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The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28
AMERICANSARE STILLWATCHINC
 ENEMY ARMIES

COBLENZ, March 2S (by the Asso- ciated Press) The intelligence sec tion of the American army continues to keep strict watch of the movements of the German army and will continue to do so until the American army of occupation leaves the Rhineland for home after the signing of the peace treaty.
 Recent reports to the Americans holding the Coblenz bridgehead are to the effect that the units of the old German standing army which were performing any active service early in February appeared to have been reorganized on 2 uniform plan. The majority of these troops, informa- tion in the hands of the Americans in d.cate, are simply drawing pay and passing the time the best way pos sible in their home depots, patiently awaiting discharge or having made up tkcir minds to remain in service in
 
 civil life.
 These units are divided between t!,ose who are perfectly willing to per form active service and those who are not. The willing ones, usually in- cluding most of the officers and non- commissioned officers, have taken a new name for their organization, but continue to use the depots and other fa cilities of the old unit. The un- willing soldiers also have been re- maining in the depots of the old unit. ! It was in this manner that the Rein hardt regiment which fought the Spar tscists in Berlin and which early in February had companies assigned to
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28

Weimar when the National Assembly was convened and also other detach- ments sent to the eastern front, was formed from the Fourth foot guard regiment in Berlin and has retained possession of that depot.
 The new German Schuetzen divi- sion consists of volunteers of the Thirty-first division, the volunteer
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28

dorff- -Rantzau, by Scheidemann and by the Crown Prince the result is more than puzzling. All the people con slider, apparently, that the armistice wGs an agreement for mutual benefit and any idea that the war was any thing but draw with the prestige all on the German side has not yet pene trated the German mind"
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28

regiment being stationed in Berlin, while the remainder of the Thitry-irst has been in depots in the Hartz re zion.
 German press dispatches from the region of Polish-German clashes re- gently mentioned the "Volunteer Bat talion Keep" which was reorganized from the 149th regiment
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28
NAVAL COMMITTEE OF
 HOUSE VISITS TACOMA

TACOMA, Wash, March 28 (by As sociated Press).-The members of the committee on naval affairs of the national house of representatives will arrive here Sunday, and will return to Washington Sunday night.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28

There will not be a train for Chitina until the wind in the Copper River valley subsidies.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28

Evening service with address will be held at the Red Dragon club house tonight at 7:30.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28
PURELY LOCAL GOSSIP ABOUT
 YOUR FRIENDS

Miss Nellie Duval of Katall was an arrival in town today on the launch Waif
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28

The launch Waif arrived this morn ing from Katalla, bringing over ship ment of gasoline for the Alaska Sea Food Company.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28

The new pictures this evening at the Empress Theater will include a late Pathe News, Bessie Barresscale in "The Snarl," and a Triangle comedy, Love and Fish,"
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28

, Love and Fish,"
 Captain R. A. Davis, superintendent of the Hoonah Packing Company, ar rived in town last night and reports that Contractor Al. Lund is making progress in the erection of their new cannery buildings.
 The Carlisle Packing Company's cannery tender Eclipse will leave to- morrow for Seattle, in charge of w. R. Harris, where it will remain Gap tain Harris will bring back tender Carlisle No. 1, which has recently been equipped with a hundred-horse- power Decile engine
 Tomorrow is the last day to register for the municipal election, which takes place next Tuesday. Notwith- standing the fact that there is but one ticket in the field for the local offices to be filled it is the duty of every voter to register in order to make the proper showing at the polls. At the home of Mr. A. T. Cotton in Katalla, on March 24th, MT. Otto A. Strand and Miss Sidney Frances Neall were united in marriage, Judge c. H. Naughton officiating. Only a few friends of the happy couple were pres ent, among whom were MT. Cotton, Miss Helen June White. MT. C.. E. Bryan and Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Sever ance.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-28

Job printing at Daily Times office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
TWO YOUNGSTERS SIGNED BY MOLLY Pitcher Red" Stiles and Sh0rtstop Railley Added
 to Roster

