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, 1926-10-18
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIR-
GIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES.
SUB JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF CHRIS
TIANSTED
IN THE MATTER OF IHE ESTATE
OF ANN ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, De
CEASED.

nyOTICE is hereby given that the I'M
III dersigned has been appointed adj
q ministrator Of the estate Of Ann
Elizabeth Williams, deceased.
All persons having claims against the
said estate are hereby notified to present
same with the necessary proofs within
6 months from the date Of this notice to
the undersigned at his office No. IS
Kings Street.
Parties indebted to the said estate are
requested to make payment to the I'M
dersigned.
Christiansted. st. Croix, Virgin Is
lands of the United States, this 25th day
of September 1926.
A. E. STAKEMANN,
Administrator.
, 1926-12-11

1t will. therefore, be noted that the is
lands are, generally speaking, selling
nearly three times as much bay rum as
during the best years before we purchas-
60 he Islands, and that even during oar
possession, and subsequent 10 the sudden
slump following upon prohibition. the is.
lands exported and sold a yearly increas
Ing amount of bay rum.
ST. THOMAS HARBOR DEPARTMENT
Taken as a whole the fiscal yeaI 1926
was an excellent one for this department.
All the major items of revenue ia the
budget exceeded the estimates, while the
collections from ships dues exceeded the
estimates BY about $6, coo 90 This can
be taken as or index of a fairly prosper
Gus year. -Four hundred and thirty two
vessels, WITH agross tonnage OF 1857, 2l3,
visited the port Of St. Thomas during the
fiscal year, This is Slight increase over
the previous year.
, 1926-12-11
INITIATE ELEPHANT.

New York, Nov. 28-If you want long
life, initiate the elephant. is the advice
of Thomas Gaines. a scientist, who says
the longevity CT the elephant was direct
ly attributable to its poise. repose, and
to his we'll known habit OF slow breath
ing; the elephant breathing but five times
a minute compared to the eighteen of
the human. N. Y. Herald Tribune.
, 1926-12-11

ST. Thomas, Is a shipping port, has
seen its best days. During the World
War Tie weekly Hamburg-American
Lre service vas Withdrawn IS we'll as
that IF the Compaenje Generate Transat-
IantiQue. Even before the War. their
interests had been seriously affected by
world wide changes in shipping. so that
If was only a question of time before the
expected decline would set in. Recent
advertising in a leading maritime jour
nal, pamphlets distributed to tourist
ships. the free use of our barDor craft
for tourist vessels, have all added to
make the port OF St. Thomas somewhat
more popular. The extension OF this
method OF advertising will bring even
more favorable results.
The looks of the harb0r and waterfront
are greatly marred by Jhe unsighrly re-
mains Of sunk dry dock and several
huIks on the beaches. 1t is hoped Il at
the Federal Government VIII be wiling
to assist toe Civil Goyernn eur of che
Virgin Islands In an effort to clear uD
this unsi2htIy condition which leaves an
u~nfavorabIe impressio1 upon visitors,
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
This office is, by law and REGULATE ion,
CHARGE with a multiplicity of duties,
comments On which are hereto ma lie.
TO be couciuded.)
, 1926-12-11

established that human beings cannot
function beyond an altitude of twenty
five thousand feet above the earth.
Official announcement at Wright field.
Captain Buckner flew to tWenty-eight
thousand feet, but after attained twenty
five thousand. he lost ability to count
correctly and became so weak every
movement accomplished only by ex-
treme efforts.
Newark; Rallying gamely in the last
five rounds, Pete EatzO of Scranton,
Pa, worlds Valter.Weight champion.
sluEged his way to a ten round vctory
over joe Simonich of Butte Montana.
CaleZico, Calf: A series Of earth
quakes, two of them very pronounced.
shook CaIeNicO, but no property damage
was reported.
WASHINGTON. Eight Naval Officers
who served with the American Flortiila
10 European Waters, have been selected
by the King of Spain to receive decora-
tions Of the order of Naval merits and
efficiency. The decorations are held by
the State Department waiting authoriza-
tiOn by Congress for their acceptance.
The officers are Rear Admiral Roger
Weeis, Captain Henry Lackey, Jomman-
Gers GHarvey Delanc, al. b.. Clifford. w.
l.. Beck, Lieuts X. G.. WeIles and B.
TaIboat.
Washington The Navy Cross has
been awarked Lieut.. Hilyer T. Gear
ing for heroism during the explosion
aboard the S 40 at New London, Conn.
last April. -Four men were killed. Gear
ing directed the working of rescue in the
exploded battery compartment and re-
NAMED until burning wreckage was tore
away and three injured comrades re-
moved His nerve and undaunted cour-
age, President Coolidge says, were an
inspiration to others in the rescue work.
Cordova, Ais. "A violent wind storm.
which struck the Aleutian Islands and
Sea, has caused anxiety for the safety Of
the lonely watch man atSpuan Hebos.
Annapolis. ri flanagan Of WASHINGTON
was elected captain Of the Navy 1927
foot ball team. flanagan placed Quar-.
terbock for two years and has been one
Of the outstanding performers on the
Navy eleven
, 1926-12-11
The Mails

