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the weather Fc-ecast: Showers tonight or to morrow. Temperatures: 8 a. m„ 71: 10 a. m„ 74: 12 noon. 78: 2 p. m„ 80. VOL. X. NO. 239. unis WHIM, NE PILIS DROWNED Train Robber and Short-Term Convict Caught in Oconee River Swamp. TWO AGAIN BEHIND BARS AT STATE PRISON FARM Starving Fugitives Ask for Food at Negro Cabin in Wilkinson County—Arrests Follow. MILI.EDGEVII.LE, GA., July 3.—01 d Bill Miner and W. M. Wiggins have j heen recaptured and are again behind the bars at the state prison farm. W. J. Widencamp. who escaped with them from the state prison farm, near Mil ledgeville, last Thursday night. Is dead. At least. Old Bill says he is. The old train robber tells a graphic story of the escape that would make 8 good plot for a ten-cent "yellow back." After he had been recaptured and brought here, preliminary to being taken back to the state farm, be asked the officers to "let the newspapers have the Store," as they had "always been his friends.” Here is Old Bill’s story: “After we got away from the farm Thursday night we made our way to the river—the Oconee, ain’t it? We stole a boat before daylight and start ed on our way. We planned to stick to the river until we reached the coast and then catch a ship for some for eign country—-we didn’t care what countrv, so long as we could get away. We made fairly good time Friday and Saturday, but had to he mighty care ful about traveling in daylight. Boat Sinks; Widencamp Drowns. “Things went well until early Sun- Jay morning, when the boat struck a ■tag and sank. Widencamp. poor fel ■w. couldn't swim, so he was drowned. Wiggins and myself managed to get to » the bank, but it was a hard job with our ■ clothes on. Well, we got there and ■ landed In a swamp. And it looked like f there wasn’t any getting out of that swamp. We wandered all day Sun day. Monday and yesterday without finding any trace of a trail that would lead tn open country. We fought rat tlesnakes and lived on blackberries. "Last night we were mighty near starved to death when we accidentally run tip on a negro cabin stuck back there in the swamp somewhere. We asked the negro that lived there to give us something to eat. He did. and then turned us up. He knew by our clothes ue were convicts. After he ha< fed us he beat it ont of the swamp and sent word to the sheriff We beat It, Miner Has It in For His Betrayer. “While. I had lots rather be in jail, bound to a post, than In that swamp fighting moccasins and rattlesnakes ®nd living off blackberries and being without a drop of water for three days, still I have got it in for that negro who eave us away He promised us faith fully that he would not betray us. I hope he suffers for the remainder of Continued on P» fle Two. UNANIMOUSLY CHOSEN ON THE FIRST BALLOT Every one was in favor of f ’ie same medium. Not a dark horse was to be heard of, and it was entirely ont of the ques tion for any leader to try to bolt, for all the people were in favor of the same candidate. Hie whole convention of Users and Users of Want Ads were for Flic Georgian to fill all their “Wants.” ,f you want to buy. S pll or xchange anything, want eom "‘n’ help, desire a position, wish to rent rooms, houses, etc., want boarders a Georgian Want Ad will p„t V(111 in toilC |, what you wish. Head and ’hem lor profit each day. '"' ! ir- easily earned In keep ”P "i'h Georgian Want The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results Wild West Show Girl LassoesßichHusband By Skill With Lariat Rough-Riding Daughter of Colo nel Zach Mulhall Weds Flor ida Mine Owner's Son. SAVANNAH. GA.. July 3.—Fulmi nating in a romance begun nearly a year ago. Willis E. Carmichael, son of J. C. Carmichael, a wealthy phosphate mln'' owner of Florida, has niarried I Miss Mildred Mulhall, daughter of | Colonel Zach Mulhall, owner of the I Mulhall wild west show, which is one ; of the attractions at Tybee for the | summer. The ceremony was performed in the | chapel at Fort Screven by Rev. Father Doran, the post chanlaln, Charles Mul hall. brother of the bride, and Miss Georgia Mulhall, her sister, acting as best man and maid of honor. The I bride was given away by her father. This is the firs' wedding that has occurred at the fort chapel since It was completed. The romance began at Ocalla. Fla., the home of Carmichael, when Miss Mulhall was appearing there with her father's show In rough riding and fan 's' lariat throwing. Carmichael first saw her then. and. as he has since ex pressed it, it was "love at first sight.” Then the show came to Tybee. Car michael followed to be near Miss Mul hall. The wedding followed. FORMER PASTOR OF CHURCH IN ATLANTA IS DYING AT ATHENS ATHENS, GA., July s.