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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
Hunting in China Interior.

p Picking, May 16.-ROy Chapman
Andrews of the American Museum of
Natural History, New York, left Pc
king today for the interior of China
where he will remain for d year or
more hunting big game and studying
the Wild animals in portions of China
hitherto not invaded by biologists.
Mr.. Andrews went from Picking to
foochoW, and from that point will sail
to Haiphong and make his way over
land into Kweichow province, which
Will be the scene of most Of his ex-
ploration work, Mr.. Andrews is ac-
companied. by his bride, who is the
daughter of Colonel Henry Borup of
the United States army, and a sister
of the late George Borup, the Arctic
explorer.
Mrs. Andrews is an expert photog-
rapher, and will be the official pho
tographer Of the expedition. Among
the animals known to exist in the in
terror OF Kweichow province the takin,
the coral and serow. The takin is an
animal of bright yellow color as large
as cow, but similar to the goat in
appearance. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews
hope to get specimens OF these rare
animals, as well as photographs which
will show them in their native sur
roundlngss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
TEACHING SCOUTS.

Nearly 100000 boys will go into
preparedness camps in all parts of the
country this summer under the lead
ership Of men identified with the Boy
Scouts Of America, according TO an an
nouncement made at the organization s
headquarters. Military drill will not
be given the boys, but in other WAYS
the camps will be very similar TO the
military instruction camps for adults
at Plattsburg, n. Y, and other places.
IAN analysis Of the program for the
Plattsburg and similar camps pro-
NOTED by General Leonard A. Wood
reveals that fully three-quarters Of the
subjects and activities taken up in
them are included in the boy scout
scheme" the statement reads, "and
they will be provided in this sum-
mer's boy scout camps, the first OF
which will open next week"
The aims in view. it is explained, are
not only to build the boys physically
but TO give them knowledge and skill
that will immeasurably increase their
usefulness. to their country In any
crisis" Under this plan the following
subjects are,inciuded in the course Of
instruction: Camp site selection, tent
pitching, drainage, sanitation, commits
sary equipment and management, fire
lighting without matches. cooking,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16

cooked in it. VIII you enlighten US?
Answer-Here is the authoritative
word Of Harrington's Hygience: "Alu-
minum ware is less acted upon by acid
foods than tin, but is affected consid-
erably by alkalies, the impurities pres
ent in commercial aluminium acting
as favoring agents to its corrosion.
But the resulting compounds are in
nocuous in the small amount INCEST
ed. This kind of ware is kept clean
very easily and offers great advan-
tages in lightness."
AS a matter of fact, there is no dan
ger of poisoning from any kind Of
kitchen ware now in use.
Our Opinion Versus the Family Doc
tors.
Some time ago you stated that nitro
glycerin was dangerous remedy TO
take for faintness, etc. Our doctor
gives my sister and me tablets con-
tanning 1-100 grain to take TWO or
three times a day. How will it harm
US?
Answer - 1t won't. Your doctor
knows that the state of your arteries
or blood-preSsure indicates such med
lclne. We condemned it as remedy
Tor Standardization. When our ideas
clash with your family doctors advice
forget what we say and do as he says.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
WHEN DECLINE BEGAN.

The Navy league in a new publica-
ton devoted to the upbuilding of the
navy fixes the date when the American
navy began to drop behind Germany
at about the year 1907 and ascribes the
relative decline to the lack of sys-
tematic planning.
1t could not be a lack of liberality,
the league argues, because the United
States spent much more money be-
tween 1907 and 1914 than Germany on
its navy, and SO much more that diff
ferences in cost between the two coun-
tries does not absorb the excess of
American over German expenditure.
The Navy league has no politics, but
its members and sympathizers will
scarcely give credit to republican
criticisms of what democrats have
done for naval preparedness when
these facts and the date of the de-
cline are considered. A Part of the
Roosevelt administration and of all of
the Taft administration are included
| in the period named. In 1918 the
democratic party took charge of the
navy; in 1914 the war began, and the
basis for any sort of fair comparison
disappeared, for construction and de-
struction in the German navy both be-
came abnormal.
This puts whatever basis there may
be for the unfavOrabie comparison and
the bad planning squarely up to the
republicans, who are now asking polit-
ical favor at the hands of the voters
on the ground that they are true
friends of preparedness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
HUGHES AND PARKER

