New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-02
UNDERPAID SPOOKS
CALL RUM CRATER
Psychic Society Demands
S1,OOO,OOO Liquor Money
for Regular Spirits.
NON-BELIEVERS
CALLED "RABBLE"
Report Says the Aim of Beulah
Miller. the Child Medium, Is
Quite Too Worldly.

King Alcohol and his descendants. VINO
long held the palm when 1t came 10 fur
nishing apparitons. have encountered op-
position AMONG other things relating 10
spirits. n demand was made yesterday for
1000, 900 Of the money spent FOR red
eve" the same sum being required by the
American Society for Psychical Research.
The society in a report hot of the press
and Just Crammcd with the latest from
the spook world including Palladino and
Beulsh Miller (the child wonder). in
dulged in the higher mathematics on
the liquor revenue subject
No reference was made 10 the POSSIBLE
ity Of the society placing itself in the
Federal League class when demanding
money from the parent organization.
some there are who hold that hard liquor
has furnished more visitors OF the prehis-
toric type Canimal vegetable and min
eraD from the unknown world in q day
than the society has encountered in its eX-
istcncc. BE that as it may. the journal
proceeds to set forth its claims.
First of. the journal wants more money
for the work. Sadly il states that the
Palladino fiasco cost II three hundred
members. none OF whom returned. Funds
arc low. there being only $4,000 left 70
investigate spirits. The report is copious
in it's references 70 the "Philistines and
rabble" who 90 not believe. the same he
ms from observation a seeming majority.
These Philistines are called on TO awake
to the cause and kick in
The newspapers are to blame for the
f1f.r &C is tflv
runs the report II it were not for their
influence more might believe in spirits, the
same being 10 the everlasting discrodlt o.
tho press.
While asking the yeomanry to make
little sacrifice" 50 that the million
rna TX can be reached in the society's treas
,irv. mention is made of the fact that IN
England there is a tremendous fund for
this work That this is possible because
Missouri is so far from London does not
appear.
The report says "s344,4e4,453 was col
lectcd from the revenue on liquor and to-
bacco. Only twenty -nine-hundredths of
per cent Of this would be needed to sup
port the society and give it the million.
.''But in a population OF more than 95,-
O0o 600" walls the report. we can obtain
only $50 persons who ars interested in the
scientific investigation Of the immortality
Of the soul
The society would also like to do little
spiritual healing" on the side. in job lots
or slngly. and has all kinds OF patients
ready for the balm. but there is no fund
10 push the work.
The case of Beulah Miller is discussed at
great length by James II. Hyslop DIR.
II, sion believes that "some Of the things
aone by Beulah Miller might have been
accomplished through signals He visited
the child wonder in Warren. r. J.. ana
saw her read hidden things with only her
mother nudgine her. The child's mental
processes. however pale I'm DR.. Hyslop $
mind when compared with her possibilities
as medium. He believes Beulah can see
.pooks on demand and would make a
great medium The child is really me-
diumistic. and could have developed her
into a very useful psychic for science and
the world the doctor writes.
Or Quackenbos's report OF his testing
Of Beulah Miller is given i'm full, and Is
interesting for what il does not show.
Beulah as a proposition for the psyche
world 4. dismissed in the report with the
sad conclusion that her parents want to
make money out OF her.
"Teepathy can be used only for vaude-
willie performances and never for such
things as the public needs.' quoth the re-
port The public wants hnmbug ana
fraud. and this child would have TO be
educated as a conjurer TO satisfy this
rabble."
And 70 this fate Beulah is consigned
with whatever consequences may follow
the Thousand week route" instead OF
the path Of true science as controlled by
the American Society for Psychical Re
search