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SMYRNA LAID WASTE BY FIRE;
1,000 DEAD, 60,000
Torch Applied by Turks in Ar
Western Portion of Town,
tors' Worth of Property
Safety of British and
>rnaenniann Quarter Spreads Over
Destroying Millions of Dol-
-
ol- Anxiety Regarding
American Residents,
.A. despatch from Constantinople A despatch from Smyrna says:•
says; ----Fire started in the Armenian "We don't want to fight Great Britain,
quarter of Smeeua on Wednesday and but she must give up Constantinople
spread rapidly through the rest of the to Turkey. It is Turkey's capital, and
town, burning most of the European we wish it peacefully, if possible. If
section and destroying the American not, we will fight."
Consulate and the theatre where Ani- With these words Mustapha Kemal
erican refugees were congregated. Pasha announced the next .aim of the
The Armenian bazaar was pillaged Turkish Nationalist army. Already
before the flames reached it and emu- any units which had part in the
pleted the destruction. The Greek ,crushing defeat of Greece are en route
quarter was" also destroyed. All the to the Istnid front, while Kemal pre -
foreign women and children are being pares his demands
evacuated to Athens. Mustapha Kemal is a man of inde
Allied soldiers formed a fire brigade terminate age. He might be 30 or
but the conflagration is beyond their he might be 40 years old He has
control. The property damage, it is blonde hair, blue eyes, is of medium
estimated, will reach into the trillions, height, and tough, wiry frame" So
The steamships Winona and Edsall cially, he is courteous; personally,
have left for Salonica with between is kindly -not the tall type one as
400 and 800 refugees each. sociates with great military leaders.
Several stories were told concern- He is no swashbuckling General, but
ing• the origin of the fire.
Tixe most reliable is that of Minnie
B. Mills, head of the American Col-
lege
ollegs Institute, who declared she saw says., -If Musiaphe. Kteae1 Pasha
• Turltish regular army sergeant, or should attempt to move tris victorious.
forces against Constantinople he will
be opposed by the British fleet.
The British Cabinet, after a meet-
ing en Friday announced that instruc-
a man of simple tastes and habits.
A hater Itch • fr-0in London
officer, enter a building where the
first flames were seen. Ile was carry-
ing small tins, evidently containing
Q11. 'Shortly after it broke into flames.
Owing to this it will be impossible' t,otis had been isaneti to the Faritish
to estimate the number of Armenian - art t let w no Turkish tree s to
in the burned houses. Dr, Post and m Asia Minor
and Greek dead bodies, many being; moa the crossing fro
•
Other American workers who bad to the European shone.
made a thorough investigation before
the flames drove them to safety, esti-
mated the dead at nearly 1,000. Row
many were killed during the night,
and how many were trapped in the
burning area, is un].now-1n
Foreign destroyers in the harbor
kept searehlights playing on the
crowds along the quays all night to
give the refugees every possible pro-
tection. A cordon of Turkish regular
troops was also thrown around them.
The Turkish quarter was not
touched. It was the first day since the
occupation that there was a south-
east wind, which would blow the
flames westward instead of into the
Moslem area of the city.
American financial losses are prob-
ably heavy.
The British inhabitants of Smyrna,
with a few exceptions, were safely
evacuated aboard warships on Wed-
nesday evening.
Complete ;agreement was reached at,
the Cabinet meeting with the French
for the protection of the neutral zones
en both sides of the Straiits of the l,
Dardanelles and el.o of Constanti-I
napie, A not is to be Fent to flus-:
t.spb.i Kemal Pasha by Italy, France,
and, Great Britain ai'serting that pend-
ing a permanent arriu; ement of the
situation the neutral zones must be'
Feepeered.
Preparations are being made by the
British to Fend reinfer cxnents into,
the neutral zone.
I .Tuge.Sl'avia and Roumania both are"
The Week's Markets
Toronto.•
Ont. barley --No. 3 extra test, 47
lbs. or -'better, 55•' to 58e, outsid e.
Ont. buckwheat --No.. 2, $1.
Out. oats -No. 2 white, 33 to 35e.
