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BRTTAIN WDl HOLD POSITIONS AT CHANAK, ON ASIATIC SIDE OF STRAITS A desfofccth from Constanthiopbe | a joint conference. While General aye: Summing up tlve nuKtary ait- ouition bare, officers at British bead- quarters gaid on Thursday: "W now hold! a strip cm th Asiatic PeMe refused to discuss the visit, orid be was impressed with Kemal's [ frankness when h stressed his in- 1 ability to hold back his trccps much ide, cowrang the narrows and longer if the formal control of Ccn- Chwnaik itsalf. Our ad-vance posts are stantsncple is ntt promptly concede! Hamid Bey visited General Harring- ton, Commander of the Allied forces pushed cut on all (possible lines of the KemaliBt approach. The positions are , weM enitreiK'h-ed and wirei. Further- i and explained Chat what the Kemal- more a'H the available Mediterranean ists were seeking waa the right to fleet now at the Dardanelles." cioss the Detrdu<neilea, a privilege It is aiteo officially stated bere that already acccrded to the Greeks. the Allied forces have no intention of! General Harring'.on replied that a evacuating Constantinople. I Turk-ieh advance en the Straits- mear,: "It is true tftM the British army i| a <3ec!ra<twm of war against Great embarking tie wiveu and farrailiea of .Britain and! weuM be rs-sisted with its member*," sadd! am official, "but U vigor. this nead not caass anxiety. Officers | Hamid Bey repfced that the Ken-.al- and men houM not be hampered' by! tots dSd not wish to figfct the Bric-h. the pre-tince cf their fwnitees. A means of avoiding a breach was "The Briti--ih. "howly are expecting a ; then discussed 1 . General Harrington large force of cavalry, tarries and j proposed that a conference be called arroorei cars. Furthermore, the At-, early in October or sooner, and asked tontl-s fleet is sending here additional Hamid Bey to guarantee that the wircnaft and Light cruisers." Turks would- ob-erve the neutrality of "Deri," the Turkish pa.per at Ana- t*e Straits until then. The Turkish to>ia, says: "Now reigns the victorious [envoy replied that he couldi not fur- Turk. At this moment Turkey is not! nish &*& a gruorantxse. making war to recccupy Thrace and Later General Harrington received Adrianople, but everyone is perfectly the Turk-ieh War Minister and the ; certain that Turkey coudd them by force is she liked." Another Turkish paper says: Minister of the Interior and they dis- i how peaceful conditions could It is 'be maintained in the capital in the just the same fcr us whether we go to ! evemt of disorders. a conference as conquerors or con- quered, provided our national aspira- tions are accepted. Our terms axe known." General Ple, French High Com- mi&siioner here, has returned from Smyrna, where he extended to Kennad the invitation of the Allies to attend The French anrt Italian generals express regret that tiheir Governments find themselves unable to participate in the preparation's for defence. The French commander, however, assured: General Harrirogton that the French' troops would assist in every way in preserving otrder. Washington Garden Grows Potatoes on Vines A despatch from Hohuam, Wash., ays: Potatoes are growing en vines In the garden of Harry Van Wartler here. He says he planted his crop in New Type Permits Sightless and Seeing to Correspond. A new type system, developed in France, which serves as a medium of correspondence between the blind and these who see, follows very closely Government Crop Estimate for 1922 Canada's Bumper Harvest 1921 1922 Increa-ie Wheat 300,858,100 bu. 320.968,000 20,109,900 Oats 426232,900 bu. 609,752,000 83,519,100 Barley 59,709,100 bu. 64,881,000 4,171,900 Rye 21,455,260 bu. 37,848,000 16,392,740 Flax 4,111,800 ba. 4,630,000 418,200 Hay and Clover . . . 9,930,000 tons 15,545,000 5,615,000 CANADA AND U.S. ALLOTTED 60 PER CENT. OF 1921 COAL CONSUMPTION Dominion Placed on Equality With States in the Matter of Distribution of Fuel During Present Season Basis is Same as That Prevailing During the War. A despatch from Philadelphia, Pa-.