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“The Girl In The Rain”.
5 REELS.
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An Engaying Mystery Story That Is tull of Surprise.
Mystery and
Then
Sotne—You
See Then Leave
the
Automobiie
and
Enter
the Inn.
Their
Actions
Lead
One
to Believe
That
They
Are
Being
Pursued.
One
Girl Leaves
with a Package
of Saw
Blades.
What’s [t All About?
:
“Why Couldn’t “‘The Girl In The Rain®
marry the
man
she
loved?”’
She
Wore the Wedding Ring in Order to Deceive.
She Aided
Her Friends
to Escape.
She
Is Then
Pursued
Herself
But Finally Manages
To Escape.
Come and See;
“The Girl In The Rain.
Show Concluding with:
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“Three Pairs
of Stockings”.
SOMEDY
1 REEL.
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is offering
a
treat
to the Smokers.
SERENE
the great
mild Cigarette
in cartons
of 10 paek5.........51.10
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« hristiansted,
18th April 1921.
M. A. PRETTO.
NIICE
*
A MEETING of the
Red
Cross
Nursing
Committee
will be
held
in
the
Mu-
nicipal
Committee
Room,
Governient
Building,
Christiansted,
WEDNESDAY
APRIL 20TH 1921 at 3 o’clock
p.
m.
R.
H. AMPHLETT LEADER,
¢
Secretary.
'
EDITORIAL.
We are
in receipt of an advice from the
Receiving Ship at
New York
signed,
D.
W. Fuller, Lt. Comdr. U.S.N.,
Command-
ing.
that
Laurence
Emil
Struer
whose
homz
is
at
St.
Croix,
V. I’ was
trans-
ferred
on
April 2.
1921,
from
the
Re-
ceiving Ship at
New
York to
the
U.
S.
S
Robbins,
which
item
of
news
is
furnished
us for
the reading
and
infor-
mation
of his relatives
and frieads.
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LOCAL.
Yesterday
wa;
remarkabie
fir
the
most perfect
weather
obscrved
here
for
months.
f[he
daytime
was
bright
and
sanny,
yet
not warm, and
in
the
even-
*
ing
the
moonlight
was charming.
The
mail
schooner
“Mystery’’ called
at
Frederiksted
last
right.
landed
mail
from
the
States,
Porto
Rico
and
St.
Thomas
and
sailed again for Porto
Rico.
This
was
indeed
a
fastrun,
and
her
touching this island
is appreciated
for it
places
the mail
here
about twelve
hours
earlier than if transhipped
toj the
Creole
which is scheduled
to sail from St. Thomas
this a.
m.
Itis
advised
that
upon
re-
ceipt of
information
by
radio that
the
Mystery would call at
Frederiksted
mziis
were made
up and
dispatched
for
the
States
and Porto
Rico.
The
electric
light
was
excelient
last
night.
The engines
at
the
power-house
were running
O. K.,
and
the brillianc;
of the
lights
in
houses
was
strikingly
good.
d
Correspondence
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The stork
popped
in
at
the
hemeé
of
|
Mr. and Mrs. H.
A.
Delamos
iast
even-
ing ard left
a fine
baby
boy
with them.
:
Congratulations—Comm.
|
s
e
eAR
r
THE MOVIE THEATRE.
Lo a recent
issue
of the
'‘St.
Thomas
|
Bulletin’’ there
appeared
a 5 reel
drama
|
entitied
"'Lucille’s: Divorce’” with Eddie
|
Lyons
a.d
Lee
Moran
as principal
ac-
|
tors.
These
two f.vorites of the screen
|
need
no
introduction
to
patrons
of
the
|
theatre
in
St.
Croix,
so
we
pass
on.
!
This picture
was
exnibited
at
the
Cine
|
America,
St.
Thomas.
We
should
be
|
highly pleased
if cur
amusement
Mana.
’
ger
could
make
it
possible
to
seenre
|
som2 of
these
dramas
at
certain
times
|
featuring
the two
favourites
Eddie
and
|
Lee.
Mr. Svendsen’s
special
attention
|
Is called
to this,
as
a b reel
drama
with
these
two
comic
masters
as
‘‘stars”
would
certainly
be
very
much
appreci-
ated
by lcvers
of the movies.
MOVIE ADMIRERS.
Frederiksted,
April 18th 1921.
-
Tue
Britich
yaeht
"'Neara’!'
from
St.
wites
arrived
here
yesterday
afternoon
at
1 o’clock
with
the
following passen-
gevs:
Mr. A, P. Camisuli,
J. A. Sparks,
and
S. K. Novthey.
- She
left
again
for
St. Kitts at 5
a.
m. today.
T'he
American
schooner
‘‘Juan
Cruz’’
from
Porto
Rico
via St.
I'nomas
arrived
here
at
9 p.
m. yesterday
with 42
bags
of mails,
101 packages
general
cargo and
the following passengers:
C.
Williams,
Jo Foy,
and
Klizabeth
Miiler.
She
left
again
at 11 p.
m.
for
Porto
Rieo
via St.
Thomas.
:
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TELEGR s M.
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ST. CRUIX SIATION.
Rniterdam
April 14th.—A Cologne
des-
patch
to the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche
Cour-
ant says
that
a Cabinet
Couancii
at
Berlin
has decided
upon
steps
to induce
the Al-
lies
to
repeal
rheir
coercive
measur.s.
These,
it is declared,
are
proving
a
catas-
trophe
to (serman
trade.
London
April 14ta.
--A
serious
phase
of
the
threatened
strike
of
c¢he
Tri-
ple
‘Alliance
is
that
of'
the
British
.
seamen
and
sfewards,
whose
wages,
-
it
was learned
today,
the
ownpners
have
announced
wili be reduced
approximate-
ly
80%.
lhe
redacuion,
nowever,
will
not
be effective
pending
a
meering
on
April
22nd.
of the ship
owners
and re}i
repentatives
of
the
firemen
aad sailors
unions,
to
which
the
seamen
and
stew-
@
ards belong.
At this
meetinz
the
whole
v
question
wiil
be
discussed.
Meanwhile
°
che
union
is
balloting
on
tne
issue
of
=
Joining
in the general
stoppage
of work
tomorrow.
While the
seamen’s
declared
sentiment
regarding
A strike,
is
evenly
divided,
the
reterendum
snows
2,000
against
the strike wiinr 656% of
the votes
in.
The result
of the
balioting however
wiil
not
be
obtainavle
uoul
tomorrow.
It
was
stated
at
the
headquarters
of
the
firemen’s
and
sailors’
union
today
that
even
it
the
present
ballot
should
result
In
refusal
to
particlpaté =in
in the strike
of
the
Triple Alliance, the
seamzn
will not submit
to
the
30%
re-
duction,
while it is
hoped
that
the issue
can
be seiitled
by negotiations.
A strike
of
seamen
and
stewards,
with
conse-
quent
paralysis
of Transatlantic
traffic,
is ccnsidered
not impossibie.
London,
April
14th.—Several
mem-
bers
of
the
House
of Commons
made
an attempt
in the
House
this
afternoon
to
precipitate
a
debate
*on
the
subject
of the mandate
over
the
isiand
of Yap
and
the American
position
on
the
man-
date
question,
Mr.
Lioyd
George
head
off
the
effort
with
the
statement
that
this subject
was
under
friendly
discus-
sion between
the
United States
and
the
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