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: ' MID FORCES OF RIVAl FACTIONS FIGHT BLOODY BATTLE IN DUBLIN STREETS Free State Troops Began at Dawn to Clean Up the Haunts of Irregulars in Dublin and All-day Strife Raged Around Four Courts, Kilmaihham Jail, Fowler Memorial Hall and Orange Hall. A despatch from Dublin s>ays: A! fierce battle is raging- in this city. At' dawn when Free State troops moved to clean up the haunts of the insur- gents, and all day the city has been; the scene of events no less historic! than the 1916 rising. Latest reports put the number of dead at sixteen and about as many wounded in attacks on' the stronghold of the insurger.ts at Four Courts, Kilmainham Jail, Fowler ] Memorial Hall, Orange Hall and sev-, erel hotels and houses, all in the centre of the city. The military activity really began at midnight when the Free Staters mustered forces and posted machine guns and trench mcrtars and arrang- ed for transport and ambiilanee work. ' At 3.30 the Government ssnt Rory O'Connor a demand to surrender Four Courts. He refuse.!', either by ignor- ing the message or making direct answer which course he took is not. yet known publicly and at four, o'clock the attack was opened by the regulars with trench mortars, machine guns, bombs and rifles directed against the principal insurg-ent stronghclJ-s. Light guns mounted on armored cars ateo came into attion. [ The roar and rat'.le of a pitched battle immediately brought the popu- lation to the streets, thousands rush- ing to the scene cf action from all d>irecticr.s. The crowds were held back by ccrdons of Free State troops. About 800 regulars were concentrated afrain.it Four Courts, where O'Ccnnoi's forces rc- believed to number 400. The fire was immediately returned from Four Courts -where the insurgents, an- j ticipating attack, had perfected de- fences with sand bags and barbed | wire. It was difficult to follow the results of the early exchange of fire. There were spasmodic fusilades from Free State troops occupying houses in the vicinity of the Courts and. answering vclfeys from the win-] dows of the besieged building, with 1 indications that O'Connor ordered his men to nurse their firs carefully, al- though he is credited with possessing sufficient ammunition to withstand a' Ion? siege. There was a crash of bullets against walls and win.lows and the Luxier boom of borr.fes and trench mor- , tar?, shells from which exploded against walls and dtme of historic fabric and a gradually increasing cloud cf smoke and dust developed the fighting area. Between eigh and nine o'clock in' the morning the fire slackened while ! the people scurried across the city to , their day's wcrk \vhich was carried en as usual everywhere except in thej battle zones. While one section of state troops were rushing to the scene in an open truck with a machine gun, they were ambushed in Rarr.den Street. Three of the soldiers collapsed. As the tragic day was drawing to a clcse, irregulars outside the invest- ; cj areas became mere active. Theyj seized Barris Hotel, Vaughan's Hotel and Bamha Hall, all on Parnell Square or near it. It would npTear now that it was a mere coincident that the action of the Provisional Government against O'- Connor's irregulars came hot foot on the British Government's demand that the Provisional authorities should take' steps to enforce law and order. CoU : onial Secretary Churchill in the House' of Commons testified that the action 1 of the Irish Provisional Government was spontaneous and had nothing to' do with communications from the! British Government. THREE HUNDRED CANADIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN COMPETE IN MUSIC CONTEST HAVOC WROUGHT BY CYCLONE Scenes in Winnipeg where great damage was done by the cyclone. Above Is the Thistle Rink with the roof torn off and below a solid brick building that was blown to pieces. OBLIGED TO GIVE UP I Rathenau's Statement on War MT. EVEREST ASCENT Now Made Public RUSSIANS AGREE TO DISCLOSE FINANCES . Moratorium May be Extended to Country's War Debts. A despatch from The Hague says: Cancellation of Russia's war debts on the rasis of the Genoa moratorium for I pre-war debts and interest was de-, ci-ied