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edforb Mail Tribune
The WcMher
Prediction Fair
Maximum ysstsrday '...St
Minimum today 42
Praclpltatlon 00
Weather Year Ago
Prediction .-. Occasional rain
Maximum yesterday..- ,54
Minimum today .,.S)J
Precipitation , ...08
'U'' i'i.i iim a
I'ully Hlnti-mth Yr.
Ciokly i'lriy-liret tost.
MEDFOKD, OlMXJON, WKDNKKDAY, MAKCII 22, 1922
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RESERVOIR
AND ITERS
CI!! WATER
Council to Ask Estimates On
Job Meters for Economy
New Pipe Line Favored
Cut Off Homes Outside of
City Limits, Or Be Annexed
Action Next Meeting.
After l a v I n k cotiitidered tho
Irnulili'itomc problem tor a Vr or
mora from all angle of Medford'
wtrr ut' In lh HUliinx-r (line. Mm
ptihject wn vluorounlr dlcued
ntfuin ty the city council lt night
and llml liuUy unanliiiuuidy dccldod
to take step nt onvo to get witliiiatc
i. the ewt of building a wcoinl rr
rrvolr n soon a jkwHiIo to supple
ment thn prvnent one.
Not only that lut the eounrll de
cided tu put on all commercial uwri
f water on th meter buxtn and in
structed Water HupcrlntciiUeiit Devi
to onliT Mii meter fur Mil purpoau
at once, for Installation before the
hut weather senium arrive. Thl
mean I hut all I ho city' lie plant.
Karaa, cold Moron nnd rrfrtger
tlun plnnl. barber hnp, lintel, re
titurnnt. crm merle and other lnrs
uiM-ra will no on thn meter bl. Tim
council figure that the meter will
lend to economy In the um of water.
Wlilln no itrflnttK action n taken
Mi ruuiiill luld on Ihi' tuhln m-vi'ial
iiHluinte for 'tly watt-r lit hointa out
Hide tho Hy. and Mi'rwnl thrm-m-lvi
ae 0i.i.rj to li'liina city water
iro out Mile the -lty limlta for any
liurpunx.
No lontfi r wilt people find It profit
able tu build their ttonu'e ouuide the
rlty llmlte. e iivnlnK . to rnjoy rlty
walrr and oilur liy adtentaaee, and
at th aame llnio avoid paying I''
Uka, If i ho prearnt tnoiMl of the
roum-ll and mayor riitlnun. While
no deiinltn m-ilnn .ro taken lt
night It wae th unanimotia opinion
that proper warnlnit be atvun to thoee
Ktoupa Of dweller fontlguuUN to the
city, to Ihi nine annexed to the i lly,
rliH rlty Water and file protection
will Im rhut off.
The t-nuiiill will work to brliiu
nlnjiit thene nniirxntiiina. whli h rom
throuah upei iui i lei iiotin. which iiiuxl
be rarrled by butli the elly voter and j
the voter of rarh nerUoii to be an
nexed. It In vKtlmnted that there tire
1000 pd'nouN reeidiiiK JuM outxldo
the rlty, who by renldliiK there,
ewupi- iiynivnl of elly tnxea.
Meiifuid Iium a plentiful water aup
;1y but thu fun It la In We dlntrlhuttiiK
ajuti-iii, whlrh prevente tertulii hluhi-v
aeitliinn of the elly KellhiK eoffl'lent
preneuiT. Tile roumilmvn diwinuH'il
Piiu.lt, ( reim-il) Inif HiIh utt u-
utli'ii, aa It often line done before. Tim
preneiit rervolr t imniit b" nluiceil
or built hlwher, lllld It l lleeilieil llm--1
1 in with the prenelit leN(rVoli' tu
1'Ulld another pipe lino nrrN I lie
rlty In an effort to ulve thoee aee
tlona wlilih Buffer from link of water
In eiiiiuuer any help. Therefore the
ileternitnatlon to build an additional
reeervolr, If piMwlble, and next
another main pipe (Inn neroea Mm rlty
Irom lh new reaervolr to provldu un
equal preNNure nil around.
