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THE SUN, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1915.
MAYORS OFFER NEW
HOME RULE PLAN
Want to Amend Own Olinrtcrs
Gen.'Wotherspoon Would
McrffO DopnrtmfntH.
PARDON HOARD UROKD.
Amiavt. Mny 50. John Iorit O'llrlsn
of Buffalo Introduced a proposed amend
ment to th Constitution to-day which
would provide for home r.ile for cities,
Thl amendment provide for
new
n,f.trtr..t rilrlo to tRke tho plac of i
municipal article to uko mo
th present Arucin ah. im the numher of Senators and Assem-
It was prepared by a sub-committee blymen and the meetings of th Leg-Is-
of tha State Conference of Mayors, of l.-iture are concerned. This resolution
. r .- t rnrtmrailon wnt ovr until nt week, when It will
which Arthur I.. Andrews. Corporation br0URht up or pftJlslcB.
Counsel of Albany. Is chairman Tho vice-l'resldent Jacob Oould Bchur-
other members are Mayors Mltchel of man of the convention to-day Introduced
v.. York Hums of Troy. lMeerlon of , proposed amendment reducing from
New York, nurns 01 iro. i h , nft..one , lwenlv.four th numb,r ot
llochester. Corwln of .Sen-bunch, l-ennon Mtflt0 .un..tor. and providing that six
of Yonkers, Nelson of llornell and llrecn of the new Senators shall b elected
of Watertown. rtnbcrt H, Itlnkcrd and t larKe from the Htata.
;.- , , V a it of vw York citv Cor- s" fnr ,,s ls novn. this Is an ab
Walter T. Arn.lt of Now ork clt. (.or ,,,,.,. nfVf tfMxiTit ,n Amerlcn
poratlon Counsel Krank I- I'olk and imv bodies," said Mr. 8churman. "Tha
Deputy Corporation Counkd H. J. Itosen-1 universal rule ha been to have mem-
eohn assisted the committee In the work jlof both branches oMhe Legls.atur.
or drafting.
The amendment ptves cities the rlRht
lo frame, adopt and amend their own
charters without coltiK to the Leclsls
ture. It doprlxes ihe l.cKlsluture of tho
power to pass local laws. This will not
only put uti ciul to charter tinkering In
tha LcKlslaure. but it win kho mc i
makert mote time to consider in.it cis
nf Statewide concern.
The provision docs not alter In any
way the power of the LcsisUture to
enact general legislation applicable tn
the entire Stato concerning hucIi nut
ters as health, civil service, elections,
debt limits, and so on.
City AImiv County.
In cltlra Including more than or.e
county, such us Now W-k city. It
extends the authority of tin- city over
the county. The general effect of the
amendment would bo to reverse thu
present presumption that a cl y has no
power not expressly conferred
This proposal will ho r.itlllfd by tho
State conference of M.ijors which meets
at Troy on June 1. The cities committer
of the convention when It begins Its hear
ings will hac before It In addition to
this proposal three other proposed revi
sions and that or the Murdrum! (lovern
ment Association, which will bo Intro
duced r.ext week.
The establishment of a great State
engineering department, to which all
State departments could turn when they
wanted construction work or any n-
rlety done, was recommended to the .
committee on Htato olTlctrs by (len. ,
Wothen-poon, State Superintendent of
Public Works.
uen. otherspoon sain ne woum in
cludo In this department the Sta.e Kn
glncer, the Superintendent of Public
Works, the Slate llighwny Commis
sioner, the State Architect and the
State Superintendent of Building He
believed a reduction of 33 per cent. In
the rnt of thrn denartments could he
made under such a system. He said
that as far as he could ere theie Is "no lioieinor's Hti.wr was taken to mean
Indication of fraud, cuift.or collusion" ' lh.it the bill would ho Included in the
on the canal work. He believed that .i omnibus veto, which Is made up of
toll rate for the canal would procure measures which dl automatically at
sufficient money to operate It and still tho expiration of the thirty day period,
permit the can.il to m.i.ntaln Its regu- It was expected that Warden Ostwrne
atlve function over railroad freight f Shu Slug would appear for the urH.
r,tes I since he was credited with being one of
! Its ardent supporters, but he failed to
Of I'sr In Wnr Time !l,ut ln '" appearance or send a repre
sentative.
The Superintendent In reply to a nurs- ncf(,re the hearing Frank n. Ijrd.
tkn sold that In case of med thu United iiovemor'a lejr.il adviser, listened
States submarines and torpedo beat , fr ome xmf t the story of a my.v
destroyerx could b sent to the great i rri,i, woman who favored the approval
lakes through the li-irge canal. 1 nf the bill. Ho refused to give her
Oen. Wntherepoon also had a sugges- nstrnn, nnd It was said that her hu
tlon for tl.o utilization of tho water ,.,nii, who Is a convict, would benefit
power wasted tit each of thu canal locks inim Ihe measure If It were signed
when no boale are being locked through,
He thought electric power could he gen
erated to charge storage batteries,
which could be placed on bojts and
used to operate electric motors to propel
the boats. Ilatterles could be shifted
nt each of the locks whenever they ran
down, tho Superintendent thought.
