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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH'
i XXXVIII VD JfVk 99 PAfITTQ Dally Except Sunday. Entered as Second Clasf
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WILSON WILL BE
SATISFIED WITH
RESERVATIONS TO
TREATY OF PEACE
Tells Hitchcock They Arc Ac
ceptable, Providing League
of Nations Covenant Is Not
Nullified
PROGRAM OUTLINED
TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Declares if Foreign Relation
Changes Arc Adopted the
President Could "Pigeon
hole" Document
Washington, Nov. 7. President
Wilson to-day told Senator Hitch
cock, of Nebraska, administration
leader in the Senate Treaty fight,
that he would be entirely satisfied
with any reservations which sup- j
porters of the Treaty might feel jus
tified in accepting, provided they
did not nullify the League of Na
tions covenant and were designed
for the purpose interpreting the
terms of the Treaty.
The President, Senator Hitchcock
said, expressed "his very strong ap
proval" of what had been done to
date and agreed that no compromise
would be offered unless a deadlock
was reached on a resolution of rati
fication.
Senator Hitchcock outlined his
program as first an endeavor to de
feat the reservations reported by the
Foreign Relations Committee, and
if that failed, to vote down the reso
lution of ratification containing
them. His next move would be to
present a resolution of ratification
and should a deadlock ensue, to at
tempt a compromise with Republi
can opponents.
Threat of Pigeonhole.
Senator Hitchcock said if a reso
lution of ratification containing the
committee reservations were adopt
ed that would settle the fight so far
as *he Senate was concerned but that
the President could "pigeonhole" I
the Treaty. He declined to speculate
as to the probable course of the.
President should the committee
resolution prevail.
Propped Up in Hod
Senator Hitchcock was with the
President for half an hour. Mr. >
Wilson received him propped up in
bed. Senator Hitchcock said the
President showed keen interest
throughout the conference and ex
pressed his judgments and opinions
energetically.
The senator outlined the plan to
be followed in consideration of the
committee reservations and the
President gave general approval.
"He was laudatory of the success
we have achieved so far," the sena
tor said, "and expressed the hope
that we would be able to work out
some settlement between the reser- 1
vation senators and those who fa
vor unqualified acceptance of the
Treaty whereby we could meet on
common ground."
Gives Present Status
Senator Hitchcock explained to
the President the present status of
the Treaty and expressed the opin
ion that the Republicans could se
cure adoption of the committee res
ervations while the Senate sut in
the committee of the whole as only
a majority was required.
"Our. intention then," the senator
said, "if the reservations still are in
their present form, is to oppose the
resolution of ratification. Some
Democrats, of course, probably will
not line up with us on. that, but
1 am confident we have enough
votes to defeat such a resolution of
ratification because two-thirds will
be required.
"We will then offer a resolution of
ratification ourselves which may be
defeated."
The senator was asked what the
next move would be and replied that
would be the point at which com
promise might be effected.
The senator said he found the
President much improved in health,
but that the lines in his face show
ed that he had endured great suffer
ing during his illness.
The whole reservation program
was considered at a Conference of
Democratic Senators last night but
no decision was reached. Mr. Hitch
cock expected to give the President
the views of the Senators as
developed at the conference.
The meeting with Senator Hitch
cock was the first personal confer
ence the President had arranged
since he was compelled by illness to
abandon his western tour in the in
terest of the Treaty.
Reservations Vp
With all pending amendments to
the Peace Treaty out of the way, the
14 Foreign Relations Committee res
ervations and preamble were before
the Senate to-day for action. The
Treaty line-up of Senators was ex
pected to be altered when the reser
vations were brought up as some of
those who have been favoring amend
ments have expressed opposition to
reservations, while amendment op
ponents were known to look with fa
vor upon some of the reservations.
Prospects for a final vote on rati
fication of the Treaty remained
vague.
THE WEATHF.fr
Harrlsburg and YlclnUyt Gener
ally cloudy to-night and Sat
nrdny, probably light rain. Not
much change In temperature,
lowest to-night about 38 de
grees.
Eastern Pennsylvania i General
ly cloudy to-night and Satnr
dny. probably light, local rains.
Gentle winds mostly northeast.
Itlveri The Susquehanna river and
prohnbly all Ita branches will
p full. A stage of about 6.2 feet
la Indleatrd for Harrlsburg Sat
urday morning.
