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& DR XA VD A T HAVE YOU JOINED? The Red Cross Roll Call, which opened, very appropriately, on Tieapy Day, had an wuspicious beginning. In Christiansted, the Naval Band kindly contributed its serviees ind marched through the principal streets playing patriotic airs, and preceded by a Red Cross autcmobile carrying the local leaders of the Roll Call, also two small repre- .sentatives of the Junior Red Cross! Returning to the Booth under tiggPost Office, the Band participated in the formal opening of the Booth. The Collectors, whose names appeared in yesterday’s paper, were busy in Freder- iksted ard Christiansted and in the country districts, with the result that many new members w~re added and former members re-enrolled. The names of these have been posted on the Bulletin Boards in the two towns. The totals for . onday are: Annual Contributing Life Totai Members Members Vembers (sl.) (85.) ($50.) Yraderiksted Town. ...... .. vos.. 99 1 100 Frederiksted Country District . ..... 44 44 ghniansted Town... ... ... 121 4 [ 126 Chiistiansted Country District..... 124 2 1 127 oiae. ..., 48 7 2 39 .Th@" American Red Cross call is the call to SERVICE. Renew vour Service Pledge NOW! s , L = 1 ! § . | il } . ® ] e i, R :.-..,.-..-..-;-.‘.;.1..-..;.-.'....-;;.;.'...;;...5:;_. "““?l‘“ ’ A = b2 T ) ,vp"..::‘u':. W & d THOUT ‘A PLAYER PIANU? WHAT ISHOMEWITHOUT A PLAYER PIANU! If you don’t oywn a Player Piano, you are denying yourself the mosi wholesome enjoyment in the world. THAT AFFORD AVARIETY& OFFER GREATEST VALUES. Story & Clark PLAYER PIANO® BENCH and 12 MUSIC ROLLS | ALL POR 5675 U. S ~’ $0 .D.cyan up | These new and beautiful Player Piano are of course 88 note standard instrum=nt manufactured and guaranteed by the Story & Clark Player Piano Co., which assures you of absolute satisfaction and protection. The instrume=nts are designed along plain lines, yet so artistic that they are certai:: (o satisfy the niost scrutinizing buyer. They contain a tive voint motor, bell metal plate, spruce sounding board, transpos ing device or automatic tracker according to priee, ivory keys and c¢hony sharns, hinges finished in brass. loud & soft pedal expression device; in fact ‘todel Player Pianos throughoui and priced irom $675. U. S. up. STEP IN AND HEAR ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENTS DE- MONSTRATED AT THE ST. CROIX RESTAURANT AND TFEA ROOM. FRED- ERIKSTED. JOSEPH H. COOOGAN. : AGENT FJR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. Pelephone—64 Frederiksted. . on Thursday night (last) in the yard of the Christiansted Theatie, A NICKLE- PLATED WATCH, with initials W. R. A. on inside of back. Finder will be re- warded on bringing same to this office, Chrigtianated. St Uvoix, Jin. 19th 1921 TELEGRAM-. ST. CROIX STATION. Ot awa, Jan. 14th.—In the grip o’ one of the most serious smallpox epidemics in its history and the disease, which all years has been confined to certain sections, is now prevalent all over the city. Dr. I. A. Lomer, medical officer for health, statzs the outbreak is beyond control and that drastic preventauve steps must be taken to safeguard hives. The type is severe but owing to prompt medical treatinent not deadly. Only oue case of blackpox has been reported by the authorities and the vietiim died Paris, Jany, 14th. —Sir William Goode, British member of the Austrian section of the reparations commission at a luncheon in his honour at the Renais- sance Club today spoke freely ¢n the situation in Ausiria. Three eventuali- ties must be consicered as a eonsequence of {(he prospective collapse of Aus- tria, Sir William said. They are first, an attempt on the part of the Anstrian provinces to join Germany. Second. Par- tition of the Austrian provirees among tne adjoining states not excluding Ger- many and third, A communist or Bol- shavist region of terror’”’. It has been stated that beiorz giving up in despair the Austrian Government will request the council of the League of Nations un- der article 80 of the Treaty of Ver- sailles to permit a union with Germany. My opinion, however, is that Germany cannot feed the whole of Austria. but apart ifrom that question, it -is to me unthinkable that the Allies could permit Germany to extend her empire to the borders of the A-riatic with her fron- tiers in the rear of Czecho Slovakia and on the flanks of Hungary, Jugoslavia and lLialy’’. A rumour is current in Ansma, "‘He said, ‘‘That Hungarien forces. regular or iirveguiar, would ad- vance upon Viennar on pretence of pre- venting the ancient capital from fallicg into tre hands of the (zechs In that case, nd nne in Austria woald be sur- prised 1. tiue Czeens attempred by foree to ferestall the occupation of Vienna. Jugo-Slavia under its recent defen- sive ailiance with Czechoslavakia might tnen decide to attack Hungary. The des- tiny of the provinees of Styria, Lower Ausiria, Upper Austria and Carinthia would then be in the melting pot of rep- aration from which it might be diffleult for the powers to abstuin. The speaker said that he thought (hat if Austria should be given the chance of continued