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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-17
$4,000 For 100 Words

The publication OF The Million
Dollar Mystery begins today. Ine
story Will run for TWENTY-FIVE con.
secut1ve weeks In this paper; ny
an ARRANGEMENT with the rnnnn msas
possibie not only to read the story
In this paper, but also 10 see ~ eacn
week In the various moving pietu,e
theaters. For the solution OF TIL
mystery story 10000 wan GDee.sssS1
The price or $4,000 wili De won won
by the man. woman, or cnid Mno
writes the most acceptapIe sp,ch
ton OF the mystery, from s.tnrs
drama viii be made and the last
by Harold McGrath- -.
ri solution. nay nay be scm ssns either
up 10 midnight, Dec. ~. They must
bear postoffice mark not later tnAn
a board Of three judges WIN .. de-
tsrmine which OF the many sccept-
able. The Judgment OF this posro
viii be absolute and nnal. Motn-
ing OF q literary nature Will %
considered IN the decision. NOR I'm
s s9 az. any 'nSsE os ths a prize
The last two reels which VIII give
the most accsp Ia BILE solution TO the
mystery, will be presented IN tns
thsaters having this featu roauoc
soon a. II IL practical 70 p.ueSo
same. The story Correspondence ~
these motion pictures Will eppea q
the newspapers coincidentaiiy,,o the
soon after the appearance 1 ,ass
pictures a. practical. Win tns sce
two reels Win be shown the pic.
lures OF the winner, his or ne. Ii
and other interesting feaLuansrs.
Il understood that the newsRap1hs
90 far az practical. In printinmEx nv
last two chapters OF the stv.y
Harold McGrath. will also ntsst-
picture OF the successfui con
ant not
be more than 100 words lonk he
are some OF the questions - tSs
kept In mind In connection WIZ
mystery as an aid to q soiupon
No. f-what becomes OF 'ns
No. s-what becomes Of the w.
No. s-whOm does Florence mar
No. .-wns. becomes Of the Rus
Nobody connected either directiy
or Indirectly with THE MILLION DOL
lar Mystery will be considered -
q contestant
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-17

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
Stanley Hargreaye. millionaire, aiter
= miraculous escape from the Gen y.
/ the gang or brilliant thieves known 40
the Black Hundred. lives the IKE Oh
rsciuse for IL years Hargreaye one
night comes face to face with tne
gangs leader, Braine. S,,n
After the meeting; during ~. tSs
other. Hargreave hurries to hts mag
Hficent Riverdale home and lays pians
for making his escape from the coun.
try He writes 1sr. Letter where s rs Years
before he had mysteriousiy ieis on tns
doorstep. his baby daughter. tho sans
Gray. He also pays a visit TO the nan
Braine and members of his band sur.
round Hargreave's home at night put
a. they enter the house the watchers
1S Ss ssfs see I. fonnd smptyshs million
which Hargreave was known to have
drawn that day was gone. Then hea s nsnr
Fiorenoe arrives from the girls
school Princess Olga. Braine's COM
panion. visits her AMI claims to be 2
but their plot is foiied by Norton, !
newspaper mar
by bribing the captain of the Orient
Merton 1 Pincess a 8Bf fsr so visits me
Oresnt's captain and she easily falls
into the reporters snare. The plan
proves abortive through Bratne's gooo
luck. and only hirelings fall into the
hands OF the police.
After failing In their frst attempt
the Black Hundred trap Florence. They
ask her for money. but she escapes.
again foiling them.
Norton and the countess call on Flor
ence the next day, once more safe NJ
home. The visitors having gone. Jones
removes n section OF flooring. and from
q cavity takes a box. Pursued by mem
bers OF the Black Hand who have been
Watching his movements, he rushes 70
the water front. A thrilling race In
motor boats ensues. Jones drops the
box Into the sea and with his automa-
tic sets fire to the pursuing boat.
Braine conceives the idea OF givirN
a coaching party to which Florence In
invited. Jones and Norton both GO
along and are fortunately on hand tn
save Florence from being imprisoned
In the country house to which she II
lured
Florence goes horseback riding and
n captured by one of Braine's men
along the roadside. Norton rescues her.
They are pursued. however, and the
pair make their complete escape only
after Norton has exploded a tire on the
fast approaching machine with q bull
let
Countess olga. scheming to break
the engagement now existing between
Florence Hargreave and Norton. invites
them both to her apartments and pre-
Flor%nce appears In the doorway Just
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-17
Caroline C0e Finds Many Ways
OF Cutting Down Food Bill

