The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-09
Petersburg
PETERSBURG LEADS IN CAMP.

PETERSBURG LEADS IN CAMP.
First to Report Progress TO the War
Department.
Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Petersburg, Va, July s.-Engineers
and contractors building the Lake
mont cantonment were highly elated
last night over the receipt of a tee-
gram from the war department. stat
ing that the first report made. show
ing progress in the construction of
any of the sixteen great camps now
being established by the governmen
was the one received from Peters
burg.
This fact indicates that progress
on the Lakemopt cantonment is more
advanced and more satisfactory to the
| government than any other of the
! fifteen camps.
Rhinehart & Dennis have from the
beginning been we'll organized and
their organization is being more near
/ ly perfected daily. Increase in eff
| hciency is accomplished by pro-
! portionate increase In rapidty of
| construction Rain yesterday after
noon caused practically a suspension
| in all work, except on the interior.
where a few men were kept engaged.
/
working at the camp and others are
! arriving almost daily. But little
work is being done a the camp to-
| day. the army engineers insisting that
/ no work be done except that Of neces-
/ sity. The contra ctors are expected TO
move their ONCE force to the camp
/ early this week
| Lumber is arriving at the camp
more satisfactorily now. About three
1.,a fAa
| loaded yesterday and within a day or
two a record Of one million feet daily
/ Is expected to be maintained.
City Manager Campaign Plans.
Chairman E. B. ]. whitmore. Of
/ tee, appointed by the Young Business
Mems club, announced last night the
personnel of the executive committee,
as follows
e b -whi.mere general chair
man; NJ. p. Barner chairman, First
ward; L. Smith AGREE, chairman, Sec
ond ward; c. l. Guthrie, chairman.
| Fourth ward Norman c. Wells,
/ chairman. Fifth ward; r. H. Kidd.
chairman. Sixth ward The six ward
chairmen, with Mr.. Wnitmore. com
pose the committee which will have
! full control of the charter campaign,
In each ward, the respective ward
chairman will Immediately organize
a subcommittee Of ten men. who will
canvass the voters of the ward.
A great deal of interest is being
manifested in the special election to
be held on August to vote upon the
question OF a charter change, and no
doubt is expressed that 1t will be car
ried by large ma jortty, probably by
a vote of three or four to one.
The vote in the election of August
I, due TO the election being called on
the date of the state primary. is ex-
| pected to be one OF the largest in the
] history Of the city and the charter
| change campaign is for the time being
overshadowing practically every other
feature OF the election.
Ice Cream Plant Burned.
/ Shortly before midnight last night.
the Purity Ice Cream Co.'S plant at
City Point was completely destroyed
/ by fire Of unknown origin. The de-
partments from both Hopewell and
| the Dupont plant responded to the
| alarm, but the flames had gained such
rapid Roadway that the building was
a complete loss. The plant consisted
| Of frame building and large
quantity of expensive machinery.
which is probably ruined. The plant
was only partly covered by insurance.
/ Auto Held IS Quarts
+ Patrolman Worrell OF the local
| police department. placed under arrest
! early this morning ]. T. Strickland
/ and e w Prtdgen.- both Of VII
| we're lodged IN the city lai1 charged
with violating the prohibition law
| Officer Worrell received information
that the men were camping in an
/ automobile on the Chesterfield side Of
the Appomattox near Colonial Heights.
He investigated and learned that the
| men were transporting seventy six
quarts Of whiskey. Strickland and
in the city Jail
Stolen Auto Is Found
machinist, named Miller, en-
/ pioyed at Carriers garage. reported to
/ the police yesterday the discovery of
the factory number of Ford auto
mobile upon which he was working.
which had been reported stolen in
] Richmond. Chief Ragland imme-
/ diately looked up the report of the
theft and an investigation disclosed
the fact that the machine had been
sold to the party. who was having it
repaired, for 5000. The name of the
| unfortunate possessor of the car is
being withheld while the police are
on the trail OF the thief.
w c. r. e. Arranges Contest
An attractive program has been ar
ranged for the medal contest to be
given at the Market Street Methodist
/ church Monday night under the aus
pieces OF the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union. in which the follow
ing young ladies' will enter as contes-
tants Misses Lillian Jones. Charlotte
Savory. Agnes Cole, Doris Horne, Hell
en- Muse and Clara Hamilton. DR.
William Pitcher will be master of
ceremonies, and while the judges are
| deciding upon the winner OF the
medal, playlet entitled Wash day
| Will be nreeantaA