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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1921. BRITAIN'S PREMIER CONSULTS WITH LEADER OF IRISH "REPUBLIC" London Parley Brings Peace Nearer -- Conference to Continue--De Valera Accorded Hearty Reception by Huge Crowds. A despatch from London says:-- Premier Lloyd George and Eamonn de Valera parleyed for two and a half hours in Downing Street Thursday afternoon. As a result of their preliminary conference the drive for peace between England and Ireland will be intensified. It is stated by reliable sources that definite proposals were debated at the meeting which cannot be committed to concrete form by Lloyd George nntil he has again consulted with Sir James Craig. The talk between the two leaders was conducted behind rigidly closed doors, while 5,000 Irishmen and women massed in Whitehall, sang Republican and old Irish songs. The crowd gave de Valera a tremendous reception when he arrived in a limousine with Commandant Barton and Arthur O'Brien. adjoining the couple talked interrupted. Then, In the small Premiers study wiithout being mainly because the Premier had to attend an important banquet Thursday night, they adjourned until Friday. After the meeting "both parties agreed to hand the press the foilow- j ing statement: "Lloyd George and de Valera met as arranged at 4.o0 Thursday afternoon at 10 Downing Street. They were alone and the conversation lasted until after 7 p.m. A free exchange of views took place and relative positions were denned. The conversations will be resumed on Friday at 11.30 a.m." Amid cheers and the waving of Sinn Fein flags, de Valera then drove to his headquarters at the Grosvenor Hotel, where he conferred with Griffiths and Stack. BELFAST SCENE OF PITCHED BATTLE Elsewhere Throughout Ireland Peace Prevails. A despatch- from London say While Lloyd George and de Valera were thrashing out peace matters Thursday in London, the Ulsterites and Sinn Feiners reopened hostilities in Northern Ireland. They began a pitched battle at Belfast, which became more and more serious as the day wore on. Margaret Walsh, a young girl, who was wounded in the head, died at six o'clock on Thursday night. District Inspector McConnell and Sergt. Taylor were wounded while answering a riot call in the Short Strand district. King George's Intervention Brings Change ^ despatch from London says: --"I have met the Cabinet and reported to King George," said Premier Lloyd George on Thursday evening in referring to his meeting with De Valera. "The King is taking the keenest and closest interest in the proceedings. It is to his intervention that so much is attributable. We owe him a deep debt of gratitude for this, one of the greatest of the services he has rendered to the world. "There is a remarkable transformation going on. The least The firing in York Street Continued I that 18 Said 0n ^ subject at the for three hours. Tram cars were1 P^ent time the better, but attacked and alleged ©inn Feiners j there has been a great change." were dragged from the cars and*--~ beaten. Women and children in the 1 FANCE AND GERMANY east end aided the men in piling1 AGREE ON PLAN 6tones and loading revolvers, urging i ,_ : U^in »&ulL^^^M tm,]^6*^ How Germany's Debut all efforts to quell the disturbances' liveries Should be Credited. r^norr^'Wet^ught SS AkleSPatCh f-n Pa- ays;_Its use orougnt rr.to work here completed, the German fin- j ancial delegati Just b( had spread to the heart Canada From Coast to Coast Vic , B.C.--British Coin I1 New -Brunswick. British Columbia COLONIAL PREMIERS GO FOR A FLIGHT I Photo shows a group waiting their turn to climb the r enter the big vessel. University Expansion. England Looks for Industrial Revival A despatch from London says: --The most threatening clouds in the industrial sky have been cleared away, and for the time OntsirU nf t3„i-f * t i j • • , i anclal delegation, which under the Ju^t^^t^tt:\^]^eTSMp 01 Herr Guggenheimer \L ^^^IW^^f^ to Walther Rath-Berlin s Minister of Reconstruc- . fierce battle occurring i Avenue and abutting streets. . Royal The po- tion, has been discussing the question of r^Daration payments in kind i^ouis wjoucneur, Minister of Lib Regions, has left Paris for Berl According to information received in a high official quarter, comprehensive accord has been reached on all points at issue between the two Governments. The details of the settlement are not forthcoming, but it is understood a detailed plan was drawn up defining exactly what proportion of the monetary value of Germany's deliveries of housing and other materials should be credited her forthwith on the reparations account. Originally, Rathenau had asked that French Government pay into the cof-t f ers of the Reparation Commission or A despatch from London says:--' Berlin's behalf the full market price After virtually a three months' ■ 0f the materials delivered, drought, which