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Pandemonium reigned in the stock exchange yester- day in consequence of the putting ‘nto effect of the order for the compulsory transfer of forqign securities held in Ger- many, as provided by the peace treaty. Quoiations slumped, no business was possible, brokers yelled invectives against the Govt., members of the Stock Exchange Committee were badily attack- ed and despi e an appeal {rom Director Mackiewicz of the Dentsche bank, the tum:lt rose to such a piteh that the house had to be closed for the day. The Govi’s. decision makes considerable losses to many holders. The Stock Ex- changes at Hamburg and Frankfort were also closed. Borlin, April 13th.—Demands for an apology and indemnity for the recent arresis and maltreatment of a corres- pondent of the ‘‘Manchester Guardian’ by Lieut. Leisenmeyer at Essen, were presented at the Foreign Office yester- day by Lord Kilmarnock, Charge d’Af- faires at the British Embassy. New York, April 14th.-—The following isa summary of strike conditions. In New York, freight traffic is virtually at a standstill, while the passenger service has been cut to fifty p r.cent, thousands of commuters being marooned. Volun- teer crews are running the local #rains. In Pennsylvania two hundred thousand men are out of work, and the steel 2oke and coal industries are erippled. In Ohio and Michigan two hundred men are out of work, and industries have been closed. In the central and far western states there has been 2 gradual mmprovement men having returped to work in half a dozen cities. London, April 14th.—Dr. MacNamara was today declared elected for the north- west Camberwell seat in the House of Commons, having soughe re-election on assuming the office of Minister of Labour. The result of the voting was as follows: Dr. MacNamara, ('nalition Liberal, 6,618, Qusan Lawrence, Labour, 4,833, Mr. Carrolla, Independent 3,386 votes. London, April 14th—In the Basinstoke constituency Sir Arthur Holbrook, coal- ition, was elected to ueceed Sir Auckland Geddes who is now Ambassador to the United States. The Liberal and Labour candidates were second 2nd third re- spectively, in the polling, with a differ- ence of only forty-one votes. : [,ondon, April 14th.—-It was announced today by the Banlk of England that the rate of intérest op treasury bills had CHRISTIANSTED. V. IUV. StA, WEDNESDAY 28t APRIL 1920 No 96 "N R?« ?B Q F v Yy oy ' . .30. THURSDAY EVENING 8.30. " 6ER/ - 33 Miary Mac Laren ‘ In B L N “The ~etal On © e Current” Mary Mae Laren gives effective p: rtraya! of a girl in night-court in film-adoption of Fannie Huarst story. This Pictu e ecntains a wealth of human intervest aid tweats a subject of vital im- poriance—the predicament of the girl in the night-cour., sentenced by the ‘ectimony of the police and seeret service men. ' MARY Mae -ARIIN puts over in good style a number of emotional scenes, portray- ing splendidly the character of fthe unsophisticated girl to whom the drinking of a couple glasses of beer proves fatal. CAST: SR s ....MARY Mac LAREN Bled ombor .. . . .o o ede Uinive, LD et R B ey WHe MBe s 0 BoBEE ARdPrRGn Cestii®obh. .. ... ......... .. bedtrice Hurnham, Bl Yieter Telel o E Ry .. .. David Butler The desire to do as others do leads Stella to yield to the persuasions of Cora and other members of a beer narty to drink with them, Under the influence of the liguor she wanders into t e street and is taken by a detective to the nigit -court, where she is sentenced to ten days in jail. : : ADMISSION: Paicne Blen's . .... . dße, Two first and two last rows of leserved seats A o e General Entrance. ... ....... g e Children 20 and 10e. been raised one per cent to six and one half per cent. This foreshadowed an announcement to be made tomorrow of a seven per cent bank rate. Dublin, April 13th.—The general strike declared yesterday was continued today with added tenseness and increas- ed fears of serious developments. Sixty thovsana workers in Dublin are on strike. A constable was shot dead while in plain clothes duty in Camden Street this morning, and bhis assailant ran away before he could be apprehended. The shooting added to the gcneral ex- citement, thousands of people parading the stre ts and a collision between popu- lace and the military was feared. Vis- count French sent for the Lord Mayor today and later the military were with- drawn from the vicinity of Mount Joy prison. One of the prisoners among e S e e [ Continued on 4th page]