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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-05-18
2lui n.ue gteuerDori6ldge
Sa6en lid Die Sinan5-
miniiter Der oeuti6en
GtQaten qeeintdt.

Berlin, II. Ntai. ueber 2onoon.
Ger r@erntania" 5ifolge bat Die &on-
ieren5 Der Siilan5ntiniiter Ser peridie.
oenen beuti6en Stanten einen aont,
proutiB nit 9e5ug ailf Die neuen EN-.
5ufilbrenben 9ietf)siteuern ge5eitigt.
IS ioQ oas ;Solgenoe beifloiien Dor-
6en iein: rGrbobung Der 3oit., Se.
Iegraoben. uno SeIepbonl8ebiibren
Grtobung Ser Steuer auf Ssraf)tbrie-
fen; cine meme Steuer auf ben idbr.
Iifen lllniab i'm 9eidydft; eine Steu.
CT auf alles gigentbum oas einen
g9ertb pon ntebr ols 10000 Wtarf
bat, Die aber mir etn1taI erboben mer.
ben ioQ. gluBer6eu ioG cine grtrn,
Steuer fiir ben @erth5upofs Don
gigenthlm oas mebr oils 1900 Mtart
i'm SSabr betr6gt, erboben fper0en.
Man gIau6t, bob Die neue Steuer
ungefGbr 750,000,000 Mart einbrinz
gen perbe. ssseu MIR 500,000,000
Wdrf, bic pon Der uripriingli9eH Re
gierungsporlaes erfpartet purbe.
8us aompronrib 1T baoura bes
mertenspertb, bab barin gum She'll
ben @iini9en Der Sp5iaIiIten uno
giberalsn. oaB irgsno cine Irt BON
birettsr GigentbuHsiteuer etrtsefiihrt
iperOen fOu, entsegengetOmmen piro.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-05-18
Terfpual.

Die pielen Grennbe bss 6errn pc
ter s 6olb unb beFen liebenspiirUls
gen Satin, Del9e in Grfabrung sss,
bra4t butteu. bab geitern Der 80. Sab-
restGg Der 8ermdblung Dss paares
mar uHb ii6 nd9 Der WO6nunq 30.
3645 Waibbleton 9tDenue, Clifton, Be.
geben bdtten, nm ben SSubilaren ibre
9ratulatioHen unb 9liidsptni9e bars
5ubringen, puren ni6t nenig ents
tduidt, als tbnen Bic Wlitt6eiIung
fpurbe, bab bas paar, nm ben Gbrens
tag in Rube gu feiern, cine Sfueite
6o65eitsrsiie unb 5fpdr nab oem Boz
beort WtartinsOias, Snb., unternoms
men bate. 9as gliidli6e Gbepddr,
bas am II. Mai 1866 in bieiiger
Stabt ben 8unb fIrs Qeben f6lob,
erfreut ii6 nod Der beiten @efunbbeit
unb Riiitigteit, troBbem Der subilar
bereits 75 unb bic eSubttarin 72 Sabre
5dblt. @s lit jeboa ni9t ausgefdlois
fen. bab Die 9errf6aften bic Re9nilng
obne ben @irt6 gema6t babeu, beHu
bic yreunbe, bic seitern bur9 ibre
2Cbretfe enttduf4t purben, fperben ii9
6ei Der Riidtebr bic 8elegenbeit ni9t
entgeben laiien unb, iperm aud Ders
fpdtet, 70 bod in ebenIO ber5lider
g8eiie pie urfpriingIi9 beabiitttgt,
OenIel6en ibre SulOigungen barbrins
qen. s
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-05-18
0roRe Sebentmms
8irb ben 8erathungen bes
premiers 4squitb NIT
prominente MGnnern
inSrlanb beigelegt.


