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Pow:il, slanager of The Electric Power Pl :nt at Cavistianstad, eall upon you aad give you ail tn 2 infhrmatisn waica you may need. § ROBT. L. MERWIN & CO., INc. Agents. Christiansted. Frederiksted. Furnished apartment for Bachelors : : i T 8 equipped with Electric lights, Show- er baths, =te. For particulars call at No. 1 Church Street., - Christiansted, St. Croix, V.1., January 18th, 1922, ° A cricket mateh played on Holger Danske ground on the same day between the Athletic and the Christiansted clubs resulted in a victory for the former. A football mateh played on the Parade Ground between the Merry Juvenile and the Red Sox closed in a draw. The ‘Creole arrived Lere this a. m. with DPorto Rizo and St. Thomas mails. Re- ports another sailing schooner havipg called at St. Thomas for the mail yester- day instead of the Mystery. . Correspondence » Editor Avis. ' : Dear Sir: . It will be remembered that in Novem- ber 1918 the Government ordered an in- 31 a8 1L X A VIS . vestigation into the affairs of the Labor . Union Savings Bank of which Mr. David | Jackson was President. The bank was found to be insolvert, and the Chairman of the Commission, Government Attor- . ney, Mr. Bigg, said they would take it inte the bamkruptey court. Finally a private tiquidation was permitced on con- dition that Mr. David Jackson took no part in it, and four liquidators were ap- poiated by the then board of the bank. Os ch=se four, Mr. A. de Chabert and 1 were enos=n as [reasurer and Chairman respactively. f'ne Labor Union, for reasons well ~ known to Mr. Jackson volunteered its , support by a resolution on Dee. 16, 1918 l binding itsalf to be tinanciaily responsi- ble for all deficit In December 1921 the Suprame Couuncii of ‘he Labor Union adopted a resolution which confirmed the resol itiva of Decembar 191R. It furth- er binds the Union to accept the balance of the securities at face value plus inter- est as any time tie liquidators may think it advirab:2 to turn over such securities to g£hem, aiso to pay the depositors as. tney eall. The liquidators have not yet consi 2 :d the mtter, but continue the ligai iazion. laere are dehtors who havesnoi paid interast nor instalment from 1917. We therefore retained Mr. O. C. Granady for the purpos: of coilecting these out- standings with the hope of soon being able to wind up the affairs of the bank. Mr. David Jacks-n was also president of the Union when the insolvency of the bank was brought to light by the Gov- ernment Commission, and the same Gov- ernment Attorney said that if he retain- ed the position as president of the Union, the institution would be outlawed. To- day he appear: like a new luminary in the firmame i, and posing as everything but what he is. Po-day u2is ioforming the public that a new liguidarion eHmmittee is to-be ap- pointed; and we conjecture that their ap- pointment will be subject to bis ap- proval. To-day he is warning the people not to settle their accounts whicn we have au- thorized an -attorney to collect. M. David Jackson has certainly forgotten the past and nis own good self. ' When itis %nown that the Printing Flant of which Mr. David Jackson is l president is ahout the largest debtor to | the bank no one will wond-r why he is | op osed to any mode of collection. | Mr. Jackson is the only officer and di- | rector of the Printing Plant here in the l Virgin lslands. [his corporation is in- solvent with liabiiities of thousands of doilars in saver of the Union and for which the Union dces not hold a serup of paper as security; itis indebted to the bank for an amount exceeding $1700.00 aad to stockhclders for Heaven knows how mueh. 'in a similar warning he, would let the shareholders know that the assets of the Printing Plant_at pres- ent could not realize even SIOOO.OO he ~would be doing them a better turn than establishing a press of his own. When the Union’s money was used by him excessively to finance the Printing » Plant he did not warn the public nor the Union members. When the shortage of $3.000.00 was discovered in the bank. and no account could be given except that one person was held respousible for the missing cash and when later an embezzlement in the Frederiksted branch caused the insol- vency of the bank he was not anxious to warn the public. Mr. David Jackson has not been autho- rized to act in any capacity for the bank, and we warn all persons having any transactions with the bank not to con- sult him. : A R. pE CHABERT. Lhairman Liquidation Committee La- abor Union Savings Bank. *“The Herald”’, "‘West End News’” and other papers please copy. TELEGR + MS. : ST. CROIX STATION. Paris, Jany. 15th. -M. Poinecare the new French Premier this evening pre- sented to President Millerand the names of the men he has cho~en to participate in his Ministry. The President acecepted the designations and M. Poincare declar: ed that the Cabinet crisis was ended. The personnel of the Cabinet will be publish- ed in the official journal tomorrow morn- ing. The Cabinet is as fol ows: Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ray mond Poincare, Vice Premier and Min- ister ot Justice, and for Alsace Lorraine, Louis B.rthou. Miunister for War and Pensions, Ardre Maginot. Minister of Marine, H. Raiberti, Minister of Finance, Charles De Lasteyrie. Minister of In- terior, M. Maunory, Minister of Edueca- tion Leon Bernard. Minister of Pubiic Works, M. Le Trocequer. Os Agriecul- ture Adolph Cheron, of Colonies Albert Sarraut. M. M=aginot will take up the duties of the office of M. Sarraut, who is in Washington' until Sarraut returns. Minister of Commere2, Ludien Dior. Os Liberated Regions. Reibel. Os Labour, M. Peyronne. Os Health, Y. Strau=s. The following Under Secreiaries of Scate are also announced: Artached to the Premier M. Colirat, Merchan Marine, M. Rio, Pos: and Telegranhs, M. Laffont, Technical Education, M. Vidal, Azronau- tics, M. Evnac. = Madras, Jan. 16ih.—Madras had re- cove zd yesterday from the rioting which attended the arvival heie on Friday of the Prince of Wales. No §further ‘rouble is apprehended. Th> Prince apparently has captured the pcpular faney and crowds awalt nis 2very avpacance greec- ing him wich eatnusiasm. The strects “and buaildiags have b2en iavishly decora- ted and presentea gorgeous spectacle in the sunshine,