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TilK ATLANTA OKORGIAX AND NKWS THURSDAY. APRIL 24.1913.
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I, Investigation Is to Follow Failure of Apparatus BUST;
Johnson Charges U. S. With Set
ting Precedent in Barring
Aliens. •
Winsome Sarah Allison and sturdy (ieorgie Thorpe (just a i
wee hit lired), and their dog, Jinx, resting up after the Forrest
Avenue tire, of which they are happy survivors. A probe lias been ’
begun into charges that bad hose caused delay ihat cost theirj
homes. Four dwellings were damaged by the blaze.
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SACRAMENTO. April 2 4.—Gov
ernor Johnson issued the following
statement this morning:
“We will be glad to welcome Mr
Bryan on his arrival. While the
Legislature very properly maintained
the right «*f the State to legislate or.
land bills, a matter clearly within its
Jurisdiction I am sure there is no dis
position to encroach on international
functions.
Wouldn't Affront Japan.
“We would not wiliingiy affront the
dignity of Japan, nor offend its pride
Rut what shall be said of the propo
sition that a great State. Itself an
empire of possibilities greater tnan
those of inoj-r nations, shall be halt 1
from the mere consideration of a leg
islative action admittedly within ts
Jurisdiction by the protest of a for
eign power?
‘ Admittedly California has a right
to pass an alien land bill.
No one suggests that such a bill
should in terms describe the Japanese.
Following U. S. Lead.
'It has been suggested that such a
law in California ahall follow the dis
tinctions which are already an un-
L\rotested part of the law and policy
A\ the United States.
K&Vrhe nation has solemnly decreed
jyL-1 certain races, among whom ate
IB / Japanese, art? not eligible to citi-
jP Aship. The line has been dra vn
•iJt by California, but by the United
States."
Japan’s Premier
Sure of Justice.
TOKIO, April 24. Full faith in
American justice was expressed here
to-day by Premier Yamamoto on the
returns between Japan and the Unit
ed States over the anti-alien land bill
pending in the California Legisla
ture. He declared the relations must
remain peaceful and deplored the
hasty and ill-advised utterances of
hot-headed “Jingoes."
“f have every confidence." said lie,
"that American citizens, both official
and unofficial, will demand no dis
crimination against the Japanese
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and that all matters can he adjusted
to the satisfaction of both countries
and in a spirit of true Justice. '
Baron Nobuaki Makino, Foreign
Minister, said he was satisfied the
outcome of the diplomatic corre
spondence on the anti-Japaneses bill
would be satisfactory to all concern
ed.
Californian Says
Alien Law is Not Needed.
WASHINGTON. April 24. That all
the precautions may be taken by the
administration to avoid precipitating
a season of strained diplomatic re
lations with Japan over the alien land
laws in California are "unnecessary
and inexpedient," is the opinion of
John P. Young, a Han Francisco
editor
“There is not the slightest danger,*'
lie says, “that tlv Japanese will be
come owners of unf dent land to be
come a menace to the peace and wel
fare of the State. They are not
swarming in. The white immigration
more than offsets them. The pend
ing legislation could bf* postponed
with benefit to all concerned"
Actress Says Girls
Here Are Prettiest
Carrie Webber. Noted for Costumes.
Also Declares Gowns at Opera
Her Envious-
Miss Carrie Webber, who is ap
pearing this week at the Lyric, said
to-day that her glimpses of grand op
era festivities had convinced her that
Atlanta has the prettiest girls in
America.
“i have always heard of the attrac
tiveness of Southern girls, and, as
I am not at all a stranger in Atlanta,
have been myself among their most
ardent admirers. But l surely have
been surprised at the feast of beauty
spread before Atlanta this week. And
the gowns! They make me envious.
New York itself could make no more
dazzling display."
At that, when it comes to gowns.
Miss Webber should worry—as any
one who has seen her this week will
grant.
