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CONFLICTING TALES
IT
Unconfirmed Official Statements
Qive Chicago Influx of
Omaha Agents.
EMPLOYES ARE NOTIFIED
Burlington Establishes Itself in
' Realty Game.
ROAD'S DEFEAT IS POSSIBLE
It is Likely that with Diplomacy
Positions Can Be Held.
IS IT A PRECONCEIVED PLANT
Hnnlptos Men of Omaha Hop that
The lice's Timely TCxnosure of
Hie Plnn Will Help to I)r
fent Object In VIctt.
The authenticity of the rumor ot re
moval or part of the Burlington force
hero to Chicago the first of the year Is
still a subject of animated debate around
railroad offices and In business circles.
While the local Burlington officials deny
knowledge, other sources persist that the
plans have been laid, and that employes
here have been given to understand that
they wtll be given the alternative of
working for the Burlington In Chicago
next year or not at all, and have even
been advised as to convenient places of
residence In the big city when they move
there.
Policy Itfliiar Maintained.
"It Is strange to my mind," says a
prominent Omaha business man, "that
Burlington higher-ups pretend to dis
credit this report when it Is exactly
In line with the policy maintained from
the first of Hill's ownership of that road.
I happen to recall what a prominent offi
cial of the Burlington In Omaha said to
me some time ago when J went to express
my regrets at his resigning and leaving
Omaha, also leaving the railroad service
entirely, it was tills: "I'll tell you; I
don't care to live in Chicago, and from
what I know of the plans Inside, that Is
where the whole Burlington family In
Omaha might be sent some day; you
can't tell.'
"So, it's no use for anbody to go too
strong In denying this or any other
simitar story. I hope The. Bee's timely
exposure of the plan may serve to defeat j
It, but I nave my doubt."
ChlciiKo Letterheads.
Another Incident which may be a veri
fication of the rumor that the Burlington
railroad intends moving another depart
meirtor departments away frorq Omaha
Is the recent Issue ot new letter hearts
MS' an Omaha, dato line, but-tiqw ctm-
AGOi
MOVE FROM OMAHA
'"tdhleto&cvu(oii have been tn,
troducwl )n the -elalnrcftpairtnient of the
local headquarters and this fact Is given
by employs In that department to In
Ulcate that they will go to Chicago.
Kniployes In this department, while sus
pecting ,that It is to be moved to Ch'
cago, have received no official notice of
the hiorr. Much gossip Is going on
among them as to whether or not they
will leave Omaha and go to Chicago to
retain their positions. Many are looking
for other work In Omaha. One employe
ot tne claim department said that un
doubtedly many employes would quit
their positions for something else Jf they
were certain that the department Is to be
moved from here and time soon.
Another employe recently received a
letter from a man In Chicago which
Mid that the Chicago headquarters
building Is already filled and "he did
not sec how there would be room in tlw
new building for any mor." This gossip
was fptnd at the Omaha headquarters
and helped relieve the uneasiness amor.tr
many employes.
The Issue of new letter heads and bill
forms, however, has caused another stir.
HEAT WAVE IN AUSTRALIA
SENDS MERCURY UP TO 122
8VDNBV, X. 8. W., Dec. 19.-One hun.
dred nnd twenty-two in the shado Is the
record put up by the first heat Vave ex
perienced In Australia this summer. This
was recorded at Kucln, the repeating
station on the Bouth Australian-West
Australian border.
At Ponia, In Queensland, the mercury
stood at 110, white Newcastle, the coal
'city of New South Wales, has had tho
hottest spell for sixteen years, accom-
panted by dust and windstorms. Other
parts of New Bouth Wales were affected,
but In Sydney the heat was less severe,
the thermometer going only to 93.
deaths were reported.
No
KANSAS CITY BOY GIVEN
LIFE TERM FQR MURDER
KANSAS CTTT, Mo., Dec. 19.-Harry
Asher, 30 years old, was sentenced1 to life
Imprisonment In the criminal court here I
today upon a plea, of guilty to the charge
of being one of the four boys who held
up al Hatch, a saloonkeeper, recently and
shot hi m when he took tho holdup as a
Joke. When Hatch died the charge against
Ills assailants was. changed to murder.
