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interested In the virtues Of the
amulet and the rabbit foot. ad
hominem, aid iflfinitum. Phantasms
lof the living, dual and multiple
personality, "obscessions, ETC., etc,
ETC., are studied by specialists in
various phases.
The correspondent flatters when
he suggests that I am the best
Qualified in the District" to an.
swer his difficulties But he spoils
the compliment by suggesting that
am ashamed to disclose" to tho
secular League my experiment.
ling"
Secular League Heard
On my initiative and by request
we have discussed this subject in
the open forum OF the Secular
League many times in my six
terms an president, and / have
specifically described my expert
ments for the edification OF large
audiences: it might be suspected
that some of my secularist friends
read my article in The Times
which evoked the inquiries I an
HWer.
In passing, it is soothing to re.
call the names of such deceased
experimenters In psychical fields
as Alfred Russell Wallace, Camille
Flammarion, Cesare Lombroso, WI
liam James columns could be
filled-who were never legally com
mftted as insane or totally depraved.
Did the catechist have q mini
obstat to publish his questions ana
answers? II so, and IL he viii
disclose his Tor herl identity and
whereabouts I shall be very glad
to dissovIe further difficulties in q
personal interview.
David EccIes Speaks
Editor Open Forum:
It is not likely that Mr.. Eckloff
will deign to notice the personal
insults of an ill-mannered moron
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IN sowing the seeds of this same
dismal approximation.
OF the 16 so-caIIed questions
of your correspondent, IL of them
are not questions at an, but allie
cations Of derogatory facts. In
vestigators are included with the
mediums IN his aspersions BY inu
endo. II, might be pertinent to
ask where he got all Of his 81.
legged facts as regards the vile
sayings and doings of these vile
mediums and their viIer associates.
Was he ut one time an expert.
menter, or did he just hatch them
out Of his own filthy s1spicions7
If he obtained them as an expert
nenter, perhaps he has given the
answer to his own question as to-
why experimenters are weak
minded, "effeminate,'' eccentric
afflicted with excessive egOtisna &
vulgar and obscene, etc.
Did he discover these experiments
tended to weaken his mind. and
gave them up? IL 50, i am afraid
he made the discovery too late; for
he has not vet recovered his moral
and mental balance. If he did not
experiment, II may be some Of his
''eviI spirits have been lying To
him. I have been an experimenter
and though regret to say ! never
discovered one OF these disembodied
evil spirits he would terrify us
with. I did discover enough e
truth IN all his uncharitable ut
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ton; but that isn't In the question
Candor impels me to resrect the
distinction the Questioner is care.
full to make between mediums and
experfmenters, and confess to nav
| ing read that well-known Eng
lish experimenter. J. Godfrey .2au,
pert, lost his reason. Said expert
mey1ter made q tour Of this country
a. decade or 50 ago lecturing before
religious novitiates and Summaries
presenting the view supported by
the c.lfcchism.
Another number in the question.
naire deals with 'obscene CONVEX
Sations between the NAL. members
of the circle and the spirits?"
My explorations must be incom.
plete for never witnessed such
an incident even during what the
inquirer has referred to as my
twenty years experimenting In
spirituaIisrn." And, parenthetically
am not q spiritualist--in any
senseand never have bseni
An examination Of a small part
OF the huge mass Of incidents re.
corded ana creditably attested in
the American and English societies
for rsyckical research will give
sorne idea Of the extent Of this
field
Fate Of Joan Of Arc
There are more things in heaven
and earth than were dreampt of
in EDratio's philosophy! The In
vestigator or experimenter today
need not fear burning at the
stake as Joan Of Arc was PEN
allied for giving heed to heaven
" voices; the prohibited index Is
impotent today, too. What II my
notice OF spiritistic phenomena
should be stepping stone to beau
tification In some distant day?
The psychic researcher who, so
journing in Italy, was witness to
wonderful cures among the faith
full generating a relic, bone of a
holy person long deceased; and
who. being an anatomist, examined
the bone and found it not human
(but to have been once a part of
the anatomy Of goat was still
interested in the cures. He was
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OPEN FORUM
for the discussion Of
PSYCHIC PHENOMENA

Editors NOte-Im last SGtatr-
days Psychic Phenomena Open
Forum, George u. Coz directed
more than a dozen questions to
the readers generally Of this col
m7nn and to Thomas B. EcklOn IN
particular, emphasizing at the
close of his questions that Mr..
EckIoff Mould not dare to answer
the questions.
Not only has Mr.. EckloT an
sUered them but dozens of others
haze sprung to the defense OF
spirituGIistic thought. Within the
nert fen days many Of the replies
to Mr.. Co1's questions OiH be
4,y-i3ated.
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SALM' s SHORES
FILL HALL.

