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The Washington times., 1922-10-14

BUILDING SETS
NEWH|GRhARK
Eleven Per Cent Greater Than
In 1921, With Total Of
|. $z7f .4oa. 900. Il

Building contracts awarded during
September in the twenty-seven
Northeastern STATES (which include
asout three s-fcurths Of the total con.
struction In the country amounted
% t271 ,lss 900, according 70 The
r. w. Dodge Company. This figure
10 II per cent greater than that for
ssptembsr. 1871. and 10 the highest
recorded September tctaL N The
seasonal decline is still under way,
last months construction activity
being ~ per cent under that Of the
preceding month.
The year 70 date has broken many
records. The total construction
started during the first nine months.
which has amounted to S2,634,S65.-
900. II greater than the total for
any entire year previous to 1922.
On the nine months basis this year
10 81 per cent ahead Of last year.
Residential building showed q
slisht increase In September.
amounting to siot $4,000. or 81
per cent Of the months total.
Public works and utilities amounted
to $5o.s7s.0oo. or 10 per cent: bust.
ucob ouHnuBbs STVssvssvvvs VI ~
per cent; both clasees showing In.
buildings amounted to $26,384,000.
or 10 per cent Of the total. and
educational buildings. $21.21s,000. or
8 per cent.
Contemplated new work reported
during 4. g, aas The month amounted %
While the seasonal decline may be
expected to continue, II In likely
that the remainder OF the year will
show a volume Of activity that u
high In comparison with like periods
Of previous years.
New Englnad.
New England building contracts ir
September amounted to $30,36S, 900.
an increase OF s per cent over the
preceding month ana Of 80 per cent
over the corresponding month OF
Construction started during the
amounted to $3.50, $50 900, an increase
of "a per cent over the correspond.
Ing period of last year, This nine
months total is 26 per cent greater
than the amount for the entire year
1891.
The September figures included:
s12,I26, 900. or 40 per cent, for resi-.
Dental buildings: 50. 100, 900; or 80 per
cent, for business buildings, and 3
little over $4,000. 900 each, or z per
cent each, for Industrial buildings,
hospitals and institutions, and public
works and utilities.
Contemplated new work reported
during the month amounted TO so.
ee0, 900. -
New York and New Jersey.
September building contracts in
New York State and northern New
Jersey amounted to ts2,ss2,0 900, q de-
crease Of 20 per cent from ..yust
sId Of 10 per cent from Sep y Der.
The fetal amount Of construction
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all.night sittings of the House of Com
mons In the early eighties, and even at
that early date, Henly led little
handful of Irish obstructionists which
held the fuming, spluttering, furious,
and cursing British members in their
seats throughout the night, and far
into the dim shadows Of the carly
winter morning.
With Joe Biegar. 1Iealy would pro-
cure all the Government blue books in
which there was n line remotely bear
ing upon the subject he was supposed
to be discussing and with delight In
their eyes, these two would hold the
squirming speakers and the furious
members Of the House in their seats
while they read the books from cover
to cover, not even sparing the foot
notes.
II must say said the tired speaker
once, In an effort TO discourage this
team. that can hardly hear what the
honorable member Is reading"
Yes, sir" replied Biggar, not per-
turbed in the least, "thc acoustics Of
this house certainly leave much to be
desired--I'll come nearer to you.' md
with young Hcaly he staggered right
up under the nose Of the speaker, their
arms full Of blue books.
"And now they said. "as We
wouldn't for worlds. have you miss
one word of this highly important docu.
ment. we'll begin again at the begin
ming with that they turned back
to page and started to wade through
again.
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Caustic wit Was Felt
by Opponents in Debate

