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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBEUAET 18, 1914.
PJJTfF TWn rCMTC ON TRAINS AND NffWS
vuiiid. STANDS, FIVB CBN'i.
GORE SAYS
HERSTORY
IS UNTRUE
Blind Senator Denies That He
. Had Ever Made Advances
to Mrs. Bond.
NEVER OFFERED TO
SETTLE WITH WOMAN
Says Men Behind Charges
Tried to Get Endorsement
v for Federal Jobs.
UNITED I'RKBB LEASED WIRE.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 16.
Thomas P. Gore, the blind senator from
Oklahoma, took the stand here today in
his own defense in the trial of the s)3U,
000 damage suit against him by Mrs.
Minnie E. Bond. He began his testi
mony at 5:20 o'clock.
Senator flatly denied that he ever
made any advances or had taken any
liberties with Mrs. Bond.
"I met Mrs. Bond in Oklahoma
City," he said, "in January, 1913. She
asked me to use my influence in having
lier husband appointed collector of in
ternal revenue, but I told her 1 had
already promised the position to anoth
er man. She renewed her efforts in
Washington last March and arranged to
confer with me at the Winston hotel.
"As I entered the lobby Mrs. Bond
met me. She had been waiting for mo
there, and as I came in I heafrd her say:
'I'll take charge of the senator now,
gentlemen.' "
Gore Started to Leave.
Gore said Mrs. Bond took him to her
room, adding:
"I sat on a chair near the bed. Mrs.
Bond sat on the bod. When I Parted
to go I extended my hand. Shu took
bold of my hand and then seemed to go
down ou tho bed.
" 'What does this meant' I asked
She gave some answer that I did not
understand. Then I heard some one en-
ter the room. Ho said he was Thaddeus
Robertson. We exchanged salutations.
Then Mrs. Bond began to cry and ear
ry ou. Robertson told her to stop
squalling. He then talked to Mrs. Bond
in an undertone.
Did Not Want Bond to Know.
"I asked Robertson to get my hat,
and he did so. 'What have you got to
say about this, Mrs. Bondf ' I asked.
don't want Bond to know you were in
miy room,' she answered. I put tho
same question to Robertson, and he
said he had nothing to say. Neither Bug
jested at the timo that anything im
proper had occurred. I intended to
summon tho proprietor, if such a thing
lad been intimated.
"Dr. Earp called on nic tho next day
and said ho had henrd charges of in
jiroper conduct. I answered: 'If they
jnnko such charges it is an infamous
lie.' Karp said ho thought so too 1
doelnrod 1 would see those people in
tell before I would them any terms. '
Never Offores to Bottle.
Senator (lore nbo denied that ho had
offered to settle with Mrs. Bond, or had
told Dr. Karp "to get Mrs. Bond out of
town, for God's snko." IIo said tho
men behind the charges had tried to get
bis endorsement for federal positions.
Attorney E. J. Giddings cros exam
ined Gore. Gore said that in December,
1913, he hnd discussed with District
Attorney Wilson, of the District of Co
lumbia, the advisability of Instituting
blackmail charges. The charges, how
ever, wero not pressed.
Senator Goro also denied that Pcna
tor Kern hnd summoned him to appnr
before a senate committee to dis'tics
tho charges, and that ho would not go.
Senator Gore completed his tes
timony a 3:.10 o'clock, and the de
fense rested its enne ten minutes later.
EHARKEY GETS 30 DAYS.
l-siTro mess i.eassd wini.l
New York, Feb. 16. Tom Kharkov,
the ex-pugilist, ri fined i'UO and
sentenced to 30 days in jail today for
keeping s disreputable Fourteenth
street resort. The establishment's
manager got the jail sentence without
the fine. Both were couvicted severs
dsys ago and were in the Tombs await
ing sentence.
Sheriff Breaks
Into an Office
Crook County Official Takes Away
Tax Bolls Following an Investi
gation of Shortage.
. uovernor west mis morning received
a wire from County Judge Springer, of i
Crook county, saying that the sheriff,
assisted by the janitor, had broken in
to the office of the circuit judge and
had removed the tax rolls therefrom, '
and refused to give them up. He says
an expert accountant is there at the re-
quest of the county judge examining i
the books, and that, while this cxamim
ation is not completed, it shows a large J
mount of delinquent taxes have been I
collected, and, apparently, not accounted
for. The judge says he has asked the
circuit judge for an order for the restor
ation of the books, and asks the gover
nor. if this is not aranted. if he will i
assist in enforcing the law, in having I
the books returned. He also Bays that I
one of the county commissioners. Bai- j
ley, is backing him in taking posses
sion of the books.
