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THE WEATHER Fair tonight and tomorrow. Tem peratures: 8 a. m., 75 degrees; 10 a. m., 77 degrees; 12 noon, 78 de grees; 2 p. m., 78 degrees. 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 BRYAN MEN PLOT TO NOMINATE HIM ONE NIGHT IN BALTIMORE By T. E. POWERS. T z ' ( 1 **’s'" “L"* \ ooXouThih*. 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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-