Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-30

| Lass prssssssr Talks Through fistssn'
ysar.eid 0ey-Tsiis Of Peltsrosist
Harvard University Accepts $1,000
Fund 70 study Psyehieal Phsnemsns
Spiritualists Highly Placed.
There were much head nodding and
exchanging Of Il told you sos among
| spiritualists and others devoted to psy
chical research recently over the an
! nouncement Of DR.. James p. Hyslop o.
the American Society For Psychica
Research that he had again been II
communication with the spirit Of VII
liam James, late professor Of philoso
ply at Harvard.
In an article published in the journa
Of the society. just out. DR.. HysloI
gives details of his latest conversations
with his friend in spirit land. he
writes that the communication was
conducted through the medium Of q
ffteen-year-old boy. the son OF cler
gyman. "well known on both sides Of
the Atlantic" While entranced this
boy has been telling the Psychical Re.
search society man that ''poltergeist
will leave razor blades and matches In
; places where they may do harm and
that an evil shade which turks in the
dark and hurls inkstands and heavy
stones ut the heads Of true believers
should be watched out for. The au.
thority for the warnings in every case
has been the spirit Of Professor James
according to the boy. Shortly after the
death Of the Harvard philosophy pro
fessor DR.. Hyslop announced that be
had been communicating with him
through the mediums Mrs. Chenoweth
and Mrs. Piper.
Dr. Hyslop began his experiments
with the boy on Nov. 20. 1911. he
called at the home Of the boys father
whom he calls 1.-The Rev. DR.. X" and
learned that Professor James had been
endeavoring to speak through DR.. KS
son. The next day the experiments
were resumed. and there were some
rather remarka BILE and alarming doings
Spirits Queer Actions.
There was violent table tipping and
deviation in which the table rose two
feet from the floor. Then an attempt
was made for the translation Of OBJ
jects"-that is. to see whether the spir.
its would move objects from one room
to another.
doors were closed again and the
lights turned out" Or. Hyslop report
ed. "In few moments something fell.
sounding like two objects. Up went
the lights and within a few feet Of
each other were two pairs Of scissors
which belonged In another room. The
next were nail cleaner and the boys
knife. both from the room upstairs
'"Then a drinking cup struck the boy
on the head and seemed to have hurt
him. Next a skate key from upstairs;
then a dozen marbles from rooms two
flights up. A pipe stem was thrown
across the room from table In the
corner. Then fountain pen from the
library table where we were.
Presently razor blades were thrown
into the room, the electric light bulbs
were smashed with violently thrown
stone and book was hurled against
the boys head. At similar seance
later on man complained that his
pocket had been picked. A spirit had
distracted % cent piece.
"Dr. r." says Professor Hyslop.
asked Professor James to spell out
tho name Of the man who had influ.
enced both Of them, and first Balzac
was spelled out and then Goethe. both
wrong, and then Fechner. which was
correct. Then 1 questioned the COM
municator. asking him If he had ever
communicated with me. Answer AZ
firmative. In Boston? Affirmative.
Elsewhere? Affirmative Near -?
Negative. North? Negative. West?
Negative. South? Affirmative. All
these replies were correct"
Harvard Accepts Study.
According to the journal Of the 10
ciety. Harvard university has accept.
ed a $4,000 endowment fund for
psychical research. In the announce
ment it is stated that this is the irst
official recognition of such study &C.
corded by any American university.
The fund. which was esta blished BY
several individuals. Is a memorial Of
the life and work Of DR.. Richard
Hodgson. secretary Of the society from
1887 until his death in 1905.
The journal in the current issue by
way Of comment says:
THE value OF it lies chiefly in the
fact of this recognition, rs the fund Is
not large enough to do all the work
that must be done in this field Be-
sides. no one Gun any longer question
the responsibility Of the work. The
objection which an uniformed public
has always raised-namely. that the
colleges and universities have not ad-
nittcd the work into their pnrview
point, cannot be presented any longer.
The acceptance Of the fund makes
It impossible for any other institution
in this country to disregard or to dis
respect tho work 1t has won its place
in so conservative university as Hur.
vard-conservative in all the problems
that affect long despised phenomena.
1t Is in every way most welcome sit
uation. and we have to thank the con-
tributOrs for the course which thus
commits one Of the first universities in
this country to the responsibility and
Importance Of psychical research"
DIGS UP POT OF RARE COINS.