(Continued from Ist page.) same treatment from the dominions that Great Britain gave to those to whom she was indebied. _ London, April 19.h.—France is spend- Ing miilions on the occupation and is getting next to nothinz out of It, she is using a whale to cateh a sprat. This strikingly phrased conclusion is contained in the report of the labour party’s dele- gation which went to the Ruhr about the midd!e of March to investigate the situ- ation thicre and in other parts of Ger- many., Sinila, April 19th.—Miss Molly Eilis, 15 years oid, for whom British troops have beon searching feverishly since she was kidnapped near the Afghanistan frontier recently by savage tribesmen after they had slain her mother, has been seen with her captors on the bank of as‘ram in the Tirah country, thus dispell nr the fear that she had also been killed), The b lief is growing that she is being held as hostage as part of a plan by the tribesmen to obtain the release of certain of their compatriots now held by the British. The country in which she is held is wild and mountain- ous and affords many hiding places for the tribesmen, who, having spent their lives among the rocky fastnesses, know every nook and ¢:rner. The girl is the daughter of Major Ellis, temporary com- mander at Kohat s B ’ N tl Administrator’s Notice, IN TAE DiSTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNIT=D STATES. G !RISTIANSTED SUB- J.DICIAL DISTRICT. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROSABELLA BENNERS, DECEASED. OTICE is hereby given, that A. E. STAKEMANN, Administrator of the above entitled estate, having filed in the Distriet Court of the Virgin Islands of the United States, his final account of the administration of the said estate, the hearing of the same has been fixed for the 12th day of May A D. 1923 at 10 o’clock a. m. of that day, at the Otflice of the Judge of said Court in the Town of Christiansted, Island of St. Oroix, and all persons interested in the said estate are hereby notified then and there to appear and show cause, if wny they have, why the =said account should not be settled and allowed. Chrisuansted, St. Croix, April sth 1923. _ A. E. STAKEMANN. Administrador, SC 1 A 0 3 @ Publication. e ; IT is hereby brought to public no- tice that the Government has, this date, authorized the Reverend - THOMAS GUMMER, C.SS.R., to perform civil-religious functions in the Municipality of Saint Croix, Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States, Saint Croix, 19 April, 1923, [J. J. GAFFNEY, Governmznt Secretary. ~ln the District G .it of the tirgin Is- | : f e gy o ~lands of the United Sfates: Ghristian- l 2 i 3 . : | sied Sub-Judicial Disirict, | IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATEOF | JENSINE NEUMANN, DECEASED. | RJOTICE is heleby given that the under- | N signed has been appointed adminis- é trator of the estate of JENSINA E s NEUMANN, deceased. ; All persons having claims against the . _aid estate are hereby notified to present | same to the undersigned at his office. No. | 59 King Street in Christiansted, with the | necessary proofs, within 6 months from i the date of this notice. l Parties indebted to the said estate are | requested to make payment to said A, E. i STAKEMANN. | Christiorsted. St. Croix. V. 1. U.S. A, . this 3ist day >f March 1925 ; A. E. STAKEMANN, 1 Administrator. Clyde Steamship Co. “"FOREIGN SERVICE”’ (Steamers operated by the Clvde Steam- ship Co., Foreign Service, for account U. S. Shipping Boeard. THE S. S. “BRIDGETOWN” sailed from New York on Thursday evening, and is due here on or about the 2:th inst, ROB’T. L. MERWIN & Co. Inc., Agenes. ONE EDISON PHONOGRAPH with a few Records, A couple Mahogany BEDSTEADS, an old time Mahogary SIDEBOARD and a BRASS CHANDELIER. Can be seen at [lst. “*Bcnne Ese perance”’. N. W. THORNBERG. April 7th 19.3. Putlicati . Futhcation. . T is hereby brought 1o public notice I that the Letters Patent which were recorded in the United States Pa- tent Office, Washington, D. C., on March 18, 1919 in the name of Walter A. Patrick of Baltimore, Maryland, together with abstracts of title of s2id patent, which was subsequently assigned to the Silica Cel Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the luws of the State of Marylard and patent certificate No. 1,297,724 issued therefor, has this date been registered in the Office of the Go: - ernment Secretary of the Virgin Islands of the United States at St. Thcmas, in a-- cordance with tho provisions in the regu- lations governing the registration of Patents and Trade-marks in the Virgin Islands, aonproved 30 June, 1920, Government of the Virgin Isiands of the United States, St. Themas, 13 Aunl, 1923. J. J. GAFFNEY, Government Secretariy. b.| . ° - Quetec Steamsh’'p Co. THE S. S."CLUIANA" is expected to leave New York un the 26th inst. and is due at Frederiksted on or about the 3rd prox. ROB'Y. 1. MERWIN & CO. INC.. Agents. ™ ~ OPTICAL AID. Send vour order, broken lens or prescription through the mails. F. M. CORNEIRO, St. Thomas, V. 1L NORTEERN Assurance Compar y Limited OF LONDON GEO. L. MARKOE Agent for Frederiisted’s District ERIK R. STAKEMANN Agent for Christiansted’s District. Policies ®-e not sulfect to average