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PP9 PRICE In Atlanta, TWu CENTS. On Train*. FIVE CENT8. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1910. Situation Is One of the Most Interesting Developed in Years. NEITHER WILL DISCUSS POLITICAL MATTERS THE WOMAN INVASION? HERE ARE TWO WOMEN ARCHITECTS IN ATLANTA, AND THEY PLAN SURE-ENOUGH HOUSES, TOO Waiting Game Will Be Played by Both Sides, Each Spar ring For an Open ing. Ih, exclusive announcement | n The Georgian of Friday that former Gov- mw Hoke Smith will make the race Uiln.t Governor Joseph M. Brown In Ml. the latter atands for renomination itli .ummer, created a world of com ment. While Mr. Smith haa alwaya declined make any atatemant of hla political tain einc* hi* term aa governor ex plrrd. and Saturday would make no cnmment on The Georgian's story of Friday. It la non# the leas a moral ■mainly that ho will be forced to run Mr. Brown doe*. The. who have aupported him In hla 1*4 campaign* will bring such preaaure tear that he ran not decline to be fltlr etsndard-bearer. It haa been .aid on. good authority that It la Mr. Smith's desire that Rail toad Cotnmlaaloner Murphy Candler be candidate, representing, of course, tone thing* Mr. Smith ha* atood for. !e far Mr. Candler ha* ahown no will Wie»i to enter the race, and It I* not bought likely that he will. a, aletcd, the candidacy of Mr. Imlth depend* solely upon whether or »t Governor Brown'standi for renom- nitlnn. Ihvrnnr Brown aa Id Saturday morn hen naked If he had any comment make on the situation: “I have nothing to nay at thi* time." It la natural to expect that he will knew the custom and ask a second erm. buj it haa for some time been ru- eered about that he would not be a indidate unless It were likely that he >euld have no opposition. This, of course, la mere rumor, as I* he euggcatlon that former Governor *ei>h SI. Terrell might make the race Place of Governor Brown. The .Ituatlon I* perhaps the moat •terming that haa developed In state olltle* In year*. Governor Brown and hi* advlaora, It •aid. have determined to play a wait' aaoie. and there may be no formal 'Junremcnt from that wing of the •Pi until the opposition ha* put rth it. candidate. It l» not likely that Hoke Smith persuaded to enter the race he re the announcement from Brown le *“'■ the situation assumes the ap- lani . of a clever eparrlng bout. M 'fa likely to wind up In a knock " “r" 1 drag-out slugging match. * ear Raid There Causes De moralization on the New York Exchange. t?** Yorl <, Fab. 19.—A bear raid In *„..e l, - n m * r h*t of Liverpool today ■ H demorallaatlon In the New r-hange. Heavy blocks ware m.u. ° n market here and wild " mem marked the early trading. ■PHon, opened from 10 to >5 .,,’■ »"■; to 21.7*. below yeaterday'a Price*, and heavy selling aoon ... ' aufferlng the worst, i,.. " *a Httle support offered to the a-. Prom the scattered cov- * hlrh later caused a rally. Spot , "'b' down 21 point# In Llver- Plioto by Abananza. MISS HENRIETTA C. DOZIER, ARCHITECT, AF HER DESK. Miss Henrietta C. Dozier Talks of Her Work—She Designs Factories and Churches and Any Sort of Building. By DUDLEY GLASS. "Why. anything from a chicken coop’ a church. But my favorite 'line? The big things with lot* of mpney, ih them, of course." Mis* Henrietta C. Doaler leaned back In her office chair and amlled In a friendly way. She seemed to think It odd that any one should be surprised at a woman's success In architecture. I But. then.. women are giving their brothera a race In every line nowadays, except steeple climbing, and It wouldn't i surprise me to see one start that. Why, there's even'a'woman—but that’s good enough for a story of Its own, so I’ll save It. "Why not?" aske Mlse Dosler. There's vary Jlttl# difference between men and womtn. There's a Igt more difference ' between Individuals. t studied architecture in college, served a long apprenticeship for practical ex perience and had my upe and downs In' tb* school of practical work. Why shouldn't I be. a good architect? don't,ask any favors because l am a woman. fan I give satisfaction? That's the main point.” No Fashion Plats* Thsra. Certainly aha seemed, to have sunk the woman In the architect during