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CARNEGIE FUNDS, including en

dowments for libraries, teachers' pen

sions. etc., totalling $62,000,000 worth

of bonds with annual income of $3,

.,100,000.

CLEVELAND FOUNDATIONS, es

witb $5#-,«£0 ®0&

scribed.

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SAX ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. IS

The Carranzista version of Roque

Gonzales Garza's coup d'etat by which

he took up the provisional presidency

in Mexico City was given here today

ty the constitutionalist consul, Theo

dore Beltran.

"Gutierrez left the capital with his

troopg soon after Obregon captured

•Puebla," said Beltran. "Most of the

delegates to the Mexico City conven

tion fled to the United States. Luclo

wiaco remained with Gutierrez. Then

Garza, after conferring with Villa by

telegraph, took charge. Arrests have

Jeen made by the wholesale In Mex-

ko

Cty. Villa is on his way to the

Capital." «v

Have Another President.

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This Country is Declared to be a Generation Be

hind Europe in Looking After Rights

of the Man Who Toils.

THE POWER OF CONCENTRATED WEALTH

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Untermyer Says Trade Unions Have Been Grow

ing Weaker While Great Fortunes are

•H-t- Exerting Even Stronger Power.

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Millions Behind Foundations Under Rockefeller, Sage and other big

Scrutiny. "foundations."

ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION— Untermyer attributed the present

Established 1913, with securities industrial unrest to absentee owner

worth $100,000,000, now worth $108,- ahii" and the t.ccumulatlon or

000,000. Annual estimated revenue heavy fortunes.

16,800,000. "The great .trouble with our big in

3AGE? FOUNDATION—established dustrial leaders,' he said, "Is that they

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with $80,000,000 endowment. An-[ live in New York and know nothing

»ual income estimated $500,000.

of Urn working

men and

dustrial relations to aid the workers, ter be granted there is no reason Lh

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Tbese

fects stood out today in a maze of

complications in the Mexican

situation following the deposition of

provisional* President Gutierrez and

his succession by General Garza: Sec

retary of War Garrison ordared the

'thdnwal of most of the troops

"rom Nac0 anj their distribution at

various points along the border. Gen

®ral Bliss was ordered back to San

Antonio.

conditions of their

of the country. New York, you know.

is even tnore provincial

kosh.

Radical changes In the form'of the Fox

t*&er>

foundations were Wgea by

termyer.

"I do not share the fear and dis-

YORK, Jan. l8.-^-Drawing a trust that these foundations may bejthat

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vivid picture of labor being slowly mismanaged,'1 said Untermyer, "but

'crushed beneath the steadily increas-11 do suggest the following changes in

ing power of concentrated wealth, their form of organization: First:

Samuel Untermyer, fornier attorney: That they be incorporated under a

for the "money trust" investigation! federal law, instead of under state

committee, today called upon the charters.

government federal committee on in- "Second—That no perpetual char-

A.

"The trades unions and workers or-! why the next generation should be

ganizatiens are gradually growing so bound.

weaker," he said. "To such an extent "'Third—Theflr size should be limited,

hag wealth been concentrated in a "Fourth—That they should not be

few hands, that capital Is now ar-j allowed to further increase their size

raigned against labor In a bitter but by allowing their income to accumu

terertheless unequal struggle. late."

"We need laws to protect the work-j "Happily said Untermyer, "these

er and to curb th6 power of the cor-1 foundations do not seem to reflect

porations. We need government in

surance against sickness, unemploy

ment and accidents. We need a

the dubious ways by which the money

behind them was acquired. It is iny

belief that they are well managed—

'whole comprehensive system of re-'managed unselfishly and with great

form and I believe the creation of this I public good and no harm. The insti

comralsalon has launched that move-! tuion that has been particularly

raent. Labor hasn't had a square made the recipient of the Rockefeller

deal. We're a generation behiivi money Is a hot-bed of radicalism.