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR BATTLE TO
END STRIKE
i Government ai d Miners to Go
j Into Courts Tomorrow;
Neither Side Concedes
iTO ASK FOR DISMISSAL
While U. S. Wants Mandatory
Order Calling Off Walk
out Issued
ISy Associated Press
! Indianapolis, Nov. 7.—Government
i officials, headed by C. B. Ante's, As
sistant Attorney General, who ar
rived this morning from Washing
ton, to-day completed thenr plans
for the next step in their fight in
the courts to end the strike of coal
miners throughout the country.
To-morrow the government's pe
tition asking that the restraining or
der directed against the officials of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, now in force, be made a tem
i porary" restraining order, will be
argued in Federal court here. In
addition the government will ask
that a mandatory order to call off
the strike be issued.
The miners' attorneys, on their
part, will argue a motion for dis
missal of the government's proceed
ings on the ground that the govern
ment has not shown its interest in
the miners' controversy and that it
is without equity in the matter.
Neither miners nor government
representatives to-day showed any
inclination to concede any point to
the opposition^
The stoppage of production of
coal is beginning to be felt in In
diana and to meet the situation
lightless nights and curtailment of j
consumption of water, gas and other i
service secured from coal burning'
utilities have been ordered by the
State Public Service Commission for
! all cities where utilities have less
than two weeks' supply of coal.
The situation in the coal fields
of the State is unchanged.
Coal Strike and Industrial
Situation in General
Before Cabinet Meeting;
By Associated Press
Washington, Nov. 7. —The strike
of bituminous miners in particular,
and the industrial situation in gen- j
eral were discussed by President j
Wilson's cabinet to-day at a spe- I
cial meeting called by Secretary j
Lansing of the State Department.
Fuel Administrator Garfield and Di- I
rector General Hines of the railroad ,
administration, were present.
Before the cabinet assembled ad-1
ministration spokesmen reiterated
that the government was unalter
ably opposed to the proposal of Sam- '
uel Gompers, president of the Amer- j
ican Federaton of Labor, that the
injunction suit against the United \
Mine Workers Of America be with- i
drawn as a preliminary to the end-[
ing of the strike and the negotiation
of a new agreement between the!
miners and operators.
Officers said that the government's
offer to arbitrate the controversy as
soon as the strike order was with
drawn still was open and that unless
it was accepted and the strike ended
there was no course for the govern
ment except to press the injunction
suit.
MANY DISTURBANCES
By Associated Press
Youngstown, 0., Nov. 7.—Minor
disturbances broke out In widely
separated parts of the city to-day
in connection with the steel strike.
Twelve women were arrested in
East Youngstown after they had
marched up and down the streets '
and attempted to prevent workmen
from entering the Youngstown Sheet
and Tube Company plant.
Fire Chief to Probe
Fire in Mull Home
When a candle toppled over on
a table in the attic, the home of
George D. Mull, and Jacob R. Mull
tinsmiths, 1639 North Fourth street,
was threatened with fire. No persons
were home at the time.
The overturned candle set fire to
a box of matches which in turn fired
some rubbish, which was burning
merrily when discovered. Neighbors
noticed the flames and turned in
the alarm. The fire was extinguished
without difficulty. The loss was
small.
Fire Chief Kindier will make an
investigation during the afternoon.
Teachers to Present
Wage Ificrease Claims
School officials expected that a
committee of teachers would be pres
ent late this afternoon at the sched
uled meeting of the School Board,
to discuss the question of securing
additional salary increases. The
teachers contend that the school dis
trict should not only pay them the
percentage increases allowed by the
new State salary bifl, but should also
pay the increases which would be
effective under the city's existing
salary schedule. It is not likely that
any official action may be' taken
for the present.
RUNS OVER CHILD
While driving an auto truck in
North Seventeenth street, George
W. Grove, 1110 Cameron street, ran
over a girl. He reported the acci
dent to the police, but said that the
girl had been carried away by rela
tives before he could learn her name.
She is not believed to have been
badly hurt.
TO PROCLAIM OTTO KING?
By Associated Press .
Berlin, Nov. 7. A wireless mes
sage received here from Vienna re
ports that Archduke Otto is about
to be proclaimed king of Hungary.
