ALLEN NOW PLAYING CH RAY --_-- YEAR 88 : NO. 48, "GREECE WILL NOT AGREE Forecast of lis Reply Regard- ing the Near Eastern Solution. London, Feb. 26.---Armenian re- presentatives were heard this morn- ing by the Allied representatives gathered here for the near east con- ference. Questions affecting Armenia | and Kurdistan were taken up with the Turkish delegates to the confer- ence. While it was generally ex- pected that the representatives of the Turkish nationalist. government Would agree to the proposals for a Solution of the near . eastern ques- tion, it was forecasted*that the Greek answer © would probably be in the negative. It was stated, however, at "the foreign office that M. Kalegero- Poulos, the Greek premier, would be appointed a member of the inter- . allied commission, which will con- duct an investigation on conditions in Thrace and Smyrna, and that the fact that this inquiry would be held did not Imply that the Greeks would be compelled to evacuate the terri- tories they occupy. THE SENATE ADOPTS ADDRESS IN REPLY Minister Tells: Why Unem- ployment Insurance is Being Considered. Ottawa, Feb. 26.--The address in reply to the speech from the throne 'was adopted in the senate. Hon. Senator Robertson, Minister of Labor, said that while the tariff commission had made no report he Would state some of the facts for the benefit of Senator Turriff. They had found that the western farmers' or- ganizations were importing and sell- ing farm machinery. They had 'sent $7,000,000 out of Canada for this purpose in one year. The average duty paid on farm implements brought into Canada was 4.55 per cent. The duty was less than one dol- lar per year per hundred acres on the tillable land in Canada. Senator Robertson declared that his investigations in the Labor De- partment had proven that seasonal 0 occupations and periods of depression made unemployment inevitable in Canada. Unemployment was one of the chief causes of unrest. It was for this reason that the government was seriously considering and investigat- ing unemployment insurance. Sena- tor Robertson stated that from Oct. 16th, 1920, to Jaa. 6th, 1921, there were 138,000 persons out of work in Canada. Referring to the re-organization of the civil service, Senator Robertson stated that in the .printing bureau alone there had been an annual say- ing ot $425,000.°The number of em- ployees had been reduced from 1171 to 749, ad an inefficient organiza- tion changed into "one of the most efficient in Canada." When the cus- toms reorganization was completed there would also be a sabstantiab saving. 8t. Lawrence University Near $200,000 Goal Ogdensburg, N.Y., Feb, 26.--<Only $10,000 more remains to be raised before the first $200,000 of the $600,000 endowment fund of St. Lawrence university, Canton, will be- come a réality. The sum of $120,- 000 of the $130,000 it was necessary to ralse in order to receive the $70.- 000 given by the general board of the Rockefeller foundation has been reached. Dr, Richard Eddy Sykes, president Of the university, hopes to raise the other $10,000 before the annual ban. i quet of the alumni of the college in | New: York April 1st. Hon. A. K. MacLean Demands : A General Election Ottawa, Feb, 26.--Expressiag his firm belief that the people of Can- ada were under the impression at the time of the last election, that this parllament would exist only during the period of the war, Hon. A. K. MacLean, former minister without portfolio in the unionist government, Who recently crossed the floor of the house, yesterday announced his 1h- tention of supporting the opposition amendment demanding dissolution and election, : Boy Picked Dynamite \ Cap, Hand Blown Off Ogdensburg, N.Y., Feb. 26.--E}- mer Marshall, of Norfolk, is at she Hepburn hospita) suffering from in- Jories sustained in a peculiar acei. dent. The boy Is nine years old.. He found some dynamite Caps near his home, and, not knowing what they Were, picked the end of onu with a knife. The cap exploded, blowing ' one hand entirely off at the wrist and badly injuring one leg. -- At Toronto on Friday, the Ontario Municipal Electric Commission vig- -- opposed the Ontario govern- ments proposal of a+two-dollar per JBorse-power tax on municipalities. / 2 . & The 0 aily British Whig ALLE NOW PLAYI 9 an Phyllis" N KINGSTON, ONTARIO. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1921. IN PERFUME FACTORY [FOUND ILLICIT STILL Discovery by Preventive Offi- | cers in Montreal--Tenant { Arrested. | Montreal, Feb, 26.