Show i l' l Discusses M Mars irs rs D Dri U. T K CHARLES CI CREELY JJ ABBOT director of the astrophysical observatory ob oh- lJ- lJ who says Venus not Mars LIars may be sending wireless messages to earth carth and that Mars Mar Marsis Maris is is uninhabited ted 1 Q 0 R L. L f Q 0 Dr Bt Aw Prea ASHl ASHINGTON Jan 29 If IC If wireless W WASHINGTON messages are arc being on tho the earth cart from rom some other planet as b by William Villiam Marconi It ISn Is IS' n not t Mars that is sending the sl signals but bul most moat probably Venus says Dr Charles G G. G Abbot director o of the tho Smithsonian Astrophysical observatory tor and assistant secretary of tho tile Smithsonian Smithsonian Smith Smith- Institution Dr Abbot makes no assertion that th tJ c m fi 1 C m from another planet llanet but bul sa saya sas s. s if it tb they do do Mars is eliminated as a possibility be because because be be- cause known lenon conditions on that probably would not permit the existence existence existence exist exist- ence of an any form orni of or living creature Mars Culled Called Refrigerator tut In the first place lace says says says' Dr Abbot because of or the greater distance neary nearl near- near l 13 y two and ami one half times less radiation radia U ti tion n from the sun warms wa Mars than reaches the earth arth It is probably bly nearly learly per cent colder on the av average V- V on that distant nt planet than th on the earth Knowing what low temperatures tem tern occur on this earth carth in the course of or tho the winter season It readily will v bo ho realized that hat degrees cold colder r would mean menu In the thc second j place even cn If an any form of oC life could withstand that degree defree de- de free greo of ot cold It Il Is definitely known b by bythe the ho investigations of or Director Campbell Camp Camp- bell of or Lick observatory that there i Is 18 practically no water vapor in the at- at on page pago 2 VENUS COULD SIGNAL NOT MARS OR ABBOT Continued from Page Pao I 1 surrounding Mars which fact crosses out the possibility of oC that I net 8 supporting supporting- any y vegetation or other form of or food for living creatures crea crea- tures Cnn Are tre Non nn The polar caps which are shown on Mars bay re be e either cither hoar frost from the tho minute traces of or water vapor In Inthe Inthe the Martian atmosphere or what is quite as probable frozen carbonic acid gas Sas The called so-called canai cana o of or Mars are ue non existent except as s Indefinite I markings according to such telescopic observers as Barnard Hale and others s t who have observed ed with great telescopes Ides teles copes CoPe under h perfect condi condi- But It Il Is objected there ma may be other e forms of oC be beings n s which I need no water or vegetation or heat This is also reduced to impossibility b by the fact th that t all living things s are made mad up large largely I of or different compounds compounds compounds com com- pounds of or carbon While the stellar spectrum shows that there thero Is carbon on bodies the chemical combinations combinations com com- of or thu this this' clement such as arc are required d for life mostly require temperatures temperatures tem tern above e freezing to prevent J So the extremely low v temper r aures aures on Mars s p probably t never ne r higher tb than thi I ze zero o. o would pot allow the carbon I compounds to lo exist In a a. condition suit sult- I abl for life lIe I Cloud Clouds n Reduce du Temp erasure iThe The planet enus on the theother other hand liand nd shows every eer condition necessary 1 for foT maintaining life It Is nc nearly nearl- rl the thes s same ine size as the earth and is even nearer the sUn aun than the thc earth Is This would apparently make the climate considerable hotter holler on Venus nuH except for the fact th that l the th atmosphere surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding Venus Is continually cloud cloudy This universal cloudiness by reflecting the radiation from the sun reduces the temperature to about the same samera ra range gc as that experienced here on the earth This cloudiness also shows a sufficient amount of Wt wrier t r vapor apor to support vegetation and higher forms 0 of life lite on the planet Venus s As regards I Ithe the possibility t of or receiving wireless mc messages ages from another planet Venus n at aty Its nearest approach to th i earth Is miles mlle awa away whereas where s Mars Is at least leut From these considerations It ma may mar marbe be concluded that If it an any planet Is tr try try- signal our earth It Is Ven Venus s and not not Mars It can be definitely proved that Mars I rs Is for maintaining any form form of or life while with the conditions con condi lions prevailing alling Venus there Is CV every ty reason to believe that that planet plan plan- ct et t. t mn may be populated by beings fairly lII similar to lo ourselves es 7 |