the
2nd,
3rd,
sth,
6th
and
Tth.
Mr.
George
L:eckles
won the Ist and 4th.
The
weather
was fine
and
there
was
a large
attendance.y}
The
s.
<. Baracoa
from
New York via
3t.
Thomas
arrived
at
this
port
this
norning
and
is
discharginz
cargo
after
vhich
she
will sail
for
Frederiksted.
The
rainfall of
yesterday
measured
24
lines.
TELEGRAMS.
ST.
CROIX STATION.
New York, July Ist.—Raw
sugar
was
quiet
today.
No
sales
were
reported
i cfferings
made
as
previousiy
quoted
nrices
of 5.40 for Cuban,
duty
paid,
but
+
was
intimated
that
bids
below
this
evel
might
be
accepted,
reflecting
the
increased
offerings in
the
spot
ket
Paw
sugar
futures
were
easier
under
iqridation and
trade
selling.
Prices
at
11
day showed
declines
ot 5 to 7
on
act-
vo
positions.
Refined
suzar
was
un-
diansed
at 7.00
for fine granulated.
The
demand
was light.
Kefloed futures
were
not i“;i“‘..
:
Madison Square,
June 30th—The
Demo
eratic
National
Convention
found
ro
avdidate
in
its
first
ballot
tedsy.
On
e
unofficial
fizures
Mec Adoo’s
total
,n
‘he
first
ballot
¢an
up
to
4311
and
an‘d Smith's
total on the first vallo’ ran
up
‘o 2954.
How
far those
figures
repre-
sonted
maximum
or minimum
strength
o one could determine.
The
remainder
f the
voiing Was
seattered
amonyg
the
he
o her candidates
in the
entered
field
i sixieen,
with added
starters
Houston
‘Thompson,
of Culorado and Senator
Ken-
irick ol \‘\"}‘.?ll:;HJ-
Hongkung,
July 2nd-—Major Maclaren
oft Lere
at 9.30
this
morning
far
Yoo
Chow,
on
his around
the
world
fligzhbt.
- Ailababad,
British
India Ju'y
Ist -The
Inited States
armyv
world fliznt
expedi-
jon
arrived
bere
today
frem
Caleo.ta,
Paris,
July Ist—The Council of
Miuis-
ors.
acting
on
the
rfecmnm‘er_"»giu'.l<:n
of
General Nollet a8 Minister of War,
L\‘da},"
named
General
Walsh
as Chairman
of
e
inter Allied
Military
Commission
at
Rerl
n.
to succeed
General Nollett.
Cepetown,
SA,
_Ju!_v
lst——(:e_neml
Smuts,
ex- Premier
ol the Union
of South
Africa.
whose
South
African Party
was
deieated
10
the recent
electl._:r.,
NGS
re-
turned
unopposed
from
Standerton,
Tran svall,
today.
H:
had accex_}te'd
the
offor
o f
Col. Gleason,
member
of the As-
scuibly
tor Siandert.n,
to contest
for s
geul.
;
.
Lloibourne
Australia,
July Ist- Reu-
tars.
In the House
of Representatives
on
Friday
alternoon
Premier
Brace
incrod-
u-ed
the Delence hqmpm('qt.B:h,
w hich
authorized
a
grawt
of 2,000,000
pounds
for tae coustruction
()trl w 0 Hyght eraisers
and
a
grant
of 500000
for tha
Defencs
Leserve
rund.
Defence
proposals
will
=1
L1X
AN |5
be
brought
up later
in
the House.
One
pf the
cruisers
will
be built
in Erg'and
immediately,
but it
has
not
been
decided
where
the second
cre
will be econstructed
althcugh
the
Goverrment
is
anxicus
to
bave
it
built
in
the Antipedes.
Inic-
trcéucirg
tke
Lill
inte
tke
Hgrvce,
Premier
Bitice
siressed
the
reccs:
sity
of
Australia
havirg
protection
of
her
shoves.
Ske
sheuld
rot
lely
sclely
cn Great
Pritain
for deferce.
The
eruis-
crs.
he
acded
wnere
needed
2as
scouls
ir. the
event
of Capper.
Rcn
e, July Ist- Feur pertfolios
io the
Mus:clini Cabirnet
1 ave
been turned
over
by
the Premier
to
new
ministers,
it
wis
¢fficially appcereec.
The
changes
wele
n:de
in accordiree
with Sigror
Mussol-
ini’s premise
1o organize
his cebinet
with
rew
end
strerger
elemerts
giving
sat
isfaction
to
the
cifferent
shkades
of
rcliticalerinicnrepicsented
in the major-
ity
Ottawa.
July Ist.
A
resolution
autho-
vizirg
the
Dcminicn
Geverrment
1o
borrcw
a
total
of
£3€0.000,600
to nmcet
maturirg
¢ bligations
was
passed
in
the
Hitse
¢f
Cinnecie
toright.
ke
act
itg
Enarce
Mivistcr,
Mr. Rill,
said
he expected
to flcat
the
lean
at
less
tlan
five
percent.
