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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
CANADA ID INCREASE.
 HER ARMY STRENGTH.
Will Have Enlistment of 1OS,00O Before End
 of Year

Ottawa, Ont, November 21.-canads will increase immediately to s10O0. the num- Der or men under arms, Premier Borden announced tonight Fifty thousand will De mobiiized and sent forward as re- quisitioned by the war office. Tn Decem- Der li,oo0 will be dispatched and by a subsequent enlistment the number of Cam adians under arms will be brought I'D to lOs0oo before the end of the year.
 Premier Borden's announcement says SS'oO soldiers already have been sent from Canada. Eight thousand more are en- gagged in home garrison and outpost duty. and the new mobilization will put 50 900 others under training. When the con tingent of 17,Ooo leaves in December a further enlistment of 17,0O0 will take place immediately.
 The number of men who can be train. Il IS limited by the necessity of providing accommodations during the winter: of furnishing arms and equipment and of organizing them by different arms and branches. The ability of the British gov- ernment to receive Canadian forces and give them their final training. in view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22

opportunity to make the services of these men effective in some theatre of active operations may be found in the near fu- ture.'
 Inasmuch as cavalrymen on the Euro pean battle line have been dismounted to fight in the trenches. this statement Is taken to indicate the likelihood of mounted Canadians being sent to Egypt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22

large numbers of men anxious to serve as mounted troops are available. They are excellent riders and good shots, and the government has made special effort to arrange that their services be utilized.
 Recent cable communications with the British government lead to the hope that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22

of Great Britain's enormous task in pre- paring recruits from the British isles for service, also Is an important factor.
 The following statement in the official announcement is regarded as especially sgnificant
 Tn the western provinces of Canada
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
Jake Schacfer Wins

Fall River. Mass. November 2i. Jake schaefer defeated Albert Cutler 300 to 200 in a Billiard Players league match tonight. Averages and high runs: Echaefer, 10 i0-29; 36. Cutler, [ 6-2s; eS.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11
WAR REVENUE BILL
IS ALL COMPLETE
ADMINISTRATION LEADERS
EXPECT 1T TO PASS
WITHOUT TROUBLE.
Provides Tax on Freight and In
Creases Tax on Beer and
Alcoholic Drinks.

WASHINGTON, Sept 1o.-In
agreeing today ON a wlr revenue
measure which taxes freight trans
portation ana increases revenue taxes
on beer ANA domestic wines, Demo-
Gratis of tho ways and means COM
mittee paved the way for relieving
tho government financial striuEency
due to the European war. Admins
tration leaders in both houses pre-
dicted the bill as framed would be
passed without prolonged discussion.
Chairman Underwood of the commit
tee said the measure had the approval
Of the president and his advisers.
The bill Contcmplates an annual
revenue estimated at $lOIO0O,O00.
Tho tax on beer will be increased
from 81 to $3.50 a barrel; wines will
be taxed an additional twenty cents
a gallon and "A three per cent tax on
freight transportation bills, including
railroad, steamship and express
freight Will be made transportation
companies TO collect the tax for the
government and receive as compcn-
sdtiOn one per cent Of the amount OF
revenue collected from the tax.
As an additional relief for war con-
ditions, senate leaders announced to-
day tho determination to pruno the
rivers and harhors appropriation bill
from S53.OO0,O00 to approximately
$50. 900, 0OO. An effort Will be made
to include in this cut some of the new
projects assailcd as CNtraNagant by
opposing senator's thus ending the
Republican fihbustcr against the bill
Democratic leaders are couferrug
with the Republicans on the read
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11
lll Embargocs Removed

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10-The final
step for the removal Of the embargo
on the expectation Of arms from the
United States to Mexico was taken to-
day when Secretary McAdoo sent the
following telegram to collectors of
customs on the Mexican border:
In view Of the restoration Of peace
In Mexico collectors and other officers
in tEe future may treat arms and am
munition as ordinary commercial
shipments and permit them to 90 for
ward accordingly"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11
St Loui, Woman Reaches safety.

