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SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REPORT NoO. 6. Week Endirg Sept. 21, 1923, Municipality of St. Croix. Per- : Percent of cent of Pupilsnot Attend- School Cla s tardy. ance. Frederiksted Jr. High 9% 04 100.00 Frederiksted Public 94.13 9935 Christiansted Jr. High 99 35 9) 21 Friedensfeld Rural 98.62 98 33 Peter’s Rest Rural 100.00 9778 Christiansted Pubiic 95.47 97.45 IDiamond Raral 100.00 97.29 l.a Princesse Rural 9898 97.14 l.a Vallee Rural 100.00 865.19 LOCAL Yesterday was a rainy day from 11 4. m. until evening. The fall measured is 164 lines in Christinsted, 23 at King’s Hill, 14 in Frederiksted, Diamond & Ruby had 25 lines. Owing to the inclemency of the wea- ther thore was no public concert by the bai d last vight. The s. 5. Romanita made her usual visit to this island caliing at Christiansted at 3 p. m. on Saturday and sailing {rom Frederiksted yesterday. This is her last trip in the muit s rvice as from Satucday next tha s. s. Catherine will be operated, running on a similar schedule with the excepiion that she wiil not stop at this port. The Romanita rendered very good account of herself during the; time she has been perforping the mail servi:e ald mueh eredit is due to Capt. Lercke for the efficiency noted. The following is a list of the passen- grs coming in and departed by the s. s. Romanita: From St Thomas:—Huaigah Moore, Chris'.n: Johnson, Vincent Van Alier, Eduardo Heiro. For St. Thomas:—Mr. Fred. K. Tuitt, Miss Vera Estornel. ForSanJuan:-Mrs. E nanuel Estornel, Mr. Rufino Ruiz, Engagement. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hall of 3737 Darry Street, Paxtany, have announced the engagement of their dauzhter Miss Hazel J2an Hall, to Lieutenant John Charles Gebhard, U.S N., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gebhavd of New York. Miss Hail iz a gradaate of Cornell Uni- ver-ity and is a member of faculty of Central High School. Licutenant Geb- hard is a graduate of Cornell and was in the Corast Arulery duaring the war He is in the Civil Engineering Corps of the Navy, an.d is stationed in Christian- sted, St. Crorx, Virgin Islands. Tae wedcding date has not been an- nounced.—Harrishurg Telegraph. s £l U 2§lß % St. Thomas News 3 ———— —— , [ Vesterday morning Dr. Knud-Hansen was called bty phone to Nisky, wheve he found Rev. A B. Romig suffering ‘rom an attack of appendieids, and oidered him to the hospita), where it was fouad necessary to perform an operation, which . took place at 3p. m, and pros ed a sue- . cess. -He had a frirly good nigl.*’s rist | and was somewhat quiet this morning. ‘ ; We regret this incident #nd his numer- ' ous friends and the congre sations wish . him a speedy recovery. - i The Rev. genileman onad his hands 3 full owing to the abse ice of Rt. Rev. . Bishop Greider up nort.. : Rev. Bartels of St. Croix & Rev. Penn | of St. John bave been notified.—7%he ' Bulletin, Sept. 19th. | Ske b Sl | Hisz Excellency, the Governor of the . Virgin Islands, has commicsioned Nr. ' Morris F. DeCastro, Chief Clerk to tae | Gevernwent Secretary, a Notary Pubiic ' in and for the dis'rict of Sa'nt Thomas . and Saint Jobn. | Mr. DeCastro’s commission as a No- - tary Public has ten iesued for the pir- pose of facilitating the business of tle . Government of the Virzin islands of tie | United S:ates, and he will not render any service to private individaals except infeases where the Governivent is a par:y to thd transaction.—St. Tnomas Times, i .St:‘[)t. 22nd. . TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIIX STATION. Belgrade, Sept. 20th.—An attempt {o overthrow the Zankoff Government in Sofia is repoited from Northern Bulga- ria, where the Commuuist organizatinn is said to be seeking to redeem itself from the charge of supineness brought against it at the time of the fall of the Stamboa- lisky Government. Clashes are reported from Sofia and martial law is said :o have been proclaimed at some places. . Belgrade, Sept. 20th.