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;. =t ;\‘. b? L @ p ]ii Y @ (\ !//:&@ I~ ‘/@ o \/‘é‘/\ f,; ’Cg\ “—4 . (/‘7 - J,' g"'i ‘k i%':{‘ ,‘// Pa i ’\i\‘\;Z}!4 17iTH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED. V.I.U.S. A.., TUESDAY, 17t APRIL 1923 THE ST. CROIX AVIS 18 printed and putlished daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Ofjice. TERMS---50 cents monthly in advance, 2 cents per single copy. Entered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- sted, St. Croix, V. I of the U. S. A., un- der the Act or March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- lg received when the same deals with mat- ters of gemeral interest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s name, as a guar- antee of good-faith The editor cannot be responsible for the views of hiscorrespon- dentsnor does he necessariluendorse them. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STA'ION. London, April 12th.—A Reuter des- patch from Cairo today declares there is po truth in the report that Mr. How- ard Carter has been taken ill. It as- serts he will shortly return from Cairo to Luxor. London, April 12th.—1t is reported in Clonmel that Count Plunkett, Countess Markieviez, Miss Marv MeSy eeney and the late Liam Lynch’s brother were cap- tured by Irish National troops in Tipper- ary today, says an Ixchange Telegraph despateh from Dublin, London, April 12th. - Ten thousand at tonded a meeting at Albert Hall yester- day to protest avainst the proposed visit of the King tothe Pope. Lord Gisborcugh presiding. A telegram was seut by the gathering to His Majesty, expressing joval greetings and humbly praving that he might foregn his projected visit to the Vaticanu. “he teleecrem s ated that the King’s visit to the Pope would be the cause of sorrow to millions of His Ma- jesty’s Protestant subjects. The gather- ing passed a resolution calling upon the Jovernment to withdraw the Vatican Envoy. Lordon, April 12th.- Turkish irregu- lars have raided the small Island of Cas- telorizo off the Asia M nor coast, which ficured in the recent Allied-7urk:sh peace negotiations and assassinated the lratian garrison and a number of Greek notables, says a Central News despatch from Athens quoting advices received from the island of Rhodes. 'The raiders terrified the local populace and took po:z- ession of the civil administration of the Island but were arrested by forces sent trom Rhodes by the ltalian authorities. No. 87. ST. MARY’S MOVIES Tuesdry, April 17th, 1923 8.15 P. M. Wallace Reid and Lila Lee IN “RENT FREE” H % e 5 REEL COMEDY. creoneovic: “Wet and Warmer” FPRICE N L. ..., . 9%e. General Admission. ... .. . L pes Meines, lowa, Avril 12th. —Urn..ed States membership in the permanent court of international jusitee organized by the League of Nations, was advo- cated bv Mr. Herbert Hoover here last night, as an essential step in the direc- tion of world peace. Those who have opposed membership in the League it- self, he said, need not har >back from participating in the cour', cor fear politi- cal entangiements through its operations. M~ B-4yyer spoke before the annusl eonvention of the National lLeague of women voters and his address was the first detailed reply from acdmiristration giarters to those who have assailed the court proposal since 1t was laid before the Senate by President Hamdirg. It marked the biginning of the publie de- bate in which maost of the lealing public men of the United S'ates are prejparing to take pari. Philade!phia, April 12th'—An air route between New Ylk ara lekin, China, has been otgar zed which will make pos- sible a tvip by passenger airplare in 65 hours, Brigadier General Wm. Mitchell, Assistent Chief of United S ates army air service, tuld the Chamber of Commerce, Winnipeg will be the first stop. ‘The second stop wiil be in Nome, Alaske. The cost of each passenger will be about $1,200. Gen. Mitchell sail he had just organized the route and the time was net far distant when ithe first trip wiil be made. Fcur steps will be made altogether. ; London, April 12:h. —lmports in March totalled 90,000,000 pounds and exports 60,000,000 pounds to foreign eountries and 9,000,000 pourds to Britisk eolonies. The imports {for the first three months of 1923 were 40,000,000 pounds greater than for the same period of last year. Raw materizls hive adv®iced 27 percent in the last vear. ™ o Munson S. S. Line Express Passenger & Freight “ervice Four days from St. Thomas to New York Sail Arrive St. Thomas New York April 26 April 30 May 10 May 14 [First class “rom S2O 00 up Third class from $45.00 up Fortnightly service, For further in- formation apply to Hans Boje Jean Petersen Christianstad. Frederiksted. OPTICAL 4ID. Send your olu broken lens or prescription th-ough the mails. F. M. « ORNEIRO, St. Thomas, V. L