Even a Coal Strike May Have Some Beneficial Effect
If It Lasts Long Enough
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U.S. CHARGED
WITH BETRAYING
CODE OF GERMANS
Dr. Zimmerman Tells of Sus
picions ; Bernstorff Never
Knew of "Such Treason"
Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 7.—Dr. Al
fred Zimmerman, secretary for for
eign affairs during the war, caused a
mild sensation during to-day's session
of the National Assembly committee
investigating the war when he admit
ted the German authorities had been
suspicious that their code, which was
known by an American, was betrayed
by the United States Government.
Count Bernstorff, asked regarding
the code at first said he could not
swear that wireless messages receiv
ed in America had been kept from the
Kntente. Later he said under oath
that he never knew of "such treason."
He declared Germany had a difficult
and dangerous cable route through
neutral countries, but that messages
had been concealed as commercial dis
patches.
U-Bont Wnrfnrc Comes lip
I The submarine warfare came into
investigation again to-day.
Vice Admiral Eduard Von Capello,
one of the advocates of the submarine
campaign said the U-boats had not
bfeen able to get at American trans
ports, because each submarine cov
ered a limited circle around England
and the whole ocean could not be pa
trolled. Various British and Ameri
can inventions like the lightening
boat, Admiral Von Capalle declared,
were other things which prevented
attacks on transports.
Admiral Von Capelle did not men
tion mines or depth charges during
his'recital. He could not admit that
the admirality underestimated the
United States as a factor in the war,
but declared it wjas known, from Eng
land's experience volunteer
army, that the United States could
not,raise many troops In six months,
and it was thought by the time they
were trained the war would be over.
Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, chan
celor during the greater part of the
war, declared he believed in June and
July (1917) that the submarines were
89' destructive that England was
weakening. He,said Lloyd George's
speech when he asked for "ships,
ships" was probably npt recognized
as a peace opportunity, and he assert
ed the same could be added of the
speech of Lloyd George at Glasgow
demanding "silver and bullets."
Lndendorf Summoned
What had been the impression re
garding the entry of the United
States into the war was then dis
cussed by the commission. Von Beth
mann-Hoiweg declared that any man
who read the Lusttanla and Sussex
notes of the United States would have
known this was inevitable.
Dr. Zimmerman was asked whether
he said in a general party meeting re
garding submarine warfare and the
entry of the United States in the war,
that American aid militarily would
amount to "zero, zero, zero." The
former foreign minister evaded the
answer.
General Ludendorf has been sum
moned to appear before the commis
sion to-morrow.
HARRISBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1919
LATE RESULTS
IN OHIO VOTE
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 7.
Tuesday's prohibition election re
sults in Ohio show:
11 1. Actual figures of returns
I from fifty-nine out of eighty
i eight counties show wets in lead
on all four prohibition proposals.
2. Secretary of State officials
say that available figures Indicate ■
that the wets won In thh defeat
of the Crabbe JState prohibition
enforcement aft and that the
j final result on the ratification of
! the Ohio Legislature's endorse
ment of the Federal prohibition
| amendment will be close. They
| say the other two proposals, the
j repeal of the State-wide prohibi-
I tion and the 2.75 beer proposals,
l were defeated by the drys.
3. L. H. Gibson, State mana
ger of the wets, admits defeat on
the 2.75 beer proposal and also
the defeat of the proposal to de
| feat. State-wide prohibition. He
states, however, that the wets
| defeated the Crabbe prohibition
| act and the Federal prohibition
| amendment.
4. J. A. White, State manager
for the drys, claims all four pro
posals.
SEES NEW HOPE
FORLIQUORMEN
•IN OHIO VOTE
Attorney Points Out How the
"Wets" Could Prolong
Fight
By Associated Press
San Francisco, Nov. 7.—The ap
parent overturning of Ohio's ad
ministrative ratification of the na
tional prohibition amendment may
have the result of suspending na
tional prohibition at least util No
vember, 1921, according to a state
ment by Theodore A. Bell, attorney
for the California Grape Protective
Association.
"The result in Ohio will have a
tremendous psychological effect,"
Mr. Bell said. "Provided there are
no opinions adverse to the liquor in
terests from the United States Su
preme Court or the Supreme Courts
[Continued on Page 14.]
"Wets" Leading in
Kentucky Returns
By Associated Press
Louisville, Ky„ Nov. 7.—Of the 120
counties In the state. 84 showed com
plete unofficial returns early to-doy
giving the "wets" a majority of 664
votes. At the office of the Kentucky
Anti-Saloon League It was said that
"as the remaining thirty-si* counties
unheard from are 'dry' there was no
doubt that the state-wide prohibition
amendment would' be carried by a
5.000 majority."
t Slar-fln&epcn&enl.
