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80TH YEAR. CHRISTIAN:TED, V. 1. U. & A., THURSDAY, Ist MAY 1924, THE ST. CROIX AVIS ; is printed and published daily (Sundays and Holrdays excepted) by G. Johansen ct the Avie Office. TERMS:--50 cents mor thly in ad ance, 2 cents per single ecpy. ; Entered as second class matter May I coth 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- ! sted, St. Croix, V. I. of the U. S. A. un- der the Act ofMarch ;9 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- l lg received when the same deals with mat- | ters of gereral interest, and 18 accompa- ‘ nied with the author’s mame, ag a guar- | antee of good faith. The editor cannot be * responsible for the views of his correspon- | dents nor does he necessarily endorse them. f TELEGRAMS. g ST. CROIX STATION. | Sanantonio, Texas April 25th—The last | of the seven balloons that took the air at | K:lly Field here late on Wednesday in | the National Balloon elimination race | came to earth today far upin Southeast- ’ ern Minnesota, W. T, Vanerman, pilot- } ing the Goodyear three entry of the | Goodyear Tire and :Rubber Co. with | his aid E. C, Weelan brought the | race to a close early this afternoom | near Rocheater, Minn, approximately f 1100 miles from the starting point, | the farthest distance travelled by any of the contestants, The winter fell approxi- mately 74 mil@s short of the United States distance record of 1172.9 miles, es- tablished in 1910 by W. R. Rawley in the race from St. Louis. Vanerman and Wellan were in the air 43 hours and 25 minutes. 1oadon, April 26th—The latest strike i, ibatof the British movie producers, « 0 have combined in the refusal to film todays Cup Final. Last year the Foot- ball Association chargd 1,000 pounds for the priviledge, but this year the produc- ers offer 400 pounds which the associa- tior refused, whereupon the beycott was declared. Borabay, India, April 27th.—Major MacLaren, British airman engaged in an atterrpt tc fly around the world, was force:. to l: nd at Pariu, 172 miles from Ajmere. “‘ajuptuna, Western India. while attewpting to fly from Karachi to I Nasirabad. He is not expected to ar- ' rive at Nasirabad for some days. | Paris, April 27th. - -Official circles close | to the Government interpret the French reply to the Reparations Commission’s communication to mean that the exist- | ing measures being tak n in the Ruhr | will not be withdrawn or modified until Germany has put the experts plan into ! execution, M. Poincare, it is reported | in these circles, considers that execution | of the experts plan consists in the initia- | tion of the bank of issue, the constitu- ‘ tion of the railway company proposed in | the plan, the delivery of the necessary | . industrial debentures and the adoption | by the Reichstag of the legislation neces- ?]ary to put Germany’s finances in or- | er. ; Pretoria South Africa, April 27th—It | was the intention of the South African ; Government to pardon certain prisoners on the occasion of the visit of the Prince i of Wales and despite the postponement &t Croix Avis. F o. 99. | L 2 v aw’ Th E I’”_ (l,’ e % g G WS \ e . 7 Y 1 ) }\ WAT igreriar W | vgeed 20 BN 5975 r ) o .' . N ‘.v;_ 7. [pS 0k . Y e P 2 X [ouring Model SBSO | /1 \’/ TR S ———————e sol(/ >} Freight and Tax Extra ; :.\.\-“‘v e ‘,/ | = & \\./ A SIX-Built b -Built by Hudson ‘“Hudson has produced a super Essex It looks like the proverbial knockout —From Automobile Topics. . The New Essex is a revelation of performancs, ease of riding and of smoothness,’’ | —Fr-m Motor Age. : _ | “‘Steers easily, even on loose gravel at 50 miles per hour.”” —From Motor World, ““A wonderful value—a ecar of which Hudson engineers have g right to be proud.” . —From Motor Life. 5 "*Possesses qualities I didn’t believe could be incorporated in a closed car at $975.” . —H. A. Tarantous, in Motor (U. S. A.) | E. & G. Stakemann. T_‘——-_-—_W ' of the visit the Government will fulfil | the promise. The decision will affect | nine Europeans who were sentenced in | connection with the revolution on the | Rand in the spring of 1922. Five of | these are under going imprisonwent ' after death sentences passed on them s had been eommuted. Two natives wili { also be pardoned as a resuit of the Goy- | ernment’s decision. f Washington, April 27th-Secretary Mel- . lon advise the President tonight, that the . Treasury had completed its inquiry into | charges of irregularities in the Bureau of | Engraving and had found them baseless. . The charges wade by Mr. Brewer, I)e. - partment of Justice Attorney, and which . were accompanied by wholesale dismiss- . als in the Bureau by President Harding, . contained no element of fact, Mr. Mellon i asserted. He informed the Chief Exeo. | cutive that he was enabled, as a result of | tie investigation, to confirm the integrity ot the Government securities.