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Continued From Page 1. "*° I* if-*-**or Moore at Georgian 'IVr Hotel.*' , n Thr report then Mays: Air. Von Herrmann wa» subsequent- somewhat surprised to learn from „ Piofessor F. J. Wajz, Louisville, that Professor Moore whs not arquuini**d with Professor Unman, but desired to be next to film at tlm hotel b»* ■. i^i-use h»* (Professor Liptnuii) is o 5®o8e friend of Mr. Woodrow Wilson, ^^ffofessor Moore desired to invite Pro- Xassor Lipman to the banquet t<> the labor people, but Profesynr ('<»x ad vised against It.” The convention of eat her bureau offic ials opened November 12, Profes- M»ir Cox, of Chicago, presiding. Suggestions Were Made, fisii“Interspersed in the proceedings were suggestions how to aid Profes sor Moore in his efforts t«» secure recommendations for the position of Secretary of Agriculture, Professoi fox being especially emphatic lhat we should not allow th$ fact that Professor Moore is not a college man to disturb us. "After the adjournment of the meet ings the efforts of all the men with •wijum Mr. Yonllerrman came in con tact were directed toward seeming letters of recommendation to tlx Pres ident-elect in favor of Professor Moor.- as Secretary of Agriculture. "At the suggestion of Professor (’ox. Mr. Lee A. Denson requested Mr. YonHerrmann to secure the favora ble Influence of the director of the North Carolina Experiment Station." «*.• At the session next da> Professor Moore read the letters he had received favorable to his alms. Mr. Cline, re ferred to 111 tlx* next extract, as was tjhe case with Professor YY'alz and Mi. Denson and nearly all others mcn- ■•med, is a Weather Bureau official Ind took par' in the convention. , "In the afternoon, as Professor Moore desired to secure the fa vorable influence of Mr. llarvb .ocean, of the Fanners' Qln and • '* *t t «>n Compress Company. Mr. (“’line and Mr. VonHerrmaiin ■-< iigbt Mi' Jordan at his offu »■ and & f w here. Not llnding him, the tv\o irnted but Mr IIar> I .|";'dan was ultimately located at tlx* fhedinent Hotel and introduced t <» P 1 -oi Moor* . Mr. .Ionian was In- vit-al in a banquet on the evening «d •I • ! Ml) and his favorable influence •• a l for Professor Moon*. The ex • ■ • u“i ' w re borne by Mr. I Cline. "Mr. C. F YonHerrmunn was un- ax'. t » kccu!> from the city <»f Al an* a or from the State of Georgia any fa vora hie recommendations." Nine Receive Advances. , Yht*re were sixteen Weather Bureau officials from other titles at the At 1: nta conference. A sample of the some of them did afterward is |iown by the copy of a letter signed j b> tlx 1 name of one of them, J. War- j i‘en Smith, of Columbus. Ohio, in Slhich he begged the recipient to write ti few words indorsing Professor 4>1t»ore. I At least nine of tlift OffU lal* a! the ®*r»ference received substantial ad- •ances in salary in January and F< b- p: try of this year. Among them an line. .1. Warren Smith and Denson. Sit is charged that Moore made an Unprecedented number of promotions ! Otter his candidacy for Secretary of Agriculture was announced. It is es timated his candidacy cost the gov ernment $25,000. ? Mr. VonHerrman said to-day lx* ^ ould not discuss the telegraphic re st u t s from Washington. 8 "The best thing i can do,” lx* said, Jfes not to talk at all.” Banquet Guest in Denial. I.wtIx r H. Still president of the At hmta Typographical Union and one of ib*' gueste at the Georgian Terrace I inquet. declared to-day that Willis oore did not. to his knowledge, use Is office and his employees to further is candidacy for Secretary of Agri- Ini tore. "The banquet at the Georgian Ter race,” said Mr. Still, "was a purely personal affair, at which Mr Moore made no reference to his candidacy. I have heard nothing of any of his sub ordinates in the Weather Bureau lay ing any ‘wires’ for him.” < >ther union men, however, were frank to sav that the dinner wa* 1 clearly a "boost" affair, but that Moore was Indorsed solely on his rec ord as a union man. Women of Mississippi Plan Suffrage Fight State Convention to Ask Legislature for Election on Right to Vote. JACKSON. MISS.. April 15. Many prominent women are here from all n :* of the State to attend tin* an nua! Mississippi Suffrage Association convention, which begins in the Sen ate chamber at the Capitol to-night. Mayor Taylor will deliver the address of welcome and Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Roydan Douglas, of New Orleans, president of the Louisiana Federation of Women’s Flubs, will make ad- dicss^s. The lirst business session will be held to-morrow morning, wan (he president of the association. Mrs. Lily Wilkinson Thompson, will make an address. The legislative committee will re port urging the adoption of a resolu tion to request the Legislature to take some action toward ordering a vote of the people of Mississippi on the ques tion of granting suffrage to women. NORTH GEORGIA REPORTS $600,000 FRUIT DAMAGE CHATTANOOGA. TEN.N. April 15. C. > Lyerh president of the First Nat onal Bank of this dty and owner of the huge peach orchards at Lver.y, Ga., stated to-day that th*> peach > .