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LIST OF UNCLAIMED MAILFOR THE WEEK ENDED OCiOBRR 1, 1921. V. Bernii®w, : Lucind Christian, Herbert FEdwards, Mrs. Christiana Fabio, Edw. Francis, 6 East St., Mrs Alivede?® E. Giddenes, Mrs. Susana Giddings, c¢/o Mrs, Greig, Miss Antoinetta Hendricks, Miss §#Camelita Henry, Mrs. Alice Hull, Miss Aneta Jackson, Margaret B. James, J.ama Hill St, Mrs. Magrit Joseph, Miss Florence M. Laurence, Miss May Paris : - Mrs. Isabella Petersen, Percy Petersen, Walter Royce, Mr. Martin Luther Shepherd, Mr. David Thomas. Post Office, Christiansted, Virgin Is- lands, October 3, 1921. B.R. LARSEN, Postmaster. .OCAL. Scehrn. Creole with mails for St. Thom- as and Porto Rico and several passengers sailed at 6 p. m. yesterday. The serial show at the theatre last night was very interesting. RED CRO=S NEW . Miss J. C. Coleord, Field Representa- tive of the Re? Cross in the islands, has completed her year of service and is re- turning to the States in a few days. Her successor will be Miss Pauline rrairchild. Miss Fairchild is already in the islands, having been Miss Colcord’s assistant dur- ing the past yecar. She will continue to divide her time between St. Thomas and St. Croix, with headquarters at Chris- tiansted, St. Croix. Miss Ruth Waterbury School, Nurse in St. Thomas during the past year, has re- turned from the States aftsr a short holi- day, and has already takes up her new duties as Supervisor of School Nursing in the two islands. Her healdquarters will be in St Thomas, and she will be assisted by iwo other Red Cross nurses. One of these assistants, Miss Elizabeth Robison, accompantied Miss Waterbury on her return, ard will be stationed in St. Croix. -The orher nurse, who will be assigned to St. Thomas, is yet to be selected. TELEGR . MS. ST. CROIX STATION. Dublin, Sept. 29th—The Freemans journal cordially weicomes Mr. LULloyd Virgin Is- ET CHOIX AViS George’s reply, which, it says, created a reasonable opportunity for the lrish and British representatives to meet. It de- clares that the Premiers final paragraph leaves the delegates unfettered, and the paper sincerely hopes that the in- vitation will lead to a conterence. “‘We are confident’’, it adds, “if the people of both nations manifested the same con- fidence. such a ¢ nference will resultin a great and beneficent measure of peace’’. London, Sept. 29th.—*‘We are leaving nothing to chance’’ was Sir Kei’h Smiths parting shot t~ an interviewer, after outlining the precautions he and his brother Sir Ross Smith are taking to ensure the success of their flight round the world next Spring. ‘'‘We are pret- ty certain that the flight will be made some day, and we are keen to have the honour go to a Britisher,”” said Sir Keith The route has not yet been decided, but Sir Keith favours crossing the At- lantic first to get the stiffest part of the journey over early. ‘‘Altogether it wont be apicnie’’, he said. Sure to come against, some bad weather especially when encountering the steady winds along the Pacific coast of Asia, but wont be worse than the Australian flight”. New York, Sept. 29th,—The New York giants, though idle today, won the National League pennant race by vir tue of Pittsburhg’s double defeat by the St. Louis Cardinals. The Giants are now 4a.d ahalf cames in the lead. They have four games left to play, while Pittsburgh -has three. If the Giants were to lose all four and Pittsburgh win all three, the Jiants still wou.d be a game ahead. Dublin. Sept 29th. —M:. De Valera yesterday received a Belfast deputation which stated represented 100,000 eiti zens, who were resolved to refuse re- eognition to a partition Parliament. London, Sept. 30th -I'he following is the result of the jockey club stakes run yesterday. Ist. Milenko 2nd. Waac 3rd. Monarch. Dublin, Sept.-3rd.—['he general feel- ing here is that Mr. Lloyd George’s invi- tation for a conferencefon October 11tr. will be accepted. The Wwhole temper of the Sinn Fein leaders appears to have changed for the betier, and optimism once more prevails here. The sole diffi- culty in the despatch of an immediate answer yesterday to Mr. Lloyd George was said to be, that all the Dail Cabinet membears could not be reached iast eve- ning, Berlin, Seoc. 30th. —Che Reichstag to- day passed the Bill r ti.ying the Peace I'reaty with the United States. Only the Communists vored against- the mea- sure. ; London, Sept. 30th. —l:is officiallyan- nounced that the military authorities at Madras takes a serious view of the re- sistance of the Moplahs in India, which may entail more vigorous prosecution of the campaign to suvpress the revoit. The recent action of the rebels shows their resistance is based on guerilla lines accompanied by plunder and terroriza- tion, Armed gangs are getting stronger and it is surmised that the rebels are swellirg in numbers, New York, Sept. 30th—The month end waiting of immigrants outside the three mile lim.t began yesterday. when the steamship Mogali Hellas, from Con stantinople dropped anchor off Sandy Hook. With 700 immigrants aboard from Greeee and Turkev, she will wait until Saturday before coming into the narbour, in order that they might be admitted under the October quota. Early on August Ist and September lst steam- ships raced ‘o port from abont the same place where the Mogali Hallas stopped. New York, Sept. 30th—Tremendo damage with loss of lives was report‘ from Lakeshore and other points in New York and Illinois tonight, as a re- suit of a tropical storm this atternoon off Dunkirk. The Jersey City Hall Park was wrecked. Montreal, Sept. 30th.—A terrific rain and windstorm struck Ontario and Que- bec this afternoon. Telegraph and tele- phone communication was disrupted for several hours The wind)ws 6f a num- ber of the great stores, on the city’s main streets were crashed in, the rain fell in huge quantities, and with the wind behind it. rolled, through the streets like an incoming tile. The gutters were quickly choked, and the streets then be- came torrents. Trousands of cellars were flooded. The electric light system in Westmount was disorganized, leaving streets and houses in darkness for a while. Many shade trees were uprooted or their branches wrenched off, an(b blown wildly-through the streets. Buffalo, ¥. Y. Sept. 30th.—A mile-a- minute gale swept over Erie and Niagara counties toda. A factory building in the town of Forks ecollapsed under the force of the wind, and several wcrkmen were injured. Fifteen houses in the town lost roofs or verandas. At east Pembroke a church st2eple callapsed and crashed through the roof. Severe dam- age to orchards in the vicinity of Lock- port is reported. Telephone and tele- graph wires are down in all directions. State police reported highways blocked by uprooted trees. The steamer Mathew Aadrews, en route from Chicago to Buf- falo with a grain cargo, was in distress at noon about two miles off the break- water. Heavy seas were beating over her. Tugs sent to bring the steamer in- fo the harbour. ' Athens, Oct. Ist—The Turkish Nation- alists forces which havq attempted to attack the Greek lines communica- tion in Asia Minor, have been repulsed with ggireat lusses, says an official state- ment issued here, This fighting occur- red on the Eskishehr front. Further