Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-30

Fein with .fhe explosion: Of 2, bomb IN
a warehouse in Old Swan lane TINS
city, early this morning, but the peo-
pIe of the city ascribed it to that or
eanfzation. The bomb, which appar-
ently was carried into the warehouse
in a travelling bag and left there TO
explode by means Of time kuse, was
heard over a wide area OF the CITY ana
blew out the windows Of buildings
nearby. Itrstarted a fire, but the po-
lice and fremen. who were on the
scene almost Immediately. succeeded
in extinguishing the flames before
they gained Roadway. e,
The street where the warehouse IS
situated has been closed by the police.
n is a narrow thoroughfare near Lon
don bridge and contains no dwelling
houses.
Damage From Fire Slight.
Experts from Scotland Yard ex-
amined the building today. nobody be-
ing permitted to enter the ofnces on
the upper floors. 1t seemed evident
the damage from the fire was puc
slight. Several firms, shipping assn.s
and manufacturers used the bufldfng.
Several men suspected of setting hre
to warehouses in Liverpool on Satur-
day night are under arrest. IL Is
claimed by the police that American
"gunmen" are in that city ana as
ireland for shooting policemen and
soldiers have crossed the irish sea
10 LIVERPOOL The financial loss oc-
casior,ed by Saturday nights fres In
Liverpool is estimated at million
pounds sterling.
Two lorry loads of recruits In train
ing for the black and tan auxiliary
notice were ambushed last night by
from eighty to one hundred men near
Kilmichael and fifteen OF them were
killed. The bodies were brought here
this evening.
Already reprisals have begun. ana
renorts from the village of JohnStOWn
between MacRoom and duncan way
state that scarcely a house there IL
unchanged and that most OF ene
shops in the district have been set
The residents are fleeing from the
Mace in terror. Here shops have
been closed and all business rs sus-
pended. Large parties OF auxiiIaries
bearing ries soa and and the people
apprehensive that the auxiliaries will
take vengeance.
Parliament In Informed
LONDON, November 2s.-Dispatches
relating to the killing of fifteen aux
iliary police cadets near KilmichaeI
were read in the house Of commons
by Sir Hamar Greenwood. chfef sec
rotary for Ireland. in the course OF
the Irish debate today.
The party which ambushed the ca
diets consisted of from eighty to one
hundred men, all dressed in KHAKI
and wearing steel trench helmets:
They fred from both sides OF the road
on the lnrries and also directed an
en1ilading fire.
Nv force Of arms some OF the cadets
had been dfsarmed and brutally muir
dered; their bodies were rihed OF al
money and vafuables and even cioth-
ing was taken from the corpses,
taken and the lorries burned.
The secretary thought that with hf-
teen former officers Of the late war
thus lying dead the house would not
wish to continue the discussion. he
termed the affair a challenge to parlia-
ment and civilization. The subject then
was dropped.
LIVERPOOI., November ga young
man who declined to give his name. but
who said he was Sim Feiner and a
native of Dublin, was arraigned in the
police court here this morning on a
charge OF murder in connection with the
cotton warehouse fires Saturday night
He is twenty-eight years old. The po-
| lice said that the prisoner and two other
/ men were discovered near the scene OF
one of the fires acting in a. suspicious
manner. The three men tried to escape
| when the police accosted them, and the
man under arrest Is accused Of having
| fired at the officers. His bullet went
| astray and killed a civilian.
| 1t is charged by the police that the
man under arrest had in his possession
plans Of the premises in which fires &C.
CURED. He was remanded to prison fol
| one week.
| Slim Fein Member Held.
| DUBLIN. November 29.--Raids and
| arrests continued in Dublin today
Among the persons taken into custody
was William Sears. Sim Fem member
| Of parliament for the southern division
of County Mayo.
! Mr.. Sears In 1919 was sentenced to siz
/ months' imprisonment on n charge o,
/ incfting persons TO shoot the military
] the police and government officials