that
you are being charged
unjust prices,
don’t mereiv grumble
about it but
bestir
yourse}%
and
find
an
alternative.
Os
course
if you have
plenty of money
and
don’t
care
to economize
it is all right
to
pay
big
prices.
We
are
speaking
for
those
who
want
to
make
every
dollar
count.’’
"TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATiO N
Helsingtors,
Uctober
17th.—Tne
Bol-
shevik
retreat
before
the
armies
of
Admiral
Koichak
in
Western
Sibzria,
is
announced
in
a
wireless
despatch
from
the
Kolehak
Government
at
Omsk,
dated October
13th.
The despatch
reads:
‘‘The Bolsheviks
are
retreating
along the
whole
line.
They
are
deport-
ing
the
entire
population
between
the
ages
of
16
and
50 and
are
likewise
re-
moving the
cattle’’.
London,
Oect.
17th.—Reuter’s.
Des-
pite
tae
enormous
difficulties
of
the
flight ‘rom
England
to
Australia,
four
machines
have entered
in
the
competi-
tion for which
the
Australian
Govt.
has
offered
a
prize of
£IO,OOO
The
conmpe-
titors
are Capt.
Matthews
who
has
an-
nounced
tnhac
he
will
make
a
s art
on
Monday
with a
Sopwith
aeroplane
sim-
ilar
to that
used
by
Hawker
in
his at
tempt
across
the Atlantic.
Capt.
Howell
with a Martinsyde
inachine,
Lieut Doug-
las with an
Alliance machine,
which
it is
claimed is capable
of flying 3,000 miles
andi
which is equipped
with
a powertul
wire-
less,
and
Captain
Wi kens with a
Black-
burn
machine,
largest of all.
The latter
is
to
carry
two pilors,
one of them engi-
neer
Wiikens,
the well known
Polar
ex-
plorer
who
was
second
in
command
to
Stefansson.
The
Australian
Government
is
despatching
a wireless
steamer
to
pa-
trol, and pick up rhe wireless
from the air-
men
during the flight.
Itis
recognmazed
thar
these
aviators
are embarking
on the
world’s
zreatest
aerial
adventure
aad
their progress
will
be
watehed
with
in-
terest.
The
itest
is severe
as
the
flignt
over
only
a
poriion of the course,
Java,
to Australia
is 1,750 milesand
is as
severe
as a Transatlantic flight.
Chicago,
Oc..
17th.—Almost
halfway
across
tine eountry
on his return
journey
in
the
army
airplane reliability and
en-
duranece
race, Lisut. Maynard, the “‘flyine
parson’’, today
was
well in the
lead of the
four other homeward bound flyers who had
doubled
back
after
soarin
from
coast
to
coast.
Lieutenant
Maynard,
having
reached
Sydney,
Nehraska,
was
al-
most
a
day’s
flight
in.
the
.van
of
th> flight of
his
nearest
pursuer
frem
San
Francisco
and
his
closest
oppo-
nent
in
the point of actual
flying
time
for
the
Transcontineutal
flight.
The
death
toli in the
race today stood
a:
sev-
en.
Lieut. Kirby, pilot. and Lieur. Stanley
Miiler, observer
were Kkilled yesterday
when their plane fell at Castlerock,
Utah.
Other deaths during the race were Major
MY-G RU L 8
A Vs,
Grissy,
Lieut. Wales,
Sergeant
Thomas
Nevitt and observer
MeClure.
|
London,
Oct.
17th.—The
War
Office
!
today received
confirmarion of the
news
|
of
the
capture
of Gatchina,
25
miles
|
south
of Petrogiad,
by the north-western
|
Russian
army
of
General
Yudenitch.
|
The Bolsheviki
were
driven
from
thz
|
town yesterday.
The Esthonians
opera-
|
ting in the Coas:al région
on the Gulf
of
|
Finland.the
offic:al advices
state,
are wi k-
In a
rew
miles
o: Krasmalagorka
and
are
|
facing
tk~ fortress
o* Kion tadt
In the
centre
of the advancing
line
ofticial
in-
|
formation
is
that
.the
anti-bolshevik
|
forces
on Thurscay
pushed
torward
to
a
|
point three
or foir mfles below
Luga,
80
|
miles
south
of Petrograd.
Paris,
Oct.
17th.
- The Supreme
Coun-
|
cil of the Peace
Conference
decided
this
morning
to send afreprese
(ative
to Bud-
|
apest
to deal
wi_h
new
complicgtions
in
the situation
th:re.
= The
emissary
se-
!
lected
is Sir Geo~ge
Clerk who
vas
sent
last
week
by. th2: Councii
to
Bucharest
with anothermoie
to.the
Government
in
connection
with the
Rouniarian
occupa-
tion of
Hungary.
.
Erratum:—Pa
agraph
7,
news
bu'letin
|
19th. read
""Pet
a2
new complextion
ete.””
|
not ‘A new mediation.
London,
Oect.
17th,
The
text
of the
Note
of
the
Svpreme
Council
inviting
|
sermany
to par-icipate
in the
DHlockade
|
of
Russiz,®
as
published
by
the
Berlin
|
Tageblart
and
reprinted
by
the
Daily
|
Herald,
shows
that. Sweden,
Norway,
|
Denmark,
Holland, Finland,
Spain, Swit-
|
zerland,
Mexico.
