NOTICE.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MUNICI-
PALITY 81. UCRUIX.
ALL school
children
will be required
to
show
satisfactory
evidence
ot
Vac-
cination
against
Smalipox
at the
begin-
ning
of
the
third
week
of the
coming
school
term.
Examinations
and
vaceinations
will be
made
during
the
first
weeks
of
the
school
termeat
eacl
school.
ALEX. B. HAYWARD,
Chief Sanitation
Officer.
Municipality
Saint
Croix,
Virgin
Is-
lands.
‘
OFFICIAL NOTES.
The
Secretary
of Agricuiture
has
se-
lecced
Mr.
John
B.
Thompson
to
take
charge
of
the
Agricultural
Experimen-
tal Station,
St. Croix, by request
of Gov-
ernor
Kittelle
he
Secretary
of
/ gri-
cul
ure who
takes
great
interest
in
the
Virgin
Islands
has
selected
a
man
of
wide
expevrience.
Mr.
Thompson
has
served
for
a
long period in Florida,
has
been
in
charge
of
the
station
at
Manila
and
was
in charge
of
the
sua-
tion
at
Guam
for
six
years
and
was
also
stationed
in Hawaii
for two
years,
Mr.
Thompson
is
a
graduate
of
the
Agricultural
college
of Kansas
and
he
has
had experience
in fruit growing
in
California.
The Secretary
has acceded
to
the
request
of
Governor
Kittelle and.
will,
as
soon
as
practicable,
establish
demonstratation
farm
on St. Thomas
and
'
St.
John
to teach
the people
how to raise
~
vegetables
and fruits for
local and
home
consumption.
EDITORIAL.
News
has been
recz2ived
here
of
the
dea‘h
of
Mr.
A.
M.
Colbeth
at
his
home
in
Richmond
Hill, L.
1.,
on
the
night
of
the
27th. ultimo, as
a result
of
a sudden
attack
of
heart
failure.
The
deceased
is
well
known
in _this
is-
land
where
he
resided
for
years
and
conducted
mercantile
business
for
Mes-
srs.
Batram Brothers,
and
for
his
own
account.
He
leaves
a
wife, four
sons
and
two
daughters
to whom
and
others
bereaved
by
his
death
we
extend
cur
sincere
condolences
and
sympathy.
We have information
that
Mr. R,
Bau-
mann.
K.
D.,
former
Danish,
“onsu!
General
at St.
Thomas
has
been
appoint-
ed
Danish
Consul
at
Chieago,
[li.,
U.
<
As an
item
of
news for pubiie infor-
mation the
postmaster
here
informs
us
ST
CRouolx
A
1>
that
the
Post
().’r'?‘e
Department
has
officiaily changed
thte name
of
the
post
office at 3¢ 'homas,
Virgin Islands,
from
Chariotte
Amalie to
Saint
Thomas,
ef-
feetive
July
25,
19%1.
[n
the
prepara-
tion of applications
so: and
in the issuing
of
money
orders
as
well
as
in the
ad-
dressing
of mail
' Charlotte
Amazlie”’ will
be omitted
in tuture.
F'rom
the
same
source
we learntha:
the
new
postmaster
at
St.
Thomas
is Albert
Ptaus,
appointed
July 25th.
P OCAL.
A
narrow
escape
from drowning
is
re-
ported from Frederiksted
where
one
Rob-
ert
Richards
was
seized
with a heart
at-
tack
while
bathing
in
the
sea
near La
Grange
on
Saturday
morning
and sank
to
the
bottom
where
he lay for about
5
minutes
and
was
then rescued
by Mr. R.
H. A.
Leader,
postmaster,
and
Mr. Her-
bert
Grigg,
Inspector
of
the
Hospital,
these
geniler en havirg
euntered
the
wa-
ter
some
tin:e
atter
Kicl.ards
who
was
observed
swin,ming,
but
suddenly
disap-
peared.
‘the
vrompt
and
cfiicient
em-
ployment
o
artificiai respiration
(Schae-
ffer
method)
bv
Mr.
Grigg,
saved
the
man’s life,
as ceclared
by Dr. Dukeshire
whose
medicz!
attention
was
immediate-
ly
summoned.
Tihe
man
was
taken
to
the
bhospital
and
revived
after
some
hours.
A large mail
was
received
by the Mys-
tery via Frederiksted
on Saturday.
