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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13
POLICEMEN GET INCREASE.

As had been anticipated, the Board
Of Aldermen last night by unanim-
,,us vote. concurred in the action
OF the Common Council by adopting
he favorable report of the joint com
mittee on police and finance grant
mo an increase of ten dollars per
month in the salaries of the officers
and privates of the police force Tie
men will in future receive seventy
five dollars per month instead OF siE-
ty-five.
The petition had been granted sew
eral week ago by the Common CouE-
Gil by unanimous vote. The meas
ure will now go to the Mayor Tor
his approval.
The Gazette on several occasions
during the past few months has at-
vocated granting the request OF tire
officers. 1t is unnecessary to repeat
our reasons. The cost of living at
present is double that OF few years
ago, when the police managed to exist
on forty-fve dollars month, amt
five additional was added at times IN
til their pay reached sixty-fve dollars.
There are many people who atc
prone to criticise policemen, and thete
may lie cases when the criticisms are
Just. but, taking all in all. the police
man is liable to be damned If he does
act. and damned if he does not. 1t is
difi.ult to please community. Tie
fact. however, remains that members
of the police force have the greater
portion OF their time night and day
absorbed by their duties, and, accord
inc TO the book of rules, they are al
ways on duty. That the workman Is
worthy of his hire goes without say
ing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13
MONEY FOR IMPROVEMENTS

The people of the extreme south
eastern section OF the city have, at
times, murmured because but little
money is appropriated for improve
ments in their section of the city.
The movement for the same came as
a flood in Council last night, resolu-
tons having been introduced calling
for an expenditure of over fifteen
thousand dollars for improvements IN
that locality.
Among the measures introduced
were the following: 5000 for sewers
on Fairfax between Gibbon ana
Franklin street; 5000 for sewer on
Franklin, between Royal and Fairfax,
5000 for sewer on Fairfax be-
tween Wilkes and Gibbon streets;
s1.7OO for road on Franklin, between
Fairfax and Lee streets; S4,4oo Tor
road on Fairfax, between Wilkes and
Franklin streets; 5000 for road on
Lee. between Franklin and Jefferson;
$4,000 for road on Lee, between Jei-
ferson and entrance to plant OF W.
GINA shipbuilding Corporation; S9to
for purchase Of asphalt and Ss5o to
purchase broken stone.
The road on Fairfax street from
Wilkes, where the vitrified brick roaa-
way ends, to Franklin street IS COM
paratively good. but after leaving
Franklin street the thoroughtares are
in bad condition, especially in rainy
weather. 1t is for the purpose OF
improving Franklin, jefferson, ana
Lee street from Franklin to the eli
trance of the Virginia Shlpbulldlng
Corporations plant that these appro-
priations are about to be made. The
corporation has during the past few
months improvised roads on Lee
street south of Franklin, but 1t IS nee
essary to place more substantial high
wa5z in that section immediately
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13
REACTION AGAINST KAISER.

Thirty-fve of the thirty-seven
Jugo-Slav deputies in the Vienna
reichsrath have protested to the Aus
o-Hungarian, German, Russian and
Ukrainian delegates to Brest-Litovsk
against the peace terms signed there.
The text OF The protest, publication
of which is forbidden in Austria-Hun-
gary, was received and made public
by the Serbian legation in Washing
ton yesterday. 1t is but one of sew
eral manifestations recently received
:. diplomatic quarters there OF liberal
reaction within the central powers
against the triumphs claimed by the
kaiser for the sword of pan-German
militarisn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.

This is ALLEGED to be the text of a
secret memorandum sent by the Ger
man chancellor to the Austrian gov
e-rment and published by the Leipzig
VolksZeitung:
1--WE cannot beat Russia, because
we are nc. in position to penetrate
right into the heart of her empire:
but we can weaken her senslbly by
detaching her frontier territories-the
Baltic provinces. Thanks to a skill
ff,ll policy the latter will be easily
Go,manized They will be peopled
with Germans; their population viii
be doubled. That is why they mus
be annexed We desire the indepead-
.estee. Of. the Ukraine, and that the.
Ukraine: should, if. possible, receive
& Frontier which is easy to defend
against the Russians"
According to dispatches from Ell
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13
THREE IN SUICIDE PACT.
Wife and Daughter Withdraw and Let
Man Blow His Head off Alone.

