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E ROCK ISLAND ARGrU Associated Press Exclusive Wire HOME EDITION SIXTY-TIIIRB YEAR. XO. 6J. FRIDAY. JAXUAK-J, Jlj.-TVKXTY-FOUn PAGES. TRICE TWO CENTS. T H li 1iORGANSARE OUT OF MANY OF BIG ROADS Banking Kings Alter Poli cy in Responsi to Pub- j iic Sentiment. I INFORMATION WANTED CUT CONTROL STRINGS Community cf Money Interests Assailed by Congress Now to Be Dissolved. New York. Jan. 2. J. I. Morgan & Co. today announced they had severed tlieir connection with Mme of the freatwt corporations in the country, including the New York Central and w Haven railroads, with which they td long been connected. The Mop was taken voluntarily in res-ponse to in -apparent change in public senti ment" on account of "some problems and criticisms having to do with so-j tailed iuiriiuiu( i v "i "iv -'. j J. P. ilorgaa made the follow ing ' KaTement: "Necessity of attending ' many board meetings had been so j crioaf a burden upon our time that e long- wished to withdraw from the ' directorates of many corporations, i Xost of these directorships we accept ed villi reluctance, and only because we felt constrained to keep in touch with properties which we had reorgan ized, or whose securities we had rec-1 ommended to the public both here and abroad. I No Obligation to Remain. j "Apparent change in public sent!-1 sent ia regard to directorships seems to warrant us In seeking to resign from some of these connections. In deed it may be. In view of the change of sentiment upon the subject, we shall be In a better position to serve neb properties and their security bold er, ii we are net o.rec.ors. v, e nave j ,lc ntHitie, commission as follows: already resigned from LUe-xomoanies j JAMES E: QUAN, Chicago, chair ceatloned, and expect from time toiman time to withdraw from other boards; WALTER SHAW. Chicago. ipon which we feel no special obli- ii-ru-. nwrv r thompsdv Jacksonville. FRANK FUNK. Bloomington. RICHARD YATES. Springfield. P. J. Mahoney of Ottawa was ap- ort.eioRJBt! I wisk You'd exPLMN thb j , 7 , r HEW CURRENCY ( VJ JSN LAW TO Slp Js 4t AV'! 60lM' V - rt'-v. SWl) 6lOR.SE- -CX Vf Vf-v-lar' I STAR.TS TO ) GOVERNOR NAMES UTILITIES BOARD : Judge Thompson, Jacksonville, Given Fifth Position on New State Body. Springfield, 111., Jan. 2. Governor , Dunne today appointed the new pub- for the northern district of Iowa to j fill the vacancy caused by the dismis sal of Anthony Van Wagenen of Sioux City. ; pointed state bank examiner. TRAINMEN SEEK NEW BALLOT LAW Workers Want to Be Able to Cast Vote Though Absent on Dajr of Election. Springfield. III., Jan. 2. The Illi nois legislative board of the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen yesterday elected the following officers: Chairman A. D. Burbank, Spring field. Vice Chairman N. B. Jones, Bloom ington. Sercretary V. A. cago. Resolutions were mending the following legiblatlon: Eight-hour law for employes of rail roads in state. The "absentee voters', certificate." by which men in train service will be permitted to cast thoir vote at elec tions with board of election commis sioners the day before election if necessary, so that they will not 1)4 deprived of their franchise right by being called upon for duty on the road on election day, and therefore not being able to vote at their respective nn 1 1 i n sr dax-es. Other nemters cf the firm retired '"'t was apparently a complete sur-j clearance bill. 'providing for proper irem liie following companies: lme o every man on ine noor. nru-. ciearanCe rom overhead and side ob inaries Ste4e Jersev Ontni r.n. kem spent considerate time in "'-1 SUFFRAGE CLAIMS FOR YEAR DIFFER Dr. Anna Shaw Points to Gains for Cause, While "Anti" Leader Cites Loss. cation to remain." The companies from whose boards ! the members of the firm already have mbmitted resignations as directors f a-: J. P. Morgan New York Central ao4 Hiddon River railroad; Weft Shote railroad; Lake Shore and Mich igan Sotthern railway; New Y'ork, Chicago & St. Louis railroad: Cleve land, Cincinnati. Cl.lcago & St. Louis ruay; ew ork. New Haven on the International ! Steele remain Harvester. Announcement that partners in the ! banking house of the Morgan com- & i tanv had retired from the boards of Hartford railroad; Central New Eng-lover a score of railroads, banks, trust land railway; New York, Westchester 'companies, industrial corporations and Bottom railway; Harlm River & ; utility companies was the most note Port Chester railroad: Milbrook com- - worthy feature of the early stock mar pany; New Haven Navigation com-'ket. The news was not made public any; New England Steamship com-'until shortly before midday prior to pany; Rhode Inland company; Rutland which time the market had shown railroad company; Hartford. Connect!