Trior to reaching till" ductalon u
liotiH plana wire dlm-unxed to pre
vent water wuirtc, nnd a redletiirtinv
of Mm city Into xoiun for water con
auiiiera ut vuilotiH tlmea of Mufdny
uorliiff the hot aenaon. .Mho wu llx
runevd the NtoppliiK of all leuka at
omea and bUHincaH bulhllnia to pr-
ent any waate.
v Kinaily. Coiincllinan Antlo brotiRlit
ihe aubjiM't to it auddeii head by mov
Inn flint Mi'ik be taken to K''t out I -unto
on hiilldlnK another reaervulr.
Councilman Di-caelcr aeronded til Ik
motion and It win uimnlmoiiHiy
paaaed. The councllmim cloem Mint
thla In the only Nolutlon for the water
problem, - another reaervolr and
another main plpo line to be built
. ueroaa the city from It. Nothing wna
' un Id about the method of flnuncliiK
the contoniplnted ImprovementK, but
jthe Keneml feultnK vaa that the' new
reaervolr or pipe line eliould be built.
(Continued on Yi Bigot)
f "r"r',r",T"i'r i?"" Tni!' lMt1 fminf riTi rrtf
SOUTH SEA DANCE
If;
NliW YtmiC, Mur, 83. Mouthed
with tho Judicial verdict that the
diinco urt of the south aeas, gratm
HldrtH nml nil, can't ho Worse It iim
bad, uh our native shimmy, four fair
dancers nrreMted when they "allock
ed" Manhattan police, defective to
day were free tu practice their im
ported nmvemontH us they will.
flllda Oruy, Hetty Wonders, Dor
oihv Conrnv nnd Helena Kuakl ho
stirred watching detective who vlait
ed tho uptown cufo lu which they
were engaged Mint they were nrrealed
. tin stngers of un Immodest exhibition.
SHIMfV
SLEUTHS
Politic and Wall St.
On Trail of Henry
4 JACKKONVILLK. Flu., Mar. 22.
Predli tlnn Mutt Henry Ford
ii(iMHiil u Iiiumo Mm govern-
lllllllH project lit MurtClll HllOIlt
Wlltlld IIOl 1)0 ll'ICptld "liccjiuao
4 lit too lllllch Oolitic." WU IllUltu
liy IiIh friend, Thotna A. Edison,
In u statement hero last night
while t-uroiito Ik ti 1m winter homo
ut Kurt Myers, where Mr. Ford
will Join lilm tomorrow.
"Willi HtriM't I f iKtittnw Kurd
nml Ford In fighting back," Mr.
KiIIkmi nld. "Tim fitrtlll.cr Inter-
cat and Willi (timet are jin on
niiit (HilltlcM will keep Kurd from
unpilrlnK the property."
Sarah Schocnfcld, Age 15
Testifies Against Tex Rick
ard Made Visit Because
1 Wanted Money of Him
Tells of Swimming Poo
Friend and Auto Rides.
NKVV VuUK, Mar. J3. Iteaunilng
her tenllmony today before a supreme
court Jury trying Tea Kirk ard for
criminal aamiult, li-yenr-old Harah
Hihoenfeld declared that three duya
after hla arreet the port it promoter
tiHk her and Nellie Uueko, a echoo
Kill chum, for an automobile rldo
throoiih Central I'ai k and told them
to uy "another man did It." If they
Hot caught. Itlckurd wna under nr
rent at the-ttliuo for oanaultlnit Alice
Muck. IS. - .; '
"Un't it too bud." Harah quoted
i:ii kurd an auylng. "that Alice hud t
tell ti i ll Ilea about me? I ant awful
awful norry for her and winh 1 could
help her "
Continuing, the Kill said: "He aaid
w-e mtixh't tell on him, becautie if we
till we would bit locked up until we
Were Id yenr old and we couldn't
vbttt our frit-ml it and have any more
Ktiod tlinee."
Harah mild that after coming out
of the park, Klckard drove them to
in clcvutcd railway elation near their
home.
Max 1). Kteuer, lUckard's counael,
objected to aeveral portions of the
KllTx teNtifony.