business hours at least. Her desk, big roll-top with a hundred plgeon- Continued on Last Page. LITTLEIPEFQR Empire Life Insurance Co. of Georgia Acquires Immense Structure. ABOUT $400,000 PAID, ACCORDING TO REPORT English-American Building the First of Its Kind Built in United States—One of Skyscrapers. Even if He Recovers From Paralysis Doctors Say He Will Never Have Power of Speech. MISS LEILA ROS3 WILBURN STREET CAR RUNS OVER A SHADOW OF NOTHING Motorman J. C. Wallace end hls con ductor, who run on the Copenhlll line and whose car ran over and killed aged William Taylor laat Saturday night, had a strange experience early Satur- day morning at the eame apot where the fatal accident occurred and there were material evidence# sufficient to convince them that there are such things as ghost*. „ ■ . It was before daylight Saturday morning when Motorman Wallace at the brakes on the asm# car. coming down the steep grade weat of Copen hlll and nearing the epot where Mr. Taylor wae killed, waa start|i|d by eee- Ing a form lying across the rails. He saw It as hi* car sped around the curve, the electric headlight, describ ing a parabola, flashed across the fatal •pot and the ahadowy apparition ap peared In full view. . Of course Motorman 9 allace a heart stopped besting for a few second# In He leap Into hi* throat, but Motorman Wallace I* an experienced man at the electric controller, and retaining hla presence of mind, cut 'off the current, slapped on the brakes ** far a* they would go—and then put on three more n °Th«r brake* checked the car but llt- R. H. PLANT, JR.’S Conqueror Strain Bbod* IiUad Ar* Correct in 8h»p*. • Six* and Color. Georgian Company, Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen—Inclosed please find check for $1-20. My "“•'fled ad in The Georgian haa been very satisfactory, kase continue same every Friday and Saturday in March. Yours very truly, E. H. PLANT, JR. Macon, Ga., Feb. 17, 1910. tie and It sped onward toward th« place where Just a week before a man uai kitted. Addin* more strength to hi* efforts a Anal attempt to stop the car availed nothin* and In a second more the wheels passed over the form lyln* across the rails. The motorman told the conductor of what he saw. The car rocked slightly as the wheels passed over the form, and the lights flashed out and on again Just as they do when the wheels roll over anything that results In a disconnection. This fact Is vouched for by both motorman and conductor. Finally the car stopped and both men went back to see what had hap pened. They found— Nothing! They Inspected closely and then looked at each other. They Inspected some more, but found nothing and came on to town. *Tou can’t tell me I didn't see It, be cause I did,” declared Motorman Wal lace to a passenger later In the morn ing. ”! guess I know when I see any thing.” J. C. BARCLAY RESIGNS FROM WESTERN UNION Niw Yerk. Yah. 19.—Announcement waa foC# th# appointment of R-I.id a, general manager, had handed In hin 'gnation, Th. appointment of W. them as manager of equipment waa nounred at the i i tin H. M. Patterson Exalted Ruler, H. M. Patterson, the welt known At lantan. was nominated at a recent meeting of the Atlanta Klks to be ex alted ruler of the local lodge for next year. Mr. Patterson wilt be forfnslly elected and Installed the latter part of March. - I Washington, Fab. 19.—Senator Ben jamin R. Tillman rented quietly laat j night, and there are indication# thla morning of a slight Improvement In hls I condition. Tho he was still unron- j scloua this morning, the senator's right ' side Is almost wholly paralysed And aphaala haa developed aa a result of a cerebral hemorrhage on the left aide of the brain. He has nearly lost th# powkr of articulation, and thla Is re garded by th# doctor a* the most seri ous symptom of the South f'arollnsn’s i Illness. He may recover from the pa ralysis, hut In all likelihood. It Is sold, he never wtil regain the complete pow er of epeech, the senator's dearest and most cherished weapon .In hi* public service, and the keen edge of which ha* enlivened many debates of Union-wide Interest In congress. This Is the second stroke of paraly sis to seise the senator, the first having occurred