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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Birmingham and Mobile
 Will Fight to Secure the
 Sunday School Convention

Montgomery April Special l.)-Bir- mingham and Mobile have started merry fight for the annual conven- tion of the Alabama Sunday School association next year and the contest will be brought to the floor of the convention here next week. Mobiles invitation was extended when the con- vention met at Gadsden last year, while Birmingham entered the ~con- test Thursday with the adoption of |. resolution by the Birmingham Cham= Der of Commerce formally extending the invitation.
 Mobile received many assurances of support when Montgomery was select ed last year, but Birmingham will come to this city with the declara- tion that a convention has not been held there since 1908 and that Mont gomery and Mobile have entertained the Sunday school workers since they were in Birmingham.
 More than 2000 delegates and vsi- tors are expected. Arrangements have been made to care for all persons in private honies and in hotels. Special rates have been granted by the rail- roads while the general committee has fixed $1.25 as the minimum charge for rooms and board. Under the plan a delegate will pay 75 cents for room and breakfast. while persons furnish ing meals at the city auditorium will be prevented from charging more than 25 cents for each meal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

state prohibition law. This ruling. one of the most far-reaching ever rendered by an appellate court in any prohibition case in this state was handed down by the supreme court Thursday in the case of the state on relation of Solicitor Hugo l.. Black vs. the Southern Express com pany, appealed from the Birmingham city court.
 At the same time and in the same case the court held that there is no law which prevents a liquor company from send ing into this state advertisements of their liquors with the shipments. The companies handling liquors may continue to pack their packages with advertise ments SO far as state laws are concerned, but the court mentioned that stringent postal regulations and federal statutes concerning the subject will become op- eratve July l, and let forth the hint that it might be well for liquor com panies to know the effect of every step.
 The ruling concerning the duties of transportation companies is important In the past the carriers have accepted the statement of the liquor shippers as to contents, but under this decision they must make a personal inspection in com pliance with section 240 of the federal penal code. This section requires a ship per of liquor to place on the exterior of the package the name of consignee, the nature of the shipment and the quantity. If the transportation company accepts this statement without investigation and the contents are not as stated they be- come liable for violations of the prohibit tion laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
GRAY HAIR
 MADE DARK By Applying La Creole-No Dye-Revives Color Glands.
 Stops Dandruff

Is your hair entirely gray, or just gray in psots? Is your hair premature ly gray from i'll health or worry? Are you troubled with dandruff, falling hair or itching scalp? Has your hair stopped growing or are you bald? Then apply to your hair and scalp the famous La Creole Hair Dressing (simple direc- tions on bottle). This revives the color glands to activity, so that all your gray hair and every strand of your hair soon has the natural, soft, lustrous, even, dark color your hair used to have. La Creole produces such perfect change in all your gray hair that not even a trace of gray shows, but you will have a fine; soft, fluffy, heavy, evenly dark head of hair. Besides, La Creole stops dandruff or itching scalp. Also causes new hair to sprout all over your head, giving you handsome, beautiful, healthy, dark head of hair. Sold on a money back guarantee by drug stores everywhere or sent prepaid for S1 by Van Vleet Drug Co.,, Memphis, Tenn Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Hamilton Young Men Are
 Showing Real Patriotism

Hamilton, April 21.-(Special.)-A re- cruiting officer from the United States navy was in Hamilton during the week to give preliminary examination to ap- plicants for enlistment in the United States navy and the following boys made application and' were accepted. Grady Pearce, Ralph Mitchell, Carl Anderson Herbert Carpenter and Henry Smith. The boys left immediately for Birmingham to take the oath of service. There will be several more boys to enlist in the near future.
 Teachers examinations were conducted by Professor Head this week and eighty one applicants were on examination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

vated It should never be eaten if it has been grown where there is any chance of contamination from typhoid fever or other disease. This is true of any vegetable that is uncooked, but must be remembered especially in connection with plants growing near water. since the latter may have carried the dis ease germs long way from the place where the illness was. Peppergrass or peppercress is another wild plant useful for flavoring other salads if too sharp to use alone. Sorrel may also be used to give pleasant acid taste to lettuce or other mild favored salads, though the ordinary wild kind is too sour to use in quantity as a potherb like the varie- ties cultivated for that purpose
 Of plants cultivated in the flower gar den the leaves and unripe seeds of nas- turtium may be mentioned as season. ing for salads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
LIQUOR PACKAGES MUST BE EXAMINED
 BEFORE SHIPMENT
Supreme Court Holds That Transportation Companies Are Liable If They Do Not
 Conform to the Law