Once when an old Tory Die Hard
member. a retired major, having poured
a bucketful Of bile over the heads OF
the Irish. Topped back in his scat, un-
fortunately squashing beyond cure his
SIX hat. Tim arose to his feet with
VT. speaker, allow me TO congratulate
the honorable member who has just sat
do"n upon the fact that when he sat
upon his hat his head didn't happen to
be in it,
;. After Tim had been flaying an Eng.
iish Conservative member who was
landlord In Tipperary--faying him for
injustice to his tenants-the smarting
and indignant gentleman answered him:
lf ! am as vile landlord as the hon.
9raDie member makes me out to be. why
dld not the honorable members fellow
countrymen. who were never noted for
their tender consideration for a land.
lords life. shoot me?'' 81 suppose"
retorted Tim. ''it is the old story
what was everybody's business, was no.
body's business -
lin healy permanently established
nus parliamentary reputation by hiy
brilliancy in the debates upon the Irish
land bill of 1881. brilliancy that
forced the admiration Of his enemies,
including. notably. Gladstone. who aft.
erward said that Healy was one of the
N' ii'h W HO lHOTOuRnly un0ePs
stood that highly complicated measure.
By the famous Healy clause, whicn
ne had inserted in the bill in commit
zee. clause which provided that the
landlord could not benefit by any OF
the tenant improvements. the brilliant
young member linked his name with
the noted hill through quarter of q
century succeeding
It was the occasion Of this land bill
n tt.hf hf..I
IDLY kicking over the political trares-
Tins most memorable and most dar.
ing show OF independence was at the
notorious Galway election of 1SS6-
where Parnell foisted upon the Gall
wegians Captain O'Shea. husband Of
his paramour. On that memorable oc.
cas!on. when none else would take bis
III" in his hands and oppose Purnell,
Tim llealy and Joe Bisrar. without a
moment hesitation. rushed to Galway
and publicly threw of their coats tn
fight their leader. 1t was r. T.. O'C'on.
nor, who. becoming first acquainted
with the shocking news of what Por-
nell was going to do upon Galway, sred
from London to Ireland TO start ths
opposition.
1ieaIy and Biggar worked I'd CAL
way to hot pitch and got them to
put forward Lynch, Z local man,
against OShea. They bluntly told
their audiences that Mrs. O'Shea was
Parnell's mtstress--that being the first
time the intrigue was made public.
hen iarnell arrived in Galway with
- Sheh he was greeted by the first
frowning. growing crowd he had ever
encountered in Ireland. 1t Just for
bore attacking Parnel, but had it got
It's fingers upon O'Shen it would have
torn him in shrcdS. Parnell passed on
to his hotel. with the growing crowd
dogging his heels summoned Tim and
Joe to his room, showed them that BY
their opposition they ieopa rdizcd ths
party and jeopardized the great Home
Rule Pill then pending. and warned
them he would not give up though the
people should kick him through the
streets OF I,ulwnv
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Heniy Care In Finally
to Help Irish Cause

knowing his rarnrl, IIenly had 10
rcsign himself 70 fate and advise tho
withdrawal Of Lynch But tho stub.
born Belfast porkman refused his COM
pianc" "A'Il work for Muster Lynch"
J"" said, If Am the only boldly in all
Galway 20 do it.
rarnoll, addressing the crowd from
the hotel window, said: "Ncu want TO
smash me? Wsll ] hold n parlin.
ment for you in the hollow of nv
hand. II YOU smash me YOU forever
smash your chance OF getting that
Parliament This threat, for il was
nothing less, stunned the crowd--snd
eventually made them acquiescc in the
scandnlous thing. Biggar persisted in
his support of Lynch and made him
go to the polls where, of course. be
was now defeated by an overwhelming
majority. Captain O'Shea. proving
himself TO be- what might be expected.
soon uft"r paid Parnell back by sellinr
When the final break came WITH
Psrnell after the O'Shca divorce suit.
Iiealy il was who led the country and
smashed his former leader. Tim's
superlatively abusive tongue was now
used to good purpose. lie covered IN.
Parnellites with ridicule by giving to
the country such sublime phrases A..
'Parnell has tiung to the breeze bi.
standard rd-tbe petticoat OF Kitty
A good number Of years aro mi.
man quilted political life By the bacL
door. Now, suddenly reappesrins -
the psychological moment, he, amid
showers of laurels and with bIsrs ~
bands, IL again ushered into poIiSi..i
life through the gilded and bcIs..ssS
hall door of a palace. -
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TIN HEALY SCORAER OF BRITISH DIGNITY,
LSNOV THE FIRST Held OF THE IRISH FREE STA7
Man N/h0 Bearded Sedate members Of
Parliament Comes Out Of His
Retirement to Rule

