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The Lethbridge and district alfalfa owers are signing up a pool to girdle the production of alfalfa and all classes of hay, and may merge with the Pincher Creek Co-oporative Association and thus control all pro- duction in the south and south- eastern part of Alberta. It. is expect- ed that 90 per cent. of the growers will sign up. lAll accepted and approved the cauâ€" tions laid down by General Mulcahy when he was Defence Minister that all arms, ammunition and stores taken from certain barracks during the recent mutiny be surrendered to the officers at present in charge of those barracks, and that all the offi. cers concerned surrender, and on pre- Ienting parole be allowed out under open arrest, the same conditions also embracing all absentees from duty. Thus it appears that the whole of the present trouble has blown over, though skeptics think only for the present, as cleavages still remain in the army. A later despatch from Dublin sayszâ€"The Free State is breathing freely again after the sensation of the last fortnight. The feeling Of calm is enhanced by the announce- ment of the release of Colonels Mc- Crea. Thornton; O’Malley, Slattery, Commandants Dolan, Griffin. Byrne, Halpin, ex-Commandant Shanahan 3nd ex-Captains Collins and Leahy, I“ of whom were arrested in connec- tion with the military siege of a pub- lic house in Parnell Square on Tues- day night in the search for Major- General Tobin and Colonel Dalton. General Mulcahy then gave his ver- sion of the incident. Neither the Chief of Staff nor the Quartermaster- General, he said, had anything to do with the raid, which was carried out under the direction of the Adjutant- General. He intended to deal before the Cabinet tribunal with the question of brotherhoods and secret societies in the army. and he considered that the personnel of the tribunal should be extended to include members other than the Ministerial party. A despamh from Cork sayszâ€"A British soldier was killed, four are dying and thirty~one others, includ- ing two women, were wounded Friday night by four men dressed as Free State officers, who bore down on a military pier in an automobile and fired a machine gun on a leave party of Royal Garrison Artillery, numberâ€" ing fifty, who had just landed from Spike Island. a British naval base under the treaty. Professor John MacNeil, Minister of Education, contributed a moderatp lng speech to the discussion. Anybody expecting unusual or abnormal things not to happen in the new Irish State, he said, expected miracles. Secret combinations in the army were once necessary; but the Government’s task was to enable the army to grow out of that state. Mutiny by subordinate officers might be bad, but the deliber- ate and conscious setting aside of the authority of the Government by the Army Council was worse than mutiny, and a Defence Minister who stood for it had no option but to resign. As the four men drove off, they are said to have shouted: “Up Tobin." Major-General Tobin headed the Free State army mutiny last week and escaped. FREE STATE TO PROBE INTO ARMY REVOLT President Cosgrave to Assume the Office of Minister of Defence. A despatch from Dublin says:-â€"- President Cosgrave will assume the office of Minister of Defence, from which Richard Mulcahy has resigned. The Dail Eireann, after an exciting debate, adopted without division the motion of Kevin O’Higgins, Minister of Home Affairs, that the President be appointed to the post. Mr. O’Hig- gins added that during Mr. Cosgrave’s illness he himself would act for him as Defence Minister. The Army Council had put them- selves indefensibly in the wrong. Remarking the Ireland was not yet out of the woods, Major Cooper ap- pealed for unity and the banishment of personal considerations. AS the four men drove on, they are' “Whether the criminals “vere mag- said t0 have Shoumd‘ “Up TObin‘" querading in Free State uniforms or Major-General Tobin headed the Free - - . otherwxse yet remains to be deter- State “my mutmy IaSt week and mined. No efforts will be spared to escaped. ‘ bring them to account. The rela- DTiVing batik ’60 QueenStownv the tives of the victims and the British four men fired on the destrover Hythe. nation can rely upon the sympathy No casualties were reported amongmnd justice of my