2onbon, II. Mlai. 8is 5u
premisr 2sduitbs &idfe6r na9 2on>
bon am S9lufie Der Do6s fpirb taum
etipas 9eItimmtes iiber bas Reiultat
feiner S6dti9tsit in Srlanb betannt
perben. gr fonIultiert nod mmsr
nit berihiebsnen 9lutoritdten, nm
sinen ue6erblid ii6er bic Sa6lage Don
alien m0gli6en Seiten gu sepinnen.
Qm 0onnsrItag pirb erin Gprt err
ipartet, Inn ii9 nit ben Mnfihten Der
RationdIiiten befannt gu MAIDEN.
Sn Der 3Difhenaeit perben tsine
S9ritte getban iperben, bic 8dtanz
gen in Der 8eripultung Srlunbs gu BE-
iesen. Gs bsibt, bab bic Saupturs
fade fir bic grnenrung bes pre>
misrs gum MitsIieb beg irif6en Sc
heimratbs bic gepeien iei, bab er
tempordr als beranttportli6er Minis
Ftsr fir bic glnseIeaenbsiten Srtanbs
i'm garlament fungiren folle.
Die Observation-Disclosures bes>
TelbeH legen biefem G6ritte groBe Be-
beutung bei, ba er benz Premier cine
'gepidtige Gtimme BEL Der Sormie>
rung Der @ertpaltuns Srlanbs bsrs
leihe.
Die 2onbOner s3eitunsen MAIDEN
goridldge fir cine nr6gli6e 26Tung
bes iriiden problems. Gum qrGBten
5hsile begiinitigeu Fe bic 9efpdbrung
bon @retutto 8erfpaltung an Glib
unb Deif SrIanb, fobab llliter uns
Ter Der faiferli6en Regierung Ders
bliebe sic tpeifen buraufbin, baB
tuenn bas Experiment In Siibs unb
WeIts SrlunO erfolgrei6e gfsiultate
aufpeiIe, lllfter eOentuea geneigt iein
perbe, iih ienem Yarlament 3u fiigen.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-05-18
2snrSe Der bon ben @oauillas gnn'
bitten entiiibrte slmeritauer Seize
leemer.
1,e C3ienn Sprinss ganoiien bon
sqajur eanoborue aberraidjt.
SedJs bon linen ,unroen setOotct nno
rs ssfnasen senummen.
. iec,reBIe uon General Snniton il
bier Eatrrnillen'Siitritte eiu.
Gst9eilt.

Ganantonio, 5eras, II. Wai.
0em 9eridt zines Wiannes gtamens
Serrp 5uioIge III es onierifaniidJsll
Soloaten geliingen, Seize 9iemer,
ben amerifaniiden 2aoenbeiiter, mel.
der bon merifaniIden 8nl'oiten nabe
gcqiiillas, Ter, entfiibrt lporoen
mar, sii beireien.
5orrp iagie, Die Soloaten bdttet
cine Grtid,ait, 125 !pieilen Don Der
Dreii5e, iiberidIlen iporaiiI Die Ban.
biieu ails 6erielben geilohen ieiell,
init piuterluimna Geeiners uilo eines
iar6isen @einngeneH 9iamens Wton.
roe Eapne. Neioe Mdnner ieien mad,
Ieras suriidgebradt uoroen.
Sbre Nettiing, 70 beibt es, iDuroe
baonrd ernnDgliht, bab Die geiDobner
Der Ertid,aft iid geipeigert battell.
Dem pcfeble Der ab5iebenoen ganol.
ter. Geenter iilib 9apne 5u tOSfelL
HnfD3nfommen.
Ger gerift fam BON Gberit Siblep,
Ger ieine Snfornlation bon Muier
2anDbornc crbalten bate, oeiien &c.
tadlenent iid Jet 100 WaeiIen iiioii6
ron Der Gren5e befinoet. Cine a6.
ibeillng Der Irilppen 2angbcrne's
iiatfe bic bcioen gtmcrifaner in gl
9,aio. so Meilen iiiblidb BON gO.
amIiias. am Gicniiag Usorsen auigc.
ilinben. Gie trnren Dor Den abec5oge.
nell ganSiicn. ben Gorfbeipobnern,
ipeldjc ben sfmcrifanern teineH Mioer.
iiaIb iciItetcil, iibergeteu iporosn.
Major aangborne berihtete on
GberIt Slblep, DAB er in iiiblidjcr
8iidjtung pcrorinee ilnb bofie, tie
@enoitcn i'm gaiic oes 5ages einall'
bolen.
IA Iaior apnSborne oem Sberit
ySitlcp meloetc, Saf es an 5itttcr
icbIe, ,rilrorR gorfebriunaen aetroi.
fen ioicrt Sen ilnb sSnier fir bic Stu.
bcIlcrie nb5ilienoen. Sberit Siblsp
5efonO ildD 5ur 3eit 40 wleilen iiioli2
3on Der @refl5e.
St,dteren WRlouHgen bon 9cquiI.
las ,aiolge bat Winjor 9angborne wit
iriner staunlIerie. .lruppe Die meriia.
aiidcn Hanbiten. ipc!de Glenn
Springs iiberfieIeu. 125 MeiIen iiio.
I'D, pom Der @ren3e iinlringt, ieds
pon isnen getSo.et iinb 70 geinngcn
gcu6mmen. Bon acknowledgement
wnrbe barber nod, iiffs befnnHt &c.
geten. Gcm geriAteritntter 5liTclge
paitcn Die gnnoiicn ii.b nidt aiii ei.
ten aulnpf gefafjt aemadt, bn lie
pl5eiib iiberfallen purbcn. 2ie Be.
feneenen iutrben gum grp5cb rad
aRnratbon aebr6dt iueroen.
2. II. zeiier, Elm ameritaner, mel.
der am Dhttpoh BON gorreon In
Gngle Vnb aufnm. foIl, 6em Sor glil.
tonic r0igbf@ siifoIge, eriIdrt bnbelL
Dos Dor orei sngen 500 g)aaiii ssrl.
hiuHer nad) Nor6cn niiigebrod,en leien
nit Der alisgeiprohenen gIbiidA
,.C6erit Siblep's IrilppenattbeiIuns
ben @nraiis 81 mafcr1. CT iol aiib
peiuot baben. oab bic Garrnn3o mib
esiIa Tr,ippen hi Ter llmgebung pen
sorreon iih bereinigt Ipitten, .aegen
bic @ringoes ju nI1rlfierrn.@
lSSs,rovol ca,uftott crff1rfp or mob
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sIltrnbeimfcIt OeridJObcn.