Ont. rye -No. 3, 62 to Fi7c, outside,
Ont. wheat -Na. 2 winter, new crop,
unofficially quoted at 92 to 970, fse.b.
shipping points,
.rax Western barley---C.I.F.,' bay ports,
No. 3 CW., nominal.
•Western wheat-C.I.F., bay ports,
No. 1 Northern, 31.00'.; No. 8 -North-
ern, $1"02'4.
Corn-Ameriean, traek:, Tcranto,
No. 2 yellow,' 80e; No. 3 yellow, 79e.
Millfeed-Car lots, del. Montreal,
freight, hags included; bran, per ton,
21,2x; shorts, $232x,
2111'2;51--i3aled hay, track, Toronto,
extra No. 1, $16 per ton. Dose hay,
No. 1, per ten, $16 to $18.
Flour -Ontario pats., bulk, sea-
hoard, $4.20 to $4.25; in jute bags,
Toronto, prompt shipment, $4.35 to
34.45; in jute bags, :Montreal, prompt
ehiptnent, 34.50 to $4.60; Manitoba.
first pats., $6.80 per bbl., iortreal-
Toronto freights.
Cheese -..-New, large, 19 to 19= e;
twins, 20 to 21e; triplets, 21 t 'I`,e;
Stiltons, 21e. Old, large, 23 to 24e;
twine, 24 to 24?,Oe; Sti tons, 250.
Butter -Finest creamery prints, 39
to 4t'c:; ordinary creamery prints. 35
to 37e. Dairy,. 29 to 31e. C°oolaing,
21.
Dressed poultry •-Springp chick♦ens,
33 t', S?t ; roosters, 23e; •,owl, 2.1 tc
`27 ; &b.wkiings, 30e; turkeys, 35 te, 40e.
Live, poultry --Staring chickens, 25e:
mestere, 17 to 20e; fowl, 29 to 25e
al,a�kr.+ s, 2tfe; turkeys, 30 to. 35e.
• s?argr.rine--20 to 22c.
i ggs s -No. 1 candled, 33 to $ lr; ee.
lee-te, 37 to 38e; cartons, 41 to 43e.
Beans-Cana4'an. hand -.picked, buse,
- 4 084.25; primes, $3.75 to $3.90.
Maple produets-.,..Syrup, per imp,
gal., 8'2.20; per 5 imp. gals., $2.10;
rntaple sugar, lb., 20e.
Honey.--60-Ib. tins, 13e per lb.; 5.
1 x , • ei n tin t( to in p,r lb • Qntartc
AND R NFD WA!LS (F FINE ESTATES r
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TI-tE WAR IN IRELAND
Girls are aiding the Ropublicans, de l� al to :s upporters, in the guts
orittes. The alertness of the latter makes It d.ffir:alt for t:.e Republicans
cordingly they. Fire using girl volunteer: to :insist them in their raids and
tnandeered from tanners furnish the motive pewer. Phcao slimes a girl
has a girl member. i ltuwn in the backs recti ,i.
November 6�+Set Apart
As Thanksgiving Day
A despatch from Ottawa
says: -- Thanksgiving Day
this year will be November
6th. The date was fixed by
Parliament at the 1921 ses-
sion, being designed to fall on
the Monday of the week con-
taining
on taining Armistice Day, which
is November 1 l'th,
' reported oto be viewing with the French Birth Rate
greetest concern the possibility of till Drops 10 Pe
j t'urks returning to Thrace.
It was was announced that the British!
Government considers the whole Turk-:
lsh question should I!e the subject of
a general conference cf the powers,1
including the minor powers, such as
Roumania and Jugo-Slavia,
120,000 VICTIMS OF
TURKISH VENGEANCE
Greek Metropolitan Was Tor-
tured Before He Was Shot.
A despatch from London says; A
deepatch to The Timeie from 'Constan-
tinople states, it is' a -mon -ted there,
that M. Lasearis, leading Greek
journalist. in Smyrna, has been
murdered.
The British battleship, Iron Duke,
which arrived at Dardanelles Friday,
reports that the Octogenarian Irish
physician, Mr. Murphy, was among
those killed in Smyrna.
