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THE WEATHER
Shower* tonight or tomorrow.
Temperatures: 8 a. m„ 76 degrees; 10
a. m., 79 degrees: 12 noon. 81 de
grees; 2 p. m., 84 degrees.
VOL. X. NO. 275.
FBI FLOOD
II FBI tF
GOMICTII
SEWED
Shackled Prisoner. Fugitive
Under Ground. Pursued by
10.000 Gallons Water.
GUARD VOLUNTEERS TO
BRAVE DEATH IN TUNNEL
But Superintendent Declares
One of Many Deaths Surely
Awaits Daring Negro.
John Wallace, the double-shackled
negro convict who escaped from the
stockade chaingang by escaping into
the trun'k sewer manhole at South
Boulevard and Carroil street this morn
ing. was pursued by 10,000 gallons of
scalding water as he struggled blindly
through the pitch dark, filth floored
subterranean passageway in his des
perate flight to the outlet three miles
a” ay.
Guard Manders, from whom the ne
gro . rirr.lnal fled, begged this after
noon. to be allowed to follow the man
into the depths of the loathsome sewer.
Superintendent Tnm Lanford. of the
stockade, refused to permit the guard
to descend. He told him that Wallace
was almost surely dead somewhere in
th* sewer because ten minutes after he
entered it the Fulton Bag and Cotton
■Company opened its sluice gates two
blocks away and let loose into the sew
er a r-ging torrent of boiling water,
which must have caught and literally
broiled to death the fleeing negro V
fore he could have stumbled more than
2iiO yards upon his way to the fa' off
outlet of the sewer at an East Atlanta
< rdf'k.
Lost in Kennelg He
Faces Starvation.
The superintendent declared that
even if the fugitive eon vict. succeeded
in avoiding the flood by climbing up
the side walls of the sewer he would
still be killed by the stifling heat that
would arise from the swirling, steam
ing water beneath him. Or if Ire es
caped both these deaths the superin
tendent declare,d he could hardly keep
a straight cours_e in the blackness of
the tunnel, but would surely stray off
in'o one of the dozens of other branch
sewers that ramify in all directions
f om the trunk tunnel he entered. Lost
In the unlighted curves and mazes of
these interminable holes, the man
would have not one chance in a million
of over again reaching the light of day
anil would sta’ve to death amid the
slim' refuse if he were not suffocated
■ ■ng before by the deadly sewer gas.
X vcrtheless. armed guards are sta
tioned at every manhole throughout the
' rigth of the tong, underground ditch
and they hat e orders to shoot the ne
g ■ on sight if he shows the least sign
of esistance to recapture.
No sign of the fleeing man had .been
seen by anv of the guards at 3 r.\lqck
this afternoon.
Wallace macle his sensational escape
at the corner of South Boulevard and
Carroll street .it 9 o'clock. Surely hr
had never heard of the similar escapes
into the sew cis of Paris so graphically
related in Hugo's "Les Miserables." But
hi dash fy li-.'-itr resembled perfectly
the wei'd (lights of the French crimi
nals into the underground sewers of
the foreign city. -
Cautiously Waits
Chance to Escape.
Double-shackled, because he was
bound over for trial for assault with
intent to rob. Wallace was working
with the road gang this morning when
i he chance he had long been looking for
a mo. He was working on the road at
-ome little distance from, the, other
prisoners. He noticed the open man
iole us the sewer. Slowly and cau
•iously he worked his way toward the
manhole, keeping a wary eye upon the
guard, who never suspected the pris
oner.
Suddenly when the guard turned his
back for a moment Wallace dropped
the pick he had been plying and de
spite the double shackles which fettered
him. he flung his body headforemost
into the dark, loathsome depths of the
- wer. When he struck the bottom he
stumbled to Ids feet, in the slime and
• <:te’ and groped his way far enough
from the entrance so that none of the
guards could see him. Then, it is be
lieved, he rested only long enough to
recover a little strength before begin
ning the horrible journey through the
itch dark depths of the loathsome
~W f r t o the outlet at the creek, more
ian two miles away.
The negro’s escape was noticed by
■he guards almost instantly anil a
,-earch of the sewer at the manhole re
vealed the manner of his disappear-
nce Aid was summoned from the
.-.oclcade and guards were sent quickly
io man the manholes or the sewer
throughout its entire length.
