USVI Public Records

Document text

NOGTICE. PIAR:J IES . having claims a?amst the ¢state of ÜBRISTIAN JAMES. who died in st. Thomas on July 30, 1920, are hereby notified to file their claims with the undersa%ned Court within three months from date, after which time no. claims against said estate will be paid. * Dealing Court for St. Thomas and St. John, St. Thomas, October 29, 1920. : THIELE, Judge. EDITORIAL. Today, November 2nd., the presiden- tial eleection comes off in the Urited States and by midaight tonight, or early tomorrow the result will be known set- tling beyond doubt which of the candi- dates, Senator+Harding or Governor Cox, has succeeded to the highest executive of- -of the great nation to which we proud- ly claim relationship. We purpose fur- nishing cur readers with a short sketch of the lifeof the elected candidate in Wed- nesday’s issue. , LOCAL. 13} lines of rain. was measured at the Fort this morning. St. Thomas News. Intense interest was created on Satur- day, when from the Signal Station there flashed the news: ‘Steamer west!: Several steamers in sight! Steamer in tow! German steamer!’”’ and later the German s. s. ‘‘Negada,’”’ Captain W. Kagelmacher, appeared in port towed by the two British Navy tugs ““St. Teath’”’ and ‘‘St. Athan.”’ The ‘‘Negada’’ arrived at Valparaiso, Chili, from Hamburg, on Augast sth 1914, and discharged all her cargo, re- maining at that port until May 15th, 1920. " In September 1918, fearing that the United States would seize her as a prize, the officers and crew destroyed the en- gines, and threw their parts intc the sea. Temporary repairs having been effect- ed, the ship left Valparaiso on May 15, 1920, calling at the various Chilian ports, and loading nitrate. Towed by the tug “*St. Teath,”” they set sail for Colon, where they were joined by thc Sto Athan,”’ and reached here nine days later. : The two tugs have gone to San Juan, Porto Rico, for coals, and will return in a day or two, when they willre- sume their charge; sailing for Fayal, S C RGd X ANI S Azores, and finally to Ply mouth. Fngland = where the ship will be given over nto the hands of the British 'Admira'fxy.-rSt. Thomas Mail N-tes, Octobei 26th. During the fast wwo days there was a rain fall of 530 lines. —St. Thomas Mail Notes, Oct 28th. A-horrible murder has.been committed in Tortola. News reached here on Sat- urday mornirg that a young man by the name of Charles Dawson had been found dead under conditions pointing to a foul murder. He is reported to have gone out. from home to water his cattle “when a lenothened overstay causeda search to be made when he was found im a gully terribly mutilated. 'This was oo Thurs- day. On Saturday it is said his broth- er Evelyn econi®sard (o the murder in which anpther brother. Hylton, was al- so concerned. Both the brothers were at once arrested and a court is veing held in the watter. Sam Dawson is the father of the two murderers and their victim. The murder took place in the eountr, som2 eight miles from the settlement of Roadtown.—lbid. v ; T AT - B TELEGRAM-~. - : ~ QT. CROIX STATION. London. October 28th. ~The strike of coal miners throughout England and Wales was setlled this afternoon, but the settlement 18 contingent on -a bal- lot of the miners. : ~ New York, Oct: 28th. —The New York Herald this morning prints-an estimate of the presidential election ‘result ip the U.S. A.next Tuesday;i-based.~;thé paper declares “‘on 4 careful study of the en" tire situation in--eonnection ‘with'infor= ‘mation ree¢eived by the'New York Herald from all parts of the country.” Harding and Coolidge, the republican ticket lead- - ers, are conceded 346 of the 581 votes in the eléctoral college, accorgdingto this forecast. Cox and Roosevelt the demo- eratic candidates,are allotted 124. The remaining’ 61 votes are: catalogued as* doubtful, with 15 likely 2) go to the re- publican aad 46 to the emoecratic col- amns. The ‘‘Herald”’, wWhich is comtroll- ed by Frank A. Munsey, is-a republican newspaper. 6 S London, Uct. 28th. —Sylivia Pankhurst, whowas arrested pn-Oct. 19t., ¢harged * with attempting ,to cause sedition 1n the navy by editing and publishing an issue of the newspaper -‘The Workers’ Dread- nought’’ on October 16th. was sentenced today to six months imprisonment on con- vietion of the offence. ° : Athens, Oct. 29th.—Prince Paui_was. proclaimed King by the Greek Parliament last evening. . Earlier in the session Ad- « miral Coundouriotis was elected Regent. Prince Paul was born in this city on De- cember 14th. 1901, is not married. since his father forner, King Co ‘tantine, left Gtoece, Prince Paul has been in' Switzer- land 3 b : Dubiin, Oct 29rh.—The first mucder trial by court martial in Dublin in _con- nection with the recen® killing of soldiers- has been onded 1a the condemaation to death of Kelv.n Barry, a mecical student: 18 years old. Barty was charged with complicity in an atta~k for soldiers in Dub- lin in Sept. when one soldier wuas killed. The commander in-chiet has confirmed th. sentence of death, The execation of Barry has been set for mext Monday. . In prison today Barry made an affidavit before: a- magistraie to the effect that he had bean tortured by soldiers and jailers in attémpting to induce him io reveal the names of his comrades.. Queenstown, Qct. 29th. —The body of Mr. MacSweeney was landed here ¢ day. from the S. S. Rathmore. It was receiv- ed by the Urban Council and thousands of the -city’s inhabitants.. A draft of ~ armed troops wvere present. iondon, “Oct.. 29th.— British warships have seized and taken to Batum the Italian S. S. Ancona bound for Novo- vossisk with a cargo for-Soviet Ruusia, } says a despatch to the Herald organ of © labour it is claimed this is@ gross vio- lation of international law, there be- . ing no blockade of Black Sea ports at - present. , ‘ - : .+ “ondon, Oc*. 29th. —The Government . has refused to permit the body of the . late .Lord Mayor ‘MacSweeney Lo be ' landed in Dublin and has provided: a . ‘special steamerto convey .the remains boto Cork. SAGUNT j |- Holyhead, ‘Oct. 28th.—Relations of . Myr. MaeSweeney resisted when.the au- ~ thorities started to place his body on | bodrd a boat for Cork. After-a fight . over the coffin however, the body was i takel:{n aboard the vessel, which sailed for t Cork. a2 gt Aye : : : . London, Oct. 29th,—The Greek (ham- . ber of Devuties has elected Admiral ‘i H. Coundouriotis as regent by a vote. of 137 to 8, says a despaten t> the ’ ““Times’’ from Athens. Coundouriotis is Minister ‘of Marine in the Venezuelos’ l Cabinet. | Montreal, October 29th. —The latest ! shipbuilding news to develop here is to | the effect that the two. Govt. ships | ~Canadian Forester’’ and ‘'Canadian | Fisher”’ building at Three Rivers will be . taken out before the icesets In. They | will be in a state of partial completion _when theyreach Halifax, Each ship | 'has passenger accommodation for the de- . mands, and is designed for passenger and %eight service between Canada and the est Indies. The Canadian Govt. Mer- canti e Marine states today they have di- verted one of their large and newest freighters to this route, namely the-*'Ca- nadian Conqueror, is over 8,000 tons and’ was constructed at Canadiap yards. Her maiden voyage was to Liverpool. Washington, Oct. 28th.—The Cuban -Govt. in a communrigation to the State