y- thelr mneeck- Stores." colors, ete, men YEAR 86: No. 300, IRELAND MUST ACGEPT THE BILL Giving Measirs of Home Rue Whellet She Likes It Or Net. | ULSTER LIELY TO ACCEPT | : WHOLE BRITISH ARMY READY | FOR BINN FEINERS, | A Settlement of the Irish Question | Regarded as Second in Importance | Only to Winning of the War. | London, Dec. 27.-Ireland may | have th accept Preminr Lloyd! Georse"s tew Home Rul plan, intro- duced in the Houss of Commons, i Monday, whether she likes it or not, | #1 ofileial close 'o the British Pre- | mier declared in an interview. The Premier is prepared to furce #cceptance of his measure, this offi- clal asserted. Its passage by Parlia- | 'ment was assured before the measure | was submitted, he added. Lloyd George, according to this of- { ficial, is "heart and soul" for pass- | age of some legislation which will au | least start a settlement of the Irish | question, he continued. The Premier i wegards this problem as second in| iniportance only to winning of the war. * | i Believe Ulster Will Accept. It was believed in Government cir- | cles, according to the source of in-| formation, that Ulsterites will accept | the Premier's plan, which provides | wy he Daily ONTARIO, KINGSTON, FACES IN RECENT NEWS ITEMS (1). Brig.-Gen. C. H. Mitchell, of Toronto, whom Hartley { Dewart has nominated for a place on the proposed enlarged Hydro-Electric Commission. (2) L. B. McFarlane, of Mont- real president of the Bell Tele phone Co., Who says Torondo {is to have the automatic system installed. (3 4) Josephus Daniels, secretary of the of the U. S .Navy, and same navy, who are engaged in war honors. ( nager for the While Star Line, ) Admiral Sim, -a nice little discussion over 5) John Torrance, of Montreal, Canadian ma- who is retiring from the steamship business afler 44 years. Sen RETURNED SOLDIER SHOT IN MONTREAL illed in Fight Following a Visit to His Friend's House - K Montreal, Dec. 27.--Patrick Leahy, f 109 Benoit street, was shot and THE LATEST NEWS * SATURDAY, DECEMBER BRYAN TOAD PEACE TREATY | Former Democratic Leader Again fo Be Busy In Washimglon Politics. STILL A LEADING. FACTOR | wi, HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH } | { | | | | | REVISING PLATFORM - Some Think He Is Attempting To ' Gain Leadership of Party From | President 'Wilson, i Washington, Dec. 27.---William | | Jennings Bryan is coming here next | | week to confer with Democratic Se- | nators on the Peace Treaty and to | participate in the meeting of the De- | mocratic National Committee on Ja- | | nuary 8th. Friends of the President who have | heard of his activity say that Mr. | Bryan is preparing to take the lead | in Democratic polities, and that the | real purpose of the conference is to | place Mr. Bryan in a place of prom- | inence in Democratic circles. Some | severg critics of Mr. Bryan go so far | as y that the commoner, who re- | signed as Secretary of State after a difference with the President over | the German submarine notes, is at-| tempting vo 'ge party from President Wilson: Whether there is any truth in these reports it is impossible to say at this time, because Mr. Bryan in his prelimipary conference here last week did not fully show his hand, One thing is becoming evident and that is that Mr. Bryan is doing his utmost to influence speedy action on the treaty. The presence of Mr. 2 27 =7, leadership of the | British W 1919. ¢ J YE O LDE, AND-- When gallant knight his lady wed And drew her close, with all her charms, "Ah, lucky is that I He holds his man," they said: fortune in his arms." YE NEW. The scene is changed; a turkey's got Ye lady's place on sundry farms. The farmer's is a 1 ucky lot, He holds his fortune in his arms. WOULD RESTORE ; Cobourg member. *'I would certainly | Commission | suggest the municipalities securing creases, depend the roads' chances of the land and turning it over to the government." "If that can be worked out the chief objection to the scheme would be removed," stated the premier, The members of the deputation took Ladies frequently may, "My husband never wears the Xmas. Tie I buy for him." "There's = Rea- Select the next at Collier's Toggery LAST EDITION, RALWAYS NEED FV BILIO For Expansion Aud Rehabilitation And Improvement in Five Years. JAMES 1. HL WAS RIGHT IN Ais PROPHECY A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. Adequate Financing of American Roads Dependent Upon Legislation and Higher Rates, Chicago, Dec. 27.--Five billion dollars will be needed by the rail- roads of the United States for ex { pansion, rehabilitation and improve- | ments in the five-year period follow- {Ing their return to private owner- | ship on March 1st. Leading railroad men in Chicago made this statement | when informed that President Wil- { son had fixed a date for turning back the roads. : | *"The roads should spend a billion {a year," said Hale Holden, regional director of 'the Central West, "for at least a five-year period in 'order to provide the country with an adequate transportation machine, Extensions, improvements and &dditional equip- | ment are sorely needed. 