The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-11


WAS before the stiH standing g,rase
and storeroom OF the City Point Mo-
tor Company, Communicated for the
occasion by the military and police
as headquarters.
Ne Need for Jaii.
|, This structure served as Police Head
quarters and Police Court--there was
no need for JAN quarters, there being
but few rnisdemeanors on the docket
and as information headquarters and
the rareAu for the issuance OF passes
to those who had real and justfficabie
reapon Ger penetrating FIRE lines.
over nj, Major Bowles presided.
From this Dividing he issued all or
ders. 20 ii'y, all cS.7e fo- settlement
90 such points as were raised between
. civilian and soldier or police officer.
Al complaints were heard and given
due consideration by the military com
manfet and all differences were E:ni~'
cabiy adjusted. At ali times Major
Bcwies was thoroughly ,naste- oi the
situation.
Ne fyncking Zee.
With everything so wet IN hand
s-oliee Chief Cotton sourd ample time
- jGgesti gate many OF tht VIZ rs-
dac-s that rairf out of Horewen Jur-
ing Thurscay night. Net u single one
of them cont. he confirmed. The story
Of tae .ynchirs, Of . negro discounted
H. The %irg!ntan this morning, eppeers
to have been without the alightest
foundation. The story OF :t,9 killing
of ssvarai iootars by police Ras de-
clared by Chief Cdttoa to be ~ toinI-
-
Reports OF iucandiGriam were run
down ar.d ..crnd TO have been untrue.
it belus learned that the overturning
Of small stove in the three-story
greek restaurant In which the con-
Migration started was its origin.
4 Pure Invention.
The re port of the arrest of an al
legged German spy caught in an at
tempt ~ place explosives within the
DnPoat plant enclosure, authoritative
official GENIAL or which was published
in The Eirgini1n and in the Hope~eU
Daily News, was characterized by w.
p. Allen, general manager of the
DUPONT plant. as pure invention"
The death list of one. as it appeared
this morning. was wiped out yester-
day when it was found that Alex
ander Zacharas. the Greek caught
beneath the falling brick wall of
Friends drug store. was not dead. He
was seriously, perhaps fatally, hurt
when a portion Of the ruined struc-
ture toppied over upon him. Both
legs were fractured. his body badly
bruised, and 1t Is believed he may
have been internally injured. Tho
confusion was so great Immediately
following the fire that the removal
of the, injured man to Prince George
Hospital, in charge of Dr. #. X. Gier-
ing, near the Appomattox River end
of Hopewell Street. escaped officiai
notice until early yesterday.
All the buildings In Hopewell were
not destroyed. The Elder Brothers
Hopewell Hospital and the Tabernacle
on Broadway. both fran structures
were saved, apparently by miracle
few other structures in that section oil
the town also escaped. Several build
ings on the eastern portion OF Cawson
Street and a number OF structures
among them the brick Silberstein
building, on Hopeweli Street. mean
Cawson, were uninjured. Police head
quarters will he moved into the
Silberstein building tomorrow to re-
main until a permanent police station
, and courthouse can be erected.
Banks Back In Business.
The Farmers and Mechanics Bank
, whose home was burned. opened
. temporarily this morning in brici
, building on Hopewel Street, opposite
/ the Silberstein building, The Virginia
State Bank, which lost its quar- .er;
, when the Finn building was wip3t
tout opened for business at City Point
| Both hanks saved all money anc
A papers. and business was PRACTICAL.
1 uninterrupted.
Almost before the fire had burned
a itself out Thursday night the Western
a Union had reopened communication
i between HopewelI and the rest of thu
n | world by esta blishing a sending of
, fice in a box car below the DuPon
q plant.
! hTe Petersburg Telephone Company
which serves the two plants OF the Du
n Pont company through privat
n branch exchanges, and which had
number of pay-stations in the bust
. ness portion of the community, re
a stored service to the DUPONT plant
= almost as soon az the circuits wer
severed by the flames In the vicinity o
the Norfolk and Western station. o.
] Railroad Avenue. A trouble" squad
n anticipating break. was on han
and as quickly as the wires coole
q loose enus were Joined and DuPon
: side before many in the company
= offices were aware OF interruption o
@ the service.
+ Ample Accommodations Provided.
: This afternoon notices. reading n
follows. were conspicuously posted
= Free reHeff All persons In need o
h food and shelter can obtain same Il
= Petersburg, where they will be trana
j. r,ur ted by the Norfolk and Wester
q without charge.
d Headquarters for obtaining relief
h Y. NJ. c. A.. Petersburg
h Tell your foreign friends.
$ Relief Committee of Hopewen an
. Petersburg"
More space than was need Thursda
q night was available In Petersburg sew
y erai fthe=ehHrehes,AH hie.a=A af.-see'
: heated and lighted for the shelter
e less, being but scantily occupied.
r About sixty men found accomoda
e lions in the waiting-ro of the Vir
II glnia Railway and Power Company
Iktation at Petersburg. Superintendent
n Harveli having thrown those quarter
!, open TO the refugees