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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14
Effect of VIII on Mind.

1t Il the win alone that can make material
seats for mind, and when made they are the
most personal things in a mans body. In
fact, they are the only examples oftheir kind
in his physical frame. because. though he
cannot make one hair OF his head white or
black. he can and does make speech centers
inside Of his head. to say nothing Of other
centers OF most varied faculty. So long as
his brain matter does not become set Is
potters would express II. by the lapse OF
years he deals with his cortical gray matter
by the exercise OF memorizing habit, as the
potter deals with wet clay. And wondrously
does he fashion II. until It no more resembles
the same gray matter on the other side OF his
head in mental capacities than unfashioned
clay resembles Portland vase. How could
this clay itself make this peerless vase?
Considering that 1t Is not brain which
makes man. but man who makes one OF his
brain hemispheres human in mental facul-
ties, We might say that II human per
sonnlity would enter young chimpanzees
brain. where Il could md all the required
cerebral convolutions. an ape could then
grow into a true inventor or philosopher"
We can do what we will The variety Of
voluntary acts is practically unlimited, be-
cause the will by virtue OF its nature Is free.
II Is therefore the highest attribute of per-
sonaHty Il makes OF the mind a servant
for its own good, but, like the mind, Il may
grow intellectually. There is no power in man
that so grows by exercise or more quickly
weakens and atrophies by disuse than will
The man who Is taught or exercises self
restraint is developing his Will power. and
with will power he has what a noted philoso-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14

Boots and shoes In New Zealand, sizes and
qualities considered. average much dearer
than in the United States The prices range
from about Sl75 for colonial made, split
pegged boots. size 8, up to about 81 for the
best kinds obtainable. Although consider
able use is made OF American machinery
grindery Qesther workers materially, and
leather. yet. generally speaking. the local In
dustry has not attained that perfection
reached in Australia The lowest grades OK
boots are often OF inferior material and
quickly become ruined when exposed to much
wet weather.
=
Industry Shows Growth.
Nevertheless, considering that the domIn-
ion has only slightly over loo. 900 people, IL
would appear that the industry has shown
a surprisingly successful Development for
such a limited market. especially in view of
American boots OF more established reputa-
ton.
The people Of New Zealand. as a rule. spend
considerable time out of doors, do much
walking. and engage In work and sports en-
failing severe wear on their footgear. Il
should be explained that In New Zealand
shoe" has a meaning different from what
Is popularity meant by that word in the
United States. A shoe there comes ONLY
to the ankles. while footgear higher than that
are known as Boots
At the present time shoes" in the New
Zealand understanding OF the term, are con-
sidered more fashionable than boots"
American boots and shoes are now worn in
New Zealand. as a rule, only by quite well
A.. l..
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14
Intelligence of Man.

Man is the animal that speaks and thinks
This fact puts an Unreasonable distance be-
tween him and every other animal on earth.
In him is an intelligence that may grasp.
as DID Francis Bacon, all the principles Of
knowledge. In regard to this supremacy
Prof. Huxley says: After passion and
prejudice have died away the same result
will attend the teachings OF the naturalist
respecting the great Alps and Andes OF the
living world-man. Our reverence for the
nobility Of manhood will not be Iessened by
the knowledge that man is in substance and
in structure one with the brutes. for he alone
possesses the marvellous endowment Of in
teihgtble and rational speech. g.. . Thus
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Queried.

why yes"
The boy took the paper and wrote on the
line Indicated. Then he turned it in. and the
ONCE manager read:
Henderson Emerson Williams. Call me
Joe'"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14
Education Shapes Brains.

