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VOL. XV
League of Nations’ Constitution Given Out by President Wilson
SAVANNAH FIRE LOSS SET AT $12,000,000
Young, Captor of Crawleys, Qusted
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PARIE, Peb. 14— President Wilson
soday saw the vision that took him
out of the United States, in violation
of all precedents, come into fruition.
Before the assembled peace dele
gates at the Quai d'Orsay he read in
the ringing woice for which he has
become famous abroad as well as at
home, the text of the constitation of
the league of nations—the keystone
of the peace principles enuneiated by
Pim as representing the omnly basis
upon which the United States would
eonsant to cease fighting.
The comstitucion of the league of
nations makes it plain that wars of
the future will not bhe the result of
secret diplomacy. Activities of world
powers which are likely to affect oth
er world powers are made the subject
of friendly inquiry and intercourse. In
other womds, the proposal of secret
agreements may be takem before the
imternational tribunal prowided by the
league and may be probed with a
view to mindinizing their possible
damage. \
Under the terms of the omstitwtion |
of the leagme, armaments are to be
kept within the range of reason; pri- |
vate manufacture of munitions and
the implements of war ts to be hanwi]
and nations coming into the league
are to be required to give gmn:eu‘
of worthiness and willingness not
oty te abide by the constitution, but |
#iso to co-operate 'm the eaforcement
of awards made by the intermational
tribunes. }
The leagne of nations is pot with
out means of support, financially and |
physically. The signatory powers
bind themselves to supply the sinews
the momney to support the secre-!
tariat and the power to emforce thai |
bodyv’s mandates, ]
The constitution, as presemtod by
President Wilson, follows: |
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'Text of Constitution'
“PREAMBLE -Tn order to promote
international co-operation and to se.-
ure international peace and .'«-(--n—t'ys
by the acceptance of obligations nnti
to resort to war, by the pre—v:r'ipti«mi
f open, just and honorable relations
between nations, by the firm estab
llshments of the understandings of
nternational law as the actual rule|
f condiet among Governments, and |
by the maintenance of justice and .'l[
scrupulous respect for all treaty ohh—]
gations in the dealings of organized |
people with one amother, the powers '
signatory to this covenant adopt this
onstitution of the feague of nations: |
‘ARTICLE |—~The action of the!'
high cont™icting parties under the
erms of this covenant shall he ef
fected through the instrumentality of |
meeting of a body of delegates repre !
renting the high coatracting p.-nrtwu!
of meetings at more frequent inter- |
vals of an executive council and of a‘
permanent international secretariat
to be established at the seat of lhe'
teague, |
“ARTICLE 11-Meetings of the body !
of delegates shall be held at stated|
intervalg and from time to time us}
occasion may require for the purpose,
of dealing with matters within the|
sphare of action of the league. .\lu~l—l
ings Gos the body of delegates shall be [
held at the seat of the league or at|
such other place ag nmmy be found!
cenvenient and shall consist of repre-|
sentatives of the high contracting!
yarties. Each of the high contracting |
parties shall have one vote, but may |
Imve not more than three rv;m-.»-un:u-fl
tives.
“ARTICLE !11--The execntive coun
cil shall consist of representatives of
the United States of America, the
British Empire, France, ltaly and Ja
pan, together with representatives of
four other states, members of the
iergue. The selection of these four
states shall he made by the body of
delegates on such principles and in
suck manner as they think ft, ‘
“Pending the appointment of these
representatives of the other states,
representatives of (blank) shall be
members of the executive council |
“Meetings of the council shall bhe
held from time to time as occasion
may require, and at least once a year
at whatever place may. be decided on,
or, failing any such decision, at the
seat of the league, and any matter
within the sphere of action of the
league or affecting the peace of the
world may be dealt with at such meot-i
ings.
“Invitations shall be sent to any
power to attend a meeting of the
eouncil at which matters directly af
fecting its ilnterests are to be dis-!
cussed, and no decigion taken at any
meeting will be binding on such power
muless 80 invited,
“ARTICLE IV—AIII matters of pro
eedure at meetings of the body of|
delegates or the executive council, in« |
cinding the appointment of commit
e to investigate particuiag matters,
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Full International News Service
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- Alabama Cities’ Police
May Be State Guard
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[ MONTGOMERY, ALA. Feb. 14.—
| The police of municipalities are made
part of the armed force of the State
under an emergency bill which has
passed the Senate and which is on
the House calendar for passage Sat
urday. The measure originated in
the office of Governor Kilby and has
found favor with the Legislature on
the plea that it is dictated by public
necessity, since there is no National
Guard in the State and no immedi
ate prospect of organizing and equip
ping an efficient military force,
The proposed law gives the Gover
nor power to call out the police force
of any city in the State, remove from
the municipal jurisdiction and use
the officers as a State constabulary,
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of the L. N. 8.
