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' â- â- *'#iPi'fll*"W- ^')('f'*-'»»."W^V.ilii|kU'i.^liP'W'-iWA'IM^^ J" r-=r H.R.H. COMPLETES TRIUMPHAL TOUR THROUGH WESTERN ONTARIO A despatch from Windsor says:â€", vou got a shilling on you?" "I'm Farewell to the Prince of Wales at afraid I liaveuH," replied tho Prinot;, noon on Friday was delightful an its, smiling. "But you haven't looked informality. Hundreds of young wo-i yet," prol(.'i?'.cd the soldier. Whcreiipm men ^vho had e\"aded squads of police the Prince plunged hi.< hand int^) his and j^'uard of soldiers and made their pocket and drew forth a iiuarter, way to the platform pelted the depart- 1 which he handed to the mar. who was ing truest with flowers of every des- later seen exhibiting it with h.s much cription and hue until the floor of the delight a« it he had been made the rear platform was covcrci! with them, present of a Victory bond. Thousunds had gathered at tho sta- \t various stations vhich were pas- tion to swiii-m about the train so that sod en route. to Gait many people were it wa- only with the grentf^'t of diffi- on hand to cheer him as he .•(ped culty that the P'-ince and aiuite could through, ovations which the Prince make their yay to their car. Jocular never found himself too busy to ac- remarlvs pa.sscd l.ct-.veen H.R.H. and knowledge from the platform of the hi.s eager, happy audience as he stood ob.servation tar. At Chatham he left <tn the platform of the observation his lunch to chat a ftw minutes with coach waiting for the train to move, people who had gathered on the plat- When it dill cheer after cheer rolled form there. At London he emptioil after it until it had passed but of sight his cigarette rase for the benefit of around a bend. ! the souvenir hunters, and then gave The Prince had a busy morning. At the one he was smoking to a young 20 o'clock he reviewed a large body of woman who took three puffs from it returned men, Boy Scouts, Girl Guid?^ and handed it '>i\cTt, i\n incident which and members of the Naval Brigade, greatly amused his Royal Highness, after which he proceeded to All Saints'; His Royal Highness the Prince of Ohui-ph, where he deposited the colors' Wales completed his tour of Wc-stern of the 99th Battalion. Leaving the Ontario when he paid a visit to Gait church, he proceeded on a tour of the on Friday afternoon. In spite of the bonier towns of Sandwich, Ojibway,! fact that the visit was for one hour Walkerville and Ford. Although hisi only, in that sli>)rt space of time he time was very limited he spared suf- managed to make an automobile tour fR\pnt to sy)p for a few minutes at e of the city, review veterans, lay a Hotel Hicu, outside of which a numberi corner stone and attend a civic recep- of wounded sobUers were sitting toj tion. Although his program was full give him a^trceting as he passed, andj and his duties onerous, he was fully at the Assumption School, where he repaid for his cflforts by the warmth was noisily acclaimed by a body of â-  of the welcome he was given at every ft'hool children. He pause<l «ulfitient-i point where he made his appearance, ly long to secure for them a whole: It wa.s particularly true of Main Street Weekly Market Reptnl Breadstuffs. Toronto, Oct. 28. â€" Manitoba wheat â€"No. 1 Northern, $2.30; No. 2 North- ern, ?2.27; No. 3 Northern, $2.23, i store Fort William. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 CW, 82c; No. 30 to 32c; turkeys, 50c; oucklings, 3i to 35c; squabs, doz., $6. Live poultryâ€" Spring chickens, 22 U 26c; fowl, 23 to 2oc; ducks, 22 to 25c Beans â€" Canadian, hand-picked, bus, $5.25 to $5.75; primes, $4.25 to $4.75; holiday on Monday. At the station, to which he drove after completing hi.; tour of the .surrounding towns, a where hundreds of school children lin- ing both sides of the street, each one of them armed v.ilh a flag and a funny incident occurred. As the i strong pair of lungs, united in extend- Prince passed through tho rink.i of the returned men lined up aloijj t'le T-latform cfie of the men .stepped for- ward and sa-d: "Hello, Eddie, have ing to him an ovation which for strength and sincerity of. tone has been un.surpa.