nearly two years sgo, when he suffered a nervoua breakdown. At that time he wae treated at an Atlanta aait- Itarlum and later took a trip to Europe for the benefit of hla health. Dr. Plckford'at noon Issued th# fol lowing bulletin: Senatji Tillman la reefing com fortably this morning. He has passad most satisfactory night. Paralysla and aphasia unchanged. Temperature, puls# and respiration normal. Prognosis fa vorable. If present condition* can be maintained a few day# longer." Dr. J. IV. Babcock, of South Caro Ilna, superintendent of the hospital for the Insane of that state end who has been for a number of years the family physician of the Tillmans, arrived In Washington this morning and went Into consultation with Dr. Plckford. Mem bers of the family were recognised by the senator, who. It Is thought, realises fully at the intervals In which he Is conscious the seriousness of hls condi tion. Th* Empire Life Insurance Company Georgia on Saturday afternoon bought a controlling Interest In the English-American building thru the real eatate Arm of Forrest *. George Adair. The paper* were signed by the In surance company after 12 o'clock and It Is understood that tha price paid was approximately 2400.000. William IV. Bald, president of tho Insurance 'company, w hen asked re garding th# purchase by a reporter for The Georgian, said that he was not In position to deny or affirm the report, but said that negotiations were Well under way. Th# Engllah-Amerlean building la one of thg moat cant rally located office buildings In the city of Atlanta. It was the first flatiron building erected In th# United States. It f* saJd, and Is at the junction of Peachtree and North For- ayth-at*. R. F. Sheddon, the president of the Mutual Building Company, the holding company of the building, sea out of the city Saturday, being In Jackson villa, Fla. . Th# English-American building waa built by Lawman Bros., contractors, for the Engllah-American Trust Company Among those who took a prominent pirt In the movement ' to erect the building were Governor Bullock and Captain A. H. Henning, who have alnce died. Th# building waa one of the flrat skyscrapers erected In Atlanta and la eleven atorlea high. In order to fin ish It In contract time the contractors ■worked on It'night and day, yet they eventually became Involved In a law suit with the owners which was not settled until a short time ago. TAKES OWN LIFE Children Mortally Wounded, fiurse Is Shot Thru the Mouth. ENGINEER SHOOTS FOUR AND THEN HIMSELF Tragedy Is Enacted in Home in Birmingham and Cause Remains Mystery to the Officers. Vertrees Finishes With Ex- Forester—Hoyt’s Testi mony Corroborates All Glavis Has Toid. SNOW ON MOUNTAINS IN NORTH GEORGIA Chatsworth. Ga., Fab. 19.—After an all-day rain yesterday, the tempera ture fell from *2 at noon to* 20 above yesterday morning, a drop of 12 de grees. causing much suffering. A light snow, accompanied by a hard north wind, fell yesterday morning, adding much to th* discomfort of the people. Fort mountain snd Grassy mountain, near here, are covered with anow. BIG STEAMER ASHORE; FEARJ.0SS OF LIFE London* Fob. 19.—-A Lloyd* dispatch received today say* that the Hohenso!> Jem, of Bremen, waa driven ashore late last night on Bird Island. Dunmorley bay, and It !* feared all on board were lo*t. The »hlp I* reported to be a to tal wreck. The dlapatch come* from Rln* Bar. _ - \ _ Washington, Fsb. It,—When th* Ballinger- Pinfhot investigation wm returned this morn ing, Attorn*? Vertrees announced that he had no further Questions to ask Mr. Glavla, and thvreupon Henry M. Hoyt, at preaent at torn*? general of Porto Riro. and a friend of Olavia. waa railed to th* atand. Hla testi monr. in so far as he had an? knowledge of the rat* againat Berretar? Ballinger, ror- i roborated In ever? detail the statements of i Claris. Mr. Ho?t was examined by Attorn*? i Brandeia. In aawer to questions Hoyt said that he had been district attorn*? at Nom». Alaska, in 1904 07 and later speeu for th* (* * * ■' '— he had Porto Rieo. Mr. Hoyt related the rlrmmatanrea lead in* up to his visit to the attorney general. at the request of Mr. Brown to protest against the interpretation whieh Assistant Secretary