Evening star., 1924-11-05

| contrast these barren surroundings
! with the luxuriousness of our early
| life in Lincoln, Nebr.. it does seem that
| a good man has no real chance In the
world. And Pershng replied char
acteristically: Don't it beat hell?'
! The commander-in-c chief was more
at a loss for reply on another occa-
! sion when he was host a dinner
party in the Paris residence. DaWcS
! leaned across the table and begged :.
him to give the lady on his righ, a
parsonage in Paris society, some rem
{ iniscenseS of the splendid old Span
! ish grandcc, Don Cameron with
! whom in their early days they had
! so often dined."
| At Lincoln, however, Dawes launch
! cd successfully. into his legal career.
/ leaving the Don Cameron lunchroofu
| days behind, and becoming, as a part
! ner in the law firm of Dawes, Coff
roth d Cunningham. a leader among
| public utility counselors in the state.
! He later acquired interests in gas
| plants throughout the West, develop
! ing large holdings in several Stat"s.
| Dawes was personally popular in
Lincoln, although, he hotly opposed
! the towns idol, William jennings
| Bryan, then at the apex of his fame
as hoy orator of the Platte and
| apostle of the free-silver movement.
| These two men debated publicly OF
| the free-silver question, and out Of
! the debates grew the earliest Of
! Dawes books, The Banking system
| Of the United States" in 1894.
Moved TO wisconsin.
Moving to Wisconsin in I8si. he
| became president of the La Crosse
Gas Light Company. and later a move
| to the South brought him to the
presidency of the Northwestern Gas,
Light and Coke Company of Evans
| ton, ILL.,. which eventually was
merged into the Peoples Gas Light
and Coke Company, supplying Chi
cago
Following his activity on bela}-
! of President Mckinley in 1llinoiz
| during the campaign Of 1896, arG
| partly on account Of that activity
! and his book Oh the "Ba u<ing Systria
! of the United States Dawes Va
named controller of the currency.
which post he held from lS9S 8"
! 1901, after which Gin 1907 he organ
lied the Central Trust Company If
| Illinois He was the active head of
/ this enterprise until January, 1927.
when he accepted the chairmanshiI
| of the board of directors, rslinquish-
/ ing personal direction of affairs TO Il
! new chief executive.
In 1919 he served in Franc.
most of the time as chairman of the
| general purchasing board. which han
| died the supplies for the American
| forces. In 1912 lie served as tho
| first director of the budget in III.
| administration of President HARDING
! carried the day--iu France with q
| In the two latter posts his battle cry
| was coordination, and in both he
unified system of supply for ttf-t
| allied armies. and in America with
| a central bureau Of control for gov
| crnmental expenditures.
| In 1920 his journal of the Great
! War was published. followed some
| two years later by The First Year
| of the Budget in the United States.
| Gen. Dawes went 10 France in Au-
| gust. 1917, Il colonel in the 11th
| Engineers. He was for time as
sociated with Gen. Atterbury Ill
| transportation work, aud then sta
toned al general headquarters as q
| member of Gen. Pershing's admins
! trative staff. His next advance was
| to the place OF general PURCHASING
agent for the American forces, with
| the rank of brigadier general, anG
! membership on the military boara
| of allied supply. After the armistine
! he acted on the United States Liuui-
dation Commission for Sevc...-
months, returning to Chicago AuGus'
! 3, 1919. after an absence of 26 months
He was awarded the distinguished
! StINl(e lUcudi VI the l I!4ltd sd t'
named commander of the Legion Il.
| Honor of France and decorated i
| Marshal .Foch in Paris with t,5-
I French War Cross. The honor.
! degree of doctor Of civil law
conferred on him by Marietta {
, legc in 1921.
| Renowned as Rookie"
Gen. Dawes conduct as d ROO.
| soldier won him renown amonS
! friends.
/ The story Of the generals compI...
with his leather puttees is a cla~-
! in the circle OF intimates of the sta
ject. After enduring the pain Of
new puttees as long as possible
( whispered his trouble to a fellow r.-
fcer. An examination revealed ii.
| the banker wore pair of garters /,
meath the feathers.
! Gen. Dawes is widely remember,.
/ for his appearance in February, L.!
before a committee of the House =.
Representatives investigating the co"
duct of the war. Punctuating his r-
marks in spots with the emphasis .
a teamster, and with little effort {
temper the vehemence of his feelius>
he scored the inquiry with blum.
verbal broadsides which yirtualit
terminated the activities of the ti-
vestigators.
The committee. the witness SAID
was looking Tor naWS In the brllilailt
record of the Army"
There are too many pinhead~
throwing mud" he exclaimed at an
other point. Then he added:
"If you men would spend more tifsss
trying to stem the millions of was,
going on under your noses, We Won
have a hell of lot better Cover.
ment.'
! "Bawled OUT Member.
Don't call me general" he orc
!; shouted to a committee member Wuy
had addressed him by his militar.
title.
Hell Maria an eXpletive severn
times repeated during his testimou>
Ilong was associated with the ger
erals name, and for many years i.
was referred TO by his friends a.
Hell Maria Dawes"
Gen. Dawes first became uationall
known in politics in 1896, when H.,
Illinois delegation to the Republican
national convention instructed for
Mckinley. He took his fight to III"
Springfield and carried the day for
thing of a pivotal State in the cam
paign Of SO. the swinging OF the dele
cation 10 the side of Mckinley AMI
gold" brought wide recognition L.
the campaign manag After the ma
tional convention Mr.. Dawes was ap-
pointed a member of the national cN-
ecutive committee of the Republica1.
national committee, of which Marx
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