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After the Order of the Day had been | exhausted Ist Member for Christiansted Country District (Stakemann) took the word and said, —Mr. Chairman. I have | not seen on the budget any of the large amounts given by the Danish State to this Municipality; namely: The amount given to the Telephone Fund, the Bar- ! racks and the Hospitals, that should be | on the 1917 budget. The Barracks does | not concern us, thatis a Federal Build- | ing, but the hospital concerns us and the | communiiy should know how the money | given to that institution is spent. I | would like to have elucidations on this | matter. i Government Secretary (Timmons) re- | marked: Mr. Ceairman. The Govern- | ment quite agree that the Council should | koow. If the Honorble Member will | give a memorandum the Government | will look into it and give full information on it: of course this was before I came in | office, but I shall be glad to give inform- | ation on it. f To be continued. LOCAL. : It is learnt that efforts have been made 0 have the Christiansted Navy Band retained on the roll of the Navy until the expiration of the period of en- iistment, which proposition, if authoris- ed, will keep the band with us for some | time longer, the majority of the mem- bers having more or less a year more | to serve. This is a very praiseworiny idea and it is hoped that it will be car- | ried out, in the interest of the members l of the band themselves who would be | ‘hus better enabled to look out for the | tuture. It will likewise give our local | bands a chance to prepare for any | changes that may be made inducive to them should it be found practicable to secure their services on a larger scale | than at present. It may also be sug- | gested in event t e band is ultimately | disbanded that the Navy Depariment | make a gift to the Municipality of | St. Croix of the instruments which would j be very valuable to us here and probably | neither here nor there to the Navy. ! They could be sold for a small figure, | like in the case of the Fort Liouise light- house which was turned over to the | Department of Commerce for a dollar. —— l Readers will note the inviting pro- | gramme to be screened at the theatre | this evening. The Yellow Menace will | be concluded and the Midnight Man con- tinued. The management has received 2 new machine which will be used at this show. A demonstration of its plendid action was given us last night and it is our opinion that this machin2 will prove a great improvement. ! Some New York mail by the S.S. | Caracas via Porto Rico, and mail from | gl UREY a8 A NS San Juan, arrived here last night by way of Frederiksted. ‘The Distriet Court goes in session this a. m. she famous Anduze murder case will’ be tried, and there will doubt- less he many spectators. News from St. Thomas has reacted us that the Royal Typewriter sells at sight. Among the many users are the Convent, the St. Thomas Dock Engineering Co., ' The Lumber and Trading Co. ete. Our correspondent writes: “"¥r. Beres- | ford Canecryn is much satisfied with the | patronage afforded the R-yal, and hopes | to be in St. Croix this month, meanwhile l he requests those desirous of purchasing | this machine which will further their | business interests to drop him a postal | so as to assist him in covering Saint \ Croix quickly, as his stay must necessari- | - ly be short We understand that Mr. ‘ - (Caneryn is completing arrangements for ~ machines on he instalment plan which ' - we thinka wonderful idea in assisting - those who are unable to buy a machine i ~rignt oui, especially as iypewriting is a | ~ matter of necessity in the world today. | . ~ Togethér with this, the Royal Tpye- | writer Co. offers students a full course 2 in the Van Sant System of Touch Type- - writing, which would otherwise cost a - matter of dollars, for but 25 cents. We have no doubt that the St. Croix public - will avail themselves of this opportunity which has never been offered by any other . Company. Look out for ad later. Now is . your chance especially the future gener- | | ation to get busy. i ’ It may be well to remind the public ' | that the machine us:d the world over is | | the Universal Keyboard, and it is there | | fore necessary to invest in & Royal.” i | SE st e S S e 5 | TELEGRAMS. | ¢ BT, CROIX STATION. | washington, February 24th.—Senator | | Borah, paved the way today for his fight | | for disarmament. To forestall defeat | . on a point of order of his amendment | . requesting the President to invite Great | | Britain and Japan to send delegates | | here tu discuss the curtailment of future °| ' naval buildings, the Senator gave notice | . that he would seek suspension of the rules | . bring his amendment before the Sen- | | ate. This requires a two-thirds vote. x' Paris, Feb. 25th.—M. Briand and the l f Turks have completely and cleverly out | | manouvered the British and Greeks, ac- | | cording to_information obtained in Paris | | tonight. WM. DBriand has advised King | ' Constantine to accept the Allies’ pro- | posals. The Turks Jewish leader abso- | lutely dominaies the Near East, and M. I Briand says he is willing to hear the | Greeks counter-proposal.” | Sydney, Feb. 26th. —The Austi iians | . made 392 in their first irnings in the lat- | est match against the English team 204, | ~ The English had lost two wickets for 24 | ~at the close of the day’s play, and looked to it in danger of a single innings de- teat. The feature >f the play was the 170 by McCartney. 1 11 4 ! Loudog. Feb 2.th.—The announcement is made here that a new department has b2en constituted in econnection with the Colonial Offiee,. which - will be charged with the dutvof dealing with the-affairs of Mesopotamia and other Arah states. Political circles have been expecting such an announcement for some time. When the name of Mr,Winston Churehill was first mentioned as, the probable suceessor of Lord Milner in theé Culonial Office, it wags suggested that one of the attractions held out to Mv Churchill was the eontrol of a department dealing with the inter- esting affairs of the Middle East. Washington. feb, 26th. —lnstructions are understood to have been received by Sir Avekland Geddes, the British An- bassador, to attempt the role of mediator in the controversy between the United States and Great - Britain .and -Japan re- lative to Paecific ¢able communications. Porter, Ind., Feb. 26th. —Thirty and forty persons were reported killed and an onknown number injured, when a west-hound New York Central Train crashed into a derailed west-bound Mich- igan Central Train here, in what rail- way Officials say may be one of the most disastrous wrecks inghistory. Mich- igan “lentral Officials placed the num- ber of dead at more than thirty, while unofficial reports made the death list as high as fifty. The towerman of Michi- gan Central was arrested immediately after the wreck, officials saying they be- lieved he had left a switeh elosed, caus- ing the derailme.t of the east bound train. The Michigan Central I'rain left Chicago at 5.05 p. m. bound:for Toronto, Ont. It was cut "in half by the West- bound flyer and both engines plunged down an embankment. Both enginemen of the New York Central Train were killed. Five bodies were recovered near the debris of the two engines. Fifteen bodies had been recovered within a few hours after the wreck. Pittsburg, F-by. 28th.—The price of Pennsylvania ecrude oil was farther re- duced 25 cents a barrel today, making the price $3 00. : Berlin, Feby. 27th.—The eight German delegates of the conferenee with the Allies in London, headed by Foreign Minister Simons, and accompsnied by ¢ staff of some fifty secretaries and clerks and a party of several German newspapermen, left Berlin unostenta- tioulsly, on a sgecial train enroute to Eng- iand. Londun, Feby. £7th.—Visccunt Milner, the recently retired Secretary of State for the Cclonies, was married yesterday to Lady Edward Cecil, widew of Colonel Lord Edward Cecil. The marriage oe- curred «t St. James Church Paddington. ~London, Feby. 27th.— The Bisley Rifle shooting meeting has been fixed to take Place betv.een July 7'h and 21st, it is officiallyannounced.