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■■■■ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1»j6. W. & A. ROUNDHOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE; CONFERENCE CALLED Total Damage Is Placed Near $200,- 000. STATE must say WHAT WILL BE DONE Lease by N. C. & St. L. Road Has But Short Time To Run. juat what th« Weitarn and Atlantic tvi;! do for shop* and round house fa cilities after the disastrous fire Monday evening will be a matter of conjecture until after a conference of president Thomas,' who arrives Tues day afternoon from Nashville, and oth er ’official* of the road with the state authorities. The fact that the Western and At lantic Is owned by the state, and that the lease of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis on It has but a com p.iratlvely short time to run, compli cates matters, and will be a big fac t„r In determining whether the shops and things will be built with any Idea of permanence. Meanwhile, the officials on ttye ground estimate the losses at varying figures. J. L. McCollum, superintend- int of the Western and Atlantic divls- l„n, thinks that the damage did not amount to over $100,000. Masfer Me chanic Lamar Collier, on the other hand, thinks that less than $200,000 will not cover the loss wrought by the flames, others make their estimates at various points between these two. Major McCollum said Tuesday morning that the average damage to the engines would not exceed $2,000. “Thev look mighty bad,'* he said, “but y,,u can’t Judge a scorched engine by the outside appearance. There's a coat of asbestos under the thin sheet- iron exterior. Even those engines which had no water In them and which look like they are damaged entirely bevond repair can be overhauled and twain put into commission. Now, as to what we are going to do for a round house until we can get in shape to handle our work here again that will be a matter for Pres ident Thomas to decide.” Mr. Collier’s estimate Includes some of the Incidental expenses brought about by the fire. In addition to the actual loss of property. Over 250 Out of Their Regular Work. The tire which did-the damage threw hot ween 250 and 300 men out of their regular employment, but the major portion of them are still given work clearing away the debris and getting th< damaged engines In shape to be taken wherever It Is decided to repair them—to the Chattanooga and Nash ville shops, or to the shops of friendly roads In Atlanta. Hardly 100 men are thrown out of employment and they will not be out long; In fact, most of them will he placed on a night shift, It Ik thought. The fire which did all this damage wn«* discovered about 9 o’clock Mon day evening by Machinist Allen Har- rr ve In the wood shop under an arc LgV.t. An unwary bug attracted by the brilliant spark between the carbons tuny have made this his dying deed. Pretty certain It I* that the spark •• hleh fell into some refuse came from thN lamp. Mr. Ibtrgmve notified the other men ct work In the shop and In the round I "is.-, but before they could make any fight on the tire It bad grown to such proportions that they had to get out. They used a stream from a small hose f"i I time, but ns one of the men said, I could hardly hear It slxzle as It ";i turned Into steam before it got to *h»‘ business part of the blaze.” Lightning Quick Fire. I A. Everett, traveling engineer of the N, c. & St. b„ was one of the first fi -m outsdle of the shop to arrive, and "h«n he got there, he said, the whole "no,] *hop was one big blase and the t t- was getting In Its work on the r ind house roof. He and others said It was the quickest fire they ever saw, In- ' Ivlng the whole establishment as It did inside of five minutes after it w’as first discovered. Sixteen engines were In the round b'"ise. an unusually large number, as It happened. The damage to these 00*00000000000000000000000 O DROWNS HI8 CHILD 0 £ AND TRIES SUICIDE. 