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Ballot to be Taken on Torms of Settlement Arranged Government is Expected to Give Favorable Answer. A despatch from London says:--A settlement of the coal strike was ar- rived at last week, but acceptance of the Government's terms by the miners' executive is subject to ratifi- cation by ballot of the men. This, however rapidly put through, will take some days, so that the resumption of work before the end of the week is unlikely. In that case, the strike will have lasted three weeks. The provisional settlement of the strike was reached after a conference at Downing street which lasted for two and a half hours. On Thursday ballot. If this is in faver of accepting the terms offered, the delegates will not be summoned again. The settlement upon which the min- ers' delegates, coal mine owners and the Government are agreed is a very a sliding advance of two shillings to one shilling sixpence, according to age, as was originally 7 demanded, The miners and owners solemnly pledge themselves to co-operate to se-] cure an increased output of coal. Na- tional and District Committees are to be established immediately to control night the miners' Executive decided "thé ballot should be taken on Tuesday. The returns are to be at Federation headquarters'on Wednesday morning, and in the afternoon a delegate con~ ference will take place to consider the result. There is not likely, therefore, to be a resumption of work before Monday next. Immediately the agreement had been reached Smillie and Hodges paid a visit to the All-Labor Conference at Central Hall to convey the result to the meeting there, Then conference adjourned to wait the result of the -- ma A MESSAGE i FRQM GENEVA Organizer of Log League of Red Cross Societies Tells of Need of Europe's Orphans. "While we at home are intent on in- . dustrial expansion and a place in the sun, Europe in its war-weakened con- dition is fighting for its very exis- tence," said Donald 'W. Brown, direc- tor of the department of organization in the League of Red Cross Societies of the World, which has its head- quarters at Geneva, Switzerland, He visited Toronto to learn the peace pro- gram of the Canadian Red Cross So- ciety and to establish closer contact between it and the League. Millions of War Orphans. Having just arrived from Europe, Mr, Brown was able to give the Can- adian Red Cross some first hand in- formation concerning the people of Europe. He called attention particu- larly to the condition of the children, 80 many of whom are now orphans, While the exact number who have lost one or both parents during the war cannot be determined, the most. con- servative estimate places the number at over ten millions. This number seems quite consistent with the heavy war casualties among so many na- tions. Dependegpt on Charity. The condition of these children is in most cases very pitiable. Many of them have no homes and they are de- pendent upon whoever may be char- itable and kind enough to help them. But there are few who are able to give such held, for the mass of the people of Poland, Galicia, parts of Roumania, . Czecho-Slovakia, Jugo- Slavia and other countries are so poor that they have not necessaries for themselves. Consequently, in the great area between the Baltic, the Black and the Adriatic Seas, there are millions of children who face the next few years, and particularly the com- ing winter without hope of decent Food and care unless outside assist- mnce 'is given then. The vitality of the children is already very low on! mecount of their having been deprived : of fats, milk and sugar during the ears when they most needed them, pnd they are therefore very suscep- tible to diseases, particularly rickets. Disease Prevalent. In addition to the unhappy condi- tion of the children, the adult. popula- tions are in the direst of misery on mocount of disease. Suffering has been accentuated by lack of food and cloth- ing, nursing and medical attention, and tuberculosis, small-pox, ° ! typhus and dysentery are continuing un- chec Typhus, which has so often proved a scourge and menace fo the human -yace, is again prevalent, and unless checked, will most likely extend its ravages to an alarming degree. British Empire Appeal. For these urgent 'reasohs, Mr, Brown said; the League of Red Cross 'Societies has made an earnest appeal