*,> in phe extreme North Georgia ,.n r.i-.f# bwn damaged to the extent of Girls Dare Burglars to Return LEGISLATORS TO FIGHT • . ♦«. MOVE TO FLOG WOMEN Rout Trio With Volley of Shots Continued From Page 1. first trip, but after that they do not Miss Annie Hollingsworth who awoke las! night to find burglar leaning over her bed. FAMILY FLEE FIRE ! Brave Attendants Defend Home for Friendless From Three Raids by Robbers. Residences of Mrs, A. Newson and C. G. Hannah, in West End, Destroyed. 'Rite family of Mrs. A. Newsom. (>.'» Beecher Street, West End, had to llee in their night clothes when their home was destroyed by fire early to day. Awakened by the roar and crack ling of flames, members of the fam ily found tlie roof falling in and the whole house filled with dense smoke. Neighbors, afoused by the fire, broke down the front door and aided in their escape. The home of B. F. Allen, next door, also was badly damaged by flames, but members of the family were awakened in time to dress and reach the street in safety. West End was the scene of still another fire shortly afterward, when "The Oaks, the handsome home of C. G. Hannah, a real estate man, was almost totally destroyed. Mr. Han nah's daughter, who has been ill for some time and was to be operated on to-day. had to be carried on her bed from the blazing structure. Miss Hannah was greatly shocked and frightened by the fire, but phy sicians declared her condition was not endangered. The total damage done b\ tlx* two fires is approximated at *15.000. J. H. PORTER TO HEAD ATLANTA ATHLETIC CLUB .1 11. Boiler will be nominated for president ami Ilenry W. Davis for vice president at the annual meet ing of the Atlanta Athletic dub to night. Mr. Porter, a well-known law yer. was elected to the vice presi dency on the resignation of \\. H. Glenn. Mr. Davis is cashier of the Lowrv National Bank The terms of Dowdell Brown. B. M Grant. Frank H. Reynolds. H. W. Davis and Coke Davis as directors expire and nominations for these ! places wiP he made. An election b> ballot will be held later to confirm nominations. -- ~ - Nearly everybeck in Atlanta -eaa's The Sunday Ar*er!-?r. YOUR ad vertisement in the ne.xt ,»«ue will sell good*. Try itl enough to terrorize any one, and I - an tell you I was scared." That’s the wav Miss Annie Hol lingsworth, of 3f.il Forrest Avenue, (le st ribes her sensations w hen she was aroused this morning about 3 o'clock to find a man standing owr her bed As a result of the experience Miss Hollingsworth is confined to her bed to-day and probably will pot recover from the effects of the nervous shock for several days. "My first impulse was to lay per fectly still a.*id pretend that l was asleep, but I could not control myself, and almost before I realized it l had screamed at the top of my voice. "I am glad now that I did. for the minute l screamed the burglar made a hash lor the stairway, and l soon realized that he was gone and that the entire family were awake"’ Screams Rouse Family. The young woman’s screams had aroused . very one in the house, and Mrs. Hollingsworth, the girl’s mother, ( ame v ery near running into the flee ing burglar as she turned to go up stairs to her daughter's assistance. Miss Hollingsworth says that the light in * he room was so dim that she could n »t determine whether the in truder was a white man or a negro but she thinks the man was white. Mr. Hollingsworth fired two shots at tlx* fleeing figure, but as the lights were bad ami the man at very long range he doubts if either took effect ll»* immediately telephoned to po lk.