A Proclamation
By
the Governor
of the Virgin
Is-
lands of the United States.
BY
virtue of the authority
vested
n
me
1
do hereby
set
apart
February
12,
1920 and
proclaim it
a public holiday
within the Virgin
Islands
of the United States
for the
.
TICN
purpose
of observing
LINCOLN’S
Birthday.
J. W. OMAN,
_
Governor.
Government House,
St.
Thomaus,
Y.L, Janpary
31,
1990,
Notice To All Importers.
THE
following advice
has
been
receiv-
ed from the Raporel Line,
New York:
““As
all
bills,
ciaims
and
accounts
against
all stramers
sailing
rom
New
York previously
to January
Ist,
1920,
are
for
account
of Raporel
S.
S
Line,
Ed.
M.
Raph-'
&
Co..
llnec.,
Apents,
it is
necessary
chat
same
be sent
torward
for
settlement
as promptly
as
possible.
You
Wwill
please
advise
ail
consignees
that
claims
not presented
to you within
(30)
thirty
davs
after
receipt
of
this
letter
will be
void.”’
ROB'T.
1. MERWIN & CO.,
Agents Raporel Line
reder:ksted
We have
been
asked
to
mention
that
the
Native Brass
Band
will
give a
con-
cert of popular
numbers
or
the
Wharf
to-night,
weather permitting.
Time
and
space
will
not
permit
the
publication
today
of
our
report
of
last
night’s
meeting.
See
tomorrow’s
issue
for a complete account,
The
soiree
held
during
the
last
two
days
in
aid of St.
John’s
Church
eclosed
with proeceeds
amounting in recund
figures
to SSOO
to be used
towards
defraving
the
expenses
eonnected
with tiling the
sane-
tuary
the
work of
which
is alreadv
in
Progress
The appointment
of Dr. D.
C. Canega-
ta
1s chairman
of
the
Food
Commission
to supersede
Judge
NBII who has
tender-
ed hiv resignation
in
crder
to attend
to
more
important
work,
was announced
in
yes.erday’s
official news.
Dr.
Cansgata
is also
a very busy
man and while his
se-
lection
1s an
excellent
one
as far as
his
being suitable
is concerned,
it lnoks
like
imposing
too muech
on
a good man
who
has already
got his
hands
full with more
e
R
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A“'l
\'
important work.
\s before
advanced
in
this paper,
the rood
Commission
should
include
an officé from the Customs
which
departnent
has
the
peculiar
advantage
of being intimately acqrainted
with im-
ports
and gaini 'g information concerning
other
matcers
of advantage
1n connecting
wirhk the fixing of food prices.
Attention
is called
to the fact
that
the
aceceptance
of foreign money in
the
tran-
slction of postal
business
i= forbidd :n by
tne
Postal
Laws
and
Regulations
oniy
that an exception
has
been
made
Iyeally
in the
case
of 2. W. I. currency
it
being
realized that
to demand
U.
S.
currency
which
is
in
circulation.
only
to
a very
limited extent
in
St
Croix
would
work
a
hardship
on
the
general
pubiic
for
whose benefit
the postal
service
is
main-
tained.
When
Dsnish
money
is leceived
at the post office a premium
correspond-
ing
to
the
current
rate sos exchange
s
collected
and if payees
so request
or U.S.
currency
is
not
im
ediately
available,
Danish
money pius
the
National
Bank's
selling rate of exchange
is
used
In
the
cashing ot morey
orders.
Notwithstand-
ing this effort to off+r
acecomodarion
and
eliminate
inconvenience,
there
appears
o
exist
some
misunderstandinge
among
cer:
ta'n
persons
who while
paying
in Dani«n
-
money
to
arz
unwilling to accept
it from
~
the post
office.
Tt ic
thereiora
axnlainad
|
that
the
advantage
of making paymen:s
|
in Danish
money
is
a
priviiege and nt
|
a
rvight
which
mayv
bz
diserncinu»d
if
the
public
deelines
to
cooperate
in
ac-
'
cepting
the currency
they offer.
|
ihere
was
published
in
yesierday’s
issue
under
official
news
an
item
o1
€
|
-offeet
that
Mi.
... .
Coulter
bhas
‘be
n
-
iransferred
from
his
position
as
Insvec-
|
or
of
the Frederiksied
Muniz2ipal
Hos-
-
pital and appointed
Senio.