on in effect at the meeting of, the Russians with the non-Russian Bab-ccmmittee. The Russians agreed, to lay bare their Budget showing ex- traor-iinrry and ordinary receipts and' expenditures. The decisions followed a bpirited set-to between the French anil the Soviet delegates, the former at- tempting to reopen the Genoa agree- 1 me-nts, but Soklondkoff, the Russian Commissar of Finance, asserted that he entm'd the meeting determined to wipe out Russia's war debts. M. Alphand of France outlined the w^rk cf the sub-committee under five <:is :--icn>5: First, Russian Government loans; second. Provincial, railroad and pul>Hc utility loans guaranteed by the ( Russian Government; third, similar' leans not guaranteed ; fourth, treasury till?: fifth, other public utilities. M. A!ph:md demanded that the Rus- sians submit details of the Budget thowinjc financial circulation, which Litvl'noff attempted to place beyond the prcvir.ee of the sub-committee. M. Alphand explained the details i v;<ary^ before a moratorium could be declared or other facilities for pay- ment nu.le possible. Litvinoff contend- ed that a moratorium was granted at Gen:a, but Alphand insisted that the Gtnca decijions were not binding on The Hugue Conference. The British 1 expert. Hilton Young, then intervened, explaining that the delegates here are merely experts, and are unable to over- throw the decisions of the Govern- ments settled at Genoa. Litvinoff finally agreed to produce the infcrmatkin asked for, but de- manded time to obtain the figure?. It is estimated that the claims of for-, ergners against Russia total one hun- dred billion dollars. Canadian Exhibit in London Next Autumn I A despatch from London says: A ! Canadian samples' exhibition in Lon-; don will, it is hoped, be opened next September or October. The Consoli- 1 dated Export Displays, Limited,; which is behind the project, has metj with encouraging sapirit. A large num-j ber of Caadiaii ajror. |ies in London have disappeared during the past two years and, apart from food products, there remains few Hues of Canadian manufacturers or natural products DOW being phown here. A good s-anvpie coMottion will help to fiM the R.ip. Eastern Canada Railways to Reduce Fares Condition of Climbing Parties Rejiders Further Progress Impossible. A despatch from London says: Mount Everest has again baffled the best efforts of man. The Calcutta correspondent of the Daily Telegraph confirms previous re- ports that Brigadier-General C. G. Bruce, head of the present expedition, has been forced to the conclusion that persistence in the enYr: to scale the peak would only result in useless tragedy. General Bruce was meat reluctant to abandon further attempts, but the condition in which the two laat climb- ing parties returned, the advice of his medical officers art! the certainty of worse weather conditions daily, forced him to a decision, gays the writer. Major H. T. Mcrsbea.d was the worst sufferer from frost biles. 0. L. ' MaMory and another member of the party also were badly bitten and sev-j eral others less severely. The correspondent quc:ts "one of the greatest authorities on the Him- alayas" as saying that Bruce's "glor- ious failure" has proved conclusively that the summit is almost unattain- able. The authoritative view in India is that if an expedition started earlier in the season it might be barely pos-; *ible to reach within a thousand feet of the top, but that the last lap could! only be covered by almost superhuman effort, under tmprecedently fav<rrab!e- weather conditions, and by men who faced the certainty that they would never return. Large Shipment of Canadian Cars to Britain Field Marshal Sir Henry H. Wilson WtM) was assassinated iu London ouf.