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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE. ONT.. THURSDAY. DEC. 8, 1921. NEW PROPOSALS FOR IRISH SETTLEMENT PRESENTED TO SINN FEIN LEADERS Plan to Create Ireland a Domi nion, Giving Ulster the Option of Joining the Dominion Pari iament--Boundary Commission to Make Changes Adva ntageous Both to North and South During Separation Period. A despatch from London say-s:-draft of alternative proposals for Irish settlement was given by the Government on Thursday to the Sinn Fein leaders. Mr. Barton left Londi Thursday evening with the documents which will be considered by the Sinn Fein Cabinet. If the Sinn Fein ind:' dates readiness to discuss the new scheme, then the Government will submit it to Ulster, it is hoped, by Tuesday. The alternative proposal has already been described in general terms. It would create Ireland a Dominion, Ulster exercising her option to remain out of the Dominion Parliament and to retain her present powers and Imperial representation, but or, this important point Ulster would at anytime have the option at her own request of joining the Dominion Parliament. The Sinn Fein are to give their allegiance under a form to be agreed. Part of the new proposal is a boundary commission to re-examine the frontiers of Ulster and the South, with a view to some changes which the would be advantageous both North and the South during the period they are separated. Such a boundary commission, it is thought, might get rid of some of the difficult problems in Tyrone and Fermanagh, and if in those counties some of the Sinn Fein population were allotted to the South, perhaps in exchange Ulster might be allotted some territory in County Donegal, which would render the geographical position of Derry City less anomalous. The Government's undertaking to submit fresh proposals to Ulster be-1 fore next Tuesday, the time limit set1 by Premier Sir James Craig this week [ in his declination to accept the Gc v-1 ernment's previous proposal, is understood to be conditioned upon the ac-, ceptance of the new proposals by Sinn I ADMIRAL BEATTY'S VISIT TO CANADA Admiral. Beatty making a speech while he was in Montreal. Beside hin proud little member of the Boys' Naval Brigade._ the part of Sinn Fein to legianee to the Crown. Should this agreement not be reached it is under-•tood Ulster will not be approached Lgain, and that negotiations with Si Fein would then- terminate. Cost of Foodstuffs i Meeting of International Rouses Vienna Mobs j Court Early Next Year a A despatch from Geneva says: A. despatch from Vienna *ays.- £ Qf Nationg h&g ig_ Grave nets have broken out here. The] ^ g ^ f()r the members of • centre of the city is in the hands of j the International Court of Jus- a mob, due to the anger of the people] tjce to me€t at the Hague on at the cost of breadstuffs. i January 30. Formanl opening t of the court is expected early in February. Ten the jsand men marched at noon into the c ty. They smashed shops in Rings trass e, and hotels and cafes were stcn led. Guests were dragged from the tables and automobiles in the street s were stopped while the occupants were pulled out and their clothes tc n from their backs. The highest suspension bridge in the world is at Fribourg, Switzerland, where one is thrown over the gorge of Gotteron, which is 317 feet above the valley. Canada From Coast to Coast Halifax, N.S.--Forty-two Sable Island ponies have arrived here on the government steamer Lady Laurier. A number of these animals are taker from Sable Island every year and sold by the Dominion Government. St. John, N.B.--Upwards of $6,000,-000 have been allocated by the Anglo -Persian Oil' Company for the pixpoat of developing'the oil shale deposit-; ilk New Brunswick. The company intends to erect a 5,000-ton plant, from which it is hoped 60,000,000 gallons per annum may be obtained from the deposits. The estimate is made that there is enough shale in the series to supply five plants of 1.500-ton capacity each for 50 years. SackvLlIe, N.B.--A fox company With a capita! of fifty thousand dollars has been incorporated to engage in breeding, and rearing foxes, as well as other fur-bearing animals. Quebec, Que.--To meet a sudden dearth in the New York market, which bad been growing for tion of Ontario is becoming famou: Special attention will be given to the growing of beans, tobacco, sugar be; tnd corn. There is five different kinds of soil on the farm. Winnipeg', Man.--Building contracts issued in Western Canada duri month of October totalled $4,002,200, distributed as follows: British Columbia, $2,155,100; Alberta, $871'.100; Saski tchewan, $471,200; Manitoba, $586,800. The month's total compares with the corresponding month in 1920 very favorably, when the total amounted to $2,967,400, and in 1919 when the total was $2,667,300. Rcg'hia, Sask.