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Strip Clothes From Girl
The Commission visited houses
that had been raided and heard the
evidence of old women and young
girls who had been insulted and ter
rored for hoprs at time by men,
bers of the r. |. c., frequently
drunken one. In one instance a
young women was compelled to get
out of bed and had her nightdress
ripped open from top to bottom by
members of the Crown forces. Rough
and brutal treatment of women is
by no means the worst that is to be
said against men in the service OF
the British Crown. 1t is, however,
extremely difficult to obtain direct
evidence of incidents affecting te-
males, for the women of Ireland are
reticent on such subjects.
Concerning the burning of build
ings, the report, after giving detail
ed information, says: We have a
volume of direct evidence that many
creameries, besides those already re-
ferred to, have suffered destruction
or damage at the hands of servants
of the Crown.
Loot and Destruction
Looting and wanton destruction
of property otherwise than by arson
were next described after which the
report says: We have investigated
cases in which valuable of all kinds,
including furniture and other house
hold effects and documents, have
been wantonly destroyed During
our stay in Cork certain houses and
shops were entered by auxiliaries,
and shop fittings, mirrors, furniture,
pictures, ornaments, and crockery
were smashed wantonly and thor
oughly. Members of the Commits
sion visited some of these places
and with their own eyes saw the
havoc which had been wrought.
To our establishment, we find that
Mr.. Denis Henry's reply to ques-
ton by T. P. O'Connor in the House
of Commons on December 8 stated
that 1.-The allegations of looting and
of wanton destruction of property in
this case, and in the other cases re-
ferred to, are absolutely unfounded."
We cannot doubt what we have seen
with our own eyes, and we cannot
do otherwise than to assert en-
phatically that the reports on which
Mr.. Denis Henry based his answer
are untrue.
The Commission consisted of: Ar
thur Henderson, M. P, John Law
son. M. P, w. Lunn, M. P, ap-
pointed by the Labor Party. A.. G..
Cameron, F. w. Jewett, j. Bromley,
appointed by the Executive Commit
tee of the Labor Party. Brig. Gen.
C. B. Thomson, Military Adviser,
w. W. Henderson, Press Secretary;
Arthur Greenwood, Secretary.
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PREPOSTEROUS
RAILROAD GALE

Now comes Brigadier General w.
w. Atterbury, Vice-president of the
Pennsylvania lines, and urges the
Railway Labor Board to abrogate
the wartime national agreements in
volving working rules and conditions
to save some of the railroads from
bankruptcy.
Not satisfied with the govern
ment's guarantee of 6 per cent on
their stock, not satisfied with the
shameless graft they are now en-
joying, the railroads now want to
cut wages to still further fatten
their plethoric pocketbooks.
Atterbury says, mo wage reduc-
tions will be asked if the agreement
is annulled."
But he did not say that no wage
reductions will be made No, no.
He did not say shat.
An honest man or group of men
would be ashamed to ask anything
of the government in the face of the
following item of graft:
The railroad owners have taken
repair work from railroad shops and
had it done in private shops, not
under government restrictions, in
which they were heavy stockhold-
ers, at exorbitant rates Here are
some of the shops: Baldwin Loco
motive Works, Rome Locomotive
Company, American Locomotive
Company, Lima Locomotive Works,
Charleston Dry Dock Company,
Southland Steamship Company, Mer-
rill & Stevens, Broad Foot Iron
Works, Pittsburg Boiler & Machine
Company and the Manufacturers
Railway Shop.
These private concerns repaired
$50 locomotives for $6,3O9,221, an
average Of $18,026 per locomotive.
The railroad company shops re-
paired 1000 locomotives for So
504,144, an average of $5,096 pei
locomotive.
The men working in the railroad
shops were being paid under the
wartime wage agreement and work
ing under union conditions. Thou
sands Of them were laid off and the
work sent to private shops.
The figures above as to charges
Of private companies We're taken
from actual contracts. Railroad shop
costs are those ascertained by the
railroad administration.
What can one think of a gang
of robbers like that? Looting their
own companies! No wonder the
railroads are on the verge of bank
ruptcy
These fellows believe the govern
ment will again take over the rail
roads and are getting all they can
while the getting is good.
Some day there will be a Congress
which will lack enough in rotten
ness to take over the railroads and
keep them.
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of L in 1881. there have been four
other conferences Of this character
called because of unusual national,
economic Oe political conditions con-
fronting the workers.
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Smoke OLYMPIC 100 Cigar.
GOmpers Calls a
Conference of
A. F. of L. Leaders

