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A despabch mm "Berlin says:â€" The German army now numbers 150,- 000 men. The German troops have evacuated 50 kilometres of the zone along the Rhine. Only 150,000 Men In the German Army Now A despatch from London say The New South Wales Assembl proposing legislation to compel large landowners to sell land on aonable terms in connection with Government’s settlement schc Nenty thousand soldiers are wai (or land, and only four thousand c: have been dealt with. New South Wales to Force Large Landowners to Sell The Prince spent Saturday A see- ing the islands and visiting the dock yards. Sunday he drove to St. George’s, at the northern end of the Island, and after a bnief visit to the colony’s ancient capital, boarded the Renown and sailed during the evening for Portsmouth. Great crowds lined Front street, which borders the waterfront of Ham- ilton and troops of the Royal Sussex Regiment were lined up as a guard of honor. The party drove through the principal streets of the city under the triumphal arches to the House of As- sembly, where a reception was held and Governor Willcocks delivered an address, to which the Prince replied. On Friday afternoon the Governor gave a garden party at Government House in honor of the Prince, and at night the - Colony entertained the‘ Prince at a bell. A fireworks ddsplayl and illumination of the ships in the harbor featured the evening. Virtually every one of Bermuda’s 20,000 inhabitants was astir early on Friday for the festivities of the Prince’s visit. Early in the morning the Renown, bearing the Prince and his party, arrived off the northern end of the Island, accompanied by the cruiser Calcutta. Lying at anchor nearby was the Kansas, dressed in holiday attire, the British cruiser Calâ€" liope and the survey ship ‘Mutine, both likewise decked for the occasion. As the Renown dropped anchor the Kan- sas boomed forth a salute of twenty- one guns and her crew lined the rails. Immediately the Renown was board- ed by Bermuda’s Governor, Sir James Willcocks, and Rear Admiral Allan F. Everett, commanding the North Am- erican and West Indies station, who formally welcomed the Prince to the' Island. ' i The celebration in honor of the Prince, who is concluding his long tour of the British Empire and the United States, took an international aspect with the presence here for the occasion of Rear Admiral Chas. F. Hughes, on board the United States battleship Kansas, and that of a re- presentative of the colony of the Ba- hamas, Harcourt Malcolm: speaker of the Bahamian House of Assembly. During ihs stay the Pnince took part in the concluding ceremonies of Bermuda’s tercentenary, which is linked with‘ the Jamestown, Va., ter- centenary, and those of the sailing of the pilgrims for America. Three Days’ Visit to Ancient Sea-Girt Colony. A despatch from Hamilton, Ber- muda, sayszâ€"The Prince of Wales. homeward bound from Australia, on the British battle cruiser Renown, arâ€" rived here on Friday from Antigua for a three days’ visit. He was given an enthusiastic welcome. The populations of the worst dis- tricts are living on the proceeds of the sale of clothing, hence huge num- bers will die from the cold. Thousands are already dead of cholera. due to malnutrition. A Magistrate at Chi- chowwaien, in a typical Chihli famine district of 390,000 inhabitants, states that twoâ€"thirds of the families are destined to starve after December first. Many are selling their children, BERMUDA GREETS !CORK IS SCENE THE PRINCE OF WALESI OF GUERRILLA WAR Pekin, Oct. 3.â€"A newspaper repre- principally girls, and there are many :sentative who investigated the famine. suicides. Otherwise there is general conditions in Chihli, S'hansi, Honanlfatalistic resignation. and Shantung Provinces found that An international relief commission from one-third to two-thirds of the was organized in Pekin to-day, in- population in the visited districts were eluding representatives of America, living on leaves, chaff and cottonseed England, France, Italy, Japan and waste, the year’s crop running from' China. nothing to oneâ€"third, at best, after the! New York, Oct. 3.â€"Charles R. frost begins and the leaves and weeds Crane, United States Minister to finished, leaving half of the popula- China, has cabled President Wilson de- tion literally foodiess. /Ten per cent. tails of the famine in the Pekin disâ€" of the population has already migrat-I trict, according to a cablegram re- ed. The majority are destined to die. ceived here Saturday by the Bbiard of Two-thirds of the Inhabitants of Hanan, Shantung, Chihli and Shansi Provinces Will Probably Dieâ€"Internation- al Relief Commission Organized in Pekin. THIRTY MILLIONS IN CHINA 'IN DANGER 0F DEATH BY FAMINE ys’ Visit to AncientlTroops Use Bloodhounds to l-Girt Colony. Trace Murderers of Con- :h from Hamilton, Ber- stable Chave. iâ€"The Prince Of wales: Cork, Oct. 3.