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The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
GASOLINE SHORTAGE
FACES THE COUNTRY.
Unless There Is Conservation Deficit
This Year of 100000
Gallons.

/ Washington, Sept. 11.-Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield informed the
Senate today, in response to the
Lodge resolution of inquiry, that un-
less conservation steps are taken i'm
mediately there will be a deficit Of ap-
proximately 100000 barrels barrels
of gasoline at the end of the year.
AT the rate of consumption in August
he estimated there was only about one
months supply ahead
The resolution was introduced by
Senator Lodge after the Fuel Admin
istration had asked the public to stop
using automobiles for pleasure on
Sunday.
The daily domestic consumption of
gasoline in this country. DR.. Garfield
reported, amounts to 100000 barrels,
and $4,000 barrels are exported daily.
The daily production is $1,000 bar
rels, which leaves deficit of 5000
barrels
Gasoline and naptha stocks April |
had been increased to total of H.
100000 barrels. By August / this SUD.
ply had fallen to 100000 barrels.
The total reduction in the stocks of
gasoline and naptha during July was
approximately 1,367,0OO barrels.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
MANY REGIsTRANIs.

Thursday was a busy day at the
courthouse. Registrants under the
new draft began pouring i'm with the
opening hour and all day a long line
of men were in waiting at the. desks
in the sheriff's Office and chancery
clerks office. In the afternoon a
desk was placed in the rear hall of
the courthouse with Mr.. F. II. Lewis
in charge. Sheriff Parker, Circuit
Clerk Havens and Miss verna John.
son. clerk OF the Local Board. had
charge of the work in the sheriffs
office. while Chancery Clerk Taylor.
Assessor W. w. Woodman and Mr.. T.
G. Hibbler registered those in the
chancery clerks Office.
The total registered in Pascagoula
Thursday rere 7s3 The total for the
county will likely reach 1000.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
MISSING IN ACTION"
Red Cross Locates Soldier in German
Prison Camp.

New Orleans, La, Sept 13.-"Miss
ing in action" were the words tele.
graphed by the War Department Aug.
1t, to Mr.. and Mrs. M. d. OVERLY, p.
o. box $50. Greenwood, Miss.
Their son, Private Walter OVERLY,
mad been in battle somewhere in
France July Is and failed to return.
Worried and grieved, the overly
couple appealed to the chairman of
the Home Service Section of the Red
Cross Chapter, at Greenwood. The
chairman got in touch Immediately
with the Civilian Relief Bureau of the
Gulf Division, A. r. Co., here, and then
Washington was called into action.
In six days, the Red Cross located
Private OVERLY in German prison
camp-Camp Langensala.
While the Bureau Of Civilian Relief
has more than 100 cases within the
last few months. involving inquiries
of parents or wives about the con-
dition of soldiers and sailors. the
OVERLY case is record in rushing |
through definite information to the
parents.
With thousands OF southern boys
now in France. the Red Cross chapters
have been given posters to be placed
in depots, banks. postonices and other
places, telling in detail how to COM
through the Red Cross with
prisoners of war, how to obtain relief
for prisoners and other details.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
JOHNSON 56o-BIBo 234.

The jackson County Democratic
Executive Committee met Thursday
and tabulated the vote of the congress
sional primary of Sept TO- No returns
were received from the Wade, Hurley
and Pecan precincts, the votes credit.
ed to Wade and Hurley being from
the soldiers. Following was the vote
by precincts:
Wade, Johnson 0, Bilbo /: Hurley
IL; Big Point 3-S; Escatawpa 33-42;
Moss Point 124-16; East Side 3-5:
Orange Grove 219; Pascagoula 143-
80; South Pascagoula 20-2; West Pas
cagoula IA; Ocean Springs 1888:
Jacobs 21-0; Latimer S-3: Larue SO;
Bluff Creek 1884; Carterville 1920;
total, johnson $50, Bilbo 2S4. The
soldier vote. which is included in the
above. was Johnson %. Bilbo IL.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
INTERNATIONAL BEE BUzzlNe.

