For Sale.
THE
Property
No.
12
B.
&
13
Church
Street
and ! Hill Street,
for particulars
apply to
:
Y
R. PETERSEN.
EDITORIAL.
Now
the
District
Court
sittings
are
over for the present
and judgment
pass:
ed
in most
of the
cases
brought
before
it, it
is indeed interesting
to review
this
innovation
in
legal
procedure
in
St.
Croix and
to
note
the
healthy
effect it
appears
to engender
among
all
classes
of the
community
among
whom
His
Honor jJudge
Maimin oy his
clear
think-
ing, sound
judgment
and
merciful
deci-
sions
has
created
an
3atmosphere
of
the
fullest
confidence,
respect
and
personal regard.
The judgments
award-
ed.in
the
various
cas2s
are
generally
considered
equitable
and
reasonable
and much
commendation
is
express-
ed
at
the
absence
of
harsh,
ecruel
decisions
which were
probably
anticipat-
ed.
[t
is intimated that
the case
of
the
laborer who
brutally stabbed
and cut
up
a
woman
on
the
highroad
was
alnost
too
mildly
avenged
with 6 months
hard
labor,
but if mercy is to be extended
in
the courts it.is possibly
such
cases
which
need
it most.
The
shooting
case of "Mr
Schou
has
been dealt with judiciously it
is
felt, and it is not a
few persons
who
are glad for aly consideratio
: shown
him
Mr
Schou.
having lived here
some
years
during
which he has
gained the
respect
of all who -have met him; and who
sym-
pathised
deeply with
him when the
un-
fortunate
incident occurred
at Mannings
Bay
the other
day.
The
merits of- this
case
were doubtless
well considered.
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LOCAL.
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It is regretted
that
an
announcement
w~s
received
and
not brought
to atten-
tion
in
due
time,
of the
death at Est.
Lt. Princess
on
Sunday
the
Tth. instant
at
10
a.
m.,
of
Mr.
EMIL
ZEUTHEN
SviTzER.
The burial
took place
on
the
estate
yesterday
jat 4p.
m.
Condolences
are
extended
the
bereaved
relatives
on
this sad
occasion.’
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‘
The
theatre
was filled with
an
inter-
ested
audience
to
witness
the last
reels
of
the
Secret
of
the
Submarine
last
night.
:
‘
The
S.
S.
Lake
Sebago
arrived
here
this morning and is expected
to leave for
the
islands
some
time
early
this
after-
noon.
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:
The schooner
Vigilant sailed for Fajar-
S UL
X
ANES
do,
P.
R.:last
night
with
51
head
ofF
cattle.
Y
;
The
steamship
‘‘Fort
Vietoria,””
of
14,000 tons displacement
will visit
Fred-
eriksted
on
Friday,
Nov
12th.
This
ship being
the
largest
merchant
vessel
that
ever
-visited
this
Island,
all'
who
possibly
ean should
aviil
themselves
of
the opportunity of secing
the
boat.
T e
.
Correspondence.
Open Letter to Mr. P. L. La Be-
ga, Proprietor
Ice Cream
Par-
lor.
:
Dear Sir:
Why
are
you not using electric
cur-
rent
in
your
parlor
any niore?
Surely
you know
there isa Power
Plant in
this
. town which for a 'smail fee will illumine
the quarters to the appreciativn
of your
¥
FAITHFUL PATRONS.
Christiansted,
November
8, 1920.
TELEGRAM
.
;
ST. CROIX STATION.
Dubtin, Nov. 2nd.—More
outrages
and
attacks
on
police’and
reprisa's
were re-
ported
today
involving
deaths.
Many
were
wounded
at Tralee
where
the
sit-
uation'was
so serious
that
the
townspeo-
ple
this
afterneonb
were
fleeing fearing
worse.
Whelesale:
raids
and
searches
were carried
out
in
Dublin
today.
The
Duke of Leinster’s'residence
and
univer-
sity
college
were among the places
visit-
ed.
;
London,
Nov.
2nds—Assurances
have
been
asked of Great
Britain
by the Rus-
sian Qoviet
authorities
that
she will not
countenance
the
military activities
of
Generals
Béilakovitch
and
Petlura,
the
anti-Soviet commanders,
who
commenc-
ed hostilities against theßolsheviki after
the
conclusion
of peace
with
Poland.
