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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
Pure Rye Worth Fortune
 Seized in Georgia Town

Amercus. Ga, December 26-In hs seizure here today of 125 gallons of rye whisky, valued at blind tiger rates at about $12,50o, local officers said they be- lieved they had run into an organized traffic in liquor between Georgia and H. lnois cities.
 Harris Jones, a Pullman porter on the Seminole limited, Central of Georgia train. who has been running between Co., lumbus. Ga, and Chicago For some 12 years, pleaded guilty to possession of the liouor and was fined 800. He promptly paid the fine. According to railroad de- tectives the porter obtained the whisky here, drank some of 1t and then in the caused him to be apprehended
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
General Pershing Guest
 at Nebraska Capital
pv A,,ssiated Press

Lincoln. Neb., December 26 An Al Nebraska" reception for Gen. John J. Pershing was held tonight at the state capitol attended by large crowd of Lincoln people and many visitors from over the state. It was to give the pub lie generally an opportunity not afford ed at the more exclusive functions to meet General Pershing.
 In the receiving line with the general were Governor McKelvie and Mayor Miller of Lincoln, together with num- Der of mayors from other towns in the state
 Earlier in the day General Pershing. was the honor guest at luncheon ten- dered by merchants club. Tonight s reception was informal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
Hurona Crew Arrives
By Associated Press


 New York, December 26.--Capt Robert Watts, with 47 officers and men of the crew of the British steamship Hurona, which foundered November 25 in the Med iterranean, arrived here today on the steamer Negali Helas from Greek ports. The Hurona sailed from New York last October with sugar and other Armenian relief supplies. The ship sprung a leak and went down in five hours, the officers said. The crew took to the lifeboats and were picked up by another vessel, which landed them in Greece. They are on their way to England.
 Candidates for Military Academy Washington, December 26-Candidates designated by the war department for the February entrance examinations for the Military academy include the fol- lowing:
 Georgia: Carry J. King. Jr. Rome: Mississippi. Wendell R. Holmes, Mag nolia; Edward A. Robins. Meridian: South Carolina, Sarratt T. flames. Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
Chicago Aids Vienna

Chicago, Dec. 26---A Chlcago commItr tee for the relief of starving people in Vienna has established headquarters, it was announced today. The mayor recently was advised by counsel that the municipality might legally aid the yiennese sufferers although the peace treaty had not been ratified. J. Ogden Armour. packer. has financed the pur- chase of a carload of food at Trieste. Vienna sent aid to Chicago when the cityvirtuaIly was destroyed by fire in 1871. the committee said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
FAIR ESTATE CONTEST ENDS AFTER MANY
 YEARS 0F LITIGATION
Testat0r Died Nearly Thirty Years Ago, Leaving Es- state Valued at Nearly
 $20,000,000
sy Associated Press

san Francisco. December 26.-A compromise agreement in the contest over the will of the late James G. Fair. former United States senator from Nevada. was filed today in the superior court ending years of litiga- tion over the estate The terms of the settlement were not made public,
 In the agreement the principal heirs of Senator Fair, his daughters, Mrs. William k. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Her man Oelrichs, and her son, Herman Oelrichs, IT,. of New York concede that the seven plaintiffs are entitled to be restored to their rights under the Fair will.
 Lieut.. Wesley R. Crothers chief of the plaintiffs, started action about a year ago. claiming that the portion of the estate which should have gone to his mother, Margaret Fair Brothers of San Jose, was lost to her through the supreme court decision whic broke the Fair will
 Besides Lieutenant Brothers, the plaintiffs were Mrs. Virginia M Trim ble Mrs Emma ]. Young, William J. Fair, Miss Eva Lena Fair. John A Fair and Miss Florence Fair. Lieu tenant Brothers mother was a sister of Senator Fair. The other plaintiffs are sons and daughters of William Fair, brother of the senator
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
THE DEFENDANTS

