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* • 8 THK ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 24.1912. j Fire Razing Three Homes Laid to Defective Hose %*•*! v«v v»v v • *’* • .* • v Investigation is to Follow Failure of Apparatus El ?c£ :• T o °f i 'tyson Charges U. S. With Set- Trip ^cedent in Barring j, Aliens. SACRAMENTO. April' tun* Johnson issued the ^atement this morning: .‘‘A/* will be glad to welcome Mr. ./ah on his arrival While the I NT*1*ture very properly maintained e 'Hght of the State to legislate on Winsome Sarah Allison and sturdy (jeorgie Thorpe (just a i wee hit tired), and their dog, Jinx, resting up after the Forrest J Avenue tire, of which they are happy survivors. A probe lias been begun into charges that bad hose caused delay that cost their j homes. Four dwellings wer» damaged by the blaze. tn •rr cor tor LC the whit ad bill?, a matter clearly Viodiction. I am sure there * no dis union to encroach on international notions. Wouldn’t Affront Japan. Scut We would not willingly affront, the dom* nlty * J apan, nor offend its price men jif what shall be said of the propo high ion that a great State, Itself an Ente lpire poaslbilltie* greater than ha ose mos t nations, shall be halted Mont ,m lll< “ mere consideration of a leg. era e afiVf * action admittedly within its tenet^diction by the protest of a for- ipjjrn power" \llia Admittedly California has a right evim an a,ieri land bill, bark on,i suggests that such a bill oiifd in terms desc ribe the Japanese, cour Following U. 8. Lead. pow< ihMiaa been suggested that such a hers< 4 i n California shall follow the dis- J^Setioiwi which are already an ur.- an /'tested part of the law and policy grim the United States. they T he nation has solemnly decreed com i t ^ e at certain races, among whom are for f Japanese, are not eligible to citi- A nttilp. The line has been drawn um>f 1 California, but by the. I’ffited Scut at< ‘ ? the i Aibai^an’s Premier Dehre of Justice. Art rQKIO, April 24.—Full faith in T Spoof lerican justice was expressed here ^■day by Premier Yamamoto on the .urns between Japan and the I’nit- » omr f natic ^htes over the anti-alien land bill othending in the California Legisla- ed°ti**'’ c * ec * are d the relations must rp^narri peaceful and deplored the vanc«ty and ill-advised utterances of the Ct Sh aded “jingoes.' The 0 J ^ lave ever y confidence, * said he. pres** 81 American citizens, both official tion d unofficial, will demand no dis- cous :n)i nation against the Jupancse will - Tlf war — ■ — »fOES YOUR SKIN w ITCH AND BURN?! gatlc ( parti , «i iftesinol Will Heal It Quickly,) atat C Easily and at Little Cost. r»p*‘ V° ur *kin itche* und burns with "^vMrna or other tormenting, un- 1 -pUshtly skin trouble, simply wash rjtie, sore places with Reitnol Soap| v.,,no hot water, dry, and apply a lit-. t ““t'-Rtsinoi Ointment. “be Itching stops instantly, you. " ..longer have to dig and scratch, becomes possible, and healing' elfins at once. That is because the) oothlng. antiseptic Reslnol medl-. ation strikes right into the surface, treats the action of the disease' nd lets the tortured, lnthimed skin ! esl. restoring it to perfect health 1 uickly, easily and at little cost Reslnol Soap and Reslnol Olnt- ient are wise speedily effective In 1 ven the stubbornest eases of pirn-; tes, blackheads, dandruff, sores and! fles Prescribed by doctors for! Jgrhteen years, and sold by every ■rnggisi In the Ur^ted States. For) •enerous sample of each, write to) lept. J2-S, Reslnol. Baltimore, Md. and that all matters can be 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 ail 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 San Francisco editor. “There is not the slightest danger," he says, "that til Japanese will be come owners of t."i eienl land to be come a menace io the peace and wel fare of the Stale. They are not swarming in. The white immigration more than offseis them. The pend ing: legislation could be postponed with, benefit to ail 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*convlnced her that Atlanta has the prettiest girls in America "I have always heard of the attrac tiveness of Southern girls, and, as I an not at all a stranger In Atlanta, have been myself among their most ardent admirers. But I surely have been surprised at the. feast of beauty spread before Atlanta this week. And tlie 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. Lives Endangered in Night Blaze in Forrest Avenue—Sick Wo man Barely Rescued. DECATUR ITS EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES A SF, 1 'ONT) NEW Public School Building, costing ap proximately spifi.OOO, w ill be erected in Decatur before Sep tember. The site has 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 nmlding erected in DECATUR in three years, made neces sary by the growth of population from 2,400 in 1910 to about <1.600 to-day. j For the past year DECATUR lias operated a public H10I1 SCHOOL of three grades. Beginning in September |!here will be added a FOURTH 11 Kill SCHOOL grade, ] jnaking it so that boys and girls may be prepared in DE- 1 C'ATUR for the best college and universities in the United ^States and for LIFE ANYWHERE. £ i (kirows steadily by every standard h\ which a great wom an's college is judged. To-day it ranks among the tirst •educational institutions of America. BESIDES, residents of DECATUR enjoy all the