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HAS HADE NO lHANGE IN MEXICAN POLICi PECULIAR 3IEETIXG STILL MYSTERIOUS. Reason for President's Expedition to Chester Not Known?Lind Goes Back. Pass Christian, Miss., Jan. 3.?"With the departure late today of the scout cruiser Chester, bearing John Lind, the president's envoy, back to Mexico, to continue his observation of Mexican affairs, t&e mystery that has enTeloped Mr. Lind's visit to President Wilson was only partially cleared. Some light was shed on the result of the conference in an interview which the president granted early today. He announced today that his conference with Mr. Lind had developed no change in the policy of t&e Washington administration toward Mexico and that no new plan or move in the situation had been decided upon. mi? J 4. 3 ? ~ ine presiueui reieneu iu uie iuuference as a "get together talk'5 for mutual information. He % explained that although Mr. Lind constantly had been sending full dispatches, a conversation of a few . hours had been deemed worth more than weeks of telegraphic communication with the added value of affording an exchange of viewpoints regarding the situation. >~o Special Occasion. President Wilson added that there had been no special occasion for Mr. Lind's visit?no advices, excitement or new questions. The president said that this conversation with Mr. Lind had covered the whole field of conditions *'n Mexico tut that no particular measure or plan had been dwelt upon. yv'hen asked if he was more hopeful for a speedy settlement of the . trouble, Mr. Wlison made it clear that his personal view of the situation had not changed. The president has held that tne Jduerta government is Demg slowly crushed, not only by the constitutional forces, but] through financial isolation and that it inevitably must fall. He smiled when told of re-1 ports that Provisional President ' Huerta or some high officials of the Huerta government were bn board the i Chester, and lauglMngly said. "Well, I didn't see them if they were tih-ere.' Willing to Stay. The president said that while Mr. Lind was not exactly enjoying his j long stay in Mexico, he was perfectly "willing to stay there and was deeply | interested in the situation. Mr. Wil- j son apparently attached little im-! portance to the Lind episode, pointing out that the proximity of his personal envoy, coincident with his own vacation on the Mississipi coast had been as mucin as anyming eise a mouve ior; the conference. The president laid! emphasis on the fact that not.::?2::? specific, such as the removal of the | embargo on arms or similar moves had been discussed. Though his talk somewhat cleared up the atmospfaere, the mystery of the president's unusual course in receiving his envoy remained unsolved. Presidio, Texas, Jan. 1.?The northern division of the Mexican federal army at Ojinaga, Mexico, with its 11 generals, other officers and about 4,000 soldiers, after a merciless three j days' attack by Gen. Ortega's 6,0001 rebels tonight appeared ready to flee in disorder across the river into the United States* With a line of struggling wounded at the border to indicate the extent of the carnage, and deserters already! appearing in numbers, Maj. M. N. j McNamee, commanding the border patrol, made every plan in anticipation of the flie&t. Less than 500 cavalrymen, mostly from, the Fifteenth cavalry, form the border patrol are here. To this small body of American soldiers would fall the task of surrounding and disarm-1 ing, perhaps 4,000 foreign soldiers, j or 3,000 of them if 1,000 have been 1 disabled or killed. The ability of the American soldiers to handle the re- j fugees was based on the assumption j that the rebels would pursue the fed- ; erals merely to the river. Losses Have Been Heavy. An estimate, as carefully as could be obtained, of the wounded on both sides was 1,000. Most of the wounded were left on the battlefield. The less disabled reached the river and were cared for by the Red Cross on thie r\f nniV-'nrAH femoral UAUV* VU UX UlAAi. ' U1 VU AVUVA W4 | deserters, in defiance of the iAmeri-! can patrol, crossed the river. All were disarmed and forced back to the Mexican side. More than 200 rifles and other arms and ammunition) were taken. It was impossible to learn accurately the number of dead and the belief that it would be great "wsui based on tlh-e number of wounded. Many were believed to have died through lack of medical attention, as Red Cross officials were not permitted to ford the river even under a Red Cro3S flag. Those who vent ; *** the wounded from tiie i ' iv. r .'ii-'kf4 ! being shot. A few snot.* I il on the American side, north o: 'Fresif.'o, hut no onu was injured. Warned to Stop. | Maj. McXamee sent Gen. Ortega ? i ruing t'hat any further entail i ?? * u ? i a*? f 1 t"\ i r ]/"iracc j warning ixiai au* lunuu jhui^ nwwo| the river might entail grave conse : ouences. So far Maj. McXamee has adhere( to a policy of sending back all th< 'unwounded combatants. Should al the federals come across they woulc be disarmed, but they might be per,'mitted to remain on this side undei i temporary arrangement on grounds o: J (humanity. (Final disposition of the prisoners would be in the hands ol higher army authorities. It was hopec that the federals, if they came, woulc I cross wiiuout. cuij aueAiwuicu iuw dent, and that the rebels would nol pursue them unnecessarily near. As for tfoe battle at Ojinaga, one mile back from the river, it proceeded uninterruptedly, with the federals confined in and fighting from the | adobe houses in the village, while the