- s<ide his own home. He was formerly O':-ief of the British Imperial naff and ls-t? ; y alvvj-er of rhe l'!;te:- liove.ii- A New University Building. A despatch from Montreal s^ays: At a meeting of the Canadian Pas- senger Association in Montreal the railways in Eastern CanndT. decided' to authorize some mhiction in fares for week -end trips from the larger centres to nearby summer resorts and coun- try plce, ateo for orgajiized stn-iety exfursions, pilgrimages, round-trip parties, celebrations and demaustra- tions, effective July 10. Particulars f rwJuc* 1 *! farwi will be in the of agents by July 10. It will be we'c-ome news U> the alumni of University College to learn that tho Government of Ontario has' provided money for the erection of an Administration Building for the Uni versity of Toronto and thai the plans have already been drawn. For many years graduates of University College arv.1 students in attendance there have felt very strongly that the historic ' old college was not receiving "a square dewl." Its classrooms have been ail- together too few and too small in proportion to the number and the size of the classes taking instruction there. The col'lege has been submerged in ' the provincial university and has not had any opportunity for the dwelop- j ment of that corporate Mfe which i-s characteristic of the ether thiee arts r c-.il'i.-'j^'s, X'ix'toriu, Tirt'ndty, and StJ Michael's. Even the name Univresity C-eHege, has fallen somewhat into dis- ' us*? btv.-auei? i'tj.v building has been known as the Main Building of th*^ university. The new building, \vhich is now under way, is to be ertvU-.l at the rear of Convocation Hill. It will provide offices for the President, thei Resristw, i he Bursar, the Superin- tendent of Buildings, aivd the Dire^tcr of University Extension. The removal i of thes offices from University Col-j leg will set free several rooms for classrixH)} ipgttusfioa and will restore to University College the dwtiwci identity which has teen dormant for many years. A despatch from London says: The statement that 85 per cent, of the firm';; cars im- ported into England were com- pletely manufactured in Cana- da, was made by the manag- ing director of General Motors Limited, in opening the com- pany's new plant at Hendon. Over three hundred Canadian- built cars were shipped to Lon- don last week by one firm alone, despite the twenty-two per cent, tariff. Cowardice of the former Kaiser and his ministers caused the war was Dr.! Walter Rathenau's opinion expressed a year ago in an interview with W. W. Hawkins, president of the United j Press, in the office cf the then Min- ister of Reconstruction in Wi'.helm- strasie, in Berlin. Dr. Rathenat: in- sisted that he should not be quoted to this effex-t during his life. Notes of the interview were made by Mr. Haw- kins and are now made public with his permission. "The Kalw rattled his sword until ho frightened h'mself and all of his! ministers out of their normal j.idg- mont," declared Rathenau. He paint- ed across the Wilhelmstrasse and said: "Von Bethmann Hollweg ani his Ministers gat up all nlifht in their offices over there, in fear and tivmb-! ling, hixping and praying the Czar would succumb to the terms ,>f the ultimatum and that they would escape' the tiisasttr into which the ; r cowardice' had led them. "The policy of frightfumess was the policy of cowardice. It w\; the policy; o? a man afraid, who ma'.'.e? a irreit iioi>c in an effort to fritfhtpn hi en- 1 emy m the hope that hj nriy avoid r ; 'C:'T. r .{f. "All Germany knows tliis, and there is r.i> danger of the K i:-er ever coi.-! in:: luck to Ber'in. Til 1 German neo- uV i're cured forever <j? royalty, but, ;-i iours, there are a certain number . f r ji-lists in Germnn/ who will rc- n-irn royalist* as long us they live, 1 b'l they are an entirely inconsequen- tial minority. 'The greatest proof ,f th' was in t:ie Kapp coup when hi? royalist rule i-! btrlin was utterly u>,trycd by the i.'.rt protest ot the peopio through ti:e only effective general strike ever known in history. Th whole people of Berlin simply stopped dead in their tv.uks and Kaap found hiti'self the! r-j!:'i i-f a dzad city v.iiHut foil, UK'", light or any of ;).( necessities of I : ft. So far, hisiory las failed to appreciate the tremendous signifi- cance of this great event, whii'n I am sure marked the final end cf organized royalist activity in Germany. "1 wish I could make this -.tnte.