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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-18
T|RESOME TO Be HUMAN
Life, Mentally and Morally. an
Effort, Says Bergson.
MANY MALAOIES RESULT
At Times We Need Vacation
from Ourselves to
Escape Stress.

Henri Bergson. in the fifth Of his talks
on Spirituality and Liberty" az Column
bla University yesterday afternoon. said
that those who believed mind was moro
than a product of matter feared they
would be degrading 1t If they described
its relations with matter.
Things are simpler than these theorists
would make them" he said. Mind Is in.
dependent OF matter but unites itsel, IN
il: the body IL the point by which IL in.
serts its action IN the world Tho bod,
fixes the attention of mind on matter. and
instead of letting IT dream Of the mast
forces il. by Keeping constants, before /,
the necessities of action. to face the nros.
ent and the future. The function OF the
BRAIN as we saw before. is 10 let filter
into consciousness that part of our pas,
which can enable US to deal with the
present and the future most effectively.
TO live. We must make effort we can
not like animals. content ourselves with
acting automatically. 1t is tiresome 10
be human-to stand on two legs, for in
stance. il may easily be supposed that
many diseases OF the lungs and heart
come from this posture. Mentally and
morally. also. life is an effort to man, for
it necessitates keeping one foot on the
future and az the same time being ever
ready 10 use the past.
"To live. let me repeat. is an effort II
REQUIRES an effort TO maintain our con-
tact with the past and an effort 10 main
tain it, by anticipation. with the future.
Maladies Of personality come from an in
ability TO maintain this contact. Force OF
personality is the mass Of ones memories
multiplied by ones impulse toward tho
future: when the mass Of these memories
/; diminished We have maladies Of the first
kind. hysterical: when the speed Of our
IMPULSE toward the future is diminished.
we have maladies Of the second kind,
psychasthenic.
Personality is a movement, indivisible
and continuous. flowing from the past into
an ever richer ard more varied future.
the intellect. unable 10 think movement.
substitutes series Of states Of conscious
ness and the sum Of these it erects into
personality. But these states Of conscious
ness have no real existence in fact they
are but arbitrary sections cut by our intel
are hut arbitrary sections cut by our intel
lect. in the stream of consciousness to az
ford us a more definite basis Of action
toward. and an easier mode Of under.
standing. their owner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-18
MAN STOLE TO GET WELL
Prisoner Explains Why He Took
Refrigerating Co.'S Funds.

Vernon G. Sllngerland. of No. 613 Madi-
son avenue. Trenton. y. j.. admitted IA
the Tombs court before Magistrate Apple
ton yesterday the truth OF the charge that
on January 3 he had appropriated 81 .6l9 80
belonging 10 the Merchants Refrigerating
Company. of No. 1s3 Chambers street
Slingerand had been sent to bank TO
cash a check for the amount I'm order to
meet the demands OF the company's pay
roll, but he never returned. He declared
he took the money so he could go South
and cure himself Of consumption and at
the same time provide for his aged
parents.
slingerland. who Is twenty-five years
old was arrested on Leonard street yes
tcrday morning by Detective Michael
Mondriean on q warrant sworn out by
Harry G, Lewis, secretary of the refriger-
aiine company. The prisoner was held
for the action Of the grand jury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-18
LITTLE GAMBLING IN
CHICAGO, SAYS MAYOR
Houses Closed in % Hours or
Police Chiefs Head Falls,
Harrison Asserts.
VIEWS OF THE MAYOR
sniI Tho Mayor last nlght

Said Nh" Mayor last night.
Gambling cannot exist without
my knowledge twentyfour hours.
" II lasted longer ! would remove
the head Of the Police Department.
The detective bureau should be
separate and distinct from the Po-
lice Department.
Segregation Of the social evil does
not destroy graft
Systematic violators OF the law
always look for a protector. and will
pay money to him.
CSC. it wasn't Mayor Gaynor. II
was Mayor carter If. Harrison Of
chicago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-18
Feats of Strength No Criterion.

