The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-18
MERCHANTS ARE kept
BUSY IN PETERSBURG
Much Money In Evidence In Cockadc
City and Good Business Is Being
Done I'm the Town.
INFANT is FOUND DEAD IN BED
Little Son of Stephen Dioszegi Believed
to Have Died from SuHocation.
Good Reports Are Made by Meth
Odist Sunday Schools.

Petersburg, Va, Dec. 17.--As the
holiday season draws closer. hundreds
or strangers are flocking the streets
OF Petersburg to do their Christmas
shopping, but conditions compared
with year ago are much improved
in every particular. The crowds,
while not so great as in December.
1915, are much more orderly and
there is plenty of money in evidence
to make up for the numbers of peo-
pie who are not here.
Visitors returning here from Hope
well and persons employed in the Du-
Pont plant report that there is an
abnormal stir in the Wizard City that
none seem to understand. 1t is the
general opinion, however. that there
is something behind the activity of
conditions about the DUPONT plant
and on the outside besides the award
ing of a contract for the erection of
375 additional houses for the DUPONT
Company.
Business men are watching devel-
opments with the greatest interest,
ready to take advantage OF the first
opportunity or indication of another
large development in this section.
Property values have increased ma
terially in the lower business section
of Petersburg since the erection OF
the concrete viaduct has become a
certainty and general conditions along
lower Sycamore and Bollingbrook
Streets are much improved
Only one department of the city
government is more quiet this year
than last, that being the Police De-
partment, which has the appearance
of calm after a storm. Arrests by
the Petersburg police for the first
sixteen days OF this month totaled
thirty-nine for all causes as against
$50 for the first sixteen days of De-
cember last year. The total arrests
in Petersburg for all causes in De-
cember. 1915. were zoos. Five hun
dred and forty-eight of this number
were charged with drunkenness and
about thirty per cent of the remainder
of those arrested were charged with
disorderly conduct caused from intoxi-
cation.
Infant Is Found Dead.
Stephen Dioszegi. Jr.. aged three
Mitchell Dioszegi, was found dead in
bed with his parents at 1107 Wash
ington Street about o'clock this
morning. Mrs Dioszegi discovered
that the little one was dead upon
awakening at the above time. Coro-
ner Leigh was notified. examined the
body and deemed an inquest unneces-
sary. expressing the opinion that the
infants death resulted from suffoca-
ton. Funeral services will be con-
Quoted from the. residence at $3.50
Father Haier. of St. Joseph's Cath
Ollie Church.
Officers Are Elected
The annual election of officers of
the West End Baptist Church Sunday
school was held this mornings the
conclusion OF the regular lesson
period resulting as follows: Super
intendent. w. NJ. Rucker; first as
sistant superintendent, r. w. Kruse:
second assistant superintendent. j. D.
Mckinney: secretary. r. M. Whar-
ton: assistant secretary. w. T. Savory;
treasurer. w. E. Lunsford: librarians,
James c. Wright and ]. T. Johnson:
pianist. Miss Ella Turner; assistant
pianist, Miss Blanch Andrews: must
cal director James D. Mckinney: as
sistant, c. Fl. Cain; city mission COM
mittee. J. r. Sutherland. W. 7.
Savory and A. r. Perkins.
The West End School is just clos
ing one of the most successful years
in It's history and indications are that
1917 will develop still greater bene-
fits in the community through the
church and Sunday school.
Tag Day Successful.
Tag Day for the benefit of the Sal
walton Army yesterday resulted in
raising s202 for relief work by the
army. The day was bitter cold and
the young ladies in charge of the sale
of tags suffered intensely. but they
stuck to their post and the result was
very gratifying. The fund will enable
the army to enter upon its work OF
charity with a more liberal hand and
administer to the needs of a much
larger number of families than 1t
could otherwise have done.
New traffic stands for the use OF
the traffic officers at Sycamore and
Bank and Sycamore and Washington
Streets have been installed by the po-
lice commissioners. They are bein 8
lighted and heated without cost to the
city by Superintendent John e. Har-
veil, of the Virginia Railway and
Power COMPANY