Montgomery, April 21.-(special. )-Be- fore a transportation company shall ac- cept intoxicating beverages for transpor- tation to persons, in this state it must be convinced that the shipments conform to the requirements of the state and fed eral laws in reference to consignee, na- ture of contents, quantity of contents and size of receptacles, and if 1t does not so do it cannot claim ignorance when charged with participating in violation of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Congressional Directory
 With Sketches of Members
 Ceases 10 Be "JOke- Book"
Rocky soons No Longer Give Naive and Blatant Data for Their Biographies-1n Issue Just From Press Miss Rankin Takes Only Four Words to Tell Nation About Her,
 sef-There Are Others Almost as Brief
By HUGH ". ROBERTS

Washington, April 21.-(Special) Rocky members of Congress are wiser in the present generation than in other years. The public which for merly awaited with feverish anxiety the publication at the beginning Of each new" session of the congressional directory awaited with ill-concealed glee the.quaint humor with which new members were wont to describe them Selves-has about concluded that along with other forms of amusement that of the ''congressional vaudeville" must be foregone.
 The new congressional directory, jus. off the press, is woefully lacking in opportunities for human interest," pickings. It contains biographical sketches of 500 men and women, but practically all of them are as dry as the proverbial bone. One no longer reads where 'Mr. Wheezers is married and lives with his wife" or that tine constituents of MT. Bones will soon become a national figure in his new sphere of activity"
 In the new directory the old-fash- toned autobiography, in which the member would give the names of his grandparents, his parents, sisters and brothers, uncles and aunts is also missing. The nearest approach to com pleteness of detail appears in the sketch of Senator duPont, who tells of his extensive military career dur ing the civil war, and the remarks concerning Representative "Tombig- bee" Chandler of Mississippi, who seems to be ''jiner" of renown. He is member of the Tishomingo Baptist church, and is a Mason, Odd Fellow Woodman, Beta Theta Pi, Knights of Honor, Knights of Pythias and Elk.
 The chief disappointment in the new directory is attributable to the re- markable reticence of Miss Jeannette Rankin, the Montana congresswoman No one expected Miss Rankin to give her age. She didn't She also refrained from telling anything about herself her parentage, her political career or her hopes for woman suffrage Her tale is one of the shortest, perhaps the shortest, which ever adorned di- rectory. It consists of four words as follows: "Jeannette Rankin, repub- lican, Missoula."
 Other one-line sketches include those of MT Caraway of Kansas and MT. Griest of Pennsylvania and Senator Lane of Oregon.
 An interesting story of bloody en- gagements and a signal victory is told by MT. Bland, recently elected re- publican from Indiana. He was chosen to succeed the veteran "Bi1l" FCui- Top. Judging from his description of the carnage, Mr. Cullop's remains mus: be strewn over several acres of ter ritory But the fact is that that gen. tleman, able bodied, is still to be seen around Washington.
 But Bland writes: Succeeds Will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

