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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
KKIPAV, 110 BJJDEIt 7. 190».
People Are Aroused
Over the Japanese
Question,
DON’T WANT JAPS
MADE CITIZENS
Labor Organizations Pre
pare to Hold Meetings to
Protest Against Pres
ident’s Idea.
Seattle, Wash, Dec. 7.—War talk la
heard all over the north coast In* great-
er volume than at any time since the
days preceding the Spanish wav. What
worries the tiinkl ones the'most Is that
the Pacific coast la apparently detense,
less. Seattle. Portland, LaCpmn, Bel
lingham, Everett, Olympia and many
smaller cltlei|, they assert, would tall
easy prgy to a Japanese fleet.
"The most serious phase of the situ-
atlon,” said a Federal Jurist, "Is that
the president should have unexpected
ly advocated what the; Japanese did
not askf-'t|?at Is, citizenship—and- that
lie shotfld have' suggested this radical
measure at the wrong time and with
out taking tho country or his party Into
Ids confluence.
Many Japs iti‘United States.
"It. seems certain that congress will
refuse to. pass the measure advocate*)
by the president. The Japanese have',
been led to believe that the president is
some sort of a mikado. When the
awakening comes there will bo a reac.
tlon In the Islands, with the possibility
of serious result*."
There aro 18,000 Japanese In the ju
risdiction of Consul fllsatnltlzu. Includ
ing Washington, OregOfl, Montana, ida-
ho and Alaska, all of Whom are liable
to be called to bear arms In Japan's
Interest in case there Is war. Consul
Hlsamldzu says all of the number
would lieconte citizens If given a
chance, ^diplrhl i KnluAka, .command
ing three Japanese cruisers, is due here
March 4, for the first official visit of a
Japanese naval squadron In the history
of the- coast. ..
Oppose Visit of Float.
The central labor council of Seattle,
representing, lo.oou enrolled working
men, will, It Is declared, protest against
the visit of the squadron under the
' Ircumstnnces.
Governor Meade has come out In cm
phatlc language ns being opposed to
the president's recommendation that an
act bo passed specifically providing for
the naturalization of the Japanese.
Governor Opposes Plan.
"I am opposed to such n course, - '
said the governor. "Naturalization of
the japaneso would tend to degrade the
American workman. Tho sacred right
of American citizenship, ncqulred as It
was by the blood of our forefathers,
should not bo lightly handed over to
another and especially to foreigners of
the Aslntlc coast.
"We nro very near to the countries
"f the Orient whose teeming millions
could lie poured In upon our shores
should we throw down the bars to
i hem. The two races will not assimi
late. China Is laughing In her sleeves.
Should Japan succeed In obtaining cit
izenship rights Chinn would come to
the front with a nlmllar demand.
"We cannot extend our citizenship
rights to one Asiatic country without
doing the name to others.
Labor Takes Action.
“I believe the president Is wrong.
The Jaimncse nro poorly fitted ns
American citizens. I have always con
tended so.”
Organized labor last night sent n
message to San Francisco, stating that
It Indorsed .tho anti-Japanese senti
ments of tho California citizens.
THE WONDERFUI
RHIN0SENATORS,
Thickest-SKINNEP
CREATU tRE-S
EVER JMSCOV&Rtp.
Theifv
ATTRACTIONS AT THE NATIONAL ZOO.
Come in Tomorrow
LIVES OF CONGRESSMEN
THREATENED IN LETTERS;
PRECAUTION IS TAREK
Slayden Notified He’ll
Get a “Black
Shot.”
CITY COUNCILMAN
OILS AT WILMINGTON
Special to The Georgian.
Wilmington, N. C., Dee. 7.—City t’ouiH‘11*
imn l M ward F. Jolinftoii, lender of the
ititinirlpnl ownership foroo* of iIiIm oily.
""1 •aiiiliflnto for mayor. died till# morn tug
;ifu*r a three weeks lllue**.
Washington, Dec. 7.—Several mem
bers of congress have received letters
from negroes threatening their lives.
Three or four of the discharged negro
soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry.
It is said, are In Washington.
Mr. Hlayden, of Texas, who lias in
troduced a bill providing that no
negro troops be allowed In the arnty.
was warned In a letter that he would
be hit with a "black shot." An order
that no person carrying a bundle' no
admitted to the capitol will be Inforcell
for some time.
M H# Can’t Dishonor Thsm.”
At a meeting In 8t. Mary’s colored
Methodist Kplscopul church to protest
against President Roosevelt's uctlon in
discharging three negro companies 5f
the Twenty-fifth Infantry, the Rev.