* headquarters, ami Dcoeilvt Hoi lingsworth, a cousin, together with Fall Officers Gantt and Davis, reach ed the scene about J o'clock. Tlx* thief managed to get away with about $7 r > in i ash and checks, a watch j v tiuod u $25. and a suit of clothes belonging to (\ (’. Hollingsworth, the young lady’s brother. Mrs Hollingsworth said she had been up a good part of the night with one of i he younger children and that she had just gotten back in bed when she head a noise in the hall and some one tried the knob on the door lending i<* hei room. The family are of the opinion that tlie burglar entered the house earlier in the night and was locked in. Miss Nellie Hollingsworth vvaV out at the theater last night, and the door was left open up to the time she returned, about 11 o'clock. # 2 POSTMASTERS FOR GEORGIA NOMINATED V ASHINGTOX April j .*» Nomi nations for t vo Georgia postmasters were sent to the Senate to-day. They are M. S. Cornett, at La w rencev ille Gwinnett Coumy, and Stephen D. ('herry, at Dona l top v! lie, D*c.i ur Two A 'ahairiH oo». mas? ei > no ui ia- \ ons v. mi in to -a o , s .I Griffin, Pullman, and Rimm. i d. Willia ms. L- ' ' , I i I of their fitness, but more likely to i* pay some political favor. Some of them rnaky* good, but they an* in th«* minority. When a good warden is found it is more or less an accident Give them permission to whip the womeif convict* as they please and tlx* public would be horrified at the i . suit -that is, if t he public ever wan permitted t«> know the circumstances.” Cochran Also Against Plan. The movement encountered another '•penny 'n State Representative R. O. Cochran, of Atlanta, who declared that lx* never had been able to recon- .die himself to tlie idea of whipping or heating a woman a> a punitive measure. He declared ills belief that •hi; mod.* of punishment has no place in dl*> iplining stubborn convict*. A* u general proposition. I am op posed to the whipping of women.” lie -aid. "li the matter should be brought io the attention of tlie Legislature, l am inclined t c* think that I would vote against any measure sanctioning the practice. '‘To my mind, It is brutal and bru talizing. I can not believe any rea- joiis exist that would induce me to liter my posit ion.” State Representative K. B. Black burn regarded as extremely danger ous tiie policy of giving such wide discretionary power in the matter ot punishment to warden* scattered about tii-* State. In his opinion, such a plan might very easily give rise to terrible abuse* and mistreatment. "Entitled to Humane Treatment.” "The sovereign power of punishing It- citizens who lefuse to obey the laws of the* Commonwealth rests en tirely in the State.” he said. "Per sonally I do not think that this sov- - reign power should be deleggied to individuals here and there who are only remotely accountable to the State. "The punitive system should be very carefully safeguarded. Other wise evils are almost certain to creep in. The iine <»f punishment should he well mapped out. No corrective measures should be used that border on cruelty. "It always should be borne in mind that a prisoner white or black, male or female -is a human being and as such is entitled to humane treatment. To be sure discipline is necessary, ab solutely necessary That makes the problem a delicate one. The condi tion* in Georgia make ii more diffi cult here, perhaps, than in almost any other State in the Union, but l am . onfident that th * solution will come without resorting to the barbarities that almost invariably accompany the free employment of corporal punish ment. "Personally. I am opposed to whip ping at all, and i can not conceive ot the need of flogging women. I real ize that they are obstreperous, but I in convinced that other methods will pn s< nt themselves of dealing with this class of prisoners. "Avoid Torture,” He Urges. "If thoF» in authority feel that there is no other way of disciplining, lei then, see that this discretionary pow- d i* w ll safeguarded. Let them be (crtain that the punishment does not bci oint* mere torture. There is a great responsibility on the shoulders < t those who ar sponsors for the old system of corporal punishment, from wnlch the world is rapidly di vorcing itself.” Characterizing as maudlin senti ment all the arguments made by the opponents of flogging, the warden and guards at the county camp claim that the "dungeon" has no terrors for the average convict under their care, and without the power to use the "leather.” as tlx* whip is common ly known at the camp, they can not handle the unruly and insubordinate negro women. Warden A. A. Mitchell and the guards claim that since the whipping of tiie women was abolished last Au gust, conditions at