-! some rirmness on a very light deal eut t Western; New York. Ontario & , ings. Western railway; Western Union Tele- Trsrilnr wa virtually brought to a standstill by the Morgan announce Follow Suit. nient. It had no effect on the market. KEEP SECRET LINO'S VISIT TO PRESIDENT Special Mexican Envoy, at Pass Christian, Re mains on Cruiser. i; THE WEATHER MISSION IS CONCEALED Battle of Ojinaga, at End of Third Day, Presents a Terrible Picture. Robinson. Co adopted recoin- (raph cotspaiy. Others road; United .States Steel corporation. I - H. P. Dartaol American Telephone! Washington la Pleased, ad Telegraph company; Astor Trust j Washington. Jan. 2. Administration company. Guaranty Trust company, officials here have known for some Chemical National bank. New York, (day that a movement was on foot in W. H. Porter Hankers' Trust com-' New York to separate the Morgau Pnjr. Guaraett company. New York. ; house from some of Its larger direc- Taomas W. Lamont Westinghouse ; torates. and. as expressed by one fa lctrtc Manttrturing company, Utah ! miliar with their affairs, to get In line Copper company. Astor Trust com-! with the wishes of the people and the Pny, Banker Trust company. spirit of the timea as set forth by Claim to Hive Obeyed Laws. President Wilson. This information By withdraw!, from these corner, was highly gratifying to cabinet cir- the Morgin company has cut ''.' but ,n tbe bsence r ,n Presl m atrnca tht hift ir.ih rimt it was not know wneiner u-usion. Standard steel-framed caboose for purpose of eliminating box car accom modations Tor trainmen now being used cn a number of roads. Bill giving an injured employe the right to sue an employer in any state in which the carrier does business, re gardless of state in which injury may have been "suffered. many tb or the country's inost important cor- j prospect! ve movement had been made porsnoes In a coiimur.lty of Interests . known to blm. hlch hare been sailed within and I It was viewed as primarily -import- wituoot by congrB. I ant as being the first practical step on The house of lorgan feels it has 'a. colossal scale to adopt the hpirlt of Pt within the fcm, in all Its com-! the movement against so-called inter Px operations. knC that no legal I locking directorates In which a gov RAA.I .... ... I or uire.arnea compuart:on -n tne authoriic at Washington mmam it neceneary to adopt the sweep- cnang of poli announced today. Feared Cor plications. The chief con.Idii atlon. it was said whlch prerenred ti firm taking some action beforet this time, was Plbie coraplict'lins which might follow tnch action. (Investors through out the world have purchased securi ties marketed by th house of Morgan. a t felt the Ann ad assumed a re PCMlbllity in thta connection which eoald not be JIghtlJ laid aside. The 'cent trend of polScal events, such th'p "monT ,r? investigation by Pujo committee. Bnd report from nUigtoo that tfc admlnlstraUon t n,1ler1nK If'J"0'" K'nst !n 'nocking directors s. has created a "uaUoa which madit possible to en Kl111 chDK ol policy. Bnouneed, ie Morgan com r la sUU repreaested on boards of "amber of Imporrtnt corporation. p fj th corporator. of which J. ' ora remains i director Is the corporation. ke Lamont and ernment action for dissolution is pend ing. Congressional circles were pro foundly surprised. Many senators and representatives believed the action of the Morgan house would have the ef fect of delaying further work by con gress. Others insisted legislation will be passed at the present session to prohibit interlocking directorates. Very Interesting, Says Wilson. Gulfport, Miss.. . Jan. 2. President Wilson listened attentively to an Asso ciated Press dispatch telling of the re tirement of the Morgan company from the directorate of many corporations. At