It is suggestive that experienced pol
itcians seem to find analogy between
the Hughes candidacy Of 1916 and
the Parker candidacy OF 1904. Condi-
tions in the republican party show a
remarkable similarity to the condl-
SONS which beset the democracy i
years ago. The democrats were slow
" recovering from the hiatus of 1896,
when the split on silver gave the re-
publicans easy victory. The conserva-
tive faction of the party, though out
numbered heavily in the popular vot-
ing at the time of the division, gradu-
ally won its way back into dominance
of the party machinery. The radicals,
hopeless of success alone, reluctantly
came back into the fold and accepted
the nomination of Parker-Tegarded by
the conservatives as comparatively
harmless '-without apparent ami
mostly. They were not Tebellious, but
apathetic. And Parker's vote fell more
than a million below that given Bryan
in 1900.
The nomination of Hughes by the
conservative element of the republic
can party offers an excellent parallel
to the nomination of Parker by the
democrats Both were comparatively
unfamiliar to the masses; both had
clean records; both had excellent rec
ords as judges; both had personalities
lacking in magnetism; and both were
sought on the ground of availability"
and with view TO their supposed abil-
ity to provide a sort of neutral meet
ing ground for conflicting factions.
The parallel might be carried fur
Their in its application to the reception
accorded the nomination of Hughes by
the progressives, except that in the
case of Hughes the chagrin of the rad
icals is outspoken, while the nomina-
ton of Parker was received with list
lessness by the radical democrats.
1t is hardly conceivable that the
four million progressiveS who follow
ed Roosevelt in 1912 will shift with one
accord to Hughes, sponsored as he is
by the same hated bosses who drove
them from the party. 1t is difficult TO
believe that the faction which outvoted
the other faction by nearly million
votes will go all the way toward meet
ing its enemy Of four years ago. Po-
litical forecasting is always guess
work, but there are good reasons to
believe that the thousands of radical
republicans who left the old party in
1912 will duplicate the course of the
radical democrats in 1904 and either
stay at home on election day or throw
their support to the opponent of the
regular" nominee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
HOME INDUSTRY HIT

Manufacturers of farm implements
and machinery are trying desperate
ly to persuade the steel fabricatOrs to
keep their factories under normal Op-
Grafton. But the steel people are too
busy. They are so crowded with war
business at prices hitherto inconceiv-
able that the wants of their old Gus
toners seemily do not much interest
them.
1t is not that the manufacturers are
advancing any moral or legal reasons
why the steel mills should not fill the
foreign orders for munitions, if they
can do so without seriously injuring
domestic industry That. however, is
just what the steel producers are do
ing. The inOrdinate profits that the
belligerents are Offering for quick de
Hveries of war supplies has led the
steel men TO neglect the American
manufacturer The latter believes il
is time that the consideration Of eX-
Ceedingly high profits should yield to
that of domestic welfare.
What is hitting the manufacturers OF
farm operating equipment hard now,
if the behavior Of the steel fabricatorS
is not corrected, will soon be hitting
the users of that equipment, and cit
liens at large The Implement and
Tractor Trade Journal comes out with
information that reveals a serious
state of the steel market. According
to this authority, situation has arisen
because of the war abroad that has
begun to work almost unbearable
hardships on the implement manufac-
turers who depend upon the steel mills
for most of their material.
1t would be difficult to exaggerate
the danger lying in the steel problem
now confronting the American farm
implement and machinery manufac-
turing industry, which more directly
serves the public than any other class
of manufacturers for it supplies those
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16

