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THE MORXIXG OREGON-TAX, SATURDAY, TANT7ARY 30, 1915. l l I I t 2 I UNION MAFJ STRIKES I AT ROCKEFELLERS Oil Man's Testimony Bitterly Arraigned and Philan thropy Is Ridiculed. COLORADO SCENE PAINTED r , l John Ii. lawson, Appearing Before Federal Commission, Belittles Millionaire's Confessed Lack of Knowledge of Conditions. (Continued From First Page.) that he never inquired into the causes of the strike, the conduct of his ei i ecutives or the fate of those who lost f -o little interest did he take in the af- fair, so faint was the Impression made upon him, that he could not even an t swer your questions as to your last t facts." "Ten vears passed, and in 1913 Colo rado is once more pushed to the verge j of bankruptcy by another strike. Many 1 strikebreakers of 1903, reaching the limit of human endurance, followed the J example of those wnose places tney I had taken, chooBing hunger and cold J in tents on the mountain side and z nlains in preference to a continuation of unbearable conditions In the mines. Bv actual count, the union was sup f porting 21,508 men, women and chil I dren in the various colonies in Janu- t ary, 1914. t 12,000 Families Live la Teats. 5 "What course did Mr. Rockefeller I pursue In connection with this up $ heaval of employes? His duty was C i-lear, for he is on record for the ad I mission: "I think It is the duty of I every director to ascertain the condl Z tions as far as he can, and if there J are abuses, to right them." Lawson A said many abuses had been cited, and " enumerated them. Faarteea Months Spent On Moor. I -Fourteen months," Lawson went on. f "thousands of men, women and chil i dren suffered on the mountain sides and prairies, and two more months have i gone since wo called off the strike as a result of President Wilson's proposal, t and yet he has not had the opportunity i tor a personal investigation. J "It was only under questioning he confessed that his father had received 48.889,000 from his bonds and that the i assets of the company were $23,000,000 in excess of liabilities, and that this item did not take in an appreciation In I property values of some 19,000,000. Nor 6 did he mention the vast holdings that 'the company refuses to develop, keep- S ing tnem taie wnno me puiiuiauuu ! crease adds to their value. t "There la another cause of Industrial 1 discontent and this, too, flows trora i k Rockefeller source. This is the skill ful attempt being made to substitute philanthropy for justice, 'i nere is not J one of these foundations, now spread ling their millions over the world in showy generosity, that does not draw those millions from some form of In- r du8trial Injustice. It is not their money J these lords of commercial virtue are itntliiz. but the withheld wages of i the American working class. I "Health for China, a refuse for birds, f food for the Belgians, pensions for New i York widows, university training for r the elect and never a thought or I dollar for the many thousands of men, women and children who starved in Colorado: for the widows robbed of husbands, children of their fathers, by ? law violating conditions in the mines, f or for the glaring illiteracy of the coal tramps. There are thousands of Mr. Rockefeller's former employes in Colo- rado today who wish to Uod they were in Belgium to be fed. or were a bird to i be tenderly cared for." I PnrpoM of Probe Told. Lawson referred to the Rockefeller (foundation's appropriation of 1,000,000 ? to defray the expenses or an invesiiga J tion into the causes of industrial un h rest. "This work." he said, "is what J this commission was appointed to do.' "Who are the directors of this foun f datioii. out of which conies this Inves f tixation?" Mr. Lawson asked. "The two Rockefellers, their professional ad 7 risers. Murphy. Gates, Green and Heydt, their secretaries, Elexner and Rose, on ? the Rockefeller payroll, and three oth 1 ers. Eliot. Hepburn and Judson, who furnihed an outward appearance of I independence the same control that S dominated the affairs of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, the same voice I that declared through young Kocke - feller that the defeat of the union In Z i .