dandelion. Its use as a vegetable is so common that it is sold in many city mar kets. Occasionally it is cultivated by market gardeners, but much more fre- quently the plans sold are wild ones and ought to cost less than cultivated greens. When someone in the family can dig them near home, there can be no doubt as to the economy of using them If they are taken from the lawn, there is the further advantage of removing a trouble some weed-providing always that the digging Is carefully done Only the dan delion should be pulled, not the grass around it, and the root should be re- moved. not broken off at the top, else several crowns of leaves may grow in the place of one. As in most stem and leaf vegetables, the texture and flavor are both best when the plants are young.
 GETTING RID OF EARTH
 Growing as they do close to the sur face of the ground, dandelion greens are likely to be full of earth and grit, and must be carefully washed and rinsed In several waters. The water in which they have just been rinsed should never be poured out of the pan over the greens, but the greens should be lifted out of the water so that the dirt which has settled to the bottom may not get back on the leaves, and for the same reason the cooked greens" should be lifted out of the water in which they are boiled
 The most common way of using dande- lions is as potherb or greens. As with most green vegetables, it is mis ake to cook them more than is needed to make them tender. If they are boiled with one-eighth teaspoonful Qevel of cooking soda to each quart of greens used, they will keep their color better Young dan delions may also be used uncooked as salad, custom less common in this country than in Europe, where the ten der plants are sometimes blanched like asparagus If more dandelions are avail able than can be used while they are fresh, they may be preserved for future use They may be canned by the method used by the canning clubs for spinach, or they may be put down in salt accord ing to household method In many homes it is common practice nre- serve dandelion greens with SC one crooks, putting in first layer .eens, then a layer of salt. then more greens, and so on, until the crock is filled The dandelions are then covered with close fitting plate or board, on which a weight Ca clean piece of marble or a stone) is placed to keep the greens packed solid.
 Other wild plants used as potherbs are curly dock, pigweed or lambs quarters. chickweed, mustard shoots, purple milk weed shoots, young horse radish leaves, marsh marigold (sometimes called Amer ican cowslip, poke sprouts, pepper cress, purslane or "pusley,' and in the south western states some sorts of cactus leaves and stalks. If the bitter or acrid flavor is too strong, as is frequently the case with. horseradish leaves or poke sprouts, for example, it may be lessened by changing the water once or twice dur ing cooking. Rightly cooked, all of the plants mentioned are harmless. Marsh marigold is sometimes said to be harm full, but this is not the case with the cooked greens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
LOWLY DANDEL|ON CAN HELP REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING Many of Springs Wild Plants Make Appetizing
 Greens" for Table
HOW TO PICK AND
 HOW TO PREPARE
Greens May Be Eaten Fresh, May Be Canned or May Be Put Down" in Salt for
 Future Use

Washington, April 21.-(Specal.)- )-Many or the wild plants that accompany the advent of spring can be used advantage ously in the household. Before modern methods of marketing, storing and pre- serving made it possible to have vege- tables throughout the year, these plants were eagerly sought for by housekeepers to furnish relief from the monotonous winter fare. Even now they will form a welcome change, and above all, they may be had for the trouble of picking as substitutes for purchased greens.
 Foremost among these plans is the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

liam A. Cullop, democrat and was elected in 1916 by 8 majority of 10O5. The intensity of Indiana political campaigns is a matter of common knowledge and the Second Indiana dis trict Is the states bloodiest battle ground"
 Another interesting autobiography is furnished by Edwin S. Johnson of YanlSton, s. D. He writes: Democrat. born in Owen county, Indiana, long time ago; was always proud of his ancestors and family"
 Several members declare themselves unmarried which may or may not be 2 hint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
OTHERS APPEAR LATER

potherbs appear which, though cultivated rather than wild, are so seldom utilized that to use them means as much saving as if not care had been spent to raise them. Among these are the tops of tur- nips, radishes, beets and onions, all of which may be cooked like spinach or dan- delion. The onion tops should be cut up into inch length before cooking. They are excellent served on toast. Cabbage sprouts are also a favorite when they are obtainable
 There are also few salad plants to be had for the picking. Like all food materials eaten without cooking, they must be very carefully washed before using. Water cress is perhaps the one most generally known. It is also culti-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Supreme Court Holds "AmbrOsia" Arrests Cannot
 Be Stopped in Jefferson

Montgomery. April a-(speciaL) )--so long as Sheriff T. J. Batson of Jener- son county believes the sale of bev- craze known as "ambrosia" is a violation Of the prohibition laws just so long may he arrest r. w. scoviIle ana other per- sons charged with handling the beverage. The decision was rendered by the su- preme court Thursday in granting a writ of prohibition which prevents courts of Jefferson county from issuing injunctions having the effect of stopping the arrests of those dealing in the beverage.
 William L. Martin, attorney general, asked for the writ of prohibition following the granting of an injunction against Sheriff Batson. The court granted it without saying whether or not anbrosia is a prohibited liquor or beverage, leav- ing this question for a later decision. For more than a year persons who desire to deal in ambrosia have been attempting to obtain from the supreme court de- cision which would hold that the bev craze does not violate the prohibition laws, but have failed in every instance.
 
