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New-York tribune., 1921-03-06

GREAT AMERICAN ISSUES. BY John
Hays Hammond and jeremiah w jerks.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons
XIV r MESS we put our house in
4 order - politically, socially,
dustrially-nothing is more
certain than that we in America are
going to suffer before long from evils
scarcely less terrible than those with
which war has made the world ia
miliar"
1t is with this ominous statement
that Messrs. Hammond and jerks pref
ace their consideration of the grave
national problems which now confront
us They take up various questions af-
fecting our business, government and
labor conditions.
The authors believe that the func-
tions of government should be re-
stricted within certain definite and
rather narrow limits. They are strong
~ opposed to state operation of in
dustry and to any form of social leg
islation which tends to sap the moral
initiative of the individual. They feel
that the fundamental obligations Of
government may be expressed in a
single phrase: 'It can see that the
Gates Of opportunity are kept open for
It's citizens along the whole length of
every road that crosses our political
and our industrial life"
The menace of unrestricted immi-
grafton is vividly portrayed. Messrs.
Hammond and jerks are convinced
that American civilization is imperiled
by the pre-war influx Of immigrants
from the southern and eastern coun-
tries of Europe, who are not easily
assimflable. They recommend restric-
tions based upon the readiness which
previous immigrants from different
countries have shown to adopt Amer
ican citizenship.
Labor problems receive their full
share of attention in the book. They
denlore the economic wastefulness Of
strikes, hut declare against the princi-
pie of compulsory arbitration. AS sub
stitutes they suggest mediation, inves-
tigation, voluntary arbitration and
some form Of cooperation between en-
ployers and workmen-
Messrs. Hammond and jerks have
succeeded in conlpressing much in
formation and number Of provocative
ideas within the limits Of = compare
lively short and vexy readable book
New-York tribune., 1921-03-06

Objectionable in boys. She goes on 10
demolish this notion vigorously and
points cut the need of giving young
people absolute rather than utilitarisr
s<saes Of life. The demands Of the
spirit are not SAT- ssaG ~ teaching. - 49,
chiiS any -series - religious doctrines
divorced fro-a practical experience, but
by training his energies so that they
shall attain their full power and right
balance and enable him to set up re-
lations with the spiritual world in
which he truly lives"
Most Of the essays contained in the
book have appeared in English maya
zines and cover period of eight years
thought Simply and clearly written
they have an appeal for every one who
has given even a brief thought to his
spiritual welfare.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-06
NEW LIGHT ON IMMORTALITY

Nm The New Light on Immortality DR..
T. Randall takes the attitude Of a
student Of psychic research. Psychic
researchers fall generally into two
classes---those who are convinced that
the phenomena are genuine but are
not as yet convinced as to the actual
Interpretation OF those facts, whether
due to psychic powers in man as yet
undiscovered or to some discarnate in
telligence, and those who have con-
vinced themselves that they have
found the truth, and on purely scien-
tific grounds. In dealing with the sub
ject DR.. Randall quotes Maeterlinck
and James as representative Of the
first point Of view and Sir Oliver Lodge
and Hyslop as the chief exponents Of
the second class.
In the latter part Of the book Dr.
Randall discusses the ethical and So
cial implications of psychic research
and opens up thereby new field of
speculation. The materialistic reac-
tion of the last half century, with it's
fear Of hell fire and hope Of heavenly
reward thrown overheard, has threat
ened the extinction of the Christian
ideal of the intrinsic worth of the in
dividual, with his imperishable soul.
No amount of sophistry or evasion, he
says, can conceal how cheap is the es-
innate which. in practice, is put upon
individual lives.
Suppose, he remarks, that it
could be proven, not just believed
vaguely, that the 'dago' and the
'hunkie,' as we'll as those who boast of
their blue blood and culture, must go
on aftev death and that the life there
Is lived in obedience to the great law
of cause and effect, that what we SOW
New-York tribune., 1921-03-06
BIRTH THROUGH DEATH