—Dr. M. L. Troutman, former pastor of the Park Street Methodist church In Atlanta and now pastor of the First Methodist church of. Athens, is dying today of acute appendicitis. The attending phy sicians say his death is a question of only a few hours. Dr. Troutman re ceived the degrees of doctor of divini ty’and bachelor of laws at the recent commencement of the University of Georgia. He is one of the best known ministers of the North Georgia Metho dis’ conference. HOUSE “NAMES” NEW SON OF REP. SPENCE “WOODROW WILSON” The son of Representative John R. Spence, of Carroll county, who was ush ered into this mundane sphere at the pre cise moment that the Baltimore conven tion nominated Woodrow Wilson for pres ident, will be named in honor of the Princetonian if the wishes of the father's fellow members have any weight with him. Representative Hixon. Mr. Spence's col league in the house, offered a resolution today congratulating Mr. Spence upon the arrival of a son and heir and suggesting that the youngster he named Woodrow Wilson. It was adopted by acclamation and telegraphed to Mr. Spence, who was absent, celebrating the stork's arrival VICTIM OF SHOOTING MYSTERY RECOVERS; ACCUSED GIVES BAIL R. Z. Upchurch, chief clerk of the Geor gia Eruit exchange, who was wounded in a mysterious pistol fight in the exchange offices in the Walton building early yes terday. today was declared by Grady phy sicians to be out of danger. It is now be lieved that he will be able to leave the hospital within a short time. The bullet entered his side. Emmett Hight, the real estate dealer ac cused of shooting Upchurch, has been re leased from the police station on bond of 12,500. His trial will not be set until Up church is able to attend court. EVIDENCE, FOUND IN AN OLD WELL, CLEARS UP KILLING MYSTERY GADSDEN. ALA., July 3.—A long dirk and a suit of underclothes and a bucket which had contained blood were found by workmen cleaning a well at Altoona to day. The find clears the mystery of the death of Nicholas Shentzen. a German miner, who was killed and robbed of $1,500 last July. Wiley Goforth and Joe Saulsberry are charged with the crime. The knife has been identified as one be longing to Goforth. BUSINESS MEN AND LAWYERS TO DIRECT PENDLETON IN RACE A committee of from 30 tn <0 business men and attorneys of Atlanta will be ap pointed tomorrow to he campaign man agers of Judge J. T. Pendleton, in the race for the superior court judgeship. The appointments will be made by .1. D. Kilpatrick, who was given authority to do so by the Atlanta Bar association in a meeting held today. Judge Pendleton was indorsed by the association several weeks ago. GOOD ROADS BOOSTERS TO PLAN FOR BIG MEETING The county commissioners will meet with the good roads committee of the Chamber of Commerce Saturday at noon, when Dr. .Joaeph Hyde Pratt, president of the Southern Appalachian Good Roads association, will come to perfect arrange- I ments for the meeting of that association in Atlanta next November Dr W. S j McCallie. state geologist Profesaor C. Morton Strahn. «>f Ute Ciilversity of Geor* ! gia. and others prominent tn this state J u ill a Iso h♦ t end ' The meeting will i»e m arrange for ar* rommodatton of the .ion delegates e> • po<’te«l to th» convention, and a general uuillne ”f the wort be taken up then. NEWSTATUTE GIVES GRACE RIGHT TO TESTIFY If Passed in Time. Wounded Man Can Take Witness Stand Against Wife. • BILL IS INTRODUCED IN HOUSE BY REP. HARRELL Present Condition an Injustice. He Thinks—Famous Case Prompts Him to Act. The Grace -case and its legal techni calities were responsible for the -intro duction of a bill in the Georgia house of representatives today giving the husband the right to testify against the' wife in felony cases involving a criminal offense upon the husband by the wife, and vice versa. It was introduced by Representative Harrell, of Stewart county, and if it becomes a law before the Grace case comes up for trial Eugene Grace will be enabled to testify against Mrs. Daisy Grace, whom he accuses of shooting him in their north side home several months ago The Grace case Is now set for July 22. and it is hardly possible that both house and senate could pass the Har rell bill before that time, even if no op position should develop. But there is always a likelihood of delay in the court, and should the bill