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'IP' J â-  \ â€" T ^^^ U.S. DID NOT INVEST LARGELY IN BONDS Other Flotations More Attrac- tive llian Ciunadian Victory Loan. A despatch from Ottawa s«y«:â€" Bir Henry Drayton, Minister of Fin- Bn<*, stated that ciiizens oJ th« United States did not buy so many of Can- ida's Victory bonds as commonly re- ported. A great deal of interedt was taken in the flotation, but just as they were betfinnir.jj to piirchi-.se Victory bonds (Jreat Britiiin floa'cd a loan at 6% per cent., ai.d this hiRhw rat« made investors forget Canada's offer- insra. Asked what hopes the Covertiment had of Canada's ovcrtaUin^ the un- favoi-nble exchange situation. Sir Henry said that t)ie Government could do iiothinK to affoct that situation. "So long as the people of Canada persiBtl in imjxirting expensive arti- cles so long shall we have an adverse trade balance." he said. "If that could be \vipe<i out the cxcliango situa- tion wou!<l tal;e care of itself." "Will American investors get any ; advantage from the 5 per cent, ex-- diiangc cliarged against Canadian I money?" he was asked. , "The interest on Victory Loan bonds I U payable in Otta\va, so tha- we shall have the exchange," he answered, ' During the six months of C^nada'.^ . fiscal year ending September 4 Can- ada's adverse trade balance with the United States was $135,352,901 It is atated here that it is impossible to float a loan in the United States to \ stabilize the situation. Sir Thomas White said before the Parliamentary Committee on Soldiers' Civil Re-ostab- , lishment at ths last session of Parlia- : ment that the eeventy-five million dollars loan Hegotiatcd in New York j last Eummer represented about as ] heavy a loan as Canada could raasc there. If the amount had been one hundred millions lie doubted if it could have been negotiated. « 2,400 CANADIANS SlILLJN BRITAIN Military Authorities Troubled by Missing of Sailings. A despatch from London rays: â€" More than a ye«ir aft?r the signing of the armistice there are still 2,400 Canadian soldiers in Britain awaiting ropatriation apart from tlie twenty odd thousand discharged men. While the number is small, it is supplement- ed by an equal number of dependents, and they have been giving the military authorities much trouble of late througlj their failure to turn up at a vteanipr after their passage had l)een booked. A recent derision that married soldiers be allowed free repatriation after six months' delay for family reasons promises to lengthen greatly the work of repatriation now almost concluded. ^K. ,P -.V'' â-  >^' < m -:£.;ii ^r-Jli^r^M-^ ..u\ • 1 /-v . I . <^ ft. I- /^ < of Heal vluclal Smith. â- :om left to right the men are: I!,.n, H. U.-wi,i;-)., .Mi;.. <>i Lsm^is & Forc.t.?; Hon. W. E. Kaney, .AKornov Ooneral: Hon. W R. Uollo, Mtn. Ml and Labor; Hon. Lt.-Col. D. Cannldiaei, Min. Without Portfolio; Hon. Manning W. Doherty, MIn. of .Agriculture; Hon H. C. N'lxon, Pra- Hecretary; Hon. K C. Drury, Prlmo Mlnl.ter; Hon. It. H. Gr.u.t. MIn. of Education; Hon. F. C. Biggs, .Min, of Public Works; Hon. Peter I lovlnclal Treasurer; Hon. H. Mills, Minister of Mines. Wee'dy Market Repoil United Stales to Hand Over German Liners to Britain A despatch from Washington says: â€" Settlement of the controversy over the disposition of the German liner Impcrator was indicated by .Ship- ping Board officials, who intimated the ship would l>e tendered immedi- ately to Great Britain. Action with regard to the seven other Gennan steamers in the same stal IS had not been deternvncd, it was â- aid. It will depend, it was indicated, on final disposition of the tankers, under the German flag, but .American owned, now held in the Firth of Forth by the direction of tlve Supreme Coun- cil. --♦ Australia Being Swept by Devastating Dr >ught A despatch from London says: â€" Australia, especially New South Wales, is suflToring the most devastat- ing drought since white men have re- aiided in that country, even tlie drought of 1902 being surpa.if-ed, according to a Sydney despatch to The Daily Mail. Stocks and crops have been destroy- ed, and it is doubtful whether there â- wiU be enough seed wheat for next B«a8on'a sowing. Hundreds, and per- haps thousands, of .iettlers have V>een ruined. Northwestern Now South Wales is described as a desert, being stripped of everything green. Paddocks are Uttered with Iho skeletons of cattle, and even rabbits are dying in vast numbers. Bread-stuffs. ' i Toronto, Nov; 25. â€" Manitoba v.hcat â€"No. 1 Northern, ?2.30; No. 2 North- em, ?2.27; No. 3 Noillio.n, ?2.23, in rtoro Fort William. Ma.i:toba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.V/., SOViC; No. 3 CW, 84c; No. 1 feed, 81-!;;e, No. 2 feed, 70 'Ac, in store Fort William. Man. b.irlevâ€" No. 3 CW, $1.51 ';,; No. 4 CW, .