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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22
SIR WILLIAMCEook

SIR Alfred, by seventeen witnesses. 1t
appeared in the semi-darkened chamber
in "half-forp1''-i. e.. from the waist up
and in characteristic tones explained the
dramatic incidents of its losing struggle
with the black angel.
The spirit of Cardinal Newman has also
been cavorting with Sir Alfred and his
circle according to his accounts. Other
apparitions are on such intimate terms
with him that they invade the privacy of
his home, and of rooms in which he is
alone. One of these friendly spirits re-
certify presented him with an odd brass
Spoon. which proves to have been used by
the, early Mexicans for ladling out the
incense burned at their affairs.
x
One of the titled members of Sir AL
fred's circle is Lady Muir Mackenzie.
She says that while sitting at the knight
house some time ago one of his shadowy
visitors graciously presented her with a
bouquet of flowers whose species canno.
be determined.
Among other TITLED personages in the
group which sits with Sir Alfred are
these two noted physicists, authors
and fellows of the Royal So
cieCy. Sir William Barrett of Trim
Lodge. head of the University of Dir
minsham. Both of these savants have
dealt all of their lives with material laws.
This fact renders their recent beliefs all
the more remarkable.
The interesting explorations which Sir
William Barrett has lately made in
spcokdom are set forth In little book,
Psychic Research recently come out
from under his pen.
When installed some weeks ago as
president of that famed band of ghost
hunters. the Society for Psychic Re
Sir Oliver Lodge expressed his
that both memory, and affec-
ton persist after bodily death, and that
the souls of the departed may exert in
fiuences upon the living. Hitherto Sir
Oliver has been of this group the most
and most wary in his pro-
although his hobnobhings
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with Sir Spool have been We'll known to
all of his friends, In recent journal of
the Society for Psychic Research he
gives details Of ghostly messages which
he claims to have received from dead
members OF the society through the pen
From Edmund Quincy. one of the found
ers. Sir Oliver says he received a message
commencing with these words: 81.
Il appear to be standing behind a sheet
of frosted glass. which blurs the sight
and deadens sounds
AT his Liverpool. residence Sir Oliver
recently experimental with the noted
professional medium of Boston.
a committee she is reported to have told
just what two persons. utter strangers to
her, were doing minute by minute, i'll
London. at precisely the same time.
The discoverer of wireless telegraphy.
Signor Marconi, is another of Mr.. Spooks
new cronies. And his spookship is now
on most intimate terms with Camille
Flammarion. the noted French astrono-
mer. who claims to have proved that
such phenomena as the levitation Of
chairs and the suspension of heavy tables
in space, without contact, are bona fide.
He claims to have made photographs of
such heavy objects floating i'll space.
Ghost photography is being dabbled in
Charles Richet of the Paris Faculty of
Medicine, who claims to have captured
with his camera an indisputable negative
of the spook of a Spanish soldier
Indeed. no less a. luminary than the
former prime minister of Great Britain,
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a rough and tumble aspect. with occaA
sional use of pocket artillery as a means
Of settling fractional disputes. but some
how this quiet young congressman has
kept himself clear from everything of
that sort.
His three reflections testify to his pop
ularity at home, even if he, like old Bob
Toombs. of whom he speaks has failed
to bring home much bacon"
ASHMUN BROWN.
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Known as one OF the most cOnSefNa-
tive chemists in the world, Sir William
CroOkes does not announce a chemical
discovery until he is able to corroborate
every word. 1t is his claim that his most
important spiritistic experiments have
been made with the same care, not in
shadowy seance chambers, but In glazing
laboratories. with the aid of apparatus
Indeed. he has devised all sorts of
traps apparently guaranteed, to catch
either the spook or the medium who en-
deaVors to produce such phenomena, by
fraud-one or the other.
One of these appears more like rat
trap than a ghost trap. for when you
look at il you wonder how filmy a
creature as a disembodied spirit could be
made to stay in it. 1t is a drum-shaped
cage, inclosed by fifty yards of copper
wire connected with powerful electric bat
teres and SO charged with the subtle
current that any one touching 1t would
receive powerful shock. Into this Sir
William places things which mediums
claim to be able to move by spirit con-
troll After they are safely shut up in
side, and the current has been turned on
he challenges the mediums to invoke this
boosted control.
=
Once he found an apparition who was
fond of playing all accordion, exhibited by
the celebrated medium, .. D. Home. In
the darkened seance chamber Sir William
saw it done, but he had to be shown
in his laboratory, by daylight. So with
Home and & committee of skeptics he
proceeded to the laboratory, where the
accordion was placed in the electric cage
and where Home, placed some distance
off, was challenged to invoke the spirit
to play it. According to Sir William and
the committee the accordion expanded
contracted and uttered music both while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22

