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TRIANGLE VISITATION"

The mechanics are simple.
Three persons are engaged in
this experiment.
To avoid self-hyposis and decep-
tive impressions. the persons en-
gagged in this experiment are eau
toned to write down Immediately
any impression Of communication
or manifestation. This note should
be dated and the time specifically
named.
This experiment Is really no
more extraordinary than others I
have described in earlier chapters
Of auto-spiritism, but it disarms
criticism and skepticism because
of the obvious impossibilitiy to
fake" the results.
There are no space limitations in
the universe beyond the grave. I
II a spiritual presence can COM
municate with three persons sit
ing side by side In a room, for ex.
ample, the same spiritual presence
can make itself felt to three per-
sons who may be separated by
thousands of miles from each
other.
But the three persons sitting
side by side In a room may be sub
jected to conscious auto-suggestion
or hypnosis, the skeptic objects.
But the skeptic cannot seriously
contend that three persons widely
separated could possibly write
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JOSEPHUS DANIELS
~. SAWS
No Wet and Dry Issue National Election; Great Ques
tions Will Overshadow Discussion of Liquor or
Alcoholic CONTEMPT Prohibition is Here to Stay"

haven't convenient the figures
for the other States ratifying, but
my recollection is that in most
cases majorities for the amend
ment were similarly great.
DIPLOMATS CAN LEARN.
There arc still many people,
unfamiliar with this history. who
are laboring under the impression
that national prohibition was
Slipped over" and win soon be
on the toboggan. The facts !
have presented here would seem
to leave no ground for eHpectar
ton that any one now living win
see any political party resurfect
the liquor issue in any phase in
q national election <or see any
change In the law.
Is it too much to expect that
the foreign embassies and other
abodes Of diplomats will observe
the comfy with respect to the
Eighteenth Amendment that they
observe with reference to all
other laws Of the country to
which they are accredited?
I am told that when General
Foch came to America in his
truly great swing around the
world, feted and honored as no
other man in this decade, that
illustrious commander Of the
allied forces brought no liquor
with him to this country and
declared that he proposed to obey
the American prohibition law
while in America.
Civilian representatives can
often follow military leaders with
respect to the observance Of
the laws Of the country where
they are on duty.
Copyright. 1923. by Twenty First
Century PreSs.)
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1t is certain that there are
more persons who obtained re-
suits from the fifth and sixth ex-
periments than in the first four
experiments.
Although IL was my intention
to present this weeks expert
ment as a concluding chapter II
my series Of articles, am en-
couraged to offer this experiment
now. for I feel certain that those
who have followed the weekly ex-
periments sincerely and earnestly,
may undertake this one, which
calls for intense concentration, a
complete faith and a somewhat
extensive preparation.
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SA Us

maintaining them In the future.
The plan was carried through
successfully In some districts,
but failed utterly in the famine
plagued areas. Towns and vii
lagos thus afflicted were In no
mood to think Of education. The
cry everywhere was for bread;
nothing was 90 rare. nor more
precious.
Bread of any kind was the only
thing that kept many from can
nibalism. or slow death by starva-
ton. Under such conditions it
was futile to expect the local pop
ulation to provide teachers with
food, . thing they woefully
lacked themselves. It was dur
ing that period, the year Of
famine, that a great number Of
schools, left to the resources Of
the famine states, could not but
close their doors.
GREAT PLAN DEVISED.
OF course, Lunarcharslxy has
not been idle. Backed by years
of experience, he evolved an
elaborate and admirable school
system, which for the time being
is no more than a grand plan.
Under this system, Russia Is to
have a great net of kindergar-
tens, elementary schools, as well
as schools for the adult analphar
bets.
Every child In Russia must I'M
der the system have a seat I'm
schools, but that is not all. Poor
children are to be provided with
breakfasts, shoes. clothes and
books. There must be an abso-
Lutte liquidation Of ignorance. even
If people are to be compelled to
learn to read and write.
Lunarcharsky's is indeed as fine
an educational apparatus as could
have been devised, but 1t failed to
work so far for the simple reason
that the budget had been cut In
half, and because the local COM
mittees which were instructed to
shoulder the responsibility could
do no more than shrug their
shoulders.
But Lunarcharslxy, practical
idealist that he is. never for q mo-
ment lost courage. He bided his.
time, and as SOON as he, saw the
first faint CLEAN of relief from
famine, hit upon new plan: con-
tracts with villages and hamlets.
MANY NEW SCHOOLS.
In point Of ignorance. the vii
lage is the most vulnerable. Mo-
where is darkness as dense as In
the village, and nowhere is the
danger from it as great. The city
may wait until the big industry
is put on sound footing, until
greater means are secured from
the central government, but In the
village the light must flare ever
brighter, lest the peasantry lapse
into a bottomless abyss, and drag
Russia along with it.
In order to avoid such calamity
Lunarcharsky devised a plan
whereby villages are to enter into
contracts with a commissariat OF
education to maintain their own
schools. In other words, the pop
ulation of a given village is to
assume the obligation to provide
the teachers supplied by the gov
eminent with food, clothes, and
other necessaries, and in addition
to provide the school building
with fuel, light, etc.
Once a village has entered in
to such an agreement with the
commercial of education, it
cannot but live up to its terms.
The peasants are not forced to
assume any such obligations.
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Brides Mother
Performs Ceremony
PINCKNEYvILLE. III.