I'nriloii lloiird I rueil.
Tile estiiir.lsMin nt of a St ite 'msrd
of pardons to ril..e the ijivinuir of
the burden r i.nitltu p.mlrms and
commutation was sugKisttd by Louis
.Marshall or New York in a proposed
amendment to tho Constitution. The
Governor rccelvon an nveiage or 760
applications for executive clemency h
year, and acta personally on about one
half of this number. Mr. Marshall be
lieves a imriloii hoard could Co cue-
tully Into every case and recommend to
the (Iovernor whut action should be
taken. , Theologlcnl Seminary, wa elected mod-
Mr. Marshall also Introduced a reso- j orator of the Presbyterian General As
lutlon requesting the (Iovernor to fur- aemhly this afternoon. Dr. Stevenson's
nlih the convention with u statement of ' election came on the second ballot Two
ths number of such applications now I others In the field against him were the
pending, the number filed In the last , jW rr. George H. Stewart, president
fifteen years, the number granted, and f Auhurn Theological Seminary, and
other detall of the work. tno nev. Dr. Cornelius It. Steffens of
-me Den men wouiu on lo continue
the parole hoard with the proposed par
don board," Mild Mr. Marshall. "Mem
hers of this hoaid . ould visit the prls
oners, give liear.ngs and make encli
case the (.object of prompt ami ari ful
consideration I myself applied for a
pardon for a man a year and a naif
ago and never have hnnl from It."
He declared that there are il.iinn pris
oners who should be pardoned or have
their sentences commuted
"If a Governor should consider all
the clemency applications made to him
he could do nothing else." said Mr. Mar
shall, "He uillt either neglect Hi i-e
applications or his other dm i s Whv,
Oov. Hughes told mn th.it heforo hn 1 anemim. ...
reached a conclusion In the Clieite r 1 h or two days the Judicial committee
Olllette case, the sung man who k'lled has been In secret session, hut nothing
a fjlrl In the Ailli-oml.M'ks. he had to has been heard In open dl'ctisslon of the
read a re-cord of S.ium p.iucs over twice. I t'nlon Theological Kemlnnry matter.
There seems onlv mm nnswvr to this The committee on educational policy
problem a board of pardons" will report on Monday, nnd Ihe Union
At the (iovernor' ofri'-p It was s.ild niHtter probably will be handled In that
that prnctt.-.illv the- onh nppllc.itioiiH ' report. The ousting of .1. Krnest Mr
tn go before the (Iovernor are th.io or .Weo, secretary of the Hoard of Home
the first offender. j Missions of New York city, Is nnother
Tin- S.ool
n.....llM
lfil) Sll'lll,
The eduintloii i-ouiinlttcn was urged
to favor n declaration In Ihe Constitu
tion that the i-iliu-.itioii of the i-hlHieii of
the Htnte shall be .1 Slate, polii y, 11
being argued that nt the preeent tune
local Influences destroy tho cfTectlvi ness
of the Hiiiool system
Edward Mandtll nf the Men Teachers
Association of New York deiiared that
Comptrolli-r l'n mlergaM "had helped In
11 large n" iur. to destroy the a. -Hon of
he New York Hoat d of IMuculon." '
Peter rtonov-in. n dclegato from The
Bronx, said there was a similar con
tllct bet wen tho Honrd or IMucutlnn and
the Rnaul of IIMImne In The Hrnn 1
"Thousands of children are running I
wild In th" strict ln-'itoso there arn not
seats In tin- liools." dei-lan-d Mr I
Honovan
(Jcnrgp Rufferlv, ptrsi-'i-nl of the I
Brooklyn M-1- TlhIhim Xssorlatiun. and '
.ludge Cleaiwate-r of Kli-gston took pail
In the ills- iisslon
Tho constitutional lonvi-ntlon will re
apportion tho Sinatn districts of the
mate, disregarding the wishes of Presi
dent TUIhll Root, floor Lender ileurgn
W Welerhain lietirv L. SMlm.iiiti nnd
others, It was said to-day
Those who f ivor lenpportioiung the
districts, including ox-Senalor IMgnr
T Rra. kett of Marnlnga, lfi II fmlth
"f " i'C, i.cimicl i:ii Quiffs and
5
GUARANTEED FIRST
MORTGAGE CERTIFICATES
$100 and up
LAWYERS MORTGAGE CO.
RICHARD M. MURO, rtldnt
Capltal.Surplui A Pr.$9,000,000
60 Libert 8I..N.T. ll ItoaUtus St., Ski
other Influential deletfs, are said to
have obtained enouch votes to pas the
proponed apportionment.