He thought it d great mistake 10 re-
WaId a policeman in uniform who had
stopped Il runaway or performed some
other feat of strength by placing him In
the detective bureau, as is the custom
Detectives, he said don't need great
physical ability. The majority of our de-
tectves are lacking in real detective
ability"
He. like others. found the evidence or
the police less reliable in gambling house
and disorderly house cases than in other
cases. And like Judge Swami. he found
the police rarely produced the criminal
records OF prisoners. He said Commits
sioner Waldo ought to promulgate a rule
making such work compulsory on the
part of the police
lie maintained stool pigeons were neces-
sary because Of the way the detective
bureau IS composed to-day. lie said the
very appearance of a policeman. whether
I'm uniform or out of il, was such as TO
stamp him a member of the force at
once. rendering him unfit for real detec-
tive work.
Mr.. Mott was Of the opinion the state
was sorely hampered by the present per-
jury law. He said the law should be so
amended that any one who made two ma
terial statements wholly contradictory Of
each other during the course Of a criml-
nal proceeding should be amenable to
prosecution. without IL being incumbent
on the part OF the prosecutor to define
which statement was false.
Assistant District Attorney James A.
Delahanty said he found the majority OF
detectives were industrious and honest.
aud desired to do good work. but were
mentally untitled for the task. Many
competent detectives. he said, were now
doing patrol duty
You cant make a detective out of a
man who does some BIT Of bulldog
bravery. and wish brains into him." said
Mr. Delahanty. criticising the custom Of
awarding berths in the detective bureau
to those who distinguished themselves In
the manner he described.
lie intimated that the loft burglars
were organized. He thought it strange
that the same lawyer should have de-
tended every loft burglar tried in the last
ten months. 4 similar organization. he
believed, existed among the stealers OF
horses and trucks.
Neither Of these crimes nor others com
mitted by specialists i'm crime. he said.
could be wiped out or checked. except by
special squads OF detectives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-18
New Law Eliminates Favoritism.

"One big thing that the new law will
do. and It will be in active operation In
about six weeks. is TO cut out favoritism
Of all kinds from the Detective Bureau.
Under the new law detective Will re-
ceive sliO0 or $500 q year dependent
upon his rank. And the detectives will
not be- selected by any one man. but by
the civil Service Board. after a civil
service examination.
There IL one fault with the new law.
IL does not permit a civilians taking an
examination for the second grade-that
is. the 81 500 position. The law makes ii
necessary for a candidate to he a police
man with at least three years service TO
his credit.
1T doesn't do to shut out good men
from any position. and 7 believe that the
best thing for any detective bureau would
be to divorce II from the uniformed Police
Department altogether. believe that the
physical qualifications man must
he feet inches I'm height and 80
heavy. which / believe obtain here in
New York-should not apply To the De-
tective Bureau. am not against big
men I'm the Detective Bureau. Wee need
big men. but we also need the small man
II hc has brains, and brains is the primal
requisite I'm criminal investigation This
size limit is foolish
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-18
INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT OPENS
Leaders Planning Education of
Public on Labor Conditions.

\ series OF industrial conferences and
an exhibit OF factory conditions In New
York State opened yesterday afternoon,
under the Child Welfare League. at the
Frances Building. ~. sf5 Fifth avenue.
dent-elcct Wilson. assisted.
The exhibit Is descriptive OF phases Of
social and Industrial welfare affected by
labor bills now before the State Legisla-
ture.
The exhibit will DC open daily from
10 I'm the morning TO ) in the afternoon
There will pe conferences each day a!
noon and at y. IN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-18

