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Then the battle ship California--ano- | ther heavy dreadnought and other names | too numerous to remember, =] Then a steamer the “"Merey’’ deliver- | ing storage to the ship. Os course there | were several of ‘this tvpe of steamers. | Now the men landed were several | thousanis too many to count. at such a | time. We carried 50 first class pussen- | gers; then marines. The 50 passengers | incladec St. Themas and St. Croix. Then all the sports that tock place I | here give you my program so as to kill | the dull times. Now fellow Council men | you hav lost a big treat that noney could | rot buy And tbis has been my pileasant | and inte resting voyage to Culebra. Can we | honestly say that Governor wiliiamsis nol tre RIG 4T MAN ? We must support him every ti ne as a rather to his children, he c.nnot ccount for the others (hat think themse ves above Almighty Ged. We have th- m here now and again. Tanking you for space, WILLIAM S. ABRAMSON. Virgin islands Commission Reports | Washington. D C. Mar. 13 Report of the Federal Commission te tne Virgin Islands was made to Secretary of Labor Davis, yesterday. The commn:ission is George W. Woodson, la.; Cornelius Richardson, Ind.; Chas. E. Mitchell, W. Va.: W. H. Brown, Va,; Jefferson | Ceage, Del. The commission reported | that the isiands with a colored popula- | tion of 24.600 and a white population of ! 1.900, has an iiliteracy of less thau two percent, a birth rate of 32 per 1,000 and a death rate of 25 per 1,000 Due to our poli*y of treating the is'ands | only as an ontpost of detense ol the Fanama Caval, exports have dropped from $3,500,000 to $750,000 and imports from $4,000,000 to $1,800.000. The food | of the workers is said to be largely a | mess of corn meal and fish. The com- m:ssion recommends that insta‘lation of | water supply and an irrigation system | because all of the present drinking water is obtained from rainfall caugitin cis- terns. | (2) Restoration of St. Thomas as a | port of call. (3) I stitute a study for the prepara- tion of bay rum which will enable the | narives ‘0 manufacture it wirhout the | violation of our prohibition laws. ‘ (4) E.ucation of the native population from their long custom of e¢onsentual marriage to th2 moral code of America. (5) Exchange of teachers and scaniars beiween ‘he publie schodls of the Vir in | {:lands and the colored ecolleges of | America ; (6 M.ke the Virgia Islanders real | citizens i the U. S, A. | (7) Urginz the Department o Con- | 5T tRkROI X A YIS merca to study business possibilities of the islands. (R) Longer term for governors. The islandts‘ have had seven governors in the past three years. —The AfroAWican March 14, 1924. }eB e TELEGRAMS, ST. CROIX STATION., Dublin, March 28th. Mr. Joseph Me- Grath ex-Minister of industry and Com- merce, has decided to retain his seat in the Dail. He is now engaged in forming ar independent party with the other dis- setinents who support him, Lcndon. Mareh 28th—'1he Labour Gov- ernment may fall it the Premier is unsue- cessful in averting a stiike of subway motormen in sympathy with tranmway and ombinius strikers, poiitical observ- ers predicted today. The symphathetic strike is scheduled for midnight and Mr. MacDonald summoned oppesing parties in the transportation dispure to the Ministry of Labour early today for a desperate eleventh hour efforttoavert the threaten- ed walkout. Such a strike would com- plete the paralysis of London’s transpor- tation and its consequence, might readily involve the fall of the Government. 'The erisis is considered the most serious Mr. MacDonald yet has faced. Fearing the strike of subway workers Inevitable, big business firms converted a!l avaivable space into bedrcoms to accomodate the employees, who will have to sieep near their jobs. A strike of electrie hght em- ployees to plunge the (1 y Into darkness, in sympathy with *h2 tram vay aad obni- bis strik sis eontemplated In Loadon snops were swampe L Washington, March 28th.—The United States efforts to mukz the world dope free and to stop opium snoking had pregressed a s €p whon the ueague La- ternational commission of opium experts met to draw up two International con- ventions tu make the American progiam effective. Paris, Mareh 28t-.—Speking about his return to the French Cauvicet M. Pouincare said. ‘'l am not a Minister going out of the Cabinet, but a Minister charged with a new mission”” In going to the Elysee he is credited as saying that the erisis was stil uuseitied and that it may last much loagere, e also added that he could n»t tel anything, but was going to giva Presideat M 11-r- --and an aczount of his nezotiations. At the same time M. Magin)t, while going out of the Elysee, ssaid “‘the erisis may not be finished on Feitay’’. ltis uaag:e- stood that M. Poinzare agrezimeat to re- turn means that the formation of the new Cibinet is completed. M. Poineare offered a portfolinia the Cavinet to M. Loucheur who raqiestel tim: to reflect. M. Poincarz arrived at the: Qauy Ursay building at 840 a. m ' co.ferred lengthily wirn M Maginon anal after- wards with M. Deselves. It is an»cunced that M. Poincare will retain protally only M. Maginot and M. Le Trocquer f the old Cabinet. M. Poincare offered N Deselves, now Pres'dent of the Fe ign Affairs Commission of the Senate, a por - folio, believed to be for the depariment of the Interior, but M. Deselves when leaving said that he prefers to remain in the present situation. London, March 28th.—My¢. Mac Donald has summoned the tramwaymen execu- tives to a conference in the building of the House of Commons at six o’cloek this afternoon, the National delegates confer- ence, representing 800,000 coal miners, was resumed to hear the mine execu- tives report as a result of fa dicussion with the mine owners yesterday. The outlook is hopeful. In the econference given in the buliding of the ministry 0. Labour, Mr. Mac Donald only attended its opening tand then hurriedly departed without divulging where he was g ing. Lordon, March 28 h.—The Peking cor- respondent of the ‘‘Evening News’’ states that a Russian prospector, operating un- der the protection of the Red troops, has disecovered enormously rich deposits of gold in Mongolia. London, March 28th.—A despatch to the Central News from Shanghai states that a fire in that city has destroyed tle office of the ‘'‘Shangbai Times’’ and u warehouse containing two million doliars worth of silk. London, March 28th.—Shops were swamped with demands for oil and kero- sene lamps and fue'. rhe Secretary of the “British Faseisti’”’ has written to Mr. Arihur Henderser, Home Secretary, ol {fering the scrvices of that organization 1o assist the authoriues in ¢onneciion wiih the strike and “‘prevent violence, intimi- dation, or destrucuongof property ”’ Ncw York, March 28:h.—A steadier to e prevailied n the sugar market to- day. ‘lhere were bids of 6.65 for spot but holders asked highev. A local re- finer bouzht 382,000 ba:s of Cuban for last half of April shipment at 6.78 an advance of 1/8 cent. While someuw hut irregular, raw sugar futures were zenor- ally sieadier, eflecting the improved tone in the spot market. An opening advance of one to five points was soou 'aat under liguidation and Cuaban selling b offerings were not aggressive and the m irket streagtnened again on trading and buying. linal prices were one to lour poin.s net higher. Close May 5.04 July 5.13, September 5.10, Decen ber 4 60. No changes were reported 1 re- fined sugar prices, which ranged {v m 810 to 8.50 for tine granulated. A . (1. betier ingquiry was reported. Refied julures were nominal, Paris, March 29th.—The cabinet, :s announced yvesterday, with the fcllo g changes, 1s official, Minister of Jus.a o aud Presidenc o: wne Gadinet Lefebre . . Prey, Interior. Justin iJeselvev. A .ri- culture, M. Capus.