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SUPREMACY IN AIR
Is END NOW SOUGHT

continued from First I.:,c,
the ';"rnana for time had at their
disposal about 1000 Eiorc ,crnnI,urs
imam their opponents. aud ruled the air
Then the allies produced til" two
"ugincd tLudrnu aud fast :-ruplunc.
. chaser types. which The I;rruians were
un;,hl" To meet
Tho sudden appearance of the
Fokkcr -av" III" fcrunus another
short period "f nsc"ndancy. It is OK
planned hCr" that the French and I;rit-
i$h had iar." numbers at speedy ma
chimes. hut h""nus- Of tho difficulty or
finding binding places for these. they
had kept them in tho background. not
needing ihcrn. The Eokkcr viii uu
d"uhtcdly cous" tho allies to utilize the
Tiny typos.
These it'll" waSrS or tho air arc very
unstable. aud II requires "a "supcr-
airilan !" uiauac" ono. When to the
diiiirul'N Of nyUuS the fokkcr is added
tn" necessity Of iiriu= a machine gun
1T tho sam" tirmc. Cor many swift planes
carry only one m'an. the skill! required
is appreciated 10y even :. layn,am These
acr"pliucs cannot reduce their spcrd
very lnurh in making a landing 80 the
cih Of a hight in unltuown territory
|" often extremely dangerous
w f"hhrr. according to dcSCriD-
tons received here. has an engine OF
between 100 AID l5J horse power 1t
Is operated hS Il singl" man. ami has
u machine gun which is immovably
fixed TO point straight ahead Tho nilnt
attacks Ivy dying directly at his
antagonist aud shooting al the same
time. lie cannot attack wIilr Uytn-
past.
The pilot either gets below an allied
una"hin" and nics almost straight up
at II or stands his mun"planc on its
head above aud dives ~ q tremendous
ite at his enemy. Ohirlt= down in IL
spiral and cn"ircln= his prey with
the famous conc of nrc from his ma
chino KUN. Sometimes he attacks from
u rear. too.
The machine gun fires riEh, through
tho propeller. Til" propeller blades arc
t't"d with 'icilccior plates. which turn
aside all bullets hitting tho blades
only about five or six bullets in Il hun
dred strike tho blades. and tho rest
ny straight for the target
The Fokkcr moves with hcwildcrinr
rap'di'y. Its small size also makes il
hard to hit II is said hero the num-
hcr "f FOX kcrS in action is fcu he
cause "hiN SuperpiIot' can fly them
~" ptot must he an athlete, q man
" 'h"ut nerves. ana a biany duolist.
sometimes he is forced - como 20
''ar'E "hcn going ninety or 100 miles
an hour.
The German successes With tho FOX
t"r. army officers here say, are to nc
attributed TO only three or four flyers !
For instance. Lieutenant Immclmann.
per maps the star flyer of them all has
recently haggcd eight or nine allied
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CHANGER, nEl.n1sn nntps.
Nine Rclcn>c Deeds. Amounting


". l.. l;vGd. uustrc. I" Charles L..
SpitM"r. =. /: lay iu3 fec, nustl, i;nc
trtnkIim street. - feet west of Eighth
street. J"nuaIy -. 1916; SG."uo
6. 4. iiitj truStrC. - William t..
Price. NM" ,vvt east line lasc 81. v,i.
~ ,c,t month - Low n"S street. trb-
i""r. /. lal"; $50.
l. i;"5 l. u.L trustee. y" Il. c..
i;u.u",t ""Ai." tee, moth !ur li..,r
stree. l:N tot cast at WLsntuist on
street. ituu"iN Is. 1915: $3.50.
NJ. -. Nhn";.i,.. l.uStc, 10 ~. II. l\"l-
ley. "uNI." tvct 1T the northwest cor
ucV ri Twenty -thir> .uId g streets
r.'I uaty g. loi": $i.I2?.I".
H. i. r"i!1r". H.. trustee. 10 W. H..
:;on;Ii>. - hy -" feet east line
ut'-t"ui,h street. ITO !-ct North ct
/; ".'" sire 1. t"h."aiy /. 1876; Si.SS%.
'"tnr .-,"ru. "a ;ti. tsU'it tees. To i. J..
l. lct'n".' 1T IN. ""..
east ,oiEcr -. TWcutN fifth Hmti NJ
streets. january -. i"lI: tJ..,"o.
~ q; Isn"iu. trustee. l." s;isuc. the
s.rinr rr"u"!iy as described III deed
nest ;'h"N'. .ianntrN Il. l:lG: Sl.u"o
t.. !. kriiU. trustee, ~ y. W. |: u;d
duS e., uN.. jhv sam. property "S dc
sv,jh,r mex Ih"Vc. January -. i:iG.
Si.;"l...a
E'ut oI commerce an,l Trusts. tgm*-
toe. to iI"u,! t.. i'iti ct ny. - - hy
-. i.,i =. :, !iov invent -uiUin street
FEBRUARY t. l:i". >,."
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nuc 40 feet nor,h Of Willow street.