Washington, Jan. 22.-Under in
struction of the executive council,
President Gompers has issued call
for a conference of representatives
Of the 100 national and international
affiliates of the A. F. of L., to be
held in this city, Wednesday, Feb
ruary %, to consider publicity and
other methods to meet the opposition
Of anti-unionists.
The call is the result of action
taken by the executive council at
its last meeting, when President
Gompers was authorized to confer
on this subject with trade unionists
and others in sympathy with the
trade union movement. On De-
cember 20 President Gompers dis
cussed the question with a score of
men, and one of the recommends
tions included a conference that
President Gompers, with the approx
al of the executive council, now calls.
The purpose of the conference,
says President Gompers, will be ito
consider generally the movement to
undermine and destroy the efforts
of the workers through the cam
paign for the establishment of the
non-union shop, the movement I'M
warrantably to reduce wages and
to close entirely many large indus
trial establishments, and as a spe-
cial order of business to consider
methods of publicity designed to
meet the needs of the time, as well
as the means whereby such plans
as may be thought wisest may be
put in operation.
"The situation is crucial. An I'M
reasoned and unreasonable attack is
being made upon the trade union
movement. The welfare of the men
and women of labor and the welfare
of our republic are at stake. The
battle must be fought by the or
ganized workers and the best brains
in our movements must devise the
methods and policies to be followed"
Since the formation of the A. F.
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MORE BRITISH
ATROCITIES!
There Is No Dignity or Honor
in This Kind of Warfare.

The murder gang now UNANIMOUSLY
known to the world as the "The
Black and Tans," is England's adj
vance agent sent out to spread world
democracy and to save small ma
tions. In Ireland these conquering
heroes go forth fully equipped in
tan suits and black hats, rifles over
their shoulder, drunk from stolen
whisky, a bottle in their pocket, a
can of gasoline dangling on strap,
torch and box of matches, and
with spirit of bravery and dis
play of extraordinary courage, that
is when they are perfectly safe,
which is after nine o'clock in the
evening when the curfew law is in
force, which clears the streets of
people. 1t is then that they be-
gin their raiding, burning and kill
ing, under conditions of perfect
safety to themselves, for as a rule
only the older people are found ir
their homes asleep or ready to re-
tire. The young men of Ireland,
who are members of the Irish Re-
publican Army, are out for the night
in yonder hills and woods to escape
from thlS pIdHu VI WIN uehioe
racy.
A few incidents of the unpardon-
able crimes committed by these
would-be soldiers are herewith given
in detail:
IT HAPPENS IN IRELAND Ev-
cry DAY A Double Tragedy in
the City of Cork: Patrick was full
back and Harry was goal-keeper for
the BEACH Hurting Team. They
were missing. Sister asked English
officers about them She was told
they were arrested and had escaped.
Searching party found both at the
bottom of a pond three feet deep,
the surface covered with oil. Their
bodies We're horribly charred, their
skulls fractured and partly missing;
the flesh was hanging from legs
and arms. This in a Christian
country in the twentieth century.
Dancing Seems to Disturb British
Empire. Twenty Black and Tans
rushed in on a dance, held at Bruff,
and ninety girls were ordered to the
dressing room to be searched, and
were held as prisoners from l A. M.
to 10 A. M. Six deaths resulted,
among them John Quinlan, an Amer
lean citizen, who returned to Ireland
four months ago,
For failure to answer challenge
to halt, young Patrick O'Brien, of
Ahorlow, was shot dead while re-
turning home with a friend, Dennis
O'Brien. Dennis was shot in the
knee and while Patrick was bending
over him he was himself shot
through the back and fell dead.
Fatal Morning Raid at BallyrOan.
At A A. M. yesterday, Black and
Tans looking for drinks raided Mr..
McDonnelPs place and demanded
money, and while John Phelan was
going upstairs to get it, they fired
on him and sent two bullets through
the body of MCDONNELL; both died
soon afterwards.
(Of recent date) Francis Muir
ply, while standing on the church
doorstep, in the city of Cork, was
shot dead as the result of a general
hold-up and much firing by armed
forces. The people coming from
church fled panic-stricken
TWO OUTHS SHOT DEAD WIT
Two Youth Shot Dead Within
Twenty-fOur Hours. The people of
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OIdl Observation-Disclosures 90 ,OOO,UU0, IUO lUUIC
analysis by DR.. Edward B. Rosa,
of the United States Bureau of
Standards)
Do You Think the Pie Is Cut Right?
Or do you believe that Uncle Sam
to spend more on education, science
and the stimulation of agriculture
and industry?
Congressman Frank w. Mondell,
Republican Floor Leader, declares
that we shall never be able to make
adequate appropriations for these
purposes "unless we reduce the enor-
nous total of the appropriations car
ried in the Army and Navy bills"
This year we gave the Army and
Navy directly 1857 100000 - more
than three times as much as in the
highest pre-war year. Next yeal
they ask for $1,5O4,OOO,OOO.
During the war the non-military
work of the government was starv-
ed Shall it be further starved
while we build up an armed peace :?
In 1929 total appropriations fol
education, science and the stimula-
ton of agriculture and industry
were $59,000,000. Next years esti-
mates raise this figure less than
S2O,000O00. The Army and Navy,
however, demand an increase over
this year of $647, 100000.
Do you agree with Congressman
Mondell?
If so, write to him and your own
Congressman at once, while these
bills are pending and it is possible
to change the figures. If you want
more information write to US.
AMERICAN UNION AGAINST
MILITARISM
203 WestOry Building
Washington, ID. c.
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Washington, Oregon and Michigan
have gone over the top in raising
their quotas for the relief of starv-
ing European children. The sum to
be raised in the United States is
S33,000O00, slightly over half hav-
ing been subscribed.
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We can forget all about our enc
mics if we will always demand the
union label, card and button our
selves.
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The Government Must Take Full
Responsibility for Its Own
Offspring

