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VOL. 1. NO. 193.
ATLANTA. GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1906.
On Trains FIVB CENT*.
CHILDREN OF ATLANTA .ATTENDING SCHOOL IN COAL ROOM;
THEY ARE PACKED INTO CLASSES LIKE SARDINES IN A BOX;
SCHOOL FACILITIES LAG FAR BEHIND THE CITY’S GROWTH
MANY ROASTED TO DEATH
IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY FIRE
Bodies of Three Stu
dents Buried in
Ruin&.
FRATERNITY HOUSE
SWEPT BY FLAMES
Students Leap to Save
Themselves—Three Fire
men Lose Life.
Ithaca, N. Y., Dee. 7.—
A terrible holocaust visited
Cornell University * this
morning. At -3:30 o’clock
flames broke out in the
kitchen of the Chi’Psi fra
ternity house.
A strong northwest wind
fanned the flames so that in
ft minutes the entire lower
floor was a raging furnace.
The sleeping men upstairs
were awakened by the roar
ing of the flames. Some of
them jumped. Of these O.
L. Schmuck, of Hanovey,
Pa., has just died in the in
firmary of his injuries.
The building, which cost
$130,000 originally, and was
built of rubble masonry, col
lapsed and many were burn
ed in the ruins, including
three Ithaca vounteer tire-
men who died at their posts
of duty at the west end of
the building pinioned under
debris and roasted to death.
These were A. S. Robinson,
.Tolm Rumsey, a hardware
merchant, and Esty Landou.
When the firemen arrived the walls
were too hot to lift ladders.
In the southwest tower two students
were seen at the windows, dancing In
fain and calling for help. Just as the
flremen were bringing a ladder tho
ATLANTA MAN INJURED
AT FIRE IN ITHACA, N. Y.
Ithaca, X. Y. t Dec. 7,—Seven men met death, one other was fatally in
jured and four were hurt, some .seriously, ^ In the fire which early thin
morning burned the Chi Pal fraternity house at Cornell University.
R. R. Powers, of Atlanta, Ga., was badly cut and burned about the face.
He waa taken to tho hospital.
HERE IS A LIST OF THE DEAD.
. KSTY, J, LANDON, of Ithaca, member of volunteer Are department,
crushed to death.
W. G. NICHOLAS, of Chicago, a student, burned In his bed.
ALFRED ROBINSON, of Ithaca, member of volunteer fire depart
ment, crushed to death.
JOHN C. RUMSEY, of Ithaca, prominent attorney and member of vol
unteer fire department, crushed to death.
F. W. GRELLE, of Orange, N. J., a student, burned to death.
J. L. SCHMUCK, of Hanover, Pa., a student, died of injuries.
JAMES M'CUTCHEON, of Pittsburg, Pa., fullback on football team;
hurt trying to rescue others. Died in college hospital.
HERE IS THE FATALLY INJURED;
C. A. ROPPE, a student, of Ithaca.
NOT FATALLY INJURED, BUT IN HOSPITAL.
H. M. Curre, Pittsburg, Pa., burned about head.
G. R. Sailer, Hwlssvalc, Pa., burned about head.
R. R. Powers, Atlanta, Ua., badly cut and burned about face.
W. W. Goethe, Milwaukee, Wis., Injured by jumping from third story
window.
PRESIDENT’S NU SPELIN
GETS KNOCKOUT BLOW
Washington, Dec. 7.—President Roosevelt’s simplified spelling order
was given a hard knock by the house committee on appropriations, which
In the executive and judicial pppropriutlons bill, reported today, decreed
that “hereafter in printing documents authorized by law or ordered by
congress, or either branch thereof, the government printing office shall
follow the rules of orthography established by Webster’s or other gen
erally accepted dictionaries of the English language.”
The hill carries a total appropriation of $31,215,525, an increase of a
million of the appropriation for the current year, which was $30,168,485.
The number of salaried offices provided for is 14,727, on Increase of 29
over the current year. .
The salaries of clerks to members Is Increased from $1,200 to $1,400
per annum and the members are not required to certify that they have
spent this amount for clerical assistance. Public Printer Stillings Is
given en increase from $4,500 to $6,000, and the secretary to the speaker
an Increase from $3,000 to $4,000.
men In the hot debris. They are sup
posed to he F. W. Grello and W. H.
Nichols, of Chicago.
