Morgans Cut Ties With Major Rail and Industrial Directors
J P Morgan & Co announced severing links with top corporations including New York Central and New Haven railroads due to shifts in public sentiment on interlocking directorates. The firm says resignations will continue as it withdraws from boards to avoid potential future complications and to better serve property holders and securities.
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New York
J. J. Morgan & Co
New York Central
New Haven
I. P. Morgan
Eivil
Charles Sted
Jersey Central
United Sates Steel Corporation
P. Davines
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Astor Trust Company
Guaranty Trust Company
Chemical Natina Bank
W. H. Porter
Hawkers’ Trust Company
Guaratty Company
Thomas W. Lamont
Westinghouse Electric Manufaction Company
Utah Copper Company
Bankers Trust Company
Dessibie Complicargn
House of Morgan
Pujo Committee
Washington
Peeter House
Wilson
Morgan House
Congress
Gulfport
Miss
Associated Press
Morgan Company
Governor names utilities board in Illinois
Governor Dunne announced the appointment of the new public utilities commission with James Quan as chairman and Walter Shaw, Judd Owen P. Thompson, Frank Funk, Richard Yates, and P. J. Mahoney named to posts. Additional notes mention Morgan banking house changes and early stock market reactions.
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Springfield
Lil
Dunne
Publc Utilities Commission
James-£ Quan
Chicago
Walter Shaw
Owen P. Thompson
Jacksonville
Prank Funk
Bloomington
Richard Yates
P. J. Mahoney
Ottawa
State Bank Examiner
Northern District of Iowa Vacancy Opened by Dismissal
The vacancy in the Northern District of Iowa is created by the dismissal of Anthony Van Wagenen of Sioux City. A temporary appointment or new selection process will fill the seat as authorities proceed with formal action.
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Iowa
Anthony van Wagenen
Sioux City
Trainmen Seek New Ballot Law
Illinois legislative board of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen elected A. D. Burbank as chairman N. B. Jones as vice chairman and W. A. Robinson as secretary. They adopted resolutions urging an eight hour law for railroad employees and an absentee voters certificate to protect voting rights for on duty train workers. They also support a clearance bill, a steel framed caboose to replace box cars, and a law allowing injured workers to sue in any state where the carrier conducts business.
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Springfield
Illnois
Dawes Shelter Opens Chicago Homeless Hotel
In Chicago on January 2 the Rufus Dawes hotel, the city’s first endowed home for unemployed men, opened to capacity. Charles G. Dawes attended as guests bathed before being admitted, receiving nightwear and slippers while lockers were sterilized. The tribute hotel, built in memory of Dawes’s late son, housed about 205 men and featured beds, baths, and segregated logoremedial setups.
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Chicago
Rufus Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Suffrage Claims for Year Progress in 1913 1914 Outlook
New York reports from Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge on the 1913 gains for suffrage organizations. They note increased membership, government appointments favoring women, and vows to oppose federal amendment while pledging further organization growth in 1914.
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New York
Renee National
American Woman Association
National Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Arthur. Murray Dodge
Shaw
Michigan
Rules Committee
House
Hotel Menu and Warship Flag Display At Erie Lodge
Guests could order soup for two cents pie for three cents coffee for two cents and rolls for one cent at the Dawes hotel where an employment agency operated nearby. Dawes and his daughter listened to stories of fruitless job hunting by a fireplace in the lobby. A large flag near the fireplace bore the inscription Dont give up the ship crafted by Hattie Stewart granddaughter of Margaret F Stewart and donated by J L Pelton of Erie Pa.
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Dawes
Hattie Stewart
Margaret F. Stewart
Continue Search For Ralph Lopez In Apex Mine Near Bingham Utah
Sheriff Smith and a posse moved to the Apex Utah mine near Bingham as authorities extend a manhunt for Ralph Lopez 27 described as the slayer of six. The search follows Lopez’s alleged killings at Noy.
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Bingham
Utah
Smith
Apex-Utah
Ralph Lopez
Noy
Secret Lind Visit In Mexico Stirs Pass Christian
Mystery surrounds Jetra Lind the president's representative in Mexico who arrived by Vera Cruz and transferred from Ship Island on the Chester. President Wilson avoids publicity as filming crews gather and a Winona escort circles the harbor.
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Pass Christian
Jetra Lind
Wilson
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Chester
Lina
Winona
Ship Island
Lieut. Howell
White House
Pineut
Howell
Lieut
Weather and border fighting report from Jan 2
The weather outlook covers Rock Island and nearby towns with cloudy, colder tonight and a low near 20 to 25. Northwest winds, 7 a. m. readings show 35 with a 0.09 inch precipitation. Separate dispatches describe cross river fighting at Ojinaga Nuevo Laredo and a safe robbery at the Alhambra theatre in Chicago.
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Rock Isiana
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Red Cross
Presidio
McNamee
Ortegan
Ojinaga
Hey
Ortega
United States
Major McNamee
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Laredo
Texas
Chicago
Alhambra Theatre
Peace moves in copper strike near settlement
Federal official joins conference with attorneys from both sides as talks on the Michigan copper strike proceed. Telegrams signal willingness to continue conciliation while actions at the capitol reveal recall petitions and new details in the Moyer case.
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Houghton, Mich
Hilton
The
Federation of Miners
John B. Densmore
Higl
Taylor
Michige Eration of Labor
Sheriff
Lansing
Mich
Syernor Ferris
Densmore
Calumet
Fative
Shaw
C and Hecla Company
Clarente Darrow
Capitol
Cruse
Houghton County
Darrow
Michigan
Ferris
Moyer
Hinsley
Chicago
Western Federation of Miners
Executions Reported In Chinese Province In 1913
Peking, Jan 2 official estimates place 24000 executions in the province of Sin Chucn during 1913. Most victims were criminals, but a large number were political offenders.
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Peking
China
Sin Chucn
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Harlem River & Cheter Railroad
Milbrook Comony
New Haven Navigation Comedy
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Rhode Island Company
Rutland Company
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New York, Ontario & Stern Railway
Western Union Tele-Park Company
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Governor Names Utilities Board
Dead Son
Anna Shaw
Segret Lind
Federal Army of Mexico
Rio Grande
M. N. McNamee
United States Border Patrol
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