2 {| "On the legislation passed, and the { action of the Interstate Commerce in allowing rate in- | gelting these. At present it is diffi- {cult for the roads to borrow; finan- jclers have not had confidence in | railroad securities. because of the | governmental atfitude toward the | roads. OF THE WORLD Desplches Tat Cone from Near ad Dita Plas. for two legislatures, one for southern | Of x i Ireland and another for Ulster, with killed in a fight which occurred on a co-ordinating body to be known as 1 Wednesday at 26 DeMontigney | & naticnal assembly. street west, and Victor Dupuis and | 1f Ulster accepts the plan, and its {his wife were later arrested. The | Parliament is threatened by the Sinn {man will be charged with murder, | Fein, the "entire British army" is while his wife is at present being held | available for protection of Ulster, i: (as a witness for the coroner's inquest, was asserted. Dupuis and Leahy were friends and this suggestion up eagerly. "If there is a disposition to permit Mr. 'Clarke, the reeves of Haldi-|them to earn revenue sufficient to, mand and Clarke townships and oth- | warrant expenditure, they will - have er members of the deputation con- neo trouble ¢¢ borrowing the neces- curred in the suggestion. In their ad- | gary money. If the disposition is dresses to-theé two members of the |pnot shown by the Government, fit government they pointed out that| will be almost impossible for ~ghe much land was now merely! waste! roads to give efficient and sicandin land which could be made to grow | gervice. The fixing of a date for the ONTARI) LUMBER Provincial Minister Approves Scheme Fo Reforestation. Bryan and National Committeemen here after the holiday recess is ex- pected to have some result on the treaty situation. As the Republican National Com- mittde meeting early this month had the effect of exerting pressure on the Republican Senators, who forced re- The Government realizes it is im- possible to force the Sinn({ Fein sec- tion of Ireland to organize a Parlia- ment, the official said; but, he point- ed out, it would be easy to offer them the chance to deal with the Orange men through a legislative body and grant the Ulsterites protection case there was any attempt to inter- fere with them. For the present, it was said, the | Premder is "forgetting Ireland" until resumption of Parliament, which has been prorogued by the King until the new year. The Premier's Home Rule Bill already has been drawn up and pigeon-holed, . Lloyd George, it was said, will de- vote his time now to domestic ques- | tions, the continent and the peace conference. He plans to leave for Paris to discuds peace problems early in January. The Premier's advisers have as- sured him of speedy passage of the Irish measure--probably within two months after the reassembling of Parliament---and by that time, it was hoped, most of the international questions will have Loeu settled. THREE LIVES ARE LOST BY A MINER'S ACT Threw Handful of Powder on Fire, Which Biew Out Side of House. Washington, Dec. 27.--Herbert Waters, aged 43, a coal miner at Mornisville, near here, tested the quality of blasting powder by toss- ing a handful into an open fire in * his house yesterday. Waters and his 'wife, Mary Waters, aged 40, are dy- ing in the Waynesburg Hospital, thelr eight-year-old daughter, Bel- ma, is dead, and their 14-year-old son, Thomas, is suffering from se- vere, but not fatal, injuries, Waters had a keg of powder in ids home, to be used in mine blast- ing. The explosive had become damp and the miner was In doubt as to 'quality. Examining a handful as he sat in front of the fire, he tossed a few chunks into the 0. The resultdnt exploston set off the keg of powder, blowing ou: one en- tire side of the two-story brick house and hurling the occupants into the . All four were rushed to the pital, where Belma died in two ours. War Prisoners in Sorry Plight. Geneva, Dec. 27.--~The Internation- al Red Cross has sent out an appeal in behalf of the prisoners of war in Siberia. Two hundred thousand pri- soners, for the most part Austrians and Hungarians, many of whom were captured in 1914, are living with- out shelter and virtually without clothing and little food. Any con- disease may make terrible 5. Typhus has already killed of the 16,000 men at the Troit- ravage 12,000 A eed 225,000,000 francs to transport the prisoners to their homes the Red Cross fears that the would be too long, and $ that their fate can be amelio- b; ce rendered Ly outside, or all will be dead lief reaches them. Fighting Lines. Press v b Peapaten ) ment between Polish forces ad Bol. 2, and Bol- sheviki at 1 a junction on the Sought on December 23rd, Emtec tn enn