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b w9men of ireland m flameof hate ablaze in land miss mrry macswiney proves that fair adherents of re- publican bitterenders can he more trouble a despatch from london says irelands women are doing much to embarrass the free state government in its efforts to control affairs in that country miss mary slacswiney is not the only irish woman who has worried president cosgrove and general mul- cahy she was so troublesome that they put her in jail only to find that she was more bother there than out side the black women socalled be cause they wore heavy mourning when there is the greatest respect among a people who only a few months ago wore doing just these things in their fight with the british crown forces the writer heard recently of a fam ily in dublin the head of which is well known because of his work for the free state which 13 badly split the wife the story goes is an active republican and so determined to carry on the fight that sho has parted from her husband and put her children in the care of a nurse the family is they sat in dail eireann last winter so well known that any further de art- extremely active but the better known advocates of republicanism are no more active than the hundreds of young girls and women who are as eisting theirbrothers husbands and lovers in the mad war which is sink ing ireland into further depths of despair it is the women who are ut- torly fearless wonderfully resourco- fuland cunningly clever who make it possible for a minority to wage a war on the duly constituted government and to paralyze practically all the offi cial departments of the free state it is no new thing for irish women to play a prominent part in tho fight ing when the british were fighting tho sinn feiners with regular soldiers and black and tans tire women were constantly hampering them today these same women or at least a large number of them are blocking mul- cahys army the women are real bitterenders outandout republic ans for the professional agitators sincere as some of them must be to make the sacrifices they do there is not a great deal of sympathy in ire land but for the mothers and sisters and wives who do their bit by pass ing letters by hiding men on the run by secreting arms on their own per sons by offering false information scription would disclose its identity the young woman who served de valera so faithfully as secretary dur ing the period that he was dodging the british could tell many an interesting story of tho services rendered by the members of her sex though erskine childers has been executed and the members of his staff who issued the daily bulletin of sinn fein activities have met various fates the secretly published document is appearing daily one of the worst features of the present situation is that old friend3 are now sharply divided tho division is so great that it can be measured only by death some of the women who gathered secretly during the macready regime are now on diamet rically opposite sides in tho life and death struggle a year ago it seemed as if the irish at last would be able to settle down to normal life in fact as recently as last june tho prospects seemed bright for the opening of a new period in irish affairs but since then have come the four courts and canada from coast to coast military hospital prey to flames sydenham military hospital at kingston which was reduced to ruins by flro a few days ago will not be rebuilt as a hospital according to an order from ottawa which stopped the work of reconstruction efforts are being made to convert it into a soldiers home there were only ten bed patients when the are occurred tho origin ot the lire is a mystery french troops occupy essen centre of germanys industrial life a despatch from essen says two battalions of colored troops are in the sackville street battles with michael first detachment the french sent into the troops began moving collins slain from ambush the natural death of arthur griffith the shooting j1ssen of harry boland and the execution of j about five oclock thursday morning erskine childers among inanv other a flrst cavalry entered tragedies predicts halt in american progress a despatch from london says sir mackay edgar british industrialist and financier has just returned here from a visit to the states it is an amazing spectacle he says there you have 115000000 people feverishly tearing from the earth its irreplaceable wealth and us ing it to maintain a rate of growth ut terly withoutprecedent in all human history they have long been the champion spenders of the world but now they are making all previous records look silly sir mackay says that the bigsbst economic fact in the world today it americas gigantic consuming power it is terrible because already it is outrunning production then the financier goes on to prophesy that before long while the demand will be as voracious as ever til supply will have run short and bo he predicts a sharp halt in amer ican progress which may be some- tiling like a collapse exking constantine of greece dies in exile a despatch from rome says constantine former king of greece died at palermo thursday morning his friends say he died of a broken heart he was greatly depressed over tie recent execution at athens of the six