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MACHINE BEGS
FOR ROAD FUND

Continued From Page onc-Flrst Section
Carter 90 please soft pedal that no
tax theory FOR tho present"
Davidson a "Soft Pcdnlcr"
Charles McPhcrrcu, democratic
nominee for the senate from Bryan
Coal Atokn counties. was the fore
most ~ the soft pedal" delegates
and ho informed the auditor that
The tax must be levied for the pur-
posc ot obtaining a large fund TO
form The nucleus for a fund around
which another bond issue is TO be
staged. senator H. l.. Davidson of
/ Tulsa ana others have intcrcedcd
with the auditor to have him stop
his campaign, also adding IL g.
necessary 20 levy the state advalorcm
tax IN order 10 build a big surplus
that the people may understand how
20 continue pilng Up the money for
the amendment that will be pro-
posed BY the next legislature for
another bond issue amendment 10
the state constitution.
This proposed amendment was 10
be asked IN the sum Of $4,000. 900.
one hair more han the $4,000. 900
issue promired hiy friends by tho
governor when he first entered upon
his duties Of governor Of the state.
'nd which was so cmphatically re-
tectcd by the people. II was So
vercly joltcd when the republican
stat" convention, as political
party, went on record as unaltcra-
bly, IN opposition, and the Carter
campaign TO hold down the taxes H.
an additional burden that the bond
dcvotoes have been unable to on
durc without serious and determined
effort to modify
During the williams adminlstra- b
ton several millions OF dollars were
appropriated for road Improvement
and large sums OF that were OK
pended and nothing In the way OF
permanent Improvement accom-
plishcd.
Last year the sum Of s345.4t7 re-
mainod uncNpendod. and the time
for the appropriation was about to
elapsc that IS, rot having been ex-
pended. 81 would revert back into
the general revenue fund
Defying the Statutes
Contracts had been left for SOW
oral projects. ana the following
claims for finished work were made
out sworn to by the contractors and
the affidavit that the work had been
N'h's tNdiIllH'u anu iOunu dCCbnp-
lished according 20 the specifica-
tions Of the contracts. sworn 20 by
a member OF the state highway de-
partment
Pushmatnha county project II .051.75
First LeFlore proieCt.. 1S,202 so
Second LeFlore pro-
Jcct 90 ..s........,. $500. SIS
Lincoln project .,.... $4,000
oklahoma project ..,... 1O,4OS.27
oklahoma 2nd project. 10,s3l.73
Total ............... $40. 0.7l9. 40
All OF these sums had been with
drawn from the state treasury on
claims swhich had been made out and
sworn to ms above specified. and the
affidavit OF the examiner from the
highway department accompanied
each Of them. Auditor Frank Car
ter examined these claims carefully.
ascertained that they were I'm ac-
cordanco with the contracts made.
and that they had the proper af-
fidavits whereupon he issued the
warrants as per claims
State EXaminer and Inspector
Fred Parkinson's department, in
making examination of the disburse-
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Belfast Quiet.

BELFAST. Sept. 4.--Belfast COM
tinued quiet today and for the pros.
ent further trouble is not expected
The military authorities are taking
avery rr5olutiUn to prevent resumf-
ton of the r,o.ing
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life, your whole being
Drumming over with vim
and energy.
But IN my opinion II
Il advisssls 10 feed the
bleod with iron In organic
form LIKE NuIAted Iron
which 10 more easily
Asslmilated by the blood
and which mote closely
resembles the kind OF iron
found In fresh, green
vegetables. NotWith-
standing all that has been
said and wutten on this
subject BY well,known
physicians, thousands Of
people s,ill insist on
daEing Themselves wffl
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-05
Physician Explains Who
Should Take Nuxated Iron
Practical Advice on How To Help Build Up
Great Strength, Energy and Endurance.

