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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1916
Page
1
The Board of Aldermen approved all council requests including 8500 for storm sewer completion on her street and 860 for a bacteriologist lab and salary. They redirected 11060 from grammar to the High school fund to finish the new high school and approved several small items such as street lights and auditing costs.
The Boy Scout financial campaign opens with a supper at the Y M C A tonight at six. Campaign days are December 13 and 14. Captain Heath heads a campaign committee aiming to hire a scout executive for two years and cover office and demonstrations costs. Over 60 workers, teams, and local leaders including Dr Leigh and Mayor Gilliam back the effort.
A Petersborg Christian Endeavor Union rally will be held Friday night at the Washington Street Christias church. Wyant A. Taylor, field secretary of the All-South Christian Endeavor Extension Committee, will speak. Everyone is invited for songs and a brief program related to youth-focused outreach. The event is advertised with local church involvement and community participation.
Today in Petersburg Circuit Court J T Noell, a former drug clerk, sought a new trial for the May 6 shooting death of Mrs Lottie Robinson on High Street. The motion cites nine grounds, chief being improper jury selection regarding citizenship. Arguments proceeded after a luncheon recess. Noell and his uncle, R J Noell, attended.
Short listing states Oak and Pine Wood cords priced at six dollars per cord. Includes partial credit line Dee and a stray note. Details are fragmentary and date or seller contact are unclear.
The Loyal Temperance Union will host an entertainment Friday night at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. Q. Anderson, 314 West Washington Street. All interested in temperance work, especially children's programs, are invited. A silver offering will be collected at the door.
Berlin reports central powers propose immediate peace talks. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg handed notes to neutral representatives from the United States Spain and Switzerland asking these nations to bring the proposals to their enemies. The note, to be read in the Reichstag, states the four allied powers seek negotiations for a lasting peace. Vienna Constantinople and Sofia transmitted identical notes and the Vatican received the text as well.
Richmond Virginia December 12 Mrs Addie Detroit Atkinson Virginia's pioneer hotelwoman died at midnight in her apartments at the Hotel Richmond the second hotel she founded and shaped into one of the South's finest. Though in failing health for two months she kept faculties until the end. Funeral arrangements will be announced today. Also in New York December 11 a Belgian deportation situation grew daily more tragical as Belgians seek America.
Hopewell police seized 350 gallons of liquor Sunday night, with 40 gallons in fermentation. Geo Curille, a Greek, was arrested for possession and sale. Forty eight gallons were found at Mrs Fowler’s home, wife of a Hopewell official, who was charged with selling liquor. Both defendants bailed to appear in court.
Local resident DL Watking visits the city with a tobacco crop for Salisfuetery prices. An oyster supper at Good Shepherd Lane Way School benefits the W O R L Society. Parsonage Society of Memorial MO EL educes meets tonight at Batvlock. members urged to attend. Empty Stocking club seeks public donations. Mrs Solm Jones Mrs W J Womble or Miss Belle Syndnar collect contributions. Mrs Amy Weech from Alexandria VA, W C T U organizer, will speak Thursday night at 8 in the Christian church on Washington street. All welcome including white ribboners.
A chaotic war briefing reports Romanian and Russian actions along with Austrian Italian fronts. Romanian forces reportedly advance in Plocei region while prisoners rise. German and Serbian reports speak of repulsed attacks and modest gains near Monastir and Viaklar. Joint entente talks continue as unrest swells in Cyclades. a Reichstag speech is anticipated as Germany braces for a historic address.
This morning in the police court two trifling cases were heard. Elias Midsert was accused by a woman of borrowing a coat she had not returned, with the coat left in Richmond. she promised to retrieve it and return it, and she was discharged. Milton Robinson, charged with profanity described as pregnancy related in error, was fined $3. Chaplin's latest comedy, The Rink, Cockade Thursday.
Dr Wingfield Scott Hall dean of Northwestern University Medical College Chicago will lecture at the Petersburg Y M C A on Wednesday at 8:30 PM about the Young Man's Problem. The Mothers' Club will hear his talk Mother and Daughter at 4 PM with a silver offering. Local officials praise his work and support the event. A separate ad seeks a young colored man to work in a store with good references.
Reports from Norfolk Virginia say wartime effects and Holland’s embargo on spinach seed reduce planting. The 1961 crop is estimated at 650000 barrels, possibly 600080 with good weather, down from 786826 barrels last year.
Washington reports indicate President Wilson will retain all cabinet members after March 4 with possible exceptions. Secretaries McAdoo Houst on Baker and Attorney General Gregory loom as potential resignations or shifts, while Burleson Lansing Daniels and Wilson are expected to remain. Gregory may be offered a seat on the Supreme Court if a vacancy arises, and Baker could move to Justice if Gregory resigns. Houston’s leave of absence at Washington University may continue to keep him as head of the Agriculture Department.
The Phoenix Bible class at High Street M E church will hold a luncheon in its classroom tonight with an attractive program and special music by the class orchestra. All members and invited guests including officials, teachers, and past entertainers are urged to attend. program begins at 8 o'clock followed by refreshments.
The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors backed a sixteen-foot concrete highway on the Petersburg and Richmond turnpike from Petersburg to Swit Creek at an estimated cost of 35,060 with federal aid sought. Cost shares would be 50 percent federal, 20 percent local property owners and Colonial Heights, 30 percent county. Virginia Highway Commissioner Coleman will be asked to recommend using part of federal aid for the road. The Chamber of Commerce and South Chesterfield Road Association have supported the project.
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