Man Blow His Head oil Alone.
Akely, Mimi, March 13.-Wlllian
Peregrin, a Socialist leader in this
section, comitted suicide yesterday hy
placing piece of dynamite in bis
mouth. lighting a fuse and blowing
off his head. The Department OF Jus
tice had been investigating his &C.
Invites in connection with agitation
for repeal of the draft law last June.
After being questioned by govern
ment officials, Peregrin, according 10
the story told by his wife, declared
he would have TO go to Jail sooner CT
later, and that it would be better Tor
him to kill himself. His wife agreed
with him, and it was decided that she
and their daughter would also commit
suicide at the same time, using dyna-
mite.
When Peregrin had secured the dy-
Mantle, his wife and daughter, who IS
y years old, withdrew from the
agreement, Mrs. Peregr!n said.
Fcrcgrin left note willing rs
property to his wife and declaring nc
was rot afraid to die.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13
DRY SETBACK IN ALBANY.
Assembly Rejects Ratification anu
Votes for Referendum.

L
Albany, N. Y, March ia pro-
posal to ratify the Federal 'proh!ol-
ton amendment this year received
what is considered a death blow IN
the New York legislature YESTERDAY
when the assembly, by vote Oh Oh
to ga and after one of the most splr-
tied debates in years. adopted SUP
stitute which would provide Tor d Eei
erendum this fall on the ratification
question. The senate has not YET act
ed upon the proposal, but commit
tee of that body earlier IN the Gay
favorably reported referendum Dill
The referendum proposition now Is
apparently up to Gov. Whitman as
there is little doubt that it will pass
the legislature.
Annapolis, Nd, March l3.-Ihere
will be no statewide prohibition leg
islation passed by the Maryland leg
islature this year.
The Weimer prohibition bill was
forced out of committee yesterday and
killed in the house by viva voce
vote, thus ending all prohibition legis-
lation for Maryland in 1918.
The Weimer prohibition bill was the
official instrument of the Ant!-Saloon
League. The bill, according TO us
sponsors, would have provided state
wide prohibition for limited PERIOD
supposedly for the duration OF the
war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.
CONTINUED from page H.

tCOntlnueO from page ~
big Frenchmen, and they insisted on
having both windows and door Closed.
And another disadvantage IS that you
nave absolutely no use for SILK paia-
mas, for you have TO sleep in your
clothes; everybody in what is prac-
tically one bed Very crude, don't you
think? The meals served on these
trains are very good, and rs reason
able in price as one could expect 1T
this time.
At 8 o'clock in the morning we ar
rived in that wonderful city,. pre-
vicusly mentioned. Impressions gath
cred there were. as varied "a the col
ors in the rainbow, for there can be
found every kind of Frenchman. At
times one is pleased ard at other
times thoroughly disgusted; they are
lovable and repulsive. But | shall!
tell you more about them later, when,
perhaps. | may connect the happen
ings with the place without violation
of censorship. Was IN this city Just
a little over a week before being ~
signed to duty at the headquarters
of the American ENpeditionary
Force, to which place travelled IN
the day time, giving me an oppoltu-
nifty to see some CT the country in an
other section, and the rural districts
were really revelation. Have never
seen "little farms so neatly kept
and in resemblance SO close to city
parks, which fact speaks well for the
peasants Of France.
Arriving at my destination 1t
tie fatigued, l had lunch in a small
cafe and waited around the station
about an hour before the motor from
Headquarters arrived. which was to
carry me and some others arriving
on the same train to the barracks,
very near Cen Pershing's quarters. /
liked the place very much and was
well taken care Of as far as quarters
and rations were concerned, and when
only few days later | was ordered
to another place, | felt sorry, in
deed because | was leaving behind
me all those whom | knew on this
side. And, too. | regretted leaving the
American envirCnemt, for | rather
liked the atmosphere of brotherhood
that seems to prevail at ''home"
camps. And let me say right here
that Uncle Sam IS giving his men bet
ter foci than IS found any other place
in France. There is shortage of
certain .foodstuffs here and the issue
of them is governed by French laws,
but there has been no suffering from
the shortage of food here.
My observations of this war
game" and the small part am play
ing in it have convinced me that the
United States has accomplished Won
ders since its entry into the war, and
if there are any at home who may
feel like giving voice to adverse crit
icism Of the operations G. our Army
they need only to come closer-get
good look-and be convinced that our
war machine is being run by some
one who knows.
I miss the associations with you
very much. English and American
Protestant churches are very few and
I seldom get to one. The y. NJ. c. A.
meetings sapplant the church serv-
ICES to sonlet extent. It is at the ''I'
get most of my entertainment even
ngs; in fact, it is my real home on
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13

