. W st ,- - : \\ | =1 Crotx Avs 76TH YEAR. THE ST. CROIX AVIS 18 printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Offt ce. TERMS---50cents monthly in advance. 2 cents per single copy. Entered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian sted, St. Croiz, V. L. of the U. S. A., un- der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will ke glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of genmeral interest, and is accompz- nied with the author’s name, as a giar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Washington April 13th. —House Demo- ocrats bound themselves througza Caucus action today to stand against the Emer- gency Tariff and anti-dumping bill and representative Kitchin, minority leader, made mublie, simultaneousiy, a statement of views of the minority members of the Ways and Means Comraittee, bitferly as- saulting the Republican temporary tariff programme sharp differences arose in the Caueus on the question of instructing De- mocatic members to vote unreservedly azains! the emergency measure, but it finally was carried by a vote of 77 to 29. Aiter’ the Cauens Mr. Kitchin predicted that *'l ssthan a dozen Jemocratic voies will be ecast ior the young bill’’. In the minority report the Republicans are ae- cused of tossing into the lap of ‘‘three great ftrusts, $775,000,000 a year’’, and of seeking to destroy future trade with the Central Powers and smaller states in Europe through ‘A subtle and dan- gerous joke’’, in directing the Secretary of the I'reasury tc fix .nhe vaiue of For- eign money as a basis for levying duties on imports. ‘The present bill is charac- terized as even worse than its prede- cessors, the rordney measuve, by the report which asserts that if any advan- tage will ensue anywhere from the new proposal it will be to the trusts, specuia- ‘ors and profiteers. It also calls atten- tinn to provisions Hf the Republican Na- tional platform and inquires whether”’ Any Qonest republican ecan -sinczrely vote for this bill in the belief that it will reduce the cost of living. T L shot dead at Listowell this morning, and | his residence hurned. | Ottawa, Aprii 14th.—Operating under the closure rule the House of Commons | at ten minutes past two this morning passed th2 vote of $8,330,000 for the ~ Duablin, April 14th.—Sir Arthur Ed- ward Viear, former King of Arms, was CORISTIANSTE)). V.IUI S'A [UESPAY 19y APRIL 1921 Ny 57, ® E tive Order No. 20 Xecutive raer INo. . . -e e S XECUTIVE Order No 9, issucd 24 January, 1920, requiring that bay rum shall be sold only on delivery of a parmit issucd by the Police )2partmen:. is so far modified that bay rum may be s)id locaily wichout permit from Pollee Department, provided that bay rum so sold without parmic shali contain one of the modifying agents enumer- ated below; and provided furcher tha. the labzl on each bottle so sold without permit shall be so printed or stamped iu red ink in 4s to indicate plainly the modifying agent and number of grains per cunc- used. The alternative modif'ying agencs are: Salicyliz Acid o ¢rains per fluid ounce. Quinine Sulphate Seaies ” Chinchonidine Sulvhate 2 grains ** ' s Resorcin Cgraing ' . Bay rum which has not been modified by ihe use of 012 of the agents indicated above shall be sold loecally only under permit issued b, the Police Department as hereto- fore required, The penalties provided by Ordinance approved 9 July, 1918, shall apply in cases of violations of this Order. Witness my Hand an i the Seal of the Government of the United States, this 11th day of April, 1921. - J. W. OMAN, Governor. "’,r : s - Merwin's Ice Gream Parlor Friedensberg Moravian Church ii’ & ” d 2 : S, {3 Novelty Shop Sl. Caoix, V. 1. U. 8 A JllSt Received 150th ANNIVERSARY, 1771--1921 GRAY'S FAMDIIIJE Z%{Z'GLISH CHOCO- To the Public. WE?;EEEQH WA}I.)[(%?)DJifpgz:lfi)igEg;L g “ You are coidially invited ‘o at- COLGA I'E & ECLAT SOAPS; e o - PERFUMES & TOILET WATERS | 150 YEARS' JUBILEE GELEBRATIONS LY 2 Y NECMb‘S‘%l%g TII)(l)t\L/’[E(';g’Y CHOICE to be held at the WHILE IVORY TOILEP ARTIUES MORAVIAN CHURCH. SALELY “Azlggbéu S Frederiksted, St. Croiz, V.I.U.S.A. AND REMEMBER - ~ From. May list to May Bth next, WE ALWAYS HAVE ON HAND inclusively. i - SELLE MEAD SWEETS W.i)ils.tcfi%ci\(‘:ilz\l}’ TAR (O YOil s i el 1R gl 06, THE CANDY Y&t gvauf.L BVENTOAL- | oh ireer : Government shipbuilding progranime by a vote us 103 to 79 and the interim sup- ply bill by a vote of 116 to 64, thus bringing to a head the most strenuous blockade {§since the naval debate i 1018,