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SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1917
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Office West Side Main Entrance
Windsor Hotel.
THOS. E. HAM). Dentist
Commercial City Bank Building.
Telephone 363.
Aericus, Ga.
EMMETT S. HORSLEY,
Civil Engineer.
DAWSON, GA.
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ROBT. E. WHITE
Attomey-at-Law.
General Practice
Collections, Loans
Americus, Ga.
C. P. DAVIS
Dental Surgeon.
Orthodontia, Pyorrhea.
Residence Phone 316. Office Phone 818.
Allison Bldg.
J. LEWIS ELLIS
Attorney at Law
Planter’s Bank Building
Phone 830. I
Americus, Ga.
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Insurance.
Bonds.
Office Forsyth St- Phone 8M
Fighting New York’s Fires Much
Different Than In I ormer Times
NEW YORK. August 11.-The recent
national embargo on exports has
thrown New York harbor into un
kempt disorder. Long rows of tramp
steamers, freighters and ocean lin
ers crowd the docks and block the
channel. The wharves are piled with
idle cargoes; the city warehouses are
bulging with merchandise that was to
have gone to Europe, and every hour
or two another line of freight cars ar
rives bringing many more tons of such
goods.
I This crowding of the harbor has in
creased the city's fire risk about 75
per cent. Much of the cargo is ex
tremely inflammable stuff, some of it is
munitions and shipments are arriving
.so fast that there is no time to sort
the goods. Furthermore, several small
fires have occurred on the upper river
as the result of collisions, it being dif
ficult to navigate through the mass of
craft.
The city has nine fire boats for the
control of fires in the harbor, and
these are now inadequate, and the
railroads and steamship companies
along the wharves have had to form
their own fire brigades, as well as to
appropriate 143 tug boats to guard
their cargoes. New York itself, of
course, also shares this new fire risk.
Its safety depends more or less upon
the wind. If a large fire broke out
upon the wharves and the wind hap
pened to be blowing landward, the
hazard would be great, especially
since numerous munition plants and
high explosive factories would lie in
its path.
In normal times New York is one of
the greatest fire risks in the world. On
an average of thirty-five fires a day. or
1,700 fires a year occur. The greatest
accumulation of wealth in the world
must be protected, the highest sky
scrapers and the lowest slums. Hence
the New York fire department is one
of the most efficient in spite of being
the most overworked fire department
in existence.
| There are 310 fire companies, em
ploying 5,000 men. They are distrib
uted through thirteen fire districts, all
of which are responsible to one chief
executive in charge of the whole or
ganization. Fire-fighting is a different
i problem in each district, some of which
lie in suburbs of clean detached houses,
others in crowded business districts
'and congested foreign quarters. The
new physically fit recruit after suffi
cient training, is placed in a company
in the worst section of the city, for
Jiere the work is so strenuous that
only the men in best physical trim
'and with the greatest enthusiasm for
their work can make good. And even
these cannot stand the pace very Ion?.
After three or four years they have to
be removed to easier districts.
' New York has recently made some
important improvements in its fire de
partment. It is replacing its horses
i with motor apparatus for one thing—
‘a change that has brought benefit not
only to the city but to the firemen (
themselves. Housing conditions are
much better. The firemen no longer:
have to live in a stable and spend- the;
greater part of their time in perform-:
irg the work of a groom. A garage,
dees not require nearly so much room)
and in all the stations having the new:
apparatus the extra space has been
used for a handball court. Firemen are J
required ot do a certain amount of
gymnasium work every day.
Handball is extremely popular. The'
men do not have to be coaxed into
playin: it and it appears to do them'
more physical good than anything
else.
From the city’s standpoint, the up
keep of horses is a financial loss. In
these days of high food prices, it costs
$1,600 a year to maintain the horses!
of one station, while the maintenance'
of motor apparatus for the same sta-j
tion costs just S4OO. There does not ‘
seem to be any difference in regard to'
wear and tear. The fire department
thinks that horse-drawn apparatus
breaks on its way to a fire as often, if
not more often, than the motor-drawn.'
The motor-drawn apparatus typifies
the fire department of today. It is |
thoroughly modern and up-to-date in
every respect. Moreover, the fireman (
himself has changed. No longer do
you find him, large-waisted and dou '
ble-chinned, lounging on the outdoor
benches or playing pinochle in the up-|
stairs corridor in a blue atmosphere
of cigarette smoke. At least, not in ’
New York. Instead he is usually to
be found bending over a set of maps'
and a mad of white paper, laboriously
marking various facts and directions
with a blue pencil. For the modern 1
fireman is not only a fire-flshter—he
is afire preventer.