The accompanying artioIs Of Or. suIIISa n
should be earsfully read by every man aud
woman who wants 30 possess perfect
hssithL great physical snsursnos snd Q
stsongstssn mentality. Dr.. Sullivan tells
how 10 increase the Iron In our Ieod and
thsrssy gain greater physical and mental
power, erls htsr lntsllsets snd better health.
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Commenting on the
pi Nurated Iron As a (,
strength and blood bu
by over four million ps
annually, DR., James Fl
cs sullivan, formerly p
uCiAn OF Bellevue II
pital Outdoor DeptD. \
York, and The Westci
ter County Hospital. o.
Lack of iron In the
blood not only makes
a man a physical and
mental wcakllng, ner-
Vous, Irritable, easily .
iaugutd. but u utter q
~ rohA him II that "
ytrilc force. that STAN Ky
Ina and strength OF X
will which sle 40
necessary 90 tucceSs
and power In every K
walk ot life. II may \
also transform a beau
tilul, sWret-tempered
woman into one who
IL cros., nervous and
Irritable. I have
strongly emphasiled
the great necessity Of
phyaiftana maktpg Nj,
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while q member ~ the United states
senate that Maine was able 10 Keep
her form Of congressional rcprcHon-
tutOn.
League aud wisconsin.
Maine this year is making her
fight 80 far AZ the republicans are
concerned, on the league Of nations
question and on Wilsontsm. These
are the two big Issues. with the tariff
thrown In ~ good measure. Some ~
the beet speakers In the country are
coming to Maine, but 10 has been
found that addresses made the last
week before election are more cf-
foctivc than " made earlier.
This plan is--irring carried out by
both parties. Both vice presidential
unndidaIos Franklin -. Roosevelt
and Governor Calvin Coolidge Will
appear. Senator Lodge. Senator Ken
yOn Of Iowa aud Senator Frciing-
huysen Of New Jodsey will appear.
as Will Col Theodore Roosevelt and
q dozen or more members OF con
gross from other states.
Women Were Recognized.
Maine leaders have not overlooked
'ho fact that women were pretty GER
made plans to meet tSis siruauon.
This work has been Under the al
rcctiOu of Mrs, Guy +. Gannott
chairman ~ the state organization ~
republican women. She has gone all
over the state arOuging the women
To- the meaning ~ suffrage and they
viii, II Is predicted, at once become
force IN state politics and arc well
equipped FOR their new duties
The claim Is made that the demo
Gratis are better organized In Maine
than has been the case for years and.
with live candidates. will make "A
good showing even Though failing to
elect MclntIro or q member OF con
grcss.
IiiE Republican Claims.
The republicans talked of ma
Jority for pArkhurSt OF $4,000. and
at once raised IL to 10000 whom IL
was known that women could vote.
None cunycrsant with The situation
looks for so sweeping a victory.
Maine does not go 80 strongly repub-
licah as IL did % or 20 years ago.
and the republican leaders know that
"a majority such as was piled up for
the late Llewellyn Powers in 1896
and for William r. Cobb IN 1905 is
now out of the question. Such II ma
J''i'y uS was gwen tour years ago,
about $4,000, with 10000 added to
TINS by reason of the woman vote,
would be doing the thing rather
handsomely.
Maine, unlike Connecticut and
New Hampshire has no sena torial
fight on It's hands this year. The
term OF Frederick Hale does not ex-
pire until 1923 and the election In
Maine this year IL In no way compli-
Gated over the selection OF his sue
C"Asor.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
NJ RS. MACSW WINEY
4A leavang Brirton Prison
after q Uisit at her husbands
bedside

come tax which it intends to put into
operation even while British rule
continues. 1t is at once audacious.
practical and amusing; the latter
attribute makes tremendous
appeal.
All lrishmen are to pay to the
Treasury Of the Irish Republic
an income tax one-half the sum re-
quired, but seldom collected these
days, by the British Treasury. By
so doing, they will virtually take out
insurance against having to pay
other taxes, for, with their receipt,
they are to receive a guaranty that
they will not be required to pay the
British tax and promise of definite.
corporeal if need be, assistance
against any attempt to collect the
latter by force.
The propounder Of the plan IS
keeping it secret from the authori-
ties for obvious reasons; it has
found great favor in the south and
west among those of republican
sympathies who have heard of it.
The humor of the proposal appeals:
1T makes it almost a practical joke.
There seems to me no reason"
says the author of this scheme, "why
taxpayers in Ulster should not enjoy
the same advantage as those of the
south"
By his plan every one gains ex-
cept the British government; very
few people in Ireland are interested
in the welfare of the British govern
ment, especially where their pockets
are affected.
Taxation, as is the case in many
communities desirous of independ-
ence, has always been one of the
principal bones of contention be-
tween England and Ireland. Fiscal
autonomy is one Of the answers to
the oft flung question; what does
Ireland want?" The chief objection,
aside from the partition involved,
which Nationalists raised against the
present Home Rule bill, was on fiscal
grounds; it was said of it that it
left Ireland exposed to overtax-
alton. Two prominent British states
men, Viscount Grey and Mr.. AS
quith, whose proposals for an Irish
settlement are dealt with elsewhere,
have suggested granting fiscal au-
tonomy to Ireland. No proposal yet
put forward has dealt with the mat
ter Of taxation in a manner salts
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