Europe in looking after the man who Certainly the doctrines taught in that

tolls." institution are directly opposed to

Untermyer was the flrst witness in the business policies of some of the

the commission's inquiry into the men behind the foundations."

concentration of wealth and influ

ence on public thought and public poli

cies, with specific reference to the

"Of course, the concentration of

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The'War'in Mexico

Latest Developments Among Our Revolution

ary Neighbors of the South.

formally

[United Press Leased Wire Service

BERLIN, Jan. 18.—Claims that

allies lost in killed, wounded and/

tured 150,000 men since it wa'.

ficially announced in Paris in Decem

ber the allies were ready to assume

the offensive, was made by the~war

office today, in that time the German

losses have been less than one-fourth

that number, it Is asserted. The.

French announcement was followed, it

is asserted, by extreme precautions

on the part of the Germans. In sum

ming up the results today the war of

fice said:

"Since our enemies assumed the of

fensive on the western front In De

cember, they have been unable to

make material progress at any single

point on the battle front.

"On the contrary, we have made

substantial gains. We have gained

from two to four miles along a front

on the Aisne from twelve to fifteen

kilometers In length and today our

guns dominate the entire valley of

the Aisne.

"North of Labassee and in the

Argonne we have steadily advanced so

that at certain points we now oc

cupy the positions the enemy held

5 n™. engaged against 7,000

even less of the sentiment

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which trje(j to

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out of the capital, indicating he will been turned over by her

of Gutierrez. Dsstruction of property enormous quantities of needed medi-i

and numerous executions were expect- cal supplies and an entire Red Cross

ed. All signs pointed to a lire&k be-J unit.

tween the Villa and Zapata factions! Sir Thomas Upton will be picked

of the peace convention. Zapata also up by the Erin at Marseilles and he

left Mexico City. will accompany his vessel on her er-l

General Palafox, Zapata's right, rand of mercy.

hand man has been appointed mili

tary commander of Mexico City and

martial law has been declared. The

authorities in control state that suffi

cient troops for the. preservation of

order are available and that they an

ticipate no unrest in the^ity.

A later telegram from Consul Silli

rtjan stated that after Gutierrez had

gone, the peace convention met and lUnlted Press Leased Wire Service.]

depose^ him. General Garza PETROGRAD, Jan.

as chairman of the convention became fearful weather conditions, severe

the nominal head or the government: jfijihtlng was today reported north of the

but it is understood that this arrange-j Vistula where the Russian movement

ment is to stand only until the Villa is progressing rapidly and south of the

faction an select a successor. Gen-j river where the Germans are endeav

eral Feiipe Angele3, Villa's closest oring t© continue their advance to-

friend, is most prominently mention-j

ed for the iob.

when he announced the assumption of ever, found the survivors and numer

the offensive." °us refugees from the outlying coun

Reports from German East Africa'1^ refusing to leave the ruins until

flatly contradict the English claims'}helr relatives had been located, liv

of victories there. It is stated that

assist

forces.. in this fightin

organisation of the Rockefeller and}forces, "in this fightln

th{it

the landinrariff

fl

the Germans!been

they iobk- 'eJjgfKr macWnel

guns.

In the east it Is officially stated

on) ht progPes» can

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be made

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because of weather conditions.

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man. over the French were announc-j

the second in the Aroo'nne,

region. It has been admitted for the

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millionaire

JAPAN mtME MORE ACTIVE PART

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or

in the fighting at Tonga, where 8,000 .c,h,ldren,®f

|t|th wepe routed w|th a|were

shelled and'

IN THE RUINS

No More Living- People Are

Thought to be Buried in

"Houses Wrecked by

Earthquake.

RESCUE WORK IS SLOW

Soldiers Have Been Busy Night and

Day and Have Gone Without Food

In Order ]That Refugees

Might Not Suffer.

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dead- Men.

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than Osh- j^'on fTre a British transport steamer complaining that the work of rescue

and badly damaged the British cruiser!^8

°fdless,yr.usl07nrlia

Staff

[By Alice Rohe, United Press

Correspondent.]

