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House Committee Declares
Colorado Strike Conditions
Nation-Wide in Scope.
FEDERAL LAW DEMANDED
rrtrate Guard System Characterized
as Sure to Provoke Trouble.
Adjutant-General Chase Is
Found "Overbearing."
WASHINGTON. March 2. A scathing
arraignment of the Colorado militia
lor its treatment of striking miners
and their families is contained in a
voluminous report submitted to the
House today by the mines and mining
ub-committee which investigated con
ditions in the Colorado coal fields
uitder a resolution adopted a year ago.
While scoring conditions generally
In the coal fields and criticising many
of the acts of the mine operators, in
cluding alleged violation of state laws,
the committee reports that no evidence
was found of a conspiracy In restraint
of trade to limit the output of the
mines, nor conclusive proof of the ex
istence of peonage.
Appeal for Arbitration Made.
The committee appeals for arbitra
tion in such situations. It declares
that these disturbances are Nation
wide in their importance; that the Fed
eral Government is the only power
competent to deal with them and. after
referring to the testimony of John D.
.Rockefeller, Jr., who disclaimed re
sponsibility for Colorado conditions,
adds: .
"Absentee owners or directors ty
their absence from the scene of such
disturbances cannot escape their moral
responsibility for conditions in and
about properties in which they are in
terested." "It seemed the militia was on the
side of the operators in this contro
versy," says the report, after citing the
action of "the Governor in calling out
the state troops, "and the evidence
seems conclusively to prove such to
have been the case. The sooner men
nrmed in the service of the state learn
that the men with whom they may
deal may be poor and ignorant and
even violators of the law, but are still
human, the better it will be for all con
cerned." Art of Brutality Charged.
"There were acts of brutality testi
fied to before the committee which
might be enumerated; men on slight
provocation were thrown into iail and
kept there without the opportunity of
proving their innocence. There were
many good men in the militia, both of
ficers and privates, and the strikers
testifying said that certain companies
were composed of kind men and if their
bouses were to be searched they asked
that members of these companies might
be sent; but if others were sent to do
the searching they would be subjected
to indignities and probably would be
robbed of whatever they might have
i. . militia -ara ntifcrL"
MISSES' DRESSES IN EMPIRE EFFECT
.i.afu, Pictorial Review Patterns
They have a chic and stylo not to be obtained from other pattern.
n i - i . , , rionnunrpa John
Chase. Adjutant-General of the militia
of the state, lor nis reiusai m
. nnHitinn that he WOUld
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the miners, and declares that he was
"ovcrbearinz to all wno came in ra"
tact with him."
.V IIMillc fc- " - ...
thought necessary." the committee
n.nmonix "hut wherever it exists.
i i.nnhiA will occur an
proper officers of the law should be
substituted, who will oe imywuw
maintaining peace ana uracr.
I'ronotc Not Proved.
Concerning the charge that the oper
ators were guilty of peonage, the com
"We did not And it clearly proved
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the coal lields of Colorado, but we
found that during ine sinite men
brought in from other states by the
car and tralnload ana were uenvereu
to the mining camps under guard of
v. ,;iitia manv nf them beinc for-
.i.n.ri mil unacauainted with the
work of mining coal. We do not be
lieve It was proved that the operators
11.1.. 1- in .'t til n UFfltll their
debts were raid, but that they rather
endeavored to noia inose wno irwj
were in camp before the strike and to
T'revent those who had been taken in
as strikebreakers from solng outside."
Declaring that the mining troubles
are Nation-wide in Fcope. the commit
tee reaches this conclusion:
"Jt should be the duty of the Gov
ernment to assist any states In settling
a dispute that is Nation-wide In Its
rope, and If any Federal law can be
matted that will help not only Colo
rado, but any other state that may be
similarly situated. It is the duty ef
Congress speedily to put upon the stat
ute books the necessary laws so th.it
such industrial disturbances may for
ever cease."
Xothlaa- Done by Rockefeller.
The committee declare that John T.
Rockefeller. Jr.. did nothing to Im
prove the condition of the employes of
the company in which he is stockholder
and director.
-Mr. Rockefeller." says the report,
"a large stockholder of the most
powerful company in the state, has
done a great deal for the uplift of
the people in other parts of the country-
and in foreign lands, spending
millions of dollars in this work, yet
lie has not endeavored to improve the
condition of the more than 6000 em
ploves in the company with which he
is connected, and has not visited the
etate for more than 10 years.
"Mr. Rockefeller is a long-distance
director, not liaving attended a meet
ing of the stockholders or directors of
the cowrpany in 10 years. It seems to
have been his practice to select such
men as he thought best for him. and
then, look only to them for the man
agement without any personal know
ledge of the conditions.