Gas Set gum 9eiten oes Eeut-
fden glteirbeinrs, tueld)es Die 9amen
fir Soflftaa eepIant batter, lit bis
gum u6dften @tpnat berifoben NOR
ben. Gs iiitb 70 pieIe onoere Inter.
nebntuneen i'm ss1ltereiie hes 9eittid1-
tlaints I'M @aItge, SaB eir1 gllfiGlib
oils wiinidensipertb eradStet uitr6e.
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taiten Der foBialiitiifen 9arteien Der
alliierten 9ationen na6 2onoon ein'
teriiien puroe. Gle initriIirten Ibr
futin.aonrr1itte, cine internatio'
noIe So5ialiiten,aonbention 6ur gs,
idleliligung Der geetbigifng oes
Qricdas einauberlIfen.
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S.aIien's @eperfidaften n
iiber amfbebung Der Or.
better Sdusgeiese
au ( qe 8 rd d I.

Berlin II. Mni. 9rahtIos nadI
Snpriae. Gle lleberiec gteiligtettS'
agentur beridJiet II. a. folgerbes
!. .WiitgIieDer Der itnIienrifcr @eiperf.
idDaften lulo entriliiet iiber Die slufbe.
hung bes ercBeren Sbciles Der grbei.
fer. SdYusgeIese uno bnbeir iid) gelpei.
CERT, iidl all Der So5ialIiten-aonieren
81. betbeiligen, wel6e pon @epraien.
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am etfer.

Sdtpieeernriitter in ipe: Y@teine
Sodter fonlnlt riid)t nit leeret Sdn.
oen. ssbre Miitaift betragt oreiBigtau.
ieno Dollars
sSreier: v9onnerpetter, oa ipiirDe
iogar nod etipaa iibrigbIeibenl~
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eAihsxaAriabten

Repgort, II. Mai. = Qtbsss.
rSrpOnlano" nu9 aiDerppoI.
&irtpalI. anget.: yStot6plm
pon Rem gort, nu9 Gotberburg be-
ittHlrnt.
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Dis 8otfdaft bes papFts
BON prafbent milton
be1ntmp prtet

Wafbington, IL. mai. qrGs
jipent million beanttpDrtst am Wlitts
mod, cine an ibn BON papit gsneoitt
seTanbts gc.f4aft, in pelher pieier
bic srniiit6t 9offnuns ousfpridt.
bab tsin arieg infplae Der Subnlaris
ne Rcntroperfe 3ipiIs1n ben Der.
Gtndtsn iinb DeutIdbIanb ausbredsn
irsrbs. unb bab ne Der. Gtdnten 3ur
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. beg Grispens in
europa feitraeen ipsrben.. Dir Qlnts
mort bes prGiibsuien ipurbe burh
Brig. Wcnpnnc, benz apoitolifhtn
2tblegatsn in mafbington abgdanbt,
ipelttr aud bic 9Otifaft bes papftss
i'm Msihen 9dils iiberrsi4t baits.
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Neipeft nor almerifaner,,
S Satauaenfhe tnfihbasg G r.
pe6itionscorpsi In @eZi.
TO perihafft.

