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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAItCII IS, 1915. MRS. ROCKEFELLER WIFE OF RICHEST MAN IN WORLD, WHO DIED YESTERDAY. REPEATERS THRIVE CASTING SI-VOTES XT Buy Clothes for Active Boys f at Our Boys Shop- , OlESllSTALOflE Husband and Son in Florida; Daughters, Too, Absent, When End Comes. SISTER IS AT BEDSIDE ratal Change Comes In Early Morn ing Hours and Physician, After Fast Thirty-Mile Auto Trip, Cannot Avert End. TARKTTOWN. N. Y, March 12. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, wife of the richest man In the world, died suddenly today In her 76th year at the Rockefeller rountry home in Pocantlco Hills. She had been an invalid for a year, but during the last few montns ner ntaam had so Improved that the rapid turn for the worse which her illness took early today was not expected by her family. For this reason It happened that the only relative at her bedside when she died at li):20 A. M. was her aister. Miss Lucy M. i-pelman. Flaaband and So la Florida. Her husband and her son. John V. Rockefeller. Jr.. were at Ormond. i"la-. where they went Mr. Rockefeller. Sr, on February 18 and his son last Friday, .cromDanied bv his wife believinis that Mrs. Rockefeller was growing better. Informed over the long-distance tele phone earlv today of the critical change In her condition, they left at once for Jacksonville, where arrangements were quickly made for a special train to bring them to New York. They were expected to arrive here some time to morrow night. Mrs. E. I'armalee Prentice, one or Mrs. Rockefeller's two daughters, was summoned from New York, but failed to arrive before her mother died. The other daughter. Mrs. Harold Fowler McCormlck. of Chicago, is in Switzer land, recuperating from an illness. Her husband was about to sail to join her. but canceled his passage and came here a,t once. nineu Dates Bark to 1912. tt;i th arrival of Mr. Rockefeller funeral arrangements will be held in abeyance, but it was thought at the Rockefeller house today that burial un doubtedly would take plare in Cleve land, where the Rockefeller family plot is situated. It was thought probable that funeral services would be held at Pocantico Hills on Sunday and the body at once taken to Cleveland. Mrs. Rockefeller's illness dates back to the Fall of 1912. when she was stricken with pneumonia. She virtually recovered from this at Hot Springs. Va., but on returning to Cleveland In June, 1913, Bhe again became ill. due largely to her weakened condition and advanced years. She remained in Cleveland until I II J J February. 1914. when her physician de- nlu dried that she was well enougn to De taken to New York, going to the Rocke feller mansion there. She was brought here last November. hanse Conies Suddenly. Mrs. Rockefeller had during this in terim become an invalid and was con fined to a wheel chair most of the time. Her rooms in the greaf4L.rr antico Hills mansion opened out onto a large, sunny balcony, and here on fair days she spent many hours in the open air. She was described at the Rockefeller home today as having been lately in the best of sDirits. only yesterday sending a cheery message to her son. telling of her im proved health. The fatal change in her condition came in the early morning hours. Her nurses immediately summoned Dr. Paul Allen, of New York, her physician. He made the 30-mile trip here at top speed 8 I V I : .,':.-. v.s . .' X.- V- I I I One Man Put Ballot in Nearly Every Precinct in Terre Haute, He Says. ALIEN REGISTERED 5 TIMES PORTRAIT OP MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER AND SNAPSHOT OF HER WITH HER HUSBAND. GOVERNOR IS AIDED Enlisted by Executive on Portland Visit. SUFFRAGE DENIAL RAPPED Democrats Criticised for Failure to Grant Franchise Clubs Asked to Assist In All of State's Public Enterprises. to Rev. Air. Olson, pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran Church and chaplain of the Oregon Militia, gave a stereoptlcon lecture on "The Paradise of the Pa cific." Rev. Mr. Olson is well informed about his subject, having cruised the Pacific with the United States fleet as recently as last Summer. The princi pal point brought out in his talk was the marvelous improvement wrought in the islands since they came under the dominion of the United States. OLD EVIDENCE TO REVIVE DYNAMITE CASE EXHIBITS ARE EN ROUTE TO LOS ANGELES. Governor Wlthycombe Is going in a hiuh-powered automobile, and al- I Dut the women of Oregon to work. though he arrived some time before her I A. l.g.t he has invited them to lend death, he could do nothing to avert the I . . . . , of DUDilc affairs, and end. She had been unconscious tori several hours and remained so. to the! last. at a meeting of the Portland Women"; cluba vesterday at Women of Wood RL.r.lIrr TS Year. Old. craft Hall the invitation was accepicu Mrs. Rockefeller, who was Laura In an enthusiastic way. Decause wer. Cclestia Spelman. was born in Wads- were more than 12a women present ana worth, O., September 9. 