$1.44 %; rejected, ?^1.34%; feed, $1.34%, in Ktore Fort William. American corn--No. 2 yellow, $LV.'3; No. 3 yellow, .$1.74, track, Toronto, prompt shipments. i Ontario oat.s~No. 3 white, 87 to 89c, 1 according to freights outside. | Ontario wheatâ€" No. 1 Winter, per; car lot, .$2 to $2.0G; No. 2 do, $1.97 to' $2.03; No. 3 do, $1.93 to $1.99, f.o.b.l shipping; points, according to fra'phts. ' Ontario wheatâ€" No. 1 Spring, $2.02! to $2.08; No. 2 Spring, $1.99 to $2.08;' No. 3 Spring, $1.95 to $2.01, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Peasâ€" No. 2, .$2.50. Barley â€" Malting, $1.47 to $1.50, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckv/heatâ€" $1.32 to ?.1.34. Rye â€" Nominal. Manitoba flour â€" Government stand- ard, $11, Toronto. Ontario flour â€" Government stand- ard, $9.50 to $9.00, Montreal and To- ronto, in jute bags, prompt shipment. Millfeed â€" Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $45; shorts, per ton, $52; good fee<l flour, $3.15 to $3.50. Hayâ€" No. 1, per ton, $25 to $26; mixed, per ton, $20 to $22, track, To- ronto. ! Country Produce â€" Wholesale. Butter â€" Dairy, tubs and rolls, 43 to, 1 44c; prints, 48 to 50c. Creamery, : fresh made solids, CO to 61c; prints,! iCl to 62c. I I Eggs â€" Held, 52 to 54c; new laid, 65! I to 68c. ! I Dressed poultry â€" Spring chickens, 26 to 30c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 20 to I 25c; ducklings, 25 to 30c; turkeys, 35 to 40c; squabs, doz., $4.50. I Live poultry â€" Spring chickens, 20 to 23c; roosters, 20c; fowl, 18 to 25c;! ducklings, 20c; turkeys, 35c. | Cheese â€" New, large, 31% to 32c;, twins, 32 to 32%<;; triplets, 33 to 33Vjc; Stilton, 34 to 3.5c. Butter â€" Fresh dairy, choice, 53 to^ 55c; creamery prints, 64 to (i6e. | Margarine â€" .33 to 38c. Eggsâ€" No. 1, on to 61c; selects, 63 to ()4f; new laid, 80 to 8.')c. 1 Dressed poultry â€" Spring chickens, ' 30 to 33c; roosters, 23 to 25c; fowl,' 30 to 32c; turkeys, 45c; ducklings, 34 to 35e; squabs, doz., $6.00. | Live poultry â€" Spring chickens, 22! to 2Gc; fowl, 23 to 25c; duck-s, 22 to 25c. ' Beansâ€" Canadian, hand-picketl, bus.,! $5.25 to $5.75; pi-imes, $4.25 to $4.75; PRINCE EKTERTAIS 1,000 NEW Japans, $4.7,") to .T.5; imported, hand- picked, Burma, ?4; Limas, 17'/i to Ifoncy â€" Extracted clover, 5-lb. tins, 25 to 26c; 10-lb. tins, 24 '.i to 25c; 60- II). tins, 24c; buckwheat. OO-lb. tins, 18 to 20c; comb, 16-oz., .$4.50 to $5 doz.; lO-oz., ?3..')0 to $4 dozen. Mtti>lc products â€" Syrup, per imper- ial gallon, cmfwyp mfwyp infwypwyp Provisions Wholesale. Smoked meats â€" Hams, med., 36 to 38c; do, heavy, 31 to 32c; cooked, 49 to 51c; rolls, 30 to Sic; breakfast bacon, 42 to 46c; backs, plain, 17 to 48c; boneless, 49 to 52c. Cured meats â€" Long clear bacon, 31 to 32c; clear beliics, ,30 to 31c. > Lard â€" Pure tierces, 29 to 20Vic; tubs. 29% to 30c; pails, 29% tj 30'.ic; prints, 30 to 30V&c; Comoornd tierres, 27% to 28c; tubs. 28 to 28%c; pails, 281,1 to 28%c; prints, 29% to 30c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Nov. 25. ~0:i'.s, extra No. 1 feed, .)7c. I'^lour, ne.v standard grade,' $11 to $11.10. Rolled oats, bags, 90 lbs., $4.50 to $4.55. Bran, $43 to .$45. Shorts, $50 to $52. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $24 to $25. Cheebo, finest easterns. 28c. Butter, choicest cream- ery, 65% to 66c. Eggs, fresh, 80c; do, selected, 6.5c; do. No. 1 stock, 58c:. do. No. 2 stock, .5'>c. Potatoes, per bag,' car lots, $2 to $2.30. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, f;25. Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 31c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Nov. 25. â€" Choice heavy steers, $13.25 to $13.,50; good heavy steers, $12.50 to $13; butchers' cattle, choice, $11.75 to S12 25; do, goo<l, $10.75 to $11.35; do, n.c-d., .