James Harper, brought to trial on the
same chargo as Asher, pleaded "not
t,Tillty." Harry Beasley, charged with be
ing a member of the party, Is yet to be
trlej. The fourth boy wa never cap
tured. The Weather.
For Nebraska Fair; colder.
For Iiwa Generally fair; colder.
Tciuprrnt lirr nt Unmlm Teaterclajr.
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PEACE NEGOTIATIONS HALT
Session is Short and Turkish Dele
gates Hastily Leave Hall.
ISSUE WILL BE DECIDED SOON
Turk Demand It lent itrrlrtnnl
ilip nescient cities In Hrtnrn
for Wnlvlncr thr Point
About (irrece.
LONDON, Dec. 13. The peace plenipo
tentiaries of the Balkan allies 'and Turkey
were In session at St. James' palace today
for only about three-quarters of an hour.
Then lleched Pasha and Sallh-Pnsha hur
rledly left the palace and went to their
hotel They rerused to Ktve reporter any
Information.
Whether pence Is to. be declared or
whether the war Is to be continued. Is to
be expected to be settled within forty
eight hours. In diplomatic dries In Lon
don the opinion prevails that If the thorny
obstacles which are likely to present
themselves at the sessions of the peace
conference In St. James paluco today and
tomorrow can be surmounted and circum
vented, peace will be. assured. ,
It wag later announced that the peace
conference had adjourned until 4 o'clock
on Saturday afternoon.
The Turkish delegates state that they
are not yet In possession of their full
instructions or their new credentials.
( which have been dispatched from Con.
1 stantlnople by special courier, and that
the conference had decided that It must
await their arrival and consequently ad
journed. '
The new credentials awaited by the
Turks are necessitated by changes in
their Instructions regarding negotiations
with the Greek delegates.
The revictualing of the Turkish forces
of Adrlanople. on which the Turks nro
reported to insist as a condition to the
waiving of their demand that Greece
should sign the armistice, Is the most
troublesome point, nnd If the Turko maln
taln their attitude It will Indicate that
they are still firm on the subject of the
retention of the fortress after the war.
The Turkish government has authorized
Its delegates to propose thnt Adrlanople
and all other- besieged Turkish towns
shall be revlctualed and If the proposal
Is not accepted by the delegates of the
Balkan allies, negotiations are to bo
broken off, according to a news agency
dispatch received here from Constanti
nople. Memphis Uxorcide
Slain by Policemen
After Long Battle
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 19. Adam .1.
Boehler, who killed his wife last night,
held a squad of fifty policemen and de
tectives at bay for eight hours today,
was shot and killed by officers. They
forced their way Into Boehler's strong
hold In a downtown rooming house after
tlig, man had boen partially overcome, by
fumes of formaldehyde forced Into tho
room through holes rut In the wall and
j flooring,.
Bobh'ler rhd the police, the litter sta
tioned at halt a dozen points of vantage
In neighboring buildings, exchanged an
lntermfttc.it fire through the moMi.ng !
while others of the attacking party sue
cecded in reaching a floor above that on ' 4"u'"- rvi' " " , "tl"l:
which the man was barricaded. Holes ' Persons unknown to dynamite, the Den-I railroad attorneys for a more specific
were bored through the floor and quan- jver mlnt' whTo approximately J.W.0CO.0CO 1 decree bb to tho rights of Union Pacific
titles of formaldehyde were poured Intols "tored, was frustrated by tho discovery ' stockholders In the ordered distribution
the room. 'When all appeared quiet dotec- ;of Plans two weeks ago on the floor of the $IK,KO,000 worth of Southern Pa
tives stormed Boehler's door and In an'of 11,0 public comfort station near the ;-clflc stock owned by tho Union Pacific
exchange of shots, the man was riddled
with bullets. Crowds of spectators wit
nessed the fight.
Charles Davis one ot the policemen
shot by Boehler early today had Ills
wound dressed und returned to his post.
Jesse Wooten, another policeman who
was shot through the lungs, may re
cover. There was no change In the condition
of Spaullng Parsons, a drug clerk, shot
by mistake by one of the-besieging paity.
