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tered, and the building presented a
fireproof bulk to the flames,
The likelthood that the fire-fighting
forces of neighboring cities would be
called upon to reinforce the Atlanta
men was sounded by firemen as the
Edgewood avenue fire spread,
Intense heat made the work of fire
men a torture. Four men were pros
trated and taken to Grad Hospital at
2 o'clock.
The first ire was in West End, at
York and Ashby streets, Three homes
were destroyed, three badly damaged,
and several others marred by the
flames.
The second call was from the block
bounded by East Fair, King and Con
nally swreets, and Woodward avenue
Six homes were destroyed and 25 oth
ers caught' but were saved only by
desperate efforts of firemen.
Frantic People Fill Street.
At 2:30 o'cvlock the lidgewood ave
nue fire had spread from its starting
point eastward and northward, burn
ing like cardboard the flimsy cottages
of negro residents in that quarter. |
Btreets were choked with frantic,
screaming dwellers and their house
hold goods. |
Mayor Candler led a force of citi
gans who rushed to the scene, helping
the people of the doomed homes to
bear their most valuable goods to
safety, The Mayvor's automobile was
one of the fleet of cars commandeered
for the service,
The fire gtarted in the bloek hound
ed by Decatur, Fort and « Hilllard
gtreets and Edgewood avenue, An old
frame building, formerly used as a
contagious diseaze hospital for con
tagiovs diseases, but now utilized as
the city's warehouse for wooden sewer
mods!, caught fire and burned ik«
tinber. In the center of the block, the
flarhes Spread to surrounding houses,
but they weré doomed,
The West End Fire.
The earliest fire was at York and
Ashby streets, in“ Wast End. Three
large residences were destroved and
three were damag 4 almost beyond
repair. Other Rouses on -adjoining
lots were saved oniy after herole work
of the firemen,
While this blaze was in progress
fire was digcovered In one section of
the Atlanta Warehouse, also in West
End, but it was extinguished with
little loss.
Reports of the alarming fires cama
to headquarters one on the heels of
the other,
Three residences were totally de
stroyed, two others—one an apart
n ent house—were badly damaged, five
or six othoar houses were set on fire by
flying sparks, and several blocks of
sßtill other residences were endangered
by the conflagration that raged in
West End In Gorden street, York ave
nue, Dunn and Evans streets,
One Woman Overcome.
The damage by this fire was vari
ously estimated at from §IO,OOO to
$156,600,
One woman, Mre. W. G, Sharkey,
of No. 2?( Ashby street, was over
come by the fright and shock as her
home burned, and had to be removed
to the home of a neighbor and given
medical attention, She revived short
ly afterward aind was reporetd out of
g;mgor.
The houses aestroyed were the home
of Willlam Walker, proprietor of the
Champlon Shoe Store, No. 56 York
avenue; the home of 2. E. Kirkman,
No. 64 York avenue, and a two-story
vacant residence at No. 93 Gardon
street,
The home of Councilman A. R. Col
cord, at No. 97 Gordon street, a two
story mansion, was damaged,
The home of William H. Moore, at
No. 100 Gordon street, across the
street from the Colcord residence,
also was injured,
, The home of J. J. Simpeon, at No.
93 Gordon street, was damaged.
The hosne of W. M. Jenkins, -No. 87
Gordon street, was slightly damaged.
The roof of Mrs. M. R, Dyer's home,
at No. 66 Gordon street, burned.
The roof was burned from the Gor
don Apartments, a four-story bhrick
Structure at No. 8% Gordon street, and
the structure also badly damaged in
the interior. The home of R. A, More
land, No. 52 York avenue, was virtu
lllg destroyed.
parks feil on residences for blocks
about, and several houses in Dunn and
Evans streets caught fire. These were
extinguished, however, before any
material damage had been done.
Scores Move Out.
For atime {t seemed as though that
whole section of West End was
doomed to destruction, and residents
on many streets hastily removed their
valuables and house furnishings.
These were piled in the streets for
geveral blocks.
The fire originated in a pile of old
shingles in the yard of the Walker
home in York avenue. This was a
frame structure and the flames spread
rapidly. It was but a few moments
until the Kirkman and Moreland |
homes were burning flercely. and the
fire had spread to the reur of the home!
of . Mrs. Sharkey, which abuts the
York street residences.
