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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-15
FREE STATE REJECTS TRUCE
Home Affairs Minister Willing to Let
Vote Decide but Won't Compounds.

Dublln-The Free State government
has definitely rejected the latest and
what many observers considered the
most promising move for peace in Ire
land. Harry OF Cashel and several
others. influential friends OF the gov
eminent In Munster. recently proposed
an immediate truce under which the
republicans would dump all their arms
under a pledge that they be handed
over TO whichever party won the next
election.
Tom Barry. irregular leader. indited
friendly reply to this proposal, un.
dertaking to submit II TO the repub-
lican army. executive and ID. McCar.
tan gave notice In the Dali Eireann OF
q resolution approving the terms,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-15
Oak Lake

Several young people enjoyed
themselves at the Verdelin place
Friday evening.
Harriet Nelson has resumed
school after two months forced
vacation due to scarlet fever.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-15
PROMISE CREDIT BY HARVEST
Plans Under Way Cor Government
Banking Provided In New Law.

Washington - intermediate credits
provided In the new law passed BY
congress In .ts closing hours win be
available to farmers by crop moving
time. Judge Charles L, Lobdell. chair
man OF the federal farm loan board
has assured those making inquiry al
the treasury department
Plans for starting the new govern
ment banking machinery already ars
being made by treasury officials, Since
the intermediate credits banks win be
operated In conjunction with the fed
eral land banks. the work OF organira
ton win be simplihed to some extent
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-15
RUrTER-Extras. .sc; nrs,s, acc

BUTTER--Extras, acc; frsts. 42c.
seconds, SIC; packing stock. 25c.
EGGS Country receipts. rots out.
per case. $500. No. I eandled. good
extras. free from rots. small. dirty
and checks out. per dozen. ssc; small
idrty and held stock. rots and leakers
out. lie. Quotations on eggs include
cases.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-15
Minneapolis Closing Cash Prices.

No, dark northern. I2lGl.SO; No.
northern. l.20G1.29: No. 1 dark
hard. l.lSGl.2o: No. / hard. ll6a
lis; No. 1 amber durum, 1.07 Oil;
No, 1 durum, i.o2GI04. Corn No.
yellow csc. Oats No. white 42c.
Barley choice to fancy soc. Rye No.
TIC.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-15

Steers 5,75as.50; ocws and heifers
1.5o6soo veal calves +0oas75:
hogs 6,00G7.95..
Evening star., 1923-01-05

concrete structures on Potomac Park,
which, though designated as tempo.
rary, are Of such stable materials that
there is a prospect Of their continued
use for some years, while the other
buildings Of slighter structure erected
in haste, also In parks, are rapidly ap-
preaching the point of dissolution. 1t
is not to be contemplated that the
United States will continue indefinite
ly to use these buildings that trespass
upon the reservations.
While in point Of space, light and
ventilation these buildings are suitable
for public service purposes, they are
too large for effective administration.
Moreover, it is not good practice to
house half a dozen different organiza-
tions under q. single roof. These build
ings were designed for a homogeneous
use and were admirable for the pur-
poses Of wartime administration. But
ever since the curtailment of the war
time forces began the tendency has
been to house there all sorts of bu-
reaus, branches Of departments and
miscellaneous offices, until now the di-
rectory Of one or two Of these build
ings resembles that Of a great COM
mercial office structure, and capable.
indeed, is any one who can find his
way about. Expert guides are almost
necessary to direct even occupants of
the building to destinations outside Of
their own immediate environment.
Use Of these buildings. OF course.
saves rent, and as long as they stand
and are in good condition naturally
they should be utilized by the govern
ment. But no building program should
be contemplated that does not include
their vacation In short time and the
provision of suitable distinct depart
ment and bureau structures. not on
the parks but on other land. for the
forces now assembled in them.
Evening star., 1923-01-05

