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\/OL. XVI B)E' (':l!‘;er f‘.:[orlh.n Co.
PLOT SUSPECTED IN BOULEVARD SCHOOL FIRE
Allies Ready for Kaiser's Great Ottensive, Baker Says
GERMANS PUSH ON INTO RUSSIA
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(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20.—Although
dispatches from Petrograd announce
that the Bolshevik government is
willing to agree to Germany’s peace
terms, the advance of the German ar
mies continues, according to a dis
patch, dated Tuesday night, which
was received here today.
It stated the Germans were moving
toward the Dubno-Rovno line, in Vol
. hynia, and toward Lieutzin, in the
Dvinsk region.
Hard Peace Terms
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Forced Upon Russia
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The
{erms of the German peace forced on
Lenine and Trotzky will do more to
further the unified war program of
the Allies and inspire them to an ab
solute and decisive victory than could
4 have any other development.
This is the opinion unofficially ex
pressed in official Washington circles
today, foliowing the announcement
{ that the Bolshevik leaders had been
forced to subscribe to a peace carry
ing with it annexations and indemni
lies.
The terms of peace Lo which the
Bolshevik leaders were forced to sub
scribe included:
Virtual annexation to Germany of
Pcoland, Courland, Lithuania and parts
of Ethonia and parts of Livonia.
Retention of the Moon Islands, car
rying with it economic and strategic
control of the Gulf of Riga and domi
nation of the entire Baltic Sea
An indemnity of $4,000,000,000 to be
v paid, presumably, in foodstuffs and
raw materials.
“Germany has shown her hard,”
said one cflicial. “The terms of peace
forced upon Russia are indicative of
the terms she wonld like to force
upon the Allies, and which she would
were she in a position to do so.”
I The State Department today was
without any further official knowl
edge of the Russian situation than
could be gleaned from the maze of
conflicting reports that have filtered
over the cables during the past 60
hours. The reports that Lenine and
Trotzky were in flight to Riga and
4 that the Bolshevik regime®had been
overthrown by the social revolution
ists aroused interest, but in the ab
‘¢ sence of any official or definite word
of such a development, officials today
hesitated to credit them. It was ad
mitted on all sides that Berlin had
bared its hand in the terms of peace
forced upon Lenine and Trotzky and
+ in the course of events which led up
to them. 'Rhe pressure brought to
bear was marked chiefly by the re
sumption of the German invasion.of
Russia and the subsequent invasion
of Dvinsk, the strategic stronghold on
the Dvina, and of Lutsk, the' Volhyn
, iam stronghold which had been the
scene of many sanguinary batties be
, fore the overthrow of the Romanoffs.
Both cities were occupied practically
without the firing of a gun.
Atlanta Telephone Co.
Tax Shows Decrease
Tax returns for the Atlanta Tele
phone Company for 1917, reported to
the Comptroller General Wednesday,
amounted to $437,451, agalnst $477,412
for 1916.
QeThe decrease is laid to an unusually
. avy loss of phones during the big
fire and an additional expense of $12,-
000. in averation. J
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fi Decadence of U.S.
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. Not Seen in Army
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i Camps, Taft Says |
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{By International Nev:s Serice.) S
{ HICAGO, Feb. 20.—nNo one |
§ C who has seen the men in 0
! training in the army camps |
! of the United States can talk of é
§ American decadence. 2
{ William Howard Taft, former ¢
! President, who is at the Great !
{ Lakes Naval Training Station aft- g
{er visiting fifteen army canton- ¢
> ments, gave this as his foremost 2
| impression of America’s military ¢
$ ofrces. {
2 “It has been an inspiration to 0
;me," he said, “to go about the !
camps and see such fine material. ’
| find the sertiment throughout |
‘fthe country increasingly for the |
Swar. It is the greatest in the )
é larger cities, but smaller communi- ¢
((:i s are keenly pariotic and the ;
( farmers are showing their appre- |
! ciation of the situation.” !
{ Mr. Taft today delivered several |
! addresses before the jackies of the 2
Sgreat Lakes station and was the !
