OBITUARY.
*
JAMES THOMAS,
native of
this
island,
|
resident
of
Christiansted
and
sailor
of
|
the
Vigilant for many
years,
died
last
|
night,
He
had
not
been
in
the best
of
|
health
for some
time
but
was
out
up
to
|
yesterday.
Our
condolences
are extend-
ed to those
bereaved
by his death.
LLOCAL
The
Amateur
entertainment
repeated
in
St.
John’s
School
House
last
night
was
very poorly
attended
and
due
to ill-
ness
among
the
performers
the
pro-
gramme
had to be
shortened,
but
it was
_notwithstandmg
a very interesting
even-
ing.
:
The
S.
S.
'‘Martinique’’ from
New
York is expected
to
arrive
at
Frederik-
sted
at
2
o’clock
todayv, having
3b bags
of mai| for Christiansted
and
16 bags for
Frederiksted,
The
postmaster
asks
to
advise
that
all
accumulations
of
letter
mail for the
United States
and points
via New York,
posted
until
8.00
a.
m.
Saturday,
April
14th, will be torwarded
to
Frederiksted
that
morning
for dispatch
by
s.
s.
Gui-
ana
the
same
day,
thereby
being
ad-
vanced
nearly
four
days
ahead
of the
regular mail via
the
‘‘Marina’’ through
Porto
Rico.
Matter
mailed
after
8.00
a.
m.
will be held for the latter route.
We would
like
to remind
our
readers
of the big show
to come off at the theatre
this evening when the last
10 reels
of the
Sky
Ranger
will
be
presented.
The
show
of last
Monday
night
having
not
been
taken full advantage
of by all who
were interested
in this splendid serial,the
management
is
repeating
the four reels
shown
then,
mdking
in
all
a
gigantic
programme
of special
interest.
TELEGRAMS.
:
ST. CROIX STATION.
Cardiff, April Bth.—The striking
min-
ers
in
the
Rhondda
coal
fields
held
a
meeting
late last night and settled
their
differences.
Work
therefore
will be
re-
sumed
in the mines,
which employ
about
46.000
men
tomorrow.
Paris,
April
Bth. —l.ord
Carnarvon’s
tragic
death
has appealed
to the
French
imagination
more
than any topic that has
been
,before
the public
in a
long
period
and
has started
a
controversy
over
the
whole subject of the hidden
magie of the
East,
which
the
Western
World is
held
by
the
esoteric
to
have
s 2 completely
lost since
the davs of the Pharaohs.
The
press
is
printing
nunmierous
interviews
with
followers
of
the
occult,
with
the
superstitions
and with
Egyptologists
of
repute,
in which the most fuvoured
query
s
YCREOIX
3 Yl3
expounded
is as
to how far
the ends
of
archaeology
are
justfied
in
despoiling
tombs
of the
ancient
dead.
Stud-nts
of
the mystic schools,
deploring
the
world’s
Joss
of comprehension
of
the
supposed
occult
powers
of the
East,
are
support-
ing
the
theory that
the
despoilment
of
Tutankhamen’s
resting
place
released
dynamic
forces
which
had
be
n placed
in a state
of harmless
equilibrium
by the
incantations
of the
' Egyptian priests,
but
which were transformed
into destructive
powers
of venzeance
when the right
of
the
dead
to his
aternal
repose
was
de-
spoiled.
o
¢
London, April Bth::=Summer
time
in
Great
Britain
wil’ begin
this
year
at
two o’clock on
tire
on
the
morning of
Sunday,
Ar-il
20
.d.
and
will continue
until the same
hour
on
the
morning
of
Sunday September
16th.
Rome,
April 9th.—Princess
Yolanda,
eldest daughter
of
the King
and Queen
was married this morning to Count Calvi
Di Rergolo,
a
captain
of cavalry,
who
holds
a
decoration
for
bravery
in
the
war.
‘
Essen,
Api.l 9th.—-The
explosior. ofa
time
bomb
destroyed
the
lock
of
the
Dortmund
Ems canal
near
here early to-
day.
The canal was effectually
blocked,
seriously
interfering
with
the
compli-
~ated
inland
waterway
traffic
in
the
Ruhr.
This
is the most
serious
case
of
sabotage
yet reported
on the Ruhr water-
ways.
The
lock
that
was
destroyed
in
near the junction
of the Dortmund
Ems
canal
with
the main
canal
that
rios
down
to
the
Rhine
at
Duisburg
and
Ruhrort,
where
a
large
inland
port
is
located.
