St. Croix Avis (Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]) 1844-Current
August 16, 1920

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e L e Y ek laa o d ity i s o e fil\ L Q S/ s A AN 7 A TR TR NN i‘i‘i&"'i';.‘" s R R /RN S A ‘l N f\w g|N i 3\’ \_/ 3 :Q Y |o {Q 75TH YEAR. fHe ST. CROUIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansan at the Aves Office. UE 2 MS---50 cents monthly 1 advance. 2 cents per smgle copy. Entered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian ated, St Urove, V. Lo of LB L. 'SS 4., un der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- Ly recetved when the same deals with mat ters of general interest, and is accompa nied with the author’s name, as a quar antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem CRIME WAVE IN U. S. LAID TO ‘DRY’ LLAWS. The Association Opposed to National Prohioition, in a statement issued last pighil, charges thal On account of nation ai probibition’ there has been a startling increase in crime and lawlessness all over the United States, together with a wide spread inability or unwillingness to en force the taw. “‘Prohibition,”’ says the association, "‘ls breedinz a dangerow. contempt for. the law in »very state, and is yielding a ghastly harvest of crime and disease, while the ‘bootlegger’ has within the last six months develoved the status of a na tional institution.”’ ‘‘lnvestigations reveal that the drink ers of six montns ago are the drinkers of today. The big aiiference is that they re now not only drinkers but lawbreakers as well. Unabie to obtaiv liquor of the usual standards, they are now. drinking moonshine whisky, various wood aleohol mixtures with their menace of almost instant blindness, hair tonies, liniments, patent medicines and everything that h 'ds the percentage of alcohol necessary for he ‘kick.’ ““The number of drug addicts has alarn¥- ingly increased. “In Michigan the increase in crime has made itself manifest in over-croWded con ditions. in the jails. In Detroit the au rhorities state that the prisons are inade guate, and that there are more criminals in the state than all of the prisons in the Northern states eould hold The House of {orrcetion in Detroit has become so inadequate that it has been necessary to build an annex to it. A few days ago 248 risoners were arraigned before a Detroit judge. CHRISTHANSTED. V.l U.S. A., MONDAY I€érs AUGUST 1920 Results :in Ilhinois. “‘Prohibition has worked no bw~tter in illinois. Discussing exaet statistics of crime “he Chice.go police state that since Juiv 1, when war-time prohibit on went into effect, crime has inccreased 46 per cent over ihe same period last year. In a recent month of §919 there was 58 per cent more crime than in the same month of 1918. During the first month of war time proh'bition erime increased 100 per cent over the same month of the previous year. "‘Kansas, since war time prohibition went into effect, has held a dovbtful hon or, that of having the largest number of drug addiets in preporticn to population of any jtate in the Uni n aceording to United States Senator France of Mary land. “*Staid New England has fared litt.e better than the other states of the Union. Reports from the police of the principal eities of Connecticiit state that drunken ness has vastly increased with the com ing of prohibition. This drunkenness is not due, accordinz to the police, to the use of whiskey, but of such dangerous liquids as wood al'cohol, eolcgne, horse liniment and Jamaica ginger. Bootlegging Is General. “*Revenue officers report that there are at the lowest estimate two thousand iili cit- distilleries in Oklahoma. Some of them manufacture ‘Choctaw beer based on an old Indian drink, where there is in addition a dozen similar drinks, some of which have caused death. “In West Virginia within a month, revenue officers tound thirty stills.. Some $15,000 worth of whiskey was found buried in a garden. “In Alabama near Mobile, one of the largest raids of the South w@as recently conducted by revenue men. Over 1,500 gallons of beer .and 2,000 gallons of whiskey and two stills of 240 gallons capacity were seized. Two stills, one warm from