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0 ARRESTS YET MADE
District Attorney Gathers
Taylor Killing Clews.
'ISTOL REPORTED FOUND
Prominent Movie Tcoplc Arc Ques
tioned In Effort to Kind Out
What Happened.
LO ANGELES. Cal.. Feb. 9 A new
and comprehensive investigation into
Ihe circumstances surrounding the
death of William Desmond Taylor was
under way here today, directed by the
district attorney of Los Angeles
county. Taylor, a motion picture di
rector of note, was found in his liv
ing room on Thursday of last week,
apparently having been shot and
killed the evening before"? L'p to to
night no arrests bad been made nor
were any in immediate prospect.
Yesterday and today the district at
torney gathered into' his hands the
scattered threads of evidence that had
been drawn out by the police, the
sheriffs office and independent in
vestigators, and tonight he was at
tempting to weave them into some
sort of pattern that would disclose
what took place when Taylor lost his
life.
yilu ersaad Say Xatklag.
As a first step toward this end, cer
tain letters which were written by
Miss Mabel Normand. picture actress,
and which disappeared from Taylor's
home after his death, -were delivered
to the district attorney. These let
ters were rediscovered jesterday. con
cealed among Taylor s effects. Their
rnntuiii were not disclosed, and Miss
Normand. who was in seclusion to
day, declined to comment.
Witnesses questioned today In the
investigation, which It waa announced
would be complete and would take
other Inquiries Into consideration only
so far as facts learned from them
might be helpful. Included Charles
Eyton. general manager. of the Fa
mous I'iayera-Lasky studio here
mhlch Taylor was employed as a di-.-nr
Mr. Evton testified at the
coroner's Inquest that he was the first
to suspect that Taylor's death had
been caused by other than natural
events. He said he had Insisted that
the body be examined for wounds, and
it waa his insistence, according to his
statement at the inquest, that caused
discovery of the wound that had
caused death.
CeaaaHatlea la Private.
When Mr. Eyton arrived at the dis
trict attorney's office this afternoon
he was first taken In to a private con
sultation with, Thomas Lee Woolwine,
the district attorney: then Mr. Wool
win and Mr. Eyton went to the room
occupied by Deputy District Attorney
W. C. Doran. where a further confer
ence followed in which Mr. Doran
participated.
Others who were summoned to the
district attorney's office today in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Mac
Lean, whose home adjoined that of
Taylor, and who had given previous
statements at the inquest and to the
police; Henry Teavy. Taylor's colored
house man. who has done little since
the shwtinji but submit to interroga
tion about hat he Knew of it: How
ard Fellows, chauffeur for Taylor,
and Harry Fellows, brother of the
chauffeur and an assistant director.
were also questioned fully. The dis
trict attorney declined to disclose the
results of these various interviews.
Revolver Reported r'oaad.
Another development today was a
well-defined rumor that some person
unnamed had found a revolver, possi
bly the weapon with which Taylor
waa slain, shortly afier the murder
became known. This rum.r was
brought to the attention of the dis
trict attorney and the police, both
offices disclaiming any direct knowl
edge of the purported discovery, but
both saying that coaniiance was be
ins taken of. the rumor and efforts
made to either prove or disprove it.
While these local developments
kept the officials encased, word cams
from 8n Diego that the authorities
there !elieved the body of a suicide
ling in the morgue there might be
that of Edward F. Sands, missing
house man. against whom Taylor
swore out warrants for grand larceny
and embesilement. who has been ear
nestly sought r..r to tell what he knew
of the murder. Investigation, how
ever, dexeloped that the dead man
was not Sands, and the San Diego in
vestigation closed about as suddenly
as it had started. ,
Safe IrrpMll '! fwukl.
ll waa also announced today that
the public administrator was making
Irrarch f.r a second af dj posit "ox
h.'d hv Mr. Ta-vlor. One was found
and opened, its contents being negiigi- j
ble. There was tio direct evidence
that he had another box. but the au
thorit.es said many men d.vded
documrnts In two or three buxe. and
it was possible that the search would t
irtd aomcthin-
Inventory of Tyl
Kafed h ii'!it
r s t state c. far
1 httle exreot
(Conciutii'd on r J. U'Utnn 1-1
"ETHER COP" NEEDED
TO REGULATE RADIO
CONTROL OF WAVE LENGTHS
BY LAW DISCUSSED.
