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Show Will Edison Be Able to Solve Problem? By HARRY F. I UD IR. THE Interest occasioned by the visit of Sir OIKcr l.CKigo und the publicity given to the themo of his lectures may be likened to a breeze In comparison -with the storm j( protest am) hcate.l J.-CUSSton J.-CUSSton that has marked the entry of Thottias A. Edlsbn Into the problematical and is many would have it the forbidden field of psychical research. The determined a ep Ii eares nothing for the fact that many of the more eminent scientists of Curoie have Joined the ranks of the believers in the possibility possi-bility of Intercomniunleotlon being established estab-lished between those of this world and "that oibcr." nor Is he interested by reason that the European clergy in tncreaslug numbeis have professed their willingness to investigate investi-gate the statements of tho "plrilu llsi- " To flic stud-nt of the subject either from the scientific or philosopliieal Bi pacts ihe most remarkable feature or .Mr- Edison's nounccment in his emphatic attitude toward lh published views ol his European con-teinjporatlcs con-teinjporatlcs in the llelds of science and who have asserted that the essential teachings of lha orthodox creeds are to be found in tills u'.tra-modern conception of the term "im-Hi' "im-Hi' rtailfy" and that "spiritualism." a a religion, re-ligion, has its outward nnd visible signs in what is scientifically classed as "pajrchl phenomenal" phe-nomenal" When? tho meaning of trie phni m.V apply In so far as the physical happen- i jjjmjuaaa lngs o: the scuncv room are concei neo, ens word ' visible'' may be accepted in a wider sense. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, one of the more asKressive apostles of spiritualistic thought, i;,, burled a warning at the established churches tht will hud a worldwide echo should Edison succeed in his determination to solve the problem of spirit communication. . It would seem Impossible for any human mlrid to srasp the full import of that success in that Its consummation would demand a i construction of the varied rorms of Chrls-i,.in Chrls-i,.in needs to conform to a universal acceptance ac-ceptance of. as Conn- Doylo styles the new ihought. "The New I'.evelstlon." In his opinion It rests with the church to accept n form of belief that revolutionizes all aee-old aee-old teachings as a duty that must be per-,,. per-,,. ed by the church authorities no matter r.-hat sacrifices such may entail- Those who arc familiar with the aried forms of psychic phenomena ran best understand the reasoning reason-ing that stands back of the gifted author's strenuous defiance of the ridicule and abuse of those who have denounced all medium-iMlcally medium-iMlcally gifted persons as frauds: that purported pur-ported manifestations by the "dead" find their source in the "devils" and lhal he, ' nan Doyle, and his colleagues are uvn-t.iiy uvn-t.iiy de del en I or the victims of rc: uery. The foregoing m"y serve to convey an Idea of the factorship of Edison's success In any action the established churchca would la'ce should that success determine as he himself him-self has expressed il either that spirit communication is possible and can be systematized sys-tematized scientifically or that It has never et been actually experienced by any human being and never will be Tho dominant nolo of the assertions accrelited to the greatest living inventive genius is his regarding the result of his own experiments and investigations investi-gations as a definite and Incontrovertible solution so-lution of life after death ' problems ard even to tho extent of the possibility of his preparing to assert that "death" is but an-. an-. :lirr word for "annihilation" of the human being, physically and spiritually. Edison Is Neutral, Taking Sides Neither With Science Nor the Church. It may be taken for gtanted that each and every word published In Mr. Edison's magazine maga-zine interview had been carefully weighed i d analyzed before being submitted to print ii, the cpd ol ii. n I ing no possioie misunderstanding misun-derstanding of his assertion lhal the instfu-mi instfu-mi i i be la presently engaged upon will pro e that spirits can or cannot communicate communi-cate with this world. Considering the vast importance of his undertaking one can resdily real hie the truth f "he words of that famous British statesman, w. E ciatlston-. In his statement when becoming a chart-r member of (he (British) Psychical Hesearch. Society, that "the subject (psychical re- i h) is not only important but by far the most important of any subject" Where the world at large is more or less familiar with the varies phases of "nn-dlupiahip" "nn-dlupiahip" as purported channels of commu-nlcatlon commu-nlcatlon with "the beyond." it Is not genen-allj genen-allj Known that others hav e preceded Edison attempts 'to devise delicately sensitive instruments calculated to serve as a means of transmission of communication with dla-carnato dla-carnato entities, but so far without a parent par-ent ly achieving a measure of success warranting war-ranting the attention or indorsement of tlii more eminent men who have identified litem selves with the progress of spiritualistic belief. On the other hand, a number of scientists of Continental Europe have professed pro-fessed their opinion that an instrument designed de-signed by two eminent authorities on electricity, elec-tricity, liquid air and compressed gae. of Holland, have satlsfacto. ly and conclusively proven Its efficiency in a long series of successful suc-cessful results In its supernormal application. applica-tion. I M s .1 r, W P. Matla and G. .'. 'Uialber? v. in SSelat, the scientists referred to. ha.e. according to their statements published in n volume entitled "The Mystcrv of Death,'' devoted over twenty years In experimenting ..ii what would seem to be-along tfca llns of Ed ion, in that electricity plays' apparently an Important part In the construction of their Instrument and Its operation. Such however, c-jn only be determined when tin time comes for the latter's announcing il"i success or Otherwise of his research work Where tlio nrlneinla of ttim in, i.ni,n Dutch acientista are available for publication and reasoning upon one cannot, on that account- anticipate or decide that the essentln". m. ai M al . onstructton of the "dynamisio -graph." as Drs. Matla and van ZelM hav nami : iheir contrivance, has its counirrpirt lii ihe Instrument that Edison is at work upon. Machine Invented by Dutch Scientists May B Like Edison's. There 1. at ihe name time, a similarity in the deductions of the Inventors of the "dy-namlstograph" "dy-namlstograph" and Mr. Edison in thit the former contend that the "spirit" of a dead human being Is composed of molecules and thai communication may be established where sonic method may be devised that Will lie: not the gatiicriiiK together of the myri l of invtaibls atoms and in thus having hav-ing (ossumcdly) provided for the concentrating concen-trating of any mental or physical force that may be retained after the dissolution attendant at-tendant upon the process of "death" permits Its manifestation through the medium of an instrument of ihe essentially delicate eharae. ter necessary to assist and control lha operation. This principle would seem, from the pnb llshtd description of the "dynamlstograph " to have ben riven the fullest consideration and attention where the Inventors claim that a cylindrical shaped chamber, as prm of the eoulpment of the device, serves the purposes or . oi . e,, (rating the Inflnlteslmally atomic Particles assumed to compose the manifesting manifest-ing . iii i . In He earlier sta;cs of their experlment- Doctors Mdt I a and j J Van ZeisSt of Holland ! Weighed a Ghost and Found It Tipped She Scale at Two and ! il One-quarter Ounces Ing i irdboard flrun haped c: h -r t t . about two-fifths the i of an average adi: & human body represented their progreaa I This was placed in a small structure spc- 1 fcf,r j - il- built, and with a con. retc floor, and so 9 constructed that earth vibrations cot; V59. account for an;, phenomena demonstrated. 1 BH The cylinder was hermetically eaicd an l t fitted with a thermometer tliat registered fhs' : displacement of air in the ,u.'i- . . deii-ji.- .j J tho presence of liquids or solids accounting J or such displacement, . I'y, The form of their acquiring what hy g$' retarded as being the result of direr! effort fl on the part of manifesting spirits'' m - te then f.uMi i-.'.v assist- 9 9J i. ! II 'in, I'll ' ' I'll jj fl Pt Hull re.picvl (odd liiaiufc ! utCi mg J aBst the sealed cylinder and. as the erratic move- j mcnt of the alcohol In the thermometer tube I JT TCjt recm-ded. . ontrn- t or c p ird "'. 