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DECATUR
ITS EDUCATIONAL
ADVANTAGES
A SECOND XKW Public School Building, costing ap
proximately $'25,000, will be erected m Decatur before Sep
tember The site lias been bought, plans have been ac
cepted by the Board of Education, and work will be begun
in a few days. This is the SECOND new public school
building erected in DECATl'R in three years, made neces
sary by the growth of population from 2,400 in 1010 to
about 3,600 to-day.
For the past year DECATl'R lias operated a public
IlHill SCHOOL of three grades. Beginning in September
there will be added a FOURTH 111(111 SCHOOL grade,
making it so that boys and girls may be prepared in DE
CATUR for the best college and universities in the United
Slates and for LIFE ANYWHERE.
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
Crows steadily by every standard by which a great wom
an's college is judged. To-day it ranks among tile first
educational institutions of America.
BESIDES, residents of DECATUR enjoy all the edu
cational advantages of ATLANTA, with which it is closely
connected b\ TWO ELECTRIC LINES, (leorgiu Railroad,
TELEPHONE and DRIVEWAYS
SEND FOR BOOKLET
DECATUR BOARD OF TRADE
DECATUR, GA.
BELL PHONE DECATUR 148 WEEKES BUILDING
Lives Endangered in Night Blaze
in Forrest Avenue—Sick Wo
man Barely Rescued.
Charges that hose used by thg fire
department is rotten; that it required
ten minutes to get tile central tele
phone station, and that a fire alarm
box failed to work, will be investi
gated to-day following a blaze on
Forrest Avenue this morning, in which
four dwellings were damaged and a
number of lives imperiled.
One line of hose, playing a stream
on the home of Charles R. Allison, at
176 Forrest Avenue, burst twice with
in a few minutes and allowed the
flames to get uncontrolable headway,
according to eyewitnesses.
10. H. Wright, of 152 Forrest Ave
nue, said to-day that he was on the
scene when the hose burst both times
and that for fully half an hour there
was only one stream of water.
Hard to Get Operator.
Allison, whose sick wife was res
rued from the burning house by only
the narrowest margin of time, said
t!u* hose burst once.
Policeman (iruint declared to-day
that it took him more than seven min
utes to get the central operator. Other
policemen said that they were ten
minutes in arousing the operator.
1. K. Kenan, owner of the Allison
residence, lived next uoor to them and
said that the delay of the fire depart
ing in arriving caused the greater
yharo of the loss. The fire alarm box
diti not register, lie declared.
This circumstance, combined with
the alleged delu> in getting central,
was responsible for the fire getting
beyond control, lie said.
Captain Terrell, of the fire depart
ment. admitted that one piece of hose
burst, but said that it was guaranteed
for only three years and had been in
use that long or longer.
Three Dwellings Ruined.
The houses which were damaged by
tlie flame** were those of Allison, at
176 Forrest Avenue; I. K. Kenan, at
174 Forrest Avenue; Mrs. Annie
Owen, at 178 Forrest Avenue, and J.
C. Owens, of Bedford Place. The last
residence is only slightly damaged.
A young negro woman was probably
fatally wounded by a bullet which
was fired in a. fusillade of shots to
alarm the neighbors. She ran to h^r
window at 24 Fairfax Street just in
time to get the missile in her breast.
Mrs Allison, who is the mother of
a 4-week-old baby, is recovering from
the shock of her terrifying experience.
She was carried from the burning
building by her husband and swooned
when she reached the street, it was
necessary to call a physician to treat
her.
The crowd which gathered about
the burning structures was alarmed
for a few minutes by the cry that
Mrs Allison's baby was still in the
house, bu tthe Infant was found safely
shortly afterward. It had been carried
out by Miss Louise Marsh, who
roomed in the Allison home. She had
given it in charge of a neighbor while
she returned to get some of her be
longings. and because of this no one
knew for a time what had become 3f
I the child.
