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TEDDY URGES
DEEPER WATER
In Speech Before Inland Waterways
Commission at Memphis,
FOR REGULATING RATES
•sPeople of the Bluff City Give Chief Execu
tive a Rousing and Enthusiastic
Reception.
With bands playing, children singing
-And enthusiastic men shouting the
slogan of deep waterways, Memphis,
Tenn., threw wide her gates Friday
■afternoon to President Roosevelt, a
score of governors and many other dis
tinguished personages from the states
4n the fertile Mississippi river valley.
The president arrived on the United
steamer Mississippi shortly af-
Aer 10 o’clock. The bluffs, overlooking
the river were packed with people who
gave the chief executive a warm wel
come. As the steamer landed the whis
tles of all crafts in the harbor were
sounded. Immediately following the
steamer Mississippi was the steamboat
Alton, carrying visiting governors and
•other notables. When all had landed
the president was conducted to a car
riage by Governor Patterson of Ten
nessee, and Mayor Malone of Memphis
and the most imposing parade ever
•seen in Bluff City then began.
The president was continuously
cheered throughout the march. The
<eity was a waving mass of celor, not
•only along the line of parade, but on
-many other streets as well. When the
president’s carriage turned into Main
■street he was saluted by a regiment of
•confederate veterans who from that
point acted as a body guard. The pres
ident arose and warmly greeted the
grizzled warriors of half a century
■ago.
Despite a lively downpour of rain,
"which lasted until noon, the streets
-were jammed with citizens and visit
ors. Passing north on Second street
200 school children were seated on a
decorated arch and sang patriotic
songs as the president passed. The
president arose in his carriage and
>bowed repeatedly to these little ones.
Arriving dt the auditorium rink, where
the deep waterways convention is be
ing held, President Roosevelt alighted
and after chatting with several friends
ascended the platform. The huge
structure filled up rapidly and when
•Governor Malcom R. Patterson of Ten
messee arose to present the president
an immense assemblage greeted him.
President Roosevelt departed from
his printed speech in several instances.
Speaking of the confederate guard of
honor, he said it was a touching sight
to see these old confederate soldiers
•carrying the flag of this great union.
If any one wanted to know how they
would fight for that flag ask
the boys in blue how they fought
against it. He said with emphasis that
he was as much the president of the
south as of the north and was devoted
to its interests. He said he was half
a southerner, and when he told of two
•or three of his uncles having worn the
.gray he was tremendously applauded.
Speaking of a deep water channel
from the gulf to the lakes, the presi
dent said he favored rapid improve
ment of the Mississippi river. ‘‘Like
Davy Crockett, the great Tennessee
an,” he said, “I favor his motto, ‘be
sure you are right and then go ahead.’
and this deep water problem is al
most up to the ‘go ahead’ stage, but
we want to be dead sure about it.”
In connection with his discussion of
the corporations, the president said
his experience in the past few years
had brought him to the point of feel
ing “sincere sympathy for certain
gentlemen who are cast into a frenzy
by the most common sense remarks.’’
“I will use my utmost power to
stamp out murderous and lawless an
archy,” he declared, “and I will not
more stay my hand because a wrong
doer masquerades as a labor leader
than if he masquerades as a captain
of industry. I have heretofore ex
pressed myself on the subject of un-'
desirable citizens and I stand by what
I said, alike when he is a great cap
italist who wins a fortune by chican
ery and wrongdoing and when he is
a man who under the guise of stand
ing up for labor, preaches and encour
ages violence and murder.”
When the president closed his ad
dress he was driven rapidly to his
train at the Missouri Pacific railroad
station and departed at 5 o’clock for
lake Providence, La., for a hunting
trip.
THE YELLOW PERIL.
! Swarming of Asiatics Into United States
Causes Alarm and More Stringent
Measures Will Be Taken.
A Washington special says: Immi
gration of Japanese into America is
Increasing at so alarming a rate that
it has been determined by the govern
ment to adopt extraordinary pleasures
to prevent the introduction into the
United States not only of Japanese
but of other Asiatic coolie laborers.
One result of the trip of Secretary
Straus of the department of com
merce and labor, along the Canadian
border and the Pacific coast has been
an increasing of the force of the im
migration inspectors along the Ca
nadian border with a view to control,
if possible, the flood of Asiatic immi
gration into America.
The official figures of the immigra
tion of Japanese into America are not
available because Secretary Straus de
clines at this time to make them pub
lic; but it knows that moore than
double the number of Japanese have
come into the United States thus far
in the year 1907 than came here dur
ing the same period last year.