IONDON. SNUi- TN-|IN p. y
Mrs. David Williams formerly presi-
dent of the St Louis Young Women S
Christian association, whose where
ahouts had been unknown for several
weeks and whom the state depart
mcnt had been irving to locate, ar
rived in London today from Ostcnd,
accompanied by her two children.
They had been for IS days in Brus-
sells and had been unable to get away
or communicate with friends outside.
They owed their ultimate escape to
assistance rendered by Ethclbert
Watts. American consul general
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11
WEST AND DUNLOP FAILED
Did Not Accept Invitation OF Williams
Men.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept l0.-py
resolution, the Democratic state cun-
Nention invited state Treasurer Robert
Dunlop and state Attorney General
Chas West 10 appear before u and
join with Governor C"ure lu sa}lug
that they veto IrrtHted with all
that had happcrca ana with an that
was going to lupIcn. Neither re-
spondcd RO.h N,s, and Dunlop have
no grave conoem ms &C. the necessity
Of being on friendly hand-catlng
terms with the Williams fnruon ac-
cording to friends Of both. ana arc
responsible for nobody save them
selves Governor Cruce, however,
is thought TO be facing the same sit
uation that confronted the Haskell
administration when Cruce was clec-
ted, situation that resulted in such
things as letting the statute Of limi-
tatious run against persons who were
thought to be guilty Of helping wrecK
the Columbia Bank q Trust company
state Examiner Parkinson has said
officially that there ~ cronkcduess in
the Cruco administrations which ~
Democratic authority
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11

LONDON, Sept 1o-G1 p. M
The crucial battle Of the war IN
France has not reached any decisive
result
Field Marshal SIR John French
commander of the British forces, re
pCrted today that the Germans had
been driven back along the line; that
the British had crossed the River
AIArnc: that the Germans had sut-
fered severely, and that their men
were supposed to be IN an extremely
exhausted condition.
Notwithstanding this report, mill
tar. experts do not rush to sweeping
conclusions
Military writer's in the London
papers repeat that from the con.
seryatve tone Of the French official
statement Yesterday it is too early to
anticipate the result Of battle eN-
tending over a front of nearly hum
drcd milesS Three million men is
Tn number estimated to be engaged
actively and as reserves, and three
lrcat battles at least are in progress
Probably the fiercest struggle Is
against the French center between
Rheims and Nerdun while the British
army is contosting the second hard
fought engagement against the Ger
man right The Germans are believed
TO be still attacking the French right
from NeTdun to Nancy.
Lesser fighting is in progress in Al
socn from which province the Ger
mans apuoal to have drawn away part
Of thoir army. and the French are TAX
irr advantage of this opening.
,rhc rrn,t battle may continue for
rats when it is remembered that
smaller operations I'm Manchuria. in
vbich hundreds of thousands only
vnro concerned. lasted fortnight
Tho German western armies have
hern fiubtipg almost continuously for
rannai,n on The offensive. Field
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11
TURKEY ABROGATES
ALL THE Treaties
FOREIGNERS NO LONGER
WILL HAVE ANY SPE
CIAL RIGHTS
MAY result IN WAR
Looks Like Ottoman Empire Is
Grasping Opportunities the
War Presents.

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11

WASHINGTNN, Sept 10--Maj0r
Morton J. Henry or Major James A.
Logan. both in Paris. will be dcsig-
mated as L. 5. military observers with
the French army if France consents
to have American observers in the
nGd.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11

CITY HALL vs.. NEWSPAPER MEN.
Association park today at $3.50. Ad-
mission 2jc. Benefit OF DctcntiOn
home.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11

CITY HALL vs.. NEWSPAPER MEN.
Association park today at $3.50. Ad-
mission 25c. Benefit of Detention
home.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11

Was tho combined circulation ot
Tho world and sun yesterday
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11
ARE HOLDING OFF GERMAN
ATTACK AND ADVANo-
ING SLOWLY.
MAY FIGHT FOR Days
Germans Using Every Available
Nan in Trying to Break
French Center

while the latest Official statements
give few details Of the great ha'lIc
being wngcd in France, in Wh''h
; OOO. 900 men are engaged, II seems
,pnnrrut that the German forces arc
-tiiI faIIiur back. from the announce
.nrnt thnt the allies have gained ABOUT
~ milo. of territory IN them auNah'c,
nm lurrcn.c of IL in the last - hours
Holh British and French troops
ho,r crossed the river Marine, me
british capturing men and guns. me
lrtion of greatest severity Is bclhG
foupht between Mailly and \iIrN N-l'-
NIanC0is. ,,.,,..,,
In an engagement between BrltlSh
and Germans in NNasNaiand' BRUSH
Central Africa, the Germans, accord
no 10 the British official press bureau
were driven back 10 the river SohE"''
which i, part of the frontl'r p,'"',h
lhr British and German protector
dtcs. .,..
Prince Joachim AbrcCht of PRUSSIA,
an oT the late Prince Frederick Al
h,.ccht. regent of Brunswick, has bcch
wounded in battle.
Roth German and aNicd armies
In France are being reinforced anu
thc battle in France is likely To last
some days yet.
Report, concerning the progress ol
the Russian and Austrian armies are
mcagcr. but n PctroGrad dispatch says
that II Is believed the German crown
prince has been appointed chief COM
mandcr Of the forcc- which are to op-
nose the Russian advance.
Popc Bcncdict XIV, In an cncNclical
10 the cspiscopaCN of the world, urges
ncatc and brotherhood among TN"
nations In this the pope says:
"Wc cNhOrt most earnestly those
who govern the destiny of the nations
that they should bring themselves To
a frame of mind whereby they may
mn aside all discussions contrary TO
thr welfare of humanity"
The British prime minister has
cY led for more men To serve thc
country.
Additional British casualties have
been made public, covering the period
up Ia september Z. and bringing the
total for the CompaiGn close 10 $4,000
liIIcd. wounded and missing.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-11

