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LiST OF UNCLAIMEDMAILFOR THE WEEK ENUCED JUNE 2, 1923, Mrs. Henrietta Charles, Mr. Charles ¥redericks; Water Gut, Mr. Andrew James, Mr, John Johnson; Watser Gut, Mrs. Ella Jordon, Mr. Cecilies Thomas, Esiher Nords. Post Office, Christiansted, Virgin Is- lands. June 4. 1923. B. R. LARSEN, Postmaster, LOCAL The Colonial Council meeting of ye§— terday was attended by all the members, except Mr. G. B. Fleming, resigned, and the Despatehing Secretary Rappolee and his successor Licut R. E. Barrett. Mr. R. .. Merwin was elected Chairman, R. W. Skeoch Esa., Vice-Chairman, and Mr. Dougias Arnistrong, Secretary. Dr. Can- egataanl Mr. Folmer Andersen were re- speetively elected Seeretary but declined the honor. The Dr. has been elected ¢ gain Chairm:n of the Municipal Com- mittea wiih Mr. W. S. Abramson as | Vice-Chaivman. The supplementary item | on the crdor of the day re taxes was not | taken up. St. Mary’s Hall patrons will note that the fine programme advertised isto' . | shown tomgrow (Wednesday) ever .ng | not tonight. | e | An enjoyable evening was spent ¢ ¢ the | Christiansted Theatre last night vhere | the beautiful drama entitled “"His W'kfe’s | Money”’ was screened, while the courie | entitlied "‘Laie Hours”’ kept the audi ence 11 roagg of laughter throughout it duration. / | The boxing entertainment in the t(ea- tre on Saturday night last, was attsnd- ed by a full house. Os the prelimindres consisting of three bouts, of three rourMs | each, two were decided draws; the thir& i was won by a man o this town whose name | has not been obtained. The main bout of the evening betw2en Knockout Brown ’ (Chr. Elliot) of this town and Will O’ | Brien of Frederiksted was decided in favor of the latter on points, at the close of the 6th round. | { The U. S S. Grebe arrived here at | noon yesterday and will sail again for St¢. Thomas this afternoon. She brought some mail and the following passen- gers:—Pay Clerk C. A. Voss, U S. M. C. Q. M. Sgt. W. R. Fisher, U.S. M. C.. | Marie Wilson, Pay Clerk L. J. Barta, U. | S. N., and wiie, Mr. Arthur Lindborg, i Marie A. Petrus, Miss Ceya Cramer, ’ lisut. C. R. Johnson, (C. K %), 1L 8 N . Commander W. Seaman (M. C.) U. ! S. N.. 1 Radioman, third class, U. S. N., | 1 Corporal, U. S. M. C. ! ST 1L 8 V] PASSENGERS LIST. & June 20d —per s. 8. “Romanita’” from Porto Rico-- Miss [i'na De Chabert, Rev. Gustave K. Huff, Mr.. Manuel A. Roman. From St. Thomas -Sue Beale, Mr. Hu- bert Jacobs, Mr. Cyril Garvey. Mr. Ricardo Wliller, Mr. Ralph Blackwood. June 3rd —per s. “s. ‘‘Romanita’ for St. Thomas-—Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Brust- mever. For Porio. Rico- Miss Linnele Hall, Mr. Hans Boje. St. Thomas News According ‘o a sratement from the White House, President Harding and Mrs. Harding expect to make a tour which will take in Porto Rico. We hope that the President and Mvs. Harding will be urged to inciude these islands. —St. Thomas Timss, June 2id. On Memorial Day the usual ceremonies were performed .by naval contingents. A company oi marines and sailurs, head- ed by the Naval Band, marched from the Marine 3arracks to the hzad of the pier where an excellent address and prayer was delievered by Lieutenant W. “1.. Steiner, Cnapiain, U. 8. N., which was then foilowed by taps and the firing f vollevs. Sqguads of enlisted men were than seat with {l)wers and wreaths to decorate the graves of service men buried here. Among the dead was one from the Naval Band, Carlos Font, whose grave bore a wreath sent by Di- rector of Polie2 and Mrs. Nolan.—lbid. CAILDREN’S PLAYGROUND TO BE ERECLED BY JUNIOR RED CROSS The Junior Red Cross has in view tie esia b ishment »f a olaveround for child- ren to be situated at the ¢as..:n- horder of the '‘Ball Field”’ ou that portion £ land w ich the former St. Thomas poor- house occupied. Funds have been ap- propriated for its construction and the Colonial Couneil gener-usly diynated the land to the Red Cross for this object. A pan has been drafted and the grounds are to ba fitted out with swings, rings for gymnastics, sand boxes, slides, ete. This amusement park will be mainly for childven and will be an appreciable asset to nurses and governesses who find great difficulty in introducing sports for the kiddies in the public parks of the muniei- pality. By this means there will develop incidentally a generation of vigorous, active, youthful boys and girls, interest- ed and educated in a line of sports that will afford healthful recreation and an opportunity for the deveiopment of brain and brawn. : This playground will b 2 around the major portion to serve as protection azainst missiles. Iron stays with wire netting will be placed at the top marzinal edge along the entire fencing. The fenc- ing will be completed next week and some of the boys in the advanced grades of the public schools will work under the supervision of Mr. Valls, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Vanterpool, in setting up the apparatus. : - St. Croix has a'so in view a similar plan-and doubtless after a couple of months wiil be a reality. The response in the Virgin Islands has been certainly gratifying but the work of this great institution is never failing and needs continuous, ardent support. —lbid. TELEGRAMS. ST.. CROIX STATION. Paris, May 31st.—The Foreign Office announced tonight that it had received no advices tending to support published repn ts of a concentration of German Reichswehr troops near Munster. north- east of the oecupied Ruhr district. Tsan-Chwang, May 31st.—Negntiations for the release of the twelve remaining foreign eaptives, held by the Shangtung bandits on Paotzuku mountain, arve en- tering their final s'a>e and it i expected that all will be free within a week. London, May 31st.—Sir Sammucl Horne, head of the Air Ministry, told the House of Commons, in answer to questions to- day that the Ministry had a helicopter which would leave the ground. He of- fered no details. Berlin, May 31st.—That the Ruhr banks are now operating in a state of te.”” ...paredness to guard against French seizure of their funds is revealed in a statement issued by Vice President Von Glasenaph of the Reichshank. He explains the precautionary measures which were in effect at the Essen branch of the Reichsbank where ninety-two bil- lion marks were seized rec2ntly. Learn- ing that a seizure might be attempted, the bank had installed a sort of burglar alarm runping from the main entrance during banking hours with a wateirman to sec¢ the alarm in action the moment he detected anything suspicious outside. It was arrang.d that when the alarm was sounded, all the vaults were to be locked and the keys hidden. On the day of the recent seizure, according to Von Glasenaph, the watchman was on guard as usual, but the moment the bank open- ed in the morning two French detectives in eivilian clothes sprang through the doorway and overpowered the guard before he could give the alarm. By this time a number of persons had entered the bank among them five Frenchmen, who held up the bank employees at the point of revolvers. They then proceeded to complete the seizure. Herr Von Glasen- aph’s statement reveals that the Ruhr pay rolls for a period of ten days now amounts 102,000,000,000 marks, those ' for Essen alone being 50,000,000,000. Berlin, May 3lst.—{he price of eoal throughout Germany will be increased 52 percent, beginning tomorrow, incon-