become a law before the trial it would apply to the present action. Bill Will Apply to Case Like Grace's. Competent lawyers in the house were asked today whether, in case the bill becomes a law, it would apply to a crime committed before its passage, but which had not reached trial at that time. They agreed that the law would apply to such 'cases. Mr. Harrell stated that he had read the newspaper stories of the Grace case with interest, and that he believed the law which prevented a husband from testifying against his wife, or a wife against her husband, was not wise. He said he had no interest in the Grace case especially, but the published state ment of the law which would prevent Grace from testifying had called his at tention to the defect In the law and bad made him resolve to attempt a remedy. The. bill provides that the evidence of the husband or Fife must be corrobo rated by other evidence, and it gives the wife the same right as the husband to testify. Only cases in which the charge amounts to a felony are em braced in the bill. It was referred to the general judiciary committee for a report. RECORDER BROYLES WILL “MAKE IT HOT” FOR PISTOL TOTERS "The pistol-toter is a menace to society, and we re going to make it hot for him.” remarked* Recorder Broyles today as he bound over William Carter to the state courts on the charge of carrying a con cealed pistol. "There Is entirely too much of this reckless shooting and consequent trag edy in Atlanta and this country, and practically all of it can be traced to the pistol-toter,” the recorder said. "Human life is regarded too cheaply. Its value has taken a startling slump. It has come to the, point where one man will shoot down another at the slightest provocation. The record of pfstol-tottng and tragedy in the United States puts the blush of shame on this country "The pistol-toter need expect no leni ency. for this court certainly will start him on the road to chaingang by sending him to the higher courts." THREE MONTHS RESPITE FOR S. CAROLINA SLAYER COLUMBIA. S. C., Juijr 3 Samuel N. Hyde, the Anderson slayer, sentenced to die in the electric chair on July 0. has been reprieved until September 5 by Gov ernor Biease and a commission has been appointed to examine into the sanity of the condemned man. The commission consists of Dr. J. W. Babcock, superin tendent of the state hospital for the In sane; Dr. Robert Wilson, of Charleston, chairman of the state board of health, and Dr. W. G Houseal, of Newberry. Dr. Babcock says the commission will not make Its report until September The electric chair at the penitentiary lias not yet been completed and .several under sentence of electrocution have been reprieved by the governor The chair Is expected to be read' by September Hyde is confined In the penitentiary HU attorney hopes to have the sentence com muted to Ilf* Imprisonment. ATLANTA. GA.. WEDNESDAY.-JULY 3. 1912. Fair Tennis Expert Wins Prize Cup PLAYS A FINE GAME f A S . X - i Ofriiif i \ JIM II W 1 l|r wHF 111/ 7 yfe - y I||K ' h L w bl \ yy"—|k Wk i igi m ; ", t, Miss Caroline Muse, whose playing astonished the society folk at the Driving club tourney and won her the women’s single cup. is shown here making a smashing play at a critical point in the match. Miss Smith and Winship Nun nally Wins Mixed Doubles at Tournament. Brilliant play characterized today’s matches In the tourney at the Pied mont Driving club. In the men's doubles, Colquitt and Draper won over Smith and Ashe, atari Miss Caroline Muse won the women's singles cup by defeating Miss Smith in some of the cleverest tennis ever seen in the South. Not in years have the. tennis enthu siasts been treated to such a skillful exhibition »t> was given by Miss Muse in lie- brilliant final with Miss Smith. I'riends who eongratu later! het upon her victory predict thal she will become a dangerous < oiltend er for women's tennis honor- in uh.it er meets If she can be prevailed upon to enter the championship 'ontesi in the North and Mid lie West ,ur>',.ra' hundred society folk saw her win the match. The mixed doubles went to -Mi.-s Smith and Winship Nunnally, who de feated Miss Hughes and Mr. McClus key. Dr. Varden and Draper are playing in the cup Singles this afternoon, and Hoyt and Dorsey also are scheduled in the men's singles. SELLS HOME AT FAIR AND WALKER FOR $10,500 Mrs Julia J Eubanks, through her agents. Turman, Black & Calhoun, has sold to the Georgia Realty Company for $10,500 the house and lot at the corner of Walker and Weal Eair streets The same I’oinern bought also from Mrs Eubanl s lota on Walker, on Holland and on alley near Walker and on Greensferry streets for $355,. *175. sllO and SIOO, reapectlveiy Turman, Black A Calhoun also atmotmt e the -ale of th* home of the late liy G*i>rg> •Sale on Park street to Di Medlock SECRET MOVE MADE TO FORCE SUFFRAGE ISSUE BEFORE CLUBS SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.