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VOL. LIV. NO. 16,906. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY "SO, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. UNION MAN STRIKES AT ROCKEFELLERS Oil Man's Testimony Is Bitterly Arraigned. PHILANTHROPY IS RIDICULED Methods and Purposes Foundation Scored. of COLORADO SCENE PAINTED John K. Lawson, Appearing Before Federal Commission, Belittles Rockefeller's Confessed tact of Knowledge of Conditions. KEW YORK. Jan. 29. The policies and purposes of the $100000,000 Rocke feller Foundation and the recent utter ances on the witness stand of John D. .Rockefeller, Jr., were vigorously as sailed today by John R. Lawson, a member of the board of United Mine workers of America for the district which includes Colorado, when he ap peared as a representative of the coal miners at the hearing being conducted by the Federal Commission on Indus trial Relations. Among' other things Mr. Lawson as- erted "a skillful attempt is being made te substitute philanthropy for justice." To the philanthropy of the Rocke fellers Mr. Lawson referred as follows: Where Money llaa Not Gone Told. "Health for China, a refuge for birds. food for the Belgians, pensions for New York widows, university training for the elect and never a thought or a dollar for the many thousands of men, women and children who starved In Colorado, for the widows robbed of hus bands, children of their fathers. There are thousands of Mr. Rockefeller's ex- employes in Colorado today who wish to God they were in Belgium to be fed. or a bird to be tenderly cared for." Mr. Lawson criticised John D. Rocke feller, Jr for his lack of knowledge of conditions and said he was "equally as Ignorant and indifferent as his trusted executives." The witness told of striking miners in Colorado being shot down by militia "in the pay of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company," and hundreds or per-I sons being dumped into the desert with-I out food or water while others were beinsr driven over the snow of the mountain ranges. Corrupt Policy Blamed. "If any appearance of poverty clings to the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, Mr. Lawson declared, "it is due to its stuniriitv and oorrunt ooiicv. Had ir taken the money it has spent in con- - i trolling officials and electorate, in pur chasing machine guns, the employment of gunmen and in crushing the aspira tions of human beings, and spent In wages and the improvement of working conditions, they would have had rich returns." The manner in which the directing forces of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com pany "handed down power from man to man." Mr. Lawson characterized as "a chain that no individual can climb.1 The Rockefeller Foundation's inves tigation into industrial unrest, Mr. Law son said, is to be conducted by "Mac-1 Kenr.ie King, an alien, whose chief con- tribution to the industrial problem is a mw mii piucnun eiiieui.-o lor inu worKer who uarca iu lay oowu his tools." rver Is Inheritance. "Your body can well afford to let the testimony of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., bring your investigation to an end," Mr. Lawson told the Commission. "Out of his mouth came a reason for every discontent that agitates the laboring class in tho United States today, and ir remcoics are provioeu lor mo injus- tiers that he disclosed, a long step will be taken away from industrial distur bance. For mnrm than 10 vpars he has Wn a director of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company, resieu wnn wnat is viriu any the power of life and death over 11.000 men and their families. This I newer, let It be pointed out. came to him bv no healthful process of struir- rlo and achievement, but entlrelv through the fact that he was the son of his father. His hujre control of men and money was, in effect, a gift that marked the attainment of matur- itr "In those first days when he mlcht J have been expected to nossess a cer- tain enthusiasm in his vast resnonsl- bilitics... Colorado was shaken by the coal strike of 1903-4. It is a matter of undisputed record that a mercenary militia, paid openly by the mine op erators, crushed the strike by the bold violation of every constitutional right that the citizen was thought to pos sess. Conditions Are Described. "Men were herded in bullpens like cattle; homes were shattered, the writ of habeas corpus suspended; hundreds were loaded on cars and dumped Into the desert without food or water; oth ers were driven over the enow of the mountain ranges; a Governor elected by 15.00 J majority was unseated; a man never voted for ou that office was made Governor, and when there came .i thing called peace, the blacklist gave 6'00 miners the choice between star vation or exile. "The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company organized and led that attack on the liberties of the free men and yet you! heard from Mr. Rockefeller's own lips' tionduded ua Page 2.) WEST MAY WIN ONE ON COMMISSION PRESIDENT NARROWS TRADE BODV CHOICE TO FEW. - East and South May Get Two, Mid dle West Two and Pacific Coast Only One on Board. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. President Wilson today narrowed the list of men he is considering for the r ederai Trade Commission down to a few men. He will send the nominations to the Senate early next weeK unless unfore seen complications intervene, accord- ins to indications today. The five men considered most likely to be appointed to the commission to night were Joseph E. Davies. of Wis consin; E. N. Hurley, of Illinois; Will H. Parry, of Seattle, Wash.; George L. Record, of New Jersey, and William J. Harris, of Georgia. Mr. Davies and Mr. Hurley were said, in official circles, to be the only two men of this list sure of going on the commission. George Rublee, of New Hampshire, was still being se riously considered, it was understood. Samuel Rogers, of North Carolina; Thomas S. Felder. of Georgia, and sev eral other Southern men were said to be under consideration with Mr. Harris. Under the law, not more than three of the members of the commission can be of the same party. Mr. Davies, Mr. Hurley and the Southern men under consideration are Democrats; Mr. Rub lee and Mr. Record are Progressives, and Mr. Parry Is described here as be ing a Progressive. 3 JUDGES PLEAD FOR MAN F. H. Xoltner Convicted of Embez zlement but Mercy Is Advised. . After three Circuit Judges had testi- "ed as to the good character of F. H. Noltner a Jury in Circuit Judge Davis' court yesterday found him guilty of embezzlement and recommended him to the mercy of the court. He will be sen tenced Tuesday. Noltner, as cashier of the local branch Crlbben & Sexton Company, a Chl- cago stove manufacturing concern, was alleged to have been $2700 short in his accounts. Evidence was brought forth to show that before resigning from his position in January, 1913, he had made good a shortage of $11,000, but that $2700 still remained unpaid. The de fense brought in Judges Morrow, Gan tenbein and Gatens as character wit nesses. PRELATE IS GUEST HERE Rev. T. P. Brown, Provincial of MiS' sourl Province, Is on Visit. rtev- Thomas P. Brown, provincial of the Missouri province, accompanied by Rev. Father Franzen, rector of St. Alphonsus Church, St. Louis, Mo. passed a few days in Portland as guests of the Redemptionist Fathers In theHoly Redeemer parish, Pled mont. The children of- the parochial school tendered them a reception. An address was read by Miss Dorothy Leader. Dr. Brown told the children that the receDtion was full compensation lor the weariness of the trip. The party eft St. Louis January 2. They wen to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Isew Or eans, San Antonio, Tex.; Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco and to Portland ANCIENT PAPER AT FAIR Oregon City Spectator, 69 Years, to to Be in Coos Exhibit. OR-FGOV pity. Or..' Jan. 29. (Sne- ,, . T-ilo. after 69 years, but still le5ible a copr 0r the first newspaper printed on the Pacific Coast, the Ore- cnl.t.tnr. will be sent to the Panama-Pacific Exposition and occupy a prominent place in the Coog County exhibit. The raper is the property of Jack McDonald, of Marshfield. It has been framed to protect it from further Wear. The first issue of the Spectator ap oeared in February, 1846. It was fol lowed by the Argus and the Enterprise. .,. Rn,.rri,. established in 1866. is the only one of the three still pub lished. JUNEY PROTEST IS FILED jlator Tells North Portland Callers . Matter Is Being Cons.dcrcd. Business men of North Portland for mally protested yesterday against the Council permitting the jitney bus serv- ice to continue without regulation. The protest was presented Dy ur. j. i. Palmer, W. A. Morse, Eugene Palmer, - N. Hanson and D. Rodgers. Dr. Talmer declared that the jitney has no responsibility and is not in com petition fairly because the service is not extended beyond the