Moaey Spent In Other Sections.
"It Is true that he did spend a large
part of his profits coming from the
Colorado Industrial Company, a part
of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company,
in the bettering of conditions in other
parts of the country, but what of
that when money is gained in such a
way and at such expense to the state
and its people?
"Many of the miners, it is true, made
good wages, yet the scale of prices is
not as high in Colorado as it is in
Wyoming.
Mr. Rockefeller, before the committee
in Washington, said he would not
ngree to arbitration for the reason that
he was fighting for a great principle
and would sacrifice all his property
for the principle of every man to be
free to work for any man he pleases
and on such terms an best suits the
worker. Mr. Rockefeller, speaking as
a director of the Colorado Fuel &
Jron Company, not having attended a
meeting of the stockholders or di
rectors in 10 years, uttering this
sentiment of liberty for the working
people of his country and of tho
whole country, should remember that j
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est struggles among the workera of
the mines of Colorado.
I'nlon Recognition Not Necessary.
"Mr. Rockefeller was not a good
judge of conditions in Colorado and
knew nothing about them. He was
not willing to submit to a fair board
of arbitration to settle this strike. He
was obstinate and the statement that
he waa fighting for liberty for the
worklngman will not bear investiga
tion. The strike could have been
settled without recognition of the
union had he desired to do so, and
the employes could have worked for
him whether members of the union or
not.
"We believe he did not desire to
arbitrate and in that way end this
strike and one must conclude he
would rather s-jend the money of the
company for guns, pay detectives and
mine guards and starve the strikers
into submission."
AMERICANS ARE FLEECED
MEN STRANDED IN WAR ZONE BY
SHIPPING AGENTS.
Horse Tenders en Vessels Carrying
Remount ' to Allies Inable to
Make Way Home Again.
LONDON, Feb. 22. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) Many Ameri
cans have been induced to ship on Brit
ish steamers as horse tenders witn
promises of good pay and a return
ticket to America, only to be turned
adrift penniless in England or France.
Such vessels run from American ports
to England and France with remounts
for the allies. The men are assurea
thev will be paid from 15 to 35 for
their work and then supplied with a
return ticket or an opportunity to worn
their wav back on another steamer.
On arriving they often fall to get the
money promised and are frequently
turned loose to shift for themselves.
Sometimes they are given J2.50 and an
order for return passage on a ship sail
ing a month hence. Obviously, the man
cannot wait and often he oners to wont
his way home for nothing.
These unfortunate men have been ap
pealing for help to American officials
in London. Since November 1 more
than 100 have made known their dis
tress. The American relief committee
can help only Americans impoverished
by the war; it cannot aid men who have
come over since the lighting oegan.
American officials in England and
France are making every effort to dis
courage Americans from coming into
the war zone lured by promises of
shinninsr asents in America.
For years the mistreatment of Ameri
can seamen com In? to .urope on lor
eign vessels has been the subject of
much complaint, but since the opening
of the war conditions have become much
worse. There are evidences of a gen
eral understanding between ship offi
cers and shipping agents to lleece un
suspecting and Inexperienced men.
LEGION IS EVICTED
Defense Organization Loses
Rooms in Army Building.
ORDER ISSUED BY WOOD
SHIPS ESCAPE WAR ZONE
BRITISH AXD KRESCH L.IXEKS
REACH STEW YORK.
One Depends on Speed to Avoid De
struction by Submarine Lifeboats
Are Kept Over Sides.
xtii-w vnpr Mnrcli 5 Twn trana-
iii-iTitin n.sspTiirK. liners that left the
home ports flying flags of the allies
after the German war zone declaration
was put into effect, arrived here to
day. They were the British steam
ship Canieronia. of the Anchor line,
from Glasgow and Liverpool, ana me
?..njth lino ntnmflhin Chicncro. from
Havre. Both carried a large number
of passengers.
rnntnin Wadsworth. of the Camer.
onia, nald that he left Liverpool for
New York at 11 A. M., feDruary iv,
.i...nn(f at full flnfPf1 nil t Of tll6
Mersey. He said that he did not pur
sue a winding course f or - the reason
that he believed a stern marK wouia
k. a to.cot harrier tn hit bv a German
submarine than would the broadside
target he might offer were he to swerve
from his course. All lifeboats were
swung from the davits, ready for an
.mnrconn-. until the British coast was
left well behind.
Officers and passengers on tne Chi
cago said nothing unusual was seen
. . 4K-u inft Tinvr Th whin was
escorted by several destroyers until she
was well out to sea.
