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The Omaha Daily Bee OUR MAGAZINE PAGE will interest every woman wno -iCk 1?od heart-to.heart talks with other sympathetic women. THE WEATHER. Generally Fair VOL. XLII-NO. 15?. E TO MET BYAGGRESSION Efforts Will Be Made by Commer cial Club to Retain All that Omaha Possesses. SHIPPERS GREATLY STIRRED Proposed Removal Principal Subject of Disoussion. GUILD EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS Negotiations Will Be Conduoted Along Diplomatic Lines. HOLDREGE IN NEUTRAL PLACE lie Given Information that Report of Removal I Not Confirmed, bnt Business Men Are Not Tnklutr Any Chances. Protest against the contemplated re moval of another department of the Bur lington from Omaha to Chicago crystal Ized Into cold aggression at the regular noonday luncheon at the Commercial .lub yesterday. Every effort will be put forth by the Omaha shippers to prevent Omaha from Seine made a way station by the 11111 line. Thus far there has been no united effort loward maintaining Omaha's position In sofar as It relates to tho Burlington and its facilities, but plans aro being formed to retain all that Omaha rightfully holds and to which It Is Justly entitled. At the noon luncheon the principal ob 1cct of discussion was the reliable state ment of The Bee that tho Burlington Is gradually withdrawing from this city, as Is emphasized by the announcement that ,200 clerks will soon be transferred from his city to Chicago. Commercial Clnb Will Fight. Xhe Commercial club will put forth tvery effort to retain .what Omaha now possesses and to get a fair sharo of what It Is entitled to by further activity. John St. Guild, commissioner of the Commer cial club, commenting on the situation, said yesterday. "Naturally the Commercial club Is ?ery much Interested In this proposition. We are here to conserve what we have ilready gained and to secure as much more as we are reasonably entitled to It will be hard to get 200 men to conic ere to fill the places of those who will lepart. Omaha Is not unfriendly toward Iba Burlington and we desire to proceed olonr peaceable- Una to retain not only what we have but to increase our rail road assets. , Xctt Chicago lleadanarters. "When The Bee published the an nouncement that the Burlington was lipping' plecemenl away fro" Omaha. I immediately got Into communication Mth'-GeherarHIahdgerlbldres afcer tW Vest that he could tell me was that the report' had not yet been confirmed. "But, If it Is true that the Burlington hi going to leave Omaha stranded to the benefit of Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul. It will be the duty of the Com mercial club to get Into the fight to con lerve all that rightfully belongs to us." The Burlington's new headquarters in Chicago have been completed and will be occupied the first of the year. They are said to be double the capacity of the old quarters, providing space for what extra .forces may be transferred to that city. ' The fact that the last reported plan for moving 200 or more employes from Omaha Is simply a continuation of the policy al ready pursued under the Hill regime Is taken as strengthening the likelihood of thir plan's going through. Iloldrrsre Writes. Relative to the rumor that the auditing and claim departments of the Burlington re to be moved from Omaha to Chicago, General Manager lloldrege said that he had not heard that such a change or re moval was contemplated. He added that after hearing the rumor, he had written. to Chicago for the purpose of getting a confirmation or denial, but that suffi cient time had not elapsed for a reply to reach hlro. "I know nothing of the matter.'l said Mr. Holdrege. "aside from the rumor, which appears to be a. revival of a rumor (Continued on Page Four.) The Weather, For Nebraska Fair and warmer. For Iowa Generally fair: warmer. Temperature nt Oinnhn Yesterday. Hours. Deg. 6 a. m 2$ 6 a. m 27 7 a. m 2? 8 a. m 18 9 a. m 29 10 a. m 29 It a. m 39 12 m 80 1 p. m 30 2 p. m 29 3 p. m 29 p. m 29 6 p. m. 28 6 p. m 28 7 p. m X t p. m 2C Comparative Local Itcconl. 111. 1911. 1&10. 