the operating, were found in the basement of the new postoffice build inrg in Birmingham, now under construe tion. ““In Tennessee. Federal officem are finding that moonshiners and bootleggers are infesting the Mississippi River, oper ating ‘rom boats. The officers are using armoured cars v ith which to patrol the river. Prices Still Searing. ““In Georgia the prices obtained #or illicit liquor are so large that many stills are operating in that state, and daily raids are reported. Near Atlanta re- cently six stills of large capacity, 7,000 ibs. of sugar, 1,600 galions of beer and 200 gallons of whiskey were seized. In this raid twelve moonshiners were cap tured, while one was killed. “In New York five agents of the De partment of Justice were indicted on a charge of permitting liquor to be sold whilg.it was charged that a ring has col lected $500,000 for permitiing violations of the law. One man arrested was-a volunteer Federal agent who had asserted that he was a person of wea'th interest ed in the enforcement ot prohibition. “Raids are common in cities. Four stills werc recently discovered in Gary, Ind.. and another in Boston with a ca pacity of 600 gallons a day. In Dayton, Ohio, aurhorities ‘iscoveced, in raiding a still, a cache of many rifles, revolvers, army cartridge belts and 200 rounds of ammunition. S'Government reports on the subject state that since the going into effect of War-time prohibition more than 25,000 Illicit stitis have been put into successful operation ove- rthe country, some of which had daily capacities as high as 500 gallons. [n Virginia the outrazes upon peeper ty,, persons, common.decency, and even life itse!f, perpetrated in the name of prohibitiony bred a scandal which echoed thru- the whole eountry. The Anti Saloon League, in control of the enforce ment machine, distributed the well -paid Jobs, like so many meal tickets, among its zealous agents. New York Tribune, Sunday Nov 2srd. NOTICE 1s hereby made known that the Colonial Council’s Ordinary Meet ing which was fixed for Monday, August 16, has, by consent of Gov ernment, been postponed to MOIN DAY AUGUST 23rD, at one o’clock PlO, folonial Codncil Office, 5S¢ PELN Aagust 12, 1920. g O TER, i Vace-Chairnwen 3 For good appetiteand A rls gooca digestion use L Dr. Ross’ Life Pills. Readers, No. 20-17. 0. TeS

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The s s. “‘Guiama’’ from New York via St. Thomas arrived at Frederiksted early on Saturday morning. The mails by har for this end were brought up and delivered shortly after 9 a. m. The mail-schooner ‘‘Virginia’’ arrived at Frederiksted on Saturday evening and’ the mails for.this end were delivered yes terday morning. Che theatre is the place to spend an enjoyable evening seeing the brilliant acts in the now famous serial "‘Elmo the Mighty”’. _See programme in this issue and secure seats early The co-operative store, ¢r grocery, for the employees at Bethlehem concern is now learned to be a faect, and already "):u‘t!)‘ established. At a tertain deposit once for all each member has the privi lege to buy from the establishment and gaip *the advantage of the .fair prices which are fixed at something over the gross cost of the goods lt'may be noted what a benefit this move will mean to at east fifty families comprising more than a hundred people whcse patronage will naturally be diverted from the town shops As ar example of the prices that will prevail it is quoted that Danish but ter is being sold at 90 cents a poung. The last price charged in town was some where around a- dollar and forty cents, a neat profit of merely 50 per cent or so. A contributor to this paper has sent us an extract from-the New York Tribune on the booze question, published in this tssue. As stated before, we do not mean 10 muzzle opinion in any ‘matter, and while we would certainly extend a great er weicome to contributions irf support of prohibition, we uevertheless feel that the expression of their views is the right of the non-prohibitionists. The article to which attention of readers is invited ils decidedly interesting, and emanating as it does from one of the most authentie and reliable journals in the United States, i» undoubtedly entitied to'some consider ation. B TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STA +ION. (Delayed In Transmission). Paris, "Aug. 11th.