ranguc with these words: Il have
nothing more to say to you. hnye
discharged my stomach 1t was only
Il very few intimates, O'Bien tells US.
who at that time knew the mans
amazing fertility Of intellectual resource.
his devouring industry, his cloquence
OF tongue and pen.
In those early days the official organ
Of the party to which IIealy belonged.
United Ireland, was almost entirely
the product Of the pens OF Henly and
O'Bricn. dashed of at opportune inter
vals. often in the middle Of the night.
II was in their little Office, where both,
were busly at work one night. that
Healy told visitor: Here O'Brierl
and ] concoct our United Ireland salad
O'Brien supplies the oil and I put in
the vinegar"
The tircless and apparently iner-
haustible energy of the young Healy
cannot be appreciated without realizing
that at this time he was not only turn
ing out half the grist for United Ire
land. but was reading for the bar, at
tending to his parliamentary duties and
by meetings and his characteristic fiery
speeches in every portion Of the country
was making the Irish landscape entirely
unhealthy for all sorts Of British Of
ficials.
When the boistcrous, ranting Orange
leader. Colonel Sanderson. rcplyipg to
n faunt from the Parnrllite benches.
moved the House to mirtb with his
famous bull, 81 was born an Trishman.
and have remained 80 ever since" Tim
H"a!y stimulated the polite mirth Of the
House to roar by answering: $50,
despite plenty of circumstantial evi.
dence to the contrary, I presume there
is no foundation for the accusat ton OF
is enemies that the honorable member
transferred his nativity TO the nation
OF Choctaws -
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EUen the Poet Laureate
Sang About TimOthy

Tho famous session became subject
for the thoughts of the poet laureate
of the Irish Parliamentary Party in his
song. The ALI Night Sitting
Tim Hcaly has now, and always has
had. an adherence for titles. and It
was upon one of his gay nights on the
floor of the House that he shocked the
British sense completely into insensi
bility by referring to an irish peer as
this bisoted and malevolent young
puppy
And one time he had the ire of Great
Britain upon his head because he turned
to the British members and addressed
them: ~ had as lief reason with n
horde Of Zulus as with you set of Brit
ish asses"
And he cared no more for tradition
and sentiment than he did for English
men themselves. and he proved it by
being the first man in hundreds Of years
to not only question the Speakers rul-
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His Early Education
Was Haphazard Affair

His early education was something
left to his own devices. But he learned
quickly. and in some strange way he
managed to pick up shorthand, an al
most unheard-of thing in those days
and then. before he was seventeen years
old, he had decided he would leave
Ireland and seek his fortune in other
parts.
He went to Newcastle. England. and
because he could write shorthand he
found Job in n railway office. His
fondness for literature led him to seek
out the places where he could feast
his mind upon the best the masters had
produced. and two years after he ar
rived in Newcastle he was secretary cf
the Literary Club, whose membership
was composed of energetic Irish youths
anxious to improve their minds. But
as n matter Of fact, their greatest de-
light was the deliverance of speeches
and papers Of ultra fiery nature against
what they sOlemnly believed was British
misrule in Ireland.
At twenty-five the energetic Tim
went to London and there he stuck
He had an uncle in Dublin who edited
a newspaper which he called the Ma.
titn. and the young Tim, now an ex-
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Used Pen to Help
the Cause of ireland

His articles championing the cause
Of nationulism won him instant rccog.
milton and admiration. and at twenty
five til" great Parncll. after havins
observed the work of this youth for
three years past, appointed him pri-
vatc secretary. and thereby opened the
way for II further metcoric develop
mrnt, which the energetic Timothy took
advantage Of in its fullest sense. lie
had been secretary TO Purncl Just II
year when he became n member of
Parliament, n green youngster from Ire
land, representing County Wexford,
clumsy looking. to say the least, with
a shock of black hair that seemed never
to stay in place.
But, fearless, he talked back to the
leaders. lie had n vocabulary that
seemed unlimited and voice with
which he could WELD it and the nerve
and the energy never to retreat. NJ
matter who his opponent or what his
relative Importance in the problem of
government might bc. They guffawcd
Tim once. That was the first time he
arose to make speech. But they never
did il again,
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Care a Solid Knock
to British Dignity

Just about tho very first time up.
Little Tim shocked tho British house
as the description of William O'Brien
very well shows:
"A quarter Of an hour after he took
his seat as member for Wexford he
started up to make his maiden speech
tiny Of frame, sardonic of visage.
his hands in his breeches pockets, as
toolly insolent as Partisan gamin
roaming through the Tuilleries Palace
at the heels Of Louis Philippe. making
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ing. but actually TO start an argument
with that most high British divinity.
Scumas MacAIanus. who knows these
irish persons and what they are doing.
IN his opening paragraphs in a recent
article upon the elevation of IIealy to
the Governor Generalship OF the new
Ere" State, having in mind that al
though Healy began his career under
the able guidance Of Parnell and looked
up TO him aS n hero, even thnt leader
was not of sufficient force TO keep the
dynamic young Tim in his path. for
Healy simply would not follow. had this
to say:
''On the day on which Governor Gen.
eral Tim IIealy was first seen riding
down OConncl street know well.
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moral Support Asked
OF American Public

n.,ii would like to ask the American
S%uolic' he said, 'to give the new
ruovernment moral support or, at any
.ate, not to give its enemies financial
pnupport. Forty -onc years ago | visited
s"uSrly every State IN the United States
,%'klns Irish and American sympathy
=, :" our struggle, going from New York
..nV .T.nalVeston and on to San Francisco.
h., IN" SIstcnanrc we then received
tau much to do with planting the Irish
IIhnan,ry aS frcrholders on their soil,
t"'ra,ihg them from what Lord Bal
,onr described as the Most odious and
r"I,oI ""poSSiblc land tenure system that ever
cursed agriculture.
~ me Free States opponents have
ro,, ~" policy or panacea except wrcckng
hha,roads' breaking BANKS, burning
"ns's' r".S' nmbushing troops and laying
'pau mines. No American or Irish
ii,ricah ini"rah who sends money here to
",ure the Free State should close his
Ses TO- the nature of the campaign
"" helping to keep mp"
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They'll Stay AUay NoU
That Tim Is the Boss

"And Wee Joe Devlin will now never
more come nearer TO Ireland than Bel
fast-where we can In fancy zee him
ascend the great brewery chimney
stack Mt the head Of Falls road ana
gaze sorrowfully toward the Promised
lbut snatched away Land. where now
rcigns n king who knows not Joseph.
who, in fact, would spit on Joseph II
he met him in desert.
"a few years ago one Of those queer
turns Of the wheel Of Fnte suddenly
relegated to the political morgue John
the Melancholy, Wee Joe and the
half dozen other little Kaisers who
believing that they owned Ireland BODY
and soul, had already planned to divide
the rule and the revenue among them
selves ,nnd their 10000 aunts and
thirty second cousins--and had with
particular satisfaction arranged to in
.tall Ireland's black beast. Tim llcaly,
in a specially constructed steel cage
on O'Connell Bridge, to drag out the
remainder OF his miserable days "n n
diet Of bread and water, supplemented
bv the peanuts presented TO him by
passing children--a terrible warning
to the world against the flnging Of
monkey wrenches into political ma
chimes. BY second fantastic turn.
the same wheel lifted Tim out of the
obscurity into which he had long
since retired and elevated him to rule
the land which was to have been his
PRISON.
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we are given n measure Of freedom
10 lhrge as that enjoyed by any State
~ "o the American Cnion.' indeed. in some
respects, larger.
me blot on our position is sep
@n"uoh OF the six northeast counties
,Io', 'hc rest of Ireland. But | have
In we highest hopes that. in time. the feel
hss OF north and south may undergo Il
this', Nhllc We cannot expect every
,hlng at u bound, so many ties link
me north and ourselves that we may
reasonably expect. BY mutual concps-
SONS, in the course of few wears.
mat tho amalgam may bc discovered
ny which complete reunion takes
place"
nc paused for u moment, strokcd his
mort white beard and sent q message
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havoc Of the pirtLrcs and mirrors ,s
entirely dctcstahle as n small Diorencs.
peering ont over the rims of his pinre
ncz through bilious eyes. over his
contcmptibI" audlencc-and Mortified
the House Of Commons with the fol.
lowing cxordium: Mr.. Speaker. if the
nob.e Marquis Darlington thinks he
is going to bully us with his high and
mighty CavendiSh ways, all can tell
him is h" will find himself knocked
into a cooked hat in a jiffy. and we
will have to put him to the necessity
Of .wipinG the blood Of all the Caven-
dishes from his noble nose a good many
times before he disposes OF us.
O'Brien says that at thar time Tim
was almost as fond Of making himself
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{ irof"Hsjonnl lrrtconciIablc, The
lshmn"l of Irish Politics.
IL" has been loved as intensely as
h" has been hated. apd even the Eng
llslI, who he flouted seemed to have a
warm spot in their hearts because of
his ready wit and absolute fearless
ness and sincerity in his own beliefs.
As a satirist, one of the most daring
and brilliant the House of Commons
has ever known. Tim Hcaly probably
established his greatest claim TO be
listed with the immortals Of English
and Irish history.
lie proved himself to bc ono Of the
greatest "h>tru"tioniStS thar ever lived
when something cam" up that he
wished to be laid aside. and no fill
buster in American politics cnn COM
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Has High Hope of Br1dging
ChaSm Betzveen Ulster and
Rest of Free Stare

