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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-27
Kansas Comment


RED CROSS NEEDS YOUR HELP.
Already the sick and wounded VIC
Tins OF the war In Europe are num-
oereo by Thousands. The great bat
tie that now impends- greatest
battle since the world began--Wtl ada
its tens Of thousands. It isn't our war.
We nave no responsibility OF any kind
Tor the suffering 1t II causing and must
cause. Yet We must pity the victims.
And we would be different from what
we always have been-we would
change our national character-if We
didn't do all We could to help them.
So there's nothing for 1t but to 10
deeper into our pockets and not only
take care of distress here at home but
also help lift the burden which the
ambitions Of monArchs ana the folly
OF statesmen has laid upon humanity
IN europe. Tho American Red Gross,
whose fitness and efficiency a. the
messenger of our mercy has been %
! surgeons. nurses, surgical Equipment
ana hospital supplies to all the coun-
tries at war. And It needs a lot more
money than 1t has, and all It can ret.
Girts may be sent to the head office
| urer. You may designate, IL you wish.
the country in which you wish your
gift used. And remember that ssho
give twice who gives quickly."-Chi-
cago Herald.
PREPAREDNESS BRINGS WAR.
1t has been the argument Of people
financially interested in selling anna
| ment and munitions Of war and OF
those who proflt by maintainine treat
armies and navies that the surosf way
OF keeping the peace amone nation
was to be thoroughly prepared for
war. This argument has been pro-
claimed 30 persistently that II came ia
be the generally accepted belief, but
It has been proven to be absolutely
false by the terrible conflict now 70
ing on in Europe. II the countries en-
gagged in this war had not been in
effect great military camps, there
would now be no wholesale murder
Ing and robbing in progress there, but
being ready 1or war. they were i'm
patient to get to fighting and are nov
at 1t. If out Of this war, begun With
out cause or reason. which 10 disturb-
Ing tho peace OF the whole world and
Will tmpoverish. II not actually de.
stroy. some Of the governments en-.
gagged in It. will come the disarma.
nent by all the nations Of the earth
It win not have been in vain.-Miam
Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-27

That Minneapolis crowd which
watched robber hold up a man in
broad daylight and relieve him OF a
satchel containing $4,000 possibly
thought that a scene for q moving
picture drama way being enacted or
rehearsed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-27

Lord Kitchener. England's minister
Of war. is q conservative. close-mouth-
ed man. And his prediction that the
war will continue for at least three
years probably hits the mark. Nor
does it seem possible that there will
be very much left Of central Europe
by that time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-27

None of the summer resorts, even
those on the mountain tops. can pro-
duce a more delightful brand Of
weather than Kansas, or the eastern
end OF it at any rate, is enjoying just
now.
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The news IL received in The State Jour-
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No matter how seemingly impor-
tant or inconsequential a piece Of war
news comes from Europe it is usually
followed shortly afterwards with a
denial Of some sort from another
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-27
THE CONCEITED DONKEY

A donkey and q colt were alone in
the stable one day. The donkey
thought himself very handsome and
began to laugh at the 1ong-legged lit
tie colt.
20, dear" said the donkey, ''I wish
you could see yourself you are 50
funny with your long legs and little
thin body"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-27

81 did not know that 1 was 50 queer
looking" said the colt 81 know / am
tall and no doubt shall crow taller.
but my mother II tall and she does not
look queer. Why do you not laugh at
herr"
your mother has outgrown her
awkward age" replied the donkey,
but you are q very homely little crea-
ture."
The little colt was silent for a while.
but he was gazing intently at the dom
key.
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Tho wages Of sin is death. Emperor
Francis Joseph Of Austria, who lighted
the fuse to the European war bomb,
Is dying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-27

Neither does the slow-moving OF
large bodies appear to apply to the
herman army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-27

In the matter Of locating the silver
3inings. finding those to the war clouds
81 the most difficult Job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-27

German pencil factories turn out
about three million gross annually.
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-20

<T RILBY." the most widely read
novel OF generation. owed
It's popularity largely 90 its
presentation OF the mystery OF thought
transference. The beautiful and Inflated
Trilby. 81 will be recalled. had a per
fectly formed mouth and vocal cords but
absolutely no musical sense that would
enable her 20 use them in singing The
villainous Svengali a 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 thought-transference
The possibility Of such a supernormal
proceeding excited much discussion In
the scientific world when the novel was
published and has done so 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
Syengali Is given by Joseph Mercedes
and Miss Nellie Stantone. who have
been appearing az Keith's Palace Thea
tire in New York. In this case there Is
no hypnotism. but the mUsic is said 10
pass from the brain OF Mercedes TO that
OF his companion.
Miss stantone sits at piano in the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-20
"NO Explanation Except Thought Trans
BY Professor DAVID EoGs