1839, and was ajj seemed to concur. 75 years old. She was two months her I Governor Wlthycombe was the guest husband s Junior. ue nrsi met r. Qf nonor at the session and after he Had Rockefeller in a grammar school in I pald hlg courtesy to them for the aid Cleveland when both were 15 years old. I thev eave in electing him Governor Young Rockefeller was then a rarmer s he BEked them to give their first at bov and she the daughter of one of I ,,:, ,x. vionnun" week, which hi Cleveland's leading citizens. Soon after has prociaimecl for May at the request young nocm:iicr imu wuiuii.u i 0 the Federated women s liuds oi ure lf in his first place aa Bookkeeper The Governor complimented the at J300 a year she left Cleveland to women of the state on their initiative complete her education at Worcester. ,n promoting modern public work and Mass. She returned when she waa 20 thfl energy wth which they pursued it years old and taught in Cleveland's pub- Mrs G j Frankel. president of the lie schoola. Their friendship waa re- w.m Clubs of Portland, introduced aewed. I Governor Wlthycombe as "the first Misa Spelman became assistant prln- I ,-.--, Orccron elected by the cipaj in ion., -ui. nuteiciicr uiw"- i Women Political Hone Cleaning Proposed, In his response Governor Withy- rombe said: "At the request of the Federated Women's Clubs of Oregon I yesterday Issued a proclamation setting aside a week in May as a state cleanup week 1864. on the eve of her 25th birthday. " They began keeping house in a litUe c."r UB """" 1. 'I" .... .r..rr while was rising in business. They be came mutually interested in churcW work. She was a Congregationalism he a Baptist. Neither ever attended a dance or a theater. Couple Wedded la 1884. Mr. Rockefeller continued to prosper and tbey were married September 8, two-story brick residence on one ot I that you plan to extend your influence i;ieveiana s siae sireeis. upon ner .. . hi.,... rlMninr and r.age she becamea Baptist, and to her ';.n f ou chyslca, surround ings Is highly desirable and you are t-. 1 1 . . i to oe compumeaieu upwu jruu j i ,. ,v,, I tlve in developing the Idea. lucuuuucu .u "But why stop at physical house cleaning? Why confine your efforts to from your homes to the entire com their first home for a residence remark able only for its unoatentatiousness on Kuclld avenue. Cleveland's "mile of mil lions." Here Mrs. Rockefeller reared her four children; a fifth died in in fancy. The training given the Rockefeller children by their mother is declared to have been almost Spartan. Although the Rockefeller wealth increased by the Improvement of your physical sur roundings? Why not carry the scheme a step further and undertake some po litical house cleaning? Blame Placed on Democrats, "You women of Oregon now have half of our political powers I might say our better half. It is your duty carriage and a horse, cared for by man who acted as both coachman and hostler. These were used mostly Sun days on the trip to church. Mrs. Rocke feller employed two maids, but still in sisted on doing much of the work her self. She also supervised every detail leaps and bounds, there was only one I as.wen as your privilege to exert your political influence in proper cnanneis, and I am glad Indeed to say that your interest and your ability in your new tasks are most evident. But why not carrv vour influence further? "The women of the East are seeking Armnl.lajmAnt ThA XatlnnB.1 woman of the care and training of her chil- suffraKe constitutional amendment was aren. particularly seeaing to instill m place(j b efore Congress In January. It their minds the lesson of thrift. . ,,,,, there. Whv? Because It Is related that on one occasion the party In power at Washington does she averaged up the gas bills for a year not care to have the sisters of Ore- and promised as spending money to her gon's women endowed with the political eldest daughter any sum she might save rights yoc women of Oregon have won. eaen monin ay waicning inai no ugnis I Most of you know the story oi tne vote which killed, for tne time Deing, me amendment. were left burning needlessly. DR. II. AV. COE IS R1XATIVE Portland Man's Father and Mrs. ItockrfFller First Cousins. .Mrs. Rockefeller was a first cousin of the father of Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, of Portland. Dr. Coe's father was Dr. Samuel Buel Coe. Mrs. Rockefeller's father waa Harvey Kuel Spelman. both descend ants of Samuel Buel Spelman. a pio neer In Northern Ohio, and himself descended from a family of consider able prominence in England. While lr. Coe never was personally Republicans Vote for Fraachlae. "Thirty-one per cent of the Demo crats voted for the