Matrimonial worries don't affect
the slumber of Count Ludwig Salm
Won Hoogstraeten. The estranged
husband of Millicent Rogers. Stand
ard Oil heiress, was audibly snoring
in his room at the Mayflower Hotel
at 10 o'clock this morning, al
though he had retired before mid
night last night. an early hour for
Salm.
The count took precautions today
to prevent disturbance by news.
paper men, which caused his slun-
bers to be broken yesterday morn.
ing after a night of tango-ing.
The hall was guarded by hotel
employees, who kept all would be
visitors at least 10 feet from the
counts door. But the snores could
be heard a greater distance than
that.
The MayfIower Hotel manage
ment indicated tdoay that it expects
the count to remain in Washington
Tor at least the balance OF the
week.
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Photo by Information,

Photo by International
,ADRIENNE DORE
Miss Los Angeles at the Santa
Cruz (Calif) beauty pageant, who
Will throw on the switch which
will flood the auto show with
brilliant illumination.
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THE PRESIDE IT.
ENGAGEMENTS

1880 q. n1.-Eenat0r Robert
B. Howell.
1O:45 q. m. Representative
William r. Wood and Joseph
Healing, Indiana.
100 b. m. 8epres entattve
Edgar r.. Kfesa
11:3O q. m. Charles 8. Bar
rett,
11:45 a. m. Senator Frank
b. Willis and President John
w. Hoffman, Of Ohio Wesleyan
University.
IL noon Counselor Of the
French embassy to present
Princess Edmond de POIignac.
1915 b. m Senator John
w. Harold and Representative
8. j. Montgomery to present q
party Of Indians.
900 p. m.-Attend the re-
ceptiOn at the Congressional
Country Club.
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whb does not know the differ
ence between courteous 4ues-
ton and a covert slanderous IN
sinuation.
This freak Of nature" believes
in demoniacal possession; and only
needs the power his savage fore
fathers enjoyed to make short
work OF those modern tools OF
Beelzebub, the mediums. Out in
Mexico the other day, accord
ing to the dispatches, priest
was brutally maltreated by a mob
composed OF the same miseducated
freaks" to which your hate-in-
toxicafed correspondent belongs.
They charged him with nharbor-
Ing evil spirits" It was feakful
retributiou to overtake one who
probably had been Instruments;
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SIGNS TO COME TO U. s.
If ATLANTIC Is CALM

PARIS, Feb. 25.-Sacha Guitry,
French actor and playwright, is
reported OF have signed contract
to appear in the United States,
which contains a clause that he
will only go to America on calm
seas.
Sacha has a dread of NAL de mer
that is greater than the lure of
fat contracts.
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Viennese Physicians
Warn About Weight
Reduction
By International News Service

VIENNA, Feb. 25.-Viennese
physicians, after the death Of
two women from the effects of
weight reduction, have warned
their patients against drugs or
preparations, many of which
are monkey gland" prepare
tions, for reducing purposes.
Professors Halban, Schur and
Schlesiner state that many of
these preparations are harmless
except when taken in excess,
but they warn that too rapid
reduction of weight seriously
affects the heart and kidneys.
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HIGH COAL PRICE BOOSTS
NEW YORK LIVING COSTS

NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-Rise In
the price of coal caused the cost
Of living in New York to exceed
that Of any other city in the coun-
try, according to figures published
~ the merchants association.
The cost Of living here rose SO
per cent.
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CONGRESS
HONORS
HEROES