edu- 3 eational advantages of ATLANTA, with which |t is closely connected by TWO ELECTRIC LINES. Georgia Railroad, TELEPHONE and DRIVEWAYS SEND FOR BOOKLET. DECATUR BOARD OF TRADE AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE LL PHONE OECATUK 14R DECATUR, GA. WEEKE9 F.UILD.1G Charges that hose used by the fire department is rotten; that it required ten minutes to get the 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 Forres't Avenue, burst twice with in a few minutes and allowed the flames to get uncontrolnble headway, according to eyewitnesses. E. H. Wright, of 162 Forrest Ave nue, said to-day that he was on the scene when tlie 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 cued from the burning house by only the narrowest margin of time, said the hose burst once. Policeman Gaunt 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. T. K. Kenan, owner of the Allison residence, lived next door to them and said that tlie delay of the fire depart ment in arriving caused the greater eh a re of the loss. The fire alarm box did not register, he declared. This circumstance, combined with the alleged delay in getting central, was responsible for the fire getting beyond control, he 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 the flames were those of Allison, at 176 Forrest Avenue: 1. 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 her 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 w as carried from the burning building by her husband and swooned when she reached the street, 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 of 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 wet paper and seriously interfered with the work of the firemen in try ing to check the tlames that totally destroyed the Allison home and two adjoining residences. These reports bear out the evi dence 1 have obtained, that no tests of the efficiency of hose in the de partment are made and no record of the guarantees kept,” declared the Mayor. "I'p to two years ago the hose pur- h.ised by tKo department was guar- i anteed to stand a pressure of 40u i pounds for five years. The hose i bought now has a three-year guaran tee From documentary evidence I J have obtained 1 can prove that the ; important matters of tests and guar- I antees have been ignored. “There is no telling how much rot ten hose a thorough investigation of our Fire Department might reveal.” Fire Fhief \Y. 13. Cummings said to-day that it was not defective hose hat caused the bursting, and that th^ break did not occur until the ~ virtu.*. ;I> vva. out. He said the ho e burst because cf kinks, made by *t being wrapped around a tree. i.iv first to see the flro. noticing the reflection on the windows 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 was 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. Mayor 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 evi dence will sound the political doom of Chief Cummings. After a conference with Mayor Woodward, looking to the purchase of an automobile fire engine for the new Tenth Ward station, the Board of Fire Masters has 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. WASHINGTON. April 24.—“I am for Ty Cobb,” was the platform an nounced by Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, when asked where he stood on the baseball trust. “I want to do anything 1 can for my distinguished fellow citizen. The peo ple 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 sums into the box office, he should be It was J entitled to a salary in proportion “I have received Cobb’s contract and I am reading the laws of the organization by which he has been employed. I don’t know just yet whether we shall have an inquiry into the workings of the Daseball trust." i High Death Toll in Pennsylvania Shaft Laid to Owners Refus ing Federal Aid. FINLEYVILLE, PA., April 24.— That the Monanzahela River Consol idated Coal and Coke Company's ef- forts to minimise the extent of the !||\\ Cincinnati mine disaster here, which 1 ' resulted in trie less of at least 100 lives, probubly caused a heavier 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 the 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 ip. the mine are dead, but place the 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 tin: Bureau of alines at Pittsburg offered their servlets about 3 o'clock, ur d, according to ’he 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 -: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 nit reach the mine util 6:35 p. m. No blame is attached to the B’ederal authorities, but many declared to-day that had the Government experts been called earlier some of the men might have been taken cut alive. Rescuers in Peril. Rescuers worked frantically all night endeavoring to break througo the walls ot' debris so that the bodies could be reached. Outside at the various entrances stood hundreds of relatives and friends of the entombed miners, wait ing patiently 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 been 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 with their apparatus. General Manager George J. Schleu- derberg, of the company, refused to discuss the explosion or estimate uie number of dead. Despite efforts of Government res cuers. the seat of the explosion has- 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. 