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t neverthetess there were many pedestri- | ans on the streets, but mueh of the usual | liveliness o~ Xmas eve night was cur-- | tailed throvgh the inclemeney of the - weather. Christmas Day was actually, as tradition -lly,a day of peace markedon- Iy witn relivicus observances. The sacred | ~ concert ant unced to be given ou the | whari by the Native Brass Band on ! Chris mas right had to be abandoncd as | no current was available in the band- | stand. The 26th. which fell on Sunday. ’ this year, v as Kept up yesteruay ‘/aen a * jarge numb rof the town #nd coantry | folk soughr diversion at tne Maunings | Bay racecor sse, winding up the e :ning | _at the the tre or at private ent: tain- | mants of w ich there were severa. | Now that it-is an established fac' that the eleetric current cannot be depended | on to furnish lignt in the bavndsiuvd it ! haviig be n frequently necessury o ! wostpone [ pular conceris through frail- are oi,the lights, would it not. be well to provide some prope: lamps or lan- teins for st h purposes? The band music | is about al. the public has in the line of | free enterta.nment and it bas been seri- ously affecied of iate inrough lack of | lighting accomoedations. , The races at Manunings Bay yesicirday resulted as ‘ollowsg: Ist. and 2nd. races won by & r. Jaivic's Fisher Giri; the third by A'r. Pentheny’s Emmy Lou, #d toe fourth by Mr. James’s Rainbow. The S. S. FParima for New York whicn had been scacdaled to reach Frederikb- sted this ©norning prearrived on dub- ' day morninz the Z6th. and sailed ovorin at 8 a. m. tuking all the mail postcd uD to Saturday eve..ing. The Virginia arvived Suncay merning with a large mail which was delivered her at midday, aud yesteraay. : f The Creoi -returned from St. Thom | as Thursday right, arrived here lidav morning ani left again for St. thoni as early ths morning to perforni the regular mail .rip rom there tonight. ! —— ——— ———— The sehoc ler "Fancy Me’* with ouv- | ists from S:. Thomas and three =uto- ! m .biles arr ved her~ Sunday mo g and returnec last night. | BED CROSS MEETING - A meeting of the Sarta Ciuz Chapter | of the Amer can iled Cross was neid on * Tuesday, Dezember 2ist, at the Freder- | iksted High 3chool, for the purpose of | reorganizatic and reviving Red Cross activitics in -3t. Croix. , | Interesting addresses were made by Miss Colcord and Miss Zachert, boh re- 5 presentatives of the National Red Ciross, and now engaged in respeciive branches s b e G ROs ANVYIED " of that we" in St. ©roix. Miss Colcord reviewed -sent tiviies of the Red . Cross in & . parts . the world, on land . as well as © sea, = d spoke 81 what the organizatic 1 is doi: g and hopes to do on ~ the Island | Niiss Za ert, wnois engaged in the ~ library w¢ k unce- the auspices ol ihe " American Red Cr.ss, announced that both Christianstea are *redenksted wii bhave most atiractive libriries, v eli eguip- ’ ped with bcoks for cid nd young, ana open to ali. 'lre horary at Frcuenkstea ' is to be opened toimwil on Wednesday . December £9th., and il= one at Chris- . tiansted on 'lhursday, Lecember 30th. [t was voted at the 1 eeting 10 send . - $500.00 frown the trezsicy of the local chapter to Washington, D L., to the ~ European Keliet Couret tor Child Dis- ~ tress in Europe. An enrollment of thirt; four members . in :he Santa (ruz chajliers was taken ai the meeiing and th: general Red ' Cross roil-call will scor: be- takem, St. - Thomas already haviry fad theirs with ~almost 500 mem sers | Tre officers 2lecei z-e: Chairman, Mr. R. L. Merwin; Vice hairman, Mr. R. W. Skeoch: Seecrvetar , Miss M. 5 Bahnson: ‘ireasurer, Mr. Wm. H. Flem- ing. Execcuiive Committ e—Mrs. Hage- | man, “Mrs. Du Bess, Mrs. Critchlow, Mivs. Bspsrsen, Lr. (anegata, Mr. | Douglas Armstrong, and Mr. R. W. Skeoch. ’ : | ~ The meeting was adjourned by the | Chairman My, & L. Merwin. —Com. ' TELEGRAMNS. | s, LRINL STATION. Rome, Des. 20th. An ultimatum