PINCKNEYVILLE. Ill.
WITH the announcement Of the
marriage of Miss Winifred
Kugler and Raymond Dausnan,
it was learned that the ceremony
was performed by the brides
mother. Mrs. Scion Kugler. q
Justice of the peace here.
Mrs. Kugler was the first
woman selected an Justice is
Illinois, and the marriage cere-
mony was thu first abe p0C-
formed.
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Liquidation of Russia's dense ig-
norance was in sight. Had things
gone on with. the Same momen-
tum Russia today would bo well
under way toward as high q
standard of intelligence az pre-
walls in any European country.
Such, however, was, sad to say,
not the case.
Along came the new economic
policy, and with It the complete
subordination OF all State prob
lens to the economic interests
Of the country.
First exist. and then study"
Is Russia's latest slogan.
In his recent utterance on the
new economic policy. Lenin
took pains to point out that the
building up Of Russia's big trade
and industry is a question Of life
and death to the republic, and
therefore, all other state interests,
including the school, muss be
subordinated to the economic
policy Of the government.
FIGURES TELL SAD STORY.
How did the shift in the
Soviet policy affect the schools?
Again cold, impartial figures
tell the tale, but this time It is
not going to be tale Of tri-
umph. but one Of retreat along
the entire line.
AS against the $1,000 elemen-
tary schools at the end Of 1920,
we have in 1922 no more than
600 elementary schools, which
number is reduced to $1,000 in
October Of the preceding year.
There, is, Of course, q CORE
spending decrease of pupils, the
grand total of 6.S00,0OO at the
end of 1920, having gone down
to $500, 900 in May. 1922. and
sinking still lower in October Of
that year-namely, to 100000.
And so today. the number Of
elementary schools in Russia is
less than it was in the year
1914. under the Gar, while the
number of pupils is somewhat
in excess of that Of 1914.
The figures are taken from
Lunarcharsky's recent report to
the Tenth All-Russian Congress.
The report was both a terse
statement Of fact and at the
same time an impassioned plea
for larger means. so that the
con1rnissariat OF education may
consolidate the positions, that
are still being held, and prepare
for a new advance after a pro-
tracted and well-nigh disastrous
retreat.
1t must not be assumed for one
moment that in the heat Of the
economic campaign the Soviets
had abandoned their original
school policy altogether. What
actually happened was not an
abandonment Of policy, but an at
tempt to shift responsibility for
the execution Of the original plan
from the center to the local state
governments.
THOUSANDS LOSE OUT.
The central school budget,
which was per cent Of the gov
ernment's total income in 1919,
and 10 per cent in 1920. and then
again 8 per cent in 1921, was cut
to Az per cent. AS a direct re-
suit of this drastic cut, thousands
Of schools throughout Russia had
to shut down, and thousands of
teachers were left without en-
ployment.
Strenuous efforts have been
made to induce the local State
governments to raise the neces-
sary means, reopen the schools
and shoulder responsibility for
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|" HE gradually swelling chorus
Of city and village life in
Russia still lacks that in.
Irritable, sparkling, babbling note
Of fIocks of children as they
chatter, laugh and skip along on
their way to school. All In all,
It IL by far the saddest chapter
in Russia's social makeup today,
and In regretted by none more
than by those whom fate had
made the trustees Of Russia's So
curity. independence and culture.
In 1917. soon after seizing the
refgns Of power, the Bolshevil<i
declared war 60 q finish against
Russia'S greatest enemy black,
abysmal ignorance, the ignorance
that up to the revolution held
15o,000,O0O people bound in the
chains OF middle-age tyranny,
that filled the land with despair.
disease and agony, that rendered
possible wholesale lynchings Of
physicians during the great csol-
era epidemic at the close OF the
eighteenth century.
If Russia were to be made Sc
cure against the return OF ''lit-
tie father" on horseback, IL she
were to avoid the many snares
and pitfalls Of her deeply tragic
history, If she were to be rem
dered immune against the adj
vance, say, of another lying, pre-
tending monk, parading as the
heir apparent come back to life,
as happened In the reign of Boris
Godounoff; If these dangers were
uprooted, as it were.
And 50 we have with the COM
ing Of the Soviets two distinct
wars; one waged against counter
revolution. the other against ignor-
ance. the latter headed by Lun-
archarslxy, Commissar Of Educa-
ton, and one of the finest intel
lects in Europe.
ADULTS ALSO TAUGHT.
At the time when the Red
armies were reaping victory after
victory on the field of battle,
Lunarcharsky came to grips with
the black monster, and soon be-
gan to perform deeds Of valor that
seemed well nigh impossible, and
made him endeared to millions Of
Russian hearts that yearned for
light and intelligence.
Figures tell the tale best, and
the latest statistics available
show that, thanks to the efforts
of Lunarcharsky. Russia, at the
end of 1920. had over $4,000 ele-
mentary public schools, with a
total of 100000 pupils In 1911.
!. e., under the Car, she had
$4,000 elementary schools with
only 100000 pupils, gain Of
over so per cent, and this accom-
plished in the throes Of unparal-
leIed civil war.
But that was not all. In the
early days Of the revolution. Lun-
archarsly undertook two big
tasks: First. to provide every
child in Russia with a seat in
school; second, to teach the mil
lions of adult analphabets to
read and write. In the latter field.
too, the initial success was phe-
nomenal.
LEARNED TO READ.
A. net Of factory, village and
trench schools was spread
throughout Russia, and at the
end of the first years work, no
less than 100000 peasants, SOL
diers and workmen, to whom the
A B c was up to that time a
complete and battling mystery.
learned to read and write.
Under these circumstances it
looked as though the complete
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Charlie Murphy, OF 1ammany'
spoke q parable last week when
he said the action Of the Demo
cratic convention at San Fran
cisco taught everybody that there
was no prohibition question in
politics. There is no term in the
White House for any man, wet
or dry, who thinks 1t Is to be the
paramount issue Of either party
next year.
BIGGER THAN DRINK.
The world and our country are
athrob with big questions Big
ger problems than have ever be-
fore confronted man are pressing
for solVdon. They are difficult.
delicate and Of the highest impor-
lance.
Wouldn't it be small bore
craftsmanship for a great ma
tional party to overlook these vi
tai and great questions to hold q
debate about whether we should
or should not take a drink, or
whether the alcohol content should
be one-tenth or one-ninety-ninth
or any other given percentage?
You cannot elect a President on
percentage Of alcohol content.
NOT DONE IN A CORNER.
The national prohibition amend
nent did not get into the Consti-
tuition by stealth in a brief period
Of time. The agitation has been
going on almost ever since this
republic was founded and actively
for nearly half century and en-
ergetically and by public agita-
ton for over twenty-five years.
1t had been before Congress in a
concrete proposition since 1875,
when Senator Blair OF New Hamp-
shire proposed to submit a dry
amendment to the Constitution.
1t was not slipped over. The
people were not hoodwinked. They
did it with their eyes open. This
thing was not done in a corner"
If it be given to those who have
gone before to know what trans
pires here, what must be the
thoughts OF old DIR. Benjamin
Rush, signer Of the Declaration
of Independence. who was an
early foe OF alcohol. He undoubt-
edly approves of Clifford Pinchot's
dry laws. In 1777 the Continental
Congress passed this resolution,
which I dare say will be news to
many:
Resolved, That It be recon-
mended to the several legisla-
lures Of the United States i'm
mediately to pass laws the most
effectual for putting an immedi-
ate stop to the pernicious practice
of distilling grain by which the
most extensive evils are likely to
be derived If not quickly pre-
vented"
One hundred and forty years
later, the Congress Of the United
States submitted the same issue
to the several legislatures of the
United States" and as out OF 4S
by big majorities ratified the
Eighteenth Amendment to remedy
the evils the Continental Con-
gress wished to prevent.
But before that time, by a vote
Of the people, 2,2S8 out Of the
2,543 counties of the United States
were dry. There were only 305
counties in the United States
where intoxicants could be legal
ly sold.
Thirty-three States Of their own
accord had adopted prohibition
as a State policy. It was not,
therefore. very long step to the
Eighteenth Amendment. But 1t
was attended with all the varied
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SAY US.