butter trust are working overtime to
persuade the cook that there Is no
substitute for butter. Butter substi-
tnte is made under government sur
veillance and Is quite as cleanly and
nourishing, much cheaper and just ~
tasty as butter.
Cook cereals In q freless cooker,
as long. slow cooking improves them.
II you use gas range don't light
the gas until you are ready TO use
1t. Put 1t out Immediately when the
food is done. When boiling or bubr
bling begins the contents Of the yes
sci have reached the boiling point
and you can turn down the burner
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-17
Upon Housewives Shoulders
Falls Burden of Hiqh Prices

spoonful OF lard. one cooking spoon
ful OF sugar, one level tablespoonful
Of salt. Pour over these three cups
OF boiling water. beat all together and
allow 10 cool. Put one cake OF COM
pressed yeast into one cup of tepid
water, add one teaspoon OF sugar and
allow to stand ten minutes. When
oat mixture IL cool add yeast. and
enough white -four to make stiff ball.
Set In warm place to raise until three
times the original size. Take dough,
place on Toured board and mix In
enough flour to make stiff loaves. Put
into wellgreased pans. Allow to raise
until double In size. Put into oven
hot enough to brown q paper In three
minutes. At end of ave minutes low
or heat In oven and bake bread slowly
for one hour.
This recipe makes three large loaves
OF bread and costs including IRE 10
cents. The economical housewife will
bake q tin Of beans on the lower
crate OF the oven while this bread Ia
baking.
Corn Meal Mufslns.
One-fourth cup Of lard. l-2 cup OF
sugar, egg, 1-2 cups OF corn meal,
IL teaspoons Of salt, 4 teaspoons OF
baking powder. Mix dry ingredients
together. Add | cup OF sweet milk.
Beat this mixture hard and gradually
beat IN the lard. The longer the muf
flns are beaten the lighter and more
delicate they will be.
Bake <2b minutes In weil-greased
mufhn pans.
A few chopped dates added to these
mufiins before baking and cup OF
coffee will supply sufiicient energy
and strength for 4 hours hard labor
This recipe will make Is mufins,
and the cost IL about Is cents.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-17

Il Is not necessary to use more
than one egg In muf1ns.
Milk 10 much cheaper and better
for all the family than beer. and milk
has not risen In price as yet
A well-balanced ration must have
energy making food as found IN meat.
eggs, Ash, cheese. beans. lentils or
peanuts. Starch as found in rice,
-four or potatoes; sugar as found In
fruit, honey, syrup or sugar. Fats
nuts, cream, butter or other fats. The
thoughtful cook win prepare her
meals accordingly.
n am am hor fha proaa agoufa ~ fha
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-17

Try q Boston baked beans And
brown bread dinner some cool even
Ing. Beans have gone up but this
years crop has almost arrived and
prices will soon be down.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-17

These prepared nours have not yet
advanced In price.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-17

To this -four you only have to add
water and the deed II done"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-17

Boiled or baked beans, brown
bread, tomato catsup. butter substi-
tute, honey and large cup OF coffee
with top milk II properly prepared is
q meal At for any one. Although
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-17

