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CAMPAIGN FOR FIRE PREVENTION IN CANADA BEGINS OCTOBER 9 A despatch from Ottawa says: Fire Preventive Week, beginning on Sunday, October 9, and ending the following Saturday, has been appoint- ed by order-in-Council, and the pro- clamation is made through a special number of the Canada Gazette. During Fire Preventive Week citi- zens are recommended to inspect! their homes and stores and other j buildings, and to remove rubbish and otherwise reduce fire hazards. Hotels and theatres, asylums and hospitals should be inspected and any changes made, necessary to perfect safety from fire. Fire drills for children ami factory employes are recommend- ed, and special instruction for teachers and the distribution of appropriate literature to pupils. Boy Scout lead- ers should give instructions to their troops as to the best means for co- operating with fire departments in the extinguishing as well as the prc- vention of fires. Regulations will be: issued for the prevention of forest j fires, to be studied by those in lumber camps, and by hunters and settlers. Regulations and laws respecting lire prevention will be given publicity by niuno.cinel officials and by public- meetings or otherwise, the endeavor being made to impress upon citizens the. ivatiur-il importance of safeguard- ing life and property from loss by fire. PARLEYS REOPENED Birds Start Migration WITH IRISH LEADERS Invited to Attend a Conference in London on October 11. A despatch from London says: "Wholly conciliatory ," is the view ex-! pressed both in London anJ Dublin of Mr. Lloyd George's latest note to Eamon de Valera, in which the Prime Minister invites the Leaders to the Sinn Fein to a conference in London October 11, in an endeavor to settle the Irish controversy. Mr. Lloyd 1 George makes as the b;i.-'> of Che note the offer of a con- 1 ference "with a view to ascertaining how the association of Ireiand with , the comnrujwty of nations known as the British Empire may best be re- conciled with Irish national aspira- tions." It is understood that various mem- bers of the British Cabinet are of the opinion that there is nothing in the communication to prevent the proposed conference. This certainly . appears to be the beKef held by the London public and press, and the comments dius far received from Dub- ! Lin speak of "the extreme gratifica- ' tioiv" the communication is causing there. Uwionist opinion in Ulster, accord- ing to Belfzi : t reports reaching Lon-] don, ia that the note makes it eai<r j tor Mr. <le Valera to agree to anther iiet'ting. * German Socialists Would Confiscate Royal Property ^Early This Year A despatch from La Conner, Washington, says : Migration of birds southward is starting early this year, and some of the smaller ones, not old enough to make the trip alone, are reported riding on the backs of cranes, loons and owls. At nightfall, when the larger birds settle down, their passengers look for accommodation elsewhere. Owls, it is said, have long been known to carry smaller birds southward on their backs. , ^ - j- ^ Whipping, and Deportation Sinn Fein Punishment Canada From Coast to Coast THE "BRUSSELS" NOW A CATTLE BOAT Captain Fryatt's famous .steamship, which lias been converted into a cattle boat and sails between Dublin and Preston. England. Victoria, B.C. The new drydock, years, and plans in this connection are under construction at Skinner's Cove.] already being prepared. Numerous Esquimault, for the Dominion of Can- j well-known Canadian authors hava ada, will, wrrpn completed, be able to j volunteered to give addresses on lit- accommodate the largest vessel afloat.! erary subjects at clubs, institutes and! This dock will have a total length of, churches, while the Canadian Authors' 1,150 feet, a width of 120 feet on J Association will endeavor to stir up sill and of 135 feet on the coping level, i local patriotism for local authors and The depth of the sill will be 40 feet.' encourage the buying of Canadian! The caissons are to be of tho ship books. floating type and will be mado of Quebec, Que. A report from Lon* steel. The dock will be constructed . don states that 06 boys and' 74 girls of concrete with the exception of the ' from the Barnardo Home have just sills, copings, keel, block supports, j left England for Canada. Th*y