nue. - feet north Of Willow Street
January 81, i9lG. $50.
john H. o'nIIlbcrIaNuc trustee. to
Margaret y. stone. II lect " l.: inches
10y ~ feet inv..cS east line Addison
street, iUi feet , l.: tncnc> so,tn %
Paris Avenue February /, 1915: sil...
Siuucr. I" j. T. Powers vt al. 23NiJ1
feet north lin Broad street. l>o tcci
east OF Thirty first street February
Leo Park Company TO Atlantic Com
SiUciion Company. ??Nl3" feet at the
Southcas; corner OF kcnS,u-ton street
aud l;osrmca,h Road. janrarI -, i?i";
tan 81 $40.
Mary Ross 10 L. Si,,cr,in@. .cAIs,
feet y"St linz ilonriIo Tnr"h.k,". 5" fee.
5 ,".g,th OF GoiliSr> lard: fchr"''N :.
-. j. 'aviS ct ny. To T. l.. Robins.
l'"Ni:i feet south linz beverly >,rcc;.
- feet west OF Harrison street 80
vombrr 20. ini,: Tax -. sio
Jones, $cN - feet cas-, line ROGERS
street l$' trct north OF E,tuc,'s Lane.
February 4. i!l". S2.IuC.
Atlantic Construction CoutpnliN - w
u Icdh. itN'' Fee; 10 u inches ,"l';',
line jackson Street. ~ foe; wc., al
Firth street, he ruiry T. l"!.: ,aN
$40. SIo
W. /. Cross 1t r.N 80 l.; H. M"shr.
- i-N". feet south line Jac,iIr in
street. 80 fee, east of Alien Avvnuc
February i'i', tax SIG" Sio.
- - '''' - - ~ ~ - ''N' u. - 'Ii.
N"NlH" feet *ou'h lin" i;"v,r'"y Street.
January -. i",": TAX -. So"
i ". Wilhur =, ny 4" Charles a.
Slat"r, bot .? IN the plan "t Hro"h'anL
Torra"c. October -. 49,: ,nN :" cents.
$40
Terrell Euilhiu- Company. t" cora \.
Wilson. M I" feet east liu" First tv"-
nue.. -. feet North Of iIirh'.,ud street
Ichruart |, i!iI: iaN $3.50. $500
thdic Spr.nlilC IT Nir. IL T.. T.. Wool
all. II l-2Nr. f'ct south lin" .IH,,,ur in
Street. So IL icct east of NIlcn Ave-
lri". September -, l9l": tax 81. $40.
y w Patterson. cN"C't".. 10 \ w.
Patterson. :3nNitl f""t al Tia. northeast
corner "r I;it"hic aui i;.l",ly Strc"tS
rr""lrh"" 81 1919. ;'.iTi :"
sam" :" same. COS -" f,"i st ia"
roruor az Ashland street and
Alien NyorUc. also sax -. Tot south
luc Wallf"o street. ~" f"ci west -r
Harrison Street, also "a '"i "u south
>i4" OF Wallace street. -" foot Yves;
~ HARRISON str r'. pcccr,h"r -. la!..
! 49,. 80
Icon Wetuhcv- ia zcu. /. r.i,or.
lHN9" f""t west luc Harrison street
inH foot south "f cary Street. Echru-
arr :. l9iG. Si.lco.
! ~. Svart2"l - ny to w T.. Heats
%aNiin feet at thc northeast corner of
i;USlow tvcuuc and I:IruS street Jan
nary -. IaIG: tax -. SlH.
e. l.. r"n""u - ny Ia :. i. London l
li:x"i" foot "pe, lin. Chnmh"rl,,
Avenue. hciu- SO 80" July -. 1913. f.
: .on"
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: rI:Irrr ,;Itcuc. tra.iiu: a. Greene
~ a.. :,v. l-rs IS t,s' BROAD street.
tt!"d - ;oti,irr jli voluntary bnnk-
rr?i.; y.Sirrduy an ia" tuitrd States
ti-tri,.i Court. listing liabilities at
>ItiIN>" aud assets =; <2.::"n. SECURED
claims ;iuu"uut to s;"n. aGh those un
secuted total $H.i..-".. .\cr"nmodH-
ZION p.'l,"r ;tir"uut$ L. S,.INl.2 The
uu..u accounts ,t. listed :it <l.2Jn.
Ri,hIuond imdiyiIualS ana trims
listed ;iiu"n: the unsecured creditors
arr. In" following: T.. y. ':"hhHr,lt ~
North seventh street. $ll.2": Eubank
Il ,;,iu"S -. East Franklin street,
SEA-: city IL Hichm"md. for gas. so:
S"uih"rn T"ui aud Awning Company.
>'.": VIZ. mi. halfway aud tower
,'u,ulany $50 ,hcSai.Hll, aud fotr-
iu:.. 'r,l"Irnu, Company. $l1."2: NuI"r-
1.,.u I'rr ~ .tsr uuI liNtu.r Company.
- - t. I.inu,"',-'lu. r"m; fr"m r''-
trE~, ! ,"lI. 4" r,t''n"r 81. l"iS.
-: ,:"n: a. y Nill~r. il. trustee. >i"".
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'IitN-ccni case OF papc's D.apcpsir
from 'nH drug store and put you,.
St"'nh ~ !iIh,. Don't keep ON being
miserable lie is too short -yuu are
not mere long. 40 make your stay
hErc hhic Eat Whist YOU like and al.
rcSt IL enjoy il. without dread Of re-
hclliJn in the stomach.
l'"pc's Diapcpsm belongs in Noul.
home anyway. should ono Of the fam
lily eat something which doesn't ,pr.c
with them. or III case of an attack Of
indigestion. dyspepsia, SaStritiS or
stomach arrangement at daytime Or
during The night. II is handy 10 givs
the quickest. "u-cSt relief known.
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1T >'r.>,;s Corur. r>nr II.