scorched grass lands i The preliminary negotiations con-and caused the burning of many acres eluded on Thursday will be followed of furze woods throughout Great Bri- shortly by another conference between tain, rain fell in various parts of the Loucheur and Rathenau at which a country and London on Thursday final agreement probably will be afternoon. The unusual sight was signed. watched by crowds in the city and' --*- in the west end. After recovering Stefannson Plans from their surprise, numbers of per-. fo populate the Arctic sons rushed indoors to spread the * news, which brought out other eager I , .... .. ' ,, watchers i A despatch from Walla Walla, The heaviest fall occurred in flj ™L, says :-Vilhjalmur Stefansson south of England and Wales where \s organizing Arctic, which ported that one military officer was shot dead. William Grant, Unionist .M.P. from North Belfast, was shot in the chest during the rioting. The rioting ceased like magic when the curfew rang at 10 o'clock. DOWNPOUR WELCOMED BY LONDON CROWDS Three Months' Drought in England Broken by Steady Fall. Tenders for a new Anatomy Building for the University of Toronto will be advertised within a few days. This is the building stipulated by the Rockefeller Foundation as a condition necessary to the granting of the endowment of one million dollars for research in Medicine in the Provincial; _ University. During the recent ses-j revival. The last big difficulty sion of the Legislature there was a J was disposed of by the engineers' good deal of doubt whether the mil- balM which b & majority of lion dollar endowment could be se- \qq qoq a ts ^ employers' cured, but, recognizing the need for ' ' i „, *. , C1UW«B every dollar that can be obtained ior^0^} Wa^ Cutf . A pneral the University, the Government gave I gumption of work in the coal its promise that the Anatomy | P1^ has taken place, but the Building would at once be proceeded j miners are already complaining with. On the strength of this prom-! that some coal owners are not ise, the Rockefeller foundation has' paying the minimum wage. forwarded the first quarter's instal- j -•>-- ment of the annual interest of $50,000. | HORSES TO BE SLAIN This money is to be used for thej 1W MFSOPOT AMI A furtherance of medical knowledge and ' wWUfUlAMlA for this purpose only. With this ad- , * . « . ditionai income, and a new building Cost or Conveying 30,000 British Army Horses Home pecting to ship five thousand car- and the prairie provinces h&\ j loads of apples containing 8,750,000 lowest rate in births and deaths. The box;:s in 1921. This quantity will be totals for the Dominion for the year double the amount of the shipments show 247,219 births, 80,472 marriages, last year and constitute the largest and 119,827 deaths, export the province has ever effected, j Montreal, Que.--"We have fifty mi!-A partial realization of the develop-1 lion dollars to spend on cur port and I ment of the British Columbia apple | we want to get pointers on the beat industry may be reached when one i way to lay it out. so we came to Mont-takes into consideration that twenty real," said the mayor of the city of years ago the province was importing Baltimore who, with four other offi-this fruit. cials of that city, and port officials Edmonton, Alta.--There is no mere | New York and Philadelphia, spent ideal ranching country in the Domin- two days investigating the system of ion of Canada than that lying along | operation and facilities existing in the the Keg River and adjacent streams P°rt of Montreal. "The foresight and in the Peace River in the belief of I courage of those originally respon-Frank Jackson, who owns what is sible for the development of this considered the finest ranch in the north great port was wonderful," he went country. This is located about half on> "and a result Canada possesses way between Peace River Crossing ?- Port which, although nearly a thou-and Fort Vermillion. He has the in- sand miles from th* sea is yet convenience of having to travel 250 amongst the first of world ports." miles for his mail, but states enthusi- Fredericton, N. B.--Operations of astically that the beauties of the1 the Anglo-Persian Oil Company are ranch, the excellency and extent of I hc-.ng carried on in the province on the pasturage, and the climate of the | al- active scale. The company has re-district are more than ample corn-pen-1 eently engaged a large number of sation. Canadian drillers for service in the Regina, Sash--Prizes in several of pr?v™*» a"d " is tended to con-e cattle shew sections at the Regina | *"*™My ***** the s.opo of the w~'-immer fair will be augmented by a gift from the American Shorthorn i • Breeders' Association, Chicago, ac-i cording to announcement. The Am-1 Association will also duplicate, dollar for dollar, the prizes won by i' American shorthorns which may be ' shown at the Regina Fair this sum- which has