new basis
there
seeme]
to be
no
gener-
al buying interest.
There
were
reports
during the morning
of further
sales
of
Porto
Rico’s
afloat
to
the
Federal
em-
bracing 6,700
bags,
fully due
and
5,000
bags
close
by,
both
at
4.64 c.
cif
An-
other
sale
to
the
Federal
was
of 3,-
000 bags
San
Domingo’s
afloat,
due
to-
morrowy,
at
S.3¥de.
vil.
No
aqther
transactions
were reported
up
too
mid-
day.
The committee
made
no announce-
ment but notwithstanding,
a semi-official
statement
was
uttered
on
Wednesday
to
the
effect
that
it
had
arranged
to
take
care
of
all
its
unsold
sugars
that
are
due
to arrive
up to May 15ih.
There
was
prevalent
in
the
trade
a
belief
that if an opportunity
was presented
to
disposz
of
a
round
lot
by
direct
and
final sale
at the
prevailing
market,
the
committee
would
take
advantage
of
it.
[u the early aiternoon
the
Federal
made
an
additional
purchase
of
12,000
bags
Poto Rieo’s, for first
haif
May shipment
at 4.58¢c.
cif,
or
close
to
t
e
low
point
for the season,
which
was
touched
short-
lv before
the
sugar
finance
committee
was created
for
the
purpose
of
stabiliz-
ing the market,
After this'business
was
done,
it appeared
that an
effort
was
be-
ing mace
to
check
the
decline.
One
of
the largest
local
refiners,
other
than
the
Federal,
notifiad saveral
brokers
that
if
they had
Porto
Rieo’s
to
sell
at
4.88 c
cif, he would
consider
that and
intimat-
ed that
he
might
buy
ftull duty
sugars
at 3.375¢.
cif.
General
sentiment
how-
ever
continued
bearish,
and
in
some
quarters
predictions
were
made
‘hat the
decline will go further
London,
May 9th.—A
new
grave
situa-
tion
as regards
the coal strike has
arisen
from
the
ban oi the
transpor:
workers
federaiion
on
the
handling
of
foreign
coal brought
to
England
and
the decision
of
the
railway men’s
union
to refuse
to
haul coal.
While
the
executive
commit-
tee of the national union jof railwaymen,
are
not
supporting
the
threat
of
the
transport
federation
and
the
railway-
men,
it is said
the
Government
is
deter-
mined
to
secure
coal
desired
for
pub-
lie utilities and will
employ volunteer
la-
bour for this purpose
if necessary,
which
it is
considered
would
be likely to cause
a strike
on
the part of
the railwaymen.
The Cabinet
sat
twice today,
to consider
the
situation,
and Sir Eric Geddes,
min-
ister of'yransportation.
had
a conference
with
Secretary
Kramp
of
the National
Union
of
Railwaymen
and
Secretary
Williams
of
the
Transport
Federaticn.
It is reported
that
the
Government
con-
templates
closing
Hyde
Park
and
pre
paring for
traunsport
facilitirs
along
the
lines it had
in
view,
when
the strike by
the triple alliance
w
s threatened.
Berlin,
May
9th.—A
despateh
to
the
Deutsche
Aligemeine
Zeitung from
Muel-
heim today
says
the
French
troops from
Geldorf crossed
the
Rhur last
nmight, and
occupied
various
points
in
the
town of
Muelheim, including the national bank.
e
L ROIX
A VID
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Will End Neglect of Virgin Is-
|
lands
f
|
Capt.
S. E. W. Kittelle, New
Governor,
|
|
to Bear
Message
From
President.
t
3
Capt.
Summer
E.
W. Kittelle,
United
|
|
States
Navy,
on duty
with the
board
ot
|
|
inspection
and
survey
here for
the
last
|
two years,
sails
tonioriow
to
assume
his
|
|
new
duties
as
governor
of
the
Virgin
|
|
Islands.
Capt.
Kittelle is
carrying
v ith
|
|
him
from President
Harding
a
word
of
|
greeting and good cheer
to the inhabitants
|
of the
isiands
whowgere
all but forgotten
|
|
during
the
first
two
years
they
were
|
|
placed
under
the
American
flag,
Presi-
|
t
dent
Harding
told Capt.
Kittelle he
was
|
i
particularly
interested
in
seeing
to
it
|
that
the Virgin Islanders
should
come
to
appreciate
the
benefits
of American
In-
stitutions,
and
in
his
message
to
the
regular
session
of Congress
next
Decem-
ber ‘will ask
that
the
recommendations
of
tho Kenyon
joint congressional
com
mission
which
visited
the islands
a year
or so ago
be given every consideration.