The wiiiie week that Mlckard wna
oi'i'i'Hlcd. Siinili enid. ehe went to
Nellie' home end lenliu-d Mint her
chilln had been taken Inlo cliHtoily by
the 1'IiIIiIii'H'h Aid eoi l.ly. The wit
iicnh hiiIiI hIio told Itlckurd about It
nml h uilvlited her In keep uwny from
MailliMMi Hiiunre lianlen for a while.
Mr. Hteuer opened the rrnxH-cxam-
Inatlon by iimKIhii thu Kill where ehe
fleet had met Nellie.
"In the ewliuniliiK pool nt Coney
IhIuihI, known aa the 'Fountain of
Joy." "
Anked why ahe went 40 neo Hick
aril. Kurnli enlit: "1 xvilntcd Home
money of him."
E
WHO SLEW CONVICT
HA I. KM, tire.. Mnr. $2. John
Diivlion. penitentiary Kuard who
TucMdny morntiiK. ahot and killed
Iiiiiich Ogle a life term convict when
(Klo threatened and threw a rock at
the Klin ril In what was believed to be
an Intcmlcill attempt to break for
liberty, wan today exonerated from
all blame by the coroner's Jury invea
tlKatlnu the death of OkIo.
The Jury held thut Uavlann wna
JuHtifled In ehnotlnir to kill to pre
vent tlio convict eaoaplng and to pro
tod hla own life.
NO WORSE
Their VoHltinieH, Detective Andrew
Mclaughlin told Magistrate IJotiniH,
were modeled after Uungu Din's
jiiMiiy famed uniform.
"I've seen all kinds of dancing, but
never anything half u had u thut,'
hu ill the detective.
Then one of the. fair defendants
donned her dancing gurh over her
street ureas ror tho edification of
the court whereupon it wu decided
thut Manhattan's modesty remained
unMctilhed.
The court also diamlNNed the cafe
proprietor who hud been arrested for
I
WANTED
Ml
OEM
GAD
THAN
SHAMED
NOT
COURT
engaging the dnncors,
I PLY PACT
IA FOLLETTE
Flood of Oratory at Hand
'Little Bob' Says Japan and
England Benefitted, and
Means Closer Bond In the
Future Speeches WilLDe
lay Votes On Treaty.
WASHINGTON, I). C, Mar.
When hVflHtor iJiKolletlu wan reciting
the coiiawiuonce of Japan' policy In
Korea and the Far Kaat, Senator Wat
ton, democrat, Oa., iDterrupted to say
"It liaa come to me, from a source
which I cannot reveal, but upon which
I rely, that the paxtor who ox;ned the
conference with prayer had In his
prayer an Illusion to the merits of tbe
blond of our savlous, Jesus, and he
was uaknd to strike It out, and be did
Rlriko It out."
"Ho denies bl Christ," said Senator
UKollelte.
"Yes," replied Senstor Watson, "and
he did It because of a nation which at
the very time was crucifying him
anew."
WAHHINOTON. Mar. 2!. A flood
of preparrd apeechea for and ogalnat
tho four-power raclfle treaty waa
lootteci In the senate today aa the pe
rld of unlimited Uehatc came to an
end under tho unanimous ronweut
Hlireemrnt which will brlrui a final
raflflcatlim vote Friday.
Thn one hour limit on Individual
hl pa waa effective at 3 p. in., today
and aeveral senators who had pre
pared long addretute Jostled one
another In bidding for recognition In
the eleventh hour cruah of "canned
oratory."
Kenutor liFollette. republican.
W'UcoiiHln, and Wxlnh. democrat.
Mujachusetla, wiia.the headflnera
tntlny for the treaty opponent, while
on tfie othr aide the rlnht of way
wu Kiven to Henator roinerrne, dem
ocrat, Ohio, a foreign relations com
mittee member and one of tho lead-
la of tho element of his party favor-
Iiik ratification.
With acvernl others waiting to Ret
in nvIcIi apeechea, for and agalnxt the
pact, leader were doubtful whether
n vole would be reached today on any
of the pending reservations or
amendment.