—The French Govt. has decided to recognize General Wran ge, as head of the de facto Govt. of Soath Russia. In making this announce ment the Ministry of Foreign Affairs salid this recognition implied rendering Wrangel all possible military assistance London, Aug. Ilth.—ln the champion ship ericket yesterday Kent beat Glou cestershire by 80 runs. Lancs defeated Notts by 95 runs. Hampshire who played a great second innings of 349, Mead making 176, beat Somerset by 191 runs. The Warwickshire-Northampton shire match was drawn. Slot Rgi e R AV 18 ‘Clonakilty County, Cork, Aug. 11th. ‘Two soldiers were shot dead here last night. i London, Aug. 11lth.—-The dangerofa general strike of British labour as a pro test against Mr. Lloyd George’s policy with respeet to the Soviets is passed, and 4 Yabour believes that the Russian cyisis is over. Assurances have been given through Mr, Clynes, the Labour Leader, that no British troops will invade Rus- sian soil or seek the déstruction of the Soviet ovt. This 'word was given today by Mr. Tlynes after he had a forty min- ates interview with the Premier at nvoa in Downing Street. Washington, Aug. 11th,—Poland will ask immediate aid of the United States in its fight against the Russiap Bolshevi- ki, Coynt Lu omirski, the Polish Minis- ter, announced today. The appeal to the State Department, the Minister said, will be based upon the assurance contained iu the United States note to Italy that the United States will insist upon the main “tenance of the politieal independence and 1 territorial integrity of Poland. The aid requested, it was said, probabiy wiil be confined to a reqaest for an extension of credits by the United States for the pur- chase by Poland of surplus war stocks. Permission to purchase 200,000 army uni- formes and 200,000 pairs of shoes from the United States War Dept. Stock al- ready has been asked tfor by the Polish Le zation. Cowes, Aug. 11th.—The United States won the Harmsworth trophy, the Inter national motor-boat prize, through the victory of ‘‘Miss America™ in the sec ond race of the series off here today. The trophy goes to the country winning two out of three races. America also won the first race yesterday. London, Aug. 11th.—The Westmin- g ster Gazette discussing the report that Sir George Foster asked ‘the Imperial Press Conference delegates to put them- selves unitedly behind the idea of impe- rial preference in trade. says it is cer- tainly not in accordance with its ideas of public pnlicy that the press shouid do anything of the kind. When the press allows themselves to be ‘manoeuvred into united support of a particular policy which affects buying of their raw ma- terial, the press will have lost the par- ticular policy which gives them their power. A union that bound all papers to say the same thing would be fatal to the press, in the opinion of the West- minster Gazette. -Warsaw, Aug. Bth.—The Premier in a statement to the Polish newspapermen said that tne Polish Government w.uld remain in Warsaw indefinitely. é Paris, Aug. 7th.—The Polish® coun- ter-attaeks against the Russian Bolshe- viki have been successiul, according to the newspapers here. France and England, says the ‘‘Matin’’, can, with- out furnishing. troops, give powerful assistance to Poland in her battle against the §Soviet armies. The Czecho-Slovak Minister to France declares in an inter view today, in the '‘Excelsior’’, that Czecho-Slovakia would eonsider inter vention in Poland only if the territorial Integrity and sovereignty of that coun try should be threatened. He says his country considers the existence of an {independent Poland necessary from the viewpoint® of the European equili brium. London, Aug. Btb.