WAY back yonder
before the war. old
Bob Toombs used
TO return TO Georgia
after a session of
Congress and boast
that he hadn't
voted L spend a
dollar o. pub e
money II his dis
trict. In more re-
cent times the
member of &C l.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22
SIR WILLIAM BARRETT

who has devoted his life to delving into
the laws of materialisn. This is the
world-famous chemist, Sir William
Crookes. officer of the Royal Society, dis
coverer of The element thalli1m, inventor
of the radiometer and numerous other
apparatus now indispensable to chemists
and Enthusiastically the "Crookes
tube" which produces the x ray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22

Now Cumming With
Great Personages OF
Title. Noted Scholars
and Savants-t -Four
British Knights Have
Declared Their Conf
dence in Him-Latest
Developments in Ghost
Hunting Apparatus and
Spirit Photography
Spooning With Spooks
a Delightful Indoor
Sport Enjoyed by a
British knight-Why
Such Affairs Are With
out Danger OF Connll-
cations.
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the electricity was turned into the pro-
tecting wires and while il was turned on,
the playing being more vigorous in tho
former case.
Another spooi> trap used by Sir Will
liam is a delcately constructed balance
CAPABLE Sc recording great weight. white
the medium was securely held at a die-
tance. where he could not touch the de-
vice. Sir William challenged him again 10
invoke his spirit control and cause IL to
lift the weight. This. the knight says
was done the balance recording 10
pounds. without human contact.
These tests set the great savant to
thinking and he has since devised and
used on mediums various more conlpli-
Gated apparatus. actuated by ciockworE
and electricity. and guaranteed to heer
check upon the human element of fraud.
Spook-seeing is a boosted accomplish
ment of Sir William :. Describing y
shostly hand which rose from tabit
and presented him with a flower, ht
says:
TT appeared. then disappeared. three
times at Intervals. affcrdinG We ample
opportunity OF satisfying myself that IL
was real in appearance as m! own
This occurred i'll the light of my own
room.
Speaking of musical shade like
Homes invisible control" which played
an accordion. he says:
The hands and fingers did not al
like. Sometimes. indeed. they presented
the appearance more Oh neouious eio"u
hand r.
C;host-photographv has been expert
mented with by the noted chemist an
his laboratory. The chief object OF these
tests has been very fascinating ana
alurlns little spooS VINO caiis herscl
Katie
Those of our friends present we're
seated in the laboratory facing the cur
tain, says Sir William, and little
behind them the cameras we're placed
in readiness to photograph Katie. "hen
she came outside and to photograph any
thing also inside the cabinet when the
curtain was drawn for the purpose,
-
..r.,,, ,.,,.r,;.,. ~. $50, .,.-.. -. ,,,,,.
'' 'N's .'iS WV .' &c Vi 'oi
exposures of plates IN five cameras
giving at least sixteen separate pictures
AT zach seance Some of these We're
sno;I.d ;r ,h. a.va1or,r. s,a so,,a IL,
80" -. ~ Anu ~,
regulating the amount OF heht. Auo-
gether have forty-four negatives, some
inferior some Indifferent and some ex-
ce,1ent e,
As an indoor snort. spooning with
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Daniel Douglas Home took him to the
TuilIeries to present h m to Napoleon III
and Eugene.
du-in: which he was taken unto the
oosoms only of persons quite Impossible
socially. don't YOU know. all of'them I'M
tiled and undecorated
Bat now Inc flashes forth upon the
-ocial horizon more eminently respect
able than ever before, even in the days
u the second empire He is cumming
4 nd elbow rubbing most intimately with
whole coterie OF British fnights--Sir
rhis, Sir. That and Sir Tother-1ot to
lention numerous most noted scholars
nd savants. In short, he has become a