requirements before 1t could be
made an integral part Of the Con-
stitution.'
HARD TO AMEND.
The fathers saw to it that the
Constitution could neither be
quickly nor quietly changed. They
modestly agreed among them
selves that they deserved the trib-
ute James Bryce later paid their
handiwork, when he said it was
the greatest document ever struck
off from the hand Of man.
They looked upon it with q Gre
alive pride and said: ''It IL very
good" And then they set about
making It difficult for any suc-
cessors to tinker with it-only
they were too dignified TO use the
word tinker.
They employed their gifts to
make any change or amendment
so difficult that it required time
and the action Of many legisla-
tors widely separated to amend
the document they believed was
the last word in wisdom.
I do not mean. that those for
ward-looking men believed they
could provide against all the
changes and circumstances Of
change. Indeed, they foresaw that
conditions might arise when amend
ments would be both desirable and
necessary.
But they resolved that no slight
or temporary public sentiment
could sweep away the safeguards
of the fundamental document. 1t
is difficult to see how they could
have done more to prevent hasty
amendment.
And they were wise in this. Elk
cept the first amendment, Sec
oned upon Jefferson's advice, the
others have come through travail
and long agony.
URGED EVERY YEAR.
Beginning with the first con-
crete amendment to the Constitu-
ton proposed In 1876-forty-seven
years ago-national prohibition
has been proposed and urged ev-
cry year that has interviewed,
though. until twenty-five States
went dry, with little prospect of
submission.
The resolution submitting the
amendment was passed by the
Senate by a vote OF IS to 20 and by
the House by a vote of 2S2 to
1913. The following figures, giving
the vote in the States which rati-
fled in. 1918, show how strong the
sentiment was for the amendment:
Mississippi-Senate % to s,
House SO to 3.
Virginia-Senate 80 to 8, House
"a to 13.
Kentucky-Senate 20 to 6,
House Sc to 10.
South Carolina-Senate 4S to 2,
House Sc to 20.
North Dakota-Senate -.
House 96 to 10.
Maryland-Senate Is to Z, House
So to SO.
Northumberland 35 to 2, House
a to 8.
Texas-Senate Is to 4, House
72 to 80.
Delaware-Senate 10 to 3, House
q to 6.
South Dak0ta-Senate 43 to 0,
House Sc to 0.
Massachusetts-Sena II to 10,
House 145 to 81.
Arizona-Senate II to 0, House
20 to 3.
Georgia-senate "a to 2, House
129 to "a.
Louisiana-Senate 81 to 20.
House SO to Al.
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Triangle Visitation

