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THE MOTININO OREGONIAX, TTJESDAT, SEPTEMBER 28, 1920 V k 30 HOWIES ARE FIRED IRIS REPRISALS Loss at Trim, County Meath, Put at 50,000. TWO SMALL BOYS SHOT Kcblclcnccs of Sinn Fcincrs Are At tacked and Several Casual ties Are Reported. TRIM, Countv Meath, Ireland, Sept. -7. Because of the burning- of the police barracks nere yesterday and the wounding- of Chief 'Constable White, a number of armed men de scended on the town last nig"ht and burned buildings, attacked the resi dences of Sinn Keiners and indulged in indiscriminate shooting. Several casualties were reported. The reprisals were alleged to have been the work of the "black and tan" police. The regular police began taking- steps to prevent further damage. Some 30 houses were burned and the tires still were blazing today. Among the premises destroyed were a mineral water factory, which was a principal industry, and the market house. Pract leal ly all houses on both sides of the thoroughfare were set afire. The damage was es timated at 50.000. Two small boys were shot, one being seriously injured. The police, who were captured in the raid on the barracks, had been warned to resign within a week. The "black and tans" reached Trim about 3 A. M. on three lorries. They mounted machine guns in Mar ket street, commandeered petrol from a local shop and set fire to the prin cipal hotel. They ran through the streets firing shots and flinging bombs. The homes of noted Sinn Feiners were visited in an endeavor to as certain the authors of the attack on and the burning of the barracks. The Sinn Keiners were not found. SENATORS NAMED FOR PROBE MeN'ary and Ransdell to Hear Charges of Atrocities. NEW WK, Sept. 27. Two United States senators, a Protestant clergyman-editor and a mayor, have been added to the membership of the com mittee of one hundred on Ireland, the committee ainounced today. They are United States Senators McNury, Oregon, and Ransdell, Louisiana; Rev. W i 1 Mam Austin Smith, editor of The Churchman, official organ of the Protestant Episcopal church. New York, and .Mayor Beck of Toledo. Ohio. The committee was formed to investigate impartially conditions in Ireland, with especial reference to re ported atrocities. The committee today cabled re questing the acting lord mayor of Cork, the lord mayors of Belfast, Lon donderry and Thurles, the chairman of the council of Jisburn and George Russell (A. E.), ish publicist and associate of Sir . forace Plun kett, to come to this country to testify before the commission of five members of the committee, which will hold public hearings in Washington. COO'TKSS MARKIKVICZ HELD Sinn Kcin 31cmber of Parliament Caught After Long Search. DUBLIN, Sept. 27. Countess Oeor gina Markievicz, Sinn Fein member of parliament for St. Patrick's divi sion of. Dublin, was arrested last night tn a suburb of Dublin. The au thorities rfkd been seeking her for a long time. With the countess were a journalist and Sean MacBride. son of Maud Gonne MacBride, the "Irish Joan of Arc" and widow of the executed Sinn Fein leader. Young MacBride also was arrested. The countess was passing under the name of Mrs. MacDonald. She was taken to Bridgewell prison in Dublin. MacSWI.XKV IS EXH AISTKI) Co nd it ion oF Lord Mayor of Cork I Rp r t e d Unchanged. LONDON. Sept. 27. The condition of Terence MacSwiney; lord mayor of Cork, was unchanged tonight, accord In to the bulletin issued by the Irish self-determination league. "He is very much exhausted." said the bulle tin, "but still conscious." After a visit to Brixton prison to night Mary MacSwiney, sister of the ir.nyor, said that the exhaustion of her brother was pronounced and that he sulfered greatly from weakness. CORK SHAKEN BV EXPLOSION Dcpa rtment Store Is Shuttered by Heavy Blast. fe'ORK, Ireland. Sept. 27. A violent explosion shooK this city about 2 o'clock this morning. 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This being the final week for regis tration before the general election in November, the registration depart ment of the county clerk's office will remain open until 8 o'clock every evening;. The hour of eight Instead of nine was decided on after a session with Mrs. Millie Trumbull of the in dustrial welfare commission, who in sisted that the Oregon law limiting: the hours of work far women to 10 a day affected the county clerk's office as well as any other. Saturday night is the last night for registration of persons who have not voted during the past two years or who have moved from their old precincts. Yesterday's registration totalled 325. Registration by parties to date is as follows: Male. Female. Total. Republicans 20..-.41 74.L'I!S Democrats 14.fiT,l 10..'.S4 Other parties I'.UOl -.010 4.911 Grand total 11H.334 AMUNDSEN IS ICE-BOUND Kxplorer's Sliip Reported Wedged 'light in Polar Pack. NOME. Alaska, Sept. 26. (De layed.) Captain Roald Amundsen's Polar expeditionary ship the Maud is reported wedged tight in the I'olar ice pack west of K.olyuchin bay, Si beria, and nearly midway between Wrangeli island and the Northern Siberian coast, by fur traders who reached Nome today. Because of bad ice conditions, it appears doubtful whether the explorer will be able to reach his last yeaF's winter head quarters at ltsuan bay, according to the traders. The traders also sighted the schoon er Polar Bear, Captain Chris Gud mundsen, drifting in. the ice west of Kolyuchin bay. They said the nose of the vessel pointed downward, with the propellor in the air. The crew of the Polar Bear stayed with their ship. Astoria Grand Jury Indicts. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) The circuit court grand jury com pleted its labors this afternoon and presented its final report. Among the indictments returned were one against W. N. 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