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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-07
PADEREWSKI FOR
 POLISH PRESIDENT
By HOLLAND.

New York, January 7.-(SpeciaD Should a republic be proclaimed In Po- land and Ignace Jan Paderewski be chosen as president, for dispatches from London report that this is rroD- able. then a man who is almost an American may become president of the new republic in Poland. Paderewski has sojourned for so long a time in the United States and has so many times crossed the continent and been in touch with American sentiment and American political and business life, and has so thoroughly absorbed all that he has seen and learned in the United States, as to justify speaking of him as almost an American. Here he gain ed his substantial fortune; here he parted with a considerable portion of his earnings in order to carry on war activities in support of the allies and here he became the central figure In all the organizations in the United States which represented the honor- able ambitions of Poland.
 Seldom did Paderewski play profess sionally in the United States after the war began. He seemed to have be- gun new career and to have revealed at the beginning of it unusual capa- city for the higher kind of political leadership and all his work in this country seemed to be inspired or il- luminated by his admiration for Amer ican institutions. The discovery was made that Paderewski possessed un- usual executive and administrative capacities He understands Poland as well as he does the United States and as he is courageously conservative and has not in the past been identified with
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and highly successfully career as professional musician, standing pre- eminent in that vocation. should of a sudden give up that career so that he might undertake the highest duties committed to any citizen.
 A s15,OO0,00O CREDIT
 Not word of criticism has been heard for the action Of the federal re- serve bank of New York in perfect ing an agreement with Peru whereby credit balance of $15.000,000 is pro- vided by Peru. for the sake of facili- tating the movement of commerce be- tween Peru and the United States. In- stead of criticism. general approval has been expressed. This is based upon several grounds. It demonstrates that Peru Is seeking to establish a greater trade with the United States. while our own citizens who arc manufacturers or importers are willing to take ad- vantage of any favorable conditions which will enable them to buy raw material as Peru can furnish.
 Our importers. by reason of this ar- rangsment, are able to buy Peruvian commodities and to pay for them by inevitably means dollar exchange. It was in Chilli that Leopold Frederick was able to establish the first dollar exchange market in the world. The example then set has now been follow ed by Peru and undoubtedly will be hereafter initiated by other South American nation. Another reason for congratulation is the evidence that with the establishment of favorable financial conditions it will be possible very greatly to increase our South American trade. Furthermore, this ac- tion Is spoken of as one of the triumphs of the federal reserve sys- tern. for had the old national banking law been now in existence it would have been impossible to secure such favorable banking facilities as Chili and Peru have now furnished and as other South American nations are like ly speedily to adopt. If our importers buy heavily of raw material and other commodities of South America, so also American manufacturing and other in- dustries will on the other hand be likely to match these purchases In South American countries by selling homemade commodities in these coun- tries where heretofore the markets of that kind have been almost exclusively controlled by Great Britain and Ger many.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-07
CorbeH's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBETr

had been named by the stakeholder. | Mace declared that the referee was a personal friend of Madden and that he | (Mace) could have no chance to get | fair decision.
 | Mace was idle for some time after ' this but on September 21, 1858, elected ! to fight against Bob Brettle, Bir-
 mingham giant. for side bet of $5000, which sum was contributed partially | by Mace. but largely by his friends. Up to that time Mace had been em- | ploying nothing but ring tactics that were common in that day. He used strength-and nothing else. He de- cided to do the same thing against Brettle-and the finish came quickly for Mace, In the very first round Mace rushed out and slugged away with his | ponderous foe. After three minutes of | furious fighting Brettle swung mighty right-hander to the body of Mace and the little fellow crumpled | and fell into a heap-a beaten warrior. Defeat in that contest perhaps was | the best thing that could have hap pened for Mace. It awakened him to 1 the fact that he had no chance what soever to climb to the heights in the pugilistic world if he continued to use l rough-and-tumble tactics against men | who outweighed him from 20 to 90 pounds. He came to know that the one thing necessary to achieve victory over big and powerful men was the | employment of speed and scientific methods.
 ] So Mace began to devise ring tricks. | For weeks and months he remained in l seclusion, doing nothing but testing out new ideas in pugilism. After he
 was convinced that he had developed
 sufficiently he made a match with | Posh Price of Birmingham for $250 side | bet. Mace went into the contest a | ;rL+ ri | tricks which he flashed bewildered
 Price. His dancing in and out made
 him a phantom. Price, powerful but clumsy. couldn't hit Mace. But Mace, | by merciless iabbing. quickly cut Price to pieces and finally dropped him for | the full count.
 | The new style Of fighting which Mace exhibited in that contest gave him national prominence in England | and Mace and his boxing tricks became | famous
 l (Another story concerning Jem Mace
 will appear in this column tomorrow)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-07
BRITISH WARSHIPS
 RETURN TO RIGA
By Associated Press