to the geople of the British Emp the output, and a joint 'National Wage Board will be established at the earli- est possible time before March 31 for regulation of wages for the whole in- dustry, with regard to profits of the industry and the principles on which profits should be dealt with: This clause is most important as establishing the principle that Labor has a right to have a say in the ratio of wages and profits, A certificate from the Minister of Mines is to be accepted as evidence of conditions governing wage adjust- ment. r ; Ee Pa a and he was glad to Lear that the cause of the suffering children was being taken up in Canada. He had learned that an appeal on behalf of the British Empire Fund would be made in Can- ada by the Canadian Red Cross dur- ing Armistice Week and wished for its every success. Wants Child. Welfare Legislation At the Dominion Conference on Cihld Welfare held at Ottawa, Mrs. A, Rogers, of Winnipeg, advocated uni- versal legislation for the reduction of infantile mortality, She also urged the registration of all nursing homes and midwives. Decorate Overseas Graves on All Saints' Day A despatch from Paris saysi-- Canadians living in Paris have de- cided to adopt All Saints' Day for the yearly decoration of their soldiers graves. It is estimated that there are 2,000 Canadians here who will join in the memorial movement, which is be- ing headed by Phillip Roy, Canadian High Commissioner. On the morning 'of November 1 a special train will be run from Paris to one of the Canadian cemeteries in the Arras region, where 31,000 sons of the Maple Leaf lie buried, and every grave will be decorated with the Canadian. flag and Canadian flowers. The Canadians intend to -concen- trate their efforts in one. cemetery each year, the tentative program nam- ing, Vimy for next month and Ypres, where the "Canucks" received the first German as attack, to be the scene of next year's service. ree re ee, Allies Demand Ratification of Treaty by Hungary - A despatch from P Paris says:--The Allies have sent a note to the Hungar- ian Government demanding ratifica- tion of tht Treaty of Triano not later than November 15, it was learned on Friday. In the event that no action is taken by that time the note points result. A law providing for ratifica- tion has been introduced in the Hun- 'garian Parliament. complicated one. Briefly, the men get| . out that "certain consequences" will, A despatch from Paris says:--More' than half of the population made homeless by war in France have been rehabilitated in homes, according to French official figures on the recon- struction work just igsiued. Out. of 1- 712,000 persons who became depri ved of places of habitation, 1,688,000 have been provided with living quarters. | These and other figures indicate that the work of building up the war- devastated sections has advanced much farther than generally was be- lieved. More than 2,000 houses pave been reconstructed and 14,000 have been temporarily repaired. These numbers, however, provide -only a small portion of the relief needed. In the war 319,269 houses were entirely destroyed and 313,675 partly destroy- ed. ? Of 4,875 bridges and viaducts made useless by the Germans, 3,424 have been rebuilt. The enemy destroyed 5,- 840 miles of railway and 1,681 miles of canals, but 4,070 of the former and 780 of the latter have been relaid and reconstructed. Destruction' of 'roads covered 387,238 miles; of these 7,000 miles have been repaired or rebuilt. More than 6,000,000 acres of ground were made useless, but 5,767,000 have been reclaimed. The Germans des- 5 BEING ING RESTORED Work of Rebuilding War- | | Devastated Sections is | A: despatch from Halifax, NS, saysi--An international commission is at work in Washington Jeciding as to the allocati various Hoeation Song. 