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Evening star., 1918-02-01
Presidents Proclamation
Licenses Baking Companies
and Green Coffee Dealers

The text Of President Wilson's procla
nation is as follows:
Whereas under and by virtue of
to provide further for the national
security and defense by encouraging
the production. conserving the sup
ply and controlling the distribution
of food products and fuel" approved
by the President on the 10th day of
August. 1917. 1t is provided among
things as follows:
That by reason of the existence
of a state of war, 1t Is essential TO
the national security and defense.
for the successful prosecution of
the war, and for the support and
maintenance of the Army and Navy,
to assure an adequate supply and
equitable distribution. and to facili-
tate the movement of foods, feeds,
fuel, including fuel oil and natural
gas, and fertilizer and fertilizer in
gradients, tools. utensils, imple-
ments, machinery and equipment re-
quired for the actual production of
foods, feeds and fuel, hereafter in
this act called neceSsaries; to pre-
vent, locally or generally, scarcity,
monopoliZation. boarding, injurious
speculation. manipulations and pri-
distribution and movement, and to
establish and maintain govern
mental control of such necessaries
during the war. For such purposes
the instrumentalities- means. meth
DDS, powers. authorities. duties. OBJ
legations and prohibitions herein
after set forth are created. estab-
lished, conferred and prescribed. The
President is authorized to make such
regulations and to issue such orders
as are essential effectively to carry
out the provisions of this act"
And whereas 1t is further pro-
vided in said act as follows:
That, from time to time, when
ever the President shall find it es-
sential to license the importation,
manufacture. storage. mining or
distribution OF any necessaries, in
order to carry into effect any of the
purposes Of this act, and shall pub
ncly SO announce. no person shall,
after a date fixed In the announce
ment, engage in or carry on any
such business specified in the an
nouncement Of Importation. manu-
facture, storage. mining or distri-
button of any necessaries as set
forth in such announcement. unless
he ehall secure and hold license
issued pursuant to this section. The
President is authorized to issue such
licenses ana to prescribe regula-
uonS Ior the issuance OF licenses
and requirements for systems of ac-
counts and auditing of accounts to
be kept by licensees, submission of
reports by them. with or without
oath or affirmation, and the entry
and inspection by the Presidents
duly authorized agents of the places
Of business of licensees"
And whereas it is essential. in or.
der to carry into effect the pro.
visions Of the said act. that the pow
ers conferred upon the President by
said act 10 be at this time exercised to
the extent hereinafter set forth.
Now, therefore. ], Woodrow Wilson.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
GEORGE MCBRIDE SATISFIED.
Veteran Shortstop Is Not Kicking
About This Years Contract.

MILWAUKEE,, February 1.-The re-
port from Washington that George Nc
Bride, captain of the Nationals. is not
satisfied with his contract Is all wrong,
according to the Milwaukee boy.
Manager Griffith and 1 have had some
correspondence over next seasons
TERMS" said Mcbride, but I am not
kicking over my contract. 1t is salts
factory in every way and l intend to
sign in a few days"
Though Shanks is slated to hold down
the short field for the Washington club
this season, Mcbride will be retained
for utility roles and to help Coach
Griffs youngsters.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
MANY Bowlers With Colors.

"There are at least 1900 bow1ers now
at the front who participated in the an
NAL tournament Of the American Bowl
ing Congress in past years" said Sec
retary A. L. Langtry. while the total
number of bowlers who are members of
the various city bowling associations
affiliated with the A. B. c. now serving
the colors is not short of $4,000. I'm
der these conditions the showing made
for this tournament in the way of en-
tries really is surprising, and goes to
show what a hold Cincinnati has on the
affections of the bowlers throughout
the United States"
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Exchange Rates a Problem.

Adjustment of foreign exchange rates
with Spain to remove the premium
which American business men are pay
ing now in commercial transactions
with that country is another problem
waiting to be solved. 1t will be one of
the financial questions to be considered
by Secretary McAdoo and Lord Read
ing when the new British ambassador
reaches Washington.
Treasury Department officials have
been worried lately by the failure of
the Spanish exchange rate to decrease
in spite of the fact that the balance of
trade amounts to S15092o.705 in Amer
ica's favor for the first eleven months
of 1917, the latest figures available.
On November 80 the peseta, ordinarily
worth $0.193. cost $O.242s in New York
for transfer by cable to Spain.
In searching for a reason it was
found the trade between Spain and
the allied countries was largely in
favor of Spain. and that this difference
was being paid through New York
from the allies credits in this country.
in order to take advantage of the more
favorable exchange rate. This has
caused the rate to advance to Amer
ica's disadvantage, although it still re-
mains less than the rate in European
countries.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
WINS FAST BILLIARD GAME.
Ray Palmer Defeats McCourt in
Shortest Contest of Tourney.

