The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-22
PETERSBURG PLANNING
TO AID WAR SUFFERERS
Mass Meeting OF Representative Cit
liens Held for Purpose of Organ
ling Relief Work.
HopEwELL ACTS LIKEWISE.
Hastings Court Disposes of Several
Cases-MurSier and Highway Rob
berry Gases Set For Trial On Tues
day.

day.
Petersburg. Va. Jan. 20.---A mass
meeting OF representative citizens was
held in the rooms OF the Chamber
of Commerce last evening with about
fifty public spirited business and pro-
fessional men In attendance for the
purpose Of organizing and perfecting
plans to prosecute a campaign in
Petersburg for the collection of funds
for the relief OF the Jewish sufferers
among the warning nations of Europe.
Organization was perfected by the
election of Edward Eigenbrun as
permanent chairman, william NJ.
Martin. secretary. and G. Cleveland
Wright, treasurer.
At the suggestion Of Mayor
Cabaniss, seven committees were APP
pointed to canvass the city for funds.
These committees held meeting In
the Chamber Of Commerce tonight
and formulated plans for work. The
committees are composed as follows:
No. &c. c. Wright, Sol Cooper.
w. H. Wilcox, G. 8. Morriss. r. 7.
tMatteson.
No. 2-Mayor Robert Cabaniss. L.
A. Rosenstock, w. NJ. Rucker. T. Stan
ley Beckwith, David A. Lyon. Jr.
No ST. r. Heath, J. l.. Rosen-
burg, 8. w: thinner. r. 3. Maclin.
John r. Jolly.
z. b. j. Whitmore. I. c. Shore. J. r.
Jones.
No. 5-M. A. Finn. Isaac Cohen,
Ashton W. Gray. ]. Val Parham.
Myer saaI.
No. e--J. J. Neims. Harry IAven-
stein. J. westmore Brown, II. s.
Seward, George w. watson.
No. 7-Secretary A. w. Walch, OF
the Y. M. c. A. and all the ministers
OF the city.
The Hopewell Chamber of Conn
merce has also inaugurated a move
nent to aid In the relief of the suf-
ferers and q meeting win be held
there next Tuesday evening to organ.
lie and perfect plans
Hastings Court Proceedings.
At today's session Of the Hastings
Court, Judge Mullen presiding, the
case of Lonnie Ross colored. charged
with cutting and wounding Lily Car
roll. colored, was tried and resulted
in the accused being found guilty of
unlawful cutting, and his punishment
fxed at one year In the penitcntiary.
Following disposition of the Ross
case, the case OF the Commonwealth
against L. c. Lemon, n white man.
indicted for the larceny Of three suit
patterns and $3.50 in money. Of the
total value of 1910. from the store of
q local tailor on December IL last
was taken up. The examination Of
witnesses and argument by Common
wealth's Attorney Samuel w. thinner
for the State and Robert Gillian, Jr..
for the defense consumed the most
OF the days session.
The accused was found not guilty
by the jury and discharged.
At yesterday afternoons session the
grand Jury returned indictments for
felony against Ronald Crowder. e. +.
Fuller. L. c, Levin. Mack Mckenzie.
Cornelius johnson and Cicero Ramsey.
The only case disposed OF by the
court ut the evening session was that
of J. A. Reynolds, white, charged with
grand larceny. who was acquitted.
The following cases have been set
for trial: Arthur Seaborn. coiored.
charged with murder. and Charles
Ramsay, white. indicted for highway
robbery, for Tuesday. January Is.
Daniel Perkins. colored. indicted for
highway robbery. for Wednesday,
January 2b. Mack Mckenzie, indict-
ed for pandering. for Janun.y ~.
Music Clubs Meeting.
The wednesday Music Club met this
week In the home OF Mrs. William
Hodges Mann. in North Market Street.
and rendered the following interesting
program by American composers:
A Woodland Lullaby fLAchmand) /.
Miss Louise KimbaN.
Ashes Of Roses (M. X. WOODY, Mrs.
william r. Drewry.
Heading on American Music. Mrs.
Cleveland Wright.
To a wild Rose tMcDoweiD. Miss
Mildred Orr.
Wright.
The Maid Sings Light (McDoweli),
Miss Julia Culbreth.
From Wandering Iceburg
Nautilus tMcDowellD, Miss Emily
From Uncle Remus tMcDoweil),
Miss Mary T. Patteson.
The Home Hiils-Huntington
,woodman), Miss Louise .AIfeo,
silver Spring tMason). Mrs w. II.
Mann.
The Bird or the Wliuerhess
fTaggore), Mrs. Howard Cook.
Valse Caprice tNewiand>, Miss
Clara Hayes.
Nocturne (Karpasch). Miss Alberta
water Nymph tNeviD, Mrs. Henley
Turner.
The guests were: Misses Plummer.
Mrs. Patrick Hamilton, Mrs. Thomas
Rond. Mrs. Lee Sutton. Miss Bowling.
North Carolina; Mrs. Burt. Pennsyi-
vanja. Miss McNiven. New York.
The next meeting will be held
February ., with Mrs. e. L. Bowling,
of Walnut Hill.
School Term Half Over.
The first half of the 1915-'i6 session
Of the Petersburg public schools viii
clo,e Monday week. after one OF the
most successful sessions in the history
az the school. The attendance has
broken all past records and in conse-
auence the schools have all been In
seriously congcsted condition. In order
TO meet an increased attendance which
is expected will number at least lSo
new pupils at the High School during
the seconSs semester. beginning Feb
ruary I. two additional class-rooms
are being arranged in the basement or
the High School and at least four new
teachers are expected TO be elected ny
the school board. Their VIII be twelve