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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17
MISTAKES EXAGGERATED

Tn return, Representative Leas minor 1 ity report replies to the majority findings as ''intemperate, biased and vitupera- l tive, an axaggeration of alleged mistakes 1 and mismanagements.' 'gratutous re- | flection upon men who faithfully served l the government during the war and a repetition of defamatory charges admit i tedly unsustained by evidence.
 1 Answering the charge of the majority report that only 213 planes had been shipped to the front up to the armistice Land that these were DeHavilands, dan
 rerous and known as flying collins"
 inc minority report quoted Brig. Gen M. l A Patrick, director of construction ana | forestry operations of the American cN- peditionary forces as saving that ho 1 larger percentage of DeHavilands came 1 down in flames than other type. MT. Lea | asserted that only thirty three peftsFi- | lands out of AT sent over enemy lines were lost. The majority declared more | American aviators would have been killed except for the ".failure of General Pershing to receive more than 2l5 be- | Havilands.'
 Sending American aviators to the front l in this type plane. the majority saio, Was more wasteful of human life than equip | hing shock troops with wooden guns.
 BUILT l1,O00 PLANES N On this point the minority report said the government turned out more than \ II 900 planes during the war, and there I were practically the same as machines l used by the allies.
 | Touching on responsibility. the major I ity said Secretary Baker was 'properly chargeable with any success or failure o1 1 Americas aircraft programme,
 The minority report held that at the end of the war the spruce production | corporation had on hand salvageabie properties costing originally slS,0o0Uo l and that settlement was made with Great | Britain which paid $l4,00O0o0 as lump l sum for her part of the obligation. On 1 this settlement a 10 per cent salvage value was accepted, Property costing more than four million dollars, MT Lea
 declared. was sold at "A per cent of its cost price.
 1 The majority report alleged that more ! than S3o.000,000 was wasted through mis- l management in producing airplane lum-. Der in the northwest.
 RYAN ISSUES STATEMENT > John D. Ryan tonight issued the fol- lowing statement:
 "T have not seen the report. nor have been apprised of it's contents. How
 ever, am familiar. and so-s the pub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17

ICtal Sl3.VVV.V'
 For purposes of the canvass, the 5usi- ness district has been divided into four parts and each hss a general and a colonel in charge with number of cap tains for eanvassing purposes. The can Nassers were announced Monday from the headquarters of the association Ihe following are those chosen:
 District 1: Ed s. Moore. general, and w L. Howard colonel Captains Hunt Hood. H. L. Ezelle, R. A. Clayton, w, A. Currie. G. H. Grain, A. A. Gambill, ". T. Franklin. ]. R. Williams, E. F.. Forbes, G. W. Green, D. H.. Brown, J. C. tJfendley. Jr.
 District ?. w. T. Tyler, general, and w. M Franklin, colonel; Captains H. h. She'll Russell Hunt, B. c. Morgan, George McCleery, M. P Phillips. Ira l.. Arm strong, B. H. Hartsfield, Derby Brown. R.. ! 1T. Porter. R. R. Darden, A. T. McWane' L w. Porter, l. A. Coker. w. D Stead tWs II. Hanley.
 District 8: J. c, Hodges general and i 14eRoy Holt, colonel captains c. s. Bis sell Judge Hugh Locke. Charles R. Plos- ser. J. E. Ramsey, W A. AbercronIele, sam Blake, Earle Lackey, r. A. McElroy Dr R. l.. Huston, C. H. Krauss. W D. Britt, Charles Stapleton.
 District 1; Jay smith. general. and E, c. Robertson, colonel: Captains Paul Wright, T. Hunter Armstrong, J. R. HOT nady. D. H. Marbury c. R. Johnson, f1Iugh Ellis II. NJ Abercromhie, Adam sAyatt. H. M. Henderson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17
Burglars Enter Home

While esmembers of the family of J. g1r Shannon, 15O0 North Thirtieth street were out last night seeking diversion in a local theatre burglars entered the home through a rear window and ob- tained about $35 in cash and seYera other minor household articles.
 No clues leading to the identity of the burglars were, found by the local ipolice department last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17