CT crimes Of violence with robbery
as the motive and none with rape.
Ireland is usually jealous of the
honor of its womanhood. Recent
instances Of girls having their hair
cut off for association with British
soldiers are taken by Irishmen as
proof, not contradiction, of this
statement.
To-day, unfortunately Ireland has
lost somewhat Of its reputation as a
health resort. Sectarian rioting in
Belfast has become so frequent and
so Widespread that a visitor to that
city cannot safeIy count upon being
excluded from the casualty lists;
Dublin is comparatively safe; the
little villages of the south, with their
picturesque, "pigin-the- -parlor" type
Of cottages, wF.ch attract tourists,
have been rendered uncertain habi-
tation by recent activities Of the
military; and Cork-well, Cork is no
place for nervous man.
Not that Ireland, even to-day, is
an extremely dangerous place to
visit, at the worst. Impressionable
foreigners are treated with every
consideration. Railway traffic is so
uncertain, however, and the lack of
accommodation in outlying districts
30 certain, that few tourists find it
worth their while to visit Erin, and
the Blarney Stone grows messy.
County Cork has long been a name
to conjure with in Irish jest and
story; to-day County Cork is the
storm center of Irish trouble; the
stage for brutal murder and re-
lrisal; the battle-ground for cease
less guerrilla warfare, ambush and
s..rest. Fighting, rioting and arson
break out spasmodically in other
PARTS of Ireland; they have become
literally a daily occurrence in this
..tormiest of Irish counties.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

locked up in the railway station for
the night. Curfew comes into eff
.tect in Cork at 10 p. H., promptly
and thoroughly. Notices have been
posted in Dublin hotels and railway
stations advising travellers that the
II ain may be late, in which case they
will have no alternative but to pass
tie night in the station.
1t is possible, of course, to obtain
passes authorizing the bearers to be
abroad during the hours of curfew,
10 p. m. to a. m., but, aside from
newspaper men and doctors, few citi-
zens make use Of them. The military
and police, most Of the latter Black
and Tans, are 'jumpy"; they are
apt to fire at shadow and demand
pass of the substance afterward
Having been ambushed and sniped
so constantly in the last year, they
have a disposition to send a bullet
ofter a challenge without undue de-
lay. Any one who is abroad after
10 p. m. is subject to suspicion.
Cork City presents to the visitor
an unusal appearance; its town hall
and public buildings bear the scars
G. recent bombiags, and most of the
shops IN the main streets have their
windows boarded up. In the first
week of October this year many in
habitarts left the city altogether,
fearing the continuance of reprisals.
Cork's Lord Mayors
Two of Cork's Lord Mayors have
this year paid with their lives for
participation in republican machina-
tions.
On March 20 Alderman Thomas
MacCurtain, prominent Sim
F6iner, elected Lord Mayor by pop
ular vote, was shot dead by persons
unknown. That was the official ac-
count. The coroners jury brought
in verdict of murder against the
armed forces of the Grown, includ-
ing in their indictment Prime Mi.
lister Lloyd George and the EritisFs
government. The murderers. IL was
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
A Taxation System Satisfactory to
Both Ireland and England
a Serious Difficulty

known, wore uniforms, and there
were other apparent proofs, but the
jury's verdict was ignored. In the
public mind there exists no doubt
Of the murderers' identity.
Within six months of this tragedy
Terence MacSwiney, who had been
appointed Lord Mayor after Mac
Curtains death in defiance Of the
governments wish that Sim
Feiner be not chosen, was arrested
deported, and after dramatic hun
ger-strike lasting to the seventy
fourth day, which called the atten-
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
By Frank Getty
Foreword

DECENT developments in ireland
~ instead OF pointing to a solution
Of the Irish problem, leave the sitst-
alton more hopelessly nuddled than
euer.
In the folIoaoins article. the re-
suit of recent observation made be-
fore the death Of Mayor MacS,oi'aey
and consequently aUithout reference
TO the effect of that event, are giucn
some of the latest phases Of the
eroUth of the underground "Repub-
Hc," tho full story Of reprisals and
some of the proposed solutions.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Chapter H-Reprisals

