The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-17

N Petersburg
.'FYa. satuaeioa Unchanged.
Especial to The Richmond vitginian.>
! Petersburg. va. Dec. 1s.--Rsports
made public today by DR.. r.. A. Mar.
tin. city health officer, showed that
the "hu" situation In this city re-
mains unchecked and shows no signs
OF abatement, For yesterday ninety
six new cases OF inhuen1a were re-
I ported, whfch was m tncrsHse OF SIX
cases over the report fer sturdsy
| .Stncc the disease made Its reap
! pearancc here on December there
/ have been only eight deaths ofiicfally
recorded as having resulted from In
| f1uenxa. The disease in the present
outbreak il In q milder form than In
f, the first epidemic and IL not proving
as fatal The disease IL confined
chiefly 70 children during the present
| epidemic and. for this reason. the
f, all children under sixteen: years OF
age have been prohibited from at
! tending moving picture shows while
| the schools are closed.
The health authorities. however.
tare OF the opinion I. 1T the crisis has
passed and that. despite the wet
weather, the number Of new cases
will decrease from now on.
| As yet. the situation has not be-
come srave enough to warrant the
opening Of an emergency hospital as
was necessary in the nrst epidemic.
| Both local militia companies---tfne
T. A, r. Hill Rifles and the Petersburg
Guards---will receive their new riies
within a few days, according to let
tiers to the captains OF these COM
panies from the adiutant general
The rifles to be sent the local com :
panies are the Krag-Jorgenson type
and, along with the rifles, will come
tho bayonets. canteens and haver-
sacks.
When this equipment arrives the
| local companies will rank among the
best in the state. Both have already
seen riot duty. having been sent to
IIopewell to keep order during the
riots there several weeks ago. The
work OF the two companies won for
them the praise Of both Governor
Davis and Adjutant General Stern
Awakened by soldier knocking
at her back door about 9 o'clock in
| the morning several nights ago, Mrs.
Bette Pride. of Virginia avenue, was
badly frightened when the soldier.
who was coatless and hatless, asked
that he be allowed to spend the night.
| The lady refused to let the man enter
her house and barred the doors.
The soldier then went to side
window and after breaking the panes
| raised tho window, came in and spent
the night in the house, He disappear
ed~the next morning.
The next day Mrs Pride learned
that raid on a house in the vicinity
had been made and that the soldier
when the officers raided the house.
Ahram Spain, a middieaged white
man, was ordered sent to the county
road force by Justice Clements in
police court this morning on the
charge Of being habitual drupkard
Several white women and men, and
many colored women. were In court
on the charge of being suspected ot
being carriers Of infectious disease
All were ordered held for physica
examination by the government au'
thorities at the clinic
The Jewish Welfare Board viii
dedicate its now building at Camr
Lee on Decem Der 81 and %. An en-
tertainment win be held ON the after,
noon of the eist and the formal dedi
cation will take place on sunday
the 22d.
, The funeral service OF the lat,
Henry George, Sr.. took place yester
day afternoon at $50 O'Clock from
the residence Of his family, 11ie Yves
Washington street. Rev. 4. r. Lowe
, pastor Of West End Baptist church
; officiating.
The following were pallbearers
j. r. Sutherland Z. r. Maytob. 10
. seph Slaughter. NJ. L. King, J. A
, Mtnton. g. A. Eaisop
! Lnter1nenr Has made. in-Esan der
. te..sseseee4
The funeral OF Mrs. Ger,rud
: Nestor took place yesterday Afternoon
y from The grave in Blandford ceme
htery, Rev. Charles X. Striblin
1 officia ting.
The following acted as paiibearers
=. r. b. Moore, John Howerton. Georg
= Cabiniss and Garland Matthews.
z Following brief illness, Harve
r. Wynne, a highly esteemed youn
!. man of this city. died last nigh
"a shortly after o'clock at the residenc
oI nls tatHeF-lH law ~ r. Ahxooe
). e2e High street.
y The deceased was a member o
High Street Methodist Episcopa
Il church, and was connected with tn
official board Of the church. He wa
: iso member of Powhatan Stark
- lodge. No. 1874, A. r, and A. NJ, q
. this city.
J. He was a native Of Drewrysvill,
a Va. but for the past ten wears ha
: resided in this city. Besides his wifi
who was Miss Ruth Allgood, of thi
!, city, he In survived by two brother
4 and five sisters.
d The funeral will take place tcmo
: row morning from High Stree
3 church.
T. -----------------------~-
l.