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0 JOHND.,JR.,ADMITS Fortified Tires DANGER ELEMENT THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1913. Large Foundations Held to Hold Possibility of Passing Aims of Founders. ONE SAFEGUARD IS SEEN Dodge Brothers MOTOR CAR Oil .Man Would Depend on Legisla tive Bodies and on Spirit of i American People 'Mother Jones Is Impressed. NEW TORK. Jan. 27. John D. Rock efeller, Jr.. ended his testimony before I the United States Commission on In dustrial Relations today by sketching in a general way the purposes of the ! Kockefeller Foundation and its meth ods of operation, lie admitted there I was an element of possible danger in the inability of large foundations to impart the views of the men behind them to younger generations through educational institutions He admitted al.so that it was pos sible such foundations might exert an Influence upon the liberalism of the conntry, as was done in tiermany, be said, by the militarists. The safeguard, he asserted, lies in the legislative bodies and the spirit of I the American people. Mixed Aadience Applauds. Before Sir. Rockefeller left the wit ness stand, which lie had occupied all yesterday and the day before, he told the committee he sincerely hoped its efforts would develop real improve ments in the relations between capital and labor, and aid In the general bet terment of the condition of the work ers. The audience. In which there were I Socialists, individualists, members of ( the Industrial Workers of the World and other similar organlzatlpns. ap plauded Mr. Rockefeller as he left the tttand. Frank 1. Walsh, chairman of the commission, had to insist that or der be maintained. "Mother" Jones Is Confident. Mr. Rockefeller had another talk with "Mother". Jones today and dis cussed with her tbe question of her Car and stripped chassis on exhibi tion at the Automobile Show. Demonstration by appointment. Covey Motor Car Co, Washington St., at Twenty-First, Portland. BUS LINES ATTACKED to Ask for. Regulation. CAR COMPANY IS PRAISED visit in Colorado. The aged labor ad- North Portland Business Men would act to remedy conditions among the workers in the coal and iron In dustries there if he could seo for him self the things she had seen. Ivy 1 Lee. now a member of the personal staff of John I. Rockefeller, tr., who compiled and wrote the bulle tins which gathered the operators' side of the labor difficulties in Colorado, mid which was entitled "The Truth .About Colorado," was another witness today. He testified at length regard ing an error in those bulletins, which Were !-ent broadcast over the country. Krror In Bulletin Discovered. A sum was given in the bulletins a3 that which the labor organizers, in cluding "Mother" Jones, had received as compensation for their services for nine weeks, when, In reality, the com pensation was for an entire year's work. The material for Iho bulletins was furnished by Mr. Welborn. president of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, and oilier operators, Mr. Lee testified. The Sneakers Say Council or Itailroau Commission Should ' Require Pledge or Responsibility to Cover Jitney Accident. At a well-attended meeting of busi ness men last night at 14" ivillings- worth avenue, in the store of Alex Goldstein, it was decided to protest to the City Council and also to the bulletins were in transit from Fhila- state Railroad Commission against the flrlphia. whero they were printed, to Colorado, when Mr. Lee received a tel egram from Mr. Welborn announcing an error had been made in them. The nature of the error was not disclosed to Mr. Lee. but. he said, he advised Mr. Welborn to have printed for inser tion in the bulletins a correction slip, lie did not know the pamphlets had been distributed without this correc tion slip until three months later. Then he sent a correction to all the persons to whom the original state xnent had beeen made. roll ties No Fart of Purpose. present methods of the jitney automo bile service in Portland as unfair to the street railway company and without responsibility of any sort in case of accident. The meeting was called to order by Alex Goldstein, who stated its object. J. G. Chambers was elected chairman, and he outlined in full the injury he believed the jitney service would do to Portland if allowed to continue as at present. Mr. Chambers said ho held no brief for the street railroad company, but that it is apparent "the present operation of the Jitney is ex Mr. Rockefeller said in the course of ceedmgly unfair in that the operators his testimony that he did not believe have no franchise, pay nothing to the Rockefeller Foundation ever would maintain either the streets or the participate in politics or the defense of bridges .they use. and are without re- trusts or enter any other field than Its sponslbimy in case - or an accident.' philanthropic purposes. He thought that if the jitney serv Chairman Walsh cited a hypotheti- ice