The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-04
Petersburg
COMMITS SUICIDE
IN LOCAL HOTEL
Especial to The Richmond virginian.)

IN LOCAL HOTEL
Especial to The Richmond virginian. }
Petersburg, Va, Dec. 3.-Becomine
suspicious this afternoon after having
made several attempts to open the
| door of her room, the clerk of the
Central hotel, on BolIingbroos street,
this city. broke down the door and
found Mrs. Fore, aged about twenty
eight years, the wife OF Johnny Fore,
OF the S06th service battalion, Camp
Lee. died in. bed. The woman com
mitted suicide by turning on the gas
heater in the room
| The gas was turned on when the
clerk entered the room and the wo-
| man was lying on the bed clad only
In her night clothes She had been
decd for some time, as shown by the
condition OF the body.
! The dead woman is said to have
come to this city from Atlanta, Ca.
where her relatives reside. Her hus-
( band at Camp Lee was notified of her
| Heath. An inquest will be held over
the body tonight by Coroner Crock
ford,
Expert Over Water Works.
At the regular meeting of the COM
| mon council tomorrow might many
| important matters will be discussed,
| The most Important will be the re-
! communication of the water COM
! mitteo that the federal government
| place an expert in charge of theScity' S
! new fltering plan. SHOULD the recon-
mendetion be adopted it is thought
probably that Major Scott. an expert
in this work. will be placed in charge
of the work to assist City Engineer
| Budd.
II is expected that the change viii
result in great saving to the city
| in the way OF chemicals used in the
! process OF altering the water II Is
also expected to be OF great aid to
| this city as well as TO Camp Lee. II
the recomm sndatiou is passed il Is
not known when the change will take
/ place.
Miss Hoover Improving.
| Miss B. A. Hoover. of 1884 West
Grace street. Richmond, who was
painfully injured yesterday morning
in a. head-on collision on Halifax
street between street car and the
hautomobile in which she was riding,
| IN resting we'll at the home of DR.. {.
s Dodd, 10 Liberty street, today.
Mr. Dodd. with his wife and two
small girls and Miss Hoover, was
driving his car along Halifax street
on his way to the Monumental Bap~
fist church yesterday morning. In
front Of the Wesley church, he pass
cd as the street car standing on a
switch waiting for the east bound car
and as he cut In front of the stand
+! ing car he wac blinded by the sun
light Before ne could turn off the
tracks. the east bound car crashed
into the oueomobiie, throwing Miss
Hoover about ten feet on the side
walk. Dr. Dodd and his smaller
daughter were thrown through the
wind shield. both sustaining cuus
about the head and face. His older
daughter WAS thrown between the
autom obile and the street car but
was not injured Mrs. Dodd was I'M
hurt. The automobile was complete
~ demolished
Speeders Fined.
Az the result of Officer Morreu and
his new chaser. nearly q score OF
speeders were fined $1,000 in police
court this morning. Many prominent
citizens were among those convicted
of speeding
Ordered tn France.
Leslie. Mason Jones, formerly with
! Smith and Mercer. of this city now
stationed at Camp Lee. has been or
dered to France for duty at one Of
= the hospitals Mr.. Jones is a lens
BpRg1AIlSL I'll mas DSeH GCUlHRI5SitilSt
: for work in that line.
Iinn--Barncs.
Lawrence Raymond Linn, stationed
at Camp Lee and Miss May Virgins
! Barnes, both OF Paramount, w. Va.
. were married yesterday afternoon al
the parsonage of the Memorial Metho
/. dist Episcopal church. the pastor Rev
fQ~ y. Carson. dfffciatine The couple
viii make this city their home.
Harvey Wilson Walle.
Harvey Wilson Walle. died yester
=, day afternoon, following a prolonged
, illness, AZ hts home No. 5S4 Grow,
avenue.
: Mr. Waue was twenty-tour years
of age was a devout member of thf
u. First Baptist church Of this city. H
:, As survived by his mother, Mrs Elk
Waile. Ave children. and three broth
: ers. Mrs G. l.. Carroll OF Esttrick
Mrs. C.. G. Strickland; Mrs G. e
:, Spain; Misses Zelma and Isabella
> Walle; Messrs> A. NJ; d. l.. and T
:. r. VALE. OF this city
. The funeral service took place thi
= afternoon at 80 O'Clock from his resi-
e dence. Rev. - NJ. Roper. officiating
Interment was made in the Ettricl
cemetery,
James X. Vance Buried.
The funeral of the late James X
= Weave took place yesterday afternoon
{ ct $50 O'Clock from Woods church
in Chesterfield county. Rev. w. J
: Watt off1ciated and was assisted b,
g Rev A. r. Harrell, pastor of Ettricl
. Baptist church.
The following were the pail -barers
Messrs Isham Dyer, Chester w. An
- derson. J. c. Belcher. e. L. Phillips
I Charles H Alters and David Perktn
= SON Interment was made In Woods
church cemetery. Mr.. Vance is sur
vived by his widow and six children
: and two brothers,
Father Theado Transferred.
Rev Father Francis Theado, fol
q more than two years assistant to Rev
Father Haier. pastor OF st. Joseph
Catholic parish, has received notice
from Bishop O'Connell OF his transfer
o TO Keyser, w. Va. as pastor of tina
church