Evening journal., 1921-03-12
BIC MDElNZVIT'YLS
DEMANDED IN JERSEYS
LATEST OYSTER WAR

TOMS RIVER. n. J.. March r.
Judge William II. Jeffry is wrestling
with a reparations problem that
makes the Allies Job look like
kindergarten lesson.
The judge intends TO impose rep
arations on the village OF Parker
town that make the German indem-
nifty look like a slap on the wrist
Parkertown has a population OF
less than 400 men. women and chill
dren. And II the forthcoming peace
conference" 20 be held IN the Ocean
City county courthouse. accepts
Jefry's program these villagers will
have 20 pay $3.50 a head-a total
Of 10O.0OO-in reparations.
This is because Parkertown has
/ lost a 20-year oyster war 70 the vii
/ lage of West Greek. The people Of
I West Greek planted oysters and
/ clans and the people OF Parkertown
! poached on these preserves.
Situation i'm Brief.
Here are the high spots In the
situation which Judge Jeffry viii lay
before the supreme council".;
A 20-year feud between Parker
town poachors and West Creek oys-
ter planters that has just reached a
crisis through the arrest Of 40 pris-
oners-nearly every man and boy
In Parkertown.
Pleas of guilty by 90 20 charges
including arson. assault. larceny and
malicious destruction Of property.
Seven parkertown men held as
hostages TO enforce the truce and
end the war on a basis Of indemnity
to be paid West Creek.
Threats by Judge Jeffry that all
will be sent TO the penitentiary un-
der 15-year sentences unless the
peace pact is carried out.
Defiance of Judge Jeffry's pro-
posals by two prisoners. including
a l6-year-old boy, held in the Toms
River Jail.
Two threats against the life Of
Judge Jeffry unless he abandons
his role of arbitrator.
Masked night riders demanding
women TO induce pleas of clemency
for Parkertown men awaiting SEN
tonce.
Peace Congress.
The climax will come within q
few days when members Of tn,
boards Of trustees Of parkertowr
and West Creek meet with Judg,
Jeffry in a combination peace con
ference" and Preparations congress
Meanwhile armed neutrality eX
lists between the two villages. which
lie on Barnegat Bay. Is miles souti
Of Toms River.
"Parkertown is lawlcss and dis
7 orderly by heredity." says Judg'
Jeffry, West Creek is the opposite.
Il am going to get these warrini
Il, factions together. And 1 will insis
"a that reparations be made to indemni
fy those in West Creek who hav
been victims OF Parkertown depreda
tions.
e "I do not think 100000 will b
!. too much for all the mischief tina
= has been done during the past fou
y years. We will go no farther bacl
than that Figuring the whole 20
" years damages would be staggerin
" Jerry SAYS parkertown will hav
90 find the money TO pay for thei
misdeeds, or pledge IL i'm futur
workings of the oyster beds.
Hostages Defiant.
"a joke!" said Jay Cook Parke
10 a descendant Of the founder OF Pa
l. l1ertown and one Of the two in Ton
p River Jail. you can't get blood OF
of a turnip. We're all poor dow
Is home"
m Parker achieved fame by mulctiI
Pr a West Creek villager out Of 1O0,0t
clans selling them back to him an
le promptly lifting them the secon
l. timei
The other hostage in Jail, 16-yeal
al old Mason Price, Jr., who has
le mans size vocabulary of profani
Y and a mans physique, says;
"Sum-un has another think con
he in if they want TO get desperation
outa us!
of TUBERCULOsIs