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ST ¢ K&l X XY |- CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE 830 MONDAY EVENING 8.30 ' , ¢ B T}i’ L 93 The Bull’s Eye. _ EPISODE . EPISODE 10, Al MIS S FON ADULTS Reserved Seats 40 cents, General Entrance 20 cents. CHILDREN-—Reserved “_f_l_x_ 20 Un—_: (}en(er:??Enfrm)(?:" 10 rents. P ® o üblication. 'THE Food Commission at a Meeting held on the 14th. inst. has mad 2 tue following changes in prices set ont in its publication of November sth.- Live Cattle —old- bets. per pound. Live Cattle, voung, e o Bread, (leavened or water) 1-Ib. loaf 1-lec. per pournd. Bread, o Al doad (erd per pound. Bread, L ; '* & Ib. loat dcis, per pournd. Bread, - = et loz lodf let ; per vound. All prices guoted are 1n Danish West Indian Currency. Frederiksted and Christiansted, Novem- ber 14th. 1919. . ). NOLL. Chat man. PaSeadi. kNGRS Reo SR IERINE LSRSRA TS e JAE Y After a long lilness, Mrs, M. P. BORCE- SEN died Thursday night ac ner residence in this town, and was buried yestercay afternoon By the Revd. Critehiow of ihe Lutheran Church o1 which tae deceased had been a staunch member. e laize atiendance at the tfuneral cestified to iae sympathy icit on this oceasion, On whica also the ""Avis ' extends its condo.ences to the bereaved nusband and other reia- tives. : CondT ARUDAb s LeWG o SRR RNNIT The extraordinary concert renderad by wnhe Navy Band last night proved oane of the finest publie musical entertainineu s, and 18 appropriately commended by tae excepuonally large gathering whica res- ponded to tne speciai invitation Lo e presenc. UL ihe tany atcracuve selec- tons, all well execated, ‘Laughing Rouo- do’’ scems to have been the favouiite of the crowd, and its repi ition at som: eaily opporiunicy will be jopulariy appreciuat- ed. I'ne weawner 1s very calin today in fact has -been that way all last night, in con- sequence of whi”h the Creole ils lot et in from St. I'homas nor the Virgiiia a Krederiksted. OFFiCIAL NEWS, Novembper 14th, 1913, The President of the United States, having proclaimed Thursday. November 27th, 1919, as a day ~f National Thanks- giving, Governor Oman will foilow the American Gubernatorial custom by is- sulng a proeciamation setting aside that day as a holiday within the Virgin Islands of the United States. An extraordinary meeting of the Co- lonial Councils for the Municipalities of St. Croix and St. Thomas and St. John will be held on November 17ch. and 18th respectively. Governor Oman has sic- nified his intention to attend both mect- ings. , T, 1 . I'he U. S. S. Vixen which sailed for Frederiksted early Thursday morning has rerurned to St. T'nomas. Mr, U. L. Fassig, Director of the West indies and Caribbean Service oi the Uni- ted States Weather Bureau, wich Head- quarters in San Juan, 18 visiting St. Croix to establish Observatinn Stations here. TmbiwarAMs | Bl ÜBROIX SEALION. | wondon, Nov. Ilith.—Major ieneral Jobn Seely has resigned as Head of tne | Air Ministry. | ondon, Nov, lith, - Mr. Balfour, Lod | Presidenc of the Councii, opening the League or Nacions campaign todav, de- | clared thac cne fucare of tne Leazue would be dark indeed uniess all che Pow- | ers, ours particulary, were willing o take | an equal share 1n cae ourdens waien che | L2agud cast upon caem. serin, Nov. iica. —Dr. Heain, Minister oL tne In:erior, 1n a sansational sp2ech at Dessau yesterday, declared inat tne nnaoncial plans of Macnias Erzberger, tne f'inaacial J2cretary. if earried out would meaa ne eallapse o' che eaiire wmpire. trzberger, ne said, had to find Moaßy wiheraver it was obcainable in order (0 carry ouc cae cerus of ‘he Peace f'reaty, ouc ne asked wnac Commuae aad an tacerest 10 gedling money tozZacher wnen 1t vould all 20 to i the ©ntence’s DIZ pocKers and (eave the people paapers. . The speakir added that the Federal | S.ates strongly oprose Erzberger’s plans. | New Yerk, Nov. 11th.— New low re- . cords on Eritich. French and 1-alian Ex- . change were made today in the lceal | market. A round sterling brought only \ 4/2 for Demand Bills and an American dollar brought 9.87 francs. Heaving . offerings of commercial bills on foreign . | houses which met with little response i lrom buyers, causea the de:line. ‘ _Celumbus, Chio, Nev. 11“1:—'();&}(: iast | Thursday voted agairst the ratification | ~of the Feceral prohibition by a majority | of 641, according to complete returns re- | ceived today, by the Secretary of State. | The vote was 469,579 and agz inst 500,520, | indianapolis ind., Nov. IZ2th—Tre two | outsrandii ¢ peints of interest in the coal mining situati-n today were the recep- tion by the members of tne United Mine Workers of Armerica of the order of their chiefs, ea'iing off the strike and the pro- bable outeome of the eonference of mi- ners represantatives and operators, with | the Secretary of Labour, Mr. Wilson, in . ' Washington on Friday. Reports on the rumber¢ men roturning to work were siow in rearhing iniernational headguar- ters of the niine workers bere, chiefly beeause te order rescinding the sirike coll of Octc:ber 15th. had not yet been re- cetved in many districts and because mary jocai unions will heold mieetings be- fore deciding whether to return to the mines. l:wespatehes received op to this time, wkiic not eclearly defining the at- | titude of the men av a whole, werc be- | lieved to indicate that -the workers will | continue to strike only in isolated cases. | lt was pointed out by miners officials ’ that seve:zl days would be required to [ determine to what extenit their orders { had been obeyed. ‘ ; New Ycrk, Nov. 11th.—Shanmoek IV., i challenger for the America’s Cup at the | International Yacht Races next year | was ins ected today by Sir Thomas Lip- | ton ar the shipvard where she has been . in drydock since 1914. The boat wiil be | daunched .cmorrow :nd taken to winter . quarters 1o be overhauled in preparation | for her rice with the American entry. London, Nov. Ilth.—Great Britain to- | day celebrated the first anniversary of | Armistice Day with impressive cere- . . monies. 'ine foremost and most strik- i ing of these came the response to the | appeal of the King 10 commemoraie the event by a universal simuitaneous sus- pension 0. activity throughout the coun- try and thie observance o1 silence for two minuies @t the moment corresponding - with the signing of the armiztice, the *eleventch iicur of the eleventh day of the elever ch montu, tne orders for silence and the standing =t attention for two mwinutes, which were prescribed by the - Navy, wereadopted also by all Ameri- - can warsnips in British waters. The ~ilitary aranzements were similar to those of the navy. [n addition to a gen- ~eral suspension of industrial and com-