2 guest of honor at an official review. E
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 20.—Great aerial
activity is taking place over the west
ern battle front, the British War Of
fice announcing today that seventeen
German airplanes were shot down in
successful combats Tuesday.
Raids and cloud battles were in
progress all day and it was admitted
that two British airplanes are miss
ing.
British airmen bombed Treves and
Thionviile ir. the night, throwing
down projectiles from a low alti
tude.
The railway station at Treves was
set on fire and three other conflagra
tions were observed.
Direct hits were observed at Thion
ville, where the British aviators made
tae railway station and the gas works
their chief targets. Fires broke out
there, also.
The raid on Treves was the third in
36 hcurs,%and in all seventeen high
powered bombs were dropped.
Great German Raid
Repulsed by British
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 20.—Reépulses of a
powerful German raid east of Arleux,
on the Lens-Arras front, was an
nounced today by the British War Of
fice. The Germans attacked after a
strong bombardment, but were driven
back with severe loss. The British
took some prisoners.
On the West Flanders front, near
Wytschaete, the Britsh raided a Ger
man trench, capturing some prison
ers.
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Judge Hili Denies Many Requests.l
To Be Conducted Like
Any Other Case,
With the $500,000 Candler blackmail
trial ore week off, court officials and
even Judge Ben Hhill, who is to try
the case, already have been besieged
by many persons, both women and
men, seeking reserved seats in the
Criminal Court room that they may
be assured of hearing all details of
the censational charges against Mrs.
Mcurgaret Jackson Hirsch and “Hand
some Bill” Cook, accused of the black- ‘
mail plot, it was made known Wed
nescay. e ‘
In the opinion of officials, greater.
interest centers in this trial than in
any court case in Fulton County in
a long while, and the greatest crowd
ever attracted to the new courthouse
is exrected to squeeze itself into the
Criminal Court room. |
But there will be no reserved seats
—Judge Hill made this plain Wed
nesday. All persons making special
applications have been informed that
they will “have to take their chances
along with every one else who wants
to hear the trial ” It will be a case of
“first come, first served.”
And, incidentally, women will not
be barred. Judge Hill said that the
trial of Mrs. Hirsch and Cook would
be conducted just as any other trial,
and that it was a question for women
themselves to determine as to whether
they wished to be present.
Judge Hill Wednesday stated that
no crowding of the courtroom will be
permitted and that no one will be al
lowed to stand. This is the invaria
ble rule inforced by Judge Hill in all
trials. When the seats are all taken,
ther Judge Hill will order the doors
closed. No one else will be admit
ted after that time unless some one
should go out and leave a seat vacant.
“This trial will be conducted just as
any ordinary misdemeanor trial-——no
special arrangements or plans of any
kind will be made,” explained. Judge
Hill
Forty-eight veniremen, from which
the jury that is to try Mrs. Hirsch
and Cook is to be chosen, were drawn
late Tuesday, and were being served
by deputy sheriffs Wednesday. As
the case is a misdemecanor only 24
veniremen are necessary, but 48 were
drawn by Judge Hill for the reason
that he has some felony cases sched
uled for next week also. -
In a misdemeanor case the State
has but five strikes and the defense
seven. This means that but a short
time will be required in the choosing
of the jury.
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May Let Russia Pay
.
In Raw Materials
(By International News Service.)
THE HAGUE, Feb. 20.—The report
that Germany demanded an indemni
ty of $4,000,000,000 from the Bolshevik
Government at Petrograd, ‘was fol
lowed by a report. from the German
frontier today that ‘'the “indemnity
party” is now willing to accept the
“equivalent to gold” in cases where
payments are inforced.
" The German censorship has been
dealing severely with discussion of
economic aims, but a certain amount
of information is finding its way into
the German newspapers.
