lice
Force.
I have
never been
in favor
of Peducing
the
number
of
men
in
the
Police
Force,
to
the
contrary
I advocate
tha:
they be
given
arms
and
ammuai-
tion,
so that
they
could
be
preparad
iu
cases
of emergency.
~ The Vice-Chairman
(Coulter)
took
the
Chair and 4tly Appointed Member (Black-
wood) took his floor seat.
No lone
requesting
the
word
further
the items
under
the
Police
& Prison
De-
par.menrs
as
amended
were put t:
the
vofe.
8
members
voted
for;
none
against.
Harbor
&
Pilot
Dept.
-No
remarks
he Chairman
put the items
under
this
Department
to the
vote
-
8
members
voted
for;
none
againsi.
Fire Department-—The
Chairman
read
the changes
made
under
this Department
and
remarked:
I
see
the
amount
bud-
getted
for payment
of
iaborers
for
ex-
tinguishing fires
on estates
are
stricken.
[ wish
to
draw
Goverpment’s
attention
to the
tact
that
there
is
an
ordinance
creating
this amount.
2nd
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
(Canegata)
remarked:
Mr.
Chairuan.
The Municipal
Committee
knows
the
ex-
istence
of
the Ordinance.
‘lt
was
ifound
out.
that
the amiount
was
not
paid
out
uniformly, —and
we
were
given
to
un-
dersiand
that
if the
mosey
is nct appro-
priated
none
will be paid
nut.
No further remarks.
the
items
under
the
Fire
Department
were
put
to
the
vote
as aruended
and unanimously
adopt-
ed.
:
The Department
of Health
"he Chair-
man read
the changes
maae
under
this
Department
and
said-With
regards
to
changing
‘‘one Ford Car’’
to
‘‘Automo-
bijes’’, I have
besn
asked
by many
per-
sons
the meaning of this change.
9nd
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
(Canegata)
in reply
to
the
...
Speaker,
said,~-Instead
of
adopting
a
Ford
Car
any kind of
car
could be
purchased
Ist Member for
Frederiksted
Country
District (Andersen)
:
Does
that
mean
a
second
hand
car?
2nd
Member:
for
Christiansted
Town
(Canegata)
:
1 do not
know:
The
Chairman
remarked:
You
will
*
get
another
new
Ford
Car
for
that
amount,
but
no other
kind of car.
The
Office
of
the
Chief
Municipal
Physician
was read
as amended
and
pus
to the
vote.
8
members
voted
for;
none
against.
Municipal Hospital, Christiansted
read
as amended
put
to
the
vote, and
unani-
mously adopted.
The
Municipal
Hospital
Fredriksted
read
as
amended,
put
to
the
vote
and
unanimously
adopted.
-
The Insane
Asylum
read
as
amended,
put
to the
vote and unanimously adopted’
.
The Leper
Asylum read
as
amended,
'pgt
to the
vote and
unanimously
adopt-
ed.
A
Sanitation
Service—The
Chairman
read
S
1 el
A
¥
D
the
amendments
made
under
this
De-
partment.
2nd
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
(Canegata)
remarked:
Mr. Chairman.
In
connection
with
this Depariment,
under
salaries,
one
Veterinary
Inspector
is
stricken,
and
one
Sarnitary Inspector
in-
serted
tnerefor;
with
the
exception
of
-
that change
the budwel
is the
same
as
.
adopted
last year.
Ii was
thought
best
.
to
fill that office
with a regular
Sanitary
-
Surgeon,
and
an ordinance
io that effect
|
will be introduced.
(T'o
be continued.)
|
LOCAL.
|
The
s.
s.
‘Guiana’
is
expected
to
|
leave
New
York
oa
Thursday
the 21st
inst.
The
8.
8.
''Parimia’ for
New
York
is
|
due
at
Frederiksted
at
6
o’clock
on
Thursday
morning the 21st
inst.
‘
United
States
and
other
mail arrived
via the Mystery
on
Saturday
evening.
|
An extraordinary
meeting
of the (010
|
nia’ Counciiis
to
be
held today.
}
Movie
admirers
will remember
that
|
the serial film Elmo the Fearless
will
be
~
continued
tonight in ~xciting parts.
The
Native
Brass
Band
entertained
the
|
public wit
a
conecert
in
the
bandstand
I© last
nignt.
-
h]
o
Footbali.
|
/
—_—
i
Yesterday
on
the
‘Holger
Danske
|
Ground the
Christiansted
Athletic
Asso-
|
eciation
Football
Club
was
defeated
by
i
the
Dreadnought
Football
Club
which
|
secured
2 goals
to the Athiectic V.
|
The
day
being
a
favorable
one
the
.