Congressional cognizance Of
the award of hero medals anc
merit bars through The Washing.
ton Times to Is members of the
Washington police and fire de.
partments at Central High School
next Monday evening at 8 O'Clock
is to be taken by at least three
members, namely, Senator Arthur
Capper, chairman of the Senate
District Committee; Representa-
tive Clyde Kelly OF Pennsylvania,
and Representative Frederick N
ZihIman, chairman of the House
District Committee.
Both Are 20 Speak
These three members Of Congress
have assured Commissioner Fen.
ming, Chief George Watson and
Major Edwin Hesse. they win De
present at the exercises next Mon
day evening and that each viii
make a short address to the heroes
who have been selected by a
citizenAi committee headed by Com
missioner Rudolph which included
AIRS. John Allen Dougherty. Mrs.
Darr, OdeIl 8. Smith, DR.. Edward
r. Gookin and Henry N. Brawner.
Happy Walker, one Of Washing.
tons noted impresarios, has vol.
unteered to furnish a program Of
music befitting the occasion OF
public honor for the most notable
defenders of Washington's life
limb and property and attendance
OF the Hill Billie Quartet has been
promised by its manager. Adolphus
Marks.
Two major gold medals will be
presented to the outstanding heroes
OF the two departments.
Detective Michael j. Dowd has
been selected by the citizens com.
mittee for the police gold medal and
Fireman William ]. Schmitz viii
receive the firemen's gold medal.
Because OF an outstanding deed
of heroism by Private Jacob Wolf.
of the police department, special
silver medal has been created for
him this year:
These three principal heroes, to-
gether with the ten others who
have been given honorable men
ton, and will receive merit bars
from the hands of Commissioner
Fenning, will be publicly honored
before a capacity house next Mon
day night. -
Others To Be HOnored.
The ten candidates for merit bars
are Private James H. Fling, Private
John Nichola, Private o. L. Black
well, Private T. NJ. Poland, and
Private j. II. Flaherty, of the Po-
lice Department and Lieut.. c. d.
Bartlemes. Private J. p. Wheeler,
Sergt. T. H. Green, Battalion Chief
A. c. Buscher, and Capt. d. II.
Burch, of the Fire Department.
Dowd, Schmitz, and Wolfe will
go to the White House tomorrow
at noon to be introduced to Presi-
: dent Coolidge.
All of the members of the two
departments who have received the
gold medals in the six previous
sears. and whom The Washington
Times has publicly honored, will this
week be guests at dinner of Fred
Buchholz, whose father, the late
Gus Buchholz was an honorary
member Of the police and firemen
hero medal club.
Representative Clyde Kelly Of
Pennsylvania, legislator who has
always been an ardent admirer of
Washington's public safety organi-
cations Will make the principal ad.
dress next Monday night,
Commissioner Fenning will present
the medals.
The public Is invited to be present
at this great gathering to do honor
to the police and firemen of Wash.
ington.
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minutes after 10 o'clock Maybe be
fore that. For | think | will win in
one or two rounds.
NY weight right now Is just as |
want it. The work ! will do from
now on will bring me down to 1S4
pounds when / step on the scales the
day of the match. | think. in fact !
know. that | will be at my best at that
poundaGe. | weighed 1862 pounds for
my last important match. that with
the rawhide and iron man. John
Risko. That was a little too much.
| should have weighed 1S4 pounds
that night. too.
have been asked what difference
one or two pounds can possibly make
to man of my weight. Well. tw
pounds on my frame may repreSer {
that amount of training that won II
have put me right on razor edge. Had
| done work enough to remove the
two and one-half pounds when [
fought Big John for Matt Hinkel and
Tommy McGinty out in Cleveland I
would have been right in the pink.
AS it was, | was a little off in my
shape.
CCopVrisht l9n6.b
Evening star., 1926-09-09
ONLY ONE new FACE
IN BIG TEN COACHES


BY the Associated Press.
TO the ranks of Western Confer
ence foot ball coaches the 1926 season
brings one new figure-that of Pat"
Page. who takes the reins at Indiana
University.
Page. who has disguised his given
name of Harold Orville. will take his
seat at the Big Ten table beside the
dean of conference gridiron strate-
eists. Amos Alonzo Stagg. who began
oaching at the University of Chicago
81 years ago and who was Pages
coach when the Indiana mentor was
student at the Maroon institution.
Runnerup to Stagg in length OF
service on Western Conference grid
ron side lines is Fielding II. Yost of
Michigan. who celebrates this year his
twenty-fifth anniversary as pilot of
the Wolverines. Robert G.. Zuppke at
Illinois and Dr.. John W. Wilce at
Ohio state are both beginning their
fourteenth year of service.
Two coaches in the conference start
their second season this year-George
Little at Wisconsin and DR.. Clarence
W. Spears at Minnesota. Younger
coaches in the conference include Burt
Ingwersen. who at 2S is beginning his
third season at Iowa: Glenn Thistle
thwaite. who has elevated the North
western team to a position of respect.
and James ID. Phelan, former NOtre
Dame star. whose efforts have pro
duced an acute attack of gonfalOn
fever at Purdue.
Four of the 10 conference coaches
are graduates of Big Ten schools. al
though no coach is serving his alma
mater Wisconsin gave Zupplle to
Illinois and Wilce to Ohio State. Illi-
nois turned out Ingwersen and Chi
cago is Pages school
Evening star., 1926-09-09
JUNIOR GOLFERS STRIVING
FOR ID. C.. CHAMPIONSHIP