H. M. Curry, of Pittsburg. Is also
numbered among the dead. The ruins
are too hot to dig In. J. M. McCutch-
»‘on, of Pittsburg, substitute fullback,
H in the Infirmary, badly burned.
The building was erected by Jennie
Men raw Flcke, but she never entered
>t alive, but was burled from It.
YOUNG ATLANTAN IN FIRE;
BUT SLIGHTLY INJURED
R. R. Powers, the young Atlanta man who was reported in the press
dispatches as being badly cut and burned about the face, Is the son of
K. J. Powers, of 734 Peachtree street, and will graduate from Cornell in
June. ^
Ills father Is a well-known Atlanta inan. Tbs first, thing young Mr.
Powers did after escaping with his life was to send a telegram to his fam
ily In Atlanta saying he had escaped and was unhurt, but according to the
dispatches ho was badly cut and burned about the face, and Is In the hos
pital. His Injuries, according to the dispatches, are not serious, how
ever.
Before going to Cornell Mr. Powers attended school In Tennessee. Ills
father came to Atlanta about seven years ago and is one of the owners
»f the Marietta Paper Mills.
Young Mr. Powers has been in Cornell nearly four years and is 22
years of age.
HAR VE V BEDFORD DEAD
AFTER PNEUMONIA ATTACK
Ilnrvc.v II. Ilcdford. vetermi detective and
formerly hetid of the A Hunts detectiv
purtuicnt. died ut 2 o'clock tit Ills home, 141
Lorejoy street. For several weeks he has
Iwcn MufTcHng from pneumonia, having had
several attacks.
Harvey Bedford was known to almost
every rltlsen of Atlanta. He was the first
head of the detective department, and for
many years previous to the establish
ment of that In illicit of the police depart
ment. «-as a member of the uniformed
fore,.. ||,. was succeeded some time ago
Tgeant of defectives ny Sergeant S.
4iiiford. Since that tit
lie of file most efficient
plain clothes force, lie v
neritl
fed
i* he l*o|itluU«‘<l
item hers of the
s a cousin of
Forrest, and
LaGrange Savings Bank.
charter was granted Friday morn
ing by the secretary of state to the La-
Grange Havings Hank, capital stock
$25.oon and Incorporators Fuller Uulln-
way. V. Truitt, J. G. Truitt, Roy
Dallls, Hatton Lovejoy, P. G. Awtry,
H. D. Glnnton and J. A. Perry.
MOTHER OF GRACE BROWN
WANTS GILLETTE TORTURED
— BY HIS OWN THOUGHTS
Atlanta Wants Great
Political Body to
Open Armory.
NEW AUDITORIUM
TO BE READY IN 1908
Time Has Come for South
To Have Convention,
and Atlanta is
the Place.
WITH PUPILS
New Buildings Need
ed to Meet City’s
Growth.
MANY CLASSES TOO
LARGE FOR ROOMS
Growth in Population Not
Met by Improvement in
Buildings.
Herkimer, X. Y.. Dec. 7.—Tho mother (court and told the Jury on oath with
of Grace Brown. Flics ter Gillette’s vic
tim. said today that t-he thought Gil
lette should ho sentenced to twenty
yours In prison, with death by elec
tricity at the end of that time.
"Then he would be thinking about It
twenty years,” said Mrs. Bn
hold affrontery that the girl leaped
overboard to her death, has aroused
new ami greater indignation among
the i>eop!e. Thf sheriff is still receiv
ing letters threatening the life of Gil
lette If over he Is allowed to go free.
Gillette’s cell Is still being guurded
night and dhy by two deputy sheriffs.
SHOT AS HE ENTERED
GATE AT RESIDENCE;
IS PROMINENT LAWYER
nnnmincoment that (Jlllfttr had j The guard* are frequently railed Into
described the murder scene to Ills at- I tho cell uml hours are ivhlled
torney and then gone directly into with curd games and stories.
Special to The fleorglon.
Blu. Ridge, Ga-> Dec. 7.—Colonel W.
A. Guinn, a promin.nt lawyer of Me-
Caye, Tenn., ten mile* from hero, wa*
•hot and mortally woundad at he en
tered the gat* at hia raaidanca laat
night, by an unknown party.
Thara la no clew to tho murderer,
1EZE PREDICTED
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
BY WEATHER MAN
I urn off your water Friday night!
■•I*** the innater plumber may get u call
• •mne to your house Mat unlay morning
" I tlx bunded p|p<>s caused by s considers*
!v drop In tho temperature. He will for*
■' the proper tool* necessary for that
,r *D ulur kind of work, but ns he Is work-
■y "u "time” It won’t matter. „ 4 .