PARIS, Feb. 14.-—Belief prevailed
today that there would be no further
extension of the armistice after the
period which goes into effect Monday,
the duration of which probably will
be four wecks.
| Within that time military and na
val terms, upon which Germanmy will
be accorded peace, will be arranged.
They will be submitted t 6 Gérmany
with the alternative of refusing or ac
cepting the terms. 1! is believed the‘
Allled nations are in accord on this
| procedure, believing it absolutely nec
-essary that the suspense be chntedl
up without any further deiay so that
"tveryonr in every quarter will know
- Just what to expect,
| Acceptance of the terms by Ger
many would end all possibility of hos- |
tilities being renewed. The rejection
would naturally result in a eontinua
'tion of the invasion of Germany,
President Wilson now plans to leave
tonight for Brest, accomipanied by
Mrs, Wilsor:.. They will sail on the
George Washington tomorrow, l
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Chief Pay
master Neil Sheftail, of the emer
gency fleet corporation, and two as
sistant paymasters were held up and
robbed of $12,000 at Clinton and Car
roll streets, Brooklyn, Friday after
noon while en route to the Todd!
Shipyards Corporation to pay em
ployees.
They drew the money from tha sub.-
treasury in Manhattan and engaged
a taxicab to iake them to the cor
roration plant at the foot of Twen
ty-third street, Brookliyn,
At Clinton and Carroll streets the
taxi stopped, apparently as the ro
sult of engine trouble, and two high
waymen confronted the paymaster
and his assistants with revolvers..
“Get out or you will be shot,” the
bandits commanded
As the paymasters got out the
chauffeuar started the car and the
bandits leaped in and slammed the
door as the taxi sped away *
Germans Are Barred
From World League
By ROBERT J. PREW,
Staff Correspondent of the |. N. 8.
PARIS, Feb. 14.-~There is no pres
ent intention of admitting enemy
powers to the league of nations, It
was declared today by Andre Tar
dieu, member of the French peace
commission.
Neutral nations, favorably disposed
toward the league, will be received
upon application, if suitable guaran
tees arc given,
The society of powers, according to
M. Tardieu, follows the lines previous
ly indicated, with meusasures relating
to international’ arbitration and so
on, National sovereignty remains in
tact
The disarmament principle will en
tail the existence on a minimum secale
of national armies, M. Tardieu stated.
The league will exist henceforth
with the members having the status
as the peace conference,
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Lieutenant Arrested
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- For Swindling Privates
(By International News Service.)
CAMP GRANT, ILL., Feb. 14 —Lleu
tenant Wiley Doherer, charged with so
liciting and accepting money fro men
listed men on his promise to secure
early discharge papers for them, has
been arredted al Sapulpa, Okla,, accord.
‘lnbtn word received here Friday
: eutenant Doherer w‘ll be returned
to elther Rockford or Chlcago and tried
ot charges of operating a confidence
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' A quiz before the Fulton Grand
| Jury Friday of Mrs. John Abbott,
slayer of her husband, was halted
suddenly when her counsei, Attorneys
Reuben R. Arnoid and E. W. Martin,
having been notified by telephone
from the jail that the young woman
| had been taken out and was on her
! way to the Courthouse( hurriedly ap
lpearevi there and warned her not to
| answer questions. |
I Mrs. Abbott had been m the Grand
| Jury room but a short time when her
ia:mrneyn- arrivad. She had been
gbrn\ug‘ht there as a witness in the
| case of Mary Power, the girl in the
!ms« The lawyers vigorously pro
ih-fi(ed against the quiz of Mrs. Ao-]
bott, declaring this would place her
|in the attitude of appearing asz a
f sworn witness In her own case. I'ol
| lowing tbis, no further attempt was
| made to quiz Mrs. Abbott and shol
{.mmedxal»ly was retorned to the )anl
! Ly the Sheriff,
| Lawyers Surprised.