Hose Reported Rotten.
| Reports have reached the Mayor
that as soon as the water was turned
on some of the hose ripped open like
I wet paper and seriously interfered
with the work of the firemen in try
ing to cheek the flames that totally
destroyed the Allison home and two
j adjoining residences.
These reports bear out the evi-
| dence 1 have obtained, that no tests
j of the efficiency of hose in the de
partment are made and no record of
the guarantees kept." declared Uie
Mayor.
“Up to two years ago the hose pur-
I« based by the department was guar-
i anteed to stand a pressure of 400
pounds for five years. The hose
bought now has a three-year guaran
tee. From dooumentar> evidence I
have obtained I can prove that the
important matters of tests and guar
antees have been ignored.
> ' There is no telling how much rot-
j ten hose a thorough investigation of
our Fire Department might reveal"
Fire Chief W. 1>. Cummings said
I to-day that it w as not defective hose
| that > aused the bursting, and that
I the break did not occur until the
! fire virtually was out. He said the
I hose burst oe« ause of kinks, made by
• ic bdng wrapped around a tree.
1 Mis Allison-was the first to see
the fire, noticing the reflection on the
window's of neighboring houses. She
awoke tier husband, who wrapped her
quickly in a blanket and carried her
from the house to the home of a
neighbor across the street. She war?
placed under the care of Dr. O. M.
Matthews, of 23 Highland Avenue,
and is in a critical condition.
Their two-year-old daughter was
hastily rescued, and a moment later
Miss Marsh appeared with the baby.
Charles. The occupants of the other
houses escaped without mishap. The
negro woman, Sally Jones, was taken
to Grady hospital. She is not ex
pected to live.
Committee Reopens
Probe of Fire Department.
With the postponement of the in
vestigation of Alderman John E. Mc
Clelland's graft charge until Tuesday
afternoon, the probe of the Fire De
partment again commands the center
of the stage of city political affairs.
J. H. Harwell, chairman of the inves
tigating committee, is expected to call
a meeting to-morrow afternoon to re
open this investigation.
M* yor Woodward will present con
siderable new evidence. Thomas Rey
nolds, the mysterious man form Bal
timore, and others have been busy
for more than a week collecting addi
tional evidence bearing particularly
on the purchase and upkeep of hose.
Declares Chief Must Go.
Reynolds has declared the new evl
dence will sound the political doom of
Chief Cummings.
After a conference with Mayor
Woodward, looking to the purchase of
| an automobile lire engine for the new'
Tenth Ward station, the Board of Fire
i Masters lias advertised for bids.
Hoke Smith Doesn’t
Think $20,000 Too
High for Ty Cobb
Pores Over Star's Contract and
Big League Laws to See if
‘Trust’ Exists.
High Death Toll in Pennsylvania
Shaft Laid to Owners Refus
ing Federal Aid,
FINLEYVILDE, PA., April 24.—
That the Mononcahela River Consol
idated Coal and Coke Company’s ef
forts to minimize the extent of the
Cincinnati mine disaster here, which
resulted in tne loss of at least 100
lives, probably caused a heayier death
toll-than there would have been oth
erwise was the report being investi
gated by Coroner James Heffran to
day.
T. M. Johnston, attorney for Lite
mine company, after talking with
company officials, to-day issued a
statement declaring that 35 bodies
have been recovered and 85 men are
yet in the mine. The company re
fused to admit that the men yet in
the mine are dead, but place tne num
ber of possible dead at 120.
Declined Federal Aid.
According to the reports current to
day, the company was notified of the
disaster about 1 o'clock yesterday.
The officials of the Bureau of Mines
at Pittsburg offered their servic2s
about 3 o’clock, at d. according to the
officials, could have had a mine res
cue car on the scene an hour later.
The company’s officials, however,
declared they had heard no details r:f
the explosion and refused the prof
fered aid, saying they had a first-aid
crew which could handle the situa
tion.