By this time the conflagration had
assumed such serfous proportions that
Fire Chief Cody called every avail
&ble apparatus to the scene. Because
of the flying sparks many of the fire
men were kept busy rushing from
unce to place with streams of water
prevent a spread of the fire in other
directions. It was only by hard wark
that many of the housewrhe Dunn ai®
Evans streets were saved from dé
struction. '
Fire Chief Cody, in reply to criti
cism that the firemen were slow to
respond, explained that the arrival
of only two companies on the first
alaria was due to the breaking out of
the fire a few minutes before in the
Atlanta warehouse. Just as soon as
this fire was extinguished, he said,
componjes Nos. 2 and § were rushed
from the warehouse to the York street
fire. Companies Nos. 7 and 14 al
teady were there, he said. He stated
that within ten minutes after the first
alarm was turned in elght engines
Wwith all necessary equipment, were at
work on the fire,
_ The East Fair-Woodward avenue
started in the home of a Mr. Jack
of the Georgia Creamery Com-
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and burped gix houses on the south
side of the street. About the center
of the block it leaped over to the
north side and destroyed flve houses
on that side. Several houses on King
street, which runs into Woodward
avenue near the place where the fire
started, were destroyed also.
The following homes were com
pletely destroyed: E. K. Doster, No.
341 Woodward avenue; W, W, Timms,
No 346 Woodward avenune; J. R. Shel
ton, No. M 3 Woodward avenue; Mr,
Burkoff, corner King street and
Woodward; L., V. T, Lander, No. 78
King street; house occupled by two
families, No. 831 Woodward, and the
homes of a Mr. Kaplan, at No. 833
Woedward avenue, and a Mr. Katz, at
No, 885 Woodward avenue, Three va
cant houses from Nos. 330 to 334
Woodward avenue were destroyed.
The fire was stopped while the
house of M., Kahn was being burned.
The home of V. E. Rush, No. 328
Woodward avenue, was damaged, but
not entirely destroyed.
Services as Patrol
Officers of Battery B, Georgia F‘leld‘
Artillery, tried in vain all afternoon
to reach city authorities with thelr of
fer to volunteer for patrol or rescue
duty., Lieutenant Tidwell declared the
men were in readiness to be called out
at instant notice, and gave his opln~|
son that the services of a military force
Was necessary.
Battery B 18 the only military de
tachment in or near Atlanta that is not
engaged u\» n guard duty or other work
of natlona %rmvu redness.
Held for Fire Duty
The Southern Bell Telephone Company
Monday afternoon asked The Georgian
to announce that many of its employees
would likely be kept on duty Monday
night late because of the rush of work
attendant upon the hiz fire. The an
nouncement was madce so that the famil.
lHes of the workers would not be alarmed
by their failure to get home on tigee.
The telephone company was Mfi;ed
with calls. In addition, {ts lines in the
fire zoneg were down and the broken
connections were causing counsiderable
trouble. The =service outside the fire
district was splendid, however, consid
im'lng the heavy strain the exchanges
were under.
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Reporter Gets News
Miss Winnie Freeman, of The Geor
glan’s reportorial staff, was busy tak
ing telephone messages from the re
porters on fire duty. She answered her
forty-fifth call, and recelved a message
from her sister. ’
“Our apartment i{s gone, with every
thing in it,” said the message. ‘“‘All that
l.\'ou have left is what you're wearing."
Miss Freeman lived in the Farlinger
Apartments on KEast avenue.
Fire in Wareh I
Quickly Extinguished
A few minutes before the outbreak
of the big residence fires in-the vi.
cinity of Ashby and York slreets.‘
l\x:‘s‘ Enq‘. and on East~Rair street,
thar fl*» broke au* ° _he Athen
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Joe Cochran, Park
Manager, Is Dead
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J. O. Cochran, manager of parks
of Atlanta and for many years a!
prominent figure in city politics, died
at the Davis-Fisher sanitarium Mon
day afternoon shortly before 3
o'clock. Mr. Cochran had been des
perately ill for several week:. |
Previous to his entrance into mHJ
tics Mr. Cochran had been connected |
with the advertising department of
lnveml Atlanta newspapers. He had
a wide circie of friends,
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Every Atlanta recruiting office, sub
t#tation and main had a buzz of activ
{ity Monday. Each contained earnest
| faced men who had arranged their at
,ruh'x and were going Into uniform,
{and officers were jubilant over the in
creased applicants,
1 L.ocal and national pride was
‘rvinm-d by the officers. It was de
‘r'lurw] that Georgia steadlly was forg
ing upward in the record of recruiting
by States, and that there was a gén
eral revival sweeping over the nation
| that assured volunteers’in great num
| bers. :
‘ There was one addition to the num
|ber of stations. The Fifth Regiment
{ had its tent erected beneath the Gra
lt,’_\' Monument, and the company of six
Istationed there, commanded by Cor
| poral Earl Wright, was anticipating
|t| e arrival of a machine gun and some
| rifles.
| These were to add a warlike note to
ithe otherwise peaceful though busy
iscene. The gun was to be one of the
latest models and was expected to
! prove a counter attraction go the tor
pedo which agaln was to be displayed
| before the City Hall by the navy of
| fice.
| Upward of 100 recruits were fore
cast as the day’s record, The follows
ing were among those who joined: :
MARINE CORPS.