CHRISTOFFERSON . GETS
united press leased wire.
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 16. Aviator
ChriBtofferson alighted at Ascot Park
here at 12:25 o'clock today, covering
approximately 125 miles from Bakers
field in 3 hours, 40 minutes, elapsed
time.
Christofferson made the flight from
Bakorsfield without descending. He
said that the lat t leg of the trip was
the most difficult, and that he was
compelled to buck a heavy head wind
almost all the way. The wind in the
Tohachapi Fass, he said, was almost
as severe as that which defeated him
at Tejon.
The aviator expected to rest here for
an hour or more before continuing his
trip to San Diego. - His engine! had
been behaving excellently, and he ex
pected no further trouble, no would
leave Ascot Park for San Diego, he
said, between 1 and 2 o'clock today.
Military Record Broken.
San Diego, Oil., Feb. 10. The Amer
ican military altitude record was broken
hero today when Lieutenant Carberry,
aviation corps, U. S. A., ascended 8700
feet in a Curtiss areoplauie.
New Distance Record.
Berlin, Feb. 10. Hans Berliner, a
balloonist, telegraphed today from Kir
gishchan, Russia, in the Ural mountains,
that he had landed there with two pas
sengers after a 47-hour flight from Bit
terfold, Germany, a distance record.
Again Attacks Mountains.
Balkersficld, Col., Feb. lfl. Ascending
at 8:43 o'clock, Aviator Silas Christof
ferson mado another attempt today to
fly to Los Adgeles, At a heigh: of
about 4000 feet he followed the liirj of
the Southern Pacific railway, evidently
planning an attack on the mountains
above the pass through which the rail
way runs.
Passes Tehachapi.
Tehachapi, Cal., Feb. 16. Aviator
ChriKtoffornnn caused over Tchahaii'
nt j0.-,4 0viwk, flying in a southeil.v
direction at an elevation of approxi
mately 800 feet.
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'ti-NiTrn rnr.ss leased wire.)
Tokio, Feb. 10. In the lower house
of parliament today the anti-administration
party, though in a minority,
continued, by filibustering tactics, to
delay the government's increased tax
ation program. Again and again free
fighting among the lawmakers has
been Imminent.
As a result of the legislative investi
gation of charges of graft in the navy,
Admiral Koichi Fuji! and Captain
Sawaski have been ordered court-mar
tialed, and it was reported that similar
action airainst several other officers
will follow.
PRESIDENT DOES NOT
RJuvu Ifn.tlnn Tkr. Will
Be Straightened Out Sat
isfactory. WILL PASS CANAL BILL
Not Impressed Witn Opposition
Measures, as Indicated in Some
Quarters of Country.
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UNITED l'RESS-LEASED WIRE.l
Washington, Feb.
16. President P
Wilson indicated yesterday that he in-
tended to stand by his original declar-
atlon tuat the sending of troops to
Mexico is not necessary now. He said
England had landed marines in Mex
ico with America's approval. He does
not believe that America will need to
land troops and thinks the situation
evontually will be straightened out
satisfactorily. The president denied
tltat South America was alarmed over
this nation's policy.
The president was still considering
the personnel of the reserve board and
hoped to make a definite announce
ment the first of the mouth. He said
he did not intend to name Secretary
of Agriculture Houston as a member.
The president also indicated that he
believes the opposition to the trust
bill will be centered on the trade com
mission. He also declared he was not
impressed with the opposition in cer
tain quarters to the repeal of the canal
tolls provision and expects such a bill
to pass.
Ten Warships There.
Vera Cmz, Mex., Feb. 16. Tho
American battleships Utah, Florida
and Delaware arrived here today,
bringing the United States naval
strength on the Mexican east coast up
to ten battleships.
Would Bribe Huerta to Quit.
Mexico City, Fob. 10. Desperate
over the losses tney are sustaining
through tho continued disorders in Mex-
ico, it was rumored here today that a
syndicate of American business men.
with extensive Mexican interests had
offered President Huerta $1,500,000 to
resign. Huerta today paid 1,000,000
pesos to Japanese ammunition makers
in drafts on London and Paris.
NEARLY ALL PERSONS REGIS
TERED IN MARION COUNTY BE
LONG TO OLD PARTIES.
