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Evening star., 1921-02-03

-Four Policemen Also. H'
-
After Mine in Road Blows
Up Two Motor Lorries.
BY the Associated Press.

| SkIBBEREEN, County Cork, Ire
land, February 3.-Six members Of a
party. said to number several hun
dred Sim Feiners. were killed and
several others wounded in an attack
last night upon detachment OF fif-
teen police between Burgada and
Rosscarbery. according to reports
| from police sources reaching here
/ this morning The attacking party
was beaten off after a fierce fight aban-
Idoning a quantity of ammunition.
The police. the reports declare. sus-
tanned no casualties.
The attack was on an elaborate
scale, the accounts state. The Sim
Feiners had as their base the hottse of
Magistrate King, which they had
fcommandeered the previous night. and
attacked from the surrounding
grounds. The police returned their
lfire and the battle RACED until the
lforcements, when the attacking party
was routed. The magistrates house
was badly damaged.
Mines Used for First Time.
DUBLIN, February 3-Four men are
dead as result Of an ambush of a
squad of auxiliary police at Ballina-
lee, near here. yesterday. two Of the
wounded having died late last night
Details of the attack have not been
received here. but it is known that
one of two motor lorries was blown
UP by a mine set in a road. it being
said that this was the first time such
a method Of attack had been used
against crown forces in Ireland.
Three lorries loaded with police
were attacked here last night. several
bombs being thrown at them. The
officers on board returned the fire.
two civilians being wounded. A con-
stable in plain clothes. who was
cycling along Trinity street. was shot
dead during the evening.
Murphy Saved From Execution.
The death sentence imposed on Jo-
seph Murphy. convicted by a court
martial of having led an attack in
Cork October against the military,
has been commuted to life impFison-
ment.
At general headquarters it was said
today that. although there was con-
vincing evidence of Murphy's guilt. it
was considered an act Of mercy to
commute the sentence in view Of the
anxiety through which the prisoner
had passed by tho repeated postpone
ment of his execution. Altogether
four dates had been set for his exc
cution. ~ .-e .-
Evening star., 1921-02-03
DEMOCRATS INSIST
/. 0Nv0TE ON TARIFF
Shift Due to Fear Of Unpopu.
larity of the Fordney
8 : as.

Republicans and democrats in the
Senate have executed right-about-
| race maneuver on the Fordney emer-
gency tariff bill 1t is now the
| democrats who are insisting that a
vote be taken on the bill, while the
republicans, with some exceptions, are
not at all anxious to be forced to go
on record in support Of the measure.
The shift on the bin has been due
to the growing belief that the Ford
ney bill. If enacted into law. would be
very unpopular because 1t would
keep high food prices. Now the demo-
Gratis. who formerly were fifibustering
against action on the bill, are anxious
TO have their republican colleagues
go on record IN favor of the measure.
Yesterday. after the proposed cfoture
on the tariff bill had been voted down
and Senator Williams of Mississippi
mad prevented an agreement to vote
on the bill February 16. Senator
Townsend of Michigan moved to take
up til, post office appropriation bill.
This motion was defeated 40 to 80
many of the democrats voting with
republicans to keep the tariff blu be-
fore the Senate.
Today the tariff bill continued be-
fore the Senate as the unfinished
business, while the post office appro-
priation bill and other measures pro-
viding for the governments expendi-
lures during the next fiscal year were
forced to wait their turn With only
twenty-four more legislative days OF
the present session. it appears that
speedy action must be taken, or some
OF the annual supply bills will fail
and the extra session Of the new Con
gress will have to deal with th>m.
Only one of the supply bills has
passed the Senate SO fan-the DIS
trtct appropriation bill which Is now
in conference. ~
Evening star., 1921-02-03
Army S9M!y Behind Dawes
In Fza@fng of Layn'en Critics