ve according & ! from a Tomsk, is sald to have been | of advices, but | On Red Cross atari midnight mass together. { Afterwards Leahy went to Dupuis' {house for refreshments. A quarrel {followed and Leahy was shot as he | was running through the door. He 1 ¢ i! received at a hospital. Two rifles in | were.found in the house, both con- | | taining empty shells. The dead man was a returned soldier, | HELD UP SHOPPERS ~ IN'BIG FUR'STORE | Chicago Robbers Made Get- away With Loot to { Value of $27,500. Chicago, Dec. 27. -- Police today were looking for six men who late last night held up a fur store on the south side 'filled with Christmas shoppers and. escaped with furs valu- | jed at $25,000, cheques aggregating 1 $2,000 and $500 in cash, | The robbers, with revolvers, forc- ied all clerks and shoppers first to {line up against the wall with hands {above their heads, and afterward to | lie flat on the tioor. The men then | selected the most costly furs, and {after taking all the cash and cheques {in sight carried the loot to their auto- {mobile and drove away. ROAST TURKEY WENT A-BEGGING | Few Applicants for Free Christmas Dinners In New York. New York, Dec. 27. -- Christmas dinners went begging on the Bowery. Roast turkey, with all its "trimmings" candy and mince pie, failed to attract half as many hungry men as were served in former years. This was attributed to prevalent prosperity and prohibition. The famous Bowery Mission serv ed only 400 persons, where in fore mer years they have been called to provide for at least 1,300. At Had- ley"s Rescue Hall less than 300 ap- peared for dinner. = Many missions did not serve the usual Christmas re- past because of the lack of appli cants, BROKEN SWITCH ROD Caused Wreck of O.P.R. Train at Fredericton Junction, (Canadian Press Despatch) Fredericton, N.B., Dec. 27.--A broken switch rod Is said to have been responsible for the Canadian Pacific passenger train from Mont- real breaking apart and being wreck- ed as it entered = Fredericton Junc- tion yards yesterday. Edward Barry, the baggagemaster, was the only per- son hurt to any extent. He suffered a broken wrist and lacerations about the head. The express car was thrown across the tracks, while the baggage car crashed into a string of freight cars standing on the siding, and the second class car was thrown into a ditch on the other side of the track, where it rolled over: A party of six Russians, two other persons and the agent were in the se- cond cliss car, which was badly but all climbed out slight cuts and bruises. Ottawa Minister is Dead. Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 27--Rev. Wal- ter E. Baker, pastor of the First Con- gregational Church, died Christn morning, after a-two weeks' illness, pneumonia. He wad in his 40th year, He was a native of Brantford, t. N | call with | tmas TINGS FOR OUR READERS | | RIN | PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSS{BLE FORM. } lied almost immediately after being | the News of the World From Tele- | graphic Service and Newspaper Exchange, Premier Drury will not eancel his appointment in Middlesex. : The U.S. senators now want the pedce treaty ratified in some form. The Dominion parliament is 10 be e for either February 19th or Ua. Hon. 8. F. Tolmie, minister of agriculture, is seriously ill. with diph- |theria at Victoria, B.C. | ~ Great Britain will accept a man- | date for the Holy Land, the Zionists are informed. | Fourteen farmers were elected in {the Australian' House. Premier | Hughes retains his seat. { Britain was cut off for two days | from the remainder of the world. Ne {newspaper was published over the | Christmas holidays. | Lady Astor may be disqualified. | Her right to sit in the British Com- {mons is called in question, as she is a peeress by marriage. : Marshal Foch has informed the re- publican committee of Finnistere, that he will decline the candidacy of | the senate, recently offered him. On Christmas Eve robbers with re- volvers held up clerks and shoppers in a Chicago fur store and got away with furs valued at $25,000 and $2,- 500 cash. A Newurk, N.J.; woman has bought two coffins for herself and her hus- band, so as to be sure of good burial it their money gives out in these times of high costs. The National Steel Corporation, Ltd. recently organized under Do- iminion charter, bas taken over the National Steel Car Company, Hamil: ton. The new company is a purely Canadian one, Premier Nitti will go to London from Rome, and from there will re- turn to Paris to attend the meeting of the Allied premiers and foreign ministers, which is expected to begin next week. George Cartwright, an official in the stores department of the Cana- dian government railways, 'was ar rested at Halifax on a charge of stealing two thousand dollars worth of silver, table lmen, blankefs and other Pullman and dining car acces- -sories. or servations into the