Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-04-13
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Mrs. a. l.. Price is stiu indis.-
posed ana confined to her room.
Mr.. l.. l.. King paid a flving visit
To South Richmond Easter Sunday.
Tho Third Liberty Loan has been
lauhched and it is thought that the
amount will soon be raised.
MIR. y. d. Ragland OF llopcwcn
va was III the city this week and
called on us.
During 81 weeks of Submarine
SIhk.nSS hy the Germans, the British
nave lost l,2l9 ships or 2l.37 ships
sunk per week.
~rho United States government
Is from three to four months bchind
III furnishing airShps to the allies.
Portland Oregon has ordered tho
names of streets changed where those
names are Of German origin.
Miss EStollc Nelson Of City Point snrnt
Easter Monday in South Richmond
lhe guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. John H.
Jones.
director Lucius T.. Cary has
launched an educational campoirn
'thloiS the people Of this city for the
purpose OF inducing Everybody to eat
less lood in order to ship moro FOO,
st"lls for the people of France Eng.
land and Italy and the other allied
nations.
= larry Newman. white wen, into
the bascmcnt Of his Stolc to look for 4
leaky gas pipe on "Wednesday, Bird
lrSt. as h" carried q au&;cA in his
hand he found it with the result thn;
lie was removed to the Virginia Hog
pital painfully burned. The explosion
olew him through II doorway ana
rocked the building as though a dyna
mite bomb had been exploded.
-tounclIman john II. Grimes who
was thought to have been defeated in
the democratic Primary last Tuesday
owing to an error in the count was
FOUND to have Il lead Of % over his
opponent.
sixteen barrels of whSkoy were
recently found in the Southern Ex-
press office here and the grand Jury
OF the Hastings Court is seeking cvi-
dcncc to find out whcthc: a true bin
against =. J. Lenaham would be jasti
FED. All q; the parties concerned arc
white.
--Colorcd soldiers will soon he re
moved from Camp Lee. Va, and quar-
tered nj northern points until they
nave hren removed to vessels sailing
for France.
The new site for the Armstrong
High school presents a dcSolatc ap-
poarancc and there is no indication
that the new building will be erected
during the next five years. If the City
School Board had its way no doubt
work would commence next week.
The pa'atial homo Of Wm. B.
Pizzinl will be sold at public auction,
April =, F9lS. II is not announced
whether the li,ror in the cellar OF the
residence will &c to the purchaser.
"A movement ia on foot to pur.
chase literature of colorcd authors
for distribution among colorcd sol
dierS al army posts
massachusetts has ratified tho
Federal Amendment prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors in this country. Twenty-Five
more States are needed TO do the same
thing in order to make the legisla..-
tion effective.
Secretary Of War Newton u.
Baker has decided not to permit the
further publication of the names of
tho American soldiers killed or woun,
cd in France. The relatives Of tho
men over there are protesting AGAINST
the order.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert \. Jackson
"f th'ca,co. Illinois. sncnt thc past
week visiting thoir mother. Mrs Ella
Jackson, of North First street. They
al%" spent two days visit n% I've Sth
Illinois Regiment. NOW the 27oth u.
:. \. and his Alma Mator. Iiamnton
Normal and Industrial Inst tutn. Thcv
will leave Monday. After spending
day with relatives in Washington.
-. e.. they VIII return home
The Board Of Aldermen Of New
York has passed an ordinance forbid
ding the waste Of food by persons
firms or corporations ana fixing the
penalty AT sum not exceeding $50.
90 or Imprisonment in Jail for
term not exceeding ten days. Some
of the laws now being passed will