Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-03-25
Democrats Will Hold Their Convention
April "a to Name Candidates
For the Election i'm June
Some of the "Vacancy' Municipal Judges Will Have
to be Chosen at the Same
Time

side of the border. along the frontier
of Counties Tyrone and Monaghan, be-
tween Aukhnacloy and Caleden, mostly
from SniperS located in houses inside
the border
The Ulster border commissioners Wis
tied the locality where the eniping ac-
tivities were in progress and heard the
shooting During a visit TO Ballagh
bridge. which divides the two counties,
Captain Thompson and Head Constable
Hall of the CaledOn platoon, recon
nOitering, became targets for the
snipers on the other side. other Off
GERS were similarly exposed while pro-
ceeding toward Ballagh bridge and had
to seek safer quarters.
Mass Specials at Clones.
A force of Ulster specials has been
moved from NeWtOwnbutler County
Fermanagh, to within a few hundred
yards of Clones, in the Free State,
where there is strong garrison of the
Irish republican army.
Five mobile platoOns of specials from
Omagh, DungannOn, CoOkstown, Stra-
bane and Killeter were concentrated in
the Tyrone hills, from POmeroy TO the
Sperrin mountains, and searched the
countryside The COokstown platoon
found a number of rifles and made five
arrests.
Marked activity by the Ulster special
| constables in the Derry district fea-
lures conditions here. Along the Derry
Donegal border they have blocked a
number of roads, in some cases digging
trenches across them. The specials
are using shovels, crowbars and wheel
| barrows Communicated from the Derry
| corporations street cleaning depart
/ ment
More Violence in Belfast.
| London. March 23.-A renewal of
| violence occurred in Belfast last night
and other disorders are reported from
northern Ireland.
An unknown man wa. killed by a
| gunshot and a bartender was wounded
| during the trouble in Belfast. Three
| bombs were thrown. one Of them
wrecked the porch Of st. Matthews
| Catholic church at Ballymacarrett
! Two women who were just leaving the
| church were injured.
! Replying to charges made by the
| Morning Post. Michael Collins denies
| that the Irish republican army crossed
! the border to raid the police at POme-
| roy and Maghera. He points out that
| between February IL and March 30
| persons were murdered in Belfast, the
! murders continuing daily.
~S
| City Prosecutor Louis p. Piquet is
: for Diamond Joe" EspOsitO for cOun-
, ty commissioner. He made the an
| nOuncement in a speech at Mr.. Es-
| pOsitO's birthday dinner. Diamond
| Joe" was the only one of thirty-five
opponents of the city hall camp who
was elected ward committeeman two
years ago.
The names, military records and
burial places of soldier and sailor
heroes of Cook county will be con-
tanned in a book to be published by
the board of county commissioners.
Judge George Kersten celebrated
his sixty-ninth birthday on Tuesday
and received the congratulations of
everybody.
c. Arch Williams, republican can
didate for Probate Judge, has ar
ranged a series of neighborhOOd meet
! ings in the 3rd ward
| Because of the expense of collecting
small license fees, the council re-
pealed a section of the license Ordi-
nances making the license fee of
small grocery stOreS-thOse without
employes-S5. Aid. Cermak warned
all city licensees to beware of bogus
| license collectors and to pay no
money except to the city collector.