The Exeter Advocate, 1921-7-21, Page 3BRITAIN'S PREM 'R CONSULTS
WITH LEADER OF IIS "REPUBLIC
London Parley Bangs Peace Nearer —Conference to Con'
tip ue —De Valera Accorded rded Heat: ty Reception
by Huge Crowds.
A despatch from London says:—
J,'remier Lloyd George and Baritone de
Valera parleyed for two and a half
hours in Downing Street Thursday
afternoon. As a result of their pre-
liminary conference the drive for
peace between England and Ireland
will be inteneif ed.
It is stated by reliable sources that.
definite proposals were debated at the,
meeting which cannot be committed
to concrete form by Lloyd George
until he hes again consulted with Sir
James Craig.
The talk between the two leaders
was cosedueteu behind rigidly closed
doers, whsle 5,000 Irishmen and zvo-
Wren massed in Whitehall, sang Re-
pub'«Scani and old Irish songs. The
crowd gave de Valera a tremendous
reception ,when he arrived in a lira-
ousne with Cemnaar:dat:t Barton and
Arthur O'Brien.
In the small room adjoining the
Premier% study, the couple talked
itsoot being interrupted, Then,
mainly because the Premier had to
attend an important banquet Thurs-
day night, they adjourned until Fri-
day, After the meeting both parties
agreed to hand the press the follow-
ing statenieat:
"Lloyds George and de Valera met
as arranged at 4.00 Thursday after-
noon at 10 Downing Street. They were
alone and the'eonva:rsation lasted until
after 7 p.m. A free exchange of views
took place and relative positions were;
defined. The conversations wig be 1
resumed on Friday et 11.30 a.m."
Arvid 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.
ST SCENE OF
PITCHED BATTLE
where Throughout. Ire.
land Peace Prevails,
King Geo>:ge's Intervention
Brings Change
ONiAL FRE
Photo shows a group waiting th
enter the big vessel.
0 FOR A Fe. tGHT I R•36
urn to climb the mooring meet
n
A despatch from Landon says:
University Expansion.
"I have net the Cabinet and Tenders for a new Anatomy l3uild-
aported to King George, said ing for the University of Toronto will
A despatch from London says:•• Premier Lloyd George On Thur13 be advertised within a few days, This The most threatening clouds
3 is the
building ipulated b • the S t r sky n clouds
While Lloyd Geon€ z. and ole Valera day evening in referring to his i; 1 g
were thrashing out peace matters en meeting with De Valera,; "The Rockefeller Foundation as a condition ill the industrial sky have been
Thursday in London, the III terites �• necessary to the gazantingr of the en- Cleared away, and for the time
and Sinn Fellers reo:ienel hostilities Kinn"' I'S t4 the keenest and aownient el one million dollars for being there is nothing to prevent
to Northern Ireland. The began a closest •interest in the proceed ,. ,
They reeearch in 1 edielee he the Provincial prop erg toWarde all industrial
England Looks for
Industrial Revival
A despatch from. London? says
;pitehed battle at Belfaist, which he- Ings, 1t i4 to his intervention 'University. aDuring the recent sea- revival. al The last big difficulty
carie more and more serious as the that so much is. attributable. ,sign of the Lenielature there was a: was dispeced of by the engineers'
day wore on. We owe him a beep debt Of good deal of doubt whether the mil- ballot which,by a majority of
Margaret Waleh, a young girl, who, gratitude for tl�tie, one of the l on dollar endowment could be se- 66,t111A, accepts the employers?
ccs .sc.un.le'• in the head died at eix f .t of the �
ss , i greatest e Sei.stces he has cured, but, reeogriz.ng the need for propoSed wage cuts, general
o"cloAck, on '1l',ureiay night. District rendered to the world, every dollar that can be obtained for
IfnSpe tt>r :�Icra,rarell :end Seat. Tia. " ,. resumption of Work in but coal
he e is a. remarkable trans -the University, the Government gave
for in re weunelen while answering a f t its proni,se that tine Anatomy pits has taken place, the
sot, ell in the Short Strand district. ornlatlon gorng on. Cl1e ett:
Building would at ouzo be proceeded intnera are already complaining
'dtb. On the strength of this prom-, that some Coal owners are not
ice, the Roeleefeiler foundation has paying the minimum wage.