-DHAh NICE Pn. y.
cedos and his assistant very readily
agreed 20 give n private demonstration IN
place selected by this party.
while the conditions o. this test were
not as rigorous az might be required for
scientific certainty" the members 81 tho
party we're all convinced that opportuni-
Ties for fraud or deception we're com
p'ofcly excluded.
Miss stantonc was seated hlindfolded
at tHa piano iu one corner Of a large din.
INK hail. while Mercedes remained sur
rounded by fhe members OF the party In
fha d.aEoual'y opposite corner at dis
lance NJ thirty or forty feet In order
t1 avoid the possibility Of tho performer
0scrho1r'ug Tho whispers % the party.
fIr uamrs of The selections desired we're
written Ou pieces OF paper and quietly
passed 20 Mercedes. The individual
who made the selection would then ap-
preach The plano and request that his
piece Boz played while tho rest Of the
party remained with Mercedes
The beginning Of tho test was marked
lv number Of failures much fo tho
ruarrIH uf .farrcdcs fn The opinion OF
fhn writer. however these initial faf-
uros Afforded the strongest proof Of the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-20

TTHE writer was one Of a small party
that attended n recent perform
ancc by Joseph Mercedes and Miss
stantone 40 Kciths Palace Theatre with
ne avowcd purpose of looking Tor some
'0rm " deception.
The selections suggested by members
u this party were given os promptly
md as successfully as amy others called
Tor throughout The performance.
While fully realizing tho possibilities
OF code communication and The high do.
gree ~ success with which 90 o. Pre-.
luenty used in Performance ~ similar
character tho writer is fully convinced
That 70 could not possibly afford an AIDE.
luate explanation in this Instance
Equally unsatiafacorv and un.rnable
ir the assumption that there are iu the
audience 70 number OF c0nfadera'ns who
are relied upon f1 cali Tor selections iu l
predetermined sequence.
More than This our party was not ro.
sfriCfrd f1 tho observations made Iu f"n
public performance ln order f0 AFFORD
an opportunity frr moro searching test
than was possible in the theatre. Mer
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-20

this test are apparently OF special inter
est. The "Miserere" from III Troyatorer
was the first selection called for. but was
not reproduced. After an interval Of
perhaps ten minutes 10 was requested
again. but again without success. Some
what later Mercedes. evidently unwilling
10 accept failure on this selection. asked
Miss Stantone 10 play whatever came 10
her mind. without attempting 10 name 90
IN advance At the same time he him
self gave indications % a special effort Of
concentration. Within a minute the
pianist began TO play the opening bars Of
the "Misercre The selection was Oh
yIously well known 20 both performers
and n system of signals we're ln use.
q hardly seems probable that the per.
mrmers would have allowed two failures
10 be scored against them In the early
part Of the test on O. selection WhiCh
later offered no special difficulty.
10 appeared from these tests that diner
ent members ~ the party had varying
degrees of success iu securing rra unurca
from Miss sfauf0nc. and also that 81 fVo
individuals united in requesting the
same selection. more ready response
vas given. Those facts would both seem
10 count against The uaa ~ code OF
signals and in favor OF Tho teiapafhic
explanation. They also indicate that tho
function 0f The DorcipIonf is relatively
more important than that of mo agent.
and that che was Influenced 20 some OK
tent by fho mental suggestions Of others
than Mercedes
Tho following incident AL given as an
especially interesting fact although tho
reader WIN Boz Inff fo supply his own OK
PLANTATION. ~ seems ~ serve equally
y Great Britain Rights Reserved
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absence OF deception. and the strongest
argument in favor OF the telepathic char
acter Of the communication between the
performers. The selections first called
for we're well known 70 Mercedes and
had. In fact. been successfully repro
duced in the preceding public perform
ance. n a pre-arranEed code had been
In use these selections would have been
communicated as easily under the condi
lions OF the test as AZ any other time.
n. on the other hand. We have 20 DO
here with a genuine case 81 thought
transference. then 80 seems quite easy 20
explain these initial failures For the
successful practice OF though, transfer.
cnce 70 d. quite important that both agent
and perciplent. the sender and receiver.
be- In a comparatively tranquil state ~
mind. this necessity being particularly
urgent IN tho case 81 the percipient
Now. iu This instance. conditions were
bv no means favorable 90 this tranquil
ifv OF mind After the public perform
ance more than haf an hour had been
spent securing the vicinity ~ Broadway
and Forty second street Tor quiet and
convenient place in which 90 hold The
tests.
AZ soon a. suitable place vas found
Tho tests were begun promptly much
TOO soon 20 allow The prrcIpiorf 20
achieve fho composuro necessary Tor
successful Thought f-1nafcrpncc After
The frsf frw failures. however. c0nd.
lions evidently became more favorable
Tor the selections called FOR we're repro
d1ced With approx matclv the same do.
gree ~ success as ir fho public perform.
arro
Several incidents io connection WITH
Copyright. 1914 BY fhe star Com
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-20

