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and the soldiers returned the fire with several volleys. A military guard has been stationed at the store. It is under- stood the theory of both the military and police is that a bomb was placed in a shop window from the inside. Half a dozen employees,: who were sleeping upstairs in the rear of the premises, were badly shaken, but so far #s is kno%wn no one was hurt either by the expiosion or the sugsequent» fusilades. Excitement - pre- vails. it : : - Warsaw, Sept. 28th —The Polish cav- alry-operating in therear of retreating Bolshevik forces in the region-of (*rodno, ave reached a point North of Lida, says official statement issued here early to- .y. During yesterday’s fighting, the Poles captured 1,300 prisoners including a Bolsheviki Commissioner and also took eight guns. Lithuanian artillery has shelled Polish positions ‘in the Suwalki sector. .North of the Pripet the battle is continuing in favour of the Poles. The Russians are retreating along the entire front; but are offering stubborn resis- tance as they fall back. The Poles in their advdance are approaching the Shara river. Further to the North the Poles have erossed the Niemen. South of the Pripet adds the statement the situation is unchanged. 5 Riga, Sept. 28th.—M. Dombski, head of .the Polish peace delegation in a for mal. reply to the Soviet ultimatum of Friday Jast proposing an armistice which the Soviet delegates said must be accept- ed by the Poles within ten days, says: ‘“*definitionby the ultimatum of the time within which an armistice and peace preliminary must be signed as presented by the Russian delegation, does not in the least help bringing the negotiations to a satisfactory result. . On the contrary it gives the impression that the side pre- senting such an ultimatum reserves to itself the right to break off the negoti- ations at any moment’’. £ Paris, Sept. 28th.—M. bourgeois, sent a telegram to.Poland on Saturday urging Poland in her cwn interest to reestablish friendly relations with Lethuania and expressing ~surprise that Poland after accepting the good offices of the League had sent .an ultimatum to Lithuania. M. Bourgeois said he was urging Lithu- ania to arrange immediately with the Soviets Sor the evacuation of all Lithu- anian territory and asked Poland to give Lithuania time todo this. He also sent a telegram to both. Poland and Lithuania, that the Council of the League was send- ing a commission which wonld -attempt to formulate a solution. . . Berne,. Sept. -28th.—The Ukranian mission. here reported today that the Ukrainian army-is advancing continually against the Russian Soviet forces and is being supported by the peasants who are mobilizing. The Ukrainian _troops, ac- cording to the missior: in eight days took 8,000 prisoners, captured 22 guns, ma- chine guns, cars and railway trucks. ST C R EX “sa VEiS Londcn, Sept. :28th.—Fifty five dele- gates of the South African and the Na- tionalist parties, have been in conference at Bloemfontein for several days, accord- ing t» cables to London papers, seeking to effect a racial reunion among the Boers. It is reported that-no agreement was reached. The negotiations broke down on the Republican issue. The Boers of the South African party resolutely refused a reunion which would not include the British element,. The correspondents state that the un- swerving l!cyalty of these delegates to their anion pledge greatly impressed the English South African party. Rome, Sept. 28th.—King Victor Em- manuel yesterday gave the Royal assen® to the treaty of St. . Germain between Italyv and Austria. The treaty of St. Germain was approved unanimously by the Senate on Friday after it had previ- ously been accepted by the Chamber of Deputies. The signing of the treaty by the King reestablishes peace between Italy and Austria. Trim, County Meath, Ireland, Sept. 28th.—Because of the burning of the Po- lice Barracks here yesterday morning and the wounding .of Chief constable Whise, a-number of armed men descend- ed on the town last might and burned buildings, attacl?g residences of Sinn Feiners and ind#iged in indiscriminate shcoting. Several casualties are report ed. The reprisals are alleged to be the work of the ‘‘Black and Tan’’ police. The regular police are taking steps to prevent further damage. During the reprisals 30 houses were burned and the fires were still blazing at noon today. London; Sept. 27th.—A violent earth- quaks is reported to have oeeurred at Giarre, Cicily. according to a Rome des- patch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. Giarre lies at the base of Mount KEtna, the quake lasted ten minutes. One vil lage was destroyed and many persons were injured. . . London, Sept. 28th.—A despatch to the . xchange Telegraph Ce., from Dub- lin says the town of Mallow, County Cork, is on fire in several places and that the fire brigade is unable to put out the fire on account of the Curfew order. The Creamery, the Town Hall, mills and many houses have been burn- ed. The damage amounts to several thousand pounds. ' ‘ o London, Sept. 28th.—Scotland Yard has frustrated a plot to blow up the Irish Office and the Treasury build- ings here, a Scotland Yard official de- clared“today. He said Sinn Feiners and Bolsheviki planned the explosion inreprisals for police activities against them. The Irish planned to send taxi cabs loaded with high explosives into the street before tie two buildings. Af- \ ter the explosion it was declared it was planned to havea large body of armed men rush into the district inflicted as much damage as possible and escape in the confusion which was certain to follow. The official said a number of secret ar- rests had been made. A number of others were implicated he said. The ring-leaders it was admitted were un- known. : : NEw YORK, Sept. 30th 1920. Flour, Blended Clears St. Lawrence krand pr. brl. $10.50 Meal, Kilndried per 100 bs $3.65 New Season’s Pork per brl. $37.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $30.00 Sugar---Crystals maximum per 100 lbs. $10.03. Molasses Sugar 89° test, no quotation. Cotton, Middling Upland, at Liverpool per Ib. 91 15-100 d. Exchange, New York and London, 60 dz:{s’ sight $3.42 Exchange New York and London, sight $3.464 LONDON, Sept. 30th 1920. Sugar, Demerara Crystals, Govt. controll- : ed and free of control 1275. 9d. Sugar-Moscovado Govt. cortrolled price, duty paid 955. 103s. Moscovado free of Govt. control duty paid nominal 1245. 9d. (German Beet 88°/ f.o.b. no sales. White Java sugar cif United Kingdom : " nominal 89s. od. Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red no- minal per cwt 85s. od. Cotton Medium Fine Sea Island, at Liv- erpool per Ib. nominal Bank of England rate of Discount per cent. 7. - Consols 463. Three per cent rentes in Paris Fes. 53.90 All prices subject to correction. A COUNTERFEIT REASON ““Yes, 1 still have the first pound note that I made,”” s:id. the, gray-haired passenger. ““Good gracious!’”’ exclaimed his tra- velinf acquaintance, "‘how did you keep it so long?”’ ““Well, it was very imperfect, being my first, and I,d have had troutle in passing it.”'—London Weekly Telegraph. REASONABLE INQUIRY ‘“What do you mean by an 'eight day clock?”’ *‘One that will run eight days without winding’’. G ‘“Huh, then how long would it run if you wound it 7"’Lexington Leader. Bekendigorelse EKSTRAORDINÆR Generalfor- samling afholdes i Dansk Vest- indisk Ele%tricitetsaktieselskab paa Direktorens Kontor Séndagen den 14 November 1920 Klokken 11 Formid- dag.