According to the records in tho coun
ty clerk's off ico at the present date.
there will be 133 voters in Marion
county who will not be nllowed to take
part in the county primary oloction
for tho renson they have registered
independents and miscellaneous. How
ever, there may be an independent
randiduto for some county office but,
according to those keeping in closo
touch with the candidate ring, no hat
bearing such namo has appeared as
yet. There have been it.j independent
registrations while 3S voters have reg
istered who refuso to announce their
politics of even clnim heritage to a
puiitii'iil faith of miy kind. These
votes cannot be counted at the primary
nominating election unless there is a
nndidato in the field who is seeking
nomination on nn independent ticket
or who runs "miscellaneous." Today
the records show that 2314 republicans,
'.);;! democrats, 229 prohibs, 81 social-
it. It 8 progressives, 9." independents
and 38 "miscellaneous ' voters have
registered in Marion county, or a totnl
of 3756.
TWO PERSONS MAY DIE
AND TOUR OTHERS INJURED
IllNITKU l'RI'.SS LEAST!) WIRE.)
Santa Monica, Cal., Feb. 16. Two
persons were possibly fatally injured
and four others severely hurt today
when Ihivc Lewis giant l'int car skid
ded and overturned while practicing for
the Vniiderbilt cup rnce here Satur
day. Tho most seriously hurt were Geotge
Smith, nn inmate of the soldiers' home
at Hnwtclle, whose skull was fractured,
and Mrs. A. H. Pike, of Poison, Mont.,
who wns injured interally, At the hos
pital it was not possible to determine
readily the extent of Lewis' find Me
cbanician Arnett's injuries.
Seven Years Each Is Sentence
Imposed on Three Men
Who Slew Putrich.
MERCY FOR ONE ACCUSED
Deputy Sheriff Polkinghorne Will Be
Later Sentenced and Deputy James
Is Acquitted. .,.
UNITED PRESS UUSED WISE.
- Houhton, . Mich., Feb. 16. For kill
ing Steve Putrich, s 'striking copper
minor, at Zoberville las August, Judge
Flanigan today sentenced James Coop
er, Arthur Davis anji William Groff,
Waddoll-Mahon detectives, to seven
years each in Marquette penitentiary.
The three dotectives, with Deputy
Sheriff Edwin Polkinghorne, were
found guilty of manslaughter, but in
Polkinghorne 's case the jury made a
recommendation of mercy. He was not
sentenced with the other prisoners.
Deputy Sheriff Harry James, also
accused in connection with the same
killing, was acquitted.
Many Came to Hearing.
Fully a thousand miners have been
coming into Hancock daily, since the
congressional strike investigation be
gan there, to attend the hearings.
Some of them have walked for miles
through the snow. They hope the com
mittee will settle the strike, failing
to understand that its mission is not
to effect a settlement but to investi
gate conditions.
HALE MILLION A!
iE
united rnEsx leased wire.
Portland, Or., Feb. 10 John M.
Blazier, a Portland timber man, in a
petition in bankruptcy, just filed with
tho federal court, acknowledges his in
ability to pay linbilitics of $499,412,
due, it was said by his attorneys today,
to tho fact that the actual value of logs
cut from his holdings in tho yellow fir
bolt of Skamania county, near Vancouv
er, Wash., was much less than the esti
mates mado by cruisers, and upon which
he floated several hugo bond issues for
development purposes on the property.
Blazier is president of the Washing
ton North Timber compauy, the Oregon
Washington Timber company and the
Blazier Timber company. The first two
corporations havo been in tho hands of
H. E. Collins, as receiver, for several
months, according to A. L. Veasio, who
is roprosenting Blnzicr.
The largest debt of tho liability is
$395,000, mado up of 395 promissory to havo been endeavoring to push a
notes of $1001) each. Theso notes ore buggy in which his wife, two children
personally signed by Blazier, and and a young farmer named Kay John
through them money was raised for do- son wore seated, off the bridge which
velopment purposes. The notes wero spans the Yellowstone river at 01c.ii
last held by tho Assets Realization com- ,die, A, .). Steele, a Northern Pacific
pnny, a bonding house of Chicago, and
tho present owner is unknown, the pe
tition states.
The Bank of California is Illazier's
creditor fcr another note of $13. soil ex
ecuted lost spring.
Tho timber holdings of Blazier 's com
panies and himself aggregate nearly a
half billion feet, all located in the
Skamania district.
DOCTOR IS ACCUSED.
t'NITKD I'RLSK I.E.ISF.U Willi.
