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ST ROX ANV 1B - The Brass Bullet. | Mr. Olsen has been very actively en- . gaged in road repair work, and has also l given attention to the towns, the park ' near the King’s wharf which is now . being so well looked after, the new | benches, pumps on public wells, plant- . ing of embellishing trees, etc., all hav- | " ing had his supervision. Street In- | spector Heywood is directing the work in ‘ * town, and we must congratulate him for | - the enhanced appearanceof things near l the water front. | The last two evenings have been enliv- l i ened with popular concerts by the Indus- | . trial and Native Brass Bands, both of | - which entertained large gatherings with attractive programmes inciuding many i lively airs. Tonight the Navy Band will | | play. o i TELEGRAMS | ST. CROIX STATION. | Ottawa, December 14th.—Owing to the | - refusal of the news-print companies to | comply with regulations of the Dominion | controller of news-print, an order in | council has been passed giving the | news-print controller power to prohibit . the export of paper from the country. | | London, Dee. 14th.——Expenditures of | ~ the air force for the year ending March 1920 ace placed ac £10,800,000 in the | estimates made public on Saturdasy. The | personael is given as 35,0600 men. ; Berlin December 14th—In her Note re- | | plyingito the last Entente communication demanding the signing of the protocol pre- | liminary to putting the Peace Treaty into | effect which is mow or its way to Paris, | Germany yields in her stand on the ' Scapa Flow incidentto a certain extent. | Geneva, Dee. 14th.—-The Ukrainian | .~ Bureau at Berne suys the Afzhan delega- | tion which has been conierring with Lenine, Bolshevist Premier. left Moscow | on Wednesday for home. Lenine and | ~ other officials saw the party off at the | . station. The Afghans, the announce- | ment says, were satisfied wirth their vis- | it-ar.d expressed the hope that Bolshevism | . would spread shortly to Afghanistan, in | order, they said, te get rid of British in- | fluence. [l'hey expressed the hope that | . the Emir Government would be transfer- | red into a republic under Russian Soviet | . protection. : | | Chicago, Dee. 13th—-Orders removing | - ~ all restrictions o.: the use of licht and - power tfrom bituminous coal in the entire northwestern regions were issued tonight by the regional coal commission, the or- - der to take effect on Monday. The or- . ders werie sent to all public utilities and ~ railways inthe region. j | Washington, Dec. 14th.—The first de- {inite move toward breaking the Senate e ° | Friday Evening Concert U S NAVAL BAND, | Christiansted, Virgin Islands, This Evening Deec. 19th. 1919. First Musician Jacob W, Paulus, Leader. —PROGRA M:— PART L. | March... rOur Fighting Men.....M. S. Rocereto Waltz. ...Hawaiian Moonlight...F. Henri Klickmann Novelty ... .Spring Song.... Mendelssohn Blues.. The Aleoholic..Albert Von Tilzer Part 11 March.. Hands Across The Sea..J. P. Sousa Grand Selection From Carmen...G. Bizet Fox Trot..My Mind is made up to Marry Carolina. .. .Ruby Cowan Oh How I wisa I could Sleep Till My Daddy Comes Home. . ..Pete Wendling : NATIONAL ANTHEM. EDITORIAL. One or two of our subscribers would like to know whether we intend to say anything in regard that part of the editorial in yesterday’s Herald where the editor claims to have no time to prolong a controversy with this paper, so engag- ed he is looking after more importanc matters for the good of the population, even the editor of the Avis, himseif. No, it is not our intention to make any reply to a remark so obviously absurd. We make it a point to endeavour to say only such things as embody at leasta modi- | cum of serse; likewise to answer only what reveas some seriousness. We are not quarrelling with the Herald and it that paper tries to pun us a little, we are game. Local. The 3. S. Manoa frou the States arriv- | ed at St. Thomas vesterday morning : nd at Frederiksted at daybreak to-day. No advice ha: yet been received as to | whether she has a larze mail which it will be, if the usual big Xma: mail has | not gone via Porto Rice. | The'S. S. Koroua from the Islands on | her wav to New York, is looked fir be- fore noon today. Assistant Public Works Officer, Mr | Oluf Olsen, goes bv Korona to spend the | Xmas season in St ['rcmas, to rewarn ear- | iy next year. During his stay in St. Croix dead-lock on the German Peace Trea'y came unexpectedly late on Saturda’. On the heels of a three hours’ diseussicn of responsibility for the Treaty signinr, Senator Hitcheock, Democrat, urged a compromise through a Committee Hf conciliation and said ke ‘‘held ou: tle olive branch’’ during the discussion hoi’- ever. Senator Hitchcock said he wou d make no motion to bring up the Peace Treacy until some understanding hid been reached in conference betwee: Fe- publican and Democrat ¢ leaders, *'Tie time for debate has passed’’, ht saidi. ‘I think it would be very unwise to oring it in and have it kicked around iike a football”’. Paris, Dec. 14th.—It developed wich Preniier Clemenceau’s return frora tie conferznces in London, that he had et with a slight injury on his trip to Engz- land thrcugh a fall on the destroy °r, on which he crossed the channel or tae northward journey. He alightec frcm ¢ the train at the station here with soine difficulty because of his injury, ano afier having been enthusiastically received oy the crowd gathered at the station, ae proceeded directly to the Ministerol Wer, and called for Dr. Tuffier, his ‘physicizn, who made an examination of hir: a:d found that the Premier was sufieri g - from a fractured rib. Hs condition is not serious. Notwithstanding the slig ht bruises wbich the fall had causcd, ne took part, as the despatches shcw, in activities in London, but vreturniag to Paris, Le confessed to some fz.ig: e. With his arrival home, the Premi:r ‘e- sumed control of the Government. e declared himself greatly moved by the cordiality of his reception in Lendcn, and very pleased with his confe ences with Mr. Lloyd Geerge and other Allied representatives. It was stated th:¢ the accord on all questions discussec. was complete, and that a Note would be sho 't- ly issued making known the dec sicns reached. London, Dec. 15th.—Mr. Lloyd Ceorge announced in the House of Commons tiis afternoon that no llrish Bill would he n- troduced at this session of Pagliame:t. He promised a statement on Monday next giving an outline of the measures. Washington, Dee. 15th.—The War Time Prohibition Act has been held ecn- stitutional by the Supreme Court, London, Dec. 15th.—Lord Grey, An- bassador to rhe United Siates has beo:n granted leave of absence from Washir g- ton in order to come to England ard dis- cuss several important questions wirh the tovernment, it was announc:d Wy Mr. Lloyd George at this aiternoon’s St 8- sion oi the House ot Commons. London, Dee. 15th.—The capture of the City of Poltava by the Bolsheviki is reported in a wireless message from Mcs- cow. The message says turther: '‘Tie Reds are marching triumphancly souta- ward into Ukraine, which soon will he entirely under Soviet control’’.