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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
by Laura A. kirkman.
SPINACH: THE SPRING TONIC.

The French have termed spinach
"thc broom of the stomach" II is
such bulky green that il sweeps through
the system, stimulating the secretion of
GASTRIC juices and scraping the walls
of the passage, thus carrying away all
waste matter which, like rust ton the in
side of an iron water pipe, has adhered to
the walls of the passage
Spinach at all seasons is beneficial but
particularly in the spring. when the
system needs "a thorough sweeping out.
In the winter we are apt 10 eat too many
greasy foods-sucb as sausages, fried
bacon. roast pork and chops, and too
many sweets, rich cake and pie-nepect-
ing to include n proper proportion OF
fruit and vegetables
The wise housewife, therefore. serves
spinach lavishly at this season of the year
fonce a day for week or ten days is not
too often not being afraid TO support this
tonic" green with plenty Of lettuce and
water cress All Of these greens contain
iron, calcium, sulphur potassium, apd
phosphorus; minerals necessary TO health.
When spinach is served daily for
several days, however, IT must be pre-
pared differently on successive appear
anccs Various attractive ways Of serv-
ing TINS ftEtlatt't hiG tif tffpNAht
Each of these menus is TO be used on a
different day:
Dinner
Fish
Boiled Potatoes Crcamed Spinach
Coffee Peach rarts
Luncheon
Boiled Spinach ON Toast
Toppcd with Poached Egg
Tea Cake
Supper
Venetian Spinach
Rolls
Cocoa Preserves
Dinner
Consomme
Spinach Boiled with Ham
Potato Salad
Coffee Raisin Pie
Supper
Spinach Scallopcd with Salt Fish
Tea Chocolate Pudding
The plain boiled spinach greens
may bc served alternately with one
OF these more claloT WAYS Of pre-
pairing it, or il may appear on the menu
in the form of salad if dcsrcd |
believe that the Venetian Spinach is
tho only variation which may not hc
!. miliar to tho average reader. and for
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
THE BRIDGE OF LEVELS.

Once upon time the earth gnomes
and the sky fairies had big ball. They
met IN u nice, grassy spot one bright
day in the spring, when the sod was just
n faint green, and a stream was tinkling
over the white stones in cheerful song.
For many years there had been n
rivalry between these little folk OF earth
and cloud, so both sides concluded to
end it in a nice way.
The fairies were to bring every kind
of beautiful thing which they could find
in the clouds. and the gnomes were to
contribute all the gems and Jewels which
they were always digging out of the earth.
On the right side of the circle sat the
cloud fairies On the left were the gnomes.
The fairies had great. white, fluffy bundle
and the gnomes big leather bag, stuffed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19

this reason / shall give it here.
Venetian Spinach--Cook = peck Of
spinach in as little water ms possible,
dram and chop fine. Make a sauce Of
tablespoon melted butter, | table
spoon flour, ! teaspoon salt and little
paprika. blend these ingredients, then
add "a cup rich milk and heat TO boiling
point: now add the spinach to this
sauce and cup of grated or finely diced
cheese, stirring until cheese IL rielted.
Serve at once.
Tomorrow An swered Letters.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
To Give Entertainment.

\ number of ladies Of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Twcnty-thrd and Concord ave
nlc are giving an entertainment Tuesday
evening, April 20, at 8 o'clock. for the
benefit Of the building fund 4 musical
sketch entitled The Sweet Family"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
SANDMAN STORY.