| republicans occupied many positions OF
| importance in the War Department and
| probably made just as many mistakes
| and were just as eXtravagant as the
| democrats, but the blame has been
placed on the democrats and there II
/ no question but that much Of the over
whelming vote in the last election was
! due to some extent to the stories OF
| extravaganza and inefticiency in man.
| aging the war.
| Mr.. Dawes takes the position mat
| the making of war is not an emclency
1 job that can be carefully calculated In
| advance. and that where human sli1e
| is at stake. there is very little thought
| of the money that must be spent 10
| secure victory and end bloodshed.
| Those who were in Washington In the
early months of the war and had an
opportunity to know what was going
| on inside the War Department will
never forget the avalanche OF crit1-
cisIn which came down on the head OF
Secretary Baker when he tried to be
parsimonious. when he insisted on ex-
aminipg contracts with minute care
The ontcry was against deAy, no mat
ter what the cost.
"Spend the Money" Was Cry.
Spend the money now. win the war.
and count the expense afternward. ;.
this was the general tone OF the
criticism, and much of 1t came from
members of Congress. who went to
the War Department to hasten the
execution of contracts in which
their, constituents were vitality in
terested-
Gen. Pershing. in his official report
on the American expeditionary
forces. says that he could not have
done the job in France without the
wh hearted cooperation he got
from President Wilson and Secretary
Baker. They gave him free hand
from beginning to end, because they
thought his Judgment on the spot
was better than their own. 5000 miles
away. Mr. Dawes, therefore, has
turned the guns of the Investigators
away from the democratic admins
tration.
1T was a big job" he said. land we
are proud of it. In finding fault and
hunting responsibility you don't have
far to go. Pershing was the COM
mander- in -chief. and his shoulders are
big enough, thank God. to bear it."
These words still ring in the ears
Of members Of Congress who heard
Dawes throw politics to the winds and
fcourageously, rise in defense Of those
who. whatever their political mis-
takes afterward. did use every ounce
of energy and every resource to bring
the war to an end without entailing
to America the tremendous loss of
life which the allied countries suf-
fered.
Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1921-02-03
LOWER COURT REVERSED
MTHOMAS KEANE'S CASE
Bribery of Post Exchange Manager
HELD Not an Ofense Against
the Government.
1pseisi Dispatch to The Star.

9Deeisl Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va. February a.
Holding that post exchange does
not perform a lawful function of the
government. the federal circuit court
OF appeals today reversed the district
court at Norfolk in a case in which
Thomas keane of Washington, saies-
man for the T. T. Keane Company of
that city, was convicted of conspir-
Ing to defraud the United States by
bribing and corrupting w. r. Brown,
. soldier stationed at Fort Monroe,
VINO was operating an exchange there
during the war. Keane was given q
term of eighteen months in Atlanta
prison, in addition to being fined
@t.e06. Brown. who was Indicted
Jointly with him. pleaded guilty, but
the records do not show what pun
ishment was given him. 1t was al
legged that invoices were padded and
that excessive prices were charged
by the exchange.
The appellate court was of the
opinion that a. post exchange is not
an institution from which fraud
upon the government could arise, nor
could the government be involved in
any transaction concerning it.
Judge Woods, in a dissenting opin-
lon. agreed that Keane' was entitled
to new trial. but he was convinced
that the proof sustained the charge
or conspiracy to defraud the United
States.
Evening star., 1921-02-03

Schemes Dis
closed At Meeting Of zon-
{. ina Commission.

everal Washington hotels are
pltnning structural improvements as
soF6 as the cost of building drops
L4trense. Mills. secretary OF ths ,hs
zoten9 cosHmission at d hearing at the
Dt6rict building today, at which
arfendments to the zoning regulations
we're considered.
E-&se.dBowles, who appeared as repre-
e6tafive of the Richmond Hotel. llth
that host elry has plans in preparation
for new building at that location. lie
inquired sSxhe ther. under the zonlns Z
reEHla4ionfs,t the hrst floor of. the. new
hotAifaOuM Oeeupy the entire lot, pro-
vided it is tCs he used only for ioooy
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
~ aaay Cover whole Lot.
Ma5; GARY H.rRrown. executive sec,
retAft.. sof the ,.eOmmission. assured
both Mr., Bowles and Mr.. Mills that
thsEAfst floor qfya ssnew hotel may oc-
cutW ..ths eqtire.s lot when it. is. de-
signed for lobbfes: dining rooms and
Other business purposes under an
amandment: to the area uiatlonS
now being considered. The proposed
ameafdnis1lt lit was explained. would
place a restriction against the use OF
the ehtffe lot only above the first
flQoE ~ the ground floor is used for
Hobby and" business uses. The -pur"
pose of the proposed change is to in
sure light and air space for sleeping
rooms. 1t was stated by hotel men
present that this would not be OBJ
tectionabIe, because of the present
tendency to make all sleeping rooms
in hotels outside rooms.
Maj. Brown stated he had been in
formed that the plans for d proposed
addition to the Willard Hotel provide
for more light and air space than
would actually he required by the
contemplated amendment.
The commission took no action to-
day, but merely heard testimony.
Change 10 Favored.
Frank p Milburn. Waddy B. Wood.
E. w. Dom and other architects pre-
scented arguments in favor of change
in the regulation requiring ten-foot
yards on both sides of apartment
houses in the heart of the city.
Snowden Ashford. municipal architect,
also spoke on this subject.
The purpose of these spaces is to
insure light and air. Mr.. MiIburn
suggested that apartment house
builders be permitted to use the full
width of the lot for depth of thirty
five or forty feet. whiel would give
the building IT, shape. Under this
plan. he said. the front rooms would
get light and air from the street
and the second rooms would have
windows opening on the yards.
Gilbert Grosvenor. representing the
Na5tonal Geographic Society. asked
tho kcommission to change. 3rd street
northeast from r to Randolph from
residential to first commercial. He
said the society plans ultimately to
tuild on that square.
Evening star., 1921-02-03

