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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15
,EIwood Athletic Director

By Times Special
ELWOOD. Ind Dec. 15.-R. L.
Phillips. high school athletic coach.
has been selected physical director OF
ali local schools. The new director
starts his work at the beginning Of
the year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15
Dundee On Points

Bg Times Special
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Judgcs
awarded the decision OF points to
Johnny Dundee. junior lightweight
champ. in his tweive-round bout with
Gene belmont Thursday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15
INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL
STARTS AT BUTLER
Pasemen Go to Madison for Big
Game.


Butler College intramural basket
bah VIII be started Jan. /. The Sigma
CHS. Phi pe,ts. Delta Taus. lamb :
CHS Butler Association and a team
Of independent men are entered.
a final game viii he played between
the two teams holding first and sec
ond place on the percentage basis.
The winner will receive Z cup. which
Is to be awarded by the Skulls Club
The schedule calls for games every
Thursday in the gym. Varsity men
are barred from participation
The Butler College basket-b ball team
meets Wisconsin tonight at Madison
The squad left Thursday at p m
Saturday night the team Is to meet
Marquette University In Milwaukee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15

Followers Of amateur boxing are
promised real action at the Hoosier
Athletic Club show Saturday night
when local youthful fsticuff artists
battle representatives of the Colum-
bus Ohio Athletic Club in a dual
glove meet. A feature program has
been arranged with bouts IN all
classes, from banties to heavies.
George Benson. Hoosier a. c, wei
ter. is slated to face Charles Tarzan
Of Columbus IN the welterweight fea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15
Independent Basketball

The South Side Turner basketball team
defeated the Carmei Eelts al Carmel. rs 20
81 The Turner'S have some dates open for
contests 20 be played on me road. Address
athletic committee, South Side Turner'S, Indi-
annapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15

The Far Play basket team wants 20 SEIZED
ule With teams IN the 120-DOund c'ass that
have access to EymnasiuE1s. Out-of-to9n
games are wanted with Ediuburg. West New
ten Valley Mills and Southport. Cal
Drexel 516S and ask for Manager Kaplsn, or
address pOstofice box 80
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15

The Boys Cub Tigers have won two
games played Needleman and HaiiowitZe
are PLAYING II Eoo1 form The Tigers would
Ike 10 book games with stats and city
teams in the 18 20 l9-yes~-oid class Call
Mai 1892. or write 4. 3. Caldwell. 44a s.
Meridian ST. Anderson Al Starr. Muncis
Midgeta GrecRsburg Independents Pals Club.
Fair Plays. Simmons &aTyels and Emerson
Orioles take notice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15

ture and Roy Wallace. runner-up N
the 1922 Indiana A. A. U. middle.
weight championships, Is booked to
tackle Dale Wilson. crack Columbus
middle"
Among other Indianapolis boys
scheduled for action are Ray Hahn,
Merrill Ate MILFORD Parker and
George Sherman. The IIoosier A. c.
gym. where the bouts are to be held.
- located at Meridian and Pratt SITS.
The bouts viii be open to the public.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15

The Highland Cubs have organized q
taskst-bsn team in the 1S-14-year-OId class
fad want games. Can Circle A47l.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15

The Ja-Bu-Co A-s was defeated In \ fast
game by the MapletOns. - 10. For
games With the Ja-Bu-C'os address Harry
Bolton. as y. Twenty Eighth ST. or cal
Randolph 522e.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15

The Hermes basketball team opened the
season by defeating the Marathors, Is to s.
IN fast game. The close gaardir-- OF both
teams were features OF the game. For games
with winners call belmont 0640 and ask
Tor Harold
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15

NEW AUGUSTA. Ind. Dec. 15.-Ths c-erv
Augusta Independents sf~ated r. Farrison
BY q score Of SO to IL. For games write
Paul r. Young. New Augusta. Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15

The Pirates basketball team defeated the
y. n. II. A. MID gets n q fast game. % TO
Ii For games with Che Pirates cal Bel
mont 2043 and ask for Jesse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-15

Troop .. last years Boy s gut champs,
defeated ths T-virztOn NJ. Els By &
heavy score Of SO 70 @. @. Hunter and
8Town played best Tor the winners.
The Kusko times., 1922-11-29
French Policy Rela-
 tive to Preparations
Washington Post.