Naturally, the figures of the govern
ment do not include the hundreds ot
Japanese who have come into the
country surreptitiously. They have
come across the Canadian and Mexi
can practically without hin
drance, despite the regulations adopt
ed by the government to prevent the
introduction of Japanese laborers.
The government of Japan does not is
sue passports to laborers for Amer
ica. It does, however, issue passports
to them for the Hawaiian islands and
Canada. Once in the Hawaiian islands
they take passage either to Mexico or
to Canada and then make their way
across the border line into this coun
try either from Mexico or the Do
minion of Canada. They take train,
for instance, from Mexico to Canada,
through the United States. The rail
roads are not bonded as they are in
the case of Chinese passengers, to de
liver them at a specified destination.
The result is that the Japanese leave
the train at any point in the United
States they may choose.
For many months the government
has had immigration inspectors in
Mexico and Canada making investiga
tions respecting the coming to Amer
ica of Asiatic laborers, especially Jap
anese. In practically every instance
the inspectors have reported that the
Japanese who reach Mexico or Canada
are bound for the United States. In
quiries in the Hawaiian islands have
revealed organizations whose business
it is to procure Japanese laborers to
work in the United States. They not
only provide the means, but have the
way by which the Japanese may easi
ly obtain entrance into this country
through Canada and Mexico.
It is this sort of proposition the gov
ernment proposes to combat.
FOUR KILLED; TWENTY HURT.
Explosion Caused by Molten Metal Deals
Death and Disaster.
An explosion caused by the upsettinj
of the metal pot in the number one cu
pola of the Standard Steel company at
Butler, Pa., late Sunday night caused
the death cf four men, fatally injured
twenty and seriously injured ten oth
ers. Nearly ail of the men were for
eigners.
The large steel plant, 180 by 100
feet, was demolished, causing a loss
estimated at SIOO,OOO.
The condition of the thirty men in
jured is pitiable. Although still alive,
the features of a majority are muti
lated beyond recognition. The hot
metal was showered over them, caus
ing horible injuries. Arms, fingers
and ears were torn off, while a number
of the men had their eyes burned out.
Several men are in tbe hospital with
their legs burned to a crisp. At mid
night the physicians attending the in
jured said that at least twenty cf them
would die.
A span in the pot containing 5,000
pounds of molten metal broke, allow
ing the liquid iron to spill over the
wet sand. An explosion followed so
quickly that none of the workmen in
the building had a chance to escape.
Streams of the burning metal poured
out on the workmen, some of whom
were engulfed and literally cooked.
Twenty men near the cupola had
every shred of clothing blown off by
the force of the explosion.
Many were buried under the wreck
age and were not rescued for an hour
after the catastrophe. When the flames
shot from the burning car works fully
10,000 people rushed to the scene,
blocking streets and interfering with
fire companies and ambulances.
BALE OF EGYPTIANS
Is Favored and Recommended by the Sec
tional Committees of Spinners
and Growers.
The recommendation of the section
al commtttees of the cotton spinners
and growers at the Atlanta convention,
which met Monday to discuss various
technical features of the cotton busi
ness, will well nigh revolutionize the
cotton industry.
The Egyptian form of cotton bale is
recommended to the cotton congress.
Better covering than jute bagging is
desired for cotton bales. The other
changes include baling at the cotton
gin, marking on each end of the bale
weight and grade, also more equitable
tare and uniformity iu bales is desired.
The sending of representatives to Eu
rope to sell direct to the spinner the
contents of southern cotton warehouses
is a movement that is taking definite
shape.
Stability of price is favored by the
representative of every brauch of the
cotton industry except the delegates
from the cotton exchanges. It is
proposed to reduce the business of
marketing cotton to such a science
and by cementing closer relations be
tween grower and spinner to make
fluctuations iu price subject alone to
the laws of supply and demand.
The serious work of the cotton con
gress really began with the meetings
of the Bectional committees. Here the
spinner, the cotton grower and the
representatives of the cotton exchanges
were brought together for heart-to
heart talks. During these sessions,
representatives of the Farmers’ Union
and the Southern Cotton Association
engaged in vigorous debates with equal
ly earnest and vigorous German and
Austrian and English spinners. The
views of all sides were frankly voiced
and the differences that existed all
along the line were threshed out.
The various problems of the cotton
industry were divided into six sec
tional meetings under the following
heads: Growing and Handling Cotton,
Transportation, Contracts of Cotton
Exchanges, Buying and Selling, Re
ports and Statistics and Closer Trade
Relations the la3t a newly created
section.