As u preliminary mova Mr. Quit.
to - day Introduced a resolution whloh In
effect provide thAt the convention ahall
lrmlnialti a "hands off attitud. aa far
trlcts. The result la that no member
of the Legislature, represents the State
as a whote, and from this circumstance
Hows the practical consequence that the
Interests of the State are by legislative,
bodies constantly sacrificed to the In
terests of the localities. Iocal Interests
lire dominant."
BILL TO FREE NOTED
CONVICTS IS DOOMED
Governor to Let Mcnsure Die
That Would Aid Stllwcll,
Cnssldy nnd Cummins.
AWant, May 20. The Carroll bill
under which a convict never before
convicted of a felony could apply for
parole n.fter he had served half of his
minimum sentence, thereby making ex
Senator Stephen J. Stllwcll nuhject .o
the action of the Parole Hoard within
a short time, will be vetoed, Oov, Whit
nmn Indicated lifter a hearing on tho
measure to-day.
I!trlct Attorney Cropsey of Ktnra
,vils ,, erson to arme.ir at the
,c.ir,,c on the mfaUre and he opposed
t, declared that under Its terms
,i,-.tii J, I'asslily, ex-leader of Queens ,
Wltllum J. Cummins, ex-presldent of
the defunct C.irneglo Trust Company
ami William Wlllcts, convicted with
(isldy nf tralllcklng In Judicial nomi
nations, would be subject to the action
of the P.irolc Hoard in a short limn.
"Will you veto It?" the (Jovcrnor was
asked.
"Well, I guc It will be found In the
morgue," the (iovernor replied. The
she had a note, which carried on the
outside the words, "From one who
Knows what Ihls bill would mean."
DR. STEVENSON HEADS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
I'rt'sltvloriiins Eleet Princeton
Seminary President on
Second Ballot.
nociiKSTfa, May 20. The Rev. Dr. J.
rtoss Stevenson, president of Princeton
nnhuque College, Dubuque. la.
The General Assembly opened Its ses.
slons In Central church this morning.
Willi more, than fin delegates present
The Rev 1 if Maltland Alexander, re-
tiring Moderator, preach il a powerful
.MH..0I for a return to the fundamental
iloctrlne-s of the I'tesbyterlan church.
t'eiitral Church, wi lcomcd the assembly.
This evening 11 reception whs tendered
In lirlck Church tn t lip delegates, mem
hers of the Women's llo.ird of Home
Missions, prominent local clergymen and
1 lly ofllchits. Mayor Kdgerton welcomed
thu assembly. More than 2,000 guests
1 mil'r 1u.11 un- 0111 lump up, IM1L IS fu
I ..,, I II,. rr,irt r... I,. l
I I" - ' ' i... . ,, nwitin loin-
sions H made on Wednesday.
SPECIAL EXCURSION
SUNDAY, MAY 23rd
IV
ROYAL BLUE LINE
New Jersey Central, Reeding
& Baltimore & Ohio R.R.'s.
A rare opportunity In visit the national
niplul with lis wonderful attraction!.
SUNDAY, MAY 23rd
Al.n Huadar, June fl,
1 eave W J.ld St.. 11 M 1'. M.! Mbritv M.
12 01 Mlilnluhl Sniurdsy nlirliu.
'Itrsets nn snli- week tn Alliance At l.lh-
leiiyMt.. W Bd M and .lersey riiy Ter-
I- mliisls', :i5. 3711, U7A, iho nnd ite I fliiiml
way. 7 CnrtlsmH Nt.. N, Y.i I and Jl Court
t;t , lirooVl) n.
ROCKEFELLER DENIES
John D. Jr. Says He Dictated No Policy, Had No Part in
Prosecution of Lawson, and Says Miners Rejected
Peace Terms More Letters Introduced.
Continued from First Pag.
line a method by which the parties
can now get together for the reoon.
slderatton of the matter from that
point unless you already have some
better plan In mind."
6. That disputed points other than
union recognition be submitted to a
board to be annotnted bu the President
of the United Mates.
On May 26, referring to ohatrman
Foster's telegram of April 29, I tele
graphed Messrs. Welborn and Bowera!
"If the President should suggest lo
the operators and miners that all
questions affecting the relation be.
tween themselves and their present
and former employees, except the rec
ognition of the union and the union
izing of the camps, be submitted for
adjudication to a board to b ap
pointed by the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, to consist of mem
bers of the Supreme Court or other
Federal Judges, would the operators
accept? If accepted by the
miners would It not put an end to
the present controversy?"
T. That a plan of publicity be de
ffloped. In June, having become Impressed
with the desirability of getting the
operators' side of the controversy
before the public. I suggested and
was Instrumental In bringing about
the adoption by the operators' com
mittee of a means fnr securing such
publicity, which was subsequently de.
veloped under the committee's direc
tion. . That n titan nf ortinnterttlnn tn
cure collecfice bdrjnlninij nnd oppor
tunity for presenting employers' orl'v
onrcs be considered.