looming aristocrat, and we need not be
realty surprised to hear soor of his
apping his cold and bony knuckles upon
he beds of royalty itself.
His most recent crony of the aristo-
ratio world is Mai. Gen Sir Alfred Ed
ward Turner X c. E.. the disting llshed
British soldier. Though blind medium.
tire quondam opera singer Cecil tiusk.
now past his SEVENTEEN milestone. Sir Al
fred has been spending most of mis- re-
cent Sunday afternoons receiving mes
sases via the spirit wireless and, upon
occasions. actually conversing with the
shade OF the great London
editor. William T. Stead. who went down
with the Titanic couple of years ago.
That Mr.. Stead's shade did all that ne
says it dids can be attested, according TO
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the Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Ealfour. fellow of
the Royal Society, and chancellor of
Edinburgh University--who is. by the
way. a grandson of the second Marquis
of Salisbury-has become leading spirit
among the aristocratic ghost hunters of
Britain. He insists that science cannot
explain the psychic, wonders which he
has witnessed While he was president
of the Society for Psychic Research that
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body made a special investigation OF $50
cases of apparitions OF the dying In Eng
land and Wales OF these. fifty-two cases
were accepted by committee as beyond
the laws of chance or the possibility of
fraud.
But the most Jealous knight Of Britain
ghostly round table is. like Sir William
Barrett and Sir Oliver Lodge a savant
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gress who does not get something from
the government for his district has been
held in small esteem
Cordeu Hull-Judge Full ne IS down r
Tennessee representative from TIE fourth
district of that state and author of the
income tax law. was talking.
1t was a Sunday morning. the only day
on which ne could give time 10 an inter-
viewer. and the place was his room in the
House office building, that great marble
palace the government has provided for
the lower branch of its legislative arm.
Desk and long table We're piled high with
books. documents, treaties and pam
phlets, all on the one subject revenue
and taxation.
This grave, earnesC. active though re-
served young southerner is one Of the
country's most profound students of taxa
ton. lie is now serving his fourth term
in Congress, and during the greater part
OF his service he has been a member of
the committee on ways and means 1t
is the committee that frames the revenue
bills of the government. Membership OH
il is a diploma Of proficiency in legisla-
tive work. That membership also carries
with it responsibilities far beyond those
OF the ordinary member.
AS an instance, Judge Hulls author
ship Of the income tax law has resulted
in flood of correspondence and scores
Of visitors daily asking interpretations
of the text Judge Hull is helpful .as he
may be, but. since the Treasury Depart
ment is administering the law, he de-
clineS naturally to make int rpretations
that may not accord with those made
by the department. Disputed points he
refers to the department, but with the
officers of the department he consults
frequently.
The words quoted at the beginning of
this article give more than a hint Of
Judge Hull's ideas of taxation and par
ticularly of the income tax Law, a law
which, whatever the classification in
which it may be placed by constitutional
lawyers, is in fact direct tax.
Judge H is one of those who believe
in letting people know when they are
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Information at the source. if applied
to fixed rent, salaries b other fixed in
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EY JOHN ELfEEIH wAIKIN>.
Evening star., 1914-05-09
SHUT OUT BY HOWARD.
Fredericksburg Giants Make Poor
Showing Against Local School.