It was Bald Boshler was a native of )
Indiana. , (
A 4-year-old child munc-i:ng an apple, .'
walkPd Into the living room of a board-
ing house hero last night and announced
that "Papa had killed niamn." Th
child's mother, Mrs. Adam M. Boehler.
was found lying on the floor ot her apart
ment, her head almost severed.
According to the statement of the child.
Boehler attacked the woman with a
rrzor and alter slashing her throaty
washed his hands and left tho room. '
Mrs. Boehler recently filed suit
divorce.
Hundreds of Forged
Pay Checks Cashed
HOBOKEN, N. J Dec. 19,-Three hun
dred odd saloon keepers of Hoboken were
HWlndled out of sums that reach a total
of $15,000, by two men who posed as cm
ployeft of tho Lackawanna railroad and
cashed fake pay checks last Saturday.
The police of twenty cltlea are looking for
the swindlers today.
m aaumon io uoooaen tne swina.ers
l" "
the same game. Tho amount they se
cured In that city Is not known, but It
Is estimated at tlO.COO.
Instead of forging signatures the oper
atori used a photo engraving process that
makes their detection extremely difficult,
Greek Aviator Drops
Bombs Into Janina
PARIS, Dec. 19.-A veritable hail of
bombs were thrown Into the Turkish
fortress of Janina by the Greek military
aviator Moutoussls, and an accompanying
comrade, who yesterday flew over that
city In a biplane, according to official
advices received here. The bombs were
hurled dowp upon the principal buildings,
to which they caused serious damage.
The population was terrorized.
PROMINENT WYOMING
RANCHMAN MURDERED
body of nn Volker. one of the most
prominent ranchers of the Plnedale coun-
ti - v. tt'fli fnunri In tile mmvarA rtf him
- - r - - - - .
ranch today, with a bullet through his
ead, Volker was shot from behind, say
. - - - J
In authorities, and an attempt had been
made to hide hi body in haystack.
CENSURE FOB FISHER
IN VALENTINE CASE
Oraham Committee Probing Indian1
Commissioner's Acts Scores Delay
m Supervising Office.
SAYS CHARGES LONG KNOWN
Valentine Permitted, in Spite of
Them, to Work His Ends.
VIOLATED CIVIL SERVICE LAW
Investigators Find Action Was Done
with Deliberation.
BLOW TO ABBOTT OPPOSITION
Nebraska Man In Clinrae of Of tier
nnd Una Ileen Picking tp
Tanivlril KtuU Since Vnl
litlnf'n rtrpnrtnre.
(From a Staff Correspondent. i
WASHINGTON, Pec. 19.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) "The manner In which Commis
sioner Valentine was permitted by the
secretary of the Interior to work out his
unworthy purpose mid to the detriment
of the public service Is a serious reflection
on his administration of that office."
In these words the Graham committee,
charge! with the Investigation of expendi
tures In the Interior department, serlousl)
criticised Secretary Fisher In connection
with a very voluminous report made to
day on ex-Oommlralwer of Indian Affairs
It. G, Valentine, who recently resigned, in
which the committee holds .that Valentine
during his term of office had wholly dls
regarded the civil service law and re
moved from service on falee and ground
less charges officials whose records were
unimpeachable.
The report further reflects on Valentine
to the extent of finding him guilty of tho
gross violation of tho law against the
Introduction of Intoxicating liquor into the
Indian cuntry and of promoting an of f I
clal against whm charges of drunkenness
and other scandnlous misconduct were
fully proved.
Clin rues I.onjr Known.
The finding of the Graham committee
does not come us news to those ac
quainted with the workings cither of the
Interior department or tho Indian office,
for It Is a notorious fact that the charges
against Mr. Valentine we re known by '
the secretary fqr montl;s before the latter j
tendered his resgnatlpn, which left Fred ,
II. Abbott of Aurora, tit"; assistant com
missioner, In charge ot the office, to
gather up the tangled thrcnds.and put the
office In Borne sort of order.
And although Mr, Abbott has been on,
the Job since September, he lias yet to.
be notified by the White House that his'
appointment has been sent to the senate
(Continued on Page Two.)
Conspiracy to Blow
Up and Rob Denver I
Mint is Discovered!