the camp have grown steadily worse, and that in their opinion they will not be able to properly control the women until something is done by the Prison Com mission in the matter of devising a more efficient method of punishment than that now in vogue. Dungeon Has No Terors. Although the women are scarcely able to stand and totally unfit for wank for several days after having been in the "dungeon" for from 24 to hours, the warden and guards claim that this has no permanent effect on them and that many of them do not mind it. Guard F. C. Burdette told of insub ordination which nearly resulted fa tally. lit* says under the rules the guards are not Allowed to lay their hands on tile prisoners, except in or der to protect themselves from at tack. Warden Mitchell said that in his opinion the reinstatement of the power to whip was about the only thing that would restore order in the tamp. "I'm the man that uses the leather." be said, referring to the whip. "I have been here for about nine years, and for the last three years have | been in charge of the convicts as i warden. I have handled them un der the rule which permitted of them I being flogged and under the new rule j which forbids it. and I can tell you (here is no comparison in the be- i havitir ef the convicts then and now. Tl, Women t^ead the lu.v^eon" ( I for seem to mind it in the least.” Wehn asked how long flogging had been abolished at the camp, lie said (hat tiie practice was discon tinued last August. Asked about the cause, lie replied: "Home fellow down near Columbus got a little too strong with tiie leather and skinned some of tiie women up a bit.” Think* Whipping More Human. lie said further that in his opin ion the whipping was more humane. They were never whipped on the bare flesh, he said, and that while the punishment was varied, according to the offense committed, the floggings were seldom very severe. "The fact of being whipped seems to have a humiliating effect on the women and they dread it. I believe, as much on this account as any oth er." lie said. Guard J. G. Meadows, who lias been at the camp for three years, said: "i don’t see how we are go ing to get along much longer unless something is done. Things are get ting so that every time we have to speak a word to the women, they curse and abuse us until it is getting unbearable. They know that we ran not do anything to them and they are always ready to take advantage of the fact. Whipping is, in my judg ment. tiie only way to restore order.” Guard M. J. Cook, who has been at the camp for two years and has served under the rules allowing whipping, declares that there is no comparison in the general behavior of the camp then and now. "We can't get along without whip ping them," lie said. "They are much more easily managed when they know that unless they obey they will be given a whipping. "We could begin to notice the dif ference in their behavior and their willingness to work and obey the rules very shortly after the whip was abolished. Unless something is done pretty soon to relieve the sit uation all of the guards are going to quit. We simply won’t stand be ing in a position where these women can bawl us out’ and curse us at will, without having some means of punishing them and restoring or der." Thinks Trouble Exaggerated. "1 never have been an advocate of whipping,” said Chairman Smith, of tiie County Commission. "1 regard our method of treatment as much more humane. I wouldn’t give my ap proval to a return to whipping until 1 had made a most thorough inves- 1 igation, "I can’t believe that the trouble out there is as serious as represented. If it is, the County Commission cer tainly should have been notified. There may have been a little trouble in the last few weeks, but at the last time 1 made an inspection 1 was told that the officials thought they could enforce discipline very effect, vely without the use of the lash. "15o far as the contention is con cerned that the dungeon is less hu mane. it must be taken into consid eration that at any time a woman sig nifies her willingness to obey the or ders of the warden she is removed from the dungeon. Thus tiie length of the punishment depends entirely on her. If she stays in it is purely voluntary with her.” Power of Flogging Abused. County Physician McDonald admit ted that some of tne wardens about the State had abused the power of flogging the wom.'n in their charge; that they had lashed the women on the bare flesh instead of over