one OF the best played games Of any OF
the local college base bal teams of this
season was that of Howard, when il
d. feated the Fredericksburg Giants !.
to . on Towards campus Yesterday
afternoon The Blue and White put up
a splendid aTtice Of bail in every de
partment OF the game, and clearly out
classed their Virginia rivals. The po-
tent factor in the winning of the game
was the pitching of Capt Brice, who
simply toyed with the opposing batsmen.
He allowed the Virginians only three
widely scattered hits. while eight of
them died by the strke-out route. T..
Coleman, pitcher for the Virginians, al
though striking out thirteen men, was
found for nine healthy swats, four of
which were home runs. OF the nine
safeties gathered by the Blue and White.
Rrice o. johnson and Wiley each got
two. Howard had two errors registered
against it, neither of which affected the
score. while two of the four errors reg
istered against the visitors blossomed into
runs.
Th, features of the game were Brice's
pitching, sykes fielding, two sensational
stops followed by perfect throws by Sec
ond Baseman Avery. and the four home
RIMS two Of which were garnered by
WILEY. Howari's sterling backstop. So
deadly effective was the pitching of Capt.
Rrjce that but ore visitor reached third
base during the game. Howard has
p,aved but two regular games this sea-
son, and as yet has not had the dirt
Evening star., 1914-05-09
Tigers Bat Out Victory.

CHICAGO. May 9.-Detroit PLAYED an
uphill game yesterday and b. heay:
hitting defeated Chicago. 10 to $. The
game was full Of stolen bases and
errors. The locals took four-run lead
in the first inning on two hits. two
errors. three bases on balls. a sacrifice
fly and two double steals. The visitors
took every advantage Of the errors by
the locals and by punching hits over
took Chicago. Chicago used three pitch
ers. but each was hit hard The score
DetI.tI ...-...-...-.n u . = | - 3-ln
CAicas1. .--........ ! - ~ - - . j = )
Two-hasr hits Eufn.. I'ublc. Schalk, >tanar.
cobb, rhrec-ba> hit>-Craw ford. Wcacc:, li.t>
on I;cnz. q in -; innings: N Scott. III
% innings: on W"!frans, . in innins>
Sacrifice flies Collins. liurns stolen bases
Alcock. Weaver '@, Fournier. Crawford. High,
Burns g.. Moriarty. Double plays pnbuc. Bush
and Burns. Burns. Bush and EGrhs: Fournicr
AMI Blackburn. Left bases Detroit. 4: CHI
casu s: First base on baIls--uT Dubuc. 5 on
Benz l. Hir by pitcher by DI;huc Blackburn.
Struck cut BY ott. :: by Dnbuc. :: Passed
ball-Schalk Empires Nessrs. cahill and ShcI-
dan. Time Of game hours and D minutes.
Evening star., 1914-05-09
T0URNEyLEADERS
REMAIN THE SAME
Last Nights Bowling Did Not
Change Standing of Any
Of the Players.
ARMSTRONG; G-sCH0FIELD
DO WELL IN THE DOUBLES
Roll Set of 654, the Latter Having
Games of 132. 131 and 1O3
to His Credit.

There We're no changes in the standings
of the teams and players IN the tourney
last night. While the work of many of
those who rolled was above the average
it was not sufficiently good to replace any
Of the leaders.
games above the average. getting well
over 800 in each. The first score was 80
the next J11. and the last 54:. Wh.tford
and Stanford led the association towlers
with sets of 81 and 3iS respectively.
Stanford obtained the highest game, one
Of 142. Whtford had mere than 100 in
each of his.
The Welsbac chs, in class B. rolled one
anything like that standard in their other
two they would have gone way ahead in
the standing in that class
Some good work was done IN the dou-
bIes. Oehler and Keller rolled a set of
G2S their high game being 30 In class
r. Armstrong and Schotield got the best
set registered by any pair during the
pins behind the leaders in class A and
sin behind in class 3. The work of
Schotield was exceptional. He got u. IN
his first game. then rolled los. and m
ished his last contest with d mark of IL
10 his credit His total was 100. .iotln-
SON and Roberts made scores oi I'll. !. q
and 2np in their set. Roberts DONG Inc
hest Nor,; with a tota! of :'5l.
The scores follow:
Evening star., 1914-05-09
Other American League Games
Shut Out Again by Red Sox.