Chatter of American Small Roy"
and Other Vsers Causes Com
plications, Says Hoover.
WASHINGTON'. D. C Feb. 9.
Control of the wave lengths of the
air may require "an ether cop" to
regulate the wireless "chatter of the
.American small boy" and other users
of radio communication. Secretary
Hoover said today In discussing the
government's plans for radio regu
lation. At the request of President Hard
ing. Mr. Hoover said belwas calling
together radio experts of the army,
navy, postoffice and commerce de
partments and radio engineers to
meet in about ten days to work out
regulations governing use of the air
for radio communication. Develop
ment of the radio telephone he des
cribed as one of the most important
steps in the progress of communi
cation, but the limited number of
availale wave lengths, he declared,
was causing congestion.
The ingenuity of the American
small boy in the use of radio tele
phones. -he explained, had so filled the
air with chatter that commercial and
official communication had been in
terfered with, while the practice of
broadcasting sermons, music and
other matter was hindering the more
Important uses of the wireless tele
phone. Development of the air as a means
f communication, he asserted, was
projecting a new problem for con
sideration in the light of the rights
of persons to the use of ether similar
to property rights in land and water
ways. Legislation may be required,
he added.
IDAHO OUTLAY $7,361,388
Census Bureau Itcports Per Capita
Tax or State at 16.9 1.
THE OREGON IAN NEWS BIREAC,
Washington. D. C. Feb. 9. The costs
of government 'or Idaho the fiscal
jear ending September 30. 1920.
amounted to J7.S81.3S8. which was a
per capita cost of $16.94. the census
bureau announced today. In. 1917 the
ner capita cost was 17.03 and in 1914
15.42. The totals for those years be-
Ina SI. 8:3. 115 and tl. 000.691. respec
tively. The per capita costs for 1920
consisted of expenses of general de
partments, 18.97: payments for inter
est. $0.2. and for outlays. $7. St.
The total arvenue receipts in 1920
were .19.6l9. or S15.23. per capita.
For the fiscal year the per epia
excess of governmental costs over
revenue receipts was therefore 11.71
Property and special taxes consti
tuted the greater part of the revenue
In a majority of the 4ates. In Idaho
they represented 69.1 per cent for
1920. The per. capita levy for Idaho
for 1920 was 7.1S.
SENATORS JBIT PETULANT
Blow to Dignity of I'pper House
Not Easily Forgotten.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 9 A
blow to senatorial dignity not soon is
forgotten. This R as shown today
when in the midst of belated debate
or. the Newberry election case several
senators arose and denounced the war
department for placing the senate far
back, as they said, in the funeral pro
cession for the unknown soldier last
Armistice day.
Senator Ashurst. democrat. Arizona,
said the senate had bein relegated to
the rear of the parade, and that the
war department through its manage
ment of the parade had "insulted the
senate." Senator Stanley, democrat.
Kentucky, said the senate had reached
the point where -bureau chiefs and
department clerks were able to tell
it to "go back and sit down."
600 IN COMMUNITY CLUB
Vancniner Hopes for 1000 Mem-
bers Before End or ear.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 9. (Spe
cial The membership of the Com
munity club of the American Legion
community building., today passed the
00 mark and indications and hopes
were that the number will pass 1000
before the year is over, according to
Charles A. Watts, commander of
Smith-Reynolds post.
Every Saturday morning the swim
ming tank is thrown open to the chil
dren of the city free, and several
hundred children alwats are -present.
A business men's athletic class has
Krn .lartori for two hours a week
between 5 and o ciock. i uesaa,
Thursday
BANK CASHIER IS HELD
Miortace of $75,000 in Accounts
' Is Reported.
SVKACl'SK. X- T.. Feh. Robert
IV Conroy. cashier of the Citisens"
National bank of Hammond. X. V.. is
held today following his arrest last
night while federal and state bank
examiners make a further examina
tion of his books.
Conroy's shortage was reported to
be 175. OBO. The ban was aiouc
today by order of the directors, pend
ing the result of the examination.
