So far as
we can gather,
maii from
the
United
States
may
be
looked
for here
|
via St. Thomas,
on Wednesday.
1
The theatre
is offering one of the usnal
attractive
programmes
this evening wken |
it is hoped
a large audience
will avail
it-
self
of
the
opportunity
of
seeing
that
famous
serial
‘‘The
Bull’s Eye.””
and
other fine pictures.
Even
the
bees
must
be
on
strike in
these days; honey
is
now
selling
for
30
cents
a half bottle.
The St.
Thomas
papers
are
kicking
abopt
inconvenience
the
publie
is experi-
encing
because
the Post
Office will
not
occept
local
currency.
Effective
November
Ist.,
the
Munic
-
pal
Telephone
System
here
has
added
22.4%
to its
rates,
in
view
of
the
in-
creased
exchange
on
the United States.
Considering
that
the
material
used
in
conducting
the service
is imported
fr m
the
United
Stat
s,
that
at
the
prescut
time the rate of 284%
is being paid upon
purchases
just made,
and all the hands of
the
Department
have
received
an
in-
crease
of wages
equal
to the
differere
in
the
currencies,
this additional cost
to
subscribers
is
warranted,
and
appears
reasVnable
and
just.
Schooner
Ester
Anita arrived
here
on
saturday
for a cargo of
life stock for
ac-
count
of Mr.
Jones.
Quite
a number
of
hogs is to be shipped.
On
strolling
along
the
water-front
these evenings
one
can
not help observ-
ing a growing tendency
among
a
certain
element
to ignore the provisicns
the last
injunction
embodied
in
paragraph7 of
chapter
1 of the Police
Regulations.
OFFIiCIAL NEWS.
November
1, 1919.
The
U.
S.
S. Kittery will arrive at
St.
Thomas
at daybreak
tomorrow.
The
American
steamer
JEKYL
wi h
general
cargo
from
Argentine
ar-
rived at St. Thomas
yesterday
ard sailed
this morning for New York.
T. e following steamers
arrived
at St.
Thomas
this
mornin
.
American
steamer
COYOTE
w~'th
ore,
ete.
from
Batum,
Russia,
bound
for
Philadelphia.
Dutech
steamer
FAUN.\
with
tobacco
and
mahogany
logs
from
Dominican
.Republic
bound
for
Amster-
dam.
Norwegian
steamer
KRONSTA)
with
cargo
of
Nitrate
from
Iquique,
Chile. bound for Nantes,
France.
WEATHER
REPORT.
St.
Croix,
Bar.
30.06,
Ther.
84,
E.
Vel. 0 cloudy.
|
Rainfall for past 24 hours,
0.
ST
L RO
AL AV 18
Modest Inquiry.
In his notice of Saturday
last,
the
pro-
~
prietor of
the
Christiansted
[ce Factory
tacitly implies
that
compensation
is
due
his customers
for the time in whieh
they
~
paid 2 cents
a pound
forice.
What
he
.
means
by
compensation
for
the
time,
.
nobody knows,
as
there
can certainly
be
'
littie difference
of time
in
paying one
or
'
two cents.
Presuming
therefore
rhar
he
'
refers
to the monetary
loss
his
cuutom-
|
ers
have
sustained
during
the
time
he
.
repaired
his factory,
and for which
loss
|
he
purports
to
compensate
them,
he
'
is kindly requested
to
turnish
the pub-
|
lic with
akey
to
interpreting
this
uni-
|
que
ard
s
range
method of compensation,
'
which according
to Mr. LA Bega’s theory
|
becomes eff ctive by his resuming
the old
;
prices for ice until the
15th. instant after
'
which date
a scnedule
of rates
published
.
in his notice,
goes
in force.
The average
"
brain in this community
is unable
to com-
.
prehend
how those who paid theadvanced
|
Tate
of 2 cents,
are to be compensated
by
g
paying the same
prices they have
always
|
been
aceustomed
to pay, and with a pros-
k
pect
of
paying
still
more,
in
the
near
|
future.
It is a'so
noted
that the
increas-
.
ed
rates
effective
November
15th.,
are
|
based
upon 25% additional; not 22.4,
nor
'
even
234%:
and
people
are
wondeiing
|
whether
the
elements
are
on strike and
'
water,
has hecome
more expensive.
Will
.
the
generous
proprieior give thd the
so-
lution of riddle, and oblige
f
ANTI-HUMBUG.
|
TELEGRAMS
§
ST.
CROIX STATIO.~.
|
Washington,
Oct.