-I , ... a o-r-ar Amrfi'llll nrinci- Cnle for which he was willing to sacri fice his money and the lives of his workers. And they ask the laboring i class to believe that what tbey will feel as coal company directors they will not feel as directors of the foundation. Lawson coutinuea: .nr. rtocKeieiier. Jsenior, is quoted as saying that Uod must be brought to isew lorn. in J Colorado there is a suffering multi- Itude that asks only for a little of the .spirit of the Christ who died for hu- Mnau brotherhood. I Mow to Care Varest Is Told. "The causes of industrial unrest are I not to oe removea oy promises w eiiu iTivpti7iirlnn nr hv sudden willlnsr- ness to hold conferences. They lie in . the treatment of free men as chattels to be disposed of by deed and will; In absentee landlordism: in the theft of natural resources; ,or indifferences to the necessities and aspirations of those who toil In the dark for the benefit of those in the light. "Nor will Mr. Rockefeller's proposal for the election of men in coal camps meet the needs of collective bargaining. This is, in truth, the shadow and not .the substance, for men so elected, un less backed by an organization wider even than state lines, win be utterly helpless in the hands of those who have sanctioned past grievances. "Nothing has been more clearly t-hown by your investigation than that workers are unable to protect tnem . selves as individuals but only can gain this protection tnrougn organization in local, state, national and Interna tional form. Taeory Xeena Fzrtue, - "In theory, at least. Mr. Rockefeller agrees to the principle or unionism. All that remains is to give thia-theory liurpose and effect, something that can - uot be done by simple expressions of pood will or a suddenly expressed de sire for meeting. , "The United Mine Workers of Amer ica is the one organization that repre sents labor in this great industry. It has been in existence for 25 years. It has a present membership of more than 400.000, and4 enjoys contractual rela tious with employers in 19 states. It has kept these contracts inviolate. "With these facts in mind, I insist that Mr. Rockefeller cannot give effect to this new poiat of view except with the co-operation of the United Mine Workers of America. By offiaial con ference with the executives of this or ganization, action should be taken to guarantee the enforcement of the min ing and labor laws long violated In Colorado and the establishment of the principle in practice of collective bar gaining. "Press -jeports give great publicity to, I MULTIMILLIONAIRE WHO IS EXCORIATED BY LABOR LEADER, AS i - I - IT;' r-x. ill -H V -.J. Scfe""""" r1-iln"1fmmiff:;"itr( jjasailaaw l UJfeJMitofe ) j meetings that are alleged to have been arranged between Mr. Rockefeller and the United Mine Workers' officials. Let me say that our one great desire is for lasting industrial peace. We rejoice that after all these years Mr. Rocke feller at last is disposed to consider and confer with the "workers his company officials have despised, . Ignored and en deavored' to crush.. Meetings Should Be Official. "We welcome any and every confer ence, but these meetings should be official and purposeful, not merely so cial visits, designed to give the utterly false impression that industrial war has had no more vital cause than failure on Mr. Rockefeller's part to shake hands. So far as possible, the remedies must equal and be as real as our frreat wrongs. Uoon concluding this statement Mr. Lawson was asked questions by the members of the commission. Speaking of the new plan of col lective bargaining recently inaugurated bv the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company the witness declared it left the em- Dloves as much at the mercy of the enmnanv as they ever had been. A Na tional organization behind the men is needed, he asserted. "Without such an organization." said Lawson. "the men cannot last long a fight. They need help other than that which they are able to give them selves if they are to get anything they ak for or demand. Union Is 400,000 Strong. The policies and purposes of the United Mine Workers of America were then outlined by Mr. Lawson. He said there were 400.000 members of the or ganization, which operates In 20 states of the country. In the states where the organization has contracts with the operators, Mr. Lawson deciarea, jnaus triftl nes.ee usually reigned. Contracts, he asserted, gave stability to the industry in many ways. The witness then, for the benefit of the commission, sketched his career. He started work at the age of 8 in a coal breaker in a Pennsylvania mining town. He had been a miner all his life and had worked in the