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N â- â-  BRITAIN'S NET WAR LOSS IN TONNAGE TOTALS 3,443,012 Building, Buying and Seizing of Ships Cut Down the Gross Amountof 9,031,828â€" 14,000 of Heroic Marine Service Were Killed; 1,519 Are on the Honor List For Bravery. The twenty-sixth annual report of i the Imperial Merchant Service Guild, recently issued in Liverpool, shows that 14,000 officers and men of the British Mercantile Marine gave up their lives for their country in the war.; There are 1,519 names on the honor • list for bravery, coolness and intrepid-, ity in time of danger at ^I'a and on| shore. At the head of tlie list of| decorates! officers in the Uoyal Naviilj Reserve list stands the name of Lieut.' Harold Auten, D. S. C, who won the! Victoria Cross, and the hend of the* long Vravery list is Captain Frank ILi Claret, commander of the Atlantic' tran.sport liner Minnehaha, whose ship' was hit Ijy two torpedoes and went' down in less than four minutes in Sep- tember, 1917, off the southwest coast of Ireland. In this disaster fifty-six' of the officers and crew were drowned. | The citation reads: "For extraordin-! ary heroism and presence of mind when his ship was gunl< by the enemy." | Captain Claret s-aved eleven of hia firemen and sailors who were helpless! in the water by swiniminj; with them to a life raft. The survivors presented! to him a marble clocli as a token of â-  their appreciation of his gallant con-| duct. I The 1,519 decorations awarded to the merchant service Include G Vic- ' toria Cross««, 80 Distinguished Ser- vice Orders, 87 Orders of the British Empire; 410 Distinguished Service^ Crosses, 18 bars to the D.S.C., 38! awards from the French Government, 363 mentioned in dispatches, 270 com- mencJed for services, and 257 other decoral.ions. The mercantile marine not only fed peojile of the allied nations during the war, hut supplied the armies and the navies with ?run:. and ammunition. In addition the l)ig liners like the Olymp- ic, Baltic, Carmania, and Caronia car ried thousands of tons of oil fuel for the British Navy. Thirteen officers of the merchant service were serving during the war in the navy taken from the Royal Naval Reserve, and there were 78,000 firemen and .sailors, 20,000 men in the Government transparts, and 30,000 coastwise sailors and firemen in the trawlers \\hich were doing duty as minesweepers and submarine chasers.' The report states that the official figures show that the total British gross tonnage sunk by the enemy amounted to 9,0.31,828, and the gain in the way of new construction, ton-| nage purchased abroad, ard enemy tonnage captured was $5,588,816, leav-j ing the net loss of British tonnage at 3,143,012, which is nearly double the i.et loss of the other world tonnage.' So far oij the list of honors, only one, knighthood has been awarde;! to the British Mercantile Marine, and thei 7'ecipient was Captain Bertram Foxl Hayes, D.S.O., of the White Star liner' Olympic, wh;j sank two submarine.s off Portsmouth on May 12, 1918, and carried nearly 300,000 troops across the Atlantic and to Muros, in thej Mediterranean without losing a man, although that line had some marvel- ously narrow escapes, as the German submarine commanders were making special efl'orts to sink her. Stony Indian Chiefs, oldest of thoir tribes, smoking the Pipe of Peace in honor of the youthful new chief. Morning Star, otherwise known as the Prince of Wales. I BELGIAN INDUSTRY ICANADA'S NET DEBT RAPIDLY REVIVING NOW $1,750,000,000 Weekly Market Report LEIPZIG FAIR I PREPARING FOR VALUABLE INDEX' NEW VICTORY LOAN Exhibition Afforded Idea of Conditions in Germany. A despatch from London says: â€" A \ttluable index of industrial and com- mercial conditions in Germany after the war is afforded by a report com- i municated to the Daily News by al qualified observer who attended thei recent great fair at Leipzic. The whole fair showed the desire of the German nation to work and recover! dtself, but ever} where one was struck with the hopeless dependency of Ger- many oij^reign raw materials and an increased cost output. In fact, with German glas.