hiondaN and Trr sdny- William Mont
W. N,lanii. Coast Line Nail
49,, n"'np'nA. oflahoriN. Fulton 81
- a.: Ncll"anIr -. y. q,
~ 'Hh"Sd"N--!i"nrN W. Foster. vs.
,r:i,, V,n T.: .i"ncs. Irwin" Nav D. O.:
Thursday -ra"c H. Moore y4 E,.b.
."nh- f'r"'"rickShur% "iu io,nr,ac
, ,. w.. '"mna"T. -. II. and w H..
''',,>" y. Il: tarhw"ll. -. a.
-, ih.aN- H. ~ Nau"nru vS I,ipcri,I
"n'''ro Company. i'"ilar''. Smith &.
: "'i.fh. =. u: COX" X ri"krrc!l - ii
~ ,irdiN t;"nr"" v Nnyi",-.. all
,.'i'Sl''tr'N W. Virginia Halfway ana
rover t"npuny Lamb Il I.r,uI,
2'h tui;:"n X L.Ei"s;"u. -. Il.
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liner -: Il: Limit \ l.anb. u ii. same
~ u. Nnckols. Tucker ~ Miner.
-. -. Goodwin. -. a.
Thursday .-tcdrcla Rubber Manu-
'.';c' ms Company. ". chvmi Com
pan|. stern y - l'attcSnr. y Il
rrid',N- Joseph w. Smitl"r Ns. POLK
M''t'' Drug Co. Cary. u. a.: lloombor-
-. a.
~ '"ru"H.--tl 6. Proctor ~. ". NJ.
'e"S". Tucker X hIiucr ~ a. ;.,,l,rL
~ SIN ia, y. Il. Sane vs. ! q: Glib
h"L'H executor. Tucker * Min.r. u
- '.lr,Incr y GnnIMNm. ID a.
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,i,l ,I,,,li, totEr.

