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o ae o £})/f !h,’ 'j o{- 4 - - ) 1 w[ S a8 =k i 5 A, ) e /N (& /éi‘\ A\ ge\ (i i ’\;Q . P ‘ &lN 1 \\@7i A\% RB s - ¥+ & N SVU LSB RO <V B S 75T YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED. V.l U.S. A.. NMONDAY 1311 s DECEMEER 1920. THE ST. CROIX AVIS | 18 printed and published daily (Sundays 1 and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen | at the Avis Office. : TERMS---50 cents monthly vn advance. | : 2 cents per single copy. i ntered as second-class matier JNiay | 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- ‘ "el Bt Urate, V. L ofthe U. 5. A, un | der the Act of Vlarch 3. 1879. ; Contribution to this paper will be glad- ‘ ly received when the same deals with mat- | ters of gemeral imterest, and is accompa- | nied with the author’s mame, as a quar- | antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- | dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. | KING TAXED A MILLION. | Under the lialian law establishing a tax on patrimony the king’s tax has been . calculated to amount to §51,000,000. His i ‘estates were esiimated at 92,000,000, lire, which at the present rate of exchange is ! approximately $3.500,000. The value of the queen’s estate was estimated at 1,000, 000 lire.—The Pathfinder. A TALKING CLOCK. A Philadelphia man has a unique ' clock whienh* instead of ringi g a dis: [ cordant alarm bell sreaks right out in the morning and announces that it is “Time to get up.”” The clock also calls out: ‘‘Breakfast s ready,”” ‘‘Tine to ‘go to work,” “‘Time to go to market” f etc.. at predetermined hours.—-Ibid. | e.— e— G———— | ' NEW USE FOR POISON-GAS. | At the closelof the World war the .! question: '‘What shall we do with stocks | of poison-gases? proveda puzzling one | in most Dbelligerent countries. Indus- i trial uses were found for some but large gauntities, represent enormous outlays of money for raw materials, labor ete., were thrown away because no-one Knew * how to make them serve any useful pur- pose and they were too dangerous to be kept about. The French have discovered away to utilize such gases, particularly c'.lorine, for cleaning and disinfecting clothes. The garments to be treated are placed inside anair-tight steel chamber whose | aoor is closed-hermetically. Yalves are ] then opened, permitting the poison gas No. 288 CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE 8.00. THIS EVENING 8.00. “The Great Radium M - e Lreat hadium Mystery. Featuring: EILEEN SEDGWICK.” Episode No. 11: " “Perils 0f Doom”’. Kpisode No. 12: ¢ & “Shackled”. Episode No 11 opens with the rescue of Gloria and Rob from the wmine shart by means of a rope ladder strung down the side of the mounrain. Nada, who has repeatedly assisted them, proves her loyalty by restoring the radium, th2 sheepskin and the deed. Performance concludes with: Eé ) ) A Lucky Dog’s Day . COMEDY ... ......2 BEWS ADMISSION: Do R _ a0 and 400, General Entpance. ... ........ G e T L Children 20 and 10e. and compressed sir (0 fiow into the tank in the proportions which experience has taught gives the best results. An elec- tric heater installed beneath the ¢"am»er and sc arranged that it is completely un- the control of th2 operator raises” the temperature of the gaseous mixiure as high as possible without burning the clothes. . After the gas has acted on the gar- ments for a few minutes an exhaust valve is opened, the gas valve is closed and compressed air blows the gas out. through the exhaust pipe into a neutra- lizing tank a safe distance away. The ~garments, thoroughly disinfected and cleaned, may then be taken out. The use of such gasin the new clean- ing and disinfecting chamber is expect- ed to prove highly advantageous in hos- pitals where patients suffering from com- municable diseases are treated. Hereto- fore it has beer. the practice to burn dan- gerously infected linens because satisfac- tory sterilization was impracticable.— Ibid. & WOMAN FOR HOUSE OF LORDS. Viscountess Rhondda, called the world’s most famous business woman, has raised 1 a gréat deal of excitement in England by i her appeal to the King to ke allowed to take her seat in the house of | lords as a ‘‘peeress of the realm.’’ Fol- lowing the sex disqualification act, and- influenced by the elec lon of Lady Astor to the House of Commons, Lady Rhondda, one of the 34 peeresses in her own right, . is seeking to establish a momentous pre- cedent. She has teen told by the most expert legal talent in the country that there is nothing to prevent her sitting in the upper chamber, and she confidently " expects to win her point- Violent onpposi- tion is expected and it is vrobable that the matter will be fought cut on the floor of the House of Lords.—lbid. M‘—m»R “TYDOL”BRAND & Motor Gasoline 2 and o «® Lubricating oil on sale at : ¥ -~ Jobn Alexaner. ! 33. 351(ing’s‘ Street.