WALLA WALLA WHEAT UPj
Sales of S30.O00 Bulicl-i in Two
Days Are Reported.
WAl.l.A WALLA. Wash.. Feb."9.
Sprcial.t Vl neat prices nn.M
Wheat prices wmcn nave
b.cn lookinit up for several days nt ,
"" h.vhui b .J .iiSl.Ud !
e sates, inn iiii-ie wicm.
1 " ' . th . ,.. .,- da !
.f H..r in the last two days.
Turkev red and ban were much in :
I demand "today and commanded $1.05.
the be; t price in monins tor naiu
i w heat. Club, which has been a price
leader, was worth. 9 cents.
VICTIMS
iBED
ATDRUGPARTIES
Addicts Relate How Traf
fic Is Increased.
PEDDLERS ALSO ARE BLAMED
Free "Shot" Offered to Any
Who Try to Reform.
CURE IS DISCUSSED
Oregon Narcotic Control Associa
lion Hears Talcs of Women
and Men With Habit.
Portland is not without its narcotic
"parties." if the word of a 24-year-old
narcotic victim can be taken as truth.
Police officials know by experience
that narcotic users do not stick to
tho truth, but nevertheless the real
sensation of the weekly conference
of the Orgon Narcotic Control, asso
ciation yesterday in the city council
chambers was the story of this young
addict. It was at such a party in
Portland, she avtrred, that she first
received morphine and during the
last four years, while she has been
addicted to the habit, she has at
tended a number of such parties.
Xew Victims Sought.
According to her testimony, con
firmed addicts, many of whom are
dealing in narcotics, stage these
parties to ensnare new victims. Men
and women, all addicts, gather for
what seems to be an innocent even.-
ing gathering, she said, and perhaps
one young women, who nas never
experienced the use of drugs, is in
vited to attend. Before the evening
is over, the witnss said, the initiate is
persuaded to take a "shot" and in
variably becomes an addict.
For two hours yesterday various
addicts, or ex-addicts, some of whom
are now being detained at the citv
and county jailsv and others who are
at liberty, told their stories to. the
conference.'"! n alt cases, the appear
ance of these people was voluntary,
with the assurance that names would
not be made public.
Jail CoaflHteaaeat Opposed.
It seemed the consensus of opinion
of those who had suffered the tor
ture that is the addict's share in life
that jail is not the proper place to
confine addicts. They are sick and
helpless when unable to procure the
drugs, they said. Medical treatment.
with a diminishing supply of nar
cotics, followed by a long season at
healthy -outdoor work, with plenty
of good food was the cure advocated
by these users.
The first addict to relate her ex
periences was a trained nurse, pos
sessed of unusual intelligence and a
full realixation of tha horror of the
continued use of drugs.
According to her story. Bhe became
an addict after being In a hospital
for nine months following an auto-
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GOVERNMENT CREDIT
FOR RAILWAYS HOPED
GUARANTEE OP CERTIFICATES !
PKOPOSED AS AIDS.
Mellon and Hoover Concur in Be
lief That Help to Kail Lines
Will Improve Business.
WASHINGTON. D. O, r eo.
Means "of lending the aid of the
government's credit to the railroads
are under consideration in adminis
tration circles, it was indicated today
by . high officials. Any such plan,
however. It was said, would not in
volve use of government money for
rendering financial assistance to the
carriers, but use of federal credit.
Secretary Hoover suggested today
that a government guarantee of rail
road equipment trust certificates
would make them attractive to -investors
and enable roads to raise
money for needed rolling stock with
out the expenditure of funds from
the treasury.
Secretarv Mellon is also understood
to regard "favorably the idea of lend
ing the government's credit to the
carriers on the theory (hat better
business conditions generally would
result from improvement in the railr
road situation. If any such steps
should be taken however in the
opinion ot Attorne,-..
legislation prooaoiy
necessary and in this case some dif
ficulty might be - encountered In
congress.
-..j. e the railroads for more
equipment Is their own difficulty, in
f Secretary Hoover, who
said' it was up to the railroads to
take the leadership in presenting
some constructive plan for providing
funds. The railroads' troubles, he
asserted. were "in 'anticipate
which made any relief measures dif
ficult of adoption at this time. He
expressed the belief that if the short
age of-cars became sufficiently acute
there would be .pressure from all
sides to remedy the situation.