Moley evidently figures that there's
 safety in numbers for it's dull day
 when the Baron chieftain doesn't add
 one or two players to his already lengthy
 roster. Yesterday he signed up Red
 Stiles, the T. c. I. phenom. whose pitch
 ing prowess is more or less known to
 local fans and a new shortstop by the
 name Of Railley, who was turned owe:
 by the Pirates.
 Stiles has burned up the semi-pro leagues around here for several years
 and Moley expects him to come through in good shape with the proper coach ing Nothing whatever is known of
 Railley's ability but President Dreyfuss of Pittsburg spoke very complimentary of him.
 Jansen, the genial and dashing short fielder of last season, is so welded to hls job of selling cookies and cakes that ne i is loath to resume the national game.
 T like to play ball." said Ray, and I am confident l can paste that ol" l apple around the 300 mark but l have
 been getting along nicely in the selling l game and hate to leave it.'' Ray says | he can play much better when given | a regular job, instead of being used III l a utility role as he was last a,ason | Haworth looks at least 20 pounds heaV | fer than he did last year The firs' string catcher said yesterday that hi | felt right and expected to better HIS high batting mark of last season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
 BY non McDAVID
ONLY FIVE BARONS REPORTED MONDAY First Practice to Be Held This Afternoon - More
 Men Expected Today

Five more Barons reported yes-
 ferday, bringing the total of those
 already in up to seven. Ballman,
 Sigman, Samuels, Jones and Hair
 ston presented themselves at head
 quarters during the day and were
 shown around the village by Homer
 Haworth, Jansen and Bernsen, the
 veterans who had previously re-
 ported.
 Several more are expected to arrive today in time to participate in tho initial workout at Redwood about o'clock this afternoon. Moley stated last night that only the lightest sori of limbering up stuff will be allowed to- day and that everybody will be warned not to cut 'em loose for a week or so.
 Last season, against orders, Young Bohan, the promising recruit hurler ruined himself probab bly for life by put ting too much steam on the agate during his first 10 days of practice. The kid was anxious to make a showing, but his greenness proved fatal to his base ball career, when his arm went lame and refused to heal under careful nurs- ing
 It is rarely ever necessary to caution the old heads, who have learned to take care of themselves, but these kids are hard to restrain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
ALL SOLDIERS ARE
 ELIGIBLE ID TAKE 1. PART IN PARIS MEET
Country's Best Athletes to Participate in the Inter- allied Games in
 France
By Associated Press

New York, March 24.-Any officer or enlisted man who served in the allied military forces between August 1. l9l4' and November Il, 1918, is eligible to com pete in the interallied games to pc held in Paris next June, accorulhs W .o cable advices from General Pershlns to the Amateur Athletic union today
 The message emphasized the fact tha' eligibility applied equally to men now III the service and those discharged.
 General Pershing thanked the uiloh for it's offer of cooperation Tn 'iie tournament and asked it's assistance Tn disseminating information regarding the event to potential participants.
 Secretary Rubien stated the unloi' would begin preparations immediately to cooperate with the military olilciaN N' in developing the American end of the contests
 Efforts will be made to secure com prehensive idea of the programme or events and with this as basis every athletic club and training camp WIZ be requested to furnish the names ol such eligible athletes as may warrah special instruction and training.
 A number of prominent club and col lege stars and record holders nave al ready signified their willingness to coiii pete for the colors.
 While the A. A. U. has no funds avail able to transport team of athletes to France, it is believed there will be no difficulty in securing by popular sup scription or other methods sum sufflc'- ent to prepare the best of available ma terial, especially if the men could pe taken to France on a transport.
 There are a number of high-class per formers still with the American force" abroad and these. augmented py tnoSe who might be selected from the ehgl- bIes now in this country, could hold it's own against the leading European com ,,,ico
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
MACKAY ID FIGHT
 ID LAST DOLLAR Declares HOhenzOllern No More Despotic Than
 BurlesOn
By Asseciated Prsss

