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& W £ T~ | il | i ,] > S v } a}(\ _ =< O 'dV) ¥ | SW L 76TH YEAR. THE ST. .xkOIX AVIS 5 printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by (. Johansen ¢ the Avis Office. "R MS---50 eents monthiy v advance. - 2 cents per singls copy. | yatzred as second-ciass matter May | 25k 1017 at the Fost Mice ai Christian @ Spotrae ¥, L olthell 5. 3. W der the Act of March 3. 1879. | Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of general wnicrest, and is accompa- nied wnth the author’s naime, as a quar- | antee of good faith. Thne-editor cannot be | responstble jor the views of his correspon- | dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. | c TELEGRAMS f ST CROIX STATION. New York, Jan. 13th.—Raw sugar was | steadv early at 44 for Cuba’s const and | freight, equal to 5.52 for centrifugals. | A lditional sales reportad were 23,000 | bazs of Cuba’s for prompt shipment, | and eonsiderable old erop is offered for | January an‘ February shipment at pre- | vailing prices. Refined was unchanged | ‘0 15 voints lowar with all refiners now | quoting 7.75 for fine granulated. Fu- | tures opened lower under liguidation and l selling trade interests. At noon prices i were 1 to B points lower. i.ondon, Jan 14th.—A ‘‘White Paper”’ | just issued gives the total British nation- ai debt to the first of April last year as £7 831,744,390. This represents an in- | crease of nearly 397,000,000 pounds dur- ino the vear then ending over the pre- | vious year. : l.ondon, Jan. 14th. —An official an- nouncement that famine exists in szver- -4 districts of India, made yesterday at the India Office has oceasioned concern in England. The present scarcity of | food in Great Britain’s mizhty depen- | dency in the east comes at an inopportune | time for the Government whieh is already - grappling with serious unrest among the | natives and it is realized here that nora | single thing could cause greater dis- | quietude in India than a shortage of | grain. : ‘ London, Jan. 15th. -Following is the | result of the Dover bye-election. Polson ! (Ant -waste Liberal) 13,947, Astor (Coali- | tion Unionists) 10 817. g Adelaide, Aus., Jan. 14th. The third | test match between the visiting English | cricket team and an eleven representing all Australia began here this morning and . at the cinse of the day’s play the home CHRISTIANSTED. V.I U.S. A, WEDNESDAY 19tH JANUARY 1921. I e team had scored 314 for seven wickets. I The feature of the day’s play was a | brilliant innings by Collins for 162. g Melbourne, Aus. January 13th.—Mr. | Esmonde, regarded as a Sino Fein Emis- | sary, and who is the son of Sir Thom- | a: irattan Esmonde. a former membor | ot the British Parliament, refused to | take the oath of alleziance here today, and was in consequence again refused to | land in Australia. He was on his way I from Canada and has already been re- fused permission to land at Adelaide and l Sydney tfor the same reason. Previous | advices stated that it was Sir T. H. Grat- ]tandEsmonde, who had been refused to ' an { New York, Jau. 14th.—Raw sugar was | quiet early today at 44 cents for Cuba’s , cost and freight, equal to 5.51 for centri- | fugal. N sales were reported. Refined | was steady with the demand less active. Fine granula-ed was quoted at 7.75. Fu- l fures declined under selling by commis- sion houses. ‘ Washington, Jan. 14th. -The action | taken by th2 Japanese authorities in t connection with the shooting of Lieut. Langdon, Chizf Enginecer of the United | States Cruiser ‘‘Albany’’, at Viadivostok | on January Bth by a Japanese sentry appears to have averted danger that the death o the officer might grows into a serious international incident. Admiral Gleaves, Commander of the United States Asiatic Squadron, has reported to the | Naval Department that General Oi, Japa- | nese Commander at Vladivostok, has given orders that hereafter. sentries must not challenge members of the Uni- ted States forces. The sentry who fired the fatal shot, a soldier who is described as very ignorant, has been arrested and will be court-martialled Amsterdam, Jany. 14th.—The Dutch icdustrial slump has reached serious pro- portions, according to the ‘‘Telegraph’ in the provincial assembly of North Brabant, | one of the chief manufacturing districts; | a member declared that he had besen in- formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs that there were one hundred thousand unemployed now in Holland and that | soon from fifty to sixty per cent of the | Dutch population would be dependent | upon the State for support and that this | probably would continue for three years. ' Paris, Jany. 14th.—M. Raoul Peret, | President of the Chamber of Deputies, | was today asked by M. Millerand tu | form a Cabinet in succession to the one ’ headed by M. Leygues, which resigned 1 on Wednesday. M. Peret accepted the No. 14. task and immediately began a consulta- tion with his friends over the formation ofa Ministry. He was expected to re- turn to the Presidential residence at six o’clock this evening to report on the out- come of his efforts. Publicati üblication. IT is hereby brought to public notice that the Government has, this date, authorized REv. CHAS. E. TAYLOR to perform -civil-re- ligious functions in the Municipali- ty of St. Croix. - Governmen* of the Virgin Islands of the United States, St. Croix, 10th Janu- ary 1921. ' C. W. FOX, Despa tchang Secretary. NOTICE. MERCHANT.S and others are hereby cautioned about ex- tending credit to any enlisted man. They do so at their own/risk. The Commanding Officer is'not respon- tlble for any debts incurred by the above, and is nota collecting agent for such debts. . R. D LOWELL, tent. U/ & M (. or dale. THE PROPERTIES No. 78 KING STREET, No. 30 KING’S CROSS STREE!' and No. 48 KING STREET with COTTON GINNERY. Apply to Lawyer A. E. STAKEMANN. For Sale. . . delivered in Chris- Whlte lee tiansted at SI.OO pr. barrel from 10 January 1921. PHILIP SAMUEL.