CHICAGO, February Ray Palmer
of Detroit played the shortest game
so far in the ambulance fund billiard
tournament. when he defeated Charles
McCourt of Cleveland last night, 80 to
"a. in forty-six innings. Robert Con-
nefax of st. Louis went into third place
by defeating John Moore of Chicago,
30 to 80. In the other games George
Moore of New York won from Charles
NORM of Chicago, 80 to,3:, and Hugh
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Boston Women Cut Golf Event.

BOSTON, February 1.-The woman's
Golf Association of Boston has voted
not to conduct its usual championship
tournament this year and to participate
in no intercity matches with Philade1-
ptia and New York until after the war
In place of the championship event
there will be an entire week of tourna-
menJ play. probably early in June. The
proceeds Will be given to the Red
Cross.
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Braves Sign Georgetown Pitcher,

BOSTON, February John E. MUIR
ray of Everett. pitcher on the George.
town University nine for three years,
has been signed by the Boston National
League club. Murray has been play
ing semi-professional base ball and has
record of twenty-one straight VIC
tories.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
HIGH-GAME DUCKPINRECORD
FOR DISTRICT SET BY O'NEII
Treasury Player Rolls for Count of lS3,
Beating Dave Carly Former Mark
One Pin-Womenin in A. B. c. Tourney.

Assurances have been received from
the officials of the Womans National
Bowling Association that they will have
upward of seventy teams for their
tournament. which will be held on the
a. B. c. alleys, beginning Monday,
March H.. Rapid progress is being
made in laying the sixteen alleys for
the tournament, and it is promised that
they will be completed a week: before
the opening Of the tourney, thereby
putting them in the best possible shape
for the contests.
Scores:
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Candy Kid Is Best in Field Trials

CALHOUN. Ala, February Candy
Kid, owned by c. E. Duffield of Tulsa,
Okla, was the winner of the $500 in
liberty bonds given as first prize in
the free7for-all championship stake of
the National Field Trial Association at
the preserves near here yesterday.
Evening star., 1918-02-01

William Brennan, who has handled
the indicator in the Federal and later
in the International League. will per-
form similar services during the COM
ing season with the Southern Associa
tiOu.
Evening star., 1918-02-01

Transfer of Larry DOYLE to the Giants
to play second base is a great. disan.
pointment to admirers of Jimmy Smith
the Pittsburgh boy. as they had il ali
figured out that MoGraw would mak.
him the regular second baseman.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
SPANISH EMBARGO
| CAUSES U. S. ACTION
Certain Ships Held in Port,
But War Board Denies Gen.
eraI Shipping Halt.
MAY STOP FooDsTuFFs

| Spain's interference with shipment OF
goods across her frontiers to France is
likely to be met with retaliatory meas
ures on the part Of the United States.
! Such measures already are indicated
| in the holding up of certain Spanish
ships now in American ports pending
further developments in the situation.
The war trade board, in a formal state
ment, denied vessels flying the Spanish
| flag generally are being kept in port.
The United States is particularly
concerned in the situation, because OF
large orders placed in Spain by Gen.
Pershing for supplies for the American
Army. This country holds, too, the
! chief weapon to force lifting Of an
embargo placed by Spain. since Spain
draws heavily on the United States for
foodstuffs.
War Board Denies Report.
The war trade board, which issued
export licenses and licenses for bunker
coal, in its statement said:
TT is not correct that Spanish ships
are being generally held up by means
of refusing bunkers or otherwise. II IS
expected further clearances will be
STdHtcu C1dCIl case Is uedit W III oa 10
own facts, and in few cases bunker
licenses have been withheld, as where
a ship has been loaded in whole or in
part with commodities as to which ex-
port licenses could not be allowed un-
der the policy of the war trade board"
No comment other than this state
ment was to be had officially at the
war trade board offices concerning the
Spanish situation. Allied officials have
been given no end of perplexity by
graphically as to ship supplies readily
into Germany, charges have been made
that goods from Spanish Morocco have
gone through the Swiss port of entry
in France into Switzerland and thence
into Germany. Charges also have been
made that the iGerman spy system has
used wireless equipment in Spain to
communicate with the central powers.
Evening star., 1918-02-01