The negro Wallace is 30 years old
•Ind lias a bad record He was serving
:;n days in the stockade before going on
triwl in the state courts for the assault
an* attempted robbery.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
WWIELDIN
mi ioosts
SEIBOiRD
FORDIXIE
-
Head of Syndicate Which Suc
ceeded the Ryan Interests
Visits Atlanta.
PLANS TO MAKE ROAD
DISTINCTLY SOUTHERN
**■ I
Local Men Considered for High
Places—Many Improvements
to Help This Section.
S. Davies Warfield, president of the
Continental Trust Company of Balti
more and the man who bought control
of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Com
pany from the Thomas F. Ryan inter
ests two weeks ago. arrived in Atlanta
today in his private car to make the
first of the arrangements by which the
Seaboard will become wholly a South
ern railroad operated by Southern men
in the interests of the South.
With Mt. Warfield came Charles R.
Capps, vice president of the Seaboard,
in charge of all its traffic. Mr. Warfield
consulted freely with capitalists of At- '
lanta and will financial leaders of
other Southern cities, and as a result j
of these confabs it is expected that '
within the week Mr. Warfield will not:
only swing much Southern capital to
the Seaboard interests, but will pick a
number of men from Atlanta and other
Southern towns to form the new di
rectorate of ihe line
Hailroad to Typify
Progress of South.
Mr. Warfield's; splendid private car
lay near the Seaboard station In a
busy few hours he met several of the
best known capitalists of the South, to
whom he confided bls ambition of mak
ing the Seaboard a progressive railroad.
South owned and South operated, typi
cal of the progressiveness of the new I
South.
Mr. Warfield said that he has defi
nitely in mind the complete fulfillment
of the aims of the Southern Settlement ,
and Development association of Balti
more. the incorporation of which pre
ceded and had a direct bearing upon
the purchase of the Seaboard control.
Eight governors, eight railroad presi
dents and 40 other powerful represen
tatives of Southern interests formed
that organization In Baltimore, he said,
with the specific idea of Southern traf
fic development by Southerners.
Georgia Men To Be
The Directorate.
‘‘The Seaboard is the first big step
we have taken along that line," said
Mr. Warfield "It will offer almost un
limited opportunities for the commer
cial and industrial evolution we have
in view, and we plan to make the im
petus of this Southern revival felt
throughout the country for miles in
every direction along the line of the
Seaboard's tracks.”
When the new board of directors is
chosen in the early fall Mr. Warfield
plans to put upon that list men of
influence and capital to represent each
of the Virginias, the Carolinas, Geor
gia. Florida and Alabama.
Among the men Mr. Warfield visited
here was Asa G. Candler, president of
the Centra] Bank and Trust Corpora
tion. The new bead of the Seaboard
was much impressed with the lavish
new quarters of the bank and congrat
ulated Mr. Candler on the progressive
ness of which they are an evidence.
The two talked over condition/In gen
eral in the South.
SLAYER M’NAUGHTON
MAKES A FINAL PLEA
THAT LIFE BE SPARED
Dr. W. J McNaughton, the Emanuel
county slayer, under sentence to die for
poisoning Fred Flanders, made his last
plea for life through extraordinary mo
tion before the state supreme court to
day.
If the high court refuses McNaugh
ton a new trial on the new evidence the
man. whose case has already been
dragged through all the courts of
Georgia and even into the United
States supreme court, will go to his
death.
Upon the final disposition of Mc-
Naughton's case hangs the fate of Mrs.
Mattie Flanders, wife of McNaugh
ton's victim. Mrs Flanders was in
dicted for complicity in the crime, but
has never been tried.
McNaughton was found guilty o?l
administering arsenic to Flanders while
the latter and his wife were boarding in
McNaughton’s home. Upon evidence
that Mrs. Flanders did not seem moved
over her husband’s death, but appeared
eager to get bis shat-' estate of 13,00 H,
rhe wife was indicted.
I V Fl inn
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TEDDY CHEER ED BY 25,000
jag 7 !
hor t M*
w. Q fl JRI
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to. wi av /
(j)lonel Roosevelt waving to the great throng that lirted Chicago's streets as he was being
taken from the railroad station upon his arrival to the Congress hotel, his headquarters.