will etc., which will be of granite. i be received at the Barnardo homes at E.liiionton, Alta. What is believed Toronto and Peterboro, Ont., whera j to be the largest single shipment of they will be accommodate until situa- cattle of the year from the Edmonton tions are found for them. This is the Stock Yards, comprising twenty cars, third party of young people sent out containing 400 head of prime beef j to Canada under the same auspices cattle, left here for Montreal, where this year. they will be transferred to boats for Fredericton, N.B. September was shipment to Glasgow. exhibition month in the Province ol Reginu, Sask. Directors of the New Brunswick and the attendance Municipal Hail Insurance Association ana exhibits far exceeded those oi have lixed the rate of premium to be previous years. At the Fredericton paid by farmers for the current year Exhibitor, i-xh: .'-. .'.vrcfreeeived'from at twenty-five cents an acre on tin- all over the Maritime Province. Maim net seeded acreage. Based on all and Quebec. The St. Stephen Exhihi claims received this levy practically tion reports that it was necessary tc means a five per cent. rate. Claims! build one hundred additional stalls t SEED WHEAT FOR STARVING RUSSIA Overtures for Peace Made by Greeks A despatch from London says: numbered 7,34(>, totalling a net am- ount of $1.G8.4!U. Winnipeg, Man. Harvesting has accommodate the live stock and cattle. St. John's, N'fld. Optimistic re- parts of conditions alung the Labra- begun of the potato crop on the Silver dor coast have been received here. Heights Farm, once part of Lord ; Not for many years, it ' is-sUU-d, whilt Strathcona's estate of that name, and no big catches have been made, - claimed to be the largest potato farm ] the fishing been so uniformly pros- A despatch from Berlin says: The Independent Socialist party has in- troduced in the Reichstag a bill aim- Ing at the thorough elimination of nil vestiges of Monarchist Germ:;::y. The main clauses of the measure provide tbat all the property of foriuu- Km- poror William fl-nd the former German I'riiJCes, both family and private, shall be confiscated by the State; civil and! mi!tary functionaries holding Mon- ' nrckist views or tolerating Mon'ir.-h- ist manifestations, or who refuse al- , leg'ance to the Republic, shall be dismissed without pea-ion; and mili- tary men shall not be permitted to carry arms except while on active service. Tl: bill a'.so proposes the introduc- tion of trial by jury- New South Wales Establishes Wheat Pool A despatch from London says: A; Renter cable from Sydney says the' New South WaJes Government has <5cc.id\l to establish a compulsory : wheat pool in ccrme^t.-on with the j coming harvest. A despatch from Dublin says: The recent activity by the Republican police in Dublin, it now appears, was directed against a gang of crim.inals| who were preying on society. Six men were captured an;l have been trie<l by a Sinn Fein court forj attempted murder, robbery with vio- lence and' serious -assault. Four pleaded guilty aoii confessed to wear- ing rubber shoes and carrying batons a.nd dummy revolvers. One of their victims was attacked with a hrvtchet and, left dead. Three of the prisoners were sen- tenced to GO strokes with the birch anil deportation for 20 years, while the penalties ir.flk-ted on the other *. hrie were .'!0 strokes wit'i the birch and deportation of from 7 to 15 years. These ?en.:m-es have be?n tarried out and it is believed the entire gang has been broken up. NO MARKET FOR GRAIN SCREENINGS Revenue Lost to Canadian Farmers Through Lack of Southern Demand. A despatch from Kurt William, Ont., says: Giving up hope of being ab'e to sell grain screenings, local elevator: have commenced hauling fhv.s by-product cut into Lake Superior and dumping it.. Worth $22 a ton eighteen monlhs ago, it now has no value, and tho.-ie who are not able to burn srreer.ings or g:\ s them away locally, are rinding the b.ke a suitable grave. Exported to the United States for many years, and yielding in revenue to Canadian farmers and grain com- panies from half to a million dollars an.