,
The
appointment
of
Capt.
Kittelle as
.
governor
of
the
islands
was
made
by
-
President
Harding
on
recommendation
.
of
the Secretary
of the Navy. Mr.
Den-
by, and it marks
a
new policy in
dealing
.
with
the
naval
governorships.
Capt.
'
Kittelle is the senior
officer of the
Navy
.~
in
his
grade,
andit is
the
purpuse
of
|
Secretary
Denby to select
in the
{future
!
men
of
mature
experience
ard
good
.
judgment
to
preside
over the
destinies
|
of .the peoples
of
our island
possessions
|
where
naval
control
is
being
exercised
.
in
the absence
of any
other
fixed
form
|
of
Government.
Capt.
Kittelle
has
an
|
excellent
reputation
for
handling
men.
'
The s*~ip commanded
by him during
the
.
war period,
the Georgia,
made
the Navy
|
record
for training seamen
for transfer
to
.
other
vessels.
Capt.
Kittelle
also
com-
.
manded
t~o
trans
Atlantic
troop expedi-
.
tiops at
a time
when
enemy
submarine
.
|
activities
in
the Atlantic
were
at
their
'
height.
FORGOTTEN
DURING THE
WAR
|
The Virgin Islands
had
the misfcrtune
.
to
come into American
possession
just
a
-
few cays
before
war
was
declared
by the
.
United States
against
Germany.
Ib the
~_whiri of events
that followed
the peoples
~
oi
what
bad
been
rhe
Danish
West
In-
dies
were
forgotten by "ongress
and
by |
the
people-
of this
country
in
general.
~
The Nzvy, sorely
pressed
for officers
for
~
war duties,
nevertheless
assumed
a
sort
{
of guardianship
over the
islands
and
a
|
~
paval
governor
was appointed.
The
gov-
~
ernor
received
about
as much
attention
as
the inbabitants,
however,
and
little
|
~
thought
of
any sort was
given
to
the
|
.
new
possessions
and the
new
American
|
~
citizens
until
one
day
an
odd-looking
|
.
fellow
wearing
a
faded
brown
derby
|
drifted into the offices of Senator Kenyon
.
on Capitol Hill and
told
a heart-grippipg
~
story of the
tremendous
disappointment
~
of the people that in two years
of Ameri-
-
can sovereignty
there
had
been
absolute-
~ly no moral help extended
and
very little
physical.
|
[t still remains
t:ve that
about all that
-
has
been
done
for the
islands
has
been
~in
the
way
of
sanitary
improvements.
~
These
were
very recessary,
of course,
and
~
will be of enormous
benefit
in the future.
|
[t
i« now four
years
since
the
islands
|
came
into American
possession
and
Dean-
'
ish
mecney
still
is in
general
use.
The
~
American
dollar in this
American
colony
.
has
sold
at
a
premium
of as
high
as
28
|
per cent.
f
INVESTIGATION BY COMMISSION.
Z
The
story
told by the man
in
the little
.
brown
derby caused
Senator Kenyon
(o
.~
take
up
in Congress
the
neglect
of
the
|
islands.
He
saia
there
was
plenty
of
|
excuse
for this neglect
during the
war,
|
but
no
excuse
for a continuance
of it for
|
peace
time.
As a result
of
his effects
a
|
Joint
congressional
ecmmission
was
zu-
|
thorized
to
proceed
to
the
islangs
and
i
study
conditions
there.
They fodand,
be-
.
sides
other things,
that
the
peopie
still
|
are
living under
a Danish
code of
laws
.
The
commission
has
recommended
an
|
American
system
of* currency
and
an
E
American
code
of
laws.
based
upon
'
American
principles and
Ideals,
and
the
.
undertaking
of
=xtensive
educational
|
vork
The
commission
denounced
the
i
system
of taxation
in the
ilslands
as
un-
just,
inefficient
and
archaic.
The
mail
|
facilities
have
been
almast
nil,
l
With
President
Harding’s permission
|
and
hearty ap-roval,
Capt. Kittelle
has
'
taken
up
with
several
cabinet
officers
.
malters
affecting
the islands
and he will
|
work
out
as
many
iniprovements
as
are
|
possible
under purely executive
authori-
ty.— Washington
Star,
April 19th.
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i
-
.
~
Just Received
i
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Emporium
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Fancy
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50c-
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B b tme
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