new role, and as he is suspected OF
presidential aspirations his remarks
will be widely read and closely ex.
amined. He is credited with superior
oratorical ability.
The other day the Woodrow Wilson
League of New Jersey sent Mr.. VIII
son Christmas greetings and pledged
him support, and in reply received the
following:
I am strengthened by the thought
of such support. 1 believe that we
shall all have the qualification in the
near future of seeing the principles
we believe in adopted by an over
whelming majority OF the voters of
this country.
The campaign is on. The wilsonites
are in motion, and their leader is en-
couraging them. He Is writing and
receiving many letters bearing on the
issue he has most at heart--the league
of nations. His past is socketed in
that, and he is stalking his future on 1t.
There are antI-Wilson democrats
anti on the league and on other issues
but they are not as yet organized.
1t may be that this activity in Will
sonite circles will rouse them, and that
we shall see eighteen months in ad-
vance of national convention time a
general stir on the democratic side of
the fence.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
The New Bridge Approach.

Modification Of the plan adopted by
the District Commissioners for the
Georgetown approach to the new
bridge across the Potomac west of
Rock creek-which 1t is hoped Con
gress will soon formally designate the
Key bridge, in honor Of the author of
The Star Spangled Banner''-assures
the provision Of ample space at that
point to insure convenience Of traffic,
even in heavy use. The plan as at
first adopted provided for a compare.
lively narrow line Of approach, and in
in the future if more room were dem
onstrated to be needed, as It is well
assured it will be. Now, although the
features Of the alternative Plan D.
which include the establishment of an
island Of safety" at the bridge ap,
preach, are not all adopted. the non.
building space at the north end Of the
bridge will be ample for immediate
and possible future uses and for car
track rearrangementw which will insure
a maximum Of public convenience and
security.
In this connection it Is noted that NJ
street, which will be the main artery
Of traffic to and from the bridge for
connection with the Washington side,
is too narrow for satisfactory bridge
use. 1t is possible either to widen this
street, at large expense, or to extend
Virginia avenue to the bridge en-
trance, at an expense that remains to
be computed. OF these two plans, both
Of which have been proposed, the lat.
ter would seem to be the better. II
will assure two lines of traffic instead
Of one. It will give shorter means
Of access to the Georgetown terminus
Of the bridge than that which is af-
forded by NJ street. It will correct un-
desirable conditions and facilitate i'm.
provements in an area that, by reason
of its comparative inaccessibility, is
now dormant. A bill to this end is
pending in Congress. It should be
given early attention, to the end Of
providing as quickly as possible for
the heavy traffic which will be borne
by the new bridge, certain to grow as
the region IN Virginia reached by the
improved viaduct increases in popula-
ton.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
Dope Smugglers Beat
BOOtleggers at Tricks

The ingenuity of the manufacturers
and purvsyors of bootleg has chal-
lenged something akin to admiration,
as 1t has been revealed from time to
to time since the prohibition era be-
gan. More tricks have been resorted
to than are known to the cleverest
writers of fiction; more novel forms
of camoufage have been employed
than the war-makers dreamed Of in
their most inspired moments
But 1t would seem that the dope
smugglers have the bootleg artists
beaten at the game, They have an ad-
vantage in that their commodity Is of
slight bulk, and evidences multiply
that they are making the most of ii,
Out of Vancouver, to oite the latest
innovation, has como report of dope
being smuggled across by. the aid OF
carrier pigeons, The employment of
these capable birds in Illicit trade
seems to bs about the last step in
artifice. But It isn't. First thing we
know. we will hear of something even
more nvvel and unusual than that,
Evening star., 1923-01-05
EDITORIAL DIGEST