Joseph 1. Graham and John L. Neese.
SEVENTH ENGINEERS.
Arthur B. Cherry, Wilscn L. Banks,
I,lnhn W. Cunyers, Jy., lidward R Kahrs,
'A\H;:mu; Clyde H {\'also\%, Florence, 8.
C.; Walter 8, Lee aAnd alter .. Wel
don, Weést Point; Kile *“W., Knowles,
Douglas; Willlam F, Napler, Polkton, N,
. amd Homer € Rawls, Goodwater, Ala.
; THE ARMY.
Willle J. Young, Broxton; Willlam 8.
Ilmrrnn Canton; ’l‘hunms H. R. Davis,
Augusta; Willis C. Crapps. Dickle; John
H. Cook, Hull; Leßoy Scarboro, Face
ville; Taul Collins, Hull; Gregory 8.
Young, Faceville; Edgar . Dillard, Hull,
Thomas 1., Kelly, Hephzibah; Albert
Traylor, Newell, Ala,; John Smith, Car
roliton; Ed G. Clements, Douglas; Quy
ton M. Odum, Sylvester; Richard L
I\'nrw.‘q, Croseland; Morgan Quinn, Jr,
Baxley? Willlam 8. Brewer, Lakeland,
Fla.;, Aadrew J. Dixon, Brentwood.
THE NAVY.
T. W. Malloy, Columbus; I.- Wheeler,
R. H. Lawhon, J. N. Knight, Titusville,
Fla.; T. E. Owens, Tampa; L. M. Coody.
Port Bt Joe, Fla.; B, A. Hicks, Fort
Plerce, Fa.; G. C. Ward, Port Bt. Joe,
Fla.; 157‘]",. Murraty, Americus; L. H.
IPeters, J. Young, J. E. Hale, H. 8,
Bonner, Jacksonville, Fla.; G, Levan
ders, 'ra"‘lt‘“- Fla.; J. R. Roberts, W. H.
Dayton, Atlanta,
Big Hydro-Electric
Plant for 8. Alabama
ALBANY, May 21.—Hydro-electric
power developments of fur-ruafhlng
magnitude have jmst been startét at
l)\’vlsm, formerly ~“Wood's MiH, two
miles west of Columnbia, Ala., on the
Central of Georgia Railroad line. The
cities of Dothan, Headland, Newvile,
Ashford and Columbia, in Alabama,
and Blakely, in Georgia, will be sup
plied with electric durrent by the
plant, which Is expected to develop
from 5,000 to 10,000 horsepower.
R. L. Williams had the site under
lease during the past threo years, and
generated current to run nis gins,
saw mill, grist mill, crushers, ete. The
site recently was sold to Foy & Shema
well, of Lexington, N. C. The devcl
opment is being made under the name
of the Southeast Alabama Power
Company. About half a million dol
lars will be spent in developing the
plant to supply the seven cities with
electricity.
Birmingham to Keep
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Its Camp Plans Quiet
(By International News Service.)
BIRMINGHAM, May 2i~—This city
wlill not publish its plans for obtain
ing a mobilization camp, nor will the
advantages offered by the Birmin
ham district be given newspaper pub
licity. 'This “eensorship” was clamped
on by the committee handling the
matter because it was deemed unwise
to let Birmingham's competitors for
the camp know the Magic City's “war
vlans.”
A representative of the War De
partment #s expected soon to look
over the site.
Interned Germans
At Fort Oglethorpe
CHATTANOOGA, May 21.—Fifty-sev
en interned sailors from the ship Pava
ma arrived at Fort Oglethorpe today
from Governor's Island.
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Shortage; Shortcake
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Prisoners in the Tower are giv=
ing no worry whatever to a pos
gible war f66d shortage.
Not so long as the bill of fare
contains such dellcacies as straw
berry shortcake and chicken—as
it ald on Monday.
Sounds as though Sheriff Low
ry might have converted the Tow
er into a hotel, but, as a matter
of fact, he has simply adopted a
policy of giving theé prisoners a
speclal treat every Monday in
their regular.menu. It may come
a bit high, but the Sheriff said
he was sure the enjoyment of the
prisoners would make it worth
while.
