Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-04-21 | Page 12 | Wireless Signals of Mars Expected

WIRELESS SIGNALS OF MARS EXPECTED Planets Being g Nearest During During During Dur Dur- ing Orbit Instrument Makes l Reception Possible Omaha Neb April An O.-An 20 An attempt Is being made this week cele to pick up I wireless signals which the alleged In Inhabitants inhabitants In- In habitants of tho the planet Mars Mara 1 arc are beh believed be- be h by experts to b be sending out outto outto outto to to the tho arth This announcement was made toda today b by Dr Frederick II IL MIll MIll- ener l wireless expert of or this city Dr ir explained that during this week weak the earth and Mars Mam will be closer together than at any uny time dur- dur during I In InK ing c the year and for Cor that reason tint the experiment will ho M conducted now non I In his statement toda today Dr I said sald I A wireless signal I In is a n. form of oe an Invisible lI light ht wave of a a. definite rate of vibrations and oscillations With th thA modern means of or Interpreting these definite rates It Is not impossible to believe Q that some somo mathematical mathematical mathe mathe- signal made mado by a light wave wn-o or some spectral modification of ot sonic some character ml might ht bo be Intercepted b by I means of ot radio apparatus upon this carthOn earthOn earth carth I On Oar account of ot the very delicacy c of or I tho theao the o In Instruments so delicate that thc they hale havo been beon able ablo to t a n sound Round which we Wo have havo heretofore been unable to hear weather conditions atmospherics atmospherics atmos atmos- thunderstorms and other natural natural nat nat- ural phenomena may mav absolutely prevent prevent pre pre- vent ent even cn ordinary long distance com com- from being received cd But Buthen given hen fair cond conditions conditions any ano sounds Bounds un un- unusual usual In the United States Slates will bo be ob ob- served cd