treaty unaccept- able to President Wilson, so the ad- vice that Mr. Bryan is expected to give to his party leaders in the Se- nate may produce a situation favor- able to ratification of the treaty. Re- publican Senators.learned from the party leaders that the country. was demanding peace, that in some States the' people were charging delay to the majority, while in other sections the criticism was levelled against the President apd the minority Senators, Still Political Factor, Friends of Mr. Bryan say that at least eight Democratic Senators can be persuaded by the Commoner in the treaty matter, as they are re- garded as thinking that his position before the country is as strongly on the side of a peace and a League of Nations as the President's. On the other hand, as a political factor, Mr: Bryan, they say, cannot be ifnored in the counsels of the party, and they look to him, us in 1912, to be a deciding factor in the framing o the platform and in the naming o: the Presidential nominee of the com- ing convention. It has been learned from followers of Mr. Bryan that he will demand not only a liberal candidate but a li- beral platform. In informal conver- sations that have been held between him and his admirers he has indi- cated opposition to the program fol- lowed by Attorney-General Palmer in the solution of the coal strike ques tion. Judged by his indefinite talks, some of Mr. Bryan's friends believe that he will be found aiding tlie no- mination of another man than the Attorney-3eneéral, and that ocandi- date may be former Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. EIGHT MEN DIE After Drinking What They Thought Was Whiskey. (Canadian Press atch) e Hartford, Conn., Dec. 27.--Bight men are dead here from drinking what they supposed to be whiskey, which had probably been compouand- ed with wood alcohol. Four men are under arrest for the time being, charged with murder in connection with the deaths, and a fifth in charged with intent to transport fiquor illegally. Twelve barrels of the mixture, presumed to be palat- able, but requiring water to lessen its strength, were bought from a New York firm for twelve thousand dollars, according to statements made to the pol lice. MUST REPLACE THE LUMBER THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF PROVINCE | Land Which At Present Is Little More Than a Nuisance Would Be Utilized. Toronto, Dec, 27 -- When a depu-~ tation of twenty from Northumber- land and Durham counties, headed by Sam Clarke, M.P.P., Cobourg, waited upon Premier Drury and Mi- nister on Lands and Forests Beniah Bowman at the parliament buildings a comprehensive scheme of refores- tation was placed in the government incubator. Its hatching and matur. ing would mean millions of dollars in new timber for Ofitario and the replacing to some extent of the huge volume of lumber that has found its way in the last couple of decades out of the forests of old and New Onta- rio. Premier Drury and the minister of lands and forests were obviously fla- vorable to the working out of a com- prehensive scheme of reforestation for this provinceand the members of the deputation Were greatly en- comwged by their reception. "For years," stated Mr. Clarke, "there has been talk of reforesta- tion by the provincial government, but next to nothing has been done. I do not' believe that the present sys- tem, whereby the initiative is with the municipalities, will ever accom- plish anything. What is your perso- nal opinion?" enquired Mr. Clarke of Prof. Zavits, the government's refor- estation expert. "Personally I do not believe the system which leaves s0 much to the municipal councils will ever amount to much, or be a success even where it is tried. I think the thing is a pro- vinclal undertaking." "Where would the province get land?" asked Premier Drury. "You know what happens as soon as a government starts looking for land. The Camp Borden property is a suf- ficient example of that. It seems tic me that the municipalities can get this waste land much cheaper and easier than the province." Municipalities Get Land. "That is very true," responded the ~~ the very best of pine timber. It was stated that theres were at least 15,- 000 acres of such land in Haldimand township. Besides this land being, for the present, unproductive, the sand from it was blowing in more fertile soil and year after year making the pro- duction of crops more difficult. Their suggestion was for the government to take over the scheme from the municipalities and enter into the re- forestation of Omtarié on a scale which the results would warrant, Both the premier and the minister of lands and forests gave their con- currence to the scheme, approving even details of it. - "The only question would be one of funds," remarked the premier. "If you bring this thing into the house -you will have my support," promised the Conservative member who headed the deputati®h. The scheme 3% suggested, if com- prehensively carried out, would re- sult in the restoration of millions of feet ,of timber to the province, from land whieh is now little More than a nuisance. NEW IRISH POLICY FAIR TO ALL PARTIES Many-Sided Support by British Opinion Indispensable to Success. London, Dec. 27.