Every day cerain firemen are reliev-'
ed of their duty in answering fire (
calls to make fire inspections; that is,'
they make the rounds of all the stores,
theatres, garaics, factories and public
> buildings in their Ci t:h.t to inspect
- their qualification.-.; for resisting fire,
i There are certain laws concerning fire
■ escapes, doors leading to the outside
■ ai’d the storing of inflammable goods,
i as well as very stringent regulations
> regarding smoking in gerages f t -
> toiies. and it is up to the firemen to
• see that they are complied with. This
- inspection serves a double purpose. It
11 not only educates that fit eman with re
spect to the city’s requirements, but it
• makes him familiar with the physical
> features of his district. He knows the
- exits, trap-doors and stairways of ev
t ery building— private residences ex
; cepted. of course —he knows where
t there are pitfalls that would prove
1 dangerous at a night fire; he knows
’ how many occupants are in each build-
- ing, and where the chemical sprin?-
f lers and other fire apparatus are lo
cated.
! All of this is very important, for
I fl' e-fighting is not on unskilled profes
‘ sion, but a very scientific one. A fire
L, a disaster which requires just as
t much cool-headed thinking, courage
> ai d executive ability as a battle, and.
1 perhaps, even more technical skill. For
f example, there is a fire in a tenement
. house. The first response to the alarm
i is a hook and ladder company which
t finds the building filled with smoke
- frm a fire which is raging in the cel-
J lar. Now the first order of the chief
r of this company, before the ladder ap
-1 paratus has been touched at all, is to
i open the scuttle on the roof of the
(tenement. This allows the fire to go
ti up instead of spreading out like a
i ‘mushroom and imperiling the buildings
■ I on each side.
; I Or suppose the fire is in one of the
I innumerable stores that have side
-stairways leading to the apartments
! above. Instead of attacking from the
j front or back entrance of the store,
; the firemen start their firt fighting
from this side hallway, in order that
the fire may be kept from ascending to
the apartments above.
Various factors such as these must
be taken into account. A fire chief
has the lives of his men to think of,
as well as the course of the fire, and
his position is not always enviable,
as, for instance, when it is the life of a
Strapped child a ainst the life of one
jci’ his lieutenants. So far as courage
concerned, however, it must be said
with all possible due credit to New
York firemen that they usually do not
have to be urged to endanger their
lives for others. In the fire training
school the recruit is taught how to
save his own life, and he is taught
many other things besides which
would astonish' the average layman.
He must know building construction j
and he must learn some special
things about chemicals. Some fires
are only made worse by the application
of water and instead must be chemical
ly treated.
To this technique of fire fighting the
i firiman jalso adds his physical
strength, mental agility and courage.
■ Sometimes a life may be saved by the
■traction of a second, so that it is ab
| solutely essential ihat the fireman
■ should act quickly. A few months ago,
( for example, Richard Mangels, of
| Hook and Ladder Company No. 3, sav '
ed the lives of two men by his quick
J thinkin; and sheer nerve. Scaling'
: ladders had not been brought to the
I scene when Mangels, looking over the
roof of the burning building saw two
: men clinging precariously to the top
of the fifth floor window shutter, im
mediately beneath him. Standing on
the coping of the roof, the fireman (
braced a short w ooden ladder found,
on the roof against his legs and ex-I
( tended it out so that it rest- (
■ed against the shutter and wall of
jtbe building. Then with other firemen'
, holding him, he held the ladder in
this position by main strength long
enough for the rescued men to as
cend to the roof. The physical strain
of this lot of endurance was so severe
that the fireman afterwards fainted
and for many days carried the imprint
c,f the ladder on his body.
Mangels received a medal of honor
for this act of bravery—a distinction
(which is a great incentive to reckless
(merit among the firemen. There are
' thirteen medals of honor distributed
by the mayor each year.
| Now that the harbor has been added
to the list of bad fire risks in New
’ York, the number of volunteer fire
men has increased enormously. Thev
train just as the others do and per
form the same sort of work, but they
receive no remuneration, and if they
'are killed their families inherit noth
ing but honor. It is rcmured, how
ever, that the New York philanthro
' pists—of which there are an over
. whelming number-are on the trail of
these volunteers with additional med
als of honor.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
TRIED TO START
I TROUBLE AEAINST
■ NEIGHBOR STATE
1 DETROIT, Aug. 11 -Albert C. Kalt
schmidt was one of the first of many
alleged German sympathizers taken in
to custody on erders rent out by the
Department cf Justice at Washington
immediately after the declaration of a
state of war between the United States
and Get many. He was arrested at
Marine City, near Port Huron, April 6,
1! 17, and had been confined in the
county jail here since that time, hav
ing failed to obtain the bail demanded
o> him.
The warrant against him. read at the
time of his arrest, charged that he had
"set on foot in the United States a mil
itary expedition against the Dominion
o' Canada." Subsequently a federal
grandjury sitting at Detroit, returned
several indictments against Kalt
schmidt and twelve others. These bills
in addition, to the charge contained in
the original warrant, held Kaltschmidt
and the ethers for alleged complicity
in numerous dynamite plots. Ten ol
those named in the indictments with
Kaltschmidt were promptly taken intc
custody. The others are serving sent
ences in a Canadian prison after being
convicted of responsibility for the par
tial destruction through a dynamite
explosion June 21, 1915, of the plant oi
the Peabody Overall Company, ltd., of
Walkerville, Ont. They are Charles F
Respa, 28 years old, sentenced to life
imprisonment at Kingston. Ont., and
William Leffler, sentenced to 10 years
' imprisonment.
