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MIDDLE ACE METHODS.

A MAN is never whipped. The
same can be said of a nation. We are
thoroughly convinced Of the unwis-
dom Of attempting to beat into the
German intelligence the belief that
they were solely to blame for the
war; that they are wholly base and
unworthy people. The inclusion in
the terms of the treaty Of the para
graph relating to Germans guilt,
which Germany was forced to sub
scribe to ssnacked d Of littleness, child
ish spite. There is no question of
GeEnany's guilt, but forcing her to
sign Sign a a paper admitting that tact
goes fas toward making that docu-
ment q" scrap Of paper"
The bly, kind Of change Of heart
that istIasting is one which is arrived
at through a change in the persons
or nations conscience. It cannot be
forced. Nothing will do more to
crystallize the German peoples be-
lief that they are martyrs than this
effort on the part of the Allies
France chiefly, to make them bend
the knee as conquered and bow the
head in shame as the perpetrators OF
q cruel war.
The realization of guilt will be
more universal, will come in a more
real and fuller sense if the Germans
are left severely alone-ignored
There must be penitence in Germany
but it must be evolved out of the in.
ner conscientiousness of the nation
The Teutons must comprehend their
responsibility for the war; they
must understand how universally
they are condemned by the civilized
world; it must be brought home to
them how utterly they are detested
for their atrocities, their lust TO,
power and for their aggressive, in
human war. But penitence will moi
come by ramming the facts down
their throts. Let them alone, and
If there is any manhood left in the
German people they will work out
their own salvation. Nothing is Il
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I'd they would obey the wartime pro-

ed they would obey the wartime pro-
hibition act Gin letter and spirit" -
but would keep their bars open. Gid
ing across these mahogany barriers,
however, would be only 2.7 per cent
beer and light wines, they said. If
the alcoholic content Of these wines
proved too high it would be "modi-
fled with seltzer," they added. 1t was
a day of conferences in New York.
On the eve of the most "arid" spell
Broadway has known, dispensers Of
liquor held council as to what their
course should be, while a parley held
at police headquarters indicated that
custodians Of the city's peace were
no less anxious to chart their course.
But while these conferences were
IN progress, New Yorker showed
their determination not to be cheated
of what might prove their last "del-
uge." Not a seat was to be had this
evening in cabaret or hotel. and It
was perhaps this avowed determine
ton of New York to celebrate that
caused orders to be issued from po-
lice headquarters that all readiness
from midnight tonight until noon to-
morrow.
Many thirsty New Yorkers, how
ever, had an eye to the future and
Stocked up" in an eleventh hour
rush on wholesale and retail liquor
establishments.
The police received orders tonight
to enforce the ban on 'hard" liquor
after midnight, and precinct chiefs
were notified that saloon keepers in
the various districts were to be in.
formed that "anyone offering whis-
key or spirituous liquor for sale after
midnight will be placed under arrest
and arraigned before United States
commissioners. y
Intimations that there would be no
"indiscriminate arrests" for the sale
Of 2.75 per cent beers and wines
were made at the offices of William
N. Ofley, agent Of the Department
of Justice, and United States Dis
trict Attorney Francis G. Cafey.
Evidence Of violation however, it
was stated might be taken and accu-
mulated for prosecution some time
within the three-year statute Of linn
itations, if a federal court decided
2.75 per cent beer is Intoxicating. "
Mr.. T. Mabry Cheatham went
down to Augusta yesterday to spend
the Fourth. ....'
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GOTHAM ENJOYS
LAST OF BOOZE

New York, June 30.-After mid.
night tonight New Workers. will have
all evidence of Hardness" removed
from liquor consumed outside theil
own homes, according to a decision
reached this afternoon by more than
5000 hotel proprietors, restaurants
and saloon keepers.
After meetings held IN various
parts of the city the "wets" anounc.
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COTTON MARKET.

