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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20

which arc based on tho scientific
data obtained by the engineer pre-
riously referred to, show very
graphically what serious mistakes
may he made by even honest key
hole witnesses. A suicide may,
under such circumstances. no very
easily mistaken for murder, and
an innocent participant in tho
tragedy be accused Of the crime.
The illustration at the top OF this
phge depicts just such scene. Il
shows a man about to commit sui.
eide and his companion rushing
forward to prevent the commis.
sion Of the crime. Suppose the
men were brothers. with voices
very similar, and that as the one
rushed forward to prevent the sui.
eide he cried Don't shoot"
ATTRACTED by the alteration, a
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20

jail. or even to death, on keyhole|
testimony OF this calibre? How
many homes have been broken up
and innocent people condemned
through just such unreliable evil
dence7
In the divorce case previously
quoted, In which Judge Cohalan re-
FUSED 10 accept the evidence OF a
keyhols witness and set aside the
verdict OF jury which had found
doctor guilty o. conduct emitting
his wife to divorce. not only was
the doctor himself greatly wronged.
apparently. but his patient, who
was named as cores pondent. was
even more grievouslv harmed.
The question OF the unreliability
OF such evidence was more thor.
oughly gone into. perhaps, in the
divorce case Of Julia ". A. Sic.
brecht against Henry a. Sicbrecht.
IT.. OF New Rochelle, y. Y, wear
or two ago. In that case the prin.
cipal witness against Siebrecht
was woman, who testified tina.
through a etove pipe hole in the
ceiling OF the room which Sic.
brecht was occupying she had seen
him kissing a woman who was
boarding in the same house.
This stovepipe hole vas declared
by the defendant to have been some
six and half inches wide, but It's
depth interfcred greatly with the
view obtainable into the room be.
low.
Architects who had made aeon.
rate measurements OF the room In
question and It's furniture In re.
lation TO the stovepipe hole wen.
on the stand and sTore that g. was
Qnite impossible for the witness to
have seen what she testified 10 be-
cause only Siebrecht's feet and
those OF the woman in the room
with him would have been visible.
Everything else in the room would
have been out OF range OF vision.
Nevertheless. the jury found
against Siebrecht. The case was
appealed and the Appellate Court
reversed the decision. /,
The evidence shows" they de-
clared, that the possible range OF
vision did not permit the view to
which the inculpating witness re-
ferred, hence the findings are
against the weight OF evidence"
II is possible that these two
cases may serve to emphasize tho
unreliability OF keyhole testimony
In general. and in that way the
miscarriage OF Justice in future
cases may perhaps he prevented.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20

only a portion OF the keynote is
available for viewing the inside OF
the room. Outside OF the fields de-
scribed, everything in the room Is
quite invisible. The field OF com
plete invfsibility includes at least
six feet Immediately In front of the
keyhloe, 40 that If an untruthful
keyhole witness we're trapped into
describing the doormat Just inside
the door. az seen through the key
hole. for instance, the falsity of the
testimony could easily be made ap.
parent.
But the great danger OF keyhole
testimony lies principally In the
fact that even honest witnesses get
false Impressions when their oh.
servations are made under s,Iof
disadvantageous circumstances. Not
infrequently men have been sent
TO prison on the strength OF key
hole testimony, and yet it's unrp-
liability can very easily be demon
strated
The illustrations on this page,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20
How We Can Deceive
Our Muscles

THE act OF batsman in
netting two bats together
around few times before
he takes his place at the plate
to hit at a bali with a single bat
Is now considered an event OF
deep psychological significance. As
ell the world knows. the reason
the batter does this is to make
the single heavy bat feel lighter.
and to fool his arm into believing
that 1t can make the single bat
gambol through the atmosphere
with great speed. having been freed
Of the incubus Of the other bat.
Psychology has found out tina, il
is actually possible to fool the mus
cles as If they were people-almost.
This Is demonstrated in the labor
atory by making the armM say. go
through certain rhythmic move.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20

men's for a short while. and then
running in variation on IL.
For instance. 81 person is told TO
lift and put down in succession a
comparatively heavy weight, then
4 light weight, etc. He goes
through these motions several
times. and then the light weight
Is changed for one somewhat
heavier. Or course 1t is the same
size as all the others. 40 that the
PERSONS mind will not he preiu.
diced beforehand When the hand
goes 10 lift this one I, rises az
spontaneously as with the very
light weight used before.
Ordinarily it is shown in the
laboratory that weights are lifted
by the subject at different rates of
speed, the heavier the slower.
This takes place unconsciously.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20
Scientific Experiments Show Why Judge CohaZan Was
Right in Upsettng the Verdict of the Jury Which
All Agreed That DR.. Stiefeps Peeping Maid Sav
What She Thoughf She Sam rnzzwg
Vhat She Thought She Sau

