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tttr MORMXG OREnOXIAX. FRIDAY. MAT 1, 1914. ROCKEFELLER, JR., ORJECT OF THREAT Demonstrators Harass Rich Man in New York Office L Over Colorado Strike. UPTON SINCLAIR IS FINED AMERICA'S RICHEST YOUNG MAN AND HIS FORMER PLAYMATE NOW HIS BRIDE. "Free Silence League" Members Are Sent to Tombs, While Iicketers ! "Wearing Crepe March Be ;. fore 2 6 Broadway. NEW YORK, April 30. Threats of violence were made today against John D. Rockefeller, Jr., by demonstrators against what was declared to be hid policy in the Colorado strike. One wo man attempted to invade his office and when she was prevented she withdrew with Imprecations on her lips, repeat ing in a speech outside threats she had made within the building of personal barm that would come to him if he persisted in declining: to consent to ar bitration in the Colorado crisis. While Upton Sinclair, Miss Elizabeth Freeman, an English militant suffra gette, and Mrs. Donie Laetner, pioneers in the Free Silence League movement, were . being Bent today to the Tombs prison for picketing yesterday, other picketers wearing crepe on their sleeves began pacing the sidewalk in front of 26 Broadway, where Mr. Rockefeller has his offices. March Kept l p All Day. The march was kept up all day and meetings were held in Bowling Green at which speakers reiterated charges that he was responsible 'for conditions In the Ludlow district. Mr. Rockefeller issued a statement tonight characterizing as "infamous" any illusion to conditions in Colorado as "'Rockefeller's war." The conflicts in Colorado were not between mine owners and strikers, he asserted, but between the strikers and the state troops. The statement contained no reference to the "free silence" protest in this city. Sinclair, Miss Freeman and Mrs. Lietner went to jail in preference to paying each a $3 fine imposed after they were convicted of disorderly con duct. They said they would go on a hunger strike. Woman Threatens Rockefeller. While Sinclair and others were hav ing a two-hour hearing in court, Marie Ganz, of the Industrial Workers of the World, was making fruitless efforts to Bee Mr. Rockefeller. When attendants barred her from his office she di rected threats against Mr. Rockefeller, and, wolking out into Bowling Green Park, mounted a pile of .lumber and made a verbal attack on him. If he failed to accept arbitration with the Government, she cried to a throng of several thousand persons, he would be forced to arbitrate with the working people. The crowd surged in close, shouted and threw sand. Someone hurled a paving block in the direction, of Alex ander Berkman, an anarchist, who also was making a speech. Upton Sinclair's wife was in front of 26 Broadway, among the picketers, one of whom wore a ribbon with the text "Thou shalt not kill." Mr. Rockefeller's statement, issued tonight, quoted the Lieutenant-Governor of Colorado, in an effort to show that the Btrikers themselves started the trouble by killing? a. nonunion man. Alluding to "the deplorable loss of life in Colorado" Mr. Rockefeller said: "To describe this condition as '.Rock efeller s war,' as has been done bv cer tain of the sensational newspapers and speakers, is infamous. Our. interest Is eolely in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, which is simply one of a large number of coal operating com panies in me state or Colorado." OPERATORS REFUSE PLEAS (Continued From First Page.) completely destroyed the McNally mine in nuerlano county, kept up an al most continuous, fire from entrench ments for 50 hours upon the Walsen mine, wounded one woman, killed and wounded four men and killed a sur Eeon wearing the Red Cross insignia while attending a wounded soldier on the field. They viciously attacked the Hecla mine in Boulder County, killed one and wounded three men and drove all employes and their families to tover for many hours. They attacked the 1'orbes mine in Las Animas County with a force of 400 armed men. killed seven miners, including four Japanese. Rnd burned everything in sight, in cluding a stable and 33 mules. "In the prosecution of their cam paign of extermination, the foregoing are some of the things those men have done during the past few days with the tacit consent, active co-operation and under the personal direction and control of officers and paid agents of the United Mineworkers of America. "As stated before, the coal mine ope' rators of this state now have in their employ about 10,000 men who- are sat isfied with the conditions of their em ployment. Men Promised Protection. "We