190). Highest today 29 31 s Lowest today 25 2J 15 6 Mean temperature 27 28 32 1 Precipitation 00 .00 T .00 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal temperature 27 Excess for the day. , o Total excess since March 1 $ Normal precipitation 03 inch Deficiency for the day 01 inch Total rainfall since March 1. .21.92 Inches Deficiency since March 1 3. S3 Inches Deficiency cor, period In 1811. ,H.H Inches Deficiency cor. period In 1910., 14.70 inohes Reports from stations at 8, p. m. Station and State Temp. Hjgh- Rain- of Weather. 7 p. in. est, ' fall Cheyenne, park cloudy. X 40 .01 Davenport, cloudy 2S 32 ' t Denver, partly cloudy,. U is i .oj De Moines, cloudy SO 3u f T Dodge Cits. Part cloudy 34 4I .oo Lander, part cloudy.... ST. 44 .o Omaha, clear ,....26 39 .0) Pueblo, part cloudy..... 52 X .00 Rapid Cltv clear 28 43 .oo Santa Fe. clear X 31 ,oo Sheridan, part cloudy... 36 4S .oo Sioux City, clear Si 3M .01 Valentine, cloudy .... 35 40 .00 Indicates below zero. T Indicates trace of precipitation U A. WULSH. !cal Foiec liter BURLING TON'S MOV ABANDON OMAHA MAY HALT PEACE MEETING Grecian Plenipotentiaries Must Be Recognized by Turks. SERVIA MAKES A CONCESSION It tit Willing- to Lmif Its Demand for Tort on the Adriatic to the Indarment of the Great ' PoTrers. BH,I,KTI. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 18.-A gret victory by the Turkish troops over the Greek army near Janlna on Sunday Is reported today by the Turkish com mander there In a telegram to the War office. He asserts that W0 Greeks were killed and i:s wounded. Several field guns, numerous rifles and a quantity of equipment were captured by the Turks. LONDON; Dec. IS. The peace plenipo tentiaries of the Balkan allies came to gether In Informal meetings today to de cide on their plan of action In the event uality of Turkey declining to raise its boycott of the Hellenic delegates Unless Greece signs tho nrtnlsttce. The allies In the course of yesterday's meeting of the peace conference at St. James palace, made It quite clear that they would not enter Into negotiation ; without Greece being allowed to partlcl tpate and Dr. S. Daneff, the leader of the Bulgarian delegation Is quoted as saying: "If on Thursday the reply of the Otto man delegates Is not satisfactory we will break off negotiations and meet again at the Tchatalja linos. That will be the end of Turkey In Europe." The consensus of opinion here, however. Is that the present obstacle will be sur mounted by the delegates and that the real danger point will be over the future possession of the fortress of Adrlanople. At far as can be seen at present, only mediation by an outside power can solve this problem. Incidentally, under the alphabetical ar rangement of the presiding officers of the peace conference, tomorrow's chair man should be tho leader of the Greek mission. It Is assumed that a substitute will be chosen pending the settlement of the controversy. iServln Makes Concession. Seryla took an Important step In tho declaration of peace today by Intimating Its willingness to leave the matter of an outlet on the Adriatic sea entirely in the hands of the great European powers. In announcing the decision of the Ser vian government to tako this step, the head of tho Servian peace delegation added that Servla's attitude was a per fectly moderate one, and that relying on the justice of Its claim and the sym pathies of the European governments. It had decided to take the course Indicated. In regard to the tension between Austria-Hungary and Servla, It Is generally expected that direct negotiations between those two nations will begin Immediately. These will take the form cr conferences between the Austrian foreign minister and M. Jovanovltch, the newly appointed Servian minister at Vlennju and tho ob ject aljned at will be the realization of ihe .mutual deslreof the two countries for the clearing up'of'the situation and the removal of misunderstanding. Amhiuadnr Confer. The first sitting pt the ambassadorial court of appeals, as It Is called, was,hcld In the foreign office yesterday. Tho ambassa dors of five continental powers conferred with Sir Edward Grey, the British secre tary for foreign affairs, for more than three hours. The different nations ad vanced their views on the various phases of tho eastern problem. The contingency that mediation may ultimately offer the only solution of the war has been the sub- (Continued on Page Ten.) No 1913 Election is Recommendation of Law Oodifiers LINCOLN, Dec. 18. (Special