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St Croix Aure 75TH YEAR CHRISTIANSTED, V.l U.S.A.. MONDAY, 24tH NOVEMBER 1919. THE ST CRUIX. AVES ° is printed and published daily (Swurdays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johunsen at the Avis Office. - THRMS---50 cents monthly in advance, 2 cents per single copy. . ntered as second-class matte:'.‘ylag 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- wlad, St. Creix, V. Lotthe U, S. 4., un- der the Act or March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s name, as a quar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them TELEGRAMS ; s ST. CROIX STATION. White Su!phur Springs, Nov. 18th.— After three days spent in golfing and camping over the pine clad mountains of West Virginia, the Prince of Wales left this quiet little place last night for New York. London, Nov. 17th.—Th~ Bolshevik claim the capture of ten Generals and more than orme hundred other officers at Omsk, according to an officia! statement issued today by the Bolshevik Govt. at Moscow. Kolehak’s army is heing pur- sued in an easterly direction, the state- ment adlds. I'ne text of the communica- tion savs, ‘‘Ten of Kolehak’s Generals and over 100 other officers are among the prisoners at Umsk, where the defeated remnants of Kolehak’s army are being driven eastward. -We occupieda number oY positions 20 miles to the eastward and captured enormous quantities of stores. - In the region of che Finnish Gulf we have chat Ostrnv and have also occupied the lower reaches of Luga. Paris, Nov. 18th -—Regardless of the Ameriecrn Govt's. attitude, the Peace freaty of Versailles will “be put into force, according to the prevalenl view here today '{ollowingv#eceipt gs the.re- port, that President Wilson might with- *draw the [reaty from the United States epnate Whatever happens, the feeling " in French circles is that France cannot meet the German plenipotentiaries, ‘and French opinion is tnat ltaly and Great Britain have a like feeling. New York, Nov. 18th.—British, French and German [xchange rates went to a néw low. reserve at the opening of the money market here tod y. Demand sterling fell to $4.063 to the pound. No. 27? 830 THIS EVENING 8.30 ~+ “The Bull’s Eye.” . e Bull's Eye. BPISODE 11, “FIRED. y BEPISODE 12. “BURNING SANDS.” Show Concluding with a - é¢ ] 1} ? Comic: “Wili Women.” ;511 ADMISSION. ADULTS Reserved Seats 40 cents, General Entrance 20 cents. CHILDREN-—Reserved Seats 20 cents, General Entrance 10 cents. Franecs were 9.63 to the dollar, a decline of 7 centimes. Lodnon, NMov. «17th —-The Duke .of Portiand has told a nugaber of workmen on his . estate, Welb~eck Abbey, that there must be a reduction in their num- bers, 'wing to increase in raxation and in the cost of all commodities. Tre Duke regretted ' ‘he good oid days had departed forever”, bui said the work- wnen must cheerfully face the situation, London, Nov. 18”’-.’"‘]"1‘2‘!0 deserip- tions of the starvation conditions in Vi enna were given by two Viennese Doc- rors ‘at a meeting held here under the auspices of th» “'Fighr the famine Coun- cil’’ last nigui. Paris., Nov. 17th. —A message was re- ceived here yesterday from M. Etienne Poulet the French aviator whoi flying from Paris to Anstralia and who re Sahod Karachi, India. last week having com- pleted nearly 4,000 miles of his journey “obliged by motor trouble to stop™’ said the message, which was dated Karachi “‘one day the inhabitants wished to kill us, taking us for Poulet the I'rench avi- ator who is flying devils Fortunately we had guns and ammunitions’’. . New York, Nov. 18th.—The friendly crowd which .lined the sireets of New York today for miles totgrect the Prince of Wales there. must have been several million souls, showing in characteristic American fashion their cordiality to- wards the heir to the British throne. From the pavement a million cheer went up in the course of the long drive, while at every window along the route people hung ouk to add their note of wel- come, to thro v confetti and wave flags The Princess visit to Washington was without demonstration from any but offi- cial eircles. It remained for New York to show the Prince how highly Britain and the British reigning House is held in the esteem of the American people. Com ing into New Jersey at the Hudson terminak the Royal party was able to step at once into the barges from H. M. S. Renown, in which he crossed the river to the battery, thus the Prince came into New York water and he was oreeted at the battery by official New York. accom- panied by soldiers and a guard of honour of marines and Bluejackets. The greet- ing being over the Prince started up own through the eager crowds which fully filled Broadway. He was cuarded only by motoreyeles policemen, who rode beside his car. ‘The orderly crowd on the pavement left a lane for the procession of cars which travelled slowly up town, the Prince saluting incessantly, here the bands p'ayed the British National Ans= them, menin t! e vicinity bariug their heads in recognition. : hundred feet in the Air men and women threw confelti from the windows nf sky scrapers, while far up in the sky, parachutes released from aerial bombs floated aimiessly e¢ariy- ing the British and American flags. In the business districts of lower Broadway the crowds were dense but very orderly, The curb policemen had very little 10 do and were able to grin goed-humoredly when the paper streamers twined about their faces and shoulders. While uptown on fifth avenue, only traflic policemen were needed to watch the crowds which had gathered in the shopping districts. Perhaps the . biggest crowd i e SSle el [Continued on 4th prge].