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 Mrs. King will go to trial next week tor the murder of the latter’s husband, James King, the Jones County farmer. Attorney Jjlin R. Cooped 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 Grays, 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’s 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, ills counsel stating in open court that he was afraid for Wilburn to return to Jones County unless under military protection. ‘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, as boxes would bear inscriptions ‘man ufactured in bond of Cuban (or Porto Rican) toDacco,” as the case might be. For Mrs. Jackson. Killarney roses and \yhite stocks formed the 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 piateau of Killarney roses, from which a silver vase of Easter lilies aros*e. Fmilax and maidenhair fern garlanded the table, and colonial can dlesticks held pink-shaded tapers. Sil ver compotes held dipped straw berries 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. were in the form of musical instru ments. Thirty-two guests were en tertained at the Piedmont Driving Club. For Mrs. Charles Phinizy. Alru. Herbert Manson 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 Association of the Inman Park School will hold its regular meeting to-morrow afterrfoon 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 spirea and snowballs, with a basket of fruit by baskets of yellow place cards were gold lyres bearing the name of the guest. RICHMOND. VA„ April 24.—Be cause of an operation for appendici tis Governor Mann will not attend the surrounded Southern Sociological Congress in At- j ^'* ie lanta. He was scheduled to talk on "The Prevention of Lynching.” Vlr- M i u ginia’s Chief Executive has taken ex- ,as ® WIC ^» Hostess, eeption to the statements of Governor Miss Flora Bewick will be hostess Blease. of South Carolina, on this j at a grand opera box party at the qU p?ominent .Virginia delegate, who ‘ ®» tur4 *?-™ at, “e*- "er guests to be left, to-day for Atlanta are Dr. Roy K. Flannagan, State Medical Inspec- j tor; R. C. Stearnes, State Superin - | Misses Hildreth Burton Smith, Jo sephine McClellan, Katherine Ellis, 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. Carolyn King und Mrs. Evelyn Har- For Mr*. Lane. Mrs. Reubun Arnold will entertain at a breakfast on Saturday for 5Tr« Mills B. Lane, of Savannah, the guest of Mrs. Robert Alston. S Miss Cowles to Entertain. Miss Sarah Cow'.es will entertain at tea at the Piedmont Driving Club to-morrow afternoon for Misses "Wil ley Gayle, of Montgomery; Marion Rous, of Baltimore, and Bessie AVinne of Demopolts, Ala., who are her guests at the Georgian Terrace. Parent-Teachers' Association. The regultir monthly meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Association' of the North Avenue School will be held to morrow at 4 o’clock. Bowling Party at East Lake. Mis* .Margaref Nutting entertained at a bowling 'party this morning at East Lake for her guest, Miss Ellen Meehan, of Columbia, S. O., and for Miss Winnie May Hill, of Macon who is with Miss Lhura Wyatt. After the game luncheon was served on tile veranda. Mrs. Glover Entertains. Mrs. Charles P. Glover entertained' fix guests at tea at the Georgian Ter race tills afternoon for her sister, Mrs John H. Jones, of Alabama. For Mrs. Tobias. Mrs. IGnton J. Hopkins will enter, tain twelve guests at bridge to-mor row afteYnoon for Mrs. T. J. Tobias, of 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 lA o’clock at the club house. L “Science Not Only Requisite for Job” Wilson Answers Criticism of Naming Georgia Man Director of Censusf. 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 i 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. J^TD you ever stop to think of the value of an I M P E Ii- SONAL executor? In the hands of this company your estate will he administered, and trusts created for vour minor children will he 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. WHEEL GOODS Now is the time when the chiidren want something that will roll. These toys give them the maximum of pleasure and the best form of exercise. We carry a full line of these goods ail the year round. 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 plant* 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 City Plan Conference has de veloped into one of the strongest and livest organizations in the country. Should Atlanta succeed in landing next year’s convention it would bring thousands' of visitors and delegates. Delegates will be named to repre sent Atlanta at this year's conference in Chicago. If you have aryt^iing to sell adver- I If you have anything to sell adver tise in The Sunday American. Lar- ! tise in The Sunda Velocipedes $ 6.5G $ 8.00 $10*00 $12.50 $15.00 Tricycles $ 6.50 $ 9.00 $10.00 $12.00 Boys’ Wagons Automobiles UTHONIA AND WINDER POSTMASTERS NAMED WASHINGTON. April 24.—Nomi nations'for two Georgia postmasters were sent to the Senate to-day by President Wilson. They are Lithonia—David P. Phillips. Winder—William B. McCants. tise in The Sunday American. Lar I gest circulation n : any Sunday news- ejest circulation of any Sunday news i paper in the South. Gliderole or Roller Coaster 3 .50 Hand-Car or Erisli Mai! $12.00 Afto Coasters $20.00, Bicycles $20.00 and up. Sidewalk Sulkeys SI,50 to S5.00, Roller Skates53c to $3.50. KING HARDWARE CO 87 WHITEHALL 53 PEACHTREE ,)<-.pcr in the South.