Its conclusion, be said: "That Is very. Interesting." Tbe president has been absorbed in the preparation of a message he ex pects to read to congress dealing with trusts and "big business," one of the subjects of Interlocking directorates. That the president confidently expects legislation on this phase of the trust question is known. Van Wagenen's Successor Named, Dubuque, Iowa, Jan. '2. Federal Judge Keed today appointed Frank A. O'Connor of New Hampton as attorney DAWES SHELTERS CITY'S DERELICTS Former Controller of Currency Follows Out Dead Son's Ideals. New Y'ork, Jan. 2. In messages summing up the progress of their re spective " movements the National American Woman Snffrager association and the National-Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage Dr." Anna Howard Shaw, president ' of the former, and Mrs. Arthur. Murray Dodge, head of :he latter organization, declared that the last year had been one of gratify ing success and each predicted notable victories for the causes they represent In the year just started. "Standing In the threshold of 1914," said Dr. Shaw, "we suffragists are de lighted with the recognition of women shown In the appointment by Mayor Mitchel by Dr. Katherine B. Davis to the position of commissioner of cor rections of the city of New York. This, following the appointment of Miss Ju lia Lathrop as head of the federal chil dren's bureau, and the appointment cf Mrs. J. Borden Harriman as a member of the federal industrial commission is one of many evidences that the govern ment is recognizing woman's ability to fill places of trust and power. "We are upheld by the growing con sciousness of American men that it is a shameful thing to have their women governed by black men, red men, yel low men, mean from every country and no country gathered under this flag." "Nineteen hundred and thirteen," said Mrs. Dodge, "doubled the member ship of our national association. At the end or 1912 we numbered 41,000. We now have 90,000. And we are re solved that 1914 shall double it again.! Pass Christian, Miss., Jan. 2. Mys tery enveloping the visit here of John Lind, personal representative of Pres ident Wilson, in Mexico, who arrived here last night from Vera Crus aboard the scout cruiser Chester. All infor mation as to when or where the pres ident would see him was refused. Lind remained aboard the' Chester, today. This morning the president golfed as usual. Mr. Wilson's desire to avoid public ity in connection with the envoy's visit was emphasized, not only by the reticence of everyone in the presi dential party, but by the mysterious movements of the revenue cutter Winona. After spending 30 hours out side of Ship Island, waiting for the Chester, the cutter finally came in at dusk last night. As she steamed toward Pass Chris tian, word rapidly spread that the Chester had arrived and had trans ferred her distinguished passenger at Ship Island. When the Winona dropped anchor a mile away, Lieut. Howell, of the cutter, who had been scanning the horizon " all day with glasses, put out in a 20-foot launch. Camera Men Ready. A crowd had collected, moving pic ture . machines were, set .-up, camera men were ready and small boys shot off firecrackers In celebration of the occasion. One of the president's. secret service men had arrived in a -White house motor and waited expectantly. Slowly the little boat drew up along side the tide gangway. Then only Lieut. Howell appeared. He entered into a whispered conversation with the president's representative and the latter rushed to tbe nearest telephone. On returning, he held another consul tation with Lieut. Howell and the launch went back to the Winona, which acain put out to sea. Horrors In Battle. Presidio, Texas, Jan. 2. Reports from Ojinaga showed the battle was still in progress today. Federals were holding their positions, but 6,000 reb els were drawing closer. After a merciless attack of three days by General Ortega's 6,000 rebels at Ojinaga the northern division of the federal army of Mexico, with its 11 generals and 4,000 private soldiers, appeared last night to be on the verge of fleeing in disorder across the Rio Grande into the United States. At the same time 500 United 'States cavalry men were stretched along the border under orders to surround and disarm the invaders if they sough refuge on the Texas side. The Ojinaga battle, attended with horrifying scenes of death and injury', was declared to have in store only one Forecast Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow, for Rock Island, Davenport, fcSollno and Vicinity. Cloudy and colder tonight, with the lowest temperature about 20 to 25 de grees; Saturday generally fair; brisk northwest winds, becoming variable. Temperature at 7 a. m., 35; highest yesterday. 