Herr Liesching, a member of the
Radical party of Wuerttemberg, was
quoted in a speech at Stuttgart as
saying the war has used up so much
of Germany's rew material that she
should be willing to accept them as
“indemnigx” if she is able to enforce
\any indaranities at all
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1918 3 CENTS 3¢ cenrs
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Teuton War Policy
Costs Norway 755
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Ships and 1,575 Men
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—In
creasing evidence of Norway's
anger over the sinking of Nor
wegian ships and the killing of
her sailors by German submarines
is shown in an official statement
issued today by the Norwegian
legation. Figures compiled by
the Norwegian Goverrment and
cabled today to the Legation show
that from the beginning of the
war to December 31, 1917, Norway
lcst 702 vessels of a gross tonnage
of 1,031,778 tons, by submarines 1
and mines, while, in the same |
poriod, 58 ships disappeared. The
Norwegian Governm.ent believes
two-thirds of these latter ships
were lost by war measures. |
The number of sailors who have
perished.as a result of German
submarine activity is 875, while
700 more were lost when the 53
ships disappeared. At the clos2
of last year Norway has thus suf
fered a total loss of 1,675 sailors
through German war measures.
Moderate Cold Wave
Thursday Forecast
What the weather bureau terms a
‘moderate cbld wave” will descend
on Atlanta Thursday, starting with a
temperature of about 28 degrees in
the morning and declining to about 20
degrees by Thursday night.
“The day will be fine and clear,”
said Mr. von Herrmann, trying to
break the news gently.
Wednesday opened with a dispirited
drizzle of rain and a temperature of
51 degrees. By noon the skies had
cleared and with a temperature of 58
everything looked propitious for the
night climb of the Human Fly, to be
‘gin at 7:15 o’clock at the Hotel Wine
icofl.
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Autoist Held for
~ Killing Aged Man
r Following the death Tuesday night
‘of J. L. Tate, 71, of No. 169 Walker
~street, F. H. Ridgers, No. 540 South
Pryor street,, who was driving a mo
‘tor car which struck the aged man
last Monday, was arraigned Wednes
day and then released under a SSOO
bond. The trial is set for 8:30 o’clock
Saturday morning in the Police Court.
The accident occurred at the corner
of Fair and Forsyth streets.
~ Witnesses are quoted as saying that
Ridgers was not to blame.
Red Cross to Pay for
.
Drainage at Wheeler
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—A drain
age system for Camp Wheeler, at Ma
con, Ga., is to be constructed at the
expense of the American Red Cross, it
was announced this afternoon. The
system will be installed at a cost of
$7,600
Surgeon General Gorgas had re
ported that because of the swamps at
the camp there would be great dan
ger of malaria among the soldiers.
The Red Cross investigated and found
the system would have to be installed
on nrivate property in the vicinity of
the camp. Permission was then ob
taired from the owners and the work
will be started in the near future.
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Little Atlanta Girl
Dies While on Trip
ALBANY, Feb. 20.—The funeral of
little Roxana Bacon McKerall, the
8-year-old daughter of W. B. McKer
all, of Atlanta, who died at Baconton
Monday, was held from St. Paul's
‘Eplfloopnl Church here this morning
'at 10 o'clock. The little girl was
l(‘uming with her grandmother from
Baconton to Albany Monday after-
Inoon when she was taken vioclently
ill, and death ensued soon after she
reached here.
|N Yl wIE i Al |
Remaining $7,000 Needed Likely
To Be Obtained in Record
Canvass for Funds. i
With $23,000 in hand, workers in
the Y. W. C. A. fund campaign Wed
nesday were hopeful that the re
mainder of the $30,000 sought in At
lanta would be made up by subscrip
tions Wednesday and Thursday, and
that the campaign would be closed
Thursday evening.
The campaign is belleved to set a
record for such canvasses as to the
universal response of persons asked
to eontribute. It was sald by the cam
paign committee that practically none
has refused to give, although the sums
in many ecases were small. It was
indicated as probably necessary that a
call be made upon the larger inter
ests of the city to make up the total
amount sought.
Canvassers were not so numerous
Wednesday as formerly, and an ap
peal was made that every person de
giring to contribute should send or
mail his subscription to the Y. W. C.
