BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES:
APROCLAMATION,
HEREAS,
it ecomes
my painful
duty
to
announce
to
the
people
of
the
Virgin Islands
of the United States,
that
the Chief Executive,
WARREN
G.
HARDING,
President
of
the
United
S ates
of America,
departed
this life
on
ihursday,
August 2nd,
1923;
AND WHEREAS,
the
President
of the
United
States,
CALVIN
COOLIDGE,
has
dirccted
that
the Executive
Depart-
ments
of the
Federal
Government
of the
United
States,
be
closed
at
cne
o’clock,
post
meridian,
on
Tuesday,
August
the
7th,
and remain
closed
through
Friday,
August
the
10th, 1922; and
that
a period
of
mourning
be
instituted
to expire
at
midnight September
the 3rd,
1923;
AND WHEREAS.
the President
of the
United
States
hLas
set
apart Friday,
Au-
gust
10th,
1323,
as
a
day
of
National
Mourning
and
prayer
for the iate
Chief
IKxecutive;
NOW,
THEREFORE,
I,
HENRY
H.
HOUGH,
Governor
of the
Virgin Islands
nf
the United States,
hereby
direct that
all
activities
of
the
Government
of
the Virgin
Islands
of
the United States,
except
those
nzcessary
in
the
Publie
Welfare,
be
suspended
between
one
o'clock,
post
meridian,
on
Tuesday,
Au-
gust
the
Tth
and
twelve
midnight
on
Friday,
August
the
10th,
1923;
that
all
official
flags
he
at h2] ‘mast
or
all public
buildings,
both
military
and
civil,
be-
twaen
cicht
o’clock, anti
meridian,
and
sunset
each
day, through Monday,
Sep-
tember
the 3rd,
1923;
that
all
offieials,
civil
and
military.
connected
with
the
Government
of the Virgin
Islands
of the
United States,
wear a badge
of mourning
on
the
left
arm,
midway
between
the
shoulder
and
the
elbow,
consisting
of
a
band
of black
crepe,
or
other’
similar
material,
three
inches
wide; that
no offi-
cial
entertainments
by
officers
of
the
Upited
States
be
heid
until
December
first,
1923; and
that
an official sservice
be
held
at the Marine Barracks,
in the town
of
St.
Tnomas,
Virgin
Islands
of
the
United States,
at the nour of eight thirty,
ameti
meridian,
on Friday,
August
10th,
1923.
which
service
a'l are arged
to at-
tend
for the
purpoas2
of offering
prayer
for
the repose
of the
Soul of the
Great
and Good President.
I do further earnestly
recommend
that
the
p ople of
the
Virgin Islands
cease
their
daily cecupations
on
Friday,
Au-
gust
the
10th,
1923,
to enable
them
to
attend
this official service
and
(o congre-
gate in their respective
places
of worship
tor
such
additional
services
as
may
be
held therein.
After
ma2ny
years
of labor in the
ser-
£T Dl3 &
vice
of the pedi?e
of the
United
States,
our
Chief
Fxeecutive,
PRESIDENT
HARDING,
has
gone
to
his
reward.
Possibly
no
President
since
President
LINCOLN. kas
been
calHed
upon
‘o bear
a
greater
burden
than
has
PRESIDENT
HARDING
during
the
reconstruction
period
following
the
Wor'd
War,
the
tremendous
respousibilities
incident
to
the
successful
prosecution
of
the
war
broke
down
the
health
of
his
prede-
cessor:
the enqually heavy burdens
which
PRESIDENT
HARDING
has
had
to
carry through
the transition pirind
from
war
to peaceful
prosperity,
has
proven
more
than
he eould
bear
As a
soldier
lays
down
his life
for his country,
so has
PRESIDENT
HARDING laid
down
his
lite in the service
of the people
he loved
s well,
IN WITNEJ3S
WHEREOFIhave
here-
unto set
my
Haod
and
caused
the Seal of
the Government
of
the Virzin
Islands
of
the United States
to pe otfixed.