33 ; lowest last night, 33. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m., 5 miles per hour. Precipitation, .09 Inch. Relative humidity at 7 p. m., 91; at 7 a. m.. 98. Stage of water, ".7 foot; a fall of .1 in last 43 hours. J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Evening stars: Mars, Saturn. Morn ing stars: Mercury. Jupiter. Venus. Constellation Ursa Major, which in cludes tbe Ri? Dipper, occupies the northeastern sky low down, alone, about 9 p. in' service, and the Red Cross officials on this side were not allowed to ford the river even under a Red Cross flag. Shots Reach American Soil. Those who ventured to help the wounded from the river risked the danger of being shot. A few shots fired by rebels fell close to or on the American side north of Presidio, but no American was injured. .Major McNamee sent General Ortega a warning that any further firing across the river might entail grave consequences. Major McNamee adhered all day to a policy of sending back all unwound ed combatents. Should all of the federals come across they would be disarmed, but might be allowed to re main on this side on the ground of humanity after being placed under temporary arrest. The later disposi tion of the prisoners would be in the hands of higher army authorities. The battle, one mile back from the river proceeded uninterruptedly, with the federals confined in adobe huts in Ojinaga while the rebels, always drawing closer fired artillery and small guns from the hills and approaches. ; Soon after daylight the federals made a desperate attempt to rally. They extended tneir line of fire out ward, but this-brought only increased firing by the rebels that sent the de fenders back to their inner defenses. Thereafter General Ortega drove in shot and shell from three sides. Half Nude Wounded Suffer. Meantime the federal wounded and deserters scrambled to reach the Unit ed States. The-rlver's edge was a ragged -fringe . of ' smoke-begrimmed, maimed and half-naked, soldiers, some rushing pell-mell into the river, some crying with the pain of their wounds, others crawling because cf shattered limbs over rocks and cacti, jome greed ily stopping to dring the muddy water and all begging the Americans on the opposite side for shelter from the in ferno from which they had fled. Major McNamee and other Ameri can cavalrymen, who risked thw dan ger of a fugitive shot, went to the river bank to meet the on-coming rash of deserters. At one bend in the river 200 federals waded across. They were surrounded PEACE CLOSE FORMES IN COPPEMONE All Obstacles to Settle ment Said to Have Been Removed. IT IS EXPECTED EARLY Federal Official Joins Confer ence With Attorneys Repre senting Both Sides. . Houghton, Mich., Jan. 2. Another . distinct step toward tbe settlement of the copper strike was recorded today. An anxiously awaited telegram reach ed Chief Counsel Hilton of the Fed-, eration of Miners and he said .its receipt showed that nothing thus far propounded In peace negotiations was distasteful to the union. The con-' tents of the telegram were not di vulged. , "The telegram" means we are will-'. ins to go on with the conciliation V. plans." he said. John B. Densmore had not discuss ed the message with representatives of either side early iu the day. li was notified of its receipt by Hi) and arranged for a conference the attorney, at which it was exit President Taylor of the Michlgp . eration of Labor would partic' j Predictions as to when the i tions would be concluded varlet a few hours to as many days. . nndeito'Sa the telegram oJ terms which the federation wouJ sider acceptable. Its greatest niflcance was that it gave a. definite basis . for work than brought out. Sheriff Gives New Facts. Lansing, Micnl, Jan. s. Until tion from Federal Solicitor Densmore, who