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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
3
Bristal Virginia December 5 Herbert R. Shipley a prominent Bristol insurance man and former Holston Club president was arrested here today on embezzlement charges dating back several years.
A wealthy individual named Shipley is charged with embezzling over $1,600 from an insurance company. He promptly arranged bond at $2,600. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for tomorrow as friends insist he can vindicate himself.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Homer T. Pergaso of Newport News Shipbuilding Co signed contracts for the construction of the super-Drenac mourns Maryland and Weeat Virginia at Newport News. Awards had been announced days earlier.
An Austrian Vienna dispatch reports the Polish council of state will soon appoint a regent from the Polish dynasty. The dispatch notes the council may grant a Paris military post to Brig. Gol ik of the Polish Teglon, aligning with what is described as the oppressed wish of the Polish people.
In Brooklyn the Dreadnought New Mexico construction paused by a 460 worker strike demanding immediate pay raise. Naval officials had arranged a New Year increase, but workers pressed for faster action as wages now stand at 2.594 daily. Metaxas, Greek envoy to the US, arrives in Alexandria after torpedo attack rescue. Mexico City notes US currency use plans amid Treasury permit of American money as legal tender at parity with Mexican gold.
Berlin reports Alexander Selicke, head of the German metal trades labor union, has been appointed a member of the War Office department. The wireless dispatch from Berlin to Sayville, Minnesota, confirms the appointment as part of wartime administrative changes.
Auction notices cover a mixed lot of properties and notices. A prominent sale in Chesterfield Virginia lists a two story dwelling with baths, outbuildings, and a storefront on Washington and Dunlop streets, to be offered separately then as a whole with taxes paid to 1927. A nearby Chester farm of 266 acres with a six or seven room house and barn is advertised with flexible terms and transport by car. Also included are public notices about a local lyceum meeting and various sales ads for a bungaloid house in Colonial Heights and grocery business changes, all framed in a bustling early 20th century Petersburg Virginia context.
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