Sun Francisco, Feb. 16. Dr. Charles
It. linker was arrested here yesterday
charged with i-iforiiiing an illegal op.
erntion on Mrs. Lillian lluiiiiip, n I s o
known as Mrs. Lillian Walfh, who died
at Mount ion hospital.
The Weather
The Dickey llii 1
says: Oregon, rain
west, fair es"! por
tiou tonight: Tues
day rnin west. rain
or snow cast por
tion, southeasterly
winds, increasing
along the cot it.
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Greatest Ocean Liner is
Rapidly Nearing Completion
Berlin, Feb. 16. The Atlantic liner j
Vaterland, which is now the largest
ship in the world, surpassing her sis
ter ship Impcrator in every dimension,
is rapidly nearing, completion. Some
idea of her 'enormous size may be
gained from hor throe great funnels
recently placed in position, which riso
to a height of 140 foot above water,
The Btaeks, which are sixty-two foot ,
in height, aro oval in shape, measuring ,
20 by 30 foot. Each funnel consists I
TRIES TO END HIS HE!
PAROLED PATIENT JUMPS FROM
TELEPHONE POLE AND BREAKS
LEG AND JAW. 1
Itobort Barrio, a paroled patient from
the asylum, developed suicidal mania
Sunday, and, climbing a telephone polo
on Twenty-fourth street, leaped off.
Striking on tho sidowiJk, his jaw was
fractured and one leg broken between
the kueo and hip. He was t alien to the
hospital, and it is said has a fair show
of recovery.
SLAYS MAN WHO TRIES TO
KILL WIFE AND TOTS
i:niti:d prkhs leased wire.
Glendive, Mont., Fob. HI. Alleged
Ii al.i'nui n, was shot and killed by
JcJinson early today. According to
Julini on
the weapon used in slaying
Steele whs handed him by Mrs. Steele,
l-iil'nwing the killini .Johnson re
turned to (leudive and grivu hi insult'
up to tho authorities,
Aecuiding to this story related by
Johnson, Mrs. Steele had left her bus
hand on account of his lack of suppoit
and lie shot when Steele grasped the
liridlc of his hoi-Mi and declared he
iMiuld dump the occiiiints into the
river.
WOULD BE ATTORNEY ULNERAL.
I'SIIKO I'llKKS 1.1-AHKO Willi.
Portland, Feb. Hi. Will M. Peterson,
a prominent lawyer of Pendleton, is I In
first Democrat to come out fur the of
fin' of nttoriievgeiier.il. He admitted
today that while he hud made no forma!
announcement, he hud practically made
ip his mind to enter the nice.
ONLY BURNING OIL VELL.
llHTIll PIIIISS I.KAHRO Willi
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb, lll.-Thou-ninls
of citizens gaed iu nnin.ement
last night St. what they firmly believe. I
to be a comet in the eastern sky. Dives
tigation by excited newspapers proved
It l-o be the reflection of a burning oil
well.
New Atlantic Liner Vaterland. ' ,
""SflfinsM
of two parts, an inner funnel and an
outer tuho, which sorvos for cooling
off. In the accompanying illustration
one of the outer funnels Is shown being
slipped over the inner tube. The most
most powerful dorrlclt ever constructed
is required to handle those enormous
cylinders. The Vaterland measure 950
feet in length, 100 feet in width and
is of 68,000 tons burden,
She will
sail on her mniilon trip to New York
early in the spring.
INSANE ON EVE OF DEATH.
united press leased wiri.
fjnlgury, Alberta, Feb. 16. Jasper
Collins, confessed slayor of John Ben
son, became lnsano today as a result of
the strain of awaiting execution. He
Hud bceu kept alive "with liquid foods
since ho collapsed Friday. The execu
tion is sot for tomorrow.
FINAL ARGUMENTS MADE,
UNITED PRESS LEASED Willi.)
San Francisco, Fob, 10. Closing ar
guments wero begun horo today in the
Western Fuel case, tho trial of which
has consumed moro than two months.
IIOGAN POSED AS OLDFIELD.
t'NITKD PRKHS LEASED Willi.)
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 10. Hap Ho
gnn, manager of the Venice Tlgors,
basked In tho limelight for an hour
yesterday, when ho posed at Santa Mon
ica as Barney Oldfield. Ho lectured n
score of "gnlwpers" until a newsboy
gavo him away.
MINERS IN BLOODY CLASH.
ll'NITtO I'HKHS LEASED Willi.