1MT1T 1C! I II QP.nVPTfin
iV11Ilt 1S Ulb.CUVer BO.
, .
federal building.
The plans were found by (he superln- neys want the Union Pnglflc stockholders
tendent of the public comfort. station, who .exclusively to be allowed to buy tho stock,
notified City Detective .1. .1. I-eyden, It t The government Is opposing such nn ex-became-known
today. l.?yden Immediately (elusive privilege.
turned the plans over to the federal au- j The court's action may be announced
thorltles, who notified Washington. In-I Monday,
structions were sent by the capital offi
cials to Frank Downer, superintendent of
the mint, to double the guards at the
mint. According to the authorities the
' nhna nnnlumnlutail .tin Man nf nnmi(.h
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nltro-glycerlno to wreck the mint build
lug.
Federal and local police authorities
have conducted a rigid search In the last
two weeks, but no trnco of the would-be
dynamiters has been discovered.
Body of Chester
Lawrence is Found
I.OS iANQBLBS. Cal.. Dec. 13.-Paul
' Banshafi tho man who found tho wreck- J
Iago of Kearny's hydro-aeroplane, nt Fish
el man's Cove Tuesday, reported by tele-1
i phone today that he had found a body j
toady supposeu t no mat or. unesterj
Iawrence. Kearny'a passenger on the 111-.
fated flight, floating ampng the rocks I
near tho shore, ul no miles south of Be-i
dondo. early this morning j
Banthaf said the body was not clad In
a leatfier suit. Kearny wore a leather
suit loaned to him by Charles F, Wlllard,
a fellow aviator, when he started on the
proposed flight over the ocean from New
port beach tp Han Francisco.
Sheriff Hamnicl and several pori-oub
,h fc ,,awrrnce nm, wouId be able
porltlwljr to establish his Identity, pro-
ceeded to the beach at once.
Banzhaf found the body four miles
south of the place where the hydro-aoro-
1 plane wreckage was picked up two days
h,0' A watchuda'"Jle,d fm a Puc,ket of
I tht 'tst wnrn bv thf dnd mnn. Thin cur-1
the ve.it worn by the dead man. This cur-
, cumstance somewhat dlrconcerted those j
'who on Tuesday Identified as Lawrence's ,
., the tatterrd vest which was found by ,
Banzhaf near the fragments of the aero
plane wlngi.
Chicago Bandit Has
a Woman Assistant
CHICAGO, Deo. l:-,-The latest high
way robbery method' Is aid by a woman
companion, a fact which was disclosed
today when the various police stations
were warned to "look out for a woman
btindlt. about 2o years old, dressed In
senil-mournlng."
Clilcagoans, reading a fresh list of
holudups daily fur tins last month, have
grown wary, but George Ltakraklas told
the police that he felt no apprehension
!when he approached a man and a woman
, u.unMu v.nn. ....... . i.
m,i ,,,.- . j i i.unyni, .iic man
ordered Hold up your hands." which
'did. while He woman went through his
.UIU. lit" . r " Ull.a II ' I i 1IIIVUKII Ills
'pockets, securing ll&O. while her male
(companion held a revolver at his UuuL.
1'ioin xim Minneapolis Journal
UNION PAGIFICMAKES MOTION
Supreme Court Asked to Make Dis
solution Order More Specific.
WANT TO DISTRIBUTE STOCK
fc.A USE"e AurcellmtU. .Will.. UU-.
turn (lie Mnrkrt lo IMnrr All
l nloii Pnrlflc llnlilliiKa
am Sale. ,
w 4MIII vrvrnKT r .
I - supreme
j court of tne United States today took
' uwe.eiu a comn.ne.i motion or
railroad company. Tile railroad altor
The railroad attorneys explained to
trfr-court that they considered tho only
Practicable method by whloh the stock
could be distributed without Irreparable
Injury, would bo for the Union Pacific
company 'Co offer It to Its own stock
holders, pro rata, according to the amount
of their holdings; for purchase' at a fair
price, orlo'dlHtrlbuto It as a 'dividend to
Its str'M'k'linldors entitled to li dividend.