â€"â€"A series of skirmish- “Wnd from AUStmliav 0“ es occurred in Cork last night, result- mttle FrUiser Renown: 31" ing in the death of one policeman and 0“ Frlfiéy from Antlg'uai the wounding of four others. Official lays, VXSXt- He was glV‘en reports show the attacks were of the Stlc “'elcome- nature of guerrilla fighting by bands ls Stay the Pnim‘e t00k of armed men who operated under COHCIUding‘ ceremonies 0f cover of the darkness. The constabu- tementem‘rl’yy WhiCh iS‘ lary report says the police were fired‘ then-Jamesfoxmy ter:: upon in Patrick street at 5 p.m. and; the sailing 0f reinforcements, on arriving, were also av attacked just before 10 pmfi. in the 01101' 0f the same neighborhood and one was shot ‘ing his long‘rdn the thigh and two badly beaten. scheme. waiting the A despatch from Leipzig says:â€" Because 35,000,000 men lost their lives in Europe and Asia during the world war, 15,000,000 European women will die old maids. These figures are given by Dr. Schwedsheimer in the Zeitung, and are considered official. For every 1,000 men between the ages of 18 and 45 years there are, in A despatch from Copenhagen sayszâ€"Bolshevist gold was poured into the coal mining districts of Eng- land and Wales to bring about the threatened coal strike. . This fact was disclosed in documents left behind when Litvinofl‘ was forced to leave Denmark for Norway. The authorities are investigating the circumstances. His records also show that a num- lber of extremist papers in variousl , . .._.-......-‘, . The documents reveal that in order to provide funds for bringing in Western European newspapers, Lenin ordered every Russian citizen to re- linquish all his or her jewels. During September a systematic search was made of all bourgeois houses and all jewels found were confiscated. are investigating the circumstances. His records also show that a num- ber of extremist papers in various countries, and trade unions. are re- ceiving gold subsidies monthly. Two Copenhagen unions are receiving 50,- OOQrkroners annually. Funds Distributed in England to Bring About Strike. BOLSHEVIST GOLD TEMPTS MINERS Military patrols made determinedI efforts to track down the murderers and bloodhounds were requisition'ed. The hounds led’the troops around all. streets in the locality and men aided by sear-chlights and hand lamps made‘ a thorough inspection of many buildâ€" ing. They did not give up the hunt until after 4 a.m. Meanwhile it was reported some rifle and machine-gun firing was heard, and later Ibombs were exploded near the well-known business establishment of Blackthorne House, where a great deal of damage was done to the premises. France . England Italy . . . Germany . . . . . . . Austria-Hungary ‘ifteen Million Women Will Die Old Maids Further firing on the police took ‘place soon after midnight and a con- stable named Chave was mortally wounded. The military report adds to this information that in the mid- ‘night attack a patrol of troops was sent to the scene and found Chave in a dying condition. The fire of the at- tackers was returned by the police and two trails of blood and two civil- ians’ caps Were found, together with a bomb. Chave was in company with two other policemen in Academy‘ street when they were attacked by a band of unknown men. After being beaten C'hiave was fired on, but his comrades escaped soon afterward. l I New York, Oct. 3.â€"Charles R. Crane, United States Minister to China, has cabled President Wilson de- ltails of the famine in the Pekin disâ€" trict, according to a cablegram re- ceived here Saturday by the Bfiard of Foreign Missions of the Method-isf i Episcopal Church from Bishop Wilson S. Lewis. 5 Bishop Lewis, who arrived in Pekin ! last week, sent the following message: “Thirty million people suffering. 'One thousand deaths daily. Condi- tions growing worse. Church mem- :bers dying. United States Minister ICrane has cabled details to President Wilson." ,,___ .._v..