For the ,twenty-four hours ending at { D. m. February 16, 1920: Highest temperature ...........,-.... 35. Mean temperature ...................... p Normal temperature .................... 4S Deficiency in temperature since
 Jan. ....................... 9J Total rainfall since Jan. l ....... T.72 Deficiency in rainfall since Jan. It.. 5s Relative humidity. z a. n......,...-.... S4
 12 noon ........................... 3l
 n m. 27 Dry thermometer, z a, m......... 1f
 f12 noon Z7
 ............ 30 Wat tberrnorneter. a. m ............. IA " 9e ..aar, ,......... 2l a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17

A A special communication of .~ King Solomon Lodge No 460, NSW A. F. & A. M. will be held AVA Tuesday February IT. at ' 80 fN \ D. nl for, work in F. A. and
 M M. degrees.
 cordial invitation is extended to visitors.
 FRANCIS B. LATADY. J. S. WHITE Sec'y. W. M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17
RYAN ISSUES STATEMENT

John D. Ryan tonight issued the fol- lowing statement:
 "T have not seen the report nor have been apprised of it's contents. How ever, I am familiar. and so-is the pub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17
LODGE NOTICES

To ncai A tough TAKE HAYES HEALING HONEY s5c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17
Local Data

LOCAL UdLa For the twenty-four hours ending at
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
CLOSELY WIRE
FENCE is INSURANCE
KEEPS Neighbours Chickens on
His Own Side.
Dogs Destroy Garden by Running
Over It and Making Beds Under
meath Larger Foliaee-Cats
Also Are Troublesome.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
More neighborhoOd trouble mas
originated from neighbor's chickens de-
stroying garden crops than from any
other one source, 1t has been asserted.
A good, closely-woven wire fence is
the best insurance that can De taken
out against such troubles.
A garden was being destroyed by a
neiCn5or's chickens, and the owner
bored small holes In grains Of corn
and tied a thread about a foot In
length to each kernel Of corn. On the
other end of the thread he tied small
tags on which was printed, Il have
been scratching In my neighbors gar
den."
When the fowls went home with one
or more Of these tags hanging from
their beaks there was no further trou-
BILE.
A coed fence not only keeps out
neighbours chickens but dogs and cats
as well. While the chickens scratch
up the ground, the dogs destroy 1t by
running over It and making beds I'M
derneath the foliage Of the larger
crops. Cats are particularly trouble
some when the garden is first planted,
and 1t takes q pretty good fence to
keep them out.
Reports to the United States depart
ment of agriculture show that very
little trouble has been experienced by
city gardeners from human depreda-
lions. Most of the trouble has come
from chickens and stray animals, and
the right kind of fence will prevent
most of the losses.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04

pears probable that the elimination of
this plant as an ornamental would go
far toward reducing the amount of
mosaic disease on cultivated cucum-
bers. Among the climbing ANNALS
which have been recommended to take
the place Of wild cucumbers as an or
namental are the morning glory, the
scarlet runner bean, and the cypress
vine. All are quick growers and pro-
vide shade and an abundance of
snowy flowers. OF the many perennial
vines available for use as ornamentals,
the Virginia creeper, the wild grape,
white lowered clematis, and the false
bittersweet are mentioned as especially
adapted for the middle West. Those
interested in looking into the matter
further should secure Farmers Bulle-
tin 1916 from the United States depart
ment. Of agriculture.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04

generally more abundant and severe
near towns than in the open country.
This is of importance not only to
nearby farmers who grow pickles as
a business. but to town gardeners as
well who wish to grow few cucum-
bers, muskmelons or other vine crops
for home use.
The striped cucumber beetle, which
is usually present on cucumbers, is
one Of the most effective agents In
spreading the disease from plant to
plant and from field to field. Depart
ment Of agriculture scientists have
shown that the disease is carried from
one cucumber crop to the next as fol-
lows: Seed produced on mosaic
wild cucumber plant falls to the ground
in the autumn. In the latitude of the
middle western states mentioned
these seeds terminate early in May at
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
METHOD IN THAT Madness
Why Dad Could Not Bring Himself to
Make Serious Objections to Ger
AIDS Smoking.