BEACH CASE PUTS
LIO ON IN AIKEN
AIKFN. S. C.. June 17.—Aiken is
swept today by a tremendous reform
wave. In which even the rich social
colony Is joining, to show the world
that the town repudiates and resentd
the "Beauty Beach Scandal." The city
council has decided to instruct the
Aiken policemen to put a quick and
effective check upon all the amuse-,
ments In which Beach and his set in
dulged. For the next two weeks city
policemen will investigate every social
club once every 60 minutes, day and
night, and even the appearance of dis
sipation will be sternly suppressed.
Already the gambling halls have been
closed and the owners whose machines
have not been confiscated have shipped
the paraphernalia. The officials of
Aiken declare openly that the places
frequented by "The Beach crowd" will
be put out of business If they have to
close them at the points of guns and
the assertion Is as openly made that
Beach must take such a dose of Aiken
medicine that no recurrence of such a
scandal will ever imperil the reputation
of the town.
Even the Society
Folk Are Affected.
Scores of the best known members of
the social colony have joined the resi
dents In this crusade and not least re
markable is the fact that the move
ment has even swept into the revival
stage. Society folk who have been
conspicuous by their absence from
Aiken churches for years, have flocked
to the "protracted meetings," wheie
the ministers are denouncing the Beach
case and calling upon their congrega
tions to stamp out scandal from Aiken
forever.
Some of the more fervid of this "so
ciety clique" have gone to 'be point of
speaking out against the Beach case in
open meeting and have thus gone on
record as aiding the residents morally
in their repudiation crusade. Undoubt
edly this stand accounts in large part
for the tremendous impetus of the re
vival movement now in progress in
Aiken. Evangelists are speaking at
three meetings a day in most of the
churches and the edifices have proved
too small to hold the throngs.
The preachers lose no opportunity to
hold up the Beach case as a popular
lesson, and the sentiment of lheir con
gregations manifesllj tenters about
this issue.
ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. JUNE 17. 1912.
WE'LL CUT ’EM IN TWO,
CRIES T. R. TO HIS HOSTS
Girl Reporter "Calls’*
Newspaper Man’s Bluff
And Becomes His Bride
Miss Mary Carter and Rogers
Winter Are the Principals
in a Night Wedding.
Miss Mary Reynolds t’arter, of The
Constitution staff, went to Trinity
cliurcii last night to write a story for
her paper. Rogers Winter, of The
Journal, covered the same assignment.
A tew hours later they were Mr. and
Mrs. Winter.
Mr. Winter had known Miss Carter
for several years. They were rival re
porters in Augusta until Miss Carter
came to Ailanta two years ago and
began doing the "court house run" for
the' morning paper. Mr. Winter landed
a job on The Journal as soon after
ward as he could. Since then, he says,
he had been trying to persuade Miss
Carter to become Mnj_ Winter. Last
night he gave up persuasion and tried
a bluff.
Leaving Mi£s Carter at the church,
he went out to Ordinary Wilkinsons
home and got the license. Then he
came back to town, invaded The Con
stitution office, found Miss Carter bu-y
on her story, and exhibited the license.
That exhibition of nerve made good.
They went out and woke up Dr J. B.
Robins, pastor of Trinity church, and
were married. Mrs. Winter went track
to her work on The Constitution today
and her husband resumed his news
gathering for The Journal.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
William Everett Rushing, of Millen. Ga.
and the bridegroom is the son of Rev
I, P. Winter, of Grantville.
HONEST. THEY DID FIND
WHISKY AND BEER IN
SEAB WRIGHT’S ROOM
ROME. GA . June 18 In a room where
h negro declared Seahorn Wright, a well
known prohibition leader of the United
States, kept some plunder, officers found
two boxes of whisky Mr. Wright is not
charged with selling whisky, however,
and a charge has been brought against
Sim Davie, a negro The place raided is
within the shadow of the Floyd county
court house and a stone's throw of the
police station.
Davie was taken to the room and when
he told the officers that Seaborn Wright
kept bis plunder there and he had the
key to the place. Die bluecoats refused
to believe Die negro had hammered flj'W’n
th door with an a,-:. They found several
jugs of whisky and bottles of beer. Davie
eseaped while the officers were looking
for the ax He is still at large.
BOV(4)STARTS
TO SEE WORLD
Equipped with a nickel, a pair of
husky legs and a determination "to
see the world," Edward Lafayette
Wheelis, a bright-faced, blue-eyed tot
of four years, started out today on a
tramp that was destined to be of short
duration.
