The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
PROHIBITION DECREASES
CRIME IN PETERSBURG
But % Arrests i'm December, 1915, A,
Compared With zoos
Year Ago.
CITIZENSHIP LECTURE HEARD
Charles Hall Davis Addresses Y. NJ.
e. 4. Meeting Bible
Glass EIccts-Richmond Man Takes
Petersburg Bride.

/ Petersburg. Va. Jan. An error
+ which crept into the report of the
/ Petersburg police chief for December,
as published in this mornings Nir
| ginian, showed 50 arrests. whereas
the number should have read So
classified as follows: Assault and bat
! terry. s; assault. o; DRINKS, 81; felony
3; fugitives from justice, 8; larceny
, 10. lunacy. | misdemeanor. %; peace
warrants. o, vagrancy. /; trespass, 4;
/ violation OF city ordinances, II; sus-
! picion of desertion. 2.
! Compared with the report Of Chief
Ragland for December. 1915. which
was as follows: Assault and battery.
/ 10; assault, %: DRINKS. 548; felony,
| 81; fugitives from Justice. IL: lar
! ceny. so; lunacy. O.; misdemeanor, 10:
! peace warrants. i: vagrancy. IS; tres
pass, 81; violations OF city ordinances,
l42: total. 1908. the report for the
past month Is probably the most re-
m8rkable in the country's history and
1 Is an example Of what prohibition and
an efficient police department can ac-
complish.
Mr.. Davis on Citizenship.
Attorney Charles Hall Davis held
the undivided attention of about sew
enty-five men at the regular mems
meeting at the Y. NJ. G.. A. yesterday
afternoon in addressing them on CIV
ic Opportunity" interpreting the word
civic to mean citizenship and oppor
tunity to mean obligation. The three
! phases Of zenship--national. State
and municipal-were taken up in or
der and ably discussed.
The address was warmly received
by a deeply appreciative audience.
Entertainment at Matoaca.
Misses Ada and Eessie -AZmar en-
tertained at their home in Matoaca
Friday night in honor of their guests
Miss Rosa Clarke and George Hall
of Richmond. Games and dancing
were INDUCED in until past midnight
after which a splendid repast was
served. Among those present were
Miss Iottie Boweiger. Of Baltimore;
Miss Fife Jones. OF Roanoke; Misses
Erma Walthall and Claudine Wilker-
son. of Chesterfield: Melville Kitchen,
Of Roanoke: Earl Vaughan, Addison
Kitchen. T. b. Walthall, Milton Smith
and Clagett Wells, of Chesterfield.
Bible Glass Elects.
! The annual election OF officers OF
the Patterson Bible class OF the Sec
/ ond Presbyterian Sunday school held
/ Sunday resulted as follows: pres-
/ dent, W. Hawkins; vice-president,
i John r Wilkerson; secretary. John
/ T.. Crowder. assistant, Selwyn b.
Hoag; treasurer, w, W. Anderson;
assistant. George w, Brockwell IL
! brarian, Nelson Anderson: teacher.
/ George W Jones. assistant, j. Mes
, Buchanan.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
/ The Hotel Petersburg was the scene
at noon yesterday OF a pretty we'd
ding. the contracting parties being
| Miss Sadie Unger and Herman Gug-
genheimer. Rev. DR.. Calisch, of Rich
! mond. performed the ceremony. after
/ which a splendid dinner was served.
The bride is the attractive young
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. s Cnger,
OF this city. while the groom is a
{ prominent young business man of
Richmond Among the out of town
( guests were Morris Unger, of Buffalo,
Mrs c. Greenbaum Mr. Bloom berg
and MIR. Kass. OF Richmond. The
Young couple left to spend their
honeymoon in Florida
Killed In Ashland, Ny.
Thomas b Clark. Sr., of this city.
was informed today by telegram of
the tragic death OF his son. Thomas
T. 1r, who was run over and killed
h., "A train at Ashland, Ky, last night.
The Young man was eighteen years OF
age He left here ON Thanksgiving
pny 10 accept a position with the At
lartic Coal and Iron Company at
Ashland The bereaved father left
here this afternoon to bring the body
back.