Premier Poincaire's statement of French policy relative to reparations Is pitched in key that is stridently out of harmony not only with British views but with tne best economic thought of the world. Germany must pay for ravages wrought, he declares. II it refuses to do so, compulsion will be in order. If that nation does not meet indemnity terms as now fixed or if creditor control over the state mines of the Ruhr and national ferests is not accepted as moratorium condition. then France will proceed to enforce payment-jolntly with other creditor nations, if they agree; independently, if they do not. In view of Great Britain's determined opposition to the French view, the premier's statement is virtually an ultimatum cot Cpled with a threat. If the British government does not scrap it's indemnity policy and accept the French proposal, France will scrap the existing entente-and go it. alone
 The position thus taken by France tends to iniure rather than help it's cause. Outside of that country, eco homie opinion is generally agreed that assumption of control oyer mines aud forests as means of cole ting indem- nity would be impractical and over- costly and that attempt to enforce reparation terms as they now are would be dangerous. The execution of the French plan woulG .ot only imperil Germany's stability by increasing in ternal stress under which it is already tottering, but would imperiI the well
The Kusko times., 1922-11-29

maybe we can send, q few lecturers oyer there and get it that way.-New Yofk sEvening Mail.
 Tine soviet government has accom- 'plished one aim; it,has perfected the standardization of poverty .-,Detroit News.
 When Columbus first sighted dry land, he proba blv didE't realize how dry it would become Medford Mail Tribune.
 The people who are not worrying are those who think the crop movements some kind Of new dance step.-Zanes- vile Times Recorder.
 As we look sverthe situation, it oc-
The Kusko times., 1922-11-29
PRESS SQUIBS.

Crime wave in Germany records DO counterfeiters.- Street Journal.
 Statistics compiled by the -''Rock tho Boat League prove that it's safer to blow out the gas than to step on it, Life.
 If Europe is slow aboutcoming across with the amount of her debt to us,
The Kusko times., 1922-11-29

CUTS to us bhat the only man who has occasion t0.rejoice iss James M. Cox.- Coates7ille: Record
 Tn the future. those belligerent Eu- ropean diplomats who regard war as game should be compelled to play all games on the home grounds.-Life.
The Kusko times., 1922-11-29


 to q certain degree, is dependent og the stability of that country. Ia addi tion, it would subject relations between France and dissenting creditor nations to a menacing strain.
 The voice with which France urges it's enforcement proposal is bhat of a just creditor, heat oaIy on obtaining what is it's due. but the hand that it shOws-and with which 1t would carry through-is that of a militant nation powerfully armed and determined, re- gardless of opinions aud rights of others, to compel submission toits will by might. The spirit thus evidenced is too suggestive of bullying to hold the confidence of a world grown weary of domineering policies and practices. France, with It's military establish ment. may be in a position temporarily to enforce it's will, but it is in,no posi- tion to antagOnize the world :by>sHch a course. It has already shaken con- fidence in the sincerity of its champion pionship of permanent peace by main tenance of atDaments on larger scale than is warrar ed by need for protection. Its record at the Wash ington conference showed opposition to the armament limitation movement that further weakened confidence. The repeated saber rattling ln which it has since indulged ilas intensified distrust thus engendered. Before journeylng t0o far on course that threatens 10 isolate it from the rest of the world, the French would do we'll to reckon the ultimate loss-and revise their poli- ces with view to conforming more nearly to the obvious denlauds of the international situation. Europe has no room for bully If France ex- poets the nations tamelY to submit to it's military domination, it has evident ly misread the signs of the present. If it counts on acquiring permanent power by pursuing miliGasistjG policies aud aggressively enforcing it's views, it has poorly learned the lesson taught by the of other nations that have tried this dangerous route.
 No matter how much confidence France may have in it's armaments, it cannot afford to forfeit the confidence of outside nations by assuming au arbi- trary and overasser4ive attitude with respect to the "eparation problem which deeply concerns other nations as we'll as itself. The European situation calls for co operation. By disregard ing this demand and taking position that negatives joint effort, France courts blame for unnecessary aggrava- tion of conditions. It cannot pursue it's proposed plan without assuming re- sponsibility for blocking settlement and obstrueting Europe's stabilixation.
 The cooperation of France in work ing out European problems is essential to solution. This fact maxes it's move in the wrong direction more open to censure The premier's statement of ItS policy impliedly, but none the less plainly. ignores the right of other na- 5ions to consideration and thereby tends to crystalline world sentiment against Frauce-and against such crys- no nation can long stand.
The New York herald., 1922-03-16
NOVA SCOTIA'S SPIRIT MYSTERY CLEARED UP