promised these men protection Irom personal violence when the strike was called and they have stood 3oyally by their employers, under most trying circumstances, disregarding the dangers and privations incident to the recent armed attacks of strikers upon them and their homes; with these men we always will treat concerning mat ters affecting their welfare. "But we cannot enter into negotia tlons of any character with the offl cers and agents of the United Mine Workers of America, who alone are responsible for the terrible reign of disorder and bloodshed which has dis graced this state. Instead of it beinir our duty to do so, we conceive it rather 1o be the duty of the officials of the United Mine Workers of America who called the strike, now to call it off. They can do so if they see fit, and by so doing they will, within an hour, in a great measure, restore industrial peace and prosperity to this state. "In no event will the American neo pie, when fully advised, long permit 1200 or 1500 armed strikers to con tinue their unlawful efforts to prevent 10.000 law-abiding and industrious men from working for whom, when and upon such terms as they see fit." Hie answer is signed by 19 com panies. Back Stroke Record towered. CHICAGO. April 30. Harry J. Heb Tier, of the Illinois Athletic i-iuh i. ered his own Record for the 150-yard back stroke in the National A. A. IT. championships here tonight. Hebner swam tne distance in 1:48 4-5. His pre vious record was 1:0 3-5. Russell x'ean. or tne Brookline A. A., of Bos ton. was second, and C. B. Pavlicek of the University of Chicago, third J-leoner also won the 100-yard swim lr b'i 3-5 seconds, defeating A. C. Kaithe T-S-..ii,i V . V. .. y Mr. and Mrs. William Vincent Astor.. VINGEHTASTORWEDS Ceremony Performed With Few Guests Present. STEPMOTHER IS NOT THERE Bridegroom Seems Almost to Have Recovered From Recent Illness and Honeymoon Voyage on Yacht Is Flanned. STAATSBURG, N. T.. April 30. There were fewer than 50 persons present at the wedding here today of William Vincent Astor. the richest young man In America, and his playmate of child hood days. Helen Dinsmore Hunting ton. The ceremony was performed shortly after noon in the big library of Hopeland House, home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Hun tington. Eighteen hundred wedding announcements were sent out after to day's ceremony, but the small company that witnessed It had been invited by lniormai notes, penned by Mrs. Hun tington's secretary. The bride wore a gorgeous necklace or pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. as the only ornament to the gown of white tulle, surmounted by a lace veil wmea ner mother and her mother's mother had worn at their own wed dings. The bride's mother wore blue taffeta and chiffon. Mrs. Ava Willing Astor. mother of the bridegroom, was present. Among the limited number of guests present were the superir4- lenaents oi tne Astor, .Huntington and Dinsmore estates, respectively. Others were Robert Huntington, the bride's brother, who is home from St. Paul's School at Concord: Mrs. William B. Dinsmore, the bride's grandmother; Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dinsmore. Jr., tne Dride s aunt and uncle, with their two children: Miss Madeline Dinsmore. another aunt; Mrs. Charles B. Duncan, wife of the rector who performed the ceremony; Nicholas Biddle, one of the executors of the Astor estate; William A. Dobbyn, secretary of the estate: Mr. and Irs. Archibald Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Dows. neighbors and old friends, whose little daughter was a flower girl. The young widow of Colonel Astor, stepmother of the bridegroom, was not present. She had been Invited, it was said. She is at present In the South. Air. Astor himself seemed almost to have recovered from the illness that caused a change in the wedding plans and resulted in a quiet home wedding instead or a Dig atiair at St. Margaret s episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Astor contemplate tak ing a honeymoon voyage on the Astor yacht, the in at ma. OREGON EVILS ARE SOUGHT Seattle Man's Letter Gives State LI hrarian Bis Task. SALEM, Or.. April 30. (Special.) Miss C. Marvin, State Librarian, has been requested by Secretary of State Olcott to corral carefully the evils of the state government and send them to a statistician of Seattle. The man wrote the Secretary of State a few days ago as follows: "Please send me by mail the evils that exist under jour plan of govern ment." Mr. Olcott pondered the letter for several minutes and bravely tried to figure out a