mines in Ore gon. Wyoming. Pennsylvania and Colo rado. He said he believed there were hut few neoDle who realized the haz ards and dangers of a coal miner's life and then told of some of the dis asters he knew about, and the manner in which the miners had carea tor me property of the operators ana owners of mines. ROCKEFELLER MEETS MIXERS RcDreseutatives of Unions Confer and One Operator Resigns. XEW YORK. Jan. 29. John D. Rock efeller, Jr continued today his talks with representatives OI me unneo. Mine Workers of America on the re lations of the Colorado Fuel & Iron rnmnunv to its employes. John B. Lawson, executive memucr for Colorado, and Edward 1 uoyie, l,rv and treasurer or uisirici lo. is nf th United Mine woraers ui America, were among those who talked with Mr. Rockefeller. nEXVER. Jan. 29. President J. F. Welborn, of the Colorado Fuel & Iron rAmnanv announced today that Ivy L, Lee had been eiecteo a oirecmr "i i company, taking tne place oi rmn D. Greene, resigned, tireene s resigna tion was accepted and Lee elected at a meeting of the board or aireciors yes' terday. Colorado to Probe Conditions. rifWKR Jan. . 29. The House of Ronrosientatives of the 20th General As sembly today adopted a resolution pro viding for a committee oi inrw m - vestigate conditions in tne em nu Boulder County coal mining oisirrew iu !-.. it anfferinK exists there. The committee is limited in its expenditures to 100. Kodak Trust Case Adjonrns. BUFFALO. N. T.. Jan. 2. The Gov ernment case against the Lastman Kodak Company, of Rochester, charge ing that the company is a combination restraint of trade n violation oi tne Sherman anti-trust law, was closed in United States District Court here to- ay. The case was acgournea uni.iT February 1. when ootn siaes win sud- mit ar&uments and present briefs. TRIAL) KISLAT1UINS tiU.n.nil iwi. Photo Co JOHX D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. Frank Accomplice Testifies Against Detective. FAKE AFFIDAVIT CHARGED One Reflecting on Chief Witness In Murder Trial Is Not Same as One Sworn To Before Accused Attorney, Is Testimony. ATLANTA. Ga., Jan. 29. James Con lev. final witness lor the state in the trial of Dan S. Lehou and C. C. Tedder, of the Burns Detective Agency, and Arthur Thurman. a local lawyer, on charges of subornation of perjury in the Frank murder case, testified today he never had told another negro he killed a girl in the factory where Mary Phaan's body was round, nis lesu mony was in support of the statement of the Rev. C. B. Ragsdale that the affidavit reflecting on Conley was false and that he had been paid 200 for sierning it. Conley, who was the chief witness airninst Leo M. Frank at his trial in 1913. and who subsequently was con victed as an accessory, occupied the stand only a short time today and was not cross-examined. StOO Offered for Affidavit. n Barber, who made and later re pudiated an affidavit supporting that of Ragsdale, testineu tnai ne visneu Thurman's office. April 22, 1914, and told the lawyer neither of the negroes he and Rasrsdale had overheard was talking with Conley. " Mr. Thurman asked me if $100 wouldn't persuade me to swear one of. them was." added Xhe witness. i plied that ?100 would not persuade me to swear to a lie. Barber then told of another visit to the lawyer's office the next day, declar ing Thurman finally agreed to pay him 1100 to make an artldavit as to wnai he and the minister actually overnearo, Detective at Conference, Tedder, he said, was present at the conference. He explained, however, that the affidavits of both Ragsdale and himself were made In the. onice oi Luther Z. Rosser, one of Frank's attor neys. If-vou dldn t believe one oi tne ne groes was Conley. why did you swear to it in your affidavit?" inquired Solicitor-General Dorsey, chief of the state's counsel. "I did not swear It," answered Bar ber. It is in the affidavit. How came it there V "I don t know. All that part is iaise. ECONOMY PLANS ARE UP (Contlnlied From Ft rat Page.) ana. said tonight that he would pre sent to the House tomorrow a bill pro viding for the suspension of the law carrying a graduated reduction in the duties on raw sugar to free sugar in 1916. Edgar H. Farrar, of New Orleans and Chicago, a prominent lawyer, said here today that if the duty was re stored on sugar there would be no necessity for new tax legislation. 