Telegram.) There will bo no election In 1913, ac cording to the supplemental report Issued by the codification committee, consisting of Judge A. M. Post, E. L. Kin? and J II. Broady. They Ignore any statute which might be construed by anybody Into referring to an election next year and have drawn an act amending the election laws which contains no provision for an election at that time. They claim that they could not make the statutes harmonize by recognizing a 1913 election, and, therefore, under their ruling, the next biennial election will be In 1914. BELL'S SOUTH SIDE CLUB TO WORK FOR COMMON GOOD (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb., Dec.-(Spedal.)-The South Side club Is an organization filing" Its articles of Incorporation with the sec retary of state today. The club sets out in Its articles that its office Is at 006 South Thirteenth street In Omaha, and that its objects are to secure co-operation of all classes of people representing the social, industrial and professional Inter ests of the corporation and to work for the. common good of all In matters touch- : lng the general welfare. The membership 'fee is 15 for men and 11 for women. Earl ! A. Bell Is president, Tom Johnson, vice I president and Peter Johnson, secretary- Somnambulist is Killed by a Fall DECATUR, III.. Dec. 18.-A fall from the fifth floor of a local hoted caused the death early today of 13. E. Houston, a contracting carpenter, of Springfield, 111. Houston walked in his sleep and he Is thought to have stumbled over a win- jdi'W sill while in a state of somnam- bullsm. He was 38 years old. commissioners grant ; most of saloon licenses One hundred and sevnty-Ve faloon licenses were granted by the city com mission at a special meeting yesterday afternoon. None was rejected. There are, approximately, SO licenses to be granted. The commission will grant no I new licenses. Another meeting of the I commission will be held this morning to ( act on other applications. Saloon licenses expire Jan'-aT 1 OMAHA, THURSDAY, RYAN AND PIVONKA LOSE THEIR APPEAL Supreme Court Confirms Findings of Referee Holcomb in South Omaha Ouster. MAYOR TO APPOINT SUCCESSORS Tom Hootor Constitutes Magic City Police Board. ATTORNEYS DISCUSS DECISION Ringer Pleased, Fleharty Talks of Motion to Rehear. END COMES TO BITTER FIGHT Case Marie the Center of Much Political flancor and Contested with Great FeelliiK on Both Sides. For misfeasance and malfeasance. In office, Police Commissioners John J. Ryan and Joseph Plvonka of South Omaha were ordered ousted from office In a decision handed down by the state supremo court yesterday afternoon. The decision took the nature of a confirma tion of tho opinion of Referee Silas A. Holcomb of Broken Bow and practically marks the close of one of the most bitter fights betwecn the friends of law and order and "gang'' politicians of South Omaha. The word was flashed to The Bee yes terday afternoon and came unexpectedij to the men Involved, who have confi dently maintained that there was "noth lng to the case." No word could be got ten from either of the two ousted offi cials, although several calls were made to their offices and homes. Hoctor the Hoard. Mayor Tom Hoctor, who now becomes the Fire and Police board of South Omaha until such time us he and the city council agree upon the personnel of the new board, was surprised by the news. He seemed most concerned as to whether the court In its decision had gone Into the point relating to the validity of the election of last spring, when Ityan and Plvonka were returned to office whlie the charges were still pending. The mayor said: "I do not know what points were cov ered by the decision. I had hoped that the outcome of this case would be sueh as to enable the officials and people to know definitely whether or not there will he a city election next spring. "As to filling the vacancies made by the ousting of Ryan and Plvonka. the law empowers tho mayor and council to make appointments. I have not given the matter much thought,' and am not In the position to say what I will too, but my actions will "je governed by ttie best Interns of the people." )Jb , Dean Ringer, the attorney who fought the case through tho courts, said: "Ium delighted with tho decision, which was no more than t expected from our supremo .court. It