-5, pMtery, textile, leatlier, toy and many other industries closed down or opprati:.g at five per cent, or ten per cent, of tlieir normal output, due to the inability to buy raw mater- ials at the present value of the mark, the fair gave direct evidence of Ger- many's very difficult position. From conversation with the ex- hibitors the impression was gathered that nearly all branches of German in<iustry aro on the verge of bank- ruptcy, due, principally, to the short- age of coal, and secondly, to the los.s of export trade, which carries with it inability to purchase the much-neeiled foreign raw materials. To assist in forcing a wedge into foreign markets German manufactur- ers have concentrated on new mechan- ical devices and novelties, which were much lin evidence at the fair. Most of the German representatives arc inclined to the opinion that they would recover tlieir export trade through American and neutral buy- ers. Much as they would prefer to re-establish their pre-war trading con- nection with England, they feel that at present, because of English hostil- ity towards them, they had better con- centrate on American and the neutral rations surrounding Germany. Prices arc a]jproximately from 200 to 300 per cent, above their pre-war level. Peace Treaty Awaiting The King's Proclamation A despatch from London Bays: - Great Britain's ratification of the J'oncfi Treaty, the Foreign Offlco says, uwiilta only llio King's proclamation. All Ihe Dominions have ratified tho trouty, tho Ausilrallan House on Sep- tember 19 and tho Sennte. Many Active Workers Volun- teer Services For the Big Csunpaign. Reports from chairmen of the Pro- vincial Committees all through the country indicate that tho Victory Loan organinaticn is getting warmed up for the campaign. A notable feature is that voluntary effort is proving available to an extent which compares favorably with the previous campaigns. In the Province of Ont- ario, for instance, it is reported that already, out of the (12 county chairmen for last year's campaign, acceptances for acting in the same capacity this year have been received from 43 of them, while others are not yet heard from finally, while a few of course find that special circuni.stances this year do not leave them as free to act as they were in previous campaigns. British Columbia reports that volun- tary workers are available in large numbers, while tho campaign in that province has a strong military flavor, ^ith Brig.-Gen. Odium as vice-chair- man for the province and Brig.-Gen. Clark, chairman for the city of Vic- toria and the island di.strict. It is reported that there is a growing ap- preciation throughout tho country of the necessity for making the loan an abundant suicess in order that there may be no .setback to the prosperity of the countiy. Bread-stuffs. Toronto, Oct. 14. â€" Manitoba wheat â€"No. 1 Northern, $2.30; No. 2 North- ern, $2.27; No. 3 Northern, .'i;2.23, in store Fort William. Manitoba cat.sâ€" No. 2 CW, 80%c; No 3 CW, 77%c; ex>ra No. 1 feed, 78..,c; No. 1 feed, 7ij%c; No. 2 feed, 74'/8C, in store Fort William. .Manitoba barley â€" No. 3 CW, $1.33VJ.; No. 4 CW, $1.25%; rejected, $1.14%; feed, $1.14V*, in store Fort William. American corn â€" No. 3 yellov/, nom- inal. No. 4 yellow, nominal. Ontario oatsâ€" No. 3 white, 84 to 8Gc, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat â€" No. 1 Winter, per car lot, $2 to $2.00; No. 2 do, iJl.Ov to $2.03; No. 3 do, $1.93 to $1.1'9, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Ontario wheatâ€" No. 1 Spring, $2.02 to $2.08; No. 2 Spring, $1.99 to $2.05; No. 3 Spring, $1.95 to $2.01, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Barleyâ€" Malting, $1.29 to $L32, ac- coiflitig to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" Nominal. Rye â€" Nominal. Manitoba flour â€" Government stand- ard, $11, Toronto. Ontario flour