Heal of Toledo outplayed Clarence
Jackson Of Detroit. 80 to 81.
Alfredo De Orc, world champion. ar.
rived yesterday and will play his first
game of the tournament today, when he
meets John Moore.
Evening star., 1918-02-01

Dave McCarty's high-game duckpin
record has been broken Last night
O'Neil of the Treasury five, in the De-
partmental League, rolling on the Man
haitian alleys, obtained score Of 1873.
exceeding the number Of pins knocked
down by McCarty by just one, setting a
new mark for the District. What Is
more, O'Neil came very close to setting
an even higher record, a miss of one
pin spare in the last box costing him
count Of probably more than 100.
ONeil got three spares and four
strikes The strikes came consecutive
.ly in the sixth, seventh, eighth and
ninth boxes; the spares were made In
the first, second and fourth. The count
by boxes:
1S 80 AZ 81 66 96 126 155 174 1s3
A game of 61s for Treasury resulted
from the 1873 game by O'Neil. Treasury
also got good enough counts In It's
other contests to give it clean sweep.
Grand Centrals Win Two.
Grand centrals last night took two
out of three games from Westons in
the District League match John
Meany's combination had to win the
roll-ofr after a tie in the hrst contest
| in order to get the winning margin.
Good scores were made by PLAYERS IN
several leagues Seyforth Of Contenders'
in District circuit. got 1877. III and "a
Rurtner of Garrisons rolled l21. 80 ana
123: Krauss of Stansbury obtained 12o,
1l6 and 1G5; Brewer Of Wild Wamms
got 135, 101 and 105, and Arnlger OF OF
palace. Litzau of Treasury and oNelie
of Bureau also registered good scores.
Wonlen's Teams in Big Tourney.
A great many teams composed of women
are to take part in the international oo8!.
! ing tournament to be held at Cincinnati
this month. The following press notice
sent from Cincinnati about the tourney
| contains a paragraph which shows tne
extent to which women are engaging III
the alley sport: ..,
| "While entries for the international
bowling tournament, to be held in Gin
cinnati from February 16 to March 10,
closed at Friday midnight, February l,
there still are q number OF Applications
on the way which were mailed prior to
the closing time, so that the full entry
list will not be available for few days
number close to 700 five-man organlza- :
TONS and it is expected that the delayed
entries will swell the total above the fig-
ures quoted.
OF the 700 or more teams that will
shoot for the y-thousand-dollar
prize money and other awards are more
than 500 from other cities, Cincinnati
contributing, approximately, 200 teams.
This list is considered not only satis-
factory, but extraordinary, in view OF
war and other conditions.
Evening star., 1918-02-01

Copyright. 1918. by H. c. Fisher. Trade marx
PAT
Evening star., 1918-02-01
NATIONAL CAPITAL DUckpIN LEAGUE
Totals. 4,s 5ss $40 Totals, 46
NAVY YARD DUCKPIN LEAGUE.
CAPITAL CITY DUCKPIN LEAGUE.

Totals. 473 491 446
Evening star., 1918-02-01
HATS FOR MEN

velours of Extra Quality, $500
9:s Penna. Ave. NV, Washlnxton.
Evening star., 1918-02-01

Frank Wolfe. Penn States star bas-
ket ball player, is out of the game
because of an attack of German measles.
Penn State students probably hate the
kaiser more than ever
Evening star., 1918-02-01

Totals. 458 All 4Ss
New-York tribune., 1918-05-22
Dublin Is Quiet;
People Staggered
By Sudden Move

