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AMBASSADOR
FROM SOVIET
IS WATCHED
Department of Justice Agents
; Search Captured Literature
for Evidence Connecting
Martens With Propaganda
LAWYER SAYS RAIDS !
, "IDIOTIC AND CRUEL"
Determination of Red to Over
throw Government Is
'Verifiei
NEW YORK, Jan.Si Dfrpaiiuifnt
of justice agents announced v. Any
that they were examiijug the li'fr
oture 'Wd in the raids last n'.ht
to, determine whether Luiwi C J A.
!K. "Martens, aelf-tyled anibasrador
to the United States ofc the Russian
soviet republic, was cjmnecttd with
the distribution of tht conaunist
propaanda in. this country, if tills
connection Is edrablisheC, they said
they had sufficient evidence l.j war
rant his deportation. The Senatorial
comrajttee investigating soviet ac
tivities will be notified of tr ; resrclt
o ft he Investigation, j ' j
Charactererlzlag the latest nov-
ernment raids on "redi as an ktiot
lc and cruel" method of "prijc In t-
lng and suppressing people. Charles
tteeht. an attorney, who claims to
have been retained byj many ot (the
radicals sent to Gills island, issued
a statement tonight in w'uich de
clared many of the alien iVl.cals
will leave the country tU soon as pos
sible to escape the J government's
dragnet. , ' . I '.
. . Munitions Captured ! :
Bombs, rifles, ; pistols, ' bayonets,
knives and ammunition fteizedj In
raids on radical center in Newark
and lizabeth, N. J., lent a sjutster
air to 'the reported activities of m'l
cals captured there, and in horbjru
New Jersey. Tons of seized pre pa
llida were feci a g sorted and fctaditd
by federal agents her tonight, j -
The department of J Justice . htpid
qoarters here was swamped with) aa
enormous amount of red bant.rrs,
communist and coniiunits : labor
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Corrvple t ell i rte f
THOIvlSbN'S
'GLOVE-FITTING
CORSETS
IK !1
JThe UioiiRanf5 upon thousands of Thomson's
"(UoTelFiltiftg" Coreets bought here in re
cent years, by Silem's women, would indi
cate thit tliese are truly garments of real
merit. ., ,;r'' '
And, their rjopularity has never slack
ened hut is constantly increasing. In this
daily scramble fol
fortunate indeed to
wants With so couiplete a line of these justly
famous corsets.
Vd make nfr
We advise early purchasing.
' ftHOHSOH.
CL0V EMITTING"
jjycoasETS.
Normal Temperatures Are
Predicted for Next Week
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday are: Northern Rocky Moun
tain and plateau regions; generally
fair , and normal temperature, but
snow is probable the first part of
the week.
Pacific states: Normal tempera
ture;' considerable cloudiness and
frequent rains.
ONE KILLED, 85
HURT IN WRECK
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Chicago Great Western Pas
senger Goes in Ditch at
St Joseph, Mo.
ST. JOSEPT, Mo.. Jan. 3. On
man was killed and 8.V injured wh-n
Chicago Great Western passt-nger
train No. 3 was, wrecked early to-lav
near Wyeth. Mo., 22 . miles north ut
here..-- ' . '
F. J. McGrath. a section foreman
of the railroad from, -Aitken. M'nnl
who died this afternoon, wa tlie
only fatality.
Others are in' a serious couai turn
FIRE DAMAGES
NEAR MILLION
Danville, Ya. Visited by De
vastating Blaze in Bu$i- 4
, ness Section
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DANVILLT, Va.. Jan. : 3. Fire
which threatened " destruction of a
'arr nart nf th hnine&a rli..n
here" tonight, was brought rnder con
trol shortly fter midnight, -alter
causing damage estimated at be
tween $750,000 and $1,000,000.
Seven buildings were destroyed,
including the Masonic temple'. Tie
plant of the Danville Reg1se and
Dee was not seriously damage- ,
Service Medals Received
- for Oregon's Soldiers
Service medals numbering 33.000.
for which the legislature of last year
appropriated 18000, have been re
ceived by the state board of con Ufbl
for distribution to Oregon men who
served the country during the war
with Germany. 'Adjutant- General
Conrad Stafrin has been authorized
to communicate with all' local posts
of the American legion and ask .for
lists of men who are entitued to wear
the medals.