-vua.'ly, the Southern market has fallen flat, due to decline in t l ie mar- ket price of sheen, which were? ex- tensively fed on screenings. Last year 51,000 tons were export- nd, but even then shippers took loss. Faith of Peasants Looks for Bountiful Harvest Next Year. A cVspztch from Moscow says: "Surely God ha, punishel Russia pronches to Kemalist Govern- j however, yl ,>d,ng more than three six hundred quintals. A large num. trram m me full mer.t for peace. hnndreJ bi,,h.' ? per acre. Shipment ber of these vessels are on their sec- He w: ' t! King Constantine, of Greece, 'are being made to Kansas and Mimic- ortd trip. harvest next year, though whether j s expected to confer with repre- I spoils, as uvli He will k>t me or another reap it I , pntjlt .- vfl , nf ftirpicrn nnwPPS i n adian cities. is many Eastc v n Can- know net," r.iid a p?:isi.nt in Saratov sentatives of foreign powers in P n M- w.i, the hone of stabilizing the situa- rrcv.nce to Mr. \\c!)ster, represents- , ,.f th BI-V--I Save tVrh'lrren tion in Asia Minor, as Mustapha ol UM r.rtn nnrWurnnri to Hr TREASURE CHEST LONG BURIED FOUND BY GERMAN SEARCHERS A despatch from Ber! : n says: --- German searchers for pirate gold have niiule the greatest find in his- tory. They dug up a chest contain- ing gold, silver ar.d jewels worth 20,- 000,000 marks (normally about $5,- 000,000) which wt'3 buried by the fa- mous pirate Stoertebecker at Zem- Btedt Ostcriven in the marshes south of Cuxhaven. The chest in which the treasure was found measured six by three feet, arvd was thought, to contain brass ob- jects, but tests showed 1 that they were of gold, ami they have an art value many times 20,000,000 marks. Germans since tho year 1390 have been hunting for this treasure. Ac- cording to German liaw tihe finders are entitled to 10 per cent., the property owner getting t'he rest. The owners have been neKotiiahinu with the Gov- ernment, declaring that for patriotic reasons they want the treasures to remain in Germany. It is sa.id that the neighborhood will yield other treasure chests, because Stoertebecker is known to have bur- ied fabulous fortunes. The discovery makes a fact of what had become a national fairy story and folk-song. Fund, a few r.iys ago. The spt*.-h expresses the sentiment to deal directly with the Greeks, of hundreds of thousands of peasant? Tlie Greek (inancial situation is in the famir.;. arra. for by a tour ils growing worse, force thr.'t seemed impossible a month ago the Soviet Government got seed grain distribu'.e ! before the :!'.it'.irrn rains prevented sowing. There was planted in Saratov Province t.vo- thirds of Ia>; year's area, in Samara four-fifith'i : .n th? T.:rtar R-ipi.-r.lic five-sevenths, and ether pravtores re- port p.'milar percen'.atT'. .;. Mr. Web- c-ter, who his just returnei to Mcs- cow from Saiatov, declares wide x- p:ui:.?3 are covered with sprr'iHin:: who:.': where a mrn'h ago was only a sun-baki.l plain. The Russian pca- s-.-.nt is so truly a sen of "M< :!u~ E.irth." i!* he calls her, thtt he :s willir. to trust to her keeping 1 the j psed grain that wouM save him an-i his family from imminent starvation. j Thi ve is hope new that he will no' ] pay too dearly for his r-.icritiee. The remarkable sucvesa of the . ! distribution augurs well for the pros- i pects (if Government food distribu- j tion, now beginning, wnich can use, Miss Aflnes c . McPhai , the sarr;> me.liani-m. The eflu-icn -y : Who has 1)e<>n (>hosf>n bv tnp Unltetl of the latter is voucht.l for by the |Farmers of Smlt]) East Grev as their Canadian trade delegate. Col. Mackie, Pan( i i( i a , c for , lu . H our,e of Commons, who has just ma:le a trip to the Volga. He ?ays: "In 30 years of timber cruising in the Canadian Northwest I had ample opportunity to study the best methods of the Wilgr ly being done along the railroad to Kazan and at various points in the Tartar Republic. Frankly, I do i: : see how it could have been improved."! j'|'j a '1^ trade Rebels in India Increasing in Numbers A despatch from London says: It i- .if finally announce.! that the mili- This amount of gold represents 5:2 per 1 tary authorities at Madras take a cent, of the anuaint mined during j serious view of the strong resistance 11(20. A feature of the market for of the Moplahs in India whdch may gold is that all sales to the Royal Ottawa, Oi:r.