â€" Government stand- ard, Montreal and Toronto, $9.40 to $9.00, in jute bags, prompt shipment. Millfeed â€" Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $45; shorts, per ton, $55; good feed flour, per bag, $3.50. Hay â€" No. 1, per ton, $24 to -$25; mixed, per ton, $18 to $21, track, To- ronto. Sti-aw- Car lots, per ton, $10 ti) $11, track, Toronto. Country Produce â€" Wholesale. Butter â€" Dairy, tubs and rolls, 38 to 40c; prints, 40 to 42c. Creamery, fre.sh made solids, 52 to 52 Vic; prints, 53 to 53f/jc. Eggs â€" 53 to 55c. Dressed poultry â€" Spring chickens, 25 to 30c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 20 to 25c; ducklings, 25 to 30c; turkeys, 35 to 40c; squabs, doz., $4.50. Live poultry â€" Spring chickens, 22 to 25c; roosters, 20c; fowl, 18 to 25c; ducklings, 20c; turkeys, 35c. Cheese â€" New, large, 28 to 29c; twins, 28% to 29Vic; triplet:;, 29 to 30c; Stilton, 31 to 32c. Butter â€" Fresh dairy, choice, 47 to 49c; creamery prints, 5t) to 58c. Margarineâ€" 33 to 38c. Eggsâ€" No. I's, 57 to 58c; selects, Gl to C2c. Dressed poultry â€" Spring chickens, 30 to 35c; roosters, 23 to 25c; fowd, 30 to 34c; turkeys, 40 to 45e; drjcklinps, 31 to 35c; squabs, doz., $(1.00. Live poultry â€" Spring chickens, 22 to 2(1; fov.-l, 23 to 25c; duc'.:s, 22 to 25c. Beans â€" Canadian hand-picked, bus., $5.25 to SSS.'Zo; primes, $4.25 to $4.75; Japnns, $4.75 to $5; Imported, hand- picked, Burma, $4; Linias, 15 to 16c. Honey â€" Extracted clover, 5-lb. tins, 24 to 25c; 10-Ib. tins, 23Mi to 24c; GO-lb tins, 23 to 24c; buckwheat, fiO-lb. tins, 18 to 20c; Comb, IG-oz., $4..50 to $5 doz.; 10-oz., $3.50 to $4, dozen. Maple products â€" Syrup, per imper- ial gallon, $3.15, per 5 imperial gal- lons, $3; sugar, lb., 27 to 28c. Provision.<5 â€" Wholesale. Smoked meatsâ€" Hams, med., 43 to 44c; do, heavy, 3G to 3Sc; cooked, 5G to 59c; rolls, 33 to 35c; breakfast bacon, 4G to 50c; backs, plain, 48 to 50c; boneless, 53 to 55c. Cured meats â€" Long clear bacon, 32 to 33c; clear bellies, 31 to 32c. Lardâ€" Pure tierces, 30 to 30%c; tub.s, 30V4 to 31c; pails, 30% to 31V4c; prints, 31 V" to 32c. Compound tierces, 27 to 27%; tubs, 27 Vb to 28c; pails, 27% to 28'4c; prints, 29 to 29^bC. Montreal .Markett: Montreal, Oct. 14.â€" Oats â€" E.xtra No. 1 feed, 93%e. Flourâ€" New stand- ard grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled oats â€"Bags, $4.45 to $5. Bran, .$45; Shorts, $55; Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $22 to $23. Cheese, finest east- erns, 25c; butter, choicest creamery, 58 to 59c; eggs, fresh, 68c; selected, 63c; No. 1 stock, 56 to 57c; No. 2 stock, 53 to 54c; potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.40. Dressed hogs â€" Abattoir killed, $25.50 to $26. Lardâ€" Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 30 to 30%c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Oct. 14. â€" Choice heavy steers, $13 to $13.50; good heavy steers, $12.50 to $12.75; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $12 to $12.50; do, good, $11.25 to $11.50; dj, med., ?10 to .$10.75; do, com., $7 to $7.50; bulls, ch;.'?c, $10 to $10.50; do, med., $9.50 to $9.75; do, rough, $7.50 to $8; butch- er cows, choice, $10.25 to $10.75; do, good, $9 to $9.25; do, med., $8 50 to $9; do, com., $7 to 7.50; stockers. $7.50 to $10; feeders, $10 to $11.25; canners and cutters, $5 to $0.25; mil'.iers, good to choice, $110 to $150| do, com. and med., $65 to $75; sprmgers, $90 to $150; light ewes, $8 to $9; yearlings, $9 to $10; spring Iambs, per cwt., $13.75 to- $14.25; calves, good to choice, $17.50 to $21.50; hogs, fed and watered, $18; do, weighed off cars, $18.25; do, f.o.b., $17; do, do, to farm ers, $16.75. Country Bids Fair to be the First in Europe to Recover From War's Ravages. Belgium, the first country overrun by the Germans, bids fair to be the first to rehabilitate herself. Her basic industries are rapidly getting back to normal and her exports of commodi- ties since the signing of the armistice have been at a