'the Germans during the war. One of these cables which ran from Hamburg via the Azores, to New York, and was diverted early in the struggle to Hali- fax, is now operated as "the Imperial Cable," by the Pacific Cable Board, th connection with the British Post Of- fice. * Its eastern end is-in Ireland. When it was taken from the Germans the New York end was cut and aban- doned, a section being. spliced some hundreds of miles at sea for the di- version to Halifax. Some years ago the Western Union " Anglo-American and Direct Compan- ies. There has been a disagreement between the Direct and the Western Union Companies regarding the ful- fillment of the terms of the lease. Each company asserts that the other has violated the terms, -and -in -ae- cordance with the provisions of the lease both have given notice of its termination, which has ome effec- tive. The lease period was for 99 years. - The Direct will be taken over troyed 11,500 factories, in which 379, 000 persons were employed in 1914, but 8,640 have been reconstructed and put .into operation and '3,842 are in course of reconstruction. Tn the fac- tories now rebuilt 257,831 persons are employed. « The enemy 'destroyed, entirely of partly, 8,720 towns and villages. The foregoing figures on recon- struction work are reported to be con- servative, and do not include a vast amount of projects for which surveys have beén made, plans drawn and ma- terials fabricated, but which have not actually been begun. FRANCE WIIL ENFORCE PEACE TREATY Britain' s Decision nsist Upon Com- mercial Reprisals. A despatch from Paris says:--The French Government will neglect no weapon, political, economic or military to_compel the. integral fulfilment of the Versailles Treaty by Germany, even though France stand alone in im- posing upon a recalcitrant Germany those penalties prescribed i in the terms of peace. . That is the French answer to Groat Britain's decision not to force the commercial reprisals sanctioned by paragraph XIIL of the annex to the reparational clauses in the treaty in the event of Germany's carry out her obligations. Feeling that this decision has dealt the Anglo-French entente a blow that may prove mortal, President Miller- and and Premier Leygues are resolved to keep the French armies at a mini- mum strength of 700,000 men. More- over, they are prepared to insist that service at two years, although three] days ago, before the 'British' bomb}. burst in Paris, they were almost un- animous in deeming eighteen months | P! with the colors sufficient. pe ¥ 1 failure to] Parliament fix the period of military} by the British Government and added to the service via Halifax, giving "The Imperial" two instead of one cable. They require a second cable not only on account of pressure of traffic but as a measure of safety, for in case one cable breaks down, there is the other to fall back upon while repairs are being effected. The Direct at present lands at Hali- fax. Cable men here say the Western Union would like to be given control by the allies' conference at WRhing- ton of the seized German cable, but that this effort would be opposed by the British, who are making the cable part of an all-red system and are anxious to increase its effectiveness by adding the Direct to their system. The Direct must make arrangements with some concern having land lines, as it has no connection of this kind of its own. In Canada the Imperial gets its land connection from the C.P.R. ane. ih Ballot in Scotland on Temperance lssue A despatch from London says: Pdllling throughout most of S to decide "it the country" goes. oy opens next Tuesday, and will continue until the middle of December. The voters have three choices name- ly: one, no change; two, reduction of licenses by a quarter; and three, no licenses except for 'inns, Testaurants 'and hotels in special circumstances, 'and for clubs and: wholesale dealers. Both the "dry" and "wet" factions 'in Glasgow express confidence. Edin- purgh is considered doubtful. The Glasgow "drys" - organized - Friday night "a whole night of prayer for deliverance of the drink evil." a en rnin, 2 'A despatih from from Calgary saysi-- The be Phince of Wales took the cham- and two first with his Shrop- Plonsh) eep from his ranch south of here at the annual Fall Cattle Show | 000. and Sale. The Earl of Minto took first with Power flows to the man who knows leased the submarine cables of the|: the aa a A Tne £1 Holyhead | seinet om] tead the; 'declared to 'have boat. A despatch from London says: More than 10,000 persons foll Terence MacSwiney's body on the five- mile walk from St. George's: Cathedral te Euston Station, while Londoners lined the route. turned out to. keep order and a heavy guard vied with the "Republican army" men in uniform in escorting the hearse. The procession took nearly 'two hours to pass a given point. 