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OUR NEW FALL HATS Have Arrived. Collier's Toggery VOL. 87 : NO, 248, OFFENCES FOR NINE MONTHS In Ireland Are Recounted-- | Irish Police Favor Drum- head Justice. Dublin, Oct. 8.--Dublin Castle yes- | terday afternoon gave out a list. of outstanding "Offences" from Janu- ary 1st to the week ending October 2nd. It was accompanied by the statement that it was "a significant fact that for all the murders and shootings of police the number of perpetrators apprehended could be counted on the fingers of one hand "In this fact," the statement adds, "might be found the motive for re- prisals. The authorities cannot get the men responsible, or if they do, they get off through hunger striking or clemency of the government. Ng one can be found to testify against them, either through intimidation lor because of political sentiment. There- | fore, many of the police feel that drumhead justice is the only way to deal with them. The list of offences follows: "Court houses destroyed, 63; Ro- yal Irish Constabulary barracks de- stroyed, 504; Royal Irish Constabul- ary barracks damaged, 168; raids on mails, 646; ralds on coast guard sta- tions and lighthouses, 38. 'Raids for arms reported, 2,075 (many of these raids do not come to the knowledge of the police); po- lice killed, 109; police wounded, 174; soldiers killed, 16; soldiers wounded, 61; civilians killed, 27. These figures do not include the casualties in the Ulster riots in July and September." Sinn Fein Statement, Coincident with this annoucement the Sinn {Fein Irish Bulletin publish- es the details of attacks on 58 police barracks up to September 30, of which it is stated, 12 'were captured and two destroyed duiing fighting, while forty-four successfully resist- ed attacks, In the 12 barracks captur- ed, 81 police were made prisoner, dis- armed and subsequently released without injury. "Seven men alleged to have taken part in attacks," the Bulletin con- tinues, '"'weré captured, tried by court-martial and sentenced to long terms of penal servitude." The bulletin adds that in addition | two civilians were murdered as re- prisal and the town of Trim was burned. It asserts that the object of attacks on barracks was to secure | arms for Ireland to defend herself. To defend herself "as it is obvious the English military government is determined to break by force of arms the national demand for independ- ence." NEW YORK BODY KNOCKS SCHEME New York, Oct. 8.--The projected St. Lawrence . river- Great Lakes canal was opposed in a resolution adopted yester- day by the New York state chamber of commerce at its first meeting of the fall season. The resolution said the body was opposed to any participa- tion by the United States in the expense of the scheme. and authorized the committee on internal trade and improve- ments to so represent the views of the body before the interna- tional waterways commission when it meets In New York and if it is necessary, before congress. BRITAIN THREATENS SOVIET GOVERNMENT if British Prisoners Are Not Released by October London, Oct. 8.--Great Britain has threatened to take "certain ac- tion" against Soviet Russia if steps are not taken by October 10th for the release of British prisoners held by the Bolsheviki, says the Herald, organ of labor, which this morning prints what purports to be the texts of the notes exchanged by the Bri- tish and Soviet governments. In re- ply to thig threat, Leonid Krassin, head of the Russian trade mission here, has replied on behalf of the Bolshevik regime that it will pro- mise to fulfill the conditions requir- ed by Great Britain when the latter | carries out her part of the bargain made last July for mutual release of all prisoners and cessation of all hostile actions. An Early Reduction in Promised By the Board of Commerce Ottawa, Oct. 8.--Readjustment of winter milk prices is evidently ex- pected to result from negotiations between the Board of Commerca and the milk producers rather than from a mandatory order Ly the for- mer body. After conferring with President Stonehouse, of the On- tario Milk and Cream Producers' Assoctation, and D'Arcy Scott, sec- "/retary of the National Dairy Coun- cil, the Board of Commerce yester- day issued a statement announcing that Mr. Stonehouse had. voiced the willingness of the producers to "undertake to reduce prices as soon as the prices of cattle feeds, labor and other commodities made reduc- tion possible." The hoard, on its part, states that "'a further confer- ence with a larger representation of producers will be held as soon as more definite Information is avail- able as to the reduced cost of pro- duction of milk, and the question