is a victory of every, decent citizen against men who were elected by all the people, but made the protection of saloon keepers their choicest care. I am glad for all those who have assisted In the fight and I wunt to express the appreciation that land every other good citizen must feel towards The Omaha Bee for tho splendid assistance given us in Its columns." Harry Fleharty, attorney for Ryan and Plvonka, said a motion for rehearing would probably be made before the next sitting of the court, which will be Borne time toward the beginning of January. Ho had .not received any intimation of the wishes of his clients and could not say as to whether they would want a rehearing or not. ''Speaking for myself." Lsald the attorney, "I am Inclined to think that If the decision Is clear cut Commis sioners Ryan and Pivonka will step asldo so as to keep the affairs of South Omaha from getting balled up." When Trial Started. Ryan and Plvonka were accused of mis conduct In office In connection with the enforcement of the .liquor laws In South Omaha. Evidence adduced In the trial before Referee Holcomb In Omaha last September showed tliat saloon bonds ac cepted by the commissioners were to a (Continued on Page Two.) Chinese Prison is Raided by Officials at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. TW it- Locked In steel cells In a dark, evil smell lng Chinese building. United Stites immi gration officials in a spectacular raid early today found five Chlneao slave women Just smuggled In from the orient and arrested men alleged to be the ring loaders cf the slavers. The raid was the mot sDectacular v, seen In the local Chinese quarters. Under tne leadership of United States Immigra tion Inspector Alnsworth and United States District Attorney McNab, the en tire local staff of the Immigration office swooped down upon the suspected build ing. 8teel doors had to be battered from their frames before the racers could" get within. Pitch darkness greeted them In side. At every turn studded steel and oak doors barred their way. Not a stair way was found In the entire building, access to each floor being gained by a concealed trap door reached by a ladder. Finally, far below the street level. In a maze of underground passages such at was not supposed to exist after the earth quake the sluve women were found hud dled In the cells which would have done credit to an up-to-date Jail. Tre raid tonight adds to a chain of events which have cost much blood In Chinatown. This Is but the sicond sue cessful raid the Immigration officials have made In many attempts. The Chinaman who gave Information to the government leading to the previous rtld endeavored to return to China to escape the vn geance of the slaves, but was killed on the liner Korea only a few days after he had eft this port, lis slu -er Is now awa't n t trial lo Honolulu MOKNING, DKCEMBKl 4BW His Burdeu Fronithe New York Wolrd. U, P. APPEALSTO HIGH COURT Pro Rata Distribution of Southern Pacific Stock Desired. PLAN BARRED BY WICKERSHAM Chairman Lovett of Ilarrlntnn IU ecutlvr Committee to Su preme, JJonrt AHpYT. Honda. V follow Preeeil NEW f ORK. Dec. 18 -Robert S. T-"V-ett chairman of the executive commit tees of the Union and Southern Pacific railroads, announced ' thJs a'fternoon that he had arranged with Attorney .General WIckersliam .to appeal at once to the United States supreme court for Instruc tions In working out the dissolution plan of the ralliouds. Mr. Wickersham, the announcement continued, has refused to approve nny plan Involving tho dlBttlbutlon of Buoth ern Pacific ' stock dwned by the TJnlon Pacific. In support of his contention that South ern Pacific Btock shold be distributed among Union Pacific shareholder Judge Lovett cites the Northern Securities cape and the eases of the Standard Oil and American Tobacco companies. Those, he asserts, are fundamentally comparable with the Union Pacific-Southern-Pacific llFsolutlon. The unusual course adopted by the Harrlman officials is taken in II a in terests of all parties, Judgo Lovett ways, and In the hope Unit 'the decree of tho supreme court may be facilitated. Judgo Lovett's statement follows: "Immediately after, tho decision of the supreme court In the. case. Involving the relation of the unton'Paelflc and South ern Pacific, the board ot