By THE
GOVERNOR
OF
THE VIRGIN- IS-
LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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A Prociamation.
HE President
of the
United States has
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by
proclamation
desiznated
Thuis-.
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day,
the 25th dav
of November,
1920,
as
a day of thanksgiving
and prayer.
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WHEREFORE,
I,
J.
W. Oman,
Gov-
ernor of the Virgin Islands
of tue Unired
States,
do
hereby
designate
the
afore-
said
date
for
observance
as
a
day
»°f
thanksgiving
and” prayer
by
the
people
throughout
the
isiands, inviting them
to
cease
on
that
day
from
their
ordimary
tasks “and to unite in their
huomes
and'in
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their severai
places
o1 worship
in aserib-
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ing
praise
and thangsgiving
to God
the
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Author of all blessings
and
the
Master
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of our destinies.
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IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF,
I
have
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nereunio
set
my
hand
and
caused
the
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seai of the Governmeant
1o be fixed.
.
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one at St.
Thomias
this
sixteenth
day
of
November,
in
the year
of
our
Lord,
one
thoadand
nine hundred
and twenty.
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2.
W OMAN.
- By the Goveraor:
X
f
LEO
F. 5. HORAN,
1
Acting Government Secretary.
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AUCTION.
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A
e
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T
the request
of
Lawyer
Stakemann
as attorney
o the owners,
the Proper-
ty
belonging
to
F.
A
CARTY’S
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Chiidren known
as
No.
47 Letters
A. B.
in
HILL STREET
IN THE
TOWN
OF
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CHRISTIANSTED
will be
offered
for
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sale at
a public auction
to be held
at the
undersigaed
Vendue
Directors
Office
at
Court Rooms
in Government
House
on
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TUESDAY
The Tth Day of December
1920
"AT 3 O'CLOCK P. M.
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The
coaditicus
for the
sale,
appraise-
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ment
and other
doecuments
appertaining
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to said
sale
may
be inspected
at
lawyer
|
Stakemann’s
office in Christiansted
prior
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ro the
auciion.
:
Christiansted’s
Vendue
Office,
St.
|
{roix, November
17th
1920,
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Fee:
Fr.
10.00?
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Say
“en Francs
§
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WILH. JENSEN.
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Mr.
Beh. gen and faomidy
thank
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those,
who kindly
showed
them at
iention in
their
late
bereavement.
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2
o
A
B
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on
‘King St.:in _fthis
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i‘{)ND town:1 silver
safety-
'
pin,
about I 3 in.
long |
with a British 3d.
coin attached.
i
Owoper
may
claim
same
at the office of
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G papeY
il
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Pl
WLk RBe
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EOITORIAL
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s
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Mr. Joseph
Alexander
tukes
exception
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to
the report
published
in
yesterday’s
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issuc
coucerning
the
chairman-
of
the
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meeting of Tuesday
evening
having
re.
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buked
thz fisherman
who
spoke
on
the
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sanitary
qu-~stion.
Mr.
Alexander
was
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enairman
of that meeting
and
considers
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himself
misrepresented
in
the
account
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referred
to
As related
by bim,
he
told
:
the speaker
the
meeting
had
nct
been
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convened
for the
purnose
of
discussiog
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sunitary
measures,
and
thai
he was
con-
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sequently
ouc of order
in
bringing
that
‘.
topic forward, aithough
he,
Mr. Aiegan-.
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der, agreed
with
some
of
his
remarks
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We would
not wilfullydo
"Mr. Alexander
\
an injustice
and even after his
talk
with
|
us,
cannot
see
that
we have
done
so,
as
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the pracrica:
effect of- his
words remains
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precisely the
same.
The
incident
is of
lirtle
importance.
and
was
ment aned:
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simply beeausa
it stood
a poor chatice
of
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being recordad
otherwise
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LOCAL.
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A
pretty
little
wedding
took
place
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last
evening
at
Friedcnsfeld
Moravian
:
Churebh
when
Mr.
RUSSELL
ANDREW
j
SyLvis,
former
Sergeant
of
the Marine
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Corps
of this
tewn,
was
united in mar-
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riage
to
Miss
GLADYS INGEBORG,
cldest
?
daughter
of Mr. & Mrs. A
H.
@GAARD
|
of Est.
Colquhoun Mt.Pleasant,
the home
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ot the bride’s parents
where
a reception
was given and
the
gZuests
spent
several
enjovable
hours.
The
ceremony
was
per-
formed by the Rev. P. Bartels,
Minister of
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tne above
named
Churcn.
The Bride was
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_given away
by
her
father
whiie Mr. R.
l
Armsoony of Fredeviksted
acted
as Best
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Man.