ot he Daily British Whi | RUSSIA AGREES T 0 RELEASE BRITISH L« Oct. stated offi Russian plied { tum ndon, It was the ially to- that had ultime nt Curzon's governn to Lord det release of turzon's notesald be no agreemen* of trade unt thera could on 1 Russia the pr tone of resumption consented to release The reply the to Russian was s have been favorable, WOMAN JUROR FAINTS | IN MANCHESTER COURT 'Blood-Stained | Razor Sus- pended Trial Until New Woman Juror Sworn. -A woman juror fainted in the during the first Manchéster ¢ trial in which women jurors took part. "Rather an unfortunate start," was the recorder's comment. Five witnesses in a wounding case had been heard when the proceed- ings were thus abruptly stopped. The case was one in which a young man attacked an elderly one with a razor, and it was when the blood- stained weapon was being shown that the juror collapsed. She was certified DY a doctor to be unable to continue, {and another woman took her place. | 'Now, madam, do you think you can last this case out?" the recorder asked amidst laughter. The woman smiled, and the recorder added, "Now you are sure you don't mind trying this case, madam; you don't fea] frightened of it?" The new Juror gave the necessary assurance, the jury were sworn again, and the five witnesses repeat- ed their evidence. Londen, Oct, 8.- box y sessions Seaplane F-3 Continues | Its Trans-Canada Flight Quebec, piloted by which at ten early trans~Car at 8.30 this me ed to have pas hour later. made at Ottawa. Oct 8.--Seaplane F-3, Colonel Robert Leckie, Riviere de Loup set out on its bound and report- *e Rivers one stop will be The --ol. Leckie, in his trans-Canada air flight, has ar- rived at Rockliffe aerdrome. | passed over Montreal at 11.45 a.m. Col. Leckie will leave Ottawa at wo o'clock and expects to North Bay before dark. 1 Ottawa, Oct { NO DROP IN SUGAR." ' | Montreal Refineries Say There Will | Be No Reduction. Montreal, Oct. 8.--According to a | statement made by the Atlantic Sug- ar refineries and the St. Lawrence Sugar refineries, there will be {reduction at the present in the price of sugir in Montreal. The price quoted to-day was $19.50 per hund- red 1lbs., with five per cent. off to the wholesalers, buying in carload lots. The retailer pays 19% cents a pound. Montreal's Objection To St. Lawrence Project Montreal, Oct. 8.--Objection' to the project of developing the navigable channels of the Great Lakes on the ground that it would increase the volume of business between Canadian west and United States ports, was made on behalf of the Montreal chambers of commerce be- fore the international boundary com- sion which met here to-day. A reso- lution of the chamber, embodying this objection, was duty filed with the commission. Prices May Never Again Reach Pre-War Level Washington, Oct. 8.--In two let- ters made public, David F. Houston, secretary of the treasury, announces his belief that the crest of high prices has been passed. He says that prices may never recede to the pre-war level, but he does believe they will reach a stable condition in a few years. Makes Horse Shoes. Amsterdam, Oct. 8.--The form- er German Crown prince has added a new role to his already large re- pertoire, according to the latest news | from Wieningen, Frederick Wil- liam, evide {on his hands, has obtained a posi- tions as assistant to a local farmer and has already made his first horse- i Milk Prices . reconsidered." . "The board says that it has been watching the milk situation and noted the closing of condensed milk factories and the fall in the price of winter feeds, It looks for a re- adjustment of winter milk prices, proportioned to the reduced cost of these commodities, in the near fa- ture. The board is impressed by the situation created by the intro- duction of the report of the Ontario Milk Commission at its ensuiry into milk prices in Toronto last month. "Action taken by the Board of Commerce on lines contrary to those laid down in the report," says the board's statement, "under the cir- cumstances, would seem calculated less to bring any immediate benefit to the consumers than to involve the board in controversy with the provincial authorities with refer. ence to the cost of milk produc- tion." t. and passed heres States is in a reach | no | the | ly finding time heavy | KINGSTON ENTENTE MUST * REVISE TREATY Militaristic And Imperialistic Policies Forbid Aid From United States. London, Oct. ance from the Uni 8.--Finan ted States of the treaty of Versai ment of the present militaristic and , TEV imperialistic policies by the nations | of Europe--all these are most essen- ision ! s, abandon- | ONTARIO, FRIDAY, BRITAIN PREPARES WELCOME TO PRINCE London, Oct. 8.