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revision to whith was referred the appeal for a n:w trial of Pierre i.enoir, sentenc- ed to death on charges of intelizence wich the en2my, has reported that it finds o grounds for 'a rehearsing of the c se. Lenoir, who was placed on tr al with Sen- ator Humbert, was" convicted and sen- .enced to deatnh May Bth. 1919, buc the execution of thc sentence has been sev- eral tiries delayed. He was lately re- ported to be critically ill arnd to be sus- tained inly by drugs. Barbados, Oect. 22nd.—Cznadian re- cruits arrived 6.30 p. m. 20th from Mont- real, gce . Trinidad ten a. m. London, Oet. 21st.—Sugar in stock on the 17th inst. was 119,000 sons. Last year 28,000 tons. Erratum. In 3rd paragraph yesterday’s bulletin read, ‘‘form of prctocol to be used’’ instead o’ '‘form of pa:rol.”’ L.ondon, Oct. 20th.—Petrograd is vir- tually isolated, the War Office annouinces today, and Bolshevik cavalry has cut the railways leading from Petrograd to Vi- tebsk, Moscow and Vologda. The Petro- agrad-Vitebsk railway is cut at Veritza and the Petrozrad-Moscow railway at Tosna, south aud soutn-east oi’ Petrozrad respectively. The lines at Vologda are cut south of Lake Ladoga. A Bolshevik division, which was being rushed to Pe- t.ograd from the interior to defend the citv against the threatening advance. of General Yudenicch, was practically wiped out at Krasnoe Selo, when General Yude- niteh took that outposr to Petrograd, ac- cording to War Office advices. Ihe War Offee turther announces that Pskov, the important railway junction town about 182 milas south of Perrograd, is under bombarimer: by the Esthonian troops. Petrograd is reporied to be preparing for a siege, mnachine-guns are posted to commard the principal sireets of the city anl supplies oi food are being brought into the city. Paris, Oect. 20th. -1t is considered clearly impossible to wait for the United States 10 raiify the treaty before the formal anncuncement of ra:ification is issued, because of the unset:led condi- tioas in Geriaan territorv. The Council has draited a form of call for the Coun- cil of the League, which is being sub- micted to the various powers and will be issued by FPresident Wilson after the date has been agreed. Evidently the Council of the League at its first meeting will dispose of the Sarre valley question and other matters which eannot be post- poned. There is a general disposition to create a temporary organizat'on to meet emergencies which will be replaced by a permanent one when the five prinecipal Allied and Associated Powers have rati- fied the treaty. On the same day that the forraal ratification is accomplished noiice will be issued to the five great powers and to Brazil, Spain, Belgium and Greece together to make up the first membership of the Council of the League, that this couneil is to meet. S 0 RX 3YN Washinaton, Oet. 20th.—Sensational charges that so:alists, reds ard other radicals are ‘‘ercerenched’’ in tne Gov- ernment depart nents ard parcularly that the ilvestig iting fore 2 or th2 Feder- al Trade Commission cont ins nen hos- }'ile to the Gavernment and American Institutions, wer» made in (he Senate t-day by Sena or Watson, Reoublican indiana, who int ‘odnced a re=olucion for an investicatiou 2y the Intersta e Comn- meree Uosmmiss ion. Dseiaiming any offense of tt e gieat meat packers, Sen- ator Warson dee ared that the cpen re- cords of some ¢! the comniissions em- pioyed™ on tha investigition, showed them ‘o be resje.tively outspo<en an- archists, particig ants in red varaies pro- Germans, admirers of Lenin 2 ard Trot- sky and avowed ¢xXponents o Soviet Gov- ernment. New York,Oct. 20th.