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Public Noti übliic Notice HE attention of the publie, and the merchants in particular, is earnestly called to the following order iss'ued today to enlisted men of the Umtgd States naval service on duty in the Virgin Islands. ‘l. No enlisted man of the United States Navy or Marine Corps on duty in the Virgi® Islands shall, in any one month hereafter, without writ- ten permission from his commanding ofticer in each case, contrdct debts b>yond an amount whieh he shall be able to conveniently pay on the first pay day in the following month. ““2 Men reported for failure to pay just debts on such pay day shall be sub- ject to trial by court-martial.”’ Persons extendiag credit :io.such en- listed men should use discretion as to the amount of such credit so that fihe above order may be fully complied with. While investigation will be made of reports of unpaid debts. so that disei- plinary action may be taken, neverthe- less the Goverument will not act as a collection agency for the recovery of such debts. This notice applies only to debts con- tracted after October 1, 1921. SUMNER E. W. KITTELLE, Governor. St. Thomas, September 27, 1921, HEY'! STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! One wezek, beginning Oct. Ist, 10% Reduction! Come early and avoid disappoint- ment. ST. CROIX ECONOMY STORE, Cor. Company and Market St. * LOCAL. We have been asked to menticn that the Native Brass Band will give a popu- lar concert on the Wharf to-night, weather permitting. Last night’s show at the Christian- sted Theatre was a very agreeable one. The film which featured a complete- drama was an interesting and very en- tertaining production which was well applauded. - Tonight the boxing match at the West End Movies, Mr., Bonaparte versus Mr. Geo.Brookes a local slugger, will doubtless draw a big crowd of spectators from Christiansted as well as Frederiksted. The visiting champion has naturally a ST.CROLX A ViIB reputation, but it is understood that Mr. | Brookes is no mean aatazonist, and in- | terest is running hish. St. Thomas News Dur electiic-light system which has shown slight signs of defectiveness for a few past nights, has now rendered it- self remarkable by its complete failare to illuminate the street from the Park to Red Star Store last evening.--St. Tho- mas Bulletin, Sept. 28rd. vopious showers of rain have fallen within the past twenty-four hours upon the just and unjust, man and beast, and upon birds and flowers: the atmosphere is rendered more tolerable, the lov wa ter-receptaclies have been replenished and all creatures have benefited by this blessing. It is good that God does not meet out to us according to our deserts, and deal with us as we deal with each other.—lbid. OFFICIAL NOTES. Priva e First Class Robert Stewart, U. S. M. C., who assaulted several per- sons on Main Street, in St. Thomas, on September 3, while he was intoxicated, was tried by general court-martial av the Marine Barracks on September 9, charg- ed with drunkenness, assault and bat- tery, (four specifications) and scandalous conduct tending to the destruction of good morals (using obscene language). He pleaded cuilty as charged and was sentenced by the court to be reduced in rank to private, to be confined for a period of eight months, and then to be discharged from the naval service with a bad conduct discharge. Governor Kit- telle yesterday approved the sentence of the court and designated the Naval Prison, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as the place of coufinement. Private Stewart will be transferred to the States as soon as possible.—The Bulletin, Sept. 24th. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. London Sept. 26th—British jscientific medical research will be enormously helped by the acquistion of two gram- mes of radium, the largest quantity ever acumulated, which professor Fred- erick Soddy of the Unaiversity of Ox ford, brougnt to England lasi night from the Czecho-Slovakian state mines at Joachimstahl. The precious mineral is valued at £70,000 and was specially packed in lead three inches thick. The radium hés been §rented for fifteen years by a London company, which will sab- rent it The output of the mines at Joaehimsthali is only four grammes annu- ally. The present hiring cost of the smallest quantity is six guineas daily. Professor Soddy has made a'special study of radium. Ir the years 1900-02 he was a demonstrator in chemistry in MecGill University, Montreal. Dublin, Sept..26th.—A funeral pro- cession, nine miles long, composed of 2,000 people, including 200 Irish volun- teers, yesterday escorted the bcdies of William Jordan and Thomas Howard to the Republican burial plot at Falvanders. The bodies of the two volunteers were disinterred at Herbertstown on Saturday. New York, Sept. 26th—The raw su- gar market was quiet early to-day at 4. 23 for Porto Rico’s and 4.86 for Cuba’s with no sales reported. Raw sugar fu- tures were'easier and at midday showed a decline of sto 6 points, under trade and commission house selling. The mar- ket for refined was unchanged at 5.60 to 5.66 for fine granulated, with busi- ness quiet. Refined futures were un- changed at midday. Trading was light consisting of one lot of December at 5.80. Loindon, Sept. 27th. Sugar in stock on the 24th, inst , was 115,000 tons. Last year 113,000 tons. New York, Sept. 26th.—The Berlin Reichstag meets tomorrow in the most important session since the war. Chicago, Sept 26th.—J. C. Andersen of Australia today defeated Wm. T. Til- den of Philadelphia, World’s Champion, in & long five set tennis matech the vie- tery making the western contingent the winner in the annual East-West series, which was finished today at the South side Tennis Club. The Anderson Til- den scores were 3 6, 6-4, 6-2, 1-6, 19-17. Ottawa, Sept. 26th.—While Canada’s imports for the year ending Augus® 1921, show a vast decline from the figures of last year, .they are still nearly $90,- 000,000 in excess of the figures tor 1919. Exports from Canada during the thiee years, have shown a continuing decrease, according to a bulletin issued by the Dowmirion Bureau of Statistics. Import for consumption in 1921 (12 months end- ed August) valued $961,278,042. In 1920 the figures were $1,296,164,318. For 1920 the figures were $1,219, 523.899 for Canadian and $37,918,443 for for- eign exports, In 1919 Canadian exports $1,241,615,681, for foreign $59,812,687, Rome, Sept. 27th—Giuseppe De Vag- no, a socialist deputy, who was attacked and wounded on Sunday at the con- clusion of a socialist meeting at Beria, succumbed to his injuries yesterday. Thirty shcts were fired at the deputy, oune of tham striking bim in the spine. The assassination is attributed to acute political enmity for the deputy and sev- eral arrests have been made. Conster- nation prevails in political circles over the assassination, anda general strike has been called. London, Sept. 27th.—A serious situa- tion has arisen in the South Wales coal- fields owing to a misinterpretation of the settlement of the last eoal strike,