oxministeis mest of whom had been among his intimate friends this tragedy and the general depressing affect of his reverses undermined his health it is believed he had been suffering frequent attacks of heart failure rocently but only those near est to him knew that he was danger ously ill he made his will while at palermo and left the bulk ot his fortune to his widow new canadian senator sir allen aylesworth kcmg of toronto appointed to the canadian senate to till the seat left vacant by the death of senator william proud- foot he was minister of justice dur ing the laurier regime the town they rode carefully through the streets scrutinizing the windows with their drawncurtains and the few persons who were abroad it was like a real wartime occupation when the cavalry goes ahead to seek out sharpshooters before the main body arrives the cavalry was followed by five more columns of cavalry two bat talions of moroccan infantry three batteries of light artillery and 12 tanks the french placed machine guns at the street corners and sent out patrols at noon general henry commander of the ruhr took up his headquarters in the hotel kaiserhof charlottetcwn pj5i the total ire baaed on tho last government ou- value of the fisheries of prince ed- j mat of return ward island for 1922 whi bo upwards j calgary alts indian amme of 1500000 an increase of 100000 woalher erctsmed crfgary to enjoy a over 1921 according to the inarostor chinook ohriftnuw ten thousand of fisheries it is on the lobster that perrons watched tho annual herald the fishermen of the island mainly de- read rzce end tennk golf and other pend and vho catch this yazr for the outdoor summer sports were psjtici- eariy and late seasons was 41611 pated in cases valued at 1248450 plus 200s vancouver bc the vancouver cwts sold in shell valued at 26000 harbor commission is busy examining making a total of 1274510 compared suitablo sites for another grain ee- with 645048 for 1921 tbout a hun- vator it is understood that port dred per cent increase moody is looked upon mo3t favorably lunenburg ns the lunenburg thia s h ot vancouver bar- fishing fleet landed a rosord catch of bor aoout six miles from the city the 312075 quintals of fish during tfcu past lumber assembly wharf may also be season it i announced thu is 16- there 925 quintals in excess of the 1919 record tho estimated velue is over 2000000 the averago cath per vessel was 3151 quintals j st john nb the provincisl de- partment of agriculture has issued statistics which indicate that tho past year in farming in now brunswick was characterized by increased acre age due particularly to increases in the growing of oats and hay there were increased yields per acre in prac tically all crops quebec que the development of 50000 hp of electrical energy on the riviero des prairies by the damming of the river just below visitation is land will be started by october next according to an orderlncouncil which has been passed by the provin cial government granting a sixty- year lease on the river rights to the back river power co the scheme is estimated to cost between six and a canadian in ireland seven million dollars an adventurous young canadian ottawa ont the total volume of newspaperman is h n moore a sou sea fish landed on both coasts during 9 dr t albert moore a leading caua- the month of november was 541792 dian methodist divine he is macog- cwts as compared with 487542 cwts b editor of tho freeman of dublin in november 1921 according to a an during tse past four years hie statement issued by the department paper has been raided by sinn feiners of marine and fisheries the value of blac and tans and republicans the catch to the fishermen was 1301- when all his equipment was- destroyed and half an hour later tho military officials visited the city officials and officially informed them of the occu pation of the city the french re quested billets for ten thousand troops the railroad station was occupied later as the troops arrived by roadi 831 in november 1922 as against 11 te issued the freeman as a handbill most of them are bivouacked around j 332116 in the same month a year ago the city which is encircled it is known that many of the troops are to be sent to berchum hugo stinnes stronghold and it is presumed that winnipeg man it is estimated that western canadas wheat crop this year will bring in a profit of 45650- 625 divided as follows manitoba 8 the entire ruhr region to dortmund 198750 saskatchewan 28777250 and the outermost coal mining region and alberta 8654625 these figures will be occupied belgian troops are occupying some of the essen suburbs the french troops disappeared off the streets at nightfall a few hundred of them remaining in the city in their billets or at the telegraph offices post office city hall or railroad depots those visible at the post office excited more curiosity than resentment republicans have threatened liim with deathy a laugh is the most magnetic thing on earth the idle man kills time the idle man time kills books tommy atkins should read a despatch from london says the war office has issued a list of books which the british tommy is expected to read if he desires promo tion the list includes shakespeares king henry v and richard ii dickens tale of two optimistic signs r d t j cities