~. ----...uv.uuuy AIL \. ive uphtilerhunt threatening to arrest a: Womer 1.230 1,180 1,230 1,175 The former Governor-General of Cg: at an Ascot lawh fete. ISultan Asks Rebels ' to Help Save Empire Business men who cling to the an; oient methods are apt to be left at the post. him Greek troops have tish forces in Ismid . V __ _ eliminating- any chance of Constantinople, Oct. 3. The Sul Viki launching the Fall tan has written a letter to the Naâ€" . . . tiomalists imploning them to agree to Whlch war Minister Tr a compromise to save the remains of the empire, it was learned here to-day. Damad Ferid Pasha, the Grand , , Vizier, is said to be attempting a attempt to capture warsm virtual dictatorship in Constantinople; The advices from the f1 credited with planning to the Poles from the territm cupied after the failure of Summed up, the board’s findings were that “business conditions are now definitely on the road toward stability of as great and confirmed a nature as the disturbed position of the world at large permits.” Although the board believed the buying public was largely dominating the market now, it said that labor and production were having a marked ef- fect on prices. There was much evi- dence, it said, of increased efficiency on the part of labor, and as a result production was on the increase and factory operation beginning to ap-‘ proach normal. ‘ consumers, according to the Federal Reserve Board’s monthly business re- view. Revival of the wave of price re- duction and its spread to many retail lines was attributed to “a more exact- ing demand by the buying public as to price and quality.” Retail purchasers are showing continued determination to await a move by dealers to meet these demands, While foregoing lux- uries and semi-luxuries, reports t6 the board declared. A dies‘patch from Washington! sayszâ€"Price-cutting has taken holdtofi the Wholesale trade in the United! States to an extent that soon must be‘ felt substantially in lower prices to! Labor and Production Having Beneficial Effect on Markets. 1 MOST RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT Leads New Brunswick Opposition. Hon. John B. M. Baxter, who has been appointed to succeed Hon. J. A. Mur- ray, recently resigned. He has been chosen as one of the Opposition candi- dates for the County of St. John. U.S. PUBLIC FORCHNG PRICE CUTS relieved the Bri- y who oppose The advices from the front report that one Russian division surrendered to the Poles after having murdered all the commissraries with it who tried to compel the troops to offer resis- tance to the Polish advance. An offi- cial communique declares the Bolshe- viki all along the northern front were whipped unmercifully. A despatch from Warsaw says:â€"l ‘The defeat of the Russians on the Polish northern front seems virtually complete. The Soviet troops are re- ported fleeing eastward in disorder in an effort to avoid being surrounded by the Poles, who are in close pursuit. The result of the Polish victory is de- clared by the military experts as eliminating- any chance of the Bolshe- viki launching the Fall offensive; which War Minister Trotzky was credited with planning to drive backl the Poles from the territory they ocâ€" ,to 620; cartons, 71 to 73c; selects, 68 to 69¢. Beans, Canadian, hanldbpicked, ‘bushel, $4.75; primes, $3.25 to $3.50; Japans, $4.75 to $5; Limas, Madagas- ,car, 11 to 120. Maple productsâ€"Syrup, per imp. ga]., $3.40 to $3.50; per 5 imp. ;gals., $3.25 to $3.40. Maple sugar, 1b., 1'27 to 300. Honeyâ€"Wholesalers are ,now offering the following prices to farmers: 23 to 25¢ per lb. for 30 and 60 1b. pails; 231/210 25% for 10-1b. pails, and 24 to 25¢ per lb. for 5 and 1,215 lb. pails. Wholesalers are now selLing to the trade New Zealand honey, 60 lb. tins, at from‘ 26 to 27c Iper 1b.; Ontario comb honey at $7.50 'per 15 section case. Ontario honey, Millfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered, Mont-1 real freights, bags included: Bran, per lton, $54; shorts, per ton, $59; good feed flour, $3.60 to $3.75. Country Produceâ€"Wholesale. Cheese, new, large, 29 to 30c; twins, 30 to 31c; triplets, 311/2 to 32c; old, large. 33 to 34c; do, twins, 33% to .341/2c; Stiltonvs, old, 35 to 36c; new, 33 lto 34c. Butter, fresh dairy, choice, 49 [to 50c; creamery pnints, 60 to 63c. iMargaz-ine, 35 to 39c. Eggs, No. 1, 61 Defeat of Russians on North- ern Polish Front is Com- plete. SOVIET TROOPS FLEEING 1N DISORDER Man. barleyâ€"No. 3 CW, $1.12%; No. 4 CW, $10796; rejected, 97%c; feed, 95%0, in store Fort William. Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 CW, 750; No. 3 CW, 71c; extra No. 1 feed, 71c; No. 1 feed, 696; No. 2 feed, 61c, in store Fort William. American cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, $1.65; nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship- ment. Ontario oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 68 to 720. Ontanio Wheatâ€"No. 2 winter, per car lot, $2.30 to $2.40; No. 2 Spring, $2.25 to $2.35, shipping points, accord- ing to freights. Peasâ€"No. 2, nominal. Barleyâ€"$1.15 to $1.20, according to freights outside. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, nominal. Ryeâ€"No. 3, $1.75, nominal, accord- ing to freights outside. Manitoba flourâ€"$13.40, new crop. Ontario flourâ€"$10.30 to $10.40, bulk seaâ€"board. Toronto, Oct. No. 1 Northern $2.531/é; No. 3 4 wheat, $2.37 liam. ‘ a chatting with a wounded soldie No. 3 (Northém Wholesale Grain â€"Manitoba wheatâ€" 58; No. 2 Northern. Weekly Market Repart am, 32.48% store Fort the Soviet . N I l nuumunwâ€""nmesale. ; Wm?~ Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, med., 47 to 50c; heavy, 40 to 42c; cooked, 64 to 12%. 68c; rolls, 34 to 36¢; cottage rolls, 41 71/“: to 43¢; breakfast bacon, 50 to 62¢; ’ backs, plain, 52 to 54c; boneless, 58 to Mn 64C. France to Get German Cruising Subs. type crusing submarines, ' the Uâ€"108, the U-162, the three small type submanine: with two mine layers and which is a submarine schoo In making their request that the tariff of 25 per cent. now applied to lumber products mentioned in Canâ€" adian customs tarifl' item Nos. 505 and 506 should be placed on all impo - !tions of soft wood lumber, such as the imountain mills produce and now enter- [ing Canada duty free, every witness {contended that the million and a half ’inhabitants of the Prairie Provinca should be made 'by means of duties to buy their lumber from the mountain; lmills. Of their product 85 per cent" is rough lumber of the low-grade var- !iety most in demand on the prairies.‘ A despatch from Amsterdam sayszâ€"Chinese wheat for the first time now is reaching the European markets in competition with Wheat from Canada and the United States. According to the Telegraaf, the Dutch Government, as well as private buy- era, is negotiating for the purchase of the Chinese grain, the quality of which .is good, but not equal' to the best Canadian grades. '( What business they do they are gdoing at a good profit from stock al- ‘ ready manufactured, but they claim that up to the last year or two business was either carnied on at a very narrow margin or at a loss. All of them felt keenly the charges given great currency, that they have been profiteering out of the necessaries off the farmer and the prairie dweller, claiming that there was a great dis- crepancy between the prices chargedi ‘by them and the prices alleged by the: farmers to have been paid to the re-‘ 'tailer. Quality Good, But Not Equal to Canada’s Best Grades. CHINESE WHEAT ' , ON EUROPEAN MARKET A despatch from Nelson, B.C., says:â€"â€"'Since the increase in freight rates granted by the Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners this month there has been almost a total cessation of orders for lumber from the Western Prairie Provinces. This was the evi- dence given unanimously by the vari- ous representatives of the Mountain Lumber Manufacturers' Association who appeared before the Tariff Com- mission here Thursday morning, and,‘ lthough the matter was not pressed, it rwas made evident that this is the chief reason why there exists now a de- lpression in the business done by the ' mountain mills, causing many of them to be shut down. Would Put 25 Per Cent. Duty on All Soft Wood from U.S. . Montreal, Oct. 5.â€"Butchers' heifers, $5.50 to $7; butchers’ cows, choice, $5 to $7.50; med. canners, $3 to $4; cut- ters, $4 to $4.50; butchers’ bulls, com- mon, $5.25 to $6.75. Good veal, $13 to $15; med., $10 to $13; grass, $6 to 7. Ewes, $5.50 to $7; lambs, good, $13; do, com., $8 to $12. Hogs, selects, $20.50 to $20.75; 'sows, $15.50 to $16.75. Montreal, Oct. 5.â€"Oats, Canadian western, No. 2, 97c; do, No. 3, 94c. Flour, new standard grade. $14.25. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $4.30 to $4.45. Bran, $49.25. Shorts, $54.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $33. Cheese, finest 'east‘erns, 25c. *Butter, choice creamcry, (30c. Eggs, fresh, 68c. Poâ€" tatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.65 to $1.75. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Oct. 5.â€"Choice heavy steers. $14 to $14.50; good heavy steers, $12.75 to $13; butchers' cattle, choice, $12 to $12.50; do, good, $11.25, to $11.75; do, med., $9.75 to $10; do, lcom., $7 to $8; hulls, choice, $10 to $10.50; do, good, $1) to $9.25; do, rough, $6 to $8; butclte"" cows, choice, $10 Lto $10.50; do, good, $9 to $9.25; do,‘ c0m., $6.25 to $7; stockers, $7.50 to $9.50; feeders, $10.25 to $11; canners and cutters, $4 to $5.75; milkers, good to choice, $100 to $165; do, com. and med., $65 to $75; lambs, yearling, $8.75. to $10; do, spring, $13.50 to $14.50; calves, good to choice, $17 to $19.50' sheep, $3.50 to $8.25; hogs, fed and watered, $21.50 to $21.75; do, Weighed off cars, $21.75 to $22; do, f.0.br, $20.50 to $20.75; do, do, country points, $20.25 to $20.50. B.C. LUMBERMEN ASK PROTECTION 53L-lb. pails, 29 1b.; 2%-1b. pails. 30c per Provisionsâ€"Wholesale. Montreal Markets.