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'The pssassin Con- raci tonight toid the poiice that he was born in Petrograd, of 8 viss parentage. fle said he served as a capiain in the Russian army during the world war. He is an engineer. The holel marnager said that -when Conradi surrendered t) him he told « ¥ thz murler by the Rus- sians of his Uacle and brother, adding Iam happy to have avensed my Uncle and brother David, the grear Swiss patri- ot who saved the Canton of Vaud. He saved one Canton, but | have saved all humanity.”’ Corunt Massigli, Secretary oif the Lausanne Conference, went to the scene of the shooting tonight and made exhaustive enquiries, The official at- titude of the peace conference is that the Russians were not here in any offlnal canacity and that thev obtained their visas before the Swiss Govt., was in- formed of the conditions under which they could be invited to partidipate in the conivrence. Lth2 Murder however is pro‘oundly deplored by the conferonce and no one is more outspoken in conde an- i 1i thao the furkisn delegation. watle M. Vorovsks came to Lausanne to aiten.d the Near lBas: Conference, h: was ng recoznized s a delegate, as the Aliies had made ussia’s partieipation in thz resumied couierence contingent upon th2 Soviet aceepiance of the sirzits conven- tion, drawn up at the first mesting., As a result of ithis non-recogaitira of ils status a3 a delegate, M. Vorovsky had becu in controversy, both with the con ferencz2 heads and the Swiss Govi., chargiayg tnat the latter acted unfairly and pariially, in direciing its ilepresen tatives in Beclin to retuse a Vis 2 10 dov- iet Courier on his way to Switzerlan!l from Moseow. I’ e Swiss fascisti Injeci- ed themseives lato the siwaatn eadly this week, when they issued a statemeot assertinz that Vorovsky, because of ils condemnatica oi the Swiss Govt’s. activi, must b 2 deported. The statzment adi- ed that the [Facisti were adojual=ly ara - | THE ST. CROIX AVIS | 18 printed and published daily (Sundays | and Holidays 2xcepted; by G. Johansen at | the Avis Office. { TERMS:--50 cents monthly in advance, | 2 conts ver single copy. : Entered as szcoed class wmatter May | 265th 1917 ct the Post Office at Christian- | Btg. 1. Lraie, V. Lol the U 5. 4. une der the Act of Mar:h 3. 1875. 1 Cortribution to this piper will be glad- | lg received whon tha scre deals with mat- || ters of cenera’ interzst, and is acompa- | nied with the author's nare, as o 4 giuar- | antee of good faith Theeditor connot be | responsible jor the views of his correspon- | dents nor does ae necess trilyjendorse them. | 'T ILEGRA MS. | 51 CHOIR BTATION, | Lausanne, May 10th.—M. Vorovsky, ! 2y unbidden grest from Soviet Russia at ! t.. 0 Lausanne Conference, lies dead to- | nicht, slain by a Swiss, formerly an offi- | cer in th2 Ras=ian servize, and two of his | [ {sutenants are saviously wounded with ' two bullets in their bedies. One of the | wounded is terman Ahversy, Bolshevist | {rom Berlin. who was the Russia. press | acoont at both the first and second Lav- | sanne conferences. the other is J. Dlj- | wilowsky, Veorovsky's young Russian | “.epetary. The assarzin, Maurice Alex- | sy Canradi whose home wa: aft the | c.rion of garr sons, thit the thrae Rus- sians while they wer: dining at the ho- te. Ceeil. heac quarte sos the Russian deieration. Most of ihe gu-sts in the d.,ping room iad fri.ed ainrer when | the assassin drew bLie revoiver and ad- vaneing quickly fived unou the Russians, Ine frat huilel stracy Vorovsky behind | the ear. iie iell across tne table spi | ateerea no vod and prebably Fe died | immediately Ahrenss, who is always | arm>d, drew h's weapon after beiagshot twice. Before he eould use it, a waiter | seize¢ his arm, apparenuy fear ng for | the safety of the guests who were crowd- | ing the doorway. The assassin, acwever, | ke pt on firing, shooling at Ahkrensa, and . | also Didwilowsky, then he walked up to | the proprietor of the hotzl, surrendered | Bis weapon aud said ne woule wait | tor the pohea. Panic pervaded the | hotel. It was half 2u hour before the | palice arrived. Meanwaile the 'voand- | m? mén had been carried te their rooms | ingan uncouscions staie, but Ahrensa : recovered his senses €3 say, S Switger- jand wiit pay dearly io~ this’”? By No 112 and that evervthing was ready to enable them to deal with the Scviet I¢llesenta- tive uniess he left the ecuntry of hizs own accord. Upen his keing spprised of this statement M. Voiovsky dzciared he would ignore the warning. N - © L 5 ¢ 1 Fublication. T 1s hereby biovght to publie notice that according to the scheme of Amortiza- tion for St. Thomas Harbor 4% 1 oan of 1910, the drawing by the Notary I'ublic, 2t ‘lhomas of twelve bonds at Fraves 1,000 has teken nlee, resulting in the drawing oi the fcllowing bonas. Numbers 4 ]:.:') 20 10 o A o 0 220 noh B §831) tOO These twelve Bonds are herebv ecalled in for redemwnrption on 11 June, 1023, after which date the bouds will cease to bear interest. st. 1 homas Harbor Beard, 9 May. 1923, J.J. GAEFNEY, ~'ft"."ug'l Chaornmanr ‘s7‘ the Harbor Board. 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