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way froiv noiochbouring fields. Sixteen machines were preparing to essay the East bound vip irom oan Franciseo. The contest is litui.ed to muitary aviaters. . London, Oect Tth—Thefirst race in the 1920 series for the Am:rica ap, will take place on June 14th, 1920 if the challenge submitted by Sir [howas Lipton 1s accepted. The challenger speel- fied ‘that the frst race should take piace upon that date and others at intevvais of two days. Mr. Nicholsen of Southampton, designer of Shamrock IV, who is con- sidered England’s foremost producer of race yachts, is now in America to see about refitting Shamrock IV., now in Drydock in Brooklyn. Mr. Nicholson has cabled to Sir i{homas Lipton that the Shamrock which has been carefully stored in drydock in KErie Basin since her belated arrival in America during the war, is in perfeci condition. London. Oct. Tth.—The Cork Develop- ment Association has received a cable trom Mr. Henry For! stating that he is considering running a line of steamers to Ireland. Paris, Oct. Bth. Marshal Foch, who vesterday was instructed to draw up a new note to Germany relative to the witharawai of General Von der Goltz’s troops from the Baltic provinces, will couch the Jdocument very clearly ac- cording to nz2wspapers here. The note, it is said, wiil state that iz case there is any further dilatory tacties from Berlin, -leasares wi |be announced for dealing with the situaion, and will be immedi- ately and rigorously applied. London October. Bth. Advices to Hel- singfors report that Nikolai Leniue, the Russian Boishevik Premier, has been placed under arvest in Moscow, according to the KExcrange Telegraph correspon- dent at Copunhagen. Lenine is said o have ordered the arrest of Leon Trotsky, the Soviet Minister of War, but fail- ed to securs this and he himself was taken into custody. A rival message for- warded by the same correspondent reports areign of terror against the Bolsheviki in Moscow had begun by a revolutionary party. in this movement the Bolsheviki leader Jacob Peters, is said to have been killed. Washineton, October Bth.—President Wilson was =<tronger today than at any time since he became ill nearly two weeks aco, szid a bulletin issued today by his physicians. Wasnington, Oect. Bth—Upon the basis of detailed reports from the British Shipping Conixission on the possession of the former German steamship Impe- rator, and other ships which were used by the Unitzd States army transport f service, and were recently turned over | to the Shipping Board, the British | Embassy has begun negotiations with the State Deopartment 7o obtain relin- quishn:ent o) these ships to the British | Transatiantic Companies. According to | the British view-point their Govein- ' il ARI X & Y LS ' ment is in no way respomsible for ' the action of the reparations com- mi:<ion in hclding a certein number of tankships, owned by the Standard Oil . Com., to be prizes becaise they were ~ sailing under the German ilag, and does not feel that thereis a warrant in law, | or equity, for reinsing to return over | other ships, regularly a.loited to the ' British by the Reparations “'ommission as . an offset for that decision, especially in | view of the fact that the tankers were | not given to the British, but were re- | assigned to supply oil to C2rmany. \ London, Oct. Bth.- Mr. Lloyd-George surprised his countrymen ¢s he frequent- . ly does, by denouncing the railwavmen’s . strike as “‘krussianism’’, and “‘another effort to hold up the community and strangle it into submission’’, at the Lord . Mavors Mansion House lurcheon, in hon- our of Field Mars’{al Allenby yesterday. ' The occasion was an unusu=l one {or such . a topic, but the Premier has &« habit of doing unusualthings at tnusual times. Near him sat Emil Feos: |, son of the King of Hedjaz, inwhite vobes, axnd the ' Archbishop of (‘.arztmbtu'y,m an ar- . ray of other military and civiha#i notavles ' such as ohly London can m ister“on cere- ~ monial