Wardens

BALTIMORE, Aug. 22.-An ex.
animation for forest wardens win be
held at Hagerstown on August 20,
Ut was announced here today.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22
Doubt RaisuIi's Death

GIBRALTAR, Aug. 22.-There
was no confirmation today Of the
report that Raisuh, famous Mo-
roccan bandit, Is dead.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22
Mars Is Inhabited But
Communication Is
Remote, He Says

MARE ISLAND, Cal, Aug.
22.Mars is inhabited, but the
chances of communication with
that planet are remote, accord
ing to Captain T. ]. See, pro-
lessor Of mathematics, u. S. N,
and Government astronomer rat
the naval observatory here.
Astronomical observations"
said Professor See today, "show
Mars rotates in "a hours 81
minutes and 22.67 seconds. Sea-
sons there are about the same
as here, although the year there
is twice as long as on the earth.
"Mars has polar caps of snow
and ice which melt in advance
of the Marian summer and
build up with the return of win
ter. Wonderful to relate, we
can see the clouds floating in
the Mars atmosphere. And if
Mars has seasons and day and
night, clouds, snow and sunlight
as favorable as those on the
plateau of Thibet, it is GER
tainly inhabited"
The Washington times., 1924-08-22
PRINCE PACKING
UP FOR TRIP
TOU.S.
Will Travel IN Imperial Suite
With Plenty Of
Luggage
BY HARRY FLOY.


LONDON, Aug. 22.-There was
great activity, at ST. James palace
throughout today with a retinue of
servants packing up for the de.
parture of the Prince Of Wales for
New York tomorrow.
The prince will travel in the i'm.
perial suite of the Cunard liner
Berengaria which will sail from
Southampton during the afternoon.
Trunks, bundles, bags, rolls of
steamer rugs and boxes filled the
hall Of st. James palace, indicating
that the prince, on his visit to
the United States and Canada Is
not going to travel light.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22
Holds Interest of
Earth Tonight

The close approaching of the planet Mars the earth
night has revived the outstanding controversy regarding the
existence of the Marian canals and the possibility Of nte
gent life that planet.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22
WEEK Of REST
HAS HELPED
COOLIDGE
President Expected to Take
More Active Part In
Campaign
BY GRORGE nURNO.

PLYMOUTH, VT, Aug. GA
week Of rest in the Vermont hills
determined President Coolidge to-
day to take q far more active per-
sonal part in the coming campaign
than was planned originally.
1t is expected that virtually his
entire itenerary will have been
completed by the time he Is ready
to return to the Capital next week.
Speaking engagements have been
arranged thus far. In the ensuing
six days of vacation still other
plans will be worked out. Besides
speaking in Baltimore September 6.
1t Is likely that he also win appear
before thf worlds fraternal con.
,Sress meeting in the District of Co.
lumbia Immediately following his
return at the end of this month.
Vermont Day Planned.
The remainder of the Presidents
stay at the home here of his father
will have a political aspect more or
less. Tentative engagement call for
several ceremonies that SAVIOR Of
politics.
A Vermont day" has been plan.
ned for Monday. Residents of the
State win congregafe here to nav
homage to it's distinguished son. Be.
sides, ceremonies in connection with
meeting Of the Home Town
Coolidge Club have been arranged.
Other political factors in tho
Presidents vacation include the pos-
sibility of a visit from General
Charles g. Dawes, candidate On the
Coolidge ticket for Vice President.
he is to speak tomorrow in
Augusta, Me. Other political
leaders attracted to New England
by the Maine State election may
call.
To See Reporters.
C. Bascom Slemp, the executive
secretary, who has been in the
background for a week now is en-
gaging Mr.. Coolidge in daily con,
ferences, where the campaign IS
discussed. Out of these confer.
ences will grow some OF the Coolidge
campaign plans.
All the voters of Plymouth town.
ship have registered.
Displayed prominently in the gen.
era1 store was a certified list OF
those qualified to vote. There were
100, and of these, ten were Cool.
idges, headed by the Presidents
father.
Three Of the ten were women.
Mr.. Coolidge was TO receive news.
paper correspondent accompanying
him this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22
War Mothers Lawn Eate

The District Of Columbia Chapt r
of the National American War
Mothers will hold a lawn fete today
at 1889 Park Road, for the purpose
OF raising funds to carry on the
work of the organization. Refresh.
ments and fancy articles win De on
sale. Music will be furnished by
the U. S. Army band.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22
By DOCTOR v. M. SLIPPER,
PROFESSOR C. o. LAMPLAND.
PROFESSOR e. e. SLIPPER,
Of Lowell Observatory staff. and
DOCTOR w. w. COBLENTZ,
- TT n.,.oa,, ne C@a,ndorHe
Of U. S. Bureau Of Standards.