BY Mrs. =. A. Walker.
Copyright 1919 pY the Mcclure News
paper Syndica te New York City
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
SELMA SUFFRAG|STS BACK MRS. JACOBS IN HER RECENT ACTION
Pass Unanimous Resolu- tiOns, Declaring Tennes- see Women Were Ami mated By No Good
 Feeling

Selma, February (SpeciaL)- The speech of Mrs. solon Jacobs, president of the Alabama Suffrage Association. which brought bitter criticism and threatened expulsion from the national democratic committee by Tennessee delegates, was unanimously indorsed by the Selma suf- .@ge Association.
 A resolution indorsing Mrs. Jacobs as head of the Alabama suffragists, prais-
 ing the speech and branding as false the criticism by Tennessee women was adopted. The resolution follows
 Whereas, we find the speech of Mrs. Solon Jacobs, delivered on the 14th of
 February at the fifty-first annual con
 Sention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association satisfactory in
 every respect, and gratifying to our
 pride in her as the head of our state
 associations; and,
 Whereas, the Tennessee delegates to
 the said convention animated, in our opinion, by no good feeling have un- warrantedly criticised and falsely re- ported the speech of Mrs. Jacobs and have threatened to attempt her expul- sion from the national democratic exec Utive committee; be it,
 Resolved, that we, the Selma Suf- frage Association, heartily indorse the speech of Mrs. Jacobs and her as d u-ember of the national democratic exec utive committee and condemn the action of the Tennessee delegates. Be it further, Resolved that copies of this resolu- tion be sent to The Selma Times and The Birmingham Age Herald, with the request to print Unanimously adopted, Aimee N. Dubose. secretary; Mary Win slow Partridge chairman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
AGREED WITH KNOX

President Taft told MT. Crane that he concurred in the views of Secretary Knox and greatly regretted the circum- stances
 MT. Crane announced at the time that he had never seen the offending article, but assumed full responsibility for hii connection with it. rpureiy ihcidental as that connection was.
 The State Department let it be known at the time that it was particualrly un- fortunate that MT. Crane should have re- ferred to the probability Of an American protest against the Manchurian agree ments because it was it's purpose to have Mir Crane sound out the diplomatic corps at Picking on the subject before drawing Ia protest which might not command the support of a majority of the great powers which had accepted Secretary Hay $ nopen door policy as binding upon them The department, it was said, felt that ths statement accredited to Mir. Crane had deprived him of the advantages he ough: to have in dealing with such a subject.
 MT Crane was not the first Americai minister to China who failed to reach his post because some government objectei the previous cases it was the protest o; China itself which held up former Sen tor Henry w. Blair of New Hampshira who was on his way to take up the lega tion at Peking because he had made cer tain yellow peril' statements in the Senate debates on the Chinese exclusion law which the Chinese felt made him per soma non grata to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
GARRETT CHARGES
 .DISCOURTESY SHOWN
Republicans Held Carnival V7Iiln 0pI-- Deun@cratic Member Was Absent
 at Muscle Shoals
By HuGH W. ROBERTS


 Washington, February 24.-tSpeeial9 Permitting testimony regarding the construction of the government plants at Muscle Shoals during his absence on official business, was characterized to- day by Representative Garrett of Ten nessee, who expressed himself in a jet ter to Representative Graham of Illi- nois. chairman of the subcommittee which conducts the Investigation, as rank and premeditated discourtesy. Mir. Garrett has just returned from the Virgin Islands, he declared; that prior to his departure it was agreed that during his absence no testimony relat- ing to Muscle Shoals would be heard. 1e contends that taxing testimony when he, the only democratic member of the subcommittee was absent, was unfair, in that it was impossible for him to cross-examine witnesses with apparent predisposition unnecessarily to criticise the construction of the Ala bama projects.
 During the absence of Mir. Garrett. the republicans held a carnival< of which Muscle Shoals was the sacri ficial goat. Much of the sensational testimony was developed during the absence of the democrat This alleged violation of the agreement that no tes- timony would be taken is bitterly re- sented by the Tennessean.
 J. L. Andrews, prominent attorney of Sheffield and resident counsel for the Air Nitrate Corporation, after having testified before the committee yester. day, returned to Alabama tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
ANOTHER INQUIRY INTO THE PACKING
 INDUSTRY STARTED
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man of the agriculture committee, critl- cised the agreement, saying:
 That consent decree the packers will take admits all the evil practices which they have been in, forgives them for it. It specifics that they are to be given two years more to continue all of them but after that time they are to conflne their robheries to the farmers who pro duce butter, eggs cheese and poultry. doesn't it?"
 Commissioner Colver only smiled. with out direct answer.
 Remarking that he was not disposed to mention minor scandals Commissioner Colver said that the commission had found that the Armour, Swift, Cudahy, Wilson and Morris concerns had ''an agreement with respect to the purchase of their raw material. livestock, Tn all the principal markets"
 This agreement, he added. "had al the effect of a restraint of trade lnde- pendent packing concerns in the United States, he said, were dying off at the rate of one every three months, and when specifically asked, he said this was the result of the packer practices
 Likewise there lis such a thing as competition between commodities, he said, which the packers recognizing, had met by entering the fields of dis tribution of foodStuffs which might be meat substitutes. Their ownership of refrigerator cars, and of stoekyards. he offered as further illustrations of the tendency towards monopoly"
 Federal regulation that is federal contact, like national bank supervision, ' he added, would meet the situation.
 The committee deEded to give op- pcnents ard advocates of regulation twenty hours each after which Attorney General Palmer will be called to explain the diyorcement decree The committee then will decide the further scope of it's inquiry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25