--The discovery | This Is the Earliest Date on! | ot a very large and unusually com- | plete illicit still, operating under the | guise of a perfume factory, was | | made yesterday by preventive officers | | here, on the first fidor of the bunig- | | {ing at 2473 St. Lawrence boulevara I | | of the | Joseph Rosen, the tenant under arrest, | | building, was placed | but later escaped. j ciisers that the premises had been | rented by two men posing as Pos | fume manufacturers, who were Suia | to have come from Toronto and De- | troit, respectively, and still at large. | The capacity of the large copper | | tank is 50 gallons and the whole | | apparatus could supply two or three | | gallons per hour. Facilities for | | bottling included crocks, corks, | { labels, seals, and two hundred dozen i | empty bottles. Fourteen barrels, | | each containing fifty gallons of mash | {in process of fermentation sso found . y Will not permit the milk from run-!any represent SWEPT BY SNOW; ! {latter body w ONE OF FIERCEST | There Is Likely to Be Delay in Steam Services as a Result. -- Toronto Feb. 26.---All lower On- | tario is to-day being swept by one | | of the worst snow storms of the seas- | fon, interfering in some towns and | cities with radial and street traffic, | and promising to delay steam sar. | vices before the end of the day. | { Colder weather is promised for to- | | morrow with elearing skies. In nor- | | thern Ontario the thermometer has | taken quite a drop. White River re- | | ported thirty-eight degrees below | this morning. In eastern Ontario | and Quebec, it is fairly nippy to-day, but in' western Canada it is compar- atively balmy. The maritimes report fairly mild weather. | | BIG RUM RAD | CARRIED QUT US. Agents Seize $30,000 Worth And Capture a Launch. Windsor, Feb. 26.--Almost like an answer to his prayer, six hours after his release, Rev| J. O. L. Spracklin, | | had he been on the American side of | the river across from his home, | might have seen the federal prohibi- | | tion officers closing' in on Ecorse, headquarters of the large rum- runners' ring in the United States. When they were done, 30 men, 450 cases of liquor- valued at $30,000, several automobiles, and a speed launch worth $3,500, were in the hands of the officers, who were ob- liged to discontinue their efforts | through inability to handle more prisoners and confiscated stocks. It was like a raid of the 'western front. Warned by their agents that they might expect violence, sixty fed- eral prohibition officers, most of them from the force that cleaned up Chicago, armed to the teeth, swept quietly into the down-river suburb of Detroit at nine o'clock last night. Under the leadership of James W. Jordan, chief of the federal prohibi- | tion forces of Detroit, the officers | entered the town from different sides | in automobiles, surrounded | than a dozen of the chief centres, and | [at the given minute delivered their attack. In almost every instance the inmates were taken completely by | surprise. | | { | | % {NO NOISE OR FLASH WITH LATEST CANNON Canadian Invents Weapon Now Being Considered by Britain. Ottawa, Feb. 26.--At the annual meeting of the Canadian Artillery Association Major-General MacBrien told of an interesting invention, the work of Captain Robertson, Vancou- ver, which was now being considered by the British war office. It was the next big advance in artillery, and consisted of a noiseless and flashless gun. Location work had proceeded a noiseless and flashless gun was now absolutely necessary. --_-- PEEP P4000 0000 0 BAN IS PLACED UPON CIGARETTES + Salt Lake City, Feb. 26.-- # The bill providing for prohibi- tion of the sale of cigarettes * and advertising of cigaret newspapers and other pu tions published in Utah passed by the lower .house the legislature by a vote of 33 to 13. PEE44 200040400409 | ~ with such energy during the war that |- * | Georgian MILK DROPS Record For Price Re- duction. The price of milk to consumers liest for the price to fall in any year, as the winter price has always run to April 1st. This year, however, who are an exceptional one and the increase | {In supply since the first of the year | has been marked. The wholesale price has been $3.50 per hundred pounds and its is likely that on Tues- day the price will be $3, if not less. Dr. G. W. Bell, city milk inspec- of the milk and the report dairy school shows butter-fat were (ranging from 3.4 to 6, a highly satis- [formation of a trade union amon factory result. Dr. Bell has been very strict in his inspections of herds, and down cattle to be offered for sale, as he regards cows that have grown | very thin and poor as unsuitable for |Fesult of many t | change | Sending in resolutions to the premier | To milk purposes. He advocates a in fodder to crushed oats and barley in