'Sugar carried a revenue tax since the first-tariff bill was drafted. This tariff was never considered a. protec tive duty. The Democrats will have to come to it sooner or later and they had better come now. -The war tax vmild not" have been necessary if the revenue tax on sugar had been main tained. ..." The financial aiinciuuea oi me tiov-j iADBOHD HE APPEARED BEFORE INDUS- pyright Underwood. eminent were considered at a Cabinet meeting held today in the White House. The President did not go to the ex ecutive offices until late in the after noon. Following this meeting of the Cab inet, Postmaster-General Burleson gave general orders for sweeping reductions In expenditures In the Postoffice De partment, It was stated here tonight, although no confirmation could be obtained from Mr. Burleson, that the plan of fur toughing a number of the clerks and carriers has been suggeseted to the postmasters. The necessity for strict economy in all branches of the Government was impressed on the Cabinet by President Wilson. While the Cabinet officers took an optimistic view of the financial condi tlons of the Government, it was said that tho uncertainty about the length of the European war made it impera tive that economy be practiced to make up for the lowered import duties. Revenue Talk Incidental t - Mr. McCombs was accompanied at the Capitol by Representative A. Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania, when he called on the Speaker and Mr. Underwood. After the conference Mr. McCombs. said he had merely called to pay his respects and to talk over general affairs of the Democratic party and the financing of the next campaign. Incidentally, Mr. McCombs said he discussed the Govern ment revenue deficit, and It was his opin. ion that eventually there would be rev enue legislation proposed. The Democratic chairman also said be expected to meet members of the Demo cratic committees of nearby states in conference in Washington within the next few days. Mr. Taggart said he came here un aware of Mr. McCombs' presence. SOLDIER HERO DISMISSED Improper . Acts Basis for ' Action Against Immigration Inspector. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 29. Captain Frank H. Ainsworth. awarded a medal by Congress for planting the first American flag on Cuban soil after the outbreak of the Spanish-American War and for five years Inspector of Immi gration in San Francisco, has received notice of dismissal. It became known today. The order was based upon charges preferred a year ago, in which Ains worth was accused of improper action in excluding and admitting aliens. Ainsworth began serving the United States in 1898 as an ensign. He en tered the immigration service in New York in 1903. , SLAYER OF WOMAN GUILTY Man Gets 30-Year Term for Killing Mother-ln-Law. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 29. Edward Elle- brecht, 23 years old, was convicted to night of the murder of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Joseph Farragher, last July, and sentenced to 30 years in the State Penitentiary. Mrs. Farragher was killed w&en she tried to prevent Ellebrecht from taking his 2-year-old daughter from the Farra gher home. Mrs. Ella Ellebrecht, his wife, from whom he was separated, and her brother, also were shot during the fight that followed. French Organize Patriotic Bay. PARIS, Jan. 16. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The Touring Club of France has received autboriza tion from the government to organise a patriotic day to be called the day of the 75." On that day, February 7. miniature representations of the. famous French 3 -inch gun will be sold through out France and the proceeds will be devoted to the comfort of the soldiers at the front. ' The term csusinj: gangrene has been dis covered by two surgeons in Paris, who have prnared a serum to counteract id py Underwood & TARIFF IS BLAMED FOR BUSINESS ILLS Former Republican "Whip" in House Tells Kansans Cause of Trouble. CITED FIGURES EVIDENCE James E. Watson Shows How Im ports Increased and Exports De creased, and Says Prosperity ' Has Grown Out of War. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 29. The tariff and not the European V-ar Is respon sible for the business and Industrial ills of the United States, and until there is a return to the greater protective basis, business conditions will continue unfavorable, according to James E. Watson, of Rushville. Ind., former Re publican "whip- oi the House of Rep resentatives, wno was the principal speaker tonight at the annual dinner of the Kansas Day Club, an organiza tion of Republicans. "After the passage of the Underwood law," said Mr. Watson, "the balance of trade in our favor graauaiiy aocuucu until It was seriously against us before the outbreak of the European war. One hundred ana liny mimuuo ui k"". been exported. Imports largely have Increased and exports largely decreased, v. i .. n,ncna,itv wn now have grows X I1C Ul".' , j .. - out of the European war, but it Is un- wrtain and connneo to a w imu- tries. ' ' . ; r0vH nav the V. 11 TO uur u n i ljv. lui... - - - . pean war and not the Underwood tariff Is the cause ot tnis aesirucnon uu u the fruitful mother of all our Indus What is the all-sufficient answer to this unfounded contention.' oimnj ui p in TCnvember. 1912. U L1 i. Ill- O VI 1 I. . ..u ... . . the total trade balance In our favor was $162,000,000. In July, ish, inai Bal ance was 15,535,000 in favor of our in .i...i.ii i..,.i, anA nn tn that hour no body on this side of the water had dreamed of an European war." Mr. Watson said the tariff had been the only thing radically changed in inn country since the present Administra tion began. "And yet," he continued "as in 1892, that one change wrought a - K ., ..nn in tin- loSS Of WaiCeS. Ifl the shrinkage of values, in the decline of prices and In tne wasting oi ijiud erty than the entire Civil War in Amer ica with all its burdens of cost." JETTY Rffi 2,000,000 RECOMMENDED TO SKX. ATE COMMITTEE. Higher Figure Is Due to Favor of Con tinuing Contract Basim but Pas sage This Session. Unlikely. nDuinf-K-riKNEU-a BTIRK AIT. WlBh- UllMVlllli-l.i- " " ington, Jan. 29.--An appropriation of 32,000,000 for continuing w y- north jetty, at the mouth of theColum i : ii; i ii oi, in nn amendment to the river and harbor bill, agreed to today by the sub-commitee of the Sen ate commerce committee. The House bill carried ,31,250,000, which was all, the engineers said, that would be re quired to carry tne worn -uu-ing the coming fiscal year. This in- --i .i Hv tho kii h-r-nmmittce crtja w no in un i- j i- in lieu of placing the Columbia River project on a continuing conu-avi it having been decided to authorize no new continuing . contracts except for the Ohio River. The river and harbor bill will be re ported to the commerce committee I 1a nnw f nnr i H that the bill will not be passed this session, be cause of the nuiouster in me oeiiuie on the shipping bill and for the further a imnni-tun, rnil flOTI that anu even ino .1.., . -- - Administration leaders want to hold down appropriations on account oi me heavy -deficit in the Treasury. Senate Democratic leaders have practically agreed to postpone the river and har bor bill until the special session and then it is more than likely the bill, in its present form, will be abandoned and a lump sum appropriation be made, similar to that authorized last session. CANAL TRIP IS POSTPONED President to Open Waterway For mally in July. TlACUTVnTnW Tan n 1 PdrtUHl RT1 - nouncement of the postponement of opening ceremonies at the Panama e 1 nM lVfan.h until HnmA time in July, was made today by Secretary Daniels after a Cabinet meeting. In July the Atlantic fleet will pass through the canal and all oi tne otner cem- i ,. -1 n .1 4nv I'rouMunt Wilson's uimiicB yi iiii-i- - " ' - i - .. attendance in March will be held. The - i-,-., nniilhala nf nltriiH in ICPUIl Ul 1JU , 1 "111 - Culebra Cut was given by Mr. Daniels as the reason for tne postponement. It was definitely announced that : wilonn Avnucta tn era In the San Francisco Exposition in March, despite the postponement of the open ing of the canal, and will make the special trip to Panama in July. Unless an extra session of Congress is called the President plans to make a number of speeches on his return trip East. It was said authoritatively at the White House that there were no plans for an extra session. V'illl 1(11 1 1 ti ii w.. ....... ........ slides wall be removed completely by juiy. SWISS WOULD GO TO WAR Attempt to Cut Off Food Would Be Cause, Says Slinister. ti !