The Syracuse Journal, Volume 27, Number 26, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 18 October 1934 — Page 3

THURSDAY, OCT 11, 1934

COLLIDE JWSj Edwin Philip Wylie WMUSwvt®*.

CHAPTER II . — Tool's favorite club was usually filled with leisurely men playing backgammon or bridge or chews, smoking and reeding newspapers. As Tony entered, however, be felt that it had emerged from Its slumber*. There were only two games in progress; many men were gathered around the -> bar. Voicjs-were staccato. Men stood tn groups and talked. The surface of snobbish solitude had been dissipated. Tony knew at once why the club I was alive. The rumors, spreading on the streets, bad eddied in through these doors, too. Some one hailed him. "Hl! Tony!" “Hello. Jack! What’s upr “You tell us!" “How could I tell you?" “Don't you know Hendron? Haven't you seen him?” Jack Little stepped away from a , cluster of friends who, however, soon I followed him; and Tony found himself ‘ surrounded. One of the men bad been one of the guests whom Tony, half an i hour before, had helped dear brom the Hendron's; and so be could not deny ! having seen Hendron, even If he bad < wanted to. ‘ “What In h—l have the scientists » under their hats, Tony?" "I don't know. Honest." Tony de- ; nled. “Then what tfiejlevU Is the League j of the Last Days?" “What?" “The League of the Last Days—an organisation of all the leading aeien- | tlsts In the world, as far as I can make ■ out." Little Informed him. “Never heard of IL" said Tony. “I Just did,".Little confessed. “They J began to organise It suddenly, all over the world. In the winter, in absolutely ■ the highest scientific circles and it's Just leaking out" “The I-eague of the Last Days?" repeated Tony. “What does It mean?" “That’s what I thought you might tell us. Hendron's a member, of j course." •The head of* It, I bear." somebody . else put In. “I don’t know a thing about it," Tony protested, and tried to more away. Actually, he did not know; but this talk fitted In too well with what Eve had told him. Her father had been chosen by the scientists of the world to make some extraordinary announcement But—the League of the Last Days I She had not mentioned, that to him. League of the Last Days! It sent a > strange tingle under bls skin. “How did you bear about it?" Tony j now demanded of Jack Little. “From him." said Jack. Jerking toward the man who had heard that Colo Hendron headed the League. “I got It thia afternoon." this fellow said Importantly. “I know the elty , editor of the Standard. He bad a re- ; porter—a smart kid named Dario— ' on IL 1 was there when the kid came | back. It seems that some months ago. ‘ the scientists—the top men like Hen- , dron—stumbled on something big. So ■ big that It seema-to have scared them. They've been having meetings about it for montha “Nobody thought much about the meetings at first Scientists are always barging around visiting each other and having convention*. But these were different Very few men—and all j big ones; and no real reports coming . out Only camouflage stuff—like about progress in smashing the atom. But there Is something mighty big and mighty secret “There's one thing definitely known. They write to each other and cable to each other about it In a code that's so d—d good that the newspapers, which have got hold of some of the messages, can't break the cipher and figure it out" . “What's . the League of the Last Days got to do with that?" Tony asked. “it's the League of the Last Days that communicates with its members by the code.” That was all anyone knew; and soon Tfony left the circle, pushed out of the club and started home. When his cab stopped for a red light he was mused from his abstractions by the hawking of an extra. He leaned out and bought one from the bawling newsboy. The headline disappointed him. Scientists Form Secret “League of the Last Days" A second paper told no more. Sensational Secret Diecovery; World Scientists Communicating in Code When h«/reached his apartment bls Jap servant smiled at him. He aurrendered bl<derby. threw himself In a deep chair, hab a telephone brought, and called Eve. He was Informed that service on that number bad been dis continued for the night “Bring me a highball. Kyto." Tony said. "And hand me that d—n* newspaper." And Tony read: “A secret discovery of startling importance l« exciting the whole world of science. “Though denied both by American and foreign scientists, the Standard has come into possession of copies of more than a score of cablegrams in cists and astronomers in America, and Prof. Ernest Helm of Heidelberg, Gernownnaner haw eoneht out the American se.-.le.n »>r welWre ,of tiw ..