0 O O Plttsbdrg, Pa.. Oct. 2—Patrick O O Coyne threw his l-year-old son O 2 ??L the Twenty-second street O Q bridge into the Monongahela river O O and Jumped after him. The boy O O was drowned, but the father was O O rescued in an unconscious condi- O O tlon. o O o ^^^oooooooooo<h>ooooooqoo There is hardly a ejear track in the Western and Atlantic yards. The mechanics and laborers around the devastated shops Tuesday morn ing are all bedecked in new, clean working togs and are handling bright new hammers. That’s where they suf fered. Nearly every man at the shops lost from $10 to $25 worth of tools be sides his overalls. Next to the round house, where the ruined engines are, the ruins of the machine shop present the most deso late apparance. The expensive drills, lathes and machinery peculiar to the railroad repair shop Is now a lot of Junk—for the mechanics do not think that any of thin can be repaired, so that It will give satisfactory service. One of the biggest lathes hod just beei^ Installed and had not yet been used. The ruined blacksmith shop and room where the mechanics kept their tools add their part to the general ef fect and to the loss, but the damage In them Is not so great as In the machine shop and engine house. The turntable In the center of the round house, though badly charred, Is being used with safety Tuesday. Thousands Saw Fire. There Is no telling how many* people saw the blase Monday evening. The fire burned fiercely for more than nn hour, and during that time lit all parts of the city with a weird glow. The low-hanging clouds gave the Impres sion that the fire was even more exten sive than It was In reality, and thou sands of people flocked to the center of the city to see what was the matter. The Forsyth street viaduct was crowd ed to the limit and dozens of men and boys climbed to points of vantage in the Ironwork overhead. But down in the yards people with the Inborn desire to get closer to the thing making the excitement were the ones getting the full benefit. In most parts of the yards the mud was deep enough to flow Into the tops of decol- lette shoes, and the cold, drizzling rain which was falling was Just enough to be the most disagreeable. But these drawbacks did not keep folks from do Ing their bets to get to the place w'here the police would let them go no further ancf the top of every car in the vicinity of the fire had Its quota of spectators. Gas Tank Threatened. At times it looked as If the big gas tank about 50 yards from the fiercest part of the fire was In danger, but fears on this score were soon allayed. When the fire engines arrived sev eral of them had a lot of trouble get ting their hose lines to the fire on ac count of the tracks all being choked with freight cars, and by the time they could get their streams to playing all that was left for them to do was to cool things down as soon ns possible, for the conflagration had reached such a stage that the damage It did could not be averted. It Is stated that by reason of the good work of the switching -crews In getting equipment out of danger but few freight or passenger^ cars were seriously damaged. CHATTANOOGA SOUTHERN IS SOLD TO L. & N.R.R. Deal Made in Off ce of Late Russell Sage. LONGEST TERM IX)AN IS CLOSED TUESDAY Owners of $3,000,000 of Bonds Are Paid Cash for Holdings. New York. Oct. 2.—A dee! wee closed today In the office of the late Rueeell Sage by which the Chattanooga Southern railway was .old to the Louisville and Naahrllle. The deal cloaea tha longest term loan ever made by Mr. Bate. Holders of 19,000.000 O00O0O00OOO0O00O0000OOOO0O O CHECK FOR f3.000.000 0 8IGNED BY HITCHCOCK. 0 HEAR THE VICTROLA At Our Warerooms 37-39 Peachtree St O Washington, Oct. 2.—Acting O O Poatmaater General Hitchcock 0 O yeaterday signed the largest check O O of hie career. It was for 19.000.- O 0 000, and waa drawn on the assist* O O ant treasurer at Chicago, In favor O 0 of the United States treasurer at 0 O Washington. The check repre- O 0 eente the transfer of the surplus 0 0 from the money order fund on de- 0 0 poalt at Chicago. 0 00000000000000000000000000 worth of bonds who thought the hold ings worthless today appeared for their cash, which was paid. The Chattanooga Southern Is 91 miles long and extends from Chatta nooga, Tenn., to Gadsden, Ala. Its head office Is at Chattanooga, when- It connects with lines running to Nash ville, Cincinnati and the East. At Cen- chat It makes connection with the Cen tral of Georgia railroad: at Round Mountain with the Southern railway and at Gadsden with the Louisville and Nashville, Gadsden and Atalta Union, railroad: Nashville, Chattanooga and!] “• .