It is also reported that the Greek
Metropolitan Chryseetotn was eourt-
martialed and shot.
A despatch from Athens to The
Daily Express as sei-ts that Arch,
bishop Ohrysostont was tortured be-
fore he was killed.
The town of Ohnrak in the Dar-
danelles is being put in a. state of
defence in case, of ,a Kemalist attack,
says another despatch to The Times.
A Britis1h squadron is lying in the
harbor, and a detachment of Italian
troops has been landed, The French
detachment will land Saturday.
The victims at Smyrna numbered
at least 120,000 up to Thursday morn.-
ting,
orning, says .5 deepateh to The Times
from Athens, quotintg John Manatee
of the Amerioan Relief, as its
authority,
--o
Quebec 1922 Crops
Worth $225,000,000
A despatch from Quebec sayst-In
an official statement issued this
morning, G. E. Marquis, chief statis-
tician of the Province of Quebec, esti-
mates that the Quebec 1922 crop will
attain a value of $225,000,00u, as com-
pared with 3219,000,000 last year.
This slight difference. with an increas-
ed crop is due to the .falling off in
prices of 'agricultural products.
i;."i\JF�v 'vC`. Y'�� . '`w'av✓ [c2tY.''
A despatch from Paris says; -The
anxiety of the French public over the
constantly decreasing birth rate was
intensified by the publication of the
latest statistics of the ten largest
French cities, showing the birth rate
had dropped, off 10 per cent. in a single
year.
In Paris alone for the first six
months of this year there were 24,000
births, compared with 27,500 for the
same period last year. A' similar de-
crease was noted in Lyons, Bordeaux,
Lille, Strassburg, Nantes, Toulouse
and St, Etienne. Only Marseilles and
Nice approached last year's figures.
At this rate the decrease in the
population for the year in the entire
country will reach the appalling total
of 80,000. This , has inspired The
Matin to renew its insistence that the
"public authorities and Parliament
occupy themselves innnediately with
this national question, for there +•er-
tainly is none more urgent."
Ola warfare against the Fr- e State auth-
o get petrol for their meter cats. -§c•
o too as dispatch riders. Florey coin•
elivering a dispatch to a panni, which
SOU' IRELAND SC ANE OF STARK
comb hone per.76o S 1.a 0.
Potntees- ;ew Ontarios, $1 to $1 IS
Smoked meats -Hams. meal., 28 to
A c'.eepatch from Field Gen el 'The ;eoun'i•st soldier of the line op -30e; rocked ham, 44 to 47e; 'nuked
Ilea,l. eartCrs, Southern Army, Timer- Prating with Genera; 0,enstpea; Na- rolls, 26 to "288; cot#age rolls, ;, tc
t r_t tionalist forecs out of Limtriela was `38e; breakfast 1?aeon, 23 to 33e; spe,
tel,, sayst- The mad erare for de,tru
ar
i'iv:ite Pa:.7: 1
'dal brand breakfast Staten, SR to Otte;
tion by herring, OA ca tleS and manor ,. ' .t , oukt<,•en ' eaara;backs fi2,neleee, 3: to 43e,
�� o.d, of Ccnn's,• May6t, _Young ;►Master; Cured rufatF-=Legg eleatr I+,i.•,+ii
]rouse, by the Irregulars in tl it sat ,
Burke had as , ,•ars serv:ee to his, $17 • lightweight rials, in ie .'.,, $4R;
nouns „i campaign of terrorism to credit tie a beg,er in the British assay hear-y'•ei ht ro>:s. 840,
"bring the English hack"' is piling up before he jeine;l up in Dublin at the,; Lard -Pure, tierces, le..; tubs,
a hill for damages which will almost time of the Tour Courts fighting. At, l6?ue; Pails, 17c: prints. 1S.•. Short -
stagger the treasury of the infant na the taking of Buttcvant, in County' ening, tierces, 12'e to 13 c; tubs,