forwarded the first quarter's instal -
The firing in York Street continued the" lb "' ld do Ute sulile.Ct at the
for three flours. Tr#m cars were
present time thebetter,. but
atta l:ed end alle el Sean Feiners there has been a, great change,"
were dragged from the cars and
beaten. Women and i,l:il lrcn in the FANCE AND GERMANY
c et end aided the hien in piling
stones ani hen ding revolvers, Urging
the s . n to "got for the ennne."
eliata,re assist:ince• nes called for,
AGREE ON PLAN
Defane How Germany's De-
Snit ;01 ell', de to (lee l the disturbances liveries S 1ouuld be Creih ed, years, the University of Toronto will
wept tip : eoeenful, despite the feet: A despatch from Paris says: Its be better cquipged to produce clic best
t::at nactoi (ears were ,'nought into wort: here completed, the German fin- physicians and surgeons the can be
liaise :overs throughout the country
aye' th
aneial delegation, which under e had. Because it is a question of the
04 4:;!, se, oaf P..':faet, Ireland is fist. p ! . , r p have been shocked by Colonial a acre
q• leadership of i:Ierr Gu genheimer, lives c the eople. of the country n° tory Winston Churchill's announee-
Juet before lti c>'eIoel: the rioting principal assistant to Walther Rath- legitimate expense can be spared in
hail spread t:i the heart of the city, ensu, Berlin's Minister of Reconstruc- providing for medical education, most in the House of Commons that
a fierce battle eec-ui-ing in Royal tion, has been dibsussing; the question This Rockefeller endowment puts 30'000 army horses in Mesopotamia ex -
nee
and uhuttir:g; otreets. The pa- of reparation payments in Band with the Faculty of Medicine of the Pro- acre to be killed, because itis too ex -
lice need into the crowds. It is re -Louis Loucheur, Minister of Liberated vincial University on a satisfactory pensive to bring them hams. It was
ported that one military officer was Regions Lias lefi Piris for Be*lin basis last other faculties and dep^rt- explained that they are mainly heavy
meet of the annual interest of $50,000. HORSES TO BE SLAIN
'This money is to be used for the IN MESOPOTAI•VIIA
furtherance of medical knowledge and
ditional ineonre and a new buildingCost cf Conveying 30,000 Bri-
which
which has been urgently needed for
•
r thaw purpose eniy. Witli this ad
tish Army Horses Horne
is Too Great.
A despatch from London says:—
shat dead. WW'illi: fig Grant, Unionist Aecoriding to information received
,M.P. from North Belfast, was shot in a high offezial quarter, comprehen-
in the ehest during the rioting. sive accord has been reached onallThe rioting ceased li1.e magic when points at issue between the two Gov -
the curfew r.uig at 10 o'cloelc. ernments. The details of the settle -
Canada From Coast to Coast
cs
Victoria, B. C.—British .Columbia is New Bru�rsvviok. British Columbia•
expecting to ship five thousand, ear and the prairie provinces have the
loads. of apples. containing 3,750,000 lowest rata in 'h�irths and deaths, The
boxes in 1921.. This quantity will be totals for the. Dominion for the year
doldele the amount cf the shipments ehow 247,219 births, 8.0,472 marriages,
last year and constitute the largest and 119,827 deaths.
export the province has ever effected. Montreal, Que,---"We have fifty mil-
A partial realization of the develop- lion dollars to •spend on our port and
meat of the British *Columbia apple we want io get pointers on the best
industry may be reached when one way to lay it• out, so we came to Mout-
take:), 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 part .officials
Edxzionton, Alta.—There is no nacre of New York and Philadelphia, spent
ideal vanishing eountry in the Iia .in- two days investigating the system of
ion cf Canada than that lying along operation and facilities existing; in the
the Keg River and adjacent streams 'port of Montreal. "The foresight and
in the Peace River in the belief of courage of those originally respon-
rank Jackson, who owns vahat es sible for the develt�pinent of this
contideredd the finest ranch in the north
country.- This is located about half
way between Peace River Crossing
and Fort Vermillion, He has the in -
great port was wonderful,"' he went.
