Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1931 — Page 5

■TER FRETS Rmdelays MiOFONBOOKS Mo! English l inn Has Souvenirs From |9 Author HB| — » (l.niy T. Russell, Stuff Correspondent \pril I.Y XU.RI' -A card |HK „ r , : ,. Bernard Shaw on HK J!S ,(.>, ribed him as "my . prized among the r*_X finable .souvenirs of printer of the HL, | ;,emas Hardy. Shaw. Walpole anti other diswriters. W ho last year was presidi,, (-'etiolation of Master t id the United Press h.tppt m'tl to receive tile compliment. had rejected as nnsatisfacmodels embodying his |H. IS to how his Intelligent c ad. io Socialism and ■hi, ..(mold be printed. Max H,„ pttulm < d his own design book anti sent it to the H author. It was accepted H. i (lowing comment. "You Ee tdlved all my difficulties and to make me a perfect 11 Autographed Copy H when the book was preH explained Maxwell. “GBS H,j enough to send me a ami inscribed: Maxwell, my collaborC It the making of this book ." the amount of work in the printing of Shaw's explained that 20 lettlei'e at present employed exon Shaw assignments: are always being rehe added. Then smil-

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Medium Exposes Ericks In Spiritual Seances * * * « « « Nino I ecoraro, Tired of Supposed Physic 1 owers, Discloses Means Through Which He Gained Fame as a Medium. v ~ ..» jswki PHWBgWWESM''> M j'"'-'-!- ■-- tied tMkwe 3'p ISg «KtsK £*®Sss»k - g £ *-T : '• ? « ■ HW : I : / ? |(».. ® --.i..' <i» 4"' J - &ACK IN bONDS AFTEF PAYING &ANJO • THE UTE SIR A CoNAN OoYCb Nino Pecoraro, one of the world's best known mediums, relates how he successfully beguiled the famous Sir Arthur Conan Dpyle into believing that the little Italian was possessed of psychic powers. In a series of demonstrations Nino unfolds the veil of mystery from many of the strange happenings heretofore common at seances and further asserts that he has never seen a ghost, and doesn’t want to.

NEW YORK. April 14. — For eleven years Nino Pecoraro did all the work and the spirits got all the credit. This has been revealed i through the disclosure of the j famed medium, that all his ' ‘spirit" Phenomena have been ' produced through trickery. The great Nino who some time I ago. among many other astonish--1 ing disclosures declared that in a seance he had ascertained that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini were together in the great beyond, even though they were so far apart in life. The creator of Sherlock Holmes and the famed magician according to JPecoraro were floating together on the planet Saturn, enjoying the extramundane spheres as only spirits can. Now the shades of mystery are drawn aside for the first time and 1 Nino reveals how he hoodwinked the noted Britain even in life, and relates how his hands are the only "spirits" that have been performing. Doyle was one of Nino’s champions in the eleved-year controversy over the. little Italian's supposed psychic powers. He first met Nino in 1922 and wtus greatly impressed by a seance which was really only partly successful. Nino was bound securely to a <hair and placed in a curtained cabinet. Apparatus moved weirdly i about on a table just before the cabinet and mysterious noises filled the room, according to Sic Arthur's own account of the inci i — ——

I "But you never know wtiat conies ' next with Shaw." he continued. I (“For instance, there is the case of | | his collected edition. It was begun more than ten years ago! One; thing after another interposed. First his St. Joan interrupted the progress. My -compositors had oeen occupied with the setting up | of the collected edition for months, | but GI3S would not look at any 'proofs while he was writing, then | rehearsing and producing St. Joan. I When this was all over we breathed a sigh of relief, for work on the collected edition would now be resumed . • • but not for long. Letter Became Book “One day, Shaw sat down to reply to a letter from his sister-in-law. ‘After I had written the first tew lines, he told me, 'I knew 1 would write a volume. It was the Intelligent Woman's Guide.’ Again Uncollected edition had to be shelved; after which work was once more resumed. Bui it. was too good lo be true. One morning I received a card from GBS: 'Last night 1 slept, well', he wrote, 'When I woke up tills morning everything was bright and sunshiny—so I started |a new play. What mice your colilected edition now?’ That was I‘The Apple Tart.’ Only after Uns 1 production did GBS consent to resume work on the edition of which, about two-thirds of the volumes have now been published. I Maxwell tells many good stories: about famous authors and he has a,