is to continue it should be re- cal case, in which the foundation might quired to file bonds for the protection desire to have circulated a speech of of the public in case of accident, and W. L. aiackenele King, opposing cer- that either the Council or the State tain suggestions which might be made by Frank V. Hayes, of the United Mine "Workers of America. Mr. Welsh asked If the funds of the foundation could be used to circulate Mr. King's speech. Mr Rockefeller thought they could be. The witness was asked whether he had objection to a "court of last re sort." consisting of the President of the United States, the Governor of New York and presidents of several uni versities, such court having the power of veto over the Rockefeller Founda tion. Mr. Rockefeller said he had none. He did not think such an amendment to the charter of the Rockefeller Foun dation was necessary, however. Chairman Walsh read the terms ot the deed of gift transferring $100,000, 000 from Mr. Rockefeller, Sr.. to the Foundation. They provided that $2. 000.000 a year should bo set aside out of the income for the personal bene factions of Mr. Rockefeller. Sr., and that the remainder should be turned into the general treasury of the Foun dation. The total income of tfte Foun dation last year, the witness said, was 15.153,761. Letter of Protest Mot Received. "Did a State Superintendent of Edu cation in a .Southern state write a let ter to the Rockefeller Foundation in which ho said the foundation imper iled the liberty of education?" asked Mr.. Walsh. "I never heard of it,"" replied the witness At the afternoon session Mr. Rocke feller said it had been the Idea of the Rockefeller Foundation to select the ablest man available to conduct its in vestigation into industrial relations. With that in mind, Mr. King had been selected. He will be permitted to fol low his own methods and plans, with the hope on the part of the foundation that' the result will be beneficial to humanity as a whole, the witness said. "What do you think is the underly ing cause of industrial unrest?" Mr. Rockefeller was at-ked. "If I thought I knew." replied the witness. "I would long ago have given utterance to my Ideas. I did not be lteve myself capable of determining the cause. I urged an investigation by the foundation in order to get at the true cause of industrial unrest." Mr Rockefeller said that in his opin ion employer and employe "do not come face to face often enough." Mr. Rockefeller was then excused. He had been on the stand the better part cf three days. Railroad Commission should regulate the service. Dr. L N. Palmer pointed out what he considered the unfairness of the Jitney service and declared it should be subject to the same requirements imposed on the streetcar company. which has spent its money on' the streets and is responsible in case of accident. 'The street railroad has made the city." said Dr. Palmer, "and we should be loyal enough now to see that it has fair play in this case. The jitney service may have come to stay, but it should be regulated by the city.',' Eugene Palmer saia that one result of the jitney service would be that the streetcar company would reduce its service and many of the men emloyed would be dismissed. He said that from the Piedmont car barn alone the pay roll was nearly $40,000 a month, which means a great deal for North Portland. Mr. Palmer said that if the streetcar company reduces its service it would have a bad effect on suburban districts and that the erection of homes in the suburban districts would cease. He de clared that the effect of the jitney service is already seen in the real es tate business. After nearly all present had ex pressed their opinion a resolution was adopted declaring it the sense of the meeting that the City Council should regulate the service and require of the jitney business the same responsibility that the streetcar company carries and that the lines be required to give bonds as a pledge of responsibility. J. G. Chambers, Dr. I. N. Palmer, Kugene Palmer, Dillon Rogers and J. M. Hanson were appointed to take up the matter of regulating the jitney bus service with the Council and re port later at another meeting to be called by the chairman. RUBBER TO BE SENT Americans to Obtain Supply Through British Consul. GUARANTEE IS EXACTED Association Believes Thousand Tons Monthly Will Be Shipped Ac tion Uesired to Prevent Corner in Product. MICHAEL NIBLER PASSES Early Resident of St. Paul, Or., and Walla Walla, Dies, Aged 87. WALLA WALLA7"wash.f Jan. 27.