Federal aid was not summoned un
til late in the afternoon, and as a
result the Government experts did n it
reach the mine ltil 6:35 p. m.
No blame is attached to the Federal
authorities, but many declared to-day
that had the Government experts been
called earlier some of the men might
have been taken out alive.
Rescuers in Peril.
Rescuers worked frantically al!
night endeavoring to break through
t'he walls of debris so that the bodies
could be reached.
Outdde at the various entrances
stood hundreds of relatives anu
friends of the entombed miners, wait
ing pat ently for some word regard
ing their loved ones inside.
According to the mine foremen. 178
men were in the mine at the time of
the explosion.
An unconfirmed report to-day de
clared that several members of a gov
ernment rescue crew had bee.i over
come by the fatal gases and that one
was dead. According to the report,
the men entered the mine equipped
with oxygen helmets, but after going
some distance something went wrong
'A ith their apparatus.
General Manager George J. Schleu-
derberg. of the company, refused to
discuss the explosion or estimate tne
number of dead.
Despite efforts of Government res
cuers. the seat of the explosion hav
not been definitely determined. Nei
ther has the cause been ascertained.
Miners declared the Cincinnati mine
always had been gaseous. It was one
of the oldest in the Monongahela val
ley. It was opened 80 years ago.
For Mrs. Jackson.
Killarney roses and white stocks
formed tlie decorations* at the elabo
rate breakfast given to-day by Mrs.
Preston Arkwright for Mrs. Robert
Maddox, of Nashville. Six baskets of
these flowers were grouped around a
large plateau of Killarney roses, from
which a silver vase of Easter lilies
arose. Smilax and maidenhair fern
garlanded the table, and colonial can
dlesticks held pink-shaded tapers. Sil
ver compote?, held dipped strawberries
and creamed sweets The place cards
Virginia’s Governor
Too Ill to Come Here
Mann Will Not Talk on Lynchings
at Sociological Congress
in Atlanta.
RICHMOND, VA., April 24.—Be
cause of an operation for appendici
tis Governor Mann will not attend the
Southern Sociological Congress in At
lanta. He was scheduled to talk on
"Th<- Prevention of Lynching.” Vir
ginia’s Chief Executive has taken ex
ception to the statements of Governor
Blease. of South Carolina, on this
question.
Prominent Virginia delegates who
left to-day for Atlanta are Dr. Roy
K. Flannagan. State Medical Inspec
tor: R. (*. Stearnes, State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction; Dr. J.
T. Mastin, secretary of the State
Board of Charities and Correction:
Dr. S. C. Hatcher, chairman of this
board, and Dr. L. T. Royster, chair
man of the city school board of Nor
folk.
were in the form of musical instru
ments. Thirty-two guests were en
tertained at the Piedmont Driving
Club.
Fcr Mrs. Charles Phinizy.
Mr**. Herbert Munson entertained at
tea at the Georgian Terrace this aft*
ernoon for Mrs. Charles Phinizy. of
Athens, who is visiting Mrs. Ransom
Wright.
Last evening Mrs. Manson enter
tained a few friends after the opera
for Mrs. Phinizy.
Tea for General and Mrs. Mills.
Mrs. Albert Howell, Jr., had a small
tea this* afternoon after the matinee
for General and Mrs. Albert Mills.
To Mrs. Albert Mills.
Mrs. Norwood Mitchell entertained
24 ladies at luncheon yesterday for
Mrs. Albert Mills, the guest of Mrs.
Clark Howell.
Parent-Teacher Club, Inman Park.
The Parent-Teacher Assoc iation of
the Inman Park School will hold its
regular meeting to-morrow afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock. The patrons' and all
residents of the community interested
in the school are cordially invited to
be present. Dr. Claude A. Smith will
lecture.
Twentieth Century Coterie.
The Twentieth Century Coterie will
meet with Mrs. V. I. Masters, Kirk
wood, on to-morrow at 3:30 p. m.
