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VOL. X. NO. 285.
lILLBBIS
FREE HU
miff
Most Notorious Convict Es-
capes From Prison With Two
Dangerous Pals.
CHAIRMAN DAVIDSON
PUTS BLAME ON
He's Sure Outsiders Helped
Train Bandit. Who Sawed
Off His Shackles.
Bill Minei. most famous convict in
the Georgia penitentiary, escaped once
more from the state prison farm near
Milledgeville and today Is at large with
officers throughout middle Georgia
hunting him. Miner took with him W.
j. Widencamp, serving a life sentence
for a killing in Tattnall county, and W.
M. Wiggins, sent up for a year from
Tattnall for carrying a pistol. Miner,
nr George Anderson, as he calls him
self was serving 20 years for holding
up and robbing a. Southern railway
passenger train in Hall county, be
twr n Gainesville and Toccoa, early in
1911.
Chairman Puts
* Blame on Guards.
Chairman R E. Davison, of the
slate prison commission, blames the
escape of Minor and the two other
convicts to criminal carelessness of
Charles Jenkins, night guard, and Sto-.
vail, night floor walker.
■ Had these two men been doing
their duty.” sja4d Chairman Davidson,
“it appears to me that It would have
been absolutely Impossible for these
men to have gotten away; particularly
'Bill' Miner, who was chained to a con
crete post in the center row of cots
ajid within about twenty feet of Jen
kins. The fact that the convicts forced
their way through iron bars three
quarters of an inch thick under the
glare of 35 electric lights, proves that
Stovall also could not have been doing
his duty. He Is not supposed to sit
riow-n at all during the night, but to
walk continuously up and down the
large sleeping room and count his pris
oners every hour.
Claren'ce Foster, auditor and book
keeper at the state farm, told me over
the phone today that the men had out
side aid in that they were furnished
■ aws for their work. He stated that
the escape was not discovered until
midnight, and the men might have been
gone for an hour before they were (
missed.
Every possible precaution has been |
taken with Bill - Miner since his escape
last October, and the fact that he got
a wav again can prove only negligence
on the part of the guards hired by the
state.”
Xo report was made to the prison
commission of the escape, and on learn
ing from The Georgian of the affair
chairman Davison immediately called
Foster over long-distance phone for
particulars and also reprimanded the
eta te farm officials for their delay tn
reporting the matter to his office.
The escape of Miner is the second
since he was arrested and convicted,
March 15. 19il. for the HaU coUn, s’
holdup. He escaped from the prison
farm October 17. 1911. and was reeap
tiired and returned to the farm Novem
ber ’> less than a month later. VX hether
or not he will be retaken this time is a
<iuc®tion. , ,
Miner and Widencamp sawed their
wav to liberty. Wiggins, being a short
lcrmer. was not so securely shackled,
ji was easy for him to follow the lead
of the two long-termers.
Miner was double shackled to his
ir ,jn cot and to a post on tr.e second
floor of the new prison building. He
-awed the shackles from his legs, ana
• hen with a bed slat, pried the iron
bars’ from a window. Through this
opening he let himself to the ground by
a rope made of bed clothing. Widen
, amp sawed the shackles from his legs
and followed Miner to liberty. Wiggins
vent along when the way to freedom
was open.
Miner is 5 feet 8 1-2 inches tall,
neighs 130 pounds, fair complexion,
lender, light chestnut hair. light blue
< ves and sandy mustache. He is 70
rears old.
Widencamp is 35 years old. He was
sent up February 23. 1911.
Wiggins Is 37 and was sent up April
1(1 1912. He has been at the camp less
than ten weeks.
Bill Miner, alias George Anderson,
c.oigt Budd, A. E Miner and Old Bjli
liner, v. as a West -t n gold and silver
r.dner before h< tmned train robber
That a. counts, f"t lib now being called
■•Miner.”
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GfcOßGlAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
URGES SME
LIQUOR TAX
OF MILLION
A YEAR
Senator Felker Has Bill Which
He Thinks Would Solve the
Saloon Problem.
