The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-12
STATE FIRE INSURANCE
ASSOCIATION MEETING

especial TO Inc kiCHHlC0u ' lEE lnidH] II
Petersburg. Va. Sept. 1l.-With
a bout sixty delegates from throughout II
the state present the annual conven-
ton of the State Fire Insurance asso- Il
citation met in this city today at the II
Young Mems Christian association
building.
The address Of welcome was de- i
livcred by Mayor Robert Gillian
+. W .Iauchton. of Roanoke, respond 4
ed. The feature of the program was I
the address Of Grattan Price. of Har-
risonburg, president of the associa-
ton. MIR Price spoke on the Work
mems Compensation Act"
a. II, Harris. general agent fer sew
erald large fire insurance companies /.
throughout Virginia. also made an IN
terestinE talk
At the close OF the mornings session .
the delegates were entertained by the
local association at dinner ~ the Hotel l
Petersburg The afternoon session I
was devoted TO the discussion OF prob
lens now confronting the association,
Police Raid Hotel.
Taking the clerk unawares. petec-
ties Wilkerson and Parkinson. of the
local police department. and members
ef the military police. late last night
raided the Willard hotel at The corner
OF East Sank and Second streets and
arrested George w Mosley, the clerk,
ono civilian three soldiers from Camp +
Lee and three young white women.
An the persons caught were taken .
to police stationys where Mosley was
charged with running n dsorderly
house ana the Others with being mot
OF good fame.
All were given a hearing in police
court this morning and MosIey. tho
clerk. was sentenced to sixty days In .
the Jail by Justice Clements. Marie .
Miller and Madeline Lincoln. two of
the women caught in the hotel, were
ordered held for a physical examina.
ton al the United States public health
service clinic while Herriet Reyer,
the ether woman caught. was dis
charged. The soldiers were taken to
Camp Lee to he tried by tho military
authorities and the civilian caught
was discharged.
Interest In Pageant.
Interest In the big pageant to be
given in this city on September 20 at
, Central park is rapidly being aroused
and for the first time in the history
Of the city Petersburg is to have a real
pageant.
The affair will be staged by the
young ladies of the local Young Wo-
mems Christian association, and some
OF the best known young women of
the city viii take part in 1t
Public schools Open.
With an increase of seventy-three
pupils over the enrolment OF last
year he white pablie schools Of this
, city began the 1888 session yester
day. The total enrolment for the
white schools was $3.50. as against
2.S57 of last year
J The enrolment at the colored
schools of the city. which opened to-
/ day, was larger than that of last year
The total number of negroes enrolled
4 this year is 1910.
owing to war conditions and the
demand for labor. IL was thought that
/ the enrolment in the public schools
would be smaller than that of last
year, but instead OF this there is an
increase In the seventh grammar
grade of the white schools, the grade
most influenced by the demand for
! help. there was a decrease of only
sixteen pupils.
The congestion in some OF the
grammar schools of the city is rather
acute. but this will be relieved as soon
as possible.
Ready for Registration.
Everything is in readiness in Pc
terSburg for the registration tomor-
row Mayor Robert Gillian has
issued proclamation calling upon
every man in the city between the
ages of eighteen and forty five 10
register.
Nearly hundred registrars have
been named for the six registration
precincts by Captain n r. Patterson
chairman Of the local board. and
everything has been systematized so
that only a few minutes Will be re-
CURED 20 register each man.
While the exact number of men to
reg ster here is not known. the mum
Der estimated by the. local board of
fieiais Is something like $500.
Need Emergency Hospital.
On account of only three members
of the board OF aldermen being pres
ent at the meeting last night, no bust
ness was transacted and the meeting
was soon adjourned. Another attempt
. to get the board together will be made
Friday night
joint meeting of the health com
mittees of the council and the board
of supervisors of the poor was held
last night at the almshouse and the
buildings al that place gone over with
, the view of using one of the buildings
, as the emergency hospital for Peters
. burg.
A decision was not reached and the
, matter was postponed until a later
! meeting. The need for an emergency
, hospital in this city where persons
suffering with contagious diseases may
be confined while under treatment is
urgent According to a high army
, surgeon, unless such n place is pro-
vided here at once Petersburg and
vicinity may he barred from the sol
; diers at Camp Lee.
Promoted to Captain.
Lieutenant Collins. assistant provost
marshal OF this city and formerly dis
trict attorney for Clinton county, New
York has been promoted from the
rank of lieutenant to that OF captain.
Captain Collins attended the Platts-
burg training camp and was commits
stoned in August. 1917. He has
handled The business of the provost
marshal in this city with great
efficiency.
The next step In government labor
control, it Is rumored in Washington.
will be government control Of un-
) skilled laborers This is probably an