The four-power arrangement was
awnlled by Henator IjiKollctte as a
m licine of (ireat tlrltaln and Japan to
secure co-operation and protection of
the 1'nited Ktatea "In their further
hemes of exploitation and impcrlnl-
lein.
lie declared It was viewed by both
Urittxh and Japancao atatrHinen aa
merely an extension of the Anglo-
.la pa 111 mo ulliunee which it abro
Kulea and that In nctuul practice it
would nun It in bringing the 1'nited
States to aupport tho policies of I.on
Uon and ToKlo BKalnat audi outxldo
power nx China, Huasla and Ger
many. "t do not know," said Senator Iji-
Kollette, "whether the Ilrltinh bov-
ernment would contend If this pro
poned treaty went Into effect that Its
dominiona ahoulds each huve a aepu-
rate vote under the treaty, aa they
have under thu Ieugue oC Natlona.
"At all events we do know that the
HKlo-Jupaneao policy of aKRi'csalon
and Imperialism which made the
Ilrltitth empire und the Japunese em
pire close allies In tho pant will cause
them to stand as a unit In opposition
to the policiea of any power In the
1'actflo ocean which dai-ea to Insl.Ht
that the rights of Weaker peoples
there shall be rocoKnizcd and pro
tected.
"Whether they out-vote us aix
one or two to one it not matcrtul."
to
HURT BY FREEZE
PORTLAND, or., March Dam
age to undug fields of potatoes lu
Oregon during the past winter has
been tho most severe of recent year,
according to reports to the bureau o
murkets und crop estimates! of the
department of agriculture. This wna
due to freezing without snow cover
ing. Ileports from the central and
eastern part of the stato say there
has been some loss from freezing in
tho pits.
The total Oregon crop hus been
estimated ut about 70 per cent of th
production of 1020. Curloud ship
inentH to March 1, 1933 are report
ed ut K3 per cent of the carload ship
ment for thu mimo period lust yeur
Ilcpllc to the schedule of inquiry
In the state of Oregon indicated that
about 75 per cent of tho 1931 crop
would bo moved from tho farma
where produced; thut about 60 per
rent of tho crop had been moved by
March 1. 11133; thut pcrhup 5 pe
cent of tho crop wa In dealers' hand
nnd about 40 per cent still In tho
OREGON
POTATOES
lunula of growcrti,'
EARLY
T
C.
IS
Forestry Service Decides On
Plans Under New Federal
j
Appropriation j- Work Held
Up Pending Decision Rush
Trail Prospect Section
Expect Call for Bids.
A teli'Ki-am received by the 'rliuinber
of coiiimerce from Senator McNary,
nnswerlnit an appeal wired to hi 111 by
Hen Sheldon roapecUns. an early start
Upon the road between Trail and Pros
pect by the forestry! service,,' staten
that Secretary Wallate had Just de
elded uKn rules and rcKulaOons for
the conduct of this work under the
new federal road appropriation bill
and that work on the Crater I-ake pro
jett would be Initiated at an early
date. ;
This la most welcome news to Med
ford.. The local chamber of com
nierce and the county court had work
ed out an agreement tietwcen the fed
era! department and the state hiKh
way coinnilaalon resjiecting the prose
cution of thlB work wblcb provided for
the completion of the highway to
Prospect w'ltn) first) class macadam
surface. The actnal conxtniction work
has been held up pending a decision
by the department at Washington
which covered many points of contro
versy in several of the western states
affected by the new federal law and
one or two projects in Oregon upon
which the foderal and state author
Itles had not reached a complete I
agreement. The Cratei Lake highway
was not aiming thte complete
agreement having been .reached some
time ago respecting it.
The local people pushing the matter
state that they expect the Portland
office of the federal road bureau will
call for bids on this Trail-Prospect
construction within a short time.
KALAMAZOO, Mich., March 22.
John Duval Dodge, youthful Detroit
millionaire, was bound; over to the
April term of circuit court at his pre
liminary hearing beforo Municipal
Judgo Iilankenburg here this after
noon on a charge of illegal possession
of liquor. Meanwhile the Jury try
ing IHhIko on a charge of driving an
automobile while intoxicated, was.
still deliberating.
