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LOFTS HERE NOT SAFE EO FOB "FAKE FIRE” Chief Wouldn’t Attempt “Ob ject Lesson” Such as New York Department Plans. •■There are loft buildings in Atlanta todat "here even a false alarm of fire „ould result in many belner mangled or ki HPd ■ said Fire Chief Cummings this morning. commenting on the plan of lofe ph Johnson, fire commissioner of York and former Atlanta man. to have a big 'Are prevention” day. I would hesitate to have a fire alarm given In any place In Atlanta, other . ;>an the public schools, without first giving the occupants of the building warning of what was to be done. •There are many loft buildings in Atlanta where terrible loss of life would ensue If fire should break out during the day when the occupants are at work. ■■lt' s all a matter of education. Even the New York department did not be gin to consider education as a fire fighting factor until a few years ago, antl now that Is the chief thing they do If You get the owner of the build ing to thinking, half the battle is won. TVe are taking the educational side ,ip and are doing great good with it, hat I find that city ordinances en forced by the building inspector and ,-hiPf of the fire department are doing more good than anything else. Just now. We can enforce them, and education takes such a long time. Improvement , Imperative in Atlanta right now, so we must take drastic steps first and do the educating part afterward. Fire Prevention Day Not Po ß sib'e. I would like to see Atlanta have a fire prevention day also, but a. lot of improvement must be effected before we can do anything of the kind. We've got to get the owners behind us, and until we do that we can really do nothing.'' Governor Dix. some time ago. an nounced that October 9 should be fire prevention day throughout the state of New York, and Joe Johnson immediate ly decided to make an example of one of the larg f factory buildings in the city—a place where 3,500 persons are employed. 'Che building has its own fire department and every modern safe ty accessory. The "fake” fire will be an object lesson, and one which Com missioner Johnson expects to do much good. "That plan shows Joe Johnson is a sure enough level-headed fire commis sioner.” said Chief Cummings. "Ob ject lessons are worth a lot, and it should prove to be of a lot of value to the fire department. He’s right in thinking that a 'fake' fire under ideal conditions would be an object lesson worth more .than placards and legisla tion.” SECOND VENIRE OF 350 IS DRAWN FOR TRIAL OF ITALIANS SALEM, MASS., Oct. 2. Sheriff John son today drew the names of 350 more veniremen for services in the trial of Joseph J. Ettor, Arturo M. Glovannitti and Joseph Caruso. Only 115 remained for examination out of the original 350 "hen .fudge QOinn reopened court, and the second venire will be called as soon as these are exhausted. s believed that a third venire will have to be drawn before the jury is com olete. Ten members were still lack ing when court convened. FREE NIGHT CLASSES OF JEWISH ALLIANCE OPEN The free night classes of the Jewish a ' ance have been opened with a large •tendance. There are four graded '■asses, with competent teachers In • 'targe. During the last season a num ber of persons availed themselves of "PPortunity of receiving a thorough 'raining in the English language and history, geography, arithmetic and r branches. The teachers of the l-.nglish classes this season are the fol ding: Mrs. S. G. Foote, Miss Me n Fetbelman, Miss Bertha Montag, s Osna Bernstein and Miss Ruth '• new feature of the alliance work 1e classes in stenography and book- • I'ing, about to bo opened. The '•asses will be taught by Miss Annie lennenbaum and Henry Koplin, both experienced and competent, and a large ■ilment is expected. PEEKABOO SKIRT COMING: SHOWS LEGS TO KNEES ■ L\\ \ ORK. Oct. 2.—The peekaboo : showing; the wearer's legs to the ,he latest Parisian fashion, ’ XA: ' l soon be seen In this country. 1 ording to Lady Duff-Gordon, the fa toous designer. TRIPLETS’ WEIGHT LESS THAN 6 POUNDS. TOTAL bhAV YORK, Oct. 2.—Triplets whose "KKiegai.-. weight j ess lhan poun< |s ve been torn to Mrs Dora Moschen vt this city. \ia U , RTH DISASTER DEATH °‘’ t ' - -Chief Gunt 'i.riret U ’ ' ‘a-Wford, who wits I “ l, ie explosion esterdav or. . "I ' • destiojsr Walker, died on ■ ito-Nutol ship Solace toda\ His . h made the fourth as a result of ■' accident. “SUNNY JIM" WELL AGAIN. -At'tN. coNX. Oct. •_■ Having tom the attack of neu-itis »■ h ..J'— B-’h today for his Dixon, Oldest Poster in Dixie, Sighs for the Stars of Bygone Days SEES BILLBOARD BEAUTIES REFORMED so Jr . J '*■ -rx y*?s "t / s ib3r • - ■—- /MBk. >. m?