Copenhagen, January 6.-British war ships today returned to Riga Tho Rival bombarded successfully the bol- shevik headquarters in Riga. Officers estimate that there are 40,00O bolsheviki in Riga and that the total inhabitants of the city number 100000.
 A British warship has arrived in Free port, on the western side of the outer harbor of Copenhagen, with 392 refu- gees from Riga. The refugees are of various nationalities. including five Americans. Prince Obolcinsky and his family and other Russian princes and princesses are in the party,
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Pugilism of today owes much to Jem Mace. the great Englishman. who was among the first to introduce scientific methods into the boxing game.
 Mace was brainy-superlativ so for a ringman. Never a really power full man, weighing only 150 pounds in his best days, yet Mace conquered the greatest ringmen of his time. And the majority of his victories were due to the fact that he employed science as an aid to conquer brute strength. He came to realize after one of his earliest battles that in rough-and-t tumble test he had but little chance against the heavyweights of that day. So Mace used his crafty brain to devise rlng tricks which baffled one foeman after another.
 Mace was born in 1891 in Swaffham, England, and became a pugilist more by chanr- than design. The little vil- iag in which he lived was adjacent to the town of Norwich. On one of his visits there. when he was in his early 20's. Mace encountered a town bully by the name of Slack. A quarrel en- sued and the result was fight be- tween the two
 Just before the two men were ready to battle Slack insisted upon side bet $50. Mace didn't have the money on his person at the time but friends posted it for him and the two men went to it." It took Mace just 19 minutes to batter Slack into uncon- sciousness.
 Bill Thorpe, also of Norwich, was a friend of Slack. When he heard Mace had whipped Slack, Thorpa decided upon averaging his friend. So he made remarks about Mace that could be an- swered only in one way. Mace challeng- ed Thorpe to a fight. Thorpe accepted but called for side bet of $125. Mace put it up and whipped Thorpe in jib l time in Medway
 Mace then decided to adopt ring careers instead of looking at trade and made match with Mike Madden Mace forfeited his stake of s250 by re- 1 fusing to fight under the referee which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-07