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merchandise, we feel very
be able to meet your
promises for the future.
La Victoire
Corsets
for those who wish
finer quality ma
terial, trimming and
4 , finish
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We are showinic very
fine line of ., 7
SILK BRASSIERES - -
u.s. whu
DIED ABROAD
TO GO HO
French Government Gives
Permission to Remove Bod
ies Buried Behind Lines and
in Service of Supply Areas
J REQUEST OF FAMILY
fittlJfclJ hUK KtMUVAL
Group Includes Men Who Met
Death in German Prison
Camps
"PARIS. Jan. 3. The French gov
ernment has granted permission for
the removal of bodies of 20.000 Am
' erican soldiers buried in France to
j the United States. The bodies to be
l removed are those buried In ceme-
teries -out side the zone of the armies
into big American cemeteries in the
army zones.
It 4s understood that the. policy of
the American government will, be to
remove to the United States only
hose bodies requested by rlatives.
Tho 9ft (VAft hndipa or A srattrl
in 600 cemeteries, the largest two of
which are at Brest, where there
5,500 graves of men who died of in
fluenza at -Brest and on transports.
Other large cemeteries outside the
array zone areat Bordeaux. Nantes.
St. Na zaire, Tours.-Lemans and other
big service of supply centers.
CiraTM llehind line
The graves in these cemeteries are
principally of men who died while
on duty in the service of supply, but
there-are also the graves of many
who died at hospitals in the rear to
which fuey wereremoved . after
wounded in the battle area.
It probably will be a year before
the removal of the bodies as the plan
is first to remove to the United
States the bodies of Americans burled
in oermany, aooui zu ot wnom aiea
in prison camps. There are 500 Am
erican graves in Coblenz.
j' Seventy-six Americans are buried
la Italy, two in Holland and a few
In Austria,: The American dead Id
England will be removed before the
work in the French cemeteries be
gins. '
Multnomah Grand Jury Is
in Favor of Death Penalty
PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 3. -Restor
ation of capital punishment for con
victed murderers was recommended
today by the' county grand jury in Its
una 1 report filed with the court.
Mrs. John M. Ccott Named
oh Federal Price Committee
PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 3. Mrs.
John M. Scott has been appointed as
a member or, the federal fair price
commission here to fill a vacancy
made by the resirnation of Mrs.
Harry B. Torrey, ft was announced
today.
lien Selling, a merchantalso was
offered an appointment on the com
mittee by Chairman W. K. Newell,
but he declined to serve.
ME
MR. HOHENZOLLERN AGES RAPIDLY
FORMER KAISER
GERMANY LOST,
BERLIN. Jan. 3. The Hague cor
respondent of the Tagebiatt fives
a rather unusual pictuie ot the for
mer German vein lie ror iu an arileie"
on the personal appearance of the 1
Conner ruler and his future pros
pects. 'The v kaiser himself the kaiser
grown much older ha3 been strack
in his vital strength," says the cor
respondent. "The tremblin; in
right arm and -leg. which earl iser
was only just noticeable has so In
creased that, it is apparent at a
glance and dominates his entire ap
pearance. The kaiser has boir
very corpulent, though lie cata lit-
" ' Haylriss talked with countless per
sons who have visted the former em
peror, : the correspondent precf-ie
his picture with a shaip crticsrr. of
of sonne of these leading' personal
ities, "who afterwards tell tactless
stories i and stores based on misun
derstandng which chculte about the
world. .
! Rill Is Apathetc
He adds:
"The leaser's atttude Is still tol
dleriy.i but he appears to have
grown shorter. It is noticeable how
slowly he .speaks n contradiction to
his old habit. He livens up only
when remembrances of the old days
come tn him. This often occurs In
-Jjthe middle of a conversation.
HONEYMOONERS ROBBED
JILTED SUITOR JAILED
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FURNITURE TAKEN AWAY
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SAN FRANCISCO. ! Jan, S.
When Me. and Mrs. TJ. B. Homier,
recently marred, returned tuuay
from their honeymoon they totiad
' their home, which had been com
pletely furnished denaded of all
household goods, including a oji J
stove, they reported to the polices
Neighbors sad a man bad oarUd
all the furniture away ; during
their 'absence. Thomas l arkin.
formerly a suitor of Mrs. SeaiW.
was arrested on a charge of ai-?-glary.