Government in the crew. Free State soldiers are everything relating to this tragedy.” A striking feature of the debate was the testimony of Major Bryan Cooper, who was British press censor in Ireland during the war, that the rank and file of the army had beeen absolutely true to their oath, and that the insubordination had been limited to officers. Demobilization had nearâ€" ly provoked a mutiny in the British army in 1919, but in Ireland, he as- serted, the men had stood firm. FREE STATE ARMY MUTENEERS SHOOT DOWN PARTY 0F BRITESH SOLDIERS I “I am shocked to learn that British troops were fired upon in Cork Har- jbor this evening. I hasten to assure ‘you that this cowardly crime will Earouse the same horror and detesta- tion throughout Ireland as it has (caused to myself and my colleagues. asleep. Mr. Edwards is the son of a farm laborer who supported a Wife and seven children on eight shillings a week and was sent to prison for taking turnips from a field to feed his family. Young Edwards never .Went to school, his wife taught him to read, and he bought books by forâ€" swearing tobacco. He is now a magis- irate and a county councillor. sweeping the countryside in automo- biles to find the firing party. The wounded soldiers were taken back to Spike Island garrison. garian autr They were the League A despatch from London sayszâ€"A lad who began his farming career by hiring out as a scarecrow at one shill- ing a week, when only 6 years old, has grown up to be. at 74, chairman of the Council of Agriculture for England. He is George Edwards, members of Parliament for the southern division of Norfolk and the recognized leader of farm labor. That first job was good for seven days a week, and during his tenure of it he incurred a thrashing and a docking of two pence for falling The Somoskoe, o been forma League of Nations Assigns Two Villages to Hungary President Cosgrave has telegraphed from Dublin to Premier MacDonald as follows 2 Scarecrow at 6 Years, _ M.P. and Farm Leader at 74 A despatch from London says:â€" Canada will receive” from the British Treasury next week the sum of $8,- 000,000 in final settlement of war ac- counts between the two Governments. The British Treasury is returning to Canada at the same time the $67,- '000,000 of Canadian bonds which were received in the early days of the war as a loan, but were never marketed, collateral. The British Government at first asked Canada to credit her to the extent of the face value of the bonds, $67,000,000, but Canada point- ed out that as they bear interest at only 3% and 4 per cent, they could be marketed among post-war inves- tors here only at a big discount. It would, therefore, be much cheaper to let the bondsiremain ‘in England until the date of maturity, 1945. After ne- gotiations between Chancellor Philip Snowden and Canada's representative, ntrawâ€"Uarlots, per ton, $9.50. Standard recleaned screenings, 1.0. b. bay ports, per ton, $20.50. Cheeseâ€"New, Iar e, 19 to 20c; twins, 20 to 21c; trip ets, 21 to 211/.»c; Stiltons, 22 to 23c. Old, large, 25 to 27c; twins, 26 to 28c; trinlets, 30c. Butterâ€"Finest creamery prints, 44 to 45c; No. 1 creamery, 43 to 44c; No. 2, 40 to 420; dairy, 37c. Eggsâ€"Extras, fresh, in cartons, 35 rto 360; fresh extras, loose, 33c; fresh the securities being used merely aswrsts, 30 to 310; fresh seconds, 27 to 28c. Honeyâ€"4304b. tins, 11 to 11%c per 1b.; 10â€"lb. tins, 11 to 120; 5-lb. tins, 111/2 to 120; 2%-lb. tins, 12% to 130; comb honey, per doz., No. 1, $3.75 to $4; No. 2, $3.25 to $3.50. Live poultryâ€"Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 25c; hens, over 5 lbs., 266; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15c; spring chickens,-4 lbs. and over, 25c; roosters, 15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 19c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c. Dressed poultryâ€"Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 30c; hens, over 5 lbs, 28c; do, A 4“ R Hm 6/1,:- An 9 h. ,1an 1o... P. C. Larkin, the British Treasury agreed to accept a rate of 87.48 for the bonds. Providing the bonds are cancelled, Canada’s war debt will be reduced by between $8,000,000 and $9,000,000 by this adjustment. CANADA RECEEVES $8,000,000 WAR DEBT Britain Makes Final Settle- ment of War Accounts Be- tween Two Governments. Sir Prabasham