Whidden. It was a new experience and
almost a new topic TO his mind.
"If-I only say if-the girl was tenn
porarily obsessed to perform acts not
properly her own. then the 'communica-
ton through Mr.. Whidden to the effect
that the communication caused the fires
would be consistent enough.
I'm few words restate my findings.
'"The fires were set by human hands
but almost certainly without guilt prob
ably in an altered state of conscious
ness and possibly influenced by dis
carnate agency. The sounds and tactual
sensations experienced by others were
probably supernormal experiences due
to causes which psychical research has
not yet determined.
The automatic writing was an abso-
lutely valid psychological fact which
possibly. though not vet probably. tran
sconds the purely psychological, and II
so, would be IN harmony with the sug-
estion that the girl was temporarily
obsesscd have as vet no convictions
on tho test point one way or the other.
but ! am glad TO add this case to my
data under consideration.
"One final word. Many statements
and acts have been attributed 70 me In
certain papers and thence have become
widely disseminated. which have no
foundation. There have even appeared
purported interviews with mo which
never took place.
One claim was that I regarded the
wireless wave theory OF the fires. | did
not for moment. though ! entertain
great respect for the proponents And
after ! had examined the house I knew
that the waves could not be responsible
unless they were endowed with intelli-
gence 10 know when persons were in the
house with a dislike for a wall area OF
more than six feet and six inches high
with a shyness obout breaking out into
flames directly before witnesses and
with capacity TO carry sofa cushions
downstairs and to tuck rags into paste
board boxes and to set them on the
floor"
The New York herald., 1922-03-16

hausted, and burns slowly or rapidly ac-
Cordlng TO the circumstances.
DO not say that this oil was used
IN some OF the fires ! only say that 1t
was apparently available and would ac-
count for some of the effects. For ex-
ample, the foot OF the curtain II It was
placed on wood or wet paper burns
slowly for time and afterwards. when
all were assembled in the kitchen.
would. on reaching the curtain itself.
suddenly hame up, as was the case
While there were pains taken by some
one TO prevent the actual ightings of
the fires from being observed, they
were also designed 10 attract attention,
not of the girl but of the old couple.
Most of the fires ware in the bed
room OF the latter. Most OF the fires
at night when every one was supposed
TO be abed were in the kitchen adioin-
ing the room Of Mr.. and Mrs. MacDon-
aid. but not IN the dining room where
the light might AT onco attract atten-
ton. In the unfinished chamber above
ths parlor, where the girl slept. there
we're but two fires. one by the stairs,
the other in tho casing directly above
the room of the elder Macdonald where
ths smoke would soon attract attention.
The vicinity OF the girls bed was
avoided
The house. though old and rude, Is
remarkably firm. II is almost impos-
sible for 200 pound man TO make the
stairs crcak when stepping softly ip
and down. had Mr.. Ritchio try H.
There Is hardly a creak in the whole
flooring. II would be quite feasible. il
appears TO me. for ono TO come down
stairs and steal past tho door OF the old
couple. either closed or only slightly
ajar Gas was the custom) without any
one being the wiser.
I'm regard to the automatic writing
by Mr.. Whidden / will saw I picked Mr.
Whidden out as the one with whom
first to try the experiment because he
claimed to be the most likely one. n
fact not at all to his discredit My OBJ
ject was merely psychological curiosity
and to pass the time away lie had no
appearance of expectation and says he
he7 not any. and the first experiment
Tithout result ~ second succeed
= rather volcanic degree Nat
lrlar, after this lly expected that
the next trial Woaa ae as successful,
aand being curious ruout the new ex-
perience. hoped / oo.N ae. BBut there
1aS absolute fa tho ncNt and
tnree following tEatE Not q word .a
written.
The New York herald., 1922-03-16
WINDSOR HAS a GHOST
WHICH UPSETS FAMILY
Lifts Man From Chair, Sends
Him Sailing Across Room.

