America

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 97, 26 July 1916, Page 2

America

DANISH WEST INDIES. PURCHASE BY UNITED STATES. TREATY NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETED. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Received 10.55 a.m.) New York, July 25. The New York Times prints a despatch from-Copenhagen,..stating that a Treaty has been negotiated for the purchase by the United States of the Danish West Indies for five million pounds. Under the Treaty, which will shortly bo submitted to the Danish and United States Parliaments, the United States will have possession of the islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and Santa Cruz.

A proposal was made in 1904 to sell the islands to the United States, but the bill was rejected by the Danish Parliament.

EXPLOSION AT LAKE ERIE.

TWENTY-FOUR FATALITIES.

Press Association—Copyright, 1 Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 12.35 p.™.j > ■ New 'York, 1 July 25. Twenty-four persons as the result of a ga.s explosion in' the waterworks under Lak‘e Erie. Rescuers art seeking survivors; THE ’FRISCO PLOT. • >: •' !i i 'I *\.U AIMED AGAINST GOVERNMENT. SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES EXPECTED. Press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.55 a.m.) San Francisco, July 25. The bombing is considered, part of a nation-wide plot against the Government. The investigations at Chicago was expected to produce sensational disclosures. ; >!'■: