Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-01
NEWS OF The DAY

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il Philadelphia. /!
!, IN case Of the refusal Of the Ger
mans 10 sign the peace terms as
drawn, g,p IN Paris, Marshal Fccn
ill:G orders - advance the army 81
lie Rhine. This will mean that
oeace r!H &c dictated N Berlin
John RaDu, grocer, 7tas shot and
killed in Detroit last night in his
shop by TWO sicilians. Oac suspect
lis under arrest. Police say the KILL
!! irg Is due 10 the Sici!ian feud which
Ehas claimed nine lives here III Two
montis,
Japanese interests are making de-
iermined efforts to exploit the Philip
pine Islands, according to SEMI
official information from Mania
which reached Washington yester-
dag. During the last few months
the influx of japanese immigrants
into AIindanao and other agrlcultur-
al districts has assumed enormous
proportions, these authoritative re-
ports declare.
! With union carpenters in the DIS
| trict of Columbia planning to vote
this week for an increase OF 81
| day for eight hours labor beginning
| June /, and the hod carriers union
| already agreed to demand like m
| crease to take effect June ID, seri-
/ Gus handicap in the building ana
construction program initiated by
| the Builders and Manufacturers
Exchange is predicted.
4 Police of Ann .Arbor, Mith., say
;: Robert Warner, 16, soldier, confess
!, I ed to having killed Miss Irma Perk-
i ms, school teacher, 10, because she
spurned his love. Warner, accord
! ing to the police, said the night be-
fore the shooting the girl kissed
him, and then lauGhingly confessed
to merely pretending that she loved
: him. Warner said he then planned
!: to shoot her.
:! The general strike has extended
/ all over Austria, according tolreports
! from Vienna. Negotiations between
y strike delegates and the govcrnmert
!, have been unsuccessful. N Spite OF
Chancellor Renncr's speech, attempt
Il ing to calm the strikers, there is
h considerable agitation. The promises
of the entente commission that food
), impcrtaticns soon would be increased
;. thas favorably impressed the strikers
toward the entente allies.
Il As the Peace Conference" ycster-
: day entered its third week since
President Wilson'S oreturn, . practi-
:, cally nothing has been accomplish
! ed in the last fortnight, aside from
agreement on military and naval
I terms of the treaty, disposed Of in
/ the first few days. Last wce!;
y was virtually 4 dead loss, as. far as
accomplishment of peace settle
ment was CONCERNED. The questions
| of PREPARATIONS and boundaries were
still far from Il decision.
BY refusing Eugene V. Dcbs, So
! eialist,, rehearing, his conviction
under the espionage act was affirmed
by the Supreme Court yesterday,
and all hope of freedom through the
courts was abruptly ended. Several
weeks ago the court affirmed Debs
conviction and sentence Of ten years
in the penitentiary for utteranccs at
a speech at Canton, Chic. Debs
must now serve his sentence unless
freed by executive clemency.
ALFRED Jack. Bridgers, grocer and
| Jeff Snuggs were killed yesterday
morning when Bridgers found the
latter in his store at Raleigh, n. c..
| Bridgers was shot through the head
and Snuggs in the right breast.
Snuggs was the 16 year old son of 4
! well known Raleigh contractor and
builder. Bridgers had been missing
goods for some time, and spent Sum-
day night watching in his store.
T. Hope grew in official circles in
Berlin yesterday that the Danzig
question would be settled without
, break with the allies. The news
papers approve the proposal for fur
ther negotiations with the allies re-
| garling their demand that Polish