Jackson, Miss. Sept. 12.-With all
senatorial and congressional cam
paigns out of the way. interest of Mis-
sissippians now centers mostly in the
coming gubernatorial race. The fol-
lowing have definitely announced their
intention of entering the campaign to
succeed Theodore G. Bilbo:
Marion w. Reilly of Meridian, H. K.
Blakeslee of Gulfport. Attorney Cen
eral Ross Collins of Meridian, Lieu
tenant Governor Lee Russell OF Ok
ford.
1t is persistently rumored that
James X. Vardaman. who was defeat
ed for the senate by Pat Harrison on
August 20, will enter the race. Others
whose names have been mentioned
and who are expected to announce,
are: w. H. Smith. president A. and
M. College, Starksville; Earl Brewer.
Clarksdale: Judge Bob. Cochran. Mer-
idian, and John Tally of Hattiesburg.
Congressman Ben Humphreys. rep
resentative of the third district in
congress, has been mentioned as a
probable candidate. Judge J. o. Rob
bins of Tupelo, who managed Har-
rison's campaign against Vardaman.
has also been mentioned as one likely
TO throw his hat into Mississippis
gpbernatorial race.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
sILRo DEFEATED BY VOTE
OF TWO TO ONE.
Mississippi Governors Home County
Only One to Give Him
Majority.

Hattiesburg, Miss. Sept. 11.-With
returns received from every county
In the district, Judge Paul B. John
son leads Governor Theodore G.
Bilbo by about 1000 votes in the race
for congress in the sixth congressional
district of Mississippi. The total
vote, with only about 900 votes in scat
tering boxes outstanding, is as fol-
lows:
johnson 9241; Bilbo 1862. Bilbo
carried only one county in the district,
being Pearl River, his home county
The vote by counties was as fol-
lows: Harrison Johnson 846, Bilbo
1888; Hancock 244-191; Forrest 1894
2OS; Wayne $4,000; Covington 6G2-
579; Marion 639-571; Pearl River 277-
5S5; Greene 328.124; Jones 1326-6SO;
Stone 250-150; Lamar 437-292; Perry
332-62; jeff Davis 375-330; Jackson $50
234; Lawrence 6OO-2OO; George 216-
113; Simpson 596-2E2.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
A SOLDIERS PRAYER.

This masterpiece which is printed
below was written by British soldier
while in France:
Father of all. helper Of the free, we
| pray with anxious hearts for all who
| fight on sea and land to guard our
homes and liberty. Make clear the
| vision of our leaders, and their coun-
sci wise.
Into Thy care our ships and seamen
we commend; guard them from
chancesown mines, and all the dang
ers of this war at sea; make true their
aim in midst or battle smoke by night
or day, as of old, give them the victory.
To men on watch give vigilance; to
those below; calm sleep.
Make strong our soldiers hearts,
and brace their nerves against the
bursting shrapnel and the unseen fire
that lays the next man low.
To lnuse sShc. risk their lives in mid
air, give courage and special strength.
of nerve.
In pity bind them from the sight Of
fallen comrades left upon the field.
May Christ himself receive in para
disc the souls of those who pass
through death.
Let not our soldiers ever doubt that
they shall overcome the forces that
shut the gates Of mercy on mankind.
O. God of love and pity, have CON.
passion on the wounded; make bear =.
able their pain, or send unconscious
ness.
To our soldiers in German PRISONS
give help and comfeTt. strength to
endure, patience courage and the
realization of Thy presence.
TO the cnaplains give special grace
as they minister to souls now so ready
to listen.
To surgeons and to dressers give
strength that knows no failing, and
skill that suffers not from desperate
haste.
To tired men give time for rest.
Pity the poor beasts of service who
suffer for mans wrong.
For us at home let not that open
shame be ours that we forget to ease
the sufferings of the near and dear
of brave men in the fighting line.
Oh Thou that makest human wants
the channel Of Thy answers to our
prayers, let loose flood of sympathy
for children and their mothers, and
all who wander desolate and suffer-
leaving wrecker homes and fields and
gardens trodden under ruthless feet.
With Thee, who suffers mostof all, we
in reverence, Thy burden share, for
all are Thine, and in Thine image
too, are Thine who caus-
ed the wrong.
0. Father, may this war be man.
kinds last appeal to force. Grant us
that from this stricken earth sown |
with Thy dead, an everlasting flower |
Of peace shall spring, and all this we
beg for our Redeemers sake, who /
gave Himself for those He loved.
Amen.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
COST OF SHIPS WILL BE
GIVEN TO PUBLIC SOON.
Chairman Hurley Getting Figures to
Show Expense Of Building Each
Type.