RED CROSS NOT
DISCOURAGED AT
MANY REBUFFS
Overseas Veterans Who Know
Value -of Work Volunteer
•Services as Collectors
Several members of the American
Legion this morning went to Red
Cross headquarters, where they vol
unteered their services to the Red
Cross in the drive for 48,000 mem
bers and $30,000 cash.
\\ e know the Bed Cross,'*, they
said. "We saw what it iild in
!• ranee. Folks have told us what it
did in America while we were in
b ranee. And across the wuter we
heard what it was doing in Siberia,
I Italy and other countries. So we're
for it. W'd like to go along with
some of your solicitors when they
canvass for memberships or funds.
We think we can help, because wo
have first -hand tnformut on of what
was done by the Bed Cross."
This idea appealed greatly to Wil
liam Jennings, chairman, and Mer
cer B. Tate, vice-chairman of the
present drive.
Consequently It is very likely that
when Bed Cross solicitors continue
tTicii work on Monday dozenth-of
members of the American Legion
will also go to work.
"The boys from France and from
the training camps know the Bed
Cross "said Mr. Jennings this morn
ing. We re willing to rest our case
on what they tell the people."
Not Disheartened
While reports received yesterday
were far from encouraging, the Bed
Cross folks are not disheartened.
They are going to continue the
work.
The first anniversary of Armistice'
Day occurs Tuesday. Members ot
the American Legion will be par
ticularly active on that day
It will be noted by folks passing
along city streets that Bed Cross
emblems are few and far between.
This was not true in any other Bed
Crofcs campaign. The proportion of
j members to the 'population of the
j city is woefully small. Only one
house in five shows the emblem I
Only one person in twelve has Joined
tho Red Cross.
.
Disorders Keep Troops
atnd Police Busy
Pittsburgh, Nov. 7. Disorders in !
the Donora- Monessen region along I
the Monongahela river, where num- i
bers, of steel workers are still on i
strike, kept county aidhorltles and I
the State Police busy to-day.
Four men, arrested by the i
troopers, were held for court on the i
charge of feloniously dynamiting a
house with intent to commit murder, '
and three men were arrested to-day 1
for alleged complicity in an attempt •
to dynamite a street car bound from '
Monessen to Bellevernon with steel
workers, last night. The explosive
had been placed on the track and
the car was thrown from the rails. I
Nose of the occupants was hurt.
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USE OF SCHOOLS
AS CITY CENTERS
BEING PLANNED
I Expensive Buildings Are Used
! Only Third of Time of
Working Day
MILLIONS STANDING IDLE
All Civic Organizations Join
in Movement to Provide
Wholesome Recreation
At a hastily called meeting held
. Inst evening in the Technical High
School Auditorium, Clarence E.
Zorger, director of special activities
for the Harrisburg school district,
outlined the community work which
he hopes to carry on for Harrisburg
this winter.
On account of the haste
■which the meeting was called, oil j
civic organizations were not able to 1
be reached In time to have their !
representatives present last night, '
and for that reason a larger meeting I
will be held in the near future |
when the Knights of Columbus, the :
Jewish Welfare Board, the Y. M. j
C. A., Y. W C. A., Salvation Army,
Kiwants Club, Rotary Club. Cham
ber of Commerce, Civic Club, labor
organizations and many other civic
bodies will send their representatives,
to outline community work sipih' as j
has been carried on with much site-i
cess in other c'ties. i'-X. !
Mr. Zorger said to-day he'esti-i
mates that out of 4,05(5 possible I
hours of use, the school buildings ,
vlMi a v * oft
$2,250,000, are used only 1,33 hpurr
or only one-third of the tinu. Tiifere
are six school auditoriums and
gymnasiums which can be used for
all manner of community activities,
to say nothing of vacant rooms In
the school buildings which can also
be made available for many forpis
of amusement and recreation. Jjwi
The Harrisburg School Ron'SSFfyi s
promised to offer the use ofYjiiese
buildings for any purpose the com
mittee which will be eventually com
posed of members from all organi
zations in the city, may wish to put
them. The idea, according to Mr.
Zorger, is something of a ♦'Commun
ity -Service Clearing House."