The discussion as to growing and
handling cotton resulted in the recom
mendation of a bale similar to the
Egyptian and having a covering of the
same grade of goods or its equivalent
in osnaburgs.
The minimum weight is to be 500
pounds and the maximum weight 750
pounds, and the bale is to be marked
at both ends, showing grade, staple and
weight. It was argued that the stamp
ing of grades on bales was no detri
ment to the American grower, and
was a very decided benefit to the for
eign spinner. This plan of marking
will prevent cotton being shipped as
grading higher than it actually de
serves. The ginner will inspect the
cotton before it is ginned and baled,
and he—not the farmer—will mark the
grade on the bale. Samples will ac
company the bale, and it will not be
opened again until actually delivered to
the spinners.
Representatives of the farmers’ asso
ciations declared they were willing to
have the bale stand on its own merits,
and even advocated stamping the name
and address of the producer and ginner
on the bale in order that the purchaser
might know on whom to lay the blame
for trouble.
It was recommended that cotton bo
held for thirty days before being j
ginned to insure a greater absence of
moisture and more uniformity in the
length of the staple.
NEW CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
Adopted by Executive Board of Southern
Cotton Association.
President Harvie Jordan of the
Southern Cotton Association announc
ed Monday night at the conclusion
of a meeting of the executive board of
the organization in Atlanta, the adop
tion of anew constitution and by-laws
which authorizes the granting of char
ters for the purpose of placing the as
sociation in a better position for the
ends sought to be gained.
SPOONER ATTORNEY FOR CENTRAL: \
Ex-Senator, of Wisconsin, Employed to
Conduct Rate Fight.
Former Senator John C. Spooner of j
Wisconsin, for nearly a quarter of a
century one of the leading members |
of the United States senate, is in At
lanta to act in a legal capacity for ;
the Central of Georgia in its fight in j
the federal order 334, of the railroad
commission, which reduces the pas
senger rates in this state.
ATKINSON MANAGER.3
Head of A., B. and A. Railway Assumes
Dual Role-Wadley Now Only
Vice-President.
On October 15th, 11. M. Atkinson will,
in addition to his position as president
of the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic railroad, become general man
ager of the company, and on and af
ter the date mentioned will devote the
major portion of his time to the ac
tive duties of and general supervision
of the road.
Mr. Atkinson's taking over of the
general management of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic follow’s In
the woke of the relinquishment by
George Dole Wadley, second vice pres
ident and general manager of the lat
ter title, which is effective October 15.
Mr. Wadley will still continue to oc
cupy the position of second vice pres
ident and will, as formerly, be in
charge of the construction of all the
lines of the company.
These changes were brought about as
the result of the rapid extension of
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic,
and the fact that the duties of general
manager and second vice president
combined were becoming too heavy.
Being relieved of the position of gen
eral manager, Mr. Wadley will be able
to devote a good deal more time to the
rapidly increasing volume of construc
tion.
Up to this time Mr. Atkinson has de
voted himself almost exclusively to the
financing of the road, which is now in
excellent shape. However, Mr. Atkin
son has kept in perfect touch with all
the details of the road and is splendid
ly equipped for his new position.
MERRITT RESIGNS POST. ■
Georgia State School Commissioner Goes
Out and Pound Succeeds Him.
Georgia State School Commissioner
Merritt has resigned his office, effect
ive January 1, 1908, and Jere M.
Pound, professor of pedagogy at the
Georgia Normal and Industrial school,
Milledgevllle, has been appointed by
Gov- Smith to succeed him.
The resignation and appointment
came as a surprise, as it was not
known that Commissioner Merritt con
templated giving up his office, which
he has filled ably and well for the
last live years.
Business and financial considerations
are given as the reasons for Mr. i/.er
ritt’s resignation. He has accepted a
lucrative position with the West Bay
Naval Stores and Lumber company o)
Florida, 'the syndicate which recently
boyght from the J. P. Williams Land
company of 44,000 acret/
of virgin pine and cypress near St. An
drews, In southern Florida, for $300,-
000. Mr. Merritt is to have the ac
tive management of the company’s
work in Florida, besides an interest
In it.
State School Commissioner Merritt
had just begun his third term i* that
office, having first been elected in 1902.
Professor Pound is one of the best
known educators in the state. Born at
Barnesville, in Pike county, he gradu
ated first at the Gordon Institute, at
that place, and later at the state uni
versity at Athens.
