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21. RG L 2 A VIR 8.15. THIS EVENING 8.15 “White Youth” Story of a Yankee Hero Who Goes South and Weds a Pretty Southern Lass After Her Grandfather Had Already Selocted a Husband For Her. 5 REELS. The Story: Aline Ann Belame, is ‘the Granddaughter of General Belame whose plantation is near a famous old Louisiana city. The girl has been reared in a convent and has never seen her grandfather. One day a letter comes, telling her to come to him and announc- ing the fact that he has chosen a husband for her. : The girl is transported with joy, at the thought of having a real home amd a husband. But when she arrives at the Belame plantation, she discovers that her in- tended is the withered Monsieur Cayetane, a man almost as old as her grandfather. Shz instantly rebels. being a girl of spirit, and says she will not wed this man. A young N0rtherner.............., come and see for yourself, it is a fine picture, it is bound to please. Show concludes with one reel Comic. BOOK YOUR SEATS FARLY. : ADMISSION Hosepved Sears. . ... ..0. o 0 oo s 80 ana A0 ' Gene.al Enteance .... ....... SRk s S s e Children 20 and 10c. left for Newport, R. I. onthe **Culgoa.”’ These men, Mus. Ile. M. E. Francis, Mus. lc. Solomon. Mus. le. F. R. Davis, Mus. 2¢. C. Procter, have volunteered for dnty abroad. —lbid. The last trip to Porto Rico of our elec- trician, Mr. Jose Gimerez, nearly cost him his life. Whilst driving along the roads in Porto Rico, to prevent himself from being run over by a large truck, he quickly swerved to one side of the road againsta tree growing on the top of a precipice towering over a large river. The tree uprooted, but luckily giving them time to get out; the bile then went at breakneck speed into the river.—lbud. Mr. Adolph Sixto and Consul Emile Berne arrived here from the States, on the S. S. Guiana.—lbid. We welcome to our shores Mrs. Sigsbee and grand-daughter, Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Sigsbee, who is the widow of the famous admiral Sigsbee, of the illfaied battleship '‘Maine’’ that was sunk in the harbour of Havana, Cuba, prior to the Spanish American war,is the mother of Mrs. Kittelle. Mrs. Moore, wife of Commander Moore, U. S. N., is the daughter of Governor and Mrs. Kittelle.— Ibid We are glad to velcome once more in our midst, the Rev. A. B. Romig, for many years pastor of Nisky, and influ- ential member, of the community, who arrived last night by the U. S. 8. Vixen from San Domingo, via Porto Rico. He left us about 2} years ago, for San Domingo, to act as locum tenems during the vacancy caused by the death oi. Mr. ‘St. .Louis, and absence of Rev. 1. Van Fleck, with the bhope of enjoying a well earned furlough in tke United States, but finding his services greatly needed, he gave up the idea, and laboured most assiduously until. relieved and has now returned so as to attend the forth coming Synod of the Moravian Church to be held in Antigua towards the end of this month, being one of the chief officers. . As willi be seen by a notice in another paragraph, he will preach, at Niskv to- morrow and speak in the Missionary Lovefeast. —St. Thomas Bulletin, Oct. 15 TELEGRAMS. 5. OCROIX STATION. New York, Oct. 15th.—3Serman marks made another low record, preliminary quotations being 0.6775 cents. Bombay. Oct. 16th.—It is reported from Malabar that a big offensive against the Indian revolutionists is expected to begin almost immediately. London, Uct. 16th. Lord Robert Ceecil, speaking at Hull on Saturday, said, he cousidered the great blot on the League of Nations was the fact that it containeo no wurking men delegates. He emphasi- zed tne “wrgent need of Govt. control of the manufacture of arms, in order to minimize incitement to ®ar. He said that Germany ought to be admitted to the League and he believed she would have been admitted at the recent assembly if she had applied. London, Oct. 15th.—There has been a considerable response to the appeal of the Prince of Wales on behalf of the British Empire exhibition. Guarantees amounting to several thousands sterling have already been received. Halifax, N. S. Oct. 16th.—One of the most interesting of recent shipping developments in the British West Indies is seen in the activities of Messrs. Fur- ness Withy and Company, Ltd., who having obtained the concract to maintain a service of two figst class passenger liners in the Winter and one in the Sum- mer between New York and Bermuda, have now obtained certain concessions in that colony, and have in view the erection of an hotel and the preparation of a golf course at Tuckerstorm. Athens, Oct. 17th-—The Gounaris Government received a vote of confi- dence from-the National Assembly on Saturday, in spite of the threats of the opposition. The Government incurred no real danger, as the opposition under Nicholas Stratos was small, and the Venizelists refused to support it, owing to their distrust nf Stratos. Warsaw, Oct. 17th- M. Tronkiewitz, Secretary of the Polish Repatriation Com- mission now in Moscow, has been mur- dered in that city, it is said in advices which have reached here. Berlin, Oct. 17th - Flags have been raised in numerous places in the Katto- witz, Myslowitz, Pless and Rybnik dis- tricts of Upper Silesia, ahd former Polish insurgents armed with rifles are taking a stand to guard the new border, ac- corcing to a despatch to the Abendblatt. London, Oct. 17th—‘‘That Mr. Lloyd George has seen his way to go o Washing- ton after all is the best possible news,’’ says'' the Sunday Times.”” No one could thorughly fill his place there., no one could bring home so well to the Ameri- ca people the conviction that we are in earnest about the things for which the conference stands. His presence will make ail the difference between repre- sentations and delegation. When Mr. lLloyd George speaks to the United States, she will feel that she has the mind of Great Britain at first hand.’”’ London, Oct. 17th--The Irish confer- enc- had another two hours session to- day. Complete reticence is maintained as t~ the nature of the discussion, which is believed to have concerned the Ulster question. The date of the next meet- ing will be fixed iater London, Oct. i7ih. Sir Kric Geddes, Minister of Transportation, has tendered his resignation from that office, it was learned today. London, Oct. 18th.—Sugar in stock on the 15th inst. was 100,000 tons. Last year 117,000 tons.