BIRTH THROUGH DEATH
T-HE way of the scoffer is, Of course,
Il the easiest way to evade mental
effort and cheap way Of exhibiting
ones own cleverness, but we hope we
shall not be accused Of such low mo-
tive when we call attention to the fact
that messages from ffty-fve of the
celebrities mentioned above in connec-
ceived in two hours and ten minutes.
The scrambling that must have taken
place as the spirits crowded up to
speak their little pieces in record time
would have been unseemly on earth,
where even the subway at rush hour
has not accustomed US to the indignity
which our ego suffers. We didn't think
heaven would be like that, nor even the
Twentieth Plane, 500 miles from ths
earth, on which these spirits are sup
posed to dwell
DR.. Watson is physician and q fell
low of the Royal Astronomical Society
Of Canada, and the Inner Circle to
whom these revelations were vouch-
safed consists of ten women and nine
teen men, representing the average of
intelligent humanity: professional men
and women, business men, students,
and even a Canadian Senator. The
medium, or Instrument, as he is al
ways referred to, is one Louis Benia-
min, an American by birth, who has
lived in Canada since his sixth year.
His education consisted Of brief three
or four years in school, and the book,
OF which the hfty-fve messages are
only part, was transmitted through
him during the week ends when he was
not working The communications were
received while in q trance state and al
ways in light sufficient for stenog-
raphers to take down the messages.
Barring A Little Journey 20 the
Home of Jesus, by Ebert Hubbard
which lacks something of the descrip-
tive quality Of his earthly Little Jour
nothing is revealed concerning
the life of these spirits, and while most
Of the essays and messages are in char
acter, there is strain of similarity
in style and content. Good advice is
plentiful but seldom goes beyond what
any Of the celebrities advocated on
earth, and much of their messages fall
below the records they left behind.
them, written or unwritten.
Occasionally the spirits view their
lives on earth with remorse Napoleon
declares that his ambition was SER
pent, and advises all who seek true
greatness in history to be gentle men.
He closes his essay with a paradoxical
New-York tribune., 1921-03-06

warning to all war lords and dema-
gogues that there is no satisfaction
to be obtained from false ambition un-
til the god Of love is satisfied that you
are no longer ambitious Czolgolz has
become friend Of McKinley's on the
Twentieth Plane, but blasnes Old Eu-
rope for making him what he was.
Judas lscariot seems rather proud of
the part he played in life and scorns
condemnation except from the elect.
Ingersoll is BIT disappointing. He
makes no mention Of his agnosticism,
but discourses vaguely of the new day.
1t may surprise some people that this
day, lighted by the rays of love, peace,
equity, ethics and common sense" has
already dawned.
The message from Kitchener should
dispose of the supposition that he is
still alive. His interest in the empire
still continues. He advises the state
organization Of all industries and the
mobilizing Of all trades and professions
for the common good. If those are his
views non-Bolshevik Britons probably
will be quite content to hear that he
is dead beyond a doubt and may
piously hope that he stays dead.
Carnegie is still interested in libra
ries and invites every one to contem-
plate with him what League of Ma
tions linked with a world chain of his
libraries means to the world. Sappho
give some of her lost fragments:
'The ocean with its ocean lips
Kisses the lips Of the encircling sky
and coca on to quote another little
thing" she used to like Lafcadio
Hearn advises that Japan should be
watched because ION a handful of rice
per diem the Japanese can comprehend
and exhaust Occidental knowledge
Stevenson confesses that he himself
was Mr.. Hyde, Lincoln advocates the
l eight-hour day, Savonarola tells why
he was nanged-in excellent Billy Sun
day style--and Oscar Wilde expresses
his preference for purgatory. "the
purple place of violets," rather than
the hills of the saints.
Whatever the strain Birth Through
Death puts on credulitv, 1t makes in
teresting reading. The standing of the
author and his followers makes the sug-
gestion Of deliberate fraud untenable
but the likelihood Of unconscious fraud
has not been disproved. A scientific
investigation Of unconscious frauds
in psychic phenomena may result il
the discovery of new mental powers faI
beyond those which are commonly
utilized-a possibility which should en-,
courage rather than discourage "reve
! lations" like these.
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rr r.rr>.rS

