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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