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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26
FRANKLIN'S PLAN.

1t is a proverb of holy writ, we be-
lieve, that says, There is nothing new
under the sun" 1t sounds like Sol
ONION, and without examining the con-
cordance, we'll let it go at that At
any rate, it is proverb that in these
modern days is frequently, with truth,
applied to modern inventions or pro
gressive" ideas. For instance, some, #
not all the belligerent nations of Eu-
rope are issuing orders to turn the
hands of the clocks backward for the
purpose of increasing the work hours
of daylight and save thereby the ex-
pense for artificial light
In the recent debate over the day
light savings bill in the French cham
Der of deputies, the leading speaker
turned to an article by Benjamin
Franklin, published in the Journal de
Paris in April, 1884.
Franklin was much disturbed over
the fact that society was wasting the
hours of sunlight in the summer and
so was forced to the use of unneces-
sary artificial light. He took the six
months from March 20 to September 20
and figured that Paris was burning in
that time 100000 pounds of wax and
tallow worth $2O,000,000.
His plan was not to turn the clock
ahead, but to impose tax on every
shutter that kept the sunlight out, and
to have all the church bells ring at
sunrise. If the church bells should
not prove sufficient he felt it might be
advisable to fire a cannon in every
street until people formed the habit
! of waking at sunrise.
In this as in many other of his sug-
gestions, Franklin was ahead of his
time But the passing years demon
| strated that he was right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26
The Daily Story
a Mean Tricky r. A. Mitchell

prizes to be given out at the end Of
the term. Then Charnley, No. 7, all
of sudden said that his mother had
set her face against bis rowing, fear
ing that the strain would injure him.
The consequence Of all this was
that In the space Of three weeks the
crew had been so reduced that many
were opposed to It's being entered In
the race. A meeting Of the students
was called to decide the question, and
a vote was taken, There were many
women students present, each having
vote, and they all voted for the en-
trance Of the club at the regatta.
There was a howl among the men
students. who declared that the won1-
en- had injured the college greatly since
they had been admitted, and now it
was evident that they would ruin 1t.
Well. the crew went to the regatta.
There were more of the women stu
dents of the college at Poughkeepgie
that year than ever before. They said
they had come TO see their alma mater
win. ThcE formed knot Of cheerers.
though they had no leaders. Every
girl looked inexpressibly happy.
There were six crews compettng At
the signal to go they started together,
but within a few minutes began to
separate, the better crews leaving the
poorer ones behind. When they reach
| ed the goal the college whose goods
| had come to cheer a victory came In
last. being hundred yards behind the
next last boat.
| Then the women students gave a
| cheer, but not a cheer Of victory. II
was cheer for votes for women.
| Then they each and all went home, and
their alma mater saw them no more.
In time the true reason for the run.
ming down of the crew and its failure
came out At class meeting of the
women students on the 1st OF June
| committee of the most fascinating
girls were appointed to lay in wait fer
the members of the crew with view
| to breaking down its efficiency. Each
| girl was assigned her object Perkins
was first captured and gave Ethel Cur.
tbs promise not to row, she suggest
ing the story about his doctor and
heart weakness. Bowers was shared
by Louise Van Wrinkle. Tompkins was
sent up the cliff for flower by Wini.
fred Turnlee, with the expectation that
he would break something, and he
came near breaking his neck. Charm
ley had no mother to oppose his row.
ing, but Lucia Harker stood in her
stead. With1he success of these four
there was no need of any other mem
bers OF the crew being lured.
! When the students-men only-reas-
sembled in September every member
of the crew who had been seen in COM
pany with a coed during the preceding
June was cut by his fellow students.
Not one of the men who had been
duped had been rejected by the girl
who duped him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26
SPEECH OF CONGRESSMAN Ed
WARD HEATING OF COLORADO
AGAINST THE USE OF THE
STOP WATCH.
The clerk read as follows:

Inc clerk READ as IOllOWS.
Amendment offered by Mr.. Taven-
ner: Page IA, line is, after the word
rate strike out the period and in
sert in lieu thereof a colon and the
following:
Provided, That no part of the appro-
priations made in this act shall be
available for the salary or pay of any
officer, manager, superintendent, fore
man, or other person having charge of
the work of any employee of the United
States while making or causing to be
made with stop watch, or other meas
uring device, time study of any Job
of any such employee between the start
ing and completion thereof, or of the
movements of any such employe while
engaged upon such work; nor shall
any part of the appropriations made
in this act be available to pay any pre-
MUM or bonus or cash reward to any
employe in addition to his regular
wages, except for suggestions result
ing in improvements or economy in
the operation of any government
plant"
Mr.. Heating. Mr. Chairman, would
call the attention of the house to the
fact that most of those who are oppos-
ing the amendment offered by my
friend from Illinois TMr. Tavennerl
! want to use the stop watch on other
men, and that those who are support
ing the amendment have had the stop
watch used on them. That is the is
sue, my friends, clear and distinct
Back of the opposition to this amend
ment stands j. A. Emery, of the
! National Association of Manufacturers.
| During the last congress. after the Null
| hall investigation had suspended Mr.
Emery's activities, this identical
amendment was placed on the army
and navy bills without protest. This
year, Mr.. Emery, acting for the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
has stirred up opposition to this propo-
/ sltion.
In the time allotted to me | can not
do more than answer one or two sug-
/ gestions which have been submitted.
Let me say, first of all, that there is
| nothing in this amendment which pre-
vents the adoption of an efficiency sys-
tenl-absolutely nothing The only
thing this amendment does is to pre-
vent the use of a stop watch and the
premium and bonus system; and when
gentlemen tell you that it prevents the
adoption of an efficiency system in
any branch of the government service
they are either attempting to deceive
you or they do not know what they are
talking about
AS evidence Of that, let me call your
attention to the fact that the navy de-
partment in the navy yards of this
country has an efficiency system, which
| submitted to this house a few days
ago, covering Is pages of printed mat
ter, and not a word in it about a stoI
watch or the premium or bonus sys-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26

There is a certain college In New
England In which until few years
ago young women were admitted u
the courses. 1t Is we'll known tnat
1t was the men students who brought
about the passage Of the reguia.ioh
that no woman should thereafter De
admitted as a student to the college.
Why the young men objected was
puzzle to every one except the faculty
The girls claimed that the reason OIL
their being dropped from the college
was that they took the scholarships
away from the men. so that women
instead Of men were being helped
through college. The boys declared
that the reason why they did not want
girls In college was that they TOOK up
room that otherwise would have been
taken by men and there were FEWER
men to draw from for competing Wild
other colleges in athletics.
This made the girls mad. 1t mas
been claimed that in order to take re
yenge on the men they put up job
TO bring about the defeat Of the collegs
team that had been long In training
for the annual regatta free to all col
leges at Poughkeepsie Immediately aft
er the June commencement Ihere
was every expectation that this team
would win the race, and every one con-
nected with the college was anticipat
ing the eclat that would attach to
their alma mater on account OF the
victory. The college was a small one
and it was hoped that the winning OF
a race so important would attract stu
| dents-men, not girls.
About the list Of June both the cap
tain of the crew and its trainer pro-
| nounced that they had not only the
| best crew among the competitors so
| far as muscle was concerned, but they
| worked together better than any 9th
| er and had the best stroke. From that
| time bad luck set In. Perkins Dow
gave out that his physician had for
| hidden him to row on account of a
weakness of his heart. He had been
relied upon to do great things, and it
was doubted If as good a man could
be found for the place. Stanford was
selected, but every one knew that he
was not Perkins.
Bowers, No. 6, one day was absent
from practice. The captain lectured
him. He was absent again. The cap
tain declared that another such Of
tense would put him oft the crew. II
came, and Bowers was fired. 1t was
a great misfortune, for he was one
of the best oarsmen In the crew.
And now misfortunes fell thick and
fast Tomkins, No. 8. while climbing
cliff to get a flower for one of the
prettiest girls in college fell and broke
his arm. The incident increased the
anita sontsm against the women stu
dents. But they paid no attention to
it, being bent on gathering in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26