due partly to the workingman him
self-to his own ignorance and care
lessness.
Improved conditions and shorter
hours mean expenditure of money on
the part of the employer. In most
cases legislation is necessary to com
pei this expenditure, which will make
the working day shorter and working
conditions better.
1t means better light, better VENT
lation, proper drinking water and in
dividual drinking cups, improved san.
itary arrangements, proper tempera-
ture and the latest devices or ap.
planes for the health and safety ot
the worker.
Many of the occupational diseases
may be lessened by inspection, educa :
ton and penalties. During the pas
few years much progress has bee
made. The rate of sickness and death
due to industries have decreased i
consequence of humane legislation. As
good legislation and adequate inspec-
ton increase, so will the health ara
happiness of the mill hand and the
factory worker.
With better working conditions Will
come d decrease in the death rate of
children born of factory workers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK

A firm of Chicago investment bank
ers sent out a series of questions re-
lating to the industrial and economic
outlook of $500 business men. From
their replies the Chicago Herald pub
fishes this summary:
THE condition of this nation is
much better than generally has been
supposed. Peace threatens no pro-
nounced shock to industry or to
trade"
An unpleasant shadow is cast on our
prosperity by the thought that we
are profiting by the misfor-
tune-the tragedies-of other nations.
Unquestionably it is true in a degree.
Students of economics have made a
variety Of guesses and predictions as
to what will happen after peace is de-
clared.
Outside Of any scientific analysis of
prospective. conditions, it would seem
that all of the combined energies of
this country and of Europe would be
called upon to repair the damage and
replace the waste of war. With the
proper outstanding of resources and
alertness in responding to new de-
mands, this country should continue
to prosper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
IEAETH TALK
The Distinction of Being Bald.
Brady,M.D.

If we had a laurel wreath to bestow
upon the best physicians in the world
we'd have to, speaking frankly, hand
it to the Germans. America grows the
best surgeons in the world, the best
nurses, the finest hospitals and fair to
middling medica4 schools, but German
physicians are supreme.
Now, take it from Doktor r. 0.
Stein; writing in the Berlin Medium
ische klinik, that no man need be
ashamed of his bald spot Stein doesn't
put it just that way, but we give you
the general drift of his remarks.
Badness, he explains, is connected
with the secretion of the sebum or oil
Of the skin of the scalp. Brow and
nose are normally covered with an
oily coating, probably to protect these
regions against excessive radiation of
body heat, the skin here having little
or no simultaneous fat as in other
situations. The oil glands have d sort
of antagonistic action against the
sweat glands; when the skin is chill
ed "goose-fiesh" forms, the contrac-
ton squeezes out oil and protects the
skin against excessive cooling. Mus
cular exertion produces sweat; men
tai eXertion produces Sebum." Get
this clear in mind, baldpates, for it
will be a comfort to you. Excessive
secretion of oil favors the loss of hair.
See? Good scientific, physiological
reason why "highbrows" are high
brows in fact, and lowbrows have all
the nice hair But there is more yet.
Hein-no, Stein-we never can re-
member those Teuton surnames-
Stein further relates that the effem-
mate type Of man (really he uses the
adjective enuchoid, but Germans are
so very blunt always has fine head
of hair because of the absence of, or
the comparatively small quantity of
internal secretion. apparently, being
stimulant to the sebaceous or oil
secreting glands of the skin. Where
! fore it follows that the yirile, manly
man goes bald, while the movie hero
Susie continues to shake his defiant
name through many a horrible pic
ture
| Nein-or, rather, Stein-asserts that
the excessive activity of the oil glands
usurps the energy or nourishment
need to grow hair, particularly in the
areas Of the skin surfaces where Sc
baceous secretion is most prOfuse and
blood supply is most precarious-
which, sure enough. are the areas over
the frontal eminences and the occip-
ital protuberance
The moral of all this is only too OBJ
vious, but it is so easy TO overlook the
obvious that it may be as well TO set
it down in black and white, so there
shall be no mistake.
Bald husbands are hard TO divorce.
J They have too much horse sense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16

