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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25

Geneva, February 24.-The former commander in chief of the German armies on the Rus sian front, Prince Leopold, has been imprisoned at Munich on suspicion of being one of the instigators of the murder of Premier Eisner.
 list of persons to be assassinated by the reactionaries is said to have been found, and it is asserted that it has been decided to take 20 hostages from among the aristocracy. All the students in the university have been searched.
 provisional ministry has been con- stitutcd, consisting of nine members, in- stead of eight. Among the ministers is Professor Friedrich Foerster of the University of Munich. It is said the Landtag will reassemble shortly, but outside of Munich.
 The Berne committee of Bavarians has voted an annual pension of 10 GOO marks for Eisner's widow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
Million Dollar Drive for Sewanee University
 Opened at Conference
nv Assesjatya Pvsss

Chattanooga. February A-A campaign for $l.0oo.ooo for the University of the conference here today presided over by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, and with dele gr tes present from all sections of the southeast, addresses by prominent alumni featured the meeting.
 Among those speaking were Bishop Thomas F. Gailor of the Episcopal dio- cese of Tennessee: former Senator Leroy Percy of Missississippi Right Rev. Fred ersck F. Reese. bishop of Georgia; Judge R. w. Bingham of Louisville. Mai Gen. William C. Gorgas. Bishop T. P. Thurs ton of Muskogee, Aka. and President Whiteford R. Cole of the Nashville. Chat tanooga and St L.ouis railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
PRESIDENTS BOSTON ADDRESS

a common realization of the necessity of setting up new standards of right in the world.
 Because the men who are in confer ence in Paris realize keenly as any American can realize that they are not the masters ot their people: that they are the servants of their people, and that the spirit of their people has awakened to new purpose and new consciousness of their power to realize that purpose and that no man dare go home from that con ference and report anything less noble than was expected of it.
 The conference seems to you to go slowly; from day to day in Paris it seems to go slowly, but I wonder if you realize the complexities of the task which it has undertaken? It seems as if the settle ments of this war affect and effect di- rectly every great-and sometimes think every small---nation in the world. and no one decision can be prudently made which is not properly linked in with the great series of other decisions which must accompany it, And it must be reck- oned in with the final result if the real quality and character of that result is to be properly judged
 What we are doing is to enhearten the
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
MEMBERS ARIsToCRACY HELD

E.
 Berlin, sunday, February 23-A largo number Of the members ot the Bavarian aristocracy have been arrested on sus- pfcion of having been connected with Count Arco Valley, who killed Premier IEisner, according to advices from Mu- nich The socialist government contin- ues to search the residences of members of the former royal house and of the mo- bility.
 According to unconfirmed reportn, . list of conspirators was discovered in the home of Count Arco Valley; . former Bavarian prince is said to havp been among those arrested as result
 The spot where Eisner was killed i9 banked high with flowers and wraaths and large portrait of the dead pxemter has been set up there. Enormous crowds thronged there yesterday to pay him d. lent homage.
 The communists in Munich. dispatches say, are dissatisfied with the decisfoa of the socialist commissions to restoro unity among the socialist parties aud have broken off relations with tho sc- cialist parties. The communists, 1t is added, plan to esta ablish a dictatorship of the proletariat as soviet republic
 The socialists have discontinued tho wholesale distribution of arms to organ- ized workmen, discovering that extreme
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
By Associated Press


 Mechanics Hall. Boston, February "A. The text of President Wilson's address is as follows:
 Governor Coolidge, Mir Mayor. Fellow Citizens: I wonder if you are half as glad to see me as I am to see you. It warns my heart to see a great body of my fellow citizens again, because in some respects during the recent months have been very lonely, indeed. without your comradeship and counsel, and tried at every step of the work which fell to me to recall what I was sure would be your counsel with regard to the great matters which were under consideration.
 'I do not want you, to think that have not been appreciative of the extraor- dinarily generous reception which was given to me on the other side in saying that it makes me very happy to get home again. I do not Inesn to say that l was not very deeply touched by the cries that came from the great crowds on the other side. But I want to say to you in all honesty that I fel them to be call of greeting to you, rather than to me.
 II did not feel that the greeting was personal. I had in my heart the over cruwdng pride of being your representa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
RAINBOW DIVISION
 T0LEAVE FOR U. $. MIDDLE 0F APRIL
Date of Departure for Half of Army of Occupation Is Announced by Third
 Army Headquarters
Bv Associated Press