A. campaign committee, No. 212
Peachtree Arcade. Joel Hunter |is
making a complete audit of subsecrip
‘tions. all of which will be acknowl
edged.
~ Subscriptions were received by mail
from other Georgia towns, including
:La(}mnge, Thomaston, Crawfordsville
‘and Clarkston, in almost every in
istnnce accompanied by letters telling
Ihow the Y. W. C. A. has been of serv
ilce to girls and women from those
towns.
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ißalloon Fired on
\ In Heard County
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; MACON, Feb. 20.—When several
'students in a balloon from the Ma
con balloon school attempted to land
in Heard County they reported that
they were fired on several times.
None of fliers were hit,
The balloonists were passing over
a small township when it is estimat
ed that at least 100 shots were fired
at them., It is believed that the per
sons shooting thought a Zeppelin
was ralding Georgia and were sur
prised when no bombs were dropped.
This makes the fifth or sixth time
that a balloon from the Macon school
has been fired on.
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Baker Explains Needs
.
Of Army in Secret
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb., 20.—Esti
mates of the amounts of money that
must be expended on the military
establishment in the next fiscal year
were submitted to the House mili
tary affairs committee today by Sec
retary of War Baker. It is under
stood the bill will carry appropria
tions totaling in the neighborhood of
$7,000,000,000, Secretary Baker’'s tes
timony was given behind locked
doors and was described by members
of the committee as “highly confl
dential.”
: THE WEATHER. :
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% Forecast—Fair Wednesday night $
! and Thursday; moderate cold wave ;
ion Thursday. 5
é Temperatures—s 6 a. m.,, 51; Ba. ?
m., 50; 10 a. m, 53; 12 noon, 53; !
>§ 1 s m., 8952 p. i, 60, §
§ Sunrise, 6:17; sunsget, 5:26. i
(Germans Are Busy
Massing New Units
For Fight to Finish
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The
stage is set for the long-heralded bat
tle cn the western front, says Secre
tacy Raker, in his weekly war review
today. After the extensive prepara
tions which have been silently and
systematically carried on, says the
Secretary, both the enemy and the
Allies are ready for battle.
The bulk @f the German forces have
been assembled in the 'west, but a
large number of these units are whol
ly untrained in the methods of west
ern front warfare, which differs rad
ically from that conducted along other
fronts, says. the Secretary.
“According to advices received,”
says the review, “the German general
staff hopes that by massing a large
number of these picked shock battal
fons which have been intensively
trained, they may deliver a crushing
blow,
“Furthermore, the German- higher
command realizes fully that their
forces will meet with far more diffi
cnlt tactical obstacles than any hith
orto encountered by an attacking
army. M
United States Troeps on Line.
“A break through was possible in
myur. the morale of the
- been undermined; the
same was true in Italy, and we wit
nessed how speedily the Itallan line
was mended. !
“During the week there has been
much activity of a minor character
along the entire western front.
“As has already been announced in
Lorraine a segment of the line is en
tirely under the control of our forces.
Along our front patrol encounters
were numerous. The Germans under
took a raid against our positions and
succeeded in inflicting a few casual
ties. A small American patrol, while
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| By 0. B. KEELER.
' Once more, fellow citizens and 1y
fans, once more it depends on the
weather. And you know just how de
pendable this Atlanta weather is.
Even Professor Snider can't depend
on it absolutely—combinations of as
tronomical phenomena are always
cropping up and busting the situation
all to thunder.
Weather permitting, however, the
Fly will climb the Hotel Winecoff
Wednesday evening at 7:15 o'clock.
He will climb from the bottom to the
top as fast as he can, for a speed rec
ord, and then he will climb from the
top to the bottdm in a more leisurely
fashion, doing stunts by the way.
Weather permitting, you under
stand.
*lf the rain stops four hours before
the climb, the building ought to be
dry enough to be safe,” said Barney
Bergen, nsgl“ly's manager, Wednes
day morn 3
I like that ‘“safe” stuff, don’t you?
The weather man was dubious, but
optimistic. He sald the rain might
stop, and then again it mnightn't, but
he hoped it would, and believed there
was rather better than a flty-fifty
chance for it.