Attorney Arnold said the first bha
knew of the plan to use Mrs. Abbott
as a witness in the Mary Power case
was when he received a telephone
message from the jail announecing she
‘ had been taken to the Courthouse.
~ “We protested against any effort
to quiz Mrs. Abbott, as we didn't wisk
‘her to be placed in the attitude of
“having to give sworn testimony in her
own case-—any evidence that she
might have given against Mary Pow
er would be the same as testimony
bearing on herself,” explained Attor
ney Arnoid. -
| Mary Power Not Indicted.
Acting on the request of the Solici
tor's office, the Fulton County Grand
dury Friday veturned a fifding of “no
bill” against Miss Mary Power, held
to the jury by the City Recorder on a
charge of being an accessory in the
killing of Johnny Abbott. 1
The Soficitor's office explained that
there was mo legal ground for a
charge of that kind against Miss
Power.
Solicitor Boykm and his assistants
began Friday drawing subpenas and
aumm&ning witnesses for the State,
preparatory to Mrs. Abbott's trial next
Wednesday before a jury in Judge
Humphries' division of Criminal
Court, }
It was understood that the State
will summon a large number of wit
resses, probably as many as twenty,
although no definite figures were given
out in the Solicitor's office. Inci
dental to the drawing of the sub
penas, the Solicitor began eliminating
‘the names of persons who have heen
quizzed in the investigation, but who
will not be needed as witnesses.
The summoni»g by the State of
such a large number of witnesses
caused much speculation about the
Courthouse as to the line that it will
pursue in prosecution of the young
woman. It is known that investiga
tors have been probing various phases
of the tragedy, concerning the char
acter of which no intimation has been
given.
Both Sides Ready.
Both the State ani the defense an
nounced Friday that they will be
ready to proceed with the trial next!
Wednesday, and indications were that
it would be put under way on sched
nled time,
‘A'he State's investigation has been
comcluded, and we are ready to pro
ceed with the trial” said Solicitor !
Boykin, I
“The defense has its case in han@. |
ard Mrs. Abbott will be ready to fape
L Jury Wednesday,” said Attorney
Reuben R. Arnold, who, with Attor
ney E. W. Martin, represents Mrs
Abbott.
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Urges Trust Company
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For Aid of Railroads
(By International News Service.)
WASBHINGTON, Feb. 14.---Estab
lishment of a trust and financial
company to operate under a Federal
ridlrond corporation, in giving help
to rallroads in need of funds, was
urged before the Senate interstate
commerce committee by Nathan L.
Amster, Boston, representing the
Investor's Protective Association, |
“It would be disastrous,” he said,
“to force the railroads te remain at
the mercy of Wall Street, when in
need of sands.” |
Amster recommended private own- ‘
ership of raflroads "“under a unified
system safeguarded by the Govern
ment and scientifically operated, ln‘
give the best possible service to the
puhni' at the lowest possible rnu-nf"
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1919
(By International News Service.)
ASHEVILLE, N. C, Feb. 14—Be
cause he had paid out of his own
funds railroad fares to take eighteen
deserters to Camp Wadsworth last
week, 8. Glenn Young, special agent
of the Department of Justice, was
dismissed from the serviee today
Just after returning here from At
lanta, where he turned over to the
authorities three members of the fa
mous Crawley eclan, whom he ecap
tured singie-banded in the Tennes
gee mountains.
When the news was known lw of
ficials last night and today there
was great indignation that a man
who has achieved such wonderful re
sults during the time he has been in
the service of the Department of
Justice should be removed for the
violation of & ruie or regulation
which resulted only in the good of
the service.
Mr. Young last Sunday, with sey
eral assistants, went to the Big Ball
Mountain section of Tennessee and,
single-handed, captured . the, Lhree
Crawieyws, which was the climax in
his carcer of hunting ecrimipals and
army deserters and general bad men.
He took the men to Knoxville and
then went to Atlanta, where he re
ceived the warmest praise from the
officials of his work. |
It is und€rstood that Mr Young
has paid out of his own funds more
than S6OO for auto hire, railroad ?}n‘w-.’
hotel bills for himself and men, in
chasing down and capturing the cul
prits, and that he has not been re
imbursed by the Department of Jus
tice for this money In many of the
cases where he htis arrested desert
ers he makes the man pay his own
fare to Asheville, and with those who
are placed on their honor here, he
requests them to pay their own kmte.l!
bills.