--Thirty-one head of horses, three head of cattle, twenty-sever, sheep and twcr.ty-two h.gj are Saskatchewan's contribution to the International Livestock Show at Chicago this year. After the exhibition, the hogs will be slaughtered and sold, but the horses, cattle and sheep will go to the agricultural show at Guelph, Ont;.] time, 200,000 eels valued~at ,100,<H»j j£Hr* fw^SLlffi York SSrVrTft t0 NeH Alberta, miners ir. the vicinity of Hud-York. They travelled in three speci- j son>s Hope in the Peace Rive' coun ally constructed barges so arrange^ try have proven very "satisfactory, ac! j cording to reports brought fr< that water could flow in and out tl Inf*15™ aU to2W«*Uaaod upon'the completion of tb + A, -The f^nrficaiice of a shlP" i testing operations. Dirt S °/ WUme, Tlhtf reahzed| least $1 in gold to the cubi when it is considered that the annual import of eels from Canada has been worth about $85,000 only. g at FOR BIG INDIA SPORT Amid the Ceremonials Arranged by Native States During the Week. A despatch from Jodhpur, British India, says:--The Prince of Wales engaged in his first boar hunt at early dawn on Wednesday with five of men, each team with four spears. Many women accompanied the hunting party. Numerous big black boars were found. The Prince obtained his first kill by riding down his boar and securing a clean and vigorous thrust at a vital spot. A despatch to The London Times from Jcdhpur, dated Tuesday, says: "For a week the Prince of Wales, since leaving Bombay, has been mov-: ing through the native States. It is impossible to exaggerate the magnificence of the receptions or the! lavishness of the hospitality every- ■ where. The whole week has been; one grand pageant of color, movement,' light and music. With all the gather-1 ings and ceremonials, the Prince stilli has had time for polo, hunting, snipe | shooting and good intervals of rest."j China-Japan Debates Point to New Era A despatch from Washington says:--The opening of conversations between the representatives of China and Japan on the Shantung question has caused great satisfaction in Japanese circles where, it is believed, it may mark the inauguration of an epoch of better understanding between the two nations. The Japanese viewpoint was explained as one of conviction that Japan should insist, in the negotiations, upon an agreement to conduct the' Shantung railroad from Tsingtau to Tsinan-Fu as a joint £" terprise. ABOLITION OF SUBMARINE IS STRONGLY ADVOCATECD BY BRITISH AT CONFERENCE despatch from Washington . against merchant ships without viola- says:--Complete abolition of the submarine as an instrument of warfare, still is regarded by the British delegation as the most preferable decision to be reached by the armament conference when the question of the submarines is brougbjruip. While the British ('.elcajffBs^cealize that their views^J^twrunwritabi lily of the submarine I'crSkr.rfare mir.ht not prevail in the ccnifel^nrgf they felt certain it would receive mflch sympathy in the world at large. In anticipation of a lively discussion on this subject before the conference, one of the highest British authorities to-night set out the British attitude as follows: The submarine hardly can be used| without being abused; in the past it certainly was a gross abuse of every rule of war; it.destroyed the innocent and the non-belligerent as well as the crews of warships. There might be a legitimate use for the submarine if it could be confined to operation: against warships; it could not be used a weapon of -v tion of the rules of Moreover, the British spokesman1 said he doubted seriously Whether the submarine was the weapon of the weaker power against the stronger. In response to an inquiry as to whether the same objection made to the submarine might not with equal force apply to the use of poison gas or to the dropping of bombs from airplanes, the British spokesman declared there was a great difference. It would be impossible, without great injury to industrial life, he said, to end the manufacture of chemicals capable of being turned into poison gases in time of war. As to airplanes, which are now a valuable means of transportation in times of peace, it would be impossible, he added to check the development of these new means of communication. While these airplanes, capable of carrying large car-times of peace, might carry bombs in time of war, he contended, the submarines could not be turned to any other useful purpose than that of BLACK DAY ON BERLIN BOURSE j Question of Moratorium ofi Reparations Agitating Germany. A A despatch from Berlin say*s^T7^T dollar dropped fifty points on Thurs-j day with the increasing insurance that a moratorium in reparations payments is going to be made. The first effect of this stiffening of the mark v black day on the Bourse, but the has gone far toward ending the strain " >r Which Germany has been bend-to the breaking point. If efforts a moratorium fail after so much hope had been raised, this will make things infinitely worse than they were before. Chancellor Wirth would be broken and the mark would in all likelihood crash to 500 to the dollar within eek. All eyes are upon Walter Rathenau, Minister of Reconstruction, Government's unofficial envoy, in London. Toronto, Ont.