The
advantages
of
the
New
York
monev
market
were
urgad,
during
the
discussion
one
member
re-
marking
that
money
was
going
beg-
ging
there
at
3§
per
cent.
Mr.
Robb
replied
that
authorities
varied
between
domestic
and
an
exterral
loap.
He
would float
the
lean
in
the beat
market
possible,
A
suggestion
was
made
that
the Doaminion
bond
to its own treasury
and
issue
necessary
eredi's
thereon,
Doniinion
bond
to
this
Mr.
Robb
replied
tha'
te
did not
propose
to
Russianize
Canadian
gsecurity,
'
Paric,
Ju'y
Ist-
It cannot
be
said
that
the
reception
givea
to Lermar y'srepiy
to
tha
A lied
note
regariing
resumpticn
ot
rilitary
control
of
her
armaments,
1S
marked
by
any cordiality
in the morning
press.
but two newspapers
as widely apart
as
"Le
Main”
and
‘! Era
Mouvelle'"”
make
the
same
remark.
‘‘Germany
uc-
cepts
and
that
is
the
essential
point’’.
Germany’s
statemeant
that Frauvee
charges
to be militarv preparations
are merely
the
activiiies
of
athletic
societics,
is
de-
seribed
as
rvuerile
and
it
Is
gener-
ally
foreeast
that
tle
request
lor
a
gencial
mwiliiay investiga
ijon,
on
con-
diticr
that
it be
finul ard
be
cernciud-
ed
by
September
30th
next,
will
prove
unzcceptable
to
the
Alies. 1
Ocuavre’’
the
Government
supporter,
however
savs
the
Berlin’s
acceplance
of
this
last
act
of
control,
which
she
hitherto
refused,
is
a
great
step
lo-
ward nacification
and that
anyone
must
be blind not
to
see
in
it gratitying
suc-
cess
for
the
new
foreign
policy
of
Frare:
Several
of
the
ne.spapers
notab'y
the
“‘Journal’”’ and
“'Le Petj;"’
Journal’ refer to tbe
tone
of the note
28
eonciliatory
but
the
“Echo
de
Paris”’
dismisses
the
text
as
unintelligibie and
full of ;traps.
‘
MOSS RULES ON FLOUR
FOR
VIRGIN ISLANDS.
(Bureau of The Jcurnal
of Commerce,)
Washington,
June
55 Flour
manufae
tured
in
a
customs
warehouse
of Ulass
6
may
not
be
withdrawn
for
transporta
tion
to
and
consumption
in
the
Virgin
Izlands.
according
to
a
ruling
handod
cown today
by
the
‘lreasury.
The
rul
ing
was contained
in
a
letter
addresscd
to the Pillsbury Fiour
Mills Comipany,
©
Minpeapcolis,
by
Assistant
Secretary
of
the Treasury
Mcss
in response
to
an
1t
Guiry by the company.
He referred
to
the
provisions
of
Sec-
tion 4of the
aet of Mareh
3,
1917.
undev
which flonr manufactured
in
the
Unitcd
Staies
from erther
domestie
or
impoited
wheat
weuid
be entitied
to
entry
o
tho
Virein Isluands
feee
of
duly
8s
8
mao:
ufacrure
of the
United Siates,’!
hut
add-
¢d that
Section
311
»f th>
Tariff
Aet
ol
1922,
under
which
wareliouses
operat.
perniits
withdrawals
only
for
exporta-
tion in bond
to
foreign
countries
or
to
the Philippine
Isiands.
MASONIC
CLERGYMAN
HONOR
REV.
WHIIEHEAD BY CON-
FERING
DEGREE.
At a special
commuaieation
of
Ashlar
Lodge
No.
124 of this eity held
last
even-
iag,
there
transpired
a
most
unusual
a d unique event.
At the
proper
time
the
regilar
Ofi-
cers
vacated
their
s:ations,
whieh
were
immediately
tilled by
a
new
set
of
ofli
cers
compused
entirely
ol
elergymen
from Bridgeport,
who
had
received
their
Masonic
Degrees
in
Connecticut,
New
York. Pennsyvivania
ludiana,
New
Jei-
sey
and
other
Masonie
Juri=dictions,
and
who took this
manner
of
showing
ther
friendsaip
and
broheriy
love
for
the
Rev.
Henry
St.
Clair
Whitshead,
who
has
recently
eome
to
Bridzeport
and
is
identityidg himsell with the
[Fraternity.
Masonie
records
in Brideeport
show
no
other
instance,
where
ail
official
posi-
tions in
a Lo lee,
were
fiilod
by
clergy-
men,
who vnited
in bringing
to
' *Mason-
ie Light,”’ by eoaferriney
&
degree
upon
a brother
¢ici 2yvman,
Bridgeport
Timse,
"~IN NEWSUPPLY
Caapai’s
Famous
Cattle Dip
ONE
GALLON TINS.
Get
vyour Supply
in time
Al
CHISTIASTED
A43 FREDERIKSTED
APOTHECARY HALLS.