Mails for the Leeward and Windvard
Islands by S. S. Haiti VIII be closed at
10 a m. Sunday, 18th.
, 1926-12-11
U. 5. NAVAL RADIO STATION
CHRISlIANSTED. ST. CROIN.
10TH DECEMBER 1896.
(CouTteSy of the Associated Rre8s.)


Washington: Responsibility for the
failure Of the budget bureau to recon-
mend an appropriation for construction
of three light cruisers, authorized last
winter by Congress, is placed directly
on President Coolidge by representa-
tive Winso of Georgia. leading Demo
crat on The House Naval Committee.
He continued at a House Committed
hearing that in asmuch as the presi
dent had signed the budget report that
the Navy Department had transmitted
request forlfunds for this pupose to the
budget on the heels of a charge by repre-
sentative Britten Highs, leading RepubI-
can on che committee, that the diIec.
ton Of the budget was to blame. Secre-
tary Wilbur also told the committee that
the Navy air program had included a
proposal for the construction Of two
dirigibles bat that the budget bureau
had refused to sanction but one; this
was cone he said in spite OF saving
Of two million dollars in the building by
two airships. No reason was given by
The bureau director for cutting out
Rear Admiral W. E. Eberle, Chief of
Naval Operations statement that the
United States IS nov tashioaiug ten
light cruisers to Eng, n rs fcrly.
Dayton. Ohio: Captail 7. c a. Buck
ner of the Army, who recently mad an
altitude test with an oxygen mask mas
, 1926-12-11

the ~equiDn-nI. MANI OF the fires had
thtIr0.- ~ ne fl IDS due to ere. ess-
ness o. sQuatters.
PROHIBITION
This department, in charge of a retired
officer Of the Marine Corps, has been
most effectlveIn It's operation. The pop
uIation Of the Virgin Islands, through
-acial and Iien.antecedents and customs
is overwhelmingly anti prohibition. 1t
may however, safely be asserted that the
American Virgin Islands. though senti-
mentally opposed to prohibition in all
its phases, present a prohibition situa-
tio1 deemed satisfactory judged from
continental American standards.
BAY RUM
This department is also responsible for
tae compliance with all regulations gov
erning the Manufacture Of bay rum. TINS
industry, suffering from q ~momentaly
depression during the early days Of GRO,
bi0It.0n enforcement in toe Virgin Is
lands, continues to expand. Despite re,
ports and published propaganda that pro
hjbition had ruined the bay rum industry
for which St. Thomas was SO long ia
nous. the following fluctuations of ex-
port are Of immediate interest:
Fiscal Year Gallons sold and exported
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makes the best ice cream, they point
out. Because 60 per cent of the nat
ural water In evaporated milk has
been removed by evaporation, there
Is over twice the percentage of solids
present In this type of milk than there
since II is the solids that give Ice
cream It's pleasing flavor, this fact Is
OF moment.
Then, the composition of evaporated
milk Is constant. for the reason that
1t has been put through an homogeniz-
Ing process, which breaks up the fat
globules into tiny particles and dis
tributes them evenly throughout the
milk. This attribute makes for an fee
cream mixture of uniform quality and
fine texture.
Finally, experts agree that the use
Of evaporated milk In ice cream con-
tributes to its hygienic qualities, for
the reason that evaporated milk is en-
tirely sterile. Health authorities de-
clare that milk and cream should be
treated to heat of 100 degrees f. for
half an hour In order that product
may be produced free from infective
organisms. Evaporated milk is proc
essed at 24o degrees for 30 minutes,
and, therefore, Its Introduction into an
lce-cream mixture Increases its purity
in proportion 10 the amount of evap-
GRATED milk used.
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ALMOST $4,000 PEOPLE
ON BELL co. PAYROLL
Large Operating Force Neces-
sary to Handle Pennsylvania
Telephone Business