-siorw of the United States, the Penn- says: Distribution of al* anthracite' sylvania Commission, represented by produced in die ne*t year will be Commissioner James S. Benn, who i ^ j v iu n i Tn. i served as chairman in place of Mr. related by the Pennsylvania Fel jAiney weKfc ^ c< J e ^ OCfi Commissaon under an agreement af- members of t3*e Canadoam FoeJ Com- fected in titols city on Thursday. All mission. states, including Pennsylvania andj The Canadian Commissioner were th~ Dominion of Canada, will receive informed that their country would be allocations of anthracite under a dis- put on the same distribution basis as tribution system devised by the Penn- i prevailed during the war, but that sylvania Commission. j they would be permitted 60 per cent. Each state and Canada will be allo-. o f their normal consumption, the same cated 6 per cent, of the total amount as the United Staites. One rigid regu- of prepared sizes of anthracite actu- ' fetion laid down to the Canadian ally consumed during 1921. Instead : authorities was that under no oonda- of applying to tSue Federal Fuel Ad-jtion were the Canadian coal dealers ministration in Washington, the vari-; to enter the United States market ous states ar.d Canada wdH conduct 'with an offer to buy anthracite coal all buana=s cf anthracite ddstribucion at a price higher than $8.50 at the througih the Pennsylvania Commit-' mines, as fixed by the Pennsylvania sion, of which W. D. B. Ainey, chair- ; Cormn-asJon and announced on Tues- man of tJia Public Service Commis- day by Governor Sprou]. sion, is the head. The regulation, the Commission de- The entire matter of distribution clared, forestall any attem.pt on the was gone over here on Thursday, when ; part of the Canadian coal dealers to the Fuei Commissioners representing enter the market, dangle a fancy the various states, as well as Canada,: price before some of Che more un- j met with the Federal Fuel Committee ; relaabfe operators, and ship out coal j and the ^ Pennsylvania^ Fuel Commis- and disrupt the entire system of dis- tribution as weD as create a shortage in this country that migtot become CONSTITUTION PASSED BY IRISH HOUSE against his Majesty. He said: "That was aM threshed out last December and the situation is toe grave and too urgent to cover the ( ground again. We know that the signatories did not like the treaty any! more than we did." sion at the BeHevue. Stratford. FoMowirt# the conference between representatives of the Fuel Commis- ' serious. the usual way. He was startled by , the form and characters of the Roman the size cf the plants and still more ' alphabet, except that tbe letters con- startled when tubers began to form | sist of a series of dots instead of full ' on them. He is now picking large ' lines. The Idea Is to supplement rath- potatoes three feet above the ground, j er than replace the Braille system of ^ printing for the blind, and it has the * approval of the Interallied Congress of The United Kingdom was a better Mutilated. customer cf Canada than the United . ft States for the twelve mon*h ending! with July, aoccrcftng ta a statement j The estimated yield of 903,919,800 tes>ued by the Federal Bureau of Sta- j bushels of grain for the Western tistics. The total experts of Canadian . Provinces th-ra year by the Winnipeg predicts to the United States for that. Free Press, as compared with 631,- period were valued at $304.000,000,; 984,500 bushels in 1921, has been con- and to Great Britain and Ireland were .firmed by Dr. J. H. Grrsxiale, Deputy- near'.y $307,000,000. | Minister of Agriculture. Canada From Coast to Coast Second Reading by Provision- al Parliament Given 47 to 16 Vote. A despatch from Dublin says: The constitution passed its second readdng by the Provisional Parlia- ment by a vote of 47 to 16, without ***ff*L*51Ji*****\ any amendment or change being of-j f ered. On Monday the House will con- sider, clause, by clause, the draft al- According to the latest estimate of the fruit branch of the Department of and 1 2^15,000 boxes. Of this! Quantity British Oohimbia accounts amendments will be offered, principally by Labor representatives. The Government, upon request, an- nounced that twelve articles in the draft must remain intact. In ten of them tfte ruler of Great Britain a referred to either as the King, Crown or , 1 600 barrels; Brunswick 41 250 barrels; and Nova Scotia 1.500,000 barrels. Efforts to alter cther art ic!s wiH According to preKminary estimates the