The defendants, besides Mrs Van oerbtlt, Mrs. Oelrichs and Herman Oel- richs Jr., were Muriel and Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughters of Mrs. Wander hilt; William K. Vanderbilt, son of Virginia Vanderbilt; James S. Angus and Thomas c. Brothers, executors of Fairs will and trustees of the estate. and Frederick w. Henshaw, former jusAce of the supreme court
 The compromise agreement was pre- sented by Attorney Martin Taylor of New York, representing the Wander bits and Oelrichs
 When Senator Fair died in the early sos his estate was variously estimated at between s12,o00,o ooo and s2o,000, 900.
 The will established trust conn prising the entire estate and provided that his three children. Charles Fair Mrs Vanderbilt and Mrs Oeirichs, should receive the income from this trust during their lives, Upon the death of the last Of hts three children one-half the property it was provided. should be given to his grandchildren and the other half divided equally be- tween his brothers and sisters and such children of theirs aS might be alive when the trust terminated
 Charles Fair and his wife were killed in an automobile accident near Paris several years ago.
 Of the brothers and sisters of Sem ator Fair only one, Edward Fair, is living.
 Attorneys declared Judge Henshaw was not a legatee under the will. but that it bod been desired to obtain testimony from him and that this could not be done without naming him as a defendant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
ovERPLAYED THE GAME

The feeling among those who are ready to go ahead without their lead CTS seemed to be that the treaty dead lock already had been prolonged un- necessarily by too much no-comprosise talk and that both sides had over played a waiting game in the hope that break would come in the oppo- psition.
 After their conference Sunday with Senator Lodge. the mild reservation republicans seemed confident that he would take the initiative. if necessary, in carrying the compromise negotia- tions forward. Monday he saw Sen ator Underwood of Alabama, a prom ineut democratic advocate of a com promise. but it was said today that their talk got nowhere
 Meantime it became known that the irreconcilable group Of republicans had been bringing pressure to bear to in- duce the party leader not to consent to any compromise proposals which did not meet their approval.
 Senator Johnson of California, one of the leaders of this group. tele- graphed today that he would change his plans and return to the capital from his home state next week
 In the democratic ranks the treaty situation is complicated by the contest between Senators Hitchcock and Un- derwood for choice as party leader much of the talk for bipartisan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
Socialist Insurrection

Irkutsk, December 26.--fRussiatn Tele- graphic Agency 1.-The uprising in Fur kestan against the bolsheyiki continues. according to wireless message sent out by the soviet government at Moscow. The anti-bolshevik forces have occupied the cities of Khokan and Skobelev. in Terghana province, and are advancing on Tashkent,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
Mobile Shipbuilder Dies

Mobile, Ala. December &.-Capt Wil- liam M. Evans, vice president of the Ala bama Drydock and Shipbuilding com pany, and who built the first all-steel ves- sel in Mobile, died today of heart failura.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
Candidates for Military Aeademx
British Ship Arrested

Mobile Ala. December 26.-Federal of- ficers here today took into custody the
 British ship Jennie V. Merriam. Breach
 of charter was alleged by the E. D. Flynn Export company of Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
Alcohol Kills Four Men

Chicago, December 26 Four men were dead today from drinking wood alcoho. as a substitute for whisky on Christmas day according to the police. Two died yesterday and two today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
First Cable to South
 America Now Open

New York, December 3.-Uruguay was linked to the United States today through the all-American cables by the opening of new line from Buenos Aires to Mon tevdeo, putting New York and Monte video in direct telegraphic communica- tion with each other for the first time.
 The new service was inaugurated by the exchange of messages by Secretary of State Lansing and the Uruguyan minister at Washington with President Brum and Minister of Foreign Relations Dominguez of Uruguay at Montevideo All predicted a strengthening of the friendship and trade between Uruguay and the United States through the devel- opment of direct communication between the two countries.
 Couvicfed Of Sugar Fraud
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
M A,,eol.t,d rr,,a

Prague. Wednesday, December 24-M. Jirak, government departmental chief, today was convicted of attempted bribery in an effort to put through big sugar deal He was sentenced to eight months solitary confinement loss of citizenship and confiscation of the 20.0o0.000 crowns Ia offAred as the pr1be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
RailWay Machinists Notify
 Congress They Will NeUer
 Stand For Ar Strike Bill
Conference of Fourteen Unions Called for Mon- day to Consider Legisla- tiOn-President Req of Pennsylvania Railroad Declares Higher Rates Es- sential
Ey AsxnrfafrH rrsss