Says Husband Called
To Collect Her Pay
’ Mrs. Laula (hfimlmlgomery. n a di
vorce suit fileq ay in Saperior Court,
‘declared that her husband, Thomas J.
Montgomery, not only refused to work,
' but that he greatly humiliated her hy
' his punctuality in appearing at her of.
fice on pay day to recetve her pay. She
said that at one time she worked in a
local telegraph office until late at night,
and that when she asked her husband
to meet her at the car and escort her
home, he became angry and finaily
knocked her out of a chair. She fur
ther charged that he pulied her out of
bed while she was il and forced her to
go to work
Mrs. Claude Carthen brought suit for
divorce from J, P. Carthen, charging
that he sold her clothes and dishes to
get money to spend on himself and
others. He aiso beat her in the face
with his fists and threatened her with a
knife, she said.
Youth Is Arrested on |
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Charge of $1,012 Theft
J. B, Agbury, 2%, of No. 70 East Baker
sireet, was arrested Friday afternoon
by Policeman Bishop on a bench WAr- |
rant charging larceny after trust As- |
bury is charged with having stolen 11.-‘
012 from the Liquid Carbonic Company, |
No. § Nelson street, where he was om- |
ployed. He was indicted by the Grund‘
Jury in September ‘
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to have taken the British nobility by storm. The photograph shows the Duchess of Sutherland
;"‘mrrin:: off. an an aerial trip in an ‘‘Airoe’’ De Haviland machine piloted by Captain G. M. Gather«
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CHIEF CODY IS CLEARED
IN REPORT OF BOARD
Two interesting developments came
Friday in the warfare which has split
the Atlanta fire departmemt, They
were:
1. A statement by John Terrell,
captain of Engine House No, 11, an
rouncing that he is a candidate for
the office of chief and denying pub
lished statements by Aldine Cham
bers, of counsel for Chief Cody, that
Terrell was involved In false charges
against the latter.
2. A preliminary report by a Coun
cil committe named to investigate the
record of Chief W. B. Cody, exoner
ating the latter of charges of politi
cal chicanery, brutality and general
incompetency.
Calls Statement False.
“In day before yesterday's issue of
this paper Aldine Chambers, in an
interview about the fire department
investigation, made an indirect attack
on me. Wherever my name is used in
this article, with exception of the
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‘ CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Feb. 4,
Officers here Friday following the
trail of negro store robbers un
earthed in the basement of one of
the city’s largest apartment houses
what is sald to be the biggest and
most complete moonshine still ever |
found in this section. As a result
H Keiso Hailey purchasing agent
of the Chattunooga Sewer Pipe and
Fire Brick Company, one, of the|
cily's most prominent young men, |
both in business and soclally, is »m-l
ler arrest, together with a number |
of negroes, charged with working in |
the still Haley owns the apartment |
building in which the still i 8 located, |
ind he is charged with operating It. |
The ipparatus uncovered ~,.4,
proached the dignity of a real manu- |
fucturing plant and was constructed |
with all the ill of an effcient me- |
chanic 'he still has a capacity of |
260 gullons of mash, producing 100
gallons of whisky per run A full
equipment of electric motors and
corn grinding mills, sprouting vats
for the mash and corn storage facili
tles, was found, In some cases con- |
structed with concrete, with an eye |
to permanence and efficiency !
Flectric fans took care of the fumes |
and vapors and a drain connecting |
with the sewers furnished an outlet |
for the mash after distillation i
Arrested with lHalley i 8 a nr-rru'
plumber, who I 8 charged with hav- |
ing constructed the stifl, putting In!
15( the intricate and scientific piping. |
More than 2,000 gallons of mash |
were found ready to be run off ]
The arrest has produced a remark
able sensation here, where Halley has
been a prominent clubman. He mar
ried Into what was reputed to be one
of the wealthy families of the city,
and was himself wegarded as affluent |
bevond the need 'i,r moonshining l
statements that | was formerly and
am now a candidate for chief of the
department, the same is faise.
“1 am not only a candidate for chief
of the fire department in the coming
election. but expect to aelected.”
