St. Croix Avis (Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]) 1844-Current
September 25, 1920

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I W Ng o oy R s o L F g] g &b N S 4 R\ &|‘R s) A% 7\ \4\;‘,’ S t. Croix Power Plant will only countenance wirings Ete. Ste. done by its electrician and, reserves the rights to refuse or discontinue the supply of current to the consumer who acts contrary to the abovo ANS.. FABIO, Prop. St. Croie Power Plant Christiansted, St. roix, Sept. 22 1920. T 7 e "¥Y NOTICE i‘hL Bridge on Spring Gut road. ‘KHast End Quarter’ is now un der repairs, and therefore the road is closed until further notice. For the Road Commission. Y OIAINNEY

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u CHRISTIANSTED THEATREL By 8.30. MONDAY EVENING 8.30. “The Gray Ghost” The Gray Ghost Episode No. 13: “The Tightening Snare”. Episode No. 1) “At Bay’’. _ Episode No. 15: “The Duel”. __ The Sixteenth and l.ast Episode of The Gray Ghost will be exhibited Thursday tivening Coming! Coming! Coming! &4 The Carter Case”. CRAIG KENNEDY PRODUCTION A Scientifically Detective Story With Enough Thrills To Satisfy Every !'(H_i_‘» s Beginning Thursday. ADMISSTION, Reserved Sears aah R ...30 and 40c. General Entrance e e Lo Children 20 and 10c. NOTICE. ALL TRESPASSING on the Whim Concern is prohibited, and all Roads private, Sandy Point in cluded. 4. W. SMITH. Whim, 24th Sept. 1920. §I Sunday Night Goncert U S. NAVAL BAND _ Christiansted, Virgin lslands Sept. 26th, 1920. ist. Mvs. Paulus, Leader. PROGRAM. Marech ......Directorate Sousa. Grand Operatic Selection Faust..Gonoa Waltzes. Consolation.. Heed. March. .El Capitan. .-Sousa Overture. ....Pique Dame. Suppe. Intermezzo. Cavalleria Rusticana..Mas cagni. NATIONAL ANTHEM. EDITORIAL. Qensiderable dissatisfaction appears to he occasioned by certain requirements of Sav T M X AN LS the sanitary regulations, and especially as a result of methods employed to urge compliance with some of the rules. It is the breadmakers who are complaining and they represent a case of being called upon to erect wire closures at all open ings in apartments used for bread mak ing, under penalty of confiscation of their business. in this connection it is recall ed that at the dllustrated lecture of the Sanitation Service in the barracks last week, the speaker in his interesting ana tomical observations ~on the housefly showed the desirableness of exciuding flies from places where bread is made, and in order to fully encourage popular ~attention to this feature, he advised the people te buy bread only from those who were observing the precaat on of shut ting out flies by means of wire sereens— in which way those others who did not ~adopt such sanitary measures would be ostracised and thus forced to follow the example. The sanitary regulations, as drafted, have not yet passed the Colo nial Council and, therefore, have not be come law, and the remarks above refer red to indicate that the officers of the Sanitation Service are fully cognizant of this, so that while advising and urging general co-operation in the carrying out of schemes for the betterment of the pub lic health they recognize the rights of the people in this matter. We should say that the Department has our fullest support in all it is doing to improve the sanita~y con dition on this island; and within reason and with due consideration for laws ana personal righis we are ready to boost auy movement it may launch for the public good, but we are not in favor of threat ening people unjustifiably, and intimidat ing them into doing things under pretext of law when no law exists. As regards the question of installing wire screens in bakeries, we fully endorse the idea and hope that those concerned will find it possible to adopt it, in such away that in the near future it will be in general operation; but it is brought to the norice of the heads of the Sanitary Department that the complaints around appear to warrant attention to the alleged over stepping ol authority by those coming into immediate contact with the people, with -whom we know from experience tact will accomplish a great deal, which in this instance could redound only to the cre’ it of the Department and success of its efforts After writing the above, it has come to our