The U.
S. S. Henderson
will probably
arrive
in
Si.. Thomas
April
24th.
The
followi ‘g passengers
are
aboard®
Com-
mander
Me.
Cenell,
U.
S.
N.,
Ensizn
H. Hedriek,
U. S. N., Lieut. tWalter,
.
.
Seaa,
G Lient
Markell
U .8
M C..
and Mrs. Markell and Mvs. E.
C. King.
To Editor of ‘‘Avis’’.
Dear Sir:—
Evidently,
Mr. Brow
nas
lost
sight
o
the faet (which he must
be
aware
»f)
that, Factories
have
to buy
raw
material
for
th= manufacture
of
their
produets,
and that
the
cost
of that matcerial
fluctu-
ates
according
to circumstances
and
con-
ditions.
Sugar
today
is
viry
nigh
in
price
in the chief
market
in
which it
is
sold,
and
cane,
the
raw
ma.erial
from
whnich
<¢his
is
manufactured,
must,
by
r2ason
of the Sugar
Factory’s
contracts,
be
correspoadingly
so.
It
1s
therefore
puzziing
to
understand
how
Nr.
Brow
expects
the
sugar
made,
say
six
weeks
ago can
reas mably be sold at the same
rate
as
that
now
being
made
or
vice
versa.
The
quotaticn
for sugar
in New York in
the
first days of Mareh
was
11--12¢.
and
tolay
nearly
17c.
Besides
it
may
quite
possib
v be
that sugar
made
in
the early
ceHp
tor exoort
is sold
and
th _refore
the
Faetor
es
brind
to deliver
n»w are
lef.
i gely
on tiee losing side.
it
n.ay
be
beiter
to look
fa
rly on
the
wol2
guesiion
of sugar
ad
ance,
and
s:hmi.
ours:lves
as
consum
:'rs
to
the
cireun.stane2s;
as
conditions
i
all
parts
o'
the
world; and
tisin
ref:rence
not
ty»
sugar
alcaoe,
but
toall
o
her
neces-
savies
liree ly or indircetly in mediate.
Nhe
it as
a
verv necessary
or tne
raw
rhaterid of
flour nas
run
up
high,
and
vwe ha
e
be2a
paying
ior it,
zramble
as
we
m.y.
B w materials,
su:h
as
wool
and
e
ttor,
ior
our
clothing
comforts
a->all
zon- aigh-and
prices
»f clothing
stuffs
s
weil as
food stuff
prove
to us
tnat
ti.»
world at large suffers.
Ameri-
can pe
'ple
ave forced
to
pay nigh prices
fr
aricle:
that
are
producel
in
their
F>nes
and
vhy should
we here
expect
o.nerv..3e.
Jhe
increase
of
ihe
world’s
consuraintion
today,
is
thorcughly
be-
yond i. 5 supply—An Almighty
Hand
di-
racts
ail.
.
Yors truly
:
WATCHMANN.
christiaisied,
Aprii 15’ 19.20:
TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STA iIOON.
(Delayed
in transmission.)
Cairo,
April 7th.—M.
Ciemenceu,
whose
condition
owing to
an
attack
of
bronehitis
since
his rerurn
from
Luxor
has been causing
some anxiety,
has
now
recovered.
Brussels,
April 7th.—All
the ministers
absent
from the city
has
been
urgently
recalled,
and
the King.
who
was
at
Fontainebleau,
is
also
expected.
The
By il
X
A
Y
18
council
will meet
to
decide
the
attitude
of Eelgium,
in
view
of
the
events
in
Gevmany.
Govt.
circles
are desirous
of
ascertaining
the
attitude
of
KEngland.
bu
the opinion prevails
that it must
be
on the side of France.
Paris,
April 7th.—A
Hava’s
despatch
from Frankfort
states
that
a rumour
is
being
circulated that,
undergpressure
{by
the Allies the French
trnm%s
had received
orders
to evacuale
the city,
a
number
of
students
harrangued
the
crowds
frum
automobiles,
execiting
them
ag:inst
the
French
troops,
with the result that
sever-
al
clashes
occurred,
a
number
of
the
German
population being
wonnded.
Or-
der
was restored
bx'patrols
throughout
the
sireefs
and at
9 p.
m.
the city
was
absolutely
quiet,
an order
having
been
issued
forbidding
all
persons
tc
leave
their
residences
after
that
hour.
Aec-
cording to advices from
a
German
source
6 Germans
were Kkilled and
35
wounded.
There
lis
reason
to
believe
that
the
demonstrations
which
caused
the
inei-
dent
were
due
to
an
order
emanating
from Berlin.
Paris,
April Tth.—The military
opera-
tion
of
yesterday
against
Frankfort
Darmstadt,
Duislurg,
and
Hanau
were
completed
today
by
the
occupation
of
Honburg,
15 kilometres
north of
Frank-
fort.
