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that the end had come. A stroke of anoplexy was the eause of his death. Within a few moments all of the Presi- dent’s official party had been summoned. This waz foliowed immediately by this notice. '‘The President died instan.ane- ously wi hout warning and while con- versing with members of his family at 7.30 p m Daath was due to some brain evovlemeat, probably an apoplexy. Dar- ing the diy he had been free from dis comfort and there was every justifica- tion for anticipating a prompt recovery’’. Signed: C. E. Sawyer, M. D., Raylman Willkie. 8. D. C M. Cooper, B D, Hubert Work, M. D. 3 . Hulyah v, Moora Leavas Posial Service. IMPRESSIVE SCENE IN TAKING OF- FICIAL ADIEU. By R. H. AMPHLETT LEADER. The Postal Service is poorer todav than it was yesterday because Miss Hulyah V. Moore left it vesterday. After a period of upwards of four years as Clerk in tre Post Office at Christiansted, Miss Moore resigned effective July 31, 1923, for the purnose of studying practical nursin - in Ponce, P. R. She will be inis<ed by her superiors and inferiors in the Service and she will be missed by tha general public of Christiansted town and Country Disiriet. Miss Moore’s position will NOT be filled: as a matter of p'ain unvarnished truth, the VERY PLACE she occupied really CANNOT be filled; but, it is some consolation to the Service that Mr. Olaf [.arsen vwho for months has been gratuit- ously assisting his father, the Postmas- ter, thereby acquiring a fair knowledge of the work, will constituie one of the staff now that Miss Moore has ieft. This perhaps, is thes place to say that Mr. Olaf Larsen is a very intelligent lad who has just graduated trom the High School, Caristiansted, with honors. He is quick ar figures, has an excellent memory and delights i1 tzekling knotty problems. He wi.l maxe good. To the average layman the work of a postal clerk is just receiving mails and, well, delivering mails. 1t 1s mueh more than that® A post office clerk has a dual duty to perform——pleasing the public and pleasing the pustmaster. Todothe former, among olier thinzs, one must be courteous and encouraging; must know the charact- eristics of the patrons of the office and, at busy times, almost anticipate their wishes or demands. To do the latter one must have constructive ideas; must keep in touch with the daily Bulletins, various monthly Supplements, Amendments of Laws, Amendmznts of Amendments gov- e??ing the acceptapce,di_spatching. report- ingand rejectinZ of all Kinds of mail mat- ter. Basyisn’tit ? [nenthereis tae “"team work’” o. geting on with fellow clerks. £ £ 2L AL Miss Moore did all that and more. Adopt- ing the Post Office Department slogan, she went ‘“‘cne betterevery day. We are prone to proclaim as a success the man who has reachad the top of the lad”2r only. It is only Shakespeares and Dunbars in literature who are successes; only the Burbanks and Carvers in s:i- ence: the Wagners and Colerilge-Taviors in music: the Blacks and N¥arshalls in law: the Koons and Shauzhaszaysin the postzr world, and soon. This is wrong. ATTEND: v Anybodv, no matter in what position, who is FAITHFUL TO DULrY--to tne TRUST AND CHONFIDENCE incidental to the place oceanied —who doas the best they KNOW HOW —is a success. ERGO: Miss Hulyah V. Moore has ben a success in postal affairs. Nothing showed the truth of this assertion more than the im- pressive 3eene which trok place in the Pest Otfice at Christiansted yesterday (July 31). On this oceasion andin the presence of the stafl of Christiansted Post Office and the Postmaster at Fred- eriksted, Postmaster Larsen in appropri- ate word spoke highly of the s=zrviees which Miss Moore had rendered the pub- lic in her position of Cierk at his office. Postmaster Leader also spoke. M:ss Moore replied appropriately but tearfuliy. 'Twas a touching scene. Even a man of Postmaster Larsen’s stern and-adamant nature was moved to tears. The excel- lent services of Miss Viola Patersen, the other Assistant at Christiansted was also mentioned in the speeches to Miss Moore ard in Miss Moorve’s reply. The subjeet of this sketeh was presented «iih the following reference by Postmaster Larsen: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCuwRN: This attests to the facu that Miss Hul- vah V. Moore, a native of the island of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands of the United States, has been employed as clerk at this office from Jane 1919 to date. During this time I have found Miss Moore to be intelligent, careful and very earnest in the discharge of her duties, and1 take pleasure in testifving to her integrity and reliability. She has unselfishly de- voted her time and efforts to attaining a high degree of efficcency and has eventu- ally become an asset to this office where her afability and tact in deaiing with numbers of various types of people have elicited general compiimentary comment of the service. Miss Moore is leaving this office to enter the nursing profession, and icis with deep regret that I part with her services. _ TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. London, July 30th.— he Freneca and Belgian Ambassadors chis evening hand- ed 1o Lord Curzom the replies of their Governments regarding negotiations to (Germany to solve the problem of the Ru ir and the greater problem of German lepar:tions. Mr. Baldwin and Lord Cur- zon spoke briefily in Parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords respectively, today. Both were terse and neither voiced any hope that Great Britain and France had drawn close together. There will be an attempt to discuss the topie before Parliament ad- journs on Thursday, as the members-are eager to learn the exact aspects of af- faire, No premise was given today thet they wou'd likely see the curtzin raised. The Premier, speaking oniy an hour or so before the Foreign Secretary received thie Ambassadors, told the Commons it was very doubtful whether anything would be published in Thursday’s debate. The Premier gave one gloomy hint, 1 am afraid it will ouly be a continuaticn of the negotiations’’. Lord Curzon i1:- formad the Lerds, with an airof wea y resignaticn, he weculd certainly give them a staiement on Thursday 1f it were within his power to do so. but his man- ner clearly indicted hedd nct think it wou!ld, No hints have come zcross the channel that M. Poiucare has aban “oned, or even modified, the views which his Government has previously held terw- ciously and which on every opportunity he has reiterated are the planks in his platiorm, that there will be no beginning of conversations with CGeraany until and unkess Gernany formally renounces pis- sive resistance in the Ruhir and that thcre will be no withdrawal from the Ruhr un- til Germany has paid France all she de- mands. That seems to be the deep gulf which no minor concessions that France makes to Great Britais can bridge. One outstanding featvre of this latest chap- ter in Allied dealings has been the deep secrecy which has enshrouded it. There has been no attempted revelations of de- tails of the British nor of the French or Belgian replies on any important points, except such as intelligent guesswork based on what knowledge of the policies of the two Governments could offer. Sel- dom have secrets known in the Foreign Olfice and to the cabinets in half a doz«n capitals been so successfully hidden. The Italian and German Ambassadors also visited Lord Curzon this evenfig, but there is no reason to believe thewr visit was connected with reparations, {«r Germany sdli is in the position of await- ing a reply to her latest commumeatior, Parliament will adjourn on Thursday. Both the IFrench and British Cebines will have charge of affairs during the long Parliament recess. Mr. Baldwin tce night told Mr. J. Ramsay M.cDonzlo, the opposition leader, that Parliame:t can be summoned quickiy in the event of emergency, but it adjourns without bhav- ing assurances of progress in lifting the darkest Furopean cloud. It will disperse in an atmosphere of deep gloom, Dubtin, July 31st.-—President (csgrave announc-d yesterday that the dissolution of the Dail would probdably tuke place this week.