9iamianipa chihuahua II
Dsai. grabtIos laA Columbus, e.
ID. sfnlerifnniIbe geipcbner oieies
s1eiIcs bon Rerifo neriiderteu Ge.
neral 9erfins. benz @eiebIsbnber oet
Straierpeoition onb bic anerifaniD
sd]en 9ruppen oen Gingeborcnen Ell.
men Seipeft Dor oem anlerifnniifjsil
DiiIitar einfIoBten tpie er felt iiihl
Snbren nid)t eriitirt babe.
sanse 3eit bdtten iid Die Wlerifa.
ner 4uitig genrabt iiber Die aanrpf.
f1tigteit Der sImerifaner, lnb uiele
ioareii Der aniidt gerpeien onB oie
smcrifafiidIen SoISnten iit Dor ei.
nem slnsriif auf merifaniihe Sriip.
1en fi:rtbteteu. slber ieit Dem aampie
bel Gjos Isnlcs hat fih cies ariin0IidI
ge1noert iino Die bier letcnoen Zine.
ritnuer erireuen iidj eincr uorber nihi
pefninten Soiliffeit.
GieIelbcn amerifarer erfldrten is.
ooG 5fientIid,, bal, iie Merifo oerIai.
len lpiiroen, iaGs Die erpebitionstrup.
pen Silriidse3ogen fperoer iolten. sic
gIaliLen, bab Sam iofort Elm sllfitalb
Der ginseborenen entiteben ipiirSe.
Tie 5aDlreid)en 9rcbungeil
giIas nnb ieiner glrbdnger, ioltc
gefpobner 5l beiiraien, tpelde init
Den slmerifanern SanoeI treiben, bat
icspcbl cine slnsnbl incrifaniid,er aIs
ai,d titieiiider aouiIeiite su Der Gr.
IfI1ruiig pcrnnlnft .oob lie ben slme-
rifnnern folseH meroen, ials bic CT.
peoiiicnstruppcH alriidge8ogen iucr.
Sen iollten.
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ebef uno Tleii6 ii

Gpef uno TIeii6 i'm
g9 ert6e BON 1000 4ronen
berbrannt. aus Genlesoar miro
beridtet: SSn Der GIiiabetbitdoter
;SIeiidieI6erei oeS Sentesnorer Gel
6ers aleranoer &o5ooics tit am 10.
9Lpril ELM @rano auSgebrohen, bern
ein 9robes Guarttlm Gleiif un6
Sped yum Spier fiel. DOS 5euer lit
IN oerMeiie entitan0eu oob cine iiber
benz SSener, a1f ether id)rpaden 2etite
befeitigte Spefieite abriB unb IN oas
Seucr fiel. 0os Seuer looerte infol-
geSeiien bod auf im6 Die GIammer
ergriffen aitt Den iibrtgen Sped iuto
Dos SIeilh. Sn oieier g9eiie lit Sas
gon5e gum Selden oufgebdngte
sSleiih uno Der Spef i'm @ertbe Don
1000 Srorer perbrannt.
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6laoier,ueibe
Sic Sanielmannluge perauitaltct ba5n
beute einen nu1iifalilden 9lbeu6.