Moreover, whilst it has perfuntor-
lily denied certain occurrences which
are beyond doubt, it has associated
itself with and defended the crimes
committed by the Crown forces in
Ireland The blame for the present
situation does not rest primarily
forces, but with the government
Whatever the government may as
sert to the contrary, the policy (of
intimidation is a failure.
The Irish Republican Army
The forces of the Crown in Ire
land are opposed by the Republican
Volunteers. The Irish Republican
Army is formidable because it is in
tangible; if it functioned as an army
it would have to concentrate to
fight, and then it could be defeated
without difficulty. But, in it's pres
ent form, it lives and fights dis
persed; it is everywhere all the time
and nowhere at any given moment.
Without the sympathy and support
of the vast majority of the popula-
ton it could not exist This sup
port is probably more general and
S4leCClNe COudy CHdl IL mas Deen at
any previous period Irish volun-
teers are fed and harboured by peo-
pie who, three years ago, were GER
tainly not Sim Feiners, and some
of them were Unionists.
Under such conditions it is prac-
tically impossible to bring the Irish
Republican Army to bay. Execu-
lions and torture are not deterrents
they have, indeed, the opposite eff
feet. 1t is reported on good author
ity that the day Kelvin Barry was
hanged several hundred under-g grad
yates of Dublin University enrolled
themselves as volunteers. 1t is clear
that the resort by a section of the
Sim Fem movement to. policy of
physical force was itself but the
outcome of a coercive policy on the
part of the British government.
The report describes at length in
solent and provocative efforts of the
Crown forces to create an atmos-
phere of terror, telling how Black
and-Tans and soldiers swagger about
the streets insulting folks, knocking
people down and even driving men
and women before them with whips
Inquisitorial methods also are de-
scribed, showing the extremes to
which the British armed forces go
in efforts to force Irish men and
women to divulge information. Says
the report:
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Smoke CHALLENGE 1Of Cigar.
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To Install Device
To Control Water

The City Commissioners Monday
authorized Water Superintendent
Carl Knapp to spend $4,000 on the
construction of a controlling device
on the Sultan water pipe line.
There is no controlling device
now on the line, although one had
been installed, but was carried into
the liver in mud slide some time
before the line was turned over to
the city Il was never rebuilt.
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Smoke BLUE RIBBON So Cigar
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SMOKE OF WAR
PASSING AWAY
Disarmament Prospects Appear
to Be Frightening.