- (special.) Michael Nibler. aged 87. a pioneer of the Pacific Nor.thwest, died at his home here today from pneu monia. Born in Bavaria, Germany, he came to the United States when 28, and eight years later, or in 1SC7, crossed the plains with an ox team. He passed through Walla Walla to the Willamette Valley, where he bought the old mis sion farm near St Paul, Or. He stayed there five years, then with his wife came to Walla Walla, buy ng the old August Herman farm of 50 acres near Berney School. Seven children survive, Al Nibler, Mrs. E. York and Mrs. J. Riley, of Walla Walla: Theodore Nibler and Mrs. Mollle Grief, of Uniontown, Wash.: Sis ter Victor, of Great Falls, and Sister Theresa, of Missoula. A brother, Frank, who crossed the plains with him, lives at Gervais, Or. Homes for Children Sought. The Juvenile Court wants to find a home for a good, modest, well-behaved little girl of 11 years. Her father is drunkard, her mother goes out to work bv the day and can arrange for her other child, but there is no place. for the girl. Mrs. Margaret Thoroman, of the Juvenile Court, pleads: "Won't someone take this child in and 'mother' her?" And there is a lad, a good boy, who is willing to work, who wants to go to a country school and live on a farm. If someone will give this home less chap a chance to work and attend school and live in healthful environ ment, will that person please- notify the Juvenile Court. Fortland? LONDON, Jan. 27. Through the ef forts of the Rubber Trade Association of London and the Rubber Club of New Tork, arrangements have been perfect ed for a second shipment of 1000 tons of rubber to go forward this week to the British Consul in New York. The Consul will apportion the rubber among manufacturers who srgn a guar antee that the product manufactured from this shipment will not be exported to Germany and Austria. The Rubber Trade Association hopes that at least 1000 tons of rubber will be shipped monthly under the same condition, for the benefit of American manufacturers other than the large concerns which gave heavy bonds en abling them to procure all the rubber desired from London. Corner on Prodnet Feared. The association felt that some such action was necessary to prevent a few large American concerns from obtain ing entire control of the market. Ordinarily about 3000 tons of crude rubber is stored in .London. The pres ent amount is estimated at about 8000 tons as a result of tbe embargo on its exportation. Trade experts estimate that America normally requires 40,000 tons annually, of which about two thirds is supplied from London. The rubber exports committee named by the Government to provide a plan for regu lating exports during the war Is at tempting to formulate a more perma nent method for handling American business in such a way that Germany will not obtain manufactured goods. Brokers Are Confident. In the meantime the Rubber Associa tion, which is composed of a large num ber of local brokers, believes that American manufacturers properly vouched for will be able to obtain sup- Fortified in Five Exclusive Ways Against rim-cutting in the best way known a way controlled by Good year. Against coming off by six flat bands of 126 braided wires which give an unstretchable tire base. Against blowouts by our exclusive "On-Air 'cure a costly process which removes a major cause of blowouts. 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Motorcycle & Supply Co., 209 Fourth St. plies from the shipments which leave under special Government permits. London experts estimate that 1000 tons of rubber monthly will be suffi cient to keep the American factories in operation. THIEF-SUSPECT IS OFFICER French Paymaster's Alleged Accom plice Is Wife of German. PARIS, Jan. 27. Investigation by the police of the cases of Francois Des claux and a woman associate, arrested on a charge of stealing military stores, develops the fact that the woman con cerned is the wife of one of the direc tors of a well-known Parisian dress making: establishment on Place Ven dome. The two proprietors of this es tablishment are Germans. The tribunal of the Seine sequestered their property, but later annulled this action. M. Desclaux is an army pay master and was chief secretary to M. Caillaux when he was Minister ot Finance. Censorship- Still Stands. ST. JOHN'S, Or., Jan. 27. (Special.) The censorship ordinance was discussed for nearly an hour at the meeting of the Council last night. Councilman Gradcn suggested that the ordinance . be amended, but not repealed. 1. L. l'errine made a strong attack on the ordinance, but the matter went over without action. Citizens of Last St. John asked the Council to provide pr. lice protection for that district, and the matter was referred to the police com mittee. All cemonstrnnces agninst the assessments for cutting weeds were referred to Hecorder Dunsmoro and O. Cornell, of the tinance committ.e. The engineer was Instructed to pro pare plans for the Improvement of Oswego street between Smith avenue and Columbia boulevsrd. Louisiana Legislature Breaks Kecord NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 27. For the first time in nearly 25 years the Lou isiana Legislature will hare members other than Democrats when the next session of that body is called, one Pro gressive Senator and seven Progressive Keprcsentatives having been elected. 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