conan doyle s white company pi in britain s lraae stfs 0 mortality books ce 3 and 4 of palgraves golden treasury and southeys life of nelson the true standard of what it thinks of its children a nation is women and weekly market report toronto manitoba wheat no 1 northern 125 manitoba oats nominal manitoba barley nominal all the above track bay ports american corn no 2 yellow 88c no 3 yellow 87c ah rail barley malting 60 to 62c accord ing to freights outside buckwheat no 2 78 to 80c rye no 2 83 to 85c milkeed del montreal freight egg shipments from alberta are ba included bran per ton 24 breaking allrecords and indicate the j j middlings 2850 mtm zmm m bsgfe 2 wh iu dustry in the last few years in this province which used to be twitted be cause it used chinese eggs tommy going to war commemorated by rosemary a despatch from london says church slope road- at folkestone the hill down which hundreds of thou sands of tommies marched to embark for france and fight in the great war is to be planted on both sides with rosomary th folkestone town council is considering a suggestion to rename t3x slope the road of remembrance society a cespatch from london says although 1922 was generally speak ing a year of severe trade depression in great britain many signs warrant ing optimism appeared on the horizon during the closing months says the american chamber of commerce in london the review asserts that exports of j british goods were higher by 20- 000000 than in 1921 and that their 1 value is still increasing it is appar ent the summary says that the adj verse balance sheet has been reduced 1 by more than 100000000 5 coal exports hi 1922 nearly trebled in quantity and nearly doubled in value exports of cotton goods show ed a remarkable increase top of earth in southwest england a despatch from london says w ii jeans the english astronomer has j demonstrated england is on the very i top of the earth according to the j daily xews jeans calculated that the earth is j slightly pearshaped with the top in a spot in southwest england and the j stalk ends in the south pacific jeans j believes the moon is 3 chip off the stalk end the daily news reports that those calculations have been rewarded by a medal from the royal astronomical i obam to 113 according to freights outside no 2 108 to 110 ontario no 2 white oats 42 to 44c ontario corn nominal ontario flour ninety per cent 375 to 450 potatoes ontarios no 1 90c to 81 no 2 85 to 90c smoked meats hams med 2c to 28c cooked ham 88 to 40e smoked rolls 26 to 28c cottage rolls 32 to 35c breakfast bacon 32 to 35c spe- rial brand breakfast bacon 38 to 40cj backs boneless 39 to 43c cured meats long clear bacon 50 to 70 lbs 20 70 to 90 lbs 19 90 lbs and up 18 lightweight rolls in barrels 38 heavyweight rolls 35 lard pure tierces 16c tubs 16c pails 16ci prints 18c shortening tierces 13 to 14c tubs 14 to 14c pails 14 to 15c prints 17 to 17 c heavy steers choice 7 to 8 butcher steers choice 650 to 725 do good 550 to 6 do med 5 to f 550 do com 4 to 450 butcher pat in jute bags montreal prompt heifers choice 625 to 7 do med shipment 520 to 530 toronto 5 to 6 do com 4 to 5 butcher basis 515 to 520 birlk seaboard 5 to 510 manitoba flour 1st pats in cotton sacks 110 per bbl 2nd pats 660 hay extra no 2 per ton track toronto 11 to 12 mixed 1050 to 12 clover 8 to 11 straw car lots per ton track to ronto cheese new large 25c twins 25c triplets 26c stihona 27c old huge 27c twins 28c stiltons 29c cows choice 6 to 650 do med 350 to 450 cannera and cutters z to 250 butcher balls good 450 to 525 do com 225 to 250 feeder steers good 5 to 550 do fair 4 to 5 stockers good 4 to 450 do fair 3 to 4 calves choice 13 to 1325 do medium 8 to 10 do com 3 to 350 milch cows choice 60 to 80 springers choice 70 to 90 iambs choice 1350 to 1425 sheep choice 7 to 750 do culls j 2 to 250 hog3 fed and watered butterfinest creamery prints 43 j do to 15c ordinary creamery prints 40 p 9 to 41c 22c dressed fed over lbs 21 dairy 30 to 31c cooking poultry chickens milk- montreal- corn american no 2 yellow 91 to 92c oats can west no 2 63 to r 5 ite 111 31- do 4 5 3 te 57 extra no 1 to jo over 5 45 to w 5 i27c- do 4 to 5 lbs lfi tn o a o- oic flour man spring wheat to 4 ls 14 to 2 c hens o 5 w m 23 to 27c do 4 to lot m ffa sff ffctf s do 3 to 4 lbs 11 to 17c roorf- isfi jg-w- boiled oats bag ot 9ff tosijss tote mml v 26c do 4 to 5 lbs 21 to 24c turkeys i sssfflksh issr 2 i young 10 lbs and up 28 to 38c o rwlll fo 1 french troops once woke on i s move the itiap shows the pcions of germany whici are already cccupic i aiii trcops as a guarantee cf germanys good faith th2 doited poitiuit around ksven shows the thousand square miles of ruhr district wiieu prance intends to occupy it includes the richest coa ard iron depots in germany tbe ruhr is tlf mainspring 0 german industrial life 24 to margarie 20 to 22c 00 t ciracest creamery c- -v- 7 1 3814 to 39e egg freh 45 to 45c- 37 8e selected 40c xl 1 stocfc 36c- n- coto 62c c cartona new ids laid eggs 60c potatcesper bav car frr1s har ib sc fciroodairy type heifers and vr 1 tnm e averaging 860 lbs s4sr fgdi ra v ots twsfe 1 gal 200 ptr o ml tin 240 per bulls com 3 picked veau 10 to oi n c lzi ta m lwr jtctiers 1125 do thick fiftrg it ontario comb coney per dozen fed hogs jlotsjsows 9 to 10 in rabbitboro