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The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-07

There will be no swallow tails at
the inaugural reception in January
Incoming Republican state officials
have assured Governor-eIect Davis
that they will not insist on head
waiter clothes for men in the receiving
line nor will wives of state dignitarles
be expected to wear low neckers and
lavish evening gowns The decision
is a triumph for the Davis stand for
simplicity and informality in the in
auguration of the new state officials.
New state officials met with the
Democrat governor-elect late Wednes-
day and outlined inaugural plans
There We're positive assurances that
the formality of dress clothes would
be waived What is more there viii
inaugural. The reception will be a
public affair and the most informal
the state has ever known.
Plan Suits Governor-E Elect.
1.-The plan suits me fine Davis
said today. 'I expect to wear my reg
ular clothes-that is, barring acci-
dents-in which event I will have to
clothes and go to the reception in
overalls and jumper. I think the in
formal reception plan is fine and an
glad there will be no formal recep-
tions, as the plan has disappointed
great many people in former years
people who wanted to attend, but felt
they were really not on an equal foot
ing because someone had neglected
to send them an invitation"
Mem bers of the Republican and
the incoming state officials in dis
cussing inaugural plans. There was
general agreement on the plan for in
formal cerem onies.
Ceremonies in Auditorium.
Another innovation for the 1923 in
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-07

Topekans will probably substitute
ear muffs for umbrellas and overshoes
for goloshes tomorrow. says Meteor
ologist Flora Anything but a pleas
ant brand of weather may be expected
man.
Rain will probably turn to snow
early Friday morning. The rain will
continue late this afternoon and eve
ming 1t was showing in Nebraska
and Dakotas today and conditions are
favorable for the snow to follow the
path TO Topeka 1t was cloudy over
the entire state and the north. west
and east
The weather prophet says it is early
to predict the temperatures in To-
peka Saturday but declares that there
lConfinued on Page Two.)
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-07

Lausanne, Dec. THE Turkish
delegates to the near east conference
today faced the difficult problem of
deciding whether Turkey. in formulat-
ing her plan for control of the Dar-
danelles. should cast her lot with Rus
s.a or with the entente powers and the
United States. Turkeys suggestion
for the solution OF the perplexinE
straits question will be made public
tomorrow at the Hotel Duchaleau.
If Turkey, on the one hand, goes
over to the British camp she fears the
irate Russian army on her eastern
frontier; if. on the other hand she
sides with Russia in demanding COM
plete control of the waterway. she
fears the British navy in the straits.
The Turks favored NJ. Tchitcherin's
plan, but they took this attitude be-
fore hearing the solution offered by
Lord Curzon on behalf of the entente.
which impressed Ismet Pasha and mis-
associates This plan was approved by
the United States
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-07
in The nine HOLE
Question of Straits Is PerpIeX-
ing One for Turkey.
Big British Navy on One Side
Russ Army on Other.
CBv the Associated Press)

Angora. Dec. THE Turkish ma
tionalist government, it was announced
today. has decided that it cannot ac-
cept the continuance in Turkey of the
consuIates or postoffices of any power
at war with Turkey.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-07
SNOW DUE HERE FRIDAY
Anything Except Pleasant Weather
Promised by NIeteorologist Flora.
TODAY'S TEMP


Protect all thirty-siX hour shipments
north and west against temperature of
10 degrees. East and south %.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-07

Another innovation for the 1923 in
augural will be the fact that cere-
monies will be held in the auditorium
instead of in representative hall. It
Will be the first time that the in
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-07
WTT1bATfalEEaRS vi aEaS

