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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. Forera tor Eastern Oregon, by Um United State W rathe Obim lt , at Portland. The Rait Oregonlsn baa the largeat paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, eaat of I'ortland and over twice the circulation in I'endleton of any other newipaper. Fair tonight; rain or snow Tuesday, COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPEM, JOL. 25. PENDLETOX, OREG S, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1814. NO. 8118 ALLEGED PLOT TO NIL CABINET MEN IS Assassination of Prominent Japanese Had Been Planned According to Discovery of Police. SEVERAL ARRESTS ARE MADE Attempt Made on Chief of Toklo, Who lias Narrow Escape from Two Men Who Climb Into Ilia Auto Got em inent Refusing to Give Out Definite Statements. TOKIO, Feb. 16. That an assassi nation plot against various cabinet members has been discovered by the police is reported here. Several mys terious arrests have been made. It Is widely believed they are In connec tion with the conspiracy. Minister of the Interior Kel Hara. who as head of the police department, of Toklo, made Himself unpopular by his activity in combatting the recent anti-tax Mots, seems to have had a narrow escape. Two men climbed In to his auto before a guard overpower ed them. The official version was they meant to attack but didn't In tend to kill the minister. Most peo ple believed differently, however. POWDER VALLEY STATE BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS SALEM. Ore., Feb. 16. Following advices that the Powder Valley State bank failed to. open Us doors today, State Superintendent of Banks Sar geant left for North Powder, Ore., to take charge of the Institution. The shank's reserve was reported to be be low the legal limit for several daj-B. At the time of the last statement the .deposits were more than $50,000 and loans more than $58,000. The capital is $20,000. PORTLAND TIMBERMAN FAILS FOR NEARLY HALF MILLION PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 16. John M. Bluster, a Portland tlmberman, In a petition in bankruptcy filed In the federal court, acknowledges his inabil ity to pay his liabilities of nearly half ii million dollars, due, his attorneys say, to the fact the actual value of logs from holdings near Vancouver. Wash., were much less than the esti mates made by cruisers and upon which he floated several bond issues for development purposes. GAME HERE TONIGHT -IHM' HAYWARD," TRAINER, 'WILL- SHOW MOVING PK .'. . TURKS OF CONTEST. A glimpse of the Oregon-Washington football game of last season, which was the hardest and most sen national game played in the north west, will be afforded Pendleton peo ple tonight when William Hayward, physical director at the University ot Oreeon. unwinds his reel In the high school auditorium. Hayward is here as a part of the university extension course and the public Is Invited to hear him without cost. Hayward, who is perhaps the best known trainer In the west ana wnose niethnrin have lone keot the U. of O. supreme on the track and field for many years, will speak upon the mod ern trend of physical culture In the schools. He Is contending1 for a sys tem of physical instruction that will benefit the entire student body ln- KtaaA nf maklnc n. demand UDOn the ; Iready strong. This system he has j ut Into effect at the university. While It Is still the strongest and most vig orous men who get In th limelight the weaker arc getting the same at tention and are having Just as much sport if not as much glory. , The speaker will Illustrate his lec ture with sterooptlcon slides and with moving' pictures taken by himself. Be sides the Oregon-Washington game, ' he will show, by the 'movie method, the proper form of jumping, running and pole vaulting. "Bill" makes no , claims to being an orator but he Is an authority upon his subjoct and what he says Is well worth hearing, both by the boys and the girls and their parents. ' There are more ways than one for a woman to have her way. llliffl III ID 0REG011-WASH1MGT0H SOCIETY AWAITS WEDDING OF SPINSTER AND YOUNG DUKE fir J III '.vr '"tex -:l 'i r 7fc f&H IV L J Miss EllzaDctli I La nan NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Society Is expectantly looking forward to the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Frances Hanan, one' of the most prominent middle-aged spinsters In New York, and the Duke Don Arturo de Majo Durrazzo, which will be solemnized Democratic Candidate for Governor ship Has Made Many Warm Sup porters Through His Stand for Law Enforcement. Optimistic over the outlook for his nomination for governor. I)r C. J. Smith has been here today en route to Pilot Rock where he is to deliver a lecture tonight for the benefit of a socloty In that town. He expects to return to Pendleton In the morn ing and will probably leave for Port land on train No. 17. At the present time Dr. Smith Is generally conceded to have the lead for the democratic nomination. He has the. earnest support of Governor West And of a host of personal friends of his own In various parts of the state. Other