The cattle Of Argentina outnumber
the natives by Ave to one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

gether Its business value is another
dreds of carloads of canned vegetables
yearly from other states There is every
reason why we should raise and can
our own vegetables, thereby becom-
ing more Independent and giving Ala
bama girls this means of earning
money. Those who are introducing this
work are emphasizing the Importance
of the girls putting in the market none
but products of the first grade. so that
cans bearing the uniform label of the
girls canning clubs may earn a reputa-
ton that will make sure the lasting
success of the girls industry. M
The plan of organization is that each
county shall be a unit. 1t each organ
lied county an agent, representative, or
demonstrator is employed jointly by
the county board of revenue, the ex-
tension department of the Alabama
polytechnic institute. and the farmers
cooperative demonstration work of the
United States. This county demonstra-
tor and the teachers of the various
schools explain the work to the Girls
and organize them into clubs. Only girls
between 10 and Is years are eligible
Tor membership and may compete for
prizes, but older girls may be honorary
members. They would doubtless under
take the work largely as business.
One girl may constitute club; each
school may have its club of one, two,
half dozen or more members, or two
schools may have their club together.
oaly those who actually begin the
work and plant their plots are reg
lstered mebers A president. secretary
and the teacher as club leader are the
officers in local clubs.
Each member competing for prize
agrees to read all instructions. to plant
her own plot of tenth of an acre
and TO do her own work. She may hire
heavy work, but she must keep an ac-
count of this expense. This labor and
her own is estimated at 10 cents an
hour. The rent of the land is estimated
at VI and the cost of all fertilizer is
counted. Her garden products must be
measured. She must keep an accurate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

arrange for an exhibit at the county
fair or to hold a school fair, and to see
that the girls keep records of their work.
This is the work Miss Rosser is intro
ducng in Jefferson county. She will or
ganize clubs in the schools, visit the plots
and see that the work is begun. Later,
she will give demonstrations of canning.
She has authority to promise a market
for all the tomatoes that are of the
quality required.
A Birmingham grocer has already
agreed to take a part of the crop IL
they equal the quality he is now buy
ing.
The superintendents at Bessie and at
Bradford mines will see that the girls
of their schools have the necessary land
and fertilizer. These are the first schools
to indicate their intention of having clubs
and the work will be extended as rapid
1y as possible.
The object of all branches of the girls
industrial work is homer making and for
that reason it is one of the most inn
portant activities of the schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
CoMMENDABLE phase of school

A COMMENDABLE phase of school
"a extension. in Jefferson county is
the industrial department for the
older birls of the rural and small town
schools This department was estab-
lished at the beginning of the present
school year an dis a branch of the draw
ing and manual arts department, which
Miss Margaret McAdory has SO success
fully conducted for several years.
The county board of education agreed
to allow a teacher of domestic science
to each group of four schools that have
high school departments and can furnish
the necessary room and equipment Tor
for classes in high school drawing, cook
ing. manual arts and sewing. The first
four schools to form one of these groups
were Bessie Mines, BoyIes, Morris and
Pleasant Hill. Glasses were organized
early in the term, with Miss Jennie Mae
Rosser in charge of this first group. Miss
Rosser is a Birmingham girl and she
has the advantage of practical knowledge
and familiarity with local conditions, be-
side a natural aptitude for arts and
crafts. augmented by study on these lines.
She spends one day every week in each or
these four schools and teaches basketry,
cooking, sewing and high school drawing.
Industrial Department at Morris
Mr.. Snow Rogers is giving his loyal
support to this department in the Norris
school The ladies of Norris have organ
lied a school Improvement association,
with the girls work one of its re-
sponsibilitles. Sometime since they gave
a kitchen shower and secured a supply
of utensils for the cooking class. A room
for this work is being built and cooking
will be added to that already begun. This
includes sewing and basket making. Miss
Rosser is encouraging practical work and
is teaching the girls to make their own
clothes. The girls have made raffia
baskets and pine straw baskets The
latter are especially attractive as they
have the fragrance of the pines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bishop and Miss Kellogg
are the teachers at Morris. The school
shows the results of having a capable
principal in charge. Good order seems
10 be secured with ease, and the school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