For Miss Jackson.
Mrs. William D. Ellis, Jr., enter
tained ten girls at a breakfast to
day for Mrs. Robert Maddox’s guest,
Miss Eunice Jackson, of Nashville.
The decorations were of white soirea
and snowballs, with a basket of fruit
surrounded by baskets of yellow'
roses. The place cards were gold
lyres bearing the name of the guest.
Miss Bewick, Hostess.
Miss Flora Bewick will be hostess
at a grand opera box party at the
Saturday matinee, her guests to be
Misses Hildreth Burton Smith, Jo
sephine McClellan, Katherine Ellis.
»\uolyn King and Mrs. Evelyn hI
For Mrs. Lane.
Mrs. Reuben Arnold will entertal
at a breakfast on Saturday f or \t,l
Mills R Lane, of Savannah. the *n
of Mrs. Robert Alston. gu<
Miss Cowles to Entertain.
.Miss Sarah Cowles will entertain!
at tea at the Piedmont Drivlnir ri,
to-morrow afternoon for Misses "i
fey Gayle, of Montgomery; \, ... j i
Rolls, cif Haltlinore, and Bessie Win, '
of Oemopolis, Ala., who are h» r B „, !j
at tin Georgian Terrace.
Parent-Teachers’ Association,
The regular monthly meeting „f the
Parent-Teachers’ Association of th
North Avenue School will be held to”
morrow at 4 o’clock.
Bowling Party at East Lake.
Mies Margaret Nutting entertained
at a bowling party this morning at
Fast Lake for.her guest. Miss Ellen
Meehan, of Columbia. S. c. and fnr
Miss Winnie May .Hill, of Macon « !■
is with Miss Laura Wyatt. After tile
game luncheon was served on tha
veranda.
Mrs. Glover Entertains.
Mrs. Charles P. Glover entertained
eix guests at tea at the Georgian Ter
race this afternoon for her sister, .Mrs
John H. Jones, of Alabama.
For Mrs. Tobias
Mrs. Hinton J. Hopkins will enter,
tain twelve guests at bridge to-mor
row afternoon for Mrs T. J. Tobias
nf Charleston, the guest of Mrs. s s
Alexander.
Gate City Guard Ball.
The Gate City Guard will hold their
regular weekly hop in their hall at 52
Houston Street to-morrow evening
April 25.
Atlanta Woman’s Club Meeting.
The Executive Board of the Atlan
ta Woman's Club will meet to-mor
row morning at 10 o’clock at the club
house.
WASHINGTON, April 24.—"I n.n
for Ty Cobb,” was the platform an
nounced by Senator Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, when asked where he stood
| on the baseball trust.
1 want to do anything I can for my
distinguished fellow citizen. The peo-
I pie of Georgia, as well as the rest of
the country, like Ty Cobb, and they
want to see him get all he earns.
"It may seem romantic to talk of
a salary of $20,000 for a baseball star,
but that salary is an established fact
with stars of the theater. If a man
| draws the crowds that bring great
I sums into the box office, he should be
| entitled to a salary in proportion
"I have received Cobb’s contract
! and I am reading the law s of the
j organization by which he has been
employed. I don't know just yet
i whether we shall have an inquiry inio
I the workings of the oaseball trust.’’
Atlanta Is After
City Plan Congress
Delegates to Chicago From Improve
ment Association Will Extend
Invitation.
An effort will be made to land the
City Plan Conference for Atlanta in
1914. To further plan?* a meeting of
the executive committee of the At
lanta Improvement Association will
be held in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms Tuesday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock. Alec W. Smith is chairman
of the committee. The call for the
meeting was issued this morning:
The Cits Plan Conference has de
veloped into one of the strongest and
livest organizations hi the country.
Should Atlanta succeed in landing
next year’s convention it would bring
thousand?* of visitors and delegates.