This fact has been ignored by the re-
publican politicians and they are now,
with their accustomed impudenCe in
their newspaper organs and in their
speeches, engaged in claiming to have
polled more votes than the progressive
party at the last general election, and
referring to it as the third party"
Of course, it is humiliating for the
republican politicians and their organs
to admit that their party had dropped
from first place to third place in four
short years, but facts and figures are
stubborn things and, unpleasant as
they may be, must be recognized.
The standing of the political parties
on the record is now: Democrat, first;
progressive, second. and republican,
third. 1t is bitter pill for the repub-
hcan politicians and their newspaper
organs to swallow, but it is prescribed
by fact and they must swallow it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
RECOGNIZING WOMEN

The organization and operation of a
women's and girls division in the
United States employment service is
being promoted by the federal govern
ment. Plans for the same were sum-
married by A. Caminetti, commission
ergeneral of immigration, for the con-
SideratiOn of delegates to the biennial
Of the general federation of women
clubs. In its briefest form the COM
! missioner's outline contains 25 dis.
tinct and important suggestions rela-
tive to the employment of females
over 16 years Of age.
Thus officially does Uncle Sam rec
Ognize the inevitable part which
women are destined to take in the
work outside of the home.
This is the first time Uncle Sam has
ever sent message to the women's
big biennial convention. That the
event should concern women as work
ers is significant. 1t indicates that
Uncle Sam has concluded that women
have entered the vocations perman-
emily.
Whether they are advancing toward
economical independence or are mere
iy adding another to their natural bur.
dens is outside prophecy. Time will
tell
Woman's status in the industrial
world is not yet fixed. viii she be
able to shape it to suit herself? Or
will man impose his own conditions
on her?
By one way she will come to the
greater freedom of which the feminists
dream, but by the other she will sim
ply change the form Of her old subor.
dination to man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
long distance code signaling, setting
up Of field telegraph and wireless out

long distance code signaling. setting
up Of field telegraph and wireless out
fits. bridge building. construction of
signal and observation towers, fire
fighting, swimming, rescue Of drown
ing persons, resuscitation, managing
boats, first aid TO injured, observation
and memory tests, map making and
reading, exploration of unfamiliar ter
ritory, and dispatch bearing In addi-
ton the scouts will learn, largely
through games and competitions which
quicken boyish interest, great deal
about nature, and will be taught to put
into practice the code of conduct
known to them as scout law"
The most ardent preparedness ad-
vocate of today" the statement de-
clares, has added nothing new to the
arguments that were recognized by the
promoters of the boy scout scheme; in
deed, the scout scheme goes further
and provides workable plan, one tina
is actually working, for preparedness
for everyday life, for the routine re-
Quirements of citizenship, as we'll as for
emergencies including the remote pos
sibility of war"
In explanation of the fact that the
boys will not receive military drill, the
statement says:
THE rife, the sword and other mill
tary accoutrements form no part of
the boy scout equipment The boy, in
his adOlescent years. we feel, is not
sufficiently benefited by practice in the
manuel of arms to have it take the
place of other things which are Of a
more positive and constructive value. y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE.

One Of the greatest subjects In
preventive medicine is industrial hy-
giene While the movement Is COM
paratively new in this country, ire
mendOus strides are being made 10
improve conditions Of the worker in
the shops, mills and factories and 10
lessen the amount of sickness and de-
crease the number Of deaths due to IN
hygienic conditions.
The invention Of new processes, the
development of new industries, the
rush Of business, with its keen compe-
titiOns, have resulted in conditions
which demand legislation to correct
abuses and remedy evils peculiar to
the environment of the workingman.
Legislation is required 10 improve
working conditions in shops and fac
tories which arise because Of greedy
indifference and ignorance Of the en-
ployer, but these conditions are also
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
THE THIRD PARTY"