-i-. it- T- 9H "Wine- Victor Km- iVV .! manuel received yesterday the newly appointed Swiss aiiniHLer, jxu .a...i." Later the Minister denied in an Inter view the existence ot an accord De tween Germany and Switzerland or with Austria. Switzerland, he said, desired only to remain neutral but was ready to take up arms in three contingencies: - First, in the case of violation of her neutrality; second, against any attempt i i..rinrini intetrritv. and third. against any. attempt to starve her by closing tne ironner. The Minister's mission to Rome was th, ohtective of further COiei.lv "ii" i- - cementing the friendship between Italy and Switzerland anu iu i -.v.. the government for the passage into Switzerland of all supplies intended for that country. Piles Cured In to 14 Days. Drurslsts refund money If PAZO OtNIMEM fails to cure itching. Blind. Bleeding or Pro truding Piles, fit application Siv rtsUef.0o ii , Chat No. 3 All pictures are good. Some pictures are better. If you want the better pictures, you must patronize the theaters showing them. Censorship won't produce the best pictures. But public opinion will. The finest censorship is what you want For you will get it If the public demand salacious and indecent pictures all the censorship in the world won't prevent the public having them. I believe, primarily, in the censorship of public opinion, for I think the general public demands photo-plays that . both amuse and instruct. , That is the type you will find today, for example, at the Peoples Theater, with the wonderful Marie Doro in that notable play: "The Morals of Marcus." Or tomorrow and all next week at the Peoples: Mar guerite Clark in Harold McGrath's "The Goose Girl." Won't you write me and let me know what YOU want ? My next chat will be In Tuesday's Oregonlan. John F. Cordray PALOUSE WORK FAVORED RECLAMATION MEN APPROVE PRO POSED IRRIGATION PROJECT, Immediate Acquisition of Reservoir Sites and Canal Routes Urged I Ap propriation T-nlikely This Session. ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 29 General W. L. Mar shall, consulting engineer of the Rec lamation Service, and I. D. O'Donnell, of thg Reclamation Commission, who recently were designated by Sec retary Lane to Investigate the Palouse irrigation project in Eastern Wash ington, today submitted a conditionally favorable report to Secretary Lane, in which they express the belief that the project is feasible and should be built soon. Senator Jones, of Washington said the report places the project in a favorable situation, but because of the depleted condition of finances he thinks it will be impossible this session to secure the appropriation to begin con struction work. The report holds that before the pro ject is approved and its construction authorized provision should be made to require the subdivision and sale of large private holdings. raUroad and state lands within the project, and homesteaders should be relieved for 10 years from being compelled to live on their land, although cultivation should be required from the time water Is available. If adequate provision is made to pre vent speculation in the Palouse lands, and some way can be found to require reakfast Joy Results From Eating PURE PORK SAUSAGE (Government Inspected.) The result of perfect blending of pure spices with choice juicy pork. Put up un der the most exacting sanitary conditions. Link or Meat Just say Pure Pork Sausage to your dealer. He gets them fresh every day in one-pound sanitary cartons. 'The sausage that has made good because his made good" Made by Union Meat Company the sale of private lands at a low figure reclamation officials believe the l'n louse project would prove profitable even at the estimated cent of 1 121 an acre. Immediate acquisition of reser voir sites and rights-of-way for the main canal Is strongly recommended. Germans' Savings Grow in 1914. BERLIN, by wireless to Sayvllle. Jan. 29. A report on the conditions of the savings banks of the empire durtnx 1914, issued In Berlin today, shows thst the deposits In the 13 months of that year Increased by S.r.O.0OU,0oO over the totRl of the previous year. SKIN-ERUPTION ALL HIS LIFE, IW CURED November 19. 1914: "All my life, until about a year ago, I was troubled with bliBters and sores over my entire body. The itching and burning won terrible, and I could hardly sleep. I used many treatments that were un successful and did not give me any relief. I started using Heninol Olnl ment and Resinol Soap and they helped me wonderfully. I WAS RELIEVE!' AT ONCE, and after about two doscu applications I can say that I was free and cured of that awful tllneane. )y skin now is as clear as anybody's." (Signed) George Whltcher. Jr., R. V. l No. 64, Caledonia, N. Y. Resinol Oint ment and Reslnol Soap are sold by all druggists. For trial free write to rept. 9-R. Reylnol. Baltimore, A'lv. BRAND A.