well as an argument for pure
coincidence. spontaneous men
tai suggestion, or wlllSd
Observation-Disclosures. One
member Of the party had
written Marching Through
Georgia" as the selection next
TO be played. He handed this
% Mercedes and then ap-
preached the piano to inform
the pianist Of his desire. The
response was not immediate,
and in the meantime another
investigatdf not knowing
what had been called for.
wrote a request for the
same selection and pass
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In order to throw light on the mystery,
test OF Mercedes and Miss Stantone by
a body OF experts in psychology and
psyChical research The Hon. Lyman j.
Gage, formerly Secretary OF the United
States Treasury. who IS greatly inter
ested IN psychical research. was one
II those present The others were Pro
fessor David Edgar Rice. Pm. D.. (Co-
lumbia) the wellknown teacher OF psy-
Chology Mr. Hereward Darlington, the
psychic research investigator and a rep
resentative Of this newspaper. Mr.. Car
rington expressed his opinion that this
was a genuine case OF thought transfer.
ence and will devote further study to
IL. Professor Rlce's interesting report IL
printed herewith.
Previously Or. James II. Hyslop. secre-
tary and founder OF the Society for Psy-
chical Research. had examined the pair
at the request OF Mr.. Gage. Dr. Hyslop
said.
Il gave Mercedes the names OF a num-
Der OF classical pieces OF music I wished
played and Miss Stantone, whose back
was turned to US and who was blind
folded. played them. She was equally
successful when / went out OF the room
with Mercedes She made some mis-
takes but that f. no evidence OF fraud
! could detect no trickery. ! must say,
however. that ! should need 10 watch
them very closely for probably two
months before I could form an opinion
whether there was any element Of the
supernormal in this case"
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acter' therefore. the first requisite is TO
preclude. as far as possible. the liken-
mood or deception. While the writer
does not set himself up 10 be an expert
investigator OF psychic phenomena. ~ IS
a comparatively easy matter for anyone
TO familiarize himself with the possible
sources OF error IN demonstrations OF
this sort. After careful observation OF
Mercedes and his performance. - Is only
fair to him and his assistant 10 assert
that not only in their performance but in
private conversation as well they create
in one a strong impression OF absolute
honesty and sincerity.
On the positive side. the possibility OF
thought transference under certain con
ditIons. by certain individuals. must be
regarded as fully established Not only
have hundreds OF well authenticated
cases OF spontaneous communication
been recorded. but 81 has been demon
strated by experiment after experiment
carefully made by competent persons
that Il is possible TO transfer sensations.
information and ideas from one mind 20
another without aid OF any OF the ordin-
airy means Of communication.
10 must be admitted that az yet no
satisfactory explanation Is offered as to
how this IS done. but this does not in-
validate the fact itself. any more than
the fact of gravitation g. invalidated by
the failure o. physicists 10 show the
mode 81 SIS action. The proof 81 tho
existence % telopathy rests mainly on tho
hundreds Of cases that have been gain
cred and Investigated by the Society for
Psychical Research villain The past thirty
years The reader who il Interested
must be referred 90 the published re-
ports o. the proceedings OF thi5 society.
or 20 the publications OF the prominent
scientists who have been active Goo its
work. az for example. "Tha Survival 81
Man. by Sir Oliver Lodge. Human
Personality" by =. w &c. Myers. "Ap.
partitions and Thought Tranforcrco." BY
Frank Podmorc. and "phart8sms OF the
Living" hv Edmund Quincy.
An hours reading Of any ono Of these
books VIII convince tho skepUr not only
that The performance of Mercedes mar
velous as 10 may seem. is veil within the
realm Of possibility. bur also that a.
compared with the really wonderful
things IN the field a. psychic phenomena
he has scarcely done moro Char scratch
the surface.
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ed Il TO Mercedes. He also was
asked 10 approach the piano and imme-
diately the selection was played. Was II
a mere coincidence that one individual
should thus call for the very selection
that another was trying at the time 20
get. or was % case Of unconscious sug
gestion? Again. did the third mind
help to reinforce the thought Of the other
two. and thus secure a more ready re-
sponse from the perciplent?
At the hnal test Of this private demon
stration Mercedes was asked 20 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 90 the
piano. while the others remained with
Mercedes. The frst two % these trials
we're unFuccossful. but the third selection
called Tor vas played without moments
hesitation.
So much FOR the facts. what o. their
Interpretation Adopting fret the atti.
tude ~ the skeptic. g. must he admitted
mat I'M performances involving hypuo-
tism. apirtualistic seances. thought
transfercncc and other psychic pheu0m-
cna there has been much more OF fraud
and deception than o. honesty and sin.
cerity This e. especially true where
they are engaged in with 1 view t1 fnan-
ciai advantage. Any one. therefore. who
enters this field az 'pr0fee 7ioual.' no
matter how honest his purpose or how
real his power may DO. Is pretty certain
% find that in his case there is a reversal
~ the fundamental principle o. law that
man is presumed % be innocent until
he is proved guilty
Iu Judging a performance % this char.
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"This Is Genuine Thought Transference,'
BY the Hon. LYMAN J. GAGE. es-seeretsry OF the
Tin an InterView.)