--The ar- rangements made for the re- turn of the Prince of Wales to England next Monday, after his Australasia tour, follow the lines of those in force when he returned from Canada. His brothers, the Duke of York and Prince Henry, will meet him at Portsmouth, the king and queen receiving him at the sta- tion in London. The prince will take a long route through the streets of London to Bucking- bam palace, and it is expected he will be greeted by immense | crowds. | tial to the speedy economic restora- | tion of chaotic Europe, according to Lord Parmoor, iirman of the inter- national e omic conference which meets in L n next week. He out- lined these conditions in an inter- view yesterday. | "I see that the German and French | delegates to the economic conference at' Brussels have degided that the jonly way to solve the economic condi- ition in Europe is to get the United | States to extend long term credits to Germany for raw materials so t she can work to pay France," continued. | "This simply means, of course, that the United States will be pour- ing dollars into France via Germany to help carry out the present militgr- |istic campaigns. "I've talked with Hoover and other world economic experts and have icome to the con on that Europe {in order to get on her feet must have. assistance from the United States, but only on these conditions: "First, that not one dollar recelv- ed directly or 'indirectly from the United may used on mil- {taristic res as the pre- sent Polish campaign against Russie which is bac by France; | "Second, every dollar received must be used for the economic re- construction respective countries to which it goes. "I've been in Canada that the great nation lik ne clus such of and I the 1 know Tnited the do posit on to help old world greatly, but can't much under present conditions." "EXTORTION" RATES TO BE EXPLAINED Boston Mote! and Restaurant | Proprietors Summoned | Before Attorney. Boston, Oct. 8. --United States At- { torney Gallagher announced today that he was going to call on proprie- tors of hotels and restaurants to ex- plain what he termea their "extor- tionate rates" for food. The federal grand jury will not be adjourned un- i til his inquiry is finished, he said. The district attorney indicated that he had been waiting for the hotel and restaurant keepers to mark down their prices to reflect the drop in commodity prices. Yesterday an as- sociation of hotel and restaurant keepers met and considered the situ- ation, but took no action. As a re- | sult Mr. Gallagher said "he is going to give the hotel and restaurant men {in the United States attorney's office !a chance to explain their enormous | profits and tell what they mean by | their action in keeping up prices." | he said, | "In the face of things," | *"it looks like extortion--nothing else. | The prices that are being charged | {are outrageous. In some places the | price paid for a piece of steak would indicate that this meat is costing $4 or $5 a pound, whereas, the best sir- loin can be bought today for 75 cents a pound. "We are paying a tremendous price for potatoes, while they are one of the cheapest things on the market { today. The same is true of coffee." | ! | Bakers Urging People To Eat Nore Bread New York, Oct. 8.--Greater use of bread will reduce the cost of living, {it was asserted by bakers of New | | York state and New Jersey in joint | They decid- | | convention here today. {ed to inform the public of this in an | educational campaign. The baking industry of the 'two | states is prepared to supply four or | five times the amount of bread now | being consumed, said Maximilian | Strasser, president of the New York Master Bakers' Assofiation. There will be no bread shortage and price changes may come within | a year he added. 'Reports of Depression All Over Britain London, Oct. 8.--From all parts of the Kingdom come reports of trade repression and the discharge of thousands of workers. Two main reasons are given for lack of em- ployment : | First, that manufacturers are |afraid to quote definite fixed prices {for goods because any moment the i | i { rearrangement of prices will then be-| Workers may demand further in- |creases of wages and conténental {buyers are refusing to place orders | without *being certain what they | will be charged. Second, that manufacturers de- | cline to guarantee delivery of goods | by specified date because ow jstrikes may render this impossiiie. \ NO FAMINE LOOKED FOR Fuel Control Will Be Much The Same As In 1918, Ottawa,-Oct. 8.