u gambling house started Ia Chi
cago 10 would be closed In ;wenty-four
hours on the head Of the supervisor OF
police would fall into the basket.
That was Mayor Carter #. ffarrison's
comment ON the graft exposures in this
city when he was seen last night at the
Hotel Imperial nftci his arrival from
Chicago. The Mayor was accompanied
by his daughter Edith. whom he Will
take to-day to a private school at Briar-
cliff Manor
Mayor Harrison declared that he. in
diyidually. was responsible for the po-
lice. and his emphasis left no doub. Of
his meaning.
And If gambling houses existed? 90
asked "A Tribune reporter.
They would not run more than twenty
four hours. II they did Id remove the
head of the Police Department Gambling
in Chicago In the last eighteen months
hasn't amounted 10 a hill OF beans. There
are a few poker games running. but no
faro or roulette or hazard boards. There
IL some sporadic crap shooting. small ana
cheap. And | suppose IL some stock broker
came into town and mixed In with some
high rollers, ana wanted To play roulette
FOR high stakes. ! suppose wheel could
In. hot al
ROOM
Mayor Harrison said he saw his superin-
,endent of police. as he is called In chi
cago. every day. Sometimes two and three
times day.
I'VE had an investigation Of the police
I'm Chicago not so long ago" continued
Mr.. Harrison. AS q result we passed a
city ordinance that means reorganiza-
ton of the Police Department. and we
got rid Of some inspectors and captains.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-18
Detective Bureaus Shortcomings

The executive meeting was held on the
heels of the days public session of the
committee. al which two assistant district
attorneys told OF the shortcomings of the
Detective Bureau. and suggested changes.
They were preceded by Deputy Police
Commissioner Dillon. who was asked
about the workings Of the Police Pension
Bureau
Dillon testified that all recommendations
as To what pension a retiring policeman
~ his widow should receive were made by
the heads of the various so-called benevo-
lent associations in the department. whose
workings are secret.
Assistant District Attorney Charles c..
Mott who has prosecuted more homicide
cases than any other attache OF the Dis
trict Attorneys Office. said the homicide
bureau. abolished by Commissioner Wal
DO should he re-estabished. He suggested
it be so situated that there could be real
cooperation with the District Attorney
homicide bureau.
lie found the .ilimony OF detectives
soTely lacking. even in big homicide cases
Detectives. he said. were slipshod i'll
making notes At the time Of the crime
and il was a very rare thing to Ind a
detective who took notes of what pris-
Oner said
Asked IL he had ever asked detectives
or other policemen why they hadn't taken
any notes he said he had. and that they
Just replied they had not He thought
the fault was in the lack of a system Of
training. SO far as he knew. they re-
ceived no training as a body. But he
wanted il made clear that there were a
number of efficient detectives.
Would you say that the efficiency and
intelligence of the average New York de-
tective IN testifying is what it should
be-" asked Emory x. Buckner. counsel
10 the committee.
~ don't think it is said Mi Mott.
firmly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-18
HONOR FOR Or. ALEXIS CARREL

Paris, FeD. l1-Dr. Alexis Carrel. OF the
I.ockefelier Institute OF New York, win
nor of the Nobel prIzo fo, -madic;Iio,- has
lcen decorated with the Legion OF Honor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-08

death. There was no time 10 lose
The chief robber was calling to on,
of his men I'm the rear TO go into the
wood and get piece of timber will
which to batter down the door OF tht
express car. Some of the passengers
had thrust their heads out OF the cal
windows. They would see him run
down to the train, but the robbers
were occupied.
Dropping from the tree. he rolled
down the declivity, crawled under the
express car and wriggled on his stom.
ach to the rear end. The old fashioned
coupling was then still In use, and
Jean watching his opportunity when
the robber above him was engaged.
reached up and removed the pin. Then,
scuttling rapidly under the car TO its
front end. be climbed up to the plat
form and over the rear end of the
tender.
Jean, having lived beside the railroad
all his life, had picked up some knowl-
edge about how to run a locomotive.
He at least knew how TO start and
how TO stop one. He opened the throt-
tie rather suddenly, and the locomotive
and express car started with a jerk.
The robber on the rear end of the
car. finding himself moving away from
the rest of the train and his compan-
ions, was puzzled to know what to do.
While he was hesltating he looked
down on the ground TO note the speed
and thought he could jump off and get
to the engine. He tried 1t and succeed
ed, but had just caught the rail 10
swing himself up when a blow frem
nm iron poker caused him to release his
hold. and be dropped to the ground,
Owing to his condition and the speed
the engine had acquired he did not
think 1t best to try again. Jean bad
the express car with the treasure in 1T,
and that was all he could do. Those
he had left must take care of them
selves. The robbers, seeing what they
had come for disappearing In the dis
lance, took to the woods.
When Jean pulled up at q STATEN
and told his story the agent sent back
n train with armed men on board.
which brought on the cars Jean had
left. Jean was sent for by the presi-
dent of the railroad, was given hand
some reward and his request TO be
educated for a railroad man granted.
He has recently retired from the presi-
dency Of that same road
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-08
FACE TO FACE WITH A LION.
II Took All This Womsn's Nerve to
Pass the Ordeal In Safety.