point where such service is profitable. Mayor Albee announced that the Council has the proposition under con sideration. . LOSS OF AIRSHIP ADMITTED Ruffian Report of Bringing Down German Craft Is Confirmed. BERLIN, via London, Jan. -9. The Parsival airship which flew over Libau, the Russian port on the Baltic, on Jan uary 25, did not return. The above dispatch apparently con firms a statement by the naval general staff at Petrograd thai a German air ship which dropped bombs on Libau last Monday was brought down by gun fire, falling into the sea. The airship was destroyed and the crew captured, "t was stated. The statement, however, referred to the balloon as a Zeppelin. DE1CBATSSCHEI TO BOLSTER F Fffort Afoot to Advance Postal Charges. $30,000,000 DEFICIT IN AIR Wilson Impresses Need Economizing. for DUTY ON SUGAR WILL SAVE Following Cabinet Meeting Post master-General Burleson Gives Orders for Sweeping Reduc tions In His Department. "WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. (Special.) In an effort to avoid the necessity for an extra session of Congress the Demo cratie leaders tonight decided to at tempt at this session of Congress to enact legislation to bolster up the fail ing finances of the Government William F. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, after a conference with Speaker Clark and Leader Underwood, tonight, said that such legislation would be present ed to meet a crisis. The hope of the leaders Is to raise the revenues needed through legislation permitting increased charges and an extension of service in the postoffice department, especially in the parcels post service. By this legislation it is hoped also to offset a threatened deficit of $30,000,000 or more in postal revenues attributed to loss of business because of the European war. Other Plans Discussed. Other plans discussed for revenues include: Suspension of the law remov ing duties from, raw sugar; imposition of all the stamp taxes of the Spanish- American war, a part of which were carried into the war tax bill enacted last Fall; reduction of the Income tax exemption so as to derive revenues from smaller Incomes; tho appropriation, committees of the House and Senate were warned that excessive cuts in ap propriations for governmental works in the fiscal year 1915-16 must be made and the pruning work has started. How deep the slashes are to be made and where has not been disclosed. The rivers and harbors bill, recently passed by the Hou30, seems certain of failure. The great sundry civil bill, which pro vides for continuing contract work on public buildings and waterways. Is marked for slaughter. It is in course of framing. Mr. McCombs reached the city today In response to the call of the Demo crat leaders. Thomas Taggart, of Indi ana, came also and several more Na tional committeemen are expected to morrow for conference with Mr. Mc Combs. President Wilson's views of the situation will be given Mr. Mc Combs tomorrow. Representative Broussard, of Louis! (Concluded on Page 2.) c OA?? rrf UNO fel J V"Cr ro PU4-1- rv? fa mj Wis -m; rfn INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, degrees: minimum, 36.6 decrees. TODAY' S Occasional rain : aoutheaaterly winds. Lefftalmttire. Appropriations for six state departments snow saving- of $245,747 ver last bien mum. faee 6. Dr. Sisson's educational system attacked in Idaho House. Page 7. L-earlsIature at Olympia starts Investigation or Cheney Normal and Scnool lor eeD.- -Min fled. Face 7. Merper of 50 state tooards Into 12 approved by Senate committee. Page . War. German losses heavy and gains are nil, says roe. Page 3. Russians invading Germany avoid route of previous defeat. Page 3. - Torture of Jiving seen in Antwerp by war correspondent. Page 6. . . . Mexico. . New President Is missing and Villa "is re ported seriously hurt. Page 1. National. President Wilsfcn declares public confidence ras rescued business from maze or mis understandings of score of years. Page 1. President narrows choice for Federal Trade Commission down to few men and nest may set one. Pace 1. Democrats blame big losses to war and party leaders rush to Washington to plan economy programme. Page 1. Domestic. Convicted accomplice of Lo Frank denies he confessed murder. Page 2. Tariff, not European war, blamed for busi ness ills. Page 2- Engineer who made $533 In October worked long hours for 31 days. Page o. United Mine workers' leader bitterly arraigns young John D. Rockefellers philanthropic