— Great FORMER ATLANTA MAN KILLS SELF IN GOTHAM Artist J. C. Baker EnJs His Life With Pistol. New York. Oct. 2.—J. C. Baker, head of the art department of a New York newspaper, today Is a suicide at his home, No. 410 Central Park Weit. Mr. Baker was 18 yeara old, happily mar ried and the father of a child, to whom he waa devoted. No cause can be as signed for his act. Mr. Baker went home In a rather nervous and fretful mood. Painter* and decorators were at work. He com plained of the disorder and said he could not hear the odor of turpentine. He u'nlked Into nnnther room and his wife heard the report of a volver. She rushed Into the room nnd found her husband on the floor with a bullet wound In his head. He was un conscious and died In n few minutes. Mr. Baker was a native of Atlanta and an artlft of ability and originality. BARNUM & BAILEY IS COM at the lowest nvsrnge estimate of * amounts to $32,000. Seven of tin-.- were big ones of the compound ,v i”* i‘n«I five of them had no water In tn* m. musing them to be warped nnd t Istod more thnn they would have been otborwl.se. Hut those thnt did have water In t • m made up In noise for their leas > innate mates. Such a sputtering !' n, ‘ binning an they net up when the lo q ,,f the fire got up nteam in them n;i “nough t. make even an engineer ‘I’laU.-, and It did nerve to keep the ! al a dlntance. No. 222, a i!Mo passenger locomotive, had been j 1 *'*nto the round house, but ntill up "team when the fire broke out, •til was hacked out with but alight damage to the pilot. Big Enginea Suffered. The big ones, though, were lean for- N’o. 273, one.of the big new* •vp- passenger locomotives, had juat n overhauled, and put in tip-top ■pf*. and wan going out today—but <11*1 n't. No. 270, a alnter engine, was rm )y for service, too, and would have drawn the next through train aa far iis ' hattanooga. Some of the other I-avenger engines In the fire were Nos. s| nd 262. Some of the freight jo.-guis, which to the uninitiated now ’ 'k like only a lot of warped and t Msted scrap iron, are Nos. $6, 60, 161, , I:>9 * and 168. Most of these urines will again be pulling their o or traffic within a month. Two Pn *lnea were undamaged ' i the service wan not. therefore, de- >••<1. hut until assistance arrived from , "pare engines of other divisions on Western and Atlantic dl- *>n which remain undamaged will ; to work over time and can not 1,1 much rent. I he freight department Is much “ "Piously affected than the pan- r addition to having more ~'t “I damaged, the yards were ‘‘"d nn ‘l choked up with cam The Barnum A Bailey circus will exhibit here Friday and Saturday, Oc tober 19*20. Especial Interest taches to the Barnum A Bailey show- day this year, not only because of the popular belief thnt It Is the largest combined circus, menagerie and hip podrome In the world, but also because the management announces a number of features of such an extraordinary character as to discount anything hith erto known in the line of arenlc sen satlonallam. Probably the most remarkable of the new acts, and the one that has created the greatest comment nnd wonder, Is known ns the “Dip of Death.” In this startling act a heavy road car fllea 40 feet through apace, with machine and driver actually upalde down. Then, na though thla thriller was not sufficient tu satisfy the public demand for sen sationalism, two daring bicyclists tempt injury nnd possible death by turning somersaults In inld-nlr on their wheels. This sensational %ct Is descriptively entitled the “Two Twirls of Terror,” and Is said to create a furore wherever It Is seen. Apart from Its sensational features, the Barnum A Bailey program seems to have a sufficient variety of genuine old-fashioned circus acts to satisfy the most exciting lover of real arenlc entertainment. Interspersed with these, i it Is announced, are a number of acts nhat, while not especially sensational, are especially Inte estlng nnd attractive by reason of thelt originality and nov elty. The foreign agents of the Bar num A Bailey Show were. It Is said, notably successful last winter In *«- curing unconventional and skillful acta for the current season. DRUNKS PILE INTO STATION WHEN SALOONS OPEN UP; CONDITIONS NORMAL NOW From Saturday aftarnoon until Mon day morning* with