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FIRST DRAFT OF PEACE PROPOSAL NOT ACCEPTABLE TO IRELAND Further Parleys Will Follow Consultation Between the Irish Chiefs in Dublin Broad Measure of Independence Granted by British Government but Three Principals Insisted Upon. A despatch from London says: Premier Llcyd George's written offer to de Valeri on Thursday was more than Sinn Fein expected in some res- pects. It was unacceptable, however, because it fatiis to concede what the Sinn Fein claim are three vital prin- ciples, according: to information' ob- tained Thursday ni.ght. The Britij-h Cabinet authorized the granting of a broad measure of do- mestic independence, but the offer fell short of de Valera's demands because: 1. The financial contribution to the British Exchequer to facilitate the Kquuteticn of the war buixien<s is re- tained, though it is less than the $90,- 000,000 required un-ier the Home Rule Act. 2. The special ties between Ulster and Westminster are still retained. 3. The British occupation of Irish! ports is insisted upon. The leading English news associa- tions Thursday afternoon circulated a report that the offer of Lloyd George is final an! admits cf no revision. This, \ the correspondent is informe-i, how- ever, is absolutely inaccurate. When de Valera told Lloyd George Thursday morning that the proposals did not furnish a basis for further conf eren-ce, the British Premier pressed him to re- main in London for further parleys. De Valera, however, preferred to re- turn to Dublin for a new consultation with all the leaders of the Sinn Fein. There will be no full meetimg of the Dail Eirearm, but the Pre^idient will confer with Michael Collins, J. J. O'- Ke!ly, Richard Mulcahey, Professor MacNeill and Cahill Brugha, who with Austin Stack, Commandant Barton and Arthur Griffith, represent tha whole thinking and acting force of Sinn Fein. The countess Markiewicz, now in McuTit Joy jail, will also be present provided her release from prison is granted. If this secret conference agrees to a resumption of the Lcnion parleys the same delegation will return next week. Canada From Coast to Coast WHERE GREEK CONFRONTS TURK This map shews where the fighting has been going on in Asia Minor between the Turk Nationalists and the Greeks. The latter have started a new offensive. WONDERFUL APPARATUS TAKES PLACE OF NATURAL ARMS KING AND QUEEN GAVE GARDEN PARTY Their Majesties Shake Hands With 4,000 People at Palace. A despatch from London says: j King George and Q^aen Mnxy gave a garden party on Thursday at Buck- ing-ham Palace to some 4,000 guests. The spacious lawns presented a brilliant scene. All the members of tfri Royal family were present. The function was attended by !he various for-sign Ambassadors ani Ministers, the Dcnriniion Premiers, Indian not- j -bls, members cf the Government, and others. King George and Queen Mary shook hands with some 2,000 of their guests. The lawn party was to f:rr.e extent a substitute fcr th? Courts which the Kir.-g and Queen were arable to hold this year, ar.d the in'simal presenta- tions were equivalent to the usual presentations at Court. The gowns worn by th-e women were ! rather more subdued than those seer. ' at Ascot ar.d the Her. icy regatta. Most of the skirts wars lanjjer than those lately ccriiicered fashionable. FAMINE AND DISEASE SWEEP S. RUSSIA Fordney Bill Receives Large Vote A despatch from Washington says: The Fordney Tariff Bill was passed by the House on Thursday by almost a straight party vote, after two weeks of i debate. The vote was 289 to 127. It now goes to the Senate, i Final action in the House came after four separata votes ' on Thursday on five preferential amendments. On these ballots j oil and asphalt were retained on ! the free list. The proposed em- i bargo on dyestuffs was stricken ; out, and hides and long staple ; cotton were restored to the free list. A despatch from London says: i A remarkable piece of apparatus which ' supplies arms to anyone who lacks those members, was demonstrated at the annual conference of the British' Medical Association at Newcastle on' We<inesday. The demonstrator was an arm!