the cov eting of one garment as prescribed in the rules, and that the system had been productive of cruelties in a few instances, but he declared himself as favoring whipping father than 1 lv present dungeon methods. Whipping, he said, was more hu mane than throwing a woman in v ne dungeon for twelve, twenty-four or thirty-six hours. "The Legislature has got to cut out politics and maudlin sentiment and deal with this question sanely,” was the manner in which Secretary "Yan cey addressed himself to the subject. He said that the dungeon was prac tically without disciplinary effec on the women prisoners after they had been in it once or twice. Reports to this effect had come into the Prison Commission from many parts of the State. Mr. Yancey added that he was not speaking for any of the members of the commission, but only as a pri vate citizen. INJURED IN SEWER. ASKS $10,000 DAMAGES OF CITY Asserting that he was confined in a hospital for several weeks as a re sult of injuries received in a fall through an open sewer, O. M. Hub- hard has tiled suit in Superior Court against Fulton County for $10,000 da mages. Hubbard alleged that on January 8, 1013. he stepped through a sewer eye on the Peachtree Road and broke his right leg above the ankle. The injury, he asserted, caused him to spend.$250 doctors’ bills He declares he is not yet able to earn a living. The suit was filed by Attorneys Poole and Lewis. The Sunday American goes every- J • here all over the South. If you have ' anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican *s "The Market Place of the , South.” The Sunday American ii the ' h:ut ad..ituin^ medium, Georgian Is Named on Commit tee to Raise Funds to Maintain Campaign Headquarters. Following tiie plans and purposes of the National Democratic Commit tee. Chairman William F. McCombs has appointed a committee on finance, composed of leading national Dem ocrats, to assemble, funds for the maintenance of national headquarters through the entire period of President Wilson’s term, and htys notified Hon. Clark Howell, of Atlanta, of his as signment thereto. Besides Mr. Howell, the-other com mitteemen are Homer S. Cummings, Connecticut; Frederick R. Lynch, Minnesota: A. Mitchell Palmer, Penn sylvania, and Cato Sells. Texas. These are all enthusiastic party men. and will enter immediately upon the task given them. Mr. McCombs’ evident intention is to get the national headquarters open as soon as he possibly may. and io inaugurate the work of its publicity bureau without loss of tivne. The Democratic Congress, with the Presi dent. is making history rapidly now adays, and it is Mr. McCombs’ Id**., that tiie national headquarters may do a genuine and helpful service not only to the party, but to the people in seeing to it that this history is not perverted by the Republicans and tin Bull Mooseis. The headquarters will maintain a regular department of information, wherein all questions propounded will be answered promptly and truthful ly, in addition to the sending out regularly of general information con cerning the progress of events. To Mr. Howell has been assigned the Southeastern territory of the United States, and he will accept the assignment unhesitatingly He is, in point of service, the ranking - member of the Democratic National Commit tee, and knows more about its work ings than any other member. Rev, Walker Lewi?! Dies at St. Joseph's Noted Methodist Minister Had Spent Forty Years in Active Service of the Church. After a month’s illness, the Rev. Dr. Walker Lewis, prominent Methodist minister and former pastor of First Methodist and Trinity Churches, At lanta, died at 8t. Joseph’s Infirmary at 7 o’clock this morning. Dr. Lewis was G5 years old. He had spent 40 years in active service of the Methodist Church, South. He was born and reared in Wash ington, "Wilkes County, but moved early to Oartersville, where he mar ried Miss Lula Trammell. Resides a widow he left four sons, Carl, McTyrie and Dr. Wales Lewis, of Atlanta, and Linton Lew is, of Macon. Dr. Lewis had been over a wide field He had been active pastor of Methodist churches in Atlanta, Co lumbus. Macon, Rome. Americas. Nashvill?, Tenn., and Little Rock, Ark. For years lie was prominent in this State as director of the activities of Crittenden Home movement. Prior to his last illness he was engaged in raising funds for the Southern Female College at LaGrange. The funeral will be held at the First Methodist Church to-morrow after noon at 