an, "and .as a result Canada possesses
n port which. although nearly a thou-
sand miles from the sea is yet
convenience of ha ing to travel 250 amongst the fust of world ports.'
miles for his mail, but states enthusi-
Fredericton, N. B.—Operations of
astically that the be uties of the the Anglo -Persian Oil Company are.
ranch, the excelleney and extent of Lt.rg carried on in the province on
the pasturage, and the climate cf the anactive scale. The company has re-
district are more than ample compen- cei:tiy engaged a large nuniirer of
cation. Canadian drillers fox service lr, the
to cons
l:gdne►, Sail^., ---Prizes in several of s :ltrbl • extend ince and tthe eaie gles the wore,
the cattle show sections at the Regina carr ed on duan:, the p;',; two years.
sift from
fair will be augmented by a The present gas field is lo.^.t,te in Al-
gift from the American Shorthorn Pert Comity, and the oil and as
Breeders' Association, Chicago, ac. areas to be tested he in the counties
cording to announcement, The Ani- of Albert, Westmorland, ani Tient. In
erican Association will also duplicate, eciu.tion to drilling operation( pro,
dollar for debar, the prizes won by(g;, (ss is belug made on the systematic
American shorthorns which niay bg deielopmeI of the oil their sten its,
,ahowzx et the Regina Fair this sum - A, Baltimore in Albert county the
company is erecting a•snal•s retorting
plant to be in operation this year. An
aver.
Winnipeg, Man,—A heavy move-
ment of Poles Trona the middle West-' appropriation of $6,250,000 has been
ern States into Manitoba is in lards- set aside for this and other develop
pect, according to Vincent A. Daniel- meet work.
ski, of Chicago, repreaentative of the Halifax, N. '$. --Considerable iz ter -
Union i.,ilaerty Company, a $7,000,000 est is centred on the report of a gold
corporation which direets the welfare strike at Oldham, Halifax County,
of the Poles of the United States and where a serpentine lead of free gold
settles them en ]and where they will' is said to have been diseoovered. Re
engage solely in agriculture on 30,000 port has it that. with the quartz re-
aeres of land in Manitoba, It is the moved the ore should run frons 430
intention to bring; to Canada probably: to $40 leer #on. About eighty claims
20,600 of thea® United: States Poles a have been staked out in the vicinity.
The company will extend its work Digby, N. S.—The lobster season
into Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Al- has just ,closed, and it has been a
berta, and the movement is expected. prosperous one for Nova Scotia. The
to be very extensive. shipment of live lobsters from Far-
Ottawa, Ont. --Canada's birth rate mouth by steamer totalled 21,486
for 1920 was 27.47 per thousand as crates as compared with 16,471 last
year, In addition there were 6,744
sand. The marriage rate during the crates carried to the United States
same period was 8.94 per thousand, markets direct by United States fish -
The province of Quebec has the high- ing boats as •compared with 4,774 in
est birth and death rates followed by l 1920,
against a death rate of 15.31 per thou
Weekly Market Report
Toronto. c gal., $2.50; per 5 imp. .gals„ $2.35.
Manitoba wheat --No. 1 Northern, • ;Maple sugar, lbs., 19 to 22c..
$1,83%; No. 2 Northern, $1.80%; No. Honey—Old, 60 -30 -Ib. tins, 19 to
3 Northern, $1.764 20e per Ib,; 521 -lb. tins, 20 to 21e
meets are still struggling to do their draug ere is no Manitoba oats‘—No. 2 CAV, 501,ae; per kb:, Ontario tomb honey, at $7 per
Iocal use, and that they had to be fed No, 3 CW, a78 e; extra No. 1 fecd, 15 -section case.