been urgently needed for years, the University of Toronto will be better equipped to produce the best physicians and surgeons that had. Because it lives of the peopl legitimate expense can be spared providing for medical education. This Rockefeller endowment .... - "vJiiVoriiEy on a satisfactoi :, but other faculties and depai are still struggling to do tbeir >n a totally inadequate revenue, the next session of the Legislature, the Ontario Government adopts the Report of the Royal Commission University Finances, the present deplorable condition of affairs can be remedied and the University of Toronto will be in a position to serve the Province as it should and as it is anxious to do. The present necessity for standing still as far as new developments are concerned is injurious both to the University and to the Province. is Too Great. A despatch from London says: question of the I ?ors*Iovel? throughout the country of the countrv no have ?een s'h°cked by Colonial Secre-■ itary Winston Churchill's announce-men/in the House of Commons that army _ horses^ in Mesopotai Eight Per Cent. Freight Surcharge Fixed -The Member of Mission to Canada Dies at Sea A despatch from Paris says:--Professor Lipmann of the Academy of Sciences, who was a member of the French mission which visited Canada recently to thank the Dominion for the part she played in the war, died on board the steamer France as he Was returning from America. A despatch from Ottawa says Board of Railway Commissione nounces that in accordance with the judgment and order of the board, dated January 14, 1921, the rate of exchange in connection with shipments of freight between points in Canada and the United States, from July 15 to July 31, inclusive, will be 14 per sull cent., and the rate of surcharge of .... expedition to the I the said traffic will be eight per cent. .11 leave Seattle about! The rate of surcharge on international August 6, according to a statement passenger business will be made privately Tuesday. This expe- 14 Per cent, exchange, dition will be for commercial purposes, and, it is supposed, will take The m colonists into the Arctic Circle. getting e Stefansson stated that the North | to spend would be populated within the next 30 years, and that the elopment would be rapid. Allan Crawford of Toronto and E. L. Knight of McMinnisville, Oregon, members of former expeditions, are in Walla Walla in conference with Stefansson, and it is thought that Knight will head the new ..pedition. l who spends much time ;n has that much less time i getting ahead. St. John's, Nfld.--Speaking of the importation of cattle into Newfoundland, Lord Morris, formerly premier of the island, said: "During the last hundred years seven-eighths of the cattle imported into Newfoundland came from Canada. They average about 3,000 head a year." ^_ fed that they draught horses for which there is •n'ed on during the pv= The present gas field is located in Albert County, and the oil and gas veas to be tested lie in the counties f Albert, Westmorland, and Kent. In coition to drilling operations process is being made on the systematic de\ elopment of the oil shaie deposits. A', Baltimore in Albert county th« company is erecting a shnl? retorting plant to be in operation this year. An appropriation of $6,250,000 has been set aside for this and other development work. Halifax, N. S.--Considerable inter-Umon Liberty Company, a $7,000,000, est is centred on the report of a gold corporation which directs the welfare strike at Oldham, Halifax County, Winnipeg, Man.--A heavy move- being there is nothing to prevent ment of Poles from the middle West-progress towards an industrial ern states into Manitoba is in Pros-pect, according to Vincent A. Daniel-ski, of Chicago, representative of the | of the Poles of the United States and settles them on land where they will engage solely in agriculture acres of land in Manitoba, intention to bring to Canada probably 20,000 of these United States Poles. The company will extend its work into Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, and the movement' is expected to be very extensive. Ottawa, Ont.--Canada's Ibirth rate for 1920 was 27.47 per thousand as against a death rate of 13.31 per thousand. The marriage rate during the period was 8.94 per thousand. The province of Quebec has the highest birth and death rates followed by where a serpentine lead of free j, is said to have been discovered. Report has it that with the quartz removed the ore should run from $30 to $40 per ton. About eighty claims have been staked out in the vicinity. Digby, N. S.--The lobster season has just closed, and it has been a prosperous one for Nova Scotia. The shipment of live lobsters from Yarmouth by steamer totalled 21,486 crates as compared with 16,471 last year. In addition there were 6,744 crates carried to the United States markets direct by United States fishing boats as compared with 4,774 in Weekly Market Report Toronto. m'grfw£°..'