Ladeez and gent'men, we will have with us today the incomparable, world famous, original Tyrus Ray
 mond Cobb, known from Greenlands icy mountains to the wind-swept
 plains of Texas as the monarch of the diamond and basebal's mightiest hero. So slay the fatted calf and bring forth the cymbal and the brass,
 for the King of Swat draws near, ar |rayed in all his glory.
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any political or class interest in Po-
 land or Europe. he will be able to &C.,
 cept the presidency, if it be offered
 him, with clear conscience and free hand.
 There is, however another revela- tion which has been made by him in the past four years. It is associated with his higher triumphs as a player of the piano. Men who are competent to judge and explain and many others who could not explain but nevertheless were impressed. recognized a peculiar quality in Paderewskrs playing not possessed by any other even of the greatest masters of the instrument Tn Paderewski's generation. He would begin by playing with exquisite deli cacy. with wonderful mastery of the piano. drawing forth from it beauti- full tones and compelling the instru- 1 ment to yield to any demand which he made upon it. These characteristics, however. are not exclusively Paderew- skis few other masters of the piano possess them. But of sudden there ! came in his playing what is sometimes characterized as a marvellous burst of eloquence such as had never before been revealed by any other masters of | the instrument. Paderewskfs unique capacity for bringing something like ] true eloQuence out of the instrument, l identified his personality for this it was which enabled him to produce this ! astonishing effect.
 PADEREWSKPS ELOQUENCE ! After the war began and Paderewski I began to speak in public, infusing his l personality into his utterances, the ob- | servation was frequently made that he I at times became truly eloquent speak I ing with a great burst of eloquence
 similar in some of its aspects to the
 like quality which he observed in his 1 playing. So 1t was presumed that | Paderewski possessed all the qualities
 which mako truly great orator. For | he spoke with sincerity, with fine com l mand of his voice, playing equally well | upon the emotions and the reasoning | of his hearers. and frequently, of a | sudden, breaking out into bursts of | real eloquence.
 1 Therefore. the wonder is among Paderewski's many friends and some ] of those who do not know him person. l ally, whether now. at the age of 59. l he has not made 1t manifest that he l is gifted with qualities which are not only certain to appeal to great masses of the Polish people. for the spoken word is greatly admired in Poland, but also skillfully and wisely to lead in governmental and public affairs.
 | In any event. Paderewski would h l short time retire from his vocation as a player of the plano. but for public life he is thought to be still a young
 man, young In mental energy, in en. thusiasm and in capacity for dealing with great political affairs. Others have advanced from humble service of various kinds to pre-eminent positions l in the nations of which they are cit 1 izens. This has been noticeably the ] case in tbe United States. But 1t is not
 known that anyone maintained a long
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-07
in the Gas Situation Saturday Night & Sunday

Is Passed E It was occasioned by un- usual demands during the holi- days, subsequent accidents at the plant, and abnormal consumption resulting from the excessively cold weather.
 q The Company is now ac- cumulating, gradually, a reserve supply of gas to take care of the situation in case of accident at the plant.
 q While the Company expects to be able tosupply alldemands for gas from now on, and thanks it's patrons for their consideration during the crisis, it requests that the use of gas for the next three or four days be confined to ab-
 
 solute necessities in order that the reserve supply may be fully re- stored.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-16

A la llegada a New York, del
Embajador de Inglaterra, Sir Ed
ward Grey, manifesto que rcsidi-
ria POGO tempo en- la gran Re
pdblica porque su salud estaba
sumamente quebrantada, pero
que mientras estuviese prOcura-
ria resolver impOrtantes cOnve'
MOS y tratados que iban a plan
tearse entire la Gran Bretafia y
los EstadOs Unidos.
En- algunos diarios americanos
Sc ha esbozadO que quiza ell Go
bierno americana prOponga al in
giles la compra de las Antillas
Britanicas. Para pago bastar1a
la enorme cantidad que debe AL
bi6n a su antigua colonia.. Els
este parte de la Doctrina Mon
roe. Los imperFalistas america.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-16
DE NAG0A1


Ha fallecido en- en- es da 5 vic
TINA de cruel y panSss ed EsEme-
dad ell Sr. Pablo Velez; gtaardia
de la polic1a Insular, dejapdo en-
la mayor miseria una viudacy cua-
tro nifios memories de edad. sCree-
mos que ell cuerpo de. la poicla in
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-16
dCompraran los Estados Unidos
las Anti1laS B6tanicaS?