knowiedge that officers of the Sanitary Department inspected privies in this town and where the doors were found locked gave orders to unlock and keep thers open at all times. There are ebvious reasons why privies should not be accessible tc¢ undesirables who can make use «f them if the doors are kept open, and this order seems therefore too absuid to be credibie. No one ils going to have the privy made a medium of spreading contagious disease if it can be helped, and it does not strike us as sensi ble either to issue or observe sien ao order as that referred to. We are giving space in this issue to a communication from Mr. Tutein on the fish question. As we have said on a previous occasion on this same subject, Mr. Tutein has bad a long and probably varied experience in the fishing business, and we believe he is actuated by con scientious motives. The question, how ever, must stand or fall on its own merits, and in assuring the public that the columns of this paper are open to a free discussion of the same, _provided it is confined to the subject itseft, and offers such information and suggestion as may prove of benefit, we withhold further comment until the views of those most closely concerned have been heard. LOCAL. S. S. Guiana from New York arrived at Frederiksted last evening. It is understocd that the services of master-painter Klint have been engaged to paint the dials of the town clock which will thus be rendered somewhat opeque

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ard thereby afford a hetter result when the lights are turned on. x OFFICIAL NEWS. September 24, 1920. Governor Oman attended rhe meeting of the Colonial (ouncil for the Munici pality of St. “Thomas and St. John yes terday. N e Judge Maimin, accompanied by his family, left for St. Croix this morning The suit recently brought by the Collector of Customs against several merchants of St. Thomas for alleged violation of the war prohibition aetc, has been decided in favor of the de fendants. The ourt held that the acts did not apply in the Virgin Islands and that the defendants had complied with all local laws, respecting the im portatioa oi beer. Mr. J. F. Henry, recently avppointed as Clerk of the Distriet (ourt of St. Croix, accompanied Judge Malmin this morning. Captain Otto K. Rartoe has been or dered detachment from dutyin the Vir gin Islands and will proceed to: the States via the next transport. He will be relieved by Lieutenant Owen ‘J. Kel: ly, ordered transferred from the Navy Yard, Charleston L AR R Ensign Jeremniah Smith, has been detached from the U. S. S. Vixen and ordered to the United States apon reportiig —of his retsf [Ensipn Carey, who will arrive” on the U. 8. S. Kittery. Benjamin T. Hunter, recently trans ferred by the Navy Department from Guantanamo Bay, has entered upon du ty as Chief Clerk to the Commandant of the Naval Station, St. Thomas. Mr. Hunter, who arrived on the U. S. S. Gulfport, accompanied by his family has been in the Government civil ser vice for 15 years. Frederiksted, Sept. 24th. 1920. The s. s. ‘‘Korona’’arrived from Wind ward Islands yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. She landed some overcairied cargo, a few bags of mail and the fol lowing passengers: From St. Kitts: Mr. Corner, Mr. C. W. Greenidge, A Matthew, E. Michael and child, MrS. A. Barnes and 4 chil dren. From Antigua: Mr. Geo A. B. Henry, Miss Juliana White, Miss Cathe rine Messiah: From Barbados: Miss Hariet Merwin, Mr. H. N. Dix. The ship sailed at 8 p m. taking 17¢ Steel Tierces, mails for the United States and the following passengers: For New York: Veronica Critchlow. S CRe g 8 Ay N Rupert U: Markoe, Rev. Geo. Englert, Mathilda Bishop,: Miss A. Hark, H. Pil grim, Mrs Antoinette Abbott, Miss Ani ta C. Plaskett, Mr. Peter J. Gronnemose, Maude Lewis, Henry Samuel, Angeleota Johnson, Mirriam Benjamin and child, Martina Tranberg, Ernest Jackson, Rein hold Larsen, Antoinettd Reubel, Kathleen Gardine and child, Henry Hart, Idalia Jensen, For St.