Kar Pattani Knight commander of the British Empire, is one of the most devoted of East Indians to the English crown. He is at present executive member of the counsel of India. despatch ations last Dressed poultryâ€"Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 30c; hens, over 5 lbs, 28c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do. 3 to 4 lbs., 18c; spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 32c; roosters, over 5 lbs., 180; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 24c; do, 4 to 5 1135., 25c; gee_se, 22c._ ,« b. bay ports, per ton, $20.50. Cheeseâ€"New, Iar e, 19 to 20c; twins, 20 to 21c; trip ets, 21 to 211/.»c; Stiltons, 22 to 23c. 01d, large, 25 to 27c; twins, 26 to 28c; trinlets, 30c. Butterâ€"Finest creamery prints, 44 to 45c; No. 1 creamery, 43 to 44c; No. 2, 40 to 420; dairy, 37c. Eggsâ€"Extras, fresh, in cartons, 35 to 360; fresh extras, loose. 33c; fresh firsts, 30 to 31c; fresh seconds, 27 to 28c. Manitoba flourâ€"131: pats., in jute sacks, $6.30 per bb1.; 2nd pats., $5.80. Hayâ€"Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, -track, Toronto, $14.50 to $15; No. 2, $14.50; no. 3, $12.50 to $13; mixed, $12.50. ' - Strawâ€"Carlots, per ton, $9.50. Standard recleaned screenings, 1.0. TORONTO. Man. wheatâ€"No. 1 North. $1.10. Man. oatsâ€"No. 3 CW, 431/20; No. 1, 421/20 Man. barleyâ€"Nominal. All the above, c.i.f., bay ports. Ontario barleyâ€"65 to 70c. American cornâ€"No. 2 yellow 981/2c. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 78 to 82¢. Ontario Ryeeâ€"No. 3, 75 to 79c. Peasâ€"No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50. Millfeedâ€"Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $28; shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, $36; good feed flour, $2.10. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 white, 98 to $1.02, outside: Ontario No. 2 white oatsâ€"41 to 43¢. Ontario cornâ€"Nominal. Ontario flourâ€"Ninety per cent. pat, in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- ment, $4.70; Toronto basis, $4.70; bulk seaboard, $4.35. ” Beénsâ€"Canadian hand-pircked, lb‘ TchriAmes, 61/2c. COURSE OF ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT The aerial itinerary which has been mapped out for the American alr- men who are to circumnavigate the globe 15 shown above. These fliers will shortly hop off from Clover Field, California, on the first leg of a {light in which the four planes will cover about 30,000 miles and be absent perhaps four and a half month-s. Mhple prodhctsâ€"Syrup, per imp‘ Wag-{3y Market REM“ Veteran-J Associations’ Bovril Poster Competition which WIN A FORTUNE Competitors arrangements or the Posters must reach London, England (address given on ticket-folder, postage 4c) cu or before 30th April, 1924 Cutter cows, $2.75 to $3; canners, $1.50; calves, fairly good lots weigh- ing 100 lbs., $6 to $6.75; do, com. thin, $5 and up; hogs, $8.25; do, select bacon, $9. , ' 190 lbs. and up, $17; lightweight roll-J, in barrels, $37;’he;vyweight rolls. $32. Lardâ€"Pure tierces, 1AM, to 14%;; tubs, 141/2 to 15c; pails, 15 to 15%éc;i prints, 171/2 to 18c; shortening tierces, . 14 to 1417éc; tubs, 14 to 15c; pails, 15% to 15%c; prints, 17 to 17%c. 1, Heavy steers, choice, $7.50 to $8;‘ butcher steers, choice, $6.75 to ’T.75;‘ do, good, $6 to $6.50; do. med., $5 to’ $5.75; do, com., $4.50 to $4.75; butcher heifers, choice, $6.75 to $7.50;* do,1 med., $5 to $5.75; do,,com., $4.50 to! $4.75; butcher cows, choice, $4.75 to $5.50; do, med., $3.50 to $4.50; can.l ners and cutters, $1.50 to $2; do, com, $2.50 to $3.50; feeding steers" choice,¢ $5.50 to $6; do, fair, $4 to. $5; stockers,‘ choice, $4 to $5; do, fair, $3.50 to $4; milkers and springers, choice. $80 to $120; calves, choice, $10 to $11; do, med., $7 to $9; do, com., $5.50 to $6;i lambs, choice ewes, $14 to $15; do,' bucks, $12.50 to $13.50; do, culls, $8 to $9;_ sheep, light ewes, $8Ato $9; MONTREAL. Oats, No. 2 CW., 53c; No. 3 CW., 51c; extra No. 1 feed, 49 to 491/20; No. 2 local white, 46 to 46%c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, $6.30; seconds, $5.80; strong bakers, $5.60; winter pats, choice, $5.65 to $5.75. Rolled oats, 90-Ib. bag, $3.05. Bran, $28.25. Shorts, $30.25. Middlings, $36.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $16. Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 35% to 36¢; No. 1 creamery, 341/2 to 35c. Eggs, fresh extras, 35c; fresh firsts, 82c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.55 to $1.60. A wise man will hold his tongue till he sees opportunity, but a babbler and a fool will regard no time. do. culls, $5 to $5.50; hogs, fed and watered, $8; do, f.o.b., $7.50; do, country points, $7.25; do, selects, $8.80. pmuneu meanâ€"Hams, "180., Z4 110 25c; cooked hams, 34 to 36c; smoked rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage rolls. 19 to 21c; breakfast bacon. 23 to 260; spe- cial breakfast bacon, 28 to 30c; backs, boneless, 28 to 33c. Cured meats~Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 st., $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs., $18; 90 lbs. and up, $17; lightweight roll-J, in barrels, $37;’he:.vyweight rolls, $32. gal. closes 3lsrtr MARCH, 1924, and while helping ta] white, 46 to 46%c. Flour, ring wheat pats., firsts, $6.30; $5.80; strong bakers, $5.60; pats, choice, $5.65 to $5.75. ats, 90-Ib. bag, $3.05. Bran, Shorts, $30.25. Middlings, Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, Please send me . . . . . . . . . . Ticket-Folders for Bovru Poster Com petition. One Ticket-Folder will be sent for every $1.20 given. Make Cheques and Money Orders to Veterans' Association, Bovrll Poster Competition. SQ?%§.‘§§ Wk . . 55‘. the Veterans you may (Mn, Mm. or Miss) FOR THE A despatch from London says:â€" The remarkable sum, approximately, of £392,000,000 ($1,960,000,000) has been contributed by the British Ex- chequer for the relief of the unem- ployed since the signing of the armis- tice. This includes over £100,000,000 ($500,000,000) used in resettling ex- service men, but does not include $100,000,000 ($500,000,000) contribut- ed to the unemployment fund by em~ ployers and workers. A despatch from London says:â€" Great Britain now has its first inland lighthouse. It has been erected on a dangerous hill between Birmingham and Manchester for the guidance of automobiles. Lighthouse for Automobiles on Dangerous Hill in England British Unemployed Have Received $1 ,960,000,000 Should Tirpitz become President i1 seems self-evident that he would merely be a stepping-stone toward the enthronementâ€"in all probability a member of the Holienzollern familyâ€" and the confrontation of the world with the spectacle of the German Em- pire born again, disposed to throw aside all ideas of reconciliation with the war victors, and later to resist France and other Entente powers, even to the point of plunging into a war of revenge. But their foes, the German Repub1 licans, Liberals, Socialists and the rest, even unto the wild-eyed Reds; who swear by Die Rote Fahne, Ber- lin’s Bolshevist daily, have absolutely no intention of allowing the Monarch- ists a walkâ€"over at the elections. The opening guns in the anti- Monarchical campaign are already booming. People’s “Bloc” Issues Call: “One People, One Nation, One Kaiser." Berlin, March 23.-“One people, one nation, one Kaiser." That is the most, sensational plan]: in the most sensational platform any German political party has dared to frame since the armistice. To-day, exactly six weeks before the German elections, the German National P901 ple’s party, one of the strongest in Germany, publicly adopted this plat- form. In a ringing manifesto to the vol:- ers, it not only declares the restora- tion of Kaisetdom a vital necessity for Germany. but demands that Ger- mans repudiate the Versailles Treaty, teach their youth to use arms and obey discipline, tear away “the tissue of lies about Germany’s war guilt," rebuild Germany according to Bi5< marck’s pattern, with Prussia as the foundation, end the supremacy of the Reichstag, and “fight everywhere against the destructive spirit of the Jews." GERMAN PARTY BACKS TIRPITZ AS PRESIDENT Simultaneously with the publication of this platform the announcement comes from Munich, the hot-bed oi Monarchical activities, that united committees appointed by various Nap tionalistic parties have definitely de- cided that their candidate for the next President of the Reichstag will be that dyed-in-the-Wool Monarchist, that in- carnation of the old Imperial German spirit, Admiral von Tirpitz, creator of the German Navy and father of Germany’s ruthless submarine war- fare.