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§\ | i'; {% | %Q‘ % r ; i 2 £ &1 ¢ inix Auis NS S Y : @/\X?,\}” |L/ /';‘t‘ ‘ ? . Ry RS« 78TH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED, V.l U. S. A., MONDAY, 24r# MARCH 134 i that it is a s&zious matter to smuggle | contraband inte the United States ports. f **The Orduna’s chief steward Forde, was | fined SIOO, his seven days waiting in the | tombs being held sufficient imbprison- ' ment. Charles Dawe, chief storekeeper, , gotall dollars fine and a seven day sen- ' tence, while his assistant Harry Osman ' and Frederick Sparks, the liner’s room | stewart, got the same term, plus $25 fine ' each. The'head waiter, head bartender and a sailor were fined $25 apiece. Say- ing he realized the sentences were light, . Judge Garvin warned the prisoners that it his leniency encouraged other British . ship erews to smuggle “'it wlll be a seri- . ous hing for the next ones brought be- | fore him.”’ ] Tokin, March 20th—Eighteen men were . still living today within the submarine 43, i sunk yesterday off Asoebo naval base in ' collision with the warship Tutsuta, ac- ' cording to despatches from that port to the Tokio newspapers. The rescuers, the report said, reestablished communication | by tapping on the shell of the subma- rine. Villefranche, France, March 20th—A - sailor from the British warship ""Thun- ' derer’”’ was killed and a United States ' blue jacket from the flotilla of the des- ' troyers MecCormick, Simpson and Par- | rot was severely wounded during a clash ' last nigh in which revolvers were used. London, March 20th- The annonnce- . men* is made this morning that the Pre- ' mier will privately convey to the Prince . of Wales the anxiety of the people regar- ding he risks which he 1s running and | thereis a general feeling that his Royal ' Highness will accede 1o the ac vice from ‘ so high a quarter and abandon the more dangerous forms of exercise ! Paris, March 19th—A small panic f followed the first quotations on the ' Bourse this morning. Heavy selling ' orders from Amsterdam and Vienna "~ threw the market at once into a high . fever. Shares, susceptible to fluctua- ' tions with the changing rates of ex- .~ change, went down five to ten points at a time under an hour after the open- ing and some of them were unsaleable. . London, March 20th.—Mr. Cahir Healy . fresh from internment in Ulster, took the oath and assumed his seat in the House .~ of Commons vesterday, being the first 1 Sinn Feiner, ever to do so. He was given a cheering reception from the La- bour and Liberal benches as he went to the table between his introducers, *‘Tay Pay’’ O’Connor and Mr. Harbison TH= ST. CROIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays aad Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. TERMS:-—SO cents mothly in advance, 2 cents per single copy. Daterel as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Ofice at Christian- sted, St. Croix, V. L. of the U. S. A. un- der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contrihution to this paper will be glad- lg received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s name, s @ guar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. TELEGRAMS. ST, CROIX STATION Peshawar Briush ludia, Mareh 19th A British officer and two Indian soldi- ers have been kiiled and six soldiers wounded in an ambush of a picket 1n the vicinity of Chagmalai, 10 Northzrn Idia, near the Afghan border. The casuzlties suffered by the Indian tribesmen, who make the attack are not Known, Constantinople, March 19th.--Women have not yet won the vote in Turkey. The National Assembly at Angora yester- day adopted the first seventeen articles of the new constitu ion, out the tenth which specified that every ‘urk upon completing his eighteenth year was en- titled to vote in Parliamentary elections, was, amended after lively discussions by the insertion of the word **‘male.”’ Washington, March 19th. —The nomi- natioe of Mr. Curtis Wilbur of California to the United States Secretary of the Na- vy, has been confirmed by th2 Senate, The Senate also approved the nomination of Mr. High Gibson to be United 3iates Minister to Switzealand. Lisbon. March 19th—Portugal’s civil servants were on general ,strike today in support of their demand for increased wages. New York, March 19th.—Seven con- fessed narcotic and rum smug zlers, ar- rested last week in the raid by revenue authoritics which resulted in seizure of the Roya. Mail Line steamship ‘"'Ordu- ra,”’ received light sentences today be- fore the Federal Judge Edward Garvin. Io return for his_leniency, the Judge ex- acted a promise from the prisoners to be- come ‘‘missionaries to preach the word throughout the British Merchant Marine N o 68. to sw:ar allegiance to the King and Constitution. Notice of Aucton IN THE MATTER OF THE JOINT ES- TATE OF WILLIaAM ROCK. DECEAS- ED, AND LATELY DECEASED WIFE, HETELINDA!ROCK. AT the request of Lawyer D. HAMILTON JACKSON, as attor- ney for MARY MARTIN, the admin- istratrix of the above entitled es- tate, and pursuant to an Order of District Court of the Virgin Islands of the United States, dated *‘he 19th day of February 1924, the fol- lowing chattels belonging to the said estate will bz offered for sale at a public auction to be held at No. 17 Church Street in Christian- sted on SATURDAY, the 29th of March, 1924, at 2 o’clock in the allernoon, 1 Mahogany Card Table; 1 Side Board; 1 Half Press; 1 Round Ta- ble; 1 Glass Table; 1 Bedstead with mattress and Pillows; 1 .:itting Chair; 2 Office Chairs; 1 Rocking Chair; 1 Easy Chair; 1 Garden Chair; 1 Board Safe; 1 Board Table 1 Wa- ter Jar; 1 Lamp; 1 Trunk; 1 Male Donkey; 1 Cart; 3 Mules. Conditions and terms of sale will be made known at the time of the sale. Christiansted’s Vendue-Office, St. Croix, 19th March 1921, C. H. PAYNE, Venaue-Director. Fee Fr.lo. Say ten Francs. ) If you wish your car to run smooth- ly, procure the Best Lubricating il FROM THE WEST INDIA OIL CO. ROB’T. L. MERWIN & CO., INC. Agents. Ckristiansted. Frederiksted,