Returning to his home, he became
president of Gordon institute. Ills work
attracting attention, he was called tc
the superintendcncy of public schools
of Bibb county, where he served for
some years, resigning to accept the po
sition of president of the East Florida
seminary at Gainesville, Fla. Upon the
consolidation of the East Florida semi
nary with that of west Florida, and the
formation of the Florida university,
Professor Pound returned to Georgia
in Ills present position with the Geor
gia Normal at Milledgevllle.
It. is said in accepting the position of
state school commissioner he gives up
a better salary than that which bis new
office will pay. The salary of the state
school commissioner is $2,000, being
one of the few offices in which no in
crease has been made by the legisla
ture.
"AVENGED MURDER OF POLICEMEN.
A Sunday Morning Lynching in Cumber
land, Md., With Negro the Victim,
William Burns, a negro desperado,
who had killed Policeman August Ban
ter, Saturday, felt the judgment of
lynchers at Cumberland, Md., Sunday
morning.
• Only Deputy Sheriff Ada/n Pendley
was at the jail when, after midnight,
a hundred men appeared and demand
ed the keys. These being refused, a
telegraph pole was used as a batter
ing ram and an entrance to the build
ing was foreed, the negro taken out
aud kicked and shot to death.
I BANKS ROBBED;
SHERIFF SHO'
Bold Work of TWo White Men at
Two Nefiroei in Abb*mi.
Safa —One Robber Aught. Y j
■- m
Four masked bank roh e rs t#o
white men and two — looted
the First National Bank { Sedden,
Ala., Saturday night of $57525, shot
Sheriff John Williams dead | jj e
tempted to arrest them and> 3Ca p e( g ■
by means of a hand car of thqg ou m.
srn railway.
The bold robbery and the
death of Sheriff Williams, who waß
universally admired, throw the % n
Into the greatest excitement an<t\a
posse was quickly organized and i>.
gun a chase of the robbers in
northerly direction that they took.
The robbery was discovered about
10 o'clock by someone who was pass-;
lag the bank. Booking through the
darkened windows ho discovered tho
four men at work. He immediately
gave the alarm and notified Sheriff
Williams.
As the officer reached the bank the
robbers, who had evidently learned of
the alarm, attempted to leave wheu
they were met by Sheriff Williams,
who called on them to halt. The rot*
her, hid in the darkness, opened Are
on him with a volley and he was In
stantly killed.
Bystanders who had arrived at the
scene were terrorized by the men, who
ran through the street, carrying their
bobty with them, und firing as they ran.
The men escaped to the yards of the
Southern railway, where they secured
the handcar.
They Immediately threw their plun
der on the car and ran It down
heavy grade, making good their es
cape.
A negro who was shot in the hand
and captured in Leeds, Ala., by Con
stable George Lamar, confessed to
being one of the party of four who
robbed the bank at Sodden.
LEEDB BANK BURNED.
About 8 o’clock Sunday night Con
stables Lamar and Smith were stand
ing in the drug store, when they heard
a noise in the Leeds bank, which ad
joins the store. They went toward
the bank with their pistols drawn and
ready. Constable Smith went to the
back door of the bank, which opens
out ou the court house square. Sud
denly the back door opened and four
masked and armed men attempted to
pass him. He called for Lamar to
join him, at the same time firing his
revolver.
Lamar turned the corner, and as he
did so the negro attempted to pose.
Jle firt-d, hitting him in tho hand. The
negro stopped running and was cap
tured. Smith pursued the other three
men, and a running fight ensued. Smith
was shot lu tho abdomen and, though
seriously wounded, he continued the
chase. However, the robbers succeed
ed in making their escape.
About this time lire broke out ia
the bank, and an explosion occurred.
The flames gained rapidly, and iu a
short time the bank building and tho
adjoining drug store were totally de
stroyed. it is thought the fire was
caused by the robbers in an attempt
to blow up the safe.
The negro captured refused to tell
who his companions were, but gave bis
name as Tom Benjamin.
Constable iaxmar said he was certain
that they w<-re the same gang that rob
bed the bank at Sedden and held up
and robbed the county treasurer at
Pell City Sunday. A posse with blood
hounds are scouring the country, and
if caught the culprits will probably bo
lynched. At last accounts Constablo
Smith was resting easily.
MANY STRIKE-BREAKERS AT WORK.
Louisiana Governor Ready to Call Militia
at First Sign of Trouble.
About two hundred strikebreaker*
lauded at New Orleans Tuesday ami
were put to work by the Illinois Cen
tral railroad at the Stuyvesant docks,
loading cotton under guard.
The levee strikers, who now number
ibout 10,000, remained away from the
oatling districts.
Governor Blanchard, after a day
spent in investigating the situation, an
nounced that the state £roops wo;' 1
be called out at first sign of vioief