TN little town Of Banty nsng the the southwestern
Of Ireland years poohouse may there
thanks job Of being belonged middle
had struggled through life who had married
IS will
the noble through the window and
deposited its precious burden the shabby cru an ordinary
looking baby be urebut just can't judge looks
guardian Of the wife talked over and decided
young hopeful Of theirs be named Timothy and 40 he
His Heay and wasn't lone before
ohy' dropped in favor of just plain "Tim"
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And that was the start of Tim
Hesly, who lived to wag the sharpest
tongue in 1reland-who grew out of
the obscurity Of the poorhouse
shadows to the brainiest, most bril-
liant and witty Of the original band
Of Parnell's Home Rulers, electrify-
Ing his fellow associates, dazzling
ireland from coast to coast and ter
rifying England with his words.
Tim Talked His Way
Into British Parliament
He was born in 1855 and twenty
seven years later he was a member
Of Parliament.
Some years ago, when the Irish
question was being discussed be-
tween two leaders, one asked the
other what he thought Tim Healy
would be when Ireland became a
free State.
Hell be mighty old man. was
tho reply.
On the evening Of December 5
King George gave his sanction to
the legislation setting up the Irish
Free State, and the formal inaugu-
ration came the next day with the
assembling of Parliament.
And then, 10 and behold! Tim
Hcaly, he Of the poorhouse of
Bantry, was appointed the first Gov
ernor General.
The satisfaction was general.
Lately he had been associated with
tho provisional government as
friend and adviser, and in recent
years his extraordinary legal ability
has been at the disposal of the Sim
Feiners.
Following his appointment he went
from London to his home in Dublin,
and here Is what he said:
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When He Wanted to Hit
He Hit Hard and Often

fIc conducted himself along u policy
which appeared to have for Its motto
"lf you see head, hit it"--and hit
them he did. One Of his earliest ad
ventures was leading part in free
sor-all fight on the floor OF Parliament.
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statue should develop noticeable curl.
One does not need to guess--for 1t Is
certain--that the melancholy John
Dillon. on reading in his Freeman
journal of the choosing Of Tim to rule
over him. drew the shades on his win
dows, nailed them down with tenpenny
nails, locked his front door and threw
owov tho kew
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it was real fight, too, and when, the
hall was cleared scarf pins and false
teeth cluttercd the floor,
Tim emerged with bruised cheek.
The public meetings usually break up
IN free -for-all fights and riots. aud it
has never been disputed that he has
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pert witt. the phonetic notes. took down
the speeches in Parliament and re-
ported them for the Dublin paper. lie
became its regular Parliament corrc-
Spondent. and in search of II hero by
which all things could be measured,
young Tim decided the nearest ap-
prOach to his ideal was Parncll.
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pare with the records he has made in
stalling action into the background.
And just rs well as he could obstruct,
Tim ilraly, first Governor General of
the new Irish Free state, could turn
his talents To construction.
All England remembers the famous
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had more hats broken than any other
man in Great Britain.
After II speech in County Louth in
1000 he was mobbed. Ten years later
IN Dundalk he had to be escorted TO
his hotel by the police. lie has been
called The Great Nituperator," 'oTbe