The Council committee's report was
submitted to the Board of Firemas
ters, of which Alderman J. R. Sea
wright is chairman, by Councilman
Al H. Martin, head of the investigat
ing body, of which the other mem
bers are Counecilman J. 1. Carpenter
and Councilman ¥, K. Maffett,
The report was submitted for the
consideration of the board at a meet
ing Friday morning, but the meeting
was postponed until Saturday morn
ing at 11 o'clock, at which time the
firemasters will decide whether or not
the public hearing, tentatively fixed
for Wednesday, shall be held at that
time or sooner. All of the charges
against Chief Cody are held unfound
ed in the report, 3
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| CHICAGO, Feb., 14.--Chicago's twen
ty-two cold storage houses are holding
In refrigerator rooms and not in the
market 200000000 pounds of meat
Members of the City Council health
subcommittee made this estimate after
an Inspection of ments stored in forty
nine storerooms of the Hlinols cold stor- ‘
age plant owned by Swift & Co
The committee, following its tour of
inspection, declared a city ordnance
should be passed limiting to three
months the ttme food may be kept in
storage
If it ir found impossible to pass sueh
an ordnance, several members of the
committee are in favor { petitioning
Congress to take some action 1
“‘Meat prices are high only bec nuse |
these great stores of meat are Kept off
the market,"” declared a member of the
committee
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France Offers U, S.
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Land for Honor Field
WASHINGTON, Feb, 14 - France has
offered as a gift to the United States
the ground for the proposed American
“fleld of honor,” In which would be
buried all Ameriean soldiers who died
on French soll. Secretary of War Ha
ker made publie correspondence passing
on the Hllh{"l'! between himself and
President Clemenceau, through Andre
Tardleu, French high commissioner to
the United States
Secretary Baker expressed Apprecia -
tion of the offer, and said that as soon
as legislation creating the *“fleld of
honor'” Is enacted by Congress he would
open negotiations looking te the accept -
ance of the offer
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BANK ROBBED,
DUQUOIN, ILI., Feb, 14.—Bank rob
bers dynamited the First National Bank
vault early Fridny and escaped with
$1,900 in savings #tamps and counter
change
lasued Dally and Eutered as Second-Class -
the Postofics at Atianta Under Act of n;:.‘?fl'
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 14.—Charges
that investigation of the army court
martial would reveal conditions “as re
| volting as amy in Russia in the worst
days of czarism” were made on the
floor of the House Friday by Repre
gentative J. Hampton Moore, of Penn
sylvamia, following the introduetion of a
measure by Representative Royal C.
Johnson, of South Dakota, alming to
bring about reformation in the system.
The bill is practically ientieal to that
introduced recently in the Senate by
Senator Chamberiain. ‘
Moore declared that he was piedged
to bend every effort to bring about an
| investigation, and he believed that a
probe would disciose “conditions of the
most ghocking brutality, tyranny, per
secution and injustice.”
Secretary of War Baker spent three
hours in executive secssion with the
Senate military affairs committee Fri
day, and it was understood that he was
questioned as to the revelations made
before the same body by General Sam
uel Ansell, acting jndge advocate gen
eral
The Becretary is understood to have
told the committee members that the
present court-martial system has been
the subject of study on the part of the
War Department for some time, and
that if it is at fault there is none more
anxious to hvae it remedied than he,
Secretary 'Baker also was questioned
about rumors that gick and wounded
Americans passing through Treves,
Germany, are not given proper medical
attention
He submitted a number of reports
from Surgeon CGeneral Ireland’s office,
which showed, he sald, these rumors to
be without foundation,
Plan to Further Help
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Migratory Birds in U. S.
(By International News Service.)
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Feb, 14
John H, Wallace, Jr., State game and
fixh commissioner, has been notified
from Washington that the Depart
ment of State approves of his pro
posal to negotiate treaties with the
Spanish-American republics for the
protection of migratory birds, A res
olution to this effect has been adopt
ed by the National Association of
Game and Fish Conservation Com
missioners at a meeting in New
York.