AVEZZANO, Jan. 18. (By courier

to Rome)—What was once the pros

perous city of Avezzano is today a

tomb of the dead. The loss is now

believed to be complete, as not a

single person prisonered in the ruins

can still be alive. Dawn today, how-

women and even

tender were

fran"

Ger- digging in the debris of what

once houses, in the hope that

might be alive. They were

and that hun-

ha/l «AMI ft Ml»ht nnttA

dret3s had

Perished who might have

saved'

had 1,10

r4Ief

been

The frenzied criticism wis un

warranted. There have on the oth

er hand, been unpreventable delays,

but soldiers working on the ruins

I have been kept digging night and

successes day since their arrival. They have

BERLIN Jan 18 fVia wireless) 'gone without food themselves in or

-r«,„ Hi.«inr« .Lmic. for the Ger !der

to feed the

refuSee8-

But

alrea£

erS had been detaIled to that

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bodies can be recovered for at least

another week. Indicative of the

temper of the troops was the scene

when the caretaker of the estate of

Prince Torlonia found a strong box

filled with gold, in the ruins of the

[United Press Leased Wirc Service.] castle. He demanded a guard of sol

LONDON, Jan. 18.—The official diers to protect it. The commander

press bureau, in making public today to whom he requested, indignantly

a report of conditions at the front, refused a detail of the men, saying,

emphatically denied the report pub-! "our duty is to rescue the living and [United pregg Leased Wire Service.]

iished very prominently by the Lon-! bury the dead, not to guard treasure." paris, Jan. 18. From the Argonne

don newspapers that a great success! Samantha Huntley, the portrait

has been gained January 14 in the Painter, of Albany, N. Y., for years

vicinity of Labasse. This report re-

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cites in great detail a charge by Brit-1 relief expedition to Avezano. She,

ish troops which gave them posses-1 "brought with her, in automobile

eion of more than one mile of German trucks, quantities of food supplies

trenches and extended their own front! and tents for shelter. She is caring!

over a mile further eastward. for survivors at the woman's hos

"On the contrary," says the bureau, P'tal and girls' school. Thousands,

"there has been no attack attempted religiously inclined, are spending

by cur forces In the neighborhood of, their time at wayside shrines which!

La Basse." have been erected, praying to the

virgin for aid.

LIPTON'S BOAT. Another woman who gave birth to

LONDON, Jan. 18.—Sir Thomas a baby in the ruins' has been rescued.

Lipton's steam yacht Erin, tender for She used her own hair to tie the na-

fight to retain the presidency. {owner for use by the Servian Red did little damage. ia most violent artillery fire. Rain has

18.—Despite

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l&Lk.

did little damage.

30,000 Death Estimate.

ROME, Jail. 18.—Although th® gov-

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Belgian Relief

Day

For Keokuk and

Lee County

Saturday, Jan. 23

Seven Million

Starving People

Appeal to You for

Aid

Br.

JAPAN

[By Wml Philip Simms, United Press

Staff Correspondent.]

PARIS,lan. 18.—The Japanese "for

eign leflloti" now being raised volun

tarily In JfLpan to reinforce France on

the firing 'line will be very welcome.

For the flr«t time, officialdom acknow

ledged this| It is admitted that rais

ing of a volunteer force of "little yel

low men" t| tender their services as

Lafayette dfk In the American revolu

tionary warlwill help a knotty prob

lem, A Japanese party under their

own officials on every basia the

same as French, British and Belgians,

might result in serious complications.

They might have to be paid and Japan

be in a positlofy to claim much credit

for victory shoirid her sons aid in the

final crushing of the German empire.

But with the foreign legion coming,

at least one objection will be solved.

The men are re|»rted to be picked

veterans of the ^usso-Japanese war.

They are t0 be equipped a* few Japa

nese troops ever wave been. It Is

rumored here that Vt their head will

come one of Japan'»\ greatest military

geniuses, a man whose name will mean

much to the allies.

Not only will the foreign legion fight

on French soil, but it is expected the

Japanese government will finally en

ter the war in the wert\ ag an active

ally of Russia and Englafad. There Is

8aid to be a growing sentiment In

England to ask Japan ta take over

the protection of Egypt and India, thus

releasing for active servlde against

Germany the many British\regiment»

now held idle In these two countries.

