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8 g " i ag ‘ . Croix Sukkerfabric. r ; THE Factory’s scales will be tested | by the Company together with two | Cane-deliverers on THURSDAY THE | STH INST. as follows: i Adjustment of the weights at the Cus- | tom House 2 o’clock p.m. , Testing of the scale at the Factory Sta- | ~ tion 24 o’clock p.m. ‘ Testirg of the scale at the Peter’s Rest _Station 3 o’clock p.m. i Testing of the secale at the Sion Farm Station 34 o’clock p.m. | Cane-deliverers are invited to be pre- sent at the testing. | Chri tiansted, Ist February 1920. AXEL BERLAND. { . e The mass meeting convened by invita- | tion to the public for the purpose of ex- | changing views and ideas, and deciding | upon a course of procedure through which the condition of this island and the | needs of the inhabitants may be repre- | sented to the Congressional Commission during its imoending visit to St. Croix was held last nicht at the Christiansted | Theatre which was crowded to its utmost capaciiy, between eight hundied anda’ ' thousand persous of both scxes repre- senting all classes and factions being present. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Joseph Alexander, one of the promoters, who cxplained its object as | being chiefly t 6 ascertain public senti- | ment with regard to whether or not a civil government was popularly desirable in preference to the ,existing naval form | of administration. Mr. Jas. A. Clen- | denen was then vroposed and ac- | claimed chairman of the meeting with | Mr. Alexander as secretary, following | which Mr. Anselm #abio iintroduced | the suggestion to request the Governor | by cable to use his influence in havirg ; the ship on which the commission visits | this island proceed to Christiansted, the 1 capital, where'an enthusiastic reception | has been arranged for, instead of Fred eriksted, it having been rumored that the latter place would probably he chosen | as the point at which the ccmmission ! would 'and. A message to that effect, | previously drafted, was read, approved | and unanimously sanctioned. The word | being now accorded to anyone in the | gathering, Mr. D. Hamilton Jackson Q took the floor and in a lucid and illustra- | tive style presented the advantages of a .| civil government as he saw them, draw- I ing comparisons from the island of Porto | Rico and other United States territory | where military, naval and >ther forms of | government have obtained at different | times wich decided reascn to favor the | civil form of government which he sue- | ceeded in impressing upon the assembly | as the most desirable, loud applau- | ses and expressions.- of assent greet- | ing the conclusion of his remarks, | ST. CRtet XA V 18 Mr. Ashley .E. Totten, visiting dele- oate of the Virgin Islands Proteciive ~ League of New York, which ovganizaiin he allezed to have been largely instiu- menial in 'he projeet of sending a con- sressional committee (o this territory, chen showed many advantages of a naval administration which, while so termed here, was not as far as these islands tre concerned, conceded by His Excellency Governor Oman as being @& naval govern?ncm in the regulaf sente, prima facie evidence of this existing in the fact that the Colonial Council is still the legislative body in the islands, -oivil laws are in use in civil ccurts zd- ministered by a ecivil judiciary, and so forth, *he presence and activity of naval officials being merely a convenience un- der the circumstances that these islands are not self-supporting and would be un- able to bear the expenses connected with ertain fearuies of the acdministration. Vir. Totten did not advance the first- nentioned points of argument bat th :y oceurred to his hearers as substantiating the Governor’s contention as correct. r. Joseph Alexander here differed with Mr. Torten and Mr. Joseph Roberts, Nr. A. C Bough, and other speakeis here ~and there, supported the urgency of a civil gbverrment It was later on pin- ;)o394_‘l by Vip J?‘.'.’k'.