II need not be left with only the slender
equipment OF functions which nature gives
1t al birth. Instead, Il can be fashioned
artIhciaIly. that is, by education. so that
It may acquire very many new functions or
capacities which never come by birth nor
inheritance but which can be stamped upon
It as 20 many physical alterations In its
protCYlasmic substance. Most per-
sous conceive OF education vaguely as only
mental. a training OF the mind as such, with
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14

Inc process OF building brains meaning
mind. IS q slow one. 1t Is shaped piece by
piece, layer by layer. and with purpose or
intention. The gray matter is modified slow
ly. By a constant repetition Of a given
stimulus We can effect q permanent ana
tomicaI change In our brain stun. which will
add specific and remarkable cerebral
function TO that place, which II never had
before, and which. therefore. II could not
have had either originally or spontaneous
ly"
Il Is maintained that there Ii much truth
In the statement that q man doubles him
self when he learns q second language. DR..
Thomson cites a case of a patient who
learned Greek. Latin, and French. '' When
that man separately studied those three
languages, In addition to his childhood's
speech. his CONSEQUENCES and his will GER
tsinly cooperated in prolonged exercise I'M
til wholly distinct portions Of his gray mat
ter were fashioned. one for Greek. another for
Latin, and another for French words. each
divided from each other and from the earlier
English stratum
I'VE must here pause In our discussion"
says DR.. Thomson. because We have come
TO a great principle which goes to the foun-
dalton Of everything nervous, from the nerv-
Jus system oA poiSp w 10 Nhe otaAn VI q
philosopher. That principle Is this: That
a stimulus 10 nervous matter effects change
in that matter by calling forth a reaction
In II. This change may be exceedingly slight
after the first stimulus. but each repetition
Of the stimulus increases the change, with
its following specific reaction. until by con-
slant repetition q permanent alteration In
the nervous matter stimulated occurs, which
produces a fixed habltual way Of working
in it. In other words, the nervous matter
acquires a special way OF working-that is.
Of function, by habit. We arrive at
one Of the most important Of all conclusions
namely, that the gray layer Of our brains
is actually plastic and capable Of being fash
toned.
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l/- JRrTE your name for me on this
"h slip Of paper" said the ONCE
manager
My regular Manner was
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he stands as on mountain top, far above
the level Of his humble fellows"
1t is only within the life time Of our own
generation that the great discoveries con-
corning the relation Of mind and brain have
been made. Says DIR. william Hanna Thorn
son in his book. Brain and Personality, or
the Physical Relations Of the Mind TO the
Brain %: The word brain does not occur
in the Bible. for the good reason that during
the centuries in which It's different books
were written scarcely anyone in the world
suspected that this most silent and secluded
Of organs had anything to do with thought
or feeling. With the Hebrews the heart was
the chief seat Of the soul. while the mind
was located in the kidneys, and all tender
emotions in the bowels Aristotle examined
the brain for himself. and came to the con-
clusion that its function had nothing to do
with the mind. but that It was a cool organ
which properly refrigerated the blood Of the
heart"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14

the reason that it gave not the least sign Of
its activities mere study Of the physical
changes in brain matter can give no salts
factory conception OF the true relation Of the
brain TO the mind
A man has two brains, pair, as Of eyes and
ears DR.. Thomson says there Is no such
thing as a brain in a human being" Fig
uratively. brain has come to mean mind.
and practically men long ago recognized the
plural presence when. speaking vuigarly.
they said, IL will smash his brains out."
The instrument OF mind is not brain. but
brains.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14

personality. and let out for hire; the win.
never II Is a power not Of the brain. be-
cause Il Is the masterful personal viii which
makes the brain human. BY human brain
We mean one which has been slowly fash
Toned into an instrument by which the per-
sonality can recognise and know all things
physical, from the composition Of pebble to
the elements OF fixed star.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14

age, not more than one-half OF a pencil was
used before It was thrown away for a new
one. That was a needless waste, the en-
cheney experts figured. and accordingly q
suggestion was made-which in reality
amounts to an order-requiring that the
stub OF each pencil shall be returned before
a new one is issued
The stub OF each pencil must not only be
returned. but It must be reasonably shor;
or the new one Will not be forthcoming.
Since the new system was put into effect 1:
Is estimated that the saving from using an
inch or two more OF each pencilwili aggre-
gate fully 5000 year.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14