--A syndicate of To ronto, Montreal and Hamilton capitalists has formed a company under De-minion charter, called the International Wheel and Rim Company, Limited, for the purpose of manufacturing a double disc steel automobile wheel under the Culp and Crenan patents and the new Cv.lp Demountable Kin. The company has decided to locate its factory in Toronto. Ridgetown, Ont.--A 190-acre farm near here has been purchased for $40,-000 by the Ontario Government from A. B. Brian, a well-known live stock breeder. Work will be begun immediately to convert it into an experimental farm for the development of specialized crops for which this sec- ked and with the opening of spring the syndicate intends to commence d< velopment upon a large scale. Victoria, B.C.--The announcement that the zinc production of the Trail Smelter, Canadian Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co., this year will be the largest in the history of the plant has been received with much interest in British Columbia mining circles. The output is said to be nearly 50 per cent, above that of last year. A market has been found in the Orient, important shipments having been made to the East recently, thus relieving the surplus stock situation, Creston, B.C.--All records for lateness in ripe tomato shipping were broken this year, when the season closed with an export of fifteen crates of the ripe grade from the R. J. Long ranch on October 25. Father Knew. •Who is the wisest man mentioned the Scriptures?" asked a teacher of e of her Sunday-school class. 'Paul," exllaimed the little fellow, confidently. "Oh, no, Johnnie; Paul was a very good man, but Solomon is mentioned as the wisest man." "Well, my father says Paul was the wisest man, because he never married, and I think my father ought to know," replied the boy, emphatically. Manitoba's oldest woman, Nakasta-kon, a member of the Swampy Cree tribe of Indians, is dead at the age of 114 years. Nakastakon, whose name in English means "dancing girl," was born at Moose Factory, on the Hudson Bay, and was among the first Indians to welcome Anglican missionaries to the province. She died Tuesday at the Birch River Reserve in the Northland. During the last few years she was totally blind and un>- Viscount Lascelles ■ngagement to H.R.H. Prince: s been officially announced. The Farmers' University. Enquiry at the Extension Office < the University of Toronto this week elicits the fact that requests for application forms for the Short Winter Course are being received "in bunches." This means that, in a good many localities, parties of men and women, young and old, are being organized by some leading spirit to go in a body to the Provincial University for the two weeks commencing February 6th. Last February there was a good deal of friendly rivalry as to which county had the largest number of students present. York, Simcoe, Halton and Peel, on account of their proximity, were, of course, ahead in numbers, but Huron, Oxford, Ontario, and Wellington had each a large representation. Of the thirty-three counties and districts from which students came last session Essex, Renfrew, Rainy River, Haliburton, and Muskoka were the most distant. Last February, too, the men in attendance greatly outnumbered the women and this will probably foe the case again even though household science has been added to the list of subjects. The Executive Board of the United Farmers of Ontario is anxious to see the attendance doubled this year and the authorities of the provincial university are making all arrangements to provide two weeks of profit and pleasure for all who attend. able to v ilk. o one ever advances who c ly waits for directions. ii.