all aaloona in tha oity closed, a total of 55 easts were docketed at tha police station* two of theaa for drunkenness. From Monday aftarnoon until Tuea day morning, with only 14 saloons’ opsn from 5 until 10 o'olock Monday night, a total of 46 cassa wsra dockatsd, 20 of the number being fpr drunkenness. Tha majority of tha drunkenness also repressntsd disorder. After a week of remarkable quietude and sobriety In the city of Atlanta, nnd rest for the hard worked police, the police business Is now beginning to rapidly Increase with the opening of the saloons. The above comparison of figures demonstrates the ratio at which the police business Is gaining. With a few saloons In the center of the city open from 6 o’clock Monday afternoon until 10 o’clock at night, 20 men, both white and black, were ar rested for drunkenness, while on Mon day, out of a total of 65 cases, only two men answered to the charge of being drunk. The police officials say that the police station and police c< will now rapidly assume their nor apjtearance after the week of enforced prohibition nnd peacefulness. None of the saloons of Decatur and Peters streets was open Monday night and this fact accounts for the drunkenness being no greater than It was. The police believe that had the saloons In these two thoroughfares been open, they would have had their hands full until late In the night han dling the drunks, and that the disor der would have been much greater. The saloons had been opera only an hour or two until the drunks began to roll Into the police station. HEAD OF MORMON CHURCH IS ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY; 5 WIVES CHARGED TO HIM The latest marvel: The only member of The Victor Family without a horn. You arc cordially invited to hear voice engravings by Caruso, Sembrich, Heink, Calve, Plancon, Seotti, Patti, Melba, Eamcs and all the Metropolitan favorites at our studios. Sold on Easy Payments by Week or Month PHILLIPS & CREW CO, Wholesale and Retail Distributors Victor Talking Machine. Edison Phonograph. Balt I.nke City, Utah, Oct. 2.—On A charge of living unlawfully with flvo wives, Joseph Smith, president bf the Mormon church, has been arrested and bound over to the district court. The complaint war aworn to by a Mormon deputy sheriff, the warrant was served by order of a Mormon sheriff and the rnmmttllng magistrate Is also a Mor mon. He recently returned from a trip to Europe. WILL EXPEL 40 STUDENTS WHO WON’T QUIT HAZING Chicago. Oet. 2.—Forty I-ake For est students refused last night to sign a pledge submitted by the faculty not to Indulge In haling and by the direc tion of President Harlan they will be expelled from the college. Sixty students after a mass meeting decided to accept the manifesto of tho professors. PEOPLE OF ALABAMA ASKED 10 CONTRIBUTE TO STORM SUFFERERS Hperlnl to The (ieorglnn. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 2.—Governor Jolks yesterday nfternoon issued a proclamation to the people of Alabama urging them to contribute to the dif ferent relief committees for the ben efit of those who were stricken dur ing the rtorni on the gulf const. There was a mass meeting of promi nent* citizens called by Mayor Teague, nnd committees were appointed to so licit subscriptions at once for the ben efit of those who suffered. Two hun dred and sixty-seven dollars nnd sljfty cents was subscribed by those present and the city contributed $1,000. BRILLIANT FIREWORKS E00 TOE STATE FAIR THREATENED TO MURDER UNLESS SHE PAID $20,000 Racine. \VI*„ Oct. 2.—Two men nc- cuaed of writing a letter to Mr». Rich ard T. Robinson, demanding 120.000 and threatening the lives of herself and family If It was not paid, were brought here by Police Officer Pflster today from Milwaukee, where they were ar rested. They are Frederick Stocking. 30 yeara old. and H. R. Miller, aged 34, nnd they nre hrothera-ln-law. Stocking broke down at Milwaukee and confessed enough to mnko It cer tain to the policeman that he has the right men. Miller remained stubborn. CADET8 PRESENT FOB TO MAJOR KIMBROUGH. Special to The Georgian. Athena. Oa.. Oct. 2.