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7 I ADVERTISERS USE THE GEORGIAN FOR RESULTS '] "ilk Atlanta Georgian. If You are an Advertuer and Want Result*, Test Us. 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.