growing rate, which indicates that within a reasonable time Belgium will be standing on her own feet in the commercial world. "The coal mines of Belgium were not damagetl," the report says, "as the invader meant to keep them, but they suffered abnormal wear and tear, par- ticularly uix)n their hoist^g cables, which have to be replaced. The output at the beginning of 1919 wa.s 60 per cent, of the pre-war total. It is now I 84 per cent. i "The two causes which delayed the complete restoration of this industry, ; viz., insufficiency of transport and j diminution 'of the productive capacity ' of the workmen, are gradually disap- , pearing, and we feel that we can say we shall soon reach the pre-war fig- I ures, as' far as total output is con- I cerned. Belgium lis already able to ' export coal to her neighbors to the I following amounts: Three hundred i thousand tons monthly to France, 50,- I 000 to Italy, 10,000 to Holland and : 50,000 to Switzerland, making a total I of 410,000 tons monthly, or 4,920,000 : yearly. This assures to Belgium a I yearly income of more than 200,000,- , 000 francs, a rather important factor I toward the rehabilitation of the ex- change. "Our iron works suffered dismantl- ing and destruction. Several years w^ill bo necessary for complete repair, al- though work is already under way everywhere, and is being carried on with great energy. In 1911, there were fifty-two blast furnaces in Bel- gium, producing 2,300,000 tons of pig iron, twenty-three of these were to- tally destroyed and ten -vere seriously damaged. Repairs are, of course, very difficult. Nine furnaces are now work- ing. "Agniculture never suffered during the war, except in the war zone. The yield of this year's crop will be alniojt equal to that of normal pre-war years. Lands lying in the war zone and de- vastated by shell fire will be taken by the Government, which will take over the farms, work them, and finally turn them Lack to their original own- ers in good condition. "Many of the railways, when the Germans were forced to retreat, were ^destroyed, but rapid progress has been made in restoring tho roads to work- ing condition. Gennany has replaced, to a great extent, the rolling sto.'k which she had taken away, and prac- tically all the stationary equipment has been so far restored as to provide slow transportation of freight, about as in normal times. On the main lines passenger traffic is already quite as intensive and as rapid as before the war." Country's Financial Situation Shown in Monthly Balance Sheet. A despatch from Ottawa says: â€" A disappointing situation liu regard tc the Dominion finances is reveale<i in the monthly balance sheet of the Fin- ance Department. During last month the net debt of the Dominion increased by nearly sixty-flve million dollars, as corapaa-ed with an increase of a little under twenty-eight millions for the ' month of September last, year. The new debt now stands at,Jjl,750,000,000. Before the war the net debt was : $336,000,000. I Last month's increase in the net ; debt was chiefly d'ue to v.'ar expendi- ' tuve arising out of the war. Ex- penditure under the heading of "War," j in fact, was about twenty-three mi!- j Idon dollars higher than in Septembr/ of last year. The figures are: War expenditure, September, 1918, $39,484,- 000; war expenditure, September, , 1919, $62,253,000. Part of this, how- over, is expenditure incurred in previ- ous months. The figure is the total of payments for the moath which pas- sed through the books of the Finance Department. War expenditure for the six months endiing September 30 com- I pares as follows: 1919, $183,7-10,000: I 1918, $103,064,000. I CANADIANS SHOW I NATIVE RESOURCE (Transport 600 Men to Ocean I Liner in Spite of Railway Strike. A despatch from London say^?:â€" The recent railway strike brought out a smart piece of Canadian resource and organization at Buxton depot. - On Sunday 600 men were to join the Belglc at Liverpool and a special train had been arranged for Saturday morn- ing, but on Friday evening it was can- colled. Col. Hanson, ecmimander. and his staff, not to bo beaten, however, began to organize a road transport, ' and, with the assistance of Capt. Smythe, of a local volunteer detach- ment, It was all fixed up in four hours from Manchester and London. By , Saturday morning the lorries were all on hand. Saturday evening brought \ news that the last man was aboard the j Belgic. At a civic farewell ceremoi'y at Bux- ton on Thursday last, Col. Hansos ! planted a maple tree commemorating i the Canadians' long and intimate as- sociation with the town. * German Goods Coming Slowly Into Britain A despatch from Leith, Scotland, says: â€" The steamship Weimar arrived here from Hamburg with oidy 150 tons of German goods, which rather dis- countenances the fours of British manufacturers of the Germans <lump- ing tlieir protlucts on tho United King- dojn. Tho ship's officers aver that (iermany is extremely short of mw materials. ->- Canada Steamships Line to Enlarge Its Service A despatch from London says; â€" Cak Grant Morden states that the Canada Rtenni^hips Line intends to greatly enlarge it.i ocean .service. Be- side the direct French service already operating, similar services will be in- stalled in Holland and Belgium within a few weeks. The patient is having trouble with his convalescence. One war hero that doesn't seem to be recuperating. Sweden Prepares to Join The League of Nations A despatch from Stockholm says: â€" The extraordinary session of the Swedish Parliament is being continued while the ratification of the German peace treaty by a sufficient number of the great powers to put it into effect is being awaited. W'hen this occurs the question of Sweden join.ing the League of Nations will be immediately discussed by the Parliamentary body. The leaders of all the Swedish part- ies have expressed themselves as in favor of Sweden's entrance into the league. .> King of the Belgians Ran Engine on Royal Train A despatch from Chicago says: â€" Tho King of the Belgians ran tho en- gine of his train for ten miles. The train on which the King and his party are travelling westward was stopped at Wnuseon, Ohio, while his Majesty climbed Into the cab of the engine and took over the throttle from the grimy pilot. The King, who has a thorough knowledge of locomotive engineering, ran the heavy train for ten miles with- out a Jolt. Then he stopped the en- gine and returned to hIa car. Makes Women EHgible To Serve on Juries A desipatoh from London says:â€" British women wnll soon be eligible to serve on junies by the Sex Disquali- fication (removal) Act, 1919. "Therj is a proviBo inserted By the House oi Lords which leaves to the judge oi other presiiding officer the power tc make an order that the jury shall >k composed of men or women only, as the case may require, and to exempt a woman on her application from serv- ice in any particular case. Will Enforce Treaty, Says the Tiger A despatch from Paris says:â€" _ Speaking in the Senate on the d|is- armament of Germany, Leon Bour- geois declared that measures would have to be applied immediately aJJter ratification of the treaty to that end. Premier Clemenceau, interrupting, said : "They will be; do not doubt it. On© hundretl French officers are in Berlin to see to lit." . .>__ Women's Service Corps Members to Emigrate A despatch from London says: â€" Simultaneously with news from Ot-. tawa of a soldiers' emigration selec- tion committee to England, details are pu'Mishod of a new policy of emi- gration to Canada of women members of the service corps. It is ant^oip^t^d that a large proportion of the twc i hundred thou-;and women will be ap- i-plicants for free passage to the Do- [ minions, and it is hoped to start the â-  scheme early next year. JL^Xftix^rcA-xxy- «:> \jjf yy • JElXft Bf COLUX-iLL iifl IT VVHEN I <>\:y HONE re« â- bTAXlN' OUT â- Â»AW- TELL YOUR WIFE YOU \VU2 AT A ^WELL CLUB /\H MET AN OPERA t.>NC,ER AW HE WUZ TAUKIM- OPE»a C To -YOUbE/ir^ ) ( 11 • f V I