—Major J. M. Kimbrough, commanding the Unlver- slty of Georgia cadets, has been or dered by the government to rejoin hla regiment, the Twenty-seventh Infan try, at Newport News, and proceed at once to Cuba. Major Kimbrough leaves today. In-hla absence Colonel E. L. Griggs and Captain 8. V. Hnn- ford, of the university faculty, will have charge of the military depart ment. The cadets of the university assem bled In the chapel this morning, where a beautiful fob waa presented to the major. The presentation' speech w as made by president narrow, of the In stitution. , Major KlmbVough accepted the gift short speech, at the conclusion , , - ,. M ...... of which the college yell was vigorous- •"inted out of danger Monday night, ly given by the aludenti. BRAVED DEATH IN STORM TO RESCUE A FAMILY Mobile, Ala.. Oct. 2—The crew of the United States revenue cutter Win ona, which arrived here last night, tell a thrilling story of the heroic con duct of two men. Master-nt-Arms Pe terson and Quartermaster Peterson, members of the crew, who rescued the keeper of the East Pascagoula light house and hts family. When the Winona arrived off the Pascagoula light-house It found thnt there was nothing left but the tower. one after the other the two Petersons climbed Up the rope. They lowered the two babies, then the keeper's wife, and then the keeper himself. When nil of these had been saved the two men slid down the rope anil returned to the Winona. Spirited Race for Mayer. Special to Tho tiiHirglnu. Amerlcus, Oa_ Oct. 2.—The most strenuous municipal campaign Airier* Irug has witnessed in many year* will hlch threatened to collapae any mo- end Wednesday In the election of ment. The keeper, hla wife and two bablea had sought refuge In the tower. The two Petersons went In a amall boat with other membera of the crew and after a desperate fight with the Avea reached the bare of the tower. The keeper threw them a line and Huge flreworka locomotive! will crash together In n head-on collie!on with terrific explosion of hollers, etc.; Ni agara Falla will be represented In a mammoth cataract of 8eethlng. silver fire 250 feet long and falling from a height of 60 feet; a beautiful young lety belle will be shown In a hand some fire picture 45 by 36 feet. All these pyrotechnic "sensations” nnd hundreds of other beautiful aerial and fancy “set” fireworks devices will »>«» seen In the elaborate pyrotechnic dis plays which nre the terminating fea tures of the gorgeous Pain spectacle, “Last Days of Pompeii,” which will ex hibit at the fair grounds nightly during the state fair. Fully four hundred handsomely cos turned men, women and children par tlclpate In “Pompeii*!” Imposing page ants nnd exciting street episodes, and a score of noted European and Ameri can nerlallsts nnd acrobats will to seen In the specialty dlvertlsements o the fete-day scene. In addition to pret ty ballets and the marvelous "Fire Dance of Isis.” In which the dances are seen apparently enveloped In fyr naces of fire. In this novel dance each girl wears a gown of flowing silk con taining 12&»yarda. The center field of the fair grounds Is now In possession of 100 electrical constructors and laborers, who are put ting It In shape for the coming of Pom- pell. The spectacle’s traveling organi zation numbers over 200 performers, dancing girls, pantomlmfsts, pyrotech nics, electricians, stage mechanics, wardrobe masters, etc. The organiza tion also carries a portable amplthea- ter with seats for 10,000 people. The scenery above used In this production fills 14 cars, making "Last Days of Pompeii” unquestionably the largest spectacular In the world. DR. COFER TO ADDRESS ATLANTA BIBLE SCHOOL Rev. M. J. Cnter, D.D.. of The Wes leyan Advocate, will address the At lanta Bible school, at 88 Cooper street. Wednesday at 7:30 p. m., October 3. The subject of Dr. Hofer’s address will be “Personal Service," nn appropriate theme for such an occasion. Dr. Cofer Is the first of a number of distinguished gentlemen who will appear before the school this winter. The winter term opens fct $ o’clock In the forenoon of October 3. There will be appropriate ceremonies at that hour, conducted by the president. Rev. Rolfe Hunt, D.D. Most of the day will he taken up In consultation of the Instructors with those desiring to en ter and the proper assignment of each. There will be no charge for those desiring Instruction In the Biblical de partment only. Those desiring Instruc tion In other things can be accommo dated at a reasonable rate of tuition. Rev. W. L. Burks, of Arkansas, hna been secured ns choir director and other service for tho entire term. He will arrive the 2d And be on hand regularly. Miss Htldred Hell will pre side at the piano and give elementary Instruction In Instrumental music. Mrs. Huale Brunner Hunt, A.M., will assist In the literary work nnd render some aid In the Biblical department. Much attention will be devoted to training for personal work In soul-wln- nlng. and all Christian people ure In vited to attend the winter term. AMUSEMENTS AGED MAN KILLED BY A LONG FALL. Richmond. Vn.. Oct. 2.