--The Daily Chronicle fairly sums up the recep- tion the premier's Irish plans met within the press by offering the gov- ernment congratulations. The vari- ous Irish sections condemn, but their condemnation in public was expected. The only hopeful way is to give up trying 'to placate this or that Irish section and lay down before the eyes of the world a policy fair to all. But for this course to be pursued and to end with success the Chronicle says: "Many-sided support from British opinion is indispcnsable. Such sup- port was forthcoming yesterday throughout practically the whole Bri- tish press, and if the candid Con- servative non-partisan note which was then manifest can be maintain ed, Britain may win the inestimable prize of an honest and permanent irish settlement by the same unity of high purpose which won the war.'* re ------ LET OUT CONVI AND JAIL THE POLICE Six Toledo Thugs 'Establish A Record .in Releasing Prison a Toledo, 0., Dee. 27.--One of the most daring jail deliveries ever ac- es the prohi : Blac OE complished in this part of the eoun- try occurred here Christmas Day, when six men called at the county Jall, exchanged Christmas greetings with three deputy sheriffs on duty, overpowered and locked them in a cell, then liberated four notorions burglars and safe-blowers. In the fight that followed the arrival of the Leo Noonan, a deputy, was o left breast. Hear- commotion, Sheriff 8 rushed from bed to invest! and was promptly carried off and {mprisoned ten men then walked leisurely out of the mil ------------------------ "Drys" Are in Minority. Wellington, New Zealand, Dec. 27. ~The retufns in the "no license" re- ferendum; taken simultaneously with the general election poll, are incom- plete. Thus far the official count bitionists slightly ip Returns fror thirtern well 25 a large number of votes of John id return, -however, is a good thing, as it will dispel the uncertainty which had handicapped the roads in the last few months." "I am glad the date for a return has been fixed," sald R. H. Ashton, director-general of the north-west region. "The uncertainty of the last few monthg was not calculated to do the roads any good. Now shat it Is dispelled, they can go ahead, make thelr plans, and at the same time give the best possible service." Commenting on Mr, Holden's statement as to the requirements of the roads, Mr, Ashton said: "Jim Hill said the same thing a number of years ago. Nobody paid much attentfon to it then. There seems to be ho doubt he was right now." JAPAN NOW FACES MANY BIG PROBLEMS May Extend Francise--People Urged t6 Cultivate a Broad International Spirit Tokio, Dec. 27.--~Deec. 27.--~On the eve of the formal opening of the Diet, Premier Hara issued a state- ment asserting that 'many problems exist, Some of them not easy of sohu= tion." "Extension of the franchise, the internal food problem and foreign diplomacy, especially with reference to China, stare us in the face," he paid, "demanding study before a so- lution can be reached. The Govern- ment is optimistic, hoWever, and ex+ pects to encounter no serious ob stacles. Concerning the franchise, we are prepared to meet the will of the le." : PT lor Hara added that he be lieved social and industrial condi- tions in Japan compared favorably with those in Europe. In the mat- ter of foreign diplomacy, he added, Japan needed a careful propaganda to correct the misunderstanding oft Japan alms and ideals. The best propaganada, he said, would be that of the people themselves, who must cultivate a broad international spirit through intercourse and the tessliange of views, " bid 1 ge convinced," sald Premier Hara, 'that Japan Js advaneli with the rest of the civilized wor] and is not going behind or against it. Japan can go forward with faith in her future." In -------- ---- MANY LIVES LOST Heavy Avalanciies Carried and Terror in Their Wake. Geneva, Dec, 27> The avalanche which occurred at the mountain re- sort of Davos caused terror among residents and visitors and resulted in number of deaths in the village it~ self. One huge, powdery avalanche swept down, upon . a sanitariuns smashing doors and windows of the first and second storeys and killin a Russian woman and her nurse an seriously injuring several others. Many were imprisoned in the ed fieor Nuroughout the night. T is consider rd a Biracle that dhe sane tarium did not poe, as tl ' fell on Hotel Excelsior killing two emp! wnd doing much damage. ee A third avalanche = almost ' ovel whelmed the Pension Germania. F districts are still to be received; asides AT SWISS RESORTS