Under-equipment of railroads he
said, had its .-effect on the employ
ment situation and upon agricultural
conditions. Secretary Mellon is also
understood to coincide with this view.
Use of the government ..-i
.I...., heen extended to the farmers.
lr. Hoover pointed out. in the guar
anteeing of farm loan
f;.",, some such method might
. ...,. .a t aid the railroads,
if.
the situation should become suffi
ciently acute.
POLICE FORCE DISMISSED
Officers" Declared, to Have Failed
to Keep Order During Strike.
OMAHA. Neb.. Feb. 9The entire
police force at Nebraska City, includ
ing Chief William Dunne, has been
dismissed by the city council there.
according to
information leiepii"""
from that city - " -------
Thomas of Omaha, commander of the
Nebraska national guard troops, sent
ih.ra recently to preserve "order dur
ing a strike of packing-plant em
ployes. Colonel Thomas, who recently said
the local- authorities at Nebraska
City had "fallen down" during dis
orders ttmt occurred during the
strike, announced that Turley Cook,
who served as a first lieutenant dur
ing the world war. had been appoinir
ed policec hief and was engaged in
reorganization of the department.
Martial law still is in force at Ne
braska City, despite ther ecent cal.
ing off of the strike-
LOOK AT THAT! IT'S STARTED BEARING FRUIT ALREADY.
HIGHER FARM PRICES
BRIGHTEN INDUSTRY
.
GHEATt BUYING POWER IS
TAKEN AS HOPEFVIi SIGN.
Producer Has Accepted More Than
Share of Liquidation, Says
Mr. Wallace.
NEW YORK, Feb. . 9. Increased
purchasing power of 'farmers, which
has resulted' from recent advances in
prices of farm products and decreases
other lines was citea Dy
Wallace tonight in an address Derore
the National Retail Dry Goods asso
ciation as a "hopeful sign to industry
in eeneral."
Estimating that farmers and their
families represented 40 per cent of
the nnnulation. he declared every
phase of business should be Interested
in "every sensible effort to get iarm
ine back on a sound basis."
He denied what he termed the wide
ly held notion that corn belt farmers
had olunced into land speculation
durine the war years. Probably not
more than 10 per cent of the culti
vated land changed hands, he said, j
"The farmer has taken . his full
share and more of liquidation," he
declared. "He has the right to ex
pect that others, such as manufactur
ers, railroads, laboring men and re
tailers will follow his example. Prices
of things must come down.
"Farmers always have been and
are now the great stabilizing force in
government."
BELGIANS SEEK SECURITY
Features of Proposed Military Pact
Protested.
BRUSSELS. Feb. 9. (By the Asso
rted Press.) Serious divergence of
opinion marked the discussions of the
proposed Anglo-Belgian military pact
today by the foreign anairs coiim..-
sion of the cnamoer ui o""'-0-
Objections werer aised based on. tne
absence of clearness as regards me
danger against which the pact is de
signed to guarante Belgium s se
riiv. A maiority of the commission
deemed it indispensable that the
treaty should state definitely that
the guaranty is against an ypossible
ttank hv Germany. Otherwise, it is
held, the pact would be equivalent to
, Rritiah nrotectorate rather than
protection.'
- The clause prohibiting Belgium
frnm concluding any other conven
tion in conflict with the Anglo-Bel
gian pact is regarded as a restriction
on' Belgium's sovereign rignis. .
CREDITORS ASK RECEIVER
Columbia Graphophone Company
Is Declared Insolvent.
WILMINGTON. Del., Feb. 9. Appli
cation for a receivership for the Co
lumbia Graphophone Manufacturing
company, a Delaware corporation, was
made today in the United States dis
trict court. Insolvency is alleged.
The application was made by tne
Universal Securities company, owner
of 1000 shares of common stock; May
B Shert. owner of 1226 snares, ana
H.nrv w Runvon, 275 shares, all of
Jersey City.
The amount of liabilities was placed
at $19,900,000 to banks and financial
creditors, in addition to S3.000.000 to
merchandise and other creditors. No
listing of assets was made.