ESULTS obtained by readers who have performed the
experiments given the earlier instalments of this
Il y of articles indicate that with experience the
investigator of psychic phenomena becomes either
sensitive to impressions and visitation of
adept in applying the rules and methods and thus
at he satisfying conclusion
The Washington times., 1923-04-01

By EVA FAY,
Americas Greatest Psychic Authority.
"Respect the faculty that forms thy Judgments"
Marcus AureLius.
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Citizens Who Do Not
Vote Ought To
Be Fined
CONTINUED from Papo One|

Continued from Page One)
can be crowded in somewhere; and
if not, if it is choice between the
teaching of the Constitution and the
elementary principles of good citi-
zenship, and the teaching of astron-
omy and geology, which are very i'm
portant subiects-the future of the
child. the future of our country. will
be better served by giving a place to
the Constitution. the law. the courts,
authority, submission, than by the
knowledge which the child obtains in
some of the sciences.
Sees Readiustment
But a reimbursement can be made,
and the sciences still retain their
place.
Keen the laboratories omen. but re-
member that the greatest laboratory
is that in which may be studied hu-
man life-organized human life-so-
cial organization. patriotic duty, the
power. the weakness. the faility, the
hear+-throhs Of humanity.
81 would rather have child learn
something Of the bloody way which
wos travelled by those who planted
the stars IN old e'orv, than to acquire
KNOWLEDGE about the stars in the
Henvens--the corstellations-the N.Y.
ste,es Of the skies.
"The American Bar Association is
now organizing thorough system of
citizenship training, and every lawyer
in the country must become part Of
this new movement"
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LAWYERS ARE
POORLY PAID,
SAYS SPEAKER
CONTINUED from P.r. One,

