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1H
YREAR.
THAE
ST.
CROIX
AVIS
vs printed
and
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der the Act of March
4.
1879.
Contribution
to this paper will be glad-
ly received
when the same
deals
with mat-
ters of yeneral
interest,
and is
accompa-
nied with the
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name,
as a quar-
antee
of good faith.
The editor cannot
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responsible for the views ofhis correspon-
dentsnor
does
he necessarily endorse them.
TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.
Mineola, Oct.
18th.—Lieut2nant
May-
nard,
v.ctor in the army
air
race
across
the con:inent
and
eeturn,
arrived here
at
1.50 p.ra.
He flew the 142 miles
of
the
"last stagze
of nis
ereav
flight from
ocean
to ocean
and recurned,
at
a
soeed
of
al-
most
two miles
a minute.
['he grim spee-
tre of death
wings its tragic flight with
the Derby.
len iives have
been
the
to-
tal up to
the
time
Lieutena:t
Mavnard
crossed
the
finish line.
Seven
had
died
a~tually in the contest
and
three
in
con-
nection
with it.
From
New York tn San-
Francisco,
the
route
of
the
flight
was
dotced
tvith disabled
planes
which
were
forced
to
quit
the
race.
Many flyers
were injured, and
many
conirol
sta.ons
saw aid work
from
day
to
dav
as
the
Derby progressed.
Slxty two started
in
the
big
rac2.
Forty-seven
took
the
air
from Mineola, and fiteen
from San Fran-
cisco
on
Wednesday
Oect.
Bth
for
the
5,200
miles round trip.
New York, Oct.
20th. —While
America
“‘talks,
and
taiks
some
more’’,
oppor-
tunity
to
fulfil
her duty
to
the
small
States created
by the war, awaits the for-
mal
reestablishment
of peace,
Secretary
Redfield of the Dept. of Commerce
declar-
ed here
last night.
‘'Until peace
comes,”’
he
said,
‘‘the organisation
of
the va
t
agencies
necessary
to
finance
the
com-
m=reial regeneration
of the world cannot
begin.
From
the
elevation
of the spirit
of wart:me
the Secretary
said:
‘‘We have
reached
into
an
apparent
orgie of class
selfishness,
varied
by mob
violence.
It
must
seem
to
the onlooker.”” he added,
““that America
had
made
up her mind to
say to Europe good bye and the devil cake
the
hindmost
and
i:
took
no
litile con-
fidence
to hope stili tha.
we have
not
left
the
game
befor¢
it
was
over,
hut
ar»
to
see
iigout
to the ¢nl of the
lasi innings?”’
The
Secrctarv
pinied
to the
m racle
of
reconstructionbengz
wrought
in
Krance,
and
said it
was"wise
to
remember
that
Grear
Britain
was
also
finding herself
and
was
a ready
in the field vith Govern-
ment crediis for Ler foreign
trade,
Berlin.
Oct.
¥9th.
Th:
Colorne
Ga
zelte
savs
it
unterstands
that
( ermany
has
pazid
the fir t instalmant
of the war
indemrnity.
The'
newspaper
says
it con-
sisted
of
deliveries
of var
ons
ermmodi
ties amounting
tc 20,6G00,000,900.
I ondon,
Oet.
20th.— Tte
White
Flag
was hoisted
over
the Russ
an fortress
ot
Kronstadt
on
IKr day,
it
was
aniounced
by the War Office today.
Pariz,
Oect.
2)th.—The
<ituation
at
Riga is critical,
12cording
(o
news
reach-
ing
Paris
yesterday,
says
the
“‘Petit
Parisien’’.
The
Lettish
army
has
insuf-
ficient effectivesto resist
the
atracks
of
the forces commended
by (olone
Avaloff
Bermondt,
and
also
lacks
sirtillary
and
materials
of
wa’,
the .newspaper
says.
Contradictory
rejorts
are
received
from
Russia,
and
it i imgossible
to
confirmn
rumours
:hat Peirograd
has
beea
taken
by the
north-west
Russianr
army
under
General Yudenic.a.
News
lkas
been
re-
ceived
that the 7udenich
troops are
ad-
vancing and
must
be at th: gates
of the
city. if they
have
not already
taken it
Berlin, Oct. 18'h.
Cont-ary
tc reports
emanating
in london ard
Paris,
Ger-
many
has not yet replied
tc the note from
the Entente.
urging a blockade
of Soviet
Russia,
arceording
to official information
obtained
today
by the Associated
Press.
CHRiSTIANSTED
V. LlB Se¢AT
FRIDAY
24ra
OCTORER
1919
;\7O.
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here’y brdwzhc
to public
rotice
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the
trad:-mark
showa
bebhw,
which
‘was
regisfered
in §
e
United
diates
Patent
Office,
Washington,
D.C.,
Octobar
31
19 5.
in the
nzme of§ Le Coca Co.a Ccmpany,
a corporaiion
organized
under
the
iaws
or
the®
S.awe
of Georgiag and
trace-marl
ceruticate
No
47,189,
issued
therefor,
has
this
date
been
regisrered }1 the offic
o«
the
Government
Seerecary
oi
the Virgin Islands
of the
United
States
at 3t.
Thomes,
in
aceordance
wich
(ne
provisions
coniained
ip the
Gov-
ernor’s Puolicatiea
of August
14,
1917.
C
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Goverament
of the Virgia [slaads
o
th» Unite
1 Sta
o 5 St. Thomas,
October
1.191Y).
By direction of the Governor.
C.
C.
TIMMONS,
Government
Seeretary.
The
staiement
was
made
that
the
Ger
man
Cabinet
has
not
yet
taken
up
{ho
.
subject
for serious
deliberation.
Paris,
Oct.
20th.
—The
curtain
was
|
rung
down last
night
on the
sesson
of
.
Parliamment
which
sat
uninterrupted
y
.
through
the
zreatest
crisis
of
Freneh
~
history.
Premier
Clemenceau
was
the
leading actor
in the final
drama.
Little
ceremony
marked
the
conclusion
of
ousiness.
M.
Desenanel,
FPresidert
o*
the Chamber
of Deputies,
deeply moved,
eulozized
the
War
Session
of Parliament,
paid
homage
to
tae
heroie
soldiers
of
Krance
and
the glovious
dead,
roviewed
the
task
accomplished
by
Parhament,
and
expressed
the
hope
that
the
new
Chamber
would
work
to
raise
France
from
tae ruins
of war.
Before
the
ap-
plause
had subsided,
M. Clemenceau
rose
and in a loud
clear
voice read
the
decree
ciosing
the
session.
Deputies
cheering
and
shouting
''Vive
la
Republique”’
crowded
around
the Premier
to congratu-
*late him.
Then bidding each other
good-
bye,
they
left
the
Chamber.
Most
of
them
will leave for
their
constituencies
today to begin the work
of the campaign
prelimivrary
to
the
election
of
a
new
Chamber,
which
will
meet
in
Decem-
ber.
'
Washington,
Oct. 20th—President
Wil-
son
had
a very:good night and
has
recov-
ered from an attack of indigestion
which
‘he
had
yesterday,
Secretary
Tumulity
said today after a talk with Rear Admiral
»(Grayson,
the President’s
physician.
Paris,
Oct. 20th.—Before
breaking
up
last night, the Chamber of Deputies
voted
a credit
of
100,000
franes
for
national
¥
participation in
the erection
of
the
mon-
. P?]em
at
Pointe-de-Grave.