LONDON, May 21.-A total absence
of excitement in Dublin is reported in
all the dispatches to the morning news
papers from the Irish capital and as
far as is known there have been no un-
toward incidents in connection with
the Sim Fein arrests anywhere in the
country. There are no outward indi-
cations that anything has happened, is
happening or is about to happen out
side lrelands ordinary daily routine.
The Whitmonday holiday passed in
the customary manner. The horse
racing at Baldoyle and other sporting
events were attended by the usual live
ly crowds. Seaside resorts were
thronged as were the golf courses at
Crosden. Nobody seemed to care about
probable new arrests or the old ones
Ose of the correspondents of "The
Daily Mail" says the calm is sensa-
tional and the people appear to be un-
perturbed utterly by the recent dramat-
ic developments. He adds;
But appearances are deceptive.
Dublin is not Ireland. The constitu
here are not representative of the wild
hotbloods who have given strength to
the Sim Fen.
Country Is Staggered
Moreover. the whole country evil
IDENTIFY is staggered by the suddenness
of the governments action and the
people hesitate to commit them selves
to any opinion until the evidence
against those under arrest is pro-
duced."
On the other hand some correspond
ents say the country is generally re-
lieved over the arrests. A dispatch to
"The Daily Express" from Dublin saws:
"1f Lord French had won great VIC
tory or the Western front he could not
have received more congratulations
from the Irish than had been accorded
HIM TOR the suppression of the sedi-
tious Slnn Fein. The country has re-
covered its normal temperature.
In the meantime every one in Ireland
and Great Britain is awaiting uroduc
tion of the proof of German plot, and
In many quarters it is believed there
ought not to be any delay in making It
public. It is reported from several
sources that the government have no
present intention of publicly arrairn-
ing those under arrest. who will be
merely interned.
Push Voluntary Recruiting
The question of Irish conscription
continues to hold attention. 1t is as
serted that conscription has not basn
New-York tribune., 1918-05-22
Foes of Draft Denounce
Irish Deportations as Plot

DUBLIN, May 21.-A resolution de-
nouncing the Sim Fein deportations
as an attempt to discredit and disrupt
Ireland's united resistance to conscrip-
ton and to prejudice Ireland's case in
the eyes of friendly countries, was
passed by the Anti-Conscription Con-
ference, which met at Mansion House
Monday.
An official statement. signed among
others by John Dillon and Joseph Dew
lin. the Irish Nationalist leaders, was
issued after the meeting. 1t insists on
the right of 1rishmen to be arraigned
in their own country and declares that
an attempt was being made to poison
the mind of the English people against
the prisoners. The statement con-
cludes:
while standing steadfast on our
good rights, we shall never cease to
appeal to all friends of human freedom
or to inquire for ourselves whether
the present attempt to force civil war
on the Irish people by transparently
false pretext of military expediency
does not really cover wicked plot of
English politicians to relieve them
selves from their broken pledge to Ire
land, in view OF their profession that
they have entered the world war with
the object of securing the right of self.
determination for every other small
nation in Europe"
All Factions Sign
In addition to Messrs. Dillon and
Devln, those who signed the protest
were William O'Brien and Tim Healy,
representing the O'Brenite party; John
MacNeill and Alderman Kelley, repre-
senting the Sim Feiners, in the place
of de Valera and Arthur Griffith, and
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representing the Labor party. The text
of the protest follows:
"a conference speaking on behalf of
every section Of the Irish nation con-
demns the deportations to England of
our colleagues, Professor de Valera
and Arthur Griffith and their fellow
prisoners. We charge it as an at
tempt to dscredit and disrupt Ireland s
united resistance to conscription, and
this on charge of allegation calcu-
lated to make a fair trial impossible
for them in England and to prejudice
the cause Of the Irish nation in friend
ly countries abroad.
owe assert the ancient constitutional
right Of lrishmn to be arraigned in
their own country and tried by their
own countrymen. We charge that de-
nial Of this right is in violation of the
first principles of justice and liberty
for the defence of which England
claims to be member of an alliance
of democratic nations.
Denounce Lord French
eve deplore the attempt in the proc
lamation of Field Marshal French to
poison the English mind against the
Irish prisoners by sensational allie
cation of "a conspiracy in Ireland to
enter into treasonable communication
with the German enemy When Lord
French calls on the Irish people to as
sist the government in every way to
crush this conspiracy all Nationalists
must recall that it is the habit of the
British government to blacken and as
sail Irish leaders in order to effectu-
ate their own objects and that charges
of assassination were made against
Parnell by means of a forged letter
published on the day when the per-
petual coercion act for Ireland was
passed through its second reading in
New-York tribune., 1918-05-22
Gerrnan-Irish
Plot Hatched
In America
Continued from page L