 Green bananas, peeled under water, boiled until mealy and served with drawn butter. salt and pepper, are said to be satisfactory substitutes for potatoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Suicides Through Fear

Houston, Tex, April 21.-Ernest Plentz. German, shot and fatally wounded himself Friday after he is said to have declared that he feared arrest by the federal authorities. At the office of the United States district attorney here it was stated that no evidence had been secured to involve Plentz in any plot. The man, mechanic. came to Houston recently from Bellville, Ill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
A Proyerb Gone to Smash

From the Washington Star.
 1.-TWO wrongs don't make a right.
 'Im not sure about that unused Mir. Chuggins. .sIf l travel faster than the law allows and a motor cop travels fast enough to overtake me it's perfectly right for him to arrest me"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27


he viii return, while the athletic as
sociation end of the deal is stated
above.
The Michigan campus is not erlti-
cising the work of the Wolverine
coach. The records show that the
1917 team rang up 304 points to % by
its opponents during the season Just
closed. This showing, though not
equaling the records of the point-a-
minute aggregations Yost turned out
years ago, is a good one. and the aver
age score of the Michigan team this
fall shows a point every two min
utes.
The most logical explanation Tor
the defeat by the Purple SENS to lie III
the newness of the Wolverine players
The loss of Weston and Lambert, the
best Michigan had on defense, was q
| hard blow, and the absence of these
men left a hole which no coach could
/ fill on a days notice The hight be
/ fore the Purple game Yost told some
Michigan students not to expect toe
much from the team, as he did no
have the confidence in them that NJ
had in some other combinations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
SOCIALS PREPARE
FOR SOLDIER GAME

Peoria, ILL.,, Nov. 27.-Work started
yesterday to put the Peoria Socials
in the pink of condition for the bene-
fit game here Thanksgiving day with
the soldiers team from Camp Dodge,
Iowa
Bringing team of former college
and professional stars to Peoria for
the holiday engagement the soldiers
have thrown big scare into the Cady
camp, and it will be ali work and no
play for the Socials until after next
Thursdays game.
One or two changes may be made
In the fighting front Of the Peoria
team in order to send the strongest
possible lineup of the season against
the soldier lads. The SociaIs have won
four games up to date this year and
desire to end the season Turkey day
with victory.
The advance sale of tickets has been
big and one of the largest crowds in
years will view the struggle if the
weather is good Many towns in cen
tral Illinois are to send good sized
delegations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
PEANUTS" DUNDEE IN
CONDITION FOR BOUT

Peanuts" Dundee, local bantam
weight scrapper, declares himself in
fine condition for his third bout with
Mort Henderson of La Sale, to be
staged tonight at Streator, Ill. This
bout will be double windup l0-round
go, with Red Cole of st. Louis and
Freddie Enck Of Aurora, furnishing
the other half.
The Dundee-Henderso bout is ex-
pected to be fast, as both boys have
met on two other occasions and each
time the bout ended in a draw. The
local boy is confident that he will be
given the shade in the bout tonight
Kid Harris of Denver won over
Jimmy Long of Salt Lake City in the
semi-windup to the Jimmy Hamlon
and Lee Morrissey bout at Denver
last week. It will be remembered
that Harris fought Tony Caponi OF
this city three weeks ago before the
local club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
DRIJRY

Edward Feldman, VIII Kieist Chester
Clapper. Dan Kleist and the Misses
Sadie and Kathryn kieist were Camp
Dodge visitors Saturday and Sunday
While there they witnessed the depart
IRE of 500 Illinois troops of the Three
Hundred Forty ninth infantry to some
where in the south. Among those who
went south who were formerly from
this neighborhood were Fred Feldman.
Andrew Kleist and Edward kiefst
Mrs Rebecca Mitchell of Mt. AYR,
Iowa, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Watson.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Watson and
family spent Sunday afternoon with
| their daughter, Mrs. Raymond Ricket,
Mrs. Anna r. Foster of Muscatine is
spending a few weeks with her broth
err J B Bowser
Carl Witt will have a closing out sa lie
Dec. 6. The ladies Of Providence church
Will serve luncheon.
Mrs. Thomas Watson and daughter
Arizona, Mrs R. Mitchell, Mrs W. Gill
lett and Mrs. Dan Kleist motored TO
Marston. Ill, Monday in Mr. Watson's
car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Reynolds and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. J. l. Giliett
and family motored TO Illinois City
Sunday, where they spent the day with
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard DUNCAN.
/ Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keller and fam
! lily of Muscatine spent Wednesday IN
| the vicinity of Pine Bluff and attended
the Ladies Aid society meeting at the
| home of Mrs. j. L. Warrnan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
.zUPPKE'S ELEVEN
TOF|CHT old HERO
Must Stop Potsy Clark, Idol OF Ur-
bana Fans at Camp Funston
Thursday Afternoon.

