CHRISTIANSIED. V. I U. 8 A, THURSDAY, 238 D AIIGUST. 108 71tTH YEAR. - THE ST. CROIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. TERMS:--50 cents mor thly in advance, 2 cents per single copy. and €OO civilians have been swarn in by the-authorities to reinforce thie security police. !j German civilians wounded in Monday’s disord rs, have since died, bringing the total pumber of fatalities (o 2 Madrid, Au=. 19th.—Spain has lost 140 m:n in one ol the most suns vinary bat- t.es of the Morocean war at tifuruin, ac- cording to private messag"s received hore from Moroe~o. lhe firing ils con- tinuing along the ertive batt!elront, Forest Hills. N. Y . "Aug. 19th.—Miss Helen Wilis, 17 veur old tennis star of Barkely, Calif, on Sl'urday won the Na- tional Singles Tenais Championship, de- throping Mrs. Mallory, seven times hold- er cf the title, in erushinge fashion 6-2,6-1 in the final mateh at the Westside Lenais Uub. New York, Ang. 17:h.—Southern col- ton planters have suifered this season a loss of approximately, at present corton prices, $39,000,0 0 throuzdb the ravages of the boil weevil and drought, President Barjett Jr, of the New York Cotton lux- change, declared today, in a satement arcing the use of more funds to fight the weevil, Toronto, Aug. 19.h.-—Canadian Nation- al officials here state thei® information is that eight lives were lost vhen the Wawa Hotel, on lake of DBays Muskoka Ontario, was burned at oue o’clock tiis morning, Madrid, Aug. 19th.—An official com- muuoication on the fighting in Morocee, reports sanguinary encounters between the Spanish forces and Moorish tribes- men. "'Extraordinary activity is being shown by the enemy on the eastern front’’, says the statement. “"The maia oody of the Moors is concentrated at Tec- ~atza, which was bombed by our air- slains. A Spanish column which left Darguebdani for Tifaruin was ambushed midway, but the troops entrenched and beld their ground after a fierce fight, Nine men were killed arnd 55 wounded during the engagement’’. : danchester, Eng., Aug. 19th.—Ad- dressing the members of the West Bir- mingham Unionist Association last night, Mr. Austin Chamberiain declared, "“The Entente is hanging by a thread and any clumsy handling of the reparations ques- tion at this moment may snap that thread and undo the work of the last twelve or fifteen years”. He characterized the Government’s latest note to Frfince as inconsistent, illogical and futile, and pleaded for caution in a situation which, Entered as second class matter May a6th 1917 at the Post Oifice at Christian- sted- B¢. Crzir. V. L of the U. S. A. un- der the Act of March 3, 1879. Contrit :tior to this paper will be glad- lg receives whin the same deils with mat- ters of g nerasinterest, anc is accompa- nied with. the author’s man e, as a g4ar- antee of vood faith The ed:tor car ast be responsitte for the vicws of bis COrrespon- dets nor does he necessarily cndorse them. USED YUR MOVIE, CHURCH CLOSED. The famous coropation church at Buda- pest was closed by order of the pope until reconsecrated atter heing desecrated by the filming of a play. A coronation scene was pictured, durinz which a bistop wore the eoronation robes of the arch- bishop. These had, sewed ir the hem, a water blessed by tae pope and ould not be wern by a regular actor. An en- raged ari pious popu.ace stormed the building, and after investigation by the papal nuneio the ehurch was closed. —The Pathfinder, Aug. 11th. BABY BONUS BIG SUCCESS. e e,s e In Papua, the British section of the island of New Guinea, the mother of many chil lren has come o be an honored parson in her community. The government brought this about by giving the mother of four a bonus of five shillings and an extra allowance on additional ones. Also her husband is exempted from tax. This was done to change the old tradition under whieh a woman with a big family was despised. Lhe men of Papua have been grad: iy changed from head hun- ters and lvafers to workers and respec- table citizei:s.— "tid. TE _EGRAMS. 4T. CROIX STATICN. Aix-La-ClLape le, Aug. 13th. —-Light Communis > we € killed and f:fty wound- ed in an ercounier with the police yes- terday at Altdocf, seven mi s nor:th of this city. ~