[author DECLARES TIGERS
COULD NOT SURVIVE LAW
House Is Asked for Twenty
Thousand Dollars for Georgia
Tech Improvements.
A state revenue tax as a solution of
the liquor problem, which the author
says will net the state $1,000,000 a year,
is provided in a bill introduced in the
senate today by Senator J. H. Felker,
of the Twenty-seventh district. and
formed the principal mater of interest
in the upper house.
The house of representatives receiv
ed two bills from the Atlanta delega
tion for the aid of Georgia Tech, one
appropriating $20,000 for a new heatijtg
and power building, apd the other in
creasing the appropriation for this year
from $75,000 to SBO,OOO. It spent most
of the session in a heated debate over
an aiwlent i l.iirn offered by the heirs
of Sherman J. Sims, deceased.
, The Felker liquor revenue bills caus
ed considerable discussion among mem
bers of the senate, who had not ex
pected any liquor legislation other than
the scheduled battle over rtie Tippins
bill.
Any person, firm or corporation re
ceiving or having in their possession
beer, wines, whisky, brandy dr other
spirituous liquor? will be liable for a
state tax. if these bills become laws..
All railroad, express companies or oth.
er common carriers will be required to
report all shipments of liquors within
the state.
Provides Printing
Os Liquor Stamps.
The schedule of taxes is 10 cents a
gallon on beer or near-beer, 25 cents a
gallon on wines and $1 a gallon on
whisky, brandy or other such liquors.
The bills provide for the printing of
state liquor stamps In these denomi
nations and their distribution by the
comptroller general ot superior court
clerks in all counties, who will be the
state's selling agents or stamp clerks.
The common carriers are required to
file with the ordinary of each county- a
record of all liquor shipments to con
signees in that county, and this record
Is made prima facie evidence on which
the superior court clerks can require
the purchase of stamps.
I Punishment for violation of these
I acts tS fixed at that prescribed for mis-
■ demeanors. The bills were referred to
the committee on temperance.
Felker Bill Intended
As Prohibition Measure.
Senator Felker said today that his
bills were not designed as revenue
measures, but prohibition measure-
The senator believes the tax on liquors,
called for by the bills, will make drink
ing prohibitive and will put thousands
of blind tigers out of business
He is a strohg advocate of the Tip
pins bill, but admits that its provisions
will deprive the state of revenue total
ing $200,000 a fact that has worried
even its most ardent advocates
Figures furnished during Ute last gu
bernatorial campaign, he said, show
that fully 4.000.000 gallons of w in- .
beer and Iqiuors are shipped into Geor
gia annually. Such a tax as suggested
by his measure, he contended, would
not only make up the treasury deficit,
caused by the passage of the Tippin.-
bill, but give the state such additional
legislation as would make the prohibi
tion law really prohibit.
“It is the solution of the liquor prob
lem in Georgia," said Senator Felker.
The Fulton delegation offered a MU
to appropriate $20,000 for the Georgia
Continued on Page T wo.
r
Mr, Georgia Legislator: <
Have you taken advan
tage of the “Legislators' Ac
commodations" column that
appears on The Georgian's
first want ad page each day?
It gives a complete list of
select and desirable eating,
boarding and rooming places
of the city. Don't fail to take
advantage of it. Look foi il
in this very issue.
ATLANTA. GA.. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1912.
Cuban Federals Slay
Rebel Leaden His Chief
Aid and 100 Followers
Negro Revolters Routed by Gov
ernment Troops—Body of Gen
eral Taken to Santiago.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA. June 28.
General Evaristo Estonez, head of the
negro revolt in Cuba, has been killed,
together with more than one hundred I
of his followers, in battle with federals I
under Lieutenant de La Torro. at Vir- !
ginia Ballaea, near Micarasongo.
Estonez's bouy arrived here today ;
from the scene of the battle and was
carried to the barracks amid a hostile
demonstration. Civilians threatened tn
seize the rough box containing the
corpse and tear it to pieces.