To
th-
happy
couple
we beg
to
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tender
congraiuiations
and
besi
wishes
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for a long and happy
union.
;
s
l
Aye
ee
£
i
The St.
Thomas
papers
report
ice
trou-
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bles
ovér there ewing
to the tactory be-
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ing
out
of- cummission.
The
Navy
Ice
i
Plant i 3 meeting some
oi the demand
un-
l
der
a
systen: of permi:s
issued
through
|
the Food Commission.
Our
factory here
I
is to
be congratulated
upon
the
success
‘
i- has
had
in meeting
the
needs
of this
entir~ island
for
the past
year
or longer,
;
Movie patrons
are
advised
to
see
to-
night’s
show at
the
theatre.
The
fiim
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**A Soul for Bale’’ is highly
recommend-
i
ed by the
papers
of St.
Thomas
where
it
was
exhibited
and
highly appr ciated,”
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being called for a second
time.
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T'hieves
have
been
visiting the
liquor
- cellar
at Est. Little Princess
Mr. B.
k.
Svitzer tells
us.
On'Sunday
right
this
week
an
entrance
was effecied
and
some
“*good old
St. Creix”’ and
wine made
off
with:this
was reported
to the police
on
Monday,
and
as if in
reprisal
the eellar
wvas broache!
a2ain,
on
Tuesday
nizhi
~ but
this
time the
ihiet
was
driv
n of
by
the
wazichman
and the
dogs.
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TELEGRAM
.
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ST. CROIX STATION:
Topeka,
Kas.
Nov. 13th.—The Kansas
fliour mi'ling industey i 8 on the
verge
of
a shuc
Jown
aceording
to
a
statemient
made nere vesterday
by ‘Mr Ismerr, head
of a large eompany
whicn operates
miils
here
and +in Kansas
City.
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Mr.
Isnert:
added
ihat
a nurnbergof
mills, inciuding
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tis
own,
had
suspended
overations,
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Seven
Topeka
miiling conecerns,
Thurs-
day,
were ordered
to appear
beiore
(he
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State
Court
of industrial
relations
and
l
show
why they. should
not be
held
for
violating
the Industrial
Court
Act
“for
!'
curtajling
vroductior ‘in an essendal
in-
dustry
o influence prices’”’,
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sonireal,
Nov. 13ih. —The local
Stock
.
Exchange
- was. in a fitfn)state
of
weak-
.
ness
this morning and nearly every issie
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was
down
from.
last
night.
The o
-
proimicent
decline
was-in Atlantic sugar,
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which opened
at 30 and
fthen immediate-
.
ly d opped
8 points
10 22,
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5
5
i
Geneva.
Nov. 13th. —Germanyv
wili anr
.
make
a tormal
application
for admission
i
to the Leaga= of Nations,
but wonid
not
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IZnore an invitation tn become
a meinber
.
shoiid
1. be exwended
by
tive orga
iza-
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tion,
said
Dr. Hermana
Mdeller,
Viee-
-
Presidentof the Foreign Gffice
Com nit-
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tee of the German
Reichsiag,
in a
scate-
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men: 0 the Journal
d¢
Geneva
yaster-
day.
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New York, Nov. ¥2in. —Plungioz 'downs
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anothe:
half cent
the
caw sugar
market
°*
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settled
into new low ground for the
sea-
.
son.
L'here
were sales
of Porto
Ri¢o’s a:
!
6.51 for centrifugal
and
at the eloge
both
~
Cuba’s
and ouiside
sugars
were
offcred
2t thiz level
w thoul .being taken.
While
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no
iurther
changes
oceurred
in refined
|
-
sugar from the ten cent
level estabiished
vestc rday,
a dzacline
is e.pected
by
tra-
ders
owing to the
farther break
in
raw
sugar
prices
today.
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Yrw
s
-London, Nov. 14th. —Gab-iet
i)’snpun-
ziv
has occupied OCastua
to the
wes:
of
Fiume,
but
has
met
with
some
resis-
~
tanee
{rom the population,
the Milan cor-
respondent
or the
bLondeu Times
says.
The
Miian newspapers
disapprove
of
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D’Arnrunzio’s action,
according
o
the
same
correspondent
Even Mussolin,
edi
tor of Popoio D’icalia. D’Annunzio’s
lieu-
"~
temani,
doubts
the poet’s
wisdom.
The
Secolo in a strong article
says,
)’Annun-
zio has
passed
aii limits, and asks,
what-
will the world think of
us?
The
Corri-:
ere
DDella Sera describes
the poet’s action
s
as
desperate
and
foolish
and
says
that
he
is putting hims-if
effectively in
con-