spirit. Page X. Sports. Walter McCredie only flies list of Cleveland cas toils. Page 12. Imperial Amateur Athletic Club appears In boxing circles. Page 22. Pacific Coast League will fight for equal rating with American Association, page 12. Pacific Northwest. Woman arrested at The Dalles said to be one of desperate highwaymen. Page 16. Profits of Oregon banks Increase in 1914. Page 1G. Commercial and Marine. Pacific Coast wheat cargo sells at record price. Page 17. Wheat market at Chicago unsettled by peace rumors. Page 17. - Steel sales heavy, partly for foreign account. Page 17. Shin rates soarlnar and exports of grain likely to exceed early estimates, age lb. Portland and Vicinity. Auto show. closes tonight.- Page 11. Business men and officials discuss unemploy ment problem. Page 11. State's greatest needs are more people and capital, hears Realty Board. Page IS. Weather report, data and forecast. Pajje 17. IINERS WILL ARBITRATE Olilo Wage Controversy Agreement Affecting 15,000 Men Reached. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 28. Agree ment to arbitrate the wage controversy which has - kept io,00U coat miners in the Ohio field out of work since April virtually was reached tonight. The Joint conference at which the agreement was reached was attended by United States conciliators, mine operators and miners' organization offi cials. COLONEL R. A. MILLER WEDS President of Jackson Club Lets Only Few Friends In on Secret. Letting: only a few of their intimate friends Into the secret. Colonel Robert A. Miller, president ot the Jackson Club, and Mrs. Daisy E. Allen were married at the First Presbyterian Church Thurs day night by Rev. John H. Boyd. Colonel Miller is an attorney and is prominent as a Democratic leader. He lives at 670 Johnson street., Mrs. Miller formerly lived at Albany. SOME SOLONS SEEN AT SALEM. 7 T V4VKrr4f 0JLJ.S A XSS VW Cr ?r"ycy-fs A PROSPERITY AGAIN WILSON'S FORECAST New Era at Hrre diets President. ENTERPRISE LONG CHECKED Mists of Score of Years Now Shuffled Off, He Says. FEAR AND SUSPICION GONE Nation's Executive In Washington Address Asks America for Period of Test to Determine If Correct Remedy Has Been Found. PRESIDENTS RULES FOR THE GAME OF BUSINESS. First Publicity, taking the public into your confidence. Second Giving; equivalent in service for money received. Third Conscience is neces sity, i ' t. Fourth Have 'the spirit of service for the benefit of com munity. w A SHTVGTOX. Jan. 29 Another confident' prediction that the country will enter upon a new era of enterprise and prosperity was voiced today Dy President Wilson, in a speech befote the convention of the American Elec tric Railway Association. SDeakincr to business men and through them to the world of busi ness generally, the President outlined what the Democratic Congress has tried to accomplish through its trust islation, and declared that while a test period would be required to de termine whether the correct remedy had been applied, he believed the maze of interrogation points" which had checked, 'enterprise for 2.0 years had been cleared away. With a common understanding re garding business reached, he said, henceforth nobody would be suspicious of any business just because it is big. He gave some of the "rules of the game" which he thought should be followed, heading the list with public ly "not doing anything under cover." To Koott Men Is to Know Character. "I always maintained that the only way in which men could understand one another was by meeting one an other," said the President. "I know many men whose horns dropped away the moment I was permitted to ex amine their character. "it seems to me that I can say, with a good deal of confidence, that we are upon the eve of a new era of enterprise and of prosperity. Enterprise hus been checked in this country for al most 20 xears, because mpu were mov ing in a maze of interrogation points. (Concluded on Page : SZ?Sm 7 TV OJ.OS SYOCtfMAf NO VAKD UVA Friday's War Moves W ITH the armies In France and aiders 'recuperatlnx after the ' tA. flchtinar of the earlier days CO"'iT k and only local actions be tX, -rded, interest In the war gltua- C ..on has been transferred to the Rus sian offensive in East Frussta and the attempt of a strong; Austro-German army to dislodge the troops of Emperor Nicholas from their positions, in the Carpathians. In East Prussia a Russian offensive has developed in the extreme north, where the renewed fighting seems to confirm the belief that