It is reported that General Ivonet,
chief lieutenant of General Estonez,
also was killed in a jungle thicket,
where they were surrounded by gov
ernment troops- and cut to pieces. The
negro chieftain was identified by papers
in the pocket of his uniform
United States Consul Holaday, upon
learning of the decisive victory of the
federals. at once tendered his cont
gratulations to General Monteagado,
federal commander tn chief, in eastern
Cuba.
Telegrams from the scene of action !
say that negroes are being shot down
like rats throughout the Oriente prov
ince. Bands are being surrounded and
annihilated. No quarter is being given
and no prisoners captured.
WIFE. THREATENING
TO SHOOT HUSBAND.
IS SENT TO TOWER
After spending Hie night in the police
station, charged with drunkenness, disor
derly conduct and carrying a pistol. Mrs. I
Frank C. Elliott, of 102 Ivy street, was I
released today on SIOO cash collateral, pul I
up by her husband, an employee of the
Dowman-Dozier Company. Her trial will j
be this afternoon.
Mrs. Elliott was arrested last night on
Ivy street, near her home, while engaged
in a quarrel with her husband. Officers
Williams and Perry, plain clothes men,
were walking along Ivy street, when they
heard the woman threaten to shoot her
husband. They rushed up and arrested
her.
When searched, a pistpl w-as found on
her. She was taken to the police station
and locked up for the night.
COURT URGES IDLERS
TO LOAF AT LIBRARY.
READING GOOD BOOKS
In the trial of two idlers in police court
today. Recorder Broyles urged loafers to
spend their time in the Carnegie library. •
He said this would prove profitable to
the loafers and would also keep them off
the streets.
"If the loafers would all make the Car
negie library headquarters, instead of
hanging around saloons and pool rooms. I
they would be better off. ' said the court.
“Os course, they ought to be at work,
out if they've just got to loaf, they ought
to spend their time in the library, where
they can mingle with respectable people
and read good books and magazines."
POLICE ARE WARNED
OF GANG OF THIEVES
WHO ROB DENTISTS
Following the attempt of burglars to
break into the S. S. White Dental of
fices in the Grant building, the. police
were notified today that a gang of thieves
is robbing dental offices in the principal
cities of the country. A similar warning
was sent to the White company. M. P.
Reeves, maanger of the American District
Telegraph, which was notified of the
presence of the burglar in the Grant
building by the company's burglar alarm ‘
system.- said today an unidentified man I
was seen to enter the building shortly
before the alarm went off
URGES REWARD BE
OFFERED FOR NEGRO
WHO ATTACKED GIRL
.sheriff Mangum todaj asked Governor I
Brown to off.., a reward for the capture ’
of William Barksdale, the negro porter, 1
accused of attacking and brutally beating '
Miss Pearl Murray in the Aragon hotel !
last Sunday nigiit. It is believed a re
ward will be posted.
Despite an active search by the city j
police and county authorities, not the '
slightest trace of the negro has been I
found, and it is believed he has left the |
city.
Miss Murray, who is cashier in the hotel
case, is reported greatly improved.
SLEEPERS TRAPPED
IN BURNING HOUSE;
2 DEAD, 4 INJURED
LOUISVILLE, KY„ June 28.—Two
lives were lost and several injured in |
a fire which broke out early this morn- j
ing in an apartment house at 128 West !
Market street, cutting off the escape
of the sleeping occupants of the third |
floor. Foul- of the injured persons may i
not recover, t'romie Vannort and Mrs. j
May Carter died soon after reaching;
the hospital.
WEATHER MAN AGAIN
SEES A RAINY SUNDAY
Cleai upathor and no <hangr in tem
perature is forecasted for Atlanta, while
in many portions of the Jftate local show- |
ers are due. (
ytain may reach hero b.' Sunday. ;<• •- *
cording to weather officials at the United 1
States bureau, but even then the t,<in
will bt in the form of thunder showers 1
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SECRET COURTMARTIAL.