Chile,
Argentine,
Co-
|
lombia, and Venezuela,
have beeu
invited
|
to initate
measur>s
to
prevent
their
na-
|
tions from
engag¢ing
in any
trade
what-
|
ever with Bolsheviki
Russia.
The
mea-
|
sures are
thus erumerated.
?
First:—Refusa.
of permission
to sail
to
|
every ship bound
for*Russian
Bolshevik
|
ports
and the closing of all ports
to ships
|
from Bolshevik ports.
Second
:—Simi
ar
regulations
to
be
adopted
with all roods
desiined
for Rus-
sia vy any other
route.
Third:
Passpcrts
will be refused
to all
persons
from
Bo shevik
Russia.
Isolat-
ed exceptions
may be
made
by
agree-
ment
of the Allied
and
Associated
Pow-
ers.
Fourth:—Measures
will be
taken
to
hinder banks fronm granting credit to com-
mercial
untakings
in Bolshevik§R. Issia.
|
‘Fifth:—Every
Sovt.
will refuse
its
na-
tionals
any facilit:es of
ntercourses
with
Bolshevik Russia
whether
by
post
or
by
wireless telegraph.
Marshal Foch added
the foilowinginst ‘uctions
:
‘‘lnform the
German
Govt.
chat
the British
-and
f'rench men-of -war
in the Gul
of
Fin-
!
land will edntinue
to blockede Bolshevik
-
ports and
detain
‘rom't:e
moment
‘they'
come in sight
any ships
bound for Bol-
shevik ports.”’ i{Thepreamble
to the note
**
declares
that the open enmizy
ofthe 80l- *
shevik
is directed against
all
Govts.
and’
*?
that
the
programme
'of
internation-
a!
evolution
circulated
by
them
con-
stitutes
a
great
danger
to
the
na-
tional security
of all the Powers.
Every
increase
in the capacity of the
Bolshevik
resistance
increases
the
danger
and
it
would be desirable
that all nations
wish-
ing
peace
and
the re:establishment
ot
a
social order should unite together
to resist
the
Bolshevik
Govt. For this reascnp,
it
is
further
declared,
that
the Aliied and
Associated
Govi ~ after raising the block-
ade of GGermany,
have lefused permission
to
their
subjects
to
resuime
commercial
relatiots
with
Bolshevik
Russia.
The
aerman
Govt, is
requested
to take
mea-
sures
in
contormity
with those
enumer-
ated.
London,
Oct
18th.—The
White
Flag
was
hoisted
over the
DBolshevik
fortress
of Kronstadt
Friday
night, according
to
a Helsingfors
desvatch,
quoting
a Finish
aeneral
Staft report.
London,
Oct. 20th.—The
Hon.
Gideon
Murray
has
been
appointed
one of
the
Scoiish
Representatives
on
the
Parlia-
mentary
Federal
Deveolution
Commission
for the, United
States.
.
#:
Paris,
Oect.
18th.—(Hava’s).
The
su-
preme
Council today drew
up ascheme
of
distribution
of
the
Allied- military
for-
ces,
which will be
used
to ®ecupy
upper
Silesia,
Schleswig,
and Mernal, according
to the ter=is of the
Treaty.
The
(‘oun-
cil further
approved
the
military
mea-
sures,
necessary
for
the
evacuation
of
these territories
by
the
German
troops
and the immediate
form of patrol
to
be
used
at
the
exchange
of
ratification
which will occur only when it will be
pos-
sible
to carry
out the
prescribed
military
measures.
NEwW
YORkK. Oct.
18th
1919
Kiour, Blendad
Clear
St. Lawrence
[-rand
pr.
brl. $10.50.
Meal, Kilndried per
100 tbs $3.80
New
Season’s
Pork
per brl. $45.00
Heavy
Mess
Pork
per bbl..
$44.50
Sugar---Crystals
(Confirmed by Brokers)
per
100 lbs.
$7.28.
Molasses
89 test
pr
150 Ibs. no quotation.
Cotton, Middling Upiand, at Liverpool per
Ih. 22 11-100 d.
tyxchange,
New
York
and
London,
60
:
days’ sight $4.11}
Exchange
New
York and
London,
sight
$4.154
LLONDON,
Oect.
18th
1919.
Sugar-Demerara
Crystals duty paid price.
fixed by the Royal Commission
per
c¢wts
,
BT7s.
9d.
-91s.
od.
Muscovado,
89 /- basis,
louting ferms
in
bond, Ditto duty paid. 555. 6d.
~765. od.
(German
Beet 887/¢ f.o.b.
no further sales
during
the
war
Java 96°/
Gibraltaror Channel for Orders
floating terms,
no quotations.
:
Demerara
Rum,
per gal. nominal.
Trinidad:
Cocoa,
Good
Middling Red per
cwt.
1268..0d,
1308, od>
.
¢ .
-
Cotton, Medium
‘Fine Sea
Island,
atLiv-
erpool fnominal peelb:
.
yhu.
Bank
of* England
rate
of Discount
per
cent.
d.