work at the next totally :;sa i inadeof tha:ate eLegis- on iinporte 1 fodder. The nearest pos. 47e No. 1 feed, 15 44c; No. 2 feed, 4aSm1 ked msatto 3 a cooed., 3to
lacune, the Ontario Government adopts Bible markets are India or Egypt, but ,sc. 2 , y 2 , t k d, 58to
p the difficulties and cost of trans ort<e- Manitoba. barley—No. 3 CW, E eec; 62c, rolls, 27to 28c; cottage rolls, 30
the Report of the Royal Commission p Ne 4 CW, a'l'uc; rejected, 7l ec, to 81e; breakfast bacon, 33 to 38e;
tion thence are said to be prohibitive. feed 701{zo. special brand breakfast bacon,45 to
Shipping men say it costs £40 to Ajl the above in store, Fort William. 47e; Beeks, boneless, 42 to 47.
£50 to bring a horse from the East American corn—No. 2 yellow, 75e; Cured= meats ---Long clear bacon, 17
DOWNPOUR WELCOMED
BY LONDON CROWDS
Three Months' Drought in
England Broken by
Steady ball.
fers of the Reparation Commission on
A despatch from London says:— Berlin's behalf the full market price
After virtually a three months' of the materials delivered.
drought, which scorched grasa lands The preliminary negotiations con
and caused the burning of many acres a eluded en Thursday will be followed
of furze woods throughout Great Bri-1 shortly •by another conference between
tains rain fell in various parts of the . Loncheur 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
ment are not forthcoming, but it is
understood a detailed plSn was drawn
up defining exactly what proportion
of the monetary value of G•erniany%
deliveries of housing and other ma-
terials should be credited her forth-
with on the reparations account,
Originally, Rathenau had asked that
French 'Government pay into the eof-
from their surprise, numbers of per -1 to Populate the Arctic
sons rushed indoors to spread the P
news, which brought out other eager
watchers. A despatch . from Walla Walla,
The heaviest fall occurred in the Wash" says:-Vilhjalmur Stefanssh
south of England and Wales where is organizing a new expedition to the
a steady three-hour downpour came Arctic, which will leave Seattle about
just he time to save some of the crops. August 6, according to a statement
made privately Tuesday. This expe-
dition will be for commercial pur-
Memhe of Mission to poses, and it is supposed, will take
colonists into the Arctic Circle.
Canada Dies at Sea Stefansson stated that the North
. would be populated within the next
A deenateh frcri Paris says:—Pro- 30 years, and that the development
f"', • a.as of the Academy of would be rapid.
b.,.:.:,ees, deo was a member of the Allan Crawford of Toronto and E.
French mission which visited Canada L. Knight of McMinpisville, Oregon,
recently to thank the Dominion for members of former expeditions, are
the part she played in the war, died in Walla Walla in conference with
un board the steamer France as he Stefansson, and it is thought that
was retu nine '''•rain America. Knight will head the new expedition.
ht horses for which th
on University Finances, the present
deplorable condition of affairs can be
remedied and the University of To-
ronto 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 de-
velopments are concerned is injurious
both to the University and to the
Province.
Eight Per Cent. Freight
Surcharge Fixed
A despatch from Ottawa says:—The
Board of Railway Commissioners an-
nounces that, in accordance with the
judgment and order of the board, dat-
ed January 14, 1921, the rate of ex-
change 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
cent., and the rate of ,surcharge of
the said traffic will be eight per cent.
The rate of surcharge on international
passenger 'business will be based on
14 per cent. exchange.
The man who spends much time in
getting even has that much less time
to spend in getting ahead.
St. John's, Nfld.—Speaking of the
importation of cattle into Newfound-
land, LordMorris, formerly premier
of the island, said: "During the last
hundred years seven -eighths of the
cattle imported, into Newfoundland
calve from Canada. They average
about 3,000 head a year.'
to England, not counting horsemen's
wages.
The Wei Office view is that it is
better for the horses to be killed- hu-
manely and scientifically than to be
left in the Bands 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 BAJ.:S
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 478
pounds net, by the United States Bur-
eau of Markets and Crap Estimates,
Department of Agriculture, which
based its ,calculation on. the !best in-
formation available. The Bureau of
the Census., Commerce Department,
places the worhd production of com-
mercial cotton at 19,830,000 bales of
500 pounds net, exclusive of linters.
