day evening.when
the streets,particularly
|
King’s and Company,
became
so slippery
that
it was very difficult
1o keep
a
foot-
ing.
If some
light gravel
be
syread
and stamped
in on these principal streets,
|
it
would
be
sure
to harden:the
surface
and
eliminate
the slipperiness
now
ex-
|
perienced
whep it rains.
:
The Navy
Band
rendered
its
regular
|
concerts
yesterday,
entertaining
quite
a
large gathering in the evening.
|
The
Leader
of
the
Industrial
DBrass
Band,
Mr.
C.
H.
Adams,
has
asked
to
mention
that Thursday,
27th instant,
be-
ing one year sinee
the
new
members
of
the
band
rveadered
their first public
coun-
cert,
a
new programme,
to
be
published
later,
will be played that evening.
The cine show
at
the
theatre
tonight
coraprises
the ‘'‘Bull’s eye’’ and
a
comi-
cai
number,
and promises
a pleasant
even-
ing to those
who frequent
that
popular
place of amusement.
Mr. George
H. Markoe led to thearreston
Saturday
e ening of the
escaped
prison-
or 'O
e
Hand Tom’’ whose
depredations
have
been creating quite
a scare
in Fred-
eriksted.
4
o
With allusion
to reference
in West
End
News
of Saturday
last,
that Friday’s
is-
sue of the
Avis
has
aot
been
received
in
Fraderiksted,
it may
be
explained
that
the papers
were
mailed
in
the
regular
manaer,
but being
somewhat
late
were
forwarded
lin
the
mail-pan
which
was
presumably
dispatiched
to
St. Thomas
withiout beine examined
at Frederiksted.
OFFiCIAL NEW>.
Nov. 22,
1919,
One hundred
and twenty-three
marines
are
to
be
iransferred
from
the
Virgin
Islands
to
the
States
via
the
special
transgort.
American
Steamer
Lake Farrar
in bal-
last
from
Fernambuco
bound
for Balboa,
Panama,
ai:l
American
Steamer
Shaume
wita cargo
‘rom
cuenos
Aires,
bound
for
New
York, arrived
at
St.
Thomas
this
morning.
!
{ELEGRAMS.
|
ST. CROIIX STATION.
Rome,
NJv.
19:h—~—Laleat
2listhmre.
poris
indicai
2
that
the
constitutionalists
|
gecored
thee
nundrad
seats
in
the
Ch:zmber
of Deputies
in the recent
elee-
tions,
The
Socialists
elected
120
and
the Catholie:
90,
Rome
Nov
19:h —A document
is about
|
to baissued
by
tnhe
Pope eallinz
tha
ai-
|
tention
of
the
worid
to
the
necassity
|
<ae
L
“
ey
c
!
for
aiding
the
. destitute
children
of
|
ali the
pati
as
recently
engaged
in the
|
war. It is expecied
the
Pope
will con: .
|
tribute a considerable
sum of money
for
B 0
0
0 L 2
AN
1S
starting
the work.
He has
alrcady
or-
ganized
at
Mount
Marie,
near
Rome,
a
home for tubercular
children.
London,
Nov. 19th.—Australic,
espec-
ially Newsocuthwales
is
suffering
the
most
devastating
drcught
since
white
men
have
lived
in
that
counéry
even
the
drought
of
1902
lis
being
sur-
passed,
according
to
a
despatch
Syd-
ney
to
the
‘'Daily Mail’’ stocks
from
and
crops
have
been
destroye«,
and
it
is doubtfu!
whether
there
wiii be enough
seed
wheat
for
next
season
sowing.
H'indreds
and perhaps
thousands
of
set-
tlers have
beepn
ruined.
Northwest
New-
southwales
is described
as
a desert,
be-
ing stripped
of everything
greex.
Fad-
dock
are
littered
with
the skzietons
of
ca‘tle.
and
even
rabbits
are
dying
iln
vast
numbers.
:
Ottawa,
Nov. 19th.—A dectease
of ap-
proximately $33,000.000
in the Crand
to-
tal
of
“anadas
trade
for
the
seven
months
of
the
fiseal
vear
end
ng with
Octoher
15 compared
with
the
same
pe-
riad
last
yvear.
i°
shown
'ln the
trade
statement
for October.
Helsingfors,
Nov.
17th.—It
is
repor-
ted
here
tonight
that
20,000
troops
of
General
Yulenitehs
norihwestern
Rus-
sian
army
have
cone
over
to the
Bolshe-
viki.
London,
Nov.
18th.
—The
*'Daily Tele-
graph’’
¢ Parliamentary
correspondent
says
chat
the
Attornev General
and
the
Soiicitor General
are
now
in
Paris
for
a
consultation
with
the Allied Couneil,
In
reference
to
the
trial of the
Kaiser.
It
ils hoped
that
a definite
sten
in
the
mat-
ter will be
taken
by Christm
s.