The llttrle fellow is the son of Super
intendent Wheelis. who is in charge of
the work of construction on the new
Southern freight terminals, and lives
witli his parents at 47 Trinity avenue.
Having been here but a short time, lit
tle Edward knew nothing of the city,
but that didn't feaze*him. To him At
lanta was the whole world and he
wanted to see it.
When the father left home this morn
ing lie gave little Edward a nickel,
telling him to be a good boy until
“papa comes back." Edward wanted to
lie a good boy all right, but all of this
money at one time developed the wan
derlust, and he started out to "take in
the town,” slipipng away from home at
an opportune moment.
Spends Nickel For Candy.
At the first store Edward spent his
nickel for candy. Eating and Walking,
w ith no thought of passing vehicles nor
the crowded streets, he scion found
himself downtown. After looking in
the show windows at the "pretties”
and knicknacks and enjoying himself
to his heart's content, the tot decided
he hud seen the whole show, lie was
tired, anyway, and wanted to go liome.
He ambled along for several blocks,
and then came the realization that he
was lost. .
The little "tourisl" didn't cry. He.
was too manly for that. But he was
getting mighty tired, and the pair of
robust legs began to feel wabbly.
Finally, he sighted yi house that he
thought was his own home and in he
strolled. It was the home of W. O.
Stamps, the merchant, at 313 White
hall street.
"I wants my momrner.' pleaded the
little fellow as he met Mrs. Stamps in
the hallway.
"Well, who is your mamma, my little
man?” asked Mrs. Stamps.
"She’s my momrner. and I want my
mommei." was the only identification
furnished by the little "unknown." No
one in the block knew anything of the
tot, and Mr. Stamps took him to the
police station.
"I wants my mominer." said little Ed
ward to the several policemen who
gathered about and questioned him. It
was then but a few minutes until the
mystery was solved. An excited wom
an inquired over the telephone If a lost
boy had been found. Little Edward's
description brought a cry of joy over
the phone. The baby tourist's tour
came to an end h few minutes later
amid great enthusiasm.
“We’ll Knock These Old Gentlemen
Through the Ropes,” He Cries Again
and Again at Reception to Delegates,
Hundreds Struggleto Shake His Hand.
Alabama Delegation Adopts Unit Rule, Grab
bing Two T. R. Votes---Dixon Says Nine
Georgia Taft Men Have Deserted for Colonel.
Big Fight on Tomorrow.
CHICAGO. -June 17.—“ We will cut them in two." cried
Theodore Roosevelt today when reports of his lieutenants and
delegates were presented to him at a reception in the Eliza
bethan room at the Congress hotel. The reception was a con
tinuous ovation for the colonel. "We’ll knock these old gentle
ment through the ropes," was the exclamation that came from
the colonel again and again, as he shook hands with hundreds
of his supporters.
By adopting the unit rule, the Alabama delegation to the
Republican national convention nullified the two votes of the
delegates favoring Roosevelt, and so tied up the delegation that
the two Roosevelt votes will be thrown to Taft.
At lithe same time the Alabama Taft forces were strangling
the two Roosevelt men. the Oklahoma delegation refused, by a
vote of 18 to 2. to adopt a resolution bidding their entire dele
gation to stand behind any nominee selected by the convention.
This was the first attempt by the Tass forces to hind the dele
gates against a bolt, by using the famous Conklin resolution of
1880. when President Grant sought a third term nomination.
These developments, with the
statement of his manager, Senator
Dixon, that a careful final check
of the delegates this forenoon
showed that Roosevelt would con
trol the convention at its opening
by 42 votes, were incidents that
lent to the intense excitement
with which Chicago is charged
on the day preceding the calling
to order of the most important
national convention in many dec
ades.
Crush Almost Too
Great for Colonel.
Late in the morning delegates and
alternates filed Into the Elizabethian
room at the Congress hotel for a con
ference with Roosevelt. Although it
was positively stated that no one ex
cept delegates and alternates would be
admitted, some outsiders were allowed
to go into the room.
When the colonel dashed into the
room behind a wedge of guards it was
packed to suffocation.
"Don't let any one else In," shouted
the colonel, “not another man. I want
to meet these men."
