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To the Voters of Fred- . 3 eriksted Town HAVING being asked by a number of voters to be a candidate for election to fill the se:t now made vacant by Mr. Coulter’s retirement, I now state definite- ly that I shall aceept the nocmination. D. HAMILTON JACKSON. April 25, 1923. Voters of Ghristiansted’s Country Dis- eirict. Up to the present :ime Two Men have been chosen to run for election as mem- b-rs of the Colonial Council for Chris- tiansted’s Country District. MR. H. BERG. Mgr. DAVID DE LEON. Os the two CHOOSE Mr. H. Berg. VOTER. POCAL The U. S. S. Grebe arrived here yes- terday with the Government Secretary who attended the meeting of the Colonial Councii postponed from Monday 23rd. The Grebe returns tcday. Mails close for St. Thomas by the Grebe at I.€o p. m. The Colonigd Council meeting of yes- terday closed the last session of that body until the elections of 11th and 12th proximo, when the vucancies caused by the retirement of the members named in this paper of last Kriday, will be filled. The Municipal Committee continues to, function, as provided by the Colonial Law until the new Council assembles and chooses new officers and members for this committee. The Luther League’s farewell meeting to Pastor Jensen was held in the Luther- Church last night. It opened with the singing of No. 270 from the Sankey, the reading of Psalms 119 and the singing of 517 from the Sankey. There were two cornet solos by Mr. Edward Francis accompanied on the organ by Miss J. Stevens, and a vocal solo by Mrs. Albertina Petersen. A farewell address was read by Mr. G G. Dela Motta and with a gift from the League was pre- sented to Rev. Jensen who replied in befitting words. Rev. Jensen in his ad- dress admonished the members to be steadfast in the Society. [he meeting closed with *‘Ged be with you till we meet again’’. Tonight the *‘Sage Hen’” will be shown at the éhristiansted Theatre with Gladys Brockwel playing the leading role; she has won fame on thoe screen in Lurope and s CErUI2 AL LD America and thatr2 gs2r3s miy expzct to see something particilariy entertain- ing. The s. s. “‘Bridgetown’’ arrivea at Frederiksted this morning at 7.30 with 23 bags of mai! for Frederiksted, and 20 bags for Christiansted; she is due at Christiansted at noon today, and will leave later for the Islands. Mail~ close atilra m Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands of the U.S, April 25th, 1923. To: Pastor ANTON E. JENSEN, Christiansted, St. Croix. QOur Dear Pastor - [t is with dee .nd sincere regret we learn that we ar having yourself and family among us’ aere tonight for the last time. You have lahored zealously and earn- estly among us for the short time you have been with us; and now the time has come when you must separate from us. We wish to assure vou, that the good you have done viil be cherished in *he sweetest of memories; and that your name and that of your family shall be a 'hallo in our mouth, On behalf of the League we ask you 0 accept this gift as a token and esteem of our appreciation for your work among us. Coupled with it, we ask you to ac- cept our best wishes in the continuance of your work as Pastor. Finally we wish to sav : ; - God bless you on your pilgrim way, Through storm and sunshine guiding still; His pre: nece guard you day by day, And keep you safe from every ill. God bless you in this world of strife, When oft the soul would homeward {i,, And give the sweetness to your life, Os waiting for the rest on high. God bless you! and the patience give To walk through life by Jesus’ sile; For him to bear, for him to live, And then with him be glorified. On behalf of the Luther League, Respectfully : Executive Committee, ALSBERTINA PETEKSEN. MAUD De ia MOTTA. VIOLA PET'ERSEN. : EDNA E. PHAIRE. GODFREY G. De la MUTTA. TELEGRAMS. : ST. CROIX STATION. Essen, April 22nd.—The French flag today flies over Bsses, for the first time, A batallion of French troops today pre- sented arms, while curious erowds watch- ed the tricolour being hoisted to the top of the flagstaff over the Kohlen Syndi- kat, where the Rihr coal barons once centralized a business of one hundred million tons. French bands played the Marseilles at the ceremony, which was a short one. Takewood, N. J., April 22nd.—Tvo villages were threatened, 8)0 acres ot wood-land destroyed and a church, house and farm buildings were wiped out by a forest fire which swept through Ocean County tonight. Dayton, Ohio, April 22nd.—Four air- men were instantly killed and two others injured when an air service bomber, leaving MeCook field yesterday for Ran- toul, Illinois, fell into the Miami river here. One commissioned officer. Captain Iawson and five enlisted men were in the piane and the Captain and Sergeant Biddle were among the dead taken from the river. The machine had just taken off from McCook field and when a few hundred feet in the air the vpilot, seeing he was unable to clear the Herman Ave- nue bridge, which adjourns the Meflook field manoeuv-ed tne machine arcund to wvoid erashing into the bridge, but the piane turned over and fell into th2 river. Brussels, Apiil 22nd.—The Belgian forces of cecupation in the Ruhr will soon be increased, this decision having been arrived at owing to the necessity of uve- cupying a greater number of mines and exercisirg a stricter watch on the rail- ways, as well as to replace French troops of the class of 1921 whose timme of service has expired. Lausanre, April 22nd.—All is now ready for the resumption of the Near Eastern conference and in conuference circles it is expected that the United States witl play an important rolé hefore the curtain falls on the last act which will be either the signing of a treaty of peace, or the resumption of war. In the publie view, the importance attached to American participation in the actual con- ference is attributed to the recent ratifi- cation by the Turkish parliament of the Chestar concession, granting the United States extensive rights for the construe- tion of railways across Turkey and the exploitation of mining properties in a zone of twenty kilometers on each side of the projected railways. In Great Bri- tain and France this concession is regard- ed with disquietude, and as economic questions will be among the chief sub- jects of controversy between the Turks ard the Allies, it is expectad that the two countries will oppese it. Soviet Rus- sia will not be represented at the confer- ence, recent reports that Tchitcherine, theNßolshevik Commissary for Foreign Affairs, would attend at all costs, not having been confirmed. France probably will ingist on retaining the concessions given her by Turkey in 1914, or will de- mand their equivalent. The representa- tive of the Biitish delegation has stated that the claims of France were just and that Great Britain was ready to support Fer it she did not receive satisfactibn a:d if the Angcra Government should