Cotton sold on local mar
ket yesterday for 81 cents.
July futures closed in New
York at 1920.
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Mr.. T. Mabry Cheatham went
down to Augusta yesterday to spent
the Fourth. ....'
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

true cantilever the medium felt All in
clination to overturn and her body
swung forward.
II then said: Ievitate the table
with true cantilever, but let the end
Of it rest on the floor Immediately
under the table, 80 that the column
forms a kind of prop between floor
and table, (See Figs. and 81 They
then produced levitation, and on all
such occasions Of the phenomenon un-
der this proviso the medium felt no
inclination to overturn when / pressed
down vigorously and her body was not
moved.
Tho operators say that at demon
stration seances they rest the end of
the cantilever upon the floor immedi
ately under the table, so that when a
strong man stands over the ievitated
table and exerts great pressure upon
1t the medium Is protected from the
large reaction forces, the latter In
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

would like 70 feel its grest resisting
pressure. So she told the medium 20 taxi
hold of the edge of the levitated table
nearest her with her hands The medium.
leaned over and did so. The effect Wal
startling. No sooner did she touch It
than tie table dropped.
"IA Ae table being again levitated :
seized Il and noted it's great resis,arss
TO my muscular pressure. Keeping ~
grip of the table | asked the mediu-,
TO touch its edge Within a second @
her doing so the table dropped ano
everv particle of resistance disap.
pe r1d. Several times WAS the experi-
ment tried and the result was RlwaA
the same. Within two seconds AT tie
most of the medium touching the edfs
Of the table all psychic resistance van
ished. 1t did not disappear quite IN
simultaneously. but took from fractics
Of second up to about two seconds .-s
"What had happened i appears tha,
the medium by touching the wood g.
the table established some kind Of
psychic circuit Perhaps the mattpt
contained within tie cantilevcr struc.
ure returned to her body via be-
hands and arms"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
An incident is thus recorded /:

An incident is thus recorded:
An experimenter was inside the cir
Gle space and the table was levitated.
he was anxious to experience the vari-
Gus psychic resistances to applied
forces. Accordingly he pushed down
on the table and felt elastic resistance
to deviation and he pushed inward
toward the medium and felt the ririd
resistance.
HE then asked the operators to
place the table on the floor and to pre-
vent him pushing It inward toward the
medium. The table descended to the
hoor. AS soon as it reached it the ex-
perimenter heard sucking noise on
the under surface as though a sucker
there was relaxing or changing its
grip and simultaneously the same kind
Of noise on each front leg as though
suckers were taking hold there. The
light was quite good and there was
nothing to be seen.
1--WE asked the operators whereabouts
on the table they had their grip and
they Immediately gave audible demon
stration by rapping on each front leg
and on the under surface.
"They said they had three psychic
arms out in this particular case.
"They also declared that they can
have as many as six arms or rods out
at one time"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

tion grip on wooden surfaces with their
free extremities.
"Up to position CD Gig. 2.). it is
easily understandable that the \rods
could fairly easily grip the legs, or
under surface Of the table (perhaps
three rods being in operation at once),
and turn the table partly over as
shown; but about position (3) there
would have to be a new disposition Of
the rods; or ono or more Of them would
have to let 60 and take grip on an
other part Of the table: or owing to
the awkward position reached, some Of
the rods would have too much stress
upon them and would be likely to slip
(Which seems actually to occur, If we
may judge from the sounds heard);
and In general new arrangements
would have to be made.
Imagine man sitting in the
mediums chair, and, instead Of his
two arms, to possess three or four un-
jointed rods, which he can move up
and down, to and fro, which he can
shorten and lengthen, but which he
cannot bend, and with the ends of
which he can take suction grip on
various parts of the table, and we
have fairly good idea of what is TAX
ing place during the occurrence Of the
phenomenon.
"The psychic rods arc usually quite
invisible.
abnormal levitations Gin each case
lasting for minute, or longer. not
merely transitory) have also occurred
as in Figure 8, where the table remains
in the air inclined as shown, with
legs toward medium, and as in Figure
d. where the legs were directed away
from the medium.
according to Operators
"The shape of the cantilever at the
end of my first series Of experiments
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
How the Medium Is Made
to Tilt Forward