—The Jugo-Sluv Cabinet, after considering every pha.e of the Fiume situation, has decided ‘o defer action until it rec:ives from Prem- ier Mussolini d:tailed propysals, whi'h are to furnish a basis for actual negoti - tions. Thus, the Fium2 incident appa rently has been definitely removed fron the acute phase that endangered a peace- ful settlement of the con'roversy. Geoeva, Sept. 20th.—The Counecil f the League of Nations failed to take defi- nite action today on the question of I:- aly’s repadiation of the Leagae’s cone- petency toirtervene in the italo-Greek situation. The Counci! decided, however, to proceed to a discussion of the interpre: tation of the Li2agu?s covenart, wiihthe assistance of exporienced jurists. The admission of Ethinpia (Abyssinia) into the League of Nations has been recom- mended by the Sub-Committee, charzed with enonsideration of the subject, on th2 pryvisy that th2 E:hiopian Govarnment make kanwvna its inteatidon to suporese slagery within its territory. ]lond)n, Sept. 23th.—A slizht earth tremour occurrad yesterdav noon at Cromer, Norfolk, says the Daily Mail. Tha vibrations were accompanied by a Ihud rumbling, while windows rattiel and ornam:nts in houses wara displaceb Rone, Sept. 20:h. —ltalian circles see a subtle British diplomatie hint that Lon- don is watching the Adriatic situation in the news that Lieut.-Colonel Amery, ¥irst Lord of the Admiralty, has arrived unheralded at Spalato, Juzo-Slavia. H=2 came on a Admiralty yacht. The pur- pyse of his visit was not disclosed. Spalato is a Jugo-Slav part, midwvay up th: eastern shora of the Adriatic. The vicit of a high British oificial to the deso- late isclated ecity may indicate concz2rn over the Adriatiec situation in Whitehall, or may be a quiat warning to Italy tha: Lyadon is waiching her. Paris, Sep:. 20th.—The conv rsation batwe2r M. Poinzare aad Mr Bialdwin here yezzerdiy is rezarded as represent- ilz a vietory for the French poliey in the Rihr. Thais view is based 01 ihe thne of the statemant issuel after the meating for it adnicted that oaly th: brord st lines of the policy were discassed and no dcails ware., coasidzared. "' Fne state- m:at mans’’ says L Muvia, “‘that our neizhboars a7ross th2 chanazl are going bik to th2 brn2volent neutrality of Mr. Bonar Law, that they will not hinder us in thz final stazes of the sirugzle anl that they will b 2 aziin at our side whe a: last®the goal, that is to say, pavm:nt is to be attained. ‘‘Liz Petit Parisien” and “‘Le Journal’’, waile observing that the me:ting between th2 two states- man was ‘erowned with suceess’’, do ot go so far as "'Le Matin’’, being ap- parently desirous of seeing the outcome= of the further talk. which the Premiers are reported likeiy to have before Mr. Biuldwir returiys to London. Pertinax in the '‘‘Echo de Paris’”’ also remarks cautiously, ‘‘vesterday was only ,a be- ginninz’’. - Barbados, Sept. 21st.—On the arriv | of the Ingoma this morning the retur:- ing cricketers were met on board by the reception commitiee. A reception wil be held at Kensington at 11.45 a. m. when an address of welecme will he de- livered by His Excellency the Governor. laamediately after, a match between the team and another eleven will be begun. The tearn will be entertained at luncheon at 2.30 p. m. The Ingoma is expected to leave here tonigat for Grenada, Trini- dad and Demerara. London, Sszpi. 21st.—A deputation from the West Indian Committee waited on Mr. Ormsby-Gore at his invitation to- day and strongly urged the appointment es Sir Edward Davson and Mr. E. A. Depass :o the Advisory Council of the E :onomic Conference and reguested him