candidates in the field are A. S. Bennett of The Dalles. Col. R. A. Miller and John Manning of Portland. An argument that many of Dr. Smith's friends are advancing In his behalf Is that aside from a personal ability that well qualifies him for the governorship the doctor Is also In DR. SMITH OPTIMISTIC OVER OUTLOOK FOR HIS NOMINATION ana Ute Duke Darrtuzo. February 17. Miss Hanan is very well known because of her social and philanthropic activities. She Is said to be twenty years the senior of her husband-to-be, who Is twenty-four. The couple first met while cruising on John H. Hanan's yacht In the Med iterranean. rosltion to make a stronger race. If nominated than is any other candi date. In other words. Dr. Smith has some very influential supporters who regard htm as the logical man for the democratic nomination and desire greatly to see him nominated. I some other candidate should be nam od it is doubtful if the nominee could command this support to the same extent that support will be ex erted for Dr. Smith if he becomes the nominee. Dr. Smith's firm stand for the en loreemeni or law nas mado mm a solid lot of friends all over the state and he is securing much support from those who stand for clean con ditions. In Portland many women are registering s democrats in order to vote for Dr. Smith in the primary election May 15. 87 Philadelphia liable Abandoned. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14. Eighty seven babies were abandoned by their parents last year in Philadelphia ac cording to figures on file today at the Children's Aid Society. The same list shows that of 310 mothers found to be In destitute circumstances only 54 deserted their children. One hun dred and thirty seven of the fathers deserted their families. 1 EH AS VITMESS DECLARES CftKIS FALSE Denies That He Took Liberties With Mrs Bond Who is Sueing Him to Recover $50,000 Damages. TELLS OF THEIR MEETIN6 Woman Came to See Rim About Ap pointment for Her Husband Blind Statesman Said Afterwards That He Would Never Consent to Terms Denies Summons by Committee. ' OKLAMOHA CITY, Feb. 16. Sen ator Oore on the witness stand today denied that he took liberties with Mrs. Bond. He said he met Mrs. Bond in Oklahoma City In January, 1913. "She asked me to use my influence to have her husband appointed -collector of Internal revenue. I told her t already had promised the position to another man." Regarding the alleged assault at the Winston Hotel, Gore said: "I sat in a chair near the bed. Mrs. Bond sat on the bed. When she started to go I extended my hand. She' took hold of my hand and then seemed to go down on the . bed. 'What does this mean,' I asked. She gave me some answer that I didn't understand. Then I heard someone enter the room. He said he was Thaddeus Robertson. We exchanged salutations. Then Mrs. Bond began to cry and carry on" Gore said neither Mrs. Bond nor Robertson suggested at the time that anything improper had occurred. "Dr. Earp called on me the next day and said he heard charges of Improp er conduct." continued Gore. "I an swered, If they make such a charge it Is an infamous He.' Earp said he thought so too. I declared I would see those people In hell before I would make any terms." Gore denied that he offered to set tle with Mrs. Bond or told Dr. Earp "to pet Mrs. Bond out of town for God'a sake." He said that the men behind the charges had tried to get his endorsement for federal positions Attorney E. J. Glddlngs cross exam ined Gore. Gore, said that in De cember, 1913, he discussed with Dis trict Attorney Wilson of the District of Columbia the advisability of insti tuting blackmail charges. The charge however, was not pressed. Gore de nied that Senator Kern summoned him to appear before a senate committee to discuss the charges, and that he wouldn't go. Illinois suffrage Up to Court. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 16. The fate of Illinois woman suffrage law Is In the keeping of the supreme court. Oral arguments, supported by written briefs, were made before the court. Attorneys on both sides of the case expressed themselves as having little hope that a decision will be had before the close of the April term of court. NEWS SUMMARY General, Alleged plot Is nnearthed at Tokio to assasHlnate members of the cabinet Many arrests are made. Senator Gore takes the stand as witness and denies the charges against him. Two are fatally Injured and four others braised when Dave Lewis In car skids while In practice ran at Santa Monica. President Wllnon refuses to believe stories that there is a business de pression In the country. New York facing famine as result of heavy snow storm which ties np traffic. Tohn J. Kennedy, treasurer of New York state, commits snicidc In hotel In ltuffalo. 