\‘“n and seconded l',V Jr. {o cen to nominate ard elect a dele- sztion coramitte2 to appaoach the Coa- -~rgssional Commission on behali of tr~ « heople to advocate their int-resis. This committee was vofed 1o cemprise ‘welve members, - but by an oversignt (hirteen were nominai~d an:! the numb r was increased to lourteen made up of the foliowing gentlemen elceted by the raising of bhands: W. 8% abranson, J. Alexgnder, Hansßishop, A, C. Bough, . C.- Canegata, ~R. de Chabert, dJ. A. Clendenes, C. Crowe, A. Fabio, D. Hamilton Jackson, Geo. Jackscn, (.. Johansen, A. R. ilelntosh, and 11. A Pretto The meeting terminated with a vote of tianks for the kind ioan of the hall by IMr Svend: n who put his cine n:achive i ito operation and exhibited 4n amusing c)mic on the screen sending uff the crowd in lively spirits. Correspondence is invited ou the ques- ton of what form of government is (o k> preferred in these isiand under, their present economic status. It is believed t \at the naval form of government is the L >st financial proposition pregnant wilh room for development-and progre s in lice proportion to a civili government. \iews on the subject should prove inter- o ting. and ought to be useful especially at this time. Patrons of the theatre are reminded of t night’s exhibition there when the Brass B illet will again be prosented to its nu- merous admirers. West End Jan 31. 1920, | Te Awm. Schooner ' “Virginia'’arrived . here (ms morniog at 1.0 trom Porfo s { Rico via St. fnom:s with 35 bags mail, 73 packages gouneral cargo, and -the fol- lowiag passengers: From Denmark: | Mr. J. Frede-k iian en, Mr. Christian . Hansen, Misses anna Sveadsen,” and | Liglved P. Svendser. From St. 7.,omas: | Ellen Erich, ing:r Simmonds, Pami- ' ra [orand, Selvina Lorand. ; We had the grea: pleasare some *days | ago, of reading in ' The Delmarvia Star”’ . of Sunday, January 11th 1920, cne of the . leading newspapers of Wilming on, Del., . the following, swrit en by Mr. Chris W. ' Viohl, ecorcerning tie “"Virgin Islands’s . Marceh,” composed recericly by Band- . mascer Adarns of tie U. 3. Navy Baad, . and dedicated to t'apt. Williain Russel White of the U. S. 3. *‘Vixen’’: “The Si. Thomas Band, composed of | natives of the surrcinding islanls, 1s an ' organization r whith the natural talents of the. members h: ve been hizhiy de- | veloved, so that the organizatioa 1s one of tne finest bands to b: foind any- . where. The march itsel” reflects excep- tionul ability as to the tecl nique of any ' organization that plays it properly.”’ ‘ The writer Mec. Vohl, who is a piano- | artis: and music te.cher, and ky whom ' Mr. Adams’ march 'vas piayed, is a grad- ' uate in Music ol the University of Pean- | sylvania, and is ut present with ‘he i Queen’s Orehesira, During the .- isil of . the U. S. Battle-shio Squedron to th:se | shores in the esrly par' of last year, he . was a member ci th: Band of ths L.5. 5 ' “*Maine.”” It wes during this visic rnatc . he met our pornlsr Bandmasier, who | later sent him an togrephed copy of | his narch. | Another .estitoon: il as to the merits of | his n2west composit on has been received ' by Mr. Adams tron the Bandmaster of \ Tusk:gee Institute 3and, wvho wrote to ' the cffec. .hat this same wmarch played | by the Insiitute’s Bind coraposed of 60 ' meraoers, had been repeatedly and ¢n- | thusiistically enzorel by a crowd of over f lo,oU».)‘g,eoule; waile Pro‘essor Miranda | of thaPorto Rico kegiment Rind like- | wise wrote the youn ; comrvoser, comgli- . m:nt:ng him on the suceess attaired by ' the march, which he declared was popu- . lar, and mueh pleyec by taz Regimeni’s . Band.—St. Thomas Mail Notes, Jon. i 30th. ; ; | THE VIRGIN ISLANDS COMMIS- | . SICN. | e ' The House having igreed to a joint res- } oluticn originatizg i+ the Scnate, a com- mission of hree S2n: cors arnd three Rep- | resentatives bas becn created Lo visit tne = ' Virgia Islands anv * report fully o . Gon- . ~ gress as (o whether he present plan of | government oi saiditlands is concucive to l their weliare,’”’ and what, 1f arything, | Congress ca. > tosiimulate agriculture