$9.25 to $9.75; do, com., $6 to $6.75; bulls, choice, $10 to S10..50; do. med., $9 to $9.25; do, rough, $7.25 to $7.50; but- cher cows, choice, $10 to $10.50; do, good, $9 to $9.25; do, med., $8.25 to $8..50; do, com., $6.50 to $7; atockers, $7.50 to $10; feeders, $10 to $11.25; oanners and cutters, $5.25 to $6.50; milkers, good to choice, $110 to $175- do, com. and med., $65 to $75: spring- ers, $90 to $175; light ewes, .$8 to $9; spring lambs, per cwt., $13.50 to $14; Calves, good to choice, $17 to $18; hog's, fed and watered, $16.75; do, weighed olT cars, $17; do, f.o.b., $15.75; ^.o. do, to farmers, $15.50. Montreal, Nov. 25. â€" Butcher steers, com., $6.75 to ?8.50: butcher heifers, com., $5.50 to $7.25, butcher cows, med., $5.75 to- $7.50; canner.*?, $4.75; cutters, $5 to .$5.75; butcher bulls, ccm., S5.50 to $6; goo<l veal, $14 to $16; medium, $8 to $13; grass, $6..50 to $7; ewes, $7 to $8; lambs, good, $13.75 to $14; common, $12 to $18; hogs, selects, $17.25; lights, $15.25 to $16.25; heavies, $16.25; .sows, $12.25 to $13.25. YORK SClieOL ^ "RENOWN" D^lighlpO Yoimgslers Allowed to Wander A!I Over Greatest Man-o' War That Ever Entered New York Harbor â€" H.R.H. Makes a Speech From a Capstan. the A despatch from New York says: â€" One thousand New York school chil- ilren from twenty-nine high schools went aboard the British battle cruiser Renown Friday afternoon to see the Prince of Wales. They were conveyed to the warship in a naval tug and two of the municipal steamboats. The police beat patrol, covered wiih .A.m- enican ami British flags and the band on deck playing popular airs, circled around during the reception. About half the number were young women, with a sprinkling of girl.^, and the remainder were youths, who all carried American flags. The officers and the crew of the Renown expected to have 1,000 children come on board the ship, and had made preparations for them. The scene on board the warship in the afternoon was one of the most picturesque that has attended the Prince's visit to .\merica. The children were selected by lot from the high schools of the gi'eater city, fifteen boys and fifteen girls from each school. As each boy and girl arrived at the gang- way of the Renown, he or she was handed an invitation to tea by a mid- shipman ai>out the same age as the guest. Tea, however, was the last thing in the young Vi'sitors' thoughts. They v^antcd to s^e their Royal host, and they could not be enticed into the flag-be;lecked dining rooms until the Prince appeared. When a ftw hundred of the juvenile guests were assembled and cheering him on the ((uarter-deck under the awning, the Prince cf Wales walked into a position am.idships and, stand- i ing on the capstan, said: I "I am delighted to welcome so many' girl.3 and boys of the . New York schools on board the Renown and I th>?nk you for the kindly welcome you have given me in New York and the friendly words which have been ad- dressed to me. The Renown, as you see, is a very large ship, but she is not large enough to hold the many thousands of beys and girls of New York whom I would like to invite on board to-day. I have been having a very good time in this great city, and I hope you will have a good time here this afternoon, and I hope you will carry away a happy memory of my party. 'I want you to have some small memento of this party and I have therefore an-anged for you to be given a box of chocolates before leaving the ship. I thank you for coming." The Prince's \ is.it to America was brought to a dose on Saturday with the decorating on board the Renown of more than 100 American soldiers and sailors v/ho won honors on the battlefields of Europe. The Renown sailed for Halifax on Saturday after- noon. CANADIANS ADOPT RUSSIAN MASCOTS Two Little Peasants Whose Parents Are in the Hands cf Bolshevik!. A despatch from London says: â€" A new type of mascot was adopted by the Canadian forces in Siberia in the form of/ two Uu:9sian peasant boys whose parents'^are in the hands of the Rolaheviki, but who are themselves to be given an opportunity of becoming Canadian citi;;enH. These boys, who have made their homo in the Y.M.C.A. Beaver Hut in London for some months past, are natives of a village north of Archangel, and like the maj- oi'ity