Henry"
Mrs. Browns voice was stern. Mr..
Brown recognized the signs of COM
ing storm, so he prepared to listen.
II saw Gerald-our bOy--smOking a
pipe today-actually, dirty, smelly
pipe!" the poor woman ended with a
sob.
"Well, what can we do?" exclaimed
her husband. "The boys seventeen,
and has two dollars a week pocket
money. 1 don't see"
"You mean to say that you will al
low him to smoke? Why, it's sheer
madness !!
Henry nodded. Then, after wit
Messing the unique spectacle Of his
wife speeches. for once, ne strOlled
off into the garden, where he came
across Gerald in corner with the
pipe going full blast.
"Hello, my boyw he cried. "This is
something new, isn't it? Er-by the
way, I've left my pouch in the house.
Can you give me fill?"
Then he, as he walked away puff
fling happily, murmured:
"It may be madness, but there's
method in it. can see Gerald's pouch
being quite money saver to poor old
dad."-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
SUBSIST MAINLY ON DATES
Fruit Is the Malnstay Of Life to the
People of Egypt, Arabia,
and Persia.

East is west so far as the palm is
concerned, Hawaii, California, Flor
ida, Cuba, Egypt, Palestine, they all
know their palms. OF all varieties
none Is so dear to the heart as the
date palm. We all know its delicious
fruit, but few can conceive the desert
dweller's love for 1t, for he only can
appreciate its grateful shade in the
swelterlng desert heat.
The date palm is always sure sign
of water, for to thrive 1t must have
this. Rising often to height Of 100
feet, 1t Is a haven Of refuge to the
parched traveller, who knows that to
dig near 1t is to find water. Then
there Is the delicious fruit to be con-
sidered, too. Many Of us know the
date as a luxury-sometimes STUFFED
or otherwise, but considerable part
Of the inhabitants Of Egypt, of
Arabia and Persia, subsist almost en-
tirely on its fruit. They boast also of
it's medicinal virtues. Then the cam
els feed upon the date stone.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
Plant Is Serious Menace to Pickle
Growing in Various Sec
tons of Country.
ELIMINATE MOSAIC DISEASE
White Pickle Disease Is Generally
More General in Towns Than
in Open country-BeetIes
Garry Disease.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Wild cucumbers are a serious men,
ace to pickle growing. That the eradi-
cation of this plant would reduce, If
not entirely eliminate, the mosaic dis
ease of cucumber which in some Sec
tons has practically driven the pick
ling business out Of existence, Is shown
by studies made in Wisconsin by Unit
ed States department of agriculture
scientists. Their investigations prove
that the white pickle disease, or mo-
sale disease of cucumbers, also attacks
the wild or white pickle cucumber.
vine which occurs along streams and Is
used for ornamental purposes in many
parts Of the middle West. Michigan,
Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, where
this wild vine thrives, are the center
of the pickle-growing industry In this
country. The wild plant is serious
menace to the cultivated cucumber IN
these states, because it Is the prin-
cipal, If not the only, means by which
this disease is carried over from sea-
son to season.
All persons in town and country
in cucumber regions are urged by the
United States department Of agricul-
ture to stop planting the wild cucum-
Der and to pull up and destroy all wild
cucumber plants found in their vicin-
ity.
Disease Near Towns.
Coincident with the great abundance
Of wild cucumbers near towns it has
been observed that the white pickle
disease Of the cultivated cucumber Is
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04

about the same time that the striped
cucumber beetles begin to come out of
winter quarters.
Beetles Garry Disease.
When the garden and field cucum-
bers appear the beetles fly to feed on
them, carrying the disease with them.
1t is quite certain, therefore, that the
disease generally starts each season
from the wild cucumber and it APP
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
FACTORY-BUTTER VARIATIONS
Have Been Due In Late Years to Use
of Milk In Manufacture OF
other Products.

The variations in factory-butter
production in late years have been due
largely to the use of milk in the manu-.
facture of other products to meet war
needs. The output Of factory butter
has increased approximately 100000
600 pounds each ten years since 1880
United States Department of Agri-
culture.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot=Ease, the antiseptic powder to
be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled IN
the foot-bath. The Plattsburg Camp Man
ual advises men in training to use Foot
Ease in their shoes each morning. pre-
vents blisters and sore spots and relieves
painful; swollen. smarting feet and taxes
the sting out of corns and bunions. Always
use Aliens Foot=EasD to. break In new
ahoes-Adv.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
PLANT SOME NEW VARIETIES
Good Idea to Try Some Vegetables
Never Grown Before and
Perhaps Never Tasted.