Pieree had placed upon the law of May tf. 190*. in regard to the Alaska coal lands. He said Glavis complained to him of Pierre’s decision and said it meant that the fraudu lent claims would go to patent. Glaris was mack concerned about the mat ter. th* witness said, and he and Claris had tatkad it *rer. He said that he fHort) had suggested going to bis friend, Henry w. Taft, brother of President Taft, whom he knew, and hare him bring it to the attention of th* president. This suggestion wss abandon ed. and Hoyt agreed to so to Attorney Gen eral Wlekersbant, which he did. Hoyt said h* told Wiekershsm that he ..nee to him with the matter because he was anxious to save the adminiatrstioa from what he considered a very serious mistake. “Glavla and I felt.” said Hoyt, “that the eonrlusiona which Mr. Wiekershsm would reach would be radically different from what Mr. Pierew’a opinion was.” Birmingham, Ala,, Feb. 19.-—G*or*o Stephen*, an engineer on the Louis ville and Naahvllla railroad, today *hot And mortally wounded hi* infant child, seven month* old, and a twenty- montht-old child and probably fa tally Injured Janl# Stephen*, a five- year-old daughter. He then »hot Pris cilla Marshall, a negro cook and nurse and turned the weapon on himself, ending hla life. The tragedy occurred at the home of Stepherp, 614 North Sixteenth-st. The cause of the shooting has not yet been learned. Stephens was a son of Robert Ste phens. a prominent mine owner. At the Hillman hospital . the old negro nurse, who was shot thru the face and mouth, said she thought Stephens had been' drinking. Hls wife died live months ago and It is believed that he had been brooding over her death. The affair ha* created a profound sensation here, And the crowd that gathered at the residence was so large that the police could hardly keep con trol. ME AT CIO; CRISISNOT PAST Ominous Threats Are Heard Against Negro Deputies Who Fired on Mob. MORE TROOPS ARRIVE TO PATROL THE CITY Said' That Negro Deputies Have All Been Marked For Revenge—Snatcher of Purse Gets Term. Board of Trade Men Say Corn and Wheat Can Not Be Con trolled Because of Publicity. Washington, F«b. 19.—-Among those who appeared before the houa# agri cultural committee on hearing, of the Scott "futures" bill today were A. 8. Whit#, president of th* Chicago Board of Trade; George H. Davis, vies presi dent of the Kansas City Board of Trad*: A. T. Reynolds. Crawfordsvllle, tnd., representing the Grain Dealers as sociation of that city, and F. H. Hal- lett, of the Minneapolis Board of Trade. They all made practically the aame arguments: That dealing In “futurea” In wheat and corn would facilitate a trust In those articles. They claimed that under the preaent conditions It Is Impossible to successfully control the wheat or com market, because of the publicity given the prices of those ar ticles thru the exchanges. They argued that the beef trust and the hog combine Is only possible be cause of their exchange, thru which beef and pork are sold. HE WILL BE HEARD IN ATLANTA SUNDAY Cairo, III., Fab. 19.—Fearing a san guinary race war aa a result of the •hooting down of twelve white men by negro deputy sheriffs In repelling the attack on the Alexander county Jail. Adjutant General Frank 8. Dickinson appealed to Governor Deneen for a fourth company of state troops at mid night and Company I. of Vandalla. ar rived here early today to reinforce tho three companies already on the ground, making a total of 261) uniformed men now patrolling the streets of the city. Coroner McManus Impaneled a Jury today to hold an Inquest upon the body of Alexander Halllday. killed by a vol ley from the deputies In th# attempt to storm th# Jail. A post mortem ex amination of Holliday's body showed that death had been practically In*cu taneous from a severed Jugular vein and spinal cord;' §£ . This has mitigated the criticisms of the sheriffs who prevented anyone from approaching Halllday. where he lay four hours In the snow;. It was thought for a tffne that exposure contributed to hls death. The Cairo Board of Trado and tha Commercial club met last night and adopted resolutions sustaining the drastic step* taken by tho authorities to preserve peace and pledging their