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from Toronto saysi~ sirment of the assets of Bank of Canada having | by losses sustained in a large loans and invest "has been deemed advisable 'institution should . suspend Announcement to this ef- lowing a meeting of the Board yrs, at which A. E. Calvert, y appointed assistant general Tr, JP ted a report which, ng to an official statement later] isqued, was of a "serious character," the immediately liquid assets of the nk having been practically depleted. 'egotiations with other banks for the #bsorption of the Home Bank having { futile, it was found necessary $0 close the doors of the institution, the affairs of which will be adminisver- ed by Mr. A. B. Barker, who has been "appointed curator under thé provi- gions of the Banring Act. He wiil he required to present a report within three months' time, when the Can- = made late on Friday after. |he cide what further action is to he taken. Mr, Barker has been munager 'of the Toronto Jfearing Hovss Tor the past six years, and previousiy had long service with the Bank of Toronto, holding the post of supecvisor «nen resign: 4 ed. It was stated on Friday that within the past four duys there have heen wart of depositors, rumors that the Ennk was in difficulty having Leen in circulation recently in the financial district. * Among the number of large loans referred to in the official statement asj . ¢f a "bad and doubtful" nature, it is slated is one to u large pulp and paper company which had been operating 11 T-ritish Columbie. but which for some time has been closed down. Ic is Le- lieved that, to a very considerable e¢:~ tent, loans to this enterprise ate res- ponsible for tho straits in which te Ifcme Bank has been placed. DeVALERA LODGED IN COUNTY CLARE JAIL Arrest of "President of Irish Republic" Made by Free State Troops. A despatch from Ennis says:-- Eamonn De Valera, "president of the Irish Republic," at last is in the cus- tody of the Free. State authorities. He was arrested here on Wednes- day as he was starting an election speech to his constituents. He had boldly announced his coming and when he took his position on the rostrum in Market Square Free State 'troops threw a cordon about him. The crowd that had gathered had given him a tumultuous reception, and he had just started his address in Gaelic when a shout arose, "the soldiers are coming." Simultaneously armored cars rattled up to the vicinity of the platform. ~ To Administer Combines Act. Hon, James Murdock, Minister of Labor, who has been charged with the pdministration of the new Act of Parliament controlling combines, monopolies, trusts and mergers, it has been announced by Premier King. It provides that an investigation may be instituted on the complaint of six persons. ----s Inter-Departmental Flying Operations The increasing demand on the Royal Canadian Air Force for aerial trans- portation in connection with forestry, survey, inspection, and related work and for transportation for those ser- vices working in the remoter parts of the country, made it desirable to form some organization where the problems "Incidental to this work could be con- sidered, and as a result an inter- departmental committee on flying op- erations for the civil services of the Government of Canada has been con- stituted. i The committee will provide for the interchange of information between the various services interested, for the consideration of the results obtained, the co-ordination of flying programs throughout the country and discussion of all matters arising. The first meeting of the commities following services: Dept, of the Interior--Surveys Bur- sau, Topographical Survey, Forestry Branch, National Parks Branch, In- ternational Boundary Commission, North West Territories Branch, Geo- detic Survey, Dominion Water Power Branch, Dominion Observatory. Dept. of Mines-- Geological Survey. Dept. of Agriculture-- Entomblogic- al Branch, Experimental Farms Dept. of Public Works---Chief En- _gineer's Branch. = Dept. of Indian Affairs. The program of flying operations fo 1923 was discussed and informa- i was given to the meeting as to the nature and extent of the operations contemplated. By giving all services full information as to the whole pro- bath it has been possible to consoli- ¢ the work and arrange for co- tion between the various depart ibs served, thal operations rtaken in any district may serve many departments as possible, x 50 itain Arranging Loan for Irish Free State sh from london says:«= n, according to the Morn- arranging a loan of £6,- r says, the Government its claims to compensa-| e damage to British prop- Ireland duriiig the "was attended by representatives of the, (early on Saturday. The crowd, made up of men and women, fled in all directions as the soldiers fired several volleys over their heads. Many of the women fainted. | As several soldiers 'rushed toward i the platform, De Valera was seen to sway and then to collapse. At first it ' was thought the Republican leader | had been shot, but it turned out that he had only