- Thomas: Geo. Moor head, Deiia Estarnzl, Mr. Mrs. P. Adamsen and child, Mrs. N. Thornberg Mary Hardecasti», Uttiida Thompson, Joseph Kirton, Exza Adina Phipps and child, Hetman Hwost, Catherine Williams, M. Golden. Corr:spondence. Christiansted, St. Croix, V. 1. Septem ber 23rd 1920. Editor.of the St Creixr Avis. Dear Sir:— Once morc 1 beg space. in your valuable paper to make matters plain I have no wish,..ntention or desire for verbal or !!te‘rar§ warfare Should the proper time come we shail exercise that best of all gifts by the Creator of man kind which is reason. He himself says, “‘Come and det us reason together’. Then we shall argue the questions and points with the ccartesy that distinguish es gentlemen. I wish to show that you are mistaken in saying it was to help the fishermer. to meet the high cost of hving. It really was the cost of materials and the expense of cafrying on the work that was agreed between (he fishermen ot this Town and of Frederiksted with the Food Commissior. so an increase was allowed: the sam" conditions still exist, Now Mr. Editor same silly fishermen tave bragged that theyi have never made more money than sinee prices have been adjust ed. May I ask waho or what industries that have not maile more money? Has not your own ard every official salary been increased? Can the drop of a cent or two in the shopgs warrant that your salaries should be%ut down? Emphati cally I say no. .gVe often see price lists and ads. but wlen poor people go to buy the price is changed and often they only get 14 ounces to the pound. So when they have charged 32¢. and take o1 Ze¢. you only get 28¢c., they have robbed you 4ec. Now lam quite ready to admit that L have never made more money but the purchasing value seems leas. Now have to remind all concerned that pro duct is the producers property. He can charge what he likes. It is buy or leave. When our country is at war the Govern ment can take over every and all indus tries and give proper compensation. As for that impudent and impertinent person whc calls l;glnself Dives or Divie’s I shall simply consign him to the place where Divie’s belong and in the future treat him with the contempt that all anon vmous writings deserve. If mistake unot the initials he is known by ils M. P. but myself and others are doubtful if he has any legitimate right to M. P. This scrawler who had the impudence to place etc. between my initials and leg.umate sar-name think in his yvouthtul dayvs the name he was known by was the same as one of the States of the Union. Thanking you for space and indui gence, Yours Repectfull PEILIFE K. G. TUTEIN Christiansted, St. Croix, 24/9-1920 To the Fditor of St -Croix Avis. Dear Sir:— Can you inform us whether the law under which the establishment of new firms. corporations, and ofher bu 1. ness companies must be duly reported to the court which then Pnb]ishes a notice to that effect in St. Crofx Avis is abrogat ed, ot if in force why the ''St.Croix Pow er Plant’’ is heard of only by adveriise ment from Its acecredited proprietor? Also, for the enlightenment of those interested, please give what information you have about the conecession, contruct, or whatever you choose to cail it if any there be—under which the so-ealied com pany operates, or let us understand i it is a fact that the said ''Power Plaut’’ has the power to levy any charges its directors are’ disposed to fix for current to deliver or refuse light to the public as it pleases them, and to collect full pay ment. from those on flat-rate when the current supplied has heen only abour halt of what they are entitied to as muav b proved by consumers using meters. For the information of skilled, licensed and authorized electricians, wll you be kind enough to tell us what you know abhcut the credentials of the electricians ot "St. Croix Power Plant”’ and whby their “wiring’’ will be considered in prefer ence to thiat of other qualified and by Government authorized eieciricians Furthermore, we will be glad t¢c find out if the electrician of '‘St. Croix Prwer Plant’’ is authorized by Government o make electric instaliations, and f the wiring at the Cable Office was done by him. Thanking you fcr any that you may be able to give us in this matter vaiuable information, Respectfulily, ELECTRIC CURRENT CONSUMERS TELEGRAMR® ST. EROIX STA LICN New York, Sept. 21st.—The New York Custom House was under the hesviest guard in its history because of a warn ing received- yesterday that the Wall Street explosion last Thursday would bhe followed this afternoon with the blowing up of the great Govt. “structure.