Pass the Ordeal In Safety.
Few women can be so familiar with
the king of the wilderness as Mrs.
Fred Maturin edith Cecil.PorchD.
whose Adventures Beyond the Fam
besl" contain many thrilling lion tales.
One evening she met lion in for
est of impenetrab BILE brass. She was
quite alone--her gun bearer, Lang Wan.
having disappeared two miles from
camp,
Through the long, dry grass large
male lion stood gazing at me.
stood as still as he, All my blood ap-
peared TO rush to my head conld
not have stirred had ! wished to,
stood still. don't think even
breathed or that my heart gave one
faint beat for some seconds. -
mnst stand quite, quite STILL and stare
back. 1t was perhaps my only
chance"
In all her terror she was conscious
OF the animals great beauty. She
watched him draw step or two hack:
81 thought ne was about TO spring.
but took care not to move. mastering
my terrible but fatal instinct Ia turn
and run. Then be dropped his bend
and with obvious fear SUNK
quickly away" That was 1T Da'a
river.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-08

purely mechanical undertaking. II
Mears had missed a few trains; If he
had had hold-up because Of accident;
if one of his ships had become disabled
at sea; II one of many other contingent
cies had happened, he might have lost
his race against time. But everything
conspired to help him in the girdling OF
the globe. Even railroad trainmen were
his good friends, for in some instances
they stopped and held their trains until
he arrived at some specified point so
that he could make the transfer and not
lose single valuable minute. Sea cap
tains speeded up their vessels to concert
pitch and went bounding over the waves
with their precious load of hustling Yam
kee-ism. Landsmen cleared the paths
for Mears and helped him along with
their cheers and jovial salutatons. One
and all became leagued with the globe
trotter. And he came to the finish line
in a New York newspaper Office, where
the world girdling plot was Matched, a
winner--a winner by wide margin.
Moreover, it is record likely to re,
main untouched until more speedy meth
DDS of travel shall have become perfect
ed. Perhaps when trans Atlantic aero
planes or other modern contraptions
shall have been brought into use, whisk-
ing one over the traekless waste in half
the time Of the present water voyage,
some enterprising son of hustle and I'M
rest will attempt to tear down the mark
set by this latest of wanderers over the
face of the known world. But for the
present, tits Mears, marvellous Mears.
He brought the ends Of the world to.
gether in 50 days, 81 hours and IS As
seconds and showed us lowly human be-
ings that we are not so far removed
from one another as we had imagined
when we studied the old geography and
wondered what they were doing on the
other side of the sphere which revolved
on its slanting axis in the old school
house. Mears it is.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-08
GERMAN "kURS."
They Are Net "cures," Though Some-
times Translated as Suen.


times Translated as Suen.
Many newspapers are nasty In an
nouncins the discovery In Germany or
some method OF treatment more or less
new. and not infrequently information
is given The public through the failure
10 keep In mind the actual meaning OF
one little word. The German word
"kur" does not mean cure" although
1t Is not an uncommon thing to ind &c
so translated mto English.
ITO cure" IN English means ITO re-
store tc health. to effect cure" but in
other languages il mems merely 10
spniy "a mGthod OF remedial treatment
OF disease. medical or hygienic care.
method OF medical treatment." IT'S
German word for restoration 10
health" is ''heilung." not "kur"
The Latin word ''cura" means mere
ly ''care," shade OF mea ming which is
preserved In the derived term 'cura-
tor" An Italian physician was recent
iy made TO say, when his article was
translated into English. Il cured ten
typhoid patients last month. aud sin
of them died" What be really said
was that be bad treated ten PATIENTS
From the Journal of the American
Medical Association
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-08
How Jean 1eterault
Got His Start
BY LOUISE THORNTON