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Plaintiff Killed in
Brawl; Defendant Held
(By Internatienal News Serviee,)
BT, LOUIS, Feb. 14.—-John D Conley,
a discharged goldier, who was to have
appeared in Judge Miller's division of
the ('xrvu‘u Court for eriminal causes
as plaintiff in a petit larceny case, was
shot to death at 9 o'clock am. m, Fri
llaf In the saloon of Kdward l)utf{
Following the shooting }hrmcflu
nxmmflll( onley beought the o Be, wis
arrested,
Harry Lusby, bartender, and Thomas
J. Murray, a paperhanger, witnesses,
also were arrested,
REGATTA POSTPONED,
MIAMI, FLA., ¥eb. 14.~The opening
of the Miami midwinter regat sched
uled for Friday, s postponed u‘:lll Mon-
Aay because of a heavy rain, 18 re.
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When this edition went to press
the fire in Savannah was raging in
the rosin and lumber slips of the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad. The es
| timated loss was put at more than
'uz.ooo,ooo up to that time, with the
]flumu still moving before a high
( wind.
| SAVANNAH, Feb. 14-—At 5 o'clock
| Friday afternoon the flames were
| breaking out in the Seaboard Air
iUne naval stores slips, where thou
| sands “of barrels of -vosin were
l stored.
; The flames are still raging in the
| Seaboard Air Line cotton slips, where
| thousands of bales of the staple were
stored, and the plant of the Southern
fFerLleer and Chemical Company,
{where the fire originated, was re
|duced to ashes. The loss is put ap
[512,000,000 so far, with $50,000,060
worth of property indanger.
The fire spread from the fertilimer
plant to Slip No. 2 by the crow’s nest
of the British steamer Ascensiom &e
Larrinaga, catching in fames before
she could be moved. The nest theid
fell onto the Slip as the was towed
down stream to sav eher,
The high wind which had almost
reached the proportions of a gale
rendered the efforts of the firemen
almost futile. Flaming brands, move
than a foot in length were hurfed
through the air by the high winds and
fell on all parts of the docks. Stren
uous efforts were made 10 prevent the
flames spreading to the cottom doek,
where cotton valved at millions of
dollars was stored. But, ignoving
Dock No. 4, the fire leaped across the
slip and almost instantly the cottom
dock burst into flames from a dowen
places,
All Docks Threatened,
To onlookers there seemed Nt
hope of saving any of the dooks.
in short order the plant of the Souts
ern Fertilizer and Chemical Company'
had been reduced to ashes, more than
thirty box eard joaded with valunable
commodities were destroyed, the reas
of Dock No. 4 was ablaze threatemntng
50,000 hags of sugar stored there, and
the flames had leaped to the cottom
dock and were steadily eating through
the center of it to the rosin amd hame
ber docks
Ships and eargoes valued at many
millions of dollars were hastily pe
moved from the threatened sMps. o
The flames started in the plant of
the Southern Fertilizer and Chemionh
Company at 2.35 o'clock, and thres
minutes after the discovery of the
first blaze the whole south enmd of
the plant was a sheet of flaunes. R
spread with almost inconcefvabie
rapidity, and in a very few mnutes
had placed out of commission the
electric pump, upon Which great re
liance had been placed. The fAumes
leaped hundreds of feet into the ale,
and the denge smoke made a suffq
cating. black pal .over the whole of
the terminal. The odor ottiho burn
ing fertilizer blown hy e strong
wind, made fighting the fire diffieult.
| Flames Break Through.
Jnst. before 4 o'clock 4 new danger
arose from the flames, when they
broke through to 19,000 tons of high
grade nitrate of soda, which were n
the fertilizer plant, A series of dan
gerous explosions came in rapid socs
cession, and for half an hour the ecity
resounded with them as if it might
have been under cannomade. Undes
this peril the fireboats and the fires
men were compelled to withdraw
from their work and leave the e
of the plant to its fate,
No one is believed (o bave bess
hurt in the explosions,
Losses are estimaed now st a
000,000, with the flames still tn
¥weep, More.than $50,000,000 In props
erty are in danger, including whi
and Industrial plants, ships,
in storage and in ecargo and
cars and equipment, {
Hifforts wore made to move the ety
fire engines across the river to fight
the flames, é .
The eotton dodk, with spproanls
mately 16,000 bales of cotton om R
wae vialued at more than 350,000,000
The rosin dock held several thousam:
barrels of turpentine and rosim,
the lumber dock., where hundreds
thousands of feet of Mmber are
stored, were worth about $5, g
Here 50,000 bags of sugar
for the army o France slse " 4
the path of the fire, i-; 8
NO. 168