USVI Public Records

Document text

LOCAL The Home Serviec Commitltee of the American Red Cross wil! hold a meetiny at headquarters at 4 ¢'cloek this afier- noon. Thes. s. ''Guiana’’ from New York 1s due at Frederikstad at noon today, haring 359 packagzes i'or this island. She will leave for the Le-ward and other islands at 2p. m. Mails by her closed here at 9a. m. and the incoming mail 13 expected by 5 p. m. With a very calm night before her the M zpah is believed to have been late in getting to Saimt Thomas on her last trip and has consequently not yet returned. . Correspondence St Lroix. Sept. 190, 1923, To the Editor of St. Crolx Avis : i ’,‘,,~‘;‘,\;/,',1’,!,;.',‘_/'. Dear Sir: In the Avis on Monday our esteemed and splendid postmaster in an article in reference to the new mail steamer, S S. Catherine writes, “The Director of the Bu!l lin2 at San ““Juan is willice to have the steamer “to come off rhe porc (Christiaasted) *‘and discharge the mail ®e a boat, ““which may bhe sent out for it, and “a report and recommen lation to this “effect is beigg submitted for the con- “sideration of the Washin zton authori- ties.”’ We trust no such recommendation has as yet been made, for such an arrenge- ment would be a deecided disadvantaga for the passengers. In order to gain anything by unload- ing the mails outside the port of Chrs- tiansted the boat would have to eall first at Christiansted and then go to Frederik- sted, thereby making the trip St. Thom- as--St. Croix two to three hours longer for the passengers, who we presun2 the postmaster does not wish disembark out- side the reef in Christiansted. » The only reasonable thing to dois for the boat to call at Frederiksted and move the maiis by truek to Christiansted, thus both comforiing the passengers and avoiding the hazards of discharging the mail outside the port of Christiansted in a rough sea to an open boat. From our point of view it is to better advantage f{or the Virgin Islands when the S. 8. Company is given the smallest possible trouble and exp2nse to bring the mails and our small quantity of freight that they may do so without loss, only then can we hope to have a decent boat c¢ome here at all. Let us be satisfied that we may now get a boat wilh elaborate passenger accomodations and let us hope as the Postmaster does, ' ['hat the inelination to ST (8 1% V 5 travel between the Islands will Lbe stimulated’’, ¥ A With reference to the foregoinz i ap- pears to us that any proposition sucii as that of having a motor boat tranship ?}e Christiansted mail from the steamer Oif this port can have only a beneficial effect since it will enable us to have our mad 3 to 4 hours in advance of tracking 1t over: lard from I'rederiksted, apart irom any passenger consideration with which our remarks of Monday last ¢.d not purpert to deal, although so far 1s landing pas- sengers for this port i+ he same way 13 concerned, it can but ,rovea saving of considereble time and expense over the other method, while leaving the passen- gers free to choose for themselves any- way. It the s eawer bringing mail for St. Croix is unabtle to dock at Christiar: sted as well as Frederiksted an idea that wiil suggest a practical solution for ygt- ling the mai! here with a minimum of delay is prozressive and should be sup vorted, Landing the Christiansted maii, which is always the larger, at Frederik- sted, will mean jts receipt up to Satucday evening with a Very short time for reply by Suanday forenocn., It shonid nni ve overjooked that a subsily of §3O 007 s paid for earviaz the mail, and that evithout the mail contract no Loat would be §n qu:estivn. The passenzer end is, therefore, incidentally dependent on the mail and should at least not be provided for at the expease of the latier. |[ED. ST, CROIX AVIB ] = TLLEGRAMS. : SI. CROIX S TATION. London, S»pt. 17:h.—Canada’s expres- sed determiuaiion to D ing up again the guestion of article X of the League of Nations and the pleadings of Sir Lomer Gouin last week b2fore th2 constitution committee of the Loague have an adi ed interest wirh the publication this morning of the documents which paiss- ed b2tween the Free State Government and the Seeretary of the League wiih regard to membership Ireland has mado it quite clear that she has jrined the League, ‘‘with reservatioas’ and the point is interesting, in view of the ob- jections that have been raisad, zinc 2 the Versailles treaty by the United States axainst participation in the Lrazue, Examination of the docaments nowv pub lithed shows that Lielini’s application for membership was dated Septamber 3rd and in this application it is expressh pointed out '‘that attention is ealied to two docaments, which are submitted to the Leazue, acopy of the Anglo-Irish agreement and a copy of the eonstitution of tue Free State, wlith particalar refer- ence to article 49 of tha econstitution which makes applieation to the League of Nations subjeet ro authority obtained ex pressly for the porpose in the legislature ad such authority is governed, as toits terms particalarly by article 49 of the constituun, The article in question reads as follows: Save in case of actud invksion the Free State is not ennmitted to active participation in any war unless the consent of the Irish Parliament is first obtained’’. \ London, Sept. 17ch. The cause of the crashing of the Manchester-iondon air plane near Lvinghoeßeacon onWedoesday with the loss of 5 lives, has not yet been determined It was the first fatal acci dent to a British plane in conmoreind service since December 1920, wvhen 4 per- sons were Killed at Golders Green, a sub- urb of London, Fiidav’s t agedy oceur redshortly before dusk and duringa hea vy rain. l'he pilot was evidontly seekin r a landing because of envine troubls aqd the pour visibility. Acceording to specta tors the engine sounded as thouvh some of the cylinders were missing fire. Al most at the identical time of the acei- dent Sir Withiam Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, was dezlaring in a sueeeh b:fore the British Association that iack of visibility was now the only obstaele (o 4 completely reiiable air transport and thal shortly the ioss of contro! througa fogs and mis:s would bo eliminated, Buftaio, 8. Y., Bept. 17:h —=Viroliar. the spz2ed bosat of Rabert Risvling of Chicago, caught fire while traveilinz through the water at a speed of 45 miles an hour in the last heat of the interna tional regatta here on Saturday and tiinzling and his mechinician L uis & - ganyg were lorced to ju np for their lives. ihe two wmen were rescued by the crew ot Horaca Hodge’s large yacht *'Del phine’” and were pullsd aboard unharm- ed. The "Virciing”’ burned steadily for half an hour and is a total loss. Horacee Dod:ize, Driving Muskereer 1, easily eap tured the finai heat and the two trophies 10 the tree-for-all sweepstakes afrer (ho Viroling was out, his time for the 3) miles heat was 42.44 and forth: 99 miles it was 1.08 31, the oificial average speed for the three heats was 42.2, By his vietory Dodge comess into possession of the international Great Lake’s cham pionship gold trophy and the internation al world’s championship trophy. Geneva, Sept. 17th Diseussinns in the ecounci! of the Leazue of Nations on the question of the League’s competen- ¢y in the dispute between Italy and ureece was postponed until tomorrow afternoon after speeches today by Signor Salandra and M. Politis, the representa tives respeciively of Italy and Greece. When the meeting opened Mr. Hjalmer Branting, of Sweden, declared the Ita- lian oceupation of Corfu was contrary to the provisions of the League ecove- nant and might establish a dangercus precedent effecting the prestige of th@ l.eague. Lord Robert Cecil said th council bad done everything it shoula have done in the Greco Italian con- troversy and had seized upon avery means to obtain a settlement which,