rope, Germany is about to send UP
another peace kite, in which she will
agree to evacuate northern France
and Belgium and restore the latter
country, provided the Huns be allowed
a free hand in Russia, and TO retain
the territory now in thepossession Of
the Teutons. This proposition will,
of course be treated with the con-
tempt it deserves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13
SOLDIER SHOT AND KILLED.

Brother Also Wounded by Alleged
Bootlegger in Alteration Near
!. Barren Springs.
( Pulaski, March 13.-Wlll Sutpin
was instantly killed, and his brother
Wallace Sutpin. was shot under the
left shoulder blade by Hairless jack
son in an alteration near Barren
Springs late Saturday Jackson and a
companion, Kyle Bolt, both of them
from Floyd county, escaped in an au-
tomobile. It is not known what led
to the quarrel between the brothers
and the two fugitives, but it IS re-
ported that jackson and Bolt are
bootleggers.
The dead man was a soldier a.
home on furlough from Camp Greene
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13
7airfay street TO Lee street.

Fairfax street to Lee street.
Resolution appropriating sS.tOo. or
as much thereof as may be necessary
to construct a twenty-four (24) loot
wide bituminous roadway on concrete
base with three (3) foot wide cobble
edging on South Washington street
from Duke street to Franklin street.
Resolution appropriating $500 or as
much thereof as may be necessary 70
extend sewer the necessary distance
north and south from the manhole Oh
east side of Fairfax street between
Wilkes and Gibbon streets to reach all
houses on the east side of Fairfax
street between Wilkes and Gibboa
streets referred to Committee on n
nance and Streets.
Resolution appropriating $500 70
construct terra Gotta pipe sewers On
Fairfax streets with all necessary
manholes, basins, and connections re-
ferred to Committee on Streets and
Finance.
Resolution from NJ. W. Gaines, rep
resenting the Marshall Estate request
ing a sewer on North Fayette street
for the purpose Of tapping the same,
Communication from Chief En-
gineer.
Resolution expressing the thanks Ct
City Council for bringing the various
enterprises to the City.
The Board then adjourned,
F. F. MARBURY, President
Teste: w. W. Ballenger, Clerk pro
tenn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13

OLD FALSE TEETH WANTED
Don't matter if broken. pay 81
~ SIS per set. Also cash for Old
gold, silver, and broken iewelry.
Send by parcel post and receive
check BY return mail. Will hold
goods 10 Gays for sendecs approval
of my offer. l.. MGzer-2007 south
eth street, Phila.. Pa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13

FOR SALE-A 1915 Chevrolet auto
mobile, in first class condition.
Good bargain to quick purchaser.
Inquire of Mt. Vernon Auto Co.,
Alexandria, Va. 3W-tf..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13

WANTED-A girl for housekeeping.
Apply at 532 King street, city.
62-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13
Classified Advertising

LOST-Auto glove, near rostoff!cc,
between P0stoiiice and Citizens
bank. Return to Gazette office. Re-
ward ~ 61-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13

FOR SALE = One five-ton truck
body; one thrce-ton truck body.
These bodies will be delivered in Al
exandria, Va. Have no use for
them will sell them cheap. Central
Garage, Manassas, Va. 6l-tt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13