Do not confine your planting only to
the varities you know, but try some
of the vegetables you have never
grown, and perhaps never tasted. You
might like them and thus add another
item to your bill of fare.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
SILAGE FROM SUDAN GRASS
Feeding Value Ranges Below Corn,
Much Depending on Matur-
Ity When Put In SiIo.

Sudan grass is preserved readily In
the silo with no special attention
necessary to the amount Of dry mat
ter. Its feeding value will range from
two-thirds to three-fourths that of
good corn silage, depending upon the
maturity of the crop when put into
the silc.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
His Prominent Characteristic.

"You must have seen some trait In
me to admire" said Mr.. Meekton, cor
you wouldn't have married me-"
II did," replied his wife; "yOur sub
lime nerve in wanting to be my hus-
band."-Pearson's Weekly.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
Benefit of Humus.

Humus binds together the soil par
ticles hnd thus prevents the soil from
driving by wind or washing by rain.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
Credit.

"My mothers gone to town to pay
some bills"
1--WE have men sent right to the
house to collect ours."-Brownlng's
Magazine.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04

Magic! Just drop little Freezone
on that touchy corn, instantly it stops
aching, then you lift tho corn off with
the fingers! Truly! No humbug!
Try Freezonel Your druggist sells
a tiny bottle for few cents. sufficient
to rid your feet of every hard corn,
soft corn, or corn between the toes,
and calluses, without one particle of
pain, soreness or irritation. Freezone
is the discovery Of noted Cincinnati
genius.-Adv.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
Economical Equipment.

Equipment that saves time and la.
Dor and affords cleaner product from
your dairy is economical.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04

Was Keeping EN- Secret.
"Have you any secrets in your
past?" she asked.
"None to speak Of" he replied.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
Newest Of Forage Plants.

Sudan grass Is the newest and great
est of all forage plants.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04

Some people are more afraid OF
germs than they are Of mad dog.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04

The Language.
"This man is running for office"
"Yes?" "What does he stand for"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04
Glover Acreage Increases.

The acreage of sweet clover is in
Creasipg.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-04

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that 1t
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-04-10

William Make
peace Thackeray,
son Of a civil serv-
ant in India, was
born July IS, 1911,
in Calcutta. He died
Dec. "a, 1863. in Lon
don, where most of
his life was spent.
From 1910 on his
wife was insane, so
there lived in his
heart, as in that of
the other great hu-
morist of his time,
Dickens, constant
sorrow.
Thackeray began
in school days rath-
er to absorb life
t h a n to a t 1 a 1 n
scholarship. He de-
lighted even then
to reproduce 1t in
comic verse and
caricature. At Cam
bridge, In Weimor,
in Paris art schools
and London law
school, he W Q n t
gayly on his way,
infolenf IN study
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-04-10
Not Hard.

Some Californian has invented a
new device for gathering nuts"
THAT'S unnecessary. All you have
to do is to advertise a meeting for
harmonizing opinions on the peace
treaty or explaining how to shoot tour
lists into Mars"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-04-10

but eager in friendship. ardent in life.
At twenty-one he owned and managed a
London newspaper, at twenty-five he was
penniless, after scattering a comfortable
fortune. But he had bought experience
invaluable to the young Journalist, price
less to the novelist
Thackeray's astonishing versatility was
early realized. He aspired to illustrate
Dickens novels; he wrote travel sketches,
stories, ballads and burlesques.
Barry LYNDON" his first notable novel,
was the history of a rascal; but, in the
most fascinating Of feminine rascals,
Becky Sharp Thackeray first brilliantly
showed himself master Of the creation of
living character ('fVanity Fair" 1S46-4S).
"Pendennis'' (1849-50) was, like Dickens
David Copperf1eld." in essence auto
biographical. The need of money drove
Thackeray reluctantly to the lecture field.
His course on Eighteenth Century HUI
morists, popular in England and America
185D, prepared the ground for "Esmond"
(1S52), his unsurpassed historical novel.
1.-THE Newcombes' QS5D, 1.-THE Virgin
ians' QS59) and the unfinished Dennis
Duval" complete the list of his best
novels.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-04-10