lconLLnued III - 80
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21

ed It to Mercedes. He also was
asked to approach the piano. and imme-
diately the selection WAS played. Yves 1t
n mere coincidence that one individual
should thus call for the very selection
that another was trying at the time to
get. or was 1t q case Of unconscious sug-
gestion? Again, did the third mind
help to reinforce the thought OF the other
two, and thus secure more ready re-
Spouse from the percipient?
At the final test OF this private demon.
stration Mercedes was asked to step
from the room with the members Of the
party and the communicating door was
closed. A selection was then decided
upon and two individuals went in to the
piano, while the others remained with
Mercedes. The first two OF these trials
were unsuccessful, but the third selection
called for was played without moments
hesitation.
So much for the facts. What Of their
Interpretation? Adopting first the atti-
tude OF the skeptic, It must be admitted
that In performances involving hypno.
tism. spiritualistic seances. thought
transference and other psychic phenom-
ena there has been much more OF fraud
and deception than Of honesty and sim
certify. This is especially true where
they are engaged in with a view to finan-
cial advantage. Any one, therefore, who
enters this field as a professional" no
matter how honest his purpose or how
real MS power may be, Is pretty certain
to find that In his case there Is a reversal
OF tho fundamental principle OF law that
man is presumed to be innocent until
he Is proved guilty.
In judging a performance Of this char.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21

ny Professor DAVI
s-FTHE writer was one of small party
that attended recent perform
l. ance by Joseph Mercedes and Miss
Stantone ut Keith's Palace Theatre with
the avowed purpose Of looking for some
form of deception.
The selections suggested by members
Of this party were given as promptly
and as successfully rs any others called
for throughout the performance.
While fully realizing the possibilities
OF code communication and the high de-
gree of success with which 1t is fire.
uuently used in performances Of similar
character, the writer is fully convinced
that It could not possibly afford an ade-
quate explanation in this instance.
Equally unsatisfactory and untenable
is the assumption that there are in the
audience a number OF confederates who
are relied upon to call for selections in n
predetermined sequence.
More than this. our party was not re-
stricted to the observations made in the
public performance. In order to afford
an opportunity for n more searching test
than was possible in the theatre, Mer-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
"No Explanation Except Thought Transference,' -

EDGAR RICE, Pm. D.
cedes and his assistant very readily
agreed to give private demonstration In
place selected by this party.
While the conditions Of this test were
not as rigorous as might be required for
scientific certain ty," the members of the
party were all convinced that opportuni-
ties for fraud OF deception were com.
pletely excluded.
Miss Stantone was seated blndfolded
at the piano in one corner of a large din
ing hall, while Mercedes remained sur
rounded by the members of the party in
the diagonally opposite corner at dis
lance Of thirty or forty feet. In order
to avoid the possibility of the performer
overhearng the whispers of the party.
the names of tho selections desired were
written on pieces Of paper and quietly
passed to Mercedes. The individual
who made the selection would then ap-
proach the piano and request that his
piece be played, while the rest of the
party remained with Mercedes.
The beginning OF the test was marked
by number OF failures, much to the
chagrin Of Mercedes. In the opinion of
the writer, however, these initial fan.
ures afforded the strongest proof Of the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
Transference.

this test are apparently Of special inter.
est The "Miserere" from al Troyatore"
was the first selection called for, but was
not reproduced. After an interval OF
perhaps ten minutes 1t was requested
again, but again without success. Some
what later Mercedes, evidently unwilling
to accept failure on this selection, asked
Miss Stantone to play whatever came to
her mind, without attempting to name It
in advance. At the same time he him
self gave indications of special effort of
concentration. Within a minute the
pianist began to play the opening bars of
the "Miserere." The selection was OBJ
viously we'll known to both performers.
and If system Of signals were IN use,
it hardly seems probable that the per-
formers would have allowed two failures
to be scored against them In the early
part Of the test on selection which
later offered no special difficulty.
1t appeared from these tests that differ
ent members Of the party had varying
degrees of success In securing responses
from Miss Stantone, and also that If two
individuals united in requesting the
same selection, a more ready response
was given. These facts would both seem
to count against the use OF code of
signals and In favor Of the telepathic
explanation. They also indicate that the
function OF the percipient Is relatively
more important than that OF the agent,
and that she was Influenced to some en-
tent by the mental suggestions of others
than Mercedes.
The following incident is given as nm
especially interesting fact, although tho
reader will be left to supply his own ex.
PLANTATION. 1t seems to serve equally
y. Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21