WANTED-Electric elevator oper-
asor; c9lored; thoroughly expert
cnccd. Call at julius GarGnll!c 4
Co., 527 18th street, Washington,
d. c. 62-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13

WANTED-Boy IS Or II years Old
for general work around Office. Gail
at Office OF Briggs Acrop!an2 COM
pany, city. 0z-5S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13

FOR SALE---T'inc young mule, big,
sound, and coed worker. $3.50
cash. c. a. Gw!nn.
COST
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-13

ROOMS AND BOARD-Seycral nice
rooms to rent, with or without
board. Apply at 800 North Co.
lumbus street, city. 62-1t
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-12-28
STATE GUARD is WIPED
OUT BY DISCHARGE.
Opinion Of Judge Advocate Holds
Guardsmen Revert to Civilian
Status When Discharged.

Washington, Dec. 24.-An opinion
Of the judge advocate generals office,
approved by the Secretary of War,
holds that officers and enlisted men
of the National Guard will revert to
civilian status when discharged from
the service. The ruling is to wipe out
the National Guard is it originally
was after the discharge from the fed
eral service.
He called attention to an opinion
which was rendered last February,
which held that when guardsmen were
mustered out of the federal service
they would revert to their militia stat
us and to their status in the guard.
General Ansell, in his decision, poins
out that this opinion was based up
on muster out and not upon discharge,
and added:
"As matter of fact, the opinion in
the digest in which this sentence oc-
ours holds, without qualification, that
the draft of member of the Ma
tiona Guard into the federal service
absolutely discharges him from the
militia, which includes the National
Guard. Furthermore, this office has
held that commission in the federal
forces is incomplete with a commission
in the National Guard, and operates
to cancel the commission in the Ma
tional Guard.
1T is therefore the opinion of this
office that former members of the
National Guard, both officers and en-
listed men, who entered the service
by draft under the Presidents proc
lamation of July 8, 1917, will, when dis
charged from the federal service, re-
vert to civilian status and will not
revert to their former status as mem
bers of the National Guard"
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-12-28
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
FORMALLY DEDICATED.


ON last Sunday at 11:00 a. m. the
de dicatory services of the First Baptist
ch urch Of this city were held. The
pa stor and officers OF the church had
pla.nned to have the services, but very
lit lie extra program was their idea Of
what was proper. The congregation
WAS good and after the pastor, Rev.
d w. Bosdell, had finished a special
sermon prepared for the occasion, the
chairman of the board Of deacons of
til church, Mr.. W. j. Morris came to
THE front of the church and made
statement in behalf of the church
officers, in which he spoke feelingly of
the happy relations that existed be-
tween the different officers and in the
various departments of the church
during this time of building. He then
a nnounced that the building had been
completed in every way and paid for
in full, which had amounted to about
three thousand dollars, This was fol-
lowed by the regular dedlcatory ex-
ercises as practiced by Baptist church
es. Under the circumstances this has
been most remarkable achievement
a nd the Baptists of this city and their
friends are to be congratulated on
what has been done.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-12-28

AUItOn ~ - # * (;
In the Chancery Court Of JacksQa
County, State Of Mississippi.
BY virture ofsthe authority vested i1
me by decree Of the Chancery C0uft
Of Jackson County. Msssissippi, rends
cred in the above styled cause 81 t66
goth day OF November. 1918. " w.
November 1918 term Of said Court,
will sell at public outcry to the highest
bidder for cash at the front door of
the Court Huse, in the City Of Passes
goula, Mississippi, on MONDAY, THIN
9Th DAY OF JANUARY, 1919, within
legal hours, the following described
real estate in Jackson County. Missis-
sippi, to-wit:
SE4 Of NWa, Nj Of SW3 and SWa
of sWa Section 4, Township 8 Range
west:
Ed Of SEA and swa Of SEa, Section
s, Township 8, Range West:
NWa of NE4, Section 8. Township 8.
Range West:
NWa Of NWa, Section ?. Township
6, Range West:
NEa of NEa, Section 5. Township :.
Range S West:
Part Sci Of NEa East Of Saracena
road, Section 33, Township S. Range
5 West:
81 of SEA, Section 81, Township 5,
Range s West.
Witness my hand this 25th day of
1918. X
FRED TAYLOR, Il
Special Commissioners.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-12-28
BOY
WAS HUN PRISONER.
John Olsen, Reported Killed, Back
With American Forces.