Manager Bergen announced Wed
nesday that arrangements were pend
ing for the Fly's third and last climb
in Atlanta this visit, and that it prob
ably would be made on the State Cap
itol Friday afternoon.
“Mr. Gardiner wants to enterlain
the school children,” he said, “and
particularly the big bunch of Geor
gian news agents, in Atlanta for the
‘Round Up.” A climb of the Capitol
will give everybody a good chance to
see him.”
Again depending on the undepend
able weather, understand.
At the Wednesday night ciimb 50
soldiers from Camp Gordon, desig
nated by yellow badges, will circulate
among the populace and take up®a
collection for the actors’ fund, under
the auspices of the Atlanta Commis
sfon on Training Carrn Activities. The
fund w'll go to provide costumes and
other equipment for the men who are
doing so much to enterta’'n the thon
sands of Urcele Sam’s boys at the big
The Fly cont'nu y attract hiuue
ocrovwds at ‘he Grond Theats whnere
he v rverred as a rerilar feature ot
the vaudeviiic Lill, He will end his
theatrical engagement on Wednesday
night. °*
YT
l A Paper for Atlanta,Georgia,
. and the South
scouting in No Man's Land, was am
bushed by the enemy. ‘
“The' weather was very rainy the
first part of the week, and our troops
were busy manning the pumps in an
effort to keep their trenches dry. La
ter, clear weather prevailed and hos
tile aircraft made frequent flights to
reconnoiter our positions. A marked
improvement in our antiaircraft bar
rage is reported. Artillery duels took
place and the Germans showered our
lines with gas shells which, however,
caused no castualties, owing to effi
cient gas mask protection.
“In Champagne units of American
artillery participated in an engage
ment undertaken by French forces.
This operation was the most impor
tant of the week.in the west.
“After very careful artillery prepa+
ration, during which our batteries co
operated vsefully, French infantry ad
vanced to the assault southwest of
the Bute Du Mesnil, along a front of
about 1,400 yards. The French suc
ceeded in penetrating the German po
sitions, broke through the second and
reached the third German line.
British Also Active.
“The British front was also the
scene of numerous minor engage
ments No important actions took
place, and th? enemy, who was evi
dently busy with the grouping of units
and dispesing of fresh forces recently
arrived from other theaters in the
‘rront line undertook only such re
connoitering engagements as to fa
miliarize the new units with the na
ture of the terrain in front of them.
“It is important to record that large
contingents of Arabs are joining the
forces of the Sheik of Mecca, who is
co-operating with the British.
~ “The Arahs have defeated the Turks
in two encounters, occupied El Maz
reh south of the Dead Sea and are
‘advanclng along the Hedgas Rallway
toward Maan.”
Clifford Casey, taxicab driver, No.
303 Simpson street, drove some sol
diers out to Camp Gordon for early
roll-call Wednesday before dawn.
Returning alone through the fog and
darkness, his taxicab crashed head
on agalnst the front of a Camp Gor
don trolley car at the Brookwood
bridge. C(asey's gskull was fractured,
and he died within an hour at the
Grady Hospital,
Motorman T. 1. Gay and Conduc
tor R. F. Springer said the accident
occurred at 5:55 o’clock, and that
Casey was driving into the city on
the wrong side of the street. This
was borne out by the fact that the
taxicab was struck squarely by the
car, which wag on the right-hand
track. The taxi was demolished.
Casey, who was 21 years old, was
picked up by W. T. Adams, who was
passing in his automobile, and a s«fi
dier, ¥. R. Zuck, and hurried to the
hospital. He died without recovering
consciousness. He had received a
number of injuries, but that directly
responsible for his death, the sur
geons said, was a fracture of the
skull at the base of the brain.
Casey’'s body was taken to the
undertaking establishment of A, O
& Roy Donehoo. Besides his mot“ler,
Mrs. J. T. Casey, he is survived by
two brothers and two sisters, Oscar
and Otis Casey and Mrs. W. A, Cook
and Inez Casey.