Chnrles 8. Morris said:
"He can tear the uniform from th-
black men who nscended Han Juan bill
with him, but he cannot dishonor
them.”
Resolution is Adoptsd.
At yesterday’s session the spnute
adopted the Penrose resolution request
ing the president to send It Information
regarding the discharge of tho negro
troops of the Twenty-fifth Infantry,
and also the Foraker resolution direct
ing the secrctury of war to transmit all
Information In the possession of his de
partment on the same subject.
Hoth resolutions carried an Identical
amendment by Mr. Culberson asking
specifically for the order to Major Pen
rose, commanding the triRops, which di
rected him not to turn over , to the
Texas authorities certain of the troops
demanded.
Foraker Defends Troope.
During the debate Mr. Foraker de
nied that "It lmd been alleged and not
denied" that the negro troops ha'll com
mitted murder In Texifc*. . * • • t
» Mi’/ Tillii’iau said he liajfl/mid hrMho
ptfp&rs "fin 'rilleged report” frdm the
secretary of war that ten or twenty of
the troops had "shot up the town of
Brownsville. Texas.”
Mr. Foraker admitted, nt the sug
gestion’of Mr.‘»Warren, thut the presi
dent under the law had the right to In
crease or decreaao the army within cer
tain maximum and minimum limits.
SAID WIPE HELD
HIM FOR KlfIFING
Gute City, Va., Dec. 7.—Witnesses
yesterday before the coroner's Jury In
vestigating the death of Dr. I. H. And
erson, testified that In his dying state
ment ho said his brother-in-law,
James Nelms, killed him by cutting an
artery.
According to tho testimony, Dr.
Anderson said he was held by his wife,
and Ills mother-in-law while Nelms i
did the cutting. Nelms Is under arrest
awaiting the verdict of the Jury.
ATLANTA CHILDREN
A TTENDING SCHOOL
IN OLD COAL ROOM
The table below shows the number of classes in eaolt School which liavo
below and above the number of pupils considered the best number for ef
ficient teaching. Expert* give forty, pupils as tho best; maximum for a
class. The'table shows that many c lasses have between forty nnd forty-
nine pupils nnd that a large number have between fifty and sixty.
Below Between Between Between
30 30 and 89 40 and 4V BO nnd CO
pupils. pupils. pupils. pupils.
Boys’ High School « 4 0 l
Girls' High School X 3 .8 , o
Ivy Street J 1 2 4
Frew Street o 2 4 In
Walker Street 3 3 X 4
Marietta Street I 1 2 4
Fair Street 0 o 7 »;
t'alhetin Street o n 4 d
Ira Street. J 2 i 4
Davis Street 3 2 X l
Boulevard 1 11 0 r»
State Street 1 2 4 V,
Frasier Street 0 0 X * 9
Kdgewood Avenue 1 1 4, 4
Forimvalt Street 0 1 ‘ ‘ 3 X
Williams Street 0 2 4 4
West End 0 X 4 3
Bell Street 2 1 2 3
Grant Park »> «» 3 s
Lee Street o 0 1 •»
Tenth Street 0 3 l 4
Pryor Street. . . 0 2 0 2
Night School 4 0 p 0
Total No. of Grades... . 23 * 41 75 92
and see Prof. Joseph Becker demonstrate the
art of cooking upon the great Majestic Range.
Free Scientific Cooking Lecture
from 2 to 5 o* clock.
Prof. Becker's Recipes Given for the Asking.
Tomorrow, Saturday, Prof. Becker will cook ;i
seven-pound rib roast, three or four different vegeta
bles, a dressing, and two dozen biscuits in one pan in
side of one hour in the Majestic Range, and will serve
them to the ladies present. He will also make and
bake dainty pastries, explaining each one ns it is made.
Majestic drip coffee and all kinds of dainty-
cakes served free to all—everybody invited.
Our Great Offer
Tomorrow, Saturday, we will give to
each person pur
chasing a Great
Maj'estic Range
The Majestic Range
will last a life time.
It saves fuel, labor,
food and money.
Don’t fail to see it.
worth of the Best
Enameled Cook
Ware.
If you need a Range
don't fail to come
and take advantage
of this great money
saving opportunity.
Anderson Hardware Co.
Housefurnishings Dep’t, Second Floor.
Continued from Pago One.
class a teacher ha* little time to give
attention to each one of thone sixty
pupils. Three minutes to each one
would mean f80 minutes or three hours.