--Dr. S. J. McLean, | assistant chief of the railway com- | mission, discussing the new optional fuel regulations proposed to. be ap- | plied to Ontario and Quebec. on the | | lines adopted in 1918, said: "Coal is coming in very well now, and we do { not anticipate a famine, but if such | an emergency should arise, whatever degree of control is necessary can pe applied effctively." WIL DIVE $1,500,000 'When Flin Flon Mine Manitoba Passes to a Company. in Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 8.--Mining prospectors are not usually reading men, that is not readers of current literature. They read rocks and sometimes their interpretation of the story told by the indulations and twistings of the old earth's surface leads them on to fortune. Such, says Wilson Blue, writing in tne ! Manitoba Free Press, has been the case with the discoverers of the Flin Flon mine who, according to state- ments of their friends, will next spring, with the expiration of the present option, divide $1,500,000, the cash consideration for passing | title to the property. The New | York and Toronto purcnasers in { March last undertook to spend at | least $200,000 on development and |at the expiration of one year. either | purchase the mine outright for a mil- {lon and a half or hand it back to the discoverers. { It was Tom Creighton who first {put hig pick into the disintegrated disseminated sulphides on the lake | shore. Later on when trenching and test pits indicated the extent of the ore body he named the mine. } Sometime before, when on the | march, he and his partner, Johnny | Mosher, picked up a battered, paper- | covered volume on a portage. It was called "The Sunless. City," and | the back portion of tHe book was missing. The reading matter wastuck ed away in the blanket rolls for per- usal on a rainy day. It told the story of a world withih a world, where everything took its importance in reversed order to that observed on earth. Woman was in control of affairs and many curious customs and conditions wegs revealed. Gold was so abundant that it had practi- cally no value. Tin was the prec- fous metal. thig subterranean domain that chief- ly interested the prospectors and the interest increased when Dr. Flin Flon, one of the 'characters in the book, managed to gain the earth's ered. It was when this point in the narrative was reached that they came to the end of the fragmentary volume, but it became a point of conviction after numerous conversa- tions arotind the camp fire, that their fortunes were made if they could only locate the hole through which old Dr; Flin Flon had reach- {ed the top side of terra firma. Of course it was only the jocular i talk of idle days when storm kept | them. from their work, but the idea | took powerful hold of their imagi- | nations, and when later on the vast | proportions of their discovery be- {came apparent, Tom Creighton gave {it as his opinion that the search -for { Dr. Flin Flon's "hole" was complet- (ed, so far as they were concerned. | So they named the mine after the character in the book. WHEAT PRICE DECLINE. Not Dme to Decontrol, Says Sir Fr ger. Ottawa, Oct. 8.--( ommenting on a I Farmers of Alberta, was quoted as | saying that Canadian wheat could {have been handled very much better through the Canada Wheat Board than in the open market, and that the price had declined a dollar a bushel] since the board had ceased to ! handle it, Sir George Foster, Minister {of Trade and Commerce, spoke as follows: "The fact that the price of wheat in Canada has declined one dollar is no proof that it would not have de- clined had its sale been under the control of the Wheat Board. It has declined equally or more in the United States. This decline is not due to the fact that a board is not handling the wheat, but is a result of the supply of wheat in Canada at present exceeding the demand. It is not sound reasoning to say that it has declined because the Wheat Board is not, handling it." ¥ Last Toll Road To Go. Brantford, Oct. 8.--The last toll road in Brant will be wiped out, the city agreeing to pay $6,100 to end the existence of toll on the Cockshutt toll road ; Jedserrotcatesey + ALLOWED FOR TIME LOST + THROUGH MOSQUITO BITES Hamilton, Oct. 8.--An odd claim has been allowed by the civil claims committee. A night watchman, who was employed on York street, said that he was badly bitlen by mosquitoes while on duty that he was poi- !% soned and was unable to work. # The committee allowed him his + wages for the time off. +> Peeters setst ee 3 OCTOBER 8, 1920. 9 Collier's Toggery The Only Store Where You can buy DR. HAWKINS INVISIBLE BELTS LAST EDITION. preliminary | It was the prevalence of gold In| surface through a hole he discov- | PEPE P E2040 0 000% WOULD REJECT | LEAGUE TERMS { Usted States Republican. | (Candidate Harding An- nounces His Policy. | Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 8. --Rejec- | tion, not interpretation, should be| the fate of obligations imposed by | the League of Nations covenant, Sen- | f ator Warren G. Harding declared in a speech here yesterday. 