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10 fm0ff TilK ATLANTA OKORGIAX AND NKWS THURSDAY. APRIL 24.1913. Fire Razing Three Homes Laid to Defective Hose | jjjj [j|[ j| |||[ *!•••!• *J* • v •>•*' v*v 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. i |P< i ... U I A V 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 DOES YOUR SKIN ITCH AND BURN? Resinol Will Heal It Quickly, | Easily and at Little Cost. If your skin Holies and burns with \ j enemt or other tormenting un sightly skin trouble, simply wash the sore places with Resinol Soap' and hot water, dry, and apply a lit - lie Resinol Ointment. The itching stops instantly, you' no longer have to dig and scratch,! sleep become.’ possible, and healing; t begins at once. That is because the j soothing, antiseptic Resinol medi- 1 cation strike* right Into the surface, ’ arrests the action of the disease ) and lets the tortured. Inflamed skin j real. restoring It to perfect health ( quickly, easily and at littie cost J Resinol Soap and Resinol Olnt 1 nient are hIso speedily effective ini Seven the stubbornest cases of pim- ^ pies, blackheads, dandruff, sores anvil ) piles. Prescribed b> doctors furj ( eighteen vears. and sold by every 5 druggist in the fitted States Fo'rj ] generous sample of each, write to; > Dept 12-8. Resinol, Baltimore. Md. 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. Fl 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 00 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. KING HARDWARE CO. 87 WHITEHALL f iB9 53 PEACHTREE ti