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returned to Washington. The Court will make the trip- on the converted yacht Niagara, now at Washington Navy \Yard. An adjournment was takeu by the Court of Inquiry today until Monday at 10 a. m. in order to give the Judge Advocate Major Jesse F. Dyer, U. S. M. C., further opportunity to ook in- to the matters invoived. - BOLOGNA, ITALY, Oct. 27th.: Both the defence and the prosecutinn in the case of Alfred Cocchi on trial here, charged with he muraer of Ruth Crug- er, an eighteen year old high school student in New York City in February 1917, announzed this evening that they would rest tomorrow and begin sum- ming up. WASHINGTON: Eloquent appeals for recognition of the Irish Republic by « :he United States were made to Secre- tary of State Colby last night by a com- mittee of prominent leaders in the [rish cause who met the Secretary by in- vitation at the State Department. LONDON: The strike of coal min- ers throuzhout England and Wales was settled this afternoon but the settle- ment is contingent on a ballot of the miners. The terms which the executive body of the miners, are recommending to the man provide for an advauce. of two shillings per ship ton to persons of eighteen years of age with a corres- ponding advance for younger miners. .The miners pledge themselves to co-op- erate to the fullest extent to obtain an increased output. ‘s LONDON: Sylvia. Pankhurst who was rrested on October 19th. charged with attempting to cause sedition in the Navy by editing and publishing an is- sue of the newspaper. '‘The Workers Dreadnaught’’ on October 16th, was sentenced today to six months’ impris- onment on counviction of the offense. OMAHA, NEBRASKA: Hundreds of thousands of bushels of corn may be burned as fuel by farmers in Northern Nebraska this winter, according to re- ports brought here. High priced coal and aboundancies but low priced crop of corn is given as the reason. . WASHINGTON: The Navy Depart- dent is informed that the U. S. S. Ish- erwood is in distress ten miles scuth- west of Cape Look-Out and it is report- ed that she is at anchor and out of water. The position of Isherwood was located by the radio compass somewhere in the vicinity of Cape Look-Out, the loeation being accomplished from the radio distress calls sent out by the des- troyer. The Commandat ¢#ifth Naval District at Norfolk, has sent out the destroyer Blakely to the assistance of ~ the Jsherwood and the Commandant at Charleston has sent out a tug to the assistance of the boat. ; TELEGRAMS. ) ST. CROIX STA LION. Halifax, Oct. 25th.—Forty thousand S ¢CRuly & VYIS is the estimated majority by which the dry won over the wet in the vote yester- day on the referendum whether or not the importation of liquor into Nova Sco- tia will be forbidden. Winnipeg, Oct. 26th.—The Province of Manitoba has voted out the liguor ‘m- ports in the referendum taken today. Regina, Sask, Oct. 25th. —Saskatche- wan will go dry, but the,{ ount will finally be a close one. % = Cork, Oct. 25th.-—Joseph Murphy, one of the hunger-strikers in Cork jail, died tonight. London, Oct. 26th. —The formal ne- gotiations between the Govt. and the executive officers of the Miners’ Fede- ration, in an effort to settle the coal strike, were reopened this morning. ‘London, Oct. 26th.—Strong opposi- tion to the Govt. Emergency Power Bill, giving the administration far reach ing authority in the event of a general strike or of disorders, was anticipated in the House of Commons today. The measure entered the committee stage of considerat on and the Govt. issued instructions for all supporters to be present at today’s session of the House. Sebastopel, Oct. 26th.— 15,000 Russian Bolshevist soldiers have been taken prisoners and many guns and material captured:in raids by (General Wrangel’s forees recently. ‘ Ottawa, Oct. 26th.—A healthy state of business conditions is reflected in the bank statement for September by the Finance Department today. The assets of the Canadian Bank 'which now stands well over the three billion dollar mark have increased by approximately seven- ty million doilars as compared with Au- gust. Notice deposits have increased by about nine millions and demand deposits by about 37 millions.*~ Ottawa, Oct. »26th.486'pring will see the completion ofall the 60 ships for the Canadian mercantile marine. 35 of the number have been put in commission and the others are in various stages of com- pletion but will be finished by May. Warsaw, Oct. 26th.—Leon Trotzky has arrived at Kharkoff to supervise the regrouping of the Bolshevik armies for a general attack on General Wrangel, according to advices received here on Monday. A despatch from Riga said the Soviets have ratified the Russo-Pol- ish Peace Treaty ana have set the final exchange of signatures for Noverhber at Libau. Kovno is expected to fall soon to Polish troops. Despatches from Libau said the Lithuanian front there had been broken. New York, Oct. 24th.—The local re- fined sugar market unchanged on Satur- day. The demand has fallen off considera- bly but brokers expect a renewal of busi- ness this week. A cable from London stated that Great Britain had plaeed the sugar raticn at six ounces per week per person- owing to the great strike there. Raw sugar continued quiet, about steady on rearby positions but a little easier for shipment sugars as indicated by the sale of a small lot of “ull duties for November shipment at Te. cif. At the moment about the only buying in- terest and that is small is centred in the very prompt offerings for which frac- tionally higher prices might be realized from operators. It was said that Por- to Rico’s early November shipments were offered at 8.53 cif. with no buy- ers. London, Oct. 26th.—The House of Commons was occupied in rushing the Emergency Bill through all stages after the second reading. The Enmergency Bill provides for all contingencies in the United Kingdon should the miners strike in olve the railwaymen and transport workers. In the House of Commons last night a moticn for the rejection of the Bill offered by Mr. Adamson, Labour Leader, was defeated, by a ote of 257 to 55, and the measure was passed to sec- ond readirg. Mr. Asquith, Mr. Thomas and Mr. Adamson and Mr. Clynes, form- er Food Controller, made strong appeals to the Govt. to withdraw the measure which Mr. Adamson characterized as “‘panic legislation which is always dan- gerous’’. Mr. Themas based his appeal on the ground that emergency powers were not needed, pointing out that al though 1,000,000 workers were ‘directly affected by the coal strike and thata million more were indirectly interested, there had been no disorders. Mr. Lloyd George replied to these criticisms and defended *he Bill which, he declared, was not intended as an attack on Trades Unions but absolutely necessary to ‘‘face the threats of railwaymen and the triple alliance to cripple our national life al- most without notice’’, Athlens, Oct. 26th.—The Greek Cabinet assembled immediately after the death of King Alexander last evening and drew up a message to the people express- ing the grief at the King’s death and adding, ‘‘lnconformity with the constitu- tional order of succession, the youngest brother of King Alexander, Prince Paul, is called to succeed him. Howerver in view of his absence and the relation existing between the nation and the house of the ex-King Constantine, the Govt. has decided in conformity with article fifty of the constitution to convoke the Chamber just adjourned to proceed to the election of a regent until the ar- rival of the new King, Meanwhile and until the oath is administered to the regent in compiliance wWith the same article of the Constitution, the Royal and Constitutional Powers will be exer- cised by the Council of Ministers ’’ The Cabiret decided that King Alexander’s body shall lie in state next Wednesday. Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 26th.—Another drop in the wholesale price of sugar of sl7 for 100 lbs., was announced this morning by the British Columbia Sugar Refinery.