-taiit- Canadian Product Cheapest on Market A despatch from London says: In some things Canada can beat Germany at her own game of cheap production. According to the Mercantile Guardian, after going the rounds of the world's markets, buyers for the first time in many months find Canadian aluminum' the cheapest, selling at 1 shilling 2V£ pence per pound, while the German product, despite the depreciation of the mark, is 2 pence dearer. The Canadian product, which is often called American because it is shipped from New York, is said to be of exceptional quality. Lord Mount Stephen, who died on Nov. 30, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, in his 93rd year, was formerly President of the Bank of Montreal and first President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, of which he of the chief promoters. DARING ROBBERY AT NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. Armed Robbers Secured $40,-000 While People Looked On. A despatch from Niagara Falls, N. Y., says:--Armed robbers secured loot valued at $40,000 in a holdup of three express company employees here on -Thursday night, shortly after six o'clock. The robbers loaded two strong boxes into an automobile and drove away, while many persons watching them thought it was jil a joke. The three expressmen were moving the two strong-boxes from the express company office to the train shed of the New York Central across the street. As they reached the train shed, four men stepped out, armed with revolvers. Three of the bandits covered the expressmen, while the fourth bandit put the strong-boxes, which contained $40,000 in currency and valuables, into the auto. of the bandits took a revolver from one of the expressmen, and the one j four escaped without a shot being fired. Weekly Market Report Toronto. Manitoba wheat--No. 1 Northern, .28; No. 2 Northern, $1.25; No. " $1.17. Manitoba oats--No. 2 CW, 52%. No. 3 CW, 50 %c; extra No. 1 feed, 50 %c; No. 1 feed, 49 %c; No. 2 feed, 46c. Manitoba barley--Nominal. All the above, track, Bay ports1. American corn--No. 2 yellow, 66c, Bay ports. Ontario oats--No. 2 white, nominal. Ontario wheat--Nominal. Barley--No. 3 extra, test 47 lbs. or better, 57 to 60c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat--No. 2, 68 to 70c. Rye--No. 2, 84 to 86c. Manitoba flour--First pats., $7.40; second pats., $6.90, Toronto. Ontario flour--90 per cent, patent, bulk seaboard, per barrel. $4.60. Millfeed--Del. Montreal freight, bags included: Bran, per ton, $23 to $24; shorts, per ton, $24 to $25; good feed flour, $1.70 to $1.80. Baled hay--Track,, Toronto, per ton, No. 2, $21.50 to $22; mixed, $18. Straw--Car lots, per ton, $12. Cheese--New. large, 21 to 22c; twins, 21% to 22%c; triplets, 22% to 23%c. Old, large, 25 to 26c; twins, 25% to 26%c; triplets, 26 to 27c; Stiltons, new, 1»5 to 26c. iutter--Fresh dairy, choice, 33 to ; creamery prints, fresh, No. 1, 43 to 47c; No. 2, 40 to 41c; cooking, " to 24c. Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, 30 to 35c; roosters, 20 to 25c; fowl, 28c; ducklings, 30 to 35c; turkeys, 45 to 50c; geese, 22 to 27c. Live poultry--Spring chickens, 20 to 25c roosters, 20 to 25c 5.. INfiS hg 25e; roosters, 14 to 16c; fowl, 14 to 22c; ducklings, 22 to 25c; turkeys, 45 to 50c; geese, 15 to 20c. Margarine--23 to 25c. Eggs--No. 1 storage. 48 to 50c; select storage, 55 to 57c; new laid straights, 86 to 88c; new laid, in cartons, 88 to 90c. Beans--Can. hand-picked, bushel, $4 to $4.25; primes, $3.50 to $3.75. Maple products--Syrup, per imp. gals. 22c. , 14% $2.35. gal., $2.50; per 5 imp. Maple sugar, lb., 19 to 2' Honey--60-30-lb. tins, per lib.; 5-2%-ib. tins, 16 to" 17c per Lb.; Ontario comb honey, per doz, $3.75 to $4.50. Smoked meats--Hams, med., 25 to 27c; heavy, 25 to 27c; cottage rolls. 27 to 29c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 30c; special brand breakfast bacon, 38 to 40c; backs, boneless, 35 to 40c. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 18 to 20c; dear bellies, 18% to 20%c. Lard--Pure, tierces, 14 to 14%c; tubs, 14% to 15c; pails, 15 to 15%c; prints. 16% to 17c. Shortening, tierces, 13c; tubs, 13%c; pails, 14c; prints', 15%c. Choice heavy steers, $6 to $7.75; butcher steers, choice, $6 to $6.50; do, good, $5 to $6; do, med., $4 to $4.50; do, com., $2.50 to $3.50; butcher heifers, choice, $5.50 to $6; bvtcher cows, choice, $4 to $4.50; do, med., $3 to $4; canners and cutters, $1.50 to $2.50; butcher bulls, good, $3.50 to $4; do, com., $2.50 to $3.50; feeders, good, 900 lbs., $5 to $5.60; do, fair, $4.50 to $5; stackers, good, $4 to $4.50; do, fair, $3 to $4; milkers, $60 to $80; springers, $70 to $90; calves, choice, $10 to $11; do, med., $8 to $10; do, com., $3 to $6; lambs, good, $9.50 to $10; do, com., $5.50 to $6; sheep, choice, $3.50 to $4; do, good, $3 to $3.50; do, heavy and bucks, $1 to $2; hogs, fed and watered, S9.50 to $9.65: do, f.o.b.. $8.85_to $9; do, country points, $8.75 to^.85. Montreal. Oats--Can. West. No. 2, 57 to 57%c; do. No. 3, 56 to 56%c. Flour--Man. spring wheat, firsts, $7.50. Rolled oats--Bag, 90 lbs., $2.80 to $2.85. Bran, $23.25. Shorts, $25.25. Hay-No. 2, per ton, carlots, $27 to $28. Cheese--Finest easterns, 18 to 18 %c. Butter--Choicest creamery, 40V4 to 40%c. Eggs--Selected, 52c Potatoes, per bag. carlots, $1 to $1.20. Canners and cutters, $1.50 to $2.50; ght heifers, $2.50 to $3; bulls, $2.25. 0 $3; calves, grassers, $3; med. veal, .8 to $10; lambs, $8 to $8.25; good sheep, $4; hogs, $10. REGLAR FELLERS-- By Gene Byrnes