Jean Teterault, French Canadian
boy, was born with an ambition not
usual to those of French descent in the
| Dominion. He decided to leave the lit
tie patch Of ground his father worked
with view to entering a more exalt
ed career. But what could the boy
dor He had but little education and
was only fifteen years old. True, be
was big and strong for his age, but
what is physical strength in the worlds
battle7 Intellect even In a puny body
is often Its superior
The Teteraut farm was near the
railroad, and Jean would have liked
! some position with the company, but
he could not so much as secure that
Of brakeman on gravel train, Be
sides, the conductors and others en-
ployed by the road told him that even
IL he found employment as railroad
man he would grow gray in the serv-
ice with but a meager salary.
The railroad ran through a cut near
the TeterauIt farm. and on the knoll
through which 1t passed was walnut
tree. One October day Jean. taking a
bag, went to the tree. climbed 1t and
began to gather nuts. He had nearly
filled his bag when he heard voices
approaching. and several men came
and stood under the tree, talking with
one another. Jean kept quiet and lis
tened. From what the men said he
gathered that they were intending to
stop train due In a short time and
rob the express car.
A man VINO was evidently In charge
assigned the positions. One was to go
In the direction from which the train
was expected and flag it. so that 1t
would come to halt In the cut. An
other was to tackle the engiBeer and
kill him IL necessary; another was to
look out for the conductor, while the
leader was to rob the express car.
Jean, IL the men had gone far enough
away from the tree to permit him.
would have descended and run through
a wood that skirted the track ahead
of the man who was to flag the train
and given a warning. There was
bend in the road that would have rem
dered this quite easy. But the men
did not 20 away. and when the train
was heard In the distance all put on
masks and got their weapons In readi-
ness for a tight.
When the train came to a stop the
express car was directly beneath the
tree in which Jean was lodged. He
saw a man call on the engineer and
fireman to come out of the cab, and
the order was obeyed. They were
marched toward the rear of the train,
where they could not get back into
the engine. The leader of the gang
was endeavoring to get into the rear
door of the express car. which had
been locked. Jean noticed that there
was not a person between this robber
and the locomotive. 1t occurred to him
that he might scramble down to the
locomotive, get aboard and pull the
train on. But this would probably
avail nothing. IL he could first I'M
couple the express car so as to leave
the passenger cars he might carry the
robber away from his supporters.
The scheme was fascinating. Jean
drew three or four long breaths. a
resolution was forming within him-a
resolution which might mean 49, his
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-08

Publisher Wallace H. Gilpin of the
Barton Monitor has been making some
extensive additions TO the equipment of
his printing office. among which is the
installing of a larger press, which en-
ables him to print paper of seven col
umns instead of the six columns of for
mer issues. The Monitor continues to
be faithful recorder of the doings in
its section and is in every way first
class weekly newspaper, one in which
the people of that vicinity ought to take
no little pride. The Times congratulates
Publisher Gilpin on the evidences of his
progress in newspaper making.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-08
TALK OF THE TOWN

Another big sale of waists at the
Vaughan Store.
See the bungalo aprons, soc, at the
Vaughan Store.
seventy-nine cents yard, all linen
damask, pure white, ~ inches wide
pretty designs, at Perry's on Saturday,
Only three more days to pay taxes and
save the costs. Office open every even
ing from $3.50 to p. m. James Mack
ay, treasurer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-08
A TWENTY-FIVE DAY GLOBE.

The round theworld trip of John
Henry Mears in IS days, 2l hours and
IS As seconds, which was completed IN
New York Wednesday night, is an ac-
complishment which does not appeal
greatly to one except that it break.
the best previous record for the trip by
some four days. the record having been
held by a Frenchman, Andre Jaeger
Schmidt, because the record of the trip
was dependent largely upon a finely
drawn connection of railroad and steam
ship schedule. In other words, it was