Of u. S. Bureau Of Standards.
LOWELL OBSERVATORY. Flag
staff. Ariz., Aug. 22.-Observations
of the planet Mars have been in
progress at Lowell Observatory for
several months and will be con-
tinued fo1 some months after the
planets nearest approach to earth
tonight. In fact, some valuable
observations may be made in the
weeks to come-m0re valuable than
those obtained at this time.
The size. mass, day, year and
season and other facts are well
known Of Mars and considerable
Is also known Of Mars temperature
and atmosphere, but it Is desirable
to know still more accurately the
extent and composition Of MartiaH
air, the temperatures Of different
portions Of the planets surface and
the causes If possible, of changes
in the surface features, seasonal and
otherwise.
Hence the observation program at
this observatory includes visual
and Photographic observations Of
the various surface features and
phenomena related to them, to-
gether with photometric and spec
troscopic studies OF the light, and
radiometric determination of tenn
peratures using the 24-inch refrac-
tor ana the 40-inch reflector, with
many highly technical sensitive in.
struments.
The Washington times., 1924-08-22
SEE
SNOWSTORM
ON MARS
LOWELL Observatory Experts
Watch Planet in Grip
OF BoFeas
CONTINUES from First Page.l

Continued from First Page.)
less signals Of some kind already
have been received from the neigh.
boring planet" he continued ''The
signals" he thought. ARE just dis
turbances introduced by solar or
terrestrial causes not yet under
stood, and not the work of intelli.
gent beings"
Suppose, Doctor Fowle ventured,
some strange signal did come over
the radio from Mars?
Nobody Can Tel
"who is there who could de,
cipher it?" he asked.
Mars may be inhabited. may be
civilized far beyond our own world.
Doctor F'owle didn't deny that: on
the other hand, he believed IT all
may be true.
"It is reasonable to believe that
Mars Ii Inhabited" he said.
Those who doubt this beliaf, he
suggested, need only to ask them
selves these questions:
''Why was our earth created!
How was 1t created? Why are We
here?"
Doctor Fowie answered himself:
Nobody can tell exactly. No
bddy can answer those question:
about Mars. either"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-07
SPECIAL BOARD IS NAMED
TO TEST DEAF MOTORISTS

HARRISBURG, March IA com
mittee representing the deaf persons
of Pennsylvania will pass upon all
applications for. drivers licenses and
learners permits received from the
deaf applicants by the automobile d.
vision Of the department of high.
ways. The committee. which will
serve without pay. consists of the
Rev. F. c. Smielau, Selinsgrove
Prof. J. A. McIlvanne, Philadelphia
and F. A. Leitner, Williamsburg
Since last March it has been legal
for deaf persons to operate motor
vehicles in Pennsylvania il they
have licenses.
1.-THE committee will not person
ally examine deaf applicants for au
tomobile drivers licenses, nor will
they be present at the examinations,
but the department will refer to It
the names Of deaf applicants" Regis.
trar Elnon said. THE committee
within a day or so thereafter will
furnish a brief report as to the ap-
plicants' fitness to operate cars"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-07
AUTO IS
CAUSE OF
M|SHAP
Fugitive, Fired on by Police,
Runs Into Tree-Pedes-
TRAN Hurt.

Gun-play and two accidents fig
ured in the recovery last night Of
the automobile Of Henry v. Egan,
Of Landover. Nd. three minutes
after he reported 1t stolen. Two
youths are being sought AZ occu-
pants Of the stolen machine.
Traffic Policeman Harry Gordon
and ]. r. Milstead, of the Second
precinct, noticed the machine pass
by them at North Capitol and H
streets. Communicating a nearby
auto, they chased it. Repeated
warnings failed to halt the fugitive
car. Policeman Gordon fired one
shot. The bullet went astray, and
the first motor car rounded the
curve at Fourth and H streets
northwest.
When the officers automobile
turned tho corner q few seconds
later tho stolen machine was
TANNED into a tree. The youths
were gone. Gordon got into the
car and began driving it to the
Sixth precinct. At North Capitol
and H streets he struck Daniel
Dore, fifty-seven, Of the Penhurst
Apartments. He was slightly in
jured. He went home. refusing
treatment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-07
COMMITTEE To
TAKE UP CHILD
WELFARE
Special House Group Also to
Frame Bill Providing D. c.
Mothers Pensions.