—Democratic state headquarters were opened In this city today by ChAlrnmn J. Taylor Bl- lyson. .Senator Daniel, Benator Mar tin and Ooveraqr Swanson will take " ' . ‘ /.. " tin and Governor Swanson will take mayor, three members of tho council. the Htump . other speakers will be and a cky clerk. Hon. E. A. Hawkins, [ Judge William Hodges Mann, H. St. for four years mayor, Is opposed for George Tucker and Congressman Hal re-election by Captain John B. Felder, i Flood. for many years mayor prior to the In- The real battles of the campaign will cumbency of Mayor Hawkins. The be fought In the Fifth nnd Ninth dls- rnce between the two Is very spirited. | trlcts, particularly the latter. Richmond, Vn., Oct. 2.—Falling from window In his room from the second story of a hotel to the sidewalk on Broad street, a distance of 18 feet, An drew' J. Gray, 61 years old, this morn ing received Injuries from which he died In ten minutes. Gray was In the city on a short visit with his son, William Gray. Ills skull was fractured at the base, hla right nrm broken at the elbow and hla neck was dislocated. MAUD. Cruahtd in Machin*. S(k**'IiiI to Thi* <li**»rgtali. Davlaborn, (!«., Oct. 2.—Willie Wil liams. a colored laborer at the Devia tion oil mill, was occMentally raught In fhe machinery this morning an<l bailly, though not fatally, inan gled. Friday and Saturday—Matinee Set- , urdey JOSEPH AND WM. W. JEFFERSON In Clevelend Moffett and Hartley; Davie' New Cqmedy of Today, ■'PLAYING THE GAME.” The comedy eucceae of the eeaeon. Sale opens Wednesday. Nloht26^^1L50^natlnee25c^to$1. THE BIJOU MATINEE TODAY—TONIGHT. E. D. STAIR offers the Rapid-flro Comedian, HAP WARD, In the Komedy Kackle In 2 Lay*, '• “Not Yet, But Soon." Company of 50* Including Lucy Dal/, 14 8ong Hlta—Lota of Prstty Girls. Court Mtsts at Waynssboro. Bpeclal to The Georgian. Waynesboro, na., Oct. 2.—The regu lar session of Burke superior court convened here yesterday, with Judge Henry C. Hammond, of the Augusta circuit, on the bench. No cases of much Importance will come up at thla session. Ths Woman's Problsm. From The New York Sun.. Politician—I think our candidate Wife Unsuccessful Success. Kansas woman, Mrs. A. J. Stan ley, of Lincoln, has been awarded a ! cou *^ plain cooking? prize of $250 by a Boston firm for the best answer to the question, “What mstltutcs success?” She wrote: “He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of Intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled hla niche and complished his task: who has left the world better than he found It, whether by an Improved poppy, a per fect poem or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth’s beauty or failed to express It; who has always looked for the best In others and given tho best he had; W'hose life was nn Inspiration; w'hose memory a benediction."—Kunsas City Independ* •nL but do you think ha A Hopelsss Cate. From The Baltimore American. The Venus of Milo gave a despairing cry. “I’m out of the race, girls!” she ex* claimed. “How do you ever suppose I can fasten a waist buttoned down tha back?” FLOOR WAX. “ Butchers,” “Johnson V’ a»d>“OId English” at the GEORGIA PAINT AND GLASS CO., 40 Peachtree St. \GRAND Tonight and Wednesday, Oet. 2 and 3. Matinee Wednesday. Klaw & Krlnnitcr preaent tho trernoo- dou* Musical Success by Oco. M. Cohan, 45 Minutes From Broadway. Introducing tho Peerless CORINNB and a great company. Sale now open, urday. THURSDAY NIGHT, Oet. 4. The comedy ten nation of last season. The Klrko La Bhello production, "The Heir To The Hoorah” By Paul Armstrong. With GUY BATE8 P08T. A notable cast. Prices 25a to $1.50. 1 Sale now open.'