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TiTH YEAR.
CHBISTIANEBIED,
V. I 1. 8
A,
MONDAY,
Ith
MAY
195
bandits,
savs
a
Cen‘ral
News
despatch
from Shanghai
todayv.
7The
British
and
United
Stutes
garrisons
at
Tientsien,
adds
the despateh,
have
been
mobiiized.
Werden,
May
Bth.—Dr.
Xrupp
Von
Bohlen,
head
of the
Krupp
works,
was
sentenced
to fifteen
vears
in
Jail and
to
pay
a fine of one
hundred
wmiilions marks
today,
as
a
resull
of
the trial by court
martial
here,
growing
out
of
the
shoot-
ing at the
Krupp
plant
on
March 3lst.
Directors
Hartwig
and
COesterlen
also
|
were sentenced
to fiftnen vearsimprison-
|
meant
each,
direcior
Srulin
to
ten
years
|
and
Daur gud Schaefier
1o
twenty
years
|
each.
All were
also senteiced
topay fines
|
of one
hundred
miillion marks
each.
The
|
Aefendants
were
charped
with inciting
the
workers
at
the
plant
to
resist
the
Freneh
troops
when
they
came
te
re-
quisition
zutomobiles.
Special
stress
was
laid by
the
French
presecation
on
the
bloving
of
the
sirens
at the plant,
|
which
it
wis
contended
encouraged
the
|
men
to
resist.
It
was
held
that
the
!
directnrs
wore
responsible
for
the
con-
|
tinued
sounding
of
the
sirens,
even
if
they
had
not
direetly ordered
that they
|
be biown
Wuorks
managers
Schraepler
|
and
Cuntz
were
sentenced
to
20
years
|
imprisoument,
with fines
of 100,000,000
marks.
Superintendent
Gross,
of
the
apprentice
department,
was
given
ten
years
and
{actory
councilman
Mueiler
SIX montns.
.
Halifax,
N.
S. May 9th -The
follow-
ine
West
Irdians
graduated
from
Dal
housi2
{niversity,
Halifax,
this
year,
Arts
and
science.
(B
A)
Urant,
C.
¥,
|
Yortof Bpain.
Irinidad
law,
LL B)
H:milton,
Yrederick
A,
Scarborougi,
‘iobago.
Cross,
Ethelbert
L,
San
ter-
nando,
Trinidad.
:
Rome,
Muy
9th.—The
Tope
received
|
King George
and
Queen
Mary in solemn
audience
in the
Apostoiic
Palace
of
the
|
Vatican
at
11
a.
m.
Their
Majesties
|
were
accompaunied
by
the
Hon. Theophi-
|
lus
Russel,
Minister
to
the
Holy
See,
and
by their suite.
They
drove
into the
Vatican
through
the
gate
of
the
mint
and
upon
arriving
in
the
court-yard
of
St. Damaso,
were
accorded
military hon-
ours by the Palatine
guards
and
4 detzch-
ment of pontifical gendarmes.
Prince
Rus-
poli, Grand
Mastercf
the Holy Hospice.in
his picturesque
costume
of black
velvet
and ruff, opened
the
door
of
the
moicr
car bearing
the King
and
Queen
and
as
the Sovereigns
stepped
forth they
were
welcomed
in
the
name
of ihe Pontiff by
Mgr. De
Sawmper,
Papal
AMaior
Dono.
!
THE
ST. CROIX AVIS
13 printed
and
publisicd
daily (Sundays
anl
Holvdays
e cepted
Hy G. Johansen
at
the
Avig Office.
TERMS:-=560
eants
maatnly in advance,
2
¢onts
ner
cingle eapy.
Fatered
as
sccocd
cicss
matter
May
26th
1917 at the
Post
Gidce at Christian-
gted
SEL Crovr.
V. L of
thell.
5. 4.
un
der
the Act of Llarch
3.
1875.
Tontribution to this paper
will b 2 glad-
lg received
when the siae
deals with mut-
ters of general
interest,
and
is
cc
ompa-
nied with the
author's
name,
as
a
guar-
ancez
of good faith
The edilor
ca
linot be
responsible fore views of has correspon-
donts
iwor does
he necessarilyendorse
tnem,.
TELEGR AMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
London,
May Bth. —Mr. Arthur Willey,
the
vateran
Conservative
membezr
of the
House
of
Commons
for
Central
Leeds,
wont
down
to his constituency
last
night
w
11 soundly
raed
those
labour
Socialist
members
of the Leeds
City Council,
who
a rainst
the wishes
of
the
Lord
Mayor,
hi nselfa
moamber
of
rhe
labour
party
ostetatiously
declare
they will disassoci-
aie
themselves
from
the
cersmanaies
ian
ennnection
with the arranced
for
isit of
the Prince
of
Wales
to
Leeds
on.