'i'h' r"l:ul:'y f"hruarN t"lm 81 tho
city i'ircuii t"uit MI convene to-
'H"i r"w n"rUIu@ at - O'clock with
.,ud..c Il; tHri". scott rrcS,din.. The
.i",t,t viiI i"r 'ui!"h .I'. ,:,S"., set t"I
tt!uI thv"r -.ii"ui an" term.
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trustee. lots .. g. and y in block ::
~ III. Plan y. Woodland Heights Adj
dition. September IL. 1913: Saun.
bc. Ihoii,S -. Jones ct uN. to l.. L.
pooi, uS;"" ln:Xl23 feet cast Inc
Twelfth street ~ feet uoith Of the
Vornv. ~ cambridge street. l"cbru-
Try /, l"iG: S2..on.
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.uiEr ,\i.t:\IJII,s.

1ro oioai." :ic ia. ..srs 1T FOR
tgi.I go ,hc ,H1cus courts this Wc,<
. =! lf ~. abhrcN.ation used to de-
not, counsel !"i th. plaintiff am! T. -.
ID. ;n. G,:Cidaut.
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err. rIn,trr cot,:r.

"I fthrlh'r torn of Inc ,.i:N cir
- '"'l convene to- nI'prrnr' morn
~. Nn'n "a" d"ck": vii hc called M
t't",N set foi tril,
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>II>Cs DEEDS or Tx, 81.
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= !. Brown q A ~ l.ct;iercv.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-13

Kings party" and again, on the next
day, to speak for the Venizuelists, the
adherents of the popular statesman
VINO desired to see Greece take up
arms against the central powers. The
admiral appears to have been a favor
lie OF both King Constantine and Ven
lzelos. His relations with the royal
family are of long standing, beginning
with his service under the personal
command of the then Crown Prince
constantine in the first Balkan war.
Recently the king acted as god father
to the admiraPs son, naming the infant
Constantine.
On the outbreak of the European
war IN 1914 Admiral Cardale. secur-
ing leave from the Greek government.
TOOK the squad of British naval gun
ners IN Serbia in hand, organized the
British, French and Russian heavy
artillery defenses of Belgrade. sue
cessfully mined the Danube and the
Sava, sunk few Austrian monitors.
wore the uniform of Serbian colonel
OF engineers for six months, received
the order and star of the white eagle
OF Serbia from the hands Of King Pc
ter himself, and the Karageorge medal
lfor personal bravery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-13
T. R. AND PREPAREDNESS

Colonel Roosevelt's zeal for prepar-
edness is of recent manufacture, &C
cording to his former secretary of the
treasury, Leslie NJ. Shaw of Iowa. In
a dispatch to the Philadelphia In
quirer republican,, former Secretary
Shaw is quoted as having said in a
speech at Berwyn, Ill:
While / was in the cabinet il was
discussed that Germany, for instance,
could make as much powder in sin
gle month as could be produced in the
United States in a year, and that, if
every powder mill in the United States
were to make powder only for the
government, and at their maximum
capacities. we could only fight our lit
tie navy two hours every month Yet
nothing was done, unless a suit to
dissolve the powder trust is to be
considered.
During the five years that ! was at
the head Of a companion department
of the government, l was cognizant of
the fact that we were compelled to
send every pound of food consumed
by our troops in the Philippine is
lands in japanese bottoms, because
we had no ships. Yet nothing was
done or has been done to create a mer-
camille marine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-13
New York Times).