MOL. THOMAS NEWCOME, the
hero Of Argom, and of Bhart-
~ pour had loved the beautiful
Leonore de Blois, but having incurred
the wrath of his stepmother, he fled
TO India to carve out his career. There
he had married the widow, Mrs. Casey,
and feH years later sent their son
Give to ! England. He regalsq the
ladies' Of the regiment with .CEs2 let
tiers; sporting young men would give
or take odds that the colonel would
mention Gives name once before five
minutes, or three times in ten min
utes. But those who laughed at Gives
father laughed very kindly.
At last the happy time came for
which the colonel had been longing,
and he took leave of his regiment. In
England he had in his family circle
two half brothers, Sir Brian, who had
mai ried Lady Ann, daughter of the
Earl of Kew, and Hobson Newcome.
One morning at breakfast while Sir
Brian champed his dry toast, Barnes,
the son, said to his sister Ethel: ''My
uncle, the colonel Of sepOys, and his
amiable son have been paying a visit
to Newcome."
''You are always sneering about our
uncle" broke in Ethel, "and saying
unkind things about Give. Our uncle
is dear, good, kind man, and love
him."
At Hobson Newcomers and elsewhere
the family party often assembled, the
colonel, his friend Mr.. Binnie and Bin
MES sister, Mrs. Mackenzie with her
daughter Rosey, Sir Brian and Lady
Ann, and Give who had become a
painter. From one of these parties
Give and !, his friend Arthur Penden-
mis-, walked with the usual Havana
to light us home. II can't help think
Ing" said the astute Give, shat they
fancied was In love with Ethel. Now,
I suppose, they think I am engaged to
Rosey. She is as good little ceature
as can be, and never out of temper,
though I fancy Mrs. Mackenzie tries
her."
Time passed and our Mr.. Give went
to Baden, where he found old Lady
Kew with her granddaughter Ethel.
you have no taste for pictures, only
tor painters, suppose" said Lady
New one day to Ethel.
81 was not looking at the picture"
said Ethel, "but at the little green
ticket in the corner. I think, grand
mamma" she said, 1--WE young ladies
In the world ought to have little green
tickets pinned on our backs, with sold
written on them"
Barnes Newcome, too, was at Baden
for he was to marry pretty little Lady
Clara PuIleyn, free at last from that
undesirable Jack Belsize Lord High
gates son. Lady Kew had plans
which Gives growing regard for his
cousin Ethel put in jeopardy.
''My good young man, l think it Is
time you were off," Lady Kew said to
Give with great good humor. 81 have
been to see that poor little creature
to whom Captain Belsize behaved so
cruelty. She does not care a fig for
him-not one fig. She is engaged, as
you know, to my grandson Barnes I;
In all respects most eligible union;
and Ethel's engagement to my grand
son, Lord Kew, has long been settled.
When we saw you in London we heard
that you too were engaged to a young
lady in your own rank Of life-Aliss
Ma ckenZie."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-12
SPORTING
EXHIBITION GAMES
START IN FLORIDA
New York Americans Meet the Brook
Ign Nationals Today-Many Spring
=.
Contests Scheduled.

NEW YORK, March l2.-The opening
contest in the annual ante-season inter
league games between the baseball teams
OF the major circuits will be played in
Jacksonville, Fla, today weather permit
ting, when the New York Americans and
the Brooklyn Nationals meet in the first
match of a long series Other combina-
tons will quickly follow suit and by the
middle OF the month more than half of the
teams composing the National and Amer
lean leagues will be engaged in these pre-
season games
FULLY twice as many contests of this type
have been scheduled than was the case a
year ago and it is probable that close to
100 such exhibition games will be played
before the clubs lineup for their initial
pennant battles on April A. The site of
conflict stretches throughout the South
and Southwest while the homeward trip
at the close of southern training, will be
sprinkled with similar games.
In these games the modern baseball man
ager and club secretary have found a way
u which to partially cut down the heavy
cost occidental to training trips in which
81 moro than 40 husky athletes
haze % le transported and quartered at
Tie expense o the club While the aver.
ace gate receipts do not compare with
those q r'aior league pennant games, the
income f,nn the contests IS not 50 small
as % e ennc and in addition the games
give baseball rms 81 the far South their
only opportunity 10 see famous diamond
stars in action.