“It at least will prevent them
from becoming depressed over
the food crisis,” he remarked, with
a smile,
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U. 8. Likely to Drop
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Two Ala. Batteries
(By International News Service.)
MONTGOMERY, ALA. May 21.—
When the National Guard is again
mustered into the Federal service this
State will furnish three regiments of
infantry, one regiment of cavalry,
hospital corps and one signal com
pany. All of these, except the signal
company, are now on the Federal
muster. Batterles A and C, of Bir
mingham, it is reported, will be dis
missed from the service because of
some disdgatisfaction with their show
ing, but the individaul members will
be still subject to tll.
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Barrett Reports Ga.
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Food Crop Increase
‘“The actual increase in planting of
food crops in Georgia will average
about 15 per cent,” sald Charles 8.
Barrett president of the National
Farmers’ Union, Monday at the State
Capitaol.
“In South Georgia there has been
more than 20 per cent increase, 1
should say, but practicaly none in
Middle Georgia, and not much in
North Georgia. §
“But it isn't too late to plant, es
peclally corn. I remember that my
father onee planted corn on July 2,
and wofggd a fine crop.”
Goethals Contracts
.
For 38 New Ships
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 21.—George
W. Goethals, general manager of the
newly created emergency tleet com
vany, today announced that he has
already entered contracts for the ton
struction of 12 steel and <6 wooden
ships.
Amonz the contracts are:
Merrill-Stevens Company, Jackson
ville, Fla., 12 wooden steamers com
plete and four all-steel ships complete.
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N.C.and Bt. L. Train
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Goes Into a Ditch
CHATTANOOGA, May 21.—South
bound passenger train No. 93 on the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Railroad, was derailed near Wartrace,
Tenn., this morning, stopplng all traf
fice between Chattanooga and Nash
ville. No one was killed.
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WILL REORGANIZE BOY SCOUTS
FITZGERALD, May 21.-~Fire Chief
Walter Wilkerson will reorganize the
Boy Scouts in Fitzgerald. 'The Rev.
T. M. Callaway had.a crack organi
zation several years past, but after
he was called elsewhere the movement
stopped temporarily. Now, however,
with definite and important work to
ao, powerful organization will be ef
fected.
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Economical and Prop
—'‘To save food the housewife must learn to
plan economically and properly balanced
meals which, while nourishing each member of
the family properly, do not encourage over
eating or offer excessive or wasteful variety.”’
—SECRETARY HOUSTON,
Department of Agriculture.
STONE’'S CAKES are economical and highly
nutritious—made of highest quality flour,
sugar, pure butter and fresh eggs, they com.
bine a well balanced ration in one cake.
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begged passersby to come in and help
lift something. Pianos, victrolas, por
traits, baskets of cut glass and silver
were everywhere, In front of one
home, on the lawn, there had been
carefully laid an ancient blue uniform
with tarnished gold epaulettes, evi
dently a relic of the Revolution or the
Mexican War and the treasure of the
home.
Telephones went out of commission
early in the afternoon, either because
the wires were burned or central had
cut off the dis(gi:t. Residents finding
their own phonds “dead,” rushed from
house to house, vainly eclicking the
hook up and down and begging cen
tral to answer.
There probably were many auto
mobiles missing, for scores of them
left standing at the curb were im
pressed for service without “ermis
sfon. One handsome big car was
standing in Highland.avenue when a
householder rushed up.
“Whose car is that?” he asked.
“I don’t know,” said a bystander.
“But I can drive it. What do you
want?”
And away they went in the big car,
after a load of household goods.
Guardsmen on Job.
Hundreds of Natioral Guardsmen
from the Auditorium post were at the
fire, and proved valiant workers In
hauling hose and handling pianos.
For that matter, every citizen worked
when once he had caught the spirit.
Some of the most “responsible” citi
zens of the town were dragging a
Mtty hose, in the same line with ne
groes, and more than one spring suit
was a total wreck.
There were the usual ten thousand
suggestions of what nug%t to be done.
Everybody told everybody else to go
tell the Chief.
“Dynamite” was the _great .ery.
“Dynamite the houses.” There were
not enough engines nor enough hose.
The only thifg in plenty was men—
willing workers aelybut very panicky.
Thousands of fe®t of new hose were
brought out from somewhere, possi
bly from the sales agencles in At
lanta, and this was carried by vol
unteers through all the streets near
the fire, coupled to fire plugs and
used to wet down roofs. The water
pressure appeared- very good, /{con
sidering the terriffc demand upon it.
Spain C ; Z’li t
{By International News Service.)
THE HAGUE, May 21.—Germany
has returned a conciliatory reply to
Spain’s latest submarine pr"otest.
says a dispatch from Berlin today.