COblenz, February A.-The ap-
 proximate date of the departure for
 home of two national guard and two
 national army divisions. eomprfs-
 ing half the American army of
 occupation. was announced today
 at the Third army headquarters.
 The Thirty -secOnd division and
 the Forty -second, or "Ralnbow,~ di-
 vision. will leave about April IS,
 and the EiGhty-ninth and Ninetieth
 divisions of the national army dur-
 ing June.
 According to the plan the places of divisions will be taken by three regular army divisions. The force of occupation will then consist of the First. Second, Third. Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh divisions of reg ulars
 Details for the departure of the men by way of the Rhine and Holland are being worked out.
 The Thirty-second division is made up of men from Michigan and Wiscon- sin. The Forty-second division con, prises national guardsmen from all sec- tons in the union The Eighty-ninth division was recruited in Kansas, Mis- souri, South Dakota Nebraska, Colo rado, New Mexico and Arizona, and the Ninetieth division in Texas and Okla homa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25

tive and of receiving the plaudits of men everywhere who felt that your hearts beat
 with theirs in the echo of the cause of lib
 erty. There was no mistaking the tone in the voices ot those great crowds. It was not a tone of mere greeting, it was not a tone of mere generous welcome; if was the calling of conrade to comrade, the cries that come from men who say: We have waited for this day, when the friends of liberty should come across the sci and shake hands with us; to see that new world was constructed upon new basis and old foundation, of justice and right ~ | U. S. TRUSTED EVERYWHERE s1 can't tell you the inspiration that came from the sentiments that come out of those simple voices of the crowd And the proudest thing have to report to you is that this great country of ours IS trusted throughout the world.
 '.I have not come to report the proceed ings or the results of the proceedings of the peace conference; that would be pre- mature. I can say that have received very happy impressions from this con ference; the impression that while there are many differences of Judgment. while there are some diyergencies of object, there is nevertheless a common spirit and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
JAPANESE ASK FOR
 COSSACK MATERIAL !. SURRENDERED J. s.
General Graves Not Inclined to COncede Latest Claim Without Guarantees
 From Japs
ey As,selstsS prs,s

vladiv ostok, Wednesday, Feb
 ruary 10.-The Japanese stan here
 has requested Col Henry ID. Styer
 of tue American army to turn over
 to the Japanese the arms. horses
 and equipment of the Cossack
 troops of General Kalmikon. who
 mutinied late in January and sur
 rendered their arms and horses to
 the Americans.
 A short time ago Maj. Gen. William s. Graves, the American commander, a verbal demand of the Japan csc stan that he cease to protect the 1900 revolters of Kalmikoff's forces, on the ground that Kalmikoff's record authorized authority and that there was no guaranty that he would not revive the reign of terror in the Ussuri- district. which caused pro- tests to be made by General Graves to General Otani, the Japanese commander in chief.
 The Japanese now claim that the equipment of these Cossack troops be- longs to them. Up to this time General drAveo HAS not DceH ihcuneO 10 con cede this claim without assurances that the men when released will not be the victims of Kalmikoffs vengeance
 Early last December the American and Japanese authorities were forced to warn General KalmikofY that he would have to cease his harsh treat rnent of inhabitants of the Ussari dis trict. Kalmikon was said to have car ried out a reign of terror in the region Late in January 15o0 of his troops. the b ulk of his force. revolted against General KalmikoR. The men declared they would no longer serve under Kal- mikon and surrendered their arms and horses to the American troops, whose protection they requested. Kalmikor, who Is only 2s years old. has never rec ognized the authority of any govern ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
Lumbermen Consider Plans for Supplying
 Enormous Demands
D. As.seIat.S Prs.s