The price in the open stock market
has declined from $73 two years -ago
to $1.25 last month. -
!
HANDS OFF PACT
SAYS 1VS. POINGARE
Tampering With Treaties
. at Genoa Barred.
OTHERWISE FRANCE BOLTS
Warning Note Sent to Amer
- ica and Allies.
POSTPONEMENT DESIRED
Plans for Opening of Economic and
Financial Conference in Ital
ian City Are Proceeding.
PARIS, Feb. 9. (By the Associated
Press.) Premier Poincare, In a note
given out tonight, addressed to .the
United States and France's allies in
the late wax, declared flatly that
France will be unable to send dele
gates to the proposed Genoa economic
conference if any ot the rnvited gov
ernments let it be understood that
they do not accept entirely conditions
arranged a,t the supreme council
meeting in Cannes in January, pre
cluding any discussion of. the exist
ing peace treaties.
It is necessary, Mr. Poincare thinks.
to see whether the Kussian soviet
government is disposed to accord
commercial facilities and to give
guarantees for tLe protection of in
dustrial and personal property. He
opposes any discussion that would in
fringe upon the province of the
league of nations. His note concluded
with the statement that time is re
quired properly to prepare for this
conference and that this necessitates
a postponement of the gathering
three months.
Committee Back Premier.
The foreign affairs committee of
the chamber of deputies today
adopted a resolution approving Pre
mier Poincare's attitude. The resolu
tion draws attention to possible con
flicting interpretations of the "clauses
of the supreme council's resolution
providing for respect for treaties and
"the re-establishment of a solid peace
basis." -
After strongly advancing the prin
ciple that the agenda as fixed at
Cannes must be adhered to, that the
existing treaties must not be. dis
cussed and that it must be under
stood that the delegates, by their
very presence at Genoa, accept this
condition, the . note criticises the
agenda in that it fails to make clear
what it means regarding non-intervention
into the interior affairs of
states. It asks whether that means
that the powers would undertake not
! to interfere in the interior organiza
tion of the German government if
the restoration of the Hohenzollerns
were involved, or the restoration of
the monarchy in Hungary.
Poincare Wants Us.
"It is necessary to know," says the
note, "exactly what is meant by non
intervention; otherwise this clause
might be dangerous for the p-ace of
Europe."
Ti,. nnt. i nncludes by saying that
h allies must come to an
under-
standing as to the interpretation of
the resolution adopted by tne supreme
,n ii ramies, since the practical
application of those principles is the
first item on the programme.
'"Mie governments desiring iu op
pose the conditions laid down cn Jan- I
uary 6," says the note, "will not give I
warning of their intention. But theyj
would introduce dangerous questions (
and endeavor to pass them through
the holc3 in the programme if it is
not prepared rigorously on a plan
not open to discussion." ' .
GENOA, Feb. 9. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Plans for opening the
intersectlonal economic and financial
conference are proceeding without in
terruption, the fall of the Bonomi
ministry having had no effect in the
plans already started by the premier
Prefect Poggi is preparing accommo
dations for about 1000 delegates and
700 newspaper men.
The ancient royal palace is being
prepared for the conference sittings,
but the opening session, at which the
delegates will be welcomed, will be
held in one of the other palaces.
An elaborate system of telephone
and telegraph equipment is being in
stalled which win proviae last com
munication with important points in
E.urope. '
Wireless . communication is to De
established with Berlin and Moscow.
MR. MEIER BEGINS TRIP
Exposition Chairman and Family
' Depart -for World Journey.
Julius L. Meier, chairman of the
board of the 1925 exposition, left for
San Francisco at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, accompanied by his fam
ily on the first lap of a journey
around the world that will require
four months' absence from Portland.
He will carry the message of the ex
position to various foreign capitals
and generally spread knowledge of
the event wherever he goes.
Mr. Meier and family will sail from
San Francisco "February 21 on the
steamer Toyio Maru, going to Hono
lulu and thence to Japan. During
Mr Meier's absence, exposition af
fairs will be in charge of a managing
committee representing the city and
state.
HUSBAND IS DROWNED
DESPITE WIFE'S AID
FRED MEXTZEL LOSES LIFE IN
WILLAMETTE RIVER.