] Snow probably west and north and
/ rain turning to snow southeast portion
/ tonight and Friday. Much colder south
I east portion and extreme east portion
tonight.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
What Used To Be Fanciful
sNow a Reality

ineSe examples will be sufficient 10 illus
.s aae the kind OF phenomena which may profit
wv wy De investigated in laboratory such as
: inere need be nothing unscientihc
). t'4' such All effort. Science does not con-
~ body Of facts--as many believe-but
method. One can be absolutely scientific
!" TIE investigation of haunted house
y absolutely unscientifc in a problem IN
sAes' The facts of science are constantly
=, ashg the method never. And the fanci-
ana impossible" of yesterday have be-
,.s .e .he reality of to-day In viewsscf these
49, ,Su0'ed facts let US keep an open mind and
ssssof TO investigate any odd and bizarre
(,o winch may present misunderstanding
~ : mat We always employ the methods of
many other striking and unusual phe-
could be studied in this man.
i. movements of objects without con-
hr. 'ae direct photography of thought,
h. 4aental tests of mediums during
hypnosis, sleep under an anssthetlc,
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

either direction. A bell ped glass com
pletely covers the straw, thus shutting off air
currents and normal causes which would affect
the movement of the straw.
The subject is requested to place one or both
hands near the ends of the straw, on the out
side of the glass and, in a certain percentage
o1 cases, definite movements of the straw can
be detected, ranging over a certain number
of degrees, right or left In psychic subjects
this is very marked. Dr.. Schofeld of London,
uses this machine regularly in his medical
practice and states that in hysterical and
neurasthanic patients definite movements can
always be obtained.
The movement of the straw is due appar-
entity, to vital energy which issues from
the finger tips 1t is not heat, since hot-ron
will not cause the straw to move; and, further,
the hands, even when cold. will cause move
ments. 1t is not electricity, for the glass
would act as an nsulator. Normal causes thus
seem to be eliminated, and the movement OF
the straw is left to be accounted for by other
forces yet unknown. 1t sometimes swings in
one direction and sometimes in another, some
times backward and forward and sometimes
steadily in one direction. One observer has re-
ported that neurasthenic subjects caused the
straw to move to the right and hysterical sub
jects to the leftA
Another special device which is being tested
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

in the laboratory is the so-called "volometer,'
or will board,' which was devised by DR..
Sydney Alrutz, of Upsala University, Swc-
den By means of this instrument it is appar-
entity possible to register the pressure exer-
cised by the human will, showing it to be
definite physical energy or force and not
merely a "choice,' as modern psychology
teaches.
board approximately eighteen inches in
length by ten inches in width is supported on
two knife-edSes, about one-third up the board
from the end nearest the subject testing it.
The further or long end of the board is sus
pended by meaps of thread to delicate bal
ance, which registers the weight Of the board
as it rests in its normal position
The subject is requested to place her
hands on the near end Of the board 1t will
be seen that any pressure on this tends to de
press the near end of the board and raise the
far end thereby causing it to weigh less. In
only two possible ways can the far end Of the
board be made to weigh more. First, by pull
ing upward on the near end of the board
(Which is impossible, since the subjects hands
rest lightly upon the surface) second, by pres
sure exerted on the further end. The subject
is requested to look intently at the further end
of the board and "wilP' that it shall be de-
pressed In certain number of subjects (per-
haps 2 per cent? a definite downward pressure
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

