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for New York, N Y., bV B b Parima, at 4p. m. Tuesday De- cember 2, 1919. There will be exhibited an attractive programme at the theatre this evening and with the prospects of fine weather, an enjoyable entertainment is in s onre for those who avail themselves of seeing this show. The serial entitled ‘‘The Bull’s Ey="’ that stirring picture of wild life, will be continued. The concert by the Industrial Band, deferred last Thursday evening, was ren- dered last evening. Pensioners and others receiving gra- tuities' from the Danish State Treasury have been notified that payments will in future be made in advafce. This doubt- ‘ess aims at meeiing the preseni high cost of living and placing funds in the hands of those concerned for the ap- proaching X’mas Season, and is very commendable. 194 lines of rain wag measured at the fort yesterday morning. One of the steamers of the Raporel " ~is looked for in Frederiksted in these today or tomorrow. Yirginia arrived at Frederiksted las® night with forty sacks of hich the portion for Christian- -2 looked for b noon. delayed at San Jaun P. R. wrday morning waiting for mail _ . 8. L' Rragos. LCTION ;' In issue of 28th ult. - to arrival o a new matron ‘ldven’s. Home, please read (;izk, instead of Sister -Ma- -1 WG DAY NOTES. 1e Walliams.) cmaster reviews Chris- sstmaster and ex-Post- ~u visit Frederiksted. oo of dog fight brings Christian- rostmaster hastily baek; ffentheny’s dog defeats Plaskett’s: Calt which should have broken its leg nd afforded tendz2r meat for t is day, so on Tuesday; usual tough meat for ksgiving; ain precludes band concert in eve- hut Labour Union realizes gravity situation and concludes meeting singing 'Nearer my God to Thee”’, t 0 see they ®are getting some- ST £ Rl X AN 1> ' La Bega’s ice-cream parlor closes | i 915 p. m. | ! No collisions reported with the Alex- | | ander mail motor-service. ': ; More rain causing eclipse of the moon ' partial or annular, we know nct which. | . 12 midnight—fine weather. | | {ELEGRAMS. | i ST. CROIX STATION. | ; New Orleans, La., Nov, 26th.- Hoid- ‘ | ing the Wartime Prohibition Aet un- ' constitutional, Federal District Judge | ~ Foster today granted an injunction re- E . straining gcvernment officials from inter- | sering with the sale by the Henry Leixec . Company of bonded liquors held in ware- . houses here. ? London, Neov. 26th.-—The condition of | Mr. Johnson, the American prohibition . worker, who suffered a sevcre injury to ' the eye during the course of a ‘‘ragging’”’ | by medical students recently, is reportad ' to be much worse. There is little hope of saving the injured eye, it was said | today. , Paris, Nov. 26th.—Contrary to expect- ations the plenivotentiaries of Jugo-Sia- via did not sign the Austrian Peace ~ Treaty this afternoon. The reason given by them was that they found that they ' did rot have the requisite power to sign . the cifferent annexes. The plenipoten- | tiaries have eight days within which so . procure the necessary power and it is ' belreved fthat this authorization will de | received in that pericd. The annexes . provide for the proteection of racizl minor- ' ities, reparations concerning Italy and a financial arvangement regarding sharing | of expenses and the liberation .of the | former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The ' time for the signing of the Bulgarian . Peace Treaty has been definitely xed . for ten-thirty o’elock tomorrow. It will . take place in the Neuilly Town-Hall. % Lordon, Nov. 26th.—Mr. John Lawson | (Labourite) has bcen elected 10 the House of Commons in the bye-election ‘ in Chester-Le-Street, Durham County. | Mr. Lawson polled 17,838 votes as | | against 5,313 cast for his national Demo- | ’ cratic opponent Mr., David Gilmour. l The eiection was heid on Novemberdllth. | f Washington, Nov. 26th. —The national | | coal situation has reached a crisis in the | view of officials here, and drastic steps | to curtail consumption are in contem- | plation. It was said that among other | l stevs, an order prohibiting the manufac- ‘ | ture of coke nas been ‘epared. | | San Francisco, Nov."26th.—Mr. Her- | ; bert K. Easton of London, England, | Secretary of tne British Empire and | ‘ Settleinent League, died suddenly yes- ' | terday of heart 1s re, immediately | | after coneluding an | ‘‘lress before the | . Califo: nia Developmd} ** Board, on Brit- . ish plans for aiding g “mer s<oldiers to I become farmers. = . ' l Paris, Nov. 26thg:Ball-rooms and | » dancing schools have ®en closed by a | Government ordet??mgse of the coal erisis. W oNEs London, November 26th.—Considerable improvementvi the Adriatic situa- tion is rep@pk@d here as a result of conversatighs in Paris between British, French, Italian® and Jugo- Slav representatives. The latest indica- tions are that there is a possibility ¢f a compromise settlement satisfactory to all parties, including Captain D’Annunzio. Rome, Nov. 26th.-—Premier Nitti held a long conference vesterday with M. “amille Bariere, the French Ambassador, according to an announcement made by the “‘Epoca’’. London, Nov. 26th.—A wireless mes- sage from Berlin gives the text of a stern note from M. Clemenceau, Presi- dent of ‘he Peace Conference, to the Chairman of the German delegation to Versai'les, referring to deviate from the terms of the Peace Trea y imdavour of German prisoners, who are employed in the work of reconstruction in devastated northern France. Referring to the bru- tal treatment meted out to the popula- tions of this distriei under German occu- pation, M. Clemenceau is quoted as say- ing: ‘‘'The dcepest sentiments of the human heart have b-en so cruelly in- jured that Freneh public opinion eannot agree to grant the favour you request. The Note sets forth that Germany sys- tematically delayed the performance of the armistice terms, and instances the sinking of the (German warships in Scapa Flow, the delay in the delivery of Ger- man ships, Germany’s Baltic policy and the Anti-Enteante propaganda in Alsace and the world at large ana declares “‘we owe nothing to Germany except the pre- cise fulfiliment of the provisions of the Peace 'i'reaty accepted by Germany.”’ London, Nov. 26th.—General Dene- kine’s army in Southern Russia is re- treating, the Bolsheviki having captured ten towns in three davs and are stil' ad- vancing, aceording to a wireless des atch veceived here {rom Moscow. Bolsheviki troops are entering Ukiaine where they intend to stay, the despatch adds. Ad- miral Kolechak’s forces in Central Siberia are retiring rapidiy, according to the despatch, and the Reds have reached a point 87 miles east of OmsKk. t El Pass, Texas, Nov. 26th.—General Feline Angeles, Hlexican revolutionary leader, and famed rhroughout the world as a military genius, was executed by a Carranza firing squad at Chihuaha City early (oday, followinz the conviciion with two companions on charges oi re- bellion against the Mexican §Govt., ac- cording to a telegraphic report from Chi- huaba City this morning. Londcn, Nov. 26th.—The Govt. will in- tyoduze a Billin the House of Commons this week providing for the suspension of the trial by jury in Ireland in special criminal cases and leaving the determi- nation of such c¢ases to special comiis- . sions coasiseing’ of three judges of the