Tending titlcholder and few other
the Capital. the Junior championship
IS final 18 holes at the Congress sional
Fifteen youngsters from clubs about
by Roland r. Mackenz and for d
father OF the titlcholder.
first match-play round is scheduled
for Sunday. Pairings, with starting
times, follow: I.
SATURDAY.
1855. l.. H. Green and John F. McCor.
100, f; T. Cummings and J. NJ Porter:
LOS. A; T. Bradley and F. J. Mulvey: 10,
Harry Grant and f. L. Hutchinson: j 5.
Fred Walen and p. 6. Knox: 20. G.. W. Nc
and and { & caHna caSnsfE 5s S. G b. cna cfnmpse snd
Norman B. Landreau: i 40 NJ. A. Q, Brien
STUNT and Perry Hoover: :55. William
Williams and l.. /; Steele.
o. o3 hnssh Mh,d and G. ene ! H bowne! n F0lso%
W. L. Heap and w NJ. Jackson 2:l5. Ralph
Benton and F: c. steffan: go W. H. Bats
son son" and % Lea s.sser $50 q anton % ste!nsr as
A. Hauser.
SUNDAY.
sSS: R,.a, Mo%59n 5Il,, ar ard FarcIosh
George Foley and r. j. O'Connor: $40, W
Henaersen and and B. kesseRer: R%" $50 Homes s",sf
Booth and Joseph Sherrier..
9:o5. B. N. Manly and c, I. Putnam; 9 40
HornaG pnskes; B Prost and and smn G csrk s5
Heitmuller and c. NJ Newton.
Evening star., 1926-09-09
HORSES TO CONTEST .
FOR TROPHY SUNDAY

The Rock Creek challenge cup, now
held by Capt. Williamson's Becky
Sharp, goes into competition again on
Sunday at the Rock Creek Hunt Club
jumps near Pierce Mill.
Chairman F. c. Montuori is expect
ing a large number Of entries for the
contest over the course, consisting of
brush, stone wall. solid fence and rail
jumps. j..
The field for the opening event of
the series. which will be continued
each Sunday at 1880, will include
Lynch's Mary Bennington. Gwynne
Rusts Winnie, A. r. Heinrich's Cres-
cent. G. P. Plummer's Buddy and
Madeline Aleshire's Virginia. Roland
Dawson and Charles Carrico of the
Riding and Hunt Club also are enter
ing mounts and are expecting to make
better showings than in the SprI1g
series.
Lieut.. Col. c. F. Messner, S. j.
Henry and Melvin c. Hazen have been
named as judges for Sundays compe-
titiOn.
Evening star., 1926-09-09

customary tactics when they face
each other, it looks as though the
short 10-round distance ought to
work out better for the champion
than for the challenger in view of
his long lay-Off. What Dempsey has
done in practice so far indicates that
he will be able to maintain speed
throughout the fight.
Tunney will have to keep sending
in those body blows in the hope
that his rival will be weakened and
thus become an easy target as the
rounds progress.
A fighter away from the game for
any length of time may shape up fine
in his work -outs and appear to have
the old speed and punch The rava ges
of idleness do not show because they
are not on the surface. But when
the battle becomes warm, few well
placed body wallOpS exact heavy
toll, This is the law of precedent
The body must become Injured to
punishment and big gloves worn by
sparring partners will not show up
the weakness. What does bare the
flaw is rapid pace and stout blows
from fist encased in "A small glove
Tunney. one may bet, knows bet
ter than any one and the fight will
see him digging into the stomach and
wind.
Evening star., 1926-09-09

