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7OTH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED. V. ILt 5. A, FRHAY 9ra JULY 1920 . IFE 51 CRUIE AVIES : is printed and published daily (Sundays | and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen | at the Avis Office. 7 TERMS>---50 cents monthly in advance. | 2 cents per single copy. K ntered as second-class matter BMay | 26th 1917 ai the Post Offtee at Christian- ‘ zted, St. Croiz, VL othell. 5. 4. un | der the Act of March 3. 1879 f Contribuiion to this paper will be glad | ly received when the same deals wiln mat- ters of general interest, and is aecompa- nied with the author’s name, as a quar- | antee ofgood faith. The editor cannot be | o responsible for the views of his correspon- | dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. | " TELEGRAMS } ST CROIX STALION. ; London, Jualy #Hth.—The Bolsheviki | have broken the enemy’s resistance on | the rimnean froant, according to an offi- i clal Sovier itatement raceived Dy wire- -1988, ' Spa. July bih ~-'l%ere was a brief | meeting today of the Alhed and German | delegates, who durinyg the next few days | will diseuss matters relating to the peace | treaty. the German delegates, Chan- cellor Fehrenbach, Dr. Walter Simmons, | the foreign Minisier, Herr Wirth, Min- | istor of Finance, were scated ot the lert | of the horseshoce table next to the Japa- | nese. There were no introductions or | shakinz ot hands ‘T'he president of the | confercnce. M. De La Croix, the Bel- | gian Premier, arose and immediately | openad what is considered to be the mo=t | important international event since the | armistice by announcing the order of | business. whieh included disarmament, | reparations, coal supply, the trial of Ger- | mans ageused of atrocities, and the sit- | uation at Danzig. M. De La COroix in- ' quired of Herr Fehrenback if he desired ‘ to make any observations. The Chan- | cellor speaking”in German whicnh was | translated vy an official interpreter, said: ““Say in behalf of the Govt. of the Ger man people that we have come here to take part loyally in the discussion of how the treaty of peace can be executed’’. Mr. ®Lioyd George, as senior premier, thereupon expressed the gratification of | the Allied delegates and Herr Fehrenbach i continued: ‘T note that the military | questions are to be first iscussed. We | were mformed of this last evening and | {vied to telegraph the German Minister | of War but it rcached bim too late for | himdeto leave until today He will ar- rive I think omaorrow afternoon’. Pre- miers De La Croix, Lloyd George and Millerand then conibrred and azreed to postpone the dizeussions antil tomorrow at an hour to be fixed iater. ''l should like to have Dr. Heinze, Minister of Jus- tice, when we tak¢ up the question of trials’’, said Hern Fehrenbach [ne (nrec premiers again conferred private- ly. A few minutesslater M. D» La Croix announced tha: the Lord Chancellor of Envland ard the Fsench Minister of Jus- tice would also atiend on Thursday for participation in the liscussion. [he con- ference recessed until called together by M. De La Crpix tomorrow. (Fhe pro- ceedings today iasted just 486 minutes. Dr. ~iinmons remarked afterwards that the atmosphere of the conference was cool but eorreet -«He bhelieved that « good deal could hd accomplished. Mr. Lioyd George and M. Millerand exvoress ed themselves as satisfied with the for mal beginning , London, July 6th. Sugar in stock on the 3rd inst. was 143,000 tons. Last year 221.000 tons. 4 Dominiea, July 6th.--H. E. Sir E. M. Merewether, 8. CoM. &6 K. €. V. O, Governor in Chief of the. jeeward Is- lands, arrived here yes,(ér(.yay by the Chaleur. ! . Paris July bHthi.-—~The Chamber of Deputies has voted an additional inden:- nity of 20,000 francs a year for cabinet ministers and 15,600 iranes for secre- tavies of stale in yecognition of the in- creased cosi of livihg. : Berlin. Juily sPa.—The newspu . s yesterday published a d-spat~ Sofia saying that ghe Odec theaire ad Philipyopolis, Bulgaria, was blovn up by a bomb, and ‘that about 150 bodies were buried undegp the debri® San Franeisco;July 6th.- -James M. Cox. Governor ofiOWie, was non..nated candidate for presidency of the United States in tne Demderatic} National Con- vantion at 1340 ¥this - morning. The pomination camme at the conclusion of a 44 ballot struggie. in which he had steadily beaten down the forces of Wm. (. McAdoo. When the balioting on the 44th vote had gor tu a point where Cox had 702 votes, and 'was rapidly approaching the necessary two-thirds of 729, Sam B. Amidon of Kansas, man ager of the Mc Ador forces and Viee President of thg emoecratic National Gommittee, took Z’_tb satform, and mov- ed that the nofhipation »f Gover~ry Sax be made “Inanimous. Attorney General Paimer bhad withdrawn earh M ‘\,.4 . g‘ ¥ j" ££, h/? "f: A .i‘/\' | -i" | ; 9 b . ' & . . /‘?" l‘; \ ( . . W *\\L £ 3 & 2 B A\ R& Y 7 : PS [ ~|, | s i R . A ] ‘ . <l T \d 1 N LSS SR | % { N i \ A i ) ! b oaa 'Ns WVN @'\ ~y 'V AW <8 3-' f 2 - '\ ’ 5. 750 er i1 the eveniny presidential can- didate had been nominate t after 44 heopd fought ballots which had failed to eelipse the ecelebrated 46 that it tock to nominate Wood ow Wilson in Baltimore eight years ago. Hot animosities had been stirred up and fierce charges had flowed back and forth in the huiried conference whien had been going oa alt through the fiehting. Bt the moment the nomina- tion was made unanimous, ail the factions secmed to join in the demonstration. In the confusion and exciiemcnt of a nom- ination, the body forgot abiuit a nomina- tion for Yiee-President but the leaders were figuring on a list ¥hich prominently included rranklin . Roosevelt of New York, Assistant Sceretary of the Navy. The Jeaders arrangea an adjournment until noon today to canvass the qguestion of second place in the meantime, and meet again prepared to complete the ticket. RDECMNE §1 1N IR AVVIOAY SVI ARS AVES Be 1l resor ed ."j:'// the Coloniuwl Council in session ssembled ‘hat the invested amounts of Fres. 11.127.10 of the Teachers Supporting Fund be paid out in accordanee with {heir claims as submitted by <Government’s lotter of May 21, 1920 plng Interest at the rateof B 8 n 3 fron the 3lst. of Marc:, 1918, until the day of payment. Fhus duly passed at the I.t Otdinary Meeting of the Colon.al (ouneil held Monday. June 14, 1920 . Ohristvansted, June 17, 1920 DG OANBGALA RUBL 1. MEB . IN. Secretary. Chair: i, The above Resolution is hereby sanc- tioned and ay. roved. Wilness my hand and the Seaj of the Government ol the Virgin Islands of thic United States the ist day of July 1920 J. W. UMAN, . : Governor. o A iet s T R T FOR RENT. ' HiL Store of No. 41 King’s Street .9+ present occupied by the firm i Mr. G. Greque, will be vacant on the st or August. - For particrlars please apply to § E B SVITZER .