Mondell resolution. Seventy per cent of the Republicans voted for It. Out of a total or zsz Democratic members 170 voted against the amendment. In short, the defeat of the measure was due to the over whelming majority of the Democratic party. "If Congress were overwhelmingly Republican and If a Republican Admin istration were In the saddle would you win your fight? It Is safe to assume that you would. The point is. I think. apparent. You women are going to acquainted with Mrs. Rockefeller, he I co-operate In an Oregon house-cleaning knew many members of her family, and I week In May. Why not undertake a frequently visited Portage iounty ana I National house cleaning In November. Summit County. Ohio, In wnicn her 1 1916? lamily wa reared. L .After .a, ahoii musical firograguoa. More Than Half Ton of Articles Broua-ht From Indianapolis for Uae Against Schmidt and Caplaa. LOS ANGELES, March 12. Word was received here today that A. H. Van Cott, a deputy District Attorney of Los Ange les County, had left Indianapolis with evidence adduced in the dynamite con spiracy trial there, to be used In con nection with the cases here against David Caplan and Matthew Schmidt, al leged confederates of the McNamaras. Schmidt and Caplan will be taken Into court March 16 to plead to an In dictment charging them with the mur der of. Charles Hagerty, one of the Times' employes killed when the news paper building was dynamited, October 1. 1910. Half a ton of exhibits, comprising every scrap of written evidence to be obtained at Indianapolis concerning the dynamite cases will be brought back by Van Cott and Malcolm MacLaren, a de tective who figured in the trials. These include hotel registers from various parts of the country, said to contain the signatures of Schmidt. Caplan. the jicnamara orotners ana otners. BOISE JURY DISAGREES Verdict In Stat Auditor's Trial Is Not Reached. BOISE, Idaho. March 12. (Special.) The jury in the embezzlement case in volvlng State Auditor Fred L. Huston and his brother. Robert C. Huston, deputy in the Auditor's office, failed to agree on a verdict and so reported to the court tonight. Eight voted for conviction and four for acquittal. The defendants were charged with embezzling state mileage used by R. C. Huston, to go to California last Sum mer. They alleged in defense that Huston Investigated a filing system while away. He was married while in California. The selection of a jury to try State Examiner A. a. vannuys, charged with perjury before the grand Jury, was taken up this afternoon. He is alleged to have testified that Fred Coleman, ex Deputy Treasurer, was not in the Treasury Department when he made his examination last July. The state al leges Coleman was. NO RECORDS TO BE KEPT Memory Experts Form Organization Along Xovel Lines. Memory experts of Portland, number ing about 45, announced yesterday the organization of a Memory Experts' As sociation. A constitution and by-laws have been adopted and officers elected. The organization is one of the results of the campaign for memory training conducted by David Roth. Memory is to be counted upon In the association for the keeping of all ac counts and records. There will be no books. The officers of the organization are: Paul A. Cowgill. president; Paul Dick, vice-president; W. P. Jones, secretary- treasurer. All Hla Entries Made at Same Place In Hour and Half, Coat and Hat Being Change to Disguise Him self, Testifies Canadian. INDIANAPOLIS, March 12. One dol lar for every time a "repeater" voted at the Terre Haute election last Fall appeared to be the regular scale of nv. and a profitable one, accoraing to witnesses testifying here today. The evidence was given in the trial of Mnvnr Roberts, of Terre Haute, and 27 others for conspiracy to corrupt a Fed ern.1 election. Rffti Tucker, a witness, said ne votea rivn times and each time received Jl from Dennis Shea. Sheriff, one or tne HafAnrinnts. Lester Hull, who has pleaded guilty, testified that he voted in nearly eery precinct in town. So did Josh Hawkins, indicted but never arrested. Previous witnesses have tes tified to "repeating" at the rate of $1 a precinct Ex-Policeman Tells of Frame-up." Robert Lloyd, an ex-policeman, one of the men who pleaded guilty, testified that Mayor Roberts thanked him "for the work" he did last election day in Terre Haute. Lloyd previously had told about driving a city automobile and carrying negroes from saloons to the "Bagdad" precinct. The night before election, Lloyd said. Hilton Redman, a defendant, and John Nugent, night chief of police, who has pleaded guilty, "planned a frame-up to get rid of some election workers." Lloyd told about building two special detention cells at police headquarters, which he said were filled on election day and the night before. The DOliceman also torn or wugenis leading Lloyd and two other patrolmen to the city