unions. but the plan also contemplates attack on the financial sections, which labor holds to be unfair 10 the taxpayers and a burden or the government Th>' dividend provision Of the law also will come in for condemnation, it was indi- cated
 As @ result of the decision to ask fer pi esidential veto.- consideration of the proposal for settlement of the contro- vcrsy, submitted by the President and Director General Hines. will be largely ferfunctory at tomorrowis meetings OF the labor representatives. Many of the delegates and some of the general chair men pianned tonight 10 leave Washington immediately.
 There remains for consideration, how ever, the question as to whether the unions will join in the selection of commission of experts to begin the gath ering of data on wages and workings con ditions for submission to the tribunal created by the railroad bill. This ques- ton reopens the whole category of oh- jections to the bill. and it was asserted could be construed as meaning the unions would accept that portion of the legisla I tion. The union attitude on the tfi--' partite wage handling machinery was de- ciared to be one of unalterabe oppoki ton. They prefer to deal directly with the railroad corporations rather than have the public as a third party engaged in the controversy, it was explained.
 fnter-union controversies also were ru- mored today about union meeting plans. Several of the individual groups which had entered into the agreement of all fifteen organizations to stand together in the wage fight. were described as get ting nervous" about their obligations tI- der the affiliated arrangement. But de- velopments tonight indicated these differ ences would be patched up and the solid arity of railroad labor maintained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
AUSTIN TO REPORT

Montgomery, February 24-(Special) Connie W. Austin, chief of the state law
 enforcement department and formerly
 law enforcement officer at Muscle
 Shoals, made public today a report to the department of justice in which he
 charged reck1essness and extravaganza
 in the expenditure of funds during the
 construction of the nitrate plant.
 MT. Austin made the report in De-
 cember 1918, to the department of jus tice. It became known also that he
 was summoned before the congression- al Investigating committee when it was at Muscle Shoals, but that the sum-
 mons did not reach him in time to re-
 port at Muscle Shoals. He has been
 informed that he will be called before
 the committee at Washington later
 The report charged that careless management twas evident on every
 hand and cited instances where, he claimed money was used unnecessar- fly. He mentioned that he found one man who was receiving s day as chauffeur of his own automobile used in government work, and who also was paid $5 day for the car, with the pro- viso that at certain time the car would become government property. The report said the car was consigned To the junk heap by the time the limit for it's use expired.
 He said his nvestigations wher he
 became head of law enforcement
 showed that many alien enemies and former convicts were on the law and
 order force. that about twenty nine
 aliens were dismissed and that six
 teen or seventeen forTer convicts were
 forced to leave the service. He showed documents which said 251 men were discharged or forced to resign during the time he was connected with the work. He mentioned that he found one instance where horseshoer was paid a salary of $50 a month
 Completing the report Mir. Austin
 said: con assuming these responsibil- ities as head of the department I found that the most gross 1axity and mis : mana cement in nearly all branches Of the department the incompetency and careless management was evident on every hard"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
Montsomery Bureau The Ags- Herald
 22i-z First National Bank Building