directors ap pointed a specla) committee of R, a. Lovett. M. I Schlfr'ajid Frank a. Vcn- derllp to work out and 'submit a plan for promptly and fully carrying out and con forming to tho decision of the court, and the matter was at once taken up with the government. "The attorney general of the United Illatrlhnlloit .Vol Allotted. States has refused to approve any nltn Involving the distribution of the I2J,K(, 000 par value bonds 'of the Southern Pa cific owned by the Union Pacific Rail road company, exclusively, to the stock holders of the, latter In proportion to their holdings, whether by sale, dividend or otherwise, and has declared that Ho wou.d appeal In tho event the district court should approve pro rata dlstrlbu-. Hon." "We find nothing la thi opinion of the supreme court in this cus to warrant the government in denying to the stock. holders of the Union Pacific the rights enjoyed by the stockholders of cve-y other corporation that has bee nrc iulrfd to dis pose of stock hold contrary to the Sher man act, where a pro rata distribution was practicable as it Is In this case. In the Northern Securities case, every stockholder of the Northern Security com pany received both Northern Pacific and Great Northern stock lp proportion to their holdings of Northern Securities stock, and this dlstribullon was speolf leally approved by the supreme court. In the Standard Oil company case, the decree which was affirmed by the su preme court provided for a pro rata dis tribution among the stockholders of the Standard Oil company. Tolincrii t'nar l.ltlle Different, "In the tobacco case, an unqualified distribution was Impracticable because of complications arising from outstanding mortgages, changes In plants, etc.. and a division of the properties by the Ameri can Tobacco company with two new cor porations was made, but the entire stock of the new corporation was sold to tho holders of the common stock of the Amer tConlliiued on Page Two)" Jil, JDJ2-BW11TBKN I'AOISS. The National Capital Wednesday , llrcrinlirr IN, I III-. The Keiuitf. Convened at noon. Senator Keityon concluded his speech on Interstate liquor shipment bill. Committee, invchtlgutlng cumpalKli fund contributions continued Its heal lng, with former Senator l'oinker tustlrylns. Court of Impeachment resumed trlul of Judge Archbald, with expectation ot con-i cljidlpg,vtestlniony of defense before ad journment. ' ' ' )vDepiap.utlc cauMia..reAaUH, decision - IqJ vci urn umr cuniirniauon oi army anu navy nominations before holiday receis. feenator liourne elected chairman of Joint congressional commission to promote federal aid In highway construction. Senator Hoke Smith spoke In support of Lover agrlculluiul education 'extension bill. TZh- llolinr, Convened at noon. Resumed consideration of literacy test immigration hill. Money trust Investigating committee re sumed hrnrlnp. Dunking nnd currency subcommittee de cided to report unfavorably Levy bill to relievo stringency In money market by placing JT.O.OOO.WO from Ueumiry In na tional hanks. Passed llurnett literacy test Immlgratlbn bill to bar Immigrants over Hi who can not read. Resumed consideration of Indian ap propriation bill. DEMS PLAN TO FILIBUSTER Will Hold Off Action on New Post masters Named. HITCHCOCK IS NONCOMMITTAL Senator from .rliraLn Indlentra He la .IteeelvInK Mnny I'roleata from Drmoernta of Ntntr Auxluat t'onf Iriiiitllnna, (From u Stuff ('oriesiMJixleut.) WASHINGTON, Dee. 18.-(8peclal Tele Bi am.) The dfmorruts in the Mcnate Imve tacitly decided to filibuster against the confirmation ot postmasters except wheie the nomination I obviously tho wish of patrons to the office without regard to politics. Senator Tillman on lilt way to his home IrjvHoutli Carolina suld that the butch ot nominations for pustniusters dumped on tho senate today warranted the closest scrutiny, and he for one stood ready to fight thslr confirmation up to noon on Maroh t, nnd Senator Hitchcock, while more guurded than ' Pitchfork Uen," sub ntantlully corroborated the position of the South Carolinian. "Of course, where there Is absolutely no objection to a nomination, as in the case of the postmaster at Hooper, Neb., which I recall Ht this time," said Senator Hitchcock, "I have no doubt thut con firmation will bo made, but where there Is objection we will endeavor