is in the Calumet strike region. no action will be taken by the execu tive to communicate : with President Shaw of the Calumet and Hecla com pany, in an effort to obtain a basis for negotiations for the settlement of labor difficulties. Attorney Clarence Darrow and labor leaders who con ferred with tbe governor earlier in the week, urged him to make another fort to bring together the parties volved in the atrlke. It was stated at the capitol that labor leaders and strikers were pre paring petitions to be used In attempts to recall Sheriff Cruse of Houghton county The governor declined to comment on tho subject. Until Wed nesday, it was said, Darrow did not jon the ef- in'X by a handful of United States troops, know that 'Michigan had a recall law. Our most striking victory last year poSSibie reSult. the flight of the whole s the defeat of the suffrage bill in federa armv to American noil. Chicago. Jan. 2. The Hufua Dawes hotel. Chlcago'c first endowed home for unemployed men. was thrown opeu last night and two hours later its ca pacity of 805 guests was reached. In mid-afternoon a small knot of men gathered in front of the new building. They formed two unes or ragged humanity which grew until thev extended for a block in either di rection. There were more than a hundjed in :ine when the last bed was taken. The doors were opened by Charles O. Dawes, former comptroller of the cur rency, who built the hotel as a me morlum to his son, who was interested In sociological work. Tho Junior Dawes was drowned a ore than a year ago. Before retiring) each guest was re quired to bathe and was given a nlgut dress and slippers. Clothing of Uia lodgers was placed In steel lockers, which were superheated to destroy all Ufa. A bed sad a bath were furnished for a nicke. ana mere are rooms zor a was Michigan. "We shall, of course, oppose the fed eral amendment. Our state presidents are quite competent to inundate con gressmen whenever necessary with telegrams proving to them that the women of their districts dont want the vote. The rules committee of the bouse doesn't intend to appoint a suf frage committee for that body, and no one,, neither Dr. Shaw nor any other suffragist, expects that it will." dime for more particular guests. A bowl of soup may be obtained for two ctnts. pie for three cents, coffee for two cents and rolls for one cent. An employment agency is operated In connection with the hotel. Dawes and his daughter sat before the fireplace in the lobby and listened for several hours to stories of fruit less job huntnig. Over tbe fireplace was a large flag with the inscription "Don't give up the ship." It was made by Miss Hattle Stew art, grand-daughter of Margaret F. Stewart who made the original Perry flag and donated by J. L. Pelton of Erie, Pa. ; CONTINUE SEARCH FOR RALPH LOPEZ Bingham. Utah, Jan. 2. Sheriff Smith and a posse prepared today to search the Apex-Utah mine, where Kaipn IX) per, slayer of six persons, took refuge Nov. 27. federal army to American soil With a line of straggling Mexican wounded at the border to indicate the extent of the carnage and deserters appearing in numbers, Major M. N. McNamee, commanding the LTnlted States border patrol, made every Plan in anticipation of the flight. The abil ity of the Fifteenth Cavalry men to disarm the foreign soldiers was based on the assumption that the rebels would pursue the federals merely to the river. "I expect at any time during the fight that the greater part of the fed eral army, possibly 2,000 or 3,000, may be forced across the river. I have made dispositions to disarm and hold them if this takes place," was the message which Major McNamee sent out. His reference to "2,000 or 3.000" Implies a loss in dead or wounded of the rest of the 4,000 federal Mexicans. Report 1,000 Wounded. An estimate of the wounded on both sides was l.OuO. Most of the wounded were left on the battlefield. The less disabled succeeded in reaching the river and were cared for by the Red Cross on this side. Scores of uninjured federal desert ers crossed the river during the day in defiance of the American patrol. All these were disarmed and forced back to the Mexican side. More than 200 rifles, other arms and ammunition thus were taken from the fugitives. It was impossible to lern