The declared that tho attorney general
whs opposed to such a plan,
"To refuse to allow the Union Pacific
stockholders to participate In such a dis
tribution.?' .declared the attorneys In tho
papers tliey. filed, " would expose them to
(Continued on Page Two.)
-'Body of Long-Missing
Man Buried in Cellar
Under Quick Lime
IlICHMOND, ind., Dec. 19.-Tho mys
tery surrounding the disappearance of
Henry Dayton lit 1910, was cleared today
when the skeleton of Dayton was found
burled In the cellar of his home here.
Alternate layers of quicklime and earth
covert d the body to a depth of two feet,
The skull was fractured, evidently by n
hatchet.
According to the police, the body was
found through a letter given to them by
Mrs. Duyton. The letter Is alleged to
have been written by Joseph K. Knydor,
60 years old, who had been u close friend
of Dayton. This letter, the police said,
Mn, Dayton received from Snyder In De-
cember. 1911, with the Injunction that
It should not be opened until he should
leave here.
8he deolared that tho letter was never
opened until this week when sho quar
reled with Snyder. In the letter Hnyder
Is said to have confessed that he killed
Dayton,
Big Band of Cattle
Thieves Broken Up
BELVIDEItK. Kan., Dec. 19.-A band
of forty cattle thieves has been operating
extensively In Barber county. Kansas, ac
cording to the alleged confession today of
Earl Bowman, who, thn officers say, Is
the leader of the gang. Besides Bowtnair l
Claude Clausen, Harvey Talley and "Doc"
GUworth are in Jail at Medicine Lodge,
charged with cattle stealng.
Frank Rockefeller brother of John D.
Rockefeller, who owns, a ranch near here,
has taken an active part In breaking up
the band as some of his cattle were stolen
r;ently
The Way It Begins to Look
The National Capital
TliiirNtlny, llcreinlirr HI, Ittlii.
. ' Tin Semite.
Convchod at noon.
Wont Into executive session to consider
confirmation ot presidential nominations
Tin llonsr.
CoiiVeiitd at noo'n mid adjourned' 'at,
llfll. I), ,m., owing to lack of quorum,
vntll noon, January -
.1, Plerpont Morgan continued his testi
mony before money trust Investigation
committee.
interior iiciiHrimuni ii.-wniiniimi "
m tteo adopted report censuring hodai i u.-
Valentine .forme ouinn.Issloner , In-
-
Attorney Says Hockin
is the Iago of the
"Dynamite Plots
INDIAN A POMS, Dec. 19. -Stories which
tho government charges that Herbert K
Hockin told while acting ns the Iago of
tho dynamite conspiracy were related by
Hpcclal As-lslant District Attorney Joseph
W. Noel In continuing his argument to
tho Jury at the trial of the forty nccuscd
"bomb plotters" toduy.
"In betraying all with whom he had to
deal Hockin .never told the snnm tor
twice," said Mr. Noel. "Ho told a Pitts-
I bugh contractor about a hiding place for
I nitroglycerin because he (llocltln) eald
lie was opposed to wliolosaln murder, and
the explosive was to bo used to blow up
a passenger train.
"Ho told William J. Hums he was giving
Information about explosives In-cause hu
(Hockin) was afraid MeNaniara was ruin
ing the Iron Workers' union.
"Still this man, the Iago of the con
spiracy, who was pouring a different
stury In each new ear, wa.s one of the
originators of the scheme to blow up non.
union Jobs by dynamite. He was ainbl.
tlous und wanted to get out of the way
those opposed to htm. Ortle 14. MoManlgal
and .1. U. McNamara hud complained that
Hockin was withholding part of tho J'JOO
feo allowed for each explosion. The dyna
miters were about to 'ditch' him, so
Hockin decided to betray them."
Hundred Mexican
Rebels Are Killed
GL'ADALAJUAItA. Mexico, Dec. 19
One hundred rebels and forty rural
guards und townspeople wero killed in a
fierce buttlo at lluejiiqulla yesterday.
The town was sacked by the rebels, who
committed many outrages.
A force ""of VH rebel commanded by
General CliHche I'anipos yesteiduy at
tacked the llttlo town of Huejuqullla, In
the state of JalUco, near thn boundary
of Zacateca.