placed an additional Alb. weight on
the table (total, including the table,
AZ lbs. Id oz). When the table levi
tated the mediums chair tilted forward
on it's two front legs and then the
table dropped.
Gas the dead weight of about as lbs.
seemed to be near the limit for this
kind of levitation l removed the
weights The table then levtated alone
and l pressed it down with consider
able force.
"On some occasions (l made the ex-
pertinent many times) while | was
pressing strongly downward, the mo-
dium's body tilted forward and on
other occasions it did net. She told me
that when she did not move forward
she felt no inclination to tilt at all
and when she did move forward she
simply could not help herself, although
she felt no mechanical pressure on her
body. This alternative fitting and nom
fitting of the mediums body (the two
phases occurred in alienation with
succeeding levitations) took place SO
often that / suspected the operators
were trying to bring something to my
notice, so I asked them If the levitat-
ing structure was sometimes q true
cantilever, l. e., no part of it touching
the floor, and sometimes not true
cantilever, /. e., with the free end rest
inr ba toA
"They vigorously assented to this
and demonstrated for my benefit.
said: 4 want you to evitize the table
with true cantlever and | will press
down hard on the table, They imme
diately produced levitation and found
that on all occasions OF making the
DroviLs about the structure bsanG .
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
X
Tloom LeoEL
IA. l.

questions by means Of raps, blows,
shuffiings on the floor, etc
"The following was the code:
Three raps meant 'Yes.'
zone rap meant Mo-
"Two raps meant Doubtful
"A continuous aeries Of raps meant
that the operators wished to say
something on their own account, L O.,
they wished the alphabet spelled out
to them, 80 that they could inter-
polate word, or short sentence.
"a long scraping sound on the floor
meant that my supposition Con which
l was basing the question) was not
quite correct, although it contained
some clements Of the truth.
"a great many emotions, such as Joy,
sorrow, agreement, disagreement, fun,
fricndlincss, anger, etc, were often
also indicated by the various styles Of
rapping For instance, loud, emphatic
blows in answer to question indi-
Gated according to their number)
strong agreement or disagreement; or
i: Il lot Of questions were asked, none
OF which seemed to hit tho exact truth,
and a final question did actually strike
it, there was a little fusillade Of raps
Indicating that the correct solution had
at last been reached. Sometimes the
operators seemed 80 pleased at my
guessing something correctly that they
suddenly raped out lively little tuns
on ths floor.
"The reader should understand that
tho following description OF tho levi
tating structure Is given by the opera
tors and that am not responsible FOX
II, and do net attach undue importance
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

and on the successful occasions 1t al
ways moved back of itself until it was
against the back rail of the machine.
Fig. 81 indicates what I consider -
provisional deduction from the above
facts
"R is straight psychic rod which grips
strongly the ROD nr K and pushes di-
rectly on the chair leg at D. The rod
is fed at f by feeder proceeding
from the ankle at A of the medium.
at is pretty obvious that the inclined
rod + grips the floor at K, and does
not merely rest upon it, for in the lat
ter case it would inevitably be pushed
along the floor while the pressure was
exerted on the chair leg. | have stated
that the downward force was so great
on the pasteboard when it was on the
floor at K that I could not raise it the
merest fraction of an inch from the
floor; and further than that the force
seemed to be exertcd at the far end
of the pasteboard in regard to my po-
sition-i. E., the psychic rod was not
only pressing on the pasteboard, but
was gripping the floor round about the
edge Of it as we'll.
"The fact that the inclined rod at IS
floor end actually grips and does not
merely rest on the floor was audibly
demonstrated. Several times during
the preliminary attempts to move the
weighing machine and medium the end
at was evidently torn from its hold
on the floor, for sharp, shutting no Sc
was heard on two occasions resembling
the noise likely to be made by the for
chile pulling from its grip of plastic
gripping material. And this occurred
at moments when I was just expecting
the machine to move"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