entering the legal profession were
given more accurate knowledge than
they possess of what they may rea-
sonably expect in the line of finan-
cial rewards if they engage in the
practice Of law, and it might be we'll
If the public as whole knew more
concerning the facts as to meager
incomes of lawyers, and in conncc-
ton with meager incomes, they
should also know something of the
necessary living expenses of living in
cities as lawyers are required to do.
For. notwithstanding the fact that
the average lawyer is an over-work-
ed and under-paid individual, he is
the butt of many joke, and one
would infer from such jokes and jibes
that the lawyer must be prof.
teer."
There have been some unscrupu-
lous lawyers who have, perhaps, been
responsible for some animosity to-
ward the profession, Mr.. Converse
said, but declared that the lawyers
as whole were professionally able
and of rugged integrity and strength
OF character He expressed belief
that society would not be so ready
to enact legislation to reduce the
compensation of lawyers below a rea-
sonable level were it not for the un-
scrupulous attorneys, upon whom he
urged the bar association to wage
war.
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it defines; that these grew out Of
centuries Of struggle; that many Of
the abuses against which we we're to
be safe-guarded were abuses Of a
parliament; that the tyranny Of con-
gress is as great a menace to liberty
and happiness AS is the tyranny of q
king; that what really has made our
government the marvel Of the world
is its system Of checks and balances;
and that under our judicial system
the Bill of Rights has been made
vital thing.
II think If we should know the ex-
tent to which the thought of our
country has been honeycombed with
revolutionary ideas, We should stand
aghast. The friends Of our institu-
tions must be as vigilant and ef-
fective with propaganda enlighten-
ing the people as are their enemies
in spreading discomfort and befog-
ging them. Here lies tremendous re-
sponsibility. 1t is we'll to observe
CONSTITUTION Week. but we shall
not satisfy our obligation il we con-
fine our activity in defense Of the
constitution to that week. We can
not in seven days Of intensive cam
pagn undo the years of sinister
teaching on the part Of it's enemies.
We need to make every week a Con-
stitution Week. and every year. a
Constitution Year. and to continue
unremittingly to disseminate the
truth, not to select few. hut To all
citizens, until loyalty and patriotism
and Americanism permeate the whole
of our political life. have faith in
the intelligence and conscience of the
average American that if the facts
are given him will tor the most
part think straight and act in the
interest of the common good. If he
is taught the truth he can be made
a patriot. II he is allowed to listen
to false doctrines and to imbibe
prejudice, he may become an anarch-
ist.'
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Wants Competitor
To Cease Business

Minot, Aug. 24.-Judge John C..
Lowe in district court signed an or
der directing w. w. Writ and Gill
bert Johnson, of Ray, N. D., individ-
ually and as copartners doing bust
ness under the firm name of Writ
& Johnson, to show cause why a tenn
porary injunction restraining them
from continuing as such a firm
should not be made permanent. Ar
guments on the order are scheduled
to be held in Minot on August "a,
before Judge Lowe. w. j. Hanson,
also of Ray, is plaintiff in the action.
Back in November, 1917, according
to Hanson's complaint he purchased
an implement business from Writ,
the agreement including the purchase
of the good will of the concern and
also a clause which restrained Writ
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CHICKENS FOR
SATURDAY

Old and Spring. Old, 25c
per D. Spring, SEC. Spring
duclls 28c. Delivsred. Phone
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NOTICE TO WATER
CONSUMERS

The use of water for lawn
and garden sprinklers may
now be continued. The water
Will probably be a little more
muddy that it has been for
the past month, for the next
few days. We thank you for
your cooperation and patience
and assure you that before
many more months, your
trouble with dirty water will
be over for all time.
I. r. Atkinson,
City Engineer.
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from engaging in the same business
at Ray for a period OF 10 years.
Now according to the complaint,
Writ has re-engaged in similar bus
mess with Johnson, and Hanson
seeks to dissolve the firm.