New
York,
Nov
19:h
—llhe
Princg
of Wales
was
made
a
dréeman
of
(his
city by Mayor
Hylan today. ~ Hi>
m>rn-
ing
peogramme
inciuded
a
trip
to
tne
top
of
the
-fifty-four Si’a)l'v? Wiolworth
building,
an
automobile
ride
through
famous
tho ouehfares,
visits
o
ihe
Stoeck
Exchange,
the
United
Stai2s
sub-
treasury building, nistorie
Prinity
huren,
and
the Chamber
of {‘'ommerce,
the
af-
ternonn
will be
taken
up
wiith
visits
to
tne Academy
oi
Music
and
the
annual
horsashow
at
Madison
square
csarden.
fonight
he wiil a
tend
a dinner
of
Now
York Societics,
and
the
later
will be
the
guest 2
honour
at a ball at
the
nome
of
Mrs.
Whitely
Reid.
By
his
demoeratic
vearing
thz
Prince
Jas
captured
tae
hzart of New
York.
f.ondon,
Nov
19ih —-The
West
India
vommitive
whien
recently
by a depuia-
tion to the Colonizi Otfice,
introduced
by
Mr
Depass,
urged
the reieasz
of more
rum
for
home
consump:ion,
ndow
an-
nounes
“hat all restrietions
on the
elear-
anee
o/ spirics
from bond
after
the usual
warehousing
periods,
were
roday
re-
moved
by the
Gove.
London.
Nov. 19th--A
constitution
for
Egypt,
and
local
scif
Government
for
Malta
were
announced
today.
(he
ex-
tremne Eryptian
Nationalis's
pave
raisal
ine
banner
of
compiete
independenc:,
like the Sinn F2in,
and Cairo
messages
say
that the cabinet
bhas
resigned
as
an
answer
10 Field
Marshal
Allenby’s state-
ment of the British plan.
New York, Nov. 19th--Anmerica’s
chal-
lenge for
the
Harmsworth
trophy,
em-
blema:ic
of the,world’s
speedboat
cham-
pionship has
been
accepted
by the Royal
Yacht
Club
of England,
it
was
arnoun-
ced tcday
by the
American
Fower-beat
Association.
The
assceiation
sent
its
challenge
last September.
Washingion,
Nov
19th.--Atier three
ineffectual
attempts
to ratify
the
peace
treaty
haa
liallen,
the
Senate
late
to-
night
gave
up the
attempt
and
laid the
treaty
aside,
ended
the
special
session
and
went home.
All compromise
efforis
to
bring
about
the
ratification
iailed,
the
three
resolutions
of
ratification,
all going down by
overwhelming
majori-
ties.
The Republican
leaders,
apparent-
ly despairing
of
bringings two-thirds
of
the Senate
together
for
any
sort
of
ra
tification, then put
in a
resolution
to de-
clare
the
war
at
anend.
Two
of
the
ratifications
defeated,
contained
reser-
vations,
which
President
Wilson
had
told
Democratic
Senators
early
in
the
day
would
mean
the
nullification
of
the treaty.
On
each
of
the
votes
most
of
the
Democratic
supporters
voted
against
ratiiication.
The
first
vote
on
this rerolution
stood
,thirty-nine
for.
55
against.
«On
the
second
v.te.
iaken
after
several
‘bours
of
wrangling.
in
which
tne
Democrats
made
vain
efforts
to
win
aver
some
of
the
Republican
group of
mild
reservationis.s,
41
Sena-
tors
voted
in
the
affirmative
and
51
in
the
neuative.
The
third
vote
was
a
siraighr
cut ratificarion,
withour
reserva-
tlop, waich gt
only 39
votes
.tg
83
op-.
posing 1.
Only one
Republican
Senator
MeCumnber
(North
Dakosa)
voted
wich
the Democrats
in it's
support.
London,
Nov.
19th.--The
opening
of
aerial
warfare
against
the
Mahsud
tribemen
on the northern
frontier
of
In-
dia,
has
been
ordered,
it is
stated
in
ad-
vice: {rom india today
rhe
order
was
given
on Nov.
12th
after
the
Mahsuds
had
faiied
to compiy
wit
sihe
terms
laid
down
in the ultimatum
laie
in
October,
in
which
the tribes
were
informed
that
uniess
they
discontinued
their
continual
attacks
on
RBritisn
posis
and
convoys,
and
thrir
raids
into
Sritish
territory,
they would be
subjected
(0
an
intensive
acrial
bombardment.
lhe
British
air-
men
have
now
been
instru
ted
-to
bom-
baid
the villages of Kanigurum,
Makin
and
Marobh.
The
Waziri
tribesmen,
in
the
same
districe,
why
were
simtlariy
notified. in the ultimsiam,
had
been
giv-
en untii today
to reply, and
this
morning
the
notification
was
stili
unanswered.
The effects of the air-bombardn.ent
have
not yvot heensreported.
London,
Nov.
19th.—{h2
House
of
Chrmmons
today voied in favour
of
stop-
ping
unemvloymrent
allowanees.
The
moston
of Mr. Clynzs for a
reduetion
oy
the appropriation
was
defeated
by
217
to 1.