The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-06-28
SPURN OIL MILLIONS
JUVENILE WORKERS REFUSE ROCK
EFELLER OFFER OF $4,000, 900.
Judge Lindsey of Denver, to Whom Prop
osition Was Made, Himself Makes
Decision On Tainted Money.

DENVER, Colo, June 2G.-The cry
of tainted money has been raised by the
friends Of the children. John ID. Rookie
feller's offer Of $5,UOOOU 10 start the
work Of a national juvenile improvement
association on lines suggested 10y Judge
Lindsey OF the juvenile court Of Den
yer has been rejected.
Judge Lindsey himself, TO whom Mr..
Rockefeller voluntarily made the offer
al the time the oil maguute was in hid
ing from deputy shorius seeking to sub
poena him as a witness, made the de-
cision. He has pledged his word to
Miss lane Addams OF the HUI htaisc,
Chicago, when she approached hm ID
behalf Of other charitable workers, that
be would not accept penny OF MI
EpcFcfeIlcr's money. The work IS TO
70 forward, but the money is not in
sight II Mr.. Rorketeller's proposal had
pot been turned down, unlimited MIL
lions would have backed the project.
The offer Of Mr. Rockefeller was made
to Judge Lindsey last January. Lie
went to New York. The question of
tainted money was discussed quietly by
the leaders in the work in the different
cities after Judge Lindsey had pro-
pounded the plans and explained Mr.
Kockefcller's offer. The sequel came at
the Philadelphia meeting, which Judge
Lindsay was unable to attend. On mo-
ton Of Judge Mack Of Chicago the
whole question was laid uu the table.
Judge Lindsey was almost heart
broken, rs be knew nothing of the
rcasons that were back of this move.
he CorrespoHded with Judge Mack and
It was agreed that the matter should be
revived and that convention of iu-
yenlle workers should be Lcld. Judge
Mack himself issued the call for meet
Ing to he held in the HUH house.
The week before this meeting Judge
Lindsey and Miss Adams were both at
81. Paul attending the national council
OF women's clubs, 1t was There that
Judge Lindsey gave his pledge not to
accept the Rockefeller donation.
RlPON, Wis. June 2G.-Au attack has
been made on Ripon college, Princeton.
Yale and Lafayette by the Baptist Stand
ard, the official New York publication Of
the Baptist church, charging these four
Institutions with grating in securing
money from Andrew Carnegie The
charge is entirely refutcd by Ripon coll
lege authorities.
The charge is that Ripon, with the
other three universities, secured money
from Carnegie under the plea that il was
not denominalional school The Bap.
0st standard, However, declares that
RipOn is an official Congregational insti-
tuition. The editorial was brought out
by the announcement that two Ripon col
lege professors had been awarded Car
negie fund pensions.
Tie rcfutatiOn is i'm the records Of the
institution, which show that in 1866 the
college was formally released from cccle-
s!asrical control. Or. Hughes, president
OF Rlpon, said that the singing out of
Ripon by the Baptist publication was Il
mistake, though II has always been rec
ogni2ed ms q thrlstiou college and with
large proportion Of congregational stu
dents.
BELOIT, Wis, June 2G,-r Special. J.
Prof. g. ". Pearson. teacher in German
at Bcoit college for nineteen years and
FOR forty years a teacher, has resigned
and viii receive benefit under the Car
negie endowment fund for retired teach
ers He will rcroiv 81 100 year.
Prof William Porter, who has taught
Latin for the last fifty years, will also re-
ceiyc "A similar sum from the fund.