New York, March 24.-Postmaster General Burleson's action in dismiss ing Clarence H. Mackay as president of the Postal Telegraph Gable com pany. was characterized by MT. Mackay as "despotic and brutal" in a state ment issued here tonight on his return from Baltimore, where he was when the dismissal notice was served at the company's office here last Saturday
 Mir Mackay added that William Tlo- henzollern himself could not have been tive,' and served notice on MT. Burle- son that he would flight to my las: dollar and to the last ditch"
 He ridiculed MT. Burleson's state- ment that the dismissal twas the TO- suit of his failure to obey inst. uctions of the postoffice department" assert- ing that the Postars only two faii- ures to comply with instructions were in cases where Ambiguity" of the instructions caused delay and where the company would have. faced pros ecutlons with possible heavy fines" had it obeyed.
 This act of MT Burleson," he said, ''ls only continuation of a deliberate conspiracy to wreck and ruin the Pos tai Telegraph system and then es- tabllsh monopoly of wire communica- tion in the United States"
 Mir. Burleson's principal acts since taking over the lines. he asserted, mad been increasing of long distance tele- phone rates in the interest of the Bell Telephone company; the proposition to increase telegraph rates In the inter- est of the Western Union Telegraph company. the seizure of the cables after the signing of the armistice. the busting of myself and other officials Of the Commercial Cable and Posts-! companies and the order that the Eos tai build no lines to compete with the Bell Telephone or Western Union without first submitting our plans 10 officials of those companies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

| the 1919 season was started, President John D. Martin explained that a de- cision unfavorable to the rule would take precedence over the action of the officials at the Birmingham meeting.
 A resolution was unanimously adopt ed favoring a post-season series with the Texas league should the latter re- ceive an A classification.
 UMPIRES
 Unofficial announcement was made that President Martin would announce Brennan, Carpenter, Pfenninger and Kerin as umpires in chief and that the association would provide whatever as- sistants they might need.
 A "Baugh Day" will be a feature of the Birmingham season, it was decided The date will be announced later.
 A motion proposed by Heinemann that the meeting today be open to newspa- per men lost on a to 4 vote, Atlanta, Memphis, Mobile and Nashville repre- sentatives opposing an open session.
 Contracts pertaining to ground and other privileges were let at the meet ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

"The gamest fighter I ever met in all my career was a little Jewish boy named Isador Strauss of Philadelphia, who flashed into view back in lS96 and then faded quickly from prominence That is the statement of "Philade!- phia Jock" OBrien, who fought 227 | battles during his amazing ring ca reer; perhaps a greater number of con- tests than any fighter of the past or present ever mingled in. And when one recalls that OBrien tackled Jim l Jeffries, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jack John son. Kid Mccoy, Tommy Ryan and scores of other ring marvels, the state ment that the long forgotten strauss was the gamest of them all takes or an added significance
 l "As a kid I was extremely fond of all sorts of athletic sports-wth g 1 special liking for boxing" said O'Brlen, | in discussing his ring life. At 12 I was sent to a night school in Phila- l delpEia to learn a trade. Next door to 1 the school was gymnasium. Ere quently I played hockey from school and devoted my evenings to learnin 5 the art of self-defense.
 Eventually 1 went to work in a l shop In those days new arrivals | among the apprentices always were 1 initiated by the older boys. A half dozen of the youngsters sought at va rious times to perform the ceremony for me. But, even though I was a pale-faced kid and rather frail-looking. I was able to hand them out little
 more than they gave me. My success iu shop battles caused my pals to induce me to try for the amateur light-weis Int championship in Philadelphia.
 q won the title--without much trou- ble. When I couldn't find any more 1 lightweights to battle, took on heav- | fer men and before I quit the amateur ranks I was battling welterweights
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES }. CORBETr

