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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT.. THURSDAY, NOV. 3, 1921. THREATENED UNITED STATES RAILWAY STRIKE HAS BEEN CANCELLED Chiefs of "Big Five" Brotherhoods Withdraw Authorization of Walkout After Seven Hours' Debate--Will Accept 12Vi Per Cent. Cut in Wages. > of 1 30 has been abandoned. Formal announcement was made at midnight on Thursday by the "Big Five" broth* "Big Five" stated tice to railroad mer. amtry that there | A despatch from Chicago says:--| cxecut The railroad strike scheduled for Oct. they would send n< ' 'hroughout the c ill be no strike, j The messages, it was said, have al-ready been prepared in code form. The resolution which the Brother- The announcement came after the question of recalling the strike order had been debated seven hours. "We took the position that we could not fight the Government," L. G. Sheppard, president of the Order of Railroad Conductors said. "It appeared that the Government had thrown per cent, reoucuon 01 rasi, jotj mmi its full influence on the side of theI would accept assurances of the Labor! railroads. The roads, very shrewdly,! Board given some days ago, and relet the Government fight their battle, j iterated, that the roads would no1 Our protest was against the railroads'press for further wage reduction; and not the Government, but since we: within a year. could not reach the roads except! Only fourteen of the general corn-through the Government, we knew it mittee of some 300 men, it was said was best to declare the strike off." : had voted against adopting the reso-At 9 o'clock on Friday morning lution to recall the strike order. hood adopted, calling off the strike is lengthy. It contains a long review of the negotiations with the railroads and the Federal Labor Board. While no announcement has yet been made, it was said the Brotherhood had decided to accept the 12% •eduction of last July MARSHALL FOCH ON I Refuse to Refund VISIT TO THE STATES Allied Debt to U.S. Says God's Providence Won the War and Will Preside at Conference. A despatch from on Board the Steamship Paris says :--"God's provi- dence won the war; I feel that the Bramo providence w ill help settle after-the-war conditi mis, and that it will preside at the c nference of na- lions at Washington, ' declared Mar- slial Fcch on Thursda v. adding with a smile, "A condition i no nous soyons sages" (provided we are wise). The Marshal is HI e a school boy on a vacation in his enjoyment ami anticipation' of his vi *it as th* gjest; of the American Leg | enjoying every mini sea voyage." he said, rest I have had since 1 ad to cling to the ropes to k lis feet. He broke his rile ig privately to attend the die concert for the benefit of A despatch from Washington says: -- The Senate rejected, without a record vote, an amendment to the Tax Revision Bill, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to immediately refund foreign loans and calling for the payment of interest by the Allied Governments after January 1, 1922. The amendment was offered by Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee. It "directed" and "instructed" the Secretary of the Treasury to accept long-, term bonds from the nations lowing the United States $11,-! 000,000,000, for both the principal and unpaid interest up to i January 1, 1922. in accordance j with the Loan Acts of 1917 and | : 1918. TO COMMEMORATE 100 YEARS OF PEACE Photograph of the Peach Arch, recently dedicated at Blaine, on boundary line between British Columbia and the State of Washington, to commemorate or.e hundred years of peace between Canada and the United States. Canada From Coast to Coast Vancouver, B.C.--Several experi- brated during the second week of mental lots of Canadian wheat are to October by a re-union attended by go to Japan within the next few nearly three thousand graduates, the! weeks. The total booked thus far isf unveiling of a war memorial to Mc-i in the neighborhood of 1,200 tons. The' Gill's heroic dead, and the conferring] interest shown in Japan and the Ori-j of honorary degrees on notables ofl ent is especially pleasing to Canadian; many countries. Representatives o$ grain men as hitherto those eastern-many foreign seats of learning attends markets have been content with the ed. The ceremonies were presided! soft wheat from American grain dis- over by General Sir Arthur Currie,! tricts. principal of McGill and former Can-' Edmonton, Lake PAthabi right to the < id by N. " Alta.