Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-09-19
IRISH PARLIAMENT
CLOSED BY BRITISH
Papers Are Seized in Raids on
Sim FeinerS.
DETECTIVE KILLED IN DUBLIN
Bayonets Are Ready to Stamp Out
Any MISUNDERSTANDING Search
Made cf Homes of Count
Plunkett and Michael Staines.

Dublin, Sept 13.-The Sim Fem
parliament has been suppressed.
Detective officer Hoey of the polit-i
zeal division of police was shot dead
in the center of the city.
The Irish parliament, or Dali Fire
ann" as it was known in Gaelic, was
formed in Dublin on January Il BY
% members of the Sim Fem party.
who had been elected to the British:
house of commons and who, in accord
ance with resolution adopted by the.
society, refused to go TO Westminster.
At the inaugural meeting the Dali.
Eireann adopted declaration OF In,
dependence for Ireland and demanded
the evacuation of the island by the
British garrisons.
The British government at first de-.
termined to adopt the policy of ignor-
ing the parliament" and the action
taken in suppressing it is the first of
fetal action taken in its respect.
Search Sim Fein Headquarters.
A strong force of soldiers searched
the Sim Fein headquarters in this
city.
The search lasted two hours. 1t in-'
Guided even a personal search of Wis
itOrs to the premises. The documents
seized related to the loan of the Irish
republic and to the correspondence
upon which the report of the Ameri-
can delegates who visited Ireland was
based.
An exhaustive search also was made
! of the private house of Count Plunkett
and that of the Sim Feln member OF
parliament, Michael Staines.
This is the twelfth raid that has
been made upon the Sim Fein head
quarters here and no prosecutions
have followed.
At Skibbereen, in the southwestern
part of County Cork, armed police
raided newspaper office and also
number of private residences.
Two Sim Fein members of the
house of commons were detained In
Dublin after the search here, while
the houses of other Sim Fein mem
bers of the commons are under vista
ton.
Raid Catholic Club.
Limerick, Sept 13.-The police raid
ed the Catholic Commercial club here.
The majority of the members OF the
club are affiliated with the Sim Fem
organization. The authorities declined
to give out details as to the results OF
the raid
Search Made in Cork.
Cork, Sept. 13.-Sinn Fein clubs in
this city were raided by armed po-
lice, who conducted searches while
soldiers stood on guard outside. The
unoccupied Sim Fem headquarters
also was broken into, but it is I'M
derstood that nothing OF importance
was discovered there.
Find Supply of Explosives.
Belfast, Sept. 13.-Military and po-,
lice activity was everywhere in evil
dence against the Sim Fem organiza-
tons. Raids were carried out in Bel
fast, at Lisburne, Derry Dundalk,
Louth and Enniskillen.
A quantity of the high explosive,
gelingnite, was seized at the Derry
Sim Fein headquarters.
In the same town the occupant OF
house which was being searched con-
fronted the police with two revolvers,
but was overpowered.
Rayonets Dispense Crowds.
Londonderry, Sept. 13.-While the
police were Selling arms in house
in Rossville street here stone was
thrown. The officer in command or
dered the troops to fix bayonets. The
crowd thereupon dispersed.
Reports from various districts in
Donegal say that large parties OF
military are arriving. Detachments
also have reached Nenagh and Hal.
linailoe. where rifles and shotguns'
were captured.
While the troops were carrying to
the barracks arms which had been.
seized in Londonderry, a crowd on the
streets threw stones at the soldiers,
upon which q baton charge took
Mace. clearing the thoroughfare.
Sim Fein members of the house OF
commons spoke to crowd from
motor lorry, opposite the barracks.
The notice broke up this gathering.