New Orleans, February 24-Enormous demands for lumber anticipated during the present year to carry out after-war building programmes in Europe and America, and how best to meet these needs, will largely occupy the attention of the 600 lumbermen who will assemble here tomorrow and Wednesday for the fourth annual convention of the Southern Pine association.
 Other matters to be considered include inauguration of safety first campaign among the southern pine mills, the asso <. ciation's nationwide own-a-home-f first ad- vertising crusade, uniform cost account ing. and Secretary of the Interior Lanes soldier settlement programme as it may concern the utilization of cut-over pine lands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
.PADEREWSK| HANDS IN RESERVATION AS
 PREMIER 0F POLAND
General Pilsurski, Chief of State, Declines to Accept, and Asks Premier to
 Continue Functions
By Associated Press


 Paris. February 2.-I&nace Jan
 Paderewski. the Polish premier. of
 fered hid resignation yesterday to
 General PuIsudski. the chief of
 state. who declined to accept II.
 says . Aavas dispatch from War
 saw unher Sundays date. General
 PilsudSki asked Premier Pade- rewski to continue his functions.
 The Warsaw Diet the dispatch adds. continued its discussion of Premier Paderekski's statement of February 20. M GraSski, in the name of the popu- list bldc, expressed confidence in M. Padere3ski He advocated a close union with the allies, forma tion of a strong akmy and return of the Polish troops which fought on the western front under Gen. Joseph Haller-
 M Stolaski, a radical, speaking for the populist party. seconded the de- mand for Ia strong army. and asked for agrariah reforms M Wilos. mod crate popuiist, favored ax alliance with the entente and affirmed his confidence in Paderev4ski.
 M. Dashihksi. socialist. in moderate speech, ofreged no opposition to the pre- mier. He emphasized necessity of the return of General Halier's troops.
 The Polish Diet last Thursday con- firmed the ppwers of General Pilsudski as chief of stan until the plans of constitutional form of government had been adopted. General Pilsudski had uAra tnrou0h ho fovn, Y of presenting his resignation to the Diet and it wdpld appear Premier Pade- rewski's action was similar formal ity after the cYnirmation by the Diet of General Pils9dskis position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
IRISH DELEGATE DEMANDSCOUNTRY
 BE ADMITTED ID
 SOCIETY NATIONS
Sends Letter to Clemenceau, Together With Copies of Irish Declaration of In- dependence and Mes
 sage of Greeting
OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE
By AssocIates Press

oy Aktociatce FFotS
 Paris, February 24--Thc official communication on the peace con- ference today sayss
 '"The representatives of the allied and associated governments met to- day nt the Quaf D'Orsay from 3 to ?. m.
 "The Albanian representatives were introduced, and Turkan Pashn stated the Albanian claims. The examination of this question yvns re- ferred to the committee on Greek af- fairs.
 "The Paris internlIied comm ission on Polish affairs communicated cer- thin information md proposals re- cetved from the interalIied commis- sion now at Warsaw. Marshal Foch was present.
 "rhe next meeting will be held February 2J at :s p. m."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
By Associated Press


 Paris, February 24.-Sean O'Cealligh presented himself to the peace conference today as the accredited envoy of the provisional government of the Irish republinc."
 O'Cealligh has sent to Premier Clemen- eeau, to Paul Lurasra, secretary general of the peace conference, and to each dele gate, a letter in which he brings to their notice the claim of his government, in the name of the Irish nation. for interna- tional recognition of the independence of as constituent member of the league of nations.
 This communication was accompanied iE each case by copies of the Irish dec laration of independence of January 21 and of the message of greetings from the nation of Ireland to the rest of the world.
 In his letter OCealligh states that Prof De Valera, Arthur Griffith and Count Plunkett have been delegated by the na- tional assembly to present a statement to the peace conference and to the league Of nations in the name of the Irish people. He asks a date be fixed for the reception of these men.
 Ever since t was declared the Irish would send delegates to the peace confer ence 1t has been generally understood l &N,~; les before the committee on credentials in the same manner as those of any other persons applying for recognition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
 MEAT REGULATION AND REFRIGERATOR !. CONTROL APPROVED Senate Agriculture Com mittee Orders Favorable Report on Kendrick
 Bill Yesterday
By Associated Prsss