1 »•■ local weather bureau has predicted
“•it the temperature In low places will fiIt
* -• degrees or lower Friday night. The
•‘•thiT will remain clear and cold, but
mercury Is expected to rlne slightly
M ! ,!r duy and Hoturday night. * ,
'• pipes In exposed places will be al-
•■'■rtaln to freeze unless the water Is
■m.-d off. The receut drop In temperature
,H 'hilled everything, and the coming
”P Friday night will do the rest.
' ‘Ujgg *“ expected to contlnm
KILLS TWIN SISTER,
WOUNDS NEGRO BOY,
IS HIMSELF INJURED
Special to The Georgian.
Spartanburg, 8. C. t Dec. J.-Heln-
Itsh Coggins, aged 8 year®, while play
ing with a gun last night, accidentally
shot Hattie Lou, his twin sister, the
load entering her breast, tearing out
her heart. . .
A colored hoy, who was standing
near, received a portion of, the load
in his head and he may die.
The CToglgns boy was badly Injured
by the recoil of the gun, the butt of
the gun kicking hltn in the head, In
flicting a serious wound.
Lirso Coggins, the father of the
Coggins children, had Just returned
from a hunting trip. He placed the
gun in his room and it was picked up
by young Coggins, who pointed the
gun at his sister. The gun went off
accidentally, the load entering the body
of the little girl, killing her Instantly.
A colored child who was standing near
received a portion of the loud.
LOEB DENIES NEW QUARTERS
THATEIWARIS! OF CHAMBER
RETS PLACE, ARE [RISEN
Macon Postmaster‘Seven Front Rooms on
Will Not Succeed
Rucker.
STREWN TO WIND
FROM HIGH BRIDGE
ARE ASHES OF MAN
Washington, Dec. 7.—Secretary Loeb
denies that Harry Stillwell Kdwards,
the postmaster ut Macon. Ga., will he
appointed collector of customs at At
lanta, Ga., succeeding Henry Rucker,
u negro.
Fifth Floor
Empire.
of
. The chiiiulier of •
J kot exchange wljl Is
i pin* building.
-vmuiittee, to whom win left. Hie
selection of a site, has agreed to terms with
' the owners of the building for the rental
I of nil the offices on the fifth ll«*»r that
| face Maricttn street. These offices are
The numerous reports to the effect tlmt I seven In number, nil connected. They lire
„»ny H1llltr.il Kd.sr.ls, p™..H».u r lb-1 '.V'lteSSST Hr'!
eon, Ga., would succeed II. A. Rucker, col-} Company^
ored. collector of eiistotus for the North
i*rn
-ml days.
fair
The
^CKiOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
o TITLED BRITISHER
JOIN U. S. NAVY. O
2 Pltteburgr, Pa.. Deo. 7.—Sir 8
“ Henry Ki'gene Robinson, of Phil- O
“ Il’-HaUKh Wullseml, London, on- O
“ ■"‘led ut the navul recruiting *tu- O
lion in thin city as B mess attend- 0
0 urn. O
? Sir Henry explained tlmt lie ®
“ '.is a "remittance man." but that O
° recently his remittances have 0
• failed to materialize and he wits O
* compelled to seek work. He tvns O
° lieutenant In the Boer war. ■>
O
L i .0 V0 COtfi? 9<K"? IJ90 1 ?i?O'?C*C<W
created some dlscusslot
lillity of the change Ii
circles. Nothing defiult
officials* at the custom
Collector Rucker denied any knowledge of |
the rumor of it change, or that the depart-1
meat would be removed to Macon, liejfotwl
the newspaper reports. This office I* with
out tenure, and changes of offlclul* are j
made at the pleasure of the president. With i
the percentage allowed, the »alur> of the !
office amounts to alsMir $l.'*gA annually. j
It Is know tlmt Mr. INlwurds Is a very !
close personal friend of President Itoosr J
velt. and for this reason his recent visits
to the capital have probably ln*et» the j
basis for the, rumors. It lias lieen said !
that he did not cire for this office, but ,
It !« thought that he wilt accept if the np- j
LEFT TO HIS WIDOW
While the offices are muitliercd Sufi to 510.