order to restore the health and quality of the milk supply. PEOPLE CANNOT CARRY FIREARMS SAYS ROGERS The Superintendent Has Been Flooded With Applications From All Parts. -- Many complaints have been made about people carrying guns. Ac- cording to a despatch from Toronto, Superintendent Rogers, of the pro- vincial police, states that he will igsue no permits for firearms in any | city or town of Ontario. sons desiring such permits ply to the chief of police or "All per- must ap- to a pol- ice magistrate or to a sheriff or a| county constable in a county," he stated. Superintendent Rogers has been flooded with applications from all parts of Ontario, but declares all such applicationg must be made to the local authorities. In no case will he grant a permit unless the appli- cant appears in person and gives satisfactory reasons. KHAN OF KHIVA AND HIS STAFF Are in Prison, Says a Business Man Who Was Released. Copenhagen, Feb. 26.--The Xhan of Khiva, his prime minister, mem- bers of his military staff and digni- taries of his court are imprisoned in Moscow, says a Danish business | man, who recently arrived here atier | when having been in a Moscow prison for about a month. The khanate of Khiva, of which the city of Khiva is capital, is in Russian Turkestan and formerly was an important kingdom of Asia. In 1873 it became virtually subjest to Russia, though for a time there- after it maintained a certain amount of independence. > That the Soviet government cf Russia has been active in furkestan has been indicated by recent wire- less messages from Moscow, stating | that a congress of young Bolshevists Was recently held at Tashkent. Oth- fer Moscow despatches have told of | agle, of Phila meeting of some of the Mohammuian mOTe | races of Central Asia ostensibly for | face went educational purposes. Declares U.S. Is Filled With Goodwill to Canada Toronto, Feb. 26--Dr. John Apple- ton Stewart, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Sulgrave Insti- tute of New York City, addressing the Empire Club here said: "No mat- ter what you may read in the ne papers of the United States or what you may hear said by citizens of the United States, it is a cerjpinty that the United States is a nation filled with good will towards Canada." Dr. Stewart also sald that the United States and the British Empire would cuatinue their friendly rela- tions, but admitted that the support ers of British-American friendship in the United States had mot an easy Lproposition before them. Dr. Stewart pointed out that the Sulgrave Institute was: associated with seventy-one vital American or- ganizations in fostering good will be- tween the American and British peo- ples. + | The Fighting Terminates For the Time Being being, says a Constantinople despatch to the Lon- don Times. Arm sian Bolshevik attacks on +» * + * "* + *» * + * > + * > + * | checked. capital, seem to havy been MARCH 1ST was i Ye, ing | main office. : | A SNOWSLIDE KILLS THREE MEN | w---- | Edmonton, Alta., Feb, 26. | Three killed and one seriously { injured is'the result of a snow- slide on the Canadian National Railway forty-six miles west of Jasper at Mount Resplendent Thursday hight: The dead are: | Operator Menuior and Fireman i Berry, Jasper, and Roadmaster | Willis, McBrode. The injured | man is Brakeman Fortin, Jas- per. The first slide occurred on Thursday afternoon and a rotary plow left Jasper to clear the { i He informed the | drops on March 1st. This is the ear | line, 'NOT AGAINST UNION OF CIVIL SERVANTS Any Representations From | Such Will be Considered, | States Premier. | Ottawa, Feb. 26.--Premier Meigh- {tor, has just concluded a test of all|en has written several trade unions lof Canada pointing out that he and percentages | is government do not resent the | g leivil servants, that he has not ig- nored Fedéral \nion 66, and that atiofls made by that ill be considered. This letter has been written as a rade union locals {supporting the demands of Union | 66 for an inquiry into the board of hearing, which, in turn, have been inspired by a circular letter which [Union 66 sent to over 2,000 trade unions throughout the country. In |this letter the Ottawa Union said that the fight was "ts obtain recog- nition from the civil service commis- | sion and the government," and add- | {ed that "the government in particu-~ [lar is resenting, doubtless, {formation of a labor union among jcivil servants, and is endeavoring to suppress us by ignoring our re- quests." | "It is to this statement that Hon. Mr. Meighen in his letter addresses himself, stating that he has not {ignored the union, and that the |avenue is open for representations |from that