TIME new order of things which
l. has brought about the present
change for the worse in Irish
AFFAIRS is the era of police reprisals.
1t is Sim Fein's claim that there are
no reprisals; that the destruction of
life and property carried out by
certain sections of the Royal Irish
Constabulary is part of definite
policy of the present government.
The more generally accepted view,
however, is that this destruction of
Irish life and property by the police
found it's origin in the irresistible
resentment of unpunished murder.
Whatever their origin, reprisals by
the police probably will prove the
biggest boomerang which the British
government has permitted to be
flung at the Irish republic.
Reprisals by police and military
forces in Ireland began over a wear
ago, with the sacking, on September
9, 1919, of the little town of Fer
moy. Shortly before that time
number of policemen had been mur-
dered and the murderers could not
be brought to justice. The ordinary
methods of law were of no avail:
even when the guilty parties were
arrested and brought to trial no wit
nesses could be found to testify
against them. 1t is literally true that
no mans life was safe an instant
after he gave testimony against
Sim Feiner in British court.
$4,000 Reward
Lord French once saw fit to pub
ilsh the names Of ten police con-
stables who had been murdered and
the names of whose murderers were
widely known, and to offer a reward
Of 10000 and a promise of i'm
munlty and the protection Of the
BRITISH Crown to any one who would
give confidential evidence that would
lead to the arrest of persons impli-
Gated in these murders. Nearly q
year has passed-the offer stands
open--and not single man in all
ireland has come forward to give
information,
This is partly terrorism; partly
misguided patriotism; at any rate.
it was the insurmountable obstacle
against which ran British Justice in
pursuit of the slayers of its repre-
sentatives.
When Alan Bell, a venerable an
1earlng resident magistrate, sixty
tive years of age was dragged from
his seat IN a streetcar in broad day
.Ight, in the heart of Dublin, and
snot down in cold blood, at least a
dozen persons participating in the
rime, not one of these men was ever
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Chapter 1I-Solutions
The Home Rule Bill

WE a.. HAVE to consider. then,
ireland to-day. A policeman
Is shot IN or near an Irish VILLAGE
and his murderers escape unidenti-
he'd. That night, with kerosene and
bomb and rifle, the local guardians Of
law and order descend upon the town
and burn and slay. Reprisal fol-
lows crime, and counter reprisals
are instituted. Where can il enda
The government intends to pro-
ceed with the establishment OF the
latest home rule effort, the govern
ment of Ireland bill, passed by the
present Parliament last spriny.
Unfortunately for its chances OF
success, this bill is commonly
known in Ireland as the partition
and plunder bill. Its general out
line is we'll known; it proposes to
establish two parliaments in Ire
land, one for the six counties of
Unionist Ulster, and TO place in the
hands of Irishmen control Of in
ternal affairs, but not taxation; the
postoftices, telegraphs. army. navy
or foreign affairs. The plan has
been rejected unequivocally by prac-
tcally every one in Ireland. The
grounds Of objection to the biz are
that it partitions Ireland, leaves her
exposed to overtaxation, gives in
sufficient powers to the parliaments.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Can Solution Be Found of the Irish Problem?
Even Sim Fein Knows No Republic Is Possible No
While the Present British Govern
ment Remains in Power Dreams
of independence Are Vain

nomic holders into small cooperative
societies, lending them the capital to
purchase large farms on the market
and then dividing the acreage among
the members.
Besides this the land bank is
popularity believed to be acting as
a sort Of clearing house for Sim
Fein funds. 1t has been swamped
with business during the six months
OF its existence and has opened
twelve branches throughout the
south and west.
Sim Fein has a scheme for in
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

tering church; but war-and those
who participate have little doubt
that it is war--is as nasty bust
ness in Ireland as anywhere else,
and subsequent events have shown
that there are elements in the Brit
ish army in ireland which fight no
more fairly than Sim Fein.
The worst elements on both sides
conduct their activities after the
worst manner of guerrilla warfare.
There are countless proofs of fire.
ouent observance by Sim Fein of
the niceties of war as waged by &C
cepted international standards. Their
prisoners, one of them q brigadier
general, were never known to COM
lain of unfair treatment-in fact,
for publicity purposes, if for no
other, Sim Feir has made it's "pris-
oners of war" extremely comfortable.
On the other hand, certain British
troops and police have laid them
selves open to serious charges.
''Taking Life Easy"
"In Ireland" Ambrose Lambert
used to say, "they take life easy
and often"
I once added to this, "But never
carelessly"
Last spring, this was true. There
was a certain lumber of murders
committed by Sim Feiners; the vic
tins were marked men, whose lives
were sacrificed to their opposition to
the Irish Republic" There was a
certain number of crimes of violence.
committed by outlaws and profess
slonal gunner; they knew their
victims, most Of whom were Sim
Felners. There was a certain num-
ber of killings by police and mill
tary; they, too, knew just whom they
were after. For the disinterested
Stranger and the neutral foreigner,
LELAND was, without exaggeration.
is safe country as any in Europe.
%cX crimes, crimes with robbery as
the motive, purposeless crimes of
violence, were practically unknown.
During five months, from the end
II December, 1919, until May, 1920,
| kept record of Irish crimes as
reported in the English and Irish
lress, and found but three instances
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Cooperative Society