On December 81st there were 21,-
79e employees on the payrolls of The
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsyl-
vania, according to the annual report
Of that organization, just released.
OF the total number, 14,430 are
women and 1857 are men, says the
report. If these people and their
families were all assembled and living
In one place, 1t would require city
as large as Harrisburg to supply ade-
quste housing facilities and stores for
them.
BY far the greater number of the
women are telephone operators. The
Traffic Department lists show 1911
employees. This total includes 7729
local operators, 1888 toll operators,
220 Information" operators, 804
supervisors" who assist at the
switchboards, and 482 chief operators
and assistants.
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An important change in the organ
ization of The Bell Telephone Com
pany of Pennsylvania and Associated
Companies will become effective MAJ
LIST next, on which date Marshall B..
Downing, now general commercial
manager, will become general man
ager of the Eastern area, which VIII
include Southeastern Pennsylvania
outside of Philadelphia, Delaware and
Southern New Jersey.
In his new capacity Mr.. Downing
will have charge of all telephone mat
tiers in this area whether they relate
to the traffic, plant, commercial or
engineering departments. This area
today has as many telephones and as
large an investment in telephone
plant as had the entire company a Few
years ago. This growth and ensuing
complexities of administration and
operation have made it advisable TO
de-centralize the operating authority
and responsibility by the creation OF a
general managership.
Mr.. Downing is graduate OF tne
University of Maine and has been IN
the service of the Bell System SINCE
1899. His first place was in the tfanc
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Mu Fauorife Stories
Driven Beyond His Strength
Blu lRulN S. coBI

The late Paul Armstrong had two
favorite stories One of these he called
by the title "Pansy and the Pnsener,"
and while 1t was funny, ii would never
do for publication in a newspaper havi
ing a family circulation. The other
WINS what is known as parior story.
1t dealt with a down-and-outer, who
made a precarious living as sand
witch man. Encased front and back,
like turtle in Its she'll between broad
boards which bore advertisements for
dairy lunch, he marched the Bowery
all day long for wages barely sufficient
to keep body and soul together.
One day, as he plodded his weary
route, he saw shining coin lying upon
the sidewalk. Instantly he set his foot
upon 1t. and then, STOPPING with diff
ficulty because of his wooden waist
coat, he clutched II In his eager fin
gers and raised 1t to his eyes. Then
his heart inside of him gave great
throb of JOY. 1t was a twenty-dollar
gold piece. He was wealthy beyond his
widest ambitions,
Across the street was mn excavation
for new building He hurried thither,
Standing on the edge of the digging he
unbuckled the straps which bound the
squares OF planking to him, and. kick.
ing them to pieces with glad ex.
ultant cry, he flung the shattered emf
blems of his servitude down into tho
hole below, Then straightway he de-
parted for the nearest saloon, and
stalking In, triumphant figure even III
his Haunting tatters. he slapped his
precious gold piece down upon the bar
and called for Il drink of whisky. 1t
was to have been the first of long and
gorgeous succession of drinks OF
whisky.
Someone jostled him In the side, He
turned his head to see who might be
interrupting his happy dreams, and
when he looked back again his double
eagle mystcriously had vanished, and
the barkeeper was motionlng him to
depart.
He protested, naturally. Whereupon
the barkeeper reached for the bung
IL
long practice, and struck him squarely
between the eyes. A moment later the
ex-sandwich man found himself sprawl
ing on the sidewalk, his happy visions
gone forever
A prey to melancholy, filed with deep
of injustice, he got upon his feet and
started to limp away.
Next door to the saloon was n base.
ment barber shop. From II ut this In
stant there emerged Il Bowery mission
worker, an elderly gentleman of a
benevolent aspect, his pink jowls newly
scraped and his face powdered. As he
climbed up the steps to the level of
the sidewalk this gentleman bent over
to refasten a loosened shoelaee.
Now, to the best of his knowledge
and belief, the derellct never before
had seen the missionary, but as the lat
ter stopped, presenting before him an
expanse OF black coat tails, the mis-.
anthrope hauled off and dealt the gen
tie stranger a terrific kick
With yell of establishment and
pain the clergyman landed ten feet
away
"What did you mean by that2' he
demanded, rubbing the seat of his
trousers with both hands. "Why die
you kick mef'
"Oh," said the ex-sandwich man, in
tones OF an uncomfortable annoyance,
you're always tying your shoestrng !"
Downright hs, tho Central Press hdsao ka.lsn
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Effective But
Simple Dishes
No'O In Vogue