The
Guiana
is
expected
to arrive
at
Frederiksted
tomorrow
mcrning
and
lis
advised
as sailing ‘for New York via St.
Thomas
in the evening.
Mails close
here
at
3 p.
m.
tomorrow.
There
was
a
lively
meeting
of
the
Colonial
Couneil”
on
Saturday
at
which
all
the
members
and
the
Government
Secretary
were present.
Patrons
of the
theatre
will remember
that the
famous
serial
Elmo
the
Fear-
iess
will
be
concluded
this
evening
1o
four stunning
parts
A
St. Thomas News.
Yesterday
morning
toe
Stork
paida
visit to the home
of Mr.
and Mrs.
Wat-
son and left
a
fine
little girl.
We
con-
gratulate
the
family
on
this
addition.
—St.
Thomas
Mail Notes Aug. 2nd.
A
SUCCESSFUL
BABY :SHOW.
The baby show
at the
Muunicipal
Hos-
pital
yesterday
was
largely
attended
and
was also
graced
by
the
presence
of
His Excelleney
the,
Governor
and
Mrs.
and Miss Kittelle.
Seven
proud
mdthers
recived
prizes
for
their
little
ones,
who
were:
May
George,
isme
Aletia
Turner,
Randolph
E.
Sallivan,
Adams
Oiliver
Emanuej,
Roy Ariington
Wallace,
Iris Vanterpool
and Bernard
Alphonso Ludvig.
The
first
five
prizes
were
in money,
but the
two last consisted
of two beauti-
fui posters
painted
by Miss Kittelle
and
which
were recently
on
exhibition
at
the
Past Odfice.
’
During the show
sweei
music
was
dis
coursed
by
ithe Naval
Band,
which
along
witii cooling refreshments,
and
the sight
of happy,
healthy banyhood,
added
much
to make
the
afternoon
an
enjoyzbie
one.
We
sare
glad
to
observe
the
interest
evinced
by the Governor
arnd his
family
in
suzh
atfairs
as
it ~ertainly
<emon-
sirates
their
true
attitude
towards
the
commuaity.—St.
Thomas
Mail
Notes,
Aug. 4ih.
TELEGRAMS.
ST CRUIX STATION.
Dublin,
Aug. 4th.—A full meeting
of
the Irish Rz2vublican
Parliament
is
to be
called.
The
official
announcement
of
the
ecail,
with the date
for the
meeting,
will
be published
in
tonight’s
issue
of
the
Irish
bulletin.
It
is
reported
the
reply of Ulster to
overtures
by the
Sinn
Fein
has
been received
and
is not favour-
abile.
:
Belfast,
Aug. 4th.—The
Ulster
_abin-
et
met
this morning for
a short
session
at
the close
of which there
was
no
com-
munication,
issued
as
to
the
subject
of
its deliberations.
It was
authoritatively
learned,
however,
that
no
message
{rom
De Valera
has
yet
reached
the
northern
cabinet.
t.ondon,
Aug. 4th. —Keports
published
here
that
the
Governmert
of northern
[reiand
has definitely and
finally retused
to
have anvthing
to do
with
the
Govt.
proposals
relative
to
peace
in
lreland,
were today
officiaily declared
to be
‘‘ah
solutely
unfounded’’.
It
was
asserte-
that
no proposals
had been
submitted
to
the Ulster cabinet
by
the Government.
London,
Aug.
4th.—The
Prince
of
Wales
may
be
in Canada.
again
in
April
of next year.
Tne Daily Mail states
that
His
Roya! Highness
tour
of
India
will
conclude
to Karachi
on March 17cth, 1922,
when
ithe Pricce
and
his
party wiil
re-
turn
home
via Japan
and
probably
via
Canada.
:
Pittsburg,
Aug.
4th.—Tennis
experts
of- the British Isles
and
Australia
today
played
the
first
of
their
peliminary
rounds
in the Davis matches
on the grass
courts
of the
Allegha)y Country
Club,
ten
miles
from
Pittsburg.
A fashion-
able gathering filled the stands
erecred
at
the courts for the
matches,
and
ineiuded
ten~is
enthusiasts
from
all parts of the
middle
West
and
Canada.
Iloday’s play
brought
togetherin
the singles
Ander-
son,
Australia,
and
Woosnam,
British
Isles,
Hawkes,
Australia,
and
Lowe,
British Isles.
London,
Aug.
4th.
-While
Govt. cir-