'ik '? ill ' i.( j the manifesting ton e. -' With tho progress of their experimenting 1 Ii Ihw i, irf. t,. :i :.ll "e- . . Ill : . ( i r . .ii JJVij ploj ed until ti . : . . - r a ' ; gi own adult was ised : . n tho thermometer recording that the entire I Interior of this cylinder wj- o 'ipied i,.- t fiy something olher than the air it contained at instil the ..ommenceinent of ih. f.niniint a SjgsalB method of weighing the ylli der and its in- ju W' itple i . ... it - " 't prtrt' iha. he experimenters deduced that hs j v1'- ght of their (purported) dladarrn 'iif, municant was approximately two and a I quarter ounces. It would seem that th:: stage of their I unique undertaking il ''di; in in Hi- dire, n of i thosi- 9 99 Ij COOperatOrs With the means m demon- ': ijill i their respective individuality and In- 9 99 telligcnce In other words, to prove that r n - force behind :l.-e imvu u..i, .io e- t. ..... n t-W at :he o-. upant of the ' : i 11 -.y'w knowledge of a human being and the ip-i',. -:rrr gence to manifest thai knowledge In a man- I 'jf! sue 9 99 ess of the Instrument as scientifically solv- I' J v ! ing the problem of communication between I ZZL this and other spheres. ' ' Weighing the Spiritual Collaborator Showed Him or Her at j'4 Ounce- s-aa;i have reputations for sclentillc slsill I J and personal Integrity In Scandinavian En- M ' rope on a parallel with those of Sir Glivr I ' Lodge, the late Sir "011113111 Crookes and. lit fc( .1.' Known scientist. Their belief til J trim then- li.iving been assisted in a prae'e .! n..v j bail the 1 oiiimiini. ntinc entities with whom 9 99 ihey sought contact In the course . etrjt 1 endreds of recorded instances of purported 9J 99 ". rrespondenco ' was duplicated ln the m 1 lB-i !l s'-ince of the late 1 r. Crawford of tlie m Bjait Queen's University, r:-;''.Tt. i,, , ,1 ... , t tlW ....... ... , fLi I " ii'joooieio.i 1 vvuiks ori .-no t' i im v.- -mm H entTic investigation of the occult detail th 9J lie 9J 91 termed hhem. "operators'" in his dcducilcii Ij SaJ u.. in the percussive force applied In th 9J 99J urse of his experiments and such f.-rn - r "de method of-"thcir" sugse-tion; as to 9 9J9 hr.w he could besl assure rc - "' 1 om 1 hem." (iiito Ifter-some twent yen . ' . . 1 j idrtia tl-ele.y nieniul and physical efforl thi Du 'tH- a marked su, ,.-. from -'i - R ceeding in correlating the molecular atotns 91 tz as providing for a manli 1 Ihe full,' tnStl-J- 9J 99J . ..iiiinuiiic.Hion the.r "dv naniisio- H 99J graph." apparently satisfied them that the)' 9J 99J had achiev ed a definite stage of heir r- H 99J - ' i 1 uial identification of the com- mutt munlcating entities and 1 .'in gn 9J 99J and ablll to assist thi uerli j " fiai . .-t 9Jtas. maj be more Blmpl ., 9jlWu : he muf h dr bn , . 1 and an 9999 ordinary typewriter, with, in addition to theP" cylinder a Ire mi, , r tvrrr.i . ., ,r.i . yii-t- 9J' dcr 1. as cor99H in," the nismfesllng , on ' afned in 99J one WiTh th99H b, the manifesting foiee ihe .- c : fern " merals rer,uired to form complete words anil RT 9TM through the medium of m Inkt ribbon flfcii'jj were Impnnleii ' pa:-' Sla2 -.- !i the r .... ' 9KJ! With the .y pi.-- 1 mem- K?! btane in the slightest of ., ,J.;li. a' 9tq :vance was set at trori: that nrrmd an jj5i With the result that tl ' ''' W "'are Imprinted upon the strip 1 Hl J In Dry Weather Spirits Vorked Best; In Vet. Electrical Device Wa Altered. K .lev h'J 1 .tetion cf the numbe: 9998 and crouplngs "f j 'i ' 1 Mi." ., ,' ; nt tan numerals, was o placed behind m blank disc that each lott.-r apr.eared m mr thc outer dis. . Synchi I " revolution of the lettered and number.- - W J and tht appearance consecutively of ecn 91 dupti- 999 ta type letter fell int.. I 'Of Pi to be recorded on 'the depression of lh t membrane. , mPic explanation or h I It Operation of the elaborately .lrsUned :"?c!l' 99 apparent th- theor.v of the J Inventors tliat the invisible man 1 9l. had human intelligence and -.til.' a knowl- J the 999J forming, alio the physical power to rt-prc 99H the membran key at the right moment a. 9991 ,nc liters or numbers required al:art 999 Bperture I.' . '- espaclall bo w1,- . v . ., I t Holland ha- extended rW 999 eaaens Mth the on . 9PiJ r,e 999J r,;;' T the expo, .nn, !:. v 'l;i'99ll7"a, the manifesting force was of ' ' 9?C " 999J |