The work Of framing an adequate
bill for the District Of Columbia
juvenile court and mothers pension
bill for the District of Columbia
will be undertaken in the near
future by special subcommittee
of the House District Committee.
This committee already has be-
fore it several bills regarding the
Board of Children's Guardians, the
Juvenile Court, and other problems
affecting the welfare Of Washington
mothers and children.
Congressman Oscar E. Keller of
Minnesota, chairman Of the com.
mittee, declared today that in his
opinion there is no doubt Of the
need for such legislation.
Hearings before the House Dis
Etrict committee during the first ses.
sion Of Congress proved that there
| ton of the Sort" he stated. 1--WE
will therefore be spared the neces-
sity Of holding lengthy hearings to
determine what type Of legislation
is needed. and 1 hope that we will
be able to Immediately undertake
the framing Of the bill ITSELF"
| These hearings probably will not
begin until the District teachers
salary bill, which Congressman KEEL
Ter is the author. has been disposed
Of by the HoAse. It is expected
that this bill will be reported
favorably to the House at a special
meeting of the District committee
tomorrow.
The committee on the juvenile
court measure is composed Of Con.
gressmen Edward M. Beers, of
Pennsylvania: Gale H. Stalker, of
New York; Thomas L. Blanton of
Texas, and Ralph Gilbert Of Ken
| lucky,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-07
PREACHER HELD
. IN MOONSH|NE
Staying
Knoxville, Tenn, Anti-Saloon
Leader Also Faced by
Graft Charge.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March e.
Sensations came thick and fast to-
day in Knoxville's law enforcement
battle with alleged looseness in
the courts.
Preacher Arrested.
The Rev. c. w. Cant, preacher
raider, Anti-Saloon League head,
Law Enforcement League superin-
tendent, and special deputy sheriff,
was arrested, charged with murder
in one case and extortiOn' In an
other. The arrests came last night
as a. climax to a day filled with
action by DR.. Cant and Federal
and State prohibition officers. They
made a score: Of raids, gathering
In nearly q dozen alleged bootleg
gers and considerable liquor.
DR.. Cant, who has been at outs
with local court officers and at
torneys for several weeks, having
made q series Of sensational charges
in public speeches, answers at 10
o'clock this morning for the. muir
der Of Pete Green, an alleged
moonshiner Of Jefferson county.
at New Market. The preacher.
:. Ader issued a statement admitting
he led the raid, but denied any
knowledge of the killing.
81, Faces Graft" Charge.
A warrant charging DIR. Cant
with collecting costs" in a case
against r.. A. Johnson, alleged
bootlegger. who was never arrested
by the State, was served later. DIR.
Cant denies this charge also.
Only a few days ago Criminal
Judge T. A. r. Nelson, delivered
scathing charge to the grand
jury, in which he denounced DR..
Cant as a "slanderer. the vilest
person who breathes." Word bat
ties between the preacher.raider
and local attorneys have filled
columns in the newspapers since
that time and public addresses.
some Of them delivered from the
pulpit Of the most fashionable
churches in the city have featured
the battle,
Claims Frame Up"
DR.. Cant charges the whole
thing is a frame-up and an effort
to cover lOoseness and crooked
ness which he says does exist
in the courts and among local
officers and promises to flight to
finish"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-07
IL
Killed
3a37
Injured
Since
Jan. /,
1924.

. y LOEluWG6I,
whose motorcycle ran into an auto.
mobile. He declined treatment.
Both motors were damaged.
While boarding a street car at
Georgia avenue and Kenyon street
northwest. Kate w. Hall, forty.
four, 1875 Kenyon street northwest,
was struck by a machine. She was
taken to her home by a friend
who happened by.
Slight injuries were received by
Richmond V. Latham, colored
forty-two, E street southwest,
who was knocked down by a motor
vehicle near his home. The auto.
mobile sped away.
Daniel Dore, fifty-seven, Of the
Penhurst Apartments, was knocked
down by a machine which Police.
man Harry Gordon, OF the Traffic
Bureau was driving.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-07
HOSPITAL FUND
DRIVE GOING
STRONG
Workers Report Campaign
tor Emergency-casuaIty Is
Meeting Success.

With more than 45O solicitors
efield in Washington today the drive
Tor the 100000 required for the
maintenance Of Emergency and
way.
For months preparations for the
urlVe We're being made, the Wash.
ngton public being kept continually
INFORMED OF the conditions at the
Two hospitals and the Importance
OF the institutions to the welfare
OF the city. While at noon no
reports had been received from the
team captains it was understood
tnat all along the line results were
being obtained insuring the sue
cess or the drive which is scheduled
70 continue for the next ten days.
Coolidge Check First.
President Coolidge was the first
person to contribute to the fund.
His check, for an amount az vet
not stated by Col. Edward Clifford,
chairman Of the campaign commit.
tee, was reported at the dinner
given at the New Willard Hotel last
night, attended by 462 men and
women participating in the drive.
Dependence Of the city on its
hospitals and the Importance Of the
latter to the average citizen was
strikingly brought out by Senator
Royal s. Copeland, of New York,
the principal speaker at last nights
dinner.
After contending that hospitals
are or even greater importance
tnan police and fire departments
Senator Copeland said:
In a community such as ours,
where we live in cramped quarters
without facilities for handling sick.
ness properly, we must depend on
hospitals more and more,
Every family in a community
u likely at one time or another to