--A n lying o valley of al-the shores of deep water i, has been discover-Butterfield and his son. according to the Edmonton "Bulletin." Analysis of the claim shows that it is 64.36 pure iron, 150,000,000 tens have been measured off, while 5,000 000 tons, in the shape of loose blocks, are lying on the surface of the ground close to the lake, ready fer shipment without any mining operations being necessary. Regina, Sask.--A total of 471,072 pounds of wool from Saskatchewan forwarded to the adian Corps Commander. Lord Byngl of Vimy, Governor-General, presided,! and E. W. Beatty, President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, officiated as Chancellor. Among those on whom: degrees were conferred were Sirj Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador at Washington, the presidents of the universities of Yale, Harvard and! Princeton, and Montreal, the Premier of Quebec, L. A. Taschereau, Bliss Carman, Canadian poet, and Lady Drumimond. Fredericton, N.B.--New Bruns-) wick's midsummer season has extendi ed into October this year, and many, people were engaged last week in( picking wild raspberries in the Violets and lilacs,' Life's Own Terms. ades after . cap and black-caped c, 3 soldier takes long j: iround the decks bef<. Our lives were not of our own ilec-n, as those who grumble at fortune i fond of reminding us. We had no y as to where or when we should ne into the world,, and some of us mid have made choices vastly dif-•ent. We always have with us those io east the fond backward look to .' _,7~T the supposed superior felicity of a Oergeant Kichardson Will bygone day and lament that they did Place Maple Leaves on U.S. i,10t live in jt- They tell us that mod-Warrior's Grave. OLDEST V.C. HERO TO HONOR LATEST tired of He the universe," announced the trans cendental lady. "Egad, she'd better! fulminated the Sage of Chelsea whe: he heard of the remark. lant and ha; Most of his associates have been converted to smoking a pipe, having' heeded the Marshal's tirades against' cigars, "which distress you, hurt1 your head and are more dangerous [ In speaking to the correspondent; of the hibernation situation as he sees it tbe Marshal said: "Conditions in France are still very distressing, owing to the necessity of re. instruction and the tiieks which M ■ Germans employ to avoid fulfilling their promises. They are trying o escape responsibilities by evading their obligations." "Tfce Marshal is in pel-feet health for his trip through the United States." said Dr. Andre, the fighter's physiciar.. "Moderation in everything We for hU ruggedneae ..t decadent j youth degenerate till we <rrc A despatch from Toronto says:--' hearing them and wish that The oldest living wearer of the Vic- vain lamentation they would bus*L toria Ci-oes, Sergeant G. Richardson, | themselves toward the improv of Toronto, will pay homage on be-: they desire. half of the soldiers of the Dominion We came on earth to grapple with! to the unknown American soldier upon life not as we wi£h it were, not as whose tomb will be placed the highest' we think it ought to be, but as it is. honor that Britain pays for valor--I Life imposes the conditions, not we the first occasion that the Cross has; who live it. Nature was in business! been bestowed on other than a British; and natural law was in working order subject. long before we appeared on the scene. Sergeant Richardson will attend the] We must succumb or perish. Most of i burial services in the Arlington Na- the time our bfttemes. against tional Cemetery on November 11, and,I ordainment is the result of our on behalf of the Dominion of Canada,! willful, impetuous disobedient will place a wreath of maples at the! warring stared us in the face, foot of the massive shaft which is! overran it. We knew the rule rising on the hills of Virginia, over- { broke. We. imagined Nature, w looking the