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.dent, lot some expected phenomena didn't appear. The trouble really was that Nino was a little i too tightlv tied that time. Sir ArI thur was much' impressed, but con- ■ fessed his disappointment because ; no spirits put in an appearance. In a recent series of demonstrations the famed medium revealed what constitutes a spirit trick. Bound securely with loop after II loop of clothes-line-lashed to ' a shair. and placed in a curtained i cabinet —this time, however,* the . lights were on. Instead of as is i customary in the usual seance. Presently Nino’s hand, impossible i to mistake, stuck out through the ■ cut tain. , I Things began 'to happen. The 1 band played a tambourine, wrote 'spirit messages "on a slate, waved ' a handkerchief, and otherwise proI duced phenomena which might , have been really mysterious in a II darkened room. The little Italian has reproduced all his stunts in public, admitting I .lankly that he did them by sliding I out. of his bonds. Another wrig- : gle and Pecoraro was inside the ' ropes again, and his mittens were I on his difninutive hands. Pecoraro tells that in all his i years as one of the world's best kinown mediums, he has never seen a ghost, neither does he believe has anyone else. However, he is through with seances, and hence- ■ forth will confine himself to painting, acting and writing for his J livelihood, leaving the beguiling of j the credulous to others.

I collection of authors' proofs, manu[scripts autograph letters and books w hich is believed to be unique. ! Among these are two charming let- ■ ters from Thomas Hardy about ; Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie I Annie Laurie, written not long before his death, following Maxwell's last visit to the great English novelist. • o ■ Cigaret Stub Costs $lO Prescott, Ariz., April 14. —(U.R)- —, Tossing a lighted cigaret stub aside is costly in this vicinity judging' from the experienco'of Bert Walsh who was fined $lO when he pleaded guilty to dropping a cigaret in thePrescott National forest area. The discarded stub started a small forest fire. 0 Breweries Increase Output Hermosillo, Sonora, April 14. (U.R)—A demand for more beer in Mexican towns boardering California and Arizona has forced the Sono/a brewery here to install $20,-[ 000 worth of nerf- machinery in preparation for the 1931 summer season. The new equipment con sisls of a machine which will wash 96 bottles per minute and a pasteurizer. oThree Sets of Twins for Bossy Goldsboro, N. C., April 11. —4U.R) —Will Handley's cow has given birth to seven calfs during her life, I including three sets of twins.

OLDEST LEAD MINE CLOSED Holla. Mo., April 14 (UP)- Mine j LaMotte, the oldest lead mine in I Arilerica, has been closed down. F>r more than two centuries 'these workings in Madison County Missouri, had been operated, but ! now, when most of the mines of I the Ozarks are being equipped with I modern machinery, this ♦historic mine is being abandoned. Mine La Motte was started with funds supplied by Louis XIV of France. Antone de la Motte, working under a patent from the French government, discovered it in 17111. Resolutions of Respect Olive Rebekah Lodge, No. 86 We, the committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to our i departed sister, Emma Helm, whose death occurred March 31, would submit the following: Whereas, it has pleased in His j all-wise, mysterious providence to , call from us to His realm above, i the spirit of our departed sister, and while we bqw in humble stile mission to the divine call, it is but fitting that we bear testimony to her good qualities and express in this manner our deep sorrow, and while we mourn her untimely decease. our heartfelt sympathy goes ' to her sorrow stricken family and friends, for them it is an irreparable loss. Resolved, That we extend to her family and friends our heartfelt symathy in this, their time of sorrow and commend them to the infinite love and mercy of God. Resolved, That our charter be I draped in mourning for thirty days, anil a copy of these resoluj tions be spread on the minutes of ' the lodge, a copy of the same be sent to the family of the deceased sister and also a copy be published in our citv paper. BESSIE SQUIER, A. M. HELM. CLARA E. DRUM. Committee.

Would Reduce Taxes Indianapolis, 'April 15 —(U.R) —A tpx-reduetion program in Indiana was considered by the Indiana I Taxpayers' Association. in its meeting here today. Taxing officials will receive visits from representatives of the j association during the next few i weeks. "Indiana is virtually the only state that has lowered its taxes j during recent years.” Harry i Miesse, secretary of the aseociaI tion, said. "Most states show an ' ini ease of six per cent or more.” The program of the association ' as outlined at the meeting, is to start with local units, carry the 1 campaign through the counties, and then “demand that the state do its part." Beaten With Egg-Beater Bridgeport, Conn., April 14.^—(U.R) —Charging his wife struck him with an egg-beater, Lewis Ruscoe. Stamford insurance broker, brought suit for divorce in Superior court I here. Dog Likes His Vegetables New London, Conn , Apr. IL—(U.R) —A three-year-old bulldog owned by George R. Morris, Jr., vegetarian. never has eaten meat or dog biscuit. The dog, unusualy healthy, was raised on vegetables and . orange juice. Dog Guarded Dead Master — White Sulphur Springs. Mont., April 14. —(U.R) —When Lewis GrimI sted of Ringling started overland on foot, only to be afflicted by a heart attack and to die from exposure, his dog watched over the body until a search party arrived on the scene. Q Square Dance Tonight — Friday night the opening Round Dance night at Suni Set Park.