3 o’clock. Rev. H. M. Du- Bose. pastor of the church, will* con duct services. The body will be con veved to Cartersville Thursday and interred in the family plot. OBITUARY NOTICES. Mrs. Harriet Munnerlyn Binford died last Saturday al the residence of her sister. Mrs. John B. Bethea, in Birmingham. Kuneral services were held Sunday in Birmingham, and the body taken to Columbus. Ga for interment. The deceased was well known in Atlanta, where Charles Binford, a son. graduated from Tech. Mrs. Binford is sur vived by a daughter. Miss E. E. Binford, of Birmingham; two sons! Charles M. Binford. of Stamford! Ya., and R. .1. Binford. of Philadel phia; a brother, Charles .1. Mun nerlyn. of Jakin. Ga.. and four sis ters. Mrs. 1,. B. English. Mrs. ,J. A. Ethridge and Mrs. E. c. Ethridge, of Macon, and Mrs. John B. Bethea! of Birmingham. The funeral of Mrs. Nora Mullen. thirty-two .tears old, who died at her home in Center Hill yesterday, ".as held from Harmony Church to-' day. The interment will be in the churchyard. Mrs. Mullen is sarviv-ai by thiee children, J. \V. P. E. an.I Rose Mullen; four brothers. Ed, J. O., L. J. and William Mullen, ami ■ rive sisters, Mrs. Davie Norton, Mrs. Ida Norton. Mrs. Susie Morris, Mis Annie Shaw and Miss Gorda Cash. The funeipl of Mrs. Mattie Cook, aged twenty-five. IS Shelton Avenue West End, will he held this after noon a* d o'clock at Pleasant Grove Church. She is survived bv her husband, J. I,. Cook; one three- year-old boy; her father. J. c. Gay. and a brother, Haywood Gay. The funeral of Mrs. Bell Patti llo, aged thirtyenine. who died at her home. 32fi West Fourth Street, ves- terday morning at 11 o'clock, will 1 e h>ld this afternoon at 3 o'clock ,it the tesidenoe. Interment will be „t Hollywood. Mrs. T. A. Boon, aged thlrtv-two, di 1 at her home. 92 I.oveio.v Str-et, yes terday afte noon. The funeral \\ill be from the chapel this afterno i it ■' o'i lo :k ml int neat**iU w i.. Holt;, wood ! Train Riot Leads To $50,000 Suits' Two Contractors Sue Western and Atlantic Railroad for False Arrest Here Last Year. An echo of a row on December 9, 1912, on the Dixie Flyer, when a car load of negroes became Involved in a free-for-all fight, was heard in th» Superior Court this morning when A. (\ Brooks, of Birmingham, and J. 1*\ Morgan, of Live Oak, Fla., each filed suit for $25,000 against the Western and Atlantic Railroad, asserting that thfelr arrest on charges of inciting tiie riot was false and illegal. Brooks and Morgan were taking a carload of negroes to Live Oak, Fla., and Morgan asserts that he went back into their car to take care of them. The negro porter ordered him out of the car ami Morgan refused to go, whereupon, he asserts, the porter stabbed him. Then Morgan’s negroes assaulted the porter, and tin* entire car became involved in a fight. When the train reached Atlanta the railroad company caused the arrest of Morgan and Brooks. Exploding Powder, Oils, Paints Endanger Lives of Fighters. Hotel Guests Threatened. COLUMBIA, S. C„ April 15.—Fire in the heart of the retail district on the main thoroughfare of Oolumbia early to-day did damage estimated at $225,000. The Columbia Hotel, one of the old est hostelries of the city, was partially destroyed and the furnishings were ruined bv fire and water. The whole sale and retail hardware and grocery WASHINGTON, April lr,. with a formal demand from T. tiie l nited States Governtn. further steps to prevent the ,,,, by the California legislature bill detrimental to the interes.- Japanese, Viscount chinda, tin j a ... nese Ambassador, called on Presidin' Wilson after the Cabinet meeting t „. day. The Japanese told the chief pxnn. five that Tokio regards the alien land bill now under consideration in . fornia as a direct slap at Japan and intimated that it would be dangerous to the diplomatic entente of the two countries to permit the bill to become a law. Courteously, but firmly, the Pres! dent pointed out to the Ambassador that the Constitution of the United States forbids the Federal Govern ment to meddle in State government. The President promised that every thing would be done by himself and the State Department to prevent th e passage of any bill which might be considered as antagonistic to Japa nese interests or transgressing any existing treaty. The President furlher indicated that the matter will be taken to the Su preme Court, should the (’alifornn Legislature pass a bill against which Japan may enter a formal protest aft. er