^sed in any of the towns which he has honored by his presence. PRINCE ENTERTAINS ONTARIO VILLAGERS "Johnny's in Town," the Prince made nimself popular by jrrabbing up a snare-drum and acting as accompan- ist. It made a great hit, and it is doubtful if the people of any other I part of the Dominion have been fav- n 1 r r\ e J r^ rv» "'"^ "'^ ^^'"^ ^^^ villagers in the small reople or Oxford County DlS- ] Oxford County hamlet trict Especially Favored. A despatch from Woodstock says:â€" The Prince of Wales is a royal enter- tainer. Thta fact was clearly demon- strated to the people of the little sta- tion of Crcditville one night this week. 3 CW, 79c; extra No. 1 feed, 79c; No.' J?Pf"f' «-^-76 to $5; imported^and- 1 feed, 77c; No. 2 feed, 74',4c, in ktore f'':^*'! Burma, $4; Limas, VM, U Fort William. ' ^^7'^- „ , , , , ^ ,, ..„, Manitoba barley-No. 3 C^^ oA°"%T^'j*/?K^^! '•%^^-- to "^'i $1.37H; No. 4 CW, $1.32; rejected, ;:^ ,?'* 2'^'^; J°-'^ *•"?' ^}l}? T ' $L21%; feed, $1.21%, in store Fort 1^ ^on'' ^*'' ^^''7^*^^.^"^n^^ «=.' William >â- Â»â- '»> ^ jg ^f^ -^Qc; comb, IHoz., $4.50 to ?8 American cornâ€" No. 3. yellow, nom- ^"fJ '"-oz- f^-^O %^^ dozen, inal; No. 4 yellow, nominal. . Maple pr<Hiucts-_-S.vTup, per imper- f Ontario oats-No. 3 white, 84 to '*' ^^'^'JH^'J'^J' â„¢P"'*' S«'^- ^^' I 8Cc, according to freights outside. ^'â- ^S®'"' '°- ^" ^° ^B^- ! Ontario wheatâ€" No. 1 Winter, per Provisionsâ€" Wholesale. ; car lot, $2 to $2.06; No. 2 do, $1.97 to Smoked mesti â€" Hams, med., S3 tn ' $2.00; No. 3 do, $1.93 to $1.99, f.o.b. 40c; do, heavy, 34 to 3.5c; cocked, 56 shi,iping points, according to freights, to E9c; rolls, 33 to 3.5c; breakfast Ontario wheatâ€" No. I Spring, S';.02 bacon, 46 to 50c; backs, plain, 46 to , to S!2.08; No. 2 Spring, $1.99 to $2.08; 48c; boneless, 52 to 54c. j No. 3 Spring, $1.9.5 to $2.01, f.o.b. Cured meats â€" Long clear bacon, 32 shipping points', aconrding :o freights, to 33c; clear bellies, 31 to 32c. I Barleyâ€" Malting, $1.28 to $1.33, ae- Lardâ€" Pure tierces, SO'i to 31c-, I cording to freights outside. tubs, 31 to 31%c; pails, 31 '4 to 31?4cv I Buckwheatâ€" NominaL Drintb, 32 to 32i.ic; Compound tierces, Ryeâ€"Nominal. 28 to 28y2C; tubs, 28'b to 29=: pails. Manitoba flourâ€" Government stand- 28% to 29V4c; prints, 30 to 30M.-C. ard, $11, Toronto. Montreal Markets. . I Ontario flour â€" Goveronient stand- Montreal, Oct. 28.â€" Oats-Extra No. I ard, Montreal, $9.25 to 59.50; Toronto, 1 feed, 9:;V2C. Flourâ€" Man., new stand- 5^9.05 to $9.30, in jute bags. Prompt ard grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled oats i shipment. â€" Bag, 90 lbs., $4.80 to $4.85. Bran â€" I Millfeedâ€" C^Iots, delivered Mont- $45. Shortsâ€" $55. Hayâ€" No. 2, per real freights, bsTjrs" included: Bran, ner ton, carlots, $23 to S24. Cheese, finest ton, 45; shorts, per ton, $55; good feed easterns, 27 to 28c. Butter, choicest flour, per bag, $3.50. creamery, 6t to 61%c. Eggs, fresh. Hayâ€" No. 1, per ton, $24 to $23; 70c; do, selected, C4c; do. No. 1 stock, mixed, per ton, $18 to $21, track. To- 589.; do. No. 2 stock, 34c. Potatoes, " '' per bag, car lets, $1.30 to $1.35. Dres- Car lots, per ton, $10 to $11, sed hogs, abattoir killed, $25.50 to $26. Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, -WholesaTe ; 32 Vic. Live Stock Markets. Butter-â€" Dajrj-, tubs and rolls, 40 to Toronto, Oct. 28.