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YEAR.
THE
ST. CROIX AViS
18 printed
wnd
published
daily (Sundays
awd Holwd:ys cxcepted)
by G.
Johansen
at
the Avis Gffice.
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2 cents
per single eapy.
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as
second
class
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May
26th 1917 at the
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der the Act of March 3, 1879
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
London,
July
31st.—President
FHari-
ing’s illness
is attracting
sympatheiie
in-
tarest
here
and
reports
of
his
coudition
are
displayed prominently by
the
new:-
papers.
The Daily Chronicle
is an
editn-
rial expresses
the hope
there
will soon
be
better
newxs
from
Sanfravcisco.
The
oFfice the president
holds
assures
him the
sine
:re interest
and regard
of the British
public.
They
respeet
him
as
the chosen
head
of the
largest
community
in
the
world
which
speaks
our
own
language.
Deuville, Juiy 31st.—France
and Spain
are again all sqjuare
in
the match
played
in the All-European
finals of
the
Davis
Cup
competition.
Lacoste,
the
French
schoolboy,
won
both
his singles
matches
for France,
while
Count De Gomar,
who
defeated
M.
Blanchy
and
paired
with
Edourd Flaques;
carried
off
the
doubles
for Spain.
The final mateh
wiil be play-
ed today
between
Fiaquer
and
Blaneny,
gecond
string
men
on
both
teams.
The
odds la<t night made
Blanchy
the favour-
ite, 6
to 5.
S,yuth
Orange,
July 20th.—J.
O. Ander-
son and
J.
B.
Hawkes,
Ausira.ians,
de-
jeated Beiund
and
Dietriek,
of
Hewall,
in straight
sets
the doubles
of
the
U. 8.
7me Davis Cup
played
yesierday
at the
Urange
L-wn
Ciub.
Scores
were
6-0,
6-8, 7-3.
Sydney,
N. 3.,
July
3lst —A
report
circulat:d
vest-rday
that the steel
plant
had been
s
riously damaged
as
a
lesalt
of damage
0 water pipes
lealing
to the
plant is without
foundation.
Taere
was
no damage
wha
ever
to
the
steel
plant
and the damage
to the water
system
was
only slight.
London, Aug. 2nd.- The
West
I.dian
touring X1 commenced
th2ir
30ta
match
againsc
Surrey
yesterday
at
the
Oval.
Bacting first, the homers
could only mus-
te~ 87 runs,
while the
West Indians
com-
piled
147 runs for
six
wickets.
Follow-
inir are
tne
individaal
scores:
Surrey
X1 irst
innings.
Harrison
1,
Sandham
99.
Dueat
0,
Shep:rd
25,
[lardine
16,
Abel
9.
Fender
0,
Peach
0.
Sadler
0,
Sirudwick 0. Love
2
not
011
extras
b,
iotal 87.
Bowling for the
West
Indian:
Francis
took
five
wickets
for
31,
and
Browne four for 41.
West
In lian
X1 lat
innings:
Challenor
66,
not
out,
Tarilton
9 Ince 27, Browne,
0,
Small
0,
Nunes
0,
Aastin
19, Pascall
22,
not
out,
extras
19,
total
for
six
wicke
s
147.
[he
match
will be coniinuned
today.
New
York,
July
31st.—Due
to
the
“‘savage racz’’
between
steamiship
lines
teying
to land aliens
before
the
August
guota
is filled
, many
thousands
of imni-
grants
will be forced
througzh
no fault of
their
own
to
vemain
cn
ships
in New
York harbour for
from
ten
days
to two
weeks.
immigratirn
commissioner
Cur-
ran said
last
night.
He
denounced
the
lines
whose
officials
he
declared
knew
that thousards
of aliens
would be turned
back
to Europe after
spending
their life
savings
for
passage
so
this country for
what
he
called
“‘dealing
individends of
human
beings
to
satisfy
their
own
greed’”’.
Half
an
hour
after
the
new
months
quota
opens
the
commissioner
asserted
14.000 immizrants
will have
en-
tered the
harbour
a:d
eight
quo‘as will
have
been
exhausted,
namely
those
of
CHRIATIANGTEDY
V.
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SATURDAY.
4rm
AUGUST.
1928
No.
179.
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Suceess.
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IN FIVE PARTS.
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upon
a remarkable
trial in which
a
man
of
honor
and
position
actually fell
a viciim to his extraordinary
resemblance
to
an assasein,
she
great
drama
gives
the
star the
rare opportunity of playing
what
is
concedcd
to be
the
most powerful dual
role
ever created.
It fell to
the
happy
lot of H. B. Irvine
the talented
sun
of Sir Henry Irving,
to draw
upon
the
sereen
the celebrated
characters
made famous
by his iilusirious fatter.
:
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CH"
J
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Is one of th2
most compelling
photo-dramas
that
has recently been
shown.
An excellent
picture
that
will furnish entertainment
for all.
As
it will not
be
repeated
on
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our patrops
and
friends
to take
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Albania, Russia,
and
other
European’’,
Palestine,
Syria,
Turkey,
‘“‘other Asig’’
and Egypt.
"‘lnstead of
cooperation
be-
tween
steamehip
officials
to
save
their
passengers
trom
hardships”,
commis-
sioner
Curran
said,
‘‘thereis
3
savage
race
between
their
liners
to
see
which
can arrive first at
quarantine.
[ want
to
put the
blame
for
the
present
situation
squarely
where
it belong
and
that
is on
the steamship
eompanies’’,
.
London July 31st.—The
latest
politieal
sensation
in
the
Heuse
of
Commons
s
the erossing
of the floor
to the Copserys.
tive si ie of the House by Captain Arthur
Evans,
who
was ‘elected
last
Novembey
for East
Leicester
as
a
National
Libera]
and
a
similar
move
by
Mr. G. H. Roi.
erts,
National
Liberal
membar
for N,
wich, formerly a
Labour
member
apj at
one time food controller.
Baltimore,
Md.,
July
31st.—Cliouds
bursts
aund
seris
of
terrific
thundey-
storms
sweepi g the
counti-s
of Western
Maryland caused
the
Palapisco
River to
overflow its banks,
sweeping
bridges
and
buildings before it,
driving
hundreds
¢f
famiiies
from
their
homes
and causing
damage
that
will
run
into
miilions of
doliars
As
far
as
is
known
no
Jjveg
were jost,