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18TH YA
HRISTIAN
=D,
V.l U.
8.
A,
WEDNESDAY,
26t8
MARCH
1924,
No. 70.
TH:
Ssl. XLAVD
is print: land
pudlished
daily (Surdays
a i1 Hol: lays excepted)
by G. Jshansen
ai
the Aviz Ojice.
702 44 5:-=SO conts
mo thly in advance,
2 ¢outs
per single copy.
pacte|l to recover
and
17
others
received
seriovus
injusies.
It is
not certain
whether
any
civillans
were
buri.
ibe
motorear
started
away
at
racing
speed,
firing
at
t 1
destrover
Seyvthe,
but
itis
believed
.ne shots
went wide.
Spikeland
is about
a
miie
south
of
Queenstown
and
is
a
British
naval
base
under
the
treaty
ard
is
now
occupiediby
royal
garrison
arui-
lery
:
Dublin,
March
21st.——President
Cos-
ograve
hus teieeraphed
to
Mr, MacDonaud
as follows,
"'l am
shocked
to
learn
that
Rritish
troops
were
fired upon
in Cork
Harbour
this evening.
1 have
to assure
you that this cowardly
act wiil
cause
rhe
same
horror
and detestaricn
throughout
I eland,
as
it has
caused
to myself
and
my colleagues.
Whether
the
criminals
were
masguerading
in
Free
State
Uni-
forms,
or olherwjse,
remains
to
be
de-
teranned.
No
efforts
will
be spared
to
b-ins
them
to
aekount.
Relativesof the
vietims
have the sympathy
of
my
gov-
ernment
in everftbiog
relating
1o
this
trag
‘dy.”’
THE*J‘
Lenten
services
in
the
Lutheran
churches
this week:
FREDERIKSTED
Tuesday
evening
at
8 o’ciock
in
Be-
thesda.
.
CHRISTIANSTED
Thursday
evening
at
7.30.
““WITH THE MASTER IN GETHSEMANE'’.
J. P. CHRISTENSEN.
Tnterel
as
second
class
matter
May
93th
1917 at the
Post
O jice at Christian-
gtsd.
5t
Crote,
V. Loof the
U.
S. 4.
un-
dz2r
the Act of March 8. 1879.
—————————————
e
Contribution to this paper
will be glad-
ly recetved
when
the sanme
deals
with mat-
ters of general
interest,
and is
accompa-
wied with the
author’s
name,
¢s
a guar-
antee
of good faith.
The editor canrot
be
regponsiole for the views ofhis correspon-
‘e nts nor does
he necessarily endorsethem.
TELEGRAMS.
1 CROIX
STATION.
qa'ifax
N
3
Mareh
220- B
G
Q.
Patriot
arrivedin
port
this
moruing
irom
e
muda.
Moseow,
March
299nd—The
Chinese
Eustern
tailway,
the
1,400
mile
hine
con-
nesiing
ohina
with
Stberia
and
Europe,
is
the
reai
bone
of contention
in
tre
In-
te:rupted
Russo
Chinese
negotiations,
qecocdin
s
to the
Russian
point,
and
coun-
trol of
tae
ratlway
is
also
beirg
scught
by trance,
the United Siates
a: d iJapan.
Kussian «
0 zinesrs
say
tne Sovie:
hoil the
sr-ategic
and
economic
eondl
)l of
the
Clunese
iLasiern
and
shouid
1t
become
pecessary
tney could cut its most
profiia-
ble trafii:
2
Londo:
, March 22nd. —Canadn
has
de-
ciared
warcon
apother
dangerus
drus.
The
Don
i ion
has potified
the l.eague
of
Nailons
inhat it will heartily
suopor
the
proposa!l
nat the drug herein
be regarded
as narmi
1 and that its sale shall
ne otally
suppressod,
save uader the striciest
ined:
iec| cont:
ul. Cabada
is
to ask
the L 2 zue
for
totai
suppression
of
the
s.ie
o
the
drug save
by physicians
presci iptivn,
@8
part of tie campaign
now
be.ng
waged
agalnst harmiul drugs.
Quesnstown,
Marek
21st.
A
high
po ~vered
wotor
car containing
jour men
wearing
the uniforms
ot Free
Siate
Ofifi-
cers,
drove
to pier
head
108.t:day
and
wilthout warning {ired a machin
gu~
up-
oo a party of about fifty persons.
the ma-
joilly Oof ~pom
were British soldiers
just
anded
from a military launch irom Spike
isiand.
Tnoe fire was chietly aimed
a: the
soidiers
many ofgwhom fe!l.
One ot the
soiaters
were killed outright,
four were
wodaded
so severely that they are
not ex-
If you wish your car to run smooth-
ly, procure
the Best Lubricating uil
FROM
THE
WEST
INDIA OIL CO.
ROB'T.
L.
MERWIN
& CO.,
INC.
Agents.
" Ckrisliansted.
Frederiksted,
OPTICAL AED.
Send
your orc—i—e-r-,—brokenhlens
or
prescription
through
the mail,
F.
M. CORNEIRO,
st. Thomas,
Y. L
iN TRE DI TRICT CGURT
OF
THE
VIR-
GIN ISLANDS OF
THE U:ITED STATES.
CHRISTIANSTED
SUR-JURICIAL
DIS-
TRICT.
IN THE MATTER OF
THE
JOINT
ES-
TATE
OF
JONATHAN
EDWARDS,
DECEASED,
AND SURVIVING WIFE
ELIZABETH
EDWARDS.
N()TI(‘F, is
tereby
given
that
the
un-
dersigred
has
been
appointed
admin-
istrator
of
tke
estate
of
JONATHAN
EDWARDS,
DECEASED.,
AND SUEVI
VING
WIFE
ELIZABEETH
EDWARDS.
All persons
having claims
zeainst
said
estate
are
hereby
rotified
to
present
seme
to
the
urdersigned
at
his
cffice,
No.
£§9 Kirg
Street
in
Christiansted,
with
the
necessary
proefs,
within
6
months
frem
the date
of this notice.
Parties
indebted
to the said
estate
are
requested
to
make
payment
to
said
A
E. STAKEMANN.
Chrimtiansted,
Bt.
Croix,.
¥V, 11.
8.,
this 4th day
of
March
1924.
A. E. STAKEMANN,
Administrator.
10 The Respeciiul Public
of 81, Creix
OI\I
Sunday
morning,
6
o’clock,
March
23,
The Lowry
Hill
Dairy will open
its doors,
and
of-
fer its services
to the general
pulblic
of Christiansted.
It will be located
on the premises
in Company
Street
once
known
as
Miss
Fross’ grocery.
The
Administrator
of the Dairy
guarantees
that
the
milk
sold
to
the public will be pure, without any
adulteraticn
whatever.
The
Sanitary
condition
of The
Lowry
HillDairy
is
excellent,
and your kind
f@eonage
is solicited.
Prices
reasonable,
within
the
reach
ofall.
M. A ROMAN,
Adm nistrator.