--Gold to the value of ounces, was produced in Canada dur- ing the first ?:x months of the year, to tht official statement.: Mint, Ottawa, are paid for in New j York funds. Toronto, Ontario. The week of November -1st to L'Stli will lie known as Canadian Book Week for the pur- "' of demonstrating to the Can- adian people the rapid growth of na errtafl more vigorous prosecution of the campaign to suppress the revolt. The rex-ent action of the rebels shows their resistance is framed <m !iru--, aivompar.ied by plu:; l<-r terror, >m. Armc-.l ;r:m>rs .-.rr s'Lt'.i! 1 ,^ swcnger, anil it is mrmise.l that the rebels are Canadian literature in recent swelling in numbers. Weekly Market Report Toronto. 'gal., $_'..">: -'.er ~> imp. :rals. ?2.:55.' Manitoba wheat -\o. 1 Northern, Mwle sugur.lb. 19 to 22c. S1.4. nominal; No. 2 Northern, BO-30.lb.tilW, 14M: to 16c . nominal; No. 3, $1.3!>. nom- V** ' ': 5-jJH-lb. iins 16 to 1 ,c Manitoba ots-No. 2 CW, No. :! rW. r,lc; extra No. 1 feed, olc; ; No. '2 feed, 48c. Ontario comb honey, per do/., S3. 75 to S4."'0. Pot-.-.cc- Per 90-lb bag. SI .7.", lo $1.90. .... Stii'i'r'-i T'va;. 1 : n.ur. ;. med., .'!."> to Manitoba nar!ey-No. ., CW, Joe, .,- .. )u> , vy ^ , Wf . ^^ m , o mim ' na ' ;, r .<H-; rolls. 27 to 28c; cctlage rolls. :50 All the above track, Hay ports. L .,,,.. }m .., kf:l!l . , ;! to m American corn-No. 2 yellow. B7c, spt , c . ja] ,, r . vn( , hroakf .,,. t 1)Sl . on> 4r , to nomiiiiil. Bay ports. Ontario oats No. '2 white, 43 to l. r ic. Wcrkingmen's Classes. Ontario wheat No. '2 Winter, car I7r; backs, boneless, 42 to 47c. Cured mi>-its I.-ong clear :>acor.. 18, to 21c; clear bellies, IS'-fc to 20 '. Lard Pure, tierce?. IS to 18'^-c; liits, $1.25 to $!.:); No. I! Winter. t u lv. IS 1 ,. t> I'.tc; pail?. 19 to i $1.22 t.> f.\J27; No. 1 commiM-.cal, ' nrinft ''1 to 2'-"c Sh-irteniiic tJerc Announcement is made of a HUM' & (o $ ,.4. ^ 2 SprinK , $1 .._, to r object is to arrange for classes dur- ! Manitoba flour First pats., $9.86;! W; <!o, com., .>.! ;"( to $4; mtcher ing the winter seas.m. to continue P croud pats., $9.35, Toronto. .heifers, choice, S"> 50 to $6; butchcn those formerly conducted, and to in-| Ontario flour W.70, bulk, eeaboard. c? W8 i >] - I.a3 to 56.60; do. cn.j lo K ic, political phil- , to J Report Arctic Weather i om by Wireless j economic; I chology and . UB .^, |, v ,.> ...... |....i- S"4- N '' $''" A despatch from London says: A j sophy, British history, English liter- ' y he Vse New ~ staff of British weather experts will : ature and composition, leave England within the next f ew | Through these classes, days to take up posts at the weather j the Provincial university sunlies most^TMs to 29c; triplets. 29 to 29 1 i-c; obser\'atory which has just been of tne t-utors ami nearly all the fund<, Stiltons, now. 23 to 24c. erected on the lonely island of Jan! workcrs in an . v occupation have an 1 Butter Fresh dairy, choice, 33 to Mayen. 300 miles enk of GreenlaTid.! opportunity to secure thfl advantages' 35c; creamery, prints, fn^sh, No. 1, I5alt> ' n1iyTral ' kon> '- lo ' ptr n< *'-' to $100; calves, choice, $ll.6t) to $12.60j da. mI., *'.' to Sid: ,lo, com.. - I twins, 20M; to 21 VK; triplets, 2J 1 '.- to for which '03,, old, large., 27 to 28c; twins, i 5., t , , ., S . () s - -, . ,, , watered. S10; do, off cars, SlO.Jo; do, i., s'.i.2- r ; do, country points. ?'.*. Montreal. son in Canadn and hopes are enter- the British Weather Bureau will be to 28c; roosters. Kic; fowl, 20 to 'J7c; TCMiiivr vimvHy wui ue i (^ 28c* roosters loC* fowl able to give intelligence to mariners tained that the coining season will be, ( i llck ]j nfrS| 25c; turkeys, ode. and aviators about weather conditions even bclter - Tne arrangement is I Margarine 22 to 24c. extending virtually around the world. ' based on the one which has been SO| Eggs No. 1, 44 to 45c; selects, 50 beneficial in Great Britain and fur- 'to 52c; cartons, 52 to 54c. Five human heads must be held as trophies by the man of Formosa who would woo and win a wife. nishes another example of the varied i Beans Can. hand-picked, bushel, type of work done for the community $4.25 to $4.50; primes, $3.75 to $4. at large by the- provincial university. I Maple products Syrup, per imp. Choese Kinrst cisterns. 1-lc. H.it- te-r l.'hjicist c-crmcry, :>7 to :'Sc. Eggs Seleetetl, 4i>c. l.ight hejfers. ?:?: butcher sietrs. $5; good veal, $9 to $10; g passer*, $2 to $2.50; good lambs, $7 to $7.26;; com. lambs, $9.75. Sii up; hogs, to REGLAR FELLERS By Gene Byrnes ' /