telephone receivers, which are plainly audible
Inc electric energy radiated by the heart
when beating, by breathing, etc, is thus re-
corded when the subject is near the machine
AS the whole body approaches it will ''howl"
with very loud, high note, which increases
IN pitch as the body approaches nearer and
nearer the coil If any form of energy, such
as that possessed by "spirit" or an "astral
body" therefore, were in the vicinity and an
preached this machine, the latter would at
once give evidence of its proximity by varia-
tions in the electric current, which would at
once be heard by the observer at the tele-
phones That is to say, if no visible body be
near the coil and sounds are nevertheless
heard there must be some invisible body, or
some mode of energy, in the immediate en-
vironment Of the coil which, the latter thus
records. 1t can thus be seen that this coil
would be the means Of detecting the presence
Of unknown forces or entities within it's i'm
mediate radius.
These some of the instruments which
are employed in the American Psychical
Laboratory for the purpose of testing the un-
known powers of mind and body which we
undoubtedly possess and the nature of certain
psychic phenomena, of course, which readily
lend themselves to an investigation of this
character, among which | may mention
thought photography "dowsing" or water find
ing, radiations said to be emitted by magnets
crystals and other bodies, experiments in
weighing and photogra phing the soul at the
moment of DEATH experimentally induced
dreams, the polarity Of the human body and
the nature of the electrical and other ener-
gies within it, experiments upon the human
aura experiments in the projection of the
astral body, etc. A great deal of work has
been done in France, England, Germany, Po-
land, Japan and elsewhere in these directions,
but no organized attempt has been made as
yet to study them by suitable laboratory
methods.
We are also attempting to duplicate or re-
produce in our laboratory purely by physical
and electrical means certain psychic phe-
nomena to discover, if possible the analoges
and connections which may exist between the
one and the other. It is my belief that much
may be gained in this field by attempts to
duplicate by artificial means certain spiritistic
and psychical phenomena, and in this manner
to ascertain the possible relations or connec-
tions between these manifestations and other
physical or electrical phenomena better known.
All advance in science is made by dovetalllng
the unknown into the known and showing
their possible connections. 1t is the same here.
In attempting to duplicate certain psychic
phenomena we may at least discover some use
full anaogies which may guide our thought IN
further investigation.
If column of smoke or vapor be placed in
high tension electric field it is possible under
certain conditions to influence this column OF
vapor by means Of an electric current passing
between the two electrodes. That is to say,
the electric current will influence the column
of vapor through which it passes If one OF
the electrodes be cut out in the shape of
triangle let us say, the vapor is cut out so
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
What Happens to Bodily
Energy After Death?

Associated with the research officer are
William Russell high frequency and electrical
engineer. who is the technical expert, and
number of able physicians, psychologists and
General scientists, who are to act in the capac>
av Of consulting specialists and are to have
charge of the therapeutic work.
Is the life of the body an energy? If so
something must happen to it at the moment
Of death. for it is inconceivablc that.it could be
altogether annhlIated. Where does it go? Is
II not possible that some sort of instrument
might be devised capable of Catching" this
energy and obtaining its definite registration?
Ard il this energy continues to persist might
it not be capable of continually affecting such
>an instrument? These questions arc perfectly
scientific and perfectly legitimate and lend
themselves to scientific treatment. This is
one OF the questions which She psychic labor
atory is about to set itself to solve
Then again the}e is Z certain amount of
evidence that the human will can exert a
definite physical pressure. We have an IN
strument which is capable of registering this
and number Of experiments are now being
conducted in order to prove it. Dr.. Charles
Russ, of England, has lately asserted that the
human eye radlates a certain energy which
will affect his special instrument. A number
Of experiments will be conducted in this di
rection also
Dr.. kilner, of St. Thomass Hospital, Lon
don, has conducted researches upon the So
called human "aura'-an atmosphere which
surrounds the body-and has devised glass
sides, OF screens, filed with chemical called
"dicy anin,' coal-tar dye, by means Of which
the aura can be rendered visible. Extensive
experiments upon the aura must be under
taken, with a view to photographing it and
also TO study the effect upon the aura of other
physical forces such as electricity, magnetism,
the action of certain CHEMICALS etc.
French Investigators, again, have devised a
number of instruments whereby the vital
radiations, issuing from the human body, can
be detected and registered. "Mediums,' and
other unusual individuals, seem to radiate an
energy from their finger-tips and this energy
should be definitely measured and the nature
Of the, radiation discovered. Preliminary
tests in this direction, indeed, forced Dr.
lmoda to declare that the radiations of
Fadlun, the cathode radations of the Crookes
tube, and mediumistic radiations are funda-
mentally the same He based this conclu-
Son upon a number Of experiments in which
an eectroscope had been discharged without
s0hlact-merely by holding the fingers above
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
Continually Seeking @ Deor
To the Spirit World