, there are really but two, live l»**lug joined
listrlet of Georgia, ut Atlanta, have ; together In one, mid two In another, with
adjoining.
special to The Georgian. _
Chattanooga, l’enn., !»♦*••. «. A moat pecti*
liar Incident was that In whlrll Urn aslws of
rharlos A. Jobation, a mechanical engineer
:*f' 1 1he‘'Vennessee ’X “Trom t" ro'tmiy
back in au nm. Upon Ids dying
to hi* wlf*
his ashes were strewn but not In n |M»r»otial
upon waters. He was Imbued with this
Idea when he was commissioned as one of
the four to throw* the ashes of n friend
from the apex of the Bartholdi ‘Statue of
Hlierty In New York city, and from that
time forward he Insisted tlmt Ida remains
mu«t be disposed of in a similar manner.
The urn which <»utMiu*-d the ashes of
Johnston now rests on the tuuufcl at tin*
home of hi* wife lu this cltjr.
Mr. Johnston twlleveil In « supreme Itclng,
bulk of spencer ESTA IE
IS
as to the prolKi-1 ‘
locnl Republican : other ndvuiiLngi
Is known l.y Hie | Ji'.’i^ir^'.u'Tinariors for t|„. rbamis-r of .
#use ! inerce. The deni has l*eeii made, but
mpIvtvly closed.
• ii fra! lorn tie
this will Is* mi
■ tne market exchange, i
BOY WAS KILLED,
THROWN IK
FATHER BELIEVES
Washington- '* "*** nt
Kutnud S|iencef, late president of the
Southern, was filed thl* afternoon for
probate. The document Is dated July
t; at Xeiv V«»rk- It domes Mrs.
Louise Vivian Spencer, Henry B. and
Vivian Hpencer and his eon-ln-law*,
Jttinea B. Laying, Jr., executors.
He leaves to his wife nil Ids personal
propelty and a choice between leal
estate at Tuxedo Park, X. Y, uml 2012
Massachusetts avenue, this ••It5*. The
remainder of the i.-state is left In thiee
parts, ono bis wife, one to his exec
utors in trust for his wife and the third
to be divided among Ida children.
Tin* personal estate Is estimated at
more than $|o,noo nnd the real estate
at $75,009.
Special to Tin* Georgian.
I#e»-atur. Ala., Ih*c. 7.—Tllhuau ('lark, I 1 *
year* old. who dl*iip|H*sr<il uiy*terlou*ly
Monday night, ha* not l»eeii found. Wil
liam Clark. Id* father, says he lias evi
dence that hi* son wa* nuurdcred. robbed
uml Ids body thrown Into the Tennessee
Young Clark had $!<io oil Ills
ie disappeared.
A strange young man la held
IMTMOII
Let us have the next national Dam
ocratic convention in Atlanta in tha
new auditorium/'
—Voice of Atlanta People.
Xow that’s a voice that can make a
heap of noise when It takes a notion.
Atlanta jieople generally get what they
want nnd this time they wunt the next
national convention of the Democratic
party at which candidates for president
and vice president of'these Idg United
States will be nominated.
A few of the most prominent Atlanta
men have talked about this proisisltlon
and not one of them lins been opposed
to the plan. Every one of them wunts
this convention to »ume to Atlanta.
They will tell you thnt such a conven
tion has never been held In the Houth.
And they’ll.say thnt It Is time the Mouth
got what’s eonilng to It.
Xow*, as Atlanta Is the metropolis of
the South—any Northerner will say
that—Atlanta folks think this conven
tion should be held here. Ami they’ll
ask whether of not the Democratic
party has not for a generation or more
been furnished with nine-tenths of Its
support from tho Houth
These are things Atlanta people want
the national Democratic executive com
mlttce to think about. That is the
commit teo which selects the city for
the national convention. And It Is to
this committee that the Atlanta people
will extend their Invitation If they de
cide to'have the convention here.
Easy to Reach Atlanta.
When prominent men In all walks
of Atlanta life thtuk and say Atlanta
should Imve tho convention her© In th.»
new* auditorium, It Is a good argument
that the convention should come nere
nnd that Atlanta people should get to
gether ami invite the convention here.
It Is Just ns easy and easier, In fact,
to get to Atlanta from most of the
ountry than It Is to get to other cit
ies that want the convention. And At
lanta is the metropolis of a part of the
ountry that never hesitated to give
the Democratic party all It had In the
my of votes.