During the progress of the strike
I felt Increasingly the Importance of
finding some way of adjusting Indus
trial disputes and preventing their
recurrence. In that connection 1 made
the acquaintance of W. I.. Markenxla
King, formerly Minister of Labor In
Canada, who had had exceptionally
wide experience In such matters In
a letter to him on August 1 I spoke
of ways ln which a permanent con
dition of peace might be restored, one
of which I said might be "by develop
ing the opportunity for collective
bargaining, for essy anil constant con
ferences with reference to any matters
of difference or any grievances wl.I'h
mav come up, and any other advan
tages which mav be derived from
membership In the union. I
am wondering whether you can take
the time to dictate an outline
of such an organization and end It
to me for discussion of It with
the officers or the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company."
In resnonse to this renut Mr. King
outlined such a plan, a copy of which
I sent on Aurust 11 to Mr Welborn.
5, fiupnenflon in rrorini lo I'reiHirnt eoniitertion MHjor Houghton sug
lVilon' plmi of truer, i B"teil that Mr. Lee make his He.ui con
After the President of the I'nlted i crete by preparing a draft of the kind
States had Issued his letter to the of statement or letter ho had In mind.
Colorado operalots. proposing a pint j As a lusls for such a draft. Major
of truce, Mr Murphy wrote to Mr j Houghton sent to Mr, Iee a mcmor
Welliorn on September 15 making cer- nudum of hla own views of the sltua
tnln suggestions for his consideration , tlon.
In formulating the rply of the Colo
rado l-'uel and Iron Company to the Hxplntns Memorandum.
i-resineni, nil ,y
by way of suggestion, without In any
way Indicating n desire to depart from
the policy which we have stemlf.istlv
malntalned of leaving the derision of
these questions to the executive ofll-i-crs."
10. That a plan of trlf.Qovcrnmrnl
for employees be considered,
On October S Mr. Murphy wrote to
Mr. Welborn suggesting a plan or
local self-government, under which
there should be In each mine a com
mittee consisting of representatives of
the operators and representative s nf
the miners emplojed In tha' mine,
chosen by the miners from their own
number, to serve as a medium of com
munication with the management In
regatd tn any matters nf common in
terest, atul which should also bei
charged with Ihe duty of enforcing
the statutes of Hie Stale and the
regulations of the company looking
tn the comfort and safety of the
miners nnd tho protection of tho com
pany's property.
I "In to far as I can recall or ascer
tain from our correspondence, these are
I the only suggestions of any kind which
I we made, and ccr one of them was
made with a view to ameliorating con
ditions and in the hope of nrrlvlng at
a solution of the problems Involved."
Denle Fix Ins: Condition.
The statement then proceeds to show
through a letter written to him by Mr
Howere. that he did not control Prices
and tlx working conditions nt the mine's,
a has been sUted. but that the. Colorado
Fuel and Iron Onmrany. "as the Inrgest
factor In the field, wa usually first In
making change In operating conditions,
their lead being sometlmea followed and
sometimes not."
It goes on to deny that Mr. Rockefeller
or those associated with him hart par
ticipated In any way In the prosecution t
of John It. Lawson or had any connei- i
tlon with the case.
"I a tn sure," he says, "that the officers
and directors of the Colorado Kue and
Iron Company agree with me that the
Tt7 n h. L i. n?
J " nI "s
administration, nf Justice should rest
the State, Tills '
so vital that 1
would not stop at anything which nilch'
be necessary In order to maintain It
absolutely.
"In reviewing recent events In Colo
rado, while It Is doubtless true that tnary
of those who had a part In them would,
in the light of present knowledge, hnn
ROCKEFELLER ON STAND
SAYS HE SOUGHT PEACE
WASHlNn-roM, May 20. John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., sat In the room where the
Commission on Industrial Relations Is
holdlnk Its hearlngH to-day and heard
himself denounced by a Presbyterian
preacher from Sunrise, Wyo., ni a man
who ought to he executed for treason If
he and his associates In control nf tho
Colorado Fuel nnd Iron Company were
guilty of hiring men to mnko wnr
against the Colorado miners.
"I preached to my people nt the time
of the murder of women and ctililren at
Ludlow," said tho Rev. Hatilcl H. Mc
Corkle, "that If Rocki feller or nny other
officer of the Colotndo company lm
proved guilty after trlnl of sending
armed iinarchlslH against miners, tlu-i
should be executed for treason. If Mr.
Rockefeller, Mr. Welborn and other otll
dais of the Colotndo Furl nnd Iron
Company, high or low, am guilty nf
levying war they should die for their
treasons."
Later Mr. Rockefeller was cnlled to
the witness stand. He read a prepared
statement explaining nnd amplifying IiIh
testimony befom tho commission In New
York lam January.
The ntutemt-nt specified the efforts lie
and Ma (iswniat'H had mndn tn sett lo
the Colorado strlkn through mediation,
denied Ihe chargn that his eomp m.
had made an excuse of the stilki- to
raise the retail price nf coal In Iien
vcr, asserted he snd his nssuclutra had
acted differently In many respects, f
can only say for myself that at each
step I did what at the time seemed to
nin right and wise.