— 1. F. Mergen & Coy. annoinee to lay a proposed loan of $250,000,000 tfor .heißri ish Government in rhe form of thr2e Bnd (01 vear Lo cru- ment securities, the proceeds will be used in part to refire th2 outstanding bonds of about $135,000,000 British Govr, 54 per cent notes nfaturinz on Novem- ber ist. The re nafpnder wiil be availa- ble to the Briti h goverament for re guirements in th s @ouatry, or for those of British merehantt to wl.om the Gov- ernment may sel deollar exchange. This is the lagzest fiaranecial project under- taken by Amerian bank:rs since the close of the war. its flotation is expect- ed in fingnecial c reuits to stabilize to a considerable extcnt the lcnyg prevailing weakness of exeb ange on London of this market. A state nent issu-d by Morgan and Coy., said: '‘We have been author- iz d by the Britich Qovt. to place on i behal. 1n this (oustry a ‘oan which will give Ameriant investors a Brit- ish Governmen @bligation yielding an attractive rae of{ re‘urn :n dol- lars and with the vright of conver- tion linto* sterlirg bond whieh con- tains distinet | ossibilities of profit based on a return to more norma! condi- tons in the exeiange mirket. These new securities a ein two classes to run for three and ten years re:.poectively and the conversion piv vilege, which ir eifect amounts to a call on the sierling ex- change, will eontinue through the entire life of the three year note and for nine years and three mwonths of (he life of th ten year bond: New York, Oct 21st.—A crisis in the strike of forty thcusand Ncw York long- shoremen was rcached tolday. ‘l'he In- ternationral Mercantile Mavine, which has forty ships tied up in the port, put strike breakers at work mcving cargces and five hundred United States trcops began worXk in Dungareos at army piers where transports toand from Euarope have been held up. Army officials made it plain that trooss brought hier2 from New Port News would be used as work- men army piers apd would not appear at private or Shipping Board docks. Heuvy Police gaurds however were on duty at the other piers. Penzance, England, Oet. 21st. - A dis- aster in the Levant mine at® St. Just, Cornwall, today caused abon. 40 deaihs. Many miners were injured. : W regret very much to report a sad accident which occurred this morning on board the American tugbear ' Miguelito,”’ Captain Vacilo, which with the barge "Elizaberh,’” arrived from San Juan. P. R., yesterday morning for docking. It appears that at 7 o’clock, Jose Abrin, a satlor was sent down into one ot the mo- lasses tanks in the fore part of the ves- sel for the purpose of ecleaning same. Upon going down, he was overpowered by the gas generated in the tank and be- came unconscious. Hands were soon to tne rescue, and the man unconscious, rescued from his dangerous position. Shortiy aiter, he was taken in an uneon- scious state to che Hospital, where he is s.ill lying.- St. Thomas Mail Notes. Oct. isth. WARNING AGAINST POISONOUS FISH. Carang Caught In Fish-pots Apt 1o Cause Fish Poisoning. September 22, 1918, an epidemic of sis *poisoning occurred in St. Thomas. Investigation of the cases revealed the fact that all the vietims had partaken of carang, caught in deep sea fish-pot. lln all, 34 edses offish poisoning occurred. On Tuesday last October 14, 1919, prac- tically the identical oeccurrence was re- peated. Nine Carangs weie caught in a deep sea fish-pot, and the eleven people who ate thjs fish, all were taken sick with fish- poisoning. It may be stated that the Carangs caught on above occasions were identi- cal in ap earance with the ordinary Seine Carang, a distinet species as compared with the well known poiscnous yellow- back Carang. ° The underlying factors, causing fish- poisoning, are, in the majority of cases, obscure. In some fishes a well defined toxin has been isolated whereas in others no positive findings have been ascertained. With regard to the carang, the concen- sus of opinion on the subje>t; seems to be that this fish at eertain times is very prose to spoliation with the formation of pois- onous subtances. Due to the above facts that fishpoison- ing has been caused two years in succes- sion by eating carang caught in deep fish- pots, around the same time of the year, it is likely that carangs, caught in this manner between the months of August and November, inclusive are poisonous. E. PETERSON, Chief Sanitation Officer. —lbid,