Delegates will be named to repre
sent Atlanta at this year's conference
in Chicago.
If you have anything to sell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
gest circulation of any Sunday news
paper tn the South.
Appeal Will Delay
Wilburn-King Trial
Counsel to Fight Decision Denying
Change of Venue for Con
fessed Slayer.
MACON. GA., April 24.—Neither
Nick Wilburn nor Airs. King will go
to trial next week for the murder of
the latter’6 husband, Janies King, the
Jones County farmer. Attorney John
R. Cooper announced to-day tnat he
would appeal from the decision of
Judge Park, of Jones Superior Court,
in denying a change of venue.
Mrs. King, who is closely confined
in the little jail at Grayb, is destined
to be a mother again. She already
has six children, none over 18 years
old.
In the hearing before Judge Park on
the motion for a change of venue,
Frank Wilburn, the defendant * broth
er, swore he had heard residents of
Jones County say they would lynch
Nick Wilburn if the court did not
sentence him to be hanged. R. L.
Bradley, a grand juror, swore that his
mind was made up before he signed
the indictment.
Wilburn’s presence at the hearing
was waived, his counsel stating in
open court that he was afraid for
Wilburn to return to Jones County
unless under military protection.
“Science Not Only
Requisite for Job”
Wilson Answers Criticism of Naming
Georgia Man Director of
Census.
WASHINGTON, April 24.—Criti
cism of what has been termed a
political appointment in naming Wil
liam C. Harris, a Georgia politician,
as director of the census, prompted
President Wilson to-day to define
his attitude toward appointments to
positions demanding scientific experts
Mr. Wilson said his mind was clear
that for all positions which demand
ed scientific training alone no consid
eration should be given to political
preference in making appointments.
He differentiated the directorship
of the census from this classification.
He declared that so much judgment
as to the development and movement
of the business of the country was
involved In filling this position effi
ciently that something more than
scientific training was demanded of
the appointee.
I D you over stop to think of
the value of an I M P E R-
SOXAL executor? In the hands
of this company your estate will
he administered, and trusts
created for your minor children
will be managed in strict accord
ance with your wishes without
favor or partiality.
TRUST COMPANY OF GEORGIA
Capital and Surplus $1,800,000
| Equitable Building - - Pryor St.
■BUBHJS MliUAUM
WHEEL GOODS
"BOTTLED IN BOND” CIGAR
BILL GETS 0. K. OF TAMPA
TAMPA, FLA.. April 24.—The Board
of Trade last night indorsed the
cigar manufacturers’ proposition to
make cigars in bond just as liquors
are bottled in bond, and Florida’s
delegation in Congress is asked to
work for the measure at Washington.
Cigar buyers would know whether they
were getting domestic or foreign
goods, the manufacturers say, a3
boxes would bear inscriptions "man
ufactured in bond of Cuban (or
Porto Rican) toDacco," as the case
might be.
LITH0NIA AND WINDER
POSTMASTERS NAMED
WASHINGTON. April 24.—Nomi-
nations for two Georgia postmasters
were sent to the Senate to-day by
President Wilson. They art •
Lithonia—David P. Phillips.
Winder—William B. McCants.
Now is the time when the children want something that wall roll.
These toys give them the maximum of pleasure and the best form
of exercise. We carry a full line of these goods alS the year round.
J
Velocipedes
$ 6.50
$ 3.00
$10.00
$12.50
$15.00
Tricycles
$ 6.50
$ 9.00
$10.00
$12.00
Boys’ Wagons
f 51
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Automobiles
$ 5.00
$ 6.00
$ 7.SO
$10.00
$12.50
Gliderole or Roller Coaster
$n.5o
Hand-Gar or Irish Mail
If you have anything to sell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
gest circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South.
Auto Coasters $20.00, Bicycles $20.00 and up.
Sidewalk Sulkeys Si.50 to S5.G0, Roller Skates 50c to S3.50.
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