mysterious code messages, who Include Prof. Yerksen Leemlng at Yale. Dr. K. Beldltx of Colombia. Cole Hendron of the Universal Electric and Power corporation, and Prof. Eugene Taylor at Princeton. Some of these scientists at first denied that a secret code communication was being carried on; but others, confronted with copses of messages, admitted it. but claimed that they referred to a - nvestigation which was being conducted by several groups In co-operation. They denied that the subjects under investigation were of public Importance. “But matters are coming to a bead. Today it was discovered that a special courier from South Africa, sent by Lord llbondln and Professor Bronson of Capetown, had flown the length of the Dark continent with a mysterious black box; at Cherbourg he took the fast express steamer Europa and upon bis arrival was taken off at quarantine and hurried to Cole Hendron’s apartment “Dr. Cole Hendron, chief consultant of the Universal Electric and Power corporation, only t«»day returned to New York front Pasadena, where he has been working with the scientists of the observatory on ML Wilson. . . . “To add to the disturbing and spectacular features of this strange, scientific mystery, it Is learned that the scientists associated In this secret and yet world-spanning Investigation are' In a group which Is called the league of the laist Days. What this may mean. ..." There was nothing more but speculation and wild guesses. Tony tossed aside the newspapers. The League of the laist Days! It mlghL of course, have been manufactured by one of the sensational newspapers Itself, and thus spread about the city But Tony too vivldiv recollected Eve Hendron. Kyto sphered with his highball; and Tony sipped slowly and thoughtfully. If thlA. had meaning, it must be that some anhwUQg and unique menace threatened hutnah society. And It was at a moment when, more than ever before tn his life or In his dreams. Tony Drake wanted human society, with him In It—with him and Eve in It—to go on as It was. Or rather, as It would be. If things simply took their natural course. Eve tn his arms; her Ups on his again, as he had had them today! To possess her. to own her completely! He could dream of no human delight beyond her! And be would have her! D —n this league of the Days! What were the scientists hiding among themselves? Tony sat up vehemently. “A b—l of a thing.” he said aloud. “The whole world is haywire. Haywire! By the way, Kyto, you don’t happen to send code messages to Einstein, do you?” .“Told messages?" “Let It pass. I'm going to bed. If my mother calls from the country. Kyto. tell her I'm being a good boy and still wearing woolen socks against a cold snap. I must have sleep, to be in shape for work tomorrow. Maybe 111 sell five shares of stock in the morning, or possibly tern It's wearing me down. I can’t stand the strain." Four hours later, after twice again having attempted to phone Eve HenL ! V//! ** Eve in His Arms; Her Lips on Hie Again, as He Had Had Them Todayl dron, and twice again haring been informed that service for the night was discontinued, Tony got to sleep. «« It was the staid, accurate, ultra-re-sponsible New York Times which spread the sensation before him in the morning. The headlines lay black upon the page: Scientists Say Worlds From Another Star Approach the Earth Dr. Cole Hendren Mak®* Astonishing Statement in Which Sixty of the Greatest Living Physicists and Astronomers Concur. Tony was scarcely awake when Kyto had brought him the paper. "Dr. Cole Hendron, generally ao knowledged to be the leading astrophysicist of America," Tony read, “early this morning gave to the press the following statement, on behalf of the sixty scientists named In an aweompanying column." Tony s eye* flashed to th? column.

which carried the list of distinguished names, English. German, French. Italian, Swiss, American, South African, Australian, and Japanese. “Similar statements are being given to the press of all peoples at this time. Tn order to allay alarms likely to rise from the increase of rumors based upon incorrect or misunderstood reports of the discovery made by Professor Bronson of Capetown. South Africa, and in order to acquaint all people with the actual situation, as it Is now viewed, we offer these facts. “ ‘Eleven months ago. when examining a photographic plate of the region 15 (Eridanus) in the southern skies. Professor Bronson noticed the presence of two bodies near the star Archemar. which had not been observed before’ “‘Both were exceedingly faint and. lying in the constellation Eridanus, which is one of the largest constellations in the sky. they were at first put down as probably long-period variable stars which had recently increased In brightness after having been too faint to affect the photographic plate. •'A month later, after photographing again the same locality. Professor Bronson looked for the two new stars and found that they had moved. No object of stellar distance could show displacement in so short a space of time. It was certain, therefore, that the newly observed bodies were not stars. They must be previously unobserved and unsuspected members of