- tJI • • ; • \ JMhi w ) fl I gz Ujjl ; MISS GERTRUDE HOFFMAN. aWatlwem / MISS BILLIE BURKE. Recalls Time When Lithographs Looked Like Ad for Hosiery Store Opening. "Actors? Sure, I ought to know them. Haven’t I been sticking up their paper for 30 years? I've posted them all from Booth down to vaudeville acts. 'But have 1 seen them act? Foolish question, son. I’ve seen them all. There wasn’t a show I missed in the old days, and when I wasn't out in front I was at the back, standing in the wings. And I’ve seen some great people in my day.” Robert E. Dixon was talking, the oldest billposter in the South, perhaps. He was sticking bills when Patti’s voice was fresh, when Keene, as the limping Richard, held thousands under his spell; when Booth and Salvini and Fanny Davenport played at the old De- Give opera house. He is still posting portraits of players on the same old corners, though most of hfs favorites have taken their last curtain call. Dixon was inclined to think the bill posting business had been uplifted of recent years. Billboard* Are Cleaner. “They can talk about the stage being on the bum with these two-men-and-a woman plays,” he remarked. “But the billboards are cleaner than they used to be. Not so many tights. Why, I re member the time when a real good cor ner looked like a spring opening show window In a hosiery store. No. that wasn’t in the real old time, you might say. It was after "The Black Crook” and that sort of show commenced com ing along. Some of the bills in those days were enough to make a real nice man duck down a side street to get by. I haven’t noticed any scarcity of tights in these musical shows, but there are not so many on the billboards. I don’t know whether it’s because there’s no use for picturese with so much silk stockings on the sidewalks, but It might be. The fashions these days are some thing strange to me.” It Is not as a billboard artist that Dixon shines, however. He is a critic with ideas of his own on plays and players. And. contrary to most veteran theatergoers, he does not think all the good acting passed with Florence and Jefferson and their contemporaries. But lie confesses that he doesn’t enjoy the plays of today as he did the famous o ! d tragedies of a few decades ago. "That old DeGive opera house had the very best.” he said, “it's the Bijou now. and considered a little house, but it. was big enough for Atlanta in those days, though many a time people sat up all night to buy tickets and thou sands were turned away. Keene the Greatest Richard. “1 guess Booth and Lawrence Bar rett, when they were together, was the greatest one show in my recollection. But when Joe Jefferson anil William Florence played The Riva is,' with Mrs. Drew as Mrs. Malaprop. it was a wonderful east. Keene was the great est of all the Richards. “It's hard to say who was the great est act ess of those days. I believe I'd sat Fanny Davenport, though perhaps I couldn't judge Rcrnh • dt so well, fo’ site |i’;n.ii in l-'ri’i. Rut Daven port's I'bopat r:x was wono<rful. There THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1912. t \ 5 .■> . Robert E. Dixon, oldest billposter in South, who has seen billboard beauty styles reformed from the scantiest of apparel to the very proper indeed. were many splendid women. Did you ever see Clara Morris? Did you eve" hear of Patti Rosa, the., comedienne? She was a tremendous favorite. We didn’t have vaudeville, of course, but we had extravaganzas like Rice's Evangeline, with plenty of what we called variety in them.” But there is one of the moderns to whom Dixon gave unstinted praise who lives in the memory of even young At lantans. Richard Mansfield, the strange genius whose "Peer Gynt” was his last Atlanta role. Remembers Old Irish Comedians. “Mansfield was the greatest of them all, in repertoire.” said the old critic. "I saw him In everything lie ever played. I think. Do you remember his Beau Brummel?’ Did you ever see the role which.made him famous in a night, Baron Chevrial in 'A Parisian Ro mance?’ Ah, he was a wonderful actor. "But when I was a youngster tt was the lighter shows that made me hap piest. There eyas old Scanlon, the Irish comedian. Chauncey Olcott followed in his footsteps, bu tie could never fill Scanlon’s shoes. And the minstrels! They were the boys T loved. There were Primrose & West, and Thatcher, and old George Wilson. Minstrels were bigger things in those days than now. Primrose is still dancing, and dancing well, and Wilson was here not long ago. I sat and watched him every day, not because he was so clever now, but be cause I loved him. There were min strels in those days who drew great salaries. "No, 1 can’t say the really good act ors of today are not as good as the old timers, but, we don’t see them in the great-old tragic roles and it’s hard to make com i>arisons. it was Richard HI and Richelieu, and Marl, Antony then, and the star tragedians played them one after a'loilo . and we could uhoose between them with better Judgment They don't seem to care f<n the old plays any longer." NEW POSTMASTER AT EASTMAN. EASTMAN. GA.. Oct. 2. C 1,. Ben nett, who was appointed postmaster at this place about two weeks age, ;■ now in charge of the ..ffiie Mr Kennett will tie .assisted be W S Wain, assistant postmaster: Mi-s Lilly Ma< Goolsby. 1111’111 ■ order clerk, and T r Waite, gen eral delivery and mailing clerk FINDS THE WOMAN HE IS “LOOKING FOR” IN WALES WILKESBARRE, PA.. Oct. 2. After searching one year for a wife, William J. Thomas, aged 75 years, a widower, of Grand Tunnel, has found one of his liking, but he has to go out of the country to get her. He is going just as soon as he can dispose of his property. Thomas advertised for a wife be cause he said he was lonely and be cause he was forced to eat his holiday meals at home. His “ads" brought him replies from ail over the country and from a few foreign climes as well. None of the women seemed to meet his re quirements. His last mail, however, brought him a letter from Cardiff, Wales, and this woman just suits him, so he says. WANT A GOOD GLASS EYE? OFFICER HAS 2.659 TO SELL CHICAGO. Oct. 2.—-Who wants a glass eye? t'nited States Marshal Lu man T. Hoy will dispose of 2,650 arti ficial eyes at public sale, pursuant to an order of I’nited States Judge Car penter. entered this morning. The eyes were seized by customs in- | speetors in the Geneva Optical Corn- I pany’s stole, at 37 South Wabash ave nue. B (’. L. Schulze, whom the cus toms authorities alleged smuggled the 1 eyes through the port of New York, 1 was prosecuted criminally for failure ’ io pay duty on them. DEMAND FOR LABORERS NOW GROWING SERIOUS■> i PITTSBI’RG, PA.. Oct. 2. For the first time in its history, Pittsburg is i payinc out S 1.000,00(1 a day in wages. I This was announced yesterday at the 1 clearing house. The reason is the pres- ’ ent remarkable activity in industrials. ' So serious has the labor famine be ; come that employers are stealing men from business rivals. This Is a misde meanor under the laws of Pennsylvania. I and during the week two suits wort ! filed against employment agents ,v h" i took workmen from one rival concern 1 to another. , NEW NORMAL TO OPENJANUARY I Faculty Members for State In stitution at Valdosta Are Chosen by Trustees. VALDOSTA, GA.. Oct. 2.—The boaid of trustees of the South Georgia State Normal college in this city has de cided on Thursday. January 2. 1913. as the date for opening the college. The matriculation fee for Georgia pupils will be Sin. For pupils from other states there will be a tuition fee of sso in addition to the matriculation fee. Board in the dormltorj will be sl2 per month. Valdosta pupils for the train ing school will be charged $2.50 per term, and classes in the training school will be limited to fifteen pupils. The following members of the fac ulty have just been elected: Pedagogy, J. M. Gulliams, Ocilla. Ga.; mathematics and science, J. F. Wood, graduate of Columbia university, re cently of Nashville. Ga.; English and history, W. J. Bradley. Barnesville, and Miss Elizabeth McElreath. Atlanta; English and Latin, E. L. Brimb' iry, Al bany; agriculture and manager board ing department. J. E. Creel, College Park. Ga.; art and manual training. Miss Frances Ruth Carpenter, Elber ton. Ga.. now of Columbia university; nature study and geography, Mias Alice Prlckard. of State Normal and Indus trial college at Columbia. Miss., now at I’niversity of .Chicago; school of music. Miss Gladys Norton. Marengo, III.; su perintendent of the training school. Miss Lillian Rule. Knoxville, Tenn., for merly of the Milledgeville Normal col lege; matron, Mrs. R. H. Patterson, Wrens. Ga. The teacher