Montgomery, February 2A-(Special)- Governor Knby will not fill the position as
 associate member of the state board of control and economy made vacant by the resignation of W. L. Lancaster of We tumpka. He announced today that he
 saw no need for the position as a result
 O. additional legislation enacted shortly before the legislature adjourned in sep-
 tcmber and that the state would be saved one salary.
 The board of control was originally composed of three members. When the ctrvict department was consolidated with it the head of the department was given
 the title of warden-general and made a member of the board The board is
 now composed of three members and 1 believe the work can be done by it without filling the position vacated by Mir. Lancaster, therefore l have decided not to fill the office. said Governor Klby.
 Several applications for the position have been received. One person, whose name could not be obtained, had his ap- plication with the governor before Mir. Lancaster's resignation had reached the attention of the governor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
EVENTS OF THE DAY
 FROM STATE CAPITAL
ny FRED H. GoRMLEY.

istry Tuesday He couldn't do it, so the matter was arbitrated. The department of agriculture contendea mat the new fertilizer law required manufacturers to state on each package or bag the per centage of each ingredient, including a report as to where the ingredient was obtained. ManSfacturersse seontended that only the percentage was required.
 It was finally agreed that during this ferterlizer year the tags need not show where the ingredients were obtained, but that after this year new tags must be used. Manufacturers said the season would be over before they could prepare new tags This would have prevented the sale of fertilizer in Alabama if the state agricultural department had insisted on it's interpretation of the law. Those who reached the compromise were Attorney General smith, pr. B. E. Ross, state chemist: Robert E. Steiner. representing the fertilizer companies. and l. T. Quinn technical man of the agricultural depart ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
MUST KEEP TAB

Montgomery, Ala. February 24-(Spe- cial) )-Wardens of convict camps will have an important job which must receive daily attention if the indeterminate sem tence law is followed to the letter. They will be required to keep g daily record. or journal of the conduct of all convicts under them in order that the board of pardons may determine whether or not
 taeir work and demeanor behind prison walls entitle them to release after serf ing the minimum sentence
 c. B. Rogers, warden general, has
 asked the attorney general for an inter
 pretation of the law. It will be a tedious
 task for the wardens to enter on a record e.; ch day minute details about each con-
 Nicts conduct and work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
REPORTS ON THE FLU"

Montgomery, February A.-(Special)- Three hundred and seventy-seven cases of influenza and four deaths from the dis ease were reported to the state health department during the past forty-eight hours, according to a telegram to the United States public health service Tues day afternoon. Six of the deaths were in Mobile and four in Birmingham. In addition to influenza, thirteen new cases of pneumonia developed and three deaths resulted.
 Reports of influenza follow: Calhoun 26, Butler 49, Dallas 20, Jefferson, ex- cluding Birmingham s. Mobile city 56. Montgomery Il, Sumter 29 TaIladega 54
 Pneumonia cases were reported as fol- lows: Butler 1. Dallas l. Birmingham 1, Mobile city 6, Sumter 1, Talladega 3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
DIR. MoHR RESIGNS

Montgomery, Ala. February A.-(Spe- cial)-Dr. c. A. Mohr of Mobile, one or the oldest members in point of serVlce on the state board of health, rendered his resignation as a member of the board ol censors of the Alabama Medical Assocla- tion today as the censors confers the board of health his resignation, retires him from state health work. He gave as his reason his election as ail-time health officer of Mobile county. His successor will be appointed by the president of the medical association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
Borden Burr Coming