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“Comets Appear From All Directions; but These Two Bodies Did Not Resemble Comets When Viewed Through the Greater Telescope”

our solar system, or else objects, from ' outside our system, now approaching us. “ They must be new planets or coineta—or strangers from space. “•All planets known to be associated with our sun move approximately in the plane described by the earth’s orbit This is true, whatever the size or distance of the planets, from Mercury to Pluto. The two Bronson bodies were moving almost at rlfcht angles to the plane of the planetary orbits. “ ‘Comets appear from ail directions; but these two bodies did not resemble comets when viewed through the greater telescope. One of them, at the time of the second observation, showed a small but perceptible disk. Its spectrum exhibited the character istic lines of reflected sunlight Meanwhile, several observations of position and movement were made which made it plan that the two Bronson bodies were objects of planetary di- | mension* and characteristics, approaching us from out of stellar distances—that is. from space. “The two bodies have remained associated, approaching us together and at the same speed. Both now show disks which can be measured. It can now be estimated that, when first observed, they had approached within the distance from the sun of the planet Neptune. It must be remembered, however, that they lie in an entirely different; direction. •‘Since coming under observation, they have moved within the distance of the orbit of the planet Uranus, and are approaching the distance of Sat urn. • ‘Bronson Alpha—which is the name temporarily assigned to the larger of the two new bodies—appears in the telescope similar in size to Uranus That is. Its estimated diameter ia something over forty thousand miles. Bronson Beta, which is the smaller of the two bodies, has an estimated diameter of eight thousand mites. It is similar in size, therefore, to the earth. “ ‘Bronson Beta at present is in advance of Alpha In their approach toward the solar system; but th& do not move in parallel lines; Beta, is the smaller, revolves around Alpha so that their positions constantly change. “They have both come definitely within the sphere of gravitational influence of the sun; but having arrived from Interstellar space, their speeds of approach greatly exceed the velocities of our familiar planets in their orbits around the sun. " ‘Such are the observed phenomena. The following is necessarily highly speculative, but it ia offered as a possible explanation of the origin of the two Bronson bodies. “Tt has long been supposed that about other stars than ours—for of course our sun is only a star—are other plants tike the earth and Mars and Jupiter. It is not presumed that all stars are surrounded by planets; but

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it has been estimated thaT probably at least one star in one hundred thousand has developed a planetary system. Among the many billions of stars, there are probably millions of suns with planets. It is always possible that some catastrophe would tear the planets away. It would require nothing more than the approach qf another star toward the sun to destroy the gravitational control of the sun over the earth and Venus and Mars and Jupiter and other planets, and to send them all spinning into space on cold and dark careers of their own. “ This world of ours, and Venus and Mars and Jupiter and Saturn, would then wander throughout Indefinite ages—some of them perhaps eternally doomed to cold and darkness; others mighL after Incalculable ages, find another sun. “ ‘lt might be assumed, for purposes of explanation of the Bronson bodies, that they puce, were planets like our earth and Uranus, circling about some life-giving sun. A catastrophe tore them away, together with whatever other planets there might have been, and sent them into the darkness of interstellar space. These two—Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta—either were associated originally, or else established a gravitational Influence upon each other in the Joqrney through space, and probably have traveled together through an Incalculable time until they arrived in a region of the heavens which brought them at last under the attraction of the sun. Their