Means Profit of - I-S,Per Cent.
Now take your own stub ofia pencil and do
a little figuring
A saving OF 5000 a year.on a total ex-
penditure of 5000 for pencils alone means
a profit Of IS 1-3 per cent on that one item.
which is probably one OF the smallest mat
tiers Of expense a railroad has 10 meet.
1t has been suggested that still further
saving might be effected IL each employee
were provided with a pencil holder. so that
the pencils could be used until they are lit
tie more than an inch long. However, that
economy has not yet been introduced to any
great extent.
This is only one Of the hundreds Of reforms
that have been inaugurated by the great
business corporations. That It pays has been
conclusiveIy proved. A saving Of 30 Is per
cent Is even better than a profit Of 80 Ia
per cent. because the individual business man
or firm that effects It has learned lesson
IN economy that will growgin value with the
business. which Is hound to increase as a
consequence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30
BULGARIAN army
BEING Modified

Sofia, Sept. 30.-Mobilization of the
Bulgarian army was proclaimed by the
government today. Action was taken
in consequence of alarming news re-
ceived here of the concentration Of
considerable forces of Turkish troops
in the neighbOrhood of Adrianople
along the Bulgarian frontier. The cab
met desires to be prepared for any
eventuality.
Athens, Greece, Sept. 30.-Turkey is
making elaborate preparations to meet
any hostile demonstrations in the
Balkans, according to semi-official
statement published here.
Belgrade, Sept. 30.-Orders for gen.
eral mobilization of the Servian army
were signed today. The skupshtina
will meet Thursday in extraordinary
session.
London, Sept 3o.-The near-eastern
situation is considered in diplomatic
circles here as distinctly serious, al.
though officials are optimistic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30
PRESIDENT FIRM
IN MEXICO STAND

Beverly, Mass, Sept. SO.-The re-
port of the special senate committee
which investigated Mexico and the
of Madero and Orozco will
not influence President Taft in his pol
icy toward that country.
Published reports that the senate
committee would report in favor of
Intervention have been read with care
by the president, but will not change
his attitude This statement was
made by the president to callers who
talked with him yesterday.
His position in regard to Mexico. he
told his visitors, has not changed
since he sent the Mexican ambassador
hurrying down to Mexico City with
word from the White house that inter-
vention was not an impossibility.
Mr.. Taft is not prepared to call con-
gress in extra session to pass upon
the need for Intervention. and he said
he had no present intention of doing
sc. He does not believe conditions in
Mexico are as bad as they were sew
eral weeks ago.
Washington. Sept. 30.-Rebels are
threatening to sack the Hearst estates
at Babicora in the state of Chihuahua
Mexico, according to dispatches receiv.
ed here. Consul Letcher has been in.
formed and has already made a re,
quest to the Mexican government to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30
PASTOR DIES IN CHURCH
WHILE ASSISTING a SON

Pittsburgh. Ps, Sept. ov.-While as
sisting his son, Rev W. L. H. Benton,
rector of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the Nativity at Grafton, in
the celebration of communion in the
church yesterday morning, Rev. An
selo Ames Benton, aged 70, dropped
dead.
Previous to the communion the
elder Benton had chatted with the
members of the choir and appeared in
good health. The service has just be-
gun when the aged minister sank to
the floor as he was offering the cup
TO a communicant.
The service was stopped and the
stricken man carried into the study
of the church. He died few minutes
later.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30

to begin tomorrow the trial of 81 Of
present and former union officials on
a charge Of conspiracy in carrying
dynamite and nitroglycerine on pas
senger trains. For the selection of a
jury two sets each of so veniremen
have been drawn from Indiana. The
defense will be allowed a total of 10
and the prosecution a total of six per-
enptory challenges.
IN FINAL CONFERENCE.
The offices of the international As
sociation of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers, where President Ryan
and Secretary Hockin, two OF the de-
PENDANTS, have headquarters, were
crowded with people early today. Most
of the visitors were defendants from
out of the city, anxious to have a filal
conference with William n. Harding,
the counsel. Senator John ". Kern
was expected TO confer with them
later. More than 80 attorneys from
other cities are here.
COURT ROOM SMALL.
Judge Anderson's court room has a
seating capacity of 200. Defendants,
attorneys, jurors. newspaper men and
court attaches will occupy more than
three-quarters OF the space, leaving
less than so seats for spectators.
ortie McManigal, the governments
chief witness, occupies a cell on the
same floor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30
BAG OF mail IS
FOUND IN RIVER