to post pone confirmation until we have had a chance to .look ut tho record. ; "In the case of the army, navy and i foreign uffulrs where nominations go by seniority, I believe the democrat will most generally voto to confirm the presi dent's recommendations,, but as for post masters, that is a horse of another color." Cnse of Chiirlrs Crnlir, When asked what ho would do In the case of Charles Cr.ilg nominated toduy by the president for irastmastcr nt Mor rill, Hcottsbluffs county, Sir. Illtchcok was wholly uncommuutiitivc, but Inti mated he believes in postuffice pilinarley tlo rettle embarrassing situations for tho anointing power. Ho did volunteer the Information today that the democrat huvlng carried Nebraska for president numbers of letters and telegrams were being received at his office from all over the state requostlng him to hold up post masters' nominations wherever possible, and he "could do no lers than respect tho wishes of his constituent. Cther presidential nominations for post- U'ontinded on Pace Two ) SfNGMO I FARMERS WOULD OWN BANKS Think They Should Also Operate Their Own Land Offices. COUNTRY LIFE CONGRESS MEETS President 1, niacin MnUea Itecni mrudntlona In Ills Annnnt lie port itefnre I.urac Sam-' her In Convention, I'nrmcis' banks, farmers' land offices, both for tho purpose of loaning money to farmers ut a reasonable rate of Interest, nnd a national organization of all tlh farmern of tho country weto reeom' mended by President L. Ci LaWson befote the third annual country life congress In session nt tho Rome .hotel yesterday. "Uy ndoptlng these methods," said Mr. Lawson, "is the only wuy In which the fanners can combat tho present high cost of living. Let Nebraska start It, as sho does everything else, and the rest of the stntcs will soon full In line. In only this manner can tho farmer reduce present likh prices of the ncccsHltlcs of life. ' Yesterday saw tho opening of the Country Life Congress. Vice President J. D. Ream presided and opened tho meeting. Fully 40) farmers aro In ut tcudnnce and more are expected, A business meeting of tho State Asso ciation of Co-Operatlvo Creameries was held In tho Olive room ot the Rome hotel, while the Country Life Congress was in session In tho convention Ivnll. A dis cussion on various subjects rolatlva to tho c'0-oporntlve creameries won held nguln In the afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock. I. n Iran ll Makes Addrraa. Following the calling of tho congress to order President lawson delivered his annual uddrexs. He told of the work which lias been done In tho lust two year by the congress, und made several rec ommendations for the future progress of the organization. Among other topics dlvcussed by Mr. lawson was the parcels post, which will go Into effect on January 1 He lauded It to the skies, and said It would bo ono of the greatest benefits thnt was ever bestowed on the farmers. Tho C. O. I), and the Insurance features of tho parcels post are especially bene flclal to the fanners," said Mr. Lawson. "It will make It possible for farmers to get from the city such tiling as are nec essary without a great outlay of money. It will be a great thing to consumers. They will be able to get farm products direct from tile farmer at a cost which will be reasonable and the fanner will get tho benefit of It by selling a large amount of IiIh pioducts direct to the consumer and thus do uwny utlh tho profit of the mld delman. It will be a great feature In help, lng to i educe tho high cost of living. Fiirmera Muat t'n-Oprmte. "Ono tiling especially tho farmers should do," Haul President Lawson, "Is to co operate. This Is an age of organization and without It nothing of much Im portance can bo accomplished. Kvery city, town and village In Nebraska and the other states in the union, for that matter, should have a commercial club. What Commercial clubs are to u town and city, farmers' clubs' aro to the coun try. Thero should be a close relation be tween the farmers' clubs and the Com mercial clubs. To make this even better farmers ought to bo on the executive committees ut Commercial clubs and pro fessional and business men ought to be on the exeoutlve committee of the farm ers' olubs. "The farmers ought to band together closely und co-oporate with each othor for the better