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Daspatching Secretary O’Hagen, Lieu- | tenant Smoot, Aczting Public Works Offi- | cer and Chaplain Miller on board. She returned to St. Thomas iinmediately, making the round trip in absut seven nours. The American four-masted schooner “Bagle Wing’’ arrived at St. Thomas from Earcelona, Spain, yesterday. The American sou.-masted schooner ““‘Klizateth Banbi’’ in a leaking condi- tion and with pamps more- or less dam- aged, first mate Charles . Grandberg in charge, 100 days out frora Guliport, Mississ ppi, with eargo of luraber bound for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, arrived yes- terday rom Barbados afrer a stormy pas- sage. [he master of the vessel was lost at sea on October 18th. Uhm! The new Judge is kind of “*krasborstig.’”’ Yesterday he awarded prizes 0 32 (iwo- nd-thirty) gamblers of from $7.50 to $15.00 each. We hove he will be able to stamp out this e il wnich 13 about spoiling ail young men in this placze.— West End News, Oct. 22nd. Qur popular leader of the Naval Band, Mr. Erie Niclsen, left for a few weeks stay in 3t. {'tomas on the '‘Vixen’’which called here at 6a. m. from St. Thomas, and alto landed the Despatching Secre- tary, Lieut. O’Hagan. First Musician Paulus, from Christiansted will be in charge »t the Frederiksted Band and Ist. Musician Horbes of the Christiansted Band. lbud. WEATHER REPORT. . san Juan, 3ar.30.04, Ther. 76, S.E. Vel 8, cloudy. 2t Thomas. Bar. 30.02 Ther. 78 E. Vel. 4, partly cloudy. St Kitts, Bar. 3000, Ther. 718 kK Vel. 8, clear. Dominica, Bar. 29.98, Ther. 74, N. E. Vel. 4, partly cloudy st. fueis, Bar. 2994 Ther. 4. B. Vel | 12, cloudy. Barbados. Bar. 2998 Ther. 76. E, | Vel. 6, partly cloudy. ' Port o1 Spain, Bar. 29.92, Ther. 74, S. S. E.Vel. 2, partly cloudy. St Coie Bar. 3010 Ther. 8, E. | partiy coudy. nainfall for past 24 hours, 0. | CRLEGRAMS | ST. CROIX STATION. 3 Londcn, Oct. 18th.—It is announced that the speaker of ;the House will be | chairman of the Federal Devo'ution Com- mission, whose personrel will consist of | sixteen members of the Commons. The | commission will consider and report up- | on a schene of legislative administration ; devolution within the United Kingdom, hage rgard, firstly, to the need of preservinz to the Imperial Parliament Sk LB LX & VNS the exclusive cor sideration of foreignim- perial affairs anc subjects affec.ing the United Kingdon as a who'e. It will also consider and rejort upon the allocation of financial powers as between the Impe- rial Parliament and the subordir ate leg- islative, special consideration be ng giv- en to the need o." providing for tae effec- tive consideration of the allocati)n pow- ers. The special leeds ana characteristics of the componen portions of th>2 United Kirgdom in whicn wne suborcinaie leg- islatures are to He established are to be considered. It 1, expectec that he com- mission will star its work at an early date, iondon, Oct. (Bth.—Mr. Mececurdy, M. P. of the Food D inistry, states :hat six- teen hundred profiteering tribunals are already working. Since the Proiteering Act was passed tie Food Minisiry has in- stituted 1,450 p osecutions and inflicted fines t>talling £3),000. Washington, ( et. 18h.—-Great Britain 1s making more I eadway t':an any nation in promoting avis tion, Assi tant Szcretary of War Crowell resterday told he Sen- ate Militery Coiamittee, in subpporting the new bill for the establishment of a special department of aer nautics. Mr. Crowell was a member oi the special aviation commisslon ,repizsenting this country, vvhich lecently visited Burope and this was his irst appcarance before a Congresgional Commitie sine= his ve- turn. In urging the crea 10on of a sepa- rate department, whicn L 2 classes as a “‘tactical necessity’’, Mr. Crowell said “‘the United Stetes was allowing avia- tion to di®, now the war was over en- couragemeut of (ommercial aviaiion was urged by tine wiuess. London,Cect. I&th.