Mnrshfield, Or., Feb. 16. A riut bo
tweii llenryville and Heaver Hills
miners in which about 20 men engaged
wuj(,, suited In John Kelly and
llert Wilson being shot and severely
'n'nred, occurred at HiMirvvillo last
liiliht.
i Nirin i-ni:sn leased wind)
London, Feb. 16. lieciuiso he voted,
as a, member of the house of counuoiis,
despite the fact that a firm In which
ho is interested bud ft government con
tract. Justice Sir Kidney Howlntt to
day Imposed on Sir Montague Muiiinel a
pennjty of iI.',imiii fine and costs.
Sir Montagu, a prominent liberal jhiI
Iticlnu nud millionaire financier, an
nounced that he would appeal.
KEEPS WILSON INDOORS.
D'KITKD PIILMS LEANED Willi.)
Washington, Feb. HI. I're.ldent Wil
son was slightly better today hut Dr.
Gru.vson refused to permit him to leeve
the White Home.
Ell IS
RESULT OF
BAD STORM
New York Railroads Crippled
and Cannot Convey Sup
plies Into City.
FUEL SHORTAGE IS
SERIOUS FEATURE
Deaths From Cold Reported
and Snowfall Paraylzes
Delivery Service.
UNITED PIES LEASED WIRB.
New York, Fob. 16. New York faced
a famine today. What food was on
hand when last week's blizzard began
was nearly consumed and so badly were
the railroads crippled by the storm that
it was impossible to get fresh supplies
in anything like adequate quantities.
Fuel also was running alarmingly short.
To make matters worse, a fresh snow
fall began today. It was not a blizzard
but a steady Biuother. The air was so
thick with flakes that it was impossible
to see many feet away. Three more
doatha from cold were reported. Ther
mometers stood at 17 above zero at
8 a, m.
Transportation Hampered.
Except for the subway urban trans-
portntion was nearly paralyzed and in
the subway the jam was terrnifie. .', -
No automobile could force Its way
through the drifts. Heavy hauling of
any kind was out of the question. Iu
doed, there was little wheel traffic of
any kind, Sleighs did somewhat hot
ter but even with them the horses made
slow work of it as they flouadered
through the streets.
There was a proteose of milk deliv
eries yosterday but today the supply
was exhausted, aud no more was ar
riving. Apartment houses could obtain no
oul. There wero houses where there
was but a little on hand and it was
leur that the situation would be criti
cal within a few hours unless the block
ado wns broken.
Cannot Deliver Groceries.
Grocers, too, found their supplies cut
off. They did not oven try to make
leliveries. Customers had to carry
their own purchase home. Conditions
in all towns in the vicinity wore as bad
ns iu Now York or worse. At Bouton,
N. J, Jacon Vreeland, exhausted by
struggling through tho drifts, fell faint
ing and was suffocated in tho snow.
Trans-Atlantic steamships which ar
rived Suturduy off Sandy Hook and
lay to awuitiug a lull iu the storm were
still uiinlito to enter owing to the dan
gers of navigation while the snow fell
so heavily, Wireless messages were
received from more than twenty over
due ships, reporting their opsitious. All
snid the gule hail been something un
precedented. Shipping on the bay and In tho North
and Kast rivers was not only slow and
difficult, but extremely dangerous.
Dozens of collisions were narrowly
averted.
ZAMOR WINS VICTORIES.
I'MITEB I'lll'.SS LEASED WIRE.
I'ort Au I'rinoe, Haiti, Feb. 16.
After heavily defeating General Favil
miir Tlieodoi-e's rebel troolis iu two
bnttlin yesterday, President Oreste
'aoiur's forces toduv were pushing' on
I'upi' llaitien, where Theodore recently
proclaimed himself president, as a
rival of amor, Tho first of yester
day's fights was at I'laisnnoe, between
(iunnives and Cupe llaiteu; the second
at Port. De I'nix, The losses on both
sides were heavy,
MOSTLY SELLING ORDERS.
(UNITED PRBSS LEASED WIIIE.J
New York, Feb. (!. The stock ninr
kct opeucl active, but most of tho busi
ness wan selling orders, A few shares,
however, wero slightly higher. Cana
dian lost 2, Mexican Petroleum 1 3-4,
New Haven l'i ami I'niou Pacific,
Reading, F.rie, St. Paul and Stool 1.
Later losses of 1 to lLj were scored la
a large number of the more lmportiuit
Issues.
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