The Porto Rican
tug ‘‘Jorge Bird Leow’
arrived
here
yesterday
with
a
lighter
in tow,
to
take
a
cargo
of
cattle
to
Fajardo,
P.
R.
The
exhibition
of
the
popular
serial
entitled
the
‘‘Purple
Mask’
was
con-
cluded
at the theatre
last night
when
a
tolerably
fair audience
was
present
and
enjoyed
a pleasant
evening.
Sub.
Chaser
No. 111 arrived here
yes-
terday
noon
and
returned
in the
after-
noon taking a smali mail.
The Red Cross
workers
held a meeting
vesterday
afternoon
at
which it was
de-
cided to establish
work among
and for the
benefit
of
the
pocr
locally.
A
soup
kitchen
at
which
destitute
people
will
obtain at least
one
meal
a day is among
the plans;
and
to raise
funds for starting
the work
a sale
will be beld at the Soci-
ety’s
hcadquarters
on
Monday
Sept.
1,
to which the
support
of
the
community
is invited.
,
OUGHT DIVORCED PEOPLE
TO BE
ALLOWED TO MARRY UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES?
This depends
upon
whether
marriage
is
a
crime.
If it
is
not
a crime,
why
shoull
any
penaity
be
attached?
Can
one cor.ceive of any reason
why a woman
obtaining a divorece,
without fault
on her
part,
should
be
compelled
as
a
punish-
ment
to
remain
forever
single?
Why
should she
be punished for the dishonesty
or brutality
of
another?
Why
should
a
man who faithfullykept
his
contract
of
marriage,
and who
was
deserted
by
an
unfaithful
wife,
be
punished
for
the
benefit
of society”
Why
should
he
be
doomed
to live without a home
?
There
is still ano:her
view.
We
must
vremember
that hurhan
passions
are
the
sarae
after as before divorce.
To prevent
rernarriage
is to gi e excuse for vice.
SELECTED AND CONTRIBUTED.
WEATHER REPORT.
San Juan,
Rar. 30.04,
Ther.
78,
E.
20
partly cloudy.
St. 'lhomas, Bar. 30.04, Ther.7B, N.E. 12
partly cloudy.
St. Kitts, Bar. 30.78,
Ther. 78,N. E.
88
partly
cloudy.
Dominica, Bar. 30.94, Ther. 80, N. E. 8
cloudy.
St.
Luecia,
30.90,
Ther.
72,
N. E. 66
rain.
Yarhados.
3092,
Ther.
16,
S.
10
cloudy.
:
Por' of Spain,
Bar. 30.92, Ther.
74, N.E.
partly cloudy.
St.
Croix,
Bar.
30.11,
Ther.
86,
B.
partly cloudy.
@ainfall for past 24 hours,
0.
ST
C RO IX ANIIS
TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX
STATION.
Beslin,
Aug.
15th.—Associated
Press.
A letter from Field Marshal Hindenburg
to Prince
Maximilian of Baden,
Chancel-
lor at the
time of the signing
of the ar-
mistice, concerning
the beginning
of the
the submarine
warfare
printed here
to-
day, seeks
to show
that Dr.
Bethmann-
Holl'wes,
who
was
Chancellor
at
the
time,
had
little confidence
in President
Wilson’s peace
intervention
and that the
submarine
war directly
crossed
the ef-
forts then going on to bring about
peace.
The Field Marshal
states
that Dr. Beth-
mann-Hollweg
objected
to the submarine
warfare
on the ground
that it would
im-
peril Germany’s
relations
with neutrals,
and
t-at
Hindenburg
replied
that
the
supreme
army ‘ebuncil
was solely resp
n-
sible whether the U-Boat warfare should
be conducted
or not, and that he, Hinden-
burg,
would
proceed
in a full feeling of
responsibility for the
victorious outcome
of the war, regardless
of the Chancellor’s
opinion.
*
Stockholm,
Aug.
15th.—A
Bolshevik
press
despatch
received
from Petrograd
today gives the results
of the last
Soviet
elections in that city.
Os 1,275 Deputies
elected,
896 were Communists.
The des-
patch adds
that
only akbout
half
of the
population
voted,
and
that the
majority
of these
are employedby
the T viet Govt.,
the remaining half being eliminated from
the voters lists on
the
ground that
they
were
Bourgeoisie
or
counter-revolution-
ists.
.
New York, Aug 15th.—The Central
and
South
American Republics
soon
will rank
second
only to
Mexico
as oil
producing
countries,
accordi
gto
Mr.
Griffiths of
Pittsburg.
who arrived here after
a
trip
through those countries for the New York
oil interests.
