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St & RUE AY LD 8.00. MONDAY EVENING 8.00. James Corbett IN » «“THE MIDNIGHT MAN”". SYNOPSIS: Jim Steven (James Corbett), known as The Midnight Man, owns a ring which is, h= believes, a clue to his identity. John Zafara, for mysterious reasons, is anxious to obtain it, and in an attempt to do so has trapped The Midnight Man in an elevator shaft. Episode No. 7: “The Electric Foe”. Episode No. 8: : : \ “AShadow Os Fear”. Episode No. 9: | “ASociety Hold-Up*. On account of the impossibility to control the tickets during the intermission NO EXIT will be allowed during intermission. : ADMISSION: DO WA e e . s3O SR aDe tieneral Entrance ........... e LS Children 20 and 10c. | $5.00 Reward . . . | will be given for return of deer | hide stolen from my yard during | the night of February srd. Future | tresspassers are hereby warned. | W. L. RINEY | | Mr. & Mrs. Chas. S. Mayhew | tender their appreciation to the | “Avis” and kwnd friends for ex- pressions of sympathy in. their | late bereavement. | February 4th 1921. | LOCAL. The U. S. S Tadoussac arrived here at ‘ 11 a, m. yesterday with 53 sacks, boxes | ete. of St. Thomas, Porto Rico and United | States mail. | e | The Guiana’s mail consisting cf some | 40 sacks arrived here at noon and by the | 4 o’clock trip yesterday, making a total | of about 65 bags for Christiansted alone. | The postmaster says the letter dispatch was a very heavy one. The thanks of the community 18 due the Government of the Virgin Islands | for the courtesy in placing the U. 8. S. | Tadoussac at disposal for travsporting the | mail from Porto Rico through which means the mail otherwise arriving her> Sunday or Monday has been in the hands of the public since 2 p. m. yesterday af- fording the unprecedented chance of 2 full days. in which to effect replies by the dispatch going out Sunday after- noon. The s. «. Tupper and the U. S. S. 7Ta- doussac sailed yesterday afternoon. St. Thomas News. THE AMERICAN 8 S. "OYAKA"-- ARRIVED AT ST. THOMAS —IN DIF- FICULTIES--LACK OF FO)D AND FUNDS—ABANDONMENT BY OFFI- CERS AND CREW~—ARRIVAL OF RELIEF AND EVENTU:L DE- PARTURE FOR HOME, Many have been the years passed that a vessel entering our port has met wi h such difficulties as those vhich befel] the American S. S. ‘‘Oyaka.’”’ This ves- sel, which ils 1472 tons burthen register- ed, hails from Mobile, Ala., was built in 1919, and is commanded by Capt. Rnbert A. Goudey. She is owned by the U. S. S. B. but is operated by ‘‘The Siates Steamship Corporation’” of New York Arriving here on the 16th December last from South American ports with a cargo of bones and gluestock (hoofs, horns, ete.), she hauled aloagside the docks of the W. . Co. Lid. where she took in a supply of coals, water, and other stores, after which she hauled off, and anchored outside the harboar awaiting a morny-deaie Jdr toe Paym2at of coals. ete., taken. No money-draft b2ing fortheoming, the West Indian Co. was, on the 12th January, ¢ynnzlled to insfitute prozeed- ings in the Shariff Court of St Thomas against the v23s2]l. Provisions in the m2anwhile were getting scantier every day abuard the ship. At last on the 18th, inst. wirh 1o siores, whatever, on board, the ship steama2d back into port, when the crew in a body 2ame ashore and pro- cured the services of a lawyer with™the intention of laying an embargo upon her for their wag:>s, "in agreement with ar- ticles signed. Without food or money. the ecrew werae, however, taken care of by the young, energe:tic and business- like manager of the American Soda Fountain, Mr Mover, who had the offi- cers of the ship fitted at the Grand Hotel, while the old Ice Cream Establishment was put into requisition for the benefit of ““‘the hands.”” Thus thing; drifted for several days. Relief, however, was nigh at hand. On Wednesday afternoon, the 26th inst, a cable was sent by the U. S. S. B. from h2adquarters to their agents hare to have all expenses settled, and to have the snip proceed immeadiately on hzr voy- age to Boston, Mass., ner port of destin- ation. Thence forward, the office of the Collector of Customs became a veritable centre of activity. Re-stocked articles were drawn up anew, which the wen signed. Friday the 29th inst, the '‘Oyaka’’ pulled once more alongside the docks of the W. I. Co. Ltd., where she took in an- other supply of coals and water, pricr to her depariure during the night. —St. Thomas Mazil Notes, January 31st. BANK DIRECTOR HOLST’S DOU- BLE ANNIVERSARY. Our congratulations go out doubly to- day to Bank Director Axel Holst on the completion of his 41st. birthday, as well as 25 years of active service in Bank- life. Mr. Holst who is well-known ©n the community at large, and who is respect- ed for his broad mindedness and ecan- dour, and liked op account of his ur- banity of temperament and cour-eous demeanour towards one and all, was born in the city of Copenhagen, Den- mark, in the year 1880. After passing through the wvarious phrases of school-life with merit, for it mayv. not be generally known that the subjeet of this eha acter sketch is poet, author, writer, (many of which contri- butions it has been our pleasure to read) as well as musician —the young student entered the Commercial Bank of Co- penhagen which he served faithfully, learning the intricacies of the science of finance, until January, 1908, when he came out to St. Thomas