Roosevelt stood at the Peacock alley
entrance. Beads of perspiration were
on his forehead.
"Let ’em come,” he shouted Into the
ear of Frank Knox, the door tender.
"I'm ready."
R. R. McCormick was one of the
first men in line. He presented the
facts from Illinois.
“Colonel, we are 56 for you on everj
proposition.” he said. ”1 just left the
meeting of the Illinois delegation and
I can assure you of that fact.”
‘‘We’ll Bust
Them in Two."
“Fine, fine," exploded the colonel
shaking McCormick’s hand like a punu
handle. “Believe me. Mr. McCormick
we w ill cut them in two.”
Between McCormick and Governor
Deneen In line were several of the Illi
nois delegation. These men shook tha
colonel's hand cordially.
“Fine," he kept exclaiming so loud
that he could be plainly heard all over
the big room now jammed to its limit.
Bang! went a couple of flashlights
within ten feet of.where the ex-presl
rlent stood.
"Woopee!” he, exclaimed. "Let er
go! That's the spirit!"
The West Virginia delegation came
next in line. "We're for Teddy, ever
ready. West Virginia," roared the men
in line. A smile showed all of the colo
nel’s front teeth.
"Knock 'em over the ropes, knock
'em out!" he shouted. "Great pleasure
to see you gentlemen, and I want you to
know that we’ve got ’em going."
The next few men in line were
friends.
"By George! By George!" cried
Roosevelt as he shook hands with sev
eral men whom he knew “Fm delight
ed to shake hands with you gentlemej
today. This is fine —fine."
North Carolina came next in line.
"We re for Teddy, you bet.” cried the
leader in line. "North Carolina is al!
right." replied the ex-president.
At this point the crushing crowd out
side forced a side door to the room.
"Here, here," cried Colonel Roose-
IPITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £ a o y r E no
veltz "Don't let another man in. I ran
not shake any more hands. He broke
through the line before him and rushed
across the room. *
“We’ll Knock These Old
Gentlemen Over the Ropes."
"Shut the dbor," he commanded and
the door was shut. Roosevelt stepped
back into the line. He shook hands
with more than 500 and there were
thousands more wearing badges of on«
sort or another who tried to get in.
The Oklahoma delegation made con
siderable noise.
“Oh you Teddy,” shouted the first
delegate as he shook hands with the
colonel.
"All right, by George," exploded the
ex-president, "Oklahoma is the state
and we'll carry It In the fall. Things
are going fine, gentlemen, and we’ll
knock those, old gentlemen over the
ropes."
Next came Texas. Colonel Ceci!
byon, who was flattened out by th*
Taft steam roller, led the line of the
bone Star state.
“Well turn the state over to you,'*
said Colonel byon.
"Ah. the bone Star state." he replied,
“I’m for you, gentlemen., strong."
Next came the Maryland men.
“We are for you strong," cried tha
leader of this delegation.
“Will you be for me on temporary
chairman?” asked the colonel.
“You bet we will,” was the reply.
"That Is the. way," he cried. "Knock
them over the ropes, boys."
Minnesota came next.
'How do you feel?” asked one
"I’m right up to the handle." ha
shouted. "Right up to the handle and
I’ll stick to this thing to the limit."
"How does the thing stand?" asked
the next man who gripped his hand.
“We’ve Got ’Em Going
And No Mistake.”
"We've got 'em going and no mis
take," was the explosive reply. "We'll
knock those old gentlemen out and no
mistake."
Then were presented the two women
deliegates from California, the only
women who will have seats in the con
vention.
When the colonel saw them he looked
inquiringly for a moment. "These are
women delegates and they are for you."
cried a man in the, crowd. The women
smiled and extended their hands.
"I’m glad to see you. ladies." saluted
the colonel
"badies. I am. strong for woman’s
suffrage, and it Is a pleasure to se»
such progress."
The women wete hurried on with
the steady stream of struggling crowd
of humanity by the colonel.
"I’m from Washington." shouted a
man who came next. "They stole the
state from us."
"Don't you worry, sit,” came the re
ply. "We will put it over those gentie
men easily, but, say. did you ever see
such a naked theft as that In Wash
ington?"
The crush seemed tn grow great
again and Colonel Roosevelt again
stepped from his place in the line to
see that the doormen and other guards
were keeping others from rushing Into
the room. His face was Rushed and