titin when settlement finally is m..de.' Cort:, Master Burke, firing zit snipers, 1.., a`cto `,1,3c; pFA 1344 to 13%el
All over the South of Troland are the shot a calf in at farm held, but fer-' or f he oe' heaver sick';'• $7 to $S; hut-
- st.ui,, ,tnd charred walie of fine old ttanate y missed en isolated country :
e5t:;tcs and manor houses, which were , ,rhe-• steers, choice, $7 to 37.50; do,
wtintan caught on neigaabiering hilt- - d 1 e 1
given ice the tar: h when the Irregulars •
trip just as the buzz of bullets 1.egan„ $6.50; do. Cem., •
4.30 to- 85.50; butcher
saw dant theft position within them There is one town just outside of; heifers, choice, $ti.;50 to 07.23; do,
was no longer tenable. The d`t>struc- Limerick which almtat justifie themed„ 85.50 to $6.25; do, come $4.50
tion of Mitchelstown Castle, the his- claims of those who defend the old to 35; butcher cows, choice, 54,50 to
tori: seat of the Dowager Countess of feudal system of landlordism. This is"$` •'S0; do, med.. $3.$
0. to $4; canners
Kingston, is a typical act of incendiar- Mare, which is maintained altogether and cutters, e $'i 5.., butehei2 bulls,
ism lshich marked the departure of o
through the munificence and . patron- $3.30; Sfeeders, 4good ��85 50 tor$6.25;
' the mutineers from that town. Its age of the Earl of Dunraven and do, fair, $5i to 35,50; stoel;t�rs, good,
',destruction represents a loss in.lud
ing priceless furniture, paintings and nestles Close to the gateway of the,; $4,50 to 3525; do, fair, $3 to $4.50;
heirlooms of a furniture,
e, paintings
which
ancient manor house which has been milkers, 360 to $80; springers, S70 to
$1,000,000, the home of the Wyndham family for;; $90; calves, choice, $10 to $11,.}; do,
• must he met out of the treasury of; centuries, as 'Thirteenth Century, med., '$8 to $9; do. com., 3•", to $7;
s anted glass windows in the square- . Y
• tz It doubtful if there is anywhere/ towered parish church testify. The'$450;'do to n., 31 tto� 83tyearlings
in isl Irolbtful i country soa rich anywhere,
town is one long street of pretty,1ehoice, $6 to 37; do, corn., 3.1 to 35;
thatch -roof cottages, each with its begs, fed and watered, $12; do, f,o:b„
romantic stories of conflict and battle Lose garden and atmosphere of quiet', $11,25; do, country points, $11.
theht •
Iris Free
State, ott,:e it is organ spring lambs, $10 to $11; sheep,
•-a region more full of historical as- emsfore and plenty. To furnish erne! Montreal
soeiatious than that round about Lim-; ployment for the villagers Lord Pun -I hat C'•tn West No. o 50e Flour
ericic. The eel area has bean a raven built a model cigarette fat*tory, -Mnia. ;nri,n { wheat ;.t.ts., firsts,
battleground for centuries. Its hills approached through roe arbors over 86.80. Rolled oats -Bags. 90 lbs.,
and valleys and pleasant downs and flagstone walks bordered by mignon 82.90 #a 3;;. Bran, 321. Shorts, 323,
fells, which sa recently echoed and re- ette and pretty perennial plants with Middlings, S..5. Hay -No. 2, per ton;
echoed to the sound of arms. have re- a ri.et of blossoms. :car lots, 318 to 319.
sounded not seldom to the cry of hat- Everything about the place denotes' Cheese, fineet taster.:, Us?ri to lathe
the paternal care of the lord of the; selected, $6c, Potatoes, per hag, cat
manor and fortunately the manor; lots, ti0 to 65e.
tie in the centuries that have ut�ne ;Butter choicest ttc�tmetl ;i5c Eggs,
-...,,-ea______ before.