is- | sued by Ger-ral Cav. -ia, commander of 5 - the ltalian on, 1 e ¢ driatic region, | to usabricie Arnu .0, s published lln ~ the newspay rs Lere :hday. It demands | . the evacuatl 1 by D Annipzic of theis- | . lands of Art an'l Vegha, the release of . ltalian war oaateriai in Fiume and the | disbandmen: ¢f D’Annuazio’s lorces. The ultimatuin wil expire »n Tuesday at | six o’clockin the evening. | Buepos Aires, Dee. 20th —The number of persons tdead aid irjured ' last . Friday’sjearthquake s povr-estin. sted at ' more than 400. [his fgu eis hused on | veports recdived from veief purties in | i the affected zone | Otiawa, Dec. 20th.— Oif cial zmn‘mte—- | ment was‘autborized tocday ot the vé . tirement ‘rom public s2rvice of Ml, Wii- . liam MacKenzie, whe, sivze April 1918 . has filled the importa it pcsition of See- t retary of ILmperial Jorelsn correspon- | . dence. ; “London, Deae. 21st =ot 2 Miuistry of . Labour stutisties show thit the cost ol ' iiving in Great Briteir o. the first of December rad allea seen points as . colparéd wirth prericus montas mek- ' .ng average prices .9/5 above the . average of July 1914 .he reduction " is mainly due to a decrease of 4d 3 . pdund on Sugar. There are also reduc. ~ tions in the t of elothing which, how- ever, are couiler-balanced in the prices of eggs,miik andifish some commentators are disposed to think that tte corner of high prices bhas teally loen turned at jast. Wholesale prices have been stead- ily dropring ard «ltkcugh there may re a tempcraiy upweala novenent, the he- | lief is that'tke ccwnward tercercy will . cCcnhubue. | Dnbiin, Dec. 2lst.—Heavy fighting has taken place between forces of civil iaps on one side and scoldiers and police - men on the other, in the section [yiig between Callan and County. Tipperaiv. The military and police were ambushed , at not less than three different placey yesterday and numerous casualties re - sulted on both sides. An official com- munication issued by headquarters (o- --| night estimmated the casualties amony the attacking lorces at 16 and gives the miiitary cusualtiés as one private killed and severai wounded. No police casual- .~ ties are mentioned. Details are still in doubt and no information has yet been .~ received regarding the ambush of police ~leinforcements from Clonmel. The in- . habitants of the country side are in a . state of terror and many are fleeing - from their bomes. The first conflict - occurred early in the day at the foot of ' Seivanawood Ililt*» After a sharp fighi | the military gor through™and sent a mes- . sage to Callan for reinforcements. In this instance, it is believed, the ambush- . ers escaped unscathed. Reinforeements | of Roval Irish Constaiulary and soldiers ' Jest Callan late in the afterroon and when about two miles out ran into anoth- . er gammbush near Carrvich Grinken. At ' the first volley from the ambushing par- .ty the soldiers and police dismcunted {rom the lor: «dspiead cut and a brisk '~ figbht ensued. ine fighting was stiil in | progress when 4 &ounty inspector and a dozen men of the Kilkenny Constabe- | lary arriv®-.in another lo:iy. It was now bec-ming dark and (he lovry was . subjected to a heavy firing., About the . same time reintorcements {from Clonmel were attacked near Glenbower where the biggest skirmish occurred. | Cork, Dee. 21st.—At the reduest of i the attorney {or the deience, the court . martial of cadet Harte, whois ehareed | with having killed Canon Magner, the parish priest ol Dupmanwzy, an ind: ' finite adjournment of the trial was oiv- en. The attorney asked for the adjcurn- - ment on the ground that the doctor was not yet ip a position tosay whethzr Harte wus in a eondition to plead. Halifax, N. S., Dee. 22nd.- A heart; weizome to the erews of the Canadian cruiser Aurova and the (anadian destioy - ers Fatricia and Vatidot, "vhizh arrived at Halifax this morning from England, via Dermuda, wasextended taday by M. Ballantyne, AMinister of Marine and Fish- eries, ’