---The Mosco./ Gov ernment has notified the British Govern ment that it has been arranged for the Polish delegates to¢ress the Russian frontier on the evening of August 9th for the armistice and peace negotiations, which are to begin at Minsk on August b llth, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 7th. —Peace for the United States and the world by this na tion’s entrance into the league of nations with interpretations not disturbing its vi tal principle, was pronounced today by Mr. Cox, the democratic presidential standard bearer, as his paramount poliey, in his address here accepting the demoecratic nomination. Mr. Cox militantly cham pioned the league as proposed by Presi dent Wilson with interpretations e¢nsur ing good faith and understanding, and i he denounced what he termed a dishon ourable proposai from Senator Harding, his Republican oppenent;-for a separate peace with Germany. i Berlin, Aug. 7th.--String drafis of French artillery have been. arriving in Upper Silesia by the way of Czecho-Slo vakia, and ammunition trains are rolling into the province in quick suecession. Workingmen, it is declared, arein a state of great exctement, believing that France intends to use Upper Silesia as base for the sxpedition_to Poland. Gen g eral Fermond, President of ‘the inter Allied Commission in Upper Silesia, has returned from France to Oppeln. Hythe, ;Aug. Bth, —Associated Press Great Britain and France are eonvineed that the “Boisheviki intend to ecapture Warsg, and set_up a Soviet Govt. in Polan?.,‘ This has.been learned from ap official source. Tonight the following ~announcement was made: At the con g ference between Mr. Lloyd George and M. Miilerand, held today to discuss the Pol ish situation, it wasjdecided that the con ference would continue to-morrow, w&;n the Premiers wiil dwell upon the nathl, military and economie plans for the sav ing of Poland. The plans are being drawn up tonight by Marshal Foch and Field i Marshal Sir ‘Henry Wiison, Chiet of the Imperial General Staff. These were the outstanding deveiopmenis of the day, and ifoilowed the official anpouncement that the Soviet Government had definitely re fused the ten days truce requested-by i Mr, Lloyd George asa result of Friday's meeting with the Russian Mission, head ed by M. Kemeneff and M. Krassin. While there his been no ralk officially of declaring war upon Russia. the Allies

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have decided to give Poland all possible military, naval and economic assistance, without delay. _ London, August 12th. Great Britain has been officially notified of the re cognition by France of the Government of General Baron Prangel as the De Facto Government of Southern Russia and the question is being discussed be tween the two Gove.nments. _Some thing akin to eonsternation is evidenced by the Evening Press, over the French action, which ts characterized as contra ry to British ideas and aflmenace to En tente relations. §Meanwhile the King who was to leave for Seotiand to mor iow, has pestponed his trip owing to the situation. Paris, Aug. 12th.——The situation in Mesopotamia -continues to be serious, says a Hava’s despatech from Beirut. British detachments on the Kuphrates are falling back and the garrison of Devanieh, situated on the right bank of the river, about ninety-five miles north-east of Bagdad, has. been cut off. Much agitation prevails in the region. Army garages in Bagdad are reported to be in flames when the despatch was filed. Paris, Aug. 11th.—Paris is in a panic over a crime wave. Murders, pick pocketing, robberies, forgeries and shop lifting h ve reached such proportions thai tiie press and the public are usniting to criticize the police. Eight murders, all unscived, have occurred in the past ten days. The authorities explain that the police itoree is short 1,806 men and it 1s difficult to get the men to join because high wages are paid workers elsewhere. London, August lirff. Archbishop Mannix has engaged a leading firm of lawyers to test the legality us his sei zure and ejectment from the '‘Baltic’’. The issue will be taken to the courts when the Archbishop will appedr as a citizen of Australia, pointink out that thus he will ~ot stultify him&:lf as a aupporter of the Irish Republic which is refusing o acknowledge the British jurisdiction. [here lis a report here that the Archbishop is not really M nnix but De Valera in disguise. Paris, Aug. 12th.