The nomination of Theodore Roose-
welt by the republicans would have a
clear to every American mind.
That candidacy would have raised
high and made visible the issue of Op-
position to Woodrow Wilson on the
only grounds that make it capable OF
statement 1t would have meant that
in the judgment of the republican
party the United States ought now to
be engaged in the European war; that
it ought to be at war with Mexico, or
as a conqueror actually in possession
of that country.
The nomination of Mr.. Hughes
must bear to foreign observers a be-
wildering likeness to an express in
dOrsement OF the administration OF
Woodrow Wilson. He is a man of the
same type, conservative, deliberate
accustomed TO consider carefully the
consequences of his acts, never rash
never yielding to hasty impulse OF
swayed by the heat of passion, YET
withal inferior in capacity and ex-
perience. 1t is impossible to imagine
Mr. Hughes as president writing q
message to congress demanding q
great war credit and instant naval and
military preparation for a war with
Germany, because Of the invasion OF
Belgium. or the destruction of the
| Lusitania.
The utmost stretch of fancy does
not enable US to see him asking
congress to declare war on Mexico
The picture would be wholly imagin,
airy, false to the man and the occasion
Yet the republicans have absolutely
no other issue upon which with any
degree Of force and consistency they
can demand of the people with
drawal of their confidence in President
Wilson. That issue they dare moi
raise. They condemn, they denounce
they use freely the adjectiyes of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-13
CANNED ENTHUSIASM.

The national republican committee
has settled the question of representa-
ton in the national convention and the
next thing for it to take up is the adop-
ton of some rule that will put a curb
on the 'favOrite son" yelling and
ScTeeching that is wont TO be heard
on the presentation Of candidates for
the presidency. When the supporters
Of candidates gather about their head
quarters in the hotels and sing and
shout and cheer it may be all right.
but for gang of professional noise
makers to hold up conventional de-
libeTate body-fOr hours at a stretch
by such demonstrations as were wit
messed at Chicago is an outrage upon
the representatives of the people, says
the Bloomington Paragraph (rep.)
For gang of leather-lunged rooters
and whoopers to parade around the
hall in a procession resembling Com
anChe Indian war-dance while some
one coaches the braves and another
holds the watch to see how long it can
be kept up is altogether wrong. It is a
disgrace to a body presumed TO be TAX
ing action, To call it enthusiasm is a
great mistake-it is the farthegt from
It. It is d pTe-drranged, pre-concert-
ed, maChine-made bluff. 1t influences
no one, changes no votes and confirms
no conviction. 1t amounts to nothing
but test Of lung power. with the in
tellect wholly quiesCent in the per-
formers and with nothing but disgust
aroused in everybody else. 1t is time
such folly-if We may not call it hood
lumism-were stopped in national de-
liberate bodies. 1t has been INDUCED
long enough and the national commit,
tee OF some other authority should
protect future conventions from those
who get appointed as delegates for
their lung power and their ability to
shout by the watch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-13
1EAEIHETALKS'
Brady,M.D.
Playing With Fireworks.

Answer-No. All fruit acids actu-
ally render the blood more alkaline
and the urine less acid. The ancient
notion that the opposite was true was
founded upon ignorance of physiolo-
gy-and enthusiasm for the now de-
funct uric acid" theory. Blood never
becomes acid in life. And, as we have
said thousand times, rheumatism"
is a title popularity applied to a group
OF diseases depending on widely vary
ing causes. AS for chronic rheuma-
tlsm," there amt no sech animal,
Boys Are Still Boys.
John Doe writes that he has PIN
pies. bushes when girls or women
speak to him, and suffers other dread
ful symptoms which we need not re-
hearse. He desires to know what that
signifies.
Answer-Nothing, John. All of US
boys have all the symptoms in our
time. 1t is part of the business of be-
ing boy. If this answer isn't enough,
write again and sign your own name.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-13
FACE THE TRUTH

By force Of habit, doubtless, the
theory seems to survive among manv
republican spokesman that President
Wilson's administration can be dis
credited by Misrepresentation. Ons
evidence lies in the effort being made
to arouse sentiment in the business
community by dwelling in every adver-
Using medium they can reach upon the
increases of imports under the Under
wood tariff law, Notwithstanding the
European war. The effort is bound to
fail for a simple reason-the facts
riddle it.
In their tariff publicity the re-
publican partisans ignore the enor-
nous increases of exports because
these show the unprecedented pros
perity of the country. Also, they dc
not analyZe the imports. If they did
both, they would discover the increase
of imports is wholly due to the fact
that the United States is drawing up-
on all parts of the earth to secure the
materials from which to manufacture
the vast quantities of supplies of ali
sorts which other nations, both bel
ligerents and neutrals, need at this
time. Huge though it be, the domestic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-13