BOSTON. May. Boston shut out New
York again yesterday. to o. Leonard
allowed the HighlanderS only three
hits and struck oat 2; least one New
York bats,aan in each inning. keating
also twirled we'll bat his support weak
ened al critical times.
The Red Sox obtained their runs in the
eighth jniring. Carrigan singled. moved
to second On Leonard's sacrifice and
scored when Ma;sel threw wild. after
failing i'll his attempt to field a slow
roller by Ensle The latter went TO
second and scored on Hoopers infteld
hit. Hooper Tailed on Speakers single
and HartZelIs Wild throw. The score,
Boston. .......... o ,
New YORK.. .....u . q u u 90
Sacr.fcc hIIs-tiarrzei. Leonard -. Left IN
bases-\cw York. ): Boston. q. First base on
balls-Dh keatng. =: OF Leonard. !. First base
on New York. l. Hit by pitcher Maisel.
Struck out Ey K,atinc. 4; by Leonard. II. I'm
pires-Mess.s. E2an and Evans. Time Of game
| hour and ID ,uipji,ss
Evening star., 1914-05-09
TRIPLE PLAYS SEEM
TO ACT AS JINXES

This will he a biS season for
triple plays II the present rate Il
kept up. In fact, already there
have been more triples In the big
leagues this year than whole sea-
sons ms n rule contain. In the
first month siN were made. The
teams making them were the
New lorks. Giants. Washington
twiceD. Cubs and Clevelands. In
connection with them IL the in
teresting fact that losers made
four of the six. The Giants were
beaten by the Phillies on the day
of their triple, the Cubs by the
Cardinals. the New lOrks by the
Washington and the Maps by the
browns. The WashingtOns beat
the Athletics when they turned
their first one. and tied on the
second occasion, YESTERDAY. 80
far triple plays have been more
of n jiOX than q mascot.
Evening star., 1914-05-09
ona1s and Athletics Meet oday hd Clash Of Exciting Series
NEITHER TEAM IS WELL
SUPPLIED WITH PITCHERS
Mack and Griffith Have Exhausted Their Twirling
Stats in Present Series Which Has Proved
Hardest Fought in Clubs History

home. AMI the tNing tally came in the
ninth. when oiandil hit safely and Henry
walked and Pennock made wild pitch.
Johnson was hit for a single and a
triple i'll the sixth besides walking two
men. and the visitors scored twice. In
the eighth hs was unmel cifuN pounded.
ic walked Daley TO begin with. and kopf
singled. as did l.app. After PennOck had
illed out Murphy. OldrinG and Collins hit
III rapid succession and four runs were
over the plate. TIL. triple play saved
Ensel III the ninth. and Jim Shaw. who
pitched the final inning. retired the side
i'll order. The score:
Evening star., 1914-05-09

,,,.. =. ,,l,a :, ~ 60, 49,,
,,aot. 20, ItSaruitss " the ~ ,hA. &
su,hilasisr W. easi.i o'e oi t.e pes
- r;hsia,n ers' tie ted,i llau 70 y
"eaheHea oi s'coulit oi soeiai pFe!uuiess
ASalli ms ssat Ihere was SUI,
weaker team Tor similar reasons. MI
,ne recent neath oi nus lalhtr Lore
w w hiiporne was Loia -tsnn! 81. Leose.
ne pafoaN was ereated N H'io Whi."
me oaronn OF Milnpoth. goes pack onls
70 ~. mere was niucn dissatisfaction
alid 'iltit.s,h " i'.v Nhe. lhe paton
We ..ea.ea anu 'ueS' chose the o'i
tiit oi Ash'N =. Leusefs.
coh;a, r-,;n,La
Evening star., 1914-05-09
LORD WIMBORNE GIVES UP
FIGHT FOR CLASS POLO TEAM
Hurngham Club to Pick Men to Strive for the
International Cup

