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19TH Y EAR HRISTIANSTED, V. k needs fordmproved oceen transportation and the imProvement of San2Juan har- bor. Whatl he said was taben s an in- dication thdl e had given the problem considerabe study and those who heard him speak wore of the opinion that if he were not really interested wn helping pro- vide better. shipping racilities tnat he could ver®iwel! have talked about some- thing el'segllxmi not committed himself on a subjeet svusidered of such vital im- portance. : WBANAMA SHIPS HERE’ Opngoltliion which. tire Secretary of o War s‘hiqj?sl as possibie, and one which he fiad considered favorably, was . the eSt_nb??hu:vm f a triangular service between New York, Porio Kieo and Pana- Fma, - . AT the Wc Lie retferved o this possi- bility*heé?ry?gusmd that it was a marter still tv b¥ield in confidence, but since g that titee %e poss.oiiity of such a ser- vivehes ivan concidarably discussed, Secretary Baker said that ne had. pre “pared a mismorandum tor President Wil- son on the establishment of sueh a ser- vice and {lhat the President had returned the meme: andum 1o him with a mos® {a- vourable ' ‘endorsement. ‘The Seeretary did not ndicate, however, that the ser-’ vice was tibe started, but that it was a possibility under -« rinus consideration. It is also Enown that on' his return (o Washington Secretary Baker took up with the Shipping Board the shipping needs of - Porto Rice, : Before /eaving San Juan, lidward Fer- rer furnished the Secretary of War with a memorahdum sciting forth the ship- ping neea: of the island and also calling attention o the part facilities which San Juan offe.ed 0 shipping. In this con- nection th: memorandum sets fol'th ‘that San Jualt joffers ‘mcre advantages to steamers.(gl an any othor islan 1 the West Indies.”’ Provision and supplies may be obtained here at lower prices than in the-othar islands. There are two | rge “and well ¢quipped machine shops nere for quick repzir work: that there 1s commu- nication with Venezuela and Curacao weekly: with France, Spain, Mexico, and Panama “anal monthly; with New York -twicea #eek, Santo Domingo weekly, - with Cuba bimonthiy and "Haiti month- | ly?"’u-Port®[7co Prooress; ; ! ..g«;““i bei cooa Onristiansted and B OS! st o Gr. Princesse A S T CA#RIAGE RUG AND WHIP Pinder’ will be rewarded on Teaviny #hg'atl this office. THE 3SJ. CROIX AVIS . ‘ s printed and pudlished doily (Surddys nwd Holidays excepted) by (. Johunsen ! 't the Avis Uflice. f R ES+--50 ceuts monthly v advance, | 2 cents per single copl. ‘ Yntered as second-class maiter May 25th 1917 at the Post Office at Chrigtian- sted, St Crote. Vsl of the ¥/, >. 4., un: (er the Aet of March 8. 1879. - Contriboélon o this paper wiil be glad. Ly received vhen the same deals with mat- , ters of general interest, and is accompas| nied with the auwthor’s name, as a quar- | antee of yood jaith. The editor cannot be | responsible for the views ofhis correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them. SHIPPING BOARD IS TO RECON : SIDER PORTO RICO. ¥ neporis o Washingion vrouglit LY Commissioner Robert H. Todd and rve- ceived in letters vy Edward Ferrer. president of the Insular Chamber of Commerce, indicate that there is stili a strong possibility that shipping faeilities to and from the island will be imbroved, by government ships if not by those un-- | der private operation The United States Shipping Board at the direction of Chaitman Payne, is to reopen the case of Porto Rico and re- gardless of any previous decision, 1s to reconsider the needs of the Island anew. 'his was the program announced in Washington while Commissioner Todd was there attending the meeting of the Republican National Committec. REFUSED AIDPREVIOUSLY. ‘his change in the plans of the .Ship- ping Board was reached aiter Resident Comnmissioner Cordova Davila and Con- gressman H. M. Towner, chairman of the ~| House Committez on Insular Affairs lad: | conferred with Chairman Payne, and aiso after the return to Washington of Sccre- ! tary of War Baker following his visit to San Juan._ e Previously the Shipping Board Liad de- cided not to place additional ships in the Porto Rico service and had also decided not to make San Juan a port of ecail for ® Shipping Board vessels engaged in-the -| South American trade. gk 3 While he was here the Seeretary of 5 War showed a great deal of intevest in the island’s shippine noeds and at the | dinner tendered him at the Hoiel “lon- dade Vanderbilt most of his remarks sere devoted to recoanting the island’s WEDNESDAY . 28TH JANUARY 1920. . ™ol 1 o ® " üblication. l’i is hereby brought to public no- tice that the Government has, this date, authorized REv. MARTIN . MULLIGAN to perform civil- religious functions in the Munici- pality of St. Croix. ° .- Government: of the Virgin Islands of the United States, St. Croix, Januar) 13, 1920 ' C. C. TIMMONS, (rovernment Secrelary. ' -Q g . Publication. L!!‘l"l‘l‘}x\i;\l\"i'U'H:i,u'd)LUs S. Navy, alt b, -wn request has been relieved of his duv.es? as Despatching Secretary of -St. Croix. it COMMANDER ¢OLBY, Financial Ad- viser to the Governor, in addition to his other duties, has been detailed as Acting Despatching Secretary of St. Croix. FOR RENT. ¥ 3 The Uwelling House At Esiate Northstde completely furnmshed--situated near the sea. Fine surrounding scenery, and a short distance from town. For particulers apply to (. I£. HAGEMANN. Frederiksted, St. “'roix, V. 1., January 15th 1920. A C Limited OF LONDON GEO. L MARKOE Agent for Fredepiisied’s Distriei [T Vi, K. ARMSTRONG. Ageni for Christiansted’s District Policies are not cubject to average, .'\‘(). 22