The out
put
of il which
these
tropical countries
will yield
in
the
next few years
will bring about
a marked
decline in the
prices
of gasoline
in
the
United States,
he
asserted.
In
Colum-
bia the development
of
oil fields
is just
beginning.
‘
London,
Aug.
15th—The
King
has
given
his assent
to
the
bill
passed
by
Parliament
ratifying the
German
Peace
Treaty.
Paris,
Aug.
15th—Full
satisfaction
is
given
to
fumania
in regard
to the
exercise
of
authority
at
Budapest,
in
the
rep.y
made
by the Supreme
Council
to
the Rumanian
note, according
to
the
Temps.
The
Commission
of four Allied
Generals
at
Budapest
will deliver
the
peace
conference
instuctions
to the
Ru-
manian
Civil Commissary
and
Military
Commanders
-at that city, and
these Ru--
manian
commanders
will
be
charged
with
the execution
of
these
directions.
An
agreement
concerning
the
disposi-
tion
of
all
material
taken
in Hungary
by
the
Rumanians,
according
to«
the
Temps,
will be
reached
by
the
Ruma-
nian Govt. and the Allies.
Londonderry,
Ipeland,
Aug.
15th.
Troops
manned
the
walls
of London-
derry today
for the
first time
since
the
historic
siege
of the
ecity
in 1689,
in
a
military
effort
to prevent
a Nationalist
and
Sina
i‘ein demonstration
and
pro-
cession
set
for
today,
the
demonstra-
tion having
been
forbidden
by thie Brit-
ish
Commander,
General
Hacket
Pain.
The
Orangemen
and
Unionists,
it
is
said,
have
declared
their determi:ation
not
to permit
the
holding of
a parade
whi:h they termanti- British.
London,
Aug.
15th.
-A number
of
members
of the
House of Comuons
re-
presenting
Irish
districts
left
for
Ire-
land last
night,
after it
was
announced
that
the Govt.
had
decided to suppress
all
Sinn Fein
and kindred
organizations
in
County
Clare,
owing
to
increased
disorders
there.
A
proclamation
de-
claring
all Sinn
Fein
organization
and
the
Irish volunteers
in County
Tippera-
ry
to
be
unlawful
was
issued
from
®
Dublin Castle
on July Tth.
Copenhagen,
Aug.
15th.——An
advance
on Petrograd
by
the
Anti-Bolshevik for-
ces,
which it is hoped
will be decisive,
is
announced
in
a
messag
received
here
from Helsingfors.
The attacking
forces
are
commanded
by
General
Judanitch,
whose Russian
volunteer
troops
will
be
‘supported by Esthonians.
London,
Aug.
15th.—A
further
Bol-
shevik retirement
is
announced .by
the.
Soviet Govt. in a wirel
ss despatch
dated
August
14th., received
here
today.
In
the
direction
of
Borisoff,
the
message
said,
the Bolshevik troops retired
to new
positions,
and
after
three days’ fighting
they
abandoned
Rovn.
and
Sarny,
53
miles
north of
Rovno, and
the town of
Migorod,
but
in
the
Troitsk
region,
where
the
forces
of
Admiral
Kolchek
have
been retiring,
it was
said
that the
Soviet
forces
had
advanced
56
miles.
The
abandonment
of Sarny
and
Rovno
shows
a
steady
retirement
of
the
Bol-
shevik
forces
in
Volhynia,
where
on
August
12th.
the anti-Bolshevik
forces
had reached
Lutsk and
Bubno,
about
50
miles
west
of Sarnv
and Rovno.
Warsaw,
Aug. 15th.
An
official
eom-
munication
dealing
with
the operations
of
the
Polish
forces
in the Minsk region
of Russia
says,
“‘We are
pursuing
on.the
whole front, the
enemy
is retreating
and
we
have
reached
a
line
25
kilometres
north of Minsk”’.
San Juan,
Porto Rico,
Aug. 25th.—Ca-
ble between
here and
St. Thomas
inter-
rupted at noon
today.,
Mail opportunity
from San Juan
up to closing 27th.
St.
Crnix, Aug. 25th.
-Chartered
ves-
sel will leave
here
6. p.
m.
on 26th, for
St. Thomas taking all telegrams
on hand.
NEw
YORK,
Aug.
20th
1919.
Flour, Blencdad Clear
St. Lawrence
lirand
pr. brl. $10.25.
Meal, Kilndried per
100 ibs $4.85
New
Season’s
Pork per brl. $58.00
Heavy Mess
Pork
per bbl.
$56.00
Sugar---Crystals
(Confirmed by Brokers)
:
per
100 lbs.
$7.28.