Washington, February 24-Leo-
 islation for the reGula ton of the
 meat packing industry was ap-
 proved today by the Senate asrs-
 culture committec, which osaered
 reported the kendrick bill proviA-
 ing for re&ulatIou of refriseratsR
 earn by the interstate cenmerea
 conlmissiOn, the licenaing of peek
 erx' facilities and the dive<cing q
 stockyards from control by paek-
 ing companies.
 In ordering a favorable report on tho Kendrick bill. the committee disregary3oA of the federal trado for ownership by the rail- road administration of stock and refFi- serator cars and for government regnlA- ton of branch plants.
 The packers under the bill arc Eiven two years with provision for two-yeAr in time to dispose of their stockyard interests. The control of the it is contemplated. would be exercised by other private .concernA
 While the packers would be permitted 10 retain ownership of refrigerator c1rA the bill provides that cars must be fur nished to others in accordance with rogu. lations to be issued by the interstate commerce commission
 Licensing of the packers facilities would be placed under the department of agriculture, but decisions of the Sec retary of Agriculture would be subject to appear in the courts Only after engaged in interstate buStness had been convicted twice would the secretary have the authority to revoke the concerns license.
 Senator Kendrick of Wyoming. author of the bill. said he believed the measure was .in no sense destructive'' and pre- dicted that its enactment would benefit the packing industry as well As livestock producers and consumers. Memhers Of the committee were unanimous in their belief that the bill could not ba pAaoed by both houses at this senBion-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
Summary of the News

 1-First address in defense of league
 made by Lewis.
 Wilson throws down gauntlet to
 leaGue opponents. Fg Rainbow division to leave for home
 middle of April. Histories of day from Washington. -Mobile electric report te be read
 Monday. 4-EAitOFial. 1Nation needs new party. says Pres- ident Ross. Victory Loas to be iasnehea by
 April l.
 Ass0ctation of southern aErieul-
 turaf workers meets tomorrow. 6-Soelety. 7-SpOrta. s-Win ask that probe of lawiessaess
 continue. buxiness hunmIng, says Sec-
 Fetary WflsOn. written of icy over news
 from home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
BILL AUTHORIZING
 SALE VICTORY LOAN
 ID COME UP TODAY
Loan Will Probably Be for Five Billions, Ways and Means Committee
 Reports
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Oy RsSvSsrIro Fscss
 Washington, February 24.-The
 Victory Loan, to be fiOated late in
 April. is expected to be for eS,ooO.-
 o00.OOO. the House ways and means
 eeomittee reported today in sub-
 hitting Iegislati0n authOrixing sale
 es short-term notes instead "f
 bonds. The bill will be called uD
 h the House tomorrow.
 After the ways and means commit tee had reported. the treasury. author ized the statement that the $5,000. 900, coo mentioned by the committee as the possible size of the Victory Loan was not necessarily exact, since the amount would not be determined finally by the treasury for a month and half. The size then will depend on govern ment expenses, which cannot be fore cast accurately for the next month or moro
 The committee estimate was based on the assumption that expenditures for the fiscal year ending next June 30 would be $1S,000, 100000, which is $5,- 900, ,0O0, 900 more than the estimated re- ceipts of s14.000.000.0 900, exclusive ot the yield from the Victory Loan.
 Explaining the provision in the pro- poeod for seven billions of notes, the committee report said:
 .~The treasury department and the committee believe that out of an abund- ance of caution we should authorize the issue of $7.000, ,oo0. 900 of notes. since the excess over 5000. 100000 will doubtless be required early in the next fiscal year.
 While declaring the issuing of short term notes, instead of long term bonds. was preferable, the report added:
 | ( tt~rk IA a. 1t become advisable or necessary, can be converted at or before maturity into iong-time obligations for the govern mont bearing lower ratAS Of interest than if 1ong-time obligations ware is- sus1 at the pfesent tinAr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
WORK IS COMPLETED
By Associated Prsss

Paris. February 23.-The subcommittee Of the peace conference dealing with the responsibility of the authors of the war has completed it's work. It's report has not been made public, but as its meetings and the hearings it gave were attended by nearly all the members of the full ccmmitte, there seems no doubt that the report will receive formal approval and b, laid before the supreme council.
 It is believed that the subcommittee has made findings only as to the moral re- sponsibility of the authors of the war and not as regards technical violations of international law by individuals.
 Other subcommittees dealing with vari- ous phases of responsibility for the war have not yet reached the point of report ing their findings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
EXPEDITE WORK

