The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-16
Petersburg
CAMP LEE LIEUTENANT
DISMISSED FROM ARMY

Especial to The Richmond Virginfan)
Petersburg, Va, April l5.-The
court martial in the case of second
Lieutenant Grant X. Roth. of Camp
| Lee. who was charged with taking the
wife of Samuel r. Clark, former
manager of the Petersburg orancn
| of the International Correspondents
school, away with him to East orange
N J., has sentenced the accused 70
six months hard labor and dismissed
him from the army.
Mr.. Clark was one of the selectmer
sent from Petersburg 10 Camp Lee
and is now a non commissioned OF
fcer at that place. It was said thai
Clark introduced Roth to his wife
| who afterwards ran away with her
Shortly after the arrest Of Lieutenant
| Roth. Clark filed suit for divorce
| from his wife in the Husting Court
| of Petersburg. The case has not come
I'D vet, and the result of the suit is
| not known.
william f. Ahse, Leaves.
William I. Ahse, who has been in
charge of the Army club work IT
this city, will leave for the West
| Indies and Panama canal zone a:
special representative of the navy de
partment, to make investigation aho
report on the marine camps in those
places. During his absence, 1. II
Rivers, of Macon, Georgia. Will take
his place Mr. Ahse's mission is &c
show the needs and give recommend
lions as to what can be done in those
camps by the committee on tram
ing camp activities.
Royal ArcanuIn Meets
The seth session of the grand coun'
ell ROYAL Arcanum of Virginia will
he held today in the Odd Fellow
Hall at IL o'clock. There are about
eeventy-five representatives from al
over the state in attendance.
John II. Doles of Norfolk will pre-
side over the meeting. Hon. W, b
Hale will DO present for the purpose
of installing the officers for the com
ing year. The finance committee
with former Lieutenant Governor j
Taylor Ellyson as its chairman me-
at the Hotel Petersburg yesterday for
the purpose of auditing the books
of the order The executive committee
held it's annual session at tho same
phase yesterday evening and prepared
their annual report. which Will bt
submitted.
Gets Patent on Tire Machine
| NJ b. Wheeler, manager of the O
A. James Tire company, of this city
| has obtained a patent on new ne
vice for making automobile tires. II
| is said that the new machine gives
| larger output, as well as savfnt
time, cost and labor. The new machine
| is on the order of both the Goodrich
| and Goodyear machines. with the ex
| ception that it has an automatic feed
err. This invention by a Petersburg
man may lead to the erection of an
other great factory in Petersburg.
Open u. S. Clinic Today.
| The United States clinic, will oper
| tomorrow at $40 North Sycamore
street, in charge of S. Boyce Pole. a
| specialist from the Public Health
service at Washington. The clinic
will be free. and will be one of the
! largest and most completely equipped
| public health laboratories and clinics
| in the south.
| The clinic occupies the second and
third floors of the building, 1t will
! be devoted exclusively to the treat
ment OF veuereal diseases and is FOR
civilians only. Only those cases will
| be treated which are by request OF
the physician handling the case. Mr.
| Pole will be assisted by both men and
, women trained nurses.