6W. M. ivterson announces in Port land his candidacy for attorney gen eral on the democratic ticket. Powder Valley state bank doses Its doors. Portland tlmberman falls for nearly half a million dollars. Fifty Zapatista rebels are captured after sharp battle. Local. Teaclicr in local schools has small pox, and alarm felt. A, li. Thomson, Frank. Sloan and J. T. Hlnkle get hlf? positions In Oregon irrigation t-ongrcss. Douglas llclts and George Roberts formally enter race for county judge ship. Nineteenth annual Sunday school convention opens in Pilot Rock to morrow. Dr. C. J. Smith optimistic over progress of race for governorship. Hayward, Oregon's great athletic trainer, to lecture and show moving pictures tonight. Knights of Pythias to observe Golden Jubilee Thursday. Helix schools closed by smallpox. 50 DEI EGATES FROM HERE TO ATTEND S. S. MEETING 19TH ANNUAL CONVENTION WILL OPEN IN PILOT ROCK TO MORROW MORNING. Fully fifty Pendleton ; people will leave tomorrow morning for Pilot Rock to attend the nineteenth annual convention of the Umatilla County Sunday School association which will be held in that town tomorrow and Wednesday. Great preparations havt been made by the church people of Pilot Rock for the convention and they will give free entertainment to all visitors. The O.-W. R. & N. Co. has given a rate of a fare and a third to all delegates. Every Sunday school In the county Is entitled to one representative to every ten members or fraction there of and it is expected that every Sun day school will be represented. A number of speakers of state-wide re nown will be present to address the convention. The following is the program In full: Tuesday Morning. 11:00 Devotions. "A Child's Spir itual Training." Mrs. E. C. Knapp, Spokane, Wash . Tuesday Afternoon. 12:30, Registration and Assign ments; 1:30, Devotions; 1:45. Com mittees najned, Roll Call of Schools; 2:15, "Sunday Echool Assets," Mrs. Clara G. Esson, Forest .Grove, Ore.; 2:45, Department Discussions; Adult, led by Rev. S. G.; Rogers; Home, led by Miss Flossie Callbeck; Elementary, led by Miss Beatrice Br'ownell; Teach er Training, led by Rev. A. M. Mel- drum; Mothers, led by Mrs. Mary Harvey; Temperance, led by Mrs. S. A. Lowell; Missions, led by Rev. J. W. Cornelison; Secondary. ed by Mrs. S. Jenkins; Evangelism, led by Rev. R. E. Blackman; 5:00 to 7:00 Ministers' Banquet. t ' ' . Tuesday Evening. 7:15 Devotions;, 7:30, "Lost, a Boy," Rev.--Fr W. Emerson, Albany, Oregon; w Music;' 8:30, "Our TIP to Zurich," Rev. C. A. Phlpps, Portland, Oregon. '. ' Wednesday Morning. " , ' 9:00 Devotions;. 9:15,- Conference on Special-Sundaych.QoJJroblems; 10:10, Report of CommitteesTWeclion of Officers; Business; 11:00, "Evan gelism in the Sunday School," by Dr. J. E. Bulgln. DOUGIAS BELTS IS F Prominent Retired Sheepman Will Seek the - Republican Nomina tion. Douglas Belts, prominent local res ident and former sheepman, is now an active candidate for the republican nomination for county judge, having formally announced his candidacy to day. Mr. Belts Is 60 years of age and has been a resident of Umatilla county since 1786. He has devoted his time chiefly to farming and sheepraising and until two years ago was actively in the business near Pilot Rock. He has lived in Pendleton the last two years and not many months ago pur chased the John Schmidt building on Main street. This is not the first time that Mr. Belts has taken a hand in politics as he served a term as representative from this county in 1893. He has been interested in public affairs all his life and has been particularly In terested in the industrial development end advancement of eastern Oregon. He was for a number of years a hard worker for the building of a railroad into the southern part of the county and is credited by many with having brought about the construction of the Pilot Rock branch by the O. W. R. & X. He was for many years a prominent worker in the Oregon Woolgrowers' association, having been Influential In organizing the associa tion and serving as president for a period of seven years. According to Mr. Belts he has not draftel any platform as yet and he says that H elected to office it will be his aim to meet questions us they arrise and conduct affairs for the very best interests of the people. He Is anxious for eennomy In the conduct of the county's business affairs but does not favor economy above good service. The First Harbinger. NEW YORK, Feb. 14. Harry N. Hempstead, president of the New York Giants prepared to leave tomorrow for Marlin. Texas, where the National League champions will train. The New York leader will pick up players at various cities along his route to the training camp.. Hemp stead expects to return to New York in time to take part In the reception to the White Sox and Giant contin gent which will arrle here on March 6. from the tour of the world. RACE JUDGE NEfj I IS FACE TO EACE Aj t. " SERIOUS FLYER MAKES NEW RECORD FOR DISTANCE SAN DIEGO, Feb. !. Lieu- tenant Willis, of the United "States Army Aero Corps, piloted speed scout number 2 from the army aviation camp at North Island to San Juan Capiatrano 4 and back, 140 miles, in 133 mln- utes yesterday. Tne entire flight was made' at an altitude 4 of 3500 feet It took Willis 55 minutes to fly to Capistrano and 68 mlntes to return. 4 This is said to be the Amerl- can speed record for this dis- 4 tance. The major portion of the flight was made over the ocean. The machine used by Wlllla was fitted with a 75-horsepower motor.