Washington. December 26-orsantzeI railway machinists. through ther pres. dent, served notice on Congress today that they would not submit to enactment of the cummins railroad bill with Us drastic anti-strike provisions
 Voting more than a month ago. Us per cent of the l25.Gt0 members of the unun favored an immediate walkout in event of he bills passage by both houses of Congress- but the result was not mads known through ieSF that the brother- hoods might appear in the light of at tempuns to coerce the law-makils brancn of the government
 The maehinists, according to William il. Johnston, president of the international association, are the only railway ems ployes who have taken strike vote, bui the heads of al the brotherhoods, Il in all, nave been summoned to meet here Monday to eonsiner pending railway lSs+ sation and define precisely their petitiVL on the clause in the Cummins bill which would prevent strikes and put strikers T. jail
 The call for the conference was Isstie,t by samuel Gonpers, president of the American Federation of Labor, but Als Gompers and other labor leaders refusei to discuss probable action by the brother hood leaders. President Wilson's Christi mas Eve announcement that the roafis would he handed back to their ownefi March was a distinct disappointment l4 labor leaders. ~lo had been pleading fof d two-year extension of government con- trol They agreed, however that If the roads were to eo back it was a good th3Y,r fn taf if he known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK

There was no meeting today of House and Senate conferees who~have oeea assigned the stupendous job of trying to frame new Iailroad bill out Of ths Esch and Cummins measures. This work. however. will begin next week in ths hope cf final enactment of railroad legis- lation some time in the next two months. The dnti-strike section is known to bd the main point of difference, and while II was left intact in the bill passed by int Senase, House leaders frankly expressed doubt today whether the House would accept t At all events. senators and rep resentatives alike are anxious to hear from the brotherhood meeting Monday. without indicating change in their posi- tions by reason of any declaration ot principles from organized employees of the roads, 50 far as the conferees are con- cerued lhe lanow section will not De con- sdered until they have reached an agree ment on all other disputed questions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27
Time For Action On Peace
 Treaty Has Come, Senators
 Warn the Opposing Leaders
In Wranglng Reduced the Delberatve"
 Mild Reservatonish andD Democrats Talk
LEADERSHIP CAUCUS JANU AIRY

agreement coming from the Under WOO dsupporters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-27

the leaders seemed confident they could straighten out but which the compromise. advocates predicted would greatly strengthen the movement for bipartisan conference on those de- termined to ratify the treaty even at the expense of material concessions on both sides.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-16
bAR0NS BACK HOME
 AFTER HARD TRIP Slapnicka Slated to Hurl
 Against LOOkOuts Here This Afternoon

After a two weeks invasion of foreign soil, during which only 4 of 12 games were won, Moley's Barons have re- turned to their home lair and this afternoon will take on the Chattanooga Lookouts in the first battle of a long stay at Redwood.
 Poor pitching continues to be the thorn in the side of the Magic City representatives, but if Glazner and Coffindaffer punch in here before July l this defect in the machine will have been remedied. At present Morrison and Slapnicka are the only member of the local hurling crops who are win ming any ball games. Crews got off to good start and will undoubtedly hit his stride again soon, but even Sam has been getting bumped regularly of late.
 The jinX continues to hover around the local camp for as soon as Billy Webb is able to get back in the line up Al Ellis is injured and forced to retire for a week. Cy Slapnicka is ex- pected to hurl the opening game of the Chattanooga series this afternoon As will be remembered the Look outs Were easy for our boys on their last trip here and fans are pulling for three of the four games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-16
Review of Play In
 The Major Leagues
By Associated press

