A Proclamation
BY THE GOVERNOR
OF THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS OF
THE
UNITED STATES.
BY' virtue of the
authority
vested
<
In
me,
I
do
hereby
set
apart
FRIDAY,
MAY 30tH,
1924,
and
proclaim
it
a public holiday within
the Municipality of St. Croix, Vir-
gin
Islands
of the
United
States,
for
the
purpose
of observing
Me-
norial Day.
Co/ernment
House,
Saint
Thom-
as,
27 May,
1924,
PHILIP WILLIAMS,
(roverno.
Lomorrow being Decoration
Day,
the
Post
Office
will be
closed
1n
accordance
with
Postal
Laws
and
Regulations.
THE RED CROSS.
Nearly all of the
money
for
member-
ships
and
all of
the
contributions
given
the local Red
Cross
in the
present
mem-
bership
drive remain
in the island for the
good of our own poor and distressed.
The
sentiments
of humanity
and charity
must
move
you to lend
your
aid
to
this
good
cause.
It is indeed
a stony heart
that
is
ix;di?‘erent
to the appeal of its
own
peo-
ple.
LOCA".
As
will
be
seen
trom
a proclamation
12su~d
by yHis Excellenc’
the
Governor
and
published
in
t
is
issue,
tomorrow
(know
as Decoration Day)
has
been
pro-
claimed
a publie koliday
in consequence
of which this paper
will not be printed.
The Native Brass
Band
gave
one of its
finest
concerts
in
the
bandstand
st
evening
which
was greatly {enjoyed
by
a
large gathering.
The sloop ‘*Mizpah’’arrived
here
this
morning fromSt, Thomas
with the jusual
mid- week
mail.
:
The
3.
s.
“"Guiana”” from
New
York
via
St. Thomas
arrived
at Frederikstel
last evening.
3 lines
of rain
was
measured
at
the
Fort this morning.
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
London,
May
2¢dth.—Captain
Doisy,
whose plane
was
wrecked
at
Shanchai,
was
unable
to
depart
for Pekiug
in
a
£Y.
.i
A VLD
0f Valuable Real Estaie.
By
virtue
of
an
execution
to
me
di-
rected,
issued
out of the
Clerk’s oftice of
the District
Court
of the Virgin Islands
of the United
States,
Christiansted
Sub-
Judicial District, in
the
case of
LIQUIDATORS
OF
THE
LABOR
UNION SAVINGS
BANK
Vs.
GUSTAVE LANGE
and levy
made
thereunder,
1
will offer
for sale
to the highest
bidder
on
Friday June 27th
1924
at
the
hour
of
2
o’clock
P.
M.
in
the
Court room
in
the
Fort,
in the
town of
Christiansted,
Municipality of
St.
Croix.
All that
piece
or
parcel
of land
topether
with the buildings
and
Im-
provements
thereon,
known
as
No. 14 KING STREET
located
at
the
southeast
intersection
of
King
and
Princes
Streets,
in
the
town
of Christiunsted,
title to which
is
in
the
name
of the
said ,Gustave
Lange,
upon
terms
as follows:
One
Hundred
Dollars
so
be
paid
on
she
day of sale, remainder
to be paid
in thirly days.
Dated
the 28th day of May, 1924.
F. COULTER,
Sheriff-
borrowed plane
today,
becuuse
Chinese
provincial authorities
refused
permission
to make
a landing
in
their
(erritory.
A
Central
News
despatch
states
Captain
Doisy expects
to
get
away
on
Tuesday
or
Wednesday.
London,
May 26th.—The
Wesstminster
(Gazette
says
that
when
the
Air Miais-
try's
programme
is
completed,
Great
Britain will bave six hundred
up
to
date
first line airplanes
and
a
similar
number
of reserves,
employed exclusively
in
de-
fence.
Londen,
May 26th.—Lieutenants
Schulze and Cumryn, of the United States
Army, have arrived at Ply nouth, enroute
to Iceland and Greenlend,
to arrange
for
the American round-the-wor:d fiyers. The
airmen
cross
from England
to
America
by this northern
route.
New York, May 26th —Raw sugar
con-
tinued
heavy
today,
with ut
furtaer
change from the 5.15 level
at which 5,000
bags
were scld
to
an operator
for early
June
cshipment.
Kaw
sugar
futures,
aside
from a slight wpturn
which
follow-
ed the openino,
were
generally weak
all
day
under
active selling induced
by liber-
al offerings of rawvs and
further
declines
in refined.
New low levels
for the
year
were reported
at
the
close,
which
were
six
to
twenty
points
under
Saturday’s
ciose.
September
3.53,
December
3.31,
March 3.12,
all bid.
The
lowest pricas of
the year
were
also
noted
in refined,
with
fine granulated
being
guoted
at 68)
to
6.85
and
even
at this level there
was it
tle demand
from
the trade.
Refined
fa-
tures
were nominal.
Berlin,
May
26 h.—The
Governmant
has resigned.
President
Ebert
accepted
the resignation
of
the Ministry and
re-
quested
Chancellor
Mark to carry
on
cur-
rent affairs.
Washiazton,
May 26th. —The Immigra-
tion Bill wae
signed
today by
President
Coolidge.
Deaspite
the provision
making
Japanese
exclusion
effective next July Ist
put into the
measure
ovar
his
vigorous
opposition.
the
Prdsident
decided,
be-
cause
of
otuner
considerations,
to
give
the
executive
approval
necessary
to
spread
the
legislation
on
the
staiu e
b()\)kb‘.
Loodon, May 26th.
-Immense
crowds
which
bhad
been
gathering
since
early
morning
around
Victoria
Station
gave
King Victor Emanuel
and Queen
Helena
of
Italy,
the
Prince
of
Piedmont
and
Princess
Mafalda
a
rousing
reception
upon
their
arrival
this
afternoon
from
Dover,
where
the Prince
of
Wales
had
met
them
All the newspapers
in
their
editorial
columns
express
cordial
wel
come,
dwelling
upon
the
Itelio-British
friendship
and
alliance
during the
war
and paying tribute to what the
Ho:se of
Savoy
had done for Italy.
Some of them
incidentally
laud
the
achievements
of
Premier
Mussolini.
Barledue
France,
May
26th.—In
a
speech
to
the
General
Council
of the
House
M Poincare
announced
today that
he
was
not
retiring from
political life
when
he
resigns
from
the
Fremiership
next week.
Ha declared
he would
con-
tinue Jto
defend
his
politries.
Declaring
he
is convinced
taat
the reecent
national
elections
did
not disavow
his foreign poi-
icy, '‘aud I am convinced
that policy can-
not be
changed,’””
M.
Poincare
warned
the incoming regima
that
he and
his
fol-
lowers
would *'watch events
with
wvigii-
ant attention
and
defend,
whenever
ne-
cessary,
the ideals they always have pro-
secuted.
We will demond
that
general
lines
of our foreign
policy he
conserved
without
alteration,”” the
Premier
said,
concluding, .1 will not
depart from
the
policy I have always followed and which
you
always
have
approved.
I
will
re-
main to the
last
breath
a good
Republi-
can and
a fervent
patriot
who will
con-
tinue to (fulfii the mandate
you have
so
many
times renewed’’.
Paris,
May
26th.—Suzanne
Lenglen,
the tennis
chamuvion,
is suffering
from
the results of the attack
of jaundice
she