previous course, consequently, has been greatly modified by the sun, and as a result, they are now approaching us.*" At th|s point the. prepared statement of Cole Hendron terminated. (TU BE CONTINUED.) FOUR CORNERS. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gawthrop called at the home of Mrs. Myers, Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Crist Dan, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Essec of Goshen, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Chilcote of Nappanee. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Maloy and Miss Culler of Goshen were Saturday evening callers at the Mary Ulery home. Crist Darr called at the A. W. Geyer home, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Geyer and Mr. andMrs. Snyder called at the homes of Mr. and Mrs, Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Darr, Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Junes Callander of Gravelton visited in the Clint Callander home, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Darr and two children of near Goshen were callers in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Geyer and Mr. and Mrs. Darr, Tuesday evening., Mrs. Ida Myers was a caller at the home of Cletus Myers in Milford, Monday morning. Mr. Myers and Mr. Holler of Milford called at the Myers home Monday evening. Mrs. Frank Bushong called at the Mary Ulery home, Friday. NEWSALEM George Auer and family spent Sunday with Art Hummel and ilyComplimentary to the 74th birthday of Reuben Mock, Wanet* Mock entertained, Sunday, at their home the following guests: Jesse Parsons and wife, Mrs. Frances Mock of Goshen; Albert Mock and wife, Miss Evelyn Mock, of West Plains, Mo.; Howard Mock and wife, Dale and Harold Mock. A large birthday cake decorated with candles was a feature of the occasion. Music and a social time was enjoyed in the afternoon. Joe Smith, wife and son Harry spent Monday afternoon with Emory Guy' and wife. Hugh Ettline an*u family of Elkhart and Agnes Pinkerton of LaPorte spent Sunday with Roy Bnk-

erton and family. Mary Buhrt spent Tuesday night with Betty Auer. Lucile Smith spent Sunday in Elkhart and attended revival services at the Church of the Brethren at Osceola in the evening. James Pinkerton and Harry Smith spent Monday evening at the George Auer home. DISMAL Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grear of Cedar Point started for Florida, Sunday morning, to spend the winter there. Mrs. Mabie Burley of Ligonier spent a day recently with her sister Mrs. Virgil Bobeck. Mrs. Banford Byrd and two daughters visited in the Clingerman home, Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Dull and two children .of Garrett visited in the Stanley Lung home, part of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bunger of Benton visited the Clell Buchtel family, Sunday. and wife spent Thursday evening with Lee Lung and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Longfellow and two daughters from Warsaw, visited Mrs. Mary Wilkinson and family, Sunday. * Mr., and Mrs. Claus Bobeck and Virgil and Arlin Bobeck attended a church supper at Sparta, Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Carlson visited with Dora Clingerman and wife, Sunday. CONCORD Mr. and Mrs. Fred Poscharsky and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mat heps spent Friday evening at thelvilliam Wyland home. Those who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Coy, Sunday, were: Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Ketring, Mr. and Mrs. Merwood Ketring, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Ketring and families of Syracuse. ; Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Wyland are the parents of. a seven pound baby girl born Wednesday last week. She is named Patricia Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beiswanger spent Sunday with the former’s mother, Ralph hnd family. Mr. and Mrs. Omer Hite of Pierceton were callers at the William Wyland home, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mullen were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernes! Mathews, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bucher and children were guests at the James Dewart home, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold LeCouni spent Monday at the Chester Stifflei home. Joseph Good and family of Soutl Bend spent Sunday at the Guy Fish er home. Miss “Yvonne Bucher spent Sunday afternoon with Betty Whirledge. Mr. and Mrs. James Whiteheac spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bucher. Chester Stiffler and family speni Sunday afternoon With Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Coy. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Millei spent Sunday evening at the Wm. Wyland home.