National Capital of the'she might punish the rest, w> United States, to mark the resting; show us a particular indulgence, place of America's immortal. were deceived; but our rueful: The G.A.U.V. has appointed The Michaei Collin Fiaance Minister, the most elusive Republican Army. ite in London the Sinn Fein better known as ef of the Irish This photograph rived taken immediately after he i l London elegate Sergeant W. L. Rayfield, V. I., First Vice-President of the organ-:ation. It is expected that the other the age I hers who are winners of the highest | auti:oi mt distinction for bravery in the British I Prescr { army to make up the escort. n CRIM ABBEY AFFORDS ASYLUM TO DETHRONED HAPSBURGS The men who complain most are] -•-- ™a^ii~^l^i^yHDJSClPVnie StewW Follow Canada-U.S. o Inem always has bee.i distasteful. r, „ , Is <i.' dren they overruled parent"! Peace Example uinoi.ty; as adults, they o.-errcd'j '- ns whose reason was long I A despatch from London says: clear. They have studied | --The century of perfect peace t at all or te no purpose, i between the United States and thing from the j Canada was cited as an example They have 1 ; willing t Canadian Co-operative Wool Grower» , . , , Association warehouse for sale this uy , ./ . season. Wool is still being received we£e a,so fb'00™ Z^^Y-at the central forwarding station here, Yarmouth, N.S.-The paat twtf and the total clip of the season from | ^eeks, hav<: a tremendous qua^ this province will probably reach 500,-jtlty °f ^rpped by way of Yar., 000 pounds. ™ a°, °S °" NoTnI°^ . „ . , IX . , I kets. Already some 31,000 barrels-Winnipeg, Man.--.Am exhibit of four; have ibeen shipped. The crops are 56-pound boxes of Manitoba butter; good this year and shippin to E was exhibited at the British Dairy, ^ wy, C0TO,mellce very shortly Farmers' Association show, which Qharlottetown, P.E.I.--A number of opened in London, England, Oct 18. Urfi oi Mlected and ded geed /as made by the Crescent Pure tatoes have recently been purchased Milk Co. of Winnipeg, and the Shoal 'here by a representative of an influ-Lake Creamery Co., of Shoal Lake,! ential farmers' organization in the Man. Both these concerns have won, Nw England States for seeding there, many prizes at Canadian and A mer- Prince Edward Island has made re-an exhibitions. mark-able progress in developing a Toronto, Ont.--'Sub-treasury branch- superior type of seed potato, readily . for receiving deposits on which marketable at gocd prices. One of four per cent, interest will be allowed, j the foremost potato growers on the will be established by the Province of | Island is Mr. M. J. McQueen, wh< Ontario. These offices, in form of, formerly raised potatoes in Maine foi state banks, will be opened at an early j many years and became convinced date and an announcement concerning I that the Island soil and climate wer« them, and the farm loan scheme, will j even more adapted to their growthi shortly be made. He has successfully proved his con* Montreal, Que.--The passing of a tentions with 85 acres planted to pot hundred years since the establishment | tatoes, which are sold almost entire!* of the McGill University was cele- for seed'. Cargo of German Toys Arrives at Montreal j haV the commencement of the wi arrived here on the freighter Kebar. It consists of toys for the1 A despatch from Montreal says:--J Christmas trade, together with a What is stated to be the first cargo quantity of German clocks, watches of German merchandise of any con- and glassware. The cargo was loaded iderable size to reach Canada since ' at Antwerp and Rotterdam. Toronto. anitoba wheat--No. 1 Northern. $1.18%, nominal; No. 2 Northern, $1.16, nominal; No. 3, $1.12, nominal. Manitoba oats--No. 2 CW, 48c; No. 3 CW, 45c; extra No. 1 feed, 45c; No. 2 feed, 40c. Manitoba barley --No. 3 CW, 68c, All the above, track, Bey ports. American corn--No. 2 yeilcw, 58c, niinal, Bay ports. Ontario oats--No. 2 I gal., $2.50; pe r5 imp. gals.. $2.35J Maple sugar, lb., 19 to 22c. Honey--60-30-lh tins, 14% to 150 per lb; 5-2\k-lb. tins, 16 to 17c perl Ontario comb honey, per doz.J > $4.50. Barley--No. i better, 55 t freights outside. Buckwheat--t be their companions, soldiers