—A great battle is in progress on. the Russo-Polish front, upon which hangs the fate -of Warsaw ac@rding to information reaching the “rench Foreign Office today. ~Paris, Aug. 12th.—Great Britain has communicated officially with France with regard to the differences between ‘the two Governments, it developed from a statemeni made by the semi-official Hava’s Agency today. Both Govern ments are examining-in the most friend lv spirit, the differences in view which have aeeurred hetween them, but which will not prevent them from continuing their friendly collaboration, 1t says. Paris, August 12th. Premier Ven izelos of Greecée was attacked and ST ORI X A VLS 830 THIS EVENING 8.30. “Elmo Lincoin”

"“Elmo The Mighty.” ‘imo e iVlighty. EpisodeiNo. 13: *lnto The Chasm”. Episode No. 14. “The Human Bridge”. In the closing chapter of episode No. 12 we left Eimo iashed (0 the rock. with he sea surging over hyn. Ia episode No. 13 The Mysterious Motor-Rider appears and well you betrer com# Monday evening and see for yourself. Performance concluding with: “A Roof-Garden Rough House” A\ Roof-Garden Rough House”. Comedy—2 Reels. L e S ADNIBSION: 7 Reservead Sea's.. i (0¢ Two first and two last rows of reserved seats i 20 Genéral Entrance oo e 20 Children 20 and 10c 4 wounded today as he was leaving the Lyons Railway Station for Nice. As the Premier stepned on to a train two men fired revolvers at him. He was wounded slightly. His assailants were" arrested. Venizelos was taking leave oF friends, when two swarthy individuals rushed from the erowd. one firing three shots and the other five be fore they were overpnwered. The Pre mier was reported wounded in tne right side and the left arm. His assailants fol lowing their arrest were rescued by the police from the crowd with great difficul ty, the mob shouling, "‘lynch them’’ Both of the men were severely handled. Montreal, Auag. i2th.- The most im portant development, from a shipping standpoint which has occuired in Canada for some time is thz conclusion today of an arrangement, whereby the “anada Steamship Lines gho become the sole passenger and freight agents in Canada of the United States Mail Steamship Company, which corperation has recent ly taken over froma the United Sta‘es Government, a large number of former German passenger and cargo boats and has now commenced cperations out of its ports. The fleet @f the United States Steamship Co., when completed, will con sist of more than 100 steamers and in cludes such well known pessenger ships as the Leviatham George Washington, Martha Washingtos, Mount Vernon and President Grant. NEW YORK, Aug. i2th 199 Flour, Blended Clears St. Lawrence a4 0 byl 81200 Meal, Kiindried per 100 ths $3.90 New Season’s Pork per bri. $39 Heavy Mes.\Pork per bbl. $33.0 Sugar---Orystals maximmum per 104 ibs Molasses Sugar 89° test. no guotation Cotton, Middling Upland. at iivervon per ib. 27 18.1004 fixchange, New York and London, 60 days’ sight $2 604 Exchange New York and London, sioht g $3.644 LONDON, Aug. 12th 1920 Sugar, Demerara Crystals, Govt. controll ed and free o1 control quite norminal. sSugar-Moscovado Govt. co :trolled and [ree control quite nominal. Moscovado iree of UGiovt. control duty paid nominal, {rerman Beet 88°/. f.o.b. no sajes. White Java sugar cif United Kingdom ncminal 113 s. 04, Demerara Rum, per pal, nominal, Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red no. minal per cwt 100 s. Od. Cottc- Medium Finc Sea Island. at Lly erpool per ib. nominal Bank of Englaad rate of Discount et eent. .o Consols 46%. Three per cent rentes in Paris Fes. 57 AO, All prices subjeet to correctio,