NeW fork, June 15-New York teams led both the National and Amer;c.n leagues last week, the Giants bav;ns maintained their lead while the Yankees LOOK advantage of Chicago's 500 pace and went into the top position Thursday The hankees fell back behind Chicago today when Shocker of St. Louis shut them out.
 The western teams in. the Nation.I ieasue showed remarkable strength on tneir home grounds, winning 21 games out of 25 played Cincinnati cut slipbt,v into New Yorks lead. Chicago gained considerable grounds and Pittsbure climh- eu ih'o Iourth position by winning all of US games Philadelphia and Brooklyn lost all of their games, as the Superbas Wno suffered their tenth straight defeat LOOK the sixth position. Brooklyn won today, however, and went into fifth place.
 The three-cornered fight between New orK, Chicago and Cleveland in the American league saw New York oust Cleveland from sixth place Monday and 20 to the fore ahead of Chicago when Shawkey registered his sixth consecutive victory All three leaders lost Friday and won Saturday.
 Effective pitching, coupled with timely batting enabled the Yankees to defeat Chicago and take three out of four from Detroit Thormahlen defeated St Louis Saturday. his sixth straight victory. Chi cago was held even in four games by Boston. Williams of Chicago and Pennocls lof Boston pitching shutouts Cicotte of Chicago scored his eighth consecutive success in a 14-inning contest against Philadelnhia Saturday. Cleveland won games from Philadelphia and Boston and shared four games evenly with Washing ton. St Louis advanced to fourth place. beating Johnson of Washington and talk ing three out of four from Philadelphia
 Detroit. which had worked up from last place to fourth place, during the past month, slumped and fell back The Ti- gers advanced to fifth place today by beating Washington.
 Tn the National league New York with stood Cincinnatis attack and broke even in four games. Chicago. whose pitchers continued their steady work of the prev ious week, defeated Boston twice and Philadelphia three times. hut was unable Ito score nn Toney's of New York Sat urday. Today the Giants beat the Cubs in ten inning contest in which seven pitchers were used.
 Pittsburg scored four victories over Brooklyn and one over Philadelphia St. ton and an Thinning contest from Brook lyn. Nehf of Boston checked St. Louis winning streak at seven games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-16

 LOCALLY WIRE
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. coRBETr


 you is the punch that starts at exactlJ the right fraction of a second and landJ at exactly the right fraction of a secl ord.
 Joe Cans was master in perfect tim ing. He seemed to know instinctiyeIy when to let drive. Cans never was al purly youngster; never really powerful He knew that he had to conserve hi I strength in all of his distance battles So he practiced timing; trained long and faithfully in the art of making eyersj punch land. Cans became a master mitt Wlelder and in the days of his greatnesd rarely made a wild swing.
 Had Tom Sharkey listed perfect tim ing as one of his assets he might havd made record that would have placed him on the top ranking among tha heaYyweights of all time But Tom was wild and lunging fighter He'd miss a half dozen swings before he landed one. And the frequent misses would tire him little-make him sort of leg and arm weary and thus take from him some of his phenomenal energy If Sharkev had been a perfect puncher-a man who bit the bullseye eight or nine times out of ten-he would have been a world beater
 Kid Mccoy never was more than a light heavyweight in his best days Yet the Kid was a wonder in his ability to knock out foemen. Rarely did he miss any of his heavy leads for the head and body. Every wicked blow that he started usually reached it's mark simply because the Kid knew almost instinctiveIy when to let that drive loose.
 If you would be success in athletics learn-and learn quiclzly-the tr,sss of per- feet timing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-16

When the smoke had cleared away the figures showed that Moley's Barons had contributed exactly F tallies to the home team and half as many pebbles to help the cause along. The Vols have been tremendously eulogized lately for their goeful inability to swat the ball in the pinches, but regardless of their past actions they won the game today in such a manner as would compare the Barons to some team of the Pushpin va riety. Lefty" Sigman was the choice to do slab duty for the visitors and the Vols showed over three tallies from MT. S'gman's slants in the wee small hours of the game and together with the brace in the next inning might have omit with q hig lead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-16
WILLARD ALMOST
 DOWN ID WEIGHT Dempsey Boxes Six Fast Rounds With Sparring
 Partners