talked Dempsey out of that idea. Then
Dempsey came out fiat with pro-
posal to fight again on big scale.
Doc. YOU go to New York and see
Rickard and the other promoters Go
see 'the commissioners. Have them
wire out here If necessary and I'll
tell them everything is okay and that
I'm ready to fight"
We left the best Of friends. ! had
no notion Of what was in his mind
I didn't realize that he was so full of
the double-cross. When l got to Chi
cago. I picked up the papers and saw
a statement from him saying that he
was going to fight for FitZsimmons. l
wired back and told him not to give
out statements like that. as he was
only tripping himself up by fooling
around with fly.by-night promoters.
came on to New York and went
was ready to sign for Dempsey. and
he could name the man. Rickard said
that he was ready to sign also.
We agreed to put up $25 900 in cash
each of us as a sign of good faith. 1t
was to be Wills or any man Rickard
selected. IF Dempsey doesn't go for
you. III forfeit the $4,000. II told
Rickard.
We went to the commission and
they reinstated Dempsey and myself
on the strength of it. At the same
time l got my license to second
Mickey Walker against Dave Shade.
l wired Dempsey that I had signed
him to meet Wills or any man
Rickard picked out. 1 sent him q
long letter explaining the whole sit
uation.
After the Rickard story had broke
in the press Dempsey came out with
a story in Los Angeles that he was
going on. to Chicago to meet Floyd
F'itZsimmons and other men there to
sign for match with Harry Wills.
The yarn ran that he was to get
$500 900 for his end and that Kearns
would get his percentage. Some
three weeks later he came on to Chi
cago and, believe. signed some sort
of an agreement whereby he was to
fight Wills. This was three weeks
after I had signed him with Richard.
Paddy Mullins and Wills went out
there and lot of fuss was made over
the signing I wired Mullins not to
close out there and advised him to
come on to New York and close with
Rickard. I've made the matches for
these other managers ever since
Dempsey has been champion. so I
me. He didn't. He went right
through with his deal with FitZsim-
mons and those other fellows from
Evening star., 1926-09-09

South Bend against our advice. I'm
sure that had he come to New York
and signed with Rickard the Dempsey
and Wills match would have been
closed and would have been on the
boards this Summer.
Since then I've been busy with
Rickard as we'll as other promoters
negotiating a Dempsey and Wills and
a Dempsey and Tunney bout. Demp
sey finally signed to meet Tunney.
The bout will be fought this month
and should be n corking fight. The
winner? Well, don't know. Demp
sey has been out long time. I'd be
classed as stupid if tried to tell you
that he is or can be as good as he
was.
stated far back in these tales
that Dempsey will never see the day
that he can shape up as he did at
Toledo against Willard. No man who
ever lived could have beaten him
that day. Despite any CUFF to the
contrary, he was at his tip that day.
He had to be. | hear yarns about
this old champion or that old cham
pion being able to take Dempsey.
Never in the state he was when he
licked Willard. He was the greatest
fighter that ever lived that day. Other
days may have been different.
I'll go next into the story Of his
experiences with women and how he
had to duck the beautiful and allur-
ing. These are amazing experiences.
I doubt If the public at large has
any thought of what an army of
schemers. pretenders and silly dolls
deliberately cross the path Of a great
ring champion.
Dempsey was no different from the
rest. though in this case the army
was greatly increased more because
he was a bit shy on the woman queS.
ton than anything else. Besides that
he was the best ballyhooed champion
Of them all. l admit that with a
blush, but it's true, and / guess the
world agrees with me.
He was big and powerful and his
clothes. thanks to my tailors, fitted
him like gloves. Women like well
dressed champions. 1t was that way
the same when the cave men wore
their leopard skins at a certain rakisf
angle.
Will Tell of Vampires.
The love notes, the mushy dream
letters. the traps. the pitfalls and the
badger games at their best were tried
on the champion. He got them com
ing and going. Never was he safe
from the spell Of peacocks of the
world. I think their attempts TO be
guile Jack Dempsey forms an i'm
portant chapter Of boxing history
important or not. it is at least read
able and 1 intend to set it forth IN
NV next article. l know that read
ers will be astonished over the antics
Of some Of the gentlewomen of this
world. I've strange story to tell
tomorrow, about Dempsey and the
vampires.
(Copyrght. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-09-09
PENN BUYS COVERING
FOR FOOT BALL FIELD

University of Pennsylvania foot
ball team will have dry playing field
in the future regardless of the ele-
mentS. according to Ernest b. CoZens,
graduate manager of athletics.
He has announced that the council
on athletics has purchased cover.
ing for the gridiron that will be water
proof.
The covering will be 80 yards by
100 yards. and will be of 1O-ounce
Army duck. treated chemically to
make it absolutely waterproof. 1t will
be made in four sections, with two
pieces additional to cover the end
zones.
Ohio State and Illinois also have
purchased coverings.
Evening star., 1926-09-09


| hit him with blows that caused his
big frame to sag his legs couldn
stand the strain and down he'd 60
I've won my fights because | can
punch q bit. but all the punching l
can do never alone would have won
for me. For l had to take my past
ings. The boys cracked my chin
lot Of times, and I'd do the usual sag
Ging.
But my legs we're good. they sup
ported the weight of my temporarily
slumped body. and as soon as tns
weakness would get off my head I'd
be okay again.
So in all these days since my last
defense of the title I've never tailed
through a single one to remenper'
and TO heed. the golden rule OF an
athlete. Take care of your legs.
tCopyright 1920