-ess mar. who incidentally had lost an eye. He sat at a table, and by levers work-, ed with his feet, he operated a me-, ch:iaical pair of arm* which, it seemed, were made of lead piping. With these arms the armless man fed himself and enjoyed the meal. He' used knife, fork, spoon, cup and nap- kin with ease and grav-e. Then, he' picked up a cigarette, raised it to his' lips and lit it. He cut out a paper [ pattern v.-ith scissors and wrote his name with a pencil. This new mechanism is regarded as the greatest triumph of ingenuity in' the art which is now called Prosthetic. Appeal for Aid Sent to All the Nations of the World. A des-patjh from Paris says: An appeal adJrtjsed to H nations in the world asking that they organize to provide immediate aid for "millions of Russians now suffer ing from fa mine in the reirion of the Volga River and territory to the southwest," has been issued by the Executive Commit- tee of tho Russian Constituent As- sembly. The Hk'ppc.il says that within thus territory, which is greater than that of France ar.d Germany combined, nnMions of Russians are facing: star- ] ration wbife their Government is to-j Dally unable to render assistance of i any kind. Latest reports from this region reaching the committee say that epi- demic diseases are rapidly getting beyond control, and that if relief is ; not immediately provided! another serious European menace is imminent. Building of Capital Ships to Continue A despatch from London says: The British Government will proceed I with the policy of replacing- capital ' shops This policy is necessarily not! affected by tho success or failure of; (tie forthcoming Washington confer- ; ence, Lloyd George told the House of j Commons on Thursday afternoon. Further questioned, the Premier saad that, assuming the Washington conference would be a complete sue- j cess, he dud not thitnJc that would re- j move the obligation which the Gov- ernment is under to build new ships, j Hon. Lionel H. Clarke Lieut. -Governor c' Ontario, who is ab- ] sent from his official Uutlej owing to i Illness. Hi 1 * physician has prescribed i absolute rest indefinitely. A New University Course. Town-planning, or "city surgery," is the latest extension course ar- ranged by the University of Toronto. 1 This course is offered durin? the two wet'ks, January 9th to 21st, 1922, and will be both intensive ar. i comprehen- sive. It has been initiated by Pro-| fesaor Adrian Berrington cf the De- partment of Architecture who is an expert as we'J as an enthusiast in thu subject of municipal improvement. Prefes^rs J. A. Dale. R. M. Muc- Iver, W. M. TreaJgold, and probably others, wiH co-operate ; and su-rh sub- jects as housing an.i hcming. rh<l satellite city, road, rail or.d wuterways, civic self-control, vital statistics, the bic!cgy ar.d the anatomy of towns, economic aspects of housir-g an-i town- planning, housing and health, ecluca-, tion ar.d recreation, maps and map reading, rca.ls and pavements, wiil be dealt wi'.h. In the present stage of Canada's, development the expert in town and; city planning is urgently needed. Town-plar.nir.g commissions and civic guilds are at work in many towr.3 and cities. Here is the opportunity for ihe acquirement i-f the necessary tech- 1 nicai knowledge. Municipal authori- ties v.