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"Eng d's « Black; emnation deppatelt vom: London says:-- dh fom 'from the provinces arriv- ing in London since midnight on Sat- _ wufday indicate that the call for the "railway strike has been generally responded to, although i in some centres with reluctance. Public opinion, while not very well 'informed on the merits of the dispute between the National Union of Rail- 'waymen and the Government, is at present solid in its condemnation of the precipitancy with which the erisis has been carried to a head. "England's Black Saturday" is the splash head in one morning news- paper, and in many respects the line . summarizes the preponderant feeling of the moment. Durning the last few weeks opti- mistic views had begun to prevail re- garding post-war conditions in this LONDON PROFITEERS HAILED TO COURT Baker, Butcher and Saloon Keep- er Pay Fines--Journalist Knocks Prices. A despatch from London says:-- Curiously enough, nobody in London thinks he is a profiteer. Always the profiteer is the mani on the next street, away off over yonder, like the desert mirage. However, the daily mill of the London Police Courts grind out fairly good imitations. A baker was fined $50C for expos- ing for sale thirty-four lodves of bread each two ounces less than the regulation weight. A butcher was fined $100 for selling imported mutton at the home-killed price, and making an overcharge of eight cents on four lamb chops. A saloon keeper was fined $156 and $10 costs because his barmaid charged thirty cents instead of twenty-five cents for two large glasses of stout. The recent slight fall in ptfices is largely due to a clever journalist writ- ing an article in his paper, which other papers copied, seying prices were down. The public went forth after reading, and all over thé ity demanded reductions which the mer- chants had to grant. I ONTARIO MiILIPARY HOSPITAL AT ORPINGTON CLOSED A despatch from London says: -- The great Ontario Military Hospital at Orpington is empty. Mrs. Mac- pherson, wife of the Commandant, who saw the first convoy come in, also saw the last patient go out. Duning the three years of the hospital's exist- ence she has been a mother to thirty thousand men, collecting and distri-| buting gifts, taking the - welcome gramophone around the wards, hold- ing famous garden parties for as many as 5,000 people at a time, and doing countless kindly things to sweeten the lot of the suffering fads whose homes were far away. ni fre NO HALF-MILLION GRANT TO GENERAL CURRIE A despatch from Ottawa says: -- Authoritative denial was given to the report current throughout Canada that General Sir Arthur Currie had been or would be given a grant of half a million dollars in Yevognition of his services overseas. "We do not contemplate making any such grant now or at any time in the future," said Acting Premiér Doherty. stmt BRITISH AVIATOR FLIES OVER ALPS A despatch from Geneva says: -- Captain Bradley, a British aviator, has landed at Lausanne after having flown over. the Alps and losing his way in the clouds above Mount Blanc ,at_an altitude of more 'than 15,000 /feet. He made his trip ina 110 horse- power airplane, and came from Lon- . don by way of Paris. ; | H. Thomas, general secretary of the country. increased; the output of coal, particu- rest and ction still endured, signs had been noted of a general tend- ency to settle down, and, in fact, to buckle down to hard work, which was required to start the nation afresh on the road to. prosperity. Somep redictions, indeed, were be- ing made that the temper of the coun- try gave promise that the worst fears entertained about difficulties ahead to naught. The railway strike comes upon the public not only as 'a bolt from the blue, but as a