Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-09-22 | Page 21 | Aid is Sought from Mystics

IIS SOU GUI FROMMYSTICS Undeveloped Film Shows Mysterious Fog I ... " . i CHICAGO, Sept. tt (By U. P Students of ths mystic war consulted today by the Wattcraon R Rothacker commercial Tilm laboratories, to de-term de-term ins whether or not an etherlal body could give off a light or glow, In vis ibis to th human eye. which ; would fog an undeveloped film. Allen Peterson, ths company's most I ex.ert developer who la aiso a firm believer in spiritualism, declared that tho fogging .was caused by tho appearance ap-pearance of tho spirit of his cousin Otto, who recently died. "Otto and I wers close friends anal I always urged him to visit mo at tho plant, J'eteraon said, "but ha t never cams up to tha tim of his death. Ths film which hag been fogged has always baen run through between tha houra of I and 4, whan vlaitora are allowed to go through ths plsnt and when I aaked Otto to visit me." Ths technical stsff of tho Rothacker company mads every effort to trace the trouble to static, electrolysis and other known causes of light struck effects. on films, without result. Investigators watched the films closely during the time when they were fog red. tesfed ths solutions, but were unable to prevent the mysterious force. Finally Peterson waa . transferred trans-ferred to another department and the films came through perfectly. Whenever When-ever Peterson ts placed back In the developing room for a day. merely to test the effectiveness of the unusual light, the films again show up spoiled.