Something simple yet effective is
the housewives ideal for weekend
dishes.
During the warm summer weather,
women should not be compelled to
spend hours in the preparation of
meals, when minutes would accom-
plish the same purpose. Planning
weekend menus should be congenial
task, not bore At this time of the
year there are a variety of nutritious
vegetables and fruits to choose from
in preparing meals and the modern
home manager takes advantage of
them. The housewife plans her sum
mer menus so that they will suggest
GOODNESS, while at the same time TAX
ing into consideration their dietary
value. \ delicious cream soup made
from fresh vegetables, or an omelet, a
fresh fruit dessert, or eustard a
dish of ice cream, or a pudding, are
nourishing items that should find high
favor IN the weekend menu.
The home manager enjoys her week
ends 100 per cent more when she has
few moments of leisure. And In
this connection the following recipes
may prove an aid.
Creamy Salad Dressing.
1 cup boiled or milk
maYonnatse IA CUP cream
dressing tbsp supnr
u cup eYaporated l thsp. fruit juice
Combine eyaporated milk and cream,
chill and whip. Add sugar and Juice,
then fold into salad dressing. Espe-
cially nice for fruit salads.
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department Of the New York Tele.
phone Company. After two years he
was made manager of the Franklin
Exchange in New York City and
later had charge of various districts
in New York State and in Northern
New Jersey.
Mr.. Downing left New York in
November, 1912, to go to St. Louis
as a general traffic superintendent Of
the Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company in Missouri and Arkansas.
Four years later he was transferred
to the Michigan State Telephone Com
pany.
He entered the service of The Bell
Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
and its Associated Companies-Th
Delaware g. Atlantic Telegraph &
Telephone Company and The Dia-
mond State Telephone Company-in
December, 1919, where he was general
superintendent of the entire traffic
department
Three years ago he was made gen.
eraI commercial manager and placed
in charge Of the entire commercial
department of the three companies.
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NEW TOLL CABLES
REPLACE OPEN WIRES

Much progress has been made and
10 now being made in the direction Of
affording maximum protection to the
toll service by the substitution Of ca
bles for open wires, says the 1895
annual report of The Bell Telephone
Company Of Pennsylvania, recently
released.
The cables are placed on rather
short, sturdy poles, and no cross arms
are needed. Thus there is little OPP
portunity for sleet and wind storms
to do the damage that sometimes hap
pens to open lines.
Under present plans toll cable will
DO added TO In Pennsylvania at the
rate Of 800 miles yearly. Additional
cables are now in process of compile
ton. They include cables from scran-
ton to Wflkes-Barre, Scranton to Car
bondale, Shamokin to Ashland, Ash
land to Tamaqua, Monongahela to
Charleroi, Malvern to Downingtown,
New York to Harrisburg via Phila-
delphia, Ligonier to Pittsburgh, and
Chestnut Hill to Norristown.
oome OF THESE cables, says the re-
port, are built jointly with the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, which la the parent company of
the Bell System. The American Com
pany uses certain wires in these ca
bles for through, interstate circuits.
The New York Chicago cable COM
pleted during the past year at a cost
of s25, 1000, 900, will supply circuits for
toll calls between some Of the more
important Pennsylvania cities. It
enters the State at Easton and leaves
the State a few miles beyond New
Castle. In Pennsylvania portions of
1t are owned Jointly by the Bell Com
pany and The American Telephone
and TELEGRAPH Company.
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america Leads
Nations II, Use
Of Ice Cream,

