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to settle the future of Ireland, adjourned at one-thirty o’clock this afternoon, after har}ng been in session an hour anda half. Sofia, Oct. 12th ~The trial of Bul- garians accused of war crimes opened yesterday in a theatre here, which had been specially fitted up for the occasion. The court-room was crowded to capacity. The accused men included ten former Cabinet Ministers and three Generals. They are charged with high treason in favour of Germany, snd the appropria- tion of public funds. The public pro- secutor is demanding the death penalty for most of the defendants. Statesmen and diplomats, to the number of 190, h: ve been subpoenaed as witnesses. The Judges, who were selected by the people all are simple peasants. They sit on henches, dressed in their picturesque national costumes. New York, Oct. 13th—The New York Nationals wou the World’s Baseball Championship here today, defeating the New York Americans by a score of Ito Nil. The score of games is, Giants 5 Yankees3 London, Oct. 14th—A protocoljof agree- ment regarding the dispute bhetween Austria and Hungary over the vwner- ship of Burgenland, the strip of terri- tory in West Hungary awarded to Aus- tria by the Trianon Treaty, was signed today, according to a despatch from Venice to the exchange Telegraph Com pany. Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 13th.—Fire virtually wiped out the oil town of Eliasvilie in Young County this morn- ing. Only four or five buildings remain in the business section of the town, ac- cording to a telephone message from South Bend. Paris, Oct. 13th.—The Cabinet today officially ¢mpleted the French delega- tion to the Washington conference on limitation of armaments and far eastern questions. Former Premier Viviani will be second to Premier Briand S@nator Al- bert Sarrat, and M. Jusserand, French Ambassador to the United States. com- plet ng the delegation. Rome, Oct 13th.—Italy’s delegation to the conference on limitation of ar- maments to be held in Washington will leave on October 24th, it is annonnced by the Giornale {)’ltalia. Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 13th.—The Elsie, a schooner out of Gloucester, to- dav won the title .s the fastest in the fisheries of New England and her selec- tion as the racing representative of the United States i1 the International match to be sailed witha Canadian Champion off Halifax N. S. nine days hence. London, Oect. 13th.—As a means to revive world trade and help other na- tions to buy British goods, Sir Peter Rylands, President of the Federation of British industries. is urging a stabili- gatinn of exchange rates, even if “‘we have to bring pressare to bear’’ upon ST CROGLIE AV 1S other nations. The crushirg burden of taxation, he says, is at the root of the British commerecial trouble and he thinks this country has been tno pre- cipitate in paying its debts. Hesuggests that Britain should re-borrow the money repaid last year, to ease taxation for everybody. Sir Peter contemplates call- ing for a conference of leading bankers to formulate a definite trade policy. Glasgow, Oct. 13th.—The British plans for trading with Russia have been de- feated, it was declared by Sir Robert Horne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in an address here last night. He said that this was partly the resalt of the Russian famine and could he attributed in some measure to the fact that Russian extrem- ists have bhee: ‘‘more anxious to spend their gold in propaganda than in buying goods’’. Sir Robert disclaimed lack of sympathy for Russia and .asserted that he had tested the loyalty of his friends by concluding the trade agreement with the Soviet Govt. He added he was pre- pared to detend that agreement because he beliecved the world would never re- ecover until Russia was again producing grain and also because he believed the best way to break do/n Bolshevism would be to penetrate Russia with honest commercial methods’’. ‘‘Nothing can be gained by sending goods to Russia,’’ he went on, ‘‘forit is perfectly certain that the Russians have nothing to give in exchange. While they may have ac- camulated, stocks, they .ave no means of transportation. Sending of goods to Russia at present would mean wmaking gifts of them and Great Britain is not in a position today to make presents to anvone’’, London, Oect. 13th.—Thousands of England’s unemployed assembled on the Embankment this afternoon for the pur- pose of accompanying a delegaticn to Mr. Lloyd George’s official residence in Downing Street, to demand work or maintenance at trade Union rates of wages and uniform scales of relief. The deputation was alloxe? to proceel to its destination and was admitted to the Premier’s residence Elaborate police precautions were taken by the authori- ties of London to cop 2 with the demons- tration. London, Oct. 15th. The conference of Sinn Fein leaders and members of the Cabinet convened at 11 o’clock this morniag in Mr. Lloyd Georee’s official residence in Downing Street, with the view of reaching an agreement as to a basis for a settlement of the Irish ques- tion, adjourned at 1.30 o’clock this after- noon until 3.30 p.m. Monday. While the eonference was in session today Desmond Fitzgerald, the Sinn Fein Minister of propaganda, said that no hitch in the negotiations thus far had occurred and that the Sinn Feir delegates anticipated prolonged proceedings. London, Oect. 14th. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Colonial Bank, the Chairman Mr. Wood, complained of the lack of adequate shiyping facilities to the West Indies. He considered t' at the present time when abundant ship- ping was lying idle, was appropriate for reconsidering the question of a subsi- dized service. TRY THIS JUST FOR TODAY Start out in the morning with the de- termiration to see how much good will, joy, encouragement, and upliit you can give out during the day. When you sit cown tg your breakfast give a smile, a pleasant look, a pleasant word to your family, to the servant. Do the same when you buy your morning paper. Be kind to the elevatcr oy, to the ticket agent, to the train conductor, to the waiters where you get your lunch- eon, to the ermployees where you work, ~ Be kind to every body you meet. Look so pleasant and greet them so ccrdially that they will think you have just heard some good news, or that some good for- . tune has come to you. ' Try this for one day and see what sat- isfaction it will give you. Keep trying it seven days in the week and, aftera ! while, you will form the habit. It will change your whole nature; for it is giv- " ing the best of ourselves to others that . brings us corresponding results. It will . make you a magnet to draw people to | you. We get by giving. Selfish un- .~ sympathetie, cold-blooded people, who think chiefly of themselves anc their own advantage, are never magnetic. They can’t radiate a pleasing personali- ty because they never give out anything. It is the kindly heart that feels for all that is magnectic. | The man who loves only his intimate ; friends, who hasn’t love for human- { ity at large, 18 not much of & man. | It is easy to love one’s friends. The | nparrowest and most bigoted do that. | But to follow the wonderful example | Christ set us is another matter. He % loved everybody, especially the weak, | the poor, the down-trodden, tbhe broken | in health, the leper, the maniac, the deaf, ' the biind, the lame, the outcast, the | eriminal. No matter how failen or how . despised a human might be, Christ loved ' him just the s¢me because he saw the . God in him. | It you try to see the God in every man { as He did, to see a brother in the man . who biacks your shces or cleans the | street—in every one, no atter how " bumble his condition, you cannot help | being kind to everybedy you nieet, » Try this just for to-day. -she New " York Success. SHINGLES They can be had from ROBT. L. MERWIN & CO., INC, Christiansted and Frederiksted.