Paris, February A.-The peace confer cree commission on reparations at it's work of the first and second subcommit- tees. which are charged, respectively, with questions of the valuation of damages and a study of means of payment and the financial capacity ot the enemy coun- tries. third subcommittee was ap- pointed to study measures of control and guarantees.
 William Nj. Hughes, Australian premier, was elected president, and B. M. Baruch of the United States vice president of the committee. 5
 The commission also welcomed the dele gates of Portugal, Seniors Moniz, Friere and Daudrade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
Aged Veteran Dead
 Ru Asn~AkstsA Dec.
" "s>Hseu

Chattanooga. Fepruary 24.-Dr. w. w French. aged s7. Union veteran. and well known in Grand Army circles. died at his home here today. Dr. French was a na- tive of Proctorsburg. Vt. but at the out break of the civil war was living in New York and raised a regiment on orders from the governor He had lived in Chat tanooga many years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
Land Sale Is Elim3inated From
 Oil Lease Measure
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Washington, February 24.--Conferees on the oil lessitg bill eliminated from the measure tod4y provisions extending the bill to include both the leasing and sale of Alaskan jcoal lands The meas ure will be reported back to both houses without delay in the hope of se- curing final snaStment at this session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
CRISIS BREWING

' NSSoGtNBu FFStS
 Amsterdam, February A-A crisis is brewing in the German cabinet, accord ing to the Weimar correspondent of the Vossische Zeitung.
 The trouble IS due to disagreement be- tween Matthias Erzberger, the head of the German armistice commission, and Count Won Brockdorff- -Rantzau, the foreign minister. 8s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
PRINCE LEOPOLD HELD AS ONE 0F
 |NST|GATORS 0F
 E|SNER KILLING
New Crisis Brewing in Ger man Cabinet Due to Dis agreement Between ErZ- berger and Foreign
 Minister
BADEN A REPUBLIC
By Associated Press

Paris, February A.-(Havas) Following meeting at Mannheim called in honor of the memory of Kurt Eisner. the republic of Baden was proclaimed. says . Havas dis patch. The people opened the gates of the military prison and liberated men in prison, then rnided the cas- tie and burned the archives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
PRESIDENT THROWS DOWN GAUNTLET ID !. THOSE DISTRESSING |. LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Will Fight at Home as He Has Fought Abroad for Proposed Concert of
 Governments Based
 on American Ideals
By Associated Press

Boston, February 24.-Pres- ident Wilson will fight at home as he has fought abroad for a league of nations. Returning from France, he had been on American soil not more than three hours today before he threw down the gauntlet to those who distrust the pro- posed concert of governments based, he said, on the Ameri- can ideals which had won the war for justice and humanity. An America confining to her own ter rltories her conception and purpose to make men free, he said, would have to keep her honor flor those narrow, self ish. provincial purposes which seem so dear to some minds that have no sweep beyond their nearest horizon" Before a responsive audience that filled the biggest auditorium in the city, the President pictured the Old World fighting with stubborn desperation. and expecting in the end nothing better for the peoples than they had known for centuries. He pictured the American nation entering the lists with a new purpose-the freedom of mankind. The Old World had caught the vision. and any treaty of peace drawn otherwise than in the new spirit would be noth- ing more, he asserted, than a modern cnv> ( 11 unless guaranteed by the united forces of the civilized world, could not stand a generation.
 Bending over the speakers table,
 his face set in tense lines and his
 right hAnd clenched, the President
 exclaimed:
 "Any man who thinks that Amer
 ica will take part in giving the
 world any such rebun and disap-
 pointment ns that does not know
 America. I invite him to test the
 sentiment of the natiOn."
 Interrupted by applause. the Presi- dent halted and then evoked the great est demonstration of the afternoon when he added that he would accept no sweeter challenge than the issue of the American purpose in the war. s1 have fighting blood in me-" he said. with apparent feeling. And it is some times delight to let it have scope, but if it is a challenge on this oc- casion, it will be an indulgence.''
 At another point fin his address
 the President said that If the great
 hope or the world for a league of
 nations was disappointed he would
 wish "fOr my part never to have
 had America play any part what
 ever in this attempt to emancipate
 the world. have no more doubt of
 the verdict of America in this mat
 ter than I have doubt of the blood
 that Is in me.7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-25
REACHED NEW YORK AT lO:O!

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