Russia Is said to have sug

she would welcome an alHaWce which

recovered had to be, satlons. In discussing this,

ed todav the first at LaBolselie in! immediately and many search-. Mlllevoye, of LaPatrle, after declar-1 anticipating trouble with those of

tQ Uppel!

resident of Rome, personally led a through enormous wastes of snow,

al! of his Shamrocks In the America's vel cord and both she and her child peroU6 farms and hamlets" to powder, Bucharest that lai^ge forces of Ger-j aylvania as their share of the war

Mexico City despatches to th© state! cup races, sailed from Southampton I will live. [This especially is so In the region of mans are moving through Hungary loot, but if they lag behind until th»

department said that 5,000 peace con-j today to become a factor in the war.' There have been a number of dis- NieUport, Labassee, Ypres where each for a second invasiVi of Servia. It Slavs capture the province. Its

vention troops had followed Gutierrez Her destination is Salonika. She has' tinct shocks last night and today,

but although they caused much alarm,

8|de ha# va|n|y

m0vement on|y t0

Grave disorder followed the quitting! Cross as a hospital ship. She carries! ^0,000 Death Estimate. fallen without interruption since Sat-! who shall first develop a serious of- arousing Roumanian ambitions, a

urday. Germans

continue t0

trenches.

(ted that' ra*ln£ without a permit. All but the

8^

would permit the JaDs to take a oosl-: police cells. TheBe eight

tion with the Russians on th« firing

of battle front extending across the,ln* the recent waitresses' strike

continent of Europe (here. Among those for whom Mrs.

England and Russia coul\j easily pay Wilmarth furnished *1,200 bail each.

Japan for this work. In case of vie- were .the Rev. Irwin Tucker, assistant

tory——and every expert here agrees' pastor of the Episcopal church of the

that Japan can

®any nation would get her share of^compen-! of one of the men hanged for the

Vuclene

Srue-Jlng that suggestions ofJapane'fce aid the fifteen hundred who were clubbed

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some task. must not be considered a confession into dispersing by several hundred

A new military city has arisen near of weakness, says: "France, valiant, mounted and foot police yesterday,

the ruined city. It is made out of the: strong with already victorious svAprd 'reserves were posted at all the down

tents of the troops. Emergency hos-1 in her hands, implores no one ^he^town stations today.

pitals, also of tents, are filled with simply says to a strong people, armed I The riot was one of the worst seen

maimed victims of the catastrophe, just as she Is armed In the defense {101*0 jjj years. The police charge tiie

But it is not believed that all the 1 justice, 'Do you wish your part of the^"Unemp]0ye(} army" with starting the

rouble. Reverend Father Tucker

tpd Miss Jane Addams, of Hull House,

glory? Then take it'."

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Alsace, the combatants in

th# great wap toda are

Mintary

floundering

operations are checked but

far

the threatened assaults have been

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st^y the police were to blame.

vWhen

alonB

One of the Worst Riots in Years Took Place on

South Halsted Street, Following a Meeting

at Jfane Addams' Hull House.

FIFTEEN HUNDRED WERE CLUBBED

Six Women and Twenty-one Men up in Court

Today to Answer to Charges of Rioting

and Parading Without License.

[United Press Leased Wire Service]

CHICAGO, Jan. 18.—Six women

and twenty-one men, most of them

wearing bandages about their heads,

arms and hands, and all showing signs

of the clash with the police which

occurred yesterday after an "unem

ployed meeting" at South Halsted

street, were arraigned In the xJes

Plainea and Maxwell police courts

tod&y. The charges against them were

rioting, unlawful assemblage, and pa-

women and two men spent the

wei ba,led out

i-Uno In east Pms.iaf -artd w£altfey„.widow who_ backed

Hungary aod elsewhere/along miles

the

Chicag°

Mrs. Mary Wil-

waitresses arrested dur-

cllnch victory that Redeemer, and Lucy Parsons, widow refused to be quoted regarding the.

Hays Market riot of years ago.

I saw men being clubbed

I for\carrylng the Lord's prayer on

a banner," said Father Tucker, "I

thought the time had come to take a

!hand.\ The polico were not attacked.

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A police lieutenant told me the men

and wi^nen were being arrested be- (Continned on page 2.)

withheld. Meanwhile artillery con-! announced by PArograd today, si-'same time Is an enticement to Rou

tlnues Its assaults, leveling once pros- multaneously witi

I

shell Sois-

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have It checked by! progress of development between the^anian kingdom will be remote.