Could we but find in this laboratory an
energy common to the two worlds-the spirit
ual world and the material world-we should
have here means of direct communication,
possibly by instrumental means. Delicate
physical and electrical apparatus might be the
means after all by which such communication
will ultimately be established. At all events,
when subtle causes and forces are in oper-
alton, as they certainly are at such times, it
is only natural to suppose that instruments
far more delicate than our senses would be the
logical method Of detecting them.
This is the object of the American Psychical
Insttute-to conduct experiments which will
serve to throw light upon the hidden powers of
our being upon that vast borderland which
lies between spirit and matter.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

will be recorded, which is regis
tered on the scale.
Another piece Of apparatus
employed in the psychic labora-
tory might be called the zulu
lometer" or psychic howler." It's
object is to reveal the presence
of any energy Or body, visible or
invisible, within its field, by d
loud noise, which sometimes be-
comes a howl. The electric en-
ergy passing through the ampli-
flying machine and the large coil
are affected and variations are
produced in the amount of cur
rent by any other energy or body
approaching it. 1t is delicately
adjusted, and the resulting
electric changes I the instru-
ment are converted into audible
sounds in the telephone receivers
placed over the observers ears.
If a human body, which is
source of electric energy, ap-
proacnes the coil, it will affect
the electric energy passing
through it and, thus modifying
If will oo,co co,,J, =: Al.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
NeU Electrical and
Physical Apparatus,
Angeni0usly Devised,
Aids Science in Its
Search for the Master
Key to the Unkn0un

TO speak, IN the shape Of a triangle also. II
one OF the electrodes were cut in the shane az
human figure then this image might he inn
pressed upon the smoke vapor, which would
De TO some extent cut out in it's shape
Now, if this proved to be the case. we have
here striking analogy to the so-calIed
psycho-dynamic" theory of NATURALIZATION
Ill "hlch the seml-materal substance issuina,
from the mediums body is plasticaly nodded
into human form by the dynamic energy Of
the MEDIUMS sub-conscious will-in the same
way that the vapor is nodded into human
form IN the present experiment. Ut NAV he
SAID that this theory has been worked out j,
great detail by Morselh, Flournov and otbers
VINO believe that naturalization, even when
genuine, is not due to "spirits" but to the ae-
tion of the will upon the matter drawn from
the mediums body which is thus nodded
by the sub-conscious mind of the n,ed;un,
These phantom forms are, therefore. on this
theory, temporary creations which are built
up Tor the time being and go out of existence
at the conclusion of the seance. in ,nucb tho
same way that the people" we meet in our
dreams are temporary creations which v,e
nave built up and endowed with fe .nd
which go into non-existence the moment y,a
wake up.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
1W YORkS LABORATORY OF THE AlYSTERIOI IS
The American Psychi-
cnI Institute Takes as
Its Fascinating Field
for Experiment the No
Mans Land Betueen
|. Spirit and Matter

~ HERE has recently been founded in
New York laboratory for the ex-
l. elusive study Of the unknown powers
of mind aud body, all sorts of psychca
~ o,a physical phenomena. This is the first
.,;,,.e Of its kind in this country-in fact,
!, tho world Here will be undertaken re-
..orcbes into the vast unknown. into the bor-
a.,,and of spirit and matter, into that mys-
..r;,rs beyond which so fascnates us all. But
,,ese researches will be conducted by means of
s.,;cate electrical and physical instruments
and in the strctest scientific manner.
few isolated Investigators have in the
,ast made researches in this line, but no or
s.rized and systematic attempt has ever been
made Men rave speculated for thousands of
vears to solve the great problem of the soul,
mt now science is taking up the question.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
An Experiment in Locatius
"The Astral Body"