â€" Choice heavy 42c; pnnts 43 toj^Sc; creamery, fresh steers, $12.75 to $13; good heavy made solids, 56 to 57c; prints, 57 to steers, $12 to $12.50; butchers' ccttle, "'*?; s„ . fc- choice, $11.25 to $1K75; do, good, tggsâ€" 56 to 58c. 510 25 to $10.75; do, med., $9.25 tn Dressed poultryâ€" Spring chiclens, $9.75; do, com., $6.50 to $7; bulls, 25 to 30c: roosters, 25c; fovv!, 20 to choice, $10 to $10.50; do, med., $9.50 25c; ducklings, 2o to .30c; turkey?, 35 to $9.75; do, rough, $7.50 to S8; buteh- to 40c; squabs, doz., $4.50. „ ^ows, choice, $10 to $10.50; do. Live poultryâ€" Spring chickens, 20 good, $9 to $9.25; do, med., $8.50 to to 23c; roosters, 20c; fowl, 18 to 25c; $9; do, com., $7 to $7.50; shockers, ducklings, 20c; turkeys, 35c. $7.50 to $10; feeders. $10 to $11.25; Cheese â€" New, large, 29 to 29 '/^c; cannera and cutters, $5 to $6.25; milk- twins, 29% to 30c; triplets, 30 to ers, good to choice, $110 to $150; do, 30Vic; Stilton, 33 to 34c. com. and med., $65 to $75; springers, Butterâ€" Fresh dairy, choice, 50 to $90 to vl50; light ewes, $8 to $9.50; 52; creamery prints, 59 to eie. yearlings, $9 to $10.50; spring lambs. Margarineâ€" 33 to 38c. per cwt., $13.75 to $14.60; calves, good . - - , Eggs â€" No. 1, 59 to 60c; selects, 02 to choice, $16 to $19; -hogs, fed and accept all or any part of .subscriptions; due date thereafter, with accrued in-ito 63c; new laid, 63 to 70c. watered, $18; do. weighed off cars, in excess of that sum. .\a in previous! terest compaled at the rate of SVs per! Dressed poultry â€" Spring chickens. $18.25; do, f.o.b., $17; do, do, to farm- The Bartender of the Future. MINIUM OBJECTIVE OF NEW VICTORY LOAN IS $300,000,000 The Choice of Maturity Five -Year or Fifteen-Year Bonds, Bearing Interest at S'/z Per Cent., May be Paid For In Full on Application or in Five Instalments. A despatch from Ottawa says: â€" j paid on May 1, 1920. the cost of the Sir Henry Drayton, Minister of Fin-! bonds will be 100 and interest. If ance, has made known the terms of] payment is made at time of applica- the forthcoming Victory Loan. The ^ tion the price will be 100 flat. After prospectus asks for a minimum am-1 the initial payment, subscribers have ount of $300,000,000 with the right to] the privilege of paying in full on any ronto. Straw- track, Tpronto. Country Produce 98 Million Needed For Eastern Fleet A despatch from Melbourne, Aus- tralia, says: â€" The report of Admiral Ixsrd Jellicoe concerning the naval de- The village had been decided upon as; fensc of the Far East has been laid a stopover place far the night, and the upon the tal)le of the Australian Royal train v/as shunted in the Sliding. House of Representatives. where it was expected that Canada's] Admiral .Tellicoe, who has been mak- Royal guest would have much-needed [ ing a tour of the British Dominions about four miles east of Woodstock,] British Empire will probably demand were aware of the presence of the] within the next live years a strong train bearing the heir to the British Eastern fleet, comprising vessels of throne. Soon a crowd had gathered.' the Royal N.avy, the East Indian The guards were prevailed upon to] squadron and the Australian, Cana- inform the Prince that the people of j *''an and New Zealand navies. years, subscribers will be given a' cent, per annum.- choice of maturity, five-year bonds. Arrangement.? have again been due Nov. 1, 1921, or 15-year bonds, j made with tho banks for the puvchase due Nov. 1, 1934. The securities wiili of bonds by small subscribers on the carry interest at the rate of liVi p..r instalment card system, spreading the 30 to 35c; roosters, 23 to 25e; fowl, ers, $16.75. The Three Gold Balls. Much speculation has been ventured cent, per annum, payable May 1, and] payment over tenmonths." Up to their] a^ to the origin and signlflcance of the Nov. 1, and tho issue price" will be! capacity the b:\nks will also accept ] unique trade mark that swings above 100 and accrued interest for both ma-{ bends from small investors for s.ife every pawnshop, says a writer. The tuvities, making the income return' keeping without charge for a period of most popular misconception is that the 5'/t' per cent, per annum. Pua-chasersl one year. | three gold balls stand for the money may pay in full on appli.-stion or in| The subscriptions lists, opened loaned by the pawnbroker, five in.stalments, as follows: October 27 and will close on or before! The Urst pawnbroker in England Ten per cent, on application; 20 per November 15, 1919. was an agent of the .Medici family ot ] cent. Dec. 9, 1919; 20 per cent. Jan. As previously intimated by the Min- Florence, and tho three balls which he quiet. But it was not long until the' :ind dependencies to consider plans j 9, 1920; 20 per cent. Feb. 10, 1920; ister of Finance, the bonds of the new' adopted as his sign were the coat of people, old and young, of the village I for their naval defen?->, says in the] 31.21 per cent. March 9, 1920. The issue wjU not carry the tax exempt' amis of that famous line. For the and surrounding country, which is] report that the naval interests of the, last payment of 31.21 per cent, covers privilag^e which was attached to the' history of the adoption by the Medicls 30 per cent, balance of principal and issues made during the war. This of this heraldry there is a fantastic 1.21 per cent. represt..ting acci-ued in- means that in computing his Dominion tale. It has been said that It was ap- terest at 5Vj per cent, from Nov. 1 to due dates of the respective instal- ments. As a full half-year's interest will be ENGLAND. the rountry&ide wouhl liko just one Admiral Jellicoo estimates tho an- glance at his Royal Highness. Soon i ""»' '^"^^ "^ ^he Far Eastern fleet at he appeare<l, and after answering the: $98,750,000. great cheer with a swing of his hat,| ♦ â-  he mingl''d with the people. "Do not. n i r» be 'ashful because I am," he said, and IssueS Royal Decree then lollowcd a general handshaking! From Los AngeleS with the lads and lassies. The Prince] theg treated all hands to either choc- 1 A despatch from Bi-u.'sels says: â€" olates or cigars. Following this, hoi Tho Belgian P.-irliament has been dis- continued as entertainer. Kntering solved by a Royal decree, which is his car, he soon had his gramophone dated Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 17. close up to the door, and then, while The Cabinet will resign imniediate- the machine reeled off the popular! ly after elections are held. ilALF A MILLION COAL MINERS ' GO ON STRIKE IN UNITED STATES income tax the holder of the new se- propriated by an early Medici,'' one ot curitics who is .-.ubject to the tax will the generals of Charlemagne, who. af- be required to include the interest as i ter slaying a certain terrible giant. part of his taxable income. Illiteracy in Canada Costs 75 Millions A despatch from Winnipeg says: â€" Startling figurer. on the illiteracy of Canada as a whole were given by Dr took oft as a souvenir his great club which had nailed to It three iron balls. EnllKhtenlng If true. It is not true. The fact is that the original balls of tl)o device were blue, and represent- ed nothing more romantic than the pills formerly administered by the Medlcis. who were physicians before Oct. 30, 1918, for the purpose of re-l">''>' "••'"^ money-lenders. The blue Fiume to be Governed by President and Cabinet A despatch from Fiume says: â€" The National Council of Fiume, organized J. T.M.Anderson of Regina at the .ses- j presenting Italian annoxionist claims, i *'«"^ ^''^'â- Â° gilded only about 70 years Washington Conference Fails to Avert Trouble and Appeal of President Wilson Unavailing. A despatch from Washington I charges (lew thick and fast as the says: â€" The last tlovernment effort to groups of operators and miners filed ."vion of the National Rducntional Con- ference, with the declaration that this illiteracy costs the country annually $75,000,000 in lowered production. Unified action by all the provinces in overcoming it was .suggestetl, with n grant of a half million dollars toward tho work from tho Federal Govern- ment and a similar amount from the provinces, Dr. M. Fairchild of Washington, D. C, said there was grave danger in Canada and the United States of a populiistic uprising in sympathy with European Socialistic adjustments. « avert the coal strike set for November 1 failed utterly, and half a million miners (piitted work on the very eve of winter, with the nation's bins run- ninpr <langfirou8ly low. Even an appeal from President Wil- son, sick in bed at the White House, was not tnough to bring pence to a conference that was torn and on tho breakiing point half a dozen times dur- ing the <hiy. Charges and counter- out of the meeting, whivli