--T'he forma.ion o a anadian association of British manutac- turers in the Doiainion, w hich was re- cently announce:l, ig only one step in the Empire move nent for the e»tension oi the British e»port trace. An Aus- tralian astociatiol has already b2en or ganized, foillowec by oae In New Zea- land. ‘Lnhen eam« Canada, but the move- inent will not erd there. At present another associaticn on the same ines is being tormed in fouth Airica and even- tually the Strait ijettlemen s, Ind.a, West Indies and other parts o. t! e Emiire wii be provided with sircilar vo lies, iorming a belt of Britisn commerc: around the enure world. Wellington, N.Z.., Oct. 18ih— The House of Representatives passed the biill where- by New Zealand accepts 2 mancate for Samoa. Washington, Ozt. 18th.—The fali of Petrograd and the occupancy o1 both that city and the tortr 'ss of Krenstadt by rhe anti-Bolshevik so ces, has een reported officially by the G neral St: ff oi tle Fin- nish army o the Viborg represertatives of the north-west Governm:nt of Russia. ‘l'ne information reached the S.ite Jepart- ment tonight. New Orleans, Oct. 18th. —Resclutions requesting Congress to place $1,000,000, 000 at the disposal of the War Finance Corporation for purchasing foreign se- curities against debentures to be issued, which would lengthen credits and sta- bilize rates of exchange, were pass- ed unanimously today by the gener- al committee of the world cotton con- ference.. The proposal originated from American members of the financial group. The General Committee is com- posed of a representative of each of the eleven groups into which the conference is divided. Its recommendaiion must come before the convention British members of the financial group did not vote on the recommendation as it was a matter in which the Congress of the United Stats was involved, but they heartily en- dorse the plan. ondon, Oct. 18th.—(Reuters): The Times correspondent at Wellington, New Zealand, says that Admiral Jellicoe’s re- port has been tabled in the House of Re- presentatives. After quoting the Ad- miraity memorandum to the conference in 1909, favouring a single navy, the re- port says this ideal is not obtainable and adds: “‘experience has shown abundantly that responsibilites in regard to naval defence are far more cheertully recog- nized and shouldered if the result of the effort is apparent to those making it, in other words if the shiy s provided are self made by the people paying for them and are manned by their own kith and kin.”’ The general principle of the proposal is that New Zealand should corporate in the naval defence of the empire and assist (Great Britain financially by paying for and maintainirg a certain proportion of the far eastert fleet and all vessels re- quirzd Jor harbour defence of New Zea- land and also providing such proportions of the personnel as practicable. The ships thus maintained wouid be in all es- sentials a portion of the navv under the suggested title of the New Zealand divi- sign of the Royai Navy. he waters from the Indian Ocean to Canada are one. and all parts of the empire situated there- in are equally Interested in the suecurity of sea communications therefore the de- tence of tuem ought to be 1-trusted (o one fleet composed of units from thsse countries. A high flag officer stationed at wiagpore should direet the fleet, For I*s maintenance Great Britain should contribute seventy-five per cent, Austra- lia twenty per cent and New Zeaiand tive per cent. Newz Z-aland snips should comprise three lignt cruisers. six sub- marines and a parent ship. The actnal cost of maintenance and depreciation 1s estimated at £€94,000. NEW YORK, Oct. 18th 1919. Flour, Blendzd Clear St. Lawrence [‘rand pr. brl. $10.50. : Meal, Kilndried per 100 s $3.80 New Season’s Pork per brl. $45.00 Heavy Mess ork per bbl. $44.50 Sugar---Orystals (Confirmed by Brokers) i per 100 b ST 48