a definite effort to advance north of the Mazurlan Lakes district, where previously the Russians were defeated, has been decided upon by the Russian general staff. More vital to both sides, however, is the campaign in the Carpathians, where, southwest of Dukla Pass, the Russians have delivered an energetic attack. Ac cording to their account of the combat they compelled the Austro-Germans to retreat,. leaving behind ammunition and stores. This attack, according to military observers, indicates an attempt by the Russians to turn the flank of the Teu ton allies. If It should Drove success ful, observers say, it would have serious consequences for the large Austro-Ger man army in and about the Carpathian passes. Russian military experts anticipate that the Austrlans will deliver their main attack with their extreme right In Western Eukowina in the hope of achieving a signal victory and thus give Roumania cause to pause. The only thing holding Roumania check at present, it is stated, is the uncertainty as to the action Bulgaria would be likely to take. Bulgaria, it is asserted, still is demanding that part of Macedonia now under Serbian rule as the price of her neutrality, and Ser bla is reported unwilling to make this concession. Greece, it is asserted, also objects to Bulgaria extending her boundaries westward, taking the ground that this would place a wedge between her and her ally, Serbia. Thus, seemingly, the whole Balkan situation remains involved, and it is stated it Is not likely to be cleared up until the demands of Bulgaria are sat isfied. Another skirmish, with the Turkish advance guard not fur from Sucx is re ported by the British forces in Egypt. It was not of a serious character. Brit ish marines are said .to have landed at Alexandretta, Asiatic-Turkey, and to have cut the telegraph wires. HEAVY WEATHER COMING Barometer Drops to Lowest Since 1891 and Mariners Get Ready. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29. With the barometer at 29:18, the lowest since 1891, mariners all along the Pacific Loasc prepared today for a spell of heavy weather. Southeast storm signals were ordered displayed at points from Eureka to ban Diego. All vessels which arrived today from Northern ports were hours overdue and a wireless message from the liner Matsonia. outbound for Honolulu, reported a heavy gale and . nusiy sea. MONEY AND THANKS VOTED Senate Adopts Resolution Lauding Work of Secretary Olcott. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. i 3. (Special.) After allowing Secretary ot State Olcott the amount he asked for the operation of his department the ways and means committees the Senate and House today adopted a resolution, offered by Senator Day, extending the official a vote of thank for the efficient manner in which he had conducted his office. Mr. Olcott returned to the general fund 816,500 of the appropriation for the past two years and asked 89000 less for 1915 and 1916 than was allowed in 1913 and 1914. BABY BOY IN NEED OF HOME Appeal Made on Behalf of One of Family of 1 0 Fatherless Children. A healthy 2 Vi-year-old boy, one of a family of 10 fatherless children, wants a home, for a time at least. His mother is gone, his temporary guardians are going to leave him in the hands of the Juvenile Court, and he is too young to go to the Detention Home, where eight of his brothers and sisters arc. Chief Probation Officer Mcintosh wants a home for this boy for 60 days, until the mother returns. She is navr 111 in an Eastern hospital. CAPTIVES FROM ALL SHIPS Kill ire German Squadron In Sun day's Buttle Is Represented. EDINBURGH, via London. Jan. 30 The Scotsman says it learns that among the German prisoners who have arrived in Edinburgh are men from virtually every large German vessel en gaged in the naval batllo in the North Sea last Sunday. Some of the smaller vessels of the German squadron also were represent ed by prisoners, the Scotsman says. ITALY CALLS MORE TROOPS Artillery Reserves and Alpine Troops Arc Ordered to Colors. ROME. Jan. 30. A royal decree has been Issued calling to the colors the talian soldiers of the first category. born in 1858, belonging to the field artillery. The Alpine troops and the soldiers of the third category, born in 1S91, 1S92, 189.1 and 1894, belonging to the Alpine troops, also are called. NEW PRESIDENT IS MISSING IN MEXICO Garza Last Heard of Go ing Back to Capital. CARRANZA ARMY THERE THEN General Villa Is Reported to Have Been Seriously Hurt. 0BREG0N CONTROLS