AT SOCIALS Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Fabio entertained at a danee last night in celebration of the first anniversary of their baby son’s birthday. A large gathering participated in the jollification. AT THE MOVIES. After an unavicdable spell of two weeks St. Mary’s Hall will present this evening one of its usual classy produc- tions entitled ‘‘Nurse Majorie’” acted by Marv Miles Minter. This drama was shown in St. Gerard’s Hail on Sunday afternoon and is indeed a very typical picture of the Irish and the Erglish, with funny and excellent comoinations from both sides-leading up to a mighty fine climax. You will be interested to see at the outbreak of a strike in England, what an important part a nurse played in the en- tire affair. The House of Lords and the House of Commons are assembled to setile the situation, but for the absence of ONE no dacision e»huld satisfy the people. In additi)n to the evening’s program you will have the opportunity of seeing a few photographic slides in **"NATURAL COLORS’’ of the Island produced by our ingenious telephone manager, among them being the Goverament’s building, the Federal Post Office of Christiansted, the late Bishop Schelfaut’s confirmation ciass, Seaator K=nyon addressing the people, the new Police Station at Kings- Lill, the West Indian'Sugar Factory and a panorama of the North Side. This is Mr. Berg’s first attemypt in this line and apart from being a curicsity we are sure that the enlarged views in their artistic coiors will certainly please everybody.—Com. e St. Thomas News While the town is talking of insurance and insurance matters, it has been learn- ed that His Excellency Governor Hough has donated to the Public Library a paid up policy covering fire risk on all the books of the library for the next year. This public-spirited act on the part of our gevernor is greatly aporeciated by the people generally. —St. Thomas Tvmes, 25th Nov. The Munsen liner Pan-American is expected here to-day® with Mr. Munson, President of the line, on board. Mr. Munson says, that following the visit o’ this first ship, if her dispatch is handled properly by all departments of the Port, he will have all of the vessels of the line going to Brazil, call at St. Thomas north bound. The Pan-American will take on 60) tons of fuel oil and 400 tons of water. —lbid. o =IL B 8 ) A Vl= TELEGRAMS. . ST.-€EROIX STATION. Birmingham, Alg., Nov. 22nd.—Sixty miners are known to be dead and the fate of 215 others, entombed in No 3 mine of the Woolward Iron Company at Dolomite (?) was regarded as uncertain by rescue crews, who, early tonight, aug- mented their forces for exploration of all the entries of the pit. 125 men out of a total of 400 in the mine, when it was partly wrecked by a dust explosion this afternoon, were removed late in the day from the pit by means of a mauway, connecting mines No. 2 and 3, 50 were reported injured. Rescue workers re- ported that the number of dead would probably run higher, as it is believed that many of the remaining 215 unaccounted for, weculd be found dead or injured. Fire. which followed the explosion, hind- ered th2 work of rescue and was believed to have been responsible for many deaths. At midnight, it was summed up that the men dead numbered 70, injured 60. Ottanva, Nov. 22nd..—\n increase of $22,733,665 in the value of Canadian pro- duce exported during the month of Qcto- bar, as ecompirad with Octobar 1921, ils shown by a statement issuad this evening by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Londoa, Noyv. DB6d —A demonsira’ tion by the unemployed of Lonadon, which som2 saztions: of the press had heraldad as likely to erystalize into a-~ts of violeac2, and consequent bloodshed took place yesterday, but without any untoward ineilent. ‘A few hunlred por- sons, instead of the predicted great throngs, assemblied on the Thames em- bankmant, with th2 parpise of march- ing to Downing S rect to interview Mr. Bonar Law. A large number of police had gatheredin anucipation of possibla disorders. The lea lers of the dem2nstra- tion were invite Ibv the Premier to send representatives to have a talk with the Ministers of Labaur and Health. This was done, and. aczording to an offizial report, the Miaisters, after’ listening to the delegation. pronisal to fefer their complaints to the Cabinat. Berlin, Nov. 23rd. —T'he new German cabinet has beea constituted as follow=z: Chancellor, Herr Cunn, Viez Chancellor and Minister of Justice, Dr. Heinza, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hzcr Voan Kosenber, Minister ¢f the laterior, Herr Ozser, Minister of Finance, Harr Hermes, Minister of Ezonomics, H:arr Bagker, Minister of the [reasary, Dv. Albert, Minister of ['ransportation, G .n- --eral Groener, Minister of Posts and Teale- graphs, Herr Sting':, Ailinister of ood, Herr Mueller, Minister of Defence, Dr. Gessler, Minister of Lakour, Dr. Brauns. Coastantinople, Wiv. 23cd.—Lieut- Ganeral Sir Charles Harrinzton has is- ‘sueda stern warning to the KXemalists that any further encroachment upon Con- stantinople would be at tihoir peril. Ad- dressinga large gathering lisseiabled to witness boxing matehes between British soldiers and sai'ors at the auditcrium of the British headquarters, he declared that the Allied forces in Constantinople were a rock marked ‘‘dangerous’’, upon which the Turks would wreck them- selves, if they persisted in trying the patience of the Allies. Paris, Nov 23rd.—The Chilean earth- quakes, in the opinion of a well known French scientist and astronomer, are only the beginning of a series of disturb- ances that may be looked for during the coming year. Periods of calm in Solar activity, he says, are periods during which such phenomena may be expected and a minimum of solar activity wil be reached in 1923. Abbe Moreux predicts territorial cisturbances in the Antilles and in Mexico, Japan and Turkestan. I ondon, Nov. £3rd.—Mr. Lloyd George was unarimously elected leader of the National L.iterals at the party meeting today. Dublin, Nov. 23rd --A writ of Habeas Corpus was refused Mr. Erskine Childers’ Lieutenant of Mr. De Valera by the Mas- ter of the Rolls today. Dubiin, Nov. 23rd. -Mary MacSwee ey, who has been hunger striking in Mount- joy prison for nineteen days, has declar- ed her integtion of refusing attention at the hands Os the prison doctor and nurses until her sister Anrie is permitted to see Ler. Annie has been fasting in front of the prison gates since last I'riday in pro- test against her sister’s imprisonmazat and the refusal of the prison Chaplain to administer the Sacramaent. A s:zreen has been placed at the gates, hiding Annie and her “'zuards’’ fron view, l'oronto, Ont., Nov. 2Z3rd.—Canadians who reecived censques or other papers drawn upon banks or o her financial in- stitutions in the Unlied Siates, must pay Canadian Banks one quarier of one per cent for converting the same into Cana- dian maney. Annouac2ment to this ef- fect wus made vesterday and it was not uncexpecied, as for a number of weeks the United States dullar has been at s discount of from 1/16 to 118 per cent. London, Nov. 23rd.—Major Lalor and Brideadier- General Simons, at the head of HOO Free State troops uare expected to reach Newport, County DMayo, to- night for rthe purpose of derminating the Republican military rule of the town. The Free State column includes a large train of field and machine guns, arm- oured ears and a troop of cavalry. Dublin; Nov. 23rd.--Unusually heavy machine gun and rifle firirg was heard toniziat in several districts of the city, it is belizved that the Republicans were attacking army posis. Many citizens are rerorted to have had narrow es- capes [rom injury. London, Nov. 24th.—The Independent Liberals have elected Sir John Simon, as sessional echairman. His position will be ident:cal with Sir Donald Mac Leans in the lust House.