Tho defense rested this forenoon
six minutes after the trial convened,
abandoning ita plan to place Dodge on
the stand In his own behalf.
Final arguments of counsel were
brief, the prosecution reviewing the
midnight ride that resulted In the
serious injury of one of the three git Is
whom Dodge and a companion. Hex
Earl of Kalamazoo, invited to drive
with them, and asserting It had prov
ed by its witnesses that Dodgo was
intoxicated at the time. .
Counsel for Dodge ridiculed the as
sertion that ho was intoxicated, refer
ring to the case as "just rank non
sense." It was admitted Dodse had
been drinking prior to tho rid, but
testimony showed, counsel asserted,
that he had refused to drink while
in the car.
AVhilo the jury was out, prelimin
ary hearing on a second charge
against Dodge and Earl, that of Mo
gul possession of liquor, was begun
Miss Suo Stcgonga, one of the three
girls who accompanied them on the
ride, testified that Earl, after declar
lug they were to be shown "some
speed," raised a bottle over his shoul
der and offered them a drink.
Plan War on Idiots
SPOKANE, Wash., Mur. 22. Heads
ot tho slate highway patrol arrived
here today for conferences with Spo
kano city and county officials at which
cooperative plans will be made for
protection of highways, enforcement
of motor laws and checking of speed
ing. All judges, city aud county attor
neys, the commissioner of public safe
ty, the chief of police and the sheriff
have been. Invited to attend.
ROAD
ASSURED
BOYMILLIONAIRE
BOUND On ON
LIQUOR CHARGES
OKLAHOMA
GOVERNOR
IS INDICTED
Charged With Accepting $25,
000 for Depositing $150,-
000 in Bank After Insolvent
Many Prominent Men Are
Implicated Oil Lease Sales
Mixed Up in Deal.
OKMl'LGKK, Okla.. March 22.
(Ily the Associated Press.) Govern
or J. II. A. Koliertson of Oklahoma
and Fred ". Dennis, former state
banking commissioner were named aa
recipients of a $25,000 bribe condi
tloned on their deposit of $150,000 of
statit funds in the Guaranty Slate
bank of this city to permit the bank
to operate while in an insolvent con
ditlqn, in an indictment returned by
the district court grand jury against
John P. Cook, former president of
the bank, and John H. Heboid, vice
president.
The bill was made public shortly
after noon today, after Cook and Re-
bold had been arrested.
OKMULGEE, Okla., March 22.
Fifty-oiie warrants were delivered to
Sheriff Frank Sowers today by the
district court clerk for the arrest of
persons named in 23 indictments re
turned last night by the district court
grand jury after an investigation into
the failure of the Bank of Commerce
here.
Sheriff Sowers said last night that
the warrants would be served imme
diately after they were delivered to
tilm k inirtt ri mnm nf nrnmtnpnf
, i . . j ,. ,,.
are
been named in the bills in addition
ho a state officer in connection with
alleged Illegal transactions involving
the Guaranty State Bank of Okmul
gee. His impeachment was recom
mended but in a spectacular scene in
which a democratic member of the
house was brought to the chamber
in an ambulance to vote, the body re
jected the committee report 42 to 42
J. T. Jerkins of Oklahoma City
who left his sick bed to vote against
the report, later died. The majority
of the bouse were republicans and
the governor and his friends at the
time declared the attack on bim waa
political. The executive denied In de
tail the accusations brought against
him.
The report charging the governor
with misuse of his official powers be
gan w ith a report of an alleged trans
action between the governor, Fred
Dennis, then state banking commit)
sioner and John II. Rebold of Okmul
gee, vice president and a large stock
holder lu the Guarautee State bank
In thla connection, it was declared
the Guaranty Stato Bank of Okmul
gee was nearing insolvency In the fall
of 1920 and that Fred Dennis In an
attempt to save the bank deposited in
it $K0.000 of state money. The same
day Johu Rebold guve Dennis a check
for $23,000 of which Dennis later
gave the governor one-third, accord
ing to report, the money paid Dennis
was to have beeu for an oil lease sold
by Defcnis and the governor
The report then asserted that the
committee was of the opinion that
the lease sold by Dennis to Heboid
wus at that time as both Dennis and
Heboid knew was not worth a dollar
an acre and the sale of this lease
if such sale was made, was a pretest
to cover up a corrupt transaction In
which Rebold paid., $25,000 and in
which the governor participated.
