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JUST from the big factories in New York and Boston, Automo- bile Painting, Signs and al! other kinds of .”ainting. s Drop me a Card. JOHAN KLINT. Sweet Potatoes. “‘Black-rock’’ potatoes can be bought at Est. ‘‘Diamond & Ruby,’’ @ 3cts. per b., or by the bank (700 ft. long). ROBT. W. SKEOCH. LIST OF UNCLAIMED MAILFOR THE WEEK ENDING OCT. 4, 1919. Mrs, Antionette Abbott, Oscar Benjamin, Company St., Miss Catherine Class, Miss Christira Derricks, Mr. Rudolf Doyles, Miss A. Finlay, Mr, Augustus Jackson, Mrs. Mary James, Mr. A.fred Joseph, Mr. Joe Leader. Miss Veronica Lopez, Mr. Kenneth Mapp, Mr. Mec Bean, Mr. Hans J. A. de Mendes, Miss Elizabeth Moore, Miss Agnes Philipus, ¢ o Mr. (harles Williams, Est. Altina, Se.or Albin Clinton Pentheny, Mr. James Reeve, William Simon, Fischer St. 6, Mr. Alfred Stevens, Miss Felecieta Williams, Mr. Thomas Wilson, Miss Gertrude Williams, Gallows DBay No. 14, Mr. Jno. Toss, Miss Mary Magdelene 1 homas, Miss Cathrine Jackson, Est. Sion Farm, c¢/o Mr. Victor Hall, Union Office. United States Post Odfice, Christian- gted, BSt. Croix, V.1.11.8., Oct. 6, 1918, B. R. LARSEN, Postmaster, We have been asked to mention that the Industrial Band will give a Concert on the whar, this evening by special re- quest. The theatre was well patronised iast night and the audi2nce highly enter- tained by tpe amusing orogrammez 0 comical selections that kepc up concinu- ous laughter throughout the entire ex- hibition. ~ TELEGRAM»> 9P CROIX STATION. Paris, Oct. 3rd.—Newsvpapers ¢f this city are unanimous in cejoicing over the S R B R R Y | S vote in favour of the ratification of the peace treaty in the Chamber of Dep Ities yesterday and express tie opinion that the majority in favour of ratification will assist materially. in bringing the treaty to a vote in the United States’ Senate. London, Oct. Brd. The following was issued fiom tke Premier’s headquaters in Downing Streat this evening: ‘A series of meetings with the Prime Minis- ter and Mr. Bonar Law which :om- menced on Wednesday last at the in- stance of a deputation of trades unior ists, headed by Mr. Gosiing, Fresident ot the Transport Workers’ Unicn, came to an end this afternoon. dehursday’s prorosed basis for the cortinuance of the negoti- ations were: First. That on the str kers return to work, the negotiations sa.l be resumed where they were broken oft last Friday. Secord. That 1n aceordance with the Premier’s offer of Friday. the Government will guarantee that there will be no raduction of wages until March 3ist, and the Government urnder- takes that at any time after tae 31-t of December, they will be ready to di:cuss in view of the circamsrances then e ¢ist- ing, the possihie extension of that dace.”’ London, Oci. 3rd.—Tre Home Cffice has issucd an appeal for the formation throughout the country of ''Citizens guards’’ to assist the Police ard sp:cial constables in piotecting peaces al citizens and for “he maintenance of sifhplie: of foodstuffs and necessaries of life. Aun official s atement issued from Dow iing Street this evening, says .hat National Union of railwaymen has rejected the Government’s offer of arbitration and also a seven days’ truce proposed by the (overnm 2nt. Chicag), Oct. 2rd.—The Chicago Whiie Sox today served emphsatic notice hat they wer» still in the wor d’s chamyion- ship contest by defeating Cineir natti 3 to 0. The series now stanls ':ncinratti 3 Chicage 1. Six more gemes are possi- ble. Washirgtons Oct. 3rd: —-President ¥il- son’s con lition was decrib2d in a bulizun issued toright irom the White Hous: by his physician De. Grayson. The bullatin iollows: ‘‘l'en p.m.. Whi.e House. The President’s conliticps todey is about the same with a slight improvement. G -ay- son’” Dr. Grayson who met the new:pa- permen, leclined to laborate on the briet foullz2cin. It was unders.ood 'hat the “resident was able to tzke some nourishment and got some sleep during the day. Ihere was ancther consulta- tion of ph/sicians today anl the imm di- ate memters of th: Presd2n’s rfamily came to the White House 1) be rear him. Although reesicent about Jetails of the conditions of their patient, those who at- tended hira indicated rhat his ail'nent nad not yet clearly revealed the extent of its inroad on his system and taat scme days migiat be required to disclose its full effect, nervous exhaustion frcm which he is suflering, compicated with his long standing weakness of the diges tive organs and a lingering touach of last Spring’s attack of influenza the dociors say have considerably weak- ened the President’s power of resistance for a man of his years. However Pre- sident Wilson’s g2n2ral phyvsical! systen is said to be in gond condifion to stand the attack against which he is now fighting. Balni.oral, Oct. 3rd: The King let: today for London by motor caronaccounc of the interruption of railway trafiic. Loncon, Oct. 3rd.:— At a full mect- ing of the Cabinet this afterncor, pr-- sided over by the >’remiar, the Premier’s statement that n:zgotiatiorns could be en- tered into with the National Union o/ Railwaymen before it has given orders to the men to return to work, wasunan- lmously agreed to. Madrid, Oct.3rd.—Gne hundred per sons have been drowned and loss ex- ceedine 20,000,000 pesos has been caus- ed, it is estimated by floods in South- western Spain and bad news coi.- tinues to come in. In the city of Car- tagena many were drowned by the 1.- undation of the town and 30 villaz.s were s7ill isolated by the floods on Tnues- day night. Twc fishing boats were wrecked in the 8 rai: of Torvevieja, 1e Alicante, by the violent hail stcrm L/ which also the rosfs of a number o bli ings wczsre crushed in. Manv smau houses have been demolished an @ arge houses unde mined. Londnn, Get. 3rd..—After seven days the rai‘way strike situation toni:ht be- came the gravest in tr.e history of any labour zrisis of tke Brit:sh Eapire in the present gencratica, Al eff res of trans- port workers tede ation o find & basis ¢/ negotiation Yetwean the Govt. and the National Un.on o’ Rai waymen, faiied. Tae Premier, in the course 0. a cons=r- ence today, made an ipassioned appeai to the railway mer, tc accept the offer of arbitration and it is reported that dale- gates «f the transpor: workers were in feveur of wcceptiag the offer. Rcbert William =, Genl. Saeretary of the Trans- port Workers, Uni'n, in a staierment to tre press toaight, relerrved 1o the bregk down in negotiations today as ‘'L.ament- able’’, annnancir2 that a Congress of Trade Unicrs 'hal been eonvened for Taesday to engage in any form 0 moral and sytapatiaetic suppoct of the railway- men in the struygle they are waging for trades uaionism. in the meantime, Mr. Williams adled: ‘'T'he delegates who had been consulting with Mr. Lioyd George frotn dav to day, would bs made ofticers of the Transport Work- ers federation, in order to formulate proposals they were convinced would prove acceptable to the entire trades urion movement of the Kingdom.” In addition to tae Delegates ot the Trans- port Workers Federation, who include Arthur Henderson and John R. Clynes, Me. Williams asserted, these new offic- ers would ine¢lude Frank Hodges, C. H.