EDITORIAL.
~
1t
has
come
to
the
knowledge
of
this paper
that certain
false impressions
have
been
formed
_in
connection
with
the publicationof
an article
on the
Vir-
gin
Islands
reprinted
in
the
Avis
of
September
30th.,
from
the
‘‘Brooklvn
Daily Eagle”,
it
being
circulated
that
the clipping reached
us
from
or through
the
office of
the
Herald,
the
reason
for
this
conclusion
being
based,
it
is
un-
derstood,
upon
alleged
references
to
the
article
by
officers
of the
Herald
at
meetings
held
prior
to
the
appearance
of
it
in the
Avis.
This
cdincidence,
if
it may
be called
one,
purports
to
repre-
sent
the
Avis as party
to
some
conspir-
acy
in
connection
with
the
publication
of the
article
in question.,
and
it is
de-
sired
to
say
that
the
placing
of
such
a
construction
upon
the position of
this
paper
is utterly wrong.
The
newspaper
clipping
was
contributed
by
a
friend
having
not-
the
slightest
association
with the
Herald:
was lying in this office
several
days
before
it appeared
in these
columns
during
which
time,
as
it
now
develops,
it was
read and
spoken
of
by
one of the stafl,
tbrough which
the
news
of
Its
existence
reached
the Herald
of-
fice
and
the editor
of that
paper
called
upon
us
with
request
to
be allowed
to
read
it.
These
are
the facts
regarding
how
the
clipping
came
into our
hands
and
how it came
to be known of through
us,
so
to speak,
before.it
was
set
up.
The proprietor
of
the
St.
Croix
Elec
tric Plant,
Mr. Ans.
Fabio,
has requested
us
to solieit the kind forbearance
of
con-
sumers
of electri¢ity
who
are
assured
that it is very much
regretted
that it has
been
impossible
to supply
current
these
last
few nights owing to engine
trouble.
[t now proves
necessary
to secure
a
new
engine
and
until it is installed
1t will be
possible
only
to suppiy
enough
currsnt
to light the streets.
With a
new- engine
present
difficulties will be eliminated,
and
we
trust
that it
will be available
at
an
early date after
which
the lighting
sys-
tem shouid
be greatly
improved.
LOCAL.
.
Readers
will note
the
three
attractive
episodes
in
‘‘The
Carter
Case’
adver
tised for
tonight’s show
at
the
theatre.
The
last
two
serials
nhave
been
drawing
a
crowded
house
at
each
exhibition;
this isa sign
that
there
is
no lack
of
entertainment
where
the films
are
con-
cerned.
:
The
following is
a
list
of the
sailings
of transatlantic
steamers
as
published
in the Nordivser
of September
23,
1920:
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P%iyy
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Moo
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Moolol ol
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A
SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN. LINE
From
Copenhagen
From
New
York
Sept.
9th
Hellig Olaf
Sept.
30th
‘“
23rd.
Frederik
VII
Oct.
‘l4th.
¢
30tR.
United States
.
2lst
Oct
14th. Osecar
11
Nov.
4th.
W
**
28th.
Hellig Olaf
A8
Nov.
11th. Frederik VIII
Dec.
2nd.
NORWEGIAN AMERICAN LINE
From
New
York
{Jet.
29
St
vangerijord,
Nov.
19,
Bargensfjord;
Dec.
10, Stavangerfjord.
.
SWEDISH
AMERICAN LINE
From
New
York
y
Oct.
Tth.
Drotringhoim,
Oct
28th.
Stock-
holm, Nov. 18th Drottningholm,
Dee.9th.
Stockholm,
D2c.
30th
Drottaingholim.
CUNARD LINE-
,
From
New
To The Most Important
Dan-
wsh,
Norwegian,
and Swedish
Ports
via
Liverpool
and
Glasgow.
Aquitania,
Mauretania,
Imperator,
Caronia
Carmania,
Kaiserin
Auguste
Vietoria,
Saxonia,
Columbia.
Royal
George;
boat
leaves
every
we k.
FHRLEGRAMD
B CROEX STALION.
_onstancinople,
Oct.
2nd. —'The Saltan
has
written
a letter
to the
Nationalists,
imploring them
té
come
to an agreement
in
order
o
have
the Empire
Accord-
ing
to
reports
circulating
here
today,
Djemad
Ferio
Pacha,
the
Grand
Vizier,
is
attempting
to
establish
a
virtual
dietatorship
in
Constantinc
ple,
threat-
ening with
arrest
all
who
appose
him.
Warsaw,
Oct.