The Vital Questions Wow.
"As I see It the vital questions taw are
these: Are condition as they ought
to he? If not, are sincere and effective
efforts being put forth to make them
belter?
I had hoped to hare carried out be
fore this tho purpose mentioned to the
commission In January to go to Colo
rado and see for myself what conditions
are. nut through an unfortunate suc
cession of events I Irave thus far been
prevented from doing so. White I might
of course have found time to go for a
few days, I have been postponing the
trip until sucn time aa I coum ne rree i
to stay for several weeks, or aa much
longer as necessary. It Is still my pur
pose to undertake this mission as soon
as It can be arranged, with due regard
to my other obligations.
"In the meantime I am ssured by
the olllcers of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company rhat they are cooperating
with the employees to Improve work
ing and living conditions and that these
cooperative efforts are meeting wltti j
gratifying success.
"As to ihe future, we are bendlns
every energy toward the
development ,
i that effort
of aound conditions, and In
we seek the cooperation of all those
Interested In establishing relations of
mutual e-onfldenco and advantage be
tween the various elements associated
In the industrial life of the State of
Colorado."
An appendix onys In part:
"1. It has been stated that correspond
ence tiled with this commission shows
that I exercised 'a personal Influence
that extended even to the State House
at Denver and presumed to dictate let
ters that went out to the President of
the United States and to ths Governors
of the States, over the signature of
the (Iovernor of Colorado.' The facts
are as follows t
"Iist May Gov. Ammons sent Major
15- J. Houghton, Adjutant-General of
Colorado, to New York. I never met
Major Houghton. Major Hough
ton, as the Governor's representative,
cal.ed on numerous people and Invited
suggestions as to how the Governor's
position and the attitude of the Stato
might more effectively be brought to
public notice. Mr. Lee suggested that
ono method would be for the Governor
to write a letter to the President of
the I'nlted States and another to his
fe.low Governors of other States, set
tlt.g foiMi the situation aa Gov. Am
nions s.uv it.
"Major Houghton stated that he could
not tei how the Governor would re
gard such a suggestion, and
suggested tluit perhaps a statement ad
drsed to tho public) might l-e letter. To
get the matter Into shape for his further
-vhp memorandum written l. me
mill icferred to In no of my letters as 1 fore the Industrial Relations Commls
, b ivtng been sent by me to Mr. I-o was i ron to-day. The letters contain Intl-
nothing more than n rough drnft of a ' ' , .. ,
stHt.inetit concerning the Colorado sit- mn' "Preeslon s of opinion In regard
nation wnlch I hail drawn up In answer to President Wilson and Secretary of
to Miilements which bad appeared in Lahor Wilson. Mr. Rowers wrote to
tho pren. hut had never been used.
, e-opy of this memorandum, which, as I
j wiote Mr. Lee on June lfl, 1S14. was
j Incomplete and only suggestive, was
l given to the press some weeks ago.
in reterenco to Mr. Lees suggestion. It
occurred to me that this memorandum
contained material which Mr. Lee
might find bclprut In that connection.
I crsonally. 1 have never seen a copy
of tho draft which whs sent. Major
Houghton h is since advised Mr. I.ee ,
tint he went no further with the sug
gestions, ami that neither Hon. Chase
nor Gov. Ammons ever knew that such '
Hiiiigestlons Imd been made." I
Mr. Rockefeller then denies that cor- I
respondenco recently published shows,
that Information Secretary Wilson !
sought to avert the strike had heen 1
withheld, nr. Indeed, that the Depart
tnent of Labor had asked for Informa
tlon, and continues
llhln'l I'lnn Mrlnir nf Paper.
"3 It has been slated that I 'had
a plan for publishing a Hiring
of dally newspapers."
'The apparent basis for this state
ment Is contained In correspondence be-
tween Mr. Lee and myself, referring to
n teller wnoin i h..i mm u. mM -
i mftn , ,,,, nver of Mld whf))
I j na(, forwnr,,rt to Mr ilte Tha, ,etter
rhW(n follow(,. .xh)( ncn g f
a stranger 10 you, making a sugges
tion for a airing of fearless,
honest newspapers scross the country.'
"Mr. Lee, In his reply to me, ex
pressed his disapproval of the sugges
tion, and no further attention
was paid to the suggestion."
He nlso declares that although he
considered the proposition lo be en
tirely legltliunto he had never ncled J
invoriiiuy upon h proposal tnil ne
finance the ,V(fnn' Ituslnrn, which Is
distributed free to members of tho Na
tional Chamber of Commerce.