-.sr ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL.
'ppsYcHO- ANALYSIS, By Paul Boua-
ss,s N.RCS, IRCp. Physician 10
the London Neurological Clinic Pub
i.shed by e. p. Dutte9-
TINE possibility that Freud may
not have said the last word on
l. psycho-analysis ia suggested by
the author of this volume, but
he hand Of the master is too strong
pon him to admit Of more than a dis
rect hint before he abandons the dis
oval thought in great haste. He can
rot therefore, be added to the little
and Of heretics who dare to maintain
hat Freud must have had complex
n two o. his own to have reduced all
4 life to q sex basis.
It is obvious that the create part of
,ur existence is devoted to sell preser-
alton rather than 70 self-propagation
nd it would seem only fair to ascribe
!. least a few of our desires and emo
;ons to the former instinct. Or, as
Or. Bousfeld puts it, it would be better
. describe the energy Of both as alter
lsting manifestations of an instinct of
-ital continuity. rather than to ascribe
New-York tribune., 1921-03-06
Hospitable ENGLAND

HOsPITABLE ENGLAND IN TIE SEW
ENTlES. By Richard H. Dana. Pub
hshed by Houxhton Mifhin Company.
NTANY grateful appreciations of Brit
Iva ish hospitality are recorded in
this diary OF a young American who
visited England during the years 1876
1875. Mr.. Dana was widely enter
tanned; he came in contact with many
well known figure. in social and politi-
cal life; he saw how the English people
lived, both in city and in country. Mr..
Dana describes his experiences with
keenness, humor and warm sympathy.
The book is q splendid tribute TO his
hosts.
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Peeping Behind the Veil
-Four Books That Seek to Solve Mysteries
Denied Us

THE PROBLEMS OF MEDIuMsHIP. BY
Alessandro Zymonidaa. Publilhed by
Il. F. putton & Co.
BIRTH THROUGH DEATH. By Albert
Durrant Watson. MD, fR.A.SC.. ex-
president of the Association Of Psy-
cElcal Research of Canada. Published
by the James A. Mccain Company.
THE NEW LIGHT ON IMMORTALITY.
BY John Herman Randall. Published
by the Macmillan Company.
'rHE ESSENTIALS OF MYSTICISM. BY
Evelyn Underhill. Published by e. P.
Dutton g. Co.
T HE seeker after information be-
yond life has to plow his way
N continually through just such a
varied collection as these four
books in order to find anything worth
while. Ranging from an obscure, if
not actually worthless, consideration Of
the occult in the first instance, the
reader goes on to an amazing collec-
ton of messages and essays purporting
to have come through from the spirits
Of celebrities of all ages from Confu-
eius down to Ebert Hubbard, to q re-
strained appraisal of the value Of
psychic research, and finally to schol-
arly estimate of mysticism.
Of the first, The Problems of Me-
diumship, little can be said except that
il seems to be one mans opinion, pos
sibly sincere enough, but certainly not
OF interest to the general reader With
so many clearly written books on tho
subject in existence, books which have
o scientific or at least logical founda-
ton, the publication of this volume
seems hardly justified, even though the
original author was an unnamed I'VE
netian Jew, who travelled much, studied d
many subjects, practiced medicine and
made music his recreation" and left an
enormous mass Of manuscripts concern
ing his investigations on the occult
planes.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-06
ESSENTIALS OF MYSTICISM

FHE general theory and practice Of
mysticism and its application as
seen in the lives and works Of pagan
and Christian mystics from Plotinus
to "AE," the Irish mystic, is dealt with
in The Essentials Of Mysticism, by
Evelyn Underhill.
Deploring the fact that the things
OF the spirit are ignored in our educa-
ton to-day, the author says there is a
common idea that the spiritual life
means something pious and mawkish-
not very desirable in girls and most
New-York tribune., 1921-03-06
KENNETT HARRIS author of Meet Mr. Steqq q book
OF short stories OF the Black Hills
Western Front Strategy
Colonel Sergeant Believes Decision Should
Have Been Sought in the East

effect in bringing the war to speedy
end than ten times that number sent to
The Western Front"
1t was only the unforeseen develop
ment of the tank, Colonel Sargent
thinks, that made possible any sort of a
break-through in France.
This book is a good example Of
scholarly and competent military criti-
cism.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-06