Leffler, wha was arrested a few days
after the Peabody explosion, charged
i i a confession the Canadian author
ities said he made, that Kaltschmidt
was the head of a conspiracy to dyna
mite not only the Peabody plant, but
the armory at Windsor, Ont., and many
ether Canadian factories and bridges.
Leffler was convicted ami sentenced
August 13, 1915, and two months later
-October 4, 1915 —an Ontario jury re
turned an indictment against Kalt
srhmidt. char ing that he was a party
to the dynamite conspiracy. Efforts
were made by he Canadian authorities
to obtain his extradition, but the Unit
ed States government held the crime
charged against him was not an ex
traditable offense.
Careful watch was kept on Kalt
schmidt by Canadian officers, who were
waiting for him to set foot on Canad
ian soil. This he avoided. Charles
Respa, however, was arrested the first
time he stepped on Canadian territory.
He was taken into custody August 8,
‘ 1915, at Bois Blanc island, a recreation
park, opposite Amherstburg, Ont, He
was sentenced to life imprisonment
March 7, 1916.
i Franz Respa, 70 years old, father of
Charles Respa, was among those indict
ec here with Kaltschmidt. as were also
bis daughter. Maria Schmidt, and her
husband, Carl Schmidt. Kaltschmidt’s
sister, Mrs. Ida Kaltschmidt Neef, and
her husband. Fritz A. Neef, manager of
a local electrical concern, also were
named in the indictments. The others
'.indicted and taken into custody, were
William Jarosch, Richard Herman, Gus
tave Steven, Gustavo 11. Jacobson, and
a man named Scholtz.
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IPPHL TO WHITE
CITIZENS TO HELP
COLORED SCHOOL
To The White Citizens of Americus
and Sumter County:
The Americus Institute will be 20
> years old the 2nd day of next October.'
i Starting 20 years ago with two teach-'
l ' ers and nine pupils in a small two
; room cottage, the institution has grown
l to consist of fourteen teachers, more
i
, than 200 students with seven depart
>' ments of instruction, four of which are
- industrial, and a campus of six sub (
1 stanlial buildings beside a farm super '
| mtendent’s home with lot, barn, etc.
s The institution has furnished all the
I high school education for negroes that
- has been provided in the county, has
i ’ taken a lively interest in the public
I ' schools of the county through rural
I
I school supervision, and is now engaged
-' in farm demonstration and boll weevil
,' campaign among the negro farmers In
i 1 co-operation with the county and the
t United States government. A trained
■ worker from Tuskegee has been em
f ployed as demonstration agent.
i : .During these 20 years, more than
> one hundred students have graduated
- from rhe courses offered, and 97% ot
; them t re still living and actively en
gaged in some form of remunerative
j labor. Through their efforts and influ
f ence the communities where they live
f and labor have been m»de better and
. the standard of living among negroes
• has peen greatly improved.
I | From the beginning, the institution
; has stood for three things: Ist, thor-
| ough high school education; 2nd, self
> help and self reliance on the part of
. the colored people themselves; 3rd,
- better relations between the races
: The record of its achievement along
- thees lines is common knowledge to
: those who have kept abreast with ne
gro education in this section. Those
. of our students who have taken higher
I courses of study have been among the
■ prize winners in some of the best negro
I , |
- colleges of the country-. The responsi
bility for the maintenance of the in-
• stitution has ever rested squarely upon '
; the shoulders of the black people. If
; there is a white person in the county '
' who is unfriendly to the institution, we'
- de not know it. We feel proud ot
such a record.
| We are glad to acknowledge the
- layal and unstinted support, moral and
> financial, that the school has received
at the hands of the many white people
; of this section.
: ■ We propose to celebrate in a befit
ting manner the 20th birthday of the
. institution. At this celebration we pro
i 1 pose to raise among the friends of the
' school SIO,OOO. About one half of this
' amount is to be spent for a farm on
| which to teach practical agriculture
and the balance will be used in paying
' off debts and making some needed im
'piovcments. I therefore most earn
estly appeal to the white citizens of
Americus and Sumttr county for a
birthday gift of SI,OOO to be presented
at a special exercise held for the oc
casion. In my judgment .there is no
manner in which a similar amount of
money could be expended that would
bring richer results to our city and
our section of the state. It would help
! to prove to a restless negro population
( the interest which the white people of
l this section have in them. It would
: hedp to refute the oft repeated declara
tion that the Southern white people
are opposed to education for negroes.
It would inspire confidence in the
philanthropic boards of education of
the country respecting the worth and
character of the institution. It would
encourage the gradually growing group
of friends, without the state, who
make annual contributions to its sup
port. It would inspire the ne ro sup
porters themselves tc greater endeav
or. Finally, whereas the institution is
now spending above $15,000 a year in
the city, it would help to open the way
for obtaining three times as much to
ibe distributed here annually. Our rec- ’
(ord in your midst is an open book. Our
appeal is before you; and we must
earnestly urge your hearty co-opera
tion. Respectfully,
M. W. REDDICK, Principal. ■
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