organization," DR. G. C. CREELMAN CHOSEN MANAGER Of 'Niagara Peninsula Growers Limited at $12,000 a Year. | + Toronto, Dr | merly president of the Ontario Agri- | cultural | commissioner. of agriculture for On- | tario, and now agent-general for On- tario in Great Britain with head- quarters at London, has been select- ed by the proposed Niagara Penin- sula Growers Limited, as their gen- eral manager, and as the man who is | "big enough to warrant a big sal- " as Hon. Manning Doherty said he offered a few weeks ago to | pay the salary of the accepted man- ager of that organization for the first year. The salary will be approxima- | tely one thousand dollars a month. ! i lary, PRISONER STRICKEN IN COURT ROOM {When He Learned That Young | Woman He Shot Had Died. New York, Feb. 26.--Being charg- with killing a woman he believed shocked John McMon- delphia, when arraign- ed here yesterday that part of his paralyzed and col- | lapsed upon returning to his cell, | He was arrested February 18th { and charged with felonious assault for shooting and wounding Dorothy ! Seitzer, | ters almost daily to Was in a hospital. She died last Sunday and was buried in Philadelphia, but MeMon- { agle knew nothing of it until he was brought into court. He was held without bail. {ed to be alive so the woman, who ------ HEAVY SILVER SHIPMENTS ---- Large Exports From United States to India. London, Feb. 26.--The Times in its financial column comments on "the exceptionally large silver ship- ments from the United States to In- dia, which are reported to have exerted marked influence on the market in Bambay." 'The article adds that "the' extent of these sales has caused surprise; leading to the belief that the metal stocks in the ¥nited States must have been larger than was realized." -- Ernest' Pelissier, K.C., and Paul St. Germain, K.C., an- nounce their intention] of Proceedings to have the provincigl liquor law finally passed at Quebec, declared by the courts of justice to be null and void and ultra vires, The Toronto police are stil] in the dark over the theft of the $10,000 in cash and $11,000 in legal tenders stolen from the Bank of Montreal's Canadian curlers sailed for home Saturda, bearing the | . G. C. Creelman, for-| ment ran College, Guelph, and former | with | Normal Sehoo}, at the TWO MONTHS | CLAUSE UT Residence in Ontario Saffi| | cient to Vote on Liquor | Referendum. | Ottawa, Feb. 26.--The commons | yesterday afternoon discussed the | { bill by "which the revision of voters' | | lists for the Ontario prohibition | | plebiscite is to be. rendered simple | | and inexpensive. | The question arose as to whether | | Qualifications for voting should re- | | quire two months' residence in the | | electoral district or simply in the | province. Sir George Foster de- | clared that, as the election was wide- | ly provincial in scope, the strict re- { quirement of the Election act should | | mot be insisted upon. | | Dr. Steele, of Perth, contended | | that to allow every resident in On- | tario to vote irrespective of local re- | sidential qualifications might result | | in much abuse. Wide scope was giv- | { en in the act already. Mr. Cockshutt, Brantford, thought | ronto might go "wet" in the com- | ing vote, but, if large votes could be sifted into the city without residence | qualifications, it might "ary | | against its own will. ! Col. Arthurs, Parry Sound, declar- | jed i { | insisted on, men in the woods of the | ! north, who came south in the spring, | {| would be disqualified. | The amendment providing for two f residence qualifications were | | months' residehice was put to the house and lost on division, receiving | | but little support from the govern- | | ment side. | |QOES TO PRISON | FOR BUILDING GRAFT | i | { |A Lawyer Convicted of Con- | (|. spiracy and Coercion | Regarding Bids. | New York, Feb. 26.--John T. Het- | trick, lawyer and reputed author of jie "Code of Practice," used by mas- | ter plumbers and other building | trades contractors here for the aileg- ed apportionment of building con- tracts, today was found guilty in the court of general sessions, of conspi- racy and coercion and sentenced to the state pepitentiary. This sentence carries oy a term of imprison- ging from six months to | three years. 'Hettrick's indictment and convic- | tion followed the expose by the Lock- | wood legislative committee, appoint- | | ed to investigate the alleged stifling of competitive bidding in the award [5 building contracts, Robert P.