here IS another experiment which NAV
strike one as fantastic at first. but which
should certainly be tried and which we intend
TO try IN our laboratory in the near future 7
shall assume, for the sake of argument. that
some such entity as double" or "astral
body" exists and that animals. as we'll nc
human beings, may possess such vehicle. 7
snail further assume, merely for the sake of
the experiment, that this astral bodv'' IS
driven out of the physical body by an an
esthetic (Which is, Of course, the "occult''
teachlng) With these two tentative assump-
tlons IN mind, let us try the following experi-
ment:
Arrange small box so as to imprison some
anlmal-a dog, cat, or small monkey. The
box may be of aluminium, with glass win
dow, and must be hermetically sealed, except
that an entrance pipe, provided with stop
cock, must be fitted to admit air. This first
box IS suspended by four chains at its cor
ners within a second box of glass. also her.
metlcally sealed. The first box thus hangs
suspended IN the center of the second box.
Inc pipe which Is to admit air must. of
course, pass to the outside of the larger boz
the stop-cock being on the outside.
The pipe which is to administer the anes-
thetic must also pass through the outer box
INTO the smaller one An air pump is also
attached by means of a flexible pipe TO the
outer box, so that stroke or two of the air
pump will reduce the air pressure within the
outer box.
Between these two boxes it il necessary TO
prepare an atmosphere of perfectly dust-free
air or water vapor. Under these conditions
we commence operations by admitting gas to
the small box, so as to anesthetize the animal
AT the same time, we gradually shut off the
outer air supply. The anesthetic will by
hypothesis displace the secondary or astral
body of the imprisoned animal. This in theory
must then occupy position somewhere in the
two boxes-that is, in the prepared atmos-
phere. But also by hypothesis it will gener-
ate rays of some description, since it has been
virtually proved that all living bodies emit
vital radiations of some sort. These rays of
whatever nature they may ultimately prove
to be, will cause ionization. Now, with
stroke or two of the air pump we rapidly
withdraw some of the air, causing the remain
ing air to expand suddenly. The temperature
will Immediately fall, and this will cause the
water vapor to condense upon the ions. But
the particles producing ionization have not
very extended range, at least some of them
have not and probably variety Of rays will
be given off. Those particles of short range,
then, will not produce ionization far from their
source-that is, the astral body Therefore,
when condensation occurs, the resulting line
should outline the form of the astral body
We shall have proved the existence of this
body BY thoroughly objective n1eansi
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
GARLAND GIVES
100000 FOR
SAVING SOULS
Spurned Huge Legaoies From
Father and UnoIe-Wife
Gets 100000.
BY Universal Service.

NEW YORK. July 24.-Charles
Garland, who won notoriety by re.
fusing to accept $1,000, 900 from the
estate Of his uncle and declined later
to accept $1,000, 900 from the estate
Of his father, has given away $500.
600 Of the money.
1t was announced today that he
gave that amount to the American
Fund for Public Service.
Garland had previously settled
5000, 900 on his wife after she left him
when he introduced an affinity, Lii.
lian Conrad, into their home.
In announcing the gift, Garland
made the following statement:
II am trying to use the inherited
wealth toward social uses for the
following reasons. / believe that
every person is an integral part of
society and that the interests Of indi.
viduals cannot be divorced from the
interests Of other members OF society
without all having to pay the price
for 1t in the end.
From this II follows that I must
strive to use whatever resources I
have to the advantage of all. With
this object intend to turn over to
the American Fund for Public Serv.
Ice the sum Of about $500, 900.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
TWO DIE SUDDENLY
FROM HEART ATTACKS

Discovered unconscious in bed al
the fremont Hotel, Second street
and Indiana avenue northwest, yes
terday, by Edward Cook, a room
mate, James Gerard, twenty-eight
years old, 23S c street southwest
died before medical aid could be
obtained. Death, 1t was said, was
due to heart disease.
Stricken with a heart attack
superinduced by the hot weather
while participating in a parade OF
the Knights Of Jerusalem, William
Carry, colored, firty.five years old
1928 Ninth street northwest, died
within a few minutes.
Patrick Clark, sixty years old, was
overcome by the heat at his home,
613 Sixth street northwest. He was
treated at Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
MRS. BURTON
To MARRY IN
NEWPORT, RI,
Society Stirred Over Announce.
ment Of Wedding to Guy
Fairfax Cary.
by Universal Service.

NEWPORT, r. l.. July 24.--New
port society is agog over the report
that Mrs. Arthur Scott Burton
heiress OF three prominent families
will be married today to Guy Fair.
fax Cary, Of New York and Boston
Not even relatives knew Of the
approaching nuptials until last
night. The ceremony will take place
at Elm Court, the brides summer
home here.
Mrs. Burton's first husband died
thirteen months ago. She had
married Burton In 1906 and the wed.
ding was the principal social event
OF that season. So great was the
crowd that the police had to be call.
ed so the guests could enter the
church.
Today's wedding will be quite a
contrast. Only a few relatives and
close friends will attend.
Cary is lawyer and clubman.