Do Elm &lapier, pie pobl BON tei=
ner Seite beitritten perben ipirb, i'm
ureigsnbiten Sinne CUR W1ufit gebOrt,
bat bic Sanfelmuun aoge einen muli@
taItI9en 4beno arrungiert, I'm auf
bieIe Weiie benz berrli6en Suitruz
ment bic entfprehenbe Weibe 81 gez
ben. Der 5anieImann aIub bat Ous
Snltrument Der 2ose gum 9f4sut
semd9t uuo na6bem por &ur5em
i6on bic feierlite ueberrei6ung itattz
sefunben, ioG nunmebr bic feierli9e
ginpeibung erfolgen. Die Wliteliez
Der iinb nit ibren Damen 81 Der bsuz
tigen 5eier, gu tpelaer 9err Sobn 6.
8. 0aefner bas 9rogramm enttporfen
BAT, eingelaben. 0as qrosramm
entbGlt fOlsenbe Rummern:
pianp -a) Sarabanbe
R. WlcDptpeq
b !6art@Sart tie Cart
-. Sdumann 2iiat
syrdu GIia @untld9 2aque.
ReeitatiOn- Quferitehung
(. @bn. 4rnolo
SRI. Marceua Menge.
Sonata fir Slubier uno Geno in "
Mpll 9rieg
Serren 9eo. u. 2eigbtpn unb
2epnarb BuFIon.
2isber-d) Sfpest 8irb Of Spring
Gbaminapc
b glusgetpGbIt
ssrau 9prmd @sbsrgsr Weioner.
8esleituns: Srl. 6lppa gsberser.
2ieber-0u biIt bic Stub S9ubsrt
9tuf leiieften Spblen &aun
9lb. NOON of mn oeltgRt
Qebmann
Serr Sobn q. 6offmanH.
gello-d) 9dndoe 5rtml
81 MaSurfd 9opper
6err 9eondrb Wution.
Reeitatipn- DOT 9ittle Bon Of Mline
s. 8bitcomb Rilep
ssrau Sen. Sdrdffenberser If.
giaup-a) 9alie b'Impur 2eigbton
81 Spulee 2eigbton
Serr Seq. u. 2eightort.
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wsan6mdl baben 3ipei fid3 70 Oiet
5n faeen, bab iie lange bel einanbsr
iisen = uno i6tDsissn.
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gsaf6ington, .. G., IL. Wini
Sd)1sirngen 5ufoIee, welfe I'M San
SeIs. Tepartcnent eirlicien, mar RnB'
lambs gounupoIle .Grnte oes ssnbres
1915 nm 20 gro5ent groBer aIs i'm
Sabre 5uDor. Sie betragt 7t7,500,'
600 Biitnb gegen COS, 100000 Gf0.
in 1914. Der Synrport BON 8eriien,
S(fahaniiton unS Slaitgar belief lid
nuf $780, 900 9fi,no, etlpa 10 oieI
ais iir @oriabre.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-09
Scientific Experiments Show Why Judge Cohalan Was
Right in Upsetting the Verdict of the Jury Which
All Agreed That Dr. ShefePs Peeping Maid So,0
What She Thought She Sa1u

ours or exists in the room. 1t is
a fact, which has been repeatedly
demonstrated by psychological ex-
eriments, that even when our
vision is quite unrestricted we fail
to observe many things which we
imagine we actually see. We see
them in our minds eye" but not
actually.
Even when we look directly at an
object, we seldom see all OF it, al
though we would probably be will
ing TO go on the stand and swear
that we saw every part OF it. The
fact, however. is that We see only
part OF the object and imagine the
rest AS you read these lines. for
instance. your eve actually observes
only part OF each letter and Jumps
10 a conclusion" as to what the
rest OF ii is. That is why, in read
ing hastily, we find it necessary
sometimes TO retrace our steps. so
TO speak. The context tells us that
we must have read inaccurately
Such mistakes are due to partial
observation We saw but part OF a
WORD. guessed the rest and guessed
il wrong.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-09

jail. or even TO death. on keyhoie
testimony of this calibre? How
many homes have been broken up
and innocent people condemned
through Just such unreliable evil
dence?
In the divorce case previously
quoted, in which Judge Cohalan re-
fused TO accept the evidence OF a
keyhole witness and set aside the
verdict of a jury which had found
a doctor guilty OF conduct emitting
his wife to a divorce. not only was
the doctor himself greatly wronged.
apparently, but his patient, who
was named as correspondent. was
even more grievously harmed
The question OF the unreliability
Of such evidence was more thor
oughly gone into. perhaps. in the
divorce case Of Julia W. A. Sic
brecht against Henry A Siebrecht.
Jr.. OF New Rochelle, y. Y. a year
or two ago Ia that case the prin-
cipal witness against Siebrecht
was a woman. who testified that
through a stovepipe 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 was declared
by the defendant to have been some
six and a half inches wide, but it's
depth interfered greatly with the
view Obtainable into the room be-
low.
Architects who had made accu-
rate measurements Of the room in
question and IT'S furniture In re-
lation TO the stovepipe hole went
on the stand and swore that Il was
quite impossible for the witness 70
have seen what she testified 10 be-
cause only Siebrechts 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 10
which the inculpating witness re-
ferred. hence the findings are
against the weight Of evidence"
It is possible that these two
cases may serve 10 emphasize the
uLreliability OF keyhOle testimony
in general, and in that way the
miscarriage OF justice In future
cases may perhaps be prevented.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-09