The garrison. wlilUi consisted of fifty
rural guards, with the assistance ot
armed citizens, held them utf for thirty
hours until the store of ammunition in
thn tnwn was evliallsted.
I Then the rebels furred their w.iv In.
burned many of tho buildings In the town
and committed every kind of outrage.
Home hours later relnfurcnmeuts of
federal troop arrived and drovo tho
rebels out after killing a large number
of them.
WORRY OVER CHRISTMAS
GIFTS CAUSES SUICIDE
LOS ANGKLES. Dec. !9.-Agltated by
worries Incidental to the selection of
Christinas gifts, Mia, Aura Schuessler.
it years old. wife of Dr Itobeit W
Hchuessler, n dentist shot herself at
her home here toda) and died in a stunt
time.
to Him
FARMERS' CONGRESS CLOSES
Election of Officers is Followed by
General Business Session.
COPELAND CHOSEN PRESIDENT
President I.ilmiii"1 It r dint' INiiiiiInrt-
Hoii for Office fur Third Tlijir
nml Mlirln 31 mi I niiiil
niotisly IllrclVd.
JSmI nici-tri! Officer.
Prerldent-tleorgo W. Couplaml, ICIgln.
I'lrst Vlco President Frank Tannelilll,
Norfolk.
Second Vlco President J. II. Urlnnell,
Paplllliui.
'third Vice President K. M. Pollard.
Nohawkt).
Secrctary-Treiisurer-W. S, Delano, Lin
coln.' Delogutes to' National Farmers' Con
gress Andrew .VllllllL'. Drill! IV II
Campbell, Clniiks,
IxjulBlatlvo 'iommltteo Frank G. Odell,
Lincoln; ,J. A. Yngcr, Fremont; A. M.
Tcmpllri,. Palmer; W, U. etrutib, Uncoln;
15. M. Pollard, Nehawka.
The last business session of the third
annual session of the Nebraska Farmers'
congress was concluded yesterday after
noon with tho election of officers.
The tlnio of-tho afternoon was taken
up largely with routine business In the
way of committed reports and the con
sideration .of resolutions. The plnco of
holding the next congress was not touched
upon, this being a mntter wholly within
the province of tho executive) committee.
By rusolutlmi, the' executive committee
won Instructed to confer with the other
farm organizations In tho sUte with a
view to bringing alLunder one federation.
Resolutions nifopted comprise the following-;
The appointment by the 'National Fnrm
ers' congress of u government commission
to1 go abroad and studyftt'he rural co-
(t'outinued on Pnge Two.)
Body of Lawrence is
Found in Sea Near
Redondo Beach
LOS .VNGI5LK8, Cut.. Dec. 19,-Tlio
body of Chester Lawrence, newspaper
man and companion of Horace Kearny
laslt Saturday In the hydro-aeroplane
flight which brought death to both men,
hus been recovered from'tho sea, A mes
sage from Rodondo Bench today states
that u -body found floating In an Inlet
nine mlll-s Kouth of thero was Identified
as that of Lawrence today by a member
of tho party sent out from here.
The body wus clad In a gray sweater
bearing the' words "Press Car" ucross the
fron, white shirt, bluck coat, corduroy
trousers and hlgh-laced tan bouts.
"That was the way my husband was
dressed for his trip with Kearny," said
Mrs. Ixi.wrenco today. Sho thert collapsed.
The "Press Car" sweater whs presented
to Ijiwrence at the time he made ii trans
continental trip In the Interests of the
oceaiuto-ocean highway campaign.
The mliiuto hand of the Watch found on
the body hud been broken, but the hour
hand pointed to S o'clock, Indicating, per
haps, tho hour the hydro-aeroplano sunk,
BUFFALO ARE OFFICIALLY
DECLARED TO BE BEEF
KANHA8 CITY, Mo Dec. J9.-Tho Bu
reau of Animal Industry toduy ruled that
buffalo Is "beef" and not game. The
riding was telegraphed to local govern
ment officials who yesterday rorusca tq
limine t u shipment to n local packing
company of seven buffalo, on the ground
that they wore not domest c beef animals.