moves with a smoothness that could not
be maintained with less capable teachers.
Pleasant Hill
At Pleasant Hill, where Mr. Lee is
principal, part of the upper story of the
school building has been finished, MAX
ing a large room for the cooking class
Long seats have been built around the
sides of the room, leaving the middle for
tables and stoves Mr.. McAdory, former
county superintendent of education, gave
the oil stove for Pleasant Hill school His
interest centers in this school, as it is the
one he taught for years ,and he is again
making his home near there.
BOyles
At Boyles the teacher and the school
improvement association are sponsors for
the industrial department. The work was
begun there several years ago, with Mrs.
e. b. Erwin in charge of a sewing class
and Miss Ollie Erwin teaching woodwork.
The boys made a number of the shoe
shine stands that are used in several Of
flee buildings, and the girls made clothes
and embroidered household linen.
This year part of one room has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

ing in by registering his name; that in
returning from the mine he must like
wise check out and If he reports for
work after a. m. he is not allowed
TO go in that day, thus encoura ging
promptness If. for any reason, the
miner quits work and comes to the sur
face before p m. he must register
his reason therefor
Regular reports are made showing
minutely ventilation, water guage and
temperature of the mines. thus keeping
well guarded the safety of the mines
Not only are the home premises Of
The people kept cleanly. but in every
part of the mine premises there Is an
absence of debris, trash or filth
The commissary is well arranged
with the department features-grocer-
les, dry goods meats and furniture A
large refrigerator preserves well the
meats and other perishable goods and
clt anliness and system her are strong
ly in evidence.
The plant employs the following
force Two hundred miners As mine
Gay men and 40 outside day men Be-
sides the mines the company has here
30l beehive coke ovens and this bat
terry of ovens gives employment to
force of $50 men.
The Virginia Mines have heretofore
been made known by terrible explo-
sion, which, under its early manage
mont occurred here nine years ago,
when over 100 men yielded up their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
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record of her years work. and this
report must be attested by two dis
interested witnesses.
In awarding honors and prizes the
girls products are graded according to
their quality, quantity, variety. profit
and history. In counting the profit the
girls record the number of cans sold,
With their proceeds, the number of cans
they hold for sale, the number kept
for home use, and the returns from the
sale of fresh vegetables earlier in the
season.
The success of the local clubs de-
pends largely upon the teacher, who Is
club leader.
1t is well for her to have ready
list of prizes to offer, to SOW SEED for
those who lose their own to visit the
pIats. to visit the girls in their homes,
to supervise the transplanting or to en-
list the services of some patron who Will
do this, to encourage the girls to buy
canning outfits and to undertake the work
as a paying industry; to impress upon the
girls the necessity of having their cans
we'll filled with fresh, ripe tomatoes, to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
Story of a Lost Diamond

FROM Lesne'S.
A lady residing in a suburb of Bos-
ten sent her diamond ring to a well
known shop there to be cleaned. A
day or two later she took a journey Of
several hours. When she reached her
destination she removed her glove, and,
To- the diamond had come out of her
ring. A diligent search failed to reveal
the lost stone. She waited until her re.
turn to her home and when the dia-,
plond could not be found there she
went to the Jeweler and told her story.
II am afraid that you loosened the
stone when you cleaned it." sne con-
cluded. She had little idea that hs
would agree with her. but to her sur
Irise, after carefully examining tho
setting, he admitted: II am afraid we
cid. / beg that you will select from
my unset stones a diamond of about
the size and quality of your old one.
and l will give you back your ring
looking as near as possible as it did
when it was new" And he never
charged her a cent? of course he knew
who the lady was and that he could
trust her to tell true story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
Systs1 and Cleanliness Features at Virginia Mines