Borah resolution eported-favor-
able sentiment grows.
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STTNKS IN THE
NOSTRILS OF
WHOLE WORLD
Official Report of British Labor
Commission to Ireland Con-
denim England's Irish Policy.

We believe that the evidence we
have been able to obtain is more
than sufficient to justify the strong
est condemnation of the policy OF
the British Government.
We cannot close this report with
out an appeal to the British Labor
movement and to the British public.
Things are being done in the name
of Britain which must make her
name stink in the nostrils of the
whole world.
The honor of our people has been
gravely compromised. Not only is
there a reign of terror in Ireland
which should bring a blush of shame
to every British citizen, but ma
tion is being held in subsection. by
an empire which has proudly boast
ed that it is the friend of small
nations.
War Exists in Ireland
There is state of war in Ire
land, and what are called "out-
RACES" and "reprisals" are but Incl
dents in a bitter campaign.
On the one hand, there are the
armed forces of the Crown; on the
other, the Irish Republican army.
1t will be we'll before describing
The "reprisals" we have investigated
to provide background by ex-
planning the composition, character
and temper of the opposing forces
in ireland.
The government forces in Ireland
consist of:
(a) The Military Garrison.
(b) The Royal Irish Constabulary.
(c) The Auxiliary Division.
In regard to (a), some $4,000 SOL
diers are at present quartered in
Ireland they are in the main young
and inexperienced, few have had the
training given to recruit in pre-
war days. The majority of the ju-
nior officers are equally ignorant
of their professional duties; many
in infantry battalons have not
passed through the Royal Military
College at Sandhurst AS re-
suit, training has been neglected
discipline has become lax, youths at
the most receptive periods of their
lives have become brutalized and de-
moraliZed
The Black and-Tans
Under heading (b) are included
the so-called BLACK and-Tans." Orig
inally, the r. |. C. was recruited
from men of Irish birth, but during
the recent troubles designations from
the Irish Constabulary were so nu.
merous that it became necessary tc
enroll English, Scotchmen anc
Welshmen.
Whilst we wish to avoid making
any general accusation, we feel com.
PEELED to express the opinion, baseC
on our own observations, that a By
no means negligible proportion OF
the force, as at present constituted
are men of Incorporate habits, anc
utterly unsuited to their duties.
Like the Pennsylvania Cossacks
Wherever reprisals have been sci
entifically carried out so as to caus,
| the maximum economic and indus
trial loss to an Irish countryside OF
city they have almost invariably
been the work of detachments OF
cadets.
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able sentiment grows,
Disarmament scored victory
when the Senate Committee on For
eign Relations voted to report favor
ably Senator Borah's resolution for
a five-year naval holiday" AS
amended in committee, the resolu-
ton requests the President to advise
the governments of Great Britain
and Japan that our government will
take up directly with them the ques-
ton of naval disarmament, with d
view of promptly entering into a
treaty to curtail naval building pro-
grams during the next five years
ito such an extent and upon such
terms as may be agreed upon"
The resolution is important be
cause it represents first step to-
man could expect more than it pro
poses as a first step, and the all
important thing is to make a be.
ginning. Senator Borah won the
one real point at issue in the com
mittee when he prevented the broad
ening of the invitation to include
France and Italy, Such inclusion
would almost certainly bring up the
question of land disarmament anC
thus block all possibility of action
Despite contrary press reports
friends of disarmament have every
reason to rejoice over the commit
tees action.
Senator Borah hopes to press hi:
resolution to prompt enactmen
though it's execution is expected tt
rest with the new President. TIL,
tide of disarmament sentiment i:
steadily rising and meetings ant
demonstrations are under way al
over the country. At the office o
the American Union Against Mill
tarism it was pointed out today tina
if united pressure from bushes
and other interests favorable to dis
armament is brought to bear OF
Congress, the Borah resolution cal
almost certainly be passed, and tn
first step taken to relieve the coun
try of its present enormous tax bun
dans
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The employing printers from Chi
cage to Denver and from St. Paul
TO Oklahoma City met in st. Louis
yesterday to consider the 44-hour
week demanded by the International
Typographical Union. They are
working hard to save that half dav.
II the printers had demanded a
7-day week the bosses would have
no kick coming.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-03