( The packing company could not slaughter
i them without the government inspection
'stamp and the Washington bureau was
i called upon for a decision
MORGAN SAYS THERE
CAN BENO MONOPOLY
INMONEYANDCREDIT
New York Banker Tells Pujo Com
mittee Control of Money Must
Always Be Personal.
HE FAVORS
COMBINATION
Financier Says it is Much Better
Than Competition.
DOES NOT FEEL VAST POWER
He Also Refuses to Admit that He
Possesses It.
HE APPROVES HIS OWN METHODS
4n.ra It ! All Ittiiht for Mrnthrr of
Ills Firm Who U Acting' for
Olhcr Corporation lt Mnke
Ciintriu-1 vtlth Him,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-"Thcre could
bu no money trust. All the banks nnd all
the money In Christendom could not con
trol money. The question of control Is
personal as to money and credits," de
clared J, Plerpont Morgan today to the
house money trust Investigating commit
tee. The big financier was led up to his an
swer by tho questioning of Samuel I'nter
myer, counsel for tho committee, who
inked Mr. Morgan If "ho did not feci fits
vast power."
Mr. Morgan answered that he did not
admit he had vast power nnd did not feel
it.
Once, when thes lawyer and the wit
ness got Into a discussion of competlllun
nnd combination, Mr. Morgan answered,
"I'd rather hnve combination than com
petition. I like a llttlo competition, but
I till rmnlilliiitlnn lietler. Pmitrnl in the
'.Important thing, without It you can't do a
thing, but no one man Could monopolize
money. One man might get control of
lullronds, or merchandise, but never
money and credit."
Once when his Voice got hoarse hi
daughter, Mrs, liarbcrt L. Satterlcc, gave
him a throat tablet.
The principal part of Mr. Morgan'
testimony, the concentration of money
and credits, was to be resumed later to
day. It was expected his testimony would
bo elided before night.
InterlorkliiK Dlrrctorntrs llnrinl'M,
Mr. Morgan, surrounded by nearly ,i
dozen of his partners and attorneys, an
swered with apparent freedom nil qjes
thins. He agreed that through "voting
trusts " severul of which existed In his
company, a few trustees could name the
fdlr'et:tors,.',"who Tn' urn wduhv nt4mcth.tt
otflcets of grmt Interstate IndUMtrlal or
railroad corporations.
Mr. Morgan dented, howover, that ho
'believed Interlocking directorates, wlier
two or ' three myn held directorships In
'several banks, trust companies or cor
poratlous, could bring about control and
a unty of action. Ho'dctinred that with
out a majority on the boards such men
could not .dictate affairs or control the
corporations.
The financier took direct Issue with
Mr. Untcrmyer as to tho opportunity of
fered a few men to get control of gen
eral banking conditions through such par
ticipation ns Morgan & Co. have on the
boards of directors of the leading banks
of New York.
Mr. Morgan's declaration that there
"could be no money trust" wus empha
sized by a vigorous bang with his fist on
the nrm of his chair. The financier tes
tified as to the relations of tho hous of
Morgan with several great corporations,
(IrKitnlsallon of Steel Combine,
Mr. Morgan testified that he had ap
proved the prices at which the subsidiar
ies of the United .States Stepl corpointlon
were taken Into tho big corporation. Ms.
Untcrmyer asked If ho had not named the
board of directors of the steel corpora
tion, but Mr, Morgan only said that he
might have "decided who shouldn't go
on,"
His holdings of certain bank stocks )ie
characterized us "not very much, about
a million dollars," much to the nmiitc
ment of the committee and the crowd
which gathered to hear his testimony.
When a laugh went around the financier
Joined In heartily.
Co ll trill-In nllli Melf All lllttht.
Taking up the Southern Railway sys
tem, he said ho saw no objection to a
director appointed by himself as a inepi
ber of the voting trust, entering Into a
fiscal agreement with his own firm,
Mr. Untermeyer asked where there
could le competition between the Now
Haven road and Morgan & Co., In the
snle of Now Haven securities.
They want a great deal more for thorn
than we think they are worth," said Mr
Morgan,
"Do you think It would be better for
the railroad to be nble to offer Its se
curities to another banking house?"
"No, I do not," returned Mr. Morgan,
Ho ndded that the position ot the banklng
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