Anniston, February 24.-tSpeciai) )-- Borden Burr, chairman of the state ex- ecutive committee of the Young Mems Christian Association of Alabama, will deliver an address at the Anniston Inn on next Tuesday evening, following q dinner to be served at go o'clock. and the people of Anniston are invited to hear his address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
CRANE SELECTED BY PRESIDENT AS
 ENVOY TO CHINA
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he has generally been regarded in gov- ernment circles as one of the few men who were "close to the President"
 Of course, the Chinese government had accepted MT. Crane as being persona grata, as it had in 1909 otherwise, ac- cording to diplomatic procedure, he would not have been selected again. Whether the Japanese government knew of Presi- dent Wilson's intentions to send MT. Crane to China can only be a conjecture, fol while it is not customary for one gov ernment to consult a third government on it's selections of diplomats to be ac- credited to another power, some official folk in Washington feel that in view of the previous incident in which Mr. Crane figures and the general aspects of the situation in the Far East, President Will son probably would not have selected him without feeling that his appointment would cause no disagreeable incident be- tween the United States and Japan.
 Mir. Crane was appointed minister to 1909, and in Chicago while on his way to San Francisco at a complimentary luncheon quoted MT. Taft as having told him of Americas s interest In China's wei fare and having added that whenever MT. Crane made a speech he ought to speak 1t out red hot"
 That utterance seemed to attract no particular attention and later Mr. Crane attended another luncheon at which Wu Ting Fang. Chinese mir ister to the United States. emphasized the friendly interest the United States had in China.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
GETS A PAROLE

Montgomery. February 24,-(special)- )-- R. N Strinker of Tuscaloosa, convicted of violating the prohibition law with extenuating circumstances and fined $50 and sentenced to six months at hard la bor, was granted a parole by the gover- nor today. His liberty is conditioned on his good conduct in the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
ORDERED TO PRESERVATION

The storm d1u not DreaK however, unIll month later when in San Francisco MT. Crane got a brief telegram from Secre- 1 tary Knox, on the eve of embarking, or
 reason for the sudden change was not 1 made public at the time, MT Crane pro- l fessing ignorance of it, but diplomats in | Washington began talking about his speeches and it began to leak out that some one was offended.
 l It finally developed that a story ap- bearing in western newspaper accred- l ited to MT. Crane and representing him as attacking the Manchurian agreements between China and Japan were the real causes of his recall. The story also ap- peared in the Japanese press and caused
 considerable reaction in Japan over the supposed views of the new minister from the United States to China.
 l Secretary Knox issued statement say i ing that while in the department prepara- tory to leaving for his post Mir. Crane had learned from minor officials that the government was making an examination of those agreements and ''without the knowledge or authority of any one con- nected with the department gave out a newspaper story to the effect that this government was preparing to protest against some of the features of the agreements and that the rromulgation of the protest only awaited the return of an official who was to formulate it." Secretary Knox's official statement added that MT. Crane had admitted hay , ing an indiscreet talk with reporter"
 and that he had reluctantly reached the conclusion that the good of the service i demands that I shall inform MT Crane that his resignation will be accepted and l have done so."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
REWARD FOR MURDERER

Montgomery, February (SpeciaD Governor Ki1by published a proclama- ton Tuesday offering a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the person who killed 1T. E. Nash, street car conductor, in Mobile. This reward will be in addition to $500 which has been offered by members of the Asso- citation of Street Car Employes. Nash was the third member of the associa- ton to be Killed in the past fifteen months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
ROAD EMPLOYES TO
 ASK PRESIDENT TO
 VETO RAIL MEASURE
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however. it was said. until it appeared no one plan would be generally accepted by the rank and file. The sentiment among the chairmen appeared almost unanimous in favor of formal presenta- ton of the case to the President.
 Labor provisions of the bill admittedly will be the most bitterly assailed by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
AJAX COMPANY INCORPORATES

Montgomery, Ala, February A'-'Spe- cial )-The Ajax Foundry Company of | Anniston was incorporated by the secre-
 tary of state today with an authorized capital of s1250OO and a paid-in capital of s16,O00. | Another company qualifying was the Neely-W hitehead Company of Ararat' Choctaw county. It's paid-in capital IS | s25 INN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-25
KODAkS
Accepts Challenge

Anniston. February (Special)-- Young Demetral, the Chicago wrestler, who has met and defeated three strong opponents here during the last few weeks. has accepted the challenge of Tom Meyers of Cleveland. and a match has been arranged between the two mat fartists, at local theatre next Friday evening