than the first? Is it just as sat-
isfactory in performance? Would
that owner buy another car Of
the same make?
Of course there are basic rea-
sons why Essex differs from 9th
cr light cars-why owners COM
pare it to costly cars.
And we will be glad Of an
early opportunity to explain the
many points Of advantage that
only costly cars share with Es-
sex.
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RAINBOW MEN TO
HOLD REUNION

Oklahoma City, Okla.-+veterans of
the Rainbow (42nd Division) in Ok
lahoma will hold their third annual
reunion here June 6, ]. c. Chatfield,
secretary of the Oklahoma chapter
of the division association, announc-
ed here today. More than 1000 mem
bers Of this division are resident in
Oklahoma, many Of whom are ex-
pected to attend, according to the
SECRETARY.
Entertainment Of the visiting bud
dies" is in charge of the Oklahoma
City sub-chapter of the society Com
mittees have long been at work on
preparations, the secretary announc-
ed one of the features of which is to
be re-enactment of the battle of
Champagne at park north of the
city which has been leased for the
annual encampment
The only difference between the
settings will be that maple and cot
ton wood trees, instead of the scrub
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RESOLUTION OF RESPECT

Whereas. our brother, John VII
liam Speake, having reached the end
OF life's journey and laid aside the
working tools OF life. has gone IA
dwell In the Holy City above;
And Whereas. Brother Speake was
ever true and faithful to his lodge
his church. his country and his fel.
low man and, in many ways. had
endeared himself to us;
BE II Therefore Resolved by Chick.
asha Lodge Number "a. A. +. and
A. NJ. that In the death OF Brother
Speake this lodge has sustained a
great and irreparable loss and that
our heartfelt sympathies are ex.
tended to his family In their be-
reavement.
Be II further resolved. that the
charter of the lodge be appropriate
ly draped In mourning, as token of
our sorrow that this resolution be
spread upon the minutes OF the
lodge and copies be sent to the fam.
lily of our deceased brother and to
the press for publication.
w. C. MATTHEW'S,
LAWRENCE MARTIN
JOHN WIN. HALE
s. c. DURBIN,
l.. r. HAWN
.seaD Committee.
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There Is a Simple Way to Tell

You have the all-important advantage of being
able to ask owners. Make use Of it. Find out how the
thinking Of buying has served other own
ers Learn what mileage they get gasoline oil and
tires Is the second or third 10000 miles more costly
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UNEMPLOYMENT DRIVING
MEN BACK TO FARMS
by United Press.

by United Press.
Chicago. June 3.-Unemploymcnt Is
driving the army of unemployed back
to the farm. The farmer who found
II difficult to obtain help year ago
when he offered the record wages
of from rs to 80 cents an hour. can
select his hired man this spring from
a large number OF eager applicants
whom the employment offices only
promise 80 to so cents an hour.
One large employment bureau here
had on record more than $500 appli-
,ants for farm work last month.
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TOBACCO IN ILLINOIS
by United Press.

by United Press.
Gibson City. ILL.,, June 3.--Central
Illinois may become a rival of Ken
tucky III the production of tobac'
co. Many farmers are watching
the tobacco-growing experiments OF
Amos Pruit. a farmer of this vi.
cinity. with the intention of also
growing tobacco II the profits justify
Its cultivation.
Pruit used three acres to grow
tobacco last year and figures he made
more money to the acreage than If
he had grown corn or oats. He rea-
lized $3.50 from $1,000 pounds of the
weed. This year Pruit plans to in
crease the acreage TO see IL the
profits average as well on larger
scale as they did on a small one.
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You see the vital by the
Will Of efcen
Require
disabiit
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3lkM KID %
Oklahoma City Okla
92l AM June 2 1921
G B w Motor Co
Chickasha Okla
Effective today June second all mod
els Hudson and Essex cars reduced
one hundred fifty dollars each This is
second reduction in eight month.
McClelland Gently Motor Co.
955AM !