Under the leadership Of the Irish
poet George Russell better known
by his pen name, AE, Ireland has
established cooperative societies in
many parts of the country. Coop
erative creameries was AE's first
idea, and the success Of this meas
ure, he declares, may be measured
by the bitter opposition, involving
wanton destruction Of many of the
societies. dairies, which it has pro-
voked. Farmers in some parts of the
country have joined in cooperative
productive societies, but military op-
position has been severe check to
the movement.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

identified by any of the hundreds of
witnesses of the outrage.
So, despite the inherent respect of
the British soldier and policeman for
law, reprisals followed. One hum
dred and twelve Irish towns have
teen partly or wholly destroyed by
representatives Of British law md
order since September, 1919. 'rhe
reprisals in most cases were ter
rible. Innocent inhabitants of small
towns which happened to be in the
vicinity of a police murder, and
kence fell under the wrath and torch
OF that policeman's avengers, suf
fered privation and destruction of
SEeir homes and property. Mary In
l'ocent persons list their lives, while
the actual murderers, Sim Feiners
or not, were miles away.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
4 COMPANY of Black
4 and Tans, the police
Who are accused of rep11sal
attacks

ton Of the entire world to affairs
in Ireland, died of starvation in
Brixton Prison, England.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Chapter 1
Finding Out About Ireland

A REPORTER of Irish affairs
"a is frequently asked:
( "a "How do you find out
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
The Cork Curfew

In travelling down to Cork by the
night train from Dublin, which de-
parts at 1880 and is due at 9 40. one
runs considerable risk Of being
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
The Black and Tans

he incorporation In the Royal Irish
Ionspaoulary, once one Of the finest
2oilce bodies in the world, Of q num-
Der of recruits, who, ewing to the
"carcity Of uniforms, were clothed
IN Khaki with black caps, and be-
came known as Black and Tans. the
number of reprisals has alarminglv
increased. This new force was essen
TALLY undisciplined; it was recruited
tiom cx-soldiers, who had no exneri-
ence as policemen and to whom kill
ng came more naturally than re-
Fl ession of crime.
10 these Black and Tans was az
trlbuted the majority of the renris-
ais; it has beer freely stated NOT
alone by Sim Fein, that this new
force was originated for the exnress
purpose Of counter campaign Of
violence, for the purpose of checking
mn Feln murders by the process Of
sheer terrorism.
Calculated to check murder in Ira
lsnd, atrocities by the police proved
rs have said, fearful moral boom
erang. The Black and Tans became
80 ruthless in their counter-vioIence
that public opinion in England re-
volted, and the newspapers unan;-
mously called for cessation of such
reprisals and punishment of soldiers
and policemen guilty of them in the
future.
IN one instance, after a particular
~ savage attack had laid in ashes
village in County Cork. Winston
Cnurchlll announced in the House
OF Commons that an officer had boon
punished and several men who were
implicated had their leaves stonned
Charges of Completely
The British government. through
several -spokesmen, denied conni-
vance in the reprisals campaign. but
at the same time Sir Nevil Mac
ready, commanding the military
forces in Ireland, gave an interview
TO The Associated Press which could
My be interpreted as excusing them,
and Lloyd George himself announced
that policemen must Sometimes hit
back"
Charges that the British Cabinet.
CT some of its members, actually con-
nlved in the repr'sals, however. were
not lacking. From other sources than
Sim fein there were direct alleoa-
tons that attacks upon Irish town.
we're ordered By the government or
IT'S representatives.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
THE late Terence MacSOiney Lord Manor of Dublin AT
the right are Mrs. MacSwiney and their baby

factory at once to England and to
Ireland.