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The body of William Karstens being carried from the Chicago! Sanitary District sewage tunnel which was swept by fire last night, killing ten men. The men carrying the body are members of the Chiiiigo fire department.

Stockholders To Appear ■ — » Hammond, Ind., April 15—-(UP) Stockholders of the defunct First Trust and saving bank of Hammond are asked to appear in court May 11 to answer receivers’ suit for 100 per cent assessment against them, in a summons to each of the 233 stockholders. The suit, filed by A. M. Turner and Vv. C. Belman, receivers, wiil be heard in Hammond superior court. An assessment of SIOO on each of the 10,000 outstanding shares is sought. New Racket Is Uncovered Chicago, April 15—(VP)— Two women one styling herself a "Baroness" were taken from their Gold

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Coast apartment today, in raids by the state's attorney's office and questioned regarding charges they provided girl companions for wealthy men at SSO each. Card indexes containing' names of girls be'ween the ages of 15 anti , 20 were seized in the apartments. The woman. “Baroness” Gather ine Kuhlewind, 50, and Mrs. Sane ■ Stanton. 43, were quoted as each accusing the other of supplying’ the • inspiration for their separate bu r i similar enterprises. Mrs. Ku’ilewindt's records contained the names of more than 35 girls, their ages, color of hair, and remarks regarding attractiveness. Mrs. Stanton's card index was i smaller but more carefully kept, ac'j cording to autorities. — u— ——— ——— - Get the riaon—i rad£ at

AID FOR BLIND OF WORLD OBJECT OF CONVENTION Delegates From 35 Nations Convene In New York By Harry W. Frantz, UP. Staff Correspondent New York, April 14.—<U.R)t- Louis Braille, a young Frenchman, more , than a century age, learned that |, the blind can reao more readily I, from raised dots than from the rais-l] ed letters of the ordinary alphabet. The name of Braille and the "Braille System." which he invent- ‘ ed will be uppermost in the minds t o' representatives from 35 countries that convene here today in I the first world conference on work i for the blind. 1 The Nations Tn this great enterprise, Presi- 1 dent Hoover’s official invitation was accepted by Argentina, Australia. Austria, Belgium, Brazil, "Bulgaria, Canada. Chile. China, Columbia, Czechoslovakia. Denmark. Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, - Greece. Guatemala, Holland, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan. Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Rumania, South Africa, Spain. Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay and' Yugo-Slavia. i The United States alone has about! 150,000 persons who are totally blind. The world total cannot be estimated but the conference will attempt some approximate determination. The number certainly willi reach into the millions. This world wide population of the blind constitutes a tremendous "reading public", consequently the uniformity and standardization of instrumentalities becomes of vital importance. The conference, therefore, is likely to discuss the prac-! ticability of a universal “Braille System." Methods Studied Methods of education for the, blind will be studied and particular; i attention will be given to methlods for the rehabilitation of the ! blind. The experience of various ;countries in the employment of the j blind in factories, shops and schoolp will be reviewed. Other sections of the conference

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will study new scientific developments of aid to the blind a« reading machines and school and li- | brary equipment. The use of dogs ; as guides to the blind will be discussed. After sessions in New York from j April 14 to 17 the conference delegates will tour Eastern United States visiting institutions concerned with the welfare of the blind. On April 22nd they will go to Washington, where receptions by President Hoover has been planned. —— —-o • Parole Is Approved Indianapolis Ind., April 15 —(UP) - A parole for Clarence Davis, 28, sentenced to Indiana state reformatory for embezzlement of funds from the Crawfordsville Municipal light plant, has been approved by Governor Harry G. Leslie. Davis has served less than four months of a two to 14 year term, Davis’ pardon was urged by a group of Crawfordsville citizens in a petition to the governor. Two members of the reformatory pardon board favored the parole in a meeting last week. — o Strawboard Blant Opens Mt. Vernon, Ind., April 15. —<U.R) -rßesmnption of operation of the Mt. Vernon Strawhoard Company, which has been idle since last August, was promised for the last of May, with completion today of ' reorganization under a community sale program. ! The company was recently incorporated for $125,000. and $60,000 of stock has*been sold. The plant was purchased from the Graham Paper Company of St. Louis. One hundred ten men will receive I employment in the plant, it was announced.

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