A JURY in the New York SUI
"a preDe Court recently lis
tened to maid testify on
The Titness-stand what she saw
While peeping through a keyhole
Solely upon the strength OF the
girls testimony the jury decided
that Mrs. Adele Lewis Stiefel was
entitled to an absolute divorce from
DR.. BENJAMIN w. Stiefel, although
the doctor and the patient who was
In the room with him while the
maid was spying through the key
hole both testified that the witness
was entirely mistaken.
Just what 1t was that the maid
thought she saw and, therefore,
swore she saw. and which the Jury
believed she really did see-this is
not material 10 the interesting facts
which will be discussed here. DR..
Stiefel and his woman patient had
an explanation OF what the maid
thought was going on--the jury be.
lleved the maid.
Justice Cohalan. who tried ,he
case. promptly set the iury's yer.
dlct aside. The keyhole evidence.
upon which the whole case against
the doctor was founded. was not. no
decided, 20 be relied upon.
While the Judge did not discuss
In detail the weakness of kcyhoIe
evidence In general. the courts are
evidently beginning to look upon
soch evidence with suspicion.
a few years ago Professor HUGO
.Munsterberg, the lannon's Harvard
psychologist wrote n hook. ertjtl.1
"On the Witness Stand in which
he condemned the methods OF law
courts because, he contepdcd
neither lawyers, Judges nor jurics
pay sufficient attention 10 nsy.
chologY in Weighing the value of
testimony.
The judge istenE, perhaps" he
declared, TO description of things
which the witness has secretly soon
through the keyhole OF the door
ne does not Hnderst3 I'd why slI tho
Judgments az 10 tho size or ohiocte
and their mace arc nrohablv
erroneous under such cIrcu,,.
Etancee"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20

person passing the door would be
very apt to peep through the key
hole. IT, as the observer placed his
eye TO the keyhole. the pistol went
off and the suicide fell back dead,
it Is more than likely that the wit.
ness would he absolutely convinced
that murder had heen committed
and he had seen it.
Only very small portion of this
tragic scene would have been Wis
thle TO the keyhole witness. The
Illustration shows what a wrong
Impression ii would he apt to give.
Even IL there had been time enough
between tho altering OF the words
Don't shoot" ana tho firing of the
shot for the witness to have moved
his eye to and fro in front OF the
keyhole, his range OF vision would
by the Star Company. Great Britain
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20

instance, the maids mistress was
III the room with her while she Was
handling the jewelry? Tho mis-.
tress is in the area OF invisibili,y
and would therefore, have been
unseen by the keyhole witness.
and the maid might find It hard 10
prove the actual fact when con.
fronted with the testimony Of the
witness.
These cases are suppositions.
but who knows the number Of men
and women. who have been sent 10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
Periscope to Sell Lots

At Los Angeles a real estate dealer has devised an original and unusually inter- esting method of showing lots in sub- division near his office to prospective purchasers. Instead of being taken to the tract itself, interested persons are first ushered into an octagonal room which constitutes the second floor of the agents building The room, with it's periscope arrangement, is described, with illustration, in the May number of Pop ular Mechanics Magazine It is about 10 feet in diameter, windowIess, and finished with black walls. In the middle of the room is a circular table covered with white oilcloth, while immediately above it at the peak of the cone shaped roof is turret with an opening on one side through which the property is clearly visible. Mirrors are arranged to catch the light rays admitted through the aperture and reflect them upon the table so that the image of the tract is sharply shown upon the white surface. With the aid of pointer he indicates different lots just as if a large map were being used The novelty of the arrangement causes his spectators to give close at tention to the lots in question. Property offered by rival firms is in this way also kept entirely out of prospects, view until the agent has him well in ha nd for deal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
Look and Feel Clean, Sweet and
 Fresh Every Day Drink . sIass of real hosswater before breakfast to wash
 out pelsens.