financial, moral and physical asslstanro If necessary to uphold the law. Tho rioters are awed by the militia and order prevails. " " For ths next few‘days the situation will be In tho hands of Adjutant Gen eral Dickinson. Lleutsnant Colonel Ry- man and Adjutant Frank L. Taylor. It was declared today that they and the troops night be her# for a week or even longer. Not till the last danger Is past will they leave. Negroes Marksd for Revenge. The live negro deputy sheriffs and the negro court bailiffs who made the stand with the white deputies against the mob. when one man was killed and several wounded, have been, according to Information In the hands of the au thorities, marked for revenge. These negroes face lynching or as sassination, the result of their efforts to quell the disorders. It was believed today that the period of greatest danger to them would he today and tomorrow, when the populace ar* excited over tha Halllday Inquest and funeral. The** men, under arm# themaelvoa •a members of tha sheriff's staff, are also watched carefully by their white companions and the troops, to guard against an attack on them. The release of Lincoln Wilson, the negro who was Implicated with John Pratt, now under sentence. In the rob bery of Mr#. Maloney, was made with caution. After the grand Jury took no action againat him, Wllaon was allowed to go, but he waa protected tn fear of another outbreak. It waa reported to day that he had left town. Pratt, the negro purse-snatcher, who was the cause of tha trouble, was tried reaterday afternoon and was given an ndetermlnate sentence of not more than fourteen years. SEYLER IS STILL FIRM: UNDER THIRD DEGREE Roesavalt Du* in Barlin May 1. Berlin, Feb. 19.—A special menage received straight from Theodore Roose velt today say# that he will be In Ber lin from May 1 to It. Altho It had been expected that he would come here, he has placed Paris before Rerlln on hls Itinerary, reaching Paris at the end of Atlantic City, N. J.. Feb. 19.—William and Orvfs Seyler, who were trailed to Petersburg. Va , and arrested tn con nection with the death of Jane Adams, on the mllllon-dollar pier, underwent an all-night third-degree examination at the hands of the police here and to day the brothers were on the verge of ■ collapse. i William Seyler, accused of having ! killed Miss Adams, while hls brother U j being held ss an accessory, displayed | great nerve during the examination. Ho clung steadfastly to the story he tol l when tint arrested. This was a denial that he waa with Miss Adams on the • evening ehe met her death. Chief of | Police Woodruff admitted that they I have obtained some Information re- jgarding Seyleris movements in com- i pany with Jane Adam* the night she | disappeared which may aid him tn solving the mystery. He would not go ' further than this. April. He will be in London May 1&. __ -MaJ-gtlc holeL REV. W. W. MEMMINGER. He was recently called to the rector- •te of the All Saints (episcopal church and has arrived In Atlanta. He will { ireach hls Itrst sermon Sunday morn- ng. Mr. Memminger has taken apart ments tor hliraelf and family at the HOG LESS THAN YEAR OLD BRINGS MORE THAN $30 SUtesbero. 0%.. Tab. 19.—Jeff Bird. Btstetb^ro. probably bae the r*conl for the r*eh return* «f one bo* exer ««!*t tn this rounty. Mr. Blrrl brought the se he celled it. to market ?esterd sold it for s lltt|*_more tha " Ird has snout S9 gsiioi Id ”plg Notices of Sunday services in the Atlanta churches will he found on the first Want Ad page, The Georgian is the leading Want Ad Medium of the South f carrying more Want Ads each day than any other Southern Newspaper. Below are the figures showing number of Want Ads published by all the Atlanta newspapers: February 18th, 1910, The Georgian carried 327, Journal 261, Constitution 173 THE WEATHER, forecast: Fair, warmer Saturday night and Sunday. Temperature* Saturday: 1 a. m.. 27; 10 a. m„ 22; „ noon, 38; 2 p. m.. 44. The Atlanta Georgian “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” SPOT COTTON. Atlsnts, nominal; 16c. Liverpool, easy; 7.S9. New York, quiet; 14.50. Augusta, quiet; 14 T A. Bsrannsh, steady; 14T4. Nor folk. stead?; 14T4. Galveston, quiet; 14?|. Mobile, nominal; 15c.