The- appendix closes' with extracts
from letters indicating ih.it Mr. Rocke
feller and his associates had nirt been
Indifferent to "tho distressing condi
tions In Colorado,'1 and that when the
strike wan declared "most energetic and
effective measures were tHken to In
sure that the supply nf coal for domes
tic use shnuM pot be curtnlled."
had nnihlng tn do with the prosecution
of John It. Law-son, the nti1k leader
sentenced In life imprisonment . declared
I hat In dealing with the Colorado strike
situation he had dope onlv what seemed
In liltu right and wise add denied that
liny evidence had been produced that
altered his previous statement tn the
commission that he had not attempted
to iIlctntK a policy for dealing wltn the
strike.
Wnlsti Opens llrnnilalde.
Aftc- the reading or this statement
Mr. Iloi-kereller wns subjected lo a
broadside of iuetloiis fiom Chairman
Walsh, who has contended that Mr
Rockefeller knew all tho ilelalli of the
siriko situation.
The chairman haa been under fire
for public crltlolsm nnd strlrtuna passed
m Mr. Rockefeller and his associates
In Urn Colorado company and to-day he
mane tne most or his opportunity In an
tfort to (.iiibiiiT.iKH Mr. Itoi-kefclltr or
rorce him to admissions that things had
lieeu done In Colorado that Hliould not
have been done.
Mr. Walsh seized nn the trial nnd
conviction of Law-son. the strike lender,
and Mr. Rockefeller's statement Hint
he and the company had nothing tn do
wllh 1 tin prosecution. Walsh asked a
series of iiuesllon In nn elTort ti) get
Mr. Rockefeller lo say what he would
do In event that It was shown, as
h.i.. In en testified before tho commission,
that Lawson wns convicted op tesllmonv
furnished In pa it by detectives employer)
by the Colorado company In net iih spies
iiiuong the ctiil.ci'M, ami convicted by a
DIRECTING
Jury on which a man sat who had an
exclusive contract to sell his wares to
the Colorado company's stores.
"What would you do If that turns out
to be true7" demanded the ohalrman.
"I am reserving the right to decide
that when I am Informed aa tn the sit
uation," answered Mr. Pockefeller. "I
stand on my definite statement that I
regard that the administration of Jus
live should rest In the hands of the
Stnte."
Insist on n fleply.
"nut I am giving you a spectrin in
stance," said the chairman. "Lawson
has a wife and children and suppose ns
WMS sent to the penitentiary by this
Jury, would you tell them to read that
statement to him In the penitentiary or
to his wife and children, that you dldn t
believe In any such thing, or what would
vnu dn voorself when n Inlostlre was
being done?"
"If an Injustice has been don 1 will I
do what I cn to maintain Justice and
see that Justice Is done." answered Mr.
Hockefelter.
Chairman Walsh then read a letter
from .Mr. Ilockefeller to Mr. nowers. the
general manager of the Colorado com
pany, In which he expressed his pies-
ure at the way the strike situation was
oeing nanmen and added
"7knw tharather "has followed the!
events of the past tew months In con.'."'" ""V "7""" VC .... T
nectlon with the fuel company with un
usual Interest and satisfaction.
q. Now, on September 2, !.000 of th
faithful employees took to the canyons
of Colorado rather than wvrk under the
conditions they had been working under?
a.
I would hardly think the figures were
rect. My Impression was that the
correct,
t.l numb,, th went out was about ,
on-n.lf of the total number working,
.to cn was aooui 'j.wuu aiiogemer.
4 bm wU?i .n m
Jnn??h., ,L7 nt..t0."V l
canyons rather than live In the tump
any longer? A. I would think something
like that came out from the reports that
came to me.
Questioned Annnf Onnmen.
Q. And A few months prior to tho 1
time you wrote tht letter about your
father Jeff Farr had deputized 82 run-
men arsl allowed your company to arm
them and turned them loose In the com
munity; that Is true, Is U7 A. That
Is the statement made. I don't know
from personal knowledge.
Q. Is It not true that these deputized
gunmen before jou wrote about your
fa'her's unusual satisfaction had rlh
dled the Forbes tent ce.ony with machine
guns and had shot a boy of ono of the
striking miners nine times through one
of his legs? A. I cannot say as to that.
q. Prior to tlu time you wrote that
letter about your father's unusual satis,
faction Is It not ii fact that at effort
was made to have the officers of this
company meet the representatives of the
striking miners and they were brought
together In the State House for that pur
pose, and that the representatives of
your company refused to go through a
door or thin partition to meet these men?
MORE' LETTERS REVEAL
OPINIONS ON PRESIDENT
Wasiiinotok, May 20. Interesting
correspondence that passed between
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and L. M.
Mower, chairman of the executive com-,
mlttee of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company, In regard to the Colorado I
strike was Introduced In evidence be-
Mr. Rockefeller:
When this Government place In the
Cabinet men like . Coramlslonr of
Labor Wilson, who wits Xor many
years -.ecretary of the" TJnlted MIr.e
Workers of America, whloh has beon
ono of the unions that permitted moro
disorder and bloodshed than any claas
of labor organizations In th'-a coun-
try, we are not only skating on thin
Ice but we arc on top of a volcano.