If any one food may be considered
as Americas national dish, 1t is Ice
cream.
Ice cream is a food particularly
adapted to the needs of individuals of
all ages, giving as 1t does the best
type of nutrients for the repair of
bone. teeth, blood and muscles and for
energy.
Today thousands of housewives
make their own ice cream. As a con-
sequence, the making of this highly
nutritious food at a reduced cost, yet
without In any way impairing the
product, is of Importance.
Home economists have found a
means to this end In the use of evap-
Grated milk. There are three impor-
tant reasons why evaporated milk
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not need grain simply because they
have grass to Craze on.
"Fresh spring grass Is good tonic
for the COW. 1t is green, juicy and
palatable. Cows like it. II tones them
up and for a time will actually slim
ulate milk production. But grass at
its best is half water, and cow has
to eat an enormous amount of pasture
daily to get the feed she needs. Grass,
therefore, should be used more as a
tonic than as a feed. All dairymen
should use pasture but they should
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cows receiving no grain on pasture
averaged 22S pounds Of butterfat per
year at feed cost of $41.S7. In con
trast to this, 572 cows receiving grain
while on pasture averaged 296 pounds
of butterfat per year, at total feed
cost of $4935. That extra $7.4S speni
for feed during the pasture season re
suited In an additional 6S pounds OF
butterfat from each COW. which, on the
basis of 40 cents a pound, was worth
S27.20, or a net profit of $1972 above
the added cost of feed.
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Milk Can't Be Made On Tonic

use 1t intelligently and should use 1t
with grain. The practice Of turning
out herds on pasture as soon as the
grass comes up thick and green is al
ways eostiy move. both In dam
age to pasture, and, to an even great
err extent, In the falling of In pro
duction on the part of cows relying
on grass alone for their nourlshment.
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Wonderful Orchestra

Probably the largest orchestra in
the world plays for the raIah of Java,
says the Detroit News. II is his per-
sonal organization and has l,20o mem
bers. One of the principal instru-
ments In the band Is a native device
called the gamelon. 1t Is percussion
instrument, and occidentals who have
heard II say 1t defies description.
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Grass is a good tonic for the cow
but she can't make milk on tonic, ac-
cording to the Larrowe Institute of
Animal Economics If she Is expected
to continue to do a days work every
day. she will have to get enough TO
eat of a good nourlshing feed.
"Few dalrymen realize that In some
respects a dairy COW is a great deal
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Men of Great Height

There are many well-authentieated
instances OF extraordinary height.
Duke John Frederick of Brunswick
was 8 feet 9 inches; one Of the Prus.
sian guards was also s feet G inches.
O'Brien. the Irish giant, whose skele
ton Is In the college of surgeons,
London, was 8 feet 4 inches.
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Sense of Smell Changes

sense of smell can be educated to de-
tect odors that the unframed nose
would never pick up or suspect, The
wine merchants and dlstillers of per-
fumes as well as the tobacco dealers
very frequently have highly developed
senses of smell.
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Wornan,s Courage

In active courage women are In
ferior to men. In the courage of en-
durance they are commonly their SUI
perlors; but their passive courage Is
not so much fortitude which bears and
defies as resignation which bears and
bends.--Lecky.
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like a human be-
Ing, states the In
stltute. mo hui
man being would
stop eating meat
and potatoes sim
ply because he
was eating lettuce
and spinach to
tone up his sys-
tenn, yet many
dairymen believe
that their cows do
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When the Fur Flies

Fair Visitor to Western Ranch-T
really don't see how man can pick
out his own cattle among all these
thousands" Guide--"The real trouble,
miss, comes when teller pi ks out
cattle that amt his. "-Portland Ore
RoDian
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Actual tests Dy
e. A. Hanson, In
charge of COW test
association work
in Minnesota, Of
the effects of pas
ture feeding as
compared to the
use of grain, espe
cially throughout
the spring and
early S u m m G r,
showed that 1921
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The NEW JERSEY POWER g. LIGHT COMPANY
NEST BLACKWELL STREET
DOVER.