- TWO ARE FATALLY INJURED WHEN RACING AUTO SKIDS FOUR OTHER BYSTANDERS HURT DURING PRACTICE RUN BY LEWIS. SANTA MONICA. Cfcl., Feb. 16. Two were possibly fatally injured and four severely hurt when Dave Lewis in a Flat car skidded and overturned while .practicing for the Vanderbilt race Saturday. The most seriously hurt Is Georgei Smith, a civil war veteran. His ; skull is fractured. Mrs. Ai H. Pikes, of Poison. Montana, was hurt internally. Lewi8 was making a curve at high speed.' The car slid and went over a low embankment. ' A: rear ' wheel struck Mrs. Pikes. ..' ...-, Lewis and, hla mechanican, Eddie! i .. ....7i,nJi.7. v.t. ti, AlUClt, nnr Ua VJ I j ; aa ui(nru - . a I were taken to St.' Catherine's hospit al.. A woman and girl' about 18, were painfully hurt. . They were re moved In an automobile before their names, were learned. The woman's head and face were covered with blond , and the girl appeared -uncon scious. The Lewis car was hurtling around a curve at a mile a minute when the steering knuckle broke. HAHD IIME STORY IS President Wilson Refuses to Believe Reports of General Business De pression. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. President Wilson made it plain today he would not accept as a fact newspaper re ports of a general depression In bus iness throughout the country. Inci dentally he indicated that he thinks Frank Walsh, head of the industrial commission, didn't speak authorita tively when he said there were three hundred and fifty thousand unem ployed men In New York alone. It is generally understood the president be lieved Walsh got the figures from newspapers and that they never were verified. It is also understood the president is disturbed over the broadness of Walsh's statement. While he wouldn't discuss the matter lengthily, persons closely associated with the adminis tration did. Walsh was censured in administration circles for making what was termed a "bad break" at a time when the operation of the tariff and income tax laws is beiTj? severly attacked by the republicans and pro gressives. The president contented himself with the statement that all communi cations to him indicated business is Improving. He believes with the nd vent of warm weather there will be more work. SUIT OVER HUNTING IJCENSE COSTS $500 WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Frank Hodges, brother of the governor of Kansas, has failed in hi efforts to get a $49 refund from the govern ment for a $50 hunting license in Alaska he did not use because he was sick with typhoid fever. The senate has postponed indefinitely the bill urged by Senator Thompson. ''The claim has already cost the govern ment between $400 and $500 for print etc., and I am In favor of ending It here." Senator Smoot told the seaate. Even some imposslbiltles are possible. 1 E Supply on Hand is Nearly Consumed and Unless Traffic is Opened Situation Willbe Critical. STORM HAS WORKED HAVOC ItaUroads so Badly Crippled That ft ia Impossible to Get Fresh Supplies of Food Into City In Adequate Quan tities Snow Continues to Temperature Still Low. NEW YORK. Feb. 1. New York laced a famine today on account of the storm. Food on hand Is nearly consumed. Railroads are so badly crippled that it is Impossible to get fresh supplies in adequate quantities To make matters worse a fresh snow fall began. No deaths from cold have been re ported. The thermometer was 17 above at 8 a. m.. but it seemed colder on account of the humidity. Exoept for the subway, urban transportation was nearly paralyzed. The Jam at the subway was terrifying. Twenty thousand men toiled at the drifts Sunday, but hardly made an im pression. No automobile could force its way through the drifts. Heavy hauling of any kind was out of the question. Sleighs did somewhat bet ter, but even with them, horses made slow work as they floundered through the streets. ' No milk deliveries were made. Apartment houses couldn't ooialn coal. There is not much In the city, but what was couldn't be delivered. The situation will be critical in a few hours unless the blockade Is broken 50 ZAPATISTA OUTLAWS CAPTURED AFTER FI6HT , , FKDFRAL SOLDIERS CAPTTTUB RAND WILL- BE EXECUT ED IS BELIEF. 1 MEXICO CITY. Feb. 16. Fifty Zapatista prisoners were brought to the capital today under a heavy guard. It is believed' they wilt -be executed. The captives were taken Sunday in the Adjusco mountains near here. A party of SO were surrounded and sur prised by federal soldiers. In a fight which followed. 30 were killed and the rest captured. president's Cold Better. WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. Presi dent's cold is slightly better today but Dr. Grayson refused to permit him to leave the Whitehouse. Member House of Commons lined. LONDON. Feb. 16. Because he vet ed as a member of the house of com mons despite the fact that the firm in which he is interested had a gov ernment contract. Justice Sir Rowlatt imposed on Sir Montague Samuel a penalty of $65,000 fine and costs. WOULD OUST MURPHY Richard Croker, the former b of Tammany Hull, who In a rKOontJ publl.ihp.l letter, advocated the ount Ing of Charles F. Murphy from th leadership of the New Turk demo cratic party. FAIN it Zr . v-V VV ' : Vs-