A committee composed of Warren
R. Jackson, Mrs. Lyman Gilbert,
William Jennings, Mrs. William
Henderson. "V."' Grant Forrer and
Clarencq E. Zorger has taken the
.matter in hnnd and will plan for
the meeting which is to be held
shortly.
The Chamber of Commerc'e has
accepted the invitation of the Com
munity Service Corporation, which
has taken over the work of the War
Community Service, to send to Har
risburg at its own 'expense, an or
ganizer who will co-operate with
the Harrisburg committee in fur
thering the work of community
service.
Commissioner Stine is
First to File Election
Expense Account
County Commissioner Henry M.
Stine, who was re-elected on Tues
day by a' big majority, was the first
to file a general ejection - expense
account, which showed that he had
spent $426.25 during his campaign.
Candidates have 15 days after the
general election to file accounts at
the prothonotary's office.
The official count of the vote was
continued to-day, and it was ex
pected that the votes cast in city
districts would be tabulated early
this afternoon. The computation
may be completed to-morrow.
$500,000 Capital Voted
by Commonwealth Trust
Capital stock of the. Common
wealth Trust Company will be in
creased from $250,000 to $500,000,
it was decided this morning at a
meeting of the stockholders of the
cofnpany. The money is needed to
care for the company's fast increas
ing business, it was announced by
William Jennings, president.
Various rumors have
lated relative to proposed building,
but this matter was' not considered
10-dny. At present the company
owns several of the properties be
tween the Bergnor Building and
Strawberry street, facing Third. The
Third street properties extend to the
bank building.
WJf. 'H. BENNETHUM, JR.,
GOES UNDER KNIFE
William H. Bennethum, Jr., of
2205 North Second street, was op
erated on for appendicitis yesterday
in a Beading hospital. He is con
nected with Dives, Pomeroy and
Stewart. His condition Is good.
WOULD USE AIRSHIPS
AS SANATORIA FOR
TUBERCULOSIS.^
London, Oct. 24.—The employ
ment of atrshipH as sanato.rta'"rr
the treatment of tuberculqsiegand
other diseases is advocated by a
doctor who was attached to' the
British air force during the war,
according to the Globe. The pa
tients, it Is pointed out, would be
able to live for severals days or
even weeks at a height of ajhaut
6,000 feet,. enjoying
and breathing air as pure afkKuL
vlgorating as that of any orfwie
famous mountain resorts which
only the rich can altord to visit.
The big airships built by Eng
land for war purposes, the doctor
says .can be fitted up as sanatoria
for patients suffering from con
sumption, anaemta, neurasthenia'
and other ills, and, except In very
bad weather, can cruise about for
weeks at a . time.
Kr wu nlnir I* ASSOCIAVKH IMIKSS SINGLE CO PI ICS IIAIUP CT\TTIAII
NEWSP4PL.II L\ IIAKKISDURO TWO CENTS HUME EDITION
"FAKE" ARMISTICE
ONE YEAR AGO
All plans for the ce eb ,- atlon •
Armistice Day, November 11, re
calls that to-day is the anniver
sary of "fake" armistice day.
Do you remember it'.' .
That was the day when a false
report flashed throughout the
country by the United Press set
liarriaburg and the entire coun
try aflame with a wild joy and
riotous rejoicing. And do you
remember how the Telegraph
persistently told you that the re
port was false?
PLENTY OF FLOUR
DESPITE RUMORS,
SAY DEALERS
i
Rumors Make Heavy Demand
on Stocks Held in
City
! There is no shortage of flour in
Pennsylvania, according to an an
nouncement made yesterday from the
offices of the United States Grain;
Corporation.
Utterly unfounded rumors have
created the impression among house
wives that the supply of flour is in
adequate. Those reports were char
acterized by flour dealers as "foolish"
and "silly." Some retail grocers are
temporarily unable to meet the im
mediate demand, although a suf
ficient quantity of flour was at hand
because of transportation difficulties.
Some housewives grew alarmed
needlessly.
Many housewives have rushed to
he grocery stores, buying up flour
in extraordinarily large quantities.
That, according to the Government
authorities, is unnecessary.
FVT.VI.r-Y BEAT WATCHMAN
By Associated Press
I'lilllipsburg, N. J., Nov. 7. Rob
fntn 8 !! | n ! ght . beUt " P ' lnfl PChups
fatally injured William Starkey
night watchman at the Holt Piece
P ye Company W°rks here and steal
ing $12,000 worth of silk, made their
escape.
