The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-10
charges with no more serious injuries
than broken heads


tadown men learned that the forces
OF law and order had been depleted
they began fighting again. At present
the trouble seems to be over in both
towns, but the feeling is electric, and
no one knows what may happen at
any minute. It is estimated. that the
damage done by the rioters In Porta-
down will cost the taxpayers of that
town twopenny rate. which means
that every householder will have to
pay four cents for every IS that he
pays in rent.
@ Dublin Crown Jewels.
The Dublin crown Jewels have at
last come to light again. but the
mystery" surrounding their disap-
pearance is as thick as ever, that is,
as far as any -sion by the au-
thorities is CONF Aas. will be re-
membered that whe1rs As. = were
stolen all sorts OF scanda. s0fIc.. =
were set afoot and that very.
the police admitted that they knew,
Where the Jewels were. They did not
dare to make an arrest, however, be-
cause of the particularly nasty scan
dal which 1t would stir up, and finally
the jewels were redeemed with money
furnished by Lord Pirrie, the Belfast
shipbuilder, who l am informed was
promised the reversion of the vice.
royalty in return for his generosity.
The authorities have never yet ad-
mitted that the jewels have been re-
covered, but now l am informed on
the best authority that the king him.
self wore them at the recent investi-
ture In London of Lord Granard as q
knight of st. Patrick. Questions will
be asked in parliament about it, and
IT the reply is that the jewels the
king wore are replicas OF the real
ones, a demand will be made that Sir
Arthur Wears, formerly Ulster king
at arms, who was made the scapegoat
in connection with their loss, shall
be allowed to examine them.
Judge jeff Pollard Of st. Louis, the
man who invented the Pollard plan
for reforming drunkards by persuad-
Ing them to take the pledge instead
of being sentenced to fine or I'M
prisonment, has been touring ireland.
He had a great reception at Dublin,
Belfast, Cork. in all of which cities he
addressed public gatherings on his
plan. and in Belfast the meeting call
ed to receive him was presided over
by Judge Rentoul. who sits at the
Old Bailey in London. Englands
chief criminal court. Judge Rentoul,
who is Belfast man., said that his
experience at the Old Bailey had con-
vinced him that eighty per cent of
the crime in England was caused by
drink, and he declared that the Pol
lard plan, If adopted in Ireland,
would go long way to reducing the
criminal statistics and making good
citizens out OF potential criminals.
Other speakers said that the same
proportion, or even a larger one,
would apply to Ireland, and the GRIM
inal statistics which have just been
issued were quoted as evidence that
something like the Pollard plan is
needed here. AS a matter of fact,
the criminal statistics for 1908 are
disquieting. The figures show seri-
ous increase over 1907, the number
of unbeatable offences reaching TO-
266, compared with 9,418 the previous
year. There were more than 100 ad-
dttional cases of murder, manslauglr-
ter and malicious wounding in 1908,
fifty-nine cases of robbery with vio-
lence, and 444 more cases of robbery
without violence. This sudden in
crease in crime comes in year when
the country was comparatively free
from political agitation and it is no.
ticeable that the crimes were of the
ordinary sordid kind for which no po-
litical excuse can be urged.
Some one who cannot be described
as friend of Ireland has been giving
here enemies stick to beat her with
by placarding all over the country
huge posters with the words Ire
land honors Dinghra." These pla-
cards appeared the day after Dinghra,
the Hindoo murderer of Sir Curzon
Wyllie. was hanged in London. It
is quite natural that Irishmen should
sympathize with the aspirations Of
India for home rule, but kmore
senseless crime than this was never
committed. The murderer has been
repudiated by every leader of the In
dian home rule party and all the lead
ers Of the Irish party have expressed
their abhorrence Of his crime. The
manner in which the same placard
appeared simultaneously ip towns as
far apart as Armagh and Cork points
to an elaborate organization, and 1
should not essurprised If It should
turn out that some of the loyal" or.
ganizations which are SO eager to dis
credit the cause Of Ireland had some-,
thing to do with It. @
FRACTURE RESPONSIBLE
Death Of Ward County Thresher Laid
to an Old Injury