The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-13
ONLY SORRY THAT
he CAME So SOON
HAR TENDER TRIES SUICIDE IN
ROOM IN WHICH EMPLOYER
SUCCEEDED
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN
REVENUE OFFICERS ARE rNvEsTr-
eating nfsTTILERIE<-CoS-
yICTs ESCAPE FROM
ROAD FORCE.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN

Especial to The Richmond Tirgirian~)
PETERSBURG VA, Sept l2.-~At~
trActed ny the sound ~ eroans from
his home on grove avenue neighbors
last night found German Wells,
bartender. unconscious The room
in which he was seated was flied with
gas and Drs. ". r Hoy and j. ..
Hoy and J. G. Rennie who were at
the theatre. were summoned by Poitee
Officer Slate. The physicians restored
Mr. Wells to consciousness and to-
day he is well en- the way to recovery.
His first words on realizing the ply
sicians were with him were j am
sorry YOU came So soon Friends
say they know e 10 reason why he
should attempt To end his life. Mr..
Wells was EN- pjoyed by y Arey Adams
at the NesteveF saloon when Mr..
Adams committed suicide by shooting
hiulself through the head with a
pistol a few months aga.
schools Open.
The white public schools Of the city
opened to-day with 1sl more pupils
registered than on the first day Of
last year The registration was LIZA,
as against sss last year. and is
divided among the schools as follows
High school. 322; X. f. Lee school,
ST5 sfonewau Jackson school. 42ei
n NJ Brown school. ass. Sixth ward
school 163 The high school Ia now
located in the Anderson school build
ing which is fully equipped with
physical and chemical laboratory, in
dividuai lockers fer students and new
desks and seats The old high school
building has been leased to Professor
Nathaniel Starke and Is now housing
the Petersburg Military Academy,
which opened it's school year yester-
dav.
Death of Airs. Bcrherlch.
After a two DAYS illness at the
home Of her son, F. z. Herherich,
az Swift Creek, In Chesterfield county,
Mrs. Eva Barbara Berberich. died
last night aged 81 years. She was
horn in Germany and had lived in
this country nearly all her life. She
IVES the mother of fourteen children.
nine ~ whom. eight song and
daughter. survive. The funeral viii
be conducted tomorrow morning at
70 O'Clock from St. Joseph's Catho-
ltc churh,
Death of An Infant
James Byron. infant son Of Mr.. and
Mrs Eugene Williams. died last night
nj the family home on Boliingbrook
street The funeral Will be tomorrow
morning at II clock from the resi-
denee, Rev u. II Rolston. pastor OF
the Second PRESBYTERIAN church off,
ciating Intermtnt viii he in Bland
ford cemetery
Camp Meeting.
Ta-nirh, In Fsttriek. on the merry
go~rouna lot. Adiutant Woods or
the Salvation Army. Of this city. be-
gan a camp meeting, which Will con
tlnue for ten days. The services VIII
he conducted by Aautant Woods and
his assistants 81 the local army
corps.
Revenue Officers III Town,
Judge l.. l.. Lewis, United States
district attorney. and Colonel W H.
Chapman revenue agent for this dis
irici. were in Petersburg yesterday
= II IL understood that distiueries In
tnts section fIavo becn causing tfft
internal revenue department. consid'
erabI. trouble of late and that the
visit Of the Federal officers here was
connected with alleged Irregularities
win Adjust Trouble.
II liz expected that the trouble
which split the First Baptist church
q.
missioner j. ID. Prince, appointed by
the court. has been taking deepest
tons Of the memb ers Of the two fac;
tions for the last six months, and he
announces that this work is about
completed The commissioner vii
report presenting his records ana de-
positions To the court and "A decree
will be entered at the September term
which begins Thursday Of next week
settling the matter.
Gets Six Months.
Gus Smith, colored, charged with
cutting out the pockets OF j. T. Rob-
enf.iser. a couutryman, while he was
asleep In the oaks tobacco ware
house Saturday night and taking s2.2S
and several other articles, was this
morning in Police Conrt sentenced K
Elk months In jail.
Consicts Escape.
Henry Harris. aged sixteen Years
and william Fowl. twenty-six, esoa p
ed last night from the convict road
gang working near Chesterfield Court
house. Both are under short SEN
tences for minor offenses. Police ot
Petersburg have been given their de-
scriptions and asked TO look out fof
them.
Mr.. Bosnian to Teach.
George Bosnian, son of Rev. and
Mrs. J. r. Bosnian az the Market
Street Methodist church, who gra d.
uated last year from Randolph Ma.
cor College, has gone 10 Farmville
where this season he will teach in
the public school.
Used Bogus Tickets.
Charles Shelly and Charles White
head, colored. OF Rocky Mount, Y. c..
were arraigned yesterday afternoon
before Justice L.adrae. at Swift Creek
on charge of trespass against the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad. In using
bogus tickets on passenger train IS.
The negroes boarded the train az
Richmond and were elected near
Swift Creek They were given sixty
days on the roads.
Personals.
Mr.. and Mrs, l.. r. Williams and
daughters. Misses Agnes and Louise
OF Church Road. were visitors In Pc
tersburg to-day.
w. T. Bowen. Of Blackstone. was q
business visitor here to-day.
Moses Dabney. Of savannah. Va,
Is here on visit 10 relatives
Mrs. Rosa Harris. OF Edgecomh
county. y. C.. Lis visiting her nephew,
w. b. Bradley. at Ettrtck.
Misses Elizabeth and Nellie Brock =