production of gold during August I from the mines of Northern Ontario I was the highest on record, with a to- tal yield of approximately $1,840,000. Chartottetown', P.E.I. Fifty thou-1 cap tared 50 per cent, of the first prizes offered. Regina, Sask. An Order-in-Coun- cil has been passed by the Provincial Government making it legal for farm- ers to shcot, owt of season, wild ducks Fedwl Governmen.t loan, probably ! wl '<* damaging grain crops, tha need for houses in this ; Many reports have been received from dollars have been borrowed by the Province of Prince Edward Island under the Federal housing scheme. Prince Edward Island is- the last province to take advantage of the province has not been as urgent as in districts where the birds are causing the other provinces. The money bor-j muc>h . **<>< <** rowed is to be used for the main part Grande Prairie, Alta. Accwding to in Charlotte-town, it is understood. the latest crop report from the Peace likely be attended 1 by much sac- For the first tiime the production of s. The first. 25 articles will be con-igoM in Ontario exceeded the rate of idered on Monday and the Ministry's $22,000,000 a year. Eight mines con- hope of getting these approved before ( trrbuted to the output, three being hi New Gold Discoveries in British Columbia A despatch from Quesnel Dam, B.C., says: Many claims have been record- j ed within a radius of one mile of Quesnel Dam, and gold is being re- j covered from all. Prospectors whc | have spent the summer successfully j prospecting rhe district hi& are rush- ing back here to get in on the new strikes which have taken place within the past two weeks. The Cedar Creek Channel has been staked for fiv miles. Leader of the who have so decisively defeated Greeks in Asia Minor. He is com atijotirnment that day indicates the Porcupine and five hi Kirkland Lake, i manUing the best equipped Turkish ' rows attitude toward feh wouldi-be amend 1 - At feast five more producers- will like- army that ever conducted a campaign. ers. Exprc??ing a with for more in- ! ly be included within a few months, He demands that tie Allies hand Con- teUigent criticism during the tliird while the present producers, by en- stantinople over to the Turks. reading, Minister of HC'.T.'L- Affairs ; larging their mill's, are expected to ~ *T ~ O'Higifina warned that th,are would be, add close t 50 per cent, to their out- Quebec Buys Another 250 Milligrams of Radium A despatch from Montreal says: no time for sentimental protests put within the next twelve months Ensigns of Anzacs Again Fly at Gallipoli A despatch frcm London says: The London Times' Chanak eorres- ! pomient, telegraphing Wednesday, says that the Australian ?uid New Zealand ensigns are flying at Yelia, oppoeitf Chanak. Ar.zac officers, under Col. Huirhes, who have been i.igaged for three years past on memorials to the fallen in the peninsula, are enthusiastically in "the defence ^f the' Nar- with their resources of depot woikf'hops and labor. Chanak and the Narrows are the sccraes of mo&t intense activity from dawn to dark. The Turkish nopu'a- tjon momentarily ia quiet and under the control of the militarv. SUCCESSFUL OBSERVATIONS MADE VARIOUS NATIONS OF SOLAR ECLIPSE River district, indications are that Hartvi!'*, N,S. The Premier Paper notwithstanding the exceptionally dry and Power Company is preparing to seasO n, a fair crop being harvested. instaM a standcrd newsprint machine The quality is excellent and harvest- cording to a despatch to he Tinresi through the sun's gravitational field, in its' plant at HartviT*. The machine, } n g condition* favorable. The very | from Perth. The sky was cloudless The Canadian and Australian astron- will have a capacity of 15.000 ton-j a.htavy rains during the latter part of, and the cbservations were most sue- omers occupied positions nearby the year. In order to provide th; nt es-' t he seascn seem to bave given the cessful. sary power, the company i making crcp sufficient moisture to promote j The United States expedition at Over 12,000.000 bushels of grain. The Quebec Government has bought! constituting an increase of mere than ciM-ther 250 milligrams of radium m! 1,500,000 over the preceding month, addition to the one gram already pur-! wer shiipped to Montreal via the La- chaied by it some time ..;.