Toledo, O., June 15.-Jess Willard is within three pounds of the weight he expects to make for his heavyweight championship contest with Jack Dempsey here July 4.
 The champion hopped on the scales be- fore his work out today and tipped the beam at exactly PAS pounds, which is a pound and one-half lighter than he was when he won the championship from Jack Johnson at Havana four years ago.
 He figures on entering the ring to box Dempsey weighing about 245 pounds.
 The champion went through the most bruising workout he has attempted so far in his training. Between POGO and 2500 persons paid 50 cents apiece to stand in the sun-baked arena, and the specta- tors smilingly sweltered while the giant Kansan exchanged punches with his sparring partners, tugged at the weights wrestled and heaved the medicine ball.
 Willard boxed eight full minute IOunuS. stepping lllTee Wlln JACK I1elupcii two with Jack Heinen, the Chicago heavy weight and three with Walter Monahan. The champion wound up in fine trim and expressed elation over the showing of Heinen, new acquisition to the staff of sparring partners
 Heinen boxed savagely and earnestly with the champion, although he is abo1t 15 pounds over his fighting weight.
 Willard caught him with right hand uppercut in the first round and Heineh 8 knees sagged. He clung to the champion until he overcame the effect of the punch.
 After Willard finished his workout, the Dempseys camp, where the challenger rislxed further injury to his eye by box ing three rounds with the Jamaica Kid, the wound a week ago.
 Dempseys sparring partner was careful not to shoot his punches too high and the challenger left the ring without further | damage Manager Kearns decided to have Dempsey box only because there were 1896 persons crowded in the tent enclosure and he did not want to dis appoint them.
 The challenger probably will not box again until his injured eye is thoroughly healed. His trainers plan to allow him to take only short runs on the road and light exercises until June 20 to 21. when he will resume hard training and work continuously until a day or so before Independence Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-16
Barons Play Lookouts Here Today


 Perfect timing-a most important ele- ment in the success of every man of athletic endeavor. N
 Unless you can make mind and mus cles and eye coordinate you will never become a really great man in any line of sport.
 What does it avail man if he has the power to drive a ball a dozen miles or so if he can't hit it?
 Every time Babe" Ruth. of the Red Sox, waves his mighty bludgeon at baseball the crowd holds it's breath. It sees dynamic power in that whirl of the Boston Goliath But Ruth misses his swings far oftener than he lands. The reason? Oh, Ruth has not yet acquired the knack of perfect timing. He swings ei1mer 100 slowly or too speedily
 The ball and bat do not meet. Some day he may learn the trick and then what long distance hitting record he will establish
 " Coob Is master of timing. The fleet Georgian watches the swing of the pitcher, locates the ball in the quickest traction of a second as it speeds up to nm. decides to swing-and then swings SlInnIV because he has learned to judge the ball in it's flight to the plate and has inti- mate knowledge of just how fast to swing his bat.
 Larry Iajoie, Hans Wagner, Ed Dele hanty, Iris Speaker and all the other truly greats of the batting world, were marvels in timing And that's the thing that made them great hitters. Other men had more power in their arms and shoul- ders; others could hammer a ball far ther perhaps-when they connected. But they didn't connect often. They could time their blows to perfection.
 The thing that makes great tennis and golf players is that same knack of tim ing Maurice Mclaughlin, R. Norris Will Hams, Bill Larned, Lindley Murray and others are wizards with the racquet-all because they know the knack of perfect timing. They know just when to start their swing to meet the ball so that it shoots beyond an opponents reach. If they didn't they never would have risen beyond the mediocre in the net world
 The same is true in other branches of sport. Crews in racing shells must know just when to time their spurts; must sense the proper moment to put thelr all into the oars; must know when-and just when-to shoot their shel to the limit of their muscular power. Foot racers must recognize the perfect timing movement for their dashes And bil- liardists must know perfect timing for their shots. Otherwise they fail in any ambitions toward greatness.
 And so we come to boxing where per feet timing is all vital It doesn't make any difference how hard you can hit you've got to land to score And if you do not time your punches absolutely cor rect nothing but a wild swing or glancing blow results. The punch that damages your foe or wins a fight for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-16
BATES HITTING IS
 DECIDING FACTOR LOOkouts Trim Crackers in Final Game-HerndOn
 Gets Present

Chattanooga, June 15.-Bates' pinch hitting enabled Chattanooga to defeat Atlanta in the final contest of the series here this afternoon, to 2 Hern- don of Atlanta was presented with loving cup by a delegation of fans from Rome, Ga, who attended the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-16
Rain Blocks Red Brave Game

Cincinnati, Ohio. June 15.-The Bos- n-Cincinnati game here today was called on account of rain in the sec ond half of the fifth inning, with the score to 1, and according to the rules is not to be counted in the records as a legal game. Cincinnati was at hat at the time and one man was out when the rain caused a postponement of tie contest