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;A\{‘.\\'? ' L St N| (g &B£ . ¥ LT S 48R |A9 % A ;Q y% c :: 1’ !( é 3 § g\" \ /%I ,\-,\ \‘& Y “‘ ‘\' (\ "”‘.v . A@ = ;& i ‘ ‘5” WY A-\L& 2 . R ;,-f o~ U ’\\ \ :‘¥‘~":§:s B 2 eAR(B S —e .y SR oy(BN o|B |8 oSN \v,' \‘%s, ‘,/’m.t ,\k\‘/ %L(“ i \ ey . f "-‘&\E,- ‘-‘&--:f’; )\ /—] ‘l. / P Y G 77rH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED, V. L U. S. A., MONDAY, 10t SEPTEMBER 1923 favourable prospects. The uncertainty of the rates of exchange discourages foreign buyers and the results in re- stricted export, which reacts on the howe trade. The re nrts show improvements in one or two ' nches of industry, nota- bly in the met.: trades, but on the whole they predict that the coming winter will be the hardest of a succession of bad winters, Essen, Sept. dth. —Mining difficulties in the Ruhr apparently have been set- tled without the necessity of interven- t‘on by the Government. Work has been resumed in all mines in kKssen ex- cept one, and in most of the orthers of the Ruhr the men are going back to work of their own accord. Geneva, Sepc. sHth. —lt is reported that M. Panl Hymans, the Belgian dele- gate, has received orders from Brussels to stand solidly with Great Britain in as- suring respect for the League's pact even at the cost of Italy’s withdrawal from the League. Moscow, Sept. sth. —Reports received here bv way of Vladivostok, state that as a result of the submarine convulsions at- tending the earthquake a new island 30 miles ‘ong and 15 miles in width has sprung up in the sea off Yokohama. London, Sept. sth.-~-The first official aceount of the Japanese earthquake came today in the shape of a despatch which the Japanese Embassy received fron the Governor of the prefecture of Osaka, which says that in Tokio the greatest damage was done to the wards of Honjo, Fukagawa, Asakus, Kanda, Nibonhashi and Kyohash. Only the wards of Yotsu va Shiba and Ushiogme and parts of Ko- shikawa remain intact. The offices of the Ministers of the Interior, Finance, Itducation and Railways, the Metropoli- tan Poiice Headquarters and the arsenal were burnt down. 7The Takanawa pal- ace, the Imperial heatre and the Yuar- aku theatre were among the otner buiid- inzs dostroyed in the fire. 1t is estima- ted that 200,000 houses were burned and that there were 150,0)0 casualties in Tokio. Moscow, Sept. 6th. —Despatches re- ceived toeday from Harbin and Peking say that the Korean revolutionary ele- ments in Japan are taking advantage of the catastropte and have started armed uprisings in Tokio, where there is fight- ing in the streets. Athens, Sept. 6th.—The Greek fleet has received orders to return to the gulf of Vulo to avoid conte.ct with the Italian THE ST. CROIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays and Holivdays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. TERMS:--50 cents morthly in advance, 2 cenls per sirgle copy. Entered as second-cluss matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- sted, St. Croix, V. L. of the U. S. A. un- der the Act of March 3, 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- lg received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accomipa- nied with the author's name, as a guar- antee of good faith The editor cannot be responsible for the views ofhis correspon- dents nor does he neeessarily endorsethan TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Lake Hurst, N. J., Sept. sth.—The rigid airship SR 1 of the United States navy, made its first trial flight over the naval air station here late yesterday. The ship rose rapidly to a height of 1,000 feet and headed east for the Atiantic Ocean. After flying in circles about the fiald for an hour the ship came safely to earth ani was towed into the hanger. Government offivials professed to be satisfied with tre trial. The SR 115 68) feet long and 70 feet in greacest diame- ter. She has a helium gas canacity of 2.150,000 cubic feet. She is maaned by a erew of 22 and 9 offic:rs and has a ground erew of 300. Peking, Sept. sth.—Oue hundred for- eigners are balieved to have perished in Yokohama, says a Reater’s despateh from Oska received her» this afternooa. The dead include the British and the Uaited States Consuls. Hilo, Hawaii, Sept. s'h Kilauea volea- no resumed activity today. with molten lava bursting forth with loud reports, according to messages received here to- day from the superintendent of the - Kilauea National Park. The lava, ac- . cording to the message, was huried from 100 to 150 feet in the air, and streamed down the sides of the volcano. London, Sept. sth.—Summarizing a sories of reports from the principal pro- ducing eontres of tha United Kingdom, the Federatioa of British Industries con- cludes that the outlook for British indus- +*y this coming winter certainly is worse _jan it was last year. The Federation declares that the unsettled state of Eu- rope is the dominant factor in the un- No. 208. floet, it was learned on good authority today. Milan, Sept. 6th.—The *'Popola Italia”’ organ of Premier Mussolini, has received 4 despatch from Tricste sayving. '‘Tele- grams from various sources confirm the news that the Greek Government is on the track of the assassins of the Italian mission. Many suspects have been ar- rested at Janina and alsv along the Gie- co-Ailbanian frontier and among them are two of the assassing. The authorities are hunting the others and hope shortly to arrest them’’. Copenhagen, Sept. 6:h. - The late Pres- ident Hardine is included in a list of about thiriy persons who are belng pro- posed as recipients of the Nobel peace priz>, says the Christiana "‘Aften Post- en’’. Others in the newspapers list in- ciude Jane Adams, Secretary Huuhes, Lord Robert Czeil, Professor Kevnes, the English economist, Sienor Nitti, the ex-Italian Premier, Carl Dnagen, Mayor of Steekholm, and Miss Fiso Brandstrom, the Swedish Red Cross worker. Ir con- nection with the mention of Mr. Hard- ing’s name it is recalled that post mortem awards of the prize aregpermitted by the statutes. Belgrade, Sept. 6th.—Queen Marie, of Jugo-Slavia gave birth to a soa this morniney, Shanzhai, Sept. '6.h.—Chao Hengto, military Governor of Hanan provinee, has fled troonm Chang-ha, the capital, leavinye the provinee under the conirl of Sun Yat Sen, South China constit itional- ist leader. The new situation has crea- ted a profecund sensation in Chinese ¢ir- cles. No details in connection wih Cnao’s tlight have been received, but it is assumed it 1s ihe resull of Sun’'s in- ereasing military acriviiies in the South, Washington, Sept. 6th.—An official despateh to the United Statcs Shipping Borard from its agent at Manila yester- day, rveported that as a result of the earthquake the floor of Yokohama har- bour has been raised trapping several ships inside the port. It was suggested here that this might necessitate the use of the pori of Kobe as the principal re- ceiving port for relief supplies. Tacoma, Sept. 6th.—A gift of lumber, worth $1,500,000 ror the rebuiiding of the devastated area ot Japan was voted here yesterday by the price commissioner of the Douglas Fir Exploitation and Export- ing Coy. The committee voted to donate 45 000,000 feet of lumber all kinds to the Japanese Government.