28th.—How
to
deal
I
with soft coal strike
in
the event
of
the
|
miners ignoring President
Wilson's
com-
|
mand
today to stay
on
the job and
not
l
walk out
on Friday
night
was
definitely
|
agreed
upon today
at a two hour
meeting
|
of the Cabinet.
The
plan of action
was
not disclosed,
but it
is
known
that
the
Cabinet
stood
as
one
man
for
protection
of the right
of
the
public
which
would
suffer
with
the
closing
of
the
mines,
in which ordinarily more than halt a
mil
lion members
of the United
Mine
Work-
ers of America
are employed.
London
Oct.
28th.
A
wireless
mes-
¢age
irom
Moscow
says that
a
groiup
of
International Bankers
has advanced
to Ad-
miral
Kolehak
a
credit
of
10,000,000
pounds.
Paris,
Oct.
28th.—A
wireless
repnrt
from
Bolshevist
military
headquarters,
picked
up
by
the
station
here, reporfs
that
the counter
offensive
against
Gene-
ral Yudeniteh
in the vicinity of Petrograd
has
been
successful.
It further
states
the capture of Dmitrovsk, a town 57 miles
south-west
of
Orel
from General
Dene-
kine.
Copenhagen,
Oct.
28th. --There
has
been
a split
in
the German
Communist
Party,
says
a
Berlin
despateh
to
the
National
Tidende.
Lighteen
of
forty-
three delegates
to the party’s
convention
quit the gatherinz
because
they consider-
ed
the
programme
of
the
leaders
not
sulficiently radical.
Ine
minorily,
says
the despatch,
lavours
Bolsnevism
afcer
the
Russian
method
and
have
begun
the
formation of a
new parcy.
New York,
Oect.
29th.— I'he sailing
of
the
Cedric
for
England
is
indefinictly
postponed
on
accrunt
of che
longsaore-
men’s
strike.
Five huudred
passengers
who
had booked
berths.
vill
be
sent
to
Montreal
on friday, where
they wiil be
accomodated
on the Megantic. 'he Maure-
tania
wili leave
cn schedule
tiime
tomor-
row
but with only
a
paruai
cargo
[lne
Mauretania
wili cail
ac
Halifax
for
ad-
ditional freight.
London,
Oct.
29th. -
vollowing is
the
result
0” the Cambridgeshire
S.akes:
Isi
Brigand,
2nd Diadem,
3rd M, Dear.
lokio, Ocex
28ta.—i'he
Privy
Coancit
today approved
the
Gz2rman
peac:ire
vy.
London,
OQct.
27th.
The
Queen
of
Spain
arrived
in
London
tonighc.
Ste
was
met at
the
station
by King George,
Queen
Mary and King Alfon=o.
Indianapolis. Ind.,
Occ.
30th.
[he
Ex-
ecutive
Board
ot
the
..nied
vine
Work
ers,
met
here
today
to finish
repira-
tory work incidental
to the
strike
start-
ing
on
Friday
night.
No development
could avert
a strike, it was stated.
Washington,
Oct.
28th.—1'he
Senate
passed
the
prohibition
enforcemenc
act
uvver the Presideat’s
vote today, and
made
immediately
effective the
machiner’
for
preventing
the sale
of beverages
contain-
ing more
than
one halt of one per
cent
ai-
cohol.
The
vote
was
65
to 20 or
eight
more than
necessary,
two
thirds majori-
ty.
Pretoria,
Oc..
27th.—A
drought
des-
cribed
as
the
worst
in
50
yeais,
exists
over large
areas
of
the
Cape
provinces
and free
state
and the
Transvaal.
The
farmers
are
losing heavily in
live stock.
It is estimated
that the
crops
which have
already
been
very
poor,
will
show
a
shortage
of 33 per
cent.
Brussel,
Oct.
29th.—The
Belzian Min-
ister
has
given
approval
to
a
list
of
1,150 German
soldiers
and
civiilans who
will be
prosecuted
on
charges
arising
from violation of the laws
of war
at
the
time of the invasion
of Belgium,
or
dnr-
ing
the
occupation
of
this
country
by
German
troops,
according
to
the
‘‘lnde-
pencence
Belge’’.
The
list
will be
sent
to the peace
conference
in Paris.
Washington,
Oct.
27th.—The
first
of
the international
bodies
created
by the
treaty
of Versailles
to
meet
in Amerieca,
the
International
Labour
Conference,
will convene
a:
ncon
today
here.
Ses-
sions
o1 the Counference
are
expected
to
continue
for
practically
a month
to lay
the
foundaticn
of
a world
wide
move-
ment for the
iraprovement
and standar-
dization of worke"s.
London,
Oect
29th.
—Red
forces
have
started
the aggressive
at once
along the