Life Is not merely to live. but to livs well, eat well, digest we'll, work well. sleep well, look well. What glorious condition to attain. and yet how very easy 1t is if one will only adopt the
 Foiks who arc accustomed ts feel dull and heavy when they arise, splitting headache, stuffy from q cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach, can. instead, feel as fresh as daisy by opening the sluices of the system each morning and flushing out the whole of tho internal poisonous stagnant matter.
 Everyone. whether ailing. sick or we'll, should. each morning. before breakfast, drink glass of real hot water with teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in 1t to wash from the stom- ach, liver, Kidneys and bowels the pre- vious days indigestible waste. sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire ali- mentary canal before putting more food inte the stomach. The action of hot water and limestone phosphate on an empty stomach Is wonderfully fnvfgor- atinK It cleans out all the sour fer mentati0n, gases, waste and acidfty and Gives one a splendid appetite for break fast. While you arc enjoying your breakfast the water and phosphate IS quietly extracting large volume of water from the blood and getting ready for thorough flushing of all the inside organs
 The millions of people who are both cred with constipation. bilious spells, stomach trouble, rheumatism; others who have sallcw skins. blood disorders and sickly complexions are urged to get | quarter pound of limestone phosphate from thA drug store which Will cost very little, but is efficient to make any enc pronounced crank on tho subject
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
Science Triumphs Over SmalIpox

Writing of the work of pr. Victor Helser, the young American physician
 who has turned the Philippines into al- most a health resort Burton J. Hendrick leils m Harper's Magazine of Dr. Heis- CT s great victory over the smallpox
 Smallpox had ravaged the islands for centuries and pitted Filipino faces were as numerous as in England before the days of Jenner. On an average 4OOO0 died each year from this disease-as many as 6o0O had died in one year in Manila alone. Yet the Filipino people did not re- saIu lnls as extraordinary; at first they resisted violently all attempts of the Americans to destroy the disease. On the approach of the early vaccinators, the na- tlves would hide in the woods and con ceal their children in boxes cupboards. ana other convenient receptacles. Rrt the Filipino is observant and not without ioglc, and one circumstance began soon to make an impression. When smallpox swept particular village the people with scars on their arms invariably escaped the sickness. This fact and the concolia- tory methods adopted under the Heiser regime produced more receptive atti- tude. Ffllipinos were trained as vac cinators the assistance of local digni- taries enlisted, and complete and or derly campaign was outlined. After vac cinating Manila the health service can vassed the whole island, district by dis trlct The vaccinators starting on one edge of the province, would march over the whole section. vaccinating every man. woman and child. Each village ana tribe had fair warning. The priests, mayors, and influential leaders would enjoin them to submit themselves and their children to the visitors. Even the chiefs of the wild tribes would painstakingly bring their people from the mountains. For there is one place in the world where there are no characterization societies; there IS not naked savage or head hunted in the Philippines who does not joyously believe in the practice. Not since jenner's immortal discovery has the world had so complete an illustration of it's usefulness. pr. Heiser has vaccnated loFOO0,OOO Filipnos without one single death-a record that surpasses anything that even the Germans have donC. Ma nila. where thousands died each year, has not had a single death from small- pox since 1906. The mortality in all the islands has dropped from 10000 a year to 600 or zoo. These comparatively few deaths occur in interior points that are so inaccessible, for lack of roads. that the vaccinators cannot reach them in time to preserve the strength of the vaccine virus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
Entirely Too Careless
the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 The editor in charge of the personal inquiry column opened his seventieth let ter with a groan.
 "I have lost three husbands" a lady reader had written confidentially, and now have the offer of fourth Shall I accept him7"
 Z The editor dipped his pen in the ink.
 This was the last straw. < ''If you've lost three nusnan0s. he wrote. T should say you are much too careless to be trusted with . fourth"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-10-05
QUESTIONS FOR RAIL MAN
Ayers.