BY the Hon. LYMAN J. GAGE, esseeretsry Treasury
Tin Intervie~O
AM entirely satisfied that this
ference have thoughts
transmitted from than the
physical channels OF
evidence OF trcke
Miss antone II would be unreasonable that
obtained trckery which
pyohica process which has been shown good evidence
reality Indeed requires ceduly believe
in the rsychical phenomenon
The fact Miss in
opinion no indication OF trick but rather evidence
unqusonabe Of
subject have found while thoughts
in this they with the dehneness
and written
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Reality of Thought Transfer
Proved by a Scientific Inuestige
Who Wills His Partner to Play
the Music in His DUN Brain

with blindfolded eyes.
Mercedes then walks
through the theatre
and asks anybody TO Wits
per the name OF a piece OF
music he wishes played
The person asking for the
music then calls aloud 70 the
pianist: please play my Sc
lection She does so. Some
times she makes a mistake.
but IN the great majority OF
cases she plays the right
piece the first time. and al
ways she does so after two
or three attempts. She has
played 5000 different pieces
OF music
The success OF this couple
has astonished and mysti-
fed all who have seen them.
In the four years they have
been giving their exhibition
no one has been able 10 de-
tect any trickery. Mercedes
can send his thought mes
sages TO Miss Stantone from
any distance. The Mayor OF
Syracuse asked for The
Star Spangled Banner"
while Mercedes was In his
office and Miss Stantone in
the office Of the Mayor OF
Utica. fifty miles away. and
=
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-04-23

LEWIS PORTER HAMMOND, as sue cessor Trustee, to Central Trust k Savings Company. PLAINTIFF. THE LAST CHANGE GOLD MINING COMPANY OF ALASKA, corpora tion; THE JUALPA COMPANY, a cor poration. WYOMING VALLEY TRUST COMPANY, a corporation, and: JOHN CLARK HILE, alias J. CLARK HlLE, DEFENDANTS.
 EXECUTION.
 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
 STATES,
 To any Marshal Of the District of AL
 aska. or to his deputy, GREETING:
 WHEREAS, on March 2Srd, 1914, by consideration of the abOye-Cntitled Court. the Wyoming Valley Trust Com pany, a corporation. Defendant, recov' cred judgment against The Last Chance Gold Mining Company of Al aska, corporation. defendant, for the sum Of Sixteen Thousand Eight Hun dred and Ninety-Seyen Dollars (Sl6.- S9T.OO): and Lewis Porter Hammond, Plaintiff. recovered judgment against The Jualpa Company, corporation, defendant. for the sum Of One Hun dred and SiXty.two Thousand Dollars ($l62. 100000. and a Decree was duly entered in said cause ordering and ad- judging the sale Of certain property described in said Decree for the pur- pose of satisfying the aforesaid judg- ments. which said Decree is in words and figures, as follows, to-wit:
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penses of such levy and sale as direct ed in said decree.
 HEREOF fail not, and of this writ make due service and return.
 WITNESS the Honorable Robert w. Jennings, Judge of said District Court, and the seal of said Court affixed at Juneau, in said District, this 9th day of April, A. D., 1914.
 JAY W. BELL,
 (SEAL) Clerk.
 I have levied upon all of that cer. tain real property belonging to the defendants, The Last Chance Gold Mining of Alaska, corporation, The Jualpa Company, corporation, and J. Clark lille. Defendants in the above entitled cause, which said property is more particularly described in the above and foregoing execution. And l will, on the 9th day Of May, A. D., 1914, offer said property for sale at the Front Door of the United States Court House, in the City of Juneau, Alaska, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, and will sell the same to the highest and best bidder for cash in accordance with the terms and conditions as set forth in the above and foregoing writ of Exc. cution.
 H. l.. FAULKNER,
 United States Marshal for the District of Alaska, Division No. One.
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(1) If the property described in paragraph No. of this decree, not including that described in paragraph No. 2, be sold separately under clause (B) of paragraph No. 6, the United