| come from support or membership in
an organization like the khan which
hides behind a mask or hood, operates
in the dark, thrives on bigotry and
naTrow-mindedness and is fearful OF
having its membership known to the
world"
Characterizing the murders as "un.
speakable and foul" the New Orleans
Item is convinced that the United
States contains not one good citizen
possessing an elementary understand.
ing of the foundations upon which
free democratic institutions rest who
will not hope that the impending in.
quiry will uncover the whole horri-
BILE and detestable guilt for this More
house parish attack on louisiana
statehood" 1t should be remembered
however, the Charleston Mail insists
that "klansmen deny any connection
with the crime" and 1t points out
that after Individual responsibility
has been fixed '1t will be time enough
to consider the question whether any
organization prompted It. and IL So
ing this view. the Baltimore Sun in
quires whether "any khan official can
convince any one that the outrage
which has shocked the nation would
have occurred even though the Ku
Klux klan had never been resuscitat-
ed from it's grave. If this deed was
done by others did not the klan's ex-
ample of masking and secrecy IN
spire itf The credit for compelling
the investigation Is given by the Wa
terbury Republican to Gov, John NJ
Parker, who Is "a genuine American
He has refused to allow the murders
to be hushed UP, 1t is a salutary
thing that one of the southern statet
has such man for governor, 1t can
not fail to make deep impression on
all of the south, and we may expect
that klanism, brought face to face
with real Americanism, will suffer
badly by the contrast"
1t is the opinion of the Rockford
Star that 1.-The conditions in Louisiana
should be an object lesson to men
who may have been inveigled into
the khan by having their patriotism
appealed to, or 10 men who have
Joined it for political or fraternal
reasons. The state is being saved by
a courageous official and the state
militia, and the khan, whatever may
have De6n the aims OF lJb promoters
or members, is a rank enemy of SO.
ciety:"
"The pewer of the terrerists," says
the Indianapolis News, "is shown by
the fact that they were abls to keer
the matter under cover for months
Only after the governor appealed tc
the federal government for aid in re-
storing order in his state was some
definite action taken" Even If the
khan is not guilty in this particular
crime, at has only itself to blame for
the accusations against It," the Hart
ford Courant says, because "it Is the
only masked organization of which
we know. In time some of it's mem
bers will shift the white mask for q
black one which they themselves will
not remove" And murder is no less
horrid when committed in the name
of law which is degraded by the as.
sociation than when IL stalks undis.
guised at midnight" says the st. Paul
Dispatch. "The cleaning up of that
section Of Louisiana is demanded by
every instinct of Justice and civilixa-
ton. After his vacillating talk in
the east IL is hoped Gov. Parker is
thoroughly la earnest now
Evening star., 1923-01-05
Americanism Stimulus
Seen in Star Article

To the Editor of The Star:
I cannot let this first day of the
New Year pass by without express
ing myself as to the wholesome at
titude of The Star toward all things
making for the betterment of human
ity in SO many directions that 1t is
impossible to name them all.
This evening. however. wish par
ticularlv to mention the Capital
Keynotes" column. and call attention
to the especially fine article by Mr..
Paul V. Collins on a topic on which
such opinions as he expresses are
greatly needed.
II only those who need them most
could be made to read them!
am optimistic by nature. and
especially as regards the loyalty, in
tegrity and patriotism of Americans.
look about me now and see Amer
lean citizens. not the uneducated. or
even the foreign elements. with whom
we could and should have patience.
but the so-called better class of cit
izens, deliberately ignoring their
try's laws, / feel that l am fast
drifting into pesslmism.
Such articles as this OF Mr.. Col
Inns should be printed and reprinted
and again reprinted, for surely If
read 1t would cause an arrest of
thought in those now apparently
blind to duty.
II 1t be true that "prohibition does
not make lawbreakers. but simply
reveals them." then let all decent
people thank God for prohibition. or
any other thing that shows us
whittier we are drifting, that before
It be too late, we shall turn face
about and set ourselves to making
us individually worthy to be citizens
of the country planned by our fore
fathers, a country whose strong pro-
tects it's weak. whose liberty Is not
license to do wrong, the country OF
Washington. of Lincoln and Roose-
Welt. LOUISA 8. WEIGHTMAN.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
Campaign Managers

The story about the early retirement
Of Chairman Adams Of the republican
national committee is denied It was
not persuasive.
Mr.. Adams brought home the bacon
in November. It was not as large a
slice as desired, but the performance
in the circumstances was praise
worthy. Things, through no fault of
Mr.. Adams, were greatly mixed in the
recent campaign, and, as usual, the
party in control was held accountable
for much for which 1t was not re-
sponsible.
But the fact Of moment is that the
republicans will control both houses
Of the next Congress, and will thus
have 1t in their power to make a
strong appeal through their record at
the first session for support In the
presidential campaign. And Mr.
Adams shares in the credit for that.
There is no suggestion respecting
Chairman Hull Of the democratic ma
tional committee. Presumably, he, too,
will continue in Office until convention
time next year. His work last fall was
creditable to himself and satisfactory
to his party.
The men who VIII conduct the cam.
paigns Of the major parties In 1s2l
will be named after the parties have
made their nominations. A presieen-
tial nominee has the privilege Of Sc
lecting the manager Of his contest for
election. and usually calls to his side
a close and trusted friend who knows
the ropes and how to pull them. Both
Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Hull know the
ropes; and pulled them strepuously
last year. And they may pull them
again.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
Marine Band Drummer Boy
Now Head of Veterans Bureau