The report then recounted the fact
that the bank's condition became so
serious thut it was consolidated with
the Bank of Commerce, now defunct
SALT LAKE CITY, March 22.
Mystery surrounds the deaths of
Charles Bradford and his nephew
Georgo Bradford, who were foun
shot aud killed six miles east ot Mon
Mcello, southeast Utah, according to
word received here.
The Bradfords were on their way
home to the ranch, ten miles east
of Monticello, after a business trip
to town.
The team driven by thu' men reach
ed the ranch dtiverloss and Mrst
Charles Bradford discovered blood on
the wagon seat. The sheriff was call
ed and the body of George Bradford
waB found on the roadway. The body
of Charles Bradford was found about
lutif mile, furtner enst, ,
MYSTERY
MURDER
UTAH RANCHER
Girl In Ar buckle Case
Too Sick to "Testify
NEW ORLEANS, March 22
Miss Zey Provost, wanted in
San Francisco as a material
witness in the third' trial of
Roacoe Arbuckle on a charge of
manslaughter growing out of
the. death of Miss Virginia Happe
and who is registered at a local
hotel under the name of Miss
Zcbelle Floury, was reported too
ill today to start for the Pacific
coast.
Although a rr Iroad ticket
and necessary expense money
have been provided by the Cal
ifornia officials, the date of ber
departure or whether she will
leave here at all are matters of
conjecture.
Iocal officials assert they
have no power to force Miss
Prevost to leave the city or de-
r tain ber.
LETTER HINTING
"SENILE DECAY"
Wisconsin U Professor Writes
His Questions On Finances
Indicates It Also Very
courteous Prof. Scott Not
Impressed, and No Time to
Write Text Book.
MADISON. Wis.. Mar. 22. A let
ter which Thomas A. Edison says
contain an implication of senile de
cay against hAnj, was wade public
hrr today-
Mr. Edison sent it to the Vnlver-
sity of Wisconsin regents and- U
President E. A. Birge of the univer -
sity with the suggestion that the au
hor. Professor W. A. Scott, director
of the university's course of com
merce, was "very discourteous."
Mr. Edison explained that recently
he had sent a questionnaire to seven
teen persons with the purpose of
gaining their views on changes he
proposes in the American currency
system.
"Many of the gentlemen to whom
the questionnaire was Kent," Mr. Edi
son wrote, "have courteously taken,
great pains to prepare and sent
answers to my questions.
Not so, however, with Mr. Scott
who has written me a very discour
teous letter, not only declining to
answ-cr my questions but Implying
senile decay because of my asking
them."
In answer to the questions of Mr.
Edison. Professor Scott wrote that
after reading them over I am con
vinced that nothing short of a trea
tise on the subject of money and
banking would be adequate and I
haven't the time to writo that much."
'It is my belief," however, the pro
fessor wrote, "that any good treatise,
even any good elementary textbook
on tho subject would answer most of
your fundamental questions."
"I confess that I find it difficult to
understand how a man like yourself.
If hn hna nprlnuslv RtiiftiAtl nnv nf thfll
iitrnt.,rB r tn i,ie. rn -
riously ask such questions. They be
tray to me an utter lack of compre
hension of even the A, B. C of the
subject and I should consider that
only a clear setting forth of the very
elements of the subject would be ade
quate to set your mind straight. I
doubt very much whether at your
age and in what seems to be your
present state of mind, it would be
worth anyone's while to attempt to
teach you these elements."
Professor Scott today declared quo
tations from his letter were not the
things he had written.
All regeuts and members of the
university board of visitors have re
ceived letters from Mr. Edison, in
which tho inventor points out that he
feels a great discourtesy has beeu
shown him by Professor Scott.