CITY Long List of Reforms Inaugurated by Constitutionalists' l'irst Chief Is Reported to AVahing ton Government. WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. Although the rapid changes in Mexican politics have brought the authority of General Carransa back to Mexico City once more, after a lapse of two months, the evacuation of the capital and re distribution of forces has resulted in no Injury to foreigners, according to official reports thus far received. Only meager advices huve come to the State Department ot conditions In Southern Mexico, but It was established today that General Obregon occupied Mexico City yesterday with 10.000 men loyal to Carransa; that Iloque uon sales Garia, temporary executive of the convention government, left tho capital January !7 for Cuernavaca. but re turned the 28th (Thtirnday). and that no Information r.as Been rcreivru to his whereabouts subsequently. Word Sent Krm Capital. Knrluue C. Llorente, reprcentative here of the convention government. said he received a message from Gen eral Ornelap. post commander at Juarex. saying he had been in tele graphic communication with Garsa In Mexico City last night. n unconfirmed report In Mexico City that General FranrlKi-o ma na been seriously injured was received to day from Consul Hilllman. - The latest dispatches from Mexico City were summarised by tli Ktats Department as follows: A report from Mexico City, dated January 28, S 1'. M.. ssys that General Obregon occupied the city with about 10.000 men on the afternoon of the 28th at 2 P. M. Zapata Treepa K.agasrtf. "A few of the Zapata troops are re ported to have been overtaken while leaving the city, and It Is said there was considerable firing and several fatalities. Troops have been dis patched to occupy the suburban town. At the time tho dispatch was sent no manifesto had been Issued or plnn of government announced. f "Tho deportment Is In receipt of a general rt-port. dated January U. cov ering conditions In tho Vera Crus con sular district. It Is said that tho con stitutionalists have been activu In run ning down bandits In Various sections. "On December 25 General Carransa Issued a decree declaring the munici palities autonomous and doing awsy with the Jefes polltlcos, heads of the cantons, who are said to huve b-en obnoxious because appointed without consulting the people and because they were invested with numerous powers, especially Judicial and executive. Labor Hours Iteaiilatra. "This was one of the reforms men tioned In the programme of social rev olution which the local newapnprrs have been publishing for many weeks. About the same lime there was alio made generally public a labor decree on hours of work, wages, etc., which had been first Issued by General Can dldo Agullar October 19, 1914, and which also represented one of the 1 forms mentioned In the programme. "December 25 also General Carransa issued a decree permitting the Impor tation of wheat free of duty for two months and decreasing the umount of duties on flour to 3 centavna for the legal kilogram. Other refurtiiM In the tariff had been made December 5. 1914, and prior to that date. Petroleum was exempted from duty January 6, 1916, such exemption to be In effect for a period of two months and to cover the Import duty on petroleum and cer tain of Its derivatives. December 29 General Carransa Is sued a decree amending the constitu tion so as to permit divorce and the remarriage of divorcees. "January 12 General Carranza tt.aued decree abolishing the Institution of the national lottery. The department Is in receipt of a report, dated January 20, from Hermo- slllo, Sonora. paying that food Is get ting scarce and that prices are high, as a result of which the poorer clusses will be greatly affected. It Is said that Governor Maytorena lias forbid den the exportation of cattle, hides and garbanios. which are reported to have been the only articles that brought American gold Into that sec tion, and that as a consequence there s a feeling of discouragement on the part of tho local merchants." American Property Raided. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Jan. 23. Kl Lllgre. a mining camp of 30 JO persons In the mountains south of here. Is reported to have been raided by constitutionalist under Major Oteros Thursday and much property owned hy the American cor poration operating there tuken by his men. All the horses and considerable goo'lx rom tho co'iipany siore are teporieil to have been confiscated.