tbe num ber of dead. The belief that it was great was based on the number of wounded. Many were believed to have died through lack of u.;dical at tention, as neitlier fedeilTii nor rebels disarmed and forced back. Hear the Wounded Groan. Mingled with the roar of artillery and rifles the sound most horrifying to observers on this side was the Inces sant groaning of wounded men who were unable to reach the border. The protest of the unwounded fed erals against being forced back into Mexico without arms was pitiable. Us- A constitutional amendment adopted by the people of Michigan last spring provides that the recall be effective against all elective state, county and city officers, except judges of courts of record. It will be necessary for the strikers to obtain the signatures of 25 per cent of the total vote for gov ernor in Houghton county before an election can be held. A majority vote ually when the United States troops ! at ftL eIectIon 18 necessary to recall . A telegram seized their arms and sent them back there was a jargon of excited Spanish. They would surely be killed, they said, without their arms. Presidio's little mission church of Spanish type was made the asylum of the wounded who crossed the river. Nuevo Laredo Battle Goes On. Laredo, Texas, Jan. 2. Fighting at Nuevo Laredo, .Mexico, was renewed today. The firing this forenoon was heavy. 26 Deputies Released. Mexico City, Jan. 2. Twenty-six for mer Mexican deputies, imprisoned by Huerta last October, were releasd from the penitentiary today. The judge found no basis for the accusation of rebellion. Two former cabinet mem bers, Reyes and Estanol, were not re leased. Order to Aid Wounded. Washington, Jan. 2. Secretary Garrison today sent the following to Brig. Gen. Bliss, commanding the Mexico border forces: "In reference to the possible situ ation at Ojinaga incident to people crossing the riverN you will have to meet the demands of the situation. which cannot be forseen at present. Extend such aid to the wounded as humanity dictates and permit refugees to cross the river if necessary to save life. In other words, it is not ex pected to force people back to the Mexican side If they are liable to be shot or otherwise injured on their re turn. Cooperate with the Red Cross In their work to such extent as neces sary to meet the urgent deeds of the situation in reference to the wound ed." The foregoing reiterates former or ders on the same subject.' Theatre Safe Robbed. Chicago ,111.. Jan. 2. Two robbers bound and gagged the watebman at the Alhambra theatre and escaped with ISOO which was locked in the ere equipped with field hospital j safe. received by Governor , FerriB from Sheriff Cruse of Hough ton county, dealing with the alleged deportation of Moyer, contained In formation entirely new to the govern-' or. Cruse said Deputy Hinsley report ed to him that on the night of the al leged attack a crowd had Moyer in ; front of the Scott hotel and threatened ! to lynch him and throw him in the lake. "Hinsley prevailed upon the crowd to send Moyer on a train and this was agreed to," said the Cruse message. "Hinsley got on the train and then learned ' Moyer had a wound in the head and was shot in the back. The conductor wired ahead tad had a physician meet the train at Winona. Hinsley accompanied Moyer as far at Channing." Moyer Not Talking. Chicago, 111., Jan. 2. Whether Pres ident Moyer of the Western Federa- . tion of Miners shares the hope report ed from the copper section of Michi gan that the strike will soon be settled could not be learned today, as he de clined to see reporters. Moyer ex pects to leave the hospital the middle of next week. It was learned that he received a number of telegrams today and that they were engaging his at tention. A personal friend of Moyer who vis ited him today quoted the miners' head as saying he was unalterably opposed to any settlement of the strike which does not Include recognition of tho fed. eration. Moyer yesterday received 60 telegrams and letters of seasonal greetings. 24,000 EXECUTED IN PROVINCE IN A YEAR Peking, China, Jan. 2. It " is offi cially estimated there were 24,000 ex ecutions In the province of Saa CUuea. alone In 1913. Most of the killed were) robbers, but lare? sua Iter were po UUcsl Headers, -' ' i