way of supplying the in formation. But the task was too big for him, and he "side-stepped it" by turning it over with the following no tation to Miss Marvin: "If you will Bhip the evils out of the state we will be greatly obliged to you. . Miss Marvin has all kinds of litera ture bearing on the "Oregon system" and other features of the state govern ment and, if she can find the time, she will make a brave effort to segregate tne evils. Recent Showers Help Crops. MONMOUTH. Or.. April 29. (Spe cial.) The recent showers have ma terially brightened the prospects fo wheat, oats, vetch, barley and clover crops in the farming districts of South ern Polk County. Oats and vetch are well advanced in growth and farmers are hoping for a yield even better than last year. The increased acreage of barley Is doing well. Clover Is grow ing rapidly. MUST MAKE ROOM The, JVmnca t SmrsL-Claihes. Stop. EVERY SPRING SUIT REDUCED THE Buyer of our Women's Depart ment left last night on his second ' trip to New York this season. We are determined to lower our present stock of smartest Spring Suits and Coats at once, to make room for the Summer Goods which will be arriving shortly. Gen uine, deep reductions prevail throughout the Women's Shop. . This is the Suit-buying opportunity no woman should miss. See these Suits today. Genuine Suit Savings Women's $19.50 Suits, S14.85 Women's $24.50 Suits, S18.85 Women's $29.B0 Suits, S22.85 Women's $34.50 Suits, S26.85 . Women's $39.50 Suits, S29.85 Suits from $44.50 to $84.50 at Greater Reductions. Coats Reduced The jauntiest of the season's models in all the favored materials and colors. To $18.50 Coat at S10.00 $20-$22.50 Coate, S13.85 $25-$27.60 Coats, S14.85 Ben Selling Entire Third Floor Morrison at Fourth ,iiiuiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin..w. I" BUY WHERE YOU 1 I SEE THE WINDOW 1 DISPLAY" I old One-Seventh of the American Shaving Public, use the STANDARD IS URGED Congress Advised to Change Public Building Scheme. TYPE SYSTEM ADVOCATED Commission Would Classify States and Cities According to Xeeds and Simplify Construction Wherever Possible. Commerce, and housing- of all Federal activities in the District of Columbia-in Government-owned buildings instead of partly in rented buildings, as at present. TWO SHOWS TO COMBINE Oregon City Celebrations May Be United This Year. OREGON" CITT. Or., April 30. .(Spe cial.) The first step in carrying out the plan of combining the annual Booster day and Rose Show was taken Tuesday when the Rose Society met and appointed a committee to confer with the Live Wires and the publicity de partment of the Commercial Club. The Rose Show and Booster day have been the two features of Spring life in xnis city. This year the Commercial tiuD, which bas char are of Booster dav. suggested that the two celebrations be comDined. WASHINGTON". April 30. As part of a scheme for standardization of the Federal buildings the country over, the public buildings commission, in a re port presented to Congress today, rec ommended the creation of a Federal bureau to absorb the supervising ar chitect's offices In the Treasury De partment. The proposed bureau would include a board of estimates and prop erty. The report declared there was ap proximately $45,000,000 of public build ings work to be placed under construc tion by the Treasury Department; that in the past 12 years $163,085,431 had been authorized for public building sites and construction and that In the past three years the average expen ditures for construction of buildings, maintenance, operation and all other expenses has been 920,000.000 a year. The commission recommends: Organization of a Federal bureau of public buildings, headed by a commis sioner at a salary of $8000 a year, to be aided by technical experts of the su pervising architect's office. Practical standardization of build ings, establishment of groups of states in which similar conditions exist, clas siflcation of cities where buildings should be erected and use of type sets of plans and specifications, to be used solely for postoffices in the same class or group: adoption of a less costly but durable, simple and architecturally de sirable construction to permit of eco nomical operation and maintenance. - No buildings to be authorised where postoffice receipts are less than $10,000 a year. Prompt appropriation for con struction of the proposed buildings for the Departments of State, Justice an NEW STATION IS OPENED Location of Xewberg Depot Gives Passengers View of Town. m NKWP.I : !!;. Or.. April 30 fSDecia.11 The Southern Pacific station passed into tne possession of Station Agent James and his assistants todsr. Tt i. located on First street. All passenger trains or tne soutnern Pacific Com pany will pass on that street, the pas "eiiger service Deing now all by elec tric trains. By this means everybody going through on these cars will get gooa view or rvewberg. The freight trains will continue to use the main track and the old station. Xine Tteserve Banks Meet Condition. WASHINGTON. April 30. Nine of the 12 reserve banks today had more of their stock subscribed than the minimum of J4. 