would think it would bc bouna 20 caass
physical Inconvenience, oaa iec..l,
would this be so II tho reaction ner,
Of variable and impactiug nature. a.
is often the case.
II am Low going % offer fypotb-
esis TO account for the insensibiaty 'fe
medium has always disp payea TO th,.se
reaction forces though this insenss-
bility Is at maximum nowadays, a.
have explained), theory which I m.
sure has, al any rate, something in a.
It may be stated thps: During ,as
occurrence Of phenomena the medi4u.
although her brain is practically nor
NAL, has a peculiar state of inscnei-
bility upon her body, allied to the
similar state which can be produced hx
hypnosis.
This peculiar condition g induced
| think, Of set purpose by the operatfrs
IN order to render her insensitive =.
the various mechanical actions which
have their focus on her body. TIA.
something Ike this really occurs +
rendered likely by an incident whict
ook place at the circle. The medium
vas entranced mot for physieat
phenomena. during which she IL alga .
7ormaD, and the control said ne was
DING 20 show the sitters an expert
Aent on the insensibility 70 pain Re
ould induce The medium had n pain
ul and unhcaled burn on ono Of hes
elbows. but notwithstanding this che
beat her elbows with eome forov on tn
rms of her chair, and seemed to en-
oy it. She felt no pain whatever wAou
she awoke from trance
Professor Crawford has found
that
'the psychic structure seems 20 ISSUE
as general thing. from the lower
part of the legs of the medium Theke
energy particles seem TO return via he.
hands. There mny be kind Of psychic
positive pressure IN the legs and fees
and kind OF psychic negative pressure
in the arms and hands. 40 that there 70
tendency for tho PARTICLES 20 fe~.
back TO her body via the hands aa1
arms II a conducting material or natA
Is supplied 70 them TO use an tldo-
trical analogy. ;here ia hizhss
psychic voltage m the n,ighhorAoed
al her ankles than az ter Aand.."
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
CRAWF FORD
wanted to test the cantilever

RNOI EIOOOIb ~ ~ n w Il ~ ~ ~
~ wanted to test the cantilever
Il and see whether weights
placed on the levitated table
would not tend to tip the medium
over. He writes:
"The medium sat on her usual chair,
which was standing on the floor, /. e.,
the chair was not placed on the plat
form Of the weighing machine. She
sat perfectly still with her hands on
her knees, and was thus isolated from
all the members Of the circle. / asked
her to remain quite passive and re-
port her sensations to mo.
"The weight of tho table was z lbs.
14oz.
"While tho table was levitated
placed three 1o-lb. weights upon it in
succession, making total levitation
load Of 81 lbs. ID OF. The table did
not descend to the floor between the
loadings to allow me to put on the
additional weights Gas in experiment
y, but remained up the whole time.
Cup to total levitated weight OF
81 lbs. Ia OF. there was no very pro-
nounced effect on the medium. Her
trunk, however, swung gently forward
with the additional weights and she
said she felt herself being urged for.
ward. though she felt no kind Of me-
chanical pressure on her body.
T then increased the weight Or the
levitated table two pounds Mt time VI
to 80 lbs (totnl weight, including the
table, 43 lbs. ID oz). Several times did
tho mediums body then swing strongly
forward, upon which the table dropped
/ therefore told hor to hold on with
her hands to thu arms Of the chai2s
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

Of the eantilever Is spread out into
broad fat surface Of area, approx
mating the under surface Of the
table. In other words, the head Of
the centilever is shaped like a mush-
room, and even bears some anal
ogy to that boys plaything known
as a sucker.
"(b) A fairly uniform vertical
column Of diameter about 4 inches.
At x the cantifever changes Its direc-
tion from vertical to more or less
horizontal. At X the structure Is
s or d inches above the floor.
"(c) Just before entering the body
Of the medium the rod widens to a
diameter Of about 7 inches. The rod
does not branch out like the roots of
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

ieur feet from the body Of the medium.
lsvitatsd again in the Same way, and
msn turned over IN the air, very slowly
/" drss, and then jerkily, until the sur
lace was horizontal and It had attained
normal levitated position. Fig.
rSes successive positions.
AT subsequent seances the table
"rnsd completely over. a. above, both
'soadwise and endwise, L G., where in
'as one case A B Gig. u represents
20 short edge, and, In the other case.
a. long edge Of the surface.
While at position (3), /. e., where
40 ssols was inclined about 45 degrees
tho foor, the operators seemed to
a'srsnce the greatest difficulty in the
~sFy'ng out Of this phenomenon. They
"msd to have nj trouble In levitating
'aoio as 81 ID, and in turning IT
sf IN the air to about position (2)
s1' a halt always occurred at 49,
S'"ssinnss even the table dropped
@''e' the completed phenomenon evil
'A''S being Impossible. despite the al
''' frantic efforts OF the operators
a. ether times, after a brief halt
various shakings and jcrkings ir
az, the table was turned over into
>'''''ns ~ and 90. At the critical
>''"s ~ sounds were often heard on
surface and lega Of the table, q,
'ega snekers were slipping over tn,
w. OF were being forced OF. or wer.
new grips. There could be nc
''ssin2 these sounds, for they made
'sis an audible swish.
'" One or two occasions the table
-'pDsd six inches or 30 In tho air
simultaneously there was hsart
wishing asssa. shs fn1.rsnss bsin,
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Experiment 40:
To See 4 the Operator Coufl
Wrife a Message u ifh Pencil