already had such lard knocks out of
life and showed him what a touch OF
kindness is like.
There was ono musician George
Fugitt. who took a special interesr
in training the youngsters hands
hardened by rough work on ship
board. to feathering his touch with
the drumsticks. In due time he go.
to be quite an efficient drummer boy
and was applauded as he trudged
along with the band.
But young Forbes education had
been sadly neglected" He barely
knew what the inside OF IAN old New
England red schoolhouse" was like
A sergeant of marines named PrentisS
gave him his first book learning
spelling and grammar and sums Ill
multiplication and fractions
The long and the short of il was
that Forbes served out four years
enlistment in the Marine Corps when
on tour around the world on the
old New York, commanded by Capi
Robley D. Evans and with Gen. Rufus
Lane. then second lieutenant, as
marine officer. He made & couple
of trips filibustering between Cuba
and Florida on the schooner Three
Friends, was captured several times
and had all the thrills of hardy life
One day during the Christmas-New
Year holidays George Fugitt called
at the United States Veterans Bureau
and had a pleasantly reminiscent hour
with Col. c. r. Forbes, whom he had
taught to play the drum and whom
he had not seen since 1892. FuGitt
is now retired. He congratulated his
former protegc on the climb he had
made in thirty years. Col. Forbes has
sent an invitation to Sergt. Prentiss
who was his first real teacher. 10
come to Washington and pay him
visit.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
Camp Humphreys.
Story of Its Site Recalled From
Past Centuries.

The auction flag may fly over Fort
Humphreys, or Camp Humphreys. as
1t Is better known to Washingtonians.
Senator Wadsworth, chairman OF the
military affairs committee. has intro
duced a bill providing for the sale
by the War Department of about hfty
parcels of military property no longer
needed for military uses Before the
great war and for IT'S years this tract
was known as Belvoir and the old
steamboat landing there was called
White House, from the fact that back
of the landing was a small brick
house, kept whitewashed or painted
white, as an aid to navigation. For
many years a colored man named tate
kept an oil lamp burning at night in
one of the windows of the little house
for river men to steer by. for the ]'o-
tomac cha1nel cuts across from Off
Marshall Hall to the bluffs of Belvoir
and runs close along the shore.
White House Landing was a Wash
ington excursion and picnic place Of
about the Same antiquity as Glymont.
Green Springs, above Georgetown, and
Custis Spring, on the Arlington es-
tate.
About 1740 William Fairfax and his
on this bluff. William was a cousin
of Thomas Lord Fairfax and came
down from Salem, Mass, where he
was collector of the port. to serve as
the Virginia agent Of Lord Fairfax.
who had come into possession of that
royal grant to 100000 acres gener-
ally called the Colepeper- Fairfax
grant. William Fairfax called his
home tract Belvoir and this tract ad-
Joined that which Lawrence Wash
ington named Mount Vernon. One Of
Williams daughters was married to
Lawrence Washington and another to
John Carlyle OF Alexandria. The two
sons OF William Fairfax--Georgc will
liam and Bryan--w"ce boyhood
friends of George Washington. The
talrfaX house was burned down dur
ing the American revolution and the
brick heaps of the house, stable and
other outbuildings were upgrown with
trees when the War Department took
over the tract as ap engineer training
camp. William and Deborah, other
members of the family and numerous
servants were laid to rest in a burial
plot near the house and white marble
monuments to the owner and his wife
stood in those woods until the out
break OF the civil war. During the
four years of war the monuments
were destroyed or hauled away and
the site of the graves was forgotten.
The engineers relocated and appro-
priately marked them.
The bluffs of Belvoir. with those of
Fort Foote, Fort Washington, Indian
Head, Freestone Point, Glymont and
Maryland Point, offer some of the
hnest river and land vistas to be seen
this side of the cliffs of Stratford or
Nomlni cllfts, on the lower Potomac.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
Making Good.