AVoman Assists Spouse to Boom and
Swims Ashore for Help Man
Missing on Return.
Fred Mentzel, 3S. who was thought
to live in a boathouse near the foot
of Cranton street, was drowned about
5 o'clock last night near that point
when a small skiff, carrying Mentzel
and his wife, capsized. At a late hour
the harbor patrol had not recovered
the body.
Few details of the accident were
available during the progress, of the
search, but information given police
...no .af Mri anri Mrs Mentzel were
their wn v in shore with a boatloadS
of bark, which they had gathered
from logs to use for fuel. When about
20 feet from the boathouses at the
foot - of Cranton . street the skiff,
heavily loaded, turned turtle and
precipitated both occupants into the
water.
Mrs. Mentzel. who is a good swim
mer, assisted her husband, who could
not swim, to a log bootn, where she
left hi mclinging while she swam
ashore for help. When she returned
h had arone down. It was thought
that he had become numbed and had
drawn some water into his lungs be
fn.. machine- his temporary haven at
the side of the boom. Mrs. Mentzel
was distracted, as she had no doubt
but that he would be sate wnere sue
left him.
Mentzel was said to be employed as
a waiter at the Benson hotel.
YOUNG MAN IS STABBED
Affray at Elma, Wash., Follows
Quarrel Over Liquor.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 9.
fSDecial.) Ernie Wi.nne, S5, county
roadworker, , last nisrht stabbed Ora
Castile. 22. in the back with a butcher
knife following a quarrel over liquor.
Castile was seriously wounded and
Winne will be charged with assault
with intent to kill.
Winnie, it is said, went to the Cas
tile home in west Elma last evening
a t home with his father. James
Castile, refused the request and also
rofiiiied to "uo out and get some.
Winne. angered, seized a butcher
knife fro mthe table and chased the
voimir man out of the house and
inTr, hx street Castile started to
oiimh a 1'ence in his effort to escape.
but Wfihe caught him ana staDoeu
him in the back. Winne then went to
his own home and was found there
by officera-an hour later.
EVERYBODY IS $3 POORER
Per Capita Circulation of Money
Declines In Month.
WASHINGTON, V. C, Feb. 9.
Every person in the country was $3
poorer at the end of January than at
the beginning of the month, according
to a circulation statement issued to
night by the treasury.
On January 1 the per capita circu
lation of money in the country was
$53.03, based on a total circulation of
$5,775,400,315, and an estimated popu
lation of 109,917,000, as compared with
a per capita circulation February 1
of $49.96, based on a total circula
tion of $5,447,953,533 and an estimated
population of 109,055,000. :
SENATE INDORSES ENVOYS
Harding Choice of Ambassadors to
Former Central Powers Approved
WASHINGTON, r: C, ' Feb. 9
toi.nt Hnrdiner's nominations of
ambassadors to the former central
powers today received the indorse-1
t ment of the senate foreign relations
1 ,,-
The nominations of Allison B
! Houghton of New York, to be am-
Ibassador to Germany; Albert H.
.Washburn of Massuchusetts. to be
minister to Austria, and Theodore
Brentano of Illinois, to De miuni"
to Hungary, were reported favorably
to the senate with confirmation de
clared assured. .
INDEX-OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
49 degrees;
" degrees. .
TODAY'S Friday,
.rain; winds mostly
soutneriy.
Foreign.
No tamperine with present treaties at Ge
noa conference, eays Poincare. Page 1.
Irish kidnapings cause deadlock. Page 1.
National.
I, narrowed to eight source's: Page 2.
o.n. nan new clash over Newberry.
"Ether cop" needed to regulate radio wave
lengths. Page 1.
rii MBt nhiDDing pool conference in
Washington ended. Page 5.
Government credit for railways projected
Halt in naval work lays off thousands of
m favor of 100-year lease to
Ford. Page 3.
Domestic.
i u.iul Nnrmanm letters raa m
Pacfria Northwest.
Seattle declared looted of millions. Page 7.
Steele's defense is insanity. Page 7.
Sports..
Amateurs to box tonight at armory.
BoxhJg9arena war to finish looms. Page 14
rnmmfrriftl and Marine.
cradually advancing in all
.,-uta. Page Jl.