RICHVILLE John Emmert and family spent Sunday with L. H. Chiddister and family. Mrs. Arthur Shannon called on Mrs. Dale Juday, Sunday evening. Robert Strieby and family and Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Ott took dinner, Sunday with Rev. Eoust and family of Lydick. Mrs. Alice Darr and Henry Whitmer attended the World’s Fair, Saturday. Neva Shuder has returned home, to remain awhile. Farrell Ott and family entertained company from Ohio last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Richard spent last week at Lake Wawasee. Sunday visitors at the John Stetler home were: Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Granger and nephew, William Lumsdon of Mishawaka. Philip Strieby spent Wednesday with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Ott. R. E. Treadway and family and John Stettler were callers in the Carl Stettler home, Wednesday evening. CREEK Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kunce and two sons of Cromwell attended church services here, Sunday morning and called on Ben Zimmerman and family. Rev. and Mrs. Dobbins, Mr. and Mrs. Kunce' and sons took dinner, Sunday with Rev. and Mrs. Brock. Miss Alice Grubb spent the week end in Goshen with Glen Juday and family. Mr. and Mrs. Will Zylman of Goshen spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fisher. Rev.' and Mrs. Dobbins are spending several days at Logansport this week. Ralph Smith entertained his Sunday School class at his home, Sunday. Rev. Dobbins' parents from Fort Wayne spent Tuesday night last week with Rev. and Mrs. Dobbins and accompanied them to the World’s . Fair, Wednesday. Others from this community who attended the fair 19ft week were: Grover HiUbish and

daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mcßride and son; Evelyn Lockwood and Will Prickett, Mel Tully and son Joe, Charles Method, Ralph Darr and Harold Grissom, Willis Blue and Herbert Blue.' Mr. and Mrs. Manford Mishler of New Paris and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hapner spent Sunday with John Darr and family. Miss Ellen Shisler and Guy Smith called on friends in Benton, Sunday evening. Billy iimmerman was brought home from the hospital, Friday afternoon and is getting along nicely. Mrs. Levi Pearman of Benton, who has been ill, is staying with Albert Longcor and family for a few weeks. Mt. and Mrs. Albert Zimmerman and family, Mrs. Louise Miller and son Bobby spent Sunday afternoor with Ben Zimmerman and family. Home coming day will be observed here on Sunday, Oct. 28. Everyone is invited to come. < Do not forget the Hallowe’en partj Tuesday ' evening, Oct. 23rd. Every one is invited to Fome masked. Sunday school,? Sunday morning. Preaching Sunday evening.

AFRICA. j Mr. and Mrs. Lira Gans of Warsaw visited in the Merle Gawhtrop, home, Monday. A Mr. and Mrs. fclarence Lewallen took dinner Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Shocli. Mrs. ElizabethX Shock and Jonas Cripe spent in the Leas Bunting home in Warsaw. Mrs. Bunting is a granddaughter of Mrs.* Shock and is the mother ‘of Sally. Cecile Bunting, who was born October 5. Mr. an<i Mrs. Ezra Shock, son Bobbie and Mrs. Alice Shock spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Shock of Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Click anjl daughter Catherine -spent Thursday evening in Fort Wayne. Sunday dinner guests in the Merle Gawthrop home were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Menzie and two sons, Mrs. Lucile Nebro and two children and Mrs. Ida Gawthrop, Leo Ulery and Forest Mock. Dinner guests in the Ira Crow home Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Willis Trumbull and family, Misses Geneva and Martha Miller, Mr. and Mrs Eli Sauers and family, Mr. . and Mrs. Harley Marrs and family, ; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wingard and

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daughter Luella, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hursey and son Edgar. f Russell Gawthrop spent Wednesday and Thursday in Indianapolis. Callers in the Jacob Click home the past week were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wingard and daughter Luella Ella Kline and daughter Georgia Fredricks, • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Swihart and Mr. and Mrs. Will Swihart. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gans spent Sunday in the Eli Shock home. Miss Geraldine Click spent Friday night with her aunt, Mrs. Emanuel Cripe and family of West Goshen. SOUTHSHORE Mrs. Martha Jordon and Mrs. Forrest Snepp spent the week end in Edinburg with Mr. and Mrs. Orval Jordon. t * Roy Niles and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Searfoss. Mrs. Charles Dalke of Indianapolis spent last week at the lake. Mrs. Bert Searfoss called on Mrs. Leland Baker, Thursday. Mrs. Lester Mock called on Mrs. Bert Searfoss, Sunday afternoon. ft— r Some people are good, like carrots —everybody says they are good, but nobody likes them.

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