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NOTICE. OWNERS of the Third Liberty Loan Coupon Bonds delivered to us for forwarding for “exchange are hereby informed that the per manent Bonds have been received, and will be delivered upon presen tation and surrender of the tempo rary receipts issued. THE NATIONAL BANK‘OF THE DANISH WEST INDIES. Christiansted, the 12th August 1920. FOR SALE. EST. MT. PELLIER (East) With dwelling house Village 263 Acres Total 100 Rented out 2100 Head of Cattle of which 60 are COWS. The land will Le sold either as a whole or in lots of not-less than 2 acres. Apply to A. W. ELLIOT. Beeston Hull. e T T T Christiansted Graded Gramiar School (formerly St. roix Hojere Skole). THE new school-year opens today, Au gust 9, 1920; schooi-hours from 9—11.30a. m., and 13,30 D, m. School fees for Ist. 2nd grades: $1.50 monthly. 3rd. 4th. grades $2.00 do. bth. 6th. do $3.00 do. For amount of $5.00 10% reduction,. *tslo.oo 20% e (The studies in the 6th grade embrace typewriting and sternography.) Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I. August 9, 1920. THE BOARD. PURSUANT to Ordinance of August 19th 1874 1t is hereby made known that 1 have received announcement from the Representatives of the ‘‘La Grange”’ Concern, that from August Ist a. c. the Power of Attorney, given by the deceased Privy Counsellor of Conference, Mr. G. A. HAGEMANN to Civil Engineer. C. J. G. SORENSEN as administrator of the aforesaid Concern, has been revoked, and that from said date Messrs. E: ENG BECK and LAUR. V. NIELSEN have been appointed admiuistrators of the Concern ‘‘La Grange’’. WILH. JENSEN. The Police Office, Frederiksted, July 31st. 1920. Sr kR Rl XA s The New St. Groix Savings Bank. Hi Membeors v{)f th—e New St Croix Savings® Bank are hereby notified o that the 39th Aunual General Meeting _| will be held at the office of the Institu- tion on FRIDAY AUGUST 20th AT 4 O’CLOCK P. M. at which a statement of the transactions for the year endihg March ‘Bl, last will be laid before the meeting and election of Trustees take "place. Chrisfiansted, ~St. Croix, Aggust 2, 9d. By Order. T. J. STRIDIRON, i e Accountant i "y e Post Office Notice:. REVISED CONVERSION RATES FOR INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS, EFFECTIVE AUG. 15, 1920. Because of the decided and loge-con tin ued depreciation of the currency of cer tain European countries as compared with the United States dollar, the Post master General has ordered that on and after August 15, and until further notice,” in issuing ‘money orders, the money of the United States shall be converted in accordance with the following schedule: GREAT 8R1TA1N......¥] =s4 NETHERLANDS.....I florin =3B cents SWEDEN ....1 krone =24 eents DENMARK .....1 krone =2O cents N0RWAY............1 krone =2O cents FRANCE .81 =10.30 francs BELGEOIM. 81 =lO-30 francs ITADY ek —=10.30 francs DISCONTINUANCE OF HOLiDAY SERVICE, CHRISTIANSTED FRED ERIKSTED, EFFECTIVE AT ONCE. Hereafter, ahd until further, the daily mail-service between Christiansted and Fredetiksted, St. Croix, will not be per formed on holidays. Should the exigen cies of the service require the exchange of mails between the towns on holidays, such service will be performed under the conditions now applicable to service on Sunday. U. S. Post Office, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. 1., August 9, 1920. B. R. LARSEN Postmaster. !Good News: THE FAMOUS e SEN-SEN CHEWING GUM Throat-Ease and Breath Perfume to be had at CHRISTIANSTED FREDERIK- STED APOTHECARY HALLS. TN 7 X A “v, Optical Service YOUR. prescription filled, and special. %round lenses promptly duplicated through the mails. Consult our refractionist, moder ate charge for consultation. G EOM. CORNEIRO 5. ‘home U= L DEAFNESS And Noises in The Head. i YOU ARE A SUFFERE-—Go to your Loecal Druggist and order 'CON CENTRATED .SOTJRDAL, price 4/6° per tin. This New remedy gives almost immediate relief, and quickly eifects a permanent cure. It penetrates -to the actual seat of the complaint, and has completely cured many cases which wére considered hopeless. If your Chemist does not yet stock '‘SOURDAIL’, do nuct accep: any substitute, but send money order for a supply direct to the 'SOUR DAL’ DISTRIBUTING CO, 388 STA TOIN ROAD, CROYDON,.SURRLEY ENG., and a package will be mailed per return with full directions. T N e NORTEERN A Compar ssurance Lompany EA.., si Imifed OF LONDON A GEOG. L. MARKCE Agent for Frederiksted’s District wTW 5 M. K. ARMSTRONG. Agent for Christiansted’s DisWict Policies are not suhject o average, You Ave Bvin to call and see the fine ‘assortment of Groceries received i Ex S. S. Korona A. R. Mclntosh. Christiansted, St. Croix. 11 June 1920.