3 !:\u-.. JsSS ® S : S, Posy R As, » - (N I S v /e By (L i e z :-\'«:‘;7 o "S‘ f 2 ; &é‘ & - «\/ & . ; —-3? X {7;;,\ {\ S v ;}" Ses ot T (] BT A AT AANGS) / W\, NG N(g e pas 3 A0 LR N ol iSy (= v 7o S/ R - BEaN s :;‘ ; X s 5o % | ;"—1 g % fj“i%?- g /¢§ @ e /’%r’ =? ~«,j’Q@ \@} f@ %‘%?.} Y K&k ,-4\,:‘?'/j?? $ - s "‘/ %irl Y st et e s -e = - f’?:——,_-:-_" .j.wv—“ e e e ityS CHRISTIANSTED, Y.L U. 8 A.., MONDAY, 91 JULY, 194 | to send American, instead of Nova Sco- | tia coa: up the St. Lawrence. 2 the first i inierference wiih e mpuny property oe- | curred this afternoon at No. 2 colliery, | where pickets refused to allowr switen j engines to s! int ruel into the boiler | plants where officials were endeaveuring | to keep up steam. As a result the fags | have stopped, gas is accumulating in tb | pit, which is the largest coal niine in | Canada, and within a few hours the ' pumyps wili be down and the mine flood- | ing with water from the subiaarine | workings. Wimbleder, July 4tk... William M. § Johnston and Fraveis T. Hunter, United . States players, wiil be the finalists in . the men’s singles o the Wimbledon lawn | tennis chzmwpienship. “ach won his | semi-fimal mateh today, Johnston defeat- { ing Norion, South Africa, and Hunter | beating Lowe, Grea:¢ Britain, In the . men’s doubles Count de Gomar end . Eduardo Fiaquer, Spain, defeated Lie . tenant-Colonei Dudiey and J. M. Bell, . Great Britain. Mixed doubies. Rando ph | Lycett and Miss Elizabeth Ryan Great ! Britzin, d2ieated Jean Borota and Murs. Goleate, | London, July sth.—The Rank of Lng- { land raised its rate today to4 perceut, | frem the 3 percent level which bad pre- vailed for a vear. Although the increase had been awaited with interest, it caused littie surprise, inasmuch as eveuts re- cently have been moving rapidly towards such acuion, at the same time there is censiderabie opinion against raising the oflicial minimumn at a iime when trade is so bad and when Great Britain’s pur- chase of food and raw material in (e l United Siates and South America must i be financed. It was therefere hoped that tiie authoriites would not have recource ' to such a step. London, Julvy Bth.—Mr. Bopar Law’s improvement in condition was maintain- ed during the past week. Henley, on Thames, July sih.—Hilton Belyea, of St. John, N. B, the Canadian champion, won his heat for the Diamond l Sculls, easily defeating Dr. Rudolph Besshard, of the Grasshopper Club, Zu- rich, Switzerland. Loncdon, July 56th.—Mr. Baldwin, speaking in the House of Commons yes- terday, regretted that no reduction in the tax on sugar was possible this year, and he could only hope that the financial po- sition before very long might enable the Government to do what he woi!d like to " have done this year. . THE ST. CROIX AVIS 18 printed and pudlishel daily (S idvys a vl Holulays zeczpted) by G. Johraszn at the Avis Offize. TERMA >:--53) c2lts oty inalvines, 2 ¢:al3 per single copy. B iteral as 321 lel milior Wiy 238 1917 atth: Pait O hize at Chrudtidne g2l St Urne V. Lot th: U B A wik di-th: Actof Marzh 3. 13738, Contridution to this prpzr will 52 lad- lg receivel when the sy n2detls with n it- teirs of gencral inter:st, and I 8 az:) npa- nied with th2 axthos’'s n1 e, as 1 guir- antee of gord fuith The editor cannot be responsiblefor tie views of hiscorrespon- deats nor does he necessarilyendorsethem. TELEGR3 MS. ST CROVIX STATION. London, July sth. Following is the rasult of the Princess of Wales stakes. First Triumph, second Silurian, third Inkerman. London, July 6th. The West Indians, enntinuing th+ir first innings against the Nottinzhamshire eleven, scored 317 runs, los ng their tirs: innings by 36 runs. Followingz are the scores. First innings. Browne 11, Dewhurst 52, Challenor 62, Tarilton 12, Fervandes 5, Ince 10, Small 71, Austin 3, Constantine 32, John (not o1t) 44, Franeis 4, extras 11, total 317, Nottinghamshire ihep starting their sec- osd inniags made 136 for the loss of three wickeis. [ollowing are tie scores, S-eind inpings. funu 52 Waiker 58, [ ardstaff (not out) 22, Turner Y, extras 4 :otal 136. Sydney, July 4th.—A final tightening o the union lines has marked the com- vietion of the first 24 hours of the gen- eral strike of Cape Breton Coal Miaers and steel workers. Both company and union headquarters agree tonizht that the walkout is as near 100 percent strong as it is humanly possible to make it. The only place where union workers remain on the job tonizht is at New Waterford p wer house and they are there only be- cause the station supplies light, power and water to freir own houses in the tywn. The p-incpal developments up to 10 o’clock are 1. Diversion of the diamond fleet of a dozen large colliers from the port of Sydney to Hampton toads Va. lhe company has large coal eontracts which must be iilled and as Cape Breton coal supplies have been cut off, the net result of the strike to dat: is No. 156. UM THE Di37RICT GURT OF THE VIRSIN ISLANDS Or Til GAiicD STATES. CRI. TIA4SLED SUB- | JUDICIAL LISTRICT. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATEOF | LOUISA FARRELY, DECEASED. ; OTICE is heieby given that the under- | N signed has beoen appointed Adminis- ' tratrix of th: esiate of LOUISA FALR- . RELY, deceased. ‘ All persars having claims against tle - said estate are hercby noiified (o present . same to A. E. STAKEMANN the attor- | ney of the undersirned at his office, No. . 89 King Street in Christiansted, with the | necessarv proots, within 6 months from | the date of this notice,. ‘ Persons indebted to decedent will please pay the undersigned. | Chiistiansted, St. Croix, V.l. U. 8., . this 22th day ol June 1923, ROSE A. F. MEYER. ; Administratrix. e e—- , NOTICE. | EIAVING heard that there are several | H persons going around doubting that } the pupils of the JUNIOR HIGH | SCHOOL. bave individually built the | several pieces ol articles exhibited in the | recent Manual Training Exhibition, 1, | Juan E. Rivera, take this opportunity of | inviting ali those who are eriticizing to ' owvisit me in my Manual Training Room | durirg the period set aside for that sub- | ject. ' Alsc, if any of those same parties eQn- | sider hi nself capable enough of carrying ' out a better graduation program than the . one o! Saturday evening, June 30, 1923 I, Juar k. Rivera, ehallenge him to do 1. : Chrisiiansted, St. Croix, July 2, 1923. [ , JUAN E, RIVERA, ? Preincipal of the Junior High School, FOR RENT THE fine dwelling house No. 53 King Street, Christiansted, from July Ist, 1923. For further parti- culars, apply to CAPTAIN A. J. BLACKWOQOD, Listate Annal'y. Frederiksied, St. Croix, V. I.