Mr.. c. l.. Olsen has received 4
letter from the American Red Cross
Society in France informing him that
his son, Private John Olsen, recently
reported killed in action in France,
had just returned to the American
forces with a number of prisoners of
war from German prison camp,
where he had been held for two
months. Private Olsen was one of the
few boys from Pascagoula who eX-
perienced actual service on the battle
front. Some time ago his father re-
ceived Information that he was miss
ing, and later that he had been found
dead on the battle field, and he is over
joyed to learn that his son is alive
and well.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-12-28
FOR COUNTY DEPOSITORY,
1910

Sealed proposals will be received
from the banks of Jackson county and
adjoining counties on the first Mon
day, the 9th day of January, 1919, for
the privilege Of keeping all the county
funds, or any part thereof, as provided
by law and the rules and regulations
adopted by the board OF supervisors of
said county.
All such proposals shall be filed
with the clerk of the board of super
visors on Or before IL o'clock m, jan
uary 9th, 1919, and shall state fully
the security proposed. No bid will be
considered for less than per cent per
annum on the average daily balance
on deposit in any bank. Any bank
qualifying as such county depository
will be required to place on deposit
as security with the county treasurer
any of the following securities in an
amount 10 per cent greater than the
maximum sum to be placed on deposit
Mississippi registered state bonds,
Yazoo and Mississippi delta levee dis
trict bonds, Mississippi levee district
levee bonds, county bonds. United
States bonds or surety bonds of any
surety company authorized to do
business in the State of Mississippi, |
but no bonds will be accepted as
security IL worth less than par on
the market
All bidders will be required TO de-
posit s250.00, or its equivalent. with |
bid, same to be forfeited unless bid is |
carried out, and the board I
reserves the right to reject any or
all bids.
By order of board, Dec. 3, 1918.
FRED TAYLOR, w. p. RAMSAY,
Clerk. President |
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-12-28
THAT FLU STUFF

If you have tummy-ache,
It's the Flu.
II you're weary when you wake,
It's the Flu.
Is your memory off the track?
Is your liver out of whack?
Are there pimples on your back?
It's the Flu!
Are there spots before your eyes?
It's the Flu!
Are you fatter than some guys?
It's the Flu!
Do your teeth hurt when you bite
Do you ever have fright?
Do you want to sleep at night?
It's the Flu!
Are you thirsty when you eat?
It's the Flu!
Are you shaky on your feet?
It's the Flu!
If you feel little i'll,
Send right off for DR.. Pill,
He will say, despite his skill:
It's the Flu!
He won't wait to diagnose,
It's the Flu,
Hasn't time to change his clothes,
It's the Flu!
For two weeks he's had no rest,
Has no time to make a test,
Sc he'll class you with the rest
It's the Flu!
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-12-28
CONTRACT NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that a con-
tract for the furnishing of all sup
plies to county convicts. camp, road
camps, as shown by schedules on
file, for months of January, February
and March. 1919, will be let to the low
est bidder on the LIST Monday. the 9Th
day Of January, 1919.
All bids are required to be sealed
with the clerk on or before
IL O'clock m. of said date. Bond will
be required of contractor, and the
board reserves the right to reject any
and all BIDS fled.
BY order of board, Dec 8, 1918.
FRED TAYLOR, w. p. RAMSAY,
Clerk. President.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-12-28
CONTRACT NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that con-
tract for the publishing of the pro-
ceedings Of the board of supervisors
and all notices of all county officers
for the year 1919. will be let to the
lowest bidder on the 1st Monday, the
9Th day OF January. 1919.
All bids are required to be sealed
and fled with the clerk on or before IL
o'clock m. of the above date. Bond
will be required of contractor as pro-
vided by law. the board reserving the
right to reject any and all bids.
By order of board, Dec. 2, 1918.
FRED TAYLOR, w. p. RAMSAY,
Clerk. President