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&1 Croix Ans 76TH YEAR THE ST. CROIX AVIS: 18 printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays exeepted) by G Johansen at the Avis Offi ce. ’ TERMS---50 cents monthly in advgnce. 2 cents per single copy. tntered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian ated, St.. Croix, V. L of the U. S. A.. un der the Act of March 3. 1879 | Contribution to this paper will *2 glad ly received when'the same deals wich mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s naine, as a quar- antee ofgood faith. The editor cannot be | res-pm%zble for the views of his correspon- dentsnor does he necessarily endorsethem. | ' TELEGRAM . ; A ‘ST. CROIX STATION. Berlin. March 25th.—Twenty rioters | were killed when the security police | fired in Eisleben repulsed an attack | upon-the eity hall last night The po- . lice casualtids were 2 killed and 3 woun- ded.” Halle Germany, March 27th.—An at- | tack was made last .night upen the | building of ,the Hallesche Zeitung, the | pan-German organ, here by communists A hand-grenade was hurled into the building wounding 2 of its occupants. | ‘Mansfield Germany, March 27th— Mansfield was occupied last night by a force of the security police. At the same time members of the security police, about 1,000 of whom were employed in the movement here and in this vici- nity, . occupied Helbra, Kloster and Hettstadt. The only fighting in this movement occured ‘here when %a bat- tery belonging to the federal forces made.. their first appearance in the trouble in this district and shelled the retreating communists. Ny casualties were rveported. The Police took 25 pris- oners, and last. night were bringing in ore noutiys ; m‘c"rok‘io;:d1%?%;71:}4 —The whole city of Tokio was~<imperilled last night by the greatest’ fire with which it has been visi- ted in-a decade. The conflagration des- troyed 1,000 ‘houses in the Yotsa district in the northwestern part of thecity,in- vdizgig-.s%_j s‘estimated at 25,000,000 yen g«-* ppro. imately £2,500,000). Thous- ands of *personsféwere made homeless, and 138 persons were injured. -~ The burnc?fméa?img?lc!ude_d three' Hospi- tals, &_bank,imf everal large=business | houses. ~Scenes of terror were ‘witnessed CHRISTIANSTED. V.I U.S. A., FRIDAY Ist APRIL 192 in many sectionps as the- course of the flames threatened widespread destruc- tion Ch- _‘§t‘§eetq were choked with masses nf despairing refugees from the districts already stpicken, accompanied by carts ldaded with «furniture. The confusion being addedto by the flocking oi sightseers from other sectiqn% Many of the half-frozep fugitives fleetng from the flames, .bore children Strappel to their backs. Mounted police had greht* difficulty in restrfiining incipitent panics. As a measureof relief, the Imperial Gar- dens were opened to the sufferers. .'The fire burned so fiere:iy. and with such in- tense brightness that the skies were ill- uminated by a fiefy halo, which was vis- ible for hundreds of miles asit hung over the city, The, Diet, which was in session when the biaze started, adjourn- ed when its threat:ning nature x~as re- ported. - Paris, March 28ti:. —England defeated France in an international rugby foot- ball game here today by-a score of ten to six A record crowd of fiftythousand persons witnessed the contest, : Perth, Australia, March 28th. —Lieut. Mac Intosh, who last year flew from Eongland to Austraiia, w:s killed in an air accident at Pilbara, 300 miles north- west of Perth today. Lieut. Mac In- tosh’s mechanic also was killed anda passenger in his tnachine badly injured. New York, March 28th—M. Viviani, former Premier of France, arrived here today on the steamship La Lorraine on a special mission t¢ President Harding. New York, Mageh 28th.—The mar- ket for raw sugar was steady early to- day at 5¢ ¢ for Cutas, crst and fr ight aqual to 6.26 for centrifugals. No fresh business was reported. The only change in refined was the reentrance into the market of a refiner.<who had withdrawn last week, at 8.25 for.fire granulated, with all other refiners quoting on the same level. Futures were about a point lower under liquidation at midday. Trad- ing- was light. Constantinople, March 28th.—Announce- ment of the fall of Afiun Karahissar, the important junction point on the Bag- dad railway, where the Branch from Smyrna joins the main line,was made here this afteraoon.” This is one of the two objectives at which the Greek offen- sive against the Turkish nationalists has been aimed, the other being Eskishehr the jug?.tion puint of the line to Angoro. It was reported from Greek" sources last night that the Turkish troops were evae- _uating Eskishehr, “The town of Kuyptaya No. 72. has bezn evacuated by the Turks, and the Greeks are now masters of the Bag- dad railway and are continuing to ad- vance toward Angora. The Turkish communication announces rhe withdraw- al of the Ottoman forces to niw posi- tions. The plan ‘ap%arently is to keep the army intact and reireat into the depths of Anotolia. drawing the Greeks after it. The commander of the l'urkish Nationaligt army in Erzerum, with 25000 good tro%?é, is making a forced march «from Armenia to aid Mustapha Kemel Pasha. New York, March 28th.—An eignty mile gale swooping down on New York late this afternocn tore off roufs, vproot ed trees, caused accidents which have resulted in at least. two deaths and brought a touch cf real winter. The wind was accompanied by a drop i1 the temperature from 73 at 2 p. m. to 37 de- grees tonight with indications of a furth- er drop to 30 degrees by morning. The Weather Bureau declared the gale to be onl’ local in character, caused by the heat yester ay and this morni g, but part of-a general storm in the east. While rot officially recognizedas a hur- ricane, persons in the street of the north of the city declared they saw a small funnel shaped cloud moving away before a squall. Reports frcm Plainfield, N. J., declare a hurricane cut a half miie path through the western part of the town. LIST OF UNCLAIMED MAIL FOR THE WEEK ENDED MARCH 26, 1921. Myr. Elias Francis, No. 7 Water Gut, Mr. Joseph E. Francis, Eleazer Franklin, Mrs. Higgins Union Hall, Mary Lewis, Miss Elen Marquoe, : wiss Jane Mc Evilley, No. 23 King St., Miss Matilda Nicholas, Mr. Joshua Ramsey, 32 Queen Cross : Street, ° Mr. Ludvic Renardis, - Miss Alberteana Simmons, Isaac Stephens, Ji'. Anita Thompson, # Mr. Abraham Sweeney, Albertina Webb, Mr. Uzziah Williams, Miss loinee Wygor, United States Post Office, Christian- sted, V. 1., March 28, 1921. , ; | B. R. LARSEN, ‘ - Postmasgter.