nos 10 desean. -
1 Sera Edward G
gado de resolver tan
question internaci@,
gun modo caso'de due
lizare significa un pc
los peque1os palses4d
las, inclusive Cuba.
no estadounidense hS
bien palpablemente
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
By Associated Press

b1 hSsoCtdtcu FfoS'
 Although Vittorio Orlando. itai- ian premier, has withdrawn. tenn porariIy at least. from the peace conference and returned to Italy to confer with the Italian Pariaa- mept. he still Is in communication with conference circle in Paris. The French premier, Georges CIcmcnceau. received message from the Italian statesman Friday morning. but no hint as to it's con tent. has been divulged. Segnor Orlando dispatched the message while on his wny to Rome. Baron Sonnino, Italian foreign minister, will leave Paris for Rome Saturday. according to announcement.
 The departure Of Premier Or Iando Is defined in conference cir cIes not as a rupture, hut as suspension of Italian collaboration in the actual peace conference. In some quarters the expectation has been put forward that Sisnor or Iando will return to Paris in time for the delivery of the peace terms to the German plenipOtentaries at versaiIIes-abOut May 1 or 2. 1t is expected that the Italian delegates remaining in Paris will continue to cOlInboratc on such interallfcd commissions as the economic cOun- ciI and the armisticc commission and others of like character.
 The American delegates, while expressing regret over the contre- versy with the Italians, seem conf dent that a settlement will Dc reached after a conference of Pre- .snier Orlando with the Italian Par lament. At Italian headquartera h Paris the prevailing sentiment ta distinctly more hopeful and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
FIGHTING FOUR TH
 WANTS TOPARADE
 N OLD NEW YORK
167th SENT TO CAMP MERRITT

York; )-The Rainbow division the btthips Montana and North Carolina today and have been O Camp Merritt.
 The ships down the bay by Abama appointed of lieutenant Governor Miller and others who did until w sheh of Montgomery B. F. Moore and Brooks Forbes of Sir w B. Holmes of gham Julian Rice of Montgomery Francis Cofey Sam Dubois and Harry Mat others, the naval layer Sea Gull rendered the Rufus Hagood
 Alabama cheers and promises of enthusiastic welcome when they reach Alabama The C old Tenth legion such welcome awaits when reach your home in Dixie"
 Colonel Screws and Colonel Dallas Smith of with the boys and enthusiastic getting home
 ynustr for Alabama-Brmingham, Montgomery and Mobile
 The will Alabama visit the l67h will be dmoboed at Camp Gordon Atlanta.
 will Alabama and the indications shat thanI will the three Alabama cities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
ST. LOUIS DISTRICT LEADS
 VA TION WITH OVER FOURTH
 OFLOANOUOTA SUBSCRIBED
Reports to Treasury From All Federal Reserve Dis tricts Show Official Sub- scriptions of S551, ,939, 700 1. to Victery Loan
By Associated Pres.

Washington, April 25.-Re- ports to the treasury depart ment from all federal reserve districts tonight showed off cial subscriptions of $551, ,939,- 700 to the Victory Liberty Loan. This is approximately one-ninth of the minimum amount, $4,500,000,000 sought.
 While the total for the fifth day of the campaign showed only 12.2 per cent of ths loan in hand, treasury officials pointed out that these figures covered for thi most part only subscriptions received up to the close of business on the fourth day The total is only about half the pro rata amount for the period, but com pares with 104 per cent of the Fourth Liberty Loan subscribed on the corre- spending day in that campaign.
 The St. Louis district on the basis of subscriptions only reported to the treas ury was leading the country tonight with 26.i per cent of it's allotment raised. The Boston district was second
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26

