The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-16
PISTOL SMASHING
IN PETERSBURG
'oCIE SMITH Is WANTED BY Pc.
LICE ON CHARGE OF MUIR
DE,RING COMRADE..
TO ADDRESS NEGROES
DIR. X. 4. MARTIN WILL TELL
THEM WHY DEATH RATE
is SO HGH-CHURCH
CONFERENCE.

especial to The Richmond Virginian.
fEl RG. VA. Nov. 15.-The
'ouncil Committee on Public Improve
Nuents VIII meet tomorrow afternoon
az o CLOCK in the Council chamber.
LOT the purpose of taking UP the mat :
ter of improving River street. The
proposition Will be given hearing
from all angles, and a large number
OF the business men Interested in the
.ower section of the city. reprcsen-
tstiVes of the Atlantic Coast Line and
the Norfolk and Western Railway.
ana others. are expected to presen.
their views. There is considerable op-
position In the Council to maxim the
improvements at this time. a proposed
chahge n the grade of the street. which
VIII he necessary before the paving
can be done, being the bone OF contcr-
ton.
Police Want oeie Smith.
The police have been unable to locate
a negro named Ocie Smith. who is
wanted on the charge OF killing Cole
man Tortelli, another negro. while at
WORK III DInwiddie county yesterday
afternoon. Tortelli and Smith were
members OF a section gang on the Sea
BOARD AIR Line Railway. and were
working together apparently in good
III,
struck Torteiii over the head with a
shovel. laying him unconscious. Tor
ten was brought TO Petersburg and
taken to the hospital where he died
during the night. A post mortem this
morning. by DIR. ]. NJ Burke, showed
the mans skull was fractured Cor
oner Light tonight. at inquest into
Tortelli's death. held Smith respon-
sible for the murder.
Broke Up Firearms.
Police Sergeant Brister this morn
ing at police headquarters broke I'D
with big sledge hammer twenty-five
reVolvers which had been confiscated
during the last year from carriers OF
concealed weapons
To Address Negroes.
Dr r. A. Martin. health officer of
the city, Will on Friday night adj
dress the colored people of Peters
burg at the Tabernacle Baptist
church. telling them why the death
rate among the negro race In Peters
burg is so high. Last month out OF
total OF 90 deaths in Petersburg.
Al were of colored persons The
meeting will be held under the aus
pices OF the Colored Civic Associa-
ton for the purpose OF educating the
coiorcd people in sanitation.
Tobacco Sales.
Six hundred and twenty lots of to-
bacco, aggregating 10000 pounds,
We're sold at the local warehouses to-
day at prices ranging from Sc to $50
per hundred.
Church Conference.
The Church of Jesus Christ Of
Latter Day Saints will hold a general
conference Saturday and Sunday in
Liberty Hall. at the corner of Syca-
more and Bollingbrook streets.
-Four public meetings will be held
as follows; Saturday. at 1880 p. NJ.
and Sunday. at IL A. NJ. 2 p. NJ. and
i;30 T. NJ. There will be twenty
five ministers in attendance. 23 OF
them travelling elders of Virginia The
other two will be Elder Charles A.
Calls, president of the Southern
States Mission. and Elder Heber J.
Grant, of the quorum OF apostles.
The latter two Will be the principle
speakers, and the public is cordially
invited. James A. Wadsworth is the
elder in charge.
Attend Association.
w NJ. Rucker. Or. Fred Pitcher.
DR. William Pitcher. Barton Roper.
James johnson and the pastors of
the several Baptist churches OF this
city will leave for Norfolk tomorrow
morning to attend the meeting of the
Baptist General Association, which
will be held at Freemason Baptist
church, Norfolk.