The Washington times., 1922-04-09
Writing.

T~XACT scientific methods have now
been perfected rof testing the gen
uineness OF ghosts" recording all
their activities, exposing them II fraudu-
lent and proving anything about them that
may be supernatural
When DR.. Walter Franklin Prince, the
distinguished director OF the American
Society for Psychical Research. proved
that the mysterious fires and disturbances
at Antigonish, N. S,s were caused by
young girl and not spirit, he was aided
by a system of skilfully arranged bells. He
also employed the mental methods of the
philosopher, the lawyer and the trained
psychologist.
More elaborate scientific Instruments are
used for different cases of supposed spirit
: manifestations. A special type of phono-
graph is hidden where 1t may catch the
mysterious rappings and noises SO often
reported, and preserve = permanent record
of them. In another} class OF experience
a psychic researcher win wait with his,
ears to telephone connected with an cleo.
trio instrument that howls with increas.
ing force as person comes within its field.
There are score OF instruments that
are placed at the disposition Of disem-
bodied forces that wish to communicate
with the earth. II these instruments are
activated when placed beyond the known
influence of any living person, then the
activity must be regarded as supernormal.
The oscillograph, which shows characteris-
tic oscillations on the approach Of every
person. is a type of instrument that can
be employed in this way.
Electric lights that flash and vibrators
that rattle when person comes within an
of spirit manifestations. II a fraudulent
person is playing tricks he viii be trapped.
and II an unseen force can excite these
effects then the supernormal is evidenced.
II medium Is suspected of trickery her
= emotional reactions are recorded by
galvanometer without her knowledge.
And what is the main result of all this
earnest scientific inquiry? It is evident
that the leading psychic Investigators, in-
eluding DR.. Prince. are now convinced Of
the genuineness Of many supernormal phe-
nomena, although they will not say that
they believe in ghosts" because that sug-
gests so much that is legendary and super
stitious. They believe that persons are
to-day possessed by strange external
forces like the men possessed with devils"
In the Bible. They believe that there are
"veridical hallucinations," which are some
times apparitions of the desd-and these
are really the ghosts" of popular legend.
They believe that agencies unexplained by
any scientific law cause rappings, move
tables, throw objects about, and even
throw persons down.
:. DR.. Prince, who is a Doctor of Philoso-
ply of Yale University, has been investi-
eating this subject for twenty years and
gained considerable celebrity by explain
ing and curing the amazing case of Doris
Fischer, who was possessed by five dis
turn from Nova Scotia DR.. Prince said:
I'VE have proved the occurrence OF
superpormal phenomena, which cannot be
explained by any recognized scientific
laws. The facts which we accept are bet
ter proved than many of the facts which
Il science accepts,
Il have, for instance, recently seen the
apparition of dead man. and received
such a mass OF information from him that
/ cannot reject the evidence Of a super
normal AGENCY.
pied In NeV Jersey. One day my daugh-
ter, who has psychic tendency, called my
aptitude ID a man In the house. l looked
up and saw the man looking at me with
friendly expression, apparently taking an