A JURY I'm the New York SUI
"a preme Court recently lis
= = tened to a maid testify on
the witness 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 IT 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 20 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-
lieved the maid.
Justice Cohalan, who tried the
case. promptly set the iury's YER
dict aside. The keyhole evidence.
upon which the whole case against
the doctor was founded, was not, ne
decided, TO be relied upon
While the Judge did not discuss
IN detail the weakness of keyhole
evidence in general, the courts are
evidently beginning TO look upon
such evidence with suspicion.
A few years ago Professor Hugo
Munsterberg. the famous Harvard
psychologist wrote a book, entitled
ION the Witness Stand" in which
he condemned the methods Of law
courts because, he contended,
neither lawyers, judges nor juries
pay sufficient attention TO psy-
chology in weighing the value of
testimony.
The judge listens. perhaps" he
declared. ito a description OF things
which the witness has secretly seen
through the keyhole OF the door;
he does not understand why all the
judgments as 10 the size of objects
and their place are probably
erroneous under such circum-
stances"
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only a portion OF the keyhole 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 invisibility includes at least
six feet Immediately in front of the
keyhloe, so that If an untruthful
keyhole witness were trapped into
describing the doormat just inside
the door, as 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 OBJ
servations are made under such
disadvantageous circumstances. Not
infrequently men have been sent
TO prison on the strength Of key
hole testimony. and yet it's unre-
liability can verv easily be demon
strated.
The illustrations on this page.
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not have been sufficiently enlarged
to have given him an accurate idea
of Just what was occurring in the
room.
Another illustration on this page
presents another situation which is
W II within the bounds Of probable
ity. A man and woman are dane
ing. Suddenly the lady gives a cry
of distress. She has had an attack
of heart disease. A keyhole wit
ness, who has been taking IN. the
scene. throws open the door and
rushes in the room just as the
woman collapses. Suppose the
woman dies? Would not the partial
view obtainable through the key
hole, as disclosed in the illustration
on this page, taken in connection
with the wOman's cry, be very apt
to lead to the mans arrest for
murder. with the keyhole pepper
acting as star witness against him2
Equally within the bounds Of
probability is q third scene illus
trated on this page. A servant is
going through her mistress's bu-
Teau, lingering the various pieces
OF jewelry which lie in the drawer
Suppose a keyhole witness OBJ
served the maid while thus occu-
pied, and that some months after
ward one OF the pieces of jewelry
we're missing? Would not the tes-
timony Of this witness be very apt
10 fasren suspicion on the servant
IN question, even though, as shown
in the picture. in this particular
Rights Reserved.
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How We Can Deceive
Our Muscles

"HE act of a batsman in
netting two bats together
around a few times before
he takes his place al the plate
to hit at a ball with a single bat
is now considered an event of
deep psychological significance. As
all the world knows. the reason
the batter does this is 20 make
the single heavy bat feel lighter.
and TO fool his arm into believing
that il can make the single bat
gambol through the atmOsI here
with great speed, having been freed
Of the incubus OF the other bat
Psychology has found out that Z
is actually possible to fool the mus.
cles as If they were people-almost-
This is demonstrated in the labor
atOry by making the arm. say. -
through certain rhythmic move
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-09

person passing the door would be
very apt to peep through the key
hole. If, as the observer placed his
eye 10 the keyhOle the pistol went
off and the suicide fell back dead,
il is more than likely that the wit
ness would be absolutely convinced
that a murder had been committed
and he had seen IL.
Only a very small portion Of this
tragic scene would have been Wis
IDLE 10 the keyhole witness. The
illustration shows what a wrong
impression it would be apt 10 give.
Even If there had been time enough
between the uttering OF the words
Don't shoot" and the firing Of the
shot for the witness TO have moved
his eye 10 and fro in front OF the
keyhole, his range OF vision would
by the Star Company. Great Britain
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which are based on the scientific
data obtained by the engineer pre-
viously referred to, show very
graphically what serious mistakes
may be made by even honest key
hole Witnesses. A suicide may.
under such circumstances. be very
easily mistaken for a murder, and
an innocent participant in the
tragedy be accused Of the crime.
The illustration at the top Of this
page depicts just such scene. II
shows a man about 20 commit sui
eide and his companion rushing
forward to prevent the commits
sion of the crime. Suppose the
men were brothers. with voices
very similar. and that as the one
rushed forward 70 prevent the sui
eide he cried Don't shoot"
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