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The S.S. “M . ~ S O ide anoa formerly the S. S. ‘*Shoshone’ sailed from New York midnight the tenth De- cember with a full cargo of forty thou- sand barrels capacity, and sixty-two cabin and ninety-six sfeerage passen- gers. ROB’T. L. MERWIN & CO. Frederiksted, St. Croix. 13th Mecember 1919. MAILS CLOSE or New YUk, N Y., persS. &, Korona at 4 p. m. Wednesday, 17th. instant. EDITORIAL. _ In its issue o Saturday the 13th. **The Herald’’ devotes considerable space to ridiculing Dr. Canegata for what is represented as lack of tactin bringing forward in the Colonial Council, a bill to provide a heaise for the use of this town. Dr. Canegata 'ias always imoressed this community as one of the npatives of whom St. Croix can justly be proud, and as regards tact, that is one of the out- standing features of his excellent train- ing that is familiarto all who know t e doctor intimately. Respecting the pres- ent giiestion, it can not be seen tbhat it is of the slightest importance who intro- duces. a bill that recommends itself so well as the one te be considered, and it is feared that to decry the efforts of the members “of the Colonial Council when ‘protecting public interest is, iikely to do no good, 1f not perhaps harm. Local. Mails from the States, Porto Rico and St. Thomas were received here on Sat- urday afternoon. The Creole sailed for St. Thomas this morning with mails and passongers. The S. S. Korona from the Islands is expected in Fugleriksted at 10 o’clock on Thursday m@#ning leaving for New York via St. Thomas shortly after. Mail by this opportunity will reach New York on or about the 25th. and those who have not yet fsesit oft their Xmas mail should take the chance of doing so now. The Navy RBar.d entertained the usual large g‘atheng,—.: witn fine musiec at its corcert last night. " Tonigat the interesting serial “‘The Bull’'s Eye’” will be concluded at the Christiansted Theatre where a big au- dience is expected to spend the evening seeing the end of that fine film of daring ST RS 1 & & Y LS and adventure that has held the atten- tion of pitrons'throughout its exhibition. The West End Movies will present | “The Kaiser’”’ this evening. Tais pic- | ture can be recommendad as haviag been well recervea by one of the largest houses | here, and is sure to prove a suzcess in Frederiksted . Frederiksted, 13th De¢. 1919. ' The schnr. “*Virginia’'awrived here at | 10 o’clock last night with 52 sacks mail (New York, Porto Rico and St. Thomas) | and the following passengers: g From Porto Rico-- Claude Richards, | Christian Joseph, Altagracia Henriquez, | Mercedes Luis, Natividad Luis. ; f'rom St. Thomas--Josie Ligg tt, Alice | Frederiks, A. Bjelke, Marion Chase, H. 1 Durloo. | - OFFiCIAL NEWS. i Dec. 13, 1919, f The Governor of the Virgin Islands | will s“tend the meeting of the Ccuncil | on Monday the 15th. | U. S. NAVYPRESS NEWS, | WASHINGTON: Secretary Daniels | today made public a list of one hundred | and forty-three officers and men of the | Navy and Marine Corps who have been { awarded distinguished service medals | for war service. The list of Navi Cross | recipients will be made public tomorrow. | Today’s list includes ‘among others Com- l mander Blakely and Captain Johnson | who sank. U-boats. Captain Bulmer, , now dead, who brought the Mine Sweep- | er Pelican safely to port after she had been damaged by mine explosion, Cap- | tain Dismukes who commandea the Mount Vernon when she was struck by torpedo off the coast of France, Com- mander Foote who was in command of the President Lin¢oln when that trans- vort was sunk, Lisutenant Com mander Haislip who commanded the dastroyer Stewart and rescued survivors of the Florence.when that sh'p. loaded with mines and depth charges, struck a mine off the French ccast, Captain Hanrahan who eommanded the Northern Squadron’ of Bombing Nava! Forees and was also in command of U. S. Navy’s Mystery' Ship, Lieutenant J. O. Ki' who was, lost with Jacob Jones. WASHINGTON-: Ohio workers: vote i favour of revolt. Have not confidence in Government’s proposal. Indian Mi- ners practically all baék to work. > WASHINSTON: To save her mother from death at the hands of her brother Miss Julia Lyon, age nineteen, shot and killed her brother at rtheir hom: at Syttsville near here late yesterday. The mother had been held over the gas stove and forced .to inhale the flames and the son thes 'starteds for a carving - knife ' declaring that he would cut her throat. The sister be'ng - unable to prevent the attacks, drew a re- -~ volver from a draweg and fired three shots, killing him instantly. The boy ' ~ had suffered for years from the result of ~ afall and for a time was in an - asylum. He became violent severzl days age, but the mother was unwilling to have him confinzd in the asylum, as at times bLe ~_was rational. WASHINGTON: Nearly two thou- ~sand persons lives were in danger last night when a fire destroyed the old ~ Lyceum Theatre that for years has been ~ aland-mark. A burlesque performance ~was nearly over when the fire started by ~acigarette thrown on thefloor. Here pa- - nic was quelled by sailors from the Navy ~ Yard says one reporter. The Manager - and Police Inspecter induced the audi- ~ence to retire quietly and in order. | ATLANTA: Floods unprecedented in Southern Alabama, Georgia and Nissis- . ‘sippi tha” started early in the week are reported today as gradually receding, ~ leaving several million dollars of piroper- ty lost and many deaths. ~ | WASHINGTON: Dr Garfleld, Fuel - Administrator, last night tendered his , resignation to thePresident and at the '~ White House today it was said it would -of course be accepted. Understond he . objecied to the delay in publicaticn of . note to miners that was withheld from { pub.'lc until it was presented to miners at | Indianapolis. . f NEW YORK Just before startiny for i Capital to appear before the Director } of Army Air Service to substantiate | charges, Flying Parson today declared j he didintend to ecriticize the service by | his booze charges. | e e | TELEGRAMS ; ST. CROIX STATION. | Washington, Dec. 10th.—Recon men- ! dations of the Navy General Board for { the -building programme for 1921, in- - clude two battleships, one battle cruiser, ten scout cruisers, five dastroyer fiotil?a . leaders and six submarines. ‘‘The Navy of the United States shouid ultimately e . equal to the wost powerful maintained i by any other natior of the world not t later than 1925’°, -the report adds. Irn. | its recommendations made .public today . at the Department. ‘the General Board - urged a poliey of naval expansion that - will guarantee the protection of coast- lines and the rapidly expanding mer- - | chant marine against any naval power + in the world. Such proteetion, the Board declared, can be had only by Increasing ' American seapower to a poirt where ‘‘it . isgsecond to none’’ and maintaining it at . that ievel. The Board further asserted that the war having demonstrated that . possessicn of a fleet powerful enough to protect its seaboard commerce is, vital | to any nation in time of hostilities, the - maintenance of such apavy by the U. §.