conditions for the farmer. Thoy should get together often and study conditions and compare notes. I would recommend a national organization of all the farmers of the country, similar to those In existence Itj Kuropean countries, in (Jermany over I9.0fl0.aw farmers are banded together In one big organization (C'outinued on Page Two.j COPY TWO CENTS. MORGAN TESTIFIES QFHUGE DEPOSITS IN MANY INSTITUTIONS Financier Says it is All Right for Public Corporations to Patron ize Private Bankers. FISCAL AGENTS FOR ROADS Denies that Firm Has Monopoly of Issuing Securities. CONTROL MONEY AND CREDIT Business is Largely Dominated by Eighteen Firms. DIRECTORATES THAT INTERLOCK llnndrrd and KIkIiI.v .Men Control llnnka, Itnllrnada and Factories Mlth Tnrn()-Mi llllllnna ' of Cnulfnl. WASHINGTON, Dec. If.-J. Plcrpoiit Morgan took the xtunil before the hous money trust committee at S:0 o'clui I. this afternoon. Samuel Untormyei, counsel for the committee, Immediately began his examination. As the grout iiihss of statistics was slowly put Into the record, Mr. Morgan, relaxed In his cluilr, clnspcU his hands on Ills lap und closed hli eyes, Tho crowd of spectators gradually lncreuscd as. the afternoon wore on. . When ScUdder finished, Mr. Untermyer called out: "Mr, Morgnn, will you take the stand ' Tho financier walked to the chair nt tho end of tho couimtttco table and wua sworn by Chairman Pujo. tn rcsponso to the tinuiil qualifying questions ho vald he was a banker In New York City. "The firm Is In New York, with brandies In Philadelphia, Paris anil London," said Mr Morgan. "Who ate tho melnhorn of tho firm?'' Mr. Morgan furnished tho following list J. P. Morgan, It. P. Davison. W. P Hamilton, T. W. tjimont, II. F. Lloyd, J. P. Morgan, Jr.j A. A. Newbofd, WU llum It, Porter, Charles Steele, K. T Stotesbury nnd Temple Hnldwln. Mr, Morgan said the same partners were In nil the honsrs. Mr, Untermyer asked Mr. Morgan whether hU house carried deposits of ' In terstate corporations." "With any corporation we think Is good," uld Mr. Morgan. Carries Mnny lltir A oomuita. Mr, Untermyer reud Into thu record a statement that In January there, woru Hlxty-slx accounts with the' Morguu firm with deposits ot tort, US, WW and on Novem ber 1 there tfera seventy accounts hav ing on deposit 171,068,000.. , "Do yoTu'thlnk that these greal"5oTiWrJr tlons that havo their securities scattered broadcast ought to bo permitted to make their deposits with a private banker?" asked Mr, Untermyer. "I do,'' said Mr. Morgan. Mr. Untermyer said he referred to no particular InstAnce, hut naked whether Mr. Morgan thought that "as a matter ot publlo policy" corporations really "ownad by the public" ought to bo nl lowed to deposit with private bankers not subject to federal Inspection, "I do," again said Mr. Morgan. He added that tho facts ought to depend on the character of the bunker nnd the extent to Which the board ot directors ot thu corporations might formally author ize such deposits. Mr. Morgan said the question wpa ono which he believed should bo loft to tho boards of directors. Mr. Untermyer asked for what Inter state corporations the Morgan firm acted as flscul agents. Fiscal Agents foe Honda. Mr. Morgan did not know, but he lie ccptod a list furnished by his office to the committee. Tho list Included the Chi cago & Western Indiana tallroad, tho Chicago, Indianapolis A. SU Louis railroad, tlie Pero Marquette, tho New York, Now Haven & Hartford and the New York Central, Mr. Untermyer asked about the , inns of agreement under which Morgan & Co, net ns fiscal agents for tho New York Central. "You have the right to Issue all their necurltleti, haven't you?" asked Mr. Vn- (Cuntlnued on Page Four.) Rem ember there's practically no end to the use you can make of a want ad in The Bee. ' This paper's army of readers has various needs an infinite range of wants to fill. Some thing of yours that you would rather havo cash for is just what many of them have been wait ing to buy at a reason able figure. It may bo office fix tures, automobile or something about your home that is no longer in use. No matter what if it's useful some body wants it aud is watching The Bee clas sified columns for your offer. Put it thero in to morrow's Bee. 'Phone on Sunday and after 6 to Tyler 1001, at othor times to Tyler 1000. m