Tune
lat.
Mr.
Willey
churacterized
the
ae-
tions
of
the
Socialists
in
guestion
as
a
cilamity
even
a tragedy.
The
Prince,
he said,
is
the
mast
popalar
man
in the
world today and
in
hia
all
imperial
in-
tervests
centered.
Leeds
Sociatis's
eould
not do
things
with
the “'smiliest
smell
of digni.y’’, he said,
"'narrow
and
small
minded’’ as
they
were.
Their
attitude
fiiled him with
abhorrence
and
disgust,
Yeuchow-Fu,
China,
May
Bta.-—Nego-
tiations
have
been
started
for the release
of the prisoners
held by the Chinese
ban-
dirs, it is anrounced
in
advices
received
here.
The
bandits
are
located
30 miles
from Lin-Ching.
Snanghai,
May Bth.-—-Tifteen
foreign-
ers,
all
men,
three of them
British,
still
are
in
tne
hands
of
the
Suchow
train
handits,
according
to a
list compiled here
today.
Two
others
escaped
and
have
reached
Tsinan-Fu.
In
addition
ther:
are eight United States
citizens,
an [tal-
ian,
a Frenchman
and
2 Mexican,
as weil
as
one
man
wiose
nationality
1s
not
known.
London,
May Bth. —A ransom
of SIOO,
000 pounds
forth»
foreigners
held
as
prisoners
is
demanded
by
the
Chinese
No.
1190.
Tha
Roxa! cortrae,
comprizing
high
pre-
lates
aod
prominent
personsges
of
the
Papal
ccurt,
then
formed,
escorting
their Majesties
up
the
stuairease
ionto the
Clemeniine
Hall.
The
King
was
in
Jull dress
uniforar.
At
the
head
or the
stairs
24
Swiss
guards
presented
arms
as the remainder
of the Papal
court came
forward
to
receive
the
Roval
visitors,
and the
party
then
proceeded
through
the
rooms
of the palace
toward
the
Pa-
pal apartments.
Onlv
the
Kinz
and
Quzen
and
Mr. Russell
eutered
the
pr
vate
library
of
the
Pontiif,
where
the
audience
took place.
As the door opened
Pius
X1 walked
to meet
the
Dritish
sov-
ereigus,
hoiding
out
his
hand
to
them
in
cordial
<rectings,
The
Pontifl
wus
gown~d
entireiv oin
white,
wearing
on
his head
a
white
zucchetto.
The
audi-
ence
tasted
nearly
half
an
hour.
At its
conclusion,
members
of the
14 glish suite
of
the
King
were
introduced
and
pre-
sente !by hin
to the Pope.
Immediately
after
tie
auvlience
Their
Majesties
de-
scendesd
to
the
apartment
of
Cardinal
Gasparri,
paviong
to tpe
Papal
Seerotary
of State
the usual
visit.
The=y
then
went
to the Patrizi
Palace,
ti:glmnpnr:u?y
res-
idence
of
Mr.
Russell,
where
Cardinal
Gasparri
ammediately
returned
the call,
remaining
for
the
luncheon
which Mr.
Russeil
gave in honor
of
the
sovereigns,
To this
affair
were
invited
the
various
me nbers
of the Roman
aristoeracy
con-
nected
with the Papal
court.
General
Supt.
Offl ce,
St.
Thomas,
May
10th.
—The
cableship
"*Henrvy
Holmes’’
compieted
the
repac
of the
cabie
bhe-
tween
Ponce,
Porto
Ricvo
and
Jamaica
on
the
4tb
igstant,
thereby
restoringe
duplicate
commuvication
by
the
com-
pany’s
lines
with
Jatoaiea,
Cuba,
the
United Siates,
('vgnanu.
and all points
be-
yond.
‘The repair of ihis
cable
has
been
ofTected attor
repeated
attempts
and
ac
very heavy
cost,
the final operatious
be-
ine carrvied
out
in
a
depth
of nine
thou-
sand
(eet
of water,
the eable
being found
in
excellent
coadition,
Its
restoration
doub'es
the
capacity
"of
the
serviea
tor
the
handiing
of
tratlic and
removes
the
dificolues which existed
duripg its inter-
ruption.
Ll
L
Quebec
Steamship
Co.
THES.
S. “PARIMA”
is
expected
to
leave
New
York
on
the
10th
.nst.
and
is due
at
Frederiksted
on
or about
the
17th
inst,
BEODLE
L. MERWIN G(0 e,
‘]/_n
in