-'ll not be slow to see that s^me of their employes take advantage of the offer of the Prov::-;:al Univer- sity. The course is, it is hoped, the first of a series of such ar.nu.il courses :ir. i. perhaps, of a permanent and re-! guL'ir curriculum in this import:::.', subject. Service to the public is the great principle of the University of Tor- 1 onto. It ha.s sjine'.hing of value to 1 offer to every citizen in city, town, or rural district. Anyone interested will be placed on the University's mail-; ir.'g list, on request, and wiil receive the various bulletins and announce-! ments outlining new developments! from time to time. Write the Director' of University Extension. An Anglo-American Song. It is quite a remarkable fact in these days. .=ays an English newspaper, when we are all hoping for a still closer friendship between the United State* and Britain, that the national anthem of the States. "My Country. Tis of Thee." Is sung to the same tune as "God Save Our Gracious King." But, although this is a fact, it has not the significance of the origin of that song which reaches the heart of every English-eeaking- man and wo- man. "Home. Sweet Home." The miraculous thing is that it was written by an Ameriran. John Howard I'aym 1 . and composed by an English- man, Sir Heury Bishop; yet words and music might have grown together in the garden of some beautiful soul to produce so lovely a flower of song. There is another .striking thing about tli a soug the man who wrote the words never had a !:,>me to call his own, in ;i sense. He was a wan- derer on the earth, a rolling stone. "Home. Sweet Home" is truly the national anthem of the English-speak- ing race. Next to it conies another heart binding song carried into every iVntineat by the ubiquitous Scot, "Auld Lang Syne." When sougs of hate are all buried in the deepest pit of oblivion thoe songs of love and friendship will remain. DMWSOTI, Yukon Territory. Thirty! members of the advance guard of the oil rush have reached the Fort Nor- man fields, atal-ked their claims, and. started back for the recording of- [ fices, according t> Howard Colley who has just arrived from the scene of the staking. Victoria, Britui Columbia. The visit of Governor Davis of Idaho to the province is believed to indicate a I joint undertaking to reclaim land on i the Kootenay River. The flats are ati tihe boundary and there are 25,000 ' acres on the United States side and ! 30,000 on the Canadian side, which are! at present producing only hay and . which ii is believed can be reclaimer at a cost of about $25 per acre. Victoria, British Columbia. Two : thousand men are to be sent from the cities of British Columbia to the har- vest fields of the middle west accord- ing to plans being discussed by of- ficials cf the Provincial Bureau of Labor here. These men will to an ex- tent be assisted in transportation. Edmonton, Alberta. Accordftwr to reports received' from the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Rail-; way preparations are now in full, swing at the various shipping points . along the line on Lesser Slave Lake! and Lac la Bit-he for t!he opening of, the summer commercial fishing sea- , sen. One million five hundred thou- sand pounds cf white fish and any : quantity of jack fish and pickerel w:U be the limit of catch for the season: on L-ejs-ar Slave Lake, and five hun- dred thousand pounds of white tkh and no limit en other species on Lac, la Biche. According to present in- ! formation ninety per cent of the white fish caught north of the city will go direct to the Chicago market. Calgary, Alberta. A novel r?unlon for wives of Canadian soldiers who have settled on tSve land, married in the Old Country and new to Western ' Canadian conditions has boen staged here and will likely beccme an an i event. Calgary women conceived the idea of bringing them to the city at, fair time to impart a short course in. household and farm economics and en- ' joy a good time socially. The course w;:s an entire success. Regina, Saskatchewan. Fifty-five million pounds of binder twine will be required for the crop of the pra:r:e provinces this year as compart*! with twenty-eight million pounds used in 1920. Though the season has not yet opensd one distributary has already sold three million pounds. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hig*i price* and intense competition marked tha auction sale of furs conducted by the Winnipeg Fur Auction Sales Com- pany. More than 150 persons of the foremost fur houses of the United States and Canada were present. On hundred and eighty thousand pelts were soW for $300,060. Ottawa, Ontario. The arrivals ol farmers, farm laborers and domestics for the spring months make a healthy aggregate. In March, April and May there were 10,405 arrivals of thest classes at ocean ports, of whom 6,671 were males. For the same period from the United States there were 6,458 arrivals, 4,000 being of Che male sex. Niagara Falls. Ontario. A con- tinuous stream of United States automobiles is crossing the brliges into Canada and officials sy that aU records are being broken, the move- ment totalling at times three hundred cars per hour. The trains are also crowded and altogether there is an unprecedented rush from across Che border to Canadian summer resorts. Quebec, Quebec. According to the figures given by the Quebec directory just distributed the population of the city has reached 116.1110, divided as follows: French Canadians, 102,750; Irish. 5.300; English, 5,275; other na- tionalities, 2.675. Including non-re- sidents employed here 3,250, and the suburbs the populat^n of Greater Quebec is 157.375. The total valua- tion of property is $113,983,671. Fredericton, New Brunswick. Nearly 35,000 pounds of the province's wool crop has been collected here to be marketed co-operatively by tha provincial Department of Agriculture 'in co-^perarion with the Federal de- partment. Halifax, N'ova Scotia. A bumper apple crop is expected in the Annapolis Valley this year and it is estimated that over a million barrels will b available for export, all of which will pass through this port. Lunenberg, Nova Scotia. Tlw Lurienberg fishing fleet has returned with its catches from its se.'unJ trip, .he sixty-five vessels bearing 58,375 quintals of ti:h. In the first trip five vessel- returned with 3.300 quintals; This is somewhat below the averag* of 19:20. Weekly Market Report Wheat-cutting starte i in Manitoba' on July 19, the earll..^; harvest on re- cord. Invents Steam Engine for Dirigible Use A despatch from London says: According to a report in aviation cir- cles, a steam engine has been devised for dirigibles. It consists of a heavy oil internal combustion steam gener- ator with ordinary double acting steam enigines, all of which can be housed within the main part of the airship, ! instead of in separate gondolas. Capt. ! W. P. Durtnall, inventor of the new j system, claims to be able to effect a i reduction of the air resistance ami the j consequent elimination of outside j motor gondolas, at the same time his ! engines being: able to work at an alti- tude at which heretofore there has i been serious interference with the I ordiir.arv internal 1 combustion motor. Germany will have record crops of both wheat and rye. While even this great harvest will not produce suf- ficient to supply the needs of the population, the crops, however, arc so extraordinarily good that Ger- many's imports of cereals will be greatly lessened thereby. WORLD'S CHAMPION BUTTER PRODUCER Bella Pontiac, 46321, holds the world's record (or butter production for one year and also for two years. On June 28th she completed a year's test with 1,587.50 llxs. butter a.nd 27,191 Ibs. milk to her credit. In two consecutive years she made 2,606.25 Ibs. butter. These tests were held under govern- ment supervision. The cow is owned by Thos. A. Barren, Brantford, OnL Toronto. Manitoba wheat No. 1 Northern. $1.85 ; No. 2 Northern. $1.*J-*: No. .'