under trustworthy officers their guards, with military representatives of England, France and Italy in supervisory of mankind, to the world by Viscount James •ogmzed that Na-j Bryce at a iuncheon in his honor lgjby the English-speaking union, not obey her edicts°mm0ner * ° 069 Tjl« disarmament agreement, I S I Through life, whether we like it 0rjaffecting :5'U0° mlles of bound- ;ji under a reign of law in' arv between Canada and the lone form or another. We might as j United States, is an arrangi j well submit, with such grace as we| ment which should be m; [ peninsula, a mile wide, which projects into Lake Balaton (sometimes called the Platten Sea). The crest of its cliff-like walls, 200 feet above the able sanf beyc to resist it. can beat li immemorial ge-|22 t, ,..adeL„D. show; for the law is puis- world-wide, he said, any force we can muster Viscount Bryce was formally j When a man thinks he I welcomed home after his recent | srcat andj lecture tour of the United States. I ! Minister of Education Fisher, I j the United States Ambassador, J | George Harvey, and other pro- Smoked meats--Hams, med., 29 lie; heavy, 22 to 24c; cooked, 44 !8c; rolls. 27 to 28c; cottage rclls. o 30c; breakfast bacon, 27 to 33c: pecial brand breakfast bacon, 38 to 40c; backs, boneless, 40 to 44c. I Cured meats--Long clear bacon. Ill Ontario wheat-No. 2 Winter, per 20el el??r he!i!"' 18* 10 1 :ar lot, $1 to $1.05; No. 3 Winter, 97c' Lard--Pure, tierces 16Vi to 17o> o $1.02; No. 1 commercial, 90 to 95c; tl,.'s- u U) J"-c: ?»>-«> 17% to 18c;( Mo. 2 Spring, 93 to 98c; No. 3 Spring,' P>-";i>, to 20tie. Shortening; lominal tierces. 13 to 13%c; tubs, 13V* to 14c3 extra, test 47 lbs 'Pai'?' }i l° Prints, 1« to 10<»o} 58c according' to' Choice heavy steers, $6 to $7.25l Ibutcher st«-ei.», choice, $6 to 16.25; doj » 60 to 65c if?°od, $5.50 to $6; do, med., $4 '<> $5;i .. ' jdo, com., $2.50 to $3.50; butchen Manitoba flour--First pats., $7.60; heifers choice- $6.50 to $6; butcher] second pats., $7.10, Toronto. | cov'*< <hw'<- ^ to $4.76; do med.. $3( Ontario flour--S5, balk, seaboard. : to ^4: .-aimers ar.r cutter*. $1.50 to Millfeed--Del., Montreal freight. **•■>"■• -'!i*-;»' '••'"•/• «w. S3.o0 to $4-bags $21; Ba ton, No. 2, $22..... Cheese--New, large, 20 to 21c; j'10 10 sl2; do- med., $8 to $10: do rin«, 20% to 21 Ut - tiipleis "21.. to com.. $3 to $7; iambs, good, $8.25 to] tc. Old, large, 25 to 2«c; twrns, W.50: do. com, $5 to $5.60; sheep. 1V2 to 26%c; triplets, 26 to 27c; choiee, *4 to $4.o0; do, good. $3.50 te.' EltOftS, new 23 to 24c i'4! do- heavy and bucks. $2 to $3i Butter--Fresh dairv, choice. 33 to hogs, fed and watered, $8.50 to $8,753 ,-; creamerv, prints fresh No 1 I do. off cars. $8.75 to $9; do. f.o.h.j to 40c; cooking, i *7.75_ to $8; do. .-onntry t--. jtf.SflJ pring chickens,! Montreal, awl, 28c; duck-j Oats, Can. west., No. 2, 54 to 54 Mjcjf iys, 50 to 60c. (do, No. 3, 53 to 53%e. Four. M.:1... chickens, 20 Spring wheat pats., firsts, sT.iin. i;; :;.; Ontario flour-S5. »,;:lk, seaboard. r" f,: a.. 1 cutio-s. *l.oO to Millfeed--Del., Montreal freight, '<^ ' "nicb.-r .-:,-. go,,.. s:i.50 to $4ri igs included: Bran, per ton. $19 to f ■ ™n.. ^ »U ;,»*., ..0; tee-.e-s, goodj II; shorts, per ton, $21 to $23* good , 900 !bs.. $0 to $5.50; do. fair. $4.5ol ed flour, SI 70 to $1 80. i to $0: stockers, goo :, $4 to $4.50; do; Baled hay-Track, Toronto, per f*»[- W to $4; milkers, $60 to $80} n. No. 2 $22- mixed $18 |Spnn«er|.. $/0 to $90; calves, choice, its 1 S to 24c;; 1 he becomes as | society as he who studies tc • I circumvent the law. Often as it has : liene'd'ict'ine Abbey! It is "aM buTsur-1 bee" the tatle,f!1' bears the te"-1 mim>nt Rritisli 9nH I IniipH ! rounded by sea weed, and, except for | lng ^^ZJ^Ll comp,la«nt 1 I one small landing place, is cut off SET""*' from the world. It is easy to guard. y S i States officials "I acceptj luncheon. attended the ! .. ,H,"f Cattle, med. to com., $1.25 to $4rf , j tops, $10; grassers. $2.50 to $3.50; j good grass calves, to $4; good lambs,! .' $8; med., $7 io $7.50; hogs, $9. » REGLAR FELLERS-- By Gene Byrnes I / CM MKVAMA, i / SoO K>4ovfj THrvr* BcK Cr4 THE. WEKT" \ BUocic? we w\t