Now nobody !h "knocking."
Nobody is sore with the mayor and
council;
President Luther Z. Rosser, of the
board of education, has nothing hut
words of praise for the present mayor
and council. Ho says they havp.done
magnificently by the public schools, hut
at the same time he admits that the
schools are crowded: thut Atlunta bud-
r eleriUTgcneral ,,chooI, !,nd c ° n « t '>uemly
manager of the Georgia Transfer and mole leacners.
Storage Gompuny nt the annual meet-' Assistant Superintendent L. M. Lnn-
Ing of the directors Thursday. The drum talks the same*way about It. Ho
position Is a new one made by the dt r knows how liberal council has la.-n to
'3 S j ~ -v-*" — p™. r ...... .-.y
purchasing agent of the Southern Beil i * m **• ” ut nt l *io Mnn,e tinip he se*>s
Telephone and Telegraph Company nnd * with what rapidity the number of chfl
was also connected with the Western j dren increases.
Governor Going to Columbus*
Governor Terrell will leave Friday
evening for. Col 11 in him, where Saturday
he will meet the. agricultural trustees
of the Fourth district. So fur, Mus
cogee and Carroll are the only counties
to submit bids for the school, but
others will probably he on hand when
the trustees get down to business.
already crowded nnd new schools ore
needed to relievo the pressure on them.
The Best Investment.
The whole problem Is Just ono to
which the people of Atlanta hove, not
been giving much thought.. Money
Invested In the education of children Is
the best Invested money In the world.
Tills year there was nn Increase In
school facilities of seventeen hew
rooms, but even this was not enough
for tho Increase In tho number of pu
pils, and the time has now arrived
when the board of education has
reached Its limit In the addition ?f
rooms to school buildings. It Is now
necessary to build schools.
Those schools which are antiquated
and behind the times, and even dan
gerous, are the Crew street, the Walker
street, the Lee street, Marietta street,
Ivy street and Fair street schools. They
stand nut as shining examples. When
compared with the new Pryor street
school, Just erected, the comparison
Electric Company, as purchasing agent.
Nathan’s Home Bakery
—SPECIAL NOTICE—
Hereafter this Company will not maintain a retail store on Peachtree street.
Orders for Breads, Cakes, Pastries, etc., should be phoned direct to the factory,
Bell phone 2564 Main, Atlanta phone 4156.
Nathan’s Home Bakery,
Office and Factory, 83 Mangum Street/corner Markham.
j Th* question then I*: j odious. Tho old school. are antiquated
! What U the remedy 7 ! In evprv Particular and no cramped
What i* the R*m.dy? j haVH l ‘ ome of ‘ h ""‘ become for room
! Nothin* but more school*. nnd title ; ,h “* one 8, ' h,wl n ,oom formerly
! work could he*In with advanta** by! "T !° s, " re fonl ln lH u ** d for
i the teatin* down of several of those j * c ’' v ’ purpose*.
I dilapidated frame structure* and the I And with nil the Increase* In salaries
butldln* of enlarged new ones, I n f Public Official* the money question,
In 1902 the enrollment of the public j when school teachers were concerned,
schools in Atlanta was 11,395.3. In | seems to have been forgotten. The sal-
1903 It was 12,33-1.8. In 1»H4 it wa* | urle* now paid teacher* are practically
12,865.2. In 1903 It was 13,961.5, nnd | the same as paid twenty years ago.
this year It Is 14,361.1. In four years; Schools cost money and Atlunta
It has Increased nbotit 3,000, or nearly I hasn't money to throw away, but It Is
800 pupils a year. While the facilities j generally conceded by all that m*nev
have also Increased, they have not In- !
creased enough to take care of this
Increase In pupils. , •
Assistant Superintendent Landrum
say* that It ran I*- counted on a* a
certainty that the Increase next year
will equal that of this year over last. It
does not take^un expert nmtheiimtlrian
to flgure"tlint*80fl pupil* with to pttpll*
to a T.»vn win mean 20 room* and'llii*
'means'* school nr two.
Home of the new school* built to re- i
Invented In new school building* could
not be better Invested.
New Building* N**d*d.
That these new school building* aro
needed Is shown by the tablo accom
panying this. This table only Include*
the white schools, and shows liow many
classes are crowded and how many are
normal. It Is obvious at u glance that
the columns showing tho overcrowding
are larger than those which have
enough pupils to make work for the
teachers such as to thoroughly Instruct
the pupils.