When such men as these, together
with cheap college prufessorx and still
cheaper writers In muckraking maga
zines, supplemented by a lot of milk
and water preachers with little or no
religion nnd less common sense, are
permitted to assault tha business men
who have built up the great Industries
and have done more to make this
country what It Is than all other agen-
lies combined it Is time that vigor
ous measures are taken to put a htop
to these vicious teachings which r
being sown broadcast throughout tne
country.
firmer Prnlee WeV1r.
I know of no Journal or magarln
published In this country to-day that
la doing tho good work that Is being
done by f.enlie'j Weekly and I know
of no better expenditure for the com
mon good and for the publlo afety
of the country that you could direct
than to make It posslhle for the pub
lisher to distribute a million copies a
week of t'tls magaxlne.
You know very well that I am not
a pessimist of the dyspeptic sort, but
I bellevo If the business men do not
awaken from their Indifference and
take aggressive) measures on a large
HOalo to right the wrongs that are
being Inflicted on the hti'lness nf this
country we v. Ill sen ,i revolution; we
will be under military government
and our republic will end where so
many others have ended.
Rowers charged that Hthelhert Stew
art, who represented Secretary of Labor
Wilson In Colorado, went there under
false color, posing ns a mediator but
spending his time with labor agitators
and refusing to listen to tne operators
sldn unless It wna In conference with
the union official.
Alnrm Fell by nnslness.
Speaking of the alarm felt by many
tiusinesH men, editors and others over
the situation, Mr. Rowern wrote tn Mr.
Rockefeller on November 2S, 1013:
They have become alarmed as they
learn the facts In regard to this coal
millers' strike, unquestionably called
Willi the approval of Secretary Wilson,
who, together with men high up In
labor union ranks, are making this
coal miners' etrlke n test case which,
If euccessful, will warrant a national
cnmpalgn to force the closing of open
shoiw throughout the country during
Herrrtnry Wilson's retention In Presi
dent Wilson's Cabinet.
In reference to Pres cient Wilson's re
ply to the operators Mr. Rowers wrote:
You will notice In his letter that he
dodged all the essentials, excusing
himself In a way that men usually
take when they havo the worst of the
nrguineut.
Again In a letter written to Rtarr J.
Murphy, one of Mr. Rockefeller's agents,
Rowers bays.
No whipping around the bush Is
necessary on the part nf tho Presi
dent If he really wnnts tn end the
strike, but he la ton fearful of tho
labor voters who are in the unions to
come nut Into the open nnd demand
nt' end of the strike by those re
sponsible for It.
Assails Secretary Wilson,
Secretary Wilson Is regarded a one
MINE WAR
A. That I do not know, but I know that
the officers of the company met repre
en'atlves of the miners It a conference
In which Secretary Wilson of the Labor
Hepartment was present and the propo
sition that were made by the Oovcrnor
looking to a settlement of the dispute
ware all acceded to by the operators
nnl not by the representative of the
miners.
q. I will ask you If, prior to the
time that you wrote that letter about
your father's unusual satisfaction, you
had not received a letter from Mr. flow
ers stating that he had used every
weapon at Ma command to coerce the
(Iovernor of the State and whip him
Into line? 'A. I don't recall. If you
have ueh a letter from my office, I
have seen It
q. Ho you mean to say that, on such
sn Important matter aa that, an officer
of vour company boaated that he would
whip the Oovemor of the State Into
line, that you have forfotten it after
submitting It to this commission? A.
ri nere is a maa or lenera iner.
Ha Forsrotten Roaat.
Q. Then you have forgotten It?
A.
Yes, sir.
q And I It not a fact that, prior
to the time your father expressed thin
LW""
tar authorities and denied a healing
before a civil court and that constitu
tional government ha1 given place to
despotic rule In southern Colorado. Is
that true? A. You know better thsn
I do.
"J " ' w , ','
T"."" ?' ,h. m?,'"':..? w.Vf.J.
q. Your father was one of the big
Tet.VrwM VhT trVh? T. Cer
Uy ,t vht
,h(. ,, r,.in -.i.s d
Joined until to-morrow morning, when
nocksfcller will again go on the
Karller In the day the crowd that
turned out In the expectation of hearing
Mr. Rockefeller was entertained by the
testimony of the Rev. Mr. McCorkle.
Mr. McCorkle nld the commission
thta his 11,200 a year pastoral Job In
Sunrise was Jeopardized by hi testl
mony In behalf of the miners.
"Since I have been In Washington." he
said, "I have been warned to be careful
what I mliht say against the company.
Mr. Ralnton, one of our missionaries at
Denver, gave the warning to my wife,
who has Just written me a follow:
"'Mr. llalnton made me very angry
by warning you through me that further
criticism of the company might cost
you your position.' "
Mr. McCorkle added that If ths fuel
company got him out of his position It
would have tn do so by evicting him
from the company's property at Bunnio
the company owning the church and
the hnue where he lived a the con
gregation had voted to retain him an
other year, and under the law of his
church he could not be forced from the
pastorate.