's SoHhDA
 and middl tights, although l notched only between 12S and 133.
 ''rhen my friends whispered to me, Why don't you become a professional and get some of the soft money?
 The first youngster l fought as professional was Isador Strauss-bacN in 1896. We went at it hammer-and- tongs in the first round and he Kept if up through all the IS minutes of fighting. At the end of the affair hon. ors were even and the general verdict was a draw. This satisfied neither Strauss nor myself and sometime later we were matched again.
 "In the first round l caught Strauss on the nose with a vicious right-hand- CT. It broke his nose so badly that one part of it cut through the outer
 skin and blood gushed from the wound ed member in volume. And every time new blow hit the nose, the broken
 bone would iuts out in ghastly fashion,
 After the end of the first round I felt
 I had Strauss at my mercy-and that another round would finish him. "But Strauss lasted through six
 rounds of fighting-surviving IS
 knock downs. After l had floored him
 six times I felt it was humanely i'm
 possible for him to regain his feet. | But he came up again and again. His
 courage became superhuman. AS often s I floored him he would
 be back on his feet. Every new punch
 added to his grogginess and to his
 agony. But he wouldn't quit. Several | times the referee made an effort to
 stop the contest. But Strauss begged
 him to let the fight go on7-insistinG ! that he would last through the siN i rounds And the youngster did. | The crowd gave me cheer for winning, and they gave Strauss even
 q greater one for his superlative game .,
 ness. And well they should for Isa l dor Strauss. although he never became | known outside his own home town,
 certainly was game from the top of
 his head to the soes of his feet-.he
 most courageous ringman I ever en- countered in more than 16 years of
 fighting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Pittsburg Pirates
 to Arrive This A. M.

The Pittsburg Pirates will arrive here at 9:20 this morning and proceed direct ly to the Tutwiler hotel, where they will camp during their three weeks stay in Birmingham Manager Beg dek will bring along about 30 players, including the usual
 Legation of newspaper men who always follow a major eague team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
CARMEN HILL

centuries before, and treated the far higher and more peaceful civilizations of southern Mexico about as did the Goths in Rome, or the Manchu Tdrtars in Chi ma. Their civilization was about on the level with that of contemporary Europe in organization, and much beyond that in education; though they destroyed and never learned the best of what existed before them But they were, and still are, a warlike and "Tatar' race. OaXa- ca, the California of Mexico, was the seat of great civilization, of the Za- potecs and Miztecs, conquered in battle by the Aztecs but short time before the Spaniards came. The Mayas of Yucataa are wholly different in race and charac- ter; they always have a smile, one never sees a scowl or hears a quarrel but they are sturdy, laborious and tenacious of their nationality. The Aztecs were in course of conquering them when the Spaniards came And the racial antagon- Ism of Mayas for all Mexicans is ex- treme; they do not want them. Mexicans call reasonable the ''separatism of Yu- catan; but Yucatecans are not MeXicans, and never have been.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

A. J. Heinemann, president Of the New Orleans club, 1t was understood let in a protest against the tentative plans for Sunday games in all cities regardless of legislation pending in Tennessee, which he claimed would make revision necessary, no matter how 1t ended.
 PLAYER RULE PASSES
 The seven-player rule adopted at
 the annual meeting last fall in Bir-
 mingham and the salary limit fea-
 ture were unchanged as the result
 of today's meeting. Expected Oppo- sition failed to develop and all pres
 ent voted favOrably on n motion to
 adopt the minutes of the Birmfng-
 ham session.
 According to the constitution, it was explained, the spring meeting, being primarily for the adoption of a sched- ule. none of the rules approved at an annual meeting could be changed with out a favorable vote of the entire body. Adoption of the minutes of the Bir- mingham meeting settled all matters outside of the schedule.
 After Heinemann announced that the seven-player rule was before the na- tional commission and that decision was expected from that body before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
HOWARD FOOTBALL
 SCHEDULE FOR 1919

October Auburn at Redwood. October 11-Sewanee at Sewanee. October 1S-Alabama at Alabama. October 27-Marion Military institute at Marion.
 November S-Birmingham Southern at Redwood.
 November 16 and 22-Open. November 27-Spring Hill at Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