Districi
Chiaf
'
of
Police,
effective
on
the
lst
insiant.
i
Indeed,
it
is
gratifyinrg
10
note
the
op-
'
portunities opening
up
to
natives
to
fil}
‘esponsible positions
thar
will
be
so
¢o
-
ducted
as
t»
redound
with
creditto
(‘e
Cruzian
element
and
in congraulatirg
Mr. Loulter
it
his
new
post,
the
town
of Frederiksted
must
be considered
for-
tunate
in
having
such
a
suitable
a:d
cenerally
capable
n.an
to discharge
the
auiies
of
his
office.
i'he
posicion
is
tiwe
came
as that
filled
bv
our energe
ic M.
-
lispersen
at
Richmond
in
this
distriet
~
where
thereis
a
decided
itrprovenent
. the
entire working of the
deparimen:
as
tar
as
can
be voserved
by
the
ou.-
sider,
since
his
transier
to Christiansie|.
With
that
precisior
that
characierises
tne
miiitarv
man
and
with
an activiiy
that knows
no
relaxation
1t is
a pleasure
to
see
the
way
Mr. Espersen
manag-s
his
business.
The
Navai
Government
certainly
is
10
be comniended
on
1s
se
loeuion
of men
of
this
sort
to
fiil public
offices
wheve
constant
intercourse
with
the people calls
for
the
tacc
and
proper
action
so
to be desired
and
admired.
OFFICIAL NEWS.
’
February
3,
1920.
Governor Oman
a1 rounces
the follow-
ing
personnel
of
the
Congressional
Comnruittee
which
wll arrive
en
the
U.
S.
S.
Dolphin:
Senutor
Walter E. Edge
of New Jersey,
Senator
William (3. Ker.y-
on
of lowa and
Senitor
Edward
J.
Gay
of
Louisiana;
Cong ressman
Horace
M.
Towrer
of
lowa.
Congressman
Finie
Garret
of Tennesse:
and
Congressman
Phillip P. Campbell
« fKansis.
ihe
Con-
mittee
is accompani:.
by
Rear
Admiral
James
H.
Oiiver,
U.
S.
Navy,
Major
Jesse
F. Dyer,
U. S.
M rine
Coips,
Mr.
Sanermar,
Mr. Denergere
and
a
Secreta-
ry.
The
party
wh.ch
comprises
eleven
persons
will leave
San
Juan early Thurs-
day morning the
sth
and
arrive
in
St.
Thomas about
noon.
The U.
S.
S. Eenderson
arrived
at St.
Thom:s yesterday
n orning and it
is
ex-
pected
she
will sail tornorrox.
Licut. Paul
Keller,
Medical Coros,
U.
S.
Navy,
&nd
Lieaienan:
Eugene .
Walter,
Den:al
Corps,
U. 8.
Navy
arrived
for
duty
at
the Naval
Station.
The
remairing
pas-
seng>rs
were
[irs.
Walter,
Mis.
W.
C.
Van
Norden
and
childien,
Mrs.
O.
E.
Donavan,
and
infant,
Mis.
Ecdith
Uhl,
6 enlisted
men
of the Navy,
50 [la-
rines
and 30 tors
o) freight.
Among he
passengerssailing
for the States
»n board
there
are Darw:n O
Curry,
Col ector
of
Customs,
transterrcd
from St.
Thoma.
to
duty
at Pensacoia,
Florica,
Mrs. Curry,
Lieut.
Harry
!.
3rockmann,
Medica!l
Corps, U.
S. Navy, iransterrel
from
che
Leper Asylum at St. Croix to duty at
che
Naval
Medical
Scioool
in
Wachington,
Lieutenant
Conra .H.
Nelson,
De:tal
Corps,
U. S, Navy, who recently
resizn-
ed from
the service,
Mrs. Nelson, Ens:gn
Zook,
U.
S.
MNavy,
transfeirel
to
che
States
for discharge
and
Mrs. Sihroecer,
wite
of
John
Schoeder,
U.
8.
Navy,
attached
to Subchaser
No.
62.
Editor of the St. Croix Avis.
Dear
Sir:
'
For the benefit
of the public, [ want
to explain that [ wes invited to
speak
at
the ineeting
of Surday
ni:ht.
1
did
not
know
that
anyone
other
than
Messrs.
Fabic
and
Alexander
had
any
right
to invit:
me,
or I would not
have
attended.
In
he
United
States
where
there
are several
thousancs
of our penple resid-
ing,
we arc not only invited to
hear
the
grievances
of own j.eople, but
wa
are al-
S 0 expected
w 0 co.er
all
expenses
for
them,
and
contribite
iiberally
to
rthe
cause
which they re present.
We do
not
piace
their
intellizence
at
such
a
rerrible
uader-estimate,
even’
though it is usually sacked
up with boast-
tul prates
and rot facts.
We
a0
not
siop
to
consider
whether
you are
exponents
(n
grammer
or else,
what
we
want to
know
is whether
you