>. Both ' chine Cannd during the month of Aug- ; purchases were from the United 1 st - according to records supplied by A despatch from London saysT to be highly pleased at the success of states Radium Corporation, the price tne canal office. In addition a con- The astronomers had a splendid view of Thursday's solar eclipse from Woolal, near Broome, Australia, the photographic plate, taken with rhe being at the rate of $77 a milligram.' :d*rab!e amount of flour. 31,500 sacks purpose of proving Einstein's theory The new supply will be placed at t>ie' and 50 barrels were shipped in Aug- ' of relativity, namoly, the bending path disposal of the Universite of a ray of ligftt m its passage ' treal. de \], :i_ uet as against none , nwnth last rear. for the same an additional development of 5,000 hcrs*-Fower on the river. St. Jc'h.n. N.B. The rapi.) A conservative estimate i places tha yield at 17 to 20 bu;he!s move-[ of wheat per acre this season, raent cf lumber from the north shore Vcrnon, B.C. A ranclwr on Okan- of the province, incluiin stocks aga-n Lake is now y^'Mng green fi'.bert Woolal. headed by Professor W. W. Americans. All had made careful ef- forts to verify tine Einstein theory. Christmas Isvand, where the British, Weekly Market Report Campbell, director of Lick Observa^ Dutch and German expeditions were Manitoba tcry, saw a corona 40,000 mile-, wide,' located, and WcolaJ, were considered $1-09; No. 3 Northern, $1.00. Toronto. i^s-lb. tins, 14 to 15o per lb.; Ontario wheat No. 1 Northern, *"-! honey, per doz.. $3.75 to $4.50. wfhrich have awuTimliated since war nuts wihich time, has created something !ik> a'ani flavor. boom in this district. Steamers and sai'ir.g vesse'.s are being foodv.1 in ruwbers which surpass anything wit- nessed for many years, and tre w->rk t.hu.- .Jferded and the money put into circuiatkn, has made a subs' -n - .i:i! imprc'Vemient in conditions. The clown- ing up of old stocks also open* ':.e way for more extensive lunvboring cr*- fctiora in the coming seas>n. Three Rivers, Que. The plant of th* St. Maurice Lime Company at St. I/cuis de France, is being enlarged from two to six kiln capacity, which will give the plant a production of 600 tons of lime per week. The company haa also under construction, at an estimated cost of $175,000, a railway aiding, connecting the plant with Piles Junction. Sudbury, Out. The large plant of the International Nickel Conrpany at Oognper Cliff has reisumnei operations after hawing been closed down for eighteen months. The company is op- erating a.t one-third of its war-time! capacity. Reu)uar shipments of the! ntte will' be made to the refinery at Port Cciborne. The refined nickel will ; be shipped to the new rolling miMs atj Huntingdon. V., where it wiH be j roiled 1 into nw-Meable metal e<nd mar- keted mostly in the United States. Winnipeg, Man. Manitoba butter, in keen competition wi'.lh butter from o*her Canadian prwince, carried off! two first prizes at th Canadian Na- tioru-jl Exhibition at Toronto, accord- ing to an ann.'urvt'iiH nt by 1 ,. A. (Jrb- so-ft, provincial ihui.ry commissioner. As ('here ai>e but four sectiotM fox oreamery butter, Manitoba, exhibitors from wh-ich four 'ong streamers of; the mcst favorable points fxxr ooser- '.dght fhct forth, on* exOe-mling 2,500,-; \ation, because of the sun's hijjh nlti-j are cf excellent quality j 000 miles from the sun's centre, says.tui'e there, but an expedition, under He has conducted experi- a despatch to the Exchange Telegraph, George F. Dodwell, Government from Me!courne. The duration of the astronomer in South Australia, went- merat3 for some time and claims that nuts can be grown in the Okanagan Valley as wiell as fruit and presages Manitoba cats Nominal. Manitoba barley Nominal. All the above track. Bay ports. American corn No. 2 yellow. SOc; 3 yellow, 79c, all rail." Potatoes New Ontarios, $1 to $1.15 Smoked meats Hams, md., 26 to 28c; ccoktd ham, 42 to 45c; smoked roICs, 26 to 28c; cottage rolls, 35 t 38c: breakfas't bacon, 32 to 35c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon. 38 to 40c; totality cf the Barley No. 3 extra, test 47 lb j or backs, boneless, 39 to 43c. . , . was four sec-, to Cordillo Downs, in the Australian better, 55 to 58c, according to freights a time when they will be exported later than previously predicte.l. shorter and' began 15 second's j interior. The observations made by [ outside. this expedition alM are said to have from here in !arg>e quantities. United- States astronomers ars sai-J been most successful. Cured meats Long clear bacon, $17; lightweight roHs, in bbls., $48; Buckwheat Nominal. heavyweigt.t ro'.:!s, $40. Rye No. i, 62 to (i7c. Lard Pure, T.lrces, ISVfec: tubs, 16r> Miiifeed Del. Montreal freight, 'pails, Ki'ic; prints, 18c. Shortening, bags included: Bran, per ton, $21; tierces. 