LONDON May ?-SomethnS in the
nature Of panic as Wei as 1isappo'nt-
ment and shame. struck to the heart Of
England's sporting world last night OIL
the announcement that Lord Wimborne
had given up the struggle to get a polo
team together IN an effort TO lift the
international cup and hal turned over
the task to the birmingham club
This Was particularly true when the
rea! inside reason developed. 1t seems
that me team is below the international
standard and that the ponies are not in
the same class With those III the United
States.
Lord Wimborne not able TO de-
velop a proper team because Of the old
question Of class and caste. Social
rivalry has inteifered TO prevent Eng
group of hara-Littinc dasIing PLAYERS
On last Wednesdays form Lord VIM
borne's team. as the Pail Mall Gazette
truly SAID. was at ia" the best it has
shown. but BY 10 means satisfactory Not
only did one team appear below inter
national standard. but the mounted ponies
were not in the same class With the
Amer can animals.
Glass and Caste.
Buckmaster's team. composed of Capt
ST. George Cheape at No. l. F. NJ.
Freake at NJ. >. W. : Buckmaster at
No. ) and Lord Wodenhouse. back.
seemed particularly chosen to show up
Lord Wimbornes team. and also to
make plain the unfortunate social rival
ries which prevent England sending a
truly representative four. composed of
the best players in the country. to seek
Evening star., 1914-05-09
BEESoN'S JUMP PROTESTED.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. May "a pro-
test against allowing Edward Beeson
new worlds record ia the high jump
has been filed with Ere:.iaeut John E-
lott of the Pacific Athletic Association
by c. 5. Morris of the Olympic CLUB, q
teammate Of Beeson.
Norris states that when Beeson jumped
Is feet 5-l0 inches at the Pacific Ath-
letic Association conference meet at
Berkeley last Saturday his body touched
the crossbar which would prevent a rec
ord. He argues. further, that the event
was closed one. since two men from
the same club-Beeson and George
HORNE, the former record holder-were
the only ones to compete. the event IL
self being a special.
Evening star., 1914-05-09
VICTORY FOR NJ STREET.
Commercial High School Team De
feated by Score of 8 to Z.

NJ street High School base ball team
scored its first victory in the inter-
high base ball series yesterday when
the Commercial High School team went
down TO defeat by the score of . to :.
AZ has happened previously in the
series Commercial waited until the end
of the game to hit but a lead OF five
runs was more than they could over
come. although they put up q game
fight. and scored three tallies before
the last strike ended the game with
Chick Collins at the bat.
The game was close until the fftl
inning. when VI Street drove Wal
lace. Commercials hurier. from the
mound by batting out six runs. The
next game OF the series will be played
Monday afternoon with Commercial
and Armstrong as the contenders.
TEAM STANDING
Evening star., 1914-05-09

When Joe Jackson first went south with
the Cleveland team one of his delights
was to give exhibitions of his throwing
strength. 1t is said he would stand far
in the outfield and please the natives by
throwing the ball over the Sraadstand.
Now he does not attempt such things in
the training camp having learned that
his throwing arm is a big asset and must
not be extended only in cases OF neces-
s!ty that come during the league season.
Evening star., 1914-05-09

Several wealthy ice-boX. paperweSht
and washboard manufacturers who de-
cided to get 4 share of base ball profits
by forming new league are finding out
tina; il is difficult task to operate
circuit without a second division,