cold douche upon the hopes of an early industrial and com- mercial renaissance. Now comes a war which threatens to bring the trade of the zountry' to a complete standstill. BRITAIN WANTS CANADA'S FRUITS Canned Products cts Fag Pur- chased -- Diversity and. Ex-: cellence Revelation to Public. A despatch from London says:-- Canadian canned fruit representatives operating here report that distnibutors are ready to take all they can offer. The British public is found to be willing to purchase a Dominion pro- duct to which the diversity and excel lence are a revelation to most people, | fi because. they have never Leen it be- [ fore, save in its alluring but unattain- able form in windows of the Govern- ment offices. A large distributor states that, as 50 per cent. of these goods are sol to restaurants, careful grading of fruits is essential, and the question has been raised whether a system of Govern- ment inspection would not prove ad- vantageous as a guarantee of quality and a safeguard to the reputation of Dominion canned goods, which inci- dentally are a valuable form of inter- Imperial education, besides' being an excellent advertisement for the ex- porting Province. a0 PRINCE WILL VISIT COBALT AND TIMMINS A despatch from Ottawa says: --A telegram received here from Ad fra} Halsey denies reports to the that the itinerary of the Prince of Wales has been materially changed. It: remains unaltered with the ex- ception that the hunting expedition, planned to take place from Biscotas- ing, has been cut out, and instead the mining camps of Cobalt and Timmins will be visited. ' After leaving Montreal his Royal Highness will visit Ottawa, staying at + Rideau Hall. He should reagh Hamil- ton on October 18, and from there on his program will be unchanged. He leaves Ottawa for Washington on Nov, 10. ee Aes. JOHN D.'S GIFT FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION A despatch from New York says:-- A 'gift of $20,000,000 from John D. Rockefeller for the improvement of] medical education in the United States is announced by the General Education Board. The official announcement of the gift says the income of the $20,- 000,000 is bo be currently used and the entire principal jis to be distributed within 50 years, IRELAND NOT AFFECTED i BY RAILWAY STRIKE "A despatch from London says: --J. . National Union of Railwaymen, sent an emphatic message to the Irish branch of the union, ordering the men not to cease work until further notice. me nF USE FLAME THROWERS TO FIGHT LOCUSTS A despatch from London says:i-- Successful experiments have been made in Algenia recently in the use of Bama throwers against swarms of Production generally had i larly, had gone up. Though much un-| dissatisfa during the coming winter would come] diel I Toronto, Sept. 30.--Manitoba wheat, --No. 1 Northern, $2.80; No. 2 North. ern, $2.27; No. 8 Northern, $2.28, in store Fort William. Manitoba oats--No. 2 CW, 87%e¢; No. 3 CW, 873c; extra No. 1 feed 87%c; No. 1 feed, 86%c; No. 2 feed, ; 863c, in store Fort William, Manitoba barley--No. 3 CW, $1.26; Jor 4 OW, $1.24%; rejected, $1. 18%; $1.18%, in store Fort William. wR corn--No. 3 cllow, 'nom- inal; No. 4 yellow, nominal. Ontario oats--No. 3 white, 87 to 90c, according to freights outside. Ontario, wheat--No. 1- Winter, per gin; Pane car. lot, $2 to $2.06; No~2 do, $1. 97 to $2.03; No. 8 do, $1.93 to $1.99, f.0.b. shipping points, according tc freights. Ontario wheat--No. 1 Spring, $2.02 to $2.08; No. 2 Spring, $1.99 to $2.05 No. 8 Spring, $1.96 to $2.01, FH shipping points, according to freights. Barley--Malting, $1,27 to $1.80, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat--Nominal, Rye--Nominal. Manitoba flour--Government stand- ard, $11, Toronto. Ontario flour--Government stand- ard, Montreal and Toronto, $9.40 to $9. go, in jute bags, prompt shipment. Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mont-' f real freights, bags included: Bran, per, ton, $46; shorts, per ton, $565; good feed flour, pe bag, $3.50, Hay--No. 1, per ton, $24 to $26; ok mixed, per ton, $16 to $20, track, To- Straw--Car lots, t 10 track, Toronto. ®, per to7, $10 10 i, Country Produce--Whelesale. Butter--Dairy tubs and rolls, 38 to £0c; prints, 1 to Bs Thame: fresh e soli 1 ; Jade so s 0 63c; prints, 53] Evgs--51 jo She. § to 305: poultry: pring chickens, 28 to 80c; rookters, 21c; fowl, 18 to 26c; ducklings, 26¢; turkeys, 2 "to 40¢; squabs, Bors $6. s ive poultry--Spni chick 22 to 2Be; roosters, 20c; fowl, 18 to 2b; ducklings, 22¢; turkeys, 30. | ShesseNew, large, 28. to 20c; | $8 ns, lac; triplets, 29 a0c; Stilton, $1 to 82, To © liam (outter--Tresh dairy, pote 47 to| I reamery, prints, 57 to 5 ey to 98c. Jege--No, 1's, 67 to b8c; selects, 61 0 20 coi poultry--8pring . chick 80 to 8bc; roosters, 28 rd 2B; "Sow 80 to 34c; turkeys, 40 to 4bc: ings, 84 to Boo} squabs, per ve poultry---Spring ) 30 2001 fowl, 23 to 26c; Shickens, 22 Beans--Canadian hand-picked, bus. $5.25 to $5.75; primes, $4.25 to $4. 4757 ' Imported hand picked, Burma, $4.00; Limas, 15 to Boner. Bamestel clover, 5-1b. tins, 24 to 2bc; 10-lb. tins, 28% to 24c; 60-1b. tins, 28 to-24c; buckwheat, 60-1, tins, 18 to 19¢; Comb, 16-0z., $4.50 to $6 doz.; 10-0z., $3.60 6 $4 dozen. Maple products--Syrup, per imper- ial gallon, $2.46 to $2.60; per b imper- al a gallons, $2.36 to $2. 40; sugar, Ib., J Provisions-- Wholesale. ; Smoked - -meatg--Hams, med., 44 to 46¢; do, heavy, 38 to 40c; cooked, 58 to. '80c; rolls, 36 to 37c; Jrealcfast | Dacor, 49 to bbe; backs, a 51 to boneless, 54 "to 57c; clear Pelion ii meats--Lo clear bacon, 28 to 34c; clear bellies, 32 to 38c. Lard--Pure tierces, 33 to 535: | tubs, 33% to 84c; pails, 83% to 84%c; prints, 3 to 36c. Compound tierces, 29 to 293%c; tubs, 29% to 80c; pails, 29% to 30%c; prints, 30%. to 8ic. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Sept. 80.--Oats, extra No. 1 feed, 98c; flour, new standard grade, $11 to $11.10; rolled outs, bags, 90 Ibs., $4.90 to "$5; bran, shorts, $55; hay, No. 2, per ton, yc fos Cheese, finest 'easterns, 25 rath 8 creamery, 54 to Bhs; 8c; se'ected, 64c; | Bc; No. 2 stock, 52 to be: potatoes; per bag, car lots, $1.65 'to $1. 75; dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $26. 50 to $27; lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 38%e. Live Stock Marks, ] Toronto, Sept. 80.--Good "hea: steers, $12.60 to I 75; butchers' ih tle, choice, $12 to $12.50; do, good; $11.25 to $11.50; oo med. $10 $10.75; do, com., $7 to $7.50; balls. choice, 0. to $10. 50; do, do, med, +$9.50 to do, rough, $7.50 to $8; buteh- er Bos choice, $10.25 to $10) 75% do, Ee toi $9.25; do, me, '$8 ; do, com. 0 $7.50; a 7.50 to $10; feeders, $10 to '$11. 25; canners and cutters, $4.76 to $6. 25: to Choice, $110 to $140; ed $65 to $75; rine; butter, TY eggs, toes ice, a oa oie 0 fed and watered sus ed off cars, $ fob boy to Frei $16. n| | Morir, Sept. be 30.5 i eg steers, 3 $10.50 to 11.50; oi $8.50 to eth; common, to $8; putelier cattle, choice bulls, ; choice SOWE, $8.50 j medium 4 10, or a Ye she 0 $50 to $10; milk-fed ives, $13 to CANADIAN AVIATOR SETS NEW WORLD "RECORD A despatch from } Kingston says:-- Capt. Dallin, who is to perform flying stunts in a German Foker biplane at the King "nn Industrial Exhibition, arrived inthe city by air on Thugsday afternoon. In his biplane he left Toronto at 2.16 o'clock in the afternoon and ar- rived in the city at 3.25, making 'a Heed in flight of 160 miles in one hour and ten minutes. It is claimed that by this flight he has established 3 new. World's