12 to 12*c; tubs, 1214 to 'shorts, per ton, $23; good feed flour, 12%c; pails, 13 to 13\c; prints, 15% i $1.70 to $1.80. I to Iftc. Ontario wheat No. 2, 90 to 95c. at; Choice heavy sU-ers. $7 to $8; but- : outside points. | c her steers, choice, $6.50 to $7; do, Ontario No. 2 white oafcs 33 to Soc.jg^x}, $15 to Sfi.50; (Jo. med.. S4.50 to Ontario corn Nominal. ! $5.50; do. com.. S4 to $4.25; bctcher Ontario flour 1st pats., in jute heifers, choice, $6.50 to $7.25; do, ; sacks, 93's, $6.80 to $7.10 per bbl.: 2nd mefi ^ $5.50 to S.25; <io, com.. $4 t .pats, (bakers), $<j to $6.30. $4.25; butcher cmvs, choice, $4.50 to Ninety per cent, pat., in jute bags, $5.50; do, met!.. $3.50 to $4; canners , Montreal, prompt shipment, $4.50 to an^ cutters, $1 to $2; butcher butfe, !$4.60; Toronto basis, $4.35 to $4.45; good, $4.50 to $5; do, com.. $2.50 to bulk, soa'bcutrd, $4.20 to $4.25. $3.50; feeders, good-, $5 to $ti; <Ki, fair. Manitoba flc-ur 1st pats., in jute $4.50 to $5: stockers, good. $4.25 to ; sacks, $7.20 per bbl; 2nd puts., $6.50. 5; do. fair. $3 to $4.50; milkers. $60 Hay Extra No. 2, per ton. track, to $80; springers, $70 to $90; calves, Toronto, $16; mixed, $13.50 to $14; choice. $10 bo $11.50; do. med., $8 to clover, $13.50 to $14; straw, $9, car- $g ; do, com.. $3 to $7; spring lamb. '$11 to $11.75; sheep, choice, $5 to $6; do, gocd, $3.50 to $4,.50; do. com., $1 to $3; yearlings, choke, $} to $7; do, ccm., $4 tv> $5; lio%^, fed arsd watered, $11.50 to $11.73; <;-o, f.o.b.. $10.75 to $10.50 to do, WHERE ALLIES AND TURKS CONFLICT Britain is taking a tlrm stand against the Turks untler Kemal Pashu, vruosa demands since his victory over the Greeks have been notable for their comprehensiveness. The surrender of Thrace by the Greeks, the aband- onment of any designs to hold Tchataldja, and the withdrawal of Allied forces from the neutral zone cround the Dardanelles. Constanticople e;.d the Bosphorus are all parts of h! requests. Bulgaria is- reported as mobilizing along the Marltza River, and also to be demanding the surrender of Adrianople. The British Government is hope-' rui Uuu Prance and Italy will assist In foiling these proposilionsv If they fail. Britain will oppose the Turks alone. The places mentioned In the foregoing will be found on the map underlined. Other points which may figure in dls- patcim later will also be found on the map. lots. Cheese New, large. 19 to 1'JMsc; ! twma, 20 to 21c; triplets. 21 to 21 'uc; 1 Stilton, 21o. Old, large, 23 to 24c; , twiis, 24 to 24M-C; Stiltons. 25c. Butter Finest creamery prints. 39 $H ; " <Jo. coiirv.n- 'to 40c; ordinai-y creamery prints. 35 $1075 to 37c. Datry, 29 to 31c. Cooking, 21c. i , . Dressed potrLtry-Spriitg chickens,; ^ .-, 30 tw 35c; roos-ters, 23c; fowl. 24 to v . ^ - c - a "!- W >^ No. 2. 27c; ducklings, 30c; turkeys, 35 to 40c ! No - 3 - 50c - FIour - Man > *Prin? wheat Live poultry Spring chickens, 25c; P**s- "^ts, $(>.80. RoJ!l oats. \*tg roosters, 17 to 20c; fowl, 20 to 25c; d"uickHi>gs, SOc; turkeys, 30 to 35c. Margarine 20 to 22c. Egg No. 1 candled, 33 to 3-k-; selects, 37 to 38c ; carbons, 43 to 45c. Beans C^.r.a-. c ':iii, hand'-picke-i, bus., $4.25; primes. $3.75 to $3.90. , P*" 1 " M K' cai lot9 - BOC - Map's products Syrup, per imp. 1 Steers. $5..~>0; right butcher teera gal.. $2.20; per 5 imp. gals., $2.10; *n<l heifers. $4.."iO; E ms>rs. $3 to maple suipar, lb.. 20c. ,$3.50; lmbs bett, $11; med. lot*. $9 Hone>- 60-i'b. tins, 13c per lb,; 5- P; hogs. 3>iev-ts, $12. 90 Ibs., $2.90 to $3. Bran, $20. Shwbs, I $22. Hay, No. 2. per ton. car iot. $18 to $19. I'heese, finest easterns. 15 Vi to Butter, clioicest cneamery, 35c. selected. 35 to Me. Potatoes,