crematory ana arresting three men who had been placed there to guard" voting machines. These men were assaulted and placed in the detention cell, Lloyd said. Democratic Ticket Voted Straight, Seven others, Frank Graney, Charles Harris. Jesse Powell. Hy Hickman, Rob ert Stoueh. Frank Green and William Taylor, all of whom have pleaded guuty, told how they had made luegai regis trations and cast ballots on election day, for which most of them received Green said he registered five times in about an hour and a half in the Tuvlorville precinct. He said he changed his coat and hat sometimes to aiaguise himself. Taylor asserted he was a Canadian, never had Deen naturalized, ana was under 21 years old at the time of the last election, but had voted eight or 10 times, receiving a dollar for each vote. He said he voted the straight Demo cratic ticket each time. Czar Starts for Finland. PETROGRAD, March 9. Emperor Nicholas left Petrograd today lor Helsinpfors, Finland. 1 P The "wear and tear" which boys give their clothes is, after, all,, the true test of their economy. A poorly made suit of a good fabric or a well made suit of a poor fabric fail to satisfy. We have found the ideal combination of good fabric and superlative tailoring plus an element of style which has no equal. See our fine lines of Boys' Norfolk Suits in new Spring patterns, priced from $4.95 up wards. Second Floor Saturday Only! A big lot of Boys' Felt Hats in gray, green, brown and black, sizes 6V to 7. Regularly priced from $1.50 to $3.00 Saturday only, o0 Second Floor Saturday Only! Boys' famous K & E brand in a full range of j sizes from 7 to 16 years. Regularly priced $1 each, j Saturday only 50 I Seeend Floor BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth PRESS CLUB IKS EAR NEWSMEN AGAIN TO II AVE FROLIC AND STARS ARK TO SINO. St. Patrick Day to Be Occasion for Bigger Programme, Headlined by Mrs. E. M. Hogan. The Portland Press Club is to have another of those Jinks for which the newspaper men have made tnemseives famous. Jolly old St. Patrick has been chosen this time as the particular personage to be honored and the atrair win De held in the'Press Club rooms in the w.iua' hnlldinar next Wednesday, nt- TJatHrk'H dav. March 17. Everyone is expected to wear a vivid green tie and smoking a viciousiy-oaor-ous clav DiDe will rather be encouraged The affair will be of a "stag" nature so far as the newspaper men and their guests are concerned, aitnougn, oi course, for the stars who will appear it Is ouite another matter. Chairman Frank McGettigan called the entertainment committee together last night and outlined preliminary plans. There's one act we must have, re- marked "Jimmy" McCool, who keeps unwelcome visitors away from Com missioner Daly. "I know a great one, too," spoke up Clark Williams. "But I've got a big one up my sleeve," insisted "Charlie" Myers. They got together. The common se cret was Airs. K. M. Hogan, the hit of two other "jinks," the success of a week's show at the Orpheum and the delight of the Press Club men. Someone hustled to a telephone. Yes, Mrs. Hogan would consent to tell tales, sing "Tipperary" and all those other songs. , Miss Letha McBride has promised to lend her services, but then she is the "pet of the Press Club," and that is to be expected. Miss McBride will play and accompany other acts. Other acts are now being arrangea and Chairman MnOettigan is keeping his plans frightfully dark for fear Mr. Conlon, Mr. Johnson or Mr. IMerong might steal his acts and his thunder. REMOVED OFFICIAL TO SUE W. F. Arant Will Seek Reinstatement at National Turk With Ruck Pay, KLAMATH FALLS. Or., March II. (Special.) About two years ago while W. Frank Arant, of this city, was su perintendent of Crater Lake National Park, he was requested by the Secre tary of the Interior to resign in favor of Will G. Steel. Mr. Arant, asserting he held office under the classified civil service, refused to resign, as no charges had been filed against him, The matter was then presented to the Civil Service Commission and they ruled in Mr. Arant's favor. However, Attorney-General McRey nclds held differently, and Mr. Arant was removed from office by a United States Marshal. Since then Mr. Arant's attorneys have been busy In the mat ter, and it is said suit will be filed soon in the United States Court of Claims for Mr. Arant's reinstatement and for back pay. March 12 as cleanup tiny here. The ' idea was suggested by Inonanl Hoy-.; Ian. the youngest member of tho Co-, lumhlan Literary Society, who recently read a paper on the subject hiforo the society. H0B0 KING' GETS $250000 James Eads How Inherits Fart of Mother's Fortune. LOS ANGELES. March 12 James Eads How. "millionaire hobo king," In herited property here today worm $125,000 and the income from a trust fund of equal size. 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