Washington, Sept. 1G.-The actual
cost OF each ship built under wartime
necessity is to be determined by the
Shipping Board and the nation inform.
ed Of the price paid for all steel, com.
posite or wooden ships delivered to
the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Chairman Hurley, Of the Shipping
Board, announced tonight that he
would confer next week with Direc-
tor General Schwab and vice-Pres-
ident Piez, of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, to consider preliminary
survey made during the past two
months by accountants
The main object Of the shipping
board, heretofore, has been to con-
struct ships to carry the troops. The
work had to be rushed and expense
was subordinated to the immediate
needs of the nation. The shipbuild-
ing program now is well under way
with approximately eighty-fve per
cent of the ways planned and com
pleted, and ships for some time have
been turned out fastef than subma-
rines destroyed the equal Of new ton
mage.
While the Shipping Board realiz-
es the futility Of comparison of war
costs as basis for readjustments in
peace times, Mr.. Hurley said there
is desire for definite Information as
to the precise cost of ships of various
types even in the present extraordin-
ary time.
"The cost OF producing ships during
the war;" said Mr.. Hurley, "is by no
means confined to labor and materials.
The cost of both inevitably is higher
but the trouble we anticipate in get
ting our approximations is due to the
fact that certain extraordinary meas
ures had to be taken and the cost Of
them had to be imposed on the yards"
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
HAiG TAKES $4,000 GERMANS,
$50 GUNS IN MONTH.

London, Sept. 10.-The capture by
the British of $4,000 prisoners and
750 guns in four weeks is announced
by Field Marshal Haig, in an order
of the day.
'We have passed through many dark
Please God these will never
Marshal Haig, comman-
io'@- - says british forces in
uei IN 0n'ei VI '-e a. v. The
France, in an order of the ia.
commander then says ~,
THE enemy has now spent his
effort"
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
CITY COUNCIL
HOLDS Meeting
In Session Monday and Tuesday-Pav.
ing and Sewerage up for
Discussion.

The Mayor and Board Of Aldermen
were in session again on Monday and
Tuesday nights of this week.
At Monday nights meeting the
bonds of the mayor and marshal were
filed and approved. Auditor M. M.
Watkins also filed his report which
was referred to the clerk for adjust
ment with the several city officers.
The sum of 5000 was transferred from
the general fund to the street fund,
and $3.50 from general fund to beach
waterworks fund. Mayor was author
lied to employ street commissioner
at salary Of $1OO per month. May.
or authorized to select site for dump
ing city garbage. Bids for erection
OF temporary school building wepk
opened, but action postponed. City
attorney filed report OF investigation
by himself and DR.. Sheppard of the
Railroad Commission of street rail-
way situation. Alderman Nelson re-
ported that the city waterworks need
ed certain repairs and was instruct
ed to ascertain cost of same.
The entire time of Tuesday nights
meeting was taken up with consider
alton of the plans and specifications
of sewerage and paving and means of
financing same. No definite action
was taken, as the selling of bonds and
purchase of material after bonds are
sold are both matters requiring the
consent of the government during the
period of the war.
The district for sewerage and paw
ing agreed upon at the meeting is
as follows
Delmas Avenue from Frederic st, to
pascas" ula street.
Pascagoula street from 9nhone
road to Jackson street
Kerr street from Delmas avenue 10
l.. & N. railroad.
st. Ferol street from Delmas $
avenue to L, & N. railroad
st. Fracis street FROM Do,r,,a
avenue to L. e. N ..;,rooa
rreue' &c street from Delmas avenue
to l.. & N. railroad.
Cedar street from l.. T. N. railroad
to Live Oak street.
Magnolia street from L. & N. rail-
road to Live Oak street,
Krebs avenue from Cedar street to
Pascagoula street.
Eestimates of cost of sewerage as
submitted by Mr.. X. A. Kramer, state
highway engineer, who was present
at the melting are as follows: Storm
sewers, $40, 1853; sanitary sewerage
system, $4,000. And as for paving of
various kinds: Gravel, $4,000; wood
block, $111,000; vitrfied brick, $685.
600; concerto, $1O8,OOO.
A Mr.. Sutherlin, representing
Chicago bond house, was also present
and discussed the financial end of the
proposition. He stated that his house
would be glad to purchase the citys
bonds at par and accrued interest.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
LEAVES CHURCH TO
BE CHAPLAIN.