St Louis Republic. once more the
Republic desires 10 inquire what ha--
ter thing the railroad managers of the
United States can do, iu view oi their
peculiar needs. than 20 supper. VIII
son
The history Of railroad legislation
BY the republican party IFS as 3islcur-
aging reading for a railroad manager
as a 1916 crop report is for bear ou
the Merchants Exchange IL is as
cherries as a stretch OF alsaH desert
under a Goddess sky The republicans
fitfully and at louE intervals. enacted
statutes regulating railroads when
compelled 10 do so by the proddiugs
Of public opinion; but OF constructive
legislation 6eneGtiug railroad credit
or helping along the efforts ot railroad
executives Of the new type 20 system
atfze and consolidate railroad finance
there is never a trace.
The relief needed by the railroads
can come only through legislation il
cannot come through sentiment. or
through the exercise Of executive dis
cretion-or indiscretton. The cold.
hard question staring railroad chiefs
In the face IS the question whether 20
look for this necessary Legislation 70
an administration led by Hughes, or
70 one led By Wilson.
Does Hughes know how 20 lead a
legislative body in constructive tasks
IN there anything IN his record IS gov
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-10-05
Daily History CIass-Oct. s.

1Sl3-Geueral VI. FL Harrison. al The
head Of an American army lnvad-
ing Canada defeated a force az
British ana their indian allies at
Thames Dnr The Indian lea der.
Eecumseh. was killed
1s84-Picturesque hold the fort" bat
tie at Alatoons Pass. Ga.
t91 %-Freuch laid mines Iu the Adrs-
attic sea
1915 ~ The German government dis
avowed sinking the arabic. Greece
protested against the landing OF
allies upon her soil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-10-05
- l - 1 rHnrnpLIEEE

-E-7-f-A r. :" ~--0 u
IL. 81" --s la-het ana
~ os'is. vas very young AS you VIII
observe. mar eoulln have been many
years ago rather was honest lie
" a7 20 honest -laI ne refused 10 &C
r5p- me pay oHeie4 MN ~ JOBS he
-o1-1 nave oo.alaea lie dion Z feel
Una. ne "as worth lAe money Mother
vas sood woman. she was help
-tt HeisA9es she cla not have the
AeaLs 20 refuse d Helgnhor when one
came 70 our home 60 borrow q house
mold article or food. One morning be
loFe mad risen mother even loaned
Lat tasL suit OF union underwear IT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-10-05
Rock Isiand-From River 20
River.

The colonel has doubtless tossed
his Nobel peace prize into Long Isl
land sound
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-10-05

Pittsburgh. Oct 5.-E N Butt
widely known architect and engineer
d dead az his home here He designed
numerous large buildings including
the Chicago Masonic temple and the
Tower building In New York
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-10-05
CE0RDg 4 SO
d S c O r ID S

I n @S
II DIT S c O r ID S
We shook hands. Mr. Taft said,
+ "iast Ike any gentlemen would snake
+ hands Colonel Roosevelt was silent
i Leaving no inference other taan tAal
+ r. r.. did not feel that they had shaken
hands like any two gentlemen would.
TIE New York milk war mas almost
reached me curdIng stage
MODERN new papers are not given
10 Dragging when they happen 10 print
an item which was not carried by a
connection hat@ stone age stun that
is praCfIced these days only among the
brush Ieaguers-b there is an eH-
cuse for calling attention 90 the fact
when b paper pulls scoop Of the mag
uItude 0f the one supplied Argus read
ers Tuesday when the full scowesr play
hy pIaE. If the hlindeIphia
and Br0okIyH-NeW FORK games were
printed. the contests ~ that date de-
fermInIBg Tire National league cham
piouship. II sou are not subscriber
of The Argus y0u didn't get that news
until - hours aflerWarh The argus
was the only me-" sphPeL ~ NJ. me .lt
.l.-e7 y S--.i' ...0
s'''s o'' .'.'''
TIE powers of Europe are coming
TO under the pressure Of cannon.
Lloyd George OF England has finally
reached EGe conclusion that tae world
is big enough for as all II George
and faw others OF his rank bad taken
the time 80 wipe their glasses and look
around bit few years ago the world
would be al peace today
\TkgIa- hatagar1U1H.o and ALEX.
anHara Garauaaos are 81. that remain
90 the Greek cabinet tine others HaE-
ing resigned They are plenty and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-10-05

Score Of Auto Drivers Nabbed.-
Wholesale arrests OF auto drivers We're
made by the Davenport police depart
ment under the auto registration law.
Nineteen arrests we're made on this
score during the dav- ana one speeder
was nabbed after long chase By on
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-12-20

Clasalf'eu aaNertstuerga. aucn
sfe- elll positively not pe feceivedl
tha Esarssa aY phone Tha1 must
acoe4hs ~ tha office pleaac do II
ahare them, y y Embarrassing 70
aso te geeeiva shem. las.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-29

mobile industry past fifteen years during which
period his fame has become international, ne says
carefully checking everything over that TINS nc"
without question the most perfect in design
durability and line of any low-Friced automobile ever
1t is we'll known that Mr.. r. c. Hupps approval and
opinion Of this lew Is cmincntly worth while lie
started with the Oldsmobe in 1907. At that time me
Ing from $1,000 up Mr.. Hupp graduated from the
Odds Motor Works the Ford Company III 1874.
Through Mr.. Eupp's knowledge and experience while
making the lowest priced automobile i'll the Wnr! WIN
with Henry Ford the production Of the first $500
Ford runaboutS. In 1908 Mr. ltufp and associates or
ganiZed Hupp Motor Car Company. producing Il car
ut $3.50 which at that time was lower IN price than NE
car which the Ford Company was turning out as inc
Ford Company had advanced the price OF Their cars 10
puny sales jumped from $50 the first year TO "Oo
cars second year and original investment Oh S
than $4,000 grew to cool million dollars by -?
when Mr.. Hupp disposed Of his interest ana retr",
agree the policy of his associates in bringing out
4 higher priced car. =, r
This same year Mr. IIurp organized the r. c. H. Cor
poration manufacturing and selling touring car tl1t
was lower in price than other car except the Orc
and the ycry first year produced 5000 cars and hId
contracts dealers for 10000 additional cars MAX
ing n total sale OF 81 900 for tho first year.
Mr. Hump has also had experience IN mafiu1ac-
turing higher priced cars hut his hobby has always
been and ii been his aim and AMBITION to make
wears ne has concentrated upon this one dominant idea
and at last perfected cheap to buy and so
economical 10 operate that 1t can be owned ana used n
practically every family head in this country.
This design. approved by Mr. liupp Is the result
Of fifteen years effort to make low priced car and
car that can operated low cost and that Will
sta n greater service FOR the money than
any other automobile made The itself will be as
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-29
LOSSES RETRIEVED
ON STOCK MARKET
Although Trading Was Listless and In
signiftcaat-Rals Proved the
Exception.

NEW YORK. July cS.-L"SseS Of thc
n,id-week were partly retrieved III the
course OF ,oday'S Yer: ll$tlsSS ana IN
significant trading. which offered L
striking contrast - III" operations =! \
year ago when war brides we're soar
ing To dizzy heights and daily dealings
we're averaging = million shares u,
DAYS Improvement was again cticctcu
a, some cost 10 tn, short interest. when
evidently felt impelled I" cover con-
tracts on tho scarcity of supply.
Rails once NOR" proved an "Xc"riion
IL the general tendency. inanlieStlnS
ruch OF their recent lasSitude, WIN
further ,nodctat. selling OF Canadian
Pacific and New Haven.
United Steel was disposed to shake
off it's recent heaSlneSS. rising 70 oh -
within tn. smallest fraction OF Its Top
quotation on Wednesday. following th';
publication Of tn" "o,nranys quarter
" earnings Prominent war ISSUES
cauip,nsnts and independent lnduStria's
were one TO TWO points higher. put
United States Industrial Alcohol srinc-
Cd it's usual uncertainty. tluctuatihs
within a range Of 90 points and closing
AT a net gain of a point.
Total sales nj stock amounted TO NV
coo shares.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-29
NO PAUSE IN Trade;
BUYING IS HEAVY

NEW YORK. July 2S.-Rradstreets
tomorrow will say:
Trade does not pause nor does there
seem any doubt as TO the future. Even
in sections. the northwest for example,
where talk of damage to wheat is most
rife. buying pursues the even tenor OF
it's way. and. indeed. purchases for fa'I
are earlier and heavier than Il gear ago.
In fact trends II, general. except IN the
rain swept parts OF the southeast. m
dicate that buying for immcdlht" ship
ments is comparatively good. while "rh1
ering for fall delivery Is growing and
will be heavier during the first forth
night af August. Mingled with these
tendencies is. of course. Il spirit "t coo :
serratism, predicted. az il is. on IL de-
sire TO guard against heavy stocking up
18th high priced goods. but counterfeit
ing this are fears that supplies may n"t
i" sufficient to meet requirements. IN
dustrial operations continue 1T relative
- high speed.
Weekly bank clearinGs. $i.iIS.lI l'''e