fainted, probably in con- sequence of a blow he received during the stampede. When he 'recovered De Valera was assisted down the steps from the.plat- form by troops. He waved aside a number of persons who were seeming- ly desirous of attempting to rescue him, and surrendered to an officer, who received him with a kindly "Come along." When the first panic had subsided, the people who had been about the platform returned to Market Square, Many of them hurled insulting epi- thets at the troops and for a moment the situation looked ugly. The troops, however, took things calmly, fixed their bayonets and soon restored a degree of order. Then, with a large crowd following him, De Valera was taken to the county jail. He offered no resistance. A despatch from Limerick says:-- After his dramatic arrest at Ennis, heavy withdrawals of funds .n the de Valera was brought to Limerick in an armored car and safely lodged in| the county jail, where he.is heavily guarded. The strictest precautions are being taken against any attempt| at rescue. The military authorities, while naturally unwilling to state the prisoner's ultimate destination, say he was not hurt by his alleged fall, But is dejected. He has not eaten yet, but there is no reason to suppose that he intends to go on a hunger strike. temic imi-- KIDNAPPED PRIESTS ESCAPE FROM BANDITS Disguised in Chinese Clothes, Recover Their Freedom--No Other Foreigners Held. A despatch from Hankow, China, says:--The Reverend Michael Mec- Hugh and the Rev. Daniel Ward, Catholic priests who were kidnapped Thursday at Tsaoshih by Chinese ban- dits who looted the town, have escap- 'ed according to advices received here priests disguised themselves in Chi-. nese clothes and eluded their captors. The late reports from Tsaoshih in-| dicated that the bandits burned the London mission hospital and its ad- joining buildings instead of the Cath- olic hospital. The first accounts of the bandit raid told of thé burning of the Catholic institution. With the escape of the two priests, it is now believed the bandits have no other foreign captives, although they 'are holding more than one. hund: Chinese prisoners, ¢ Tomei Banting, Discoverer of A despatch from Quebec sapsi-- Among the prominent cabin passen- oh the Moutealm, which arrived It is said the' -- OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE LACROSSE PLAYERS TO TOUR CANADA The above picture, taken just before a recent game, shows the two lacrosse teams, Oxford in the dark uni- forms and Cambridge in white, which are now commencing a tour of Canade which will. take them from coast to coast, They reached Canada on th> "Montlaurier" early in August and the tour will continue until October 5. Prince to Travel Direct to Alberta A despatch from London says:-- Dominion News in Brief v -- -- -- Quatsino, B.C.--A very valuable The Prince of Wales has provisionally parcel of seal skins, the catch of the booked his passage for Canada on the [,giang of the West Coast of Vancou- Empress of France, to sail on Sep- ver Island during the spring of this tember b. ' He will go straight from | year, has been shipped to Vancouver Quebec to his ranch in Alberta. He 5, transhipment to London. The expects to return to London about the; end of October. His Royal Highness left Thursday night for Glamis Castle, the residence of the Earl and Countess of Strath- more, parents of the Duchess of York, to join the Duke and Duchess of, York, who are visiting at Glamis Castle. ees Harold Nolce. The explorer, who is now making a dash to Wrangel Island to rescue Allan Crawford and his party, who have been marooned there for two years, taking possession of the Island for Canada. The Sovlet is threatening to capture the party. i DeValera Removed to Dublin Under Strong Guard A despatch from Dublin says: -- Eamon de Valera was removed from Limerick to Dublin under a strong escort on Friday, says the Central News. & A despatch to the Daily Express from Rome says the Irish Republicans appealed to Pope Pius to intervene in behalf of De Valera. Cardinal Gas- parri, the Papal Secretary of State, replied that the Vatican lacked power to intervene officially. Statue to Honor Writer of Stories on Insects A despatch from Paris says:--A committee headed by General de Castelnau, and including leading edu- cators and officials of the Department of Aveyron, is arranging for the erec- tion of a statue to Jean-Henri Fabre, who wrote books about insects that were more interesting than romances. The monument, now being executed by the sculptor Malet, will be placed within a year on the central square of Saint-Leons, the village where | Fabre spent his childhood. The committee considered this peaceful spot the most appropriate for a statue of the "noblest and purest son of Aveyron." « Australia has been ser AUSTRALIA SUGGESTS A TRADE or ann ually which than they catch is valued at $30,000. i Lethbridge, Alta.