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SUFFER LAW
FOR KILUNG
ELK PROPOSED
Taylor Would Have Violators
of Statute Sent to State
Penitentiary
DlU nEovLT ID , K&LLAdLII
Hundreds of Silverton People
Accompany Excursion
Into, Timber
Because the present law-Imposing
a fine on hunters who kill elk in
Oregon Is not considered adequate
to protect those Animals against ex
termination at the" hands of unscru
pulous nimrods. certain sportsmen
propose to have introduced at the
special session of the legislature
this month an act to repeal the ores-lent
ent law and put on the statute booK I
in Its place an Iron-clad law making
tne Killing 01 eig a penueniiary 01-
iense.
m
This plan was made known yester
day by W. A? Taylor of Maeleay who
father-d th .n.o.cmtnt whlrh r-
suited in the freeing of a herd of .17
young elk' in the timber-east of Silr
verton a lew years ago. ,1
.'. - Ppnishment Too light
Mr. Taylor says, that under the
present taw the punishment for kill
Ink elk is usually the rutnimum fine
allowed,and that there are plenty of
wealthy 'bunters who would gladly
pay a fine, of f 100 for the nrivileise
of acquiring the teeth and skin of
an elc. If the animals can be pro -
tec ted he believes that In a few years!
. elk will roam in Oregon forests In
. . uiam "
sport for hunters that was poslsble I
years ago when the animals were!
numerous. He wss not prepared tot
say bow many years it will be before
an open season can be declared on
ei;
a carioaa or eia, 17 m all. was re -
rawu in auiijui Dssin, n mn h wi
wi omeriuu, m. ijficHt mouoiain re-
th!. wa. liV-:n
where hundreds of these monarchs
of the forest were slain.
Shoemaker HelpK Plan '
For four years Mr. Taylor, has
been working on the plan which was
consummated on New Year's day.
Through t'ae accommodation of Carl
p. Shoemaker, state game warden,
Marion county was favored with the
Hr HrLif k fJ!0m .,Ure """I
etT-.L e."rt5 "L,jr AronF."
by s.eighs. and then shipped to Wal
lowa county. Oregon, where
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LOSES ALERTNESS
e"
PEOPLE FALSE, IDEA
"Ony pity can be felt for the kai
ser on such occasions. No one ho
has seen hm at Amerongen, and is
capable of responsble impfessior be
lieves that this man, who is spirit
ually torn and shows it n his bcry,
wll ever play an active role In any
form whatsoever. By the grinding
experiences of war. the blow of a
breakdown and worry about his fii
ture, which contantly torments him,
the deeper Impulses of his will are
dulled." . '
People Jletray.'I Claim
In the opinon of. the correspond
ent, tne former emperor Has pur
chased Doom house as proof that
he has given up all thoughts of
turning to Germany.
"He no longer expresses the wish
to return tot Cermany." sayr the
writer. "He believes Germany is
lost. More than ever he beleves he
has been betrayed bv -his rouelHors
and the whole people."
The former ruler's letters ate ceil-,
sored by the Dutch suthoritiea. sr'ao
are declared to be not nconsiderate
and not naturally severe. The -or-
respondent makes an appeal for
former emperor, saying:
"It depends upon Amerongen be
ing left' quiet and forgotten. The
last affCbnt that threatens ts resi
dent can thus be most easily avoid
ed." v . ..
WILSONNOT
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tOUSESUGAR
CONTROL ACT
n t as t r& if .ona special train win iaae anomer
rresiaeni maxes uecision not
t r d n. I
iu uaci wise i uwcu as ivc -
suit of Recommendations of
Board of Equalization
CHANGED CONDITIONS
KILL BILL IS CLAIM!
Use of Powers Would Tend to
Increase Not Decrease
Price Is Held
WASHINGTON. Jan. S.Trts;
dent Wilson has decid a not o tx
rilse powers conferred in the Mo
Nary; suaar control lull autnriz
I n a n,1P.Ko-o .11.1 Jkod.. V
Cuban sugar crop. acording to a
statement issued tonignt at the
White House.