rebels, always drawing closer, fired I artillery and small guns from the hills and approaches. Presidio, Texas, Jan. 2.?Alter driving a rasping cannon fire into the federal army at Ojinaga, Mex., for four days, Gen. Ortega's rebel army todaj fell back, it was reported on the American side, to await the arrival o) ammunition on the way from Chihuahua. The almost impregnable position of the 4,000 federals enabled ; them to hold out against the superioi numbers. Each time the rebels I charged they were compelled to fall : back. Though they were flanked on three sid.es and the United States border patrol had prepared for a possible re; treat of their whole array to American territory the federals fought per1 cictontlv It appeared that the rebels were ! drawing the federal fire merely to ' ex'bau'st it. The plan of driving out the federal force by skirmishing was in line with the; usual guerrilla tactics of the rebels, who seldom make an aggressive charge. So far rebel losses have been heaviest, due to the federal superior range. Federal deserters reported that they had less to an 200 killed, number of wounded unknown, while rebel losses would exceed that number. Federal desrters attempted to -i- a ? j _ x a mi. - reacn me American siae loaay, ine wounded were cared for by the Red Cross. Dr, C. F. Braden, the Red Cross agent, reported that he had 600 wounded in the mission churdh. He telegraphed to El Paso that he thought his medical force was sufficient. MORGAN AND BAKER QUITE CORPORATIONS Banking House Cuts Off Part of Directorates.?Public Sentiment Cause of Change. iNew York, Jan. 2.?The withdrawal today of J. P. Morgan & Co., from more than a score of great corporations and the statement shortly afterwards by George F. Baker, an almost equally dominant figure in American finance, that he soon would take similar action, gave Wall street generally a thrill that almost brought trading on the stock exchange to a halt. While it probably is true that many prominent bankers had information foreshadowing this momentous move toward ending interlocking directorates, the public and brokers had 110 advance knowledge of what was taking place in the inner councils of the greatest of all American houses of finance. Wherever telephone and ticker flashed the news about the street, groups of men gathered to discuss what was the all-absorbing topic. The Morgan Plan. Mr. Morgan, departing from his firm's traditional policy of silence, made a public statement announcing the withdrawal of five members of J. 7. Morgan & Co., from directorships in 27 corporations and the intention to withdraw from more. J. P. Morgan made this statement: "The necessity of attending many board meetings has been so serious a burden upon our time that we have long wished to withdraw from the directorates of many corporations. Most of these directorships we have accepted with reluctance and only because ! we felt constrained to keep in touch j with properties which we had reorganized or whose securities we had I recommended to the public, botih here and abroad. ' "An apparent change in public sentiment in regard to directorships seems now to warrant us in seeking to resign from some of these connections. 'Indeed, it may be, in view of the change in sentiment upon the subject, that we shall be in a better position 'to serve such properties and their se iimueis 11 wc v JUUL uirevtors. We (have already resigned from ; the companies mentioned and we expect from time to time to withdraw from other boards upon which we feel there is no special obligation to ^ r ; A ; It tells you h( phone line \vi same hi^h-clai now enjoyed I If you ha' -St! 1 tell you how i You do not o\ i Address ne Fi [ SOUTHERN AND TELE |j 163 So I ?"??? ' remain." "By withdrawing from these corporations, J. P. Morgan & Co., has severed the connections that have held together many of the nation's most important corporations in a community of interests which has been assailed within and without congress. The house of Morgan feels that it has | kept within the law in all of its com plex operations and that no legal necessity or threatened complications with the authorities at Washington !ia? made it necessary to adopt a sweeping change in policy announced? today." Mr. Baker announced his intention to withdraw in response to a question whether he intended to follow the example of the Morgan firm. "T intend to set out as -a director of' all the companies that will let me," said he. "As a matter of fact, I have been beginning to do so for tJhe past j two years." The connections between Mr. Baker and the Morgan firm, and especially with the late J. P. Morgan, generally were regarded as being so close that it is believed their common decision reI ?3 Jwrt-rr-nl n/^lriTTC garumg vynuuianai' uvui directorates was reached as the result of concerted action. There was no evidence that any general agreement 'had been reached among other leading financiers of Wall street. LOWER EXPRESS RATES, i Interstate Commerce Commission's AM^ah X."1 Artf 1 r A V C Vi 9 uiun ijiicvuic * w> M I ! Washington, January 2.?Lower express ratea throughout the country will become effective one montih from today by the terms of the recent interstate commerce commission order. The order also imposes regulations for improved methods of service. Experts estimate the average reduction in charges will approximate 17 per cent. One official of a large express company informed the com| mis-sion today that the holiday ex| press business for 1913 wa,s 25 per jcent less than it was in 1912. 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