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Light on Psycho-anaysis, Nlediumship and Mysticism

here we must reap there? II this could
be proven we should not only have the
clew to the solution of the industrial
problem, but Of all our social and in-
ternational problems Of to-day"
New-York tribune., 1921-03-06
BY William L. Mcpherson

THE STRATEGY ON THE WESTERN
FRONT 1sI4-1s1S). BY Herbert How
land Sargent, lieutenant colonel. L. S.
A. (retired). Published by A. c. Nc
Clurg & Co, Chicago.
HIS monograph is written by
an American army officer, who
- has devoted many years to the
study Of military strategy. and
New-York tribune., 1921-03-06
American Issues
Pressing Modern Problems
Discussed

GREAT AMERICAN ISSUES By John
Hays Hammond and jeremiah w. jerks
Published by Charles Scribners Sons,
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-31
6 KILLED. TRAM
CABLE BREAKS
Tramway Car Plunges To the
Floor OF Gulch 1000
Feet Below

Grand Junction, Colo, July 90
Six men were killed and six others
injured, three seriously, when a
lrsmvay car cable slipped out of the
swivel late today at the Schuyler
Doyle-Shale compan,'s plant. the car
plunging to the floor of the Gulch
1000 feet below.
The Shale plant tram line is built
on 20 per cent grade and the men
had Just started from the plant to the
valley when the cable parted II Ia
believed some OF them jumped while
the car was travelling at a tremend-
Gus rate OF speed. Their bodies were
found all along the route of the tram
line.
The scene OF the accident IA three
miles north of Grand Valley and
forty-five miles from Grand Junction
along Parachute Creek. The coroner
from Glenwood Springs has gone to
TAX. charge OF the bodies.
Tho dead are
Louis. Telice. saiids. Colo.
George Hines. Glenwood spr'nss.
Colo.
Mark Revere. salida. Colo.
James Bolts, Dehe1re. Colo.
Frank Walters. Jacksonville. Ill
Ernest Maderson, Jacksonville. III.
The seriously injured are:
Nick Vase. Glenwood Springs. left
,contIpued On Page Seyep)
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ENGLAND AGREES
TO FRENCH PLAN
To Demand That Germany Facilitate
Transport OF Allied Troops
To Silcsin.

rsria July 5o.-CBy The Assosa,e1
Press Lord Hardinse. British am
bsss1dor informed Premier BRAND
this evening that Great Britain will
inSly agrees to the proposals contained
In the French prcmicr's latest note re-
lative to troop reinforcement, for up
pr Silesia. Tho British ambassador in
Berlin has been instructed to join his
French and Italian colleagues in a
common demand that Germany IA
cilitatn by all possible means. the trans
port of allied troops across Germany
whenever the situation in Upper Sill
esin renders II necessary.
Marquis Curzon, British foreign sec
Rotary. In the note which Lord Hard
inge handed NJ. BRAND. proposes Au-
gust for the meeting Of the supreme
council. Premier Bloyd-George will
attend II the French desire.
The British reply ia extremely cor
dial Lord Hardinge expressed salts
faction over the dissipation OF the re-
cent misunderstanding.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-31
.28 PERSONS HURT
SEWERS EXPLODE
Fire Breaks Out and Flames
Shoot Up From Man
Holes

Minneapolis, MINI, July 81
Twenty-eight persons were hurt, sew
eral seriously and much damage done
by a series of explosions m sewers
and cable man holes late last night
and early today.
At / O'Clock one of the largest de.
partment stores in the town caught
fire.
Five explosions had rocked tn. down.
town section up to midnight. They oc-
CURED at various intervals at Fifth
| street and then sixth street. and Nj
| conett avenue. The fire is believed to
nave started from short circuit In an
| electric power cable. The first ex-
plosion occurred shortly after 10 81
o'clock p. m. in the heart OF the loop
district
several thousand persons quickly
gathered and police had difficulty in
Keeping the curious ones out Of IN.
danger zone. Many persons wer.
Knocked down by subsequent erploz-
Ions and others were cot by fiyina
glass.
rear was expressed by nremen and
police that the FIRE would spread thru
tho entire sewer system Of the city,
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-31
CAST ELECTED TO HIGH OFFICE
BY THE LAWYERS OF COLORADO