WINDSOR, Canada. March 15.--Wind-
IS the latest city TO list a ghost
its residents. He Is registered
20 Leonard. who died in Jackson
.n.. two weeks ago.
Ills son-in-law Franklin Crandal. a
truckman. to-day complained that tho
ghost had been lowering around his
house for several nights. moaning for
"F1ossie" and Pearl" "Flossie" is
Mrs. Crandall the truckman's wife and
Pearl is Mrs. Leonard. his mother-in-
law. According to Crandall. the ghost
became most violent last night He
said he was lifted from his chair and
sent sailing across the room. landing
at his wifes feet. There were constant
moans and mysterious rappings.
The New York herald., 1922-03-16
BIames the Girl.

There is. OF course, no question that
a largo number of fires were set in the
house from January s. 1922. to January
~ 1922. Nor is there any question I'm
mind that the various witnesses to the
facts have told the truth as they under
stood II.
If there shall develop in this report
any reasons for questioning the accuracy
OF these observations. or that these OBJ
servations were as searching as they
might have been. no doubt of their hon
esty would be implied. In my Judgment
the fires were set by human hands. and
yet. ] hasten to add and shall afterwe rd
show. the person whose hands were en-
ployed was probably not morally guilty
Of and responsible for the acts.
This person was the girl OF the fam
ily. who Is 16 years old but very. very
young mentally, a happy, fun loving
child whom her foster mother says al
ways has been a good child. as she ap-
peared to be. and ] have no reason
paradoxical as It may sound. to doubt
has been.
"The fires left their record except
where paper had been stripped away
and the boards removed. and there arc
many records yet left upon tho house.
1t is upon these that I placed chief re-
lance to tell the inside story, and care
full scrutiny Of them makes the story
pretty plain.
II studied every mark Of burning yet
left, its character. size and loca ton. both
as regards the part Of the room and
height from the floor searched for col
lateral indication and recorded every
thing.
"1'he first nre in the timber near the
stovepipe in the kitchen | set aside. since
IL Is impossible to say that il did not, as
Mr.. Macdonald first supposed, get
started spontaneously from the pipe. II
was odd In that case that fire died out.
but II the wood was damp the fire may
have eaten in slowly. famed by a draft
OF which there Is evidence In the loca
ton of the burned places, and, the wind
The New York herald., 1922-03-16
Deals with the subcop

This is rather hatI
solely subconscious theory
expect that strong expecta
sire on the part Of an auto
manifest itself. Had the -four iast a.
periDlents Increased in extent they
would certainly lave pointed to the in
creased expectation and desire 1t is
hard to see how the opposite result could
equally serve the same theory We
know that subconscious is capable Of
contradicting the opinions of the con-
scious mind in cases where there has
been previous mental debate settled by
reason and will on one side Of the ques-
tion and looking up and suppreesing tho
other side tingle with desires in the sub
conscious. But there had been no old
debate upon this sort Of thing by Mr.
The New York herald., 1922-03-16