begjui some what hopefully four days ago. While the operators announced that they had acx'eptcd the Pi'osident's ofl'er to wipe the slate dean an<l negotiate a new wage agreement, the miners charged that the operators had bolted, without tho consent of Secretary of Labor Wilson, the storm centre of an extraordinai^y light to save the coun- try untold distress and sulTeriiig. United States Coal For Europe A despatch from I/ondon says: â€" A despatch to the Evening News from Cardiff says that W. H. Gardner, a Swansea coal operator, on Wednesday in Paris completed an arrgnRcment undiir which six million tons of gas, steam and ordinary coal are^to be shipped from America to continental ports. has made public the method of its dis-] "''"â-  solution, which wilt occur automatical- "^''â- Â°â„¢ "'^ sublime to the ridiculous." ly on tho election of a Municipal As- ! «>«>' s»3^ the disappointed reader. But scmbly by order of Gabriele '""'^ ^'''^'^""'• D'Annunzio. I Bowaro tho gilded pills! The Council in a proclamation! * ' establishes the form of government | p^ Delivers Personal for Fiume, consisting of an Assembly! and a Cabinet, headed by a President' who will be chosen by the members of the .\ssenibly. The Cabinet will be divided into the Departments of the Interior, Treas- ury, Commerce, Transportation, Ed- ucation and Justice. Letter From Queen Mary Earl Curzon Will Succeed Balfour as Foreign Secretary A despatch from London says: â€" It is officially announced that Earl Curzon has I>ecn appointed Foreign Secretary in successiion to Arthur J. Balfour. Mr. Balfour has been appointed lAird Pivsi<lent of the C^ouncil to suc- ceed Earl Curzon. A fire at Boveney Court Farra, near Windsor, did damage to the extent ot nearly £2.000. A gorse lire has been raging at Three- Cliifs in the Gower Peninsula, about eleven miles from Swansea. The trawler St. Cloud, ot Grimsby, with a crew ot ten persons, has beep lost somewhere In the North Sea. A coal miner of Ryhope was fined forty shillings for calling a returned prisoner ot war a "fireside soldier." While cutting corn In the Sheffield di?lrict, a fanner ran his machine into a litter of foxes, cutting them to pieces. William Bowles, of Reading, dived into the River Kennet, and saved a boy from drowning, making the sixth he has saved this summer. While paddling in the shallow water on Mitcham Common, John Baldwin, aged six, of Tooting, sank in a bole and was drowned. George Turner, known as "Geni.<il George," of tho Clerkenwell Police Court, has retired after twenty-eight years service on the police force. J. U. Ogdeu, Deputy Town Clerk of Bath, has been appointed Town Clerk ot Buxton. The Isle of Man Legislative Council hap passed a bill providing for air flight control over the island. The Imperial Government is ready to give 100 airplanes to any Uomlnioni A despatch from Brarttford sayk: â€" A letter of thanks from Queen Mary, delivered personally by his Koyal Highness tho Prince of Wales, is in] ''^Quiring the machines for defence, the proud possession of Miss Gilkin- son, of this city, one of the most indc- fatiguable of war workers. A short ac- count of the life and work of Miss Gil- kin.son, one of the most highly esteem- ed residents of Brantford, had previ- ously been forwarded to tho Queen by E. B. Barnard has been elected, chairman of the Metropolitan Water, Board tor another term of three years. Henry Marvin Wright, who has just' died at Bath, rowed 750 miles down the Danube, Moldau and Elbe in 1S90. « N the local patriotic woilters, and it wasj prance Has Completed a great surprl.se when the Prince . p. •^ , ... handed Miss Giilkinson the Queen's let- Ar my Ue moblhzation ter of appreciation on Monday last. , , , , . „ , ^, A despatch from Pans says: â€" Thj ' I demobilization of the French .-Vrmy, Always shrink a new braid befor&-l jt is announced, is virtually completed. sewing to a skirt, otherwise the hot- 1 Officers to the number of 101,000 tom of the skirt will become puckc"e<r and 4,322,000 men have been mustered the flr.H time of weaning in the rain. I cut. \