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TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STA .ION.
(Delayed
in transmission.)
New
York,
June
sth.-=Sir
Themas
Lipton’s
twenty
threc
metre
yacht
“‘Sphamrock’’
to
be
used
in
trial
races
with
the
Challenger
for
the America’s
Cup,
arrived
here
yesterday
from
Eng-
land under
her
own sail.
.
sork,
June
Oth.-lbe
Battleships
“Warspite’’ and ‘‘Valiant’’arrived
nere
yesterday
and tcanshipped
a large
num-
ber
of
marines
into
destroyers,
wkich
took
them
o
Queenstown.
A
troop-
ship embarked
twelve
troops
at
Devon-
port,
and will carry
them
to Queenstown,
from
where
they
will
be
distributed
in Wexiord,
Waterford,
Cork and
other
countries.
A goods
train
was
wrecked
last
night
at
West
Meath,
in
conse-
quence
of
the
raiis
having
been
torn
up.p'\)onstamtinople.June
6th. —British
war-
ships
fived on
the
Nationalists
positions
near
Lonzla
late
on
Friday,
when
Constantinople
was
aroused
by
heavy
fislag.
The
Na.ionalnists
approached
close
to the British entrenchments
along
the Gnif of Ismid,
where
many British
units
were
stationed
to
protect
the
troops
guarding
the
railway
The
col-
lapse
of
the Sultan’s
troops
leaves
the
British forces
alone
to
defend
the
rail-
way
terminal
oppcsite
Constantinople.
Many Armenian and Greek refugees
are
reported
to
have
entered
Ismid,
after
having escaped
from the Nationalists.
London June 6th.—An Exchange
Tele-
graph
Compsny’s
despatch
from
Rome
states
that fourteen
persons
were killed
an
several injured
and many buildings
destroyed
in
the suburban
station
at Tu-
rin last night,
as
the result of
an
explo-
sion
of
seventy
car. loads
of explosives.
London,
June
6th.—Tha
first
real
test
for the
League
of Nations,
as
a practical
working body,
will
be
made
when
-the
supreme
council
meets
in
L~ndon
on
June
fourteenth
to deal with
the case
of
Persia,
versus
the
Bolsheviki,
and
the
vesult will probably
be the
exchange
of
correspondence
between
the League
and
Bolsheviki leaders.
If the
latter decline
to have any dealings
on
the subject,
the
position
of the League,
as
a
protector of
small nations,
will be placed
on trial.
London,
June
6th. —"he *'Times’’
re-
ports
that large
consignments
of sugar
are being
shipped from Great Britain
to
the
United States.
Some of these
ship-
ments
recently
arrived
from
the
West
Indies.
:
London,
June
6th.,—According
to
an
official communication
received
here
from
the
Moscow
Govt.
the
Bolsheviki
inflicted
severe
losses
on
the
Polish
forces
in
the
aftack
south
of Kiev
on
Friday.
Bolsheviki successes
‘re
also
reported
at other points along the
firing
front.
»
Berlin,
June
6th.—-Polling
booths
throughout
Germany
closed
today
and
the committees
are
now busily
counting
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1920
No.
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This
number
deals
with
Wiley’s
efforts
to gain
a
hold ups)
Vernon
through
a
forged
check
bear.ng
North’s name.
Biliie
appeals
to North to save
Vernon,
and
North
confounds
Wiley by admitting that the
check
is good.
Billie is
then lured
into
the
hands
of Wiley
and
the gang
by
a
mysterious
note.
This
number
is
very
inter-
esting.
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KEpiscde
16:
IN SEARCH OF
A NAME.
This
number
takes
up
the
question
of Billie’s
real
parentage.
She
visits
the
“OASIS
DANCE
HALL’ and makes
inquiries
ol
Gentleman
Geoff’s
old
friends.
While she
is gaining valuable
facts
a fire breaks
out and
a Vultute raid
ensues,
the fire
scenes
are
very realistic and
the number
is
a
very exciting
one throughout
“how concluding
with:
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lo’
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Boarder’”.
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Children
20 and
10c.
votes.
Reports
indicate
that everything
in
connection
with
the
c¢lections
has
been
conducted
in
a
quiet
and
orderly
manner.
It is indicated
that
Herr
Erz-
berger,
former
Vice-Chancellor
ard
Minister
of
Finance,
has
been
elected
from
Wurtemburg
and
election
of
Dr.
Hellferich
a2t
Hanburg
seems
assured.
Among
individual
candidates
known,
Count
Vou
Bernsteroff,
former Ambas.
sador
to the United States,
running
as
a
German Nationalist,
has
been
defeated.
London,
June
7th.--Albanian
insur-
gents
annihilated
an
Italian
Battalion
near Alessio, and warships
have
shelled
the city, according
to
a
despatch
from
Vienna, quot'ng
a report from
Belgrade.
Washington,
June
7th.—A
Bill for
an
established
national
budget
system
from
July
Ist.
was
re-passed
on
the
fifth by
the
House
of Representatives,
and
sent
to the Senate
after it
had
been
amended
to
meet
President
Wilson’s
objections.
London,
June
7th.—According
to
ad-
vices
received
here,
shipping
at Koenigs-
berg, Kast
rrussia,
has
been
paralyzed
by
a
strike
of dock
workers.
Five
of
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on
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