! N-rthern. Sl.TDV*; N'o. 4 wheat, 51.06*4. M;ir.:toba oatv No. 2 CW, ri2 T 4c;' N.i. ! CW, 50%c; extra. No. 1 feed, %c; No. I feed. tS^c; No. 2 : . 47%C. Manitoba barley N.v 3 CW, SS^e; No. 4 CW, TU** c ; rejected . 7 1 ' , . ; ; . 73 '. 4 c. All the above in store at Fort Wil- liam. American corn No. 3 yellow, 79c; nominal, c.i.f. Bay ports. Ontario cats No. '.' white, 40 to 42c. Ontario wheat All graJea, nom- inal. Peas No. 2. ncmina!. Barley Malting 1 . i!,"> to 70c, accord- ing: to freights ou'sit'. .>. Buckwheat Nu. .'!, nominal. Rye No. 2. SI. 2"), :: .'coniinsr to freight* .nit*ii:e. Manitoba flour First pats.. $10.50; second pats., $10, Toronto. Ontario flcur Nominal. Millfeed Delivered. Montreal freight, haffs included: Bran, per ton, $25: shorts, per too. $27; good feed flour. Sl.t'O to 1.75 per ;v.>r Hay No. 1, per ton, $17 to S19; mixed, $8 to $10. track, Toronto. Straw Car lets, per ton, $18. track, Toronto. Cheese New. large. 25 to 2tx-; twins, 254 U> 26 ^c; triplets. 2liVi to 27c; old 1 , larjre, 33 to 34c; do, twins. 34 to 35c; triplets, 34"^ to 35M>c; new Stilton, 27 to 2S-. Butter- Fresh ilairy, choice. 30 to 32c; creamery, prints, fresh, No. 1, 39 to -4 It-; ccokinjr, 23 to 25c. Dressed poultry Spring- chicken*, 40c; roosters, 20c; fowl. 3l)c; duck- ling^. li, r n.-: turkeys, tiOc. Live poultry Spring chickens, 30c; roosters, Itic: fowl, 22c; ducklings, 30c; turkeys, 50c. Margarine 20 to 22c. EgS5 No. 1, 38 to 39c; selects. 4], to 42c; Cftr^onai. j3 to 44c. Beans Can. hani-picked, bushel. $2.85 to $3; prinws. $2.40 to $2.50. Maple products Syrup, per imp. gul., $2,50; per 5 imp ira'.s., $3.25. Maple supar, Ibs., 19 to 22c. Honey OM. 80-30-lb. tins, 19 to 20c per lh. ; -,.ji-,.l'.>. tins, 20 to 21o per !i>.; Ontario comb honey, at $7 per 15-sectior: case. Smoked meat? Hams, mod., 38 to 40c; heavy. 30 to 3U-; cooked. 58 to ti2c; rolls.' 27 to 2Sc; cottage rolls, 30 to Sir; breakfast bacon. 33 to 38e; special brand breakfast bacon, 45 to 47'-; backs, boneless, 42 to 47-. Cured meat* Lcr.-? clear bacon. 17 to 19ijc; ciear be!!ie-s. 19 : -jo. Lani Pure, tierces, 14^ to 15o; tubs, 15 to 154c; pails, lo 1 ^ to 16c; prints, 16 to 17c; shortoninjr. tierces, 12** to 13 '-40; tubs. 13 \ ti> 13\c; pails, 13% to 14 Sc; prints, 15% to Choice heavy steers, $7 to $7.75; Hit.-her steers, Choice, 17 to $7.75; do, good, S6.75 to S7.25; do. med.. S5.25 to $(i.75; do, com.. 53.75 to $5.25; l>utoher ht-ifers, chelae. $7.2") r^ $7.7r.; do, med., $5.75 to $7.25; butcher cows, choice, $4.50 to $5.50; do. me,!.. $3 to S4.50; partners an.i cutter?. $1 to $2.50; butcher bulls, good, $4.25 to S5.25; do, com.. S3 to $4; feeders, good, 900 Ib*., $5.50 to $ti; do. fair, $5 to $$5.50; milkers, $45 to 505; sprirg-ers. $55 to $75; calves, choice. $9.30 to $10; do, med, $6.50 to $7.50: oo. ,-om., ?4 U> $5; lambs, yearlings, $7 to S3; .lo. sprurgr, S10 to $11.50; sheep, choice. $4.50 to ?5.50; do, good. $3.oO to $4.50; do, heavy and bucks. $2 to $3.50; hogs, fed and watered. $L2 to $12.50; do, off cars, $12.25 to $12.75; do, f.-..b., $11.25 to $11.75; do, country points. $11 to $11.50; hogrs, fed and watered, $12 to $12 JO; do. off cars. $12.25 to $12.75; do, f.o.b., $11.26 to $11.75; do, country points, $11 to $12. Montreal. Oats, Can. West., No. 2, t>f> to f',, r , '-_...; Caik West.. No. 3, t>2 to t)2' 2 o. Floor, Man. Spring wheat pats, firsts. $lOj50. RoBed oats, bajr, 90 Ibs., $3.25. Bran, $25 to $27. Shorts. $2<5 to $28. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $28 to $30. Cheese, finest Jiasterns. 22 to 23c, Butter, choicest creamery. 41 to 4Uc. Eggs, selected. 42 to 43c. Potatoes, per bag. car lots, 45c. Good lamba, $8.50 to $9.75; sheep, $2 tx> $4. Hogs, $13.50. Sows. $4 and $5 less than selects. Average calves, $6.50. KEGLAR FELLERS By Gene Byrne* D0t5 THE OCTH STILL sri.-.j5fe=s . . . , ~-nrr i