| Brindell, president of the building | | trades council, indicated shortly be- | fore Hettrick was found guilty of ex- | tortion a few weeks ago for having {demanded bribes from contractors by | threats: of strikes to insure the com- | pletion of contracts: | William L. Doran and William H. Chapman, president and business agent respectively of the United As- j Sociation of plumbers and steamfit- | ters local 463, and Herbert Smith, | master plumber, co-defendants with | Hettrick, were found guilty to-day | on similar charges and received sim- | | ilar sentences. § -- ONE BILLION ANNUALLY | Estimate of Cost of Sickness and Accidents in U.S. | Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 26.--Maore {than one billion dollars' werth of time is lost each year in the United | States alone thfough sickness and | &ccidents, outside occupational di- jseases and injuries covered by work- j men's compensation laws. This sum lis lost primarily and mostly by | After his arrest he sent Jet. | DUMerous kinds of workers who can- | cision. not afford such reverses. These | startling observations were made by [E. J. Wohlgeniuth, president of the | | National Underwriters' Company, of | ! this city, before the National Confer- |ence of Health and Accident Under- writers at the Sinton hotel in this | city. Merchants Hope Senate Will Stand by Daylight New York, Feb. 26.--The Mer- chants association looks to the state senate to prevent the repeal of the state daylight saving law, its presi- dent, William Fellowes Morgan, said to-day. : "We are confident," he added, "that any attempt to apply to that body the 'strong arm' and 'steam roller' methods that were applied in the assembly will be defeated." Mr. Morgan expressed "shame and humiliation" over the votes cast for ; ed Flanagan, Queen's, on Judges' de- repeal in the assembly by three mem- ting at examinations, ition of written homework the score that this often ed by Dr. W. J. Kerr, of the Ottawa ing'of Ottawa teachers this morning. Some 500 teachers attended. bers of the New York city delegation, 'e ---- caused | ¢ irritation in the home, were zdvocat- | ¢ annual meet- ie THREATENED TO TEAR : THE EYES OUT OF HIm Young Lady Hysterical as She | Tells of Criminal Assault. Watertown, N.Y., Feb. 26.--Threa- | tening to 'scratch out" the eyes of the defendant, pretty Mrs. Anna Stewart, of Deferiet, complainant in first degree criminal assault «charges against Archie S. Colby of the same village, leaped from the witness chair | in county court while under cross- examination yesterday afternoon, and started toward Colby, seated be- side his counsel, a few feet away. Warnings and advice from Judge | John Conboy quickly restrained her and she collapsed in hysterics in the { | witness box. The scene occurred while Rupert | Maloney, counsel for Colby, was ex- amining Mrs. Stewart. She had re- lated how she met Colby in this city while waiting for an omnibas to take her home; how he invited her to ride in his ca, and then instead of driving direct to Detroit, detoured | into lonely Pine plains. There, she said, he assaulted her. "I'll tear' his eyes out," exclaimed | Mrs. Stewart, jumping out of her | chair and starting to leave the wit- | ness box, | 1 ---- SIMONS ON REPARATIONS Warns Germans of Absolute Needs | of Allies. { Berlin, Feb. 26.---Speaking at the | economic council as to whether he | would give the German people's un- animous "no" to the London con- ference, Dr. Simons, the foreign minister, said : "We undoubtedly shall have to face an extraordinarily violent storm { in London, for the Paris decisions | (with regard to reparations) do not i constitute demands which have been | advanced at random. They have come into being as a result of fierce conflicts, and I believe, in great | haste, in order to meet the absolute | necessities of the financial and eco- | nomic situation of our opponents, "In drafting our counter-proposals we must reckon on the unity of our opponents." i McGILL WINS MOST EVENTS | Asansol And Svar, of Queen's, I. Montreal, Feb. 26.--McGill made a creditable showing in the boxing and wrestling semi-finals of the an- nual intercollegiate assault-at-arms last night. McGill carried off tne honors in six events and will com- pete in the finals to-day. McGill wou three events at wrestling and four of the boxing bouts with the remaining events well divided between the Uni- versity of Toronto and Queen's. Results of the wrestling, in which Queen's men participated, were: 125 1bs.: Costello, Queen's, defeat- ed Matthews, McGill, on judge's de- cision after extra six minutes, when the judge reversed the previous de- cision. LAST EDITION. THER KICK NOT HEEDED Minister of Agriculture Goes to England to Fight Cattle Embargo. Toronto, Feb. 26.