The Mobile friends of the Rev. An
s~- Orin Dodge will be pleased to
rnntion from pastor of
i-" lawrence
Mary's Catholic church at l. !,
vile, Mass, to chaplain in the Uniteu
States army, in the rank OF lieutenant.
The following is taken from the
Lawrence Telegram:
REV. Father Andrew o. Dodge, for.
merly of st. Mary's church, this city,
now chaplain in the United States
army with the rank of first lieutenant,
has been assigned to Camp Devens,
where he will take up his duties after
q 20-day furlough.
Thursday Father Ddge graduated
with 100 theirs firm the school for chap
lains at Camp Zachery Taylor Louis
vile, Ky. There were sixteen priests
in the school, two of whom were as
signed to the Philippines, while Father
BOutin of Worcester comes to Camp
Devens with Father Dodge. All the
chaplains expect to 60 overseas ulti-
mately, but for the present are station
ed in camps on this side.
'The training given the chaplains
included three hours of class work.
much time studying, with riding, drill
and hiking each day. While he was
at camp, Father Dodge heard confes-
sion every Saturday night and said
mass Sundays at the Knights of Col /
umbus huts. Father Dodge's military
knowledge, gained through his connec-
ton as head of st. Mary's Cadets, was
Of invaluable assistance in his train
ing"
Lieutenant Dodge lived in Mobile
for several years before leaving for
Italy, to take up his studies
'or the priesthood. He was ordained
II Rome, Italy, and sang his first
solemn mass in Mobile at st.
church, this city. When a
esident of Mobile, he was a member
If the National Guard. His many
riends wish him continued success
n his new career.-Mobile Register.
The above clipping from the Mobile
register. Sunday, Sept s, 1918.
Father Dodge is a native of Esca-
awpa, Miss, and convert to the
'atholic faith. On his return from
tally, and while residing in Mobile, he
anne to Pascagoula in July, 1915, and 5
Celebrated High Mass at the church
Our Lady of Victories. after which
ute a large reception was rendered e
i'm by the congregation. He also U
sited friends and relatives in Esca- u
lwpa. and his many friends in Jack
IN county are justly proud of his l
success. "
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
n TIME PROHIBITION
BROUGHT STEP NEARER.

washington, Sept 10.-War time
|hibition became a step nearer com.
|tion in its legislative enactment
ay when the house agricultural
nmittee decided to report favorably
food production bill, including the
endment passed by the senate,
king prohibition effective July /,
g.
The committee, however, decided
include in the dry amendment a
vision permitting the importation
Italian wine lntil May 1, 1919.
yer senate amendments were dis
eed to by the committee.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
THREAD MAKERS DIRECTED
TO LIMIT THEIR OUTPUT.