South Carolina Boy
Wins French Medal
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—For
bravery under fire whilé with the
French forees, an American private,
James I. Moore, has been awarded
the Croix de Guerre. The medal was
received this afterndon by the War
Departnient, which handed it over to
the S'‘ate Department, where it will
be held until Moore is authorized by
act of Congress to receive it
MMocers is with the Seventeenth Am
bulance Company, which recently was
sent to France unassigned. His maqth
er, Mrs. Maggie Moore, lives at mfl
nettsville. S. C. ”
NO. 170
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l Acting on the theory that the fire
}whi(-h destroyed the Boulevard School
i’l"uesduy night might have been of in
cendiary origin, the Board of Educa
tion Wednesday asked the State Fire
‘M:u‘shul and Chief Cody to probe the
blaze, and appointed A. C. Burton te
represent the board in the investi
gation. The action was taken at the
suggestion of Mayor Candler, who re
ferred to incendiary school fires im
Birmingham, Philadelphia and other
cities.
It developed Wednesday that W. H.
Dorsey ,deputy sheriff, had called up%
on the Mayor Tuesday with a sug
gestion that all the city schools be
guarded. Mayor Candler called Chief
Cody in conference, an dthe’ expense
of guarding the schools was investi
gated, It was found that the cost
would be $l5O a day. Chief Cody was
instructed write to Birmingham and
ascertain if the fires there were
blamed or war propaganda or local
conditions, and while this investiga«
tion was under way the Boulevard
school burned.
S d. Bowen, building inspector, and
L. M. Landrum, busipess agent of the
schools, told the board that the Boule
vard fire could have had no origin
except incendiarism or spontaneoue
combustion, as it did not start near
a flue and there wqre no electric light
wires in the building. However, Mr.
Bowen did not believe that it could
hav been set on fire at the point of
origin under the roof,
The board also appointed a commit.
tee composed of James L. Key, James
E. Hickey, George F. Eubanks and
Councilman Claude L. Ashley to in«
vestigate the feasibility of selling the
damaged building and lot and apply
ing the proceeds to the proposed
schools on Moreland avenue and in
the Eighth Ward. Another proposi
tion is to apply the insurance, which
was SB,OOO on a $15,000 building, to
the other schools and use the Boule
vard annex for a negro school.
\ The board discussed the recent
- school fires in Birmingham, known by
|autl.< rities there to be incendiary. The
Jefferson County High School, the
' Central High School and the Pratt
l<'ny School have been burned in the
!lust ten days. Two schools in Phil
adelphia siso were recently destroyed
by incendiary fires.
| The Boulevard School, at North
Boulevard and Irwin stireet, was
' burned Tuesday night, nothing but
'the walls being left. The building
recently was appraised at $15,000, and
was insured for s§.ooo. It was report
ed Wednesday that the insurance
would be applied to the proposed
Moreland Avenue &chool improve
ments, and that the Boulevard School
lot would be turned over to the ne
groes for a school.
Captain John M. Jenkins, Engine
Comrany No. 12, was burned about
the hands in fighting the fire. Fire
man J. N, Johnson and Fireman Roy
Eddlema were slightly injured. All
were sent to their homes after the
blaze was extinguished.
J. C. Wardlaw, superintendent of
city schools, issued irstructions thn&
pupils of the fifth, sixth and sevent
grades of the Boulevard School be
transferred to the Forrest Avenue
'school, and- there was no interrup
tion to their studies. The other grades
)wiil be taken care of in the Boule
'vard Ann2x, which was saved. For
the present the Boulevard teachers
will be assigned to other schools
where their services are needed.
| T O L s 7
12,000 Persons Killed
'Quake in Chi
By 'Quake in China
By FRANK H. KING, '
‘lnternational News Service Staff
Correspondent,
TOKIO, Feb. 20.—There were 2,000
casualties lesulting from the earth
quake at Swatow, China, last Wed
|nfl:,day, according to information re
ceived today.
Seismographs here !’esll%i
choale_ 3 s,