which has come to the diocese Of
California. and which is coming to
the diocese of Washington"
Plen for Cathedral.
Aishop Thurston made a plea for the
completion Of the national cathedral,
following the appeal made by Bishop
Harding at the morning session. Rev
Dr. James Il. Freeman. rector of the
Church Of the Epiphany. was intro
duced to the convention. this mark
ing his first appearance in Washing
ton He said that the diocese Of
Washington was comprehensive OF
the whole spirit of the whole church"
Cheering word as to the success Of
the nationwide campaign was
liam H. Milton. executive secretary Of
the movement
Rev. D. Wellington Curran, chair
man Of the District committee of the
nafton-wide campaign. reported that
during the year $S6.768.05 had been
raised for general missions as against
$&A.256 in 1919. net gain OF 12S per
cent. and $30,660 SO for diocesan needs
~ e1gainst $s.104.01 nj 1918. a net gain
of.303 per cent.
Tho convention accepted the devises
ana beQuests contained in the will of
tia late Samuel Louis Phillips and
anthoriZed the appointment of a COM
mfttee to be known as the "committea
on the Phillips foundation. to consist
Of the bishop and two clerrymen and
two iaymen."
II. FTeeman Denounces Bolshevism.
II ever the church of the living God
needed to be alive for the saving Of the
nation it is now declared Rev. James
f. Freeman. rector Of Epiphany Church.
at the mission meeting In connection
with the annual convention of the
Episcopal diocese Of Washington tn St
Stephens Church last night
Dr.. Freeman stressed the necessity of
the broadening in vision of the church
and said: "If Christianity does not ex-
pand the world will become chaotic -
He denounced the principles of boil
alp6sism as being directed against the
church. and said red doctrine was one
Of revolution and not evolution,
8l1hop Alfred e. Harding presented
fhe new rector, who was preceded by
. RI Rev. Theodore +. Thurston, Mission
AZ Bishop OF Oklahoma, Who made an
aE!4ent plea urging more men to Join the
Atalstry.
Hs9hop Thm.ton landed the work .c.
cenpashed by the nation wide cam
pa4Dn Of the church, and declared TIA.
1t Nas due to 1t alone that stewardships
In Al %fa the nineteen districts OF the
osotiaeutd United States were now
open.
During the ceremonies Mrs Cabot
Seevens made brief appeal for funds
Ter Tia Near East relief.
Evening star., 1921-02-03

ing men with pink-tea experience in
war time" said Mr.. Dawes. was a
rotten failure. Sharp was all right
but the rest Of them were utter fail
ures. 1t was all due to the appoint
ment Of society men-pink tea fell
lows Why, we couldn't get any
where. We had George McFadden
over there and he did in three days
what the diblomats couldn't do in
three months" =
Mr. Dawes also paid his respects to
open diplomacy.
Let me Illustrate" he said. I'VE
needed 10000 artillery horses. They
were in the fields, and it was harvest
time in France. and everybody said
there would be a revolution il we at
tempted to take them. 1t was my job
to get them, and it was my argument
that we could not get our men to the
front without horses. Unless we got
them the Germans would break
through. We didn't talk prices-we
lust pulled them out of the fields. OF
course, that sort of stuff couldn't be
printed"
Cabinet an Illustration.
What did you get for til the aohs horses es
wasn was.aaEeS assS we're 'res0ld to france ny =
u don't know" he replied, "but the
price was low. OF course it was. The
horses were taken from the field. It's
easy to fnd fault. easy to say we
k B.itGsSut iaShfsase5 over there and /
think your viewpoint would be DIFF
ferent"
Before the supply service was CO
ordinated every body. Mr.. Dawes said,
was pulling in different directions.
you have got the same trouble
here" he added, with ten cabinet Of
ficers, each trying to get everything
for himself. regardless Of the COM
mon welfare. The President ought to
stop it."
Mr.. Dawes said mistakes were made
But / am glad" he said. that there
Is a desire in some quarters to make a
permanent and honorable record OF
what our men did. There have been
complaints that our surplus in France
was sold. 1t would have kept forty
thousand men there trying to guard II
while we peddled 1t in small lots. The
men were, brought home, and the best
bargain OF the war was in the sale OF
that stun to France.
Now here is how we sold it Mem
bers of our commission, including
Judge Parker, sat- down at table
with the French. We laid our cards
down. I told our friends that some OF
us had suggested different prices. that
this bird Parker was hard-boiled egg
and was standing out for $3.50, ,000, 900
1 said 1 thought $400, 100000 was fair
and we traded"
Evening star., 1921-02-03
STUFFED ROOSTER
TOO REALISTIC FOR
POULTRY THIEVES