Iand Grant Suit Advanced.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. March 2. The Oregon and
California land grant suit will be
argued before the Supreme Court April
19. the court tooay naving aovanceo
the case on motion of the Attorney-General.
Cures Grip rrerents Crip.
LAXATIVE BKOMO QUININE removes the
cause. There U only one "BROMO QUININE."
Look for sicnature OX E. W. GROVE. Sic '
Authorization Said to Have Been
Made Originally Through Mis
apprehension Request to
Move Anticipated.
NEW YORK, Marth 2. Colonel A. I.
Smith, depot quartermaster at the
United States Army building in this
city, issued a statement today through
which it became known that the newly
inaugurated American Legion had been
evicted from quarters obtained in the
building. The legion is a new. unoffi
cial organization whose plans to enlist
250,000 former soldiers, sailors, guards
men and others as a first National re
serve were made public Monday.
"Offices in the building were author
ized for tho use of the quartermaster
through a misunderstanding of the pur
pose for which intended." reads Colo
nel Smith's statement. When it was
ascertained that the rooms were for this
civil organization Colonel Smith real
ized that he, as depot quartermaster,
was not authorized to grant the Ameri
can Legion this privilege, and the Quar
termaster. Eastern Department, was no
tified to that effect."
The statement concludes with the
declaration that General Leonard Wood
directed that the American Legion "oc
cupy rooms elsewhere for the present."
On behalf of the legion It was an
nounced that before the official request
was received the offices already bad
been moved in acordance with the
original plan to occupy them only until
other quarters could be obtained.
TIISMESSES DEAD
TWO, IMPORTANT TO CALIFORNIA'S
CASE, ARE NO MORE.
Caplan and Schmidt Are to Be Brought
to Court Today, and State Does
Not Count on Identification.
LOS ANGELES, March 2. Two wit
nesses regarded as extremely impor
tant to tho state in the prosecution of
M. A. Schmidt and David Caplan, al
leged participants in the conspiracy to
blow up the Los Angeles Times Duna
inir in 1910. are dead, according to re
ports received today at the office of the
District Attorney. One or these was
George H. 1'hillips, superintendent of
the Dowder Plant at Giant. Lai., rrom
which the dynamite used to destroy the
Times building was purchased.
The other was Manuel Silva. a boy
employe at the same establishment.
Phillips was brought here In 1911 to
Identify James B. McNamara, the con
fessed dynamiter, now serving a life
sentence, and the District Attorney ex
pected to call on him to view Caplan
and Schmidt, who are alleged to have
visited the dynamite factory.
On the other hand, counsel for the
accused men said that identifications
would not count for much, as it was
intended to have in court "half a
dozen men with glass eyes, who look
like Schmidt."
Arraignment of Caplan and Schmidt
was again postponed today. It was
said that the two men would be
brought into court tomorrow.
GERMANY TO GET GRAIN
Roumania Has 46,000 Carloads
Kaiser Will Send For.
BUCHAREST. Rumania, Feb. 8.
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) Nearly 46,000 carloads of
srain. mostly wheat and rye, are stored
at the Rumanian railroad stations
awaiting transfer to Germany and
Austria-Hungary. About nair or tne
quantity, is consigned to German mill
ers.
A lack of rolling-stock has operated
against prompt transfers, but Ger-
any has now met mis prooiem witn
an agreement to send into Rumania
daily 300 boxcars which are to be used
In transporting tne gram, xne rirst
of these have arrived. With Austria
Hungary no agreement has been
reached as yet, but its share of the
grain Is being shipped out as rapidly as
the number or cars avanaoie permits.
It is said here that in lieu or cer
tain concessions Germany will in the
future observe a more liberal commer
cial policy with Rumania, What these'
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Fair view May Issue Water Bonds.
FAIRVIBW. Or., March 2. (Special.)
Fairvlew probably will hold a special
election this Spring to vote on the
question of Issuing- bonds to the
amount of $12,500. with which to con
struct a municipal water plant. City
Attorney Brown will have an ordinance
providing for this special election at
the Council meeting which will be held
Tuesday night. Engineer Coons, of
Portland, has completed plans for the
plant, and estimates the cost at 112.500.
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town are under consideration. Citizens
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Bulgaria Protests Danube SUncs.
SOFIA, via Berlin, and wireless to
Ixndon. March 2. Premier Radoslavoff
has sent an. Identical note to the Au
strian, Russian and Serbian Embassies
protesting against the damage done by
mines planted In the Danube and which
have been washed against Hu Inarm n
territory bordering on the river.
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