hVes in the mine; and following that
fatality the mine was closed down for
TWO Years. Different managements ac-
qalred the property until a short time
ago the Gulf States Steel company A.
large and powerful corporation. as
samed ownership and control. This
ineant new life. strength and develon-
ment Thousands of dollars have re-
Gently been expended on bettcrment
and extensions. and now Virginia Mine
Is regarded as model plant.
me seam worked is known as the
Nickel Plate seam. and the ANALYSIS
and practical tests and results show
this to be extraordinary coal for cox
ins-none better in the district. The
seam averages 4 feet inches in thick
hess and the scale of wages Is 571a
cents, thus affording good profit to
the miner. The Louisville and Nash
vile Mineral railroad reaches the mine
and affords ready transportation for
Its output
As a safeguard against dust explo-
sion the mines are equipped with a
sprinkling system of perfect and most
effective arrangement. and it is a Won
der that other mine men do not dupli-
cate the device. All cars going in or
odt of the slope, empty or filled pass
under and receive a water spray both
at the bottom and at the top landings
and IL applications of water between
in the one-nile slope. This water sys-
TEN on the inside is connected and sup
piled with and by two 100000 gallon
tanks on the outside There is a two
TIE slope with spray nozzles 100 feet
apart; also one-ineh pipe laid in all
headings. operated by No. Il Cam
eron pump to wash all places, rooms
and headings This pump runs contin-
uously Thus the dust devil' is sub
Jugated at Virginia Mines
Superintendent Mason says there is
no accumulation of gas in his mine and
that this bane is under entire subjuga-
ftion and control. with no possibility of
Its becoming harmful.
AT the entrance of the mine is a.
steam spray to further moisten and
to humidity the air and this is ap-
piled at stated intervals with telling
effect.
Superintendent Mason. who occupies
a handsome office building, steam
heated and delightfully."- arranged, has a
faithful corps of assistants of whom
he boasts. There are mine. Sam John,
eommissary keeper. w. w. Woods,
Peace Officer Thomas and a clerical
force of experts faithful in the dis
charge of duty. The superintendent is
especially interested in welfare work
and studies at all times the comfort,
convenience and achievements of the
800 men under his charge.
And while | write of a coal mine let
ME impress the fact again and again
that coal is the basis of our industrial
strength in this district. Without coal
nearby there could be no furnaces, no
iron. steel mills. town or city
buildings business for merchants,
no sl<yscrapers, no business blocks.
The present and future of our min
ing depends upon the cooperation of
the employer and employe in bringing
about and holding amicable agreement
The man who instigates or encourages
any disorganization of present relations
is an enemy to peace, progress and
prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
Girls Canning Clubs

Another branch of girls wor,. is the
tomato clubs, which were introduced into
Alabama several years ago. Jefferson
county has taken up this work during the
present term and Miss Rosser has just
been appointed county Representatives
While this work is known as the Girls
Tomato clubs, it includes the raising of
all summer vegetables and of poultry
also. Two points that recommend it at
the outset are the facts that it has defin-
lite and laudable ends in view, and that ii
is conducted in a business-like way. The
objects of these clubs are to teach the
best methods of growing tomatoes and
to teach the best methods of canning
to oteach the best methods of canning
and to encourage home canning, so that
a better living may be had with no in
creased cost; to secure a unity of interest
among the members of the family; to pro-
vide means. with educative value. where
by girls can earn money, and to put the
home and the school in closer touch
through this common interest.
1t gives the teacher an excellent op-
portunity to be of immediate and prac-
tcal service in a community, and it has
proved Its value as an incentive to girls
to put forth an earnest effort to accom-
plish something for themselves.
In many schools the teachers are CEN
tering some of the class room work
around the industrial work To this end
1T has been suggested that the girls write
history booklets on their gardening and
canning experience, telling of the objects
of this work, of their reason for enroll
Ing, OF the preparation of the ground
telling how to raise plants. to transplant
and to cultivate. They may tell what
to do to protect the plants from diseases
and insects; how to gather and market
their tomatoes; how to pack and crate
ripe tomatoes, and how to can and label
their goods. Receipts for serving toma-
toes and other vegetables may follow, and
lastly comes a sketch of what the girls
garden work has done for the girl her
self in instruction, interest, health and
money
In writing these booklets the girls learn
to observe closely and to give attention
to all phases of their gardening They
learn to be neat In their written work,
to express themselves properly. to be ac-
curate and to write legibly. They find
their textbook on agriculture of practi-
cal use; they discuss their work at home,
and they develop originality, independ-
ence and individuality. They are certain
to find this a more attractive subject for
their English lessons than could be found
In some subject foreign to their own ac-
tivities, and being their own they put
into it their best efforts.
The gardening and canning clubs are
unquestionably desirable from the
standpoint of vitalizing school work
and bringing the home and school to-