-iipnt public at this time, but there ;UL ob- vious reasons why it would be unwise.'" The statements made by Dr. Rath- enau in this interview reveal his true utlirude toward the situation in (ier- many and make perfectly clear the hatred held for him by the Royulist Party. It marked a new epoch in Canada's musical history: that assembly of 300 Toronto public school children at Mas-' sey Music Hall on a recent afternoon to compete in a Music Memory Con- test, staged under the auspices of the Toronto Board of Education. But you will say, " What is this Music Memory Contest?" It is sim- ply a means employed to familiarize school children with the cream of the world's music and leading composers. ; In this case, 300 children, represent- tives of sixteen local schools, met at Massey Hal!, where they were given score cards on which they were in- structed to write down after the' Cleveland Symphony Orchestra had finished playrnp a certain musical se- lection either in full or in part the composer, nationality and century of the composer, and something: of the siirnificance of the piece. There were ten such numbers played by the orchestra under the direction of Nickolai Sokc-lcff: (1) Andante Csntuble, from String Quartet, Op. 11, Tschaikowsky (Russian). (2) Andante from Symphony No. 5; Beethoven (German). (3) Berceuse (Cradle Song), from "Jocelyn"; Godard ( French K (4) Rhapsody, "Espana 1 ' (Spain); Chabrier (French). (5) Symphonic Poem "Fin'.'andia" ; Sibetius (Finnish). (6) Invitation to the Waltz; Weber (German). (7) March Slav; Tschaikowsky (Rus- sian). (8) Meditation from Thais; Massenet (French). (9) Prelude to "Lohengrin," Act III.; Wagner (German). (10) Allegro moderate, and Andante con mo to, from Symphony in B Minor (unfinished); Schubert ( German ) . The reader will perhaps now ask, "but how eottM you eocpeet public ] school children to know such difficult numbers? The answer is easy. For two or three month* previous the pu-j pila cf the various schools have been i themselves through the medium of the phonograph, piano, orchestra, teacher's instruction and other ways with 335 prescribed selec- tions. Local contests were held in the various schools, and by a process of elimination, 300 were selected to enter the finals at Massey Hall, when the contestants had to give the neces- sary information on each of th ten, numbers chosen. The contest proper was followed by a miscellaneous program rendered by the orchestra. At the conclusion of this, Sokotoff presented the prizes to> the pupils gaining the highest number of marks, and also the schocl with the highest aggregate. The prizes were furnished by a number of the lead-ing looal music houses. While this is the first Music Mem- ory Contest to tve held in Canada, it is not new in the country to the south. Several have been conducted in New York, Detroit, Cincinnati and other American centres. Speaking of the beneficial effect of such a contest, Mr. George A. Gartlan. director of musia in the pmblic schools cf New Yorkj said: "Whatever may be the united or divided opinion of teachers in thia( respect, we are firmly of the opinion that music memcry contests are pow- erful in the direction of doing real constructive work in music with school! children. Apart from the musical value of the contest, it awakens tha interest of the parents and the com-' munity. and inspires tlie pirpils M real errthusiaam. During the spring trm over three hundred thous-uui grammar school children were actively engaged in rile contest, and apart from the keen enjoyment of the pastimei they were acquiring a musical reper- tory wfck-h will remain with them foe years to come. "The delightful influence of this work was keenly felt, because in th fall trm when the new Course oi Study was written, lessons in musia appreciation became a part of the re- quired school work, a condition which did not exist prior to th establish- ment of the Music Memorv ida." Monarchist j Named as Rathenau'* Assassins men, who claim th* exploding bombs bare a serious affect on the industry J A despatch from Berlin aya: The police officially announced that the murderers of Dr. Walter Rathenau,' Foreign Minister, were Ernest Werner. Techcw, of Berlin; Fischer, alias Vcgel, Sasron and Krmuer. alia* Kee- ner or Kern, of Mecklenburg. All the men are said to be mem-! bers of tht> Monarchist organization "Consul," and former members of '.he' Brigade of Captain Ehrnhert, la^st year planned the otherthrow of the Ebert Government ami whose name was mentioned in connection with the a>sais:ation of Mathes Erzbergvr. Aerial Tests With Ships to be Scrapped A despatch from London says: A number of the capital ships due to be scrapped by Great Britain under the Washington tr.