[United Press Leased Wire Service] by rules of strategy to attempt the dominate Transylvania and march on

VIENNA, Jan. 18.—The war office recapturc of Belgrade but fc. Quick Budapest, might bring Roumanla

declares that the situation every- movement of Russians into the Hun- quickly into the war as the Slavs'

where shows little change. On the garlan plains will foil the second ally. It is improbable the German

Donajec and Tar

now, artillery duels Servian campaign, as it did the first, troops in Hungary will Be as help

continue, but the Russians are mak-. There is a double problem now faceless as this program requires them

Ing no effort to resume the offensive. ing the Austrian and German borders.»to be. Until further developments are

In the Carpathians, the weather still! Hungary must be kept satisfied with! known therefore, the situation must

{holds the combatants in their own I the measures for her defense* and contain many conflicting posaibiU-

cause they had no right to -walk on.i

the streets.'*

"vVe have had the unemployed meet

on Sundays for seven years at Hull

House," said Miss Jane Add&ms. "The',

meetings always have been perfectly

orderly. Yesterday's meeting was

called In the name of the League of

Unemployed. I recognized many men

In yesterday's affair who had

attend­tt.V

ed former meetings. The meeting

seemed to be run perfectly straights

Miss S. P. BreckenMdge, prominent'

Hull House resident, assistant dean

of women at Chicago University, wit

nessed the opening of the riot. She

a a 0

It was believed today that some of

the cases at least would be postponed

on account of injuries to many young

girls and women who are to be wit

nesses for defendants.

Many were terribly beaten.

When thirteen of the cases were

called in the Des Plaines court, the

court granted the request of Attorney

What the War Moves Mean

By J. T. Mason, Former European Man

ager of the United Press.

benefit by the changed conditions and

are endeavoring to force artillery with

infantry supports through the blocked

forests and mountains, but according

to best advices reaching here, with

small success [United Press JLeased Wire Service.] aced so that she will not enter the

To the north in Flanders Germans *®W YORiX, Van. 18. (11 a. m.)— war on the side of the allies. The

continued t0 form their lines. So

Russia's penetration into Transylvania! Russian advance through Trapsyl-

jWs to Budapest is vania threatens Hungary, and at the

si-1 same

attempted a forward seems, therefore, thyt a race Is in. eventual Incorporation in the Rou-

reports from mania. The Roumanians want Trari­

Austro-Germans and Russians, as toj While Russia's present offensive is

Tensive in the southeastern war zone. German campaign in Servia would

Isonc and the French position In the! The Russian emergence from Buko-ltend to hold the Roumanians back

valley of the Aisne, but It Is officially vina through the Klrlibt^ba pass gives! for fear the allies may not win their

declared that they are making no pro- the Slavs a base of op

itlons about! war in the east. If Roumanla were to

2G0 miles due east of Budapest. This' side with Russia, and if eventually

is a long distance to go W the pres-, the Austro-German forces were to

ent rate of progress of toe contend- dominate the situation, the Rouman

ing armies. The Germans, apparent- lan statesmen know they would be

I ly have counted on the laissians be- sacrificed in peace negotiations. If,

ing so seriously hamperad that it however, Russia can move with suf

will be possible to develod a seoonl flcient vigor towards Budapest to

Servian campaign while at\ the samo break up Austro-German designs on

time preventing Hungarian! territory Servia. the Roumanians would be fa

being overrun. S vorabl.v influenced. Abandonment of

If the Slav advance is greatly de-' the second Servian campaign and

I layed. the Germans -will be entitled demonstrations o»f Russian ability to

Roumanla must be indirectlv men- tie**

n.

frs

rjt

Men were In line outside the hall, ln$f*v

orderly manner.

"One Italian was arrested while

passing with his wife and children.

He was arrested haraUHft wrmnn.

striated -with policemen who pushed

and roughly jostled his babies." fHf

a id if an a

Bhe would testify for the arrested

strikers.

"Mrs. Parsons merely explained

that labor is different from other com

modities," said Dean Breckenridge.

"She said if labor isn't sold one day*

it cannot be held in stock and sold

the next. She said nothing that would

start a riot."

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