X SENATE REFUSES TO STRIKE
J OUT ACCEPTANCE PROVISION 1
5 WASHINGTON. —IN THE FIRST TEST OF '
STRENGTH ON THE RESERVATIONS TO THE
4j PEACE TREATY PROPOSED BY THE FOREIGN I
f RELATIONS COMMITTEE, THE SENATE RE- *
FUSED TO-DAY BY A VOTE OF 48 TO 40, TO *
STRIKE OUT THE PROVISION WHICH WOULD \
jfr REQUIRE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESERVA- *
4, TIONS B YTHE OTHER POWERS. SENATOR *
jjj McCUMBER, NORTH DAKOTA, WAS THE ONLY J
REPUBLICAN WHO VOTED TO STRIKE OUT. '
> THREE DEMOCRATS REED, MISSOURI; *
WALSH, MASSACHUSETTS, AND GORE, OKLA- \
<■£ HOMA, VOTED WITH THE REPUBLICAN MA- *
JORITY. I
T SHONTS RESIDUARY ESTATE *
T
GOES "TO FRIEND" *
e|
X New York. —The will of Theadore P. Shonts, who
T* was president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Com-
4 pany, was filed for probate here to-day. After making jj
<4, provision for various members of his family, the resi-
X id
X duary estate is left "to my friend," Amanda C. Thomas,
A* of 930 Park avenue. *
$ *>
X DISCLOSE GERMAN I. W. W. PLOT
-L id
X New York. Country-wide attempts to organize
§ German branches of the Industrial Workers of the *j
*
X World were disclosed by the police to-day. Thousands
jr of circulars have been distributed from Chicago.
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT J
11 WINS IN KENTUCKY
" * Louisville. Unofficial returns from 90 counties in
* *
5 * Tuesday's election showed a majority of 4,500 for the
4*
4, state-wide prohibition amendment and indicated that *
. H the amendment had won with several thousand votes *
- 1 to spare. *
i, *
m * FATE OF PROHIBITION MORE UNCERTAIN
a Columbus. Fate of the Federal prohibition amend-
. „ ment was made more uncertain to-day as additional •
. „ returns from Tuesday's election were received at the
. office of the Secretary of State. Complete unofficial *
a and official leturns from all but ten counties gave the *
* "wets" a lead of 9,154 against the amendment. The ten *
missing counties a year ago gave dry majorities of *
■ 8,237.
■
* MARRIAGE LICENSES
H
Sugene C. Plnkercon and Mary 11. Hawk, Lykcnsj Walter XV •
* Houarr, JHlddletown, and Hylva H. Brown, Hlghaplref J a men JBL Hook"-
I enberry and Bather H, Weber, Mt. Joy.
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THREE DEAD, 20
HURT IN FIRE
AT BIG HOTEL
Atlanta City Hostelry Burns;
Guests Forced to Flee
in Night Clothes
MANY ESCAPE BY LEAPING
Flee to Roofs of Adjoining
Structures or Are Res
cued by Firemen
Dy Associated I'ress
Atlanta, Gn. f Nov. 7, Three men
; are dead, two dying and 'a number
serioußly injured as a result of a
fire early to-day in the Wilson Hotel
in the business district here. Be
tween twenty and thirty persons, in
; eluding seven women, were in the
I building. Many escaped by leaping
to the roofs of adjoining structures
and firemen rescued others. The
dead:
Proctor 13. Lawrence, hotel clerk,
I 75.
Sergeant Schley Flack, Silver
Springs, Texas, on duty at Camp
. Gordon, 21.
An unidentified man.
The property loss was small and
| the cause of the fire has not been
I determined. None of the women
I guests was injured,
j The fire apparently broke out in
j the second story of the three-story
' building, the ground floor of which
j '.2 occupied by stores and a moving
j picture theater.
The flames, when discovered, had
: burst out of the window along the
| side of the building and five minutes
i later were sucked up toward the
| roof. By the time the firemen ar-
I rived scores of men and women were
| hanging out of windows screaming
: for help.
One woman leaped to her death.
The others who escaped the flames
wore brought down on fire ladders.
None of the guests, among whom
were a number of soldiers, was able
to save more than a few personal
belongings hastily grabbed up, and
most of them wore only their night
clothes.
The injured were rushed to the
city hospital, where it was said two
or three might die.