000, 000 fixed by law. The total of National bank subscribers in the 12 districts, according to a statement, was 4560, and the total amount of stock subscribed was J77. S46.600. . Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiitiminiiiiiniiiniiiii miniinimniiiiiiiiiiniimniiiiitimm niinimninnimniiiiiiimtumiittiiiminus Smell the Paint? It's all over town since we started this special sale of Paints and Varnish. To day and tomorrow, at the Big; Paint Store and our 32 District Dealers, you can set the following: Our "we hurry" motor delivery service admits of no delay. HOUSE AND PORCH PAINT Special, the Gallon $1.67 Regular price $2.25 gallon. In 42 shades. A gallon gives one coat to 500 square feet. FLOOR VARNISH Special, the Quart S5c Regular price 85c quart. Beaver brand. Dries hard over night. , We know of none better. FLOOR PAINT Special, the Quart 3Sc Regular price 50c quart. Dries hard over night. A quart will give two coats to the average floor where rugs are used. SHINGLE AND ROOF STAIN Special, the Gallon 65c Creosote Stain. Sells regularly for $1.10 gallon. A gallon gives one coat to 200 square feet. In ten colors. Front and Morrison THE BIC PAINT STORE liiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu ROAD PROBE OPENS TILT FOLK CLASHES WITH MARINE EX. GrXEER, OP 'EW YORK, Letter Read Into Record Asks If Sam of S36.0UO Lawyer's Expenses ' Could Be Called "Repairs." WASHINGTON. Anril 30. Investiga tion into the affairs of the New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad sys tem by the Interstate Commerce Com-, mission was enlivened today by i sharp verbal tilt between Chief Coun sei oik and Stevenson Taylor, a ma rine engineer, of New York. Mr. Folk read into the record a let ter from M. I. Taylor to ex-President Mellen, of the New Haven, tellinz of the formation of the United States Transportation Company, at M-. Mel len's request, to operate a line of steamers from New York to Fall River. This paragraph in the letter caused the trouble: "McKay suggests that his expenses toward Retting a pier in New York, about S36.000. be charged by the Quln tard Iron Works as repairs to steam ers. Is this advisable or permissible?" It was explained that the McKay re ferred to was John McKay. Mr. Mel len ' h counsel, and that Taylor was president of the Quintard Iron Works. Mr. Folk asserted that this letter lndi cated false entry bookkeeping: and called attention to the fact that It was written in Mr. Taylor's own hand in stead of beln dictated. His questions brought heated an swers from the witness, who said he did not know whether he had made the entry suggested or whether Mr. Mul len had replied to his letter. Knights Templars at Ashland. ASHLAND. Or, April 30. (Special.! Knights Templars from various points of the valley were here yesterday as guests of Malta commandery No. 4, the occasion being an official visit from Grand Eminent Commander Leonard L. Jewell and Grand Standard Bearer Boo zin, both of Grants Pass. t T,::'",,.r--K $3.00 to $5.00 panamas $5.00 to $12.00 innio Sichel 331 Washington, st. near broadway 4 which has 1 simplified y snaving,s if i i i: 1 ID&QD U1C UiaK H onal stroke pos- sible, e 1 i m - mated hoe- a ing, hack- ing, scrap- ing and scratch- e The famous Durham Duplex Blade, the last word in Swedish steel and . American manufacture, with its hol low ground double edge, honed and stropped to the extreme i of keenness is the sharp- ; est blade in the ! world. ! I I XI I -W I 1 I n ( ? r m x Demon- strator and the Dealer will present 1 you with one 1 25c Stick of Durham Du- plex Shaving Soap with 1 our birthday compli- 1 ments I 1 ) 9 FOR RAZOR AND BLADE 1 SOAP FREE ; Durham Duplex Blades i Package of 6 - - - 50c 1 URHAMV-1 UPLEXj Safe Razor, $5.00 (Mc Allowed far year Dcsuastrmtar) - Iurham)"-erby1 Safe Razor, $2.50 t0c Allswcs far yasr Ocmnnrstar) 5e Exehangm Slip in Yoar Demonstrator Packag 1 DURHAM DUPLEX I 1 RAZOR COMPANY 1 I JERSEY CITY, N. J. SilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUp and J- w. McGllltvray.