The occupation
was effected
with-
out the
slightest
incident
and all is quiet
in the newly occupied region.
Paris,
April 7ih.—ihe
aviator
Henrp
Roget has performed
a record
flight from
Paris
to Lyons in one hour and fifty min-
utes,
at the
rate
of
245
kilometres
an
hour.
Halle,
April 7th.—Dr.
Meyer,
a
mili-
tary doctor,
whose
name
appears
on
the
list
of guiltv
persons
claimed
by
the
Allies,
committed
suicide
here
today
taking poison.
Kome,
April 7th.--A
general
strike
has
bheen
declared at Bologna,
Florence,
Livorna,
Piacenza,
Modema and
Spezia.
At Bologna seven
workmen
were serious-
iy injured in an encounter
with the police.
Congtantinople, Apri} Tth.——An imperi-
al reseript,
published
on the
occasion,
of
the assumption
of office by
the new min-
istry,
condemns
the
nationalist
move-
ment
as comprising the political situation
of the country
and declares
that the
law
will be applied against
those
participat-
ing
in the
movement.
It requires
the
new
cabinet
to
establish
confidential
relations
with the Entente
and to defena
the
rights
of the state
and
the
nation
according
to the
prineiples of right
and
justice,
and
to
arrive
at
an
early
and
rapid conclusion
of peace.
London,
April 7th.--Sugar
in
stock
on
the
3rd instant
was 34,000
tons.
Last
year
154,000 tons.
Washington,
April
6th.—The
Depart-
ment of Agriculture experts
say
the
re-
appearance
of
the
pink
boll
worm
in
Texas and Louisiana'xi'resents
the
most
serious
situation
whir
.
has
confronted
the
United
States
cotton
industry
and
unless
proper
measures
a:ie
taken,
they
say,
it wil become
2
-« 110
and
perma-
nent
limiting facis:
..
iLc
production
of cot.on.
GOD’S WILL MUST BE
DONE
Mr. Oxford Mildred Hall
died
in
Por-
to Rieo yesterday
afternoon
at
3
oclock.
His untimely death
is
regrettable
to
all
concerned.
The deceased
in boyish
life
served
as
a
printer,
giving full
satis-
faction
to
the
office
wherein
he
was
employed.
Circumstances
caused
him
afterwards
to
seek
another
employ-
ment and
he
became
the
contemp rary
of Messrs.
A. E. Smith and
J. de
Jongh
of the firm
of
Lugo
& Co.
afterwards
brecught
over
by
our
esteemed
towns.
man
Mr. Abram
Smith in the
ascent
of
looking forward
to
his
future
prospect
he
afterwards
became
clerk:
of
mer-
chant
Alfred
Mewton,
where
he _servy-
ed
faithfully, confidently
and
satisfac-
tory.
Being in
the zenit
of
manhood
he
branched
off
and
opened
his
own
busiress
which during
the
war
he
was
compelled to ‘abandon.
Eventually
the
much
esteened
and
beloved
deceased
found
employment
in
the
Apothecary
Hall
in
this
island
wherein his meritorious
service was much
appreciated,
but his
insistent
desire
for
travelling
abroad
for
better
conduce-
ment ied to his departure.
The
deceased
left
our
shores
over
a
month
ago and
fell a
vietim
to
the
e¢li-
matic condition
of Porto
Rico.
It
is
1
debt
which
we
all
must
pay.
Fatality
cannot
be avoided.
His
remains
so
far
as
we
are
informed
will
be
brought
to
the land of his nativity,
We
take
this
imedium
of extending
our condolence
to his
mother and
broth.
ers and further extend
our
deepest
sym-
pathy to
his
young
wife
and
children,
one
about
two
years
and
the
other
about five months.
During his sudden
illness
of
pneumo
nia and pleurisa,
his
wife visited
a
for-
eign
shore,
unknown,
friendless
only
on the obey of the deceased
demand.
Conditions
however being
grave,
force
of
circumstances
compelled
her
to
re.
turn home.
The
saddest
moment
of
a
departed
son,
husband,
father
brother,
friends
bid
farewell
t>
our
terrestial
region.
It is a common road
we all
must
follow.
As your acts
up on
earth
have
been,
so
perfect
as
a man
it is
expecied
that
in
the region of the
highest
perfection
we
all
will meet
in
eternal
bliss
Sleep
in
perfect peace,
your loved one
over
whom
your Ego will wateh,
God the giver and
taker will protect.
Till we
meet
again
on the happy
shore.
Whether
King
or
Peasant
we
must
"go’’—So teach
us to
number
our days
that
we may apply
our heart
unto
wis-
do'rz——Com.— St. Thomas
Bulletin April
12th.