number of Irish Sim Feins was
prompted partly by evidence of Ger
man-lrish plots discovered in this
country.
Full details of the evidence were not
made public, it was explained, because
number of persons still are under
surveillance. Some announcement for
reasons for the arrest of the Irish agi-
tators IS expected soon, however, either
in London or Washington.
The story Of how the intrigue in this
country was discovered, it was said, if
published fully would tell of many com
munications brought surreptitiouslv
into the United States in violation Of
regulations. Many of these were writ
ten with invisible ink and in code, and
when deciphered furnished clews lead
ing to detection Of many ramifcations
of the plot The men responsible for
the agitation were supplied with funds
from deposits in banks where German
representatives formerly kept their
accounts or from other mysterious
sources.
The Irish radicals in their corre-
spondence referred frequently to the
promise of German aid in an upris-
ing. which was to be called for this
month or next, when the Germans had
expected to reach the Channel ports
in their big drive. The Germans then
were to send arms and ammunition,
and possibly troops. to the Irish coast
to participate in the rebellion.
Many of the Irish plans were melo-
dramatic in the extreme, it is stated.
and involved all the elements of tic,
ton. They were so radical that gov
ernment agents felt safe for a lono
while in permitting the scheming to
continue in the hope of detecting
others involved. The series of sudden
arrests of Irish by the British govern
ment may have been made when it
finally became evident that the rebel
lion actually was about to be started
New-York tribune., 1918-05-22

1887. and this forgery was availed of
by the important members of the pres
ent ministry to justify such legislation
to the world
circumstances at the present mo-
ment are trying, but we are strong in
the confidence that our countrymen
will continue to observe imperturbable
calmnesS coupled with an unshakeable
determination to be faithful at all haz-
ards to the sacred pledge of national
resistance to conscription which Writ
ually the entire nation has now taken"
Substitute Leaders Named
"Thc country is perfectly calm," a
representative of the Sim Fen at the
organizations headquarters said to-day
to The Associated Press. CUP to the
present time we have received particu-
lars of eigaty-four arrests. We expect
there will be others.
Business as usual is the motto at
our headquarters. Some of the Eng
llsh newspapers are suggesting that
the Sim Fein has been stunned by the
governments action. That is not cor
rect. The arrests were expected, and
substitute leaders were appointed
some time ago to carry on our affairs
whenever the need should arise"
An Order in Council makes it Grim
inal offence under the defence of the
realm act to hoard silver in Ireland or
to exchange or offer in exchange cur
rent coins for an amount exceeding
their face value
New Arrests Expected
The government net is still spread in
hope of arrcstng other persons be-
lieved to be connected with the alleged
German plot. A number of suspected
persons arc being searched, some We
hicles in the vicinity of the city are
being stopped and the occupants are
subjected to examination.
The press comment on the manifesto
of protest issued by the Mansion House
anti-conscription conference indicates
an all-around reluctance to take a def
mite stand in the present situation un-
til more is known of the governments
evidence regarding the alleged German
plot. All parties arc marking time,
awaiting developments.
The Uniorists presume that the gov
crnment's evidence must be very strong,
while the Nationalist press shows some
skepticism as to the reality Of plot.
The Sim Fein has no daily newspaper
Its half dozen little papers, known in
Dublin as "the mosquito press" appear
weekly on Thursday, but at the Sim
Fein headquarters to-day there were
eHlpnallc denlalS OIL lne existence OF
any German plot.
Manifesto Denounced
The Unicnist organ, "The Irish
Times" commenting on the Mansion
House manifesto, condemns "the scan
dalous suggestion that a great Irish
soldier and an English minister have
conspired to blacken Ireland's charac-
ter in friendly countries"
1t describes the manifesto as Gin eff
feet vote of confidence in the Sim
Fein, an appeal to the worst prejudice
Of the most intolerant Irishman and
the repudiation of Ircland's duty in the
war. If this is the best that National
list craftsmanship can do in lreland's
gravest hour, if this is its true mes
sage to the peoples who are now in
death grips with Germany, decent
1rishmen of all parties must hang their
Leads for shame"