1 want to turn my back on them," he said. "It is not interpretation, but rejection that I am seeking." i Harding met democratic queries 2s | { { | to his view about "scrapping" the ieaguc with the retort that it is futile | to talk about 'scrapping' something | 'already scrapped." : Declaring he does not want to risk the final solution of the problem by | | being too specific now, Harding pro- | Juises that as soon as possible after | his election he will call the best | minds of the country, including nu- | merous senators, into conference to { formulate his international pro- | gramme. | "The issue is clear", said Harding. | {1 understand the position of the de- mocratic candidate and he under-| stands mine. In simple words, it is that he favors going into the Paris league and I favor staying out. His position is beyond cavil, and it 1s| that we shall go into the Paris lea-| gue without modification or substan- tial qualifications. To such a betrayal of my countrymen 1 will never con- sent." MURDER LEAGUE IN CAIRO COURT | Twenty-five Members of | "Vengeance Gang" Con- | { victed of Conspiracy. | ---- | | Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 8.--Twenty-five | | members of the so-called "Vengeance | Gang," alleged to be an anti-British | society organized to conduct as nations of political personages, have | been convicted of conspiracy by a! court before which they had been on trial. for, several weeks. The sen- tences will be promulgated later. Four of the accused persons were acquitted. | Among, those convicted -was Abdul | Rhamen Fahny, former provincial | governor, and at one time a servant | of the executive. He was charged with being a member of the '"Ven- geance Gang" and also with incite- ment to murder. Numerous assassinations and at-| tempted murders are credited to this | society, which had an elaborate or- ganization and worked with gr.at | secrecy. The object of the society are alleged to have been the deposi- tion of the sultan and his assassina- | tion, together with the ministers and | other persons who did not receive the | approval of the society. It was | charged that the organization also | preached sedition and distributed | | | | arms, |QUEBEC SENDS HELP TO ONTARIO ROADS t Lends Road Rollers and Crews to Cperate Them. Toronto, Oct. 8. --Quebec is helping i Ontario out on its road programme. | The two provinces are so neighborly | | that they are borrowing from each | | other. Ontario asked for some road-! | rollers, and Quebec, with true gener-| | osity, not only gave the road-rollers, | but is sending them over with their | ycrews. The rollers simply cross the! | Ottawa river from the Hull-Aylmeg | | road to work on the Ottawa-Prescott | iroad. They will be used in assist- ing on that highway for a period of two months. E. Michaud, deputy minister of roads for Quebec, in writing to Hon. | F. C. Biggs, minister of public works | and highways for Ontario, said: "The | Hon, Mr. Taschereau, prime minister, | and the Hon. Mr. Tessier, minister of | highways, are very glad to have this | | occassion of pleasing the Ontario | people and yourself." Ask Raise to Protect Long City River Front | Ogdensburg, N.Y., Oct. 8.--The po- | lice of this city have followed the | {lead of Watertown '"'cops" and are | demanding more pay. One of their | reasons is that Ogdensburg is a river | town and, therefore, has much more | territory to cover than the other city. i Locali police are getting $93 a month | with gergeants drawing $100. No! exact raise deméind has been made, | | but the men insist they are going to (get a "living wage"--or know the | reason why. | ANOTHER POLITICAL BODY New National Policy Political As- sociation. Regina, Sask., Oct. 8.--Under the {name of the New National Policy | Political Association; the Saskatche- wan supporters of the farmers will be incorporated, it was decided at a session of delegates representing the executives of the sixteen federal con- stituencies in the province. ------------_------ Aged 102 Years. Winnipeg, 'Oct. 8.