NEW YORK. February 3.-The
ghost of a rooster Ions. since eaten
has come back to haunt four out
laws who encompassed his untime-
Iy death, and today tho quartet
languish in Jail here awaiting SEN
tence for confessed chicken THEFT:
The chicken bandits swaggered
into court yesterday comfortable In
the belief that all the thirty-hve
fowls they were accused Of stealing
had disappeared permanently from
the realm Of evidence. They planned
to plead mot guilty.
Then one of the four espied 1ne
feathered fowl at the feet of AS
sistant Prosecutor Richardson. he
nudged his fellows. who gazed Tor
moment with staring eyes.
Guilty" said the four in unison.
"Roy take this stuffed rooster
back to the taxidermist, from whom
| borrowed it, SAID the prosecutor
Evening star., 1921-02-03
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

When, Charles ,GfoGiAnor: Dawes
told the reporters thaAt he, didn't in
tend to be a member of the cabinet
or to go into politics. he meant
what he said, but there is good rea-
son to believe that Mr. Dawes is
being considered f6r thSe governor
ship of the Federal Reserve Board,
position that is outside the domain
of politics. Mr.. Dawes, would sue
ceed w. p. c. Harding. who resigns
soon to become the head of the new
sl0o. 100000 corporation. being or
Mr.. Dawes dramatic defense of
the American expeitionary forces
against charges of extravagant ex-
penditure made by, oohgre essional
committees was no surprise to those
who have known how men like Gen.
Pershing and others in the. A. f.. F.
have chafed under the fault.fnding
and faw-picking of investig ating
fought. e"
The general argument of Mr.. bawes
that many things ha6 tor be done on
the spur of the moment and In the
heat of the war. in order to assure
victory by any 1neanSs that seemed
at the moment available is iexactly
what the Army officers who fought
IN france nave l1lSlSIeu IToHI
start, and, while most of them have
been muzzled by the orders forbid
ding oi.lcers to discuss matters be-
fore Congress unless summoned for
that purpose, Army opinion Is solidly
behind Mr.. Dawes for mis- courageous
defense of the A. e. r.
Republicans Held Positions.
The outburst of Mr. Dawes before
the congressional committee inVes-
tigating war expenditures was impas-
stoned Yet the former hrigadier
general minced no words and has no
apology or regrets to offer on the
day after. Gen. Pershin.s is still in
the army and maintains toward
Congress moe temperaLn attitude
but examination of Ms testimony
from time to time shOWC thai lie
shares the chagrin of Army meh gen.
orally Who ris,:ed thcir lives and
gave everything they could to as
sue -ictory in the shortest possible
time only to have their methods
picked to pieces by group of Jay
n.n in Congress.
There has been a consistent attack
on the governments management Of
the war ever since the political cam
paign of 1920 started. which was early
in that year. Mr.. Dawes Is a republi-
can and one of the few who have come
to the defense of the democratic ad-
Ininistration responsible for the con-
duct of the war. AS a matter of fact.
Evening star., 1921-02-03

change, Gen. Dawes said. adding that
it might be inaugursated during tne
next administration if pinheads who
would be affected by the plan were not
permitted Ito stab it in the back.
Medals Like Pandora's Box.
Gen. Dawes broke loose again over
the question of distinguished service
medals.
1T was the greatest mistake of the
war and it played hell with the serv
ice," he declared. You opened Pam
dora's box and sa tistied nobody, ne
said. 1T was a new toy and the man
wearing one on his chest wanted to
lord it over some poor devil who de-
served it. but who was not eligible be-
cause Congress limited the award to
men in. high positions of responsible
ity." Gen. Dawes said he didn't pc
lieve a damned word" of charges that
Gen. Pershing permitted unnecessary
loss of life after the armistice. de-
nounced the War DEPARTMENTS regula-
tons for silver service stripes for men
who did not get overseas. then took up
promotions.
Now. as it seems the popular thing
TO critcise the War Department,
I'll criticise it, too," he said. There
promotions higher up. and which
would not permit us to promote
private or a sergeant who had shaved
in the mud, because the department
wanted to save a little salary. Gen.
Pershing wanted to promote them,
but the chief of staff or the depart
ment or some body in authority re-
fused. The result was that thousands
of deserving men came home with
broken hearts. That ruling was
largely responsible for the unpopu
larity of the Army brought about by
disgraceful attempt at cheese-par-
ing when millions and millions were
wasted"
When the hearing concluded Gen.
Dawes turned to Chairman Johnson
and said:
II am able to take all the criticism
anybody wants to throw my way, but
don't ever call me general. I'm out
of the Army"
Evening star., 1921-02-03
PARLoR REDS DENOUNCED.