Ottawa,
April 9th.—27 of the 64
ves-
sels comprisiu
the fleet of
the Canadian
Government
merchant
marine are
to
he
offered for sale.
Toronto, Ont.,
April 9th.—An
Ottawa
special
to
the
‘‘Globe’’ says
there
are
indicatians
that Mr. Fielding’s
budget
is
apt
to
reveal
an
appreciable
increase
in the
British preference.
There
is also
expected
a lightening
of the sales
tax in
certain
directions
and
possibly
an
at-
tempt
at
a
downward
revision
of
the
tariff on vital necessaries
of life.
-
Dublin,
April 9th.—While
a
party
of
Republicans
at
Glencar,
Kerry,
were
ahout
to execute
arailway workman, who
had
been
kidnapped,
tried
and
' con-
demned,
they
wera
surprised
by
Free
State
troops,
and
afight ensued
during
which the condemned
man
was forgotten
and he escaped.
The
Republicans
barri-
caded
themselves
in two hoases,
which
were
stormed
by the Free
State
forces
and captured.
The Republicans
lost five
men killed and two made prisoners.
Paris,
April 9th—The
period
of
tke
stormy
weather
has been
succeeded
by
a
foretasts
of Summer,
which
has
been
enjoyed during the last few days.
Thun-
der
and hail
were
reported
from
nearly
all
districts of France.
Several
houses
were
struck
by
lightning in
Burgundy
and
the
occupants
were
more
or
less
seriously injured.
Hail
has caused
sgm-
lage
in many districts
and in the
Perpig-
nan district
more snow
has faller.
Essen,
April 9th.—The
Directors
of
the Krupp
works announced
that
the
funeral of the 13 workmen
Kkilled by
the
French
troops on Saturday
a
week
ago,
or
who
died
later
from their
wounds,
will take place
tomorrow
morning.
It
has
been agreed
that the works
will
be
closed
throughout
the entire
day of
the
funeral.
2,000
workmen
will march
in
the
procession.
They willrepresent
all
grades
of the trade and also
the religious
unions-of the 54,000 workmer
empioyed
by
the Krupp works.
Rome,
April 9th. —The
Olympic games
for 1932 have
been awarded
at” Losange-
les.:
This date
was the first available for
the. United
. States,
because
the
1924
games
go to Paris
and the
1928 games
to
Amsterdam.
A
:
London, Aprii9th. —Sir Murdock
Mac-
Donald,
member
of the
House
of Com-
mons
tor Inverness.
replying
to
protests
received against
the proposed
visit of the
King and Queen
to
the Pope
this ye:r,
said it was
a
matter
which
ovught
to be
left to the judgement
of their
Majesties.
He
did
vot
think
it would be right for
any
one to .interfere.
'*We
cannot
for-
get,”’ he added,
‘‘that His
Majesty
has
many
millions of Catholic
subjects
and
if His Majesty
feels
that
he
would like
to
make
a
courtesy
call
on
the
titular
head
of
the
Catholic
Church,
it: would
be
wrong
to suggest
that
he
should
not
do so.”’,Sir
Murdock
said
be
could
not
see
any
necessity
for
the
Government
to have
an
envoy
at, the Vatican.
Dublin,
April
9th.—she
insurgent
cause
in
Ireland
is
in
desperate
straits
if one
may
judge
from
documents
pub-
lished
here
today
by
the
Free
State.
The collapse of the
rebellion
against
the
present
Irich Government
would
appear
to be imminent,
New
York,
April
9th.—The
sugar
market
was
firm
and active
early today
with the price
1/32
cents
highey,
to the
basis
of
53c.
for
Cuba’s,
cost
and
freight,
equal
to
7.53
for
centrifugal
which
equalled
the previous
higher
re-
cord
of the
season.
There
were
sales
of 151,000 bags
of Cuba’s,
16,000 Porto
Rico’s and 34,000
bags
of Philippine
is-
lands
to local
and
outport
refiners: and
operators for April shipment.
Realizing
checked
the
upward
movement
toward
midday and. brought
about
reacticns
of
four or
five
points
from
the
best.
The
demand
for refined
sugar
continues
ac-
tive, but prices are unchanged
at 9,10 to
9.35 for fine granulated.
Anglesey,
April 9th.—A Liberal
com-
bination has
won the Parliamentary
bye-
election
in the constitueney,
the resul}:f
which
was announced
today.
For
the
first
time
since.the
split between
Mr.
Lloyd
George
and
Mr.
Asquith,
the
National Liberals and the Liberals com-
bined
forces
in
contesting
a seat’'in
g