college systems and declared the loyal
" OF the future generations was be-
coming undermined by the teaching of
professors who we're against the pres
ont form of American government He
advocated immediate action on the
part of the bar association Of the ma
ton to stamp out the present cduca-
tional policies prscticed.
America today. as rossessor Of one
half the gold In the world. Is produc-
ms onc-third OF oil tho raw materials
and richer than any nation on the facs
OF the globe, represents q sweet nut
betwcc two crackprs-the European
and Oriental nations, according to
statements made last night hy Hous-
ton Thompson. chairman of the federal
trades commission, who spoke before
the convention.
viii America be crushed BY the
Orient awakening from thousands ot
years OF elumher, aud the European
countries returning from the hattie
fields with Eouuz men gone and tho
countries returning from the b1ttla
fields with young men gone and the
country overwhelmed by great debt.
or will she accept her responsibilities
and open the channels Of her own re
sources aud dominate the world7' the
speaker asked
With two hsmisrhores calling tr
America FOR assistance. the time has
arrived for this country to accept her
opportunity =, be the greatest nation
the world has ever known, Mr..
Thompson eaid.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-31
B0RAH Wants ARMAMENT
CONFERENCE Held OPENLY

on the conference which II fully as
essential to success as any one of the
subjects to he discussed. or all of them
together. Tho aspect Is the degree to
which the sessions shall be public.
senator Borah who feels and has
n right to feel a kind OF futherly
guardianship over this conference
spent the last six months advocating
tho calling of 1t. For the immediate
present, he is n"w laying emphasis
on the demand that tho sessions
shall be open. with tho sunlight of
public opinion streaming thru the
windows.
II can be said that II tho coming
conference should he managed with
as much secrecy as the Paris peace
conference was then II Is doomed i'm
advance and might as we'll not he held
at all: The Paris peace conference
lasted for about six months. During
that six months there were about
twelve hours open sessions. All tho
rest was as secret as anything could
well he.
For this secrecy several reasons
were given. In fairness it should he
sal that some of them had merit. So
IA as tho American. delegation was
concerned. it's first impulse towards
agreeing to secrecy came when II be
came apparent that II all tho sessions
were public an interminabic amount
of time would he wasted by Statesmen
for large and small nations who
wished to mako long speeches for
consumption in their home countries
fC.ntiuuod on Page Seyen)
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BELIEVES OFFICER WAS
THROWN OVERHEARD

Milwaukee. July 5o-Nevs that
Frank McCauley, So years old chief
engineer Of the steamer Patrick Henry
of the Diamond steamship company,
had been lost overheard from hiE YES
sel. was received by wireless las, night
by his father. Captain Con McCauley.
McCauley Is believed to have been
ovorpowercd abbed and thrown over
board by four OF his subordinates.
whom he had put In chains recently.
Recent letters received ny the Vie
Tins nnnce Miss Rose Hansen, Of
Brooklyn. to whom he was to have
been married on his return to the
United stntos said he vas having trou-
bic with four menoers OF the crew
and declared ha feirsd they would kill
him At the nrst opportunity The let
ter was written . short time before
the Patrick Henry sailed from Ham
burg
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-31
W0 KILLED AT Denver AIR Carnival
Deputies Uncover
Twin Bottles in
Baby's Carriage

Milwaukee. July 3o-Two deputy
sheriffs cruising around on motor
cycles in search of prohibition vio-
lators stopped to admire Mrs.
Francis Opacinski's children today
After patting 4year-old Victoria
they asked to see tn baby but the
mother refused to turn back the
peram bulator cover, saying the
child was sick Not to be denied.
the deputies drew back the covers
and found twins-two gallon jugs
of moonshine. The woman. her
husband and the baby carriage
we're taken to the police station.