No absolute rule for numbering politi-
cal parties exists The usual custom no
cal parties exists. The usual custom,
however, has been to number them ac-
cording to size and not by their age. If
We accept the latter the progressive
party is the third party II We adopt
the record of votes cast at the last
presidential election, the progressive
party is the second party"
The record Of the votes cast by the
democratic, progressive and republi-
can parties at the election in 1912, the
last presidential election. is as follows /:
Democratic, G,2J3, 019; republican, g.
4S4,956, and progressive, 4,119,507.
This record makes it plain that the
progressive party is entitled under the
rule which usually is observed, to the
distinction Of being called the second
party and that the republican party
must lag behind as the third party"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16

Parls.-British soldiers on leave who
mad their empire day" on the boule-
wards on May "A attracted general at
tention. not so much on account of the
roses they wore as the curious articles
they pulled from their pockets; toba,-
co pouches. purses, pocketbooks of
notified leather that looked like leop-
ard skin at the first glance but turned
out to be giraffe skin. These soldiers,
Just back from East Africa, had been
Obliged to hunt these animals because
they rubbed their long necks against
teld wires and cut communications.
Shortly before his death Lord kitch-
ener was presented with a dressing
gown lined with giraffe skin as a me-
mento Of the East African campaign
Of l9l4-l5-l6.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16

An Illinois man who started out a
few days ago on a long automobile
tour through four midwestern states
remarked as he was leaving: Il don't
mind any part OF the trip except the
part that is in Illinois. We're sure OF
good roads as soon as We get past the
Illinois line" The richest state in the
middle west, with the most prosperous
farmers in the world, has the worst
highways. Is there any way OF arous-
the Illinois farmer to the same appre-
citation OF good roads that farmers II
our neighbOr states feel?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
The Daily Story
Return From oblivion-By William Chandler

Dick Atherton's. Then dreamed that
I said to him:
"Dick, have ron come back to keep
your promise when we were young.
stersT'
"I've come back TO keep you from
running full Roadway against Folly
point" was the reply.
have said that dreamed this, be.
cause that's the way it seemed TO me.
What it really was might be another
matter.
/ woke up again later, looked ahead
and saw that there was clear sailing.
Thompson, one Of my steersmen, was
at the wheel
Great heavens exclaimed. "Can
! 1t be that I've been asleep"
Reckon you have, sir
How long have you been at the
wheelF
about ten minutes. I happened to
! look ahead, and the boat was heading
| for Folly point l ran up here to see
what was up and found you asleep
and man at the wheel who was
sheering off. He gave me the wheel
and left the pilothouse.
"A man.
"Yes, sir, he was a man. Why do
you think he was anything elsef"
what did he look Ike"
81 didn't notice him very particular
ly. l was too much upset by the mar
row escape. But l remember that his
hair was red
Dick Atherton's hair was red. When
he was boy we called him Reddy.
So Mortified was l at my narrow es-
cape from sacrificing boatIoad Of ex-
cursiontstS that had scarcely time to
wonder about Anterior or his ghost.
asked Thompson If he felt sure he
could attend to the wheel safely, and
when he replied that he could I told
him I would go below and rest bit,
for I was completely knocked out by
what had occurred. Leaving the pilot
house, l walked aft through the crowd
Of excursionists-they were ignorant
Of the frightful doom they had escaped
and was about to go down the stern
companionway when I felt a hand on
my shoulder. Turning, there stood
Dick Atherton. He was ten years old
er than when 1 had last seen him, but
recognized him at once. He was
looking mighty serious. Putting a fin
ger to his lips, he said: Don't get
broken up over it, old man. Only
and the man who relieved me at the
wheel know about it."
Dick then briefly explained. He had
escaped the wreck of his vessel and
spent year in the east, mostly Japan.
). Returning, he had seen an advertise
ment of the excursion on my boat, my
name being mentioned as master. He
had come aboard without making him.
self known and had gone up TO the
pilothouse to surprise me. but instead
1t was l who had surprised him. (