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. ? Call at Creque’s Store! And be Supplied with the freshest Stock of Meal, Flour, Rice, Hake Fish, Herrings, Onions, Alewives, Sugar, Soda Crackers, Split Peas, Red Beans, Black Eye Peas, Salmon, Sardines, Beef Trimmings, Runkel’s Cocoa, Blk. Tea, Coffee, Quak- er Oats, 3saco, Table Butter, Cooking Butter, Lard, American Cheese, Octagun Soap, Blue Mottled So.p, Clothes Pins, - Starch ete., GRADED PANAMA HATS with Sweat- bands and linings, Gents White Suits, Shirts, Neckties, Collars, Boots and Shoes, Hoseries, Belts, Hair Brushes, Toothpaste, Toilet Soaps, Facepowder Perfume, Assoried Finger:Rings, Lavalier Chains, U. S. Watches. Alarm Clocks, Pocket Knives, Tea Se:s, Dinrer Wares, Enamel Wares, Bakers Bread Tins, Pie Plates, JELLY GLASSES, WATER PITCHERS, STRAINERS, FRY PANS, SIFTERS ETC. Politeness extended to all Cus- tomers. Call at Creque’s, Christiansted, St. Croix. We are advised for further informa- tion to the public that the Revd. M. S. Morgan will oecupy the pulpit in the Lutheran Churen in this town at the eleven o’clock service on Sunday 14th instant Intermittent showers of rain fell yes- terday suppressing the dust which had reached a state not permitting of any- thing being kepnt clean for even a few minutes. The theatre afforded a well spent eve- ning to those who aitended the show there last night. ‘T'he pictures were very interesting and the comic with which the programme terminated, very amusing. U. S. NAVY PRASS NEWS, March 9, 1920. BALTIMORE: Automobile bandits operating in broad ' daylight today in busiest street of shopping district smash- ed window of j:welry store and cleaned out of it forty thousand dollars worth of diamonds. They shot and injureda man and made a gateway before crowd recovered fom panic. Four were in auto and thre2 alighted to take part in robbery. _ WASHINGTON: Learned on gond au- thority today that action will be taken just as soon as the Army re-organiza- ST CcRO 1X AN ILID tion bill is out of the way on the pay bill probably late this week. Expected that house will insist on provisions in house bill, for enlisted men be retained in compromise measure and that Sen- ate will yield but will in turr demand increase for officers be incorporated. PARIS: Echo de Paris states that Allied Ambassadors have instructions in Washington to communicate to Presi- dent Wilson general decision reached r>2lative to Turkey by, Supreme Counc’l. Press reports state that Rritish war- ships are proceeding to Constantinople. Rome reports state t ~at ltaly will asso- ciate herself with Turkish action. LONDON: Reports were circulated here today of clash beiween Allied troops and Turkish forces in Constantinople. These reporis not eredited at War Office or Admiralty where no confirmation was to be had. ; WASHINGTON: Raymond Corcoran, American citizen, was murdered by his Mexican clerk on February 28th, saccord- ing to State Department advices. Cor- coran was -“mployed as mine sugerin- tendent near Pochua, Mexico, and he was shot in back by clerk he had dis- charged. Body brought to Larego, Texas, for burial. “orcoran served during war in Army. WASHINGTON: Unless provision is made to maintain present efficiency of Naval Reserve force by svs:ematic train- ing, the Navy within a few years will be fated by same lack of potential man- power as when the country entered the war Secre‘ary Daniels told House Naval Committee. Says reserves should be given periodic training in peace times to qualify them for duty afloat. WASHINGTON: Senate Subcommit- tee today began investigation of Navy Department’s conduct of war. Admiral Sims was the first witness and he was accompanied by Captain Lanning, Cap- tain Hicone and Cemmander J. V. Bab- cock. In testimony Admiral Sims said failure of Navy Department to act promptly on recommendations and to place country’s ertire Naval resources at the disposal of tha Allies within six months after the United States entered the war prolonged the :truggle at least four months. He added that it also jeopardized the outcome, claiming that three thousand reserves were lost and one hundred miiNon doiiars spent daily. Declares his criticisms were direrted at Navv’s work in 1917 and had nothing to do with magnificent wav the Navy func- tioned in 1918 after it really got into the war. Says Navy was not properly prepared in April 1917 and the administrative ma- chinery was cumbersome and inefficient, and that statement constituted an attack on no one or that he -was atiacking civili- an control of the Navy which he said was essential, but that he wished to be set right in ts : eyes us the country and to refute cri (cisms that he was throw- ing mud at the Navy. Opened hearing by reading long prepared statement setting furth in detail his criticisms of Department’s condiet of Naval participation in war. He said that during recenr awarded hearing Navy's morale had been seriously impress- ed byintroduction by Department of per- sonai correspondence from him not bear- ing on the subject. Adm:ral said his posi- tion abroad corresponded (o combination of duties of General Pershing and Gener- al Bliss, thouyh his duties were of course of far less m.agnitude. 3Said he was su- bordinate to Commander-in-Chief of At- lantic Fleets on paper conly. Attacked what he called efforts to convict him of be- ing pro-EBritisa and so fcrth. Other offi- cers to testi’y will be Admirals Mayo, Grant and Psimer. Marczh 10, 1920. WASHINGTION: Failure of the Navy Department fully to cooperate in the war during the first six months after Ameri- ca’s entry cost half million, fifteen bil- lion dollars,’ ind two million five hundred thousand shiy - tons and prevented a vie- tory over Germany by July 1918 Rear Admiral Sim:s’ told Senate Investigating Committee tcday in presenting documen- tary proceediags of his charge of delay against the Departmen:. Said German offancive of 1918 was due to failure of German submarine campaign and that in all probabilities it would never have been undertaken, and the morale of the German people would have beer broken, if the - American troops co-ld knve been more promptly dism%ched to I'rance. Said that flrst near deci slon that ezme from the Na- vy Depar:mer.tas to America’s participa- tion in the w:r was to him dated May 3. I¢l7, a montn after th: United States joined ‘the Allies. Testified that when he found his own efforts were unabie to impress upor the Depa.tment the seri- ousness of th2 situation he invoked the aid of the iate Ambassador Page at Lon- don who sent a pressing message telling of the dange» to Secretsly Lansing and President Wilson. Even this request weént unhearl for some months, the Ad- miral said. Read voltminous recom- mendations ne had sent Depariment. Insistea that he has been bzdly handi- capped by fa'lure of the Department to . ke~p him infcrmed. Understood he will resume testiinony wher hearing opens tomorrow. NEWPORT NEWS: Destioyer Gra- ham receatly completed here riade better than 36 knots on her trial run, accordirg to Yard Cftici«ls. BALTIMOLEE: Darinz robbery was successiully executed ea'ly this morning when 12 men masked ard armed vushed the watchimar at the Mi. Vernon distill- ery warchouse and gfter posting guard over the vatcnman put a fleet of trucks in operaiion to get away with 60.000 barrels of wniskey valued at $60,000. Some of the.n took par. in vesterday’s robbery as twy of tnem discassed ic while