According to this telegran, the Ger
man Under Secretary for Foreign Af
fairs handeq the reply to the Spanish
Ambassador on Saturday. Germany,
it was indicated, would exert her
self to keep Spain's friendship.
6 New Army Aviator
(By International .News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 21.-—With the
object of turning out thousands of
highly trained army air pilots‘in the
shortest possible space of time, six
new aviation schools™were opened to
day. The schools are located at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technolo
gy, Cornell University, the University
of Illinois, the Unjversity of Chicago,
Texas State Univérsity and the Uni
versity of California.
Wilson Talks With
WASHINGTON, May 21.—Presi
dent Wilson today held a war con
ference with Vice President Marshall
at the White House. For half an hour
the Chief Executive discussed with
Mr. Marshall the legislative situation
in the Senate.
FIRE BREVITIES
Cut Off Your Water
.
And Help Firemen
E. H. Cone, the druggist, Monday
afternoon telephoned to The Georgian
and suggested that all citizens and
all factories shut off the use of wa
ter as much as possible in order to
aid the firemen in fighting the great
North-Bide conflagration,
He suggested that the shutting off
of the water supply would furnish the
firemen with greater foree and volume
in the many streams that were being
played on the spreading flames.
As a further aid in stopping the
spread of the fire, it was suggested
that all awnings be raised to pre
vent them from becoming ignited by
sparks and that all windows in res
idences and other buildings be closed.
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Trolley Lines Cut
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Off By Lost Wires
It was announced by the power
company at 4:30 o’clock that street
rallway service on the North Side was
badly demoralized and that service on
numbers of lines—those operating
through the fire zone—had been dis
continued. :
There was no indication as to when
it would be possible to resume any
thing near the normal schedules.
It also was announced that com
mercial power in the vicinity of the
fire zone had been cut off, and that it
had been cutioff on many of the trol
ley lines because of fallen wires.
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A Homeless Family
One of the first citizens to offer his
home for the relief of the homeless was
R. C, Irwin, No. 639 Lee street, who
telephoned The Georgian he could take
care of a family of three or four per
sons Monday night. "His telephone sis
Main 1500,
It was considered likely that most
of the white families who lose their
homes would find shelter in the homes
of friends or relatives. Many sought
the hotels, taking only the clothes they
happened to be wearing.
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TUESDAY, MAY 22, 191 y
Little Girl Injured
In Fleeing From Fire
While endeavoring to do her bit
toward lessening the loss from the
big fire Monday, little 11-year-old
Nelson Vaughan, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. M. G. Vaughan, was injured and
had to be taken to Grady Hospital
for treatment.
The little girl, with her mother, was
rushing from her home, the mother
carrying a baby, and Nelson carrying
a grip and several packages, when
she fell and injured her back. The
mother fainted. The baby was not
injured. 5 e
Marietta Firemen
Join in Fire Fight
The Marietta Fire Department, sum
moned by Atlanta city efficials to help
fight the destructive North Side fire,
arrived on the scene abont 3:15 o’clock
and immediately set to work.
The Cobb County firemen were as
signed to duty along Auburn avenue
near Fort street.
Valdosta Seeking
Site for Army Camp
VALDOSTA, May 21.—The claims
of this city as a suitable site for one
of the twelve army camps to be es
tablished in the Southeast will be laid
before General' Leonard Wood, and
it is hoped will be given coisideration.
A committee of the Chamber of (Togn
merce, assisted by prominent businéss
men, has made trips of inspection to
several avhilable sites near Valdosta.
and will prepare complete data for
presentation to the War Department.
Considerable money will be requirea
to lay water and light mains to these
sites but any necessary sum will be
forthcoming if the Government will
accept either of the sites, After all
data have been gathered and put in
shape, a committee of business men
will present Valdosta's claims.
Rintelin and Lamar
Get Year Sent
(By Internatlonal News Service.)
NEW YORK, May 21.—Franz Von
Rintelin this afternoon was sentenced to
one year's imprisonment in the Mer
cer €ounty jail for his part in the ac
tivities of the Labotr Peace Council at
tempt to prevent shipment of munitions
to the Allies by strikes.
David Lamar, “The Wolf of Wall
Street,” also was sentenced to one year
in the- Mercer €ounty jall, his sentence
to begin at the expiration of the pres
ent prisen term he is serving at At
lanta.
Daniels Asks For
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 21.-—Secretary of
the Navy Daniels today asked Con
gress to legislate drinking out of the
Navy. In a letter to the two Naval As-,
fairs Committees he urges the passags
of laws that would prohibit sailors and
officers i war from buying liquor.
- TUESDAY
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