War with Mexico seems certain
Every day that passes brings further
confirmation of the suspicion long en-
tertained in Washington that CarranZa
was no different in general makeup
and character than others who had
preceded him in the presidency of the
southern republic. President Wilson
cant be accused of not having ex-
hausted every resource at his com
mand TO keep his country out of open
conflict with Mexico. He has been
slow to take the step that now seems
inevitable, but he will have united
nation behind him, prepared for any
sacrifice in the knowledge that he
had gone the limit before taking the
move that means bIoodshed among his
rountrymen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26
DU POINTS IN FAMILY POLITICAL ROW

/ (Chicago Tribune Wilmington SpeciaD
] The Du Pont family. for more than
a century manufacturers of gunpow-
der, whose members have participated
in state and national politics, is divid-
ed again and the controversy threatens
to split the republican party in Della
ware.
/ The political fight is the outcome of
other battles which have been waged
among the Du Points, first the social
war and later the business clash which
( involves control of the $4,000, 900
powder concern.
! On one side are United States Sena-
/ tor Henry 4. du Pont, the recognized
leader in republican affairs in Della
ware, and General T. Coleman du Point,
whose name was placed in nomination
at the Chicago convention for presi-
, dent.
! On the other side is Alfred |. du
Pont, who has shown his teeth to his
cousins and who is picked as the logi-
cal leader for the revolt against the
organization. Concentrating his force
overnight, he defeated the senator for
the honor of going to the convention
and worked tooth and nail against the
Delaware delegation supporting the
candidacy of T. Coleman for president
and for reelection as national COM
mitteeman from Delaware. He sue
! ceeded in deadlocking the delegation,
/ but the national committee reelected
his cousin.
At the start Alfred l. du Pont showed
amazing strength in defeating his
cousin for national delegate, and his
victory developed that he had assist
ance of some who were classed as or
I ganiZation men.
/ Little or nothing was heard of AL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26

was for him. Boies Penrose was for
him. All were filled with loyalty to
Hughes. What CHASTITY farce it was!
1t is interesting TO observe the char
acter OF the claims made by his sup
porters for Hughes effectiveness as
president We are told that, if elected,
he would hold the bosses at arms
length, resent dictation,' refuse to
cater TO the demands of the special
interests" and ignore the voice of the
spoilsmen." Let us, for the moment,
take all this at it's face value. Let us
freely concede that man might be
made president of the United States
by Butler, Smoot, Penrose and their
sort and go through the duties of his
high office, ignoring everything his
patrons and supporters wanted. look
ing upon the men who had made him
with the eye the family watchdog
turns on the skulking stranger, turning
down their appointments and vetoing
their measures. So be it.
In that case every citizen who wants
to see the federal government at war
with itself, every citizen who wants to
see president spending his time in
clearing himself of all suspicion of be-
ing on working terms with his chief
supporters, every citizen who believes
that the chief duty of a president is to
stand between a helpless nation and
the nefarious designs of the leaders of
MS own party, ought by all means to
vote for Hughes.
Still, it seems bit strange to see a
man seriously urged for president
chiefly on the ground that if elected
he would not consult the men who had
elected him and would not permit the
men elected along with him TO do the
things they would want to do. And.
just as an afterthought. How would
such a president ever get anvthins
ione2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26
A DOUBLE FALSEHOOD
NAILED.