--""Grandpa" Peter McLeod, ohe of the sturdy Scotchmen who pioneered in Canada, celebrated his 102nd birthday, Oct. 2nd, .at "his hdme here. Mr. Me- Leod was born Oct. 2nd, 1820 at Thurso, Scotland. He came to Can- ada In 1841, living in Glengarry, Ont., for eightéen years. He has liv- ed in Winnipeg néarly 40 years. A British ultiztatum to Russia threatens to sink Russian warships if they appear in the vicinity of Niko- laieff on the Black Sea. | on Saturday. | volved. { the Glasgow steamers. | services left the produce the 1920 wheat crop. BOMBED A LORRY IN CORK STREET Cork, Oct. 8. -- Civilians bombed a military lorry which was passing through Barrack street this' morning. One sol- dier was killed and thrée were dangerously wounded. Two spldiers on the lorry, who escaped injury, opened fire on the attackers At the time the street was filled with people proceeding to work. Two men and a woman were shot in the legs, {| peace with Russia. The Poles gain another corridor, separating Russia and Lithuania, more territory to the east and a bet- ter transportation service. The arm- istice and preliminary peace agree- ment, effective today, provides for twenty-five days of peace with oppor: 'tunity for automatic extension : According to the Morning Post, the agreement reached at Riga pro- vided: 1. Hostilities will cease within six days from the signing of the agree ment, 2. Both sides will withdraw to ag- days after DUBLIN IS FACING GRAVE SITUATION Unofficial Strike of Seamen Results in Cessation of Traffic to England. Dublin, Oct. 8.--A grave situation is threatened at the port of Dublin. | The unofficial strike of firemen and seamen employed by different ship- ping concerns has resulted in the {complete cessation of cattle and goods traffic bet$een Dublin and England. Members of the Irish transport union employed by principal firms have re- ceived a week's notice, which expires Unless, therefore, the dispute ends by Monday, all sections of ship and quay workers will be in- There is great congestion of foodstuffs and merchandise and the port may have to be closed. At first the trouble, which is pure- ly a wage dispute, was confined to the British and Irish Steam Packet Company, but it has now extended to others and today practically the only shipping services unaffected are Only one the regular cross-channel Liffey last Two thousand cattle, 10,000 sheep, boat on | and vast quantities of food and mer- chandise lie at the north and south walls and the shipping companies have warned exporters to send no further consignments fqr the present. | | Ten thousand men were idle on Mon- | day, and nobody can prophesy where the dispute will end. USED GAS MASKS TO EFFECT RESCUES 8ix Killed and a Score Injured In Explosion on Steamer. New York, Oct. 8.--]It was several minutes before ladders could be found following the explosion on the British tank steamer Crow at Brook- lyn docks yesterday afternoon, hut as goon as soule 'were brought to 1h: dock. rescu2:s worked desperately to | : ve their fa.ows cut off in the very! bowels of tne steel anker One hy one, firemen shrouded thair grim faces in gas masks, and descended the ladders into the smoke filled hold. Bodies were hauled up with ropes and the injured rushed to the hospitals. When the bodies reached the deck, the victims were bleeding from many cuts and their clothing in many instances had been blown to «hreds. «Firemen employed at the vard, first to reach the scene, went| into the hold without masks, and many of them were overcome. | The casualties were: Killed 6; | badly injured 20; missing, 3. | WII Inquire Into Cost Of Britain's Little Wars London, Oct. 8.--Military mem- hers of the House of Commons de- clare they will force the government to tell how much it is spending on Britain's "little wars' just as soon as | Parliament reconvenes.. They declare the government must take the troops | now in Ireland to Persia, Mesopota- | mia and the shores of the Black Sea, | and they ask how the government ex- | pects to make good the denuded | home garrisons. <r -- Advocates Use of Alcohol. Londen, Oct. 8.--"I consider alco- holic beverages, properly used in| moderation, as one of God's best | gifts," said the Rev. J. J. Lias, Chan- | cellor of the Liandaff Cathedral, and, | one" of the most outspoken cham- pions of alcoholic liquors in England. "It is the best stimulant for bod- ily and mental fatigue and Injury. It is the best and safest cure for sleeplessness. In cases of weak di- gestion it gives tone to the system and promotes cheerfulness, which in turn promotes health." Rev. Lias is 86 years old and one of the most prominent Welsh writers. Berlin newspapers have ceased | publication. The suspension is due to | a fight over a cut in printers' wages. ' | i |such a change. | eau of the census who have been in [cruiser Rainbow, sold r, + der and Marcus, of Seattle, Wash., ig! THE ARMISTICE FAVORS POLES 'The Russian Delegates Indi- cated Great Anxiety to | Meet Demands. ot notable victories in a preliminary London, Oct. 8.--Poland has gain- reed lines within seven the armistice is effective. 