Washington. Sept. 10.-Manufac-
turers of cotton thread were directed
by the War Industries board today
to limit their output of white thread
to fourteen sizes. of black to seven
and colored TO one. with all spools of
smallest diameter for 200 yards.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
E N. TO START IMPROVEMENTS.

e N. TO START IMPROVEMENTS.
[he Louisville and Nashville Rail-
I'd Company will shortly begin i'm
pvements in the depot buildings,
Preby adding greatly to the work
facilities of the company and the
pvenience of the public.
rhe platform will be widened five
i SO as to afford standing room to
ever increasing passenger traffic,
the white waiting room will be
ended twenty-five feet: the colored
ting room will also be enlarged.
baggage room will be moved
enlarged, and the express Office
be located at Frederic street
Psing' and the water tanks near
platform will be removed to a less
Ppicious place.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
STREET RAILWAY INVESTIGATED

DIR. F. N.Sheppard, chairman of the
railway commission, visited Pasca-
goula Monday for the purpose of in
vestigating the street railway situa-
ton, complaints as to service. the re-
cent increase in fares and the condi-
ton of the road generally all of which
will be embodied in DIR. Sheppard's
report TO the railroad commission.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
|NY MILLIONS
men REGISTER
10 to 81 VIII 6e Sent Question
aires at Once, Others Later.

kASHlNGTON, sept. H. WIN
rican soldiers at the front II
Ice stood ready with French ant
6lsh forces for what may prove the
test battle Of the war. thirteer
Non other Americans registered to
fsfor military duty and gave the
u inspiring demonstration of patri
IA in the nations history.
Mere was no delay in starting the
6hinery by which the man power OF
Sountry will be made available to
~ the war to a speedy and trium
~ end. Out of the tremendous
- of men who responded-with ev'
kface and creed Representatives,
come soon from camps at home
millions or more fit for warfare
@kager to go overseas.
Ie spirit that moved the register
multitude brooked of no doubt.
near the top age limit and boys
I in their teens marched under fly
Sflags, within sound of bands, to
fplaces in every part Of the land
Re their names were put down to
bme part of Americas military es-
Rshment. This same loyal spirit
In was reflected in the known de-
Of many not to claim deferment,
trdless of sacrifice at home, which
He'd officials to announce that such
aim was the patriotic duty of every
len entitled to make it.
kovost Marshal General Crowder's
message-"the registrars are at
i posts awaiting you"-was an
red by some 1t never reached.
coutry's man power was ready,
at swarmad about the registration
|hs soon after daylight and kept
In unending line through the day.
bday's fighting census will deter
b the status Of every man just as
Bill pick those first to be called.
work Of mobilization, 1t might be
already is under way, for dis
boards will select men over 10
below 81. to comprise the big con-
ents included in the October draft
]. This means that many avail
soldiers will have barely two
ks at home.
strict boards had endeavored to
k out every detail of the plan so
e would be no delay in classifying
strants, thousands of whom will
'iven deferment because of the i'm
ance of the labor they are engaged
This was regarded as one of the
t difficult features and which re-
ed intelligent consideration for
government ...as planned with the
of sending steady flow of men
rmy cantonments without disturb.
essential industries.
le drawing to fix the relative
ding of 100000 will not take
under three weeks, perhaps, but
nwhile district boards will start
nee numbering serially all of the
s filled out today.
will be sent immedi-
: to men of the 1887 class, while |
rs will be classified later.
Saturday night General Crowder
cts to have the exact figures show
The total registration. This may
above or below the approximate
late of 100000 but careful
placed that as substantially cor
e same good order that prevailed
lne 8 year ago for the first
tration was looked for, with a
.er number to be registered.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
REAL ESTATE in
| JACKSON COUNTY
Recorded in chanesry Clerks ofies
For Week Ending
September sth.