The
request
cameé through Krassin
here
in London, who
yégsterday
handeda note
to
the
Government
complaining
that
despite
the
Polish’ armistice
the forces
of Balakovitch
anc
Petlura
were contin-
uing warfare
on So.iet
Russia
with
the
assistance,
the not:
alleged,
of the en-
tente
powers.
The
note
asked that
Great
Britain
make
it plain that
she
would
not
give
her
approval_of
these
forces in continuinz the bloodshed.
London,
Nov.
2nd.—ln
the House of
Lords
tonight
the Irish
situation
was
debated
but
the
motion
for am inquiry
was rejected.
2
London,
Nov.
2nd. —Much
that
was
complimentary
of Canada’s
hospitality
was
said
at
the
luncheon
today by the
Empire
Press
Union to Lord Burnham,
President
of the
Imperial Press
Confer-
‘ence,
which
toured
Canada
recently.
Lord
Burnham
also
said
that
Canada
wanted
British news
in Canadian
news-
papers
from
the
British
view point and
w
2
the
British
want
almostas
much
Cana-
dian
news in the British press from
the
Canadian
viewpoint.
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London,
Nov 3rd.—Miss Sylvia Pank-
hurst
was
reieased
from
prison
today
on £2,000
bail pending
an appeal.
Miss
Pankhurst
signed
an
undertaking
to
sever
her
connection
with
the
news-
paper
‘‘The Workers’
Dreadnought’’,
an
article
in
which,
entitled
‘‘Discon-
tent
on
the
lower
deck’
figured
in
the
charges
against.
The
undertaking
~"also pledged
her to
abstain
from
atten-
ding
publicc
meetings
pending
the
hearing of the
case in January.
London,
Nov 4th.—The
latest
sum-
mary
of
the
Scottish
liquor poll shows
that 149
districis
have decided
to mske
no change,
24
favour
reduction
of
li-
censes
and
18willgo dry.
.
Londom,
Nov. 4th.—Much interest
has
been aroused
by
the
secession
of Lord
Henry Cavendishßentinck
from the Minis-
terial to the opposition side of the House.
~
He
bas
expressed
‘indignation
against
~
the—Govt.
concerning
the alleged Iri
™
!
reprisals.
Lieut: Oswxald
Mosley
accons
ranies
Lord
Henry
to the other side
on
l
the same ground.
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Sebastopol,
Nov.
4th.—The
Russian
Bolsheviki
troops
are:- unsuceessfully
attacking
the
line
held by
Genl.
Wran-
gel’s
army,
south
of
Perekop.
The
Soviet army
is
battering
at
the
7 mile
trench
which
extends
west
across
the
~
narrow neck of
land leading
to the
Cri-
.
-
mean
peninsula
but. Genl.
Wrange!’s
po-
|
sition
is quite
strong.
It has on its left
-
the gulf of
Sivash
or Putrid Sea.
Back
of
his
main
lines
Genl.
Wrangei
has
heavy
paval
guns
and
other
artillery.
l
The
town
of Prerkop
whiech
has
been
~
occupied
by the
Bolsheviki is
a
mass
of
ruins.
.
Havana,
Nov. 3rd.—Dr.
Zayas
has
been
elected
to the Presidency
of Cuba.
~
This
is based
on
returns
received
by
Govt.
from
three-fourths
of the voting
~
points.
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Havana,
Nov.
4th.—The
electoal
board
which
is tabulating
the official
vote
on.the
"residential
election
last
~
night changed
the Govt.
on the province
~
of
Santa
Clara
and
gave
the
Libe:-
~
als
headed
by General
Gomez,
their
candidate
for
chief executive,
a majo-
rity of 191.
The Gevernment rgport
had
given
the provinee
to
Dr.
Zayas.
the
~
coalition
candidate,
by
3,000
The
lib-
eral
leaders:
said
last
night
that
they
expected
the
final
ecount throughout
~
the island
would
show
a coalition
vic-
tory, but
that
they
would
forward
a
protest
to
Washington
alleging
fraud
and asking
for another
election
u under
- United States
supervision.
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London,
Nov Brd.—As
a
result
of a
.
ballot
on
the Govt’s.
offer,
the
coal
-
sirike wae called off today and at a meet-
ing of miners
delegates
immediate
re-
~
sumption ofwork was ordered.
Figures
-of the
balloting
by the
men
showed
a
majority
of 8,459
against acceptance
of