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LD LS. & K '\- ‘ X ’ . - & 7iTH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED, V.l U. S. A., THURSDAY, 14ta JUNE, 1923. the Palace yesterday. In past years, when the King has attended the Derby al_ld given 2 Derby dinner the sameeve- | ning, His Majesty has always included | the winner amcng the guests, Owing to | the grave illness of Princess Christian, | the King’s Aunt, His Majesty was un- | able t) attend the yace, or give a dinner | this year. It is understc 'd that the Gov- | ernment proposes to institute a prosecu- | tion in connection with the Otley Club, sweepstake, in which Mrs. Bellie Ford, | a woman weaver, won the first prize of | 32,000 pounds, | Bregen, Norway, June 9:h. - It is now | settled that Capt. Amundsen and his pilot | Omdal will start on their fourth North | ole flight fromm Wainwright, Alaska, to Spitzbergen on or about June 20. The | flight is expected to take about twenty- | two hours. It is thought that the gqreat- est danger of eniine failure will . rise | after the machine has been in the many hours, that is to say, after it. passed the pole and is approaching | edge of the polar ice Nerth of Spitzbe. gen. In Summer this ice pack isata considerable distance North of the island | If Amundsen and Omdal are forced to | land and abandon their airplane they | will, if witkin reasonable distance of the | ice edge try to reach it by ski. The | Norwegian Government bas assigned : two naval hydroplanes and one fishing | patrol vessel to assist Capt. Amundsen | on his quest for the Pole. As soon ac a message is received at Spitzh~ | stating that Amundsen hzs starteu, the | zirplanes and patrol ship will at once | “proceed to the edge of the ice. The ves- | sel which has already sailed for the Is- | land, will cruise along the ice rim, while | the airplanes will continue a Northwest- ern flight toward the Pole to meet Amund- | sen and escort him home or to render | him help should the explorer need it. London, June 11th. The West Indian | XI played their seventh match against Essex on Saturday at Levton. Essex | went in to bat first, scoring 148 runs. lu- | dividual scores were as follows. O’Con- nor 46, Treglown 6, Spurr 9, Freeman O, Douglas 29, Carter 19, Moule O, Cooper 12, Eastmann O, Marson 4, Sipkin 9 | (not out ), extras 14. Total 148. Bowl- | ing for the- West Indians Francis took | four wickets for 25, Browne two for 27, | Constantine two34 and Pascall two for | 93. West Indians now batted and at the | end of played had scored 86 for two wickets. Batting for the West Indian XI. Fernandes 5. Challenor 35 (not out) THE ST. CROIX AVIS i 3 printed and published daily (Sundays and Holdays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. TERMS:--50 cents monthly in advance, 2 cents per single copy. Entered as second -class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- sted, St. Croiz, V. L. of the U. S. A. un- der the Act of March 3, 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- lg received when the same deals with mat- ters of gemeral interest, and i 8 accompa- nied with the author’s nmname, as a guar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them, TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Copenhagen, June 9th.—Both Houses of Parliament yesterday by a big majori- ty adopted a Government motion ratify- ing the commercial agreement with Rus- sia. By this action Parliament grants de factor recognition to the Soviet Gov- ernment, Southampton, June 9th.--An au..vunce- ment is made that on and after June 10th British vessels will carry, on the west bound voyage to the United States only sufficient aleoholic liquors to bring them to the three mile limit. They will make the return trip to Europe dry. The White Star Line steamer Majestic which will be the first vessel to sail under the new regulations, will have its liquor stores curtailed one half the u.ual quan- tity. London, June 9th.—British women vir- tually have attained equality with men in the divorce courts, the House of Com- mons have adopted by a vote of 267 to 26, the third and final reading of a bill making the grounds for the divorce, the same for both sexes. The bill now goes to the House of Lords for approval and _after the royal signature is affixed to the maasure, misconduct will be sufflcient cause for a wife obtaining a divorce the additional grounds of cruely or desertion, which are now required of women being no longer necessary. Another bill for- bidding publication of divorce court evi- dence which has long been a feature of British newspapers, passed its second reading and was referred toa committee. London, June 9th.—His Majesty the *King received Mr. B. Irish, winner of the Derby on Wedn>sday with his wife, at No. 136. Ince 15. Small 27 (not out}, extras 4. Total 86. The mateh will be contirued today. Stockholm, June 9th. -Russian corres- pondents of the Stockholm Tidingen re- port that nearly four hundred persons have been drowned and 70,000 rendered homeless by floods in tha lower Volga re- gion. Paris, June 10th.—M. Poincare’s note on the subject of German reparations was delivered in London today, for pre- sentation to the British Cabinet tomorrow It expresses the hope that Great Britain will join France and Belgium in telling (Germany that passive resistance in the Ruhr must cease, It savse if Ger many comviies, France will be disposed to eonsider wita her Allies a solution of the reparations quesiion, provide!l the decision keeps within the limits of tho French proposal of January. Rome, June 10th.—The Iralian Cabi- net at a meetinZ held to consider mears for alieviating the high cost of living, decided to abolish or substantially re- -Ice the customs duties on the most im- portant foodstuffs brought into the country. Naples, June 10th. —Vesuvius, which recently has given signs of renewed act- ivity, is in eruption now with incandes- cen. lava, stones, cinders and smoke b-"ng thrown up in a column, which fre- iently reaches a height of several hun- red feet. The eruption is r iusing vio- ient local earthquakes. 5 Naconga, Juune 10th.—Damage esti- mated at $1,000,000 was caused to Nacon by a storm that broke over this eity, Nearly four inches of water fellin less than an hour and a half. Hendaye, irance, June 10th.— Pierre Loti, the novelist, died at his home to- day. The ¢nd came peacefully, with his hedside surrounded by his children and a few of his friends. Dublin, Jiane 10th.—-Walter Hoover world’s amateur -single sculls champion left yesterday for New York, en route to . London, England, where he wiil defend the diamond seulls trophy in the -Haniey regatta early in Jauly. . AT YOUR SERVICE A. R. MCINTOSH Passenger and Light Delivering Truek.