SAVA.N MM I. GA. .hili,' 28. Major
Frank Thoma.- WofKlbuiA. chief -<uigcon
ai I url S.-revon, oho Is being iric.d by a
general < ourin>a>-tml on <-ha,-ges involving
wgln-i of <lut; and inefficiency, is beiilg
tried behind closed doors.
Conference of Nebraskan’s Supporters
Held Before Convention Meets to
Plan Ways to Force Democrats to
Nominate Him for President of U.S.
BALTIMORE, June 28.—A conference of supporters of W. J.
Bryan was held this afternoon in room 916 in the Belvidere ho
le] to devise ways and means for bringing about the Nebraskan's
fourth nomination for president. The meeting was called by
Charles R. Risk, of Drewryville. Va. Mr. Bryan had been asked to
attend, but at 2:15 o'clock Charles Bryan read a message announc
ing that his brother was engaged in conference with the resolutions
committee and would be unable to attend.
The meeting at once dissolved in order that Mr. Fisk might
hasten to the Emerson hotel to call on Ollie James for permission
' to place William -I. Bryan formally in nomination for president.
Fisk reiterated a statement made earlier in that day that away
would he found to place Mr. Bryan’s name before the convention
whether Mr. Bryan consented or not. •
With the hour near for reconvening and taking the sec
ond ballot on the presidential nomination, the situation on
candidates became even more puzzling and complex than when
the tired delegates retired late this morning after an all night
session. Following the first unsuccessful ballot for president,
two facts became apparent.
First. Bryan, by bis attacks on
Ryan. Belmont and Morgan, has
eliminated Woodrow Wilson as
a possible nominee, and, along
with Wilson, has practically kill
ed the faint dark horse hopes of
Mayor Gaynor, of New York.
Second, the New York delega
tion has decided to withhold its
strength of 90 votes from all
leading candidates until it has a
chance to throw them to some
dark horse, in the hope of carry
ing him to the nomination.
Opinions were widely divided today.
Ollie James, chairman of the conven
tion, stated, not as chairman, but as a
delegate from Kentucky, that there was
“nothing to it but Clark." and that he
thought Clark would be nominated on
the second ballot.
Set ator Kern’s name was projectly I
prominently into the situation this aft
ernoon as a dark horse. Murphy, Tag
gart and Sullivan held a conference, at
which Kern's availability and accept
ability were discussed, with the view
of uniting upon him when it became
apparent that none but a progressive
could be named.
"It looks like anybody's fight," was
the comment today In Washington of
Congressman Oscar Underwood, one of
the candidates. “On the surface there
seems to be a chance for almost any
one." he said.
"I have nothing to say and shall have
nothing to say until it is all over,” was
Champ Clark's comment in Washing
ton today.
Despite all the dark horse rumors
and various Interpretations of the first
ballot, the Clark men continued confi
dent that the speaker would win just
as they had planned and contended ail
along that he would win.
Bryan’s Attack
Changes Horizon.
Bryan's attack on the three great
financiers changed the entire horizon.
Ryan has been <-abed the principal Wil
son man behind the money The New
Jersey govc-rnoi was his first choice,
and his views were shared by Morgan
and Belmont.
In case Wilson proved unsuccessful,
it is generally admitted that Ryan
hoped bis delegates would hold togeth
er with the idea of blocking any other
leading candidate. When it should be
come necessary to look for a dark horse
Ryan hoped to be able to throw the
Wilson strength to Gaynor.
The New Yolk mayor has done in
valuable service to Ryan. Morgan and
Belmont. Most of the delegates are
conversant with these facts and the
const nsus of opinion Is that Wilson’s
chances have faded away along with
those of Gaynor.
The vote of the New York delegation
so: Harmon caused considerable
amusement, the admission being mad,
that the wily boss. Charles M. Mur
phy. "had something up his sleeve" Jn
the way of a dark horse ’
Votes Were Cast
For Eight Men.