of domestic science and art and two training teach ers are to be elected later. Professor R H. Powell is president. GAME ROOSTER PECKS OUT EYES OF BOY. AGED THREE PITTSBL’RG, PA., Oct 2. The fe rocity of a Game rooster here cost lit tle Johnnie Charles, aged three, the sight of Ms eyes. The boy was playing in the yard at his parents' home in Lin coln avenue when the cock, which had been fighting in another yard, flew over the fence and settled on the Charles family porch. Johnnie rushed for the rooster and tried to seize it. The enraged fowl flew at the boy and knocked him down. Although the lad fought to defend himself and cried for help, the bird pecked out hfs left eye and injured the othe> so badly that the attending physician says the vision is destroyed. GIRL. 7, KILLED SAVING LIFE OF HER CHUM. 5 MN YORK, <h t 2. Margaret Turner. Wl seven. sacrificed her life tn save a five-year-old chum in Herkimer place, Brooklyn, when jumped in front of a truck to push her companion from danger. AUGUSTA CARS HUNK AGAIN Police and County Officers Pro tect Street Railway Prop erty and Employees. AUGUSTA. GA.. Oct. 2.—With po iieemen and deputy sheriffs on duty at various places in the city where trouble is likely to occur, the fir?t car that was operated here since last Friday went around the Summerville and Monte Sano belt line today. No officers were on board the ear. but two automobiles containing policemen followed closely behind. No furl her trouble of a serious na ture is expected from the street ca 1 ’ strike, although the announcement t omes from Savannah that < 'olonel tt'l.eary is ready to bring troops here at moment’s notice. All persons who ate found molesting the cats will be arrested and turned over to the military authorities. Mayor Thomas Barrett, of Augusta, and Sher iff John V. . t.’lark, of Richmond county, today issued a joint proclamation that street can service would be resumed under protection of city police and county officers, acting under military direction. Mayor Barrett today seeeived a tele gram from Chai man Knapp, of the in terstate commerce commission that the Krdman mediation act can not apply to the Augusta strike situation. Troops Warned Before Shooting AL'GI ST.A. GA., Oct. Witnesses here in the eourtmartial of Captain Thad C. Jowitt testified at the morning session of the court today that the troops gave warning before they shot. Rvidence was submitted corroborating statements of witnesses yesterday to the effect that Captain Jowitt fired the first shot with his revolver and that then there eame a volley from the men. The eourtmartial is expected to con tinue its sessions during the afternoon and tonight. O’Bear Says Augusta Is Far From Peace Adjutant General Obear .returned f’ im Augusta today, where he went Monday night in order to be on hand when the eourtmartial was organized for the trial of soldiers implicated in the killing of three men in line of mili tary duty last week. Genera] Obear reports the situation in Augusta quiet, but far from settled. He thinks it may be necessary to keep the militia on guard there several days yet. FORMER BUTTS ORDINARY SUCCUMBS TO APOPLEXY JACKSON, GA.. Oct. 2.—Stricken with apoplexy while returning to his home, after a business trip to Atlanta, Judge J. F. Carmichael, former ordi nary of Butts county, and one of the best known men in this section, is dead here. He was found In a serious con dition on the streets near the Southern railway depot and died within a few minutes after being carried to the office of the Jackson Oil Mills The funeral was at 2 o'clock this aft ernoon, with interment in ,this city. Judge Carmichael is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. Mrs. H. S. Rowland, of Decatur. FOOTPRINTS CONVICT HIM; THIEF WALKS ON BIBLE CORT WORTH. TEXAS. Oct. 2 -His footprint on the dusty cover of a Bible sent William Hargraves to the state penitentiary for two years at Denton. He robbed the store of W. W Pruitt, of Roanoke, last March. Mr. Pruitt discovered the footprint, which corresponded with the -hoe of Hatgraves, who had bought a new pair at the Pruitt store. BUTTS COUNTY FARMER SHOOTS SELF TO DEATH JACKSON. GA., Oct. 2.