"Parior DoisneVlstS were denounced
in an address by Representative Clar-
ence MacGreger of Buffalo. before the
New York State Society. at a meeting
in n'sht the Wilson Normal School last
Representative MacGregor declared
that those who sit about firesides in
parlors and spin dismal prophecies
when other people are out at work"
should also be working instead Of
talking. Fifty members were added
to the rolls. At the business meeting,
presided over by President Albert
Buehler. an extensive educational pro-
gram was outlined and approved.
Evening star., 1921-02-03
ROCKIES TO DEMONSTRATE.

Amofiesnization work of the re-
OU1k educational centers of the Army
Wll be demonstrated by q detachmen
a recruits from Camp Dix. New Jar
80. b tia assembly hall Of George
washington University. 2023 G street,
fhd1 Sve0tAE ~ o'clock. The re-
0u112 ps3or - THAR enliGtmant in
&~ao-EnEliah.
Evening star., 1921-02-03
PARTISAN POLITICS
CAN'T BLOT ARMY's
HONOR, DAWES SAYS

CONTINUED from First Page.l
Evening star., 1921-02-03
BLUE LAW CAUTION
URGED BY REPORT

CONTINUED from First Paxe.)
Evening star., 1921-02-03

100 Wool and Silk Dresses
Values, $500, $500 & 5000
There're serg- e. 00
es, Velours, 0k.SS
Tricotines, Mix
lures and some Silks included.
Yarn or silk embroidery, pip
ing and scores of styles you'fl
see on inspection. Never made
to sell less than $500. and
many worth even more than
$1,000.
Evening star., 1921-02-03

,,:!.,;?. on; ;.z$3 3! <: 5::': !, ss:: :! s l2hc
big variety of pretty figures
and stripes for mems shirts,
boys waists, housedresses and
children's wear; ~ to S yard
lengths. All absolutely fast
color. s..-
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-01-20

lHns velvet wlth plain tlFnl uttlnr
uNT Roe hrim embroidered Dob great
IDHInf WoiifH duno 200 lrench blue
ind ariH
fn' thr woman who needs another
.af u finish ont tine winter aeaann
10 metal cloths offer happy sug
Errflun They CON hf WORN much later
o. ile spring fnan velvet or duYctvu.
-rd consequently srs On economics
hut fu.f now
Vera Daniel losntsrl and Julia Faye
fottcf rifel.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-01-20
Cotton Rates Held
Discriminatory

GALVESTON Texas Jan ia
vigorous attack on regulations apply
lur nn cotton and ilntsrs. uucompruan-
cd moving from interstate points %
Galveston Houston ana Tcxns city.
was n.adc here TODAY ,cfOre Special
knmlutr Hunter Of the interstate
commerce commission
EuH-Ice rey Ior president OF the 1ni
weston cotton exchange and D. N Dale
tull iruffir manager 90 tho Houston
cotton eXrhuuro tne only two witnesses
f0r .hD compliments heard today tes-
Nnrd fhat 100 fh0lr judgment rates on
thT uncumUrrHHnd staple 60 thp ihruc
DItlef named were discriminatory and
unjust NfcirfIng that npot markets
Tor unrumprrfaed cotton wero Go Doe
deHlr0d Mr Tfvior said that the nrnc-
ticr uI cpmpreaHing fhc rinnlc Boo tran
siI tH NOW rrHeficHd hr mo railways.
0fIun Wufkod fo the Disadvantage of
hufh shipper nud flruer iiH nild That
HnH1murrr hpl.H of cotton grade
better nnd weIgh more thHu viii com
nrraeOd bales
Hmtea from oklahoma Arknnsah and
WESTERN Louisiana. are challenged BOO
ihr eHa, which is entitled GniNpstuu
comm HrclnI arHuUia fiou ot Hl vnrfua iN
Alabama and NickHhur. railway a. nl'