Wheat breaks at Chicago on profit-taking
sales. Page 21.
Steel and low-priced rails strong features
of stock market. Page 21.
Good wools soarce on Boston market.
. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
School district asks government for refund.
fund. Page 13- . .
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IRISH K1DNAPIN US
GAUSE DEADLOCK
Further Violence Feared
Along Border.
ULSTER APPEALS FOR HELP
British Troops Continue to Go
' From Island.
GRIFFITH URGES PATIENCE
Assurance That Free State AVill Do)
All It Can Given Residents
of Xorth Ireland.
LONDON, Feb. 9. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Although t was be"
lieved that the few persons captured
in Donegal have been released, the
situation in Ireland, as a result of
kidnapings otherwise remained dead-'
locked today. The Sin:. Feiners ap
parently have declined to liberate
prisoners until the football players
from Monaghan have been released
by the Ulsterites. The Sinn Feinera
today were declared to have captured
several more Ulster specials.
The northern government ha
placed some 5000 specials along the
boundary to prevent a new invasion
from the south. It is also arranging
for reinforcement by troops.
The government headed by Sir
James Craig also has urged the im
perial government to take action, but
the imperial authorities appear to be
reluctant to interfere further pending
action by the provisional government
of the free state.
British Troops Leaving.
British troops today were still lear
ing southern Ireland, and a; statement
made in parliament by Winston Spen
cer Churchill, secretary for the colo
nies, seemed to indicate a desire by
the government to leave the solution
of the disturbed, situation to the two
Irish governments- r : , ,
Arthur Griffith, in an. interview.
expressed confidence that with Pa
tience and restraint by both sides, tho
Ulster question wouUf" be amicably
settled within the present year on the
basis of a unified Ireland. He added
that it must be remembered that tho
provisional government did not enjoy
full governmental powers as yet, but
that it might be relied on, to adopt
every action within circumscribed,
powers to prevent illegal acts from
being committed.
Winston Spencer Churchill stated in
the house of commons today that it
was impossible at present to give a
date for the completion of the with
drawa.1 of British troops from Ireland.
Anarchy Is Doubted.
Sir John Butcher of York askedV df
in view of the "anarchy in tho south
and west, and of yesterday's eppallinff
raid into the north," tho government
intended to keep sufficient troops in
Ireland to preserve order. To thia
Mr. Churchill replied that he was in
clined to deprecate the statement that!
anarchy existed, and said that no
munitions or stores had been, sold to
the Irish republican army, but thata
quantity of police arms, ammunition
and motor transports had been taken
over by the provisional government
subject to valuation.
Mr. Churchill said he could! not
promise to suspend the transfer o
arms and ammunition to the provi
sional government, adding that so
long as the provisional government
continued to carry, out ins principxsa
of the treaty, the British govern
meat's intention was to equip it wlta
all means of maintaining order within
its own territory. Ho said tne im
perial government was responsible)
for assisting in the maintenance! of
law and order and in tne pmwvuuiivi
his majesty's subjects throughout the
northern territory and this oougation
would be fully discharged.
DE VALEKA XOTES PTJBLISHEU
Irish-American Association GIvea
Out Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 9. An
exchange of messages with liamonn
de Valera and Michael Collins, head
of the Irish free state, was made pub
lic tonight by the American Associa
tion for the Recognition of the Irish
Republic, based on a resolution adopt
ed by the executive committee of the
association at New York February 4.
' The resolution reaffirmed adher.
ence of the association "to the se
curing of the official recognition, of
the republic of Ireland by the gov
ernment of the United States, and
the support of that republic by such
lawful means financial or otherwise,
as may be necessary."
It directed its secretary to inquire
of the president and the congress of
the United States "what measures are
being taken or will be taken to in
sure to the Irish people an oppor
tunity to express their will lor mo
maintenance of their existing rcpub
lican government, free of any threat
of war by England, and free of any
dictation by England as to the means
by which that shall bo expressed,
and "to communicate with Eamona
de Valera to ascertain what assist,
ance is now desired from this asso
ciation." '
In reply Mr. de Valera said:
"Irish republicans are ready to
bide by plebiscite free of threat of
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