A United States mail pouch filled
with letters, stolen in Davenport last
Friday night while enroute from the
postoffice to an eastbound Rock Is
land train, was found yesterday wedg-
ed in a wing dam in the Mississippi
river near Montpelier, Iowa, by
Michael Webb, a farmer residing be-
low Andalusia, who was crossing the
stream in row boat.
There was a slit in the pouch, ap-
parently cut with a knife by the rob-
bers, who likely first removed such
mail as they thought contained
money and then threw the bag in the
water in the belief that 1t would sink.
The pouch fioated as far as the wing
dam, where it was caught and held to
the surface until discovered by Webb
The pouch, in its water-soaked state,
weighed about five hundred pounds,
and Webb had considerable difficulty
in pulling it into the boat. He then
rowed to Montpelier and turned the
pouch over to Postmaster Joseph Nor.
ris. The two took the pouch to the
Davenpirt postoffice this morning. The
mail in the pouch bore the Davenport
postoffice stamp of $50 Friday even
ing. The mail was destined for points
east and should have been worked by
the crew on one of the Rock Island
trains running between Davenport an6
Chicago.
The theory is that the thieves stole
the pouch at the Rock Island depot
in Davenport and after rifiing it o
such mail as they supposed valuable
threw the sack into the river, probabl.
from the Rock Island bridge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30
DENEEN PLANS y
MEETINGS TODAY

Chicago, Sept. S0.-Governor De
neen and other candidates on the re-
publican ticket departed from Chica-
go this morning for tour of the north
ern tier of counties in speaking eeaaa
paign. Twenty-Five meetings were
scheduled for today and tonight. This
strenuous opening of the weeks work
was to wind up with two night meet
ings, enc in Rock Island and one in
Moline. The candidates with Deneen
are Lieutenant Governor Oglesby, Sec
retary of State Doyle, Attorney Gen.
eral Stead, Auditor Mccullough, An
drew Russell, candidate for state treas
urer, B. F. Chipperfield and William
Z Mason, candidate for congressman
at large
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30
HUNTER RECEIVES
AN INJURY TO FOOT

Five minutes after remarking to a
companion, Il wonder how il feels to
get shot" Joe Stanton. an employe of
local transfer company, accidentally
shot himself in the right foot with
22-calibre rife while creeping through
a barb wire fence yesterday afternoon
or hunt for rabbits.
With the assistance OF his compan.
ion he was able to reach Rock Island
where he was attended by a physician.
The bullet struck Stanton in the right
foot near the big toe and the wound
although not serious one is extreme
y painful and it will be week or go
before Stanton can resume his duties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30
ROOSEVELT HITS
HEADS OF TICKET

Chattanooga, Sept 30.-Governor
Marshall of Indiana was characterized
2s a Representative of the Taggart
machine today by Roosevelt, who
criticized Governor Wilgon for as
suming lofty position of morality"
in connection with the democratic CUB
ernatoriai nomination in New York,
v hen he had not objected to the nom.
ination OF Marshall as his running
mate. Roosevelt also assailed Cover.
nor Hooper and Senator Sanders of
Tennessee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30
MISSOURI ELECTORS MAY
NOT GIVE VOTES TO TAFT

ST. Louis. Mo, Sept so.-Many, if
not all the Is republican electors of
Missouri recently signed an agree
ment pledging themselves to vote for
Taft if the Is votes of the Missouri
electoral college would elect him, but
otherwise TO combine with electors in
ether states on a third candidate, ac-
eording TO today's developments.
Governor Hadley. over the telephone,
said the project to get the electors
signatures 10 an agreement was start
ed two months agQ and dropped be
cause il was considered not feasible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30
TALKED WITH TAFT.
ALICE REVENGE
is BEHIND SUIT

Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 30 - The
officers of the Bankers Life association
and Bankers Life company express no
concern over the suit brought in In
dianapolis by Charles w. Mclaughlin,
who asks for the appointment of a re-
ceiver. They declare the action is
brought in a spirit of malice by dis
charged agent now in the employ of
a rival company.
Ernest E. Clark, president Of the
Bankers Life, declared today that the
discharged agent had frequently threat
ened to cause trouble because the com
pany refused to reinstate him.
ANY one can start a suit said an
officer of the company. Spite actions
of this kind are often brought against
reputable persons and institutions to
disturb their standing in the commun-
ity. This is the object of the present
suit. We expected that a friendly ac-
ton would be brought when we chang
ed to the fixed premium method OF do
ing business.
While such test cases were eontem.
plated at the time. one after another
abandoned the idea This action is
brought in a spirit of retaliation by an
agent whom We had 10 discharge.
Before changing our business meth
ods we had the articles carefully gone
over by the best lawyers we could
employ. and We had them approved by
! the state insurance officials before they
were put in force.
I'VE had to submit the articles to
the officials of other states in order TO
| get our license renewed They were
| approved in Indiana. as well as in the
\ other states in which We do business.
| There is no change in the position OF
/ the policy holders OF the COMPANY
Each policy holder has the same rights
he had always. We have always been
mutual company.
We have merely changed our form
OF doing business. Every company in
/ the United States has done the same,
and Insurance companies are always
doing this more or less.
This suit is merely the outcome Of
a threat. The instlgator of this action
was discharged by the company be,
cause We found he was an undesirable
agent and was working against our NJ
terests. He wanted to be reinstated
as our agent in Indiana. We refused
and since then he has made threats 10
start something"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30

the Imprisonment of Ettor and Giovan-
nitti. The demonstrations, ranged
from parades to serious rioting oc-
Cured in Lawrence, Lynn, Haverhill
and Quincy, where $4,000 workers are
out
OF 10000 textile operatives in the
cities, 1900 were idle at IL o'clock.
Seven Thousand of these are Indus
trial workers of the World Others
are idle through fear of personal in
their departments.
Lawrence, Mass, Sept. 30.-Despite
attempts to intimidate intending
workers, the "a hour strike ordered
by the Industrial Workers of the
World as a protest against the impris-
onment of EttOr and Giovannitti, fail
ed of effect today. 1t was estimated
not more than 1000 operatives remain
ed away from the mills Serious riot
ing followed attempted intimidation
ATTACK WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
Pickets had numerous conflicts with
employees going to the mills. dozen
arrests were made for attacks upon
children, women ana men, some of
those taken being armed with revol-
'ers, knives, hammers and pieces of
iron, Leaders of the Industrial Work
ers said the organization could not be
responsible for the disturbances.
which they attributed to "excitable
youngsters"
SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.
Near the Everett mill, a big crowd
of pickets became SO threatening the
police used clubs. Several persons
were injured One man was knocked
from a car and his condition is ser
ious. In another fray, a boy was
struck on the head with a bottle, and
rendered unconscious. Cars bearink
workers were intercepted by pickets
undecided as to future plans. pending
undecided as 10 future plans, peending
the arrival of General Organizer Hay
wood this afternoon. a mass meeting
vas arranged for 3 p. m Beside the
police forces OF $50, there are on duty
500 members Of the state police.
TRIAL OF LEADERS BEGINS.
Three hundred and fifty possible
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30
DIX DECLINES TO
DROP FROM RACE

Syracuse, n. Y, Sept. 3o-In the
face of hotel corridor gossip today
that Governor Dix would be eliminat-
ca for denomination before the demo-
cratic convention tomorrow. the gov
ernor this afternoon sent this message
tc his supporters here; Il have no in
tention of withdr, ing either for my
enemies or for my friends" Leaders
are seeking a solution that will not
impair party harmony.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30

jurors we're at Essex county court
house today when the trial of Joseph
J. Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti, In
dustrial Workers of the World lead
ers, and Joseph Caruso, mill worker.
was called. The men are charged
with being concerned in the alleged
murder of Anna Lopizzo, in the textile
strike last January. 1t Is expected the
empanelling of the jury will not be
completed for two or three days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-30
IN TENTS
AWAITING SHOCK

Valparaiso. Chile, Sept. 30-A panic,
in consequence OF a prediction OF
earthquakes, caused most OF the inhabi-
tants OF the city to pass the night in
tents in open spaces in parks, where
bands played 10 cheer them, while
troops patroled the streets. At mid
night there was a slight shock
London. Sept. S0.-Severe earth
Quakes believed to have occurred on
the coast OF the Pacific were contin-
uoUsly registered by instruments in
British observstor!es since early last
evening.