—A reso lutlon favoring suffrage has been pre pared In secret and will be presented to committee on resolutions of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, now meeting In convention here. The remarkable progress of the suffrage movement in California Is having a strong effect on the women delegates, and it is believed the resolutions com mittee will report the resolution. This afternoon Mis. Francis Squire Potter, of Chicago, will conduct the conference of the literature department and at the same hour Dr. Rachel Yar ros, also of Chicago, will lead a health conference, where the Owen bill will make its first fight. Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker, a former president of the federation, is seriously 111 in a hospital here. She was stricken ill suddenly last night. H. T. M’CONNELL IS DEAD; IN BUSINESS HERE FOR 11 YEARS H T McConnell. head of the McConnell Shoe and Clothing Company, for eleven years, and one of Atlanta's prominent merchants, died today at St, Joseph's in firmary. Mr. McConnell had been op erated on for gallstones last Monday H* bad been ill less than a week before that da > lie was 44 years old and is survived by Mrs. Ida McConnell, his widow; Miss May McConnell, a daughter, and Frank Mc < ’onnell, .1 r.. a son The funeral will take place from the family home, 17 Garfield place, tomorrow at 10 o'clock. MULTI-MILLIONAIRE GETS DIVORCE FOR DESERTION PITTSHI RG. .Inly 3 Xn.lrew V. Mel ton. multi-millionaire banker, wan granted a divorce today on grounds <>t desertion In the original suit Mr Melton charged liim wife with Infidelity, naming an ling II It arm. officer as co-r< - pondenl I a ter a new suit charging desertion «■»< . tiled. The charge war not opposed. The Meli<ma have lwo children CLARK VINDICATED BY VOTE OF TAMMANY ANO T. F. RYAN DELEGATES FELDER ASSURED OF FINANCIAL AID Leaders Think Time for His Candidacy Ripe—Announce ment Expected Saturday. i Thomas S. Felder, attorney general, is expected-to make his announcement as a candidate for governor by Sa'urday. Today he returned to Atlanta from Ma con. where he had a conference with friends yesterday afternoon and gave out a statement that indicates almost certainly that he will announce. He will re’um to Macon tonight for another conference with friends there tomor row, when he is expected to reach ’i final decision, hts public statement to follow. "Two things have caused me to re frain from committing myself thus ’ar,” said Mr. Felder .oday. "1 wanted to see if the water was warm and if I could expect the necessary financial support to justify me making the race for governor. My friends at Macon have communicated with leaders over the state and the replies received lead them to believe the time Is ripe for m? to run. I have been absolutely assured all the financial aid necessary." The following telegram from his Macon supporters was received by Mr. Felder at 1 o’clock today: Ample financial support here as sured. Enthusiastic responses from your friends throughout the state are such that we think you should enter the race at once. The telegram was signed by Judge A. L. Miller. R. L. McKinney. E. G. Ja cobs. Dr. W. G. Lee, D. D. Adams and George S. Jones. MRS. T. L. WATERS IS GRANTED DIVORCE AND $5,000 ALIMONY Mrs Nellie Waters, wife of Thomas L. Waters, the former Broad street commis sion merchant who was arrested In April, 1911, In connection with his escapade with two Atlanta girls he accompanied to Waycross and other south Georgia towns, was given a divorce from her husband and $5,000 permanent alimony in superior court today. The decision put an end to. the marital troubles of the Waters that were aired before Judge Broyles in the police court several months ago. They were married in 1897. One daugh ter. thirteen years old, Mary L. Waters. whs born, and is living with her mother in Atlanta. The court directed that Mr. Waters, besides paying his former wife alimony, allow S2O per month for support of the child. Mr. Waters is at present an automobile salesman, having retired from the com mission business early last year. He made no defense to the petition by Mrs. Waters for