Issued
at St.
Thomas.
Virgin
Islands
of
the United
States,
this
fifth
day
of
August,
1923.
HEMRY H. HOUGH,
(rovernor.
GUR
Othices
in Christiansted
and
['rederiksted
will_ be closea from
NOON
10-DAY untii SATURDAY
MORNING.
The 7th August
1923.
THE NATIONALBANK OF THE DAN-
ISH WEST
INDIES.
LIST OF UNCLAIMEDMAILFOR THE
WEEK
#NLDED AUGUST 4,
1923
Miss Catherine
Brow,
c.O.
An‘onetta
_
Powlis,
Miss Thersa
Callimore,
Mr. Alphonsas
Conton,
Miss Maude
Hennessey,
Miss Eisa Heywood,
Mrs. Eleasa
Jacobs,
Miss Mary Juliar;
Est
Rattan,
Miss Elsie Phillips; No. 4 Water
Gut,
Miss Viola Thomas,
Mr, Philippe Turbe,
Post
Office,
Christiansted,
Virgin
Is-
lands,
August 6,
1923.
B.
R. LAR3EN,
Postmaster,
LOCAL
We have
been
asked
t» mention
thata
Memoriai
Service
for the
late President
Harding
will
be
held
in
Friedensthal
Mor vian Church
at
10 o’clock on Friday
morning.
Mails Close
for the Leeward
and
Windward
3-
lands,
Barbados
and
Trinidad,
by
283}?
Parima, at
9a.
m.
tomorrow
th.
2} lises
of
rain
was
measured
at
the
Fort this moruing,
The
sloop
Mizpah
will sail
for
St.
Thomas
as usual
this afternoon.
Baseball.
The Alert baceball
teara
defeated
tha
Merry Boys of Frederiksted
on
the Oval
pasture
or
Sunday.
The
score
was
25
runs
to 14.
2
¥
Fo_tball.
The match
piayed
on
the
Oval Freder-
iksted between
*he Alert and
Merry Boys
was
won by the
A'ert.
Score
1-0.
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
Ottawa,
Auz. 3rd.—
The
news of Presi-
dent
Harding’s
dezth
came
as
a great
shoc¢k
to the capital
of
Canada
last night
as it was believed here
that
he
was
on the
road
to
recovery.
The
Premier,
Mr.
Mec Kenzie
King,
is
out of
the City and
in his absence
Mr.
[ielding.
Minister of
Finance
and
acting
Premier,
expressed
the deep sympathy
of the peop'e
of Canas
da with the American
public in their loss.
On account
of his
recent
visit
to Canada,
said
Mr.
Fielding,
President
Harding
was
a little nearer
than
usual
to
the
peo-
ple of Canada.
When
tke
first
news of
his serious
illness
came
there
was
gen-
eral
sorrow
here
and
this
was
followed
by relief when
word
came
chat
he
was
gaining ground.
His
sudden
death
now
com es
as
a zreat
shock
and
the sympathy
of the Canadian
people
goes
out
in
full
measure
to the American
pz2ople
in their
loss.
The
Conservative
Leader,
Mr,
Arthur Meighen,
isin St.
John
N, B.
02
his way
back from the
campaign
in Cape
Breton,
and
in
his
abserce
Sir
Henry
Drayton, former
Minister
of
Finance
in
the Meighen Government
joined with the
acting
Premier
in
conveying
the
deep
sympathy
of
the people
of
Canada
cf
all parties
with the people
of
the United
States,
in
connection
with
President
Harding’s
death.
President
Hording,
said Sir Henry,
had
won
tie sincere
re-
speet
of
the
Canadian
people
and
the
news
of
his sudden
death
was received
here with great
sorrow.
(n
his
recent
visit to Canadian
territory
he
did ?guch
to
strengthen
the
ties
binding
the
two
countries
in friendship
and
created
an
impression
that will lonz
be
rem:zmber-