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51T Y HiEe AYN|S. § ETPy A Y e ‘ i . ’ 8.0 MONDAY EVENING 8.30 Lhe First 4 Chapters Os America’s Greatest Master Serial: Tan 9 he brass bullet ‘ » This big Serial has a different type of story, different action. different atmos- phere in short different to any serial hitherto exhibited in St, Croix, The Star in the Serial ‘s Miss ,"HANSEN"’ whose "m'lc_widP farie is a guarantee for the best possi ble aeting. This Serial is so ecrowded with terrific stunts, thrills and high speed ac- tion that "THE BRK 88 BULLET" has been a challenge to all serial producers, to produce one that could be compared with it. Miss ““HANSEN’’is the kind of a Star who always show somethingn ew and fresh, always something well done. Each of your tickets from the 22nd and 26th of December will procure 2 tickets of half price “or this show. * If you want to select your seats please order thew today. as Monday might be too late. : ADMISSION. Reserved Seats ... e e o e ISTErR BNTERIItE . o e GG tauas .. e e : Law i ookell Priee _—_——--_———_——-_—__———————‘—-__——-——__‘——_——.———— WANTED A4 %! 1 R s B - A Secondnand Upright Piano. Appiy at this Office. will have th: horse and hearse and no one to take care of it, therefore it 1s ne- cassary to pass the Ordinance so as to have the Pr.so)n Department take care of the norsz atd hearse. 'he CUnaiir ran remarked: In the Mu- nicipal Com.n ttee meetiny it was sug- gested that ct e Prison Department could provide the norse and take care c¢f ooth norse and hoaerse. {75 be continied]. E:JITORIEAL. | I'ne 25th. a\d 26th. of December are | now behind us, and Christmas is azain | an eccasion o the future. [t has been | a peaceful Xn as in the seuse that a great | part of the world, including our own | country, 1s once more seitling down to | peaceful conditivns and day by day re- suming the lormal state which even though we .a:ve peace, can return but eradually a:tcr having be=n upset for so many years tn ough the throes of the most awful war in I istory. Xmas in St Croix has been duil, duller then anyone can rememnibar sce ng it before. And thisis perhaps naturil wher it ils remembered that conditions are present which have never existed hefore. We can only hope thaot one and a| may renew the strength needad o earty us safely through @his time which is filled with hardships for the whole wor.d alike and that we soall at some future date have the plea ure ot looking back on these days as insirumen- tal in nerving us to greater endurance, anc higher efforts. Local. _ Radio operator Carpenter was stabbed on X'mas-Eve night and serious'y wound- ed by a man who is reported as having cowarcdly struck him from the back. Two mer are arrasted on suspicion, and today it is learned Mr. Carpenter is much im- proed. Ao automobile accidenf occurred also on X’mas-Eve night and one of Mr. Fa. bio’s car was badly damaged. Aceounts say that a squib was fired off in the ear of the chauffeur. Einar Bolling, and in his ‘right he let go tre steering wheel with tne result that the car carsized and ran over Bolling who was also shocked by a fall. He is in hospital. A theft ot sls from the office of Secre- tary O’Hagan has been traced to Ivan James, one of the messengers, who has | ackiowledced having committed the act | which had given rise to considerable un. | pleasantness for the staff of clerks Tre cricket match played on “‘Holger | Danske’’ yésterday between the Daunt. | less club of St. Thomas and the Invinci- | ble of Christiansted resulted as follows : | Ist innings, St. Thomas 54 runs, Chris- | tian:ted 49; second innings St. Thomas | 14 and Christiansted 11 for 3 men. Time | did not permit the eompletion of the | match which is probably decided by the g first innings. : ' ! Thz ''Virginia’’ had not arrived at Frederiksted when inguiry was made at 8.15 this morning. U. S. NAVY PRESS NEWS. BERLIN : Wholesale desertions from the church have taken place since July, since which time it is estimated that more than 25,000 monthly have severed their connection with church matters. Many ascribe the reason to the various “isms’’ with which the populace is affili- ated rather than to atheism: the rea] cause 1s probably due to a desire to escape church taxes and contributions WARSAW: Paderowski is planning to return to America for a return to the music field wherein he is king. His friends say that the ex-Premier states that he is weary of politieal strife and is satisfied with having helped to form a new P land 'nd having gotten it start- ed in a new historie course. TELEGRAMS ST, CRGIX STA , ION.- (‘openhagen, December 20th. It is officially stated that as a result of an in- terview today between Mr James O’ Grady of Great Britain and Maxim Letvineff, the Bolshevik representative, the nego- tiations for bringing about repatriation of prisoners will be resumed immediately. Rome, December 20th. The Chamber of Dequties today adopted an Order of the Day expressing confidence in the Government, The vote was 242 to 216. Paris, Deec. 21ist.—The Under-Secre tary of State left for London this morn- ing to take part in the making up of a listyof Germans charged with war crimes and whose delivery to the Entente will be demanded. A conference will be reld during the week in London to de. termine upon a plan for joint action by Great Britain, France, and Belgium. France, according to the ‘Echo de Pa- ris’’, has a list of 500 names ready to be submitted. Among the names is that of the ex-Empetor’s son and also those of Kx-Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bava- ria and several Generals and commanders of prison camps in Germany. It is al- leged that about 1.500 persons will be arraigned before military tribunals of each of the three nations. or by mixed tribunals in cases where per- sons are ac 'tsed of crimes against peo- ples’ of various nations. It is said even if the culprits are tried by German courts, they nevertheless must appear before the Allied Tribunals. The case of Ex- Emperor William will be dealt with separately from the London Conference. London, Dec. 21st.—The *‘DailyMail’s”’ advices from Christchurch, N. Z., dated Thursday, say that final figures wiil show a majority of about 5,000 for prohikition and that New Zealand will certainly be dry next June.