2nd.—Nortk-east
of
Grodno
the Polish
torces
have
reached
the
river
Ulia, half
way
on the road
to
Vilna,
tne
capital
of
f.ituania,
accord-
ing to an official report
on
the operarions
of the
campaig.:
published
today.
The
pursuit
of
the
routed
divisions
contip-
ues
and
the
Poles
have
captured
2,500
of the Soviet
forces
and
taken
one
hun-
dred
cannon
between
the twentieth
and
thirtieth September.
Riga, Oet.
2nd. —The
Poles
have
reach-
ed
a
temporary
agreement
with the
Lithuanians
at
Suwalki
and
military
operations
have
heen
suspended,
accord-
ing to press
reports
received
here, which
add
that the
Polish
forces
now
occupy
the
river Ulla
in
the
region
north-east
of Grodno.
_
Pittsburg,
Uct.
4th. - Floreen
Zelena-
ka.,
airested
here vesterd
v
in
connec-
tion
with the
Wall
Street
explosion,
is
unable
to account for his
movements
or
_expiain
the
possession
of
dynamite.
Department
of
Justice
agents
are
con-
ducting
the Investigation.
Honolulu,
Oet.
Srd.—The
Japanese
military and
naval ‘orces
are
evacuating
Nicolaievsk,
Siberia.
They
are
with-
drawing to
the
northern
part oi
Sagha-
lien Island,
Washington,
Uct.
3rd.
- President
Wil-
'
son made
his first abpearance
in the
cam-
!
paign last night.
He urged
the improve-
|
ment
of
waterways
and
endgrsed
the
.
League
of Nations.
:
.~
San
Salvador,
Oct.
38rd.
-Authorities
.
of
the Republies
of
Salvador
and
Hon-
duras
are prepared
to
suppress
a
revolu-
.
tionary
plan
reported
on
the
Northern
.
Honduran
coast
VAKING DOCK REPAIRS.-
,
Alterations
are underway
at
Pier
No.
.1
to extend
the
entrance
shoreward
to
.
the
bulkhead
line,_a
distance
of
about
[
20 feetr
This
wil! add
to the office space
ugpstairs.
At
the
same
tdme effcris
are
.
being
made
to
obtain
permission
so
extend
the
pier 26 feet
out
into the
bay.
[f
both
extension
are
made
eonnsider-
able
additional
unload
ng
space
will le
.
provided.
- During
the
aiterations
the
-
offices
of
the Porto
Rico
line
tempora-
|
rily
are
at
13
Comercio
Street. - Porto
'
Rico
Progress,
Sept.
24th.
SUGAR STILL HEL
1 FOR
;
BETTER
PRICE:
NO EXPCRTS
i
e
:
’
Retailers
Hold Price
at
25 and
26
Cen's
,
j
While
Same
Sugar
in Bags
is
|
Offered at
15 and
16.
|
|
No sugar
has
been
shipped
from
Porto
"~
Rico
since
the last
week in August
and
~
sugar
holders
remain
firm
in their
wait-
ing for
a better
market.
Stocks ir hand
in the
Isiand
for export
.
~
are still estimated
at 80,000
tons.
While the
price
for raw sugar
in
New
-
Yorx
stiil remains
about
ioc., there
has
.
been
little or no
reduction
in
the
retail
.
price of sugar
in the
Island.
While it is
'
reported
that local
white
sugar
may
be
purchased
in hundred
pound
lots and more
at
15 or
16c.
a pound,
the
retail
stcres
are
still selling
their local
white
sugars
at 25 and
26¢.
per pound.
Having
bought
these
sugars
at
bigh
.
~
prices,
the retailers
so far have
not
feit
any
competition
that
would cause
them
to reduce
their prices.
'
The
Insular
Government
report
of the
sugar
crop
for
1920
issued
this
week
shows
an
output
of
485,070.79
tons,
which
is somewhat
less
than
the produc-
~
tiocn
figures
recently
issued
by J.
Ruiz
Soler, Secretary
of the Sugar
Producers
AssO€iation,
showing
‘a
production
of
485,887
tons.
The
government’s
report
shows
that
there
were
5,239,471.010
tons
of
cane
ground.
This
would
indicaie an
average
sugar
recovery
of less
than
10%.
d
The
most
striking
difference
in
the
'
~
Government’s
issue
and tho
e
issued
by
Mr.
Soler
is
in
the
output
of. Guaniea
Central.
The Soler figures
gave Guanica
-a
production
of
60,097
tons
while
the
~
government
figures
place
the
Guanica
production
at
59,064
tons.
The
Govern-