supply OF many of these raw mater
lalS IS not adequate to supply the de-
mand, and hence foreign raw materials
are being brought in to augment the
domestic supply.
That such is the situation clearly
appears from new statistics on the
subject Just issued by the department
Of commerce. BY reducing or remov-
ing entirely the tariffs on many essen
tlaI raw materials the Underwood tar
III act greatly aided American manu-
lacturers IN meeting the new foreign
demands upon them. Thus millions
upon millions of dollars have been
drawn into this country in payment OF
the service rendered by American la.
Dor and capital in manufacturing these
imported raw materials into articles
desperately needed by the outside
world.
The conclusion business men will
draw is obvious: The tariff should
not be changed unless conditions
change, and then should be readjusted
only upon the advice of experts. The
latter contingency is provided against
by President Wilson S recommendation
Tor the creation of a tariff commission
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-13
LITERARY MISSOURI.

Indiana's literary supremacy is Wig
orously challenged by Missouri. What
Mark Twain and Eugene Field began
is being ''nobly maintained" by a most
of worthy successors in and out of
Champ Clark's state, but all owing al
legiance to it. There is Winston
Churchill for one and Augustus Thomas
for another. Harold Bell Wright,
whose books sell by the carload, won
his fame with Missouri Stories" and
Rupert Hughes, said to be the most
successful magazine writer now liv-
ing" is a, son of the proud old COM
monwealth. But these names hardly
need the services of the Missouri
Writer'S Guild, except to associate
them more widely with the name of
Missouri The guild will find its real
task in spreading the fame of its less
known geniuses. Let criticism give
more generous attention to William H
! Handy, retiring president of the guild
who has had stories in nearly every
| important magazine in the country
How much does the average college
graduate know about John Brecken-
ridge, Ellis, the author of 20 success
full novels" or Of LIE Shippey, of Hig-
ginsville, president of the guild and
author of -four of the most widely
quoted poems published in the United
States last year,. Missouri should
take hint from her Indiana rival
What makes fer the fame of Hoosier
authors abroad is their fame at home
How many Missourians are accus-
toned, when they meet. to speak Of
Handy or Shippey in the soulful way
in which an Indianian rolls under his
tongue the name of Booth Harrington
or Riley?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-13
HEALTH INSURANCE.

In response to public interest in
health insurance the Massachusetts
legislature has created a commission
TO study social insurance with special
reference to sickness. The state de-
partment Of health and the bureau Of
statistics are directed to cooperate
with the commission OF nine members
which will prepare report and rec
ommend the form Of legislation to be
introduced in January, 1917. Califor-
MA has a similar state commission al
ready at work on this problem which
is attracting wide attention since the
introduction this year of bills for
health insurance in Massachusetts,
New York and New Jersey. PropOn-
ents Of this legislation believe it will
bring about a movement for health
first comparable to the safety first
campaign which followed workmen's
compensation for accidents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-13
UNDERMINING TEACHING.

The decision of the Princeton au-
thorities to devote more attention to
the teaching of recent history, particu-
larly American history since the Civil
war. is part of the reappraisal of val
hes in historical instruction which is
IN progress at other colleges. I'm
portant as colonial and pre-revolu-
tionary history may be, the things
which vitality concern the present gen.
Grafton of students are not the French
and Indian wars but the history OF the
country since its great expansion as
nation and in the bearing of this period
of history on present-day problems of
industrial and economic development
What Princeton is preparing to do
is to give the teaching of history
better degree of proportion, It's new
departure is in line with that which
at Harvard provides courses in Eu-
rOpean and American history during
the nineteenth century, in recent Eng
fish history, the history of the labor
classes since 1889, the constitutional
and political history Of the United
States from 1915 to 1915, etc.
Next to the history of our own times,
in the making OF which living men
have had the main part, that would
appear to- be the most important his
tory for US which Immediately pre-
coded it and by which our progress is
directly Influenced. What the country
achieved under Grants administrations
or when Cleveland was president is,
after all, Of more concern to Ameri-
cans today than the proceedings of the
continental congress. 1t is satisfac-
| tory to see the colleges developing the
neglected field and barking away from
the old policy of magnifying the dead
past.