EDM HNISt
WORLD FAMOUS POET WOOED MUSE IN
EGYPT. WHILE
CHICAGO, Mar. 22. Poetry, pen
ned years ugo by Edgar Lee Muster,
author of "Spoon ltlver Anthology,"
was cited as the basis for court ac
tion here ycMterduy wherein Mrs.
Helen 'Hawkins Mustier was granted
a decree of depurate maintenance by
Judge Ira. Kaynort.
Mrs. Muster told the judge the
poet deserted her March 1, 1919, and
has refused to support her and her
two daughters, fhe tutld that while
IRISH ISS
GETS WORSE
Ofl BORDER
British Troops May Intervene
Both Sides Immune to
Common Sense Rioters
'Protest Penalty Desultory
Fighting at Belfast Con
tinues Throughout Day.
LONDON, Mar. 22. (Uy Associated
Press.) The British government may
have to consider whether it may be
possible to draw a cordon of Imperial
troops between the warring elements
on the Vlster frontier, Winston Spen
cer Churchill, the colonial secretary,
stated In the house of commons today.
LONDON, Mar. 22. (By Associated
Press.) The situation on the border
between Vlster and southern Ireland
is going from bad to worse and is such
that some trifling incident may draw
the rival forces Into a conflict which
w ill shatter all prospects of peace in
Ireland, says the Dublin correspon
dent of the Times. "The tragic irony
I of the situation," he adds, "consists In
the fact that the vast majority of
Dis-',rl8hmei1 of M parties deplore the
uauger, out seeiu uuauie w jivni u.
Each side daily takea some measure
of defense which it regards as legiti
mate but which produces prompt re
taliation from the other side with the
result that political passions are inten-
sffied and the pleadings of common
sense fail to find hearing."
The correspondent adds that - the
sentences meted out to captured raid
ers have added to the trouble, being
denounced as savagery and intended
to oegrad. the captives, -white the'
Incidents at Belfast add fuel to the
anger. Southern opinion Is convinced
that the flogging penalty will be re
1 served chiefly and perhaps entirely.
fer Catholics found In possession of
arms.
While the north refuses to believe
order ever will be maintained in the
south, the attitude of either aide is
looked on by the writer as pregnant.
with a thousand menaces of disaster.
He contends that the only thing neces
sary to avert a calamity Is a frank
exchange of views by the two govern
ments, but this has not been attempt
ed. DUBLIN, Mar. 22. (By Associated
Press). It was officially announced
in the republican organ here today
that the Irish republican army conven
tion, the holding of which was recent
ly forbidden by Arthur Griffith, presi
dent ot the Dail Eireann would be held
in Dublin Sunday as arranged. The
announcement is taken here to mean'
that a definite split in the republican
army has come.
According to Commandant Roderick
O'Connor, director of engineering
headquarters staff of the Irish repub
lican army, eighty per cent ot . thu
army's members believe the army has
been "let down," and that the Pail has
been false to the republican oath by
agreeing to accept the. inclusion ot
1 Ireland within the British empire.
BELFAST, Mar. 22. (Uy Associat
ed Press). Desultory firing continued
all day yesterday from the free state
side of the border along the frontier
of counties Tyrone and Monaghan be
tween Aughnacloy and Caledon, most
ly from snipers located in houses in
side the boundary line, according to
reports from the border received here
today. !
The Ulster border commissioners
visited last evening the locality where
the sniping activities were in progress
and heard the shooting going on dur
ing a visit to Ballagh bridge, which
divides the two counties while Captain
Thompson and Head Constable Hill of
the Caledon patrol, reconnoiterimt
near the bridge became targets for
snipers on the other side. ' "-' . '
WIFE KEPT BOARDERS
he wum truveling in Egypt und Eu
rope, collecting tiiaterlul for hi writ
ings she was compelled to open a
bourdlng houiic, in order to make -a
living and educate their children.
Mr. Muster' yeuiiy Income' was
Httld to he more thun $12,000, accord
ing to Mrs. Muster.
She wu granted the decree of
separate maintenance $2,000 buck
alimony and $300 a month as alimony;
and 'support of the W daughters.