Great American on CO. to Herbert
Respass, drill tracts, containing AZ
900 square feet each, known as num-.
bers s, 7, II, 20 in block No. 21 sub
division Of Ell OF sw4 Of nw1 Of 1915,
$3.50.
The hampton Realty Co. to Method
ist Episcopal Church South,-o Hairless
to. Miss. lots 5, 6. Z, 8, ., 10. II and II
in block 19 town OF Harlest0n. 81.
John F. Krebs to Arsene Carl Lynd,
part Of lot 40 w. Denny & Co. tract N 7
city Of Moss Point in 25-7-6, 800.
J. P. Carter to J. H. Williamson.
lots 2 and of plan OF division Of the
Catholic church lands made by Burton
Goode in 1856, $500.
The hampton Realty, Co. to Mae
Roberts, ell OF swa of 28-4-5, $500.
Bruner Lennep and wife to Chester
Holland, all that part of nea Of mel Of
1875 lying west Of the Elder Ferry
road in 1916, $3.50. Il
Florence r. Brown to Thomas Lind
sey quit claim deed to parcel Of land
on Meridian and Palmetto sts. in East
Side in 1915, $7E.
Mrs. Celia Harris to J. J. Tomasich.
part OF lot No. 2 square ! VI. Delmas
heirs tract in city OF Pascagoula in H.
S-6, $50. Y
vancleave. Lumber Co. to Henry d.
Myers, swa Of sea Of 1863. 81.
Mrs. A. A. Humphreys to J. G. Cav
thorn. nwa of swa and swa Of nwa q.
35-4-5.
Catherine Peterson to Sidney krebs.
certain lot on school house st. adjoin-
ang property of Mrs. Dora Smith IN
city Of Pascagoula in 1853, $3.50,
Mrs. Eliz Larimore to Geo. p. Eden
field, tracts Nos. "a and 80 as shown
by South Orange Grove blue print COM
tanning 10 acres in 1918. 5000.
A. F. Chastant to Peter Cassibryr all
of lots 6, z. and and part lot 91in
block town site Of Laine or River
side in 2S-7-5, $4,000.
Charles B. Vaughan to Ralph n
Vaughan and wife, WI Of swa Of sci Of
20 and WI OF nwl Of re' ~
T. Z range
81 and othtesN srs;siabfe
, considerations
Ralph T. Vaughan and wife to Chas.
B. Vaughan, 81 of sea of and nj of
re4 Of 29 in t. r. 7, 81 and other
valuable considerations.
Ralph T. Vaughan and wife to Miss
Lille Vaughan, NJ of swl of swl OF
sci of 2-7-7, 81.
j. c. Delmas to W. l.. Boddeen, lot
on Pine st. 100x15O it. in 2-S-6, $400.
David Martin to J. H. Rouse, parcel
of land in sea of swa of 31-7-6, SIS.
w. w. Woodman to George l.. Friar,
lot Is subdivision of square Cassil's
tract in 1886, s27s.
Deeds of Trust.
Henry Hurst and wife to George
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14

Nnrs. T. I. lord OF Columbia is
visiting Mrs. J. I. Ford.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
.W.SS.-

Many rea. homes are arising
throughout the city.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-09-14
-w.S.S.-

:. W. Collie visited Mobile Satur.
The evening world., 1918-05-15
WEST POINT BINDS
FRENCH Tie CLOSER
Thanks Eeole Polytethnilue for
Statuette That Was Sent by
Il Through Baker.

WASHINGTON, May IA statu-
ette presented to Secretary Baker by
the Ecole Polytechnique, a French
military school, on his visit to that
institution on April 6, has been
placed in the library at the United
states Military Academy at West
Point. Col. Tillman, Superintendent
II the Military Academy, notifying
Secretary Baker to-day, said this for
nal Acknowledgement was prepared
by n committee Of cadets for trans
mission TO France:
Fighting side by side with tho
sons OF BEcole Polytcchnique, con-
ndent and assured under the leader
ship Of one Of the greatest Of your
graduates, we shall become truly
your brothers IN arms and your as
sociates in the defense Of those ideals
to which our united efforts are dcdi-
Gated"
The evening world., 1918-05-15

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