of Russian peasant children, have had no education. They were found homeless near Archangel by Canadian officers serving with the North Russia expeditionary force. The task of making the refugees Canadian citizens has been accepted by Major .S. B. Pepler, M.C., Toronto, who sailed for Canada on the Megantic on Wed- nesday with one of tlie bovs, while Major W. 0. White, R.C.R.,"will look after the other one. i Britain Has Borne Burden Of the Famine in Austria A despatch from London says: â€" Premier Lloyd George, replying to questions in the House of Commons, said he saw no hope of amelioration in the economic situation of Vienna with- out the help of the United States. The British had already given aid to the Viennese Government amounting to three and one-half miillion pounds steo-ling, but the Premier announced that Great Britain did not intend to bear the greater part of the burden of the famine in that country. Prince's Visit to Spain Said to Be Arranged A despatch from London says: â€" King George is said to have given a promise that the Prince of Wales shall jxay a formal visit to Madrid next year. It lis understood that a round of festivities will be organized in his honor in Spain. ComblnflM Chair and Cradle. l''or the coTivenlence of parents of infants a combined rocking chair and cradle has been patented. War Losses $331,612,542,560 Dead 12,990,571. A despatch from Washington says: â€" The fir.st comprehensive report on the "Direct and Indirect Costs of the War" has just been made by the Carnegie Endowment for Internation- al Peace and published in a volume under that title. The direct costs for countries ac- tually involve<l in the war are put at $186,000,000,000 and the indirect costs at $151,612,542,500. The latter total includes losses to neutrr.ls, which are put at $1,750,000,000. It also includes loss of production, put at $45,000,000,. 000, Sad war relief estimated at $1,- 000,000,000. The capitalized valuo of soldier hu- man life, also given among the in- direct costs, is placed at $33,531,270,- 280. The property losses are divided as follows: On land, $29,960,000,000; to shipping and cargc, $6,800,000,000. The report, which was gathered by Ernest L. Bogart, professor of econ- omics in the University of Illinois, in estimating the "capitalized value of human life," fixes the worth of the individual at figures ranging from $2,020 in Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Japan, Roumania, Serbia and several other countries, up to $4,720 for the United States, where the economic worth of the imlividual to the -naition is placed at the highest. An additional $33,351,000,000 is allowed for civilian losses. Althoug'h many of the latter were of children and old persons, the estimate given for tiha civilian loss is believed to be conserva- tive. The number of known dead is placed at 9,998,771, and the missing presumed to be dead at 2,991,800. To the losises from |ieath and wounds thpre is added "those resulting from disease, pesti- lence, privation, hardship, physical ex- haustion and similar c luses." :??\ SCOTLAND. Hi* The death has occurred at Alness of Alexander Ross, brother of Town Councillor J. A. Ross. Beatiug and trench digging have been unsuccessfully resorted to to quench the moor and forest fires in Tain district. The inhabitants of Stornnway were entertained to a garden £^e by Lord Lovorhulme at his castle grounds. The death is announced on the Af- ghan front of Capt. Alex. Thomson, brother of Mrs. Mackenzie, of Castle ! Dobbie. i Dr. Owen Rold, of Inverness, has been appointed Medical Officer of Health for Lochcarron parisB. The estate of Inverernate, situated on the banks of Loch Dulch and con- sisting of 22,000 acres, is being sold by Sir Keith Fraser. Andrew Lindsay, J. P., of Golspie, has been appointed a deputy-lieutenant for Sutherlandshlre. The Duchess of Sutherland has been appointed a lady of Grace of the Or- der of St. John of Jerusalem. The death is announced of A. M. M. McAdie, for twenty-flve years secretary of the Glasgow Caithness Benevolent Association. The Hon. Mrs. Douglas Vickera has arrived at TuUooh Castle, Dingwall, for the season. NEW CONSTITUTION FOR EGYPTIANS Britain Will Also Confer Self- Government on Malta. A despatch from London says: â€" A coiLvtitution for FJgypt and