dying down, the moisture may have
overcome the fire. 1'hi' -st fire with
the excitement may ha' mulated the
others which were OF Sc set.
I'm no place wher, sall paper or
paper objects in proximity with the
walls were set on fire is there any exist
ing mark OF burning higher than the
reach Of a person five feet tall twith the
exception OF two corners OF the small
bedroom, where it Is evident from the
appearance that the Are was set lower
down and travelled up where the paper
did not adhere tightly to the corners).
The Five Foot Girl.
"If ghost was acting Independently,
or ir the fires were from unintelligent
causes. why was there an upper rim OF
every wall in every room III the house.
varying in perpendicular measurement
from one foot three inches, in bedroom
and parlor TO one foot eleven inches IN
the dining room. which was Immune
and is It not odd that this rim began
just where the reach of person .
feet tall leaves off?
THE cases where fires began higher
than as above indicated. were all In or
on unpapered wooden places. namely
a recess back Of the upper casing OF the
room, TO the kitchen. on the dining room
side. and on the loose boards resting
on beams in the kitchen, constituting
the loft But | nall these cases the
fire started from pieces OF cotton cloth
which could easily have been tossed. as
tn. heights are only a few inches above
what has been indicated.
There Is no definite. satisfactory
evidence that any fire broke out where
the girl could not have been Few
minutes earlier. To be sure the wit
but | was not able to get reasons FOR
assurance which are satisfactory 10 one
who has many times demonstrated the
errors of observation and memory OF
people unframed in observation OF
species of facts which are new to them.
There were never fires when the
family. including the girl we're out or
the house.
"In particular no fires occurred in or
on these parts OF the parlor or dining
room visible from the kitchen stove,
around which was the common meeting
place on the night of the thirty-eight
fires and at other times. All those
portions OF the walls. floor. box. cush-
ion. &c. took Are in cit will be remem
bered that other parts of the room) and
starting in the parlor, and all those por
tions of the dining room visible in the
picture presented herewith are free from
burns. This empha sizes the avoidance
OF witnesses of the actual ignitions.
The New York herald., 1922-03-16
ANTIGONISH GHOST BARE9
AS GIRL BY PSYCHIC EXPERT

running in the cellar. Soon after we
took the house my daughter heard what
she described as footsteps coming down
the stairs from the third floor, and
said: 1T is a lame man. papa; one leg
Is shorter than the other We knew
nothing about the persons who had died
In the house, but when / next saw the
lady who owned 1t and lived in another
town and told her the incident, iocu-
larly, she said, But 1t is true. and ii
proved that her father had had one leg
shorter than the other.
''On one occasion two persons heard
footsteps at the same time-and | was
the other. I never heard a human be-
ing walking in heavy shoes more dis
tinctly. There was no other person but
US two In the house and 1t stood in the
middle of a lawn back from a quiet
street
Personally, / doubt il there was
actually vibration from the stairs, but
consider it an effect upon consciousness,
supernormally caused.
Nobody Was Scared.
Another phenomenon was the actual
shaking Of the bed on which my daugh-
ter lay at times when she was lying
still. At such periods IL I exchanged
rooms with her I would feel II for one
or two nights. beginning almost at once
after lying down, increasing for five
minutes and dying out in perhaps half
an hour.
MANY other things happened in the
particular house during an occupancy
OF three years. No one was scared
studied the occurrences as coolly as l
would study cockroaches and a good
deal more persistently. but was not able
to find any normal solution
AS TO automatic writing, suppose
that most people know that some per-
sons have the power of writing without
their conscious volition and that while
the most of such writing is supposed TO
be. like dreams. from their now sub
conscious minds. there have been many
cases where logic has to be defied in
order to hold that there was no other
source. since string OF facts pertinent
to person who led may be written.
which probably the psychic never could
have known. Both societies have pub
lished much OF such material, and II
has convinced many of the most coinpe-
tent and scientific intellccts that II came
from dscarnate intelligence. This is
mere fact of record. Whether or not
conclusive. the r class can show such
evidence in favor of supernatural qual-
ity.
Il have written at this length because
the Caledonia Mills facts have a right
to be viewed against their historical
background. We now plunge into me-
dias. viz: The unfastening of the cows.
removal of clothing from the lna. &C.
AS these did not occur while was on
the spot. and left no visible trace. there
is little new to be said The occur
renoes are probably to be judged in the
light OF what is said in the next para
graph.
The New York herald., 1922-03-16
fufIHm m bic Liquids.

u found old bottles on beams in the
kitchen which contained three inflam-
mablc liquids, kerosene. turpentine and
separator oil. The last is practically
odorless. burns readily on wet paper, Is
cable OF going out or continuing II the
paper dries before the oil put on Is cx-