Ground
was
filled
with spectators,
and
|
everthing
weunt
on in
a peaceful
manner.
;
Frederiksted
Boys, what are you doing?
.
Get
busy
with your
Football
Clubs
once
i
more.
so
that
you
can
have
a
contest
|
with the Dreadnought
and the Uhristian-
|
sted
Athletic
Association
Football
Clubs
f
at this end. —Com.
i
i
St. Thomas News.
%
The
Editor
of
the
St.
Thomas
Mail
|
Notes
was
brought
before
the
Police
'
Court, charged
with
contempt
of Court,
{
contained
in
an article in his
paper,
was
|
found
guilty and
sentenced
to five days
l
imprisenment
and
a
fine of twenty-five
i Dollars.
:
|
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
Leipzig July
12th.—Two
German
sub-
~
marine lieutenants,
Ludwig Dittmar and
-
Johann Boldt,
were
placed
on trial here
~
yesterday
in the
Supreme
Court charged
-
witk murder in the first degrce
for firing
.
on lifeboats
after
the
torpedoing of the
Canadian
hosvital
ship ‘‘Landovery Cas-
tle’”” in the
Summer
of
1918.
The
case
differs from the
others
which have been
*
heard
by
Jthe
court
in
connection
with
-
charges
growing
out
of
violations
of
|
civilized wartare
in
as
much
as
the
pro-
'
ceedings
are
on
behalf
of
the
German
-
prosecutor.
Great
Britain
had
only de-
manded
the
trial
of
commander
Patzig
of the
svbmarine
which
torpedoed
the
hospital ship,
who
fled
the country,
but
th>
prosecutors,
after
examining
the
evidence,
ordered
the
trial
of
Dittmar
and
Boldt
Thirteenth
British N. A, 52,
German
witnesses,
ingludihg
Admiral
Von Trotha, former
Chief of the German
Admiralty, will appear.
Lieut.
Dittmar
appeared
in uniform,
while
Lieu. Boldt
was dressed
in civilian
clothes.
Both of
-
them
wore
iron
crosses.
Asked
what
was
his
answer
tc
the
charge,
Ditt-
|
mar
sullenly
refused
to
make
reply,
|
saying he had
pledged
his
word
to com-
.
mander
Patzig
never
to speak
about
the
|
case.
Lieut.
Boldt
pleaded
not
guiliy,
?
adding he
was
obliged
to obey the
coni-
.
mander
whose
word
was ‘‘law’’refeir-
ing to the
torpedoing
of the vessel,
but
.
he
was
silent
regarding
the
charge
of
|
firing
on
the
lifeboats.
Second
officer
|
Chapman
of the ‘‘Landover Castle’’ gave
.
an impressive
account
of
the sinking of
.
the hospital ship and the subs:quent
con-
'
duet of the
submarine.
He
said
he was
.
ordered,
under
threat
of
instant
death,
.
abonard
the
submarine,
although
he
-
pleaded
tc save
his
ecomrades
who
weie
left to
drown.
Chapman
was
released
~in his
lifeboat,
but
afterwards
he
wauas
'
reordered
alongside
the
submarine
and
.
questione
whether
the ‘'Landovery
Cas-
tle’’ carried
ammunition,
which
he
de-
nied.
One of the
German
officers charg-
ed that the ship had eight
United
States
flying
officers
aboard.
Chapman
said
that he replied
that they
were
army
ser-
vice corps
officers.
The
lifeboat
was
re-
leased.
after
which
the
witness
declared
~
the
submarine
fired
14
shelis,
two
of
~
them passing
over
the
lifeboat.
Chap-
.
man said
he saw
a British
sailor
on
the
submarine,
but that
he
was
pushed
off.
Os
the
seven
lifeboats
of
the
hospi al
ship,
two
of
them
capsized,
although
the
sea
was
calm.
|
London,
July
13th.—The
House
of
Lords
has
passed
the bill
legalizing mar-
-
riage with
a deceased
brother’s
widow.
|
Kingston,
Jamaica,
July
15th.—The
Canadian
naval
squadron
consisting
of
.
~
the licht
cruiser
Aurora
and
the
des-
'
troyers
Patrician
and
Patriot
arrived
"~
here
from
the
Pacific
last
evening
en-
route
to
Halifax.
Kingston
on
behalf
of Jamaica
is extending
a warm
welcome
to the officers and
crew.
Sports and
va-
.
rious entertainments
are :being arranged
*
during their three days sojournhere.