.?:i Manitoba wheat--No. 1 Manitoba rats- Northern, gal., $2.50; per 5 imp. gals., Maple sugar, lbs., 19 to 22c. pefio., untB.no corrro noney, at, No. 2 CW, and that they had to be fed; No. 3 CW, 47%c; extra No. 1 feed, j 15-section mported fodder. The nearest pos-J47c; No. 1 feed, 45%c; No. 2 feed,) Smoked meats--Hams, sible markets are India or Egypt, tat «%c costrftransporta- No 4 CW, tWcj ~. id to -be prohibitive. feedf 70%c[ All the above in store, Fort William. American corn--No. 2 yellow, 75c; nominal, c.i.f., Bay ports. Ontario oats--No. 2 white, 40 to i to the difficult! tion thence Shipping £50 to bring say it costs £40 to horse from the East to England, not counting horsemen's wages. The War Office view is that it is better for the horses to be killed humanely and scientifically than to be left in the hands of natives who would not care for them properly, and no one would suggest turning them adrift in the desert. WORLD COTTON CROP IS 19,595,000 BALES United States Leads With 13,-366,000--India 2,976,000 Bales. A despatch from Washington says:--The world cotton crop for the year 1920-21 is placed at 19,595,000 bales of 500 pounds gross, or 4 pounds net, by the United States Bi eau of Markets and Crop Estimates, Department of Agriculture, which based its calculation on the best formation available. The Bureau of the Census, Commerce Department, places the world production of commercial cotton at 19,830,000 bales of 500 pounds net, exclusive of linters. The Department of Agriculture's figures were made up as follows: United States, 13,366,000 bales; India, 2,976,000; Egypt, 1,251,000; China, 1,000,000; Russia, 180,000; Bazil, 100,000; Mexico, 165,000; Peru, 157,000, and all other 400,000. 42c. Ontario wheat--No. 2 Winter, nominal, per car lot; -No. 2 Spring, nominal; No. 2 Goose wheat, nominal, shipping points, according to freight. peas--No. 2, nominal. Barley--Malting, 65 to 70c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat--No. 3, nominal. Rye_No. 2, $1.25, according to freights outs;de. Manitoba hour--First pats., $10.50; second pats., $10, Toronto. Ontario flour--$7.40, bulk seaboard. Millfeed -- Delivered, Montreal freight, bags included; bran, per ton, $23 to $25; shorts, per ton, $23 to $27; good feed flour, $1.60 to $1.75 per bag. Hay--No. 1, per ton, $17 to $19; mixed, $8 to $10; straw, car lots, per $10. Cheese--New, large, 23 to 24c: twins, 23% to 24%c; triplets, 24% to 25c; old, large, 33 to 34c; do, twins, 34 to 35c; triplets, 34% to 35%c; new Stilton, 25 to 26c. Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 30 to 32c; creamery, prints, fresh, No. 1, 36 to 38c; cooking, 23 to 25c. Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, 40c; roosters, 20c; fowl, 30c; ducklings, 35c; turkeys, 60c. Live poultry--Spring chickens, 30c; roosters, 16c; fowl, 22c; ducklings, 80c; turkeys, 50c. Margarine--20 to 22c. Eggs--No. 1, 38 to 39c; selects, 41 to 42c; cartons, 43 to 44c. Beans*--Can. hand-picked, bi $2.85 to $3; primes, $2.40 to $2.50. Maple products--Syrup, 40c; heavy, 30 to 31c; cooked, 58 t ' 62c; rolls, 27 to 28c; cottage rolls. 30 to 31c; breakfast bacon, 33 to 38c; special brand breakfast bacon, 45 to 47c; backs, boneless, 42 to 47c. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 17 to 19%c; clear bellies, 19%c. Lard^--Pure, tierces 14% to 15c; tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to 16c; prints, 16 to 12c. Shortening, tierces, 12V4 to 12%c; tubs, 12% to 18%c; pails, 131/* to 13%c; prints, 15V± to 15 %c. Choice heavy steers, $7.25 to $8; butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.75; do, good, $6.75 to $7.25; do. med'., $5.25 to $6.75; do, com., $3.75 to $5.25; butcher heifers, choice, $7.25 to $7.75; do, med., $5.75 to $7.25; butcher cows, choice, $4.50 to $5.50; do, med., $8 to $4.50; canners and cutters, $1 to $2.50; butcher bulls, good $4.25 to $5.25; do, com., $3 "to $4; feeders, good, 900 lbs., $5.50 to $6; do, fair, $5 to $5.50; milkers, $45 to $65; springers, $55 to $75; calves, choice, $9 to $10; do, med., $7 to $8.50; do, com., $4 to $6.50; lambs, yearlings, $7 to $8; do, spring, $10.50 to $11; Sheep, choice, $4.50 to $5.50; do, good, $4 to $4.50; do, heavy and bucks, $2 to $3.50; hogs, fed and watered, 11; do, country points, $10; do, f.oh., $10.25. Montreal. Oats--CW., No. 2, 61%c; CW, No. 3, 58% to 59c. Flour--Man. Spring wheat pats., firsts, $10.50. Rolled oats --bag, 90 lbs., $3 to $3.05. Bran-- $25.25. Shorts--$26.25. Hay--No. 2, per ton, car lots, $25 to $27, Cheese finest easterns, 23 to 23%c. Butter, choicest creamery, 37%c. Eggs, selected-, 42 to 43c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 45c. Good veal, $7; med., $3.50 to $6; grass, $2 to $2.50. Ewes, $2 to $4; lambs, good, $8.50 to $9.50; common, $6 to $8. Hogs, sows and heavies, $6.50 to $7.50. VCMoW WHERE.