-atios will be u.se-t to carry out extensive aerial attacks upon war vessel, according to present plans. The air attack experiments ::iv meeting with opposition from tiiher- Ten World Leaders Slain During the Last 16 Months A number of statesmen and polit4 ical leaders have been assassinate^ recently. The list includes: Foreign Minister Rathenau, Ger-i many. June 'J4. 19!. Fie!.'. Marsha! Wilson, England,' June -J2. la:. Lazonc, Spanish party it-aiier,' Match. 1922. Riruvuari, Minister of Interior, F!n-{ land, February, 1922. Premier Hara. Japan, November,/ 1921. Alexander Dmitroff, Russia, Oc-4 tober. 1'J'Jl. Premier Granjo, Portugal, and MJ dos Santas, founder of th repu'jiicJ October. 1021. Erzherger, ex-Vice Premier and{ Foreign Minister, Germany, August^ 1921. Premier Dato. Spain. March, 1921.1 Talaat Pasha. ex-Clrund VizierJ Turkey. March, 1921. Weekly Market Report Toronto. Manitoba wheat No. 1 Northern, $1.42*4; No. 2 Northern. $1.39'; No. 3 Northern, $1.26 '4. Manitoba oats No. 2 CW. .VT^c: No. 3 CW. 56c; extra No. 1 feed, one: No. 1 feed, 53 ie. Manitoba barley Nominal. CHf\SiN<J THC V41V.D TURKEY l 47 ,,,s jr better. 60 to 65c, according to freight. Montreal gal., S'J.20; per 5 imp. g<t..*., S2.1'; ; Maple sugar, lb.. 20o. Hor.i-y 20-oO-lb. tins, 14<i to I5c, per lb. ; 5-24-lb. tins. 17 to I8c per lb.; Ontario ccmb honey, per dozen, $5.50. Potatoes Delaware^, Sl.l-i 10 *1.40.' Sm.-kt.i meats Hams, med., ;J.~> to> 37v; i-:.-.ke.l ham. 54 to 57c; amoved 37c; breakfast I aeon. 31 to 34c; brcakfa.*: bacon, 40 to * *"" ;\o.l flour. $1.70 to $1.80. Baled hay Tiack, Torcnto. per ton, VT tt i>0.> . *.)<> *1 J I'Xt I U .\i>. , $J 0) v*.o in .XV l| ^ IO to $19; clover. $14 to $18. Straw Car lots, per ton, tr*:'*. To- ronto. $12 to $13. Ontario wheat No. 1 co.nmerc'^1, J1.25 to $1.30, outside. 1 Ontario, N:>. 3 oats, 40 to -i.'e, out- '. side. Ontario ecru- -53 to (50c, outside. Ontario flour 1st pats., in jute >-.iL-ks. S'3's, $6.80 per bbl.; 2nd puts, (bakers!, $6.30. Straight.;, in bu)k. si Aboard, $5.155. Viii.i'cfca fl-ur '*' pats, in i>;te x , , .= . $7.80 p t r bbl; 2nd puts . $7.30. I'iu -V Xi-.v. :irge. 2(1 to 21c; t\vl.'?. '20k> to 2U-: triplets. 2l'j 10 2.\- Stiltons, 22v x Extra .;!, Uirjje. : i _'T. > . i v i S'ilums. 24.-. . mmter Fresh dairy, choice. '.'.' to 2i:.i : Creamery prints, fresh, tin-'.:, 40 .to 4lc; No. 1, 39 to 40c; No. 2. 17 ', > i-.-isse-l poultry Spriiijt chiol-'ens, Bic; roosters, 23c; fowl, 24 to J'V; li-.iL-klings. 30c; turkeys, 40 to 45c. Live poultry Soring chii-ke:; ;. 40o; i-oostfci-s, 17 to 20cj fowl, 20 t.i --. \ C.\ ivlliviTs. SOc; .- .-^, 30 to :;."). Margarine 'JO to ^2.-. KKKS N;\ !. i:i: i : e.l. 3.! r,. :;::. ; ;?. 35 to " '. .us. :: bo We. I 1'cnns Can., haini-pic'ked bushel. $4 2 .; primes. $3.7."> to i?:t.'."' Maple prv.ti'.ict? Syrup, j'er imp. heavv steers. $8.50 to 9; cattle/choice, $8 to $8.75; . t do, com., Sb i $6.i5; butcher $8 to $8.7o; do. niexl.. $7 to $7.50; do, $o., r iO to $7; do. nn-i.. $;!.."i() to S5; eanners ar.d cutters, $1 to $2; butcnal bulls, good, $5 to $6; do, com.. $3 tn $4.50; feeders, goxl, $(5.50 to $7; i fair, $i> to $(5.50; hx-kers, good, $5.5( to $(5; <io, fair. $4.75 to $5.50; milkera" $40 to $80; f-pringers, $50 to 90 calves. <-hoice. $8.50 to $10; do. jned^ 57 to $8.50; do, com.. $3~lo $7; sprin lambs, $14.50 to $15; sheep, choice, $5j and watere.1. $14.50; do, liphts, d3 - ht?avi " s - $12 - 50: do - sows - J1(l - 50 ; Montreal. Oa'vs Cn. Western No. 2. i!4 tw j64%c; no. No. 3, (52 to (52 V\ Kloin^-j Man. sprinit wheat pnts.. lirsi.s, S7.80. iv : , i oat Han of 90 l.bs.. $2.90 3 S3. Bran $25.25. Snorts S27.2o] I!,i\ No. 2. per ton. car lots, $25 tq ( 'linvo Finest easterns, 173-10 t is:?-l(li... Uutter Choicest creanieryJ :!S'-.c. Pot-Uoes Per bag, car lotsj ilfi to SO,-. Ca'vt <. choice, $ij.50; nied., $-1.50 i -. com., $10; choice. $13; i light ?heep. $4; com., $2.50 \p. selects, $15.25.