"They will have to throw me out M
get me out." he said.
of the most determined fighter for
unionism In the country and Is the
power back of the United Mine Work
ers of America, and this strike was
with his consent and I having his
cordial aupport. Mr. Wellborn, with
tho other two representative nf th
operator, now believes that behind ths
soft voire of Secretary Wilson Is
the hard of Ksau ; that he Is a cunning;
schemer and has tried during his stay
here to trap the operators Into some
corner that the labor loader can
claim that they have won recognition
of the union through him. It I a
well planned undertaking on the part
of the labor union leaders of th
country to shut the open shon,'rand
it Is their opportunity to do so while
one of their most confidential and most
expert sehemera t In the President's
Cabinet and the head of the depart
ment that can give the movement
enormous encouragement, If not dl- i
rect nnd active support 1
In a letter written by John D. Rocke.
feller. Jr., to Mr. Uowers on December
26. 1013, Is the following sentence:
I know that father has followed the
events of the past few months In
connection with the Fuel company
with unusual Interest and satisfac
tion. Efforts In r.nA Strike,
Writing to Rockefeller November !. '
. 1013, Rowers told of the hanking nnd '
commercial Interests whose cooperation !
,la1 trn secured In efforts to Induce j
8. Altaian $c (Hit.
Ready-to-wear Departrjienil (TMrd Floor)
Women's Taiflor-inroade SuJts
for town, country and travel wear, are shown
in the latest fashions, including the military
and sports models that are now considered
so smart. While the prices are moderate,
the materials and workmanship are off the
best.
A Special Offering, to commence this day
(Friday), will consist off a variety off chic
styles, made off the popular black-and-white
shepherds' checks, all smartly tailored. These
Suits will present very unusual values at
$18.50, $22,50 & $27.50
fll) Atmiur - flriuum Attatsr
34tl? mtb 35t!j &trttta Hun
Oy Per MONTH UPON PLEDGE
O OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
THE PROVIDENT LOAN
MANHATTAN
Fourth Avenue, cor. IMh Street,
r.lrtrldno Htreet, cnr. ItlvlnKton St.
Seventh Ave., bet, 48th anil 49th fits.
I-eilnstnn Ave., cnr. litlth Htreet.
(Irsnii Street, cnr. Clinton ritreet.
Knst 71M Ht bet. I.eilniitnn A 3I Avn
Uaiit Houston St., cnr I'.mcx Ht.
ths Governor to end the strike, a fol
low i
Another mighty power ha been
rounded up In behalf of the operators
by ths gathering together of fourteen
of the most Important paper In Den
ver, Pueblo, Trinidad, Walaenburg,
Colorado Bprlnga nnd other of the
larger places In the State,
The Governor hobnobs with Haye,
Lawson, McLennan and the rest of the
gang and either refuse or begs for
more time to bring the strike to an
end or to amply protect the operators
In bringing In outsiders to take the
places of those who have left the
State and those engaged In the mur
derous assaults whom we refuse to
take back under any circumstance
In a letter written May It, IMS, to
Charles O. Heydt of the Rockefeller
offices, Rowers remarked:
"We have secured the past winter a
mining law almost entirely written by
our own superintendent E. II. Weltzel,
with four other men appointed by tne
Senate, Including representatives of labor,
a capable engineer and two representa
tive of the operators."
NEEDN'T CROSS OCEAN
IN HUNT FOR HEALTH
Academy of Medicine Told
Ncnheim Treatment Is Given
Effectively Here.
Dr. Rltnon Raruch and Dr. John P.
Thacher told the Academy of Medicine
last night that the Nauhelm treatment
for heart disease oould Just aa well
be administered In this country as
abroad, and that ns a matter of fact, It
was being given here.
Dr. Thacher"s paper before the Acad
emy came during the course of an
evening devoted to the subject of the
treatment of the fating,
"If we look upon the Nauhelm treat
ment aa that of baths and exercises wo
can get It in perfect shape In our own
country." said Dr Thacher. "We havo
excellent health resorts here, several
where the Nauhelm treatment Is success
fully given, nnd wo can therefore feel
Independent ot the foreign spas and may
live Independent of Germany In the cure
of our hearts. I am sure the develop
ment of this part of our therapeutic re
sources will go on more rapidly In the
future. It Is Important that we should
make up our minds to assist In this de
velopment. The public mind Is waking
up."
Dr. Rartjch. discussing Dr. Thacher's
paper, said that the carbon dioxide aa
used at Nauhelm was absorbed so
there wa no doubt that a general ef
fect resulted aa well ns n local effect
"The only Nauhelm bath In this
country Is at Saratoga Springs," said
Dr. Raruch. "Preparations are now
being made to administer the Nau
helm bath there with natural water
and artificial salts as at Nauhelm. You
will then have there the absolute pro
totype of the foreign spas."
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