regord © for speed in --- re re nen FOOD CONTROLLER - BACK TO WAR TIME A despatch from London says:--The Food Controller issued an order virtu- garding food," namely, by prohibiting hoarding beyond 'one week's supply, and applying the rationing of meats to public eating houses, which will not under 10 years of age. ol tures, along with quantities of raw fect trade, commuttication is further centres who will keep Britain.inform- bulls, $7 to $8; med- | ally reviving the war measures re-| be allowed to serve sugar, milk or| |g butter separately; except to children| |! ; BRITAIN T0 HOLD ~ PREWAR TRADE Business' Foresight Shown in Dealings With Germany. A despatch from London says:i-- British business interests are prepar- » ing the groundwork for a great trade offensive not /only to meet American competition, b' try and maintain the status whi ritish trde held before the war. Although America has secured many contracts aggregat- | ing millions of dollars because of-dis- turbed "conditions in: the: rBitish in- turbed conditions in the British in-| that the shrewd heads of business, in Great Britain are figuring on, a time. of stability in the near future, when the network of trade communications will serve well the purpose for which! it is being laid. One 'example of this business fore- sight is seen in the arrangement which, it is reported, has been made with the German Government. By this agréement Germany is - expected to, take 60 per: cent. of British manufac: | materials. What big business is doing to per- shown in the scheme of the Federation of British Industries to have trade consuls at the world's chief trade ed on mathe conditions. lp THANKSGIVING D. DAY, OCT. 19TH A despateh roi Ottawa says:-- Hon. J. C. Doherty stated on Thursday that in. view of Thursday's action in the House the bill for a fixed to | holiday a six months' hoist, October 18 would be Thanksgiving Per. friendly arrangem with the ownez,: simply mot possible unless powers agree to come: 'the: sheviks." some such development n 3 there are no ond reasons. for <« ing, there is ; ing a settlemeny A Russia me 'within' the next "That is where we stand says finally. "rah od Rana STRIKES ag 'GREAT BRITAIN 5 The first industrial dispute on thi ; British Telnaes ossirred in 191, : when a 24-how was is. sued by the three on rail way unions on August 16. : Working 15 hours a day. = Lloyd George secured peace after two days' general stoppage, during which there was a loss to the transport service of $2,600,000 worth of traffic. 'In 1912; 1918, and 1914, and up to date, there were further grave troubles. This year hs been one of ceaseless unrest in the railway world. In Janu- ary there was a dispute on the Lon- don, Brighton & South Coast Railway, - involving 2,000 workers, and trouble on the 'District Railway affecting 500 men. Demands webe conceded. There wag a lightning strike on the London &_ Southwestern Railway in August, swiftly followed by an unoffi- cial strike of the motormen on the City & South London Electnic, but both these sectional attempts col- lapsed. : es Canadian Musenm on Spot X 'Where Merser Fell at Yore A despatch from rom: Brussels YS i -- e Minister the Intenior d in the Chamber of Deputies that in . concert with the 6 British authorities, it had been 'Judged desirable to: keep the Cloth Market, Oathedral, and ad< ,jacent houses at Ypres in their pres< ent state. The Government had agreed to the request of Canada that the emplacement where General Mer- cer fell should be allotted.' It would be with a view to the erection of a niuseum on the spot. . The ground would . bé~ exproprigted,. failing a { " rited. bo offer their services AN persona able to drive Jehicles |. | [FoRR. AND SET ORESSED WE ARE GOIN "oREssD Xf FOR DINNER: SMITHS' " ~~