3. Military and civil stores and a certain amount of railway supplies need not be evacuated. 4. A neutral zone of thirty kilo- meters will be established east of the armistice line, the Poles thereby re- taining all their own territory. 5. Armies must not fraterunize. 6..The armistice shall be effective ! for twenty-five days. The Morning Post regarded the | terms of the agreement as a victory for Poland. The Russian delegates, it said, indicated great anxiety to meet the demands of the Poles. night. | 'SOVIET REIGN WILL END THIS WINTER Strove, Wrangel's Foreign Minister, Indulges in Little Prophecy. Constantinople, Oct. 8.--"It is my feeling that the Moscow government's. reign will be finished this winter," said Peter B. Struve, foreign minis- ter in the government of General Wrangle in South Russia, who is leaving Constantinople for Paris to j tase part in 'a Polish conference. ! the prospects, but my heart tells me "There is no use in reasoning about the end is in sight. General Wrangel is satisfied with his present progress. We care looking toward holding what we have got. We are not yet even dreaming of taking Moscow, though we know that the Reds realize how critical is their position. "We are working step by step-- organizing as we go along, and try ing to get the confidence and help of the localities we occupy. opinion is that there is no ute in treating with Moscow; only by foree will the Soviet government collapse," CENSUS EVERY 5 YEARS ADVOCATED BY SIEGEL Would Use Draft System of Registration and Save Nation Miilions. Washington, Oct. 8.--Uncle Sam's mily is growing so. fast that he is ing ways of keaping better track of it. On account of the rapid growth and development of this country, & | fifteen per cent. increase in popula- tion in the last year, despite the slaughter of the world war and the serious inroads made by Industrial accidents, it is now proposed that the census shall be taken every five yea\s instead of every ten years. Representative Isaac Siegel, New York, chairman of the house com- mittee on the census, is drafting a bill to be introduced at the coming session of congress, providing for Officials of the bur- closer touch with statistics showing the growth of the country and their relation to business and humanitar- fan progressive measures are heartily in accord. Rainbow is Ore Carrier. Victoria, B.C., Oct. 8.--The old ently to Nel- to have the machinery taken out of ber, and will be used as a barge for! the transportation of ore from the | North. The work of converting the! | Rainbow into an ore hulk will be done at the Seattle plant of Neider and Marcus. It is calculated she willl carry 3,000 tons of ore as a barge. Rush of Canadian Grain Earn] Over Border Worrying the United States Farmers Chicago, Oct. 8.--Canada, with its 265,000,000 bushels wheat crop--a hundred million bushels more than a year ago--is flooding the American market with grain and precipating a condition that presents a serious pro- | blem to the farmers of this country | because it is hitting them right in! their pocketbooks. The influx of grain to the United | States has shot down prices on the Chicago Board of Trade to the low- | est marks since 1917. In the last three weeks, wheat prices have declined between 50 ana 54 cents. Cries of disappointment | have gone up from the Middle West, Farmers whe had been advised to! hold their wheat for $3 a bushel can- not get $2 now. Governor Allen, of Kansas, declar- ing the farmer "has been victim of a gigantic steal," has demanded an in- ! vestigation of the Chicago Board of | Trade and has asked President Wi- son to lay an embargo upon Cana- dian wheat, ' It is estimated that it cost the Am- erican farmer $2.77 per bushel to i i I Yet the Canadian farmer, with plenty on hand, is glad to sell wheat around $2'a bushel, didn't feel this way he wouldn't be breaking the American grain mare kets now. The American wheat ra is losing heavily because he did take advantage of high prices of & month ago before the general downs ward trend of all markets began. The Canadians have had the ad tage over domestic growers beca | of the difference in exchange r. The Canadian dollar has been worth about 13 cents less than the Uni States dollar. On the basis of wh at $2 a bushel, Canadian growes could alford to sell their holdings at 13 cents a dollar less and still be getting' the same amount, or 2 cents less for every bushel. The precipitate declines however, has had the effect of ing the disccunt rate on exchange from as high as 15 per to the present rate of between § 10 per cent , In spite of protests by the A can farmer, It is evident that priess are headed back to pre-war basis, Es 4 sm Qur ~