The Department of Agriculture's
figures *ere 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 •countries,
400,000.
nominal, tar., Bay ports. to 19 sec; clear bellies, 19%e.
Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 40 to Lard ---Pure, tierces 141 to 15c;
42e. tubs, 15 to 151/ac; pais, 151 to 16e;
Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, nom- prints, 16 to 12e. Shortening, tierces,
final, per car lot; No. 2 Spring, noel- 12?:1 to 12%c; tubs, 12% to 1314e;
inal; No. 2 Goose wheat, nominal, pails, 131to 13%c; prints, 15 4 to
shipping points, according to freight. 15'sc.
Peas—No. 2, nominal. Choice heavy steers, $7.25 to $8;
Barley* Malting, 65 to 70c, accord- butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.75;
ing to freights outside do, .good, $6.75 to $7.25; de. meds, $5.25
Buckwheat—Na 3, nominal. to $6.7a; do, corn., $3.15 to $5.25;
Rye—No. 2, $1.25, according to butcher heifers, choice, $7.25 to $7.75;
freights outr=cie. do, med., $5.75 to $7.25; butcher cows,
Manitoba Lour—First pats., $10.50; choice, $4.50 to $5.50; do, med., $3 to
second pats., $10, Toronto. $4.50; canners and cutters, $1 to $2.50;
Ontario flour—$7.40, bulk seaboard. butcher bulls, good, $4.25 to '$5.25
Millfeed — Delivered, Montreal, do, cern., $3 to $4; feeders, good, 900
freight, bags included; bran, per• ton, labs., $5.50 to $6; do, fair, $5 to $5.50;
$23 to $25; shorts, per ton, $23 to $27; milkers, $45 to $65; springers, $55
good feed flour, el.60 to •$1.75 per bag. to $75; calves, choice, $9 to $10; do,
Hay—No. 1, per ton, $17 to 819;; med., $7 to $8.50; do, corn., $4 to $6.50;
mixed, $8 to $10; straw, car lots, per i lsa.nbs, yearlings, $7 to $8; de, spring,
tan, $10. 1$10.50 to $11; sheep, choice, $•4 50 ego
Cheese—New, large, 23 to 24e;; I $5.50; do, good, $4 to $4.50; do, heavy
twins, 23%z to 24%e; triplets, 24% to' and bucks, $2 to $3.50; hogs, fed and
25c; old, large, 33 to 34c; do, twins,,
34 to 35c; triplets, 34% to 351,ic; new
Stilton, 25 to 26e.
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 30 to
watered, 11; do, country points, $10;
do, f.o.b., $10.25.
Montreal.
Oats-C.W., No. 2, 61%c; CW, No.
32e; creamery, prints, fresh, No. 1, 36 8, 58% to 59c. Flour—Man. Spring
to 38e; tearing, 23 to 25c.
Dressed poultry --Spring chickens,
40e; rooster; 20e; fowl, 30e; duck-
lings, 35e; turkeys, 60e.
Live poultry—Spring chickens, 80e;
roosters, 16.e; fowl, 22e; ducklings,
30c; turkeys, 50c.
Margarine -20 to 22c.
Eggs—No, 1, 38 to 39c; selects, 41
to 42c; cartons, 43 to 44c.
Beans --Can. hand-picked, bus.,
$2.85 to $3; primes, $2.40 to $2.50.
wheat pats., firsts, $10.50. Boiled oats
rag, 90 bbs., $3 to $.3.05. Bran—
$25.25. Shorts --$26.25. Hay—Ne. 2,'
per ton, ear lots, $25 to $27.
Cheese finest easterns, 23 t "' •
Butter, choicest creamery, ,; eec.
Eggs, selected, 42 to 43c. Potatoes,
per lag, car lobs, 45c.
Good veal, $7; med., $3.50 to $6;
grass, $2 to $2.60. Ewes, $2 to $tel;
Iambs, good, $8.50 to $9.50; common,
$6 to $8. Hogs, sows and hes:=ccs,
-Maple products—Syrup, Per •imp. $6,50 to $7.50.
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