The statement saU the jr-ident
had 'decided on the basis of facts
presented for his consideration and
the recomendation of
the sugar I
equalization board that
this -power I
sitous not he exercised. I I
Statement KxpUin. Attltnde ;
In a long statement announcing
iue prriuems or-mon, me aeciritne meeting of the State Teachers'
ation is made mat appareutiy me 1
available ..supply - is sufficient roriwent on record In favor of an In
Americaan needs, "even on the
unnecessarily large basis of con-
sumption," and notice i given hal
the cower of nrice control through
!ne licensing system.-authorized by
the bill, will be ' invoked If neces
sary in cooperation with the depart
f.Zl
ment ot Justice
Figures attached
show that the estimated 191 con
sumption in the United States was
slightly more than 4.500.00 tons of
which normally only 1.000.000 tons
was domestic production. As the
Cuban crop is unusually large at
4.SO0.00O tons, of which the allies.
however, because of limited purrta-
ing power. win lase aooui i,iu.wi
I tons, and" as the estimated ' Louts-
liana, wester beet, Hawaiian and Per
1 to mean- product Ion will reach 2,
000.000 tons, the statement fore-
a sufficient supply, for Amerl
can needs,
.
wisnsniitkm Inrrwiea
The American per capita nxirnmp-
t ion of sugar, the statement ek',
I had risen from 25 pounds In lStfC to
Ian average of &5 pounds during tK
1 1 91 4-1918 period and 9i pounas for
1 1919
when me question ot pm-juas-ng
the Cuban crop first came npu
August only one meber of the sugar
board dissented from the coflcloalon
that the. Cuban crop should not he
pnrchased nnless the board's pow-
ers of control were made effective,
requiring congressional action, the
statement said. The president hiJ
reached no conclusion when he w.
Uken , dliring his western trip.
Tarly in October the sugar txd
recommended to a senate committer
the purchase of the 1920 Cuban
hv!'rop, the board then reeing mat ;ti
contracts wnn doiii producers sP'i
refiners could be renewed. Conr-M
dfd not act, tbe statement add. un
til "December 20.
Changed Conditions Kill Ide
Conditions have no changed that
the members of the. board feel thct
action by it under the McNary nci
does not offer a way to securing a
regular supply at a reasonable r.cr,
the statement said. There ls .no
contract with western beet suar or
Louisiana cane producers for the
1920 crop and by October 15 the
control of the board applied on'7
the remainder of the Cuben 1919
crop, the etatement said.
"One of the elements which -eSp-.
materialy to make the board ac
tion for the 1919 crop effective n."
onrer exists." it continues. "Tne
board was abe to deal with the uni
fled Cuban selling agency fj iLe
1919 crop and to secure and control
the entire crop. Now there Iz no
Derson -or committee authorized to
- lsell the balance of the 1920 Cuban
crop
Competition Would Increase Price
If the board now went Into the
Cuban market, the statement Mid.
it would be able to buy ludivlduit
lots in competition with private buy
era and with a tendency to increase
the price. The statement points cut
that under the McNary act control
of domestic sugsr would csi Julv
30 and adds that should the sug:
board succeed in purchasinc Cuban
eucar for delivery thtburhou. the
I year it, would be In the position of
"trying to maintain a uniform reas
onable price over, the country wfth
no control whatsoever over lare
quantities of sugsr froa Haw .'I and
Porto Rico which came . tu mainly
the! after June 30, and over the new
Louisiana cane and western beet
sugar." -
"This, too." the statement said,
"at the time of the year whtnl if
at all. absolnie control vf si surar
by the board wond be essentU."
Special Train Takes Rubber
from Portland Steamship
PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 3. In or.
der to give quick dispatch to a rub
ber careo here from Singapore on
the steamer West . Hartland. In the
line of the 1'actfk; Steamship com
pany s Portland-Oriental service.
special train of 4 cars started east
tonight with that portion of the rub
ber which has been discharged from
the vessel. Karly next week a sec
consignment ot the cargo.
nnj IA AT TTPrriO
SLHIJUL NfcfclJS
CALL FOR BILL
Countv Head Fvor Increase
in Salary ot State Super
intendent Legislation to raise school fands
through a tax of 2 mills on all the
taxable property of th state wil'- bo
introduced at the coming special ses
sion of the legislature, according to
information emanating from the eqn
vention of county school superintend
ents now in session here.
By virtue of Its being a millare
tax. voted by the people.- should the
legislature refer the measure and.lt
be passed at the next election, such
an appropriation would not be sub
ject to the C per cent limitation
amendment ot the state constitution.