divorce and alimony QUARREL OF GAMBLERS STARTS A CITY CLEAN-UP LITTLE R'X'K. ARK . July 3. Ar genta gamblers fell out among them selves As a result, four of their gam bling houses have been raided by the sheriff's deputies and $3,000 worth of gambling paraphernalia, including four roulette wheels, confiscated and pub licly binned Following this exciting episode, the grand jury has undertaken a thorough investigation to clean out all the gam blers. riot only in Argenta, which is merely suburb, but in Little Rock as well. There is no open gambling In Little Rock, a- there has been in Ar genta. MANEUVERS BILL PASSES. It ASHINGTON. July 3 The senat. todai passed the Joint resolution up I'oprlatfng $1.350.n0n for tin encamp ment mil mam ur eis of the mgamou militia. HOHL IDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £ a o y re no Ninety New York Votes Swing to Wil son When They Can Secure His Two-Thirds Majority. Ryan Del egates, Withheld From Clark, Are Given to Wilson. F a z c t s Disprove B.r yan ’ s Charges Against Clark. BALTIMORE, .Inly 3.—Ths nomination of Woodrow Wilson has exonerated Champ Clark from the malicious and untruth ful charges made by W. J. Bryan. The votes of the New York delegation were cast for Wilson just when they were needed to secure the nomination for him. Many Underwood delegates and the Virginia delegation, con trolled by Thomas F. Ryan, swung into line for Wilson when it became possible for their vntee to nominate him. these same votes were with held from Clark when they would have nominated him. 1 hese facts utterly disprove the statement made by Ffryan on the floor of the convention when he brazenly attacked Clark as the candidate of Charles F. Murphy. Ryan and the interests, and said he would support no man who had been endorsed by them. The Murphy votes were east for Clark too late to nominate him. The Ryan votes were ready when Wilson needed them. Democrats Declare They’ll Sweep Country, With the nomination of Woodrow Wilson for president and Governor Thomas R Marshall, of Indiana, for vice president, and the adoption of a progressive platform, the departing Democratic hosts from Baltimore de clare they will sweep the country next fall. It was a noteworthy circumstance that little or no bitterness marked the victory of Governor Wilson, despite the fact that the battle had been wa.ged here in convention for over a week. There was an optimistic feeling on the part of the delegates as they departed for their home. The general opinion was that the wings of the party were united and the South, East and West are satisfied with the outcome. When the convention adjourned at 1:56 o’clock this morning, after one of the most desperate struggles in its his tory. the delegates felt that they had nominated the strongest ticket possi ble under the circumstances. The central figure of interest as the convention broke up was William J. Bryan, who had created more excite ment than any other man in the con vention. During the closing hours of the convention Mr. Bryan took the plat form and his last appearance before the delegates was in some respects the most spectacular of the incidents ac companying the convention. Mr. Bryan said: "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the convention: “You have been so generous with m« in the allowance of time that I had not expected to transgress upon you* patience again, but the compliment which has been paid me by the mem ber from the District of Columbia, I hope a word in the form of a valedic tory will be permitted." Mr. Bryan’s reference was to a dele gate who had been voting persistently for Champ Clark, but who on the last ballot placed the name of William J Bryan in nomination for vice president. The commoner continued: Bryan Says He Bears no Hatred. "For sixteen years I have been a fighting man. Performing what 1 re garded as a public duty 1 have not hesi tated to spetik out on every public question that was before the people of this nation for settlement, and I have not hesitated to raise hostility and the enmity of individuals when I though* It ms duty to do so in behalf of my country. "I have never advocated a man ex cept with gladness and I have nevi opposed a man except in sadness If I have mi' enemies In this countrv, those who are my enemies have a mo nopoly of hatted. There Is not a Sin gh' human being against whom I feel hatred Today only one formalttv remained Th* n< ■' Democratic national 'ommit. tee, following the time-honored cuatom of tin p.irtv, was .- hcdui'd io (Met t