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Advertisement. BIDS are requested for the following a_rticles. whict. are needed in the aq ministration o the Christiausted Muni cipal Hospital, for the month of Oecto ber 1920. Bids should be addressed to the Inspector, Munieipal Hospital, Christian sted. After September 27t no bids wiii be considered. Corn Meal, 200 lbs.: Rie: 200 ibs, Lard, 50 lbs Cookine butter, 50 Ibs.; Table Butter 75 Ibs.: Sugar. 400 7lbs., Irish potatoes 500 lbs.; Meat, (Beef, Mutton Pork.; BGu it:s.: nasker Oats; 50 Ibs.: Cream of Wheat, -30 Iba; Peas, B L. 50 Ibs.; Onions, 20 lbs.; Salt Fish (Pollock) 50 lbs,: Mess Pork, 50 Ibs.: Blue Laundry Soap. 200 Ibs,; Char coai 15 Bags. All supplies to #he of besi quality. Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I. of U.SB. A, Sept. 20th 1920. N. P. CHRISTENSEN. Inspector Chiristiansted Municipal Hospital REDUCTION "IN PRICE OF POFA~ TOES 2007 BELOW THE SEILLING PRICE OF THE EaARLY DAYS IN THIS MONTH P\i o The Gompany Sireei tmporium has jwst recived o e 99 Ex S. S. “Pairima A LAERGE SUPEPLY (0. POT A TOES to retail at be. per tb Christiansted 20th Sept. 1920. 5 M. A, Prett.. Bekendigorelse EK;*'. IRAORDINÆR Generalfor samling afholdes i Dansk Vest inulsk ilektridteisaktieselskubp paau DirektOrens KontorSOnciagen den 14 November 1920 Klokken 11 Formid dag. For good appetite and good digestion use Dr. Ross’ Life Pills. l L; I'\: EJ 1 n.\ X i v:’, L Advertisement. IDS are requested fir the following supplies whieh are needed in the administration of Richmond Insane and l.eper Asylum for the month of October 1920. Delivery is to be made by the merchant. Bids should be addressed to Inspector, Richmond Insane Asylum. All supplies to be of best quality. Flour 98 lbs., Cornmeal 500 Ibs.: Rice 300 lbs., Oa‘s 360 lbs., Sago 300 lbs.; Beef 400 Ibs., Pork 150 lbs., Fish (salt) 224 Ibs. Peas 200 lbs., Potatoes 500 Ibs., Lard 75 lbs., Cooking butter 75 lbs., Ta ble butter 80 lbs., Onions 50 Ilbs., Tea 15 lbs., Matches 2 gross, Soap 6 cases. All bids should be received by Sa,t» n ber 26th, 1920. Chris:ians S Ly P N ofl A., September Jist 1920, H. 7. HANSEN, Inspector Richmond Insane Leper Asylun. s 52:3;:3 RAR "n v AU W \\“N’A“\\ y v

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OF DEPOSITS WITHDRAWAIL AT e o INeS DAY THE NE¥* ST. GROIX SAVINGS BAM: On Saturday the 18th Sept. -1920 RECEIVERS: in Christiansted A. E. STAKEMANN Trustee. In Frederiksted R. E. HIGGINS Trustee. Balance of deposits to 11th Sept. 1920 $89,212.44 38 Deposits, of which 26 in Christiansted 696.53 (2new) 12 in Frederiksted 33.80 j (—new) 3730.33 $80,942.77 11 withdrawals of which 9in Christiansted 339.23 2in Frederiksted S 2.2 _ 566.35 Balance of deposits to date 89,376.4% Receivers for Saturday the 25’ Sept. 1920 in Christiansted A. E. STAKEMANN Trustee. In Frederiksted R E. HIGGINS Trustee. A. E. STAKEMANN, President Post Uffice Noti ost vrrice Notice. IT being expedient to curtail ex cessive accumulation of Danish funds, purchasers. of postal money orders are urged to tender what Uniled Slales” money I 8 (raegy able toward the jayment of such orders, ag Danish money will e accepted only 1n limited amcunts Christiansted Post Offlce, Septeniber 16th. 1920. I B. R. LARSEN, Pustmaster E sI o Ll bl PAE{'[_HCS who piaced watches fore pair with my deceased husband JUSEPH NILES, are kindly reguested w mhke ¢l im !for their return within the expiration ol the present month af ter waich all unciaiiped watehes will be offered for sale at public auction. Chrisiiansted, St. Creix, V. 1. Septeni ber lh'» 192(, ALICE NILES.