Further .to Insure adequate school
funds, according to Information com
ing from the same source, the school
men of the state will cause legislation
to be Introduced removing all school
tax levies from application of the (
per cni consuiuiionai amendment.
At tbsewn yesterday the an per-
Mn. trh r.ti w.r. .rfnm .
auociatlon in Portland. Also thev
pres-lerease In the salary of the office ot
state superintendent 01 schools to. a
figure commensurate with the Impor
tance of the office Instate affairs.
II. F. Irvine, editor of the Portland
Journal, addressed the superintend
ents on the subject of thrift, and
State Superintendent J. A. Churchill
spoke on the administration, of school
affairs. .
The superintendents will elect of
ficers 'Monday and expect to be la
session until Wednesday,
Turner Banker Breaks
Auto on Bad Crossing
R. D. Gray. Turner banker, had an
expensive . break-down . last night
while driving Into Salem when he en
countered a rough crossing where the
Turner road intersects the Southern
Pseifle trscks near the state peniten
tiary. It Is said that at this point a
ditch extends directly across the road
The county pavement runs to within
a few feet of the tracks on either
side, and -stops abruptly, making
very rough and dangerous crossing.
Mr. Bray says he was traveling about
15 miles an hour. The snrinn of his
iCar were broken
British Mission Denies
Report of American Loan
NEW, YORK. Jan. 3. TheBritish
raiMlonvjnad public tonigtit a cable
message from the British treasury
denying that Sir George Palsb Is ne
gotiating a large American loan for
Great Britain-. r
Attempt to Assassinate Gen.
Penlklne Is Unsuccessful
COJENHAGEN. Jan.' 3 An unsuc
cessful attempt has- been made td
assassinate General Deniklne. head of
tbe government in Southern Russia,
according to advices received by the
Berllngske Tledene. One- of Dent-
kine's aides was killed.
17 MILLIONS IN
LOAN ANNOUNCED
American Business td Aid in
Reconstruction in
Europe
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Appeals
of American business for sid in fi
nancing tbe. reconstruction of Eur
ope were answered today when the
war finance corporation announced
that four loans, aggregating $1".
000.000. soon would be made to
commercial interests which will em
ploy the money in exporting needed
materials to the stricken nations.
PUBLIC LIBRARY B ADLY DATiIAGED
IN ftUDNIGHT FIRE ORIGINAMG
IN BOILER ROOM; 50 BOOKS BIT'
The public library was badly dam
aged about midnight last night when
a fire which originated in the fur
nace room, ruined tbe furnace roj:n
and. the flames soon reaching up to
tbe main floor spoiled about So
books.
About 11:50 o'clock the call was
turned in by Dr. R. L. Burdette to
the fire department.- The fire start
ing In the furnace room had gained
BIG STRIKES
REDS' WORK
IS CLAIMED
Information Gathered in Riid
Shows Radical Leaders In
cited Workers as Means to
Overthrowing Government
AGENTS CLAIM MINERS
DUPED BY COMMUNISTS
West Virginia One of Mo it
Fertile Field Is New Dis- .
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Washington ian. Radical
leaders planned to develop the recent
steel and coal strikes into a general
strike and ultimately into a revolu
tion to overthrow the government
according to Information gathered
by federal agents In Friday night's
wholesale roundup of members of .
the Communist and Communist La
bor parties. . A definite program was
to expand the two labor disturbances
for tbe purpose of blotting eut every
resemblance of organised govern
ment, was disclosed In evidence gath
ered In hslf score of cities. This
data, officials said, tended to prove
that the nation-wide raids had nipped
the most menacing revolutionary
plot yet unearthed. - -
AgJtatloa Indicated
Officials Indicated that both .
groups ot radicals were only await- .
lng an opportune moment to carry
on among -other workers the same
sort of agitation employed 'among
steel workers and coal miners. .
Among the foreiga element of the
communist and- communist labor
parties Information described aa con- '
elusive revealed that payrolls fe4
been "loaded with agitators to be
sent suddenly,' to lo every fertile
field in support of a general strike
campaign. ' " ' '
.Odtararaniats IMsrovered "- .
During tbe last two weeks of th
coal strike communist agitators were
discovered to hare penetrated