'Twenty-nine + "Irish Republican" flags, which it is 'a crime to carry in the Dublin streets, were in line, and practically every member of the pro- cession wore a "Republican" armlet, which would mean his arrest in Ire- Many banners werescarried which bore mottoés denouncingeBritish rule, and the whole display was guarded by |. British police and looked upon quietly by a British crowd. A despatch from Cork says:--When] steamer Rathmore arrived "in Queenstown with the body of the late |W Lord Mayor of Cork aboard there were some Startling developments. In the|l ahsence of relatives nobody would take charge of the body, and the railway- .men refused to drive any train upon! which an armed escort over the coffin travelled. The officer in command of the soldiers asked the Bishop of charge of the body, but he declined, as also did the Town Clerk of Queens. town,, their view being that relatives must be present. It is ascertained | do, that the harbor pilots refused to handle the Rathmore, so thit a Gov- 'ernment tug was requisitioned and members of the steamer's crew trans- ferred the coffin to the smaller boat. The tug made her way up the river to Cork and arrived at the city at 4 o'clock in the afterncon. An enorm- ous crowd lined the quays and bridges, | Mm and When the tug swung into, view round the bend of the river hundreds of people passed from the side streets upon the riverside. No sound escaped from the throng ds the little vessel with flag half-masted = appeared Grouped about, leaning on their rifles,' com. were 20 auxiliary. police." Finally, after drifting to and fro, the tug made fast. to the quay by the customs. house. No_ effort. was made t6 remove the body, however. After the body had been on the tug for several hours the relatives were informed that unless it was removed the barracks and buried there. This warning had an immediate effect. Prince Wins First Prize | .* at Calgary Fair : A dospatih" from _ Ottawa With preparations inder way: ing the census of Canada the G ment Bureau of 'Statistics estim tl tior 52 She nation a1 Sa5s oT i Spe Oxford: Fie The Print ec crossed to Dublin on an ordinary. hail | A police force of 10,000 men was|to 30c. Cloyne, who was on the quay, to take]: : to $12.60; before 9 o'clock, it would be taken to| s, Madagascar, re: Te Aitomie" ia Lint, 12 to 13e. By per oe. 40 ro OT ver to $3.40. Map e 9 im ie 3 Honey--60, 80-1b tins, 26 to 27c per 1b. - Ontario comb honey, at % 3 ge per 15 section case; 65%, 2% Ib. tins; 28 to 29¢ per lb, - Provisiong--W| holesale. Smoked meats--Hams, med., 47 to 0c; heavy, 40 to 42c; cooked, 64 to 68c; rolls, 34 to 36¢; co e rolls, 41 to 43¢; breakfast- bacon, 0 to Bc; fancy 'breakfast. 'bacon, "56. to 62¢; backs, | plain, 62 to b4e; boneless, 60 to Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 27 to 28c; clear bellies, 26 to 27¢. Lard--Pure terces, 30% to 8lc; tubs, 81 to 81 £3 dalle, 81% to 81%c; ts, 33 to Compound tierces, 3 to 24c; a Sais to 24%c; pails, ri to 24%c; prints, 27 to 28c. ' ' Montreal Markets, ; Montreal, Noy, 2--Oats, No. 2 C. W., 92%c;-No. 8.CW, 86. Flour, Fy spring wheat patents, firsts, $18. Rol- oats, bag. 90 90 Ibs, ., $4.20. Bran, fs $1098, "Shorts, $45.25. Hat, § no. 2, choicest creamery, 53 to bic. & Live Stock Markets. : steers, $11.60 to $12; bubchers' Satie, ton, car lots, $31 to $32, Cheese, willy easterns, 2813-16c. Butter, fresh, 68 to 69¢. Potatoes, per car lots, $1.40 to $1.50. "Toronto, Nov. 2.--Choice heavy steers, $12.60 to $13.60; good heavy sholes. 5 11 to $12; do, good, $9 to $10; 3 do, Som. 5 $6; 8; , $5 to $6; 10 to $11; do, 900 Ibs., $9.50 to $10; 0, 800 lbs., $8.75 to $9.26; do, - com. oa » 8.25; canners and cut- ters, Sika $l" a i Hers, good to do, com. and 5 00. 378, ; lamba earling, B30.¢ 0.807 do, spri ng, 12.60 to a] to ch oles, $16 Se 5 a PI ae A do, Bu of cars, $18.50; do, fob, $17.26; do, country points, $17. Montreal, Nov. 2~Butcher steers, 50 to $7.75; butcher heifers, med, to $8; com., 138 to, $6.75; but- os, In oy 7: canners, $38 po fo faire tters, 0 50. Butcher sim maa 81 Gn 75, yes Jie 0 grass, § $6. te 2p omy 9 to $11; logs, i car weights, selects, $18.50 to $19; Sows, $14.60 to $16 gp : Will Hunt Seals Off Newfoundland by Airships A despatch from London says: An aerial to hunt - seals off 'Newfoundland has = sailed by thy steamship Alconda, under the. ship of Frank J. Tippen, -| foundland Government' pert. 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