—A. H. Col well, a prominent young farmer of Butts county, was found dead near his home today. Ho had a pistol in his hand when found and a coroner's jury re turned a vet diet of suicide. He is sur vived by a wi.'e and three children. No reason is gl en fpr the act. FELDER CALLS TALLULAH COUNSEL FOR CONFERENCE Attorney General Felder has called a meeting of the attorneys who will as sist him in the Tallulati Falls hearing for Friday of this week in the eapltol. It Is the purpose ofi the attorney gen eral to proceed immediately to the test of the state's rights in Tallulah, as di rected under a resolution passed by the last legislature. Not made by a Trust, but by an independent Com pany producing a better quality Baking Powder and selling it at a popular price, i lb. >oc.- .’, ib. ioc.- .' 4 lb. 5 a Sold by all good Grocer*. Insist on having it. MOM WAG HAS BEGUN Troops Clash on Border—Bul garian King in Command of Allied Armies. LONDON. Oct. 2.—-War has already begun in the Balkans, according to re ports which reached London today from the continent. These stated that the Bulgarian army had crossed the Turk ish frontier and that fighting had also occurred between Turkish and Mon tenegrin troops. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has been chosen c.oinmander-in-chief of the united Balkan armies and the genera! belief was that he would not begin hostilities without giving the powers full notice of his intention. England has originated a plan by which to prevent war. It is to forbid loans by any of the powers to the Balkan kingdoms. It is believd that without such loans the small kingdoms would not attempt to wage war. This plan has been favorably re ceived by all except Austria and Rus sia. and the negotiations have reached a. deadlock on account of the attitude of those two nations, wh'e'n might gain largely from any Balkan war. Kings Confer On War Situation VIENNA, Oct. 2.—Emperor I'rancis Joseph, of Austro-Hungary. and King George, of Greece, held a i .ng confer ence'at the Hotel Bristol this after noon. It i- believed to have related to the Balkan situation. King George arrived here today en route from northern Europe to Athens. Shortly after hfs arrival. Count Von Berehthoid. the Austrian foreign minis ter. and the Bulgarian minister to Austro-Hungary called upon him for a consultation. It is believed that the conference related to the reported prep arations in Athens for announcement of the formal annexation of Crete, a for mer Turkish island, by Greece. With seven separate armies being mobilized in the Balkans. Turkey, Greece. Russia and Austria, the war situation in southeastern Europe today reached its most acute stage. The se riousne-s of the situation was reflected in the continental bourses, which were feverish and depressed. M hile the foreign office had no con firmation of news reports that fighting had begun and that a joint ultimatum had been presented by the Balkan states to Constantinople, nevertheless the reports were accepted as true. I hese were followed by another re port that the Turks had seized a Greek merchantman off Salonika. A Sofia telegram said that the Turk ish government had commandeered all trains running on the line between Con stantinople and Adrianople for the use of troops. Brilliant Turk Made Commander •CNSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 2.-Abdul lah Pacha, next to Envoy Bey, the most brilliant soldier in Turkey, todav appointed commander-in-chief of the Turkish forces in the Balkans. At the same time it was announced that after an all-night ses ion the cab inet had decided to refuse to release shipments of ammunition to Servia which were held up by Turkish au thorities. Seizure of the 52 Greek ships in the Black sea and the Golden Horn for use as transports has begun. Turkish Troops Fire on Servians BELGRADE. SERVIA. Oct. 2.—Turk ish troops have invaded Servian ter ritory and fired upon unoffending Ser vian subjects, according to the war minister today. The war minister made the public declaration that Turk ish troops had fired on the town of Rashka and the inhabitants are fleeing in fear of their lives. This announcement created tremen dous excitement here. BEATEN NEARLY TO DEATH IN FIGHT OVER A WIDOW WILKESBARRE. PA.. Oct. 2.—ln a fight over a woman's love. John Shuran was so badly Injured lasl night that he is expected to die and Martin Marks is in Jail awaiting the outcome of Shu ran's injuries. Both Shuran and Marks w re enamo ed over Mrs. Mary Adams, a widow. Shuran called at the house last night and on his way home was attacked by three men and beaten with steel knuck les. He was left on the road in a dying condition. On his statements Marks was arrested. Marks denies the charge. 3