The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-15
||||IsIEnAIIC ROBBERY
9F NAILS DISCOVERED
te1rQUd Mail Pouches Arc Found .Niong
ff1ss*s s. A. l.. South of
Petersburg.
HOSPITAL FOR PETERSBURG
Appropriation For Institution Urged
From s250, 600 Bond Issue--Baptists
Have Good Year--Doctors Fleet.


United States mail pouches, on the
Seaboard Air Line Railway. Is. and has
baffled the inspectors for this district
for several months, Some weeks ago
two mail pouches which had been
rtfaed were found just south Of the
city. near the S. a. l.. tracks, and In
vestigation was commenced I'M
madiateiy
YESTERDAY a third sack was found
upon the farm Of Hon. CHARLES 7.
I.assiser. The pouch had been cut
open and number of pieces OF mail
had been gone through and put back
In the pouch.
The sack was brought to the city
hy James SadIer the finder. and turn
cd over 10 the authorities At the time
of his discovery Mr. Sadler was out
hunting The pouch was not badly
mutilated and none of the mail was
left scattered upon tho ground as in
the case of the first two sacks found.
II is evident that whoever is commit
ing the robberics has the cooperation
Of one or more persons all of whom
will doubtless he apprehended II they
continue their systematic work.
Hospital Depends on Fond Issue.
a resolution recently offered by
President Wheary. Of the lower branch
NJ the city Council, appropriattng
10000 for the erection Of city hos
pital in connection with the City Aims
house. Will in all prohahilty he adopt
cd il the Board Of Aldermen at an
adjourned session to he held Tuesday
night concurs in the action Of the
lower branch in passing the new noud
issue of s25o.eoo
A city hospital has been sorelv need
ed for many years and President
Wheary's motion to appropriate s10.-
600 out of the bond issue for its con-
struction is strongly approved.
West Ind Baptists' Good Year.
The annual meeting of the Ladies'
Aid Society of the West End baptist
Church. recently held in the home Or
Hcv, and Mrs, Love, was largely at
tended ami enc OF the most interesting
since the societys organization
Reports of the several officers
showed that splendid work was &c
conapl!shed during 1915. Most inter
ssting of all reports was tina: 4 ire
treasurer. which showed that tie or
Sanizatlon had raised st65 since
June, Isf5.
Officers % the society for he wear
All were elected as follows: Pres
dent. Mrs. w. r. Rogers; vi>n- presi-
dent. Mrs. r. Crawley Jones: score
tary Mrs. J. Robert Sutherland:
treasurer Mrs. w. NJ. Rucker, col
lector. Mrs. B. @. Taylor assistant
collector. Mrs J. II. Chandler.
Following the business session de-
ltghtful refreshments were served by
the hostess, assisted by Misses Annie
Jordan. Hattie Gum and Mrs. Percy
b. LAnier.
Dfnwiddie Doctors Elect
r "A meeting OF the Dinwiddie County
Medical Society was held recently in
th1 Petersburg Y NJ. G. A, with tho
following members in attendance:
Drs. f. ]. Wright, @, III. Wright. II.
@. Leigh, c. S. Dodd, j. r. Calhoun.
w. r. Drewry, e. J.. McGin. W. c.
Powell, j. b. Jones, c. r Jones, H. A,
Burke and A. F. Bagby.
Oficers were elected for the en-
suing year. as follows: President.
DIR. c. r. Jones: vice-president, DR..
r, J. Wright; secretary, DR.. w. c.
Powell: treasurer DR. A. r. Bagby
Delegate to the State society. Or.
w. G. Powell alternate, Dr George
Fl. Reese, OF City Point
Censor for three years. Or. z. w
Perkins. Reams.
Committees were appointed as fol-
lows:
Membership-Dr H A. Burke.
chairman Drs. n. c. Mays and ]. r.
Jones'
Public Health and Legislat,on-Dr
W. F. Drewry. chairman: Ora w. c.
Powell and II G. Leigh.
Essayists for the next meeting--Dr,
r. l.. McGil, subject, ''Serums and
Naccines" DIR. J. NJ. Williams, sub
ject Medical Diagnosis"
violators of the Mapp prohibition
law arc finding the Petersburg route
extremely hard to travel these days,
and It would not be surprising should
some of them discontinue the route
before the end of the present week
after Common wealth's Attorney Zim-
mer and a jury have passed upon the
transgressions Of the travellers
Willie Weymouth, white, was con-
sidered a suspicious traveller by Pa
trolmen Pillow. F>uqua and Belcher
upon his arrival at the Washington
Street Atlantic Coast Line Station last
night. and an examination OF his suit
case revealed twenty-nine pints of H.
quor. Willie will tell his story to
Justice Clements in Police Court to-
morrow morning and go on to confer
with Judge Mullin and Mr.. thinner
In the Hastings Court.
New Masonic Lodge Authorized.
4. Most Worshipful James Aston
Cabeil. grand master of Virginia Ma
sons. has granted a dspensation to
HE Masons OF Hopewell TO form and
open new Masonic lodge. The new
lodge will be known as the DUPONT
Lodge. Its first master will be wor-
Ehipfui w. I. Gilkeson.
The first communication will be
held at O'Clock tomorrow night, with
District Deputy Grand Master wal
lace Duncan Blanks. OF this city, in
eharge, assisted by number OF the
reading Masons OF Petersburg
Auto Hits and Kills Horse.
Mrs. W G. Lawrence, Of Chester
field County. had her driving horse,
Little Princess killed by being
struck by an automobile on West High
Street last night. AT the time OF the
accident he animal was tied 10 an old
gas-iamp post. The machine. which
belonged to Mr.. Upton, a High Street
grocer, and was without lights ac-
oording to report struck the buggy In
He rear with such as to crush The
animals head against the steel post
Ehe horse died almost Immediately
LONFEsSEs TO MURDER OF