Urbana, ILL.,, Nov. Blob Zuppke
and his Illini are asking themselves
as a curious question: Can we stop
Potsy Clark" 1t doesn't seem long
since Potsy Clark, the greatest all
around football star in Illinois history,
was plotting the lllini to champion
ships. Now the Illini have to figure
out some way to halt the little man
when they meet the army team at
Camp Funston. Kan, next Thursday.
! Zuppke led his men to the camp
today, taking a large squad. 1t will
/ be more or less of a struggle to keep
/ the 1llini on edge after the bruising
/ battle with Minnesota, but the mel
are anxious to make q good showing
/ before the soldiers.
The contest will be test Of cas-
and west coaching, as Paul Whiting
ton of Harvard is the army mentor
Last year, when Wilmington coached
Wisconsin, the Badgers and Illini bat
tied to a scoreless tie, SO the tw'
coaches have deadlock in mutua
, competition records.
The Illini eleven, which will NEE
. J lliE Spiuittst Will bt pilOtEu ny q gree
quarterback. Lovejoy, who was pitch
forked into the job this week afte
Zuppke became dissatisfied with tn
generalship displayed by Sid Nichol
, in the Ohio game. The Illini hol
this lost them the championship bat
tie with the Buckeyes. Lovejoy is
! sophomore from Chicago.
In the reOrpanization of his eIpver
! Zuppke has moved Nichols to rigt
half Nichols has shown himself
! speedy runner and strong open feel
+ man. Dutch Sternaman, the othe
r half made the longest run in the Obi
; game and is dangerous at all time
q Between the two rabbits" is the hug
/ Charpier, who is now playing up I
i the gait with which he started in til
Wisconsin game.
r 1t is this backfeld which Zuppb
: hopes will overcome the soldiers. Tt
| line will remain the same, Klein an
Q Halas at ends. Rundquist and Ems
i tackle, Goelitz and Saskatchewan
q guard, and Ingwersen at cente
Q Nichols shift to the last line of bacl
will enable Zuppke to use Halas
q defensive end. Heretofore Halas hi
II been Obliged to play defensive ha
: as neither MeGregor nor Larime
+ previous right halfbacks, has suffice
o talent at end to be intrusted wi
% that work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
FELSCH WANTED TO BE
A WRESTLING CHAMP

Chicago, Nov. 27.-Happy Felsch,
center fielder of the White Sox, once
had an ambition to become world
beater in the wrestling game. He had
little trouble in topping all the boys
on the. sand lots of his native city. He
dreamed Of mat crown worn by
Frank Gotch. 1t didn't take long in
baseball to knock this idea out of
Hap's head, Time and experience
convinced him that the mat was no
place for an athlete of his attain
ments.
Happy used to wrestle with three
and four Of his companions at once.
just to give himself a good workout.
| When Hap heard the call of the dia-
mond he was alert to go to the top OF
the baseball profession, Just as he had
done in his tough amateur wrestling
matches
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
MENTORS PUT CAMP
GRANT MEN IN SHAPE

Chicago, Nov. 27.-Final prepare
tons for the Camp Grant-Camp Gus
ter all-star football game got under
way at Camp Grant yesterday when
Coach Stagg of Chicago and Coach
Murphy of Northwestern arrived in
camp and took over the work of
rounding General Barry's men into
shape for the big fray.
Although 1t was announced yester-
day that Stage would spend the week
drilling the Camp Grant team and
that Coach Yost of Michigan would
take over the coaching at Camp Gus
ter. there was no mention about Muir
ply of Northwestern having a hand In
tibet pie and It was sprung as more
or less of surprise. The fact tina,
Murphy was able TO hand Yost a de.
feat last Saturday only adds to the
hopes Of the Camp Grant boys and
their hackers,