local self- government for Malta, both of which were announced on Thursday, are de- signed to meet the unrest in thosa coimtries, which have been demanding the applic;ation to themseives for the theories of self-determinsuion and th« rights of smaller nationalities. The extreme Egyptian nationalistj have raised the banner of complete independence, like the Sinn Fein, and Cairo mesages say that the Cabinet has resigned as an aasiwer to Field Marshal Allenby's statement of the British plans. One of the Egyptian complaints has been that Great Britain has published its intention to maintain a protector- ate, but has kept the Egyptians in the dark regarding what is meant by a protectorate, and how it is to be car- ried on. Great Britain's action in pre- venting an Egyptian nationalist dele- gation from going to the Paris Con- ference to present grievances has been another cause for complaint. The Government's justification be- fore the charges of neglecting Egypt has been the enormous load of other matters on its hands. The Milner Commission, which is to investigate tha causes of unrest in Egypt, has not yet started, and the natives threaten to boycott it and re- fuse to give any information. Malta was in a state of tumult for several weeks during the summer, but there were no casualties, and little news of the movement there has reached England. Small attent'on has been paid to it on account of other overshadowing events. Another sign of the tin:es is that a group of Burmese, with the support of former British Burman officials,! have begun an agitation for including'! Burma in the new m asaires of se!f-j government which the Montague scheme will give India. .> First Party of Women Settlers For Canada A despatch from London says: â€" In a dismal rain, but in splendid spirits, the first official party of British wo- men settlers under the Dominion Gov- ernment scheme left Euston on Thurs- day morning for the Canadian land of promise and hard work. Others from all parts of the British Isles joined them at Liverpool, bring- ing the number to seventy-five. ,. A hardier, healthier seventy -five lol of girls ne\'er left this land before. AlJ have worn uniform, and are under m. illusion that life consists entirely ol chiffon and sugarcake. The Canadian housewives who se- cure the help of these eager pioneers must be prepared to welcome vigorous young women who have contracted thf awful habit of work. ' Every one in this pilgnim band wears a hopeful spray of maple leavej on her badge. -♦- Niagara-on-the-Lake Has Won Forty-Seven Crests I Niagara-on-the-Lake passed its mil- lion mark and has 47 ci-ests on its flag, making a record of 1,293.3 of its ob-i jective. Its total buyLngs were $1,099,- j 300. I When Water Talks. "Katie," one of the most wonderful inventions e.\hibited at the recent ship- ping engineering exhibition in London, Is likely to prove the most valuable aid to sea captains and navigators yet discovered. "Katie" is the name given to the Invention of au engineer, by. which he makes water talk. It Is an automatic float, with a sen- sitive depth-fluding mechanism con- nected telephonlcally, and is placed on the surface of the watsr. .Another delicate instrument rests on the bot- tom, with a wire comiection. When au engineer wants to know the depth of water at a particular spot he rings up "Katie" on the 'phono and she tella him the exact depth. She speaks in soft, jerky buzzes in, the manner of the Morse code, and when she gets out of her depth she stutters. If the current is too strong she becomes speechles3. "Katie" will also warn a captain how much water has got into U)e hold or the engine.! room after a collision. The floating ship's safe is another wonderful Invention. It automatically casta itself adrift from a sinking ship, and will send up a distress signal every hour for twelve hours. A sound signal is also given, and it will burn a light at night for tliree months. Those fi.?h which sleep do so '.vitli their eyes open, as they have no eye- lids. Tom Skene, a native of Tain, wsi married recently iu Winnipeg, to Miss Margaret Mackenzie, of Delny. BRINGING UP FATHER JUST LOOK DAU<HTER H^^ PICKED OUT THE MOVV 5>TVLISH , <,II^L HERE TO T^LK â- -, TO- SHE CEI^TMtsu^f KNOwJ how TO <eT Iti WITH P tiOClET^ FOLK-,- I â-  ^^.^^^:-^:..:.