Selling upon a false statement sent
out from Detroit, to the effect that
Henry Ford had discharged, or pro-
posed TO discharge employees who en-
listed in the national guard OF Michi-
gan, and that he had said that those
already enlisted, who were forced to
go to war, would lose their jobs, a far
fetched attempt has been made in this
district by a republican newspaper, to
associate Congressman TavenneT with
the alleged attitude of Mr.. Ford.
The truth Of the matter is that the
statements sent out concerning Mr.
Ford's position are absolutely without
foundation, as witness the following
Associated Press dispatch sent out
from Detroit. Saturday night;
Ford employees who are mem
bers Of the Michigan militia will
be received back by the company
without prejudice when they have
completed their service in the
guard. Reports that Ford en-
ployes who answer the call to
arms would be discharged are
without foundation"
Thus did Henry Ford personally
explain the reports that Ford en-
ployes were being discharged for
eniisting in the state guard.
Ford indicated furthermore that
the families of employees who go to
the border would be provided for
by the company.
Furthermore, while The Argus does
rot approve of all Mr. Ford's peace
Ideas, ii nevertheless admireS him as
q humanitarian, man who believes
IN his fellowmen, a man who has up
lifted the laborer, and man who has
treated his employees as has no other
great manufacturer in American his
tory Because Of Mr.. Ford's fairness
10 labor, he attracted the attention OF
Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner, and
because Of Tavenner's fight on the mu-
milton trust, he attracted the attention
of Henry Ford, and because these two
men have convictions running along the
same channel. both as TO the cause of
labor, and the munition ring, they we're
naturally drawn together.
Mr. Ford, however, has incurred the
everlasting wrath and antagonism OF
some Of the great industrial interests.
HIS first offense was in making a car
which ne could place on the market
below a charge Of $500. and thus put
it in the hands of a man of ordinary
means, so that the automobile ceased
To be a luxury, which only people Of
great wealth may enjoy.
His second offense was In recogniz-
ing labor as a great element in the
production of wealth, and the estab-
Eshment by him of ware In keeping
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26

fred l. du Pont as possible political
leader until after he had been ousted
as member of the finance committee
and as a vice president of the Du Point
Powder company because Of his par
tlcipation in the suit instituted by
Philip F. du Pont of Marion, Pa, to
compel Pierre S. du Point, president
OF the powder concern, and his associ-
ates comprising the Du Point Securi-
ties company to turn back to the com
pany s56,000,000 worth of stock pur-
chased from T. Coleman du Pont on
the ground that fraudulent methods
were employed in its acquisition.
His crushing defeat of his cousin.
the venerable senator, for national del
egate, apparently without advance
preparation, created a sensation in DO
litical circles of Delaware, and it was
the first intimation that the fight of
the battling Du Points had taken new
turn.
The Du Point family entered politics
more than century ago when Victor
du Point /. was elected to the Della
ware house of representatives being
reelected in 1916 The family name
does not appear again on the official
roster until 1910, when Charles |. Du
Pont was elected state senator. In
1874 A. |. du Pont was elected a pres
ldential elector, and in 1864 Victor du
Pont II. was a democratic candidate
for presidential elector.
The Du Points then dropped out of
politics entirely until 1895, after John
Edward Addicks had begun his spec
tacular and costly fight for a United
States senatorship. With the legisla-
ture deadlocked United States Senator
Henry A. du Pont was made the choice
of one faction, but the deadlock was
not broken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26
LOOK OUT FOR THE ANNUAL MAD
noe.