who were delegated by the foreign of- flee to take charge of the German rep resentatives.
 The augmentation in numbers of the delegation above those anticipated made it necessary to seek for additional quar- ters, and a second hostelry, the Hotel Vatel, probably will be requsitioned for the telegraphers, newspaper correspond ents and other attaches of the Teuton mission.
 The arrival of Lersner and his party was so quietly arranged that few if any persons in Versailles outside the care fully selected force of hotel servants assigned to their rooms and to the sery- ing of meals were aware even in the afternoon of their presence.
 A French detective of the most ob- vious plain clothes type lounging at the front entrance to that wing of the Hotel Des Reservoirs and companions under the windows of the rooms looking over Versailles park were the only in- dications of the character of the state guests who had displaced civilian lodg- CTS and forced them to seek other Shel- ter in crowded Versailles. The detee- tives did not interfere with traffic in the street or in the park. Orders evidently had been given to make the service of surveillance or protection for the Ger mans as unobtrusive and unobjection- able as possible.
 Protection and the avoidance of possi- ble unpleasant incidents, rather than re- 5tr4c.ioEs, will, in fact. be tfte rurpose of such police measures as are taken, according to a statement made to the Associated Press today by one of the French representatives assigned to the mission The Germans will mot be ex- pected, and probably do not desire, to extend their movements into the general quarters of Versailles, but they will be allowed freedom of movement between their two hotels.
 WILL STAY IN
 Nor is it expected that the Germans will seek to extend their promenades far and wide through the vast park of Royal Versailles, which stretches from their hotels in one direction far beyond the great palace le Roi Soleil and in the other to the Trianon and the Petit Trianon, but necessary police precau- tions will be taken to prevent annoy ance by curiosity seekers or possible hostile persons in that part of the park adjoining the hotel where they take their walks and through which they pass to and from the Hotel Trianon. where the preliminary discussions with the associated delegates will take place.
 We do not expect to drive the nurse maids and children from their customary playgrounds. but we will Keep any crowds from gathering and particularly outsiders from Paris who might think 1t Sunday amusement to come to Yer sailles and hoot the Germans or do something not in consonance with the dignity of the peace conference said a French police official.
 Herr I.ersner and his party immediate ly went to their rooms on arriving and had breakfast served to them from the fotel Kitchen by the hotel servants. This fact answered question over which the French newspaper men have been concerned-whether the Germans were expected to bring their own food to Versailles. It is now understood that they will have their own bills of fare on the same footing as the other peace delegations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
IS NOT RUPTURE

Paris, Thursday, April 24.-Not a rupture, but suspension of Italy's col : 1aboration in the peace conference that is how the situation was defined in conference circles tonight (Thursday).
 The Italian delegation feeling that its representative character has been called in question in certain quarters, con siders it it's duty to refer to the Italian Parliament, but it is believed to be probable that Premier Orlando will be back in time for the opening of the negotiations with the German plen- ipotentiaries at Versailles, which will not occur before May l, or May 2.
 Until the Italian prime minister's re- turn the Italian delegates will not at tend the sessions of either the confer ence or it's commissions, but in order to show that Italy desires to maintain good relations with the allies the Ital- ians will continue to collab borate on the inter-allied commissions, not depending upon the conference, such as the eco homie council, the armistice commis- sion and the commissions on supply, transportation, raw materials, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
No Relief From Cold Wave Today;
 Damage Predicted
By Associated Press


 Washington, April @5.-Littie or no relief from the cold wave which has swept over the central nnd eastern states was predicted for to- morrow by the weather bureau to- night.
 Slightly warmer weather was for~casted for a few of the central states, but in the greater part or this section and In all of the east ern Atlantic states north of the Dis trict of Columbia the temperature will remain practically the same.
 The weather bureau predicted that heavy damage would he done tonight by the low temperatures In the section from inc New Eng lard states southeast through the Appalachian mountain to Tennes- see and Georgia freezing tempera- lures were forecnstcd.
 Precautions were being taken to protect fruit and carly crops with smus'ge.. The high wind which prevented much damage last night was reported dying down, imcreas- ing tho danger from freexirg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
SMALL ARMS SCHOOL
 AT PARIS ISLAND
 GOVERNMENT PLAN
ax A.seci.ssa Pr.ss

By Associated Press
 Washington, April 25.--pIans for the establishment .s school in small arms instruction at Paris Island. $. C., for the benefit of stu- dents In southern and eastern unt- versailles having military training as . part of their curricwlusu were announced today by the navy de- pertinent. The proposal has been approved hy Mai. Gen. a;eorxe nar- nett. commandant of the marine corps.
 The school will offer three weeks course in pistol, rifle and machine gun practice and will close with . rifle competition.