--Liberal and conservative members of the legisha- ture, with the potable exception of Sam Clarke, West Northumberland, Joined forces yesterday in an inef- fectual last-hour protest against the departure for Great Britain of the minister of agriculture, who left last night to resume his efforts for the removal of the embargo on Canam dian cattle. - The combined ome slaught of the opposition groups brought a vigorous response from Premier Drury, i denied the ale legations of opposition members that his government was interfer ing in British politics. The premier argued for continued protest against the embargo. Major Tolmie, liberal, Windsor, said it did not seem to be time and becoming for the provincial govern- ment to send over ome of its mem- bers to .the old country to discuss this question. It seemed unwise to mix up in British politics. He pro- tested against this,' It might lesd to misunderstanding, and 'would not tend to the best of feeling between the old country people and the peo- ple of the province. . i: Premier Drury said if the supposi- tion of the member were cotrect that this government, as a government, were Interfering in the politics of Great Britain, he would take his point of view. The minister, how- ever, was not going to the old coun- try as the representative of a gov- ernment making representations to a government, but rather as a citizen of the British Empire, of a part of the British Empire which he thought had been done a great injustice for many years because of the imputa- tions put 'upon the health of its herds, to present the case of that part of the empire. The premfier pointed out the Quebec legislature the other lay passed a resolution asking for the removal of the em- argo. v FRISONE- 3 OF SOIRNCE ~*~ Children Must Have Permanent Homes in Hospitals, Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 26.-- Twelve little boys and girls, held virtual prisoners of science at the Philadelphia Hospital for Contagious Diseases for periods ranging from ten months to six years, will be given a home of their own at the institution, it was announced to-day. The children are suffering from chronic diptheria and must be kept at the hospital not only to protect the public from contagion, but for their own safety. It is' explained that the disease has settled in their throats, destroying important tissues and muscles provided by nature as a part of their breathing apparatus and that unless hard rubber tubes are kept in their throats the children are likely to die of suffocation. Nurses must constantly be in atten- dance in case one of these tubes 135 Mbs.: Adams, Toronto, defear- cision. 145 1bs.: Stewart, Queen's, defeat- ed Doods, Toronte, on Judges' deci- sion. . 158 Ibs: Bain, McGill, defeatea Dolan, Queen's; by one fall. Boxing bouts: 110 1bs.: Mirsky, McGill, defeated McCartney, Queen's, on, judges' ae- cision. . 118 1bs.: Chisholm, McGill, detea:- | ed Holmes, Queen's, on judges' ue- 125 1bs.: Relyea, Toronto, defear- ed McMillan, Queen's, on judges' de- sion. Senator-elect Watson To Make an Apology Huford, Ga. Feb. 26.--Indict- ments against Senator-elect Thomas E. Watson, growing out of the in- slips from its place. Not one child in a thousand at- tacked by diptheria contracts it in this chronic form, the hospital authorities say. Army Aviators Prepare * To Bomb Battleships Washington, Feb. 20.--Army avia- tors who hope to uphold the conten- tion of Brigadier General Mitchell that aircraft virtually have made bat- tleships obsolete are to receive a special course of instruction of not more than a month in anticipation of the tests against battleships. ' Army orders issued directed four army aviators to proceed to the army proving ground at Aberdeen for the special instruction. The former German battleship Ost- friesland probably will be the first target. Later the obsolete battleship Towa will be used as a target, 2 cident in Miss 8. B. Wiley's hotel here on August 18th last during the senatorial primary campaign, have been settled out of court it was an- nounced yesterday. Mr. Watson agreeing to make formal apology to Miss Wiley and pay court costs. The charges against Mr. Watson alleged that while spending the night at the Wiley hotel he appeared in public insufficiently dressed, had li- quor in his rocm and used objection- able language in the presence of Miss Wiley. : -------- PEEPS L 0200000003 A on the rights Eo yadaing free press and # assemblage granted by the con- * ---------- NO POLITICAL ACTION B. C. United Farmers Will Not Supe . port Candidates, Vancouver, yesterday's session of of United Farmers of umbia, it was decided farmer didate the convention that tEI% 00000000000 BC. Feb. 36<At British Col