occasions. They e:pected noth- ing more sensational than compliments | to the conqueror :iof Paiestine. '‘The nation means to be master 'n her own | House,’’ Mr. Lleyd-George declared. | ‘A just master, a fair master, a gener- . ous, but always master iu her house’’. . This was naturally accept d as a pro- | clamation of the Premier’s viow that the | Govt. won a vietory over the sirikers. i\ Mr. Thcemas, Sceretary of the National Union of Railwaymen. anad iecder of the recent strike, speakin2 at the Albert Hall on Sunday night, dweit upon the setilement as a compromise, and yester- day issued a statement uppealing for reconciliation and a burial of hard feel- . ings. Labour papers appear to differ with WMr. Thomas as to socme aspect of the strike settiement. Mr. Roberts, . Food Controller, speaking la:t night, laid biame on the negotiations of the rail- waymen, accusing them of adopting “*methods of secret diplonacy’’, and . declaring the settlement of *-age matters must be taken ouv of the hands of political officials. Mr. Robert’s last point is in lime wich the g necral senti- ment of the couniry as voiced by the newspapers. A prcject is afoot for organizing an executive con miftee o_ all ~ sections of labour to earry on negotiations | with the employers. The d slocation of railway traffic because of tho strike has | not been remedied. At several stations today there was displaye a placard which announced the comp.nies hoped tc resume normal tratfic tomorrow. Thousands of workers who «xpected to return home as usual on trairs last night were disappointed and lines containing hundreds of persons waited lintil late at nig t at Tram Termini for rides. Rome, Oect. Bili. Acecrding to the newspapers, the Council ¢f Ministers at its session tcday will seek to find” means to solve the Fiunie prcblem. Min-.» ister of Foreign Aftairs Titioni will leave,q very socn for Fa'is t@& ‘consult with the™ Inter- Allied representatives regarding this guestion. : Cincinpati, Ohio, Get. sth.--Winning today’s game against ‘‘incinnati 4 toll, the recently dejected and all but hope- less White Box of Chicago now consider themselves real contenders tor the World's Baseball Championship. The series now e stands 4 games fcr Cincinnati and 8 tor Chiecago. London, Oct. sth,—Nr. Faines nimis- ter without porifolio anc he 1 sl representative ¢f the Governnent to the Labour Conterence at Washingtor., s expected to leave for the United States jus few days. NMr. Stvart EBurning, Secretarv of the Postmen’s I‘?k‘d('l'il“()ll. has been ncminated as the representa- tive of the Parliamentary :Committee cf the Union Congress. The.other Labour representatives include M. Arthur Hen- dersen. Nir: Ciynes, Mr. Eowerman and Miss Mary Me Arthur Christiana, October Bth.—lln the vote by which Norway adopted the prohi< biticr. of whisky, brandy andother strong liquors in the referendum of Monday 428,455 were iniavour of prohibition and 254,137 against it. Christiania was strongly against the prohikition, only 18,599 voting for 1, as cempared with 70,000 in opposition. The measure does not aftect winesand beers. NEW YORK. Oct. 9th 1919 Kiour, Blencad Clear St. Lawrenece [ rand : pr. bri. $10.50. Meal, Kiindried per 100 Ibs $3.70 New Season’s Pork per brl. $45.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $43.50 Sugar---Urystals (Confirmed by Erokers) per 100 lbs. $7.28. Moasses 397 test pr a0 Ibs. no quotation. Cotton, Middling Upiand, at i.iverpool per th. 20 80-100 d. rixchange, New York and London, 60 days’ sight $4.16 lixchange New York and iondon, sight , $4.184 LOoNDON, Oct. 9th 1919. Sugar-Demerara Crystals duty paid price. fixed by the Royal Commission per ewts o7s. 9d. -91s. od. Muscovado, 897/~ basis, floating terms i bond, Ditto duty paid. 555. 6d. 78s. 6d. 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 cewt. 1235. od. 128s. od. Cotton, Medium Fine Sea Island, atr Liv erpool nominal per Ib. Bank of England rate of Discount per cent. O. Consols 51§ 3 Three per cent rentes in Paris Fes. 60,95