With the Colored sfhools tlil* conges
tion Is even worse, and additions nnd
new schools hardly make any differ
ence. This Is accounted for by thefnut
that many negroes have their children
In the primary departments of the ne
gro college* In Atlanta, where they pay
a small Tee, but n* *oon ns there I*
room In me Atlanta public school* they
lake the children from these colleges,
put them In the public school* anil save
the fee.
These facts nre thing* the people of
Atlanta should think about. They need
not blame tho city council. As Presi
dent Rosser, of the board of education,
say*, the council has done well, nnd all
It could do under the circumstance*.
But n concerted effort Is coming on the
part of Atlanta people to remedy tills
condition. At least It ought to be com
ing.
Just think of those old antiquated and
unsafe school houses!
NAT, DEM, CONVENTION
WANTEDJY ATLANTA
Continued from Page One.
SEVEN INDICTMENTS
Federal Court Making Thor
ough Investigation oL'
Labor Conditions.
• >nnw ol tfio new xciioolx built to ve- «a.
lleve the pr«s*ure oti otherMchooln are- DMUft
FOR SALE AT BIG SAC
RIFICE.
Elegant new office furni
ture and fixtures in Golden
Oak. Apply 15 East Ala
in favor of bringing everything to \ t -
lama."
Henty fi. Johnson: “An excel - m
plan nnd we should work to get the
convention. It should lie held In \t-
lanttt. I am heartily In favor of It." '
K. U. DuBose: w-'Hest thing In the
world. Let's get the new auditorinm
nnd then the national Democratic con
vention to be held In It."
From th* Capitol.
Assistant Adjutant Oeneral A. J.
Scott: “I think It would bo an , \-
eellent Idea to bring the national Dem
ocratic convention to Atlanta In IMS
It would bring the great Democrats of
the entire country to the very heart of
Democracy, and I believe all other
tlon* of the country would approve.
I.et everybody pull for It."
Comptroller ileneral W. A. Wright:
"Why, there would seem to be but one
difficulty In the wuy of It, and that Is
adequate hotel accommodations. Sui-h
a convention would bring thousands ..r
prominent Democrat* here from all sec
tion* of the country, and they would
have to be cared for'properly. If the
people would throw open their home*
to the delegate* anil visitors, then I
think It would be a lino thing."
Executive Secretary n. M. Black
burn: "I understand that the new audi
torium will scat 10,000 people. That
would not be eufflclent to accommodate
a great gathering such a* one of these
national convention*. Chicago, si.
Loul* and Kanau* City had fine audi
toriums. but they built temporal v
strueture* large enough to accommo
date 25,000 to 30,000 people. Atlan’.i
would have to do something like that.
If It will, then I say bring the conven
tion here, where the fountain of pure
Democracy and Americanism la to be
found."
There worp dozens of others V! »
spoke In the sntne way. They all warn
the convention (o come to Atlanta. It
means money In the pockets of Atl.into
people. Every delegate who attends la
going to *|>end money, anil all this \ d
he left in Atlanta.
ward Johnson In i>connge. The nv
who. It I* charged, were held l> 'll.,
besides those mentioned above, ar
.Morris Kerretu. Nathan Jlayberger at
liennie Rlchcnsteln. The men nre Its
| Ian* and German Jew*.
All have been held In jail here ‘
Special to The Georgian.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 7.—Yesterday | government witnesses nt
Afternoon the Federal grand jury re- rw ***
turned seven Indictments In peonage
rases, six against F. J. O’Hara, of the
firm of Hodges & O’Hara, of Palatkn,
Fla., and one against George F. Bur-
viil, foreman for O’Hara.
Two indictments charge O’Hara with
carrying nway Franz Nebcl, to be held
in a condition of slavery, and i
cy to carry Xebel away.
Three indh tm^nts charge O’Hara j
with returning laborers to a condition I
of peonage, and another chargex thi ' inpp rpTTT? A rPTP'D A rn mrn
holding of Benjamin Wtleiwkf; ***** *xlJliAALK Al jLxiiii
The men making the charge# were all |____
employed nt H.algc* A O'Hara^ (ur- ;LEW KIMBALL PALM
!K.ntfne farm and lumber camp, Buffalo} * * *
Burviil U charged with holding Ed- GARDEN.
per day.
The Jury I* now considering tho
ease* of peonage against John I>.
Lynch, at Fairbanks, Fla.: Edward
Citlger, Indian Springs, und one other
against a defendant named Clayton.
THE DELICIOUS QUAIL
’onvplnu IS NOW IN SEASON. TRY
ONE TONIGHT AFTER
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