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Publicati | üblication. T is hereby made known that Govern- ment has transmitted to the under- signed Sheriff the list of arrears of Ground—and Building Taxes to the Colonial Treasury for the year 1919, with orders to levy for said taxes it receipt for payment of the taxes be not produced within 3 weeks from date. _ The Branches of ‘‘The National Bank of the D. W. 1.””, in Christiansted and Frederiksted are authorized by Govern- ment to receive and give receipt for the taxes every week-day at the Bank, from 9-11 o’clock a. m. and from 1-3 o’clock p. m. Christiansted’s and Frederiksted’s Sheriff Office, October 19th 1920. F. COULTER. Just Received and for sale by W. S. Abramseon. White Pine Lumber dressed on both sides with plain edge and groove and tongue. Pitch Pine Flooring dressed on both sides. Shingl first and second quality. Tae 18th Anniversary of our work in this island will be cele- brated at the Gospel Tabernacle of the Bible Home & Foreign Missionaay So- eiety, on Sunday, 24th inst. at 7 p. m. Several native speakers will take the platform. Come and hear them. : C. S. MAYHEW, Pastor, The last reels of ‘‘The Carter Case’’ will be shown at the theatre tonight and one episode of the next serial ""The Se- cret of the Submarine’’ which, accord- ing to the St. Thomas papers and what the manager tells, is a superb produc- tion of the motion picture world, full of those thrilling features that keep one spell-bound all “he time. Correspondence. The A.nerican Automobile Accessoriew Co., is doing its best to help in bringing RP R¥ ANk down high prices as may be seen by its ad., its upto you to do your part by. supporting them, and you will soon see an entire reduction on Automobile Goods. Give them a trial order and you will be pleased. To whom it may concern, The Rating and Reliability of the company is sighted in Dunn dwd Bradstreet Com- mercial Agency Reports.—Com. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. San Salvador, Oct. 17th. —The Interna- tional Central American Bureau has com- pleted the prelimipary preparation for a programme for the proposed Union of the Central American Republic. A confer- ence of all nations affected begins on De- cember Ist at San Jose, “osta Rica. Cork, Oct. 17th—The first death among the 11 Sinn Fein hunger-strikers in the Cork jail occurred in the Cork jatl last night. Pitzgerald died after having fast- ed sixty-eight days. The condition of l.ord Mayor MacSweeney in the London jail is reporied unchanged. Tokio, Oct. 15th.—Newspapers have announced that China accepts Japan’s proposals for the joint military oceupa- tion of Southern Marnchuria. China re- quests the withdrawa! ot Jjapanese troops when order is re-established. Havana, Oct. 156th— Flames which were destroying the American steamer Krakow in a dock here were checked by the city firemen, but started again, spreading ‘to all parts of the ship. 'The loss is more than $1,000,000. The Krakow arrived on -October 2nd with a cargo of shoes and fabries. Londen, Oct. 17th.—There have been no noteworthy deveiopments in the coal miners’ strike. All the mines are idle and a feeling of pessimism prevailed. Mediation is talked cf, but no steps have been taken as yet. The Labour leaders have conferred unofficially. Parliament re-assembles tomorrow and it is expect- ed that the industrial crisis will over shadow the lrish question. Transport workers and railway men are expected to decide today whether they join in a sympathetic strike. Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 15th.—The German Foreign Minister hears that a great revolt has been started in Moscow. 1t is reported that the Kremlin has been invaded. Warsaw, Oct. 156th. —The Polish Presi- dent Emeral Pilsudski, resigned, but later withdrew his resignation, provi- sionally, at the Govt’s. request. , London, Oct. 17th. —~A Moscow wire- less despatch says that the Poles occu- pied Minsk afier signing the Armistice, but withdrew upon the demand of the Bolsheviki. Montreal, Canada, Oct. 15th.—The re- fineries here and in the Maritime Provin ces are now closed. They will remain closed until the situation improves. Af- ter a conference, the refiners announced . _that they would refuse to seil sugar until ~ profitakle sales were possible. | New Orleans, Oct. 15th.—The Ship- ~ ping Board has cancelled all sailin®B to . Cuba temporarily and four vessels load- . .ing here have been held up. Paris, Oct. 17th.—The Federation of . theatre workers have ordered a strike of ' ~ the employees of three theatres, the or- der was carried out at the Cluny Theatre while a performance was being. given, and the Bejazet Theatre did not opgn its doors, but at the Anroine Theatre the em- plovees refused to obey It, the manage- - ment having granted their demands. Paris. Oet. 17th.--lln 'order to epn- courage the importation of American coal the Government have decided to increase from one hundred and fifty francs per ton the rebate on entry duties granted %o imports, this deci- sion to remain in force until January next, The gas and railway companies now bold stocks of about the same gize as before the war. 4 Paris, Oct. 18th. The conference on passporss now being held here tnday ex- amined the question of the visaing of outgoing and transit passports and prae- tically unanimonsly decided to propose the suppression of the visaing of the former. With regard to transit visas, it was decided that, unless exceptional reasons should require, they should be granted -automatically without enquiry, on the simple inspection of the visa of the country of destination, and be valid for the term of this visa. Paris, Oct. 18th.—A edical confer- ence was opened this morning on the methods to be employed in determining bacillary infection at differefit ages and the enquiries to be undertaken in vari- ous countries on the morbidity and mor- tality by tuberculosis. A large quanti- ty of information was laid before the meeting by several delegates, notably by the Argentine delegate, Dr. Navarro, and Dr. Manor, of the United States Paris, Oct. 17th.--According to a des- patch from Berne, former King Con- stentine of Greece is preparing to take advantage of the situation created in Greece by the serious illness of his sin « and contemplates re-entering the coun- try to claim the throne. The Swiss authorities are taking precautions to foil ~ the plot which is being hatched in Sw tz- erland against the regime now existing ~in Greece. The condition of King Alex- ~ander became worse yesterday, but this ~ morning the symptoms were less grave. ; Athens, Oct. 18th.—The condition of the King continues serious. He passed ~all yesterdey in a state of somnolence. . Trinidad, Oct 19th.—The U. S. Ship- ping Board steamer ‘‘Zaca’’ was destroy- ' ed by fire in the Port-of-Spain bharbour last night. Cause unknown, crew saved. f Marion Ohio, Get. 18th.—Replyingto a ~ letter from President Wilson regarding } a statement made in a campaign speech to ~ the effect that a representative cf the