its passage, in order to obtain the highest possible ruling relative to the right of a f'ingle State to make laws which conflict with the treaty making rights of the Fe'deral Government and the foreign policy thereof. The question is one which seriously Involves the democratic States' rights idea, in addition to threatening se rious complications abroad. Japs Not Mongols, Cabinet Contends stores of Loriek & Lawrence, one of the oldest and largest establishments of this kind in South Carolina, were completely wrecked. The Jones Car pet Store suffered heavily from wa ter. Tiie losses are fully covered by insurance. Explosions Add to Danger. The tire was difficult to handle. The flames had gained much headway before the full fire department ar rived, being fed by powder, ammuni tion, oils and paints in the warehouse of the hardware establishment in the rear of the main building. Tiie fire started in the warehouse, and the shooting flames were thrown high \nU> ttye air by the explosion of powder, oil and paint. The firemen h'ad to work in the dark, and the heat was intense. Several thousand rounds of ammunition exploded, making the work of the firemen exceedingly dan gerous. A keg of powder exploded, rocking the surrounding buildings and shaking the ground. Fi-remen Narrowly Escape. Only by .quick orders and agility did som of tHo firemen escape death. Six men were battling with the flames in a narrow alley running between the burning building and another that had escaped wften a wall fell. They leaped just in time to escape. M. H. Jones, employed by the Southern Railway, jumped from a second-story window of the Columbia Hotel. He was unhurt. The guests of the hostelry were rushed out of the building before the flames reached the upp r floors. Practically all the women had to face the extremely bit ter air in their night attire. After a hard fight, the firemen got the flames under control about 6 o’clock. The fire was discovered about 3:2(‘ o’clock. VETERANS ELECT OFFICERS; DENNARD IS COMMANDANT A new corps of officers is to-day at the head of Joseph E. Brown Camp No. 1776. U. (’. Y. They are: Commandant, \Y. F. Dennard; first lieutenant commander, J. M. Stanley, second lieutenant commander, J. \Y\ Freeman; third lieutenant comman der. Ed Cohen, S; .; fourth lieutenant commander. J. F. Williams; adjutant and treasurer, \Y. P. Archer: chap lain, H. C. Blecher; assistant chaplain, P. H. Smith; surgeon, Dr. M. B. Tal bot; sergeant major. J. W. Garri.-on; historian, YY. A. YVasden; quarter master, J. A. Welch; commissary. J R. Jones; officer of day, B. L. Stan ley; videl t<\ E. (’. Reid, and color ser geants, YY. G. Bryant and M. F. Ma* j son. Legal Resistance Planned to Land Bill Now Pending in California Legislature. TOKIO,* April 15.—The J,;;anr? cabinet announces its intention * presenting a test case before the Fn ited States Supreme Court to p that‘Japanese arc not of Mongxli ; origin and hence should not < <•: i, der the provisions of the laud bil now pending in Die California L • iature. Tlx* bill is directed ; ar.ese as Mongoiiajis and iu'w aliens shall not own property. A joint meeting of tHo Ameri 1 and Japanese peace- societies was h**’* here to-day at which speeches wer made calculated to calm the irritatioi aroused over the bill. WHITE AND NEGRO HELD FOR COUNTERFEITING] Two alleged counterfeiters, J. (T Echols and Will Williams, a negro were brought before the United! States Court to-day to have their] cases set for trial. Echols, charged with altering ani] passing raised currency, was arrested] Sunday night in Adairsville. He had| escaped from the Atlanta police. Williams admits passing a raise bill, but claims it was passed on him! and ho did not know what lie was oo-f ing when he tried to dispose of it. | FLOWERS and FLORAL DESIGNS! ATLANTA FLOSAL CO. >; Beth Phones Number 4. 41 Peachtree! If You Are a IBasebaSi Fan, You Need a With it you can take pictures of your favorite players and catch plays, the memory of which you'd like to preserve. Wo have KODAKS in all sizes, •ft Ji 3 nsHKZM: We develop your films F' ££ MUST PAY TAXES, EVEN THOUGH AN EX-CONVICT; Because he had been a prisoner in j one of Georgia's convict camps, Frank Smith, of Haddocks. Ga.. thought n< should be entitled to certain exemp tions in respect to road duty and ’he payment of taxes. He'wrote Captain Goodloe Yancey, secretary of the Pris on Commis-ion. -to that effect to-day. 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