A New Jersey man from Trenton was
In Atlantu yesterday. He lives In a
itv 30 miles from Philadelphia and 60
miles from New York with about 85,000
•n* 90.000 people In It. fie has been ut
Atlanta many times una *he more he
comes the better he likes It. Xow he
Is making arrangement* to move Ills
business here. Why? Because he says
Atlanta Is the greatest city south of
Xew York and that it Is a miniature
Xew York all by Itself.
H*» declared emphatfcMIy that It wgi
time the national Democratic ccnv<n
tlon was held In Atlanta and he Is one
of those Democrats who kept Xew Jer
sey in the Dem«»cratic column from the
time the party was organized until the
Republican wave of 189fi swept the
ntintiy.
What Democrats Say.
Listen to what u few* of‘Atlanta 1
itlzens say about the proposition:
Judge George Hillyer: “This Is an
excellent plan and one which I hope
will be carried to n successful termina
tion. Bring the convention here by all
means.”
Charles T. Hopkins: "National
Democratic convention In Atlanta?
Certainly. It’s u good thing and we
ought to have It. Let’* get It here. I’m
foi anything that will help Atlanta and
this will. We are entitled to It any
way.^
With all of Atlanta’s growth and
progress during the past few years. Its
public school facilities have not been
increased proportionately. As a result
of the lack of money spent In thin di
rection the Atlanta schools are miser
ably inadequate to the demands upon
them, and ure so crowded that the
minds and health of thousands « f
school children are suffering.
Hardly a school but has classes with
a m&xlmuifi of scholars that Is large!v
in excess of what tho maximum should
he. ,
Lutuer Z. Houser: "Of course I w ant
the convention here. But We should
get the auditorium tlrst uml Gioubl be
sure we can accommodate the thou*
sunds of delegates. If we can do this
nnd offer an Inducement, then let's
start to work and g<t the convention.
There Is every res son In the world vhy
Atlanta Is entitled to It.”
Forrest Adair: 'Bring ’em along. Let
all the Democrats come here. He glad
to have them. Atlanta ought to have
the national convention. A better city
In the country could not be found.*'
Reuben \mold: "Certainly. The
convention -should come to Atlanta. I’m
Continued to Page Fivs.
In addition there ate several s« r• • • >
buildings that are relics of the da.:;
ages—rambling frame structures, poor
ly ventilated, heated by primitive meth
ods.
<>f the twenty-three white schools In
Atlanta, sixteen have classes wlt‘h i
maximum attendance In excess of what
the maximum should be.
Any one of the six colored schools Is
even more congested than the worst
crowded of the white schools.
And all of this lack of growth and
Improvement In conditions Is appar
ently nobody’s fault.
The present council has been an ex
ceedingly liberal one to the board H
education. This year an appropriation
of over $300,000 w%* made.
Of this over $215,000 went for sal
aries.
A few new and modern schools have
been built In Atlanta within the last
few years, but the Increase In pupil-
has been greater than the Increase <n
facilities.
City Nesds Streets.
When n city grows as Atlanta has
grown, It Is necessury to spend larg.-
sums for the opening of streets uml
then for paving them. Children cann »t
go to school very well unless they have
streets to walk In, nnd unless the sani
tary sewer system Is extended as the
growth of the city warrants, the health
of the school children will be endan
gered. And, too. It costs money to give
people police and Are protection.
There Is no money to throw away,
and none has been thrown away. Po«-
slbly It has been that city law-niakei *
have not seen the necessity for in
creased public school facilities as read
ily as they have seen the necessity i
new streets and more paved *tre<t-.
more sewerM and more police and ti>*
protection.
If that is the case, it Is a good i Lm
to bring to light the true conditions ex
isting In the Atlanta public school sys
tem.
First of all, Atlanta* haa today ik*
finest public school system In the state
of Georgia, and. In fact, U Is hardl> *
equaled by any other In the Houth.
But the city has outgrown Its facill- '
tie*.
It is not that the children are not %
taught the right things or taught b>
competent teachers. Tlmt Is all right
It Is simply a question of more schools .
and more teachers for the thousands •
children who are now attending ech«
and who were not enrolled a few yea
ago.
Maximum in Class.
It Is considered by eduditlon.il e
perts that to do the best work a teach
should not have more than forty In
lass; that this number-should be t
maximum.
But because of the great increase
the number of Atlanta school childr
It has been necessary to make tL
maximum sixty. Xow. this make-
absolutely Impossible for a teacher
give any Individual attention to tho
pupils not os bright an others. \Yi
the time for recess deducted It will
readily aeen that with sixty pupil" in
Continued to Page Fivs.