--According to slatements contained in the annual report of the reclamation service of | the Department of the Interior, it is possible to irrigate nearly 400,000 acres more south and east of Leth- bridge, at a cost of about $40 an acre. The development of this area, how- ever, depends on the development of the reservoir system on the Waterton, St. Mary's and-Mjlk Rivers. For the development of the. Lethbridge south- eastern project the cost of reservoir system would be about $6.40 an acre, Regina, Sask.--Parties of 'surveyors and chemists are now working on the Regina Beach and Inglebright deposits of sodium sulphate under the super-' vision of I. H. Cole, research chemist of the Dominion Department of Mines. The work of the parties is to estimate and classify the deposits within the province. A Winnipeg, Man.--The increase in | the number of farms in Manitoba in the last decade has heen about 9,000, according to a statement issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, or at the rate of nearly 1,000 a year. The province has .now more. than 58,000 occupied farms, with an area of over IMPORTANT CHANGES IN OTTAWA CABINET Hon. T. A. Low and Hon. E. M. Macdonald Are Given Portfolios. A despatch from Ottawa says:-- Important Cabinet changes were an- nounced Friday, namely: Hon. J. A. Robb, Minister of Trade and Commerce, since the formation of the King Government, takes the port- folio of Immigration and Colonization. Hon. T. A. Low, member of the Cabinet without portfolio, succeeds| __ Mr. Robb as Minister of Trade and| Commerce. Hon. E. M. Macdonald, who has been acting Minister of National De- fence, becomes Minister of Defence. The changes entail two by-elections. Mr. Macdonald will seek re-election in Pictou and Mr. Low will have to seek re-election in South Renfrew. Until the present appointment of Mr. Robb, the Immigration Depart ment has been in the hands of Hon. Charles Stewart, Minister of the In- terior. Mr. Robb, it is announced, will give full attention to developing the immigration plans already worked out by Mr. Stewart and the Govern- ment for an energetic and carefully considered campaign of immigration |. and settlement. Writs for the by-elections in Pictou and South Renfrew will be issued im- mediately. In both cases nominations are fixed for September 6th and poll- ing for Sept. 20th. In the last gen- eral election Mr. Macdonald had a majority in Pictou of 8,658, although in 1917 the constituency returned a United Kingdom buy from 14,600,000 acres, the average size of the Manitoba farm being 274.2 acres. The value of the farm property of the province, based on. the census of 1921, is placed at $666,600,961. Fort Willism, Ont.-- There is still a]. Live shortage of both skilled and unskilled labor at the head of the lakes, no doubt due to the heavy elevator con- struction program that is being car- ried on. The contractors are rushing the work forward with all possible speed with a view to having the vari- ous elevators and addifions ready to handle the fall crop. Montreal, Que--It is stated that the Laurentide Co. is now setting out 1,000,000 new trees a year which are grown on its own nurseries, and by 1926 will be setting out 5,000,000 trees a year, Woodstock, N.B.--Virginia growers are all most enthusiastic over Can- adian potato seed, according to the statement of H.H. Hatfleld, who has just returned from a trip from that State, where he was making an in- vestigation of the out-turn of New Brunswick potato seed in comparison with that of Prince Nidward Island and Maine. The productivity of the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island seed was about equal, but New Brunswick potatoes brought forth bet- ter formed tubers. On the whole Can- adian seed proved more productive than that of Maine in the ratio of two to one. supporter of the Union Government by a majority of 757. In 1911 Mr. Macdonald's majority was 264. In South Renfrew Mr. Low had in 1912 a majority of 1,651. Mr. Macdonald will be sworn in Halifax by the Governor-General. ree pent. It is possible that the seed extract- ing plant of the Dominion Government at New Westminster, B.C., may be re- opened this fall as the fir cone crop in the Fraser Valley is a large one. Seed from this plant is distributed in Canada, the United Kingdom, and other European countries, mets pene, at Irish Rebel Chief Captured - Eamon de Valera, who was arrested by Irish Free State troops as he was making an election speech at Wnnis, Ireland. ra ; . Sutin $1.26 to $2; feedi vins, 82% ss ae : ol te. New Zealand prints, 36 ery to 86c; tras in cartons, 38 to 89c; gc; Fre 81 to 82} "8 Tha. hens, over 6 , 22C; 20c: do, 8 to 4 Ibs,, 17c; 12¢; ducklings, over 5 Tbs., 26¢; do, 4 to 8 Tbs. and 1bs., 30; turkeys, young, 10 up, 26ec. Prosed poultry--Spring chickens, 40c; hens, over. b lbs., ; do, 4 to 6 Ibs., 24c; do, 8 to 4 lbs, 20c; roosters, 16¢; ducklings, over b ibs., 26¢; do, 4 to § Ibs, 26c; turkeys, young, 10 Ibs. and up, 80e. 7 Bang - Canadian, hand-picked, Ib., ¢; primes, 63%ec. ) Maple Broducts Steud, gal, $2.50; per Sql n, gal.; maple sugar, 1b, 26c. Toney 80 1b. tins, 11 to 12¢ lb; 10-Ib. tins, 11 to 12¢; 6-1b. tins, 12 to 18¢; 23-1b. tins, 18 to 1c. Ontario honey, per doz., $4 to $4.50; No. 2, $8.50 to $4. Smoked meats--Hams, med, 27 0 29¢; cooked hams, 48 to 46c; smoked rolls, 22 to 24c; cot rolls, 28 t» 26¢; breakfast bacon, 30 to 84c; cial brand breakfast bacon, 84 to 88¢c; backs, bonel: 82 to 88c. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs, $18; 70 to 90 lbs., $17.50; 90 Ibs. and up, $16.50; (Jghtweighi oils, in. barron $96; t a pure th 15% to 16% rd--Pure tie: ¢; tubs, 16 to 16%c iy 16% to 17c; prints, 18¢c. Shortening tierces, 14 to 4%c; tubs, 14% to 14%; pails, 14% to 15%¢; prints, 17 to 17%e. Choice heavy steers, $7 to $7.60; butcher steers, choice, $7 to do, good, $6.50 to $7; do, med. $5.60 o $6.50; do, com., $4.60 to' $6.60; butcher heifers, choice, $6.60 to $7; do, med., $56.50 to $6.25; do, com., $4 to $6.50; butcher cows, choice, $4 to $6; do, med. $8 to $4; canners and ¢ steers, Bb to $6; do, fair, $4 to $5; stockers, good, 4.50 to $5.25; do, fair, $3 to $4; milkers, springers, each, $0 to $100; calves, choice, $10 to $11; , med., $8 to $10; do, com., $4 to $7; lambs, spring, $12.50; sheep, choice light, $8.60 to $6.60; hoice, heavy, hh ho $65; do, eis na bathe 42.7 to r imp. 2.40 per $3.50; hogs, fed and wate $10.50 to $10.60; do; f.0.b., $9.90 to $10; do, country points, $9.65 to: $9.76. MONTREAL. - Corn--Am., No. 2 yellow, $1.04: Oats--CW, No: 2, 56 to b7c; CW, No. 8, 68 to bde; extra No. 1 feed, 652 to 652%c; No. 2 local white, 51 to like. Flour--Man. spring wheat pats., 1sts, $6.90; 2nds, $6.40; strong bakers, $6.20; winter pats., choice, $5.75 to $56.85. Rolled oats, bag 90 Ibs.--$3 to $8.10. Bran--$256 to $26. Shorts-- $28 to $29. ° Middlings--$33 to $34. 'Hay--No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15, a Chest Bnest easterns, 18% to 20¢; utter, choicest creamery, 84c; eggs, selected, 86c. Hogs, ungraded lots, $10.50; gov- re graded select bacon hogs, FREAKISH WEATHER ! fi | THREATENS U.S. CROPS pi< | Dox of blue, which hangs near | receives ordinary mail, this new re- ously Affect. Cotton Harvest "in Southern States. "A despatch from Washington says: -- Washington scientists have re- | newed their interest in the discov ary d last April by Dr. C. G. Ab- 1e Smithsonian Institute, that n had gone on strike to the ex- delivering from three to four less heat to the earth than acter of the summer season. « Following a late spring, the sum- mer, which has been intensely. hot throughout the country, going by the modern y, because of the fremk char- meet a present-d 252 SEES, fe; 8 toge ; dependents and Ni others, . wit oR a very Mf 'material interest in protecting "the forest from fire. | "Puddler's Son and Peer's : Are Camp Chums In a summer community at Little- stone, Kent, is just now one of the most democratic gatherings of Eng- Jish lads ever tented under the same canvas, says a London despatch. For here is the Duke of York's camp for boys whom he has brought together from Eton, Harrow and many other famous schools, and boys from coal- fields, shipyards, brass foundries and other industries. It might be called the Duke of York's four hundred--half aristo- cratic and half proletarian. This is the third summer that this interesting experiment has been carried out, and it has become so successful that un- doubtedly it will grow. Before the boys left London they were entertained at luncheon in Buck- ingham Palace Mews by the Duke of York. There is a clergyman at the camp to conduct divine service and an athletic director. The camp érgii on all idea of class distinction evaporates with participation in sports. After the first few hours the young foundry lad and his Eton companion are on _ the best of terms. In numerous cases friendships made at the camp have been maintained afterward. There is only one general rule, and that is "play the game." The ages of the boys range from 17 to 19. Working boys are granted a special leave of absence by their em- ployers so that they can attend the camp. Arrangements are in the hands: of an industrial welfare society, but the.Duke himself gives the matter his own closest personal attention and each year spends one or more days with his boys. What the eventual effect will be of bringing boys from the factories and public schools together is a matter for speculation. The Duke, who is very democratically inclined, is said to be- lieve it will help to create a better understanding between the workers and their employers; but what seems to be his immediate ambition is to a tative cross section of nglish boyhood a very fine vacation. ------erse---- Air Mailboxes, Painted * Red, Appear in Berlin A despatch from Berlin says: -- Near themain entrance of the Hotel Bristol on Unter den Linden a new mail box has just been put up. It.is painted bright red and bears the Sestption in gold ed air mailbox). Unlike its col only Such mail verb way of traveling. That a large amount of mail is pA | through the air in Germany is evident , from the fact that the box is emptied 'from six to eight | patch of brilliant red hotel facade may the street. : ~The new box has" 1 finds it a