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v o o \ "\ b » .. : ¥/ 5 : ‘:;,' '\ \\‘ \\ \4 ! t //\ i!k ; 3 ‘:\‘,W ' /,': !~ T g Ik\ '\\ /\. o A \'\&v / z “\\ !h | :\l i / ‘ \\\/[ ] |{i !| 2 ll \ \ /’ \\ \,v'/ / \’ & -.' ' !\ \)‘ ;| l : :\\s | > %[/ /"‘ . i\,,‘(" / ’ s . @ g, 1H YREAR. THAE ST. CROIX AVIS vs printed and published doily (Sundays and Ho'idays excepted) by . Johansen at the Avis Office. SERIS---40 cents monthly wn advance, 2 cents per single ccpyy. faterzd as second-class matter May 265 h 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- s, St Crowg, V. L ofthe Il S. A.. a0 der the Act of March 4. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of yeneral interest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s name, as a quar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views ofhis correspon- dentsnor does he necessarily endorse them. TELEGRAMS ST. CROIX STATION. Mineola, Oct. 18th.—Lieut2nant May- nard, v.ctor in the army air race across the con:inent and eeturn, arrived here at 1.50 p.ra. He flew the 142 miles of the "last stagze of nis ereav flight from ocean to ocean and recurned, at a soeed of al- most two miles a minute. ['he grim spee- tre of death wings its tragic flight with the Derby. len iives have been the to- tal up to the time Lieutena:t Mavnard crossed the finish line. Seven had died a~tually in the contest and three in con- nection with it. From New York tn San- Francisco, the route of the flight was dotced tvith disabled planes which were forced to quit the race. Many flyers were injured, and many conirol sta.ons saw aid work from day to dav as the Derby progressed. Slxty two started in the big rac2. Forty-seven took the air from Mineola, and fiteen from San Fran- cisco on Wednesday Oect. Bth for the 5,200 miles round trip. New York, Oct. 20th. —While America “‘talks, and taiks some more’’, oppor- tunity to fulfil her duty to the small States created by the war, awaits the for- mal reestablishment of peace, Secretary Redfield of the Dept. of Commerce declar- ed here last night. ‘'Until peace comes,”’ he said, ‘‘the organisation of the va t agencies necessary to finance the com- m=reial regeneration of the world cannot begin. From the elevation of the spirit of wart:me the Secretary said: ‘‘We have reached into an apparent orgie of class selfishness, varied by mob violence. It must seem to the onlooker.”” he added, ““that America had made up her mind to say to Europe good bye and the devil cake the hindmost and i: took no litile con- fidence to hope stili tha. we have not left the game befor¢ it was over, hut ar» to see iigout to the ¢nl of the lasi innings?”’ The Secrctarv pinied to the m racle of reconstructionbengz wrought in Krance, and said it was"wise to remember that Grear Britain was also finding herself and was a ready in the field vith Govern- ment crediis for Ler foreign trade, Berlin. Oct. ¥9th. Th: Colorne Ga zelte savs it unterstands that ( ermany has pazid the fir t instalmant of the war indemrnity. The' newspaper says it con- sisted of deliveries of var ons ermmodi ties amounting tc 20,6G00,000,900. I ondon, Oet. 20th.— Tte White Flag was hoisted over the Russ an fortress ot Kronstadt on IKr day, it was aniounced by the War Office today. Pariz, Oect. 2)th.—The <ituation at Riga is critical, 12cording (o news reach- ing Paris yesterday, says the “‘Petit Parisien’’. The Lettish army has insuf- ficient effectivesto resist the atracks of the forces commended by (olone Avaloff Bermondt, and also lacks sirtillary and materials of wa’, the .newspaper says. Contradictory rejorts are received from Russia, and it i imgossible to confirmn rumours :hat Peirograd has beea taken by the north-west Russianr army under General Yudenic.a. News lkas been re- ceived that the 7udenich troops are ad- vancing and must be at th: gates of the city. if they have not already taken it Berlin, Oct. 18'h. Cont-ary tc reports emanating in london ard Paris, Ger- many has not yet replied tc the note from the Entente. urging a blockade of Soviet Russia, arceording to official information obtained today by the Associated Press. CHRiSTIANSTED V. LlB Se¢AT FRIDAY 24ra OCTORER 1919 ;\7O. .\2/;5 BLICATION ) » Tis here’y brdwzhc to public rotice thac the trad:-mark showa bebhw, which ‘was regisfered in § e United diates Patent Office, Washington, D.C., Octobar 31 19 5. in the nzme of§ Le Coca Co.a Ccmpany, a corporaiion organized under the iaws or the® S.awe of Georgiag and trace-marl ceruticate No 47,189, issued therefor, has this date been regisrered }1 the offic o« the Government Seerecary oi the Virgin Islands of the United States at 3t. Thomes, in aceordance wich (ne provisions coniained ip the Gov- ernor’s Puolicatiea of August 14, 1917. C % Goverament of the Virgia [slaads o th» Unite 1 Sta o 5 St. Thomas, October 1.191Y). By direction of the Governor. C. C. TIMMONS, Government Seeretary. The staiement was made that the Ger man Cabinet has not yet taken up {ho . subject for serious deliberation. Paris, Oct. 20th. —The curtain was | rung down last night on the sesson of . Parliamment which sat uninterrupted y . through the zreatest crisis of Freneh ~ history. Premier Clemenceau was the leading actor in the final drama. Little ceremony marked the conclusion of ousiness. M. Desenanel, FPresidert o* the Chamber of Deputies, deeply moved, eulozized the War Session of Parliament, paid homage to tae heroie soldiers of Krance and the glovious dead, roviewed the task accomplished by Parhament, and expressed the hope that the new Chamber would work to raise France from tae ruins of war. Before the ap- plause had subsided, M. Clemenceau rose and in a loud clear voice read the decree ciosing the session. Deputies cheering and shouting ''Vive la Republique”’ crowded around the Premier to congratu- *late him. Then bidding each other good- bye, they left the Chamber. Most of them will leave for their constituencies today to begin the work of the campaign prelimivrary to the election of a new Chamber, which will meet in Decem- ber. ' Washington, Oct. 20th—President Wil- son had a very:good night and has recov- ered from an attack of indigestion which ‘he had yesterday, Secretary Tumulity said today after a talk with Rear Admiral »(Grayson, the President’s physician. Paris, Oct. 20th.—Before breaking up last night, the Chamber of Deputies voted a credit of 100,000 franes for national ¥ participation in the erection of the mon- . P?]em at Pointe-de-Grave.