The field walls and hedgerows.' house was spared when the Irregulars; Com. hulls and cows, 32 to 33; c•ini.
green to the very Boars of the tiny «.ere driven out of it and out of the; western steers, 85; good veal calves
whitewashed cottages which every-' town. j $9; med., 37 up; grassers, $3 to 33.75
where dot the landscape, afford just; The ruined military barracks which; for the bulk; lambs, picked, 310.25;
the kind of cover fax ambushes such, one sees wherever the Irregulars hale•,do, med., $9; do, eom,, S7; sheep, $2.50
as those which the Irregulars pursued been in this part of Ireland are gaunt: to 33.50; hogs, best; S12.a0; lights and
the
Lord Desborough Aids
St. Dunstan's Hostel
A. despatch from London says: -A
novel form of philanthropy has been
adopted by Lord Desborough. In order
to help St. Dunstan's, the institute; tics. From safe and sheltered retreats
for blinded soldiers and sailors found-` few weeks ago. In some instances the'
a by the late e;,. Arthur Pearson, way behind these solid buhvarks of mss-'. post chapels were fired alongwith the
onry which divide the fertile fields of i 5Q H.S. Railways
has insured h.is life for £10,000 in , barracks, While most of these bar-:
racks were prosaic in appearance and
:fair quality butehers, $12 to 312.25.
re as their agressive military tae- and grim shells of what they were a
Urges Allies to Action. favor of St. Dunstan's. the countryside from copses of trees 1. Make Peace With Men
iand the heavier growth on neighbor- m their associations some of theist had,
Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice, , Lord Desborough 'has occupied
ing hills, the Irregulars with a mini-
mum of risk could open fire upon the
column of General Michael Collins'
forces, not often with deadly effect,
but with a persistence that became all
noted war critic, who takes a gloomy ; many important public positions in i a touch of romance about them. The;
barracks in Clonmel was one of thea A despatch from Chicago
view .of the situation in the near East. 1 this country. In his younger days he
latter, for it was here that Laurence says
:-While more than fifty
Sterne, author of the immortal "Tris- railways -counting subsidiar-
ies -had, to all intents and
purposes, made their peace
with the striking railroad shop -
men on Thursday, a much
larger group was still holding
aloof, and reports were that
many would reject the Balti-
more separate agreement plan.
Announcement was made by
J. E. Gorman, President of
the Rock Island, that his road
chief lieutenant, came to be dubbed There are more women than men
will notagree to the proboscis.
the director of inglorious retreats. l voters in Sweden.
He urges the Allies to take immediate was a well-known athlete, a noted
action to strengthen their hold on 1 ericketer and oarsman. He swam
Constantinople and to keep the Straits ; twice across the Niagara River. He tram Shandy" and "The Sentimental
open. 'hunted game in the Canadian the mare annoying since the aggres-Journey," was born. His father was
s i and in India, arid he nadcliian Rockies s sors were rarely exposed to danger, an officer in the army and was sta-
Between thirty and forty thousand, Ands. William Henry ben 2n he If the Regulars pursued their march tinned at Clonmel in 1713 when the
dollars are thirty
daily by United;
into an adjoining town reported to -be son who was to becoine world -known
States tourists to Montreal, or ap- bury; Hereford and Wycombe Division an Irregular sEronghold .t usually was born. His mother was an Irish-
represented at various periods Salts- „ „ .
proximately six million dollars for the of Bucks, in' the House of Commons. t offal, and it was to
six months' period from May to Oc- He was Mayor of Maidenhead, 1895- camped, leaving the charred walls of the maternal side that Sterne owed
tcber, according to the Secretary of 97 He was created first Baton of burning barracks or ancient castles as the playful humor which has been
Fort Taplow to 1905, theto d of by y generations of
was to find that the Irregulars had de- woman named Nuttal,
Automobile Club of Canada. For certain well evidence recent occu- enjoyed so man
the province, he further states, the I pars gas as the Irregular Idea of readers,
warfare. When a score of towns had
sum would be about 315,000,000, as Legs Not same' strength.
Quebec and other points attract large been taken from the Irregulars with- On an average the Mood flows 168
Major Erskine Childers, De Valera's utiles through the body in a day.
crowds. In the principal hotels of
Montreal it is estimated 75 per rent.
-of the guests this summer are from
the United States,
MEREWHA'1"' ARE, -
YEW Dot,h HERE , DiCK
DUtBUNNY
Hunan legs are not of the same out a show of defense on their part,
strength,. In fifty-four cases in a hos-
pital the left is stronger than the
right.
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