After one fruitless ballot following
an all-night session, the Democratic
national convention at 7; 10 o'clock this
morning adjourned until 4 o'clock this
afternoon, when the great struggle for
the presidential nomination will be re
sumed. ,
The first ballot, which was taken
shortly before 7 o'clock this morning,
gave <'lark 410 1-2. Wilson 324. Under
wood 148. Harmon 117 1-2. Baldwin 22
and Marshal! 31
In the line of totals there was
no radii;'l departure from the estimated
votes and no changes that , could bo
made Ute basis for a nee deduction on
the f;,i <' of tin actual figure;-. The not
result of the balloting was that all of
HOME
EDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £ a o y r E no
the elements of the convention were
left Intact and unbroken in strength,
and ft was obvious that something
must have to give way under strain or
pressure before the complexion of the
day’s news changed as to th» figure
making
Chief among the unknown quantities
that were in part solved by the early
morning vote and which clarification is
here first made plain was the unin
structed list. This list, originally con
taining 184 votes, had been reduced tn
178 by the dropping of the Philippines
from the total, which same operation
in political mathematics changed the
total vote of the convention to .1,088
and made the number essential to a
nomination 725 1-3 by the two-thirds
majority rule of the convention.
Here is how the uninstruteeri vote
lined up on the first ballot:
Delaware. 6 for Wilson; Maine. 1 for
Clark, 9 for Wilson. 2 for Underwood:
New York. 90 for Harmon: North Car
olina, 16 1-2 for Wilson. 1-2 for Har
mon. 7 for Underwood; Vermont, 8 for
Baldwin; Hawaii, 2 for Clark, 3 for
Wilson and 1 for Underwood. Total,
178 votes.
Conservatives Winners
Os Unknown Votes.
It will be noted that this unknown
quantity vote gave to Wilson 34 1-2
votes, to the combined Harmon and
Underwood, which may be taken col
lectively as the conservative element,
ion 1-2, and to Clark. 3. The conserva
tive vote from the unknown list, there
fore. becomes of the utmost Importance
In making subsequent calculations as
to what can take place in event of a
long drawn out combat.
Putting further the meat of the po
litical breakfast before the fruit of the
early morning of struggle, with Its pic
turesque spots, daring sorties and bril
liant sidelights, and the moments when
the spotlight could not be turned rap
idly enough to do Justice to all of the
leading actors, the net result shows that
363 votes, held cohesively, will prolong
the convention indefinitely, ft shows
that Wilson, generally conceded to rep
resent the Bryan last ditch strength
needs 39 vote- to make sure of this
deadlock. And it is remembered that
Bryan, on the lowest of his test votes
of strength since the convention began
held 147 more votes than Is necessary
to tic up the voting until such time a?
he is satisfied with the candidate.
Whether or not he can still hold this
147 votes is „ matter that no man
jealous of his prophetic reputation
would care to make the subject a defi
nite statement.
As a strong factor in this calculation
it must be considered that, a large ele
ment of the delegates desire victory and
harmony without so much regard tn
personal issues. Tennessee strikingly
illustrates this element on the first bat
lot when she vast six votes each for
Clark. Wilson. Harmon and Under
wood. dividing exactly between
radical and the conservative wings of
the party voice.
As for the New York vote, it can be
taken as no criterion of the future ac
tion of the state. Undoubtedly it rep
resented the sentiment of the controll
ing factors in the delegation. Possibly
it did not. represent the political judg
ment of the same leaders. They are
free to throw the vote any way they
please, and it is assured beyond the
question of any man that it. will be
thrown in subsequent ballots in that
direction which will most surely tend to
defeat Mr. Bryan. Mr. Wilson and all
that is allied with that, element.
An exact two-thirds of the total vote
in the convention is 725 1 -3. On al
most every ballot that has been taken
fractional votes have appeared in the
total. It is possible, therefore, tha 1
sonic candidate might receive 726 1-2
votes This would constitute the nec-