IS 4 PIECE Of brown paper ".
~ placed on the floor within tfr
circle under the table and two pencs-s
CONSTRUCTED by pieces Of thick le.,
being inserted in wooden cyiind,
about six inches long and one half inrI
in diameter) were laid on top Of ~,
paper. The operators we've soon moA
ing the papers about, raising them a.
dropping them or the foor. sorapiri
with them and so on. Nnea thc bro1
paper was examined it was found 81.
have d large number Of pencil lus
on it, but no formed letters. The noci
was similarly marked.
"The next questions taat arise ar,
When is cantilcycr usoi Tor leyiA
tion and when strut Tho answo
is, that for comparatively hight bodrF-
a cantilever Is almoat invariably use
and for heavy bodies, or where tl4
applied forces are great. strut ~
cantllever - IA simpler piece OF psycn
mechanism than a strut II Ia nor
easily constructed. 1t does not fequir n,
the expenditure Of 50 much rsgch
energy. Therefore, It is used vhefevc'
possible. Ono has to remember thsi
tho psychic energy available Ia u.
seanco room Is strictly ieolfed nu'
that the more used up il any one ph~
nomenon, the less the number .
phenomena"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

was comparatively doubtful. took 1t
to be roughly as follows (see Figure g.:
Here N is the medium, the levitated
table, and A B the levitating can't
lever, the last consisting Of two main
portions, A an arm springing from the
medium, and B vertical column con-
tinuous with the arm pressing upward
on the under surface of the table.
have since taken the opportunity to
thoroughly question the operators as
to its shape. A seance was held at my
own house and replies were given to
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

TN HIS newest contribution to
the cause, Experiments in
l. Psvchical Science" published
bv E. ?. Dutton & Co., w. j.
,,rawford, D. Sc, takes up levita-
ion. contact and direct voice-and
axes them up, by the way, in
manner which makes even the very
skeptical reader pause and reflect.
rs-s. eff all, it is we'll to note that
Professor Crawford is lecturer in
mechanical engineering (not a pro-
fessional or amateur experimenter
in the occult). His approach to the
study Of psychic phenomena is
made strictly through the channel
Of sober science. His methods are
the methods Of the laboratory. He
Uses weighing machines. He takes
the measure of the psychic force;
works out its laws; observes its
minutest effects. His purpose in
writing is, he tells us, "to advance
cur knowledge of psychic phenom-
sns and the laws underlying them"
And Professor Crawford is not by
any means the first eminent scientist
to be profoundly aware of these
phenomena.
We are plunged, almost at once,
Rto a consideration Of psychic en-
e.gy, which, the writer declares, is
5. a maximum about an hour and a
half from the opening of a seance.
At such time, we are told
although heavy man sits upon the
table, it moves about the floor with
great ease; or, the table being levitated,
strong man pushing from the top
cannot depress it to the floor; or the
table moves to the side of the circle
furthest from the medium and an ex-
perimenter is asked to lay hold Of 1t
and try to prevent It's return to the
centre, but he is totally unable to do
so; or the tables weight can be tempo
rarily so much increased that it can
not be lifted, or on the other hand so
nueh reduced that it can be raised by
IN upward force of an ounce or two;
Or, the table being turned upside down
m the floor, cannot be raised by q
strong upward pull on the legs, being
spparent- fastened to the floor.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

the operators If they understood what
cross section was.
"They answered NO Then l went
on as follows:
20. Do you know the meaning Of
the words diameter or 'thickness'7
"a. Yes.
%. Do you know the magnitude of
the dimension we call an inch1
"a. Yes.
"When l asked them to rap out the
number Of inches In certain part
of the structure they usually hesitated
for q little, as though thinking the
matter over, and then raped out the
number decisively and firmly.
Normal Cas,tilever
According to the operators, the d.
mensions and shape of normal levi
tating cantilever arc as shown In Fig
ure 6.
"(a) Tho top Of the columnar part