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® . accused; and had he not such jurors as Hutchinson, Mc Kay, Teytaud, Jessen, Jorgensen, Jackson, Dyer, Julian, Fabio, Behagen, Brustmeyer and Skeoch who weighed both sides in the balance, and. deliberated for two hours and forty-seven minutes, guided by codes ete; his pre- sentation of the case, supported by such important men as Police Judge Jensen, Despatching Secretary Fox, and Sergeant Vallade, together with his earnest appeal in the name of justice to hang the man, could not fail to have accomplished this | end. The case ciosed at 6.48 P. M. as- | ter the Jury had deliberated for two | hours and forty minutes. The verdict | was read by the Chairman of the jury, Mr. Innis Behagen in words to the ef- tect: ‘‘Murder ir the second degree’’. It came as a surprise to many who firm- ly believed that only the hangman’s rope could be justifiable to the cause. | The court was then adjourned by order of His Honour the Judge through Sheriff Couiter, to consider the verdiet, until ‘Saturday mcrning at 10 o’clock when the final decision is expected to be giv- | en.—Com. I TELEGRAMS. | ST. CROIX STATION. | London April 6th.—The executive bo- | dy of the Miners Union this afternoon | accepted the government’s proposals that | the miners delezates meet representatives | of t e owners and the Government for | reopening the negotiations with the view | to a settiement of the coai strike, The | efforts to bring the miners and the em- | ployers together again was made by Mr. Lloyd Georee this afternoon. it was an- nounced he had written to the president of the Mining Asssciation and the secre- | tary of the Miners Federation, asking ! them o meet apd rvesuine negotiations. The Premier called atieuntion o his speech in the Ilouse oi Commous with | regard to the desirability of the negotia- | tions being resumed :nd concluded. . desire to repeat that the Governom:nt ten- | ders the use of its good offices ifor the purpose of bringing the parties together. | Londor, April. sth.—Endorsing . the | Archbishop#f Canterbury’s receni pro- test in the House of Lords against ve- prisais iu Ireiand, nisc Bisbops and heads of (he principa: non-conformist | churches in Great Britain have -sent | 4 letter to the Prime Minister and the Irish Secretary pleading {ol peace in | Ireiand. ‘“‘The present poiicy,”’ says | the letter, ''exposes us to misunder- ! standing and hostile criticism even of the friendiiest of the world’s nations.” Londor, April 6th.—Decisicn {0 sub- | port the British miners strike was reach- § ed by tke transport workers tedera- | tion at a meeting held here ihis morn- | ing. 'The vote was taken by the trans- | port workers was unanimously in fa- | vour of tendering zid io the miners. I; was decided to meet in conference Sk URiala & A NViID immediately with delegates of the Na- tional Union of Railwaymen and the Miners Union, for the purpose of se- curing action on the strike situation by the triple aliiance. AMERICAN RED CROSS REPRESEN- TATIVE GOES TO RIO DE JANEIRO: Frederick A. Moran, director of Civi- lian Relief, Insular and Forsign Division, American Red Cross; has.beéw *®apointed executive secretary of the Rio de Janeiro Cbapter. He wiil establish Marine Ser vice headquarters in addition to his oth- er work. Mr. Moran has been with the Insular and Foreign Division for near- ly a year and a half. During tLis time he hds made a survey of conditions in the Virgin Islands. He has watched the progress of Red Cross service with the men of the Merchant Marine from its inception. Before he came to the Red Cross he served as extention secretary of the United Charities, St. Paul, Min- nesota, and as director of investigations for the Pittsburgh Juvenile Court, Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania. His early expe- rience as a businessman and his wide grasp of economic condititions in Latin America will wake him invaluable to the Rio de Janeiro Chapter of the Amer- ican Red Cross. Many of our readers will recall this genial representatives of the American Red Cross, who visited the Virgin Is- lands from May to July 1920.. Itis due to Mr. soran’s report and recommen- dations that we are at preseni enjoying many of the benefi's of the Red Cross interes. i1 these zslands. ENTIRE ARMY JOINS aMERICAN RED CROSS : The Army of O-cupation on the Rhine, 15,000 :niisied men and officers, show- ed thei: appreciation of the work of the American Red Cross by returning a membership that was practicaliy 160 per cent, acccrding to. Roll Call report just received at tle headquari-rs of the In- sular and Foreign Division of the Anpser- ican Red Cross. The detachiment of marines stationed at Christian:ted has aso juined uy 100% during the recent Roll Call. WOOD ALCOHOiL. A VALUABLE PRO- DUCT e Wood alecohol, known to the chemist as methyl aleohoi, 15 a deadly poison, causing certain deaths when taken in ternally in quantity. It may also cause blindness when taken in swmaller quan tities or when absorbed by the skin or inhaled. Its odor, taste, appearance and chemical properties are similar to those of grain or erhyl aleohol whiceh. though recognized as a poison, does not produce any disastrous results except when habitually imbibed in considerable quantities. Because of this similarity wood alcohol is often used in the pre- paration of alcoholic beverages, now that the manufacture and sale of old-time al- coholic drinks are prohibited by law. Many have been killed and many oth- ers have lost their sight through drink- ing such liquors. Ihis have given rise to suggestion that the manufacture of wood alcohol sheuld be stopped. This is almost out of the question because many important industries are dependent on wood alcohol. It finds extensive use in the preparation of varnishes and lacquers. In fact more of it is used for varnish-makers as a solvent for gums and rosins than for any other purpose. Itis also the basic material for the preparation of for- maldebyde, one of the most valuable disinfecting compounds, an important dyestuff material andjphotographic chem. ical. Enormous quantities are required for the manufacture o1 Figh explosives on a large scale. ° L B Ethyl aleohol. denatured with wood alcoho| or other substances, is also an important industrial product for use as well as wood alecohol for most pur- poses, but -ordinarily it is considerably more expensive. It it were produced in (arge quantities ior industrial pur- poses numerous evasions and infractions of the prohibition laws would be invited. When denatured with wood aleohol or other substances it is almost as deadly as wood aleohol. . Wood aleohol prcduction is an import- ant industry in this country. In New York state aione more than 190,000 cords of wood are annually consumed, yielding some 2,000,000 gallons of aleohol as well as aget ¢acid, acetone, tars and other valuable by-produets.—7he Pathfinder, March 26th. lhe british Air Ministry stales that from the opening of air traffic with the Continent on August 26, 1919, until the end of November 1920, the value of all imports was £685,054, and o all ex- ports, including re exporcs, £344.876. Amongst the merchandise (ransporte-d were articles of clothing, firs, jewellery, cinama films, perfumery, aud mechani- cal components.— The Board of 'rade Journal. in order 1o encourage _he planting of cotton 1n the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Commissioner of that iependency has recentiy circulaicd printed notes in simple language for, the henefit of peasant cuttivziors. [hese notes are instructive, and are likely to serve a useful purpose, although the present time, 1o face ol the poor demand for cotror, 18 not the mosi opportune for encou.aging the industry., lbid.