First, what is a mad dog, or when
is a dog mad?
"A dog is mad when he bites any
body. That is clear. He wouldn't bite
for fun. But dog may be very mad,
indeed. yet have no inclination to bite
anybody. He will bite when angry.
He may not think of biting when he
has the rabies.
Nine out of ten mad dogs" are
merely irritable as result of fleas,
heat or other annoyance.
When a dog or other animal is in
fected with rabies or "hydrophobia'
he prefers and seeks quiet and soli-
tude, probably into some out-of-the-
way, dark place, and hides there AS
the Hines progresses his throat mus
cles become spasmodic, so that it is
painful to swallow. This causes the
superstition that the animal is afraid
Of water hydro, water; phobia
fear). The animal is not afraid of
water, but he may be unable to swal-
low water or anything else without
choking on it, so he instinctively stops
trying. After several days the hind
quarters become weak and soon help
less, paralyzed. So the animal has to
drag them after him if he tries to
move about. Preceding this, how
ever, dellrium may occur, and the de-
llrlous animal may run aimlessly
about, biting or swapping at every
thing and everybody that crosses his
path.
No matter where you live, nor what
season of year it is, nor whose animal
bites you, these are the safe and
proper precautions TO take:
/. Immediate swabhing of the wound
with tincture Of iodine If medical at
tentlon can be had, prompt cauteriza-
ton. These precautions prevent ra-
bies, locklaw and ordinary blood pois-
oning.
2. Capture and imprison the animal
and employ veterinary surgeon to
watch him for two weeks for any in
dication of rabies. The owner Of the
animal should agree to pay the veter-
mary surgeons fee, or if not, the vic
tim should seek police or legal aid at
once.
). II the veterinary surgeon pro-
nounces the animal free from symp-
toms at the end of two weeks. then
there is no danger whatever. If the
veterinary surgeon is in doubt, then
kill the animal, pack the head in salt,
and ship by express or parcel post
! to whatever laboratory the health de-
partment designates, for pathological
examination.
A. If rabies is diagnosed by the vet
Urinary surgeon or by the laboratory
pathologist, then let the anti-rabie
virus be administered in the patients
home or any hospital as a preventive.
1t is unnecessary TO go away to an
i institute for treatment. The virus
| can be shipped by mail in vacuum bot
ties for each days dose.
5. Never kill the dog or animal with
any notion that you are preventing
trouble for the victim That is the
| height Of nonsense Madstones be-
| long in the category with ghosts and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Scr0fuIa is Tuberculosis,

l always had the impression that
scrofula was a blood disease caused
by impure living, and that it usually
showed as a gathering in the neck
under the ear. My wife had it, and
she inherited it from her grandfather,
who was wild one, she frankly con-
fessed to me before we married.
Answer - Scrofula is tuberculosis
Of the lymph nodes in the neck, and
often causes gathering and istula
there. Your wife did not inherit it,
she acquired it in infancy, through
milk from tuberculosis cows or
through contact with persons with
tuberculosis. 1t has nothing TO do
with purity. Evidently you confuse
it with syphilis, which bears no re-
semblance to it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26

unwilling reactionary wing of his party
by an irresistible progressive wave
The convention was as devoid of heat
and efferVesc ence as a cup of cold tea
! The nomination of Hughes was not the
act of the men in the republican party
who are most nearly Of the Hughes
type. The natural Hughes men were
the little men of the convention, not
the big ones.
The nomination of Hughes represent
ed the cold, calculated act of a set of
reactlonary machine leaders who de-
sired votes and victory above every
thing else and were willing to pay the
price, no matter what that might be.
Some OF these leaders were interested.
first of all, in Offices. Others chief
interest was in the restoration and
maintenance of the special privileges
Of special interests. There was no
hope for them in putting up a known
reactlonary; he would only be knocked
down. To permit the liberals to nom
mate man of liberal thought would
be to surrender their own leadership
at the outset. One course only re-
manned; il involved certain risks and
disadvantages, to be sure, but it was
the only course that held forth the
faintest chance of victory for the party
with continued domination for them.
That was to take a liberal as the can
didate and make him the beneficiary
OF the standpatters. So they did it.
They were fortunate in their choice,
Here was Hughes. his record previous
10 the disintegration of the republi-
can party preserved from damage from
his subsequent activities by the fortu-
nate circumstance that. in the cold
storage of the supreme court, he had
engaged in no subsequent activities
whatever. Everybody was for Hughes.
Bill Barnes was for him Reed Smoot
was for him. Nicholas Murray Butler