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& ® 1 A, Publicatior:. ST. THOMAS HARBOR 4% LOAN OF 1910. T 1s hereby brought to public notice that l according to the Scheme of Amortiza- ~ tion for St. Themas Harbor 4% Loan of 1910, the drawing by tne Notary Pub- lie, Si. Thomas, of ten bands at Fr. 1,000 each has taken place, resulting in the drawing f the following bonds: NG 6 e 2 . 44> 34D : o 30h 00l Y St 468 These Icn bonds are hereby called in for redenmip:tion o the 11th December’ after which dace the bonds will cease to bear interest. St. Thomas Harbor Board October 11, 1919. C. C. TIMMONS, Chairman. Special Friday Evening Goncert, U. 8 NAVAL BAND. Christiansted, Virgin Islands, October 17, 191Y. « First Musician J. "W, Paulus, l.eader. PROGRAM: Part 1 March The Royal Legion.... Robert A Foss. Overture Elysium ....Farnest Villiens. Waltz Milicent . ...Frank W. Me Kee. Fox-Trot KEverything Is Peaches Down In Georgia. ... Milton Ager & George W. Myer. Part 11. March The Ambassador ... E E Bagley. Overture Califf Os Bagdad.. .. A. Boiel- dieu. Descriptive Patrol The Passing Band. .. George L. Lansing. Trot I'll Love you More For Losing You A While... Richard A. Whiting. NATIONAL ANTHEM. The National Bank having announced an increase of 234 % on its course of ex- change with ihe United States, effective on the 16th. ipstanc. ehmmercial circles and the . general public were almost thrcwn into a state of panic yesterday morning. Many places of business, mostly gro-eries, closed before noon and a general meeting was convened by mer- chants for the purpose of considering the situation. At this meeting which was ol bR kNS heid in the theatie, Dispatching Secre- tary O’Hagan made pubiic a radio- gram trom wthe Governor w ne eftect that the Nauonal pank had advised the sovernment chat 1n order w spdre the merchants all possible embarass- men-. and ioss, drafts held for coliection by tne Bank prior to the loin. Inscant coulu be paid ac vhe ol rate vr 9% ex chauge, o (gl e Jaicdla.€ acuieness of conditivns appearea consideiably al- leviated and 1C was taciily agreed that present prices would be auan-red to unul the arrival of ihe next bpoai from New York when ihe Increased tate oI exhange would ifirsc atfect the markei; yet it is now understood that another meeting was held «nd others are to loliow, all having the object o1 Imme- diate advancementoi prices in ail lines by, at ieast, 256%. 1u lact such increases were already affective in some places ol business by at least 20% since yesterday. This situation 1s indeed one that may have tremeundous esnsequences 11 the high exchange lasts, and as long as 1t does, nothing will meet the exigencies ot tne occasion but a corresponding increase of wages of all employees, civil and governmental, so as o combat the soaring cost of living. ExXxcept this is done the prices of rfoodstuffs and in lact ¢* all ecommodities Ilncrease with up- wards of 250% wiil fairly reduce the population o pauperism, and thuse now e¢king out ar existencq on the pittances they receive as salaries, will starve out and out. [l'he Government no doubt, is fully alive to the state of affairs and. will lose no opportunity to give practicai relief where possible. Johnie Ignatz. May I venture Mr. kditor, Though he calls me '‘Krazy Katz"’, o say a word in favor Os my friend and chum Ignaiz. From his slate you may conjecture, He’s ot a serpent’s fang, And writes for the sake of using America’s latest slang. You may also have afancy He hasn’t got a friend; And delights in eriticising St. Creix fromend to end. You may be of the opinion, He's a lover of renown; And capable «f flirting : With every lass in town. In these conjectures readers, You’'re apt to make mistakes; For you know not when he’s serious, Or when he only fakes. He’s indeed quite patriotic, He doesn’t cherish hate. He doesn’t for the love of, Write slang upon his slate. H: talks abou: ine movies, Aand niaking ove 4ule hice; But when a girl 18 with hii, : He's on o biock of fce. ’Lis «rue he’ . now gu'we pious, He’s not quite like a priesy, For beiore he’d see you tasting - He’d ratner see you feast. But Lere is Johinie ioiatz; When something makes him “‘larf’’ He’s got tc 'rite’’ the HEditor. And i€ you have the ‘‘harf.”’ niXAZY KATZ. Dear My. Editor, Johnie’s Daddy wanis to know when will we get rid of this “‘stage’’ money and gt real money in the place tE AN S, CGRULX YA L Amsierdam, Oct. 14th.—A despatch from Beriid today declares that General von der Goltz has been in Berlin since Wednesany, despite the newspaper re- ports that he was still in the Baltie region. Beriin, uct. 14cth. - General von der Goltz nzs resigned [rom ihe Ge man Army as a result o the larest En.ence Note, suys tne "'Tages Zeitung’’'. Washiagzoon, Uct. 14th.—I'ne general Indusciiel situation over the country, the taeatened strike of bituminous ecoal miners, and the sugar shortage, were amooy tae topics discussed tolay al the regular ('uesday Cabinet meeiing. Dbi.. La sing Secretary of State, i‘resided, and aill mewmbers were p esent, excej: the Attorney General and the Secreiary of the Dept. of Labour. (It was sail that the Secretarv of Labour would take measures to avert’ the threaiened strik. of miners, it negotiations, between th. miners aud operatives were withecui re- guit. Lh: Dept. of )orienlture was charged with measures iov relief of the sugar shortage, and Secreiary Housten Is (0 Issue a siatement on the subject in the pear tuture. Paris, Oet. 14th. -M. Leon Bourgeois, ex-Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the League of Nations Commission of the FPeace U« n- ference, has been appointed as a repre- sentative of France on the Council of the leugue of Nations. The decree namning M. Bourgeois for the Office was signed by President Poincare and Pre- mier Cleaenceau this morning. F.ondon, Qet. 14th. Sugar in stock on the 11th. inst. was 129,000 tons. Last year 286,000 tons. London, Oct. 14th.—-Direet rews from [etvia is being delayed on account of the disturbed state of the telegraph, reports have been received in official circles, however., showing that the Letts are de- fending thieir position at Riga against the invaders splendidly, whilst the Esthonian