New-York tribune., 1911-03-15
NEW MO. PACIFIC BOARD
A Majority Identified with
George J. Gould Interests.
BANK COMPACT CARRIED OUT
R. Lancaster Williams Repre-,
sents Frank j. Gould-New
President Still To Be Found.
tBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune. J


81 Iouis March a. AZ the 'iudi
meeting of stockholders Of the Missouri
Pacific Railway Company here to-day
ful, board OF thirteen directors was elected
q ina aiority being men identhcd with tho
George J. Could interests. even excluding
from consideration r. Lancaster Nilhams'
Of Baltimore. who was elected as an IN
dependent by the stock Of Frank j. Gould
and Southern shareholders, and whose
probable future application has not yet
been clearly Indicated.
Three Of the men named In last month
agreement between George J. Gould ana
the Yoockcfcllor- Kuhn. Loc Dou;schc Bank
party. all Gould representative, declined
election TODAY. hut their places were taken
by thnc other Gould men, one OF whoni'
c. :. Clarke. vice-presidcnt Of the MIS-
souri, Pacific. VIII make way for the new
rresider1 VINO is still 10 he found.
The rxw men named I'm tho February
axreemcU 20 represent directly the bank
ing intcrssis. Paul NJ. WarburG. or
Kuhn. Loeb & Co; Edward II. Adams. the
Deutschc Banks representative in the
United STAGES, and Edgar l.. Marston. OF
Blair & Co. az New York. were elected to-
dav. and tho bankers arc understood here
70 feel that the compact regarding the
competition Of the new board has been
fully carried ont on the part Of Mr.. Gould
as under it's terms a numerical preponder-
auce Of strength In the board was not
rledeed 10 trsem. although the real control
will rest with them.
The directors elected TO-DAY were Paul
". warburg. T.. u. Adams. =. l. Msrston'
George y. GouhI. who Is TO become chair
man Of the bnard upon tho election OF
new prcsidentS Edwin Could, Kingdom
Could. T. Ts .Ttfferv. r r Gates. repre-
rentinr MI Rockefeller Cornelius Van
derhft who Is s,,id to side with the bank
ing interests: l.. E. Pryor. vice president
~ the Wabash: 6. F. Pryor. formerly an
official Of the Missouri Pacific and nov
vice-rresident oc the Simmons Hardware
COMPANY. Of ST. Louis; Charles s. Clarke
vlce-pres,dent Of the Missouri Pacific. and
r. Lancaster Williams. the "insurgent"
nominee.
SIR. Williams ~eCeived the highest vote of
any director He obtained proxies for S.
no shares Of stock and voted each share
thirteen times for himself. making total
OF i.oss5o7 votes.
Each Of the other twelve directors re-
ceivei scl.7i5 votes. OF the $1,000 shares OF
stock 65591 were voted. OF these 6I,S5
were voted by proxy and 1,c5 votes by the
owners.
The stockholders Of the 81. Louis. Iron
Mountain & Southern Railway, which -
controlled hy the Missouri Pacific, elected
The following ticket: George j. Gould. j. j.
Slocum. Kingdom Gould. Frank j. Gould,
r.. 7. Jeffery, r. NJ. Galloway. Howard
To-
O. L. Garrison, L. e. Simmons and Is. +.
Edwards. The new men on the Iron Noun
tam directorate arc Frank Jay Gould. Il. VI.
galloway and O. L. Garrison. John /.
rory. II. q Henson and Lawrence Greer,
Of New York, retired.
The Kuhn. Loeb & Co. interests fearing
until Saturday that George J. Gould might
sIrosatc his agreement concerning the
election Of directors. had attorneys pre-
rare injunction papers to stop the cleo
ton. When Mr.. Gould announced that
hc was going 10 stand by his agreement
aad lot fight TO retain control. the in
Junction suit was held in abeyarce.
l:y this agreement Edwin and Kingdom
Gould. with George J. Could, will serve
or tho board. under the controlling direc-
tior Of the Kuhn, Loeb & Co dominance.
l'rcdcrick y. Judson. representing tho
New York banking interests. said the re
suits of the election were exactly as had
icCu sSrccd.
Although the list OF directors elected yes
torday at 81. Louis shows some variations
from that announced by George j. Gould
ON Tchrusr7' -. in his statement concerning
his aCreemert with tho Kuhn. I.oeb-Rocko-
feller-Deut sche Bank interests in the Mis-
souri, Pacific. representatives Of those in
torests said yesterday afternoon that they
we're entirely satisfied with the result of
the election, and that Mr.. Gould had lived
strictly M 10 the agreement \ meeting
Of the new board will he held in this city
on March n tor the election of officers. al
though ~ ~ unlikely that the presidency
will he flled at that time, as no successor
10 NJ. Could La. y, kncn .clcciod O.. $