Mexican Indians Are Three Kinds William Gates, in February World s
 Work.
 There were roughly three settled na- tional civilizations prior to the conquest (with a minor fourth, the Tarascan, on the middle west coast, Michoacan). The Aztecs were a nation of bloody sacrifices, who had come down from the north some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Baron Practice Starts Today
Southern League Magnates
 Railroad Rule Requiring
 SeUen Youngsters 10 O Team
Club Owners in Midst of Squabbe Over Proposed Sched ule-Henemann Leads in Protest Over Tentative Plans
 for Sunday Cames-Post-Season Series Favored
By Associated Press

New Orleans 24After discussing in executive proposed 1919 playing schedule officials Southern association tonight decided to postpone until tomorrow the adoption of an official schedule association, revision which would satisfy the demands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

The London Society of Compositors has granted the sum of s25Oo to the labor war memorial Of freedom and peace in support of the scheme pro- noted by the Trade Union congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

More than 16 municipal tramway un- dertakings throughout the united King dom employ women drivers. Glasgow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

The women of Iceland recently ceie- brated the third year of their enrran- chisement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
BARONS MAY PLAY
 AT ANNISTON CAMP
Home" Sunday Games for Moley's Men Advocated at League Meet
 ing in New Orleans
"RED, SMITH

Local baseball fans will be interested in the report emanating from New Or leans to the effect that home games for the Barons may be scheduled at Camr Mcclellan, near Anniston. Clubowners at the league meeting are of the opin- ion that Sunday baseball al army camps will be allowed by the authorities and the idea is to put the Barons over in An niston and the Atlanta Crackers in Camp Gordon for their Sa bbath Day contests.
 In the event such a schedule is worked out it will undoubtedly result in several excursions from Birmingham to the An niston camp during the approaching sum- mer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

Every hearth or fireplace in England was taxed in the reign of Charles II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

Figures prove our airplane training fatalities to be less than those of any other country. The monthly average in the United States has been only ono fatality for each 320O hours flown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

also hindering the exploitation of Phil ippine timber.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24
LIFE A PROPOSITION IN LABOR.

Unless the coal is mined, there will
be no fuel; unless the fields are cul-
tiVated, there will be no food; unless
the factories and mills are operated,
there will be no clothing or other ne
cessaries. The whole proposition of
life is one of labor; and the shirks, the
loafers, the lazy fellows, have the
rightful place in the scheme Even
with every man doing his best, yet the
people are continually in close touch
with the danger line. The troubles
confronting us now arise from the
fact that hordes of producers in ev-
cry occupation are ignorantly engag-
ed in reducing the volume of produc
ton by cutting down the hours of la
Dor and also by ignoring the function
of energy and efficiency in performing
their labor. There is a thrift in la
Tor as there is in all other manage
ment; as a people we have forgot
ten this. and have given ourselves up
to All orgy of idleness and indifference.
The seventeenth century witnessed
the same kind of moral lapse, which
found expression in the Thirty Year
War. and that retarded the progress
of mankind for hundred years.-Bur-
lington Post
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24
MOONSHINE STILLS
INCREASE IN u. S.

Washington-Th moonshiner's bus
mess has doubled during the last ifs
cal year. This was disclosed in the
annual report Of Daniel G. Roper,
commissioner Of internal revenue.
total of 5000 Illicit stills were
seized by revenue officers during the
fiscal year ending June 30, compared
with 2,739 for the preceding fiscal
year.
The largest number of seizures was
made in the states that have been dry
longest, Georgia heading the list with
practically one-third of all seizures
made. North Carolina accounted for
about one-fourth. 9th states have
been legally dry 10 years
The fact that the revenue officers
locate perhaps not more than one il
licit still in 10 indicates that the num-
Der of stills presided over by moon
shine geniuses aggregated 100000
Revenue officers think the ratio is
increasing despite the exercise of all
diligence.
The increase in moonshine activities
is credited largely to the high price of
whisky. This leads men to run the
risk of arrest and Imprisonment.