The new tariff law in operation is
making good 1t is not checking i'm
ports. 1t is producing revenue. If it
continues to show such results it will
be an important republican asset in
next years campaign.
The law was enacted in circum-
stances Of extreme difficulty. There
were republicans opposed to any tariff
action whatever. They held that busi-
ness conditions everywhere, at home
and abroad, were too unsettled to en-
able the taking Of successful action.
Wait awhile. Let revision go over un-
til the next Congress unless a change
in the conditions took place promptly.
Those who insisted on action. and
forced it, found the going hard. Stats.
tics were gathered and digested under
stress. Doubt was thrown on some Of
cooperate cordially.
But, slowly, the work was per-
formed. and, at last, a new law, fash
ioned on protection lines as they had
been affected by the war. took the
place Of the Underwood law.
Business is still much unsettled, and
may continue 30 for some time yet.
But If, even at that disadvantage, the
Fordney law can, and does, make its
way, there will be less and less heard
about amending it, and nothing more
at all probably about repeating it. The
white alley, according to the rules OF
the game; and that show will run for
about two years. The next vote on the
revision will take place in November
OF next year.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
The Public Building Program.

In its report to the Senate the Pub.
lie Buildings Commission, recommend
ing the adoption Of q comprehensive
building program involving the ex.
penditure Of s3o,oo0,ooo for the con-
struction Of suitable public structures
in Washington. notes the annual rent
ais paid in this city by the govern
ment. On the 22d of May, 1919, the
rent bill of the United States here
was s1,135,S97.2S. Capitalizing at 6
per cent, that represented some s1S,-
931 900, or more than half the maxi
mum amount proposed by the commits
sion. BY the 1st Of December, 1922, by
reason Of the closing and curtailing
OF wartime agencies and the con-
solidation Of Offices in the temporary"
war buildings, the annual rent bill
had been reduced to $524,693.o4. This
at per cent capftalizes at $S,7k<,s0o,
or more than g. third OF the minimum
sum suggested for the comprehensive
program. While some further econ
omies are proposed through the vaca-
ton Of rented buildings and the con-
tinued consolidation OF various Offices
in the Temporary" buildings, the rent
bill cannot be cut down by more than
s1oo, 900, short of the erection OF per-
nanent housings for the government
Offices. At the utmost OF the further
economies in sight there will remain
rent outlay representing q capital
investment Of over s7.o0o.oo
At present the economies frosa the
heRvy wartime costs are being effect
ee through the use mainly OF The two
Evening star., 1923-01-05
Suggests Method of Preventing War.

for destructive purposes and less than
10 per cent for constructive.
And politicians still urge prepared
ness" as the sole method OF avoiding
this ridiculous and contemplate con
dition. The very same puerile pap is
being fed to every people the world
over.
How to stop this folly and change
the method has been suggested as
follows:
When international friction threatens
to start the fires of war just put the
political and journalistic firebrands
into field with machine gun for
each gang and say: Gentlemen,
settle your self-made difficulties in
fifteen minutes or turn loose your
guns on each other"
They'd settle, Mr.. Editor, you bet.
and the rest OF us would have a lot
of happy New Years.
EDWARD BERWICK.
Evening star., 1923-01-05

Incidentally, that episode gave him
his start on the way to high public
office.
When this youngster applied for a
Job learning to beat a drum with the
Marine Band he had just returned
from a voyage of two years and eight
months to Australia as an apprentice
before the mast on an old square
rieger. and had an ugly wound on
his head, where he had been hit with
a Delaying pin when he attempted to
mess-in when the crew was being
shanghaied
Mai. Gen. Wendell C. Neville, as
sistant to the commandant of the
Marine Corps. and Brig. Gen. George
Richards, paymaster of the corps,
were then second lieutenants. They
felt sorry for the youngster who had