</T RILBY." the most widely read
novel Of generation. owed
It's popularity largely to its
presentation OF the mystery Of thought
transference The beautiful! and Inflated
Trilby. It will be recalled bad a per-
fectly formed mouth and vocal cords but
absolutely no musical sense that would
enable her to use them in singing The
vtla1noua Svengali, gifted musician,
would hypnotic her and then make her
sing with perfect art The sense OF
musical tone passed. from his brain to
hers by some process that can only be
called ought-transference.
The possibility of such supernormal
proceeding excited much discussion In
the scientific world when the novel was
published and has done 30 ever since
Many supposed cases OF thought-trans-
ference or telepathy have been accumu-
lated by students OF psychic research,
but no definite conclusion has been
reached.
A remarkable exhibition that may be
compared with the case Of Trilby and
Svengau IL given by Joseph Mercedes
and Miss Nellie Stantone, who have
been appearing at Keith's Palace Thea
tire In New York. In this case there Is
no hypnotism, but the music Is said to
pass from the brain of Mercedes to that
of his companion.
Miss Stantone sits at a piano In the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21

acter therefore, the first reuu,s,+a q. so
preclude. as far as possible. the 1ikeH.
mood OF deception. While the u,rtt.r
does not set himself up to be an expert
investigator Of psychic phenomena, It ia
comparatively easy matter for anyone
to familiarize himself with the poessb,a
sources OF error in demon stratfons or
this sort. After careful observation ~
Mercedes and his performance, It is ONLY
rair to him and his assistant to assam
that not only in their performance but II,
private conversation as we'll they creats
IN one a strong impression OF absofu6s
honesty and sincerity
On the positive side, the possibi1itv ~
thought transference under certain con.
dltions, by certain individuals, must pe
regarded as fully established. Not only
have hundreds OF we'll authenticated
cases OF spontaneous communicable
been recorded but Il has been demon.
strated by experiment after experiment.
carefully made by competent persons
that 1t is possible to transfer sensations.
information and ideas from one mind to
another without aid Of any OF the ordinI
airy means Of communication.
lt must be admitted that as vet no
satisfactory explanation is offered ga to
how this IS done. but this does not IN,
validate the fact itself, any more than
the fact Of gravitation Is invalidated bv
the failure Of physicists to show the
mode Of its action. The proof of the
existence Of telepathy rests mainly on the
hundreds Of cases that have been gath.
cred and investigated by the Society FOR
Psychical Research within the past thirty
years. The reader who Is interested
must be referred to the published re.
ports OF the proceedings OF this society.
or to the publications OF the prominent
scientists who have been active In its
work. as for example: 1.-THE Survival of
Man." by Sir Oliver Lodge; Human
Personality" by F.. w. II. Myers: "kn.
partitions and Thought Tranference." nv
Frank Podmore. and "Phantasms Of the
Living" by Edmund Quincy.
An hours reading Of any one OF theaa
books Will convince the skeptic not onIv
that the performance Of Mercedes mar.
velous as 1t may seem, is we'll within tha
realm OF possibility, but also that an
compared with the really wonderful
things in the field of psychic phenomena
no has scarcely done more than scratcn
the surface.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21

absence OF deception, and the strongest
argument In favor OF the teIepathic char.
acter OF the communication between the
performers. The selections first called
for were we'll known to Mercedes and
had. in fact been successfully repro.
duced In the preceding public perform
ance. If pre-arranged code had been
In use these selections would have been
communicated as easily under the condi-
lions Of the test as at any other time.
If, on the other hand, we have to do
here with genuine case of thought
transference, then II seems quite easy to
explain these initial failures. For the
successful practice Of thought transfer
ence it is quite important that both agent
and percipient, the sender and receiver,
be in comparatively tranquil state of
mind, this necessity being particularly
urgent In the case of the percipient.
Now. in this instance, conditions were
by no means favorable to this tranquil
ity Of mind. After the public perform
ance more than half an hour had been
spent securing the Vicinity of Broadway
and Forty-second street for a quiet and
convenient place in which to hold the
tests.
AS soon as suitable place was found
the tests were begun promptly-much
too soon to allow the percipient to
achieve the composure necessary for
successful thought transference. After
the first few failures, however, condl-
lions evidently became more favorable,
for the selections called for were repro
duced with approximately the same de.
gree Of success as in the public perform.
ance.
Several Incidents in connection with
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