The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-13
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PETERSBURG AGAIN

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Soet1nx OF the city health committee
nd Dhysicians OF the city tonight IN
49, ccurcil chamber. presided over
~ Csty Health Cffscer Or. r. A. Mar
-. the public schools o! the city were
i adhered closed on account of the IN
aeuxa epidemic which has again
raed owe shis city.
he ppp,ic schools of the city nave
4 asoaAy suffered much on account o,
4 ~ influenza epidemic More than
! aAunfA was lost at the first quarantine
sS3SI much extra work had TO be done
q l order TO catch up the work. IN
- Arst epidemic, very few schooi
81 Sfldren were stricken with the
10y, while already large mum per
aI4 1Spem are suffering with the dis
4 SIC influenza situation in Peters
e1 has grown graver each day since
1T 9INA61earance here on December
On this day there were ninety TWO
81kal1 reported ON the following Gay
1H1xn were only seventy-one new cases
:fn16rted while on December . the
i a6nlher dropped to sixty-one with ten
AaN pnueraonia cases. The number
~ ! 11GIff neE cases gradually grew smaller
5rhtti December 10, when 1t jumped
fo efxhty new cases Of fu and seven
&1nAumcnia Yesterday the report
ssVoza seventy additional cases OF
analuenxa with seven new cases OF
rxlousn onia.
the cause Of the second epidemic
i y Traced to the failure OF the people
~ the city TO take the precautions
1 1at6 down by the health authorities.
Then q carload Of rum consigned
! To the David Dunlop Tobacco COM
Y nanny, Of this city. vas opened yester-
4Ay morning 1t was discovered that
4 onA full barrel was missing and ten
sailors from another barrel had been
H&nlen by thieves who had broken the
EAr seal.
The car was standing on the tracks
4 n the rear Of the factory on the river
trent and IL was first supposed that
B fhe rum had been taken by thieves
s1kef the -aaa4.ifaetare of bootleg
{ Mhtakey. The local police have made
gAD investigation into the matter and
] ne Of the opinion that the rum was
mot stolen but tina, in loading the car
S0ne barrel was left out.
considerable excitement was caused
N 1axt night shortly after IL o'clock al
@A negro dance hall on the corner OF
Harr1son street and College alley
when nearly twenty-five negro sol
dlers from Camp Lee proceeded te
boot up the negro civilians in the hall
a. q result Of the disturbance. one
aseeIo. whose name could not oe
s4UnFnod, is suffering with severe
& 1noAawonnd In hts back. inflicted by
- n the soldfers. and another civ
B 1l1an ~ suffering with bruises abou'
3 HI hody ~ result Of heing thrown
u oqtM Thu EtAtrE Ht the nan hy ths
IN a1aAf1
II Vas Il nfst reared mat i ge<,eral
aAOoting would result from the fight
I huf he local police and squad OF
16d dispersed the crowd. arrcstine
I three negro soldiers and several Negro
4 f6VattAns. One revolver and two
ra1orA were taken from the negroes
arrested.
II quad OF military policemen has
bean placed around the hall and nc
u negro soldiers are allowed to enter
fh6 place tonight.
Mrs. Emma r. McLemore. sos
xsfOye avenue, has been notified by
mo war department that her son
f1vGte Robert f.. McIemore. of the
n E&tee1hurg Grays, had been missing
n action since October 2a.
Private McIemore was a member
~ me Petersburg Grays when that
3 &SAnixation was sent to the Mexican
S0fder. He left for France with that
nDAny- He has two other brothers
S1 - eery1ce. one In France and one
snp Lee.
ss ssS 0o4ective WorreiI has returned 10
4H9s<1ty from Elizabeth, N J., with
u Carpenter. q young white SOL
N ssof Camp Leo. charged with the
M ~ " m automobile from this city.
n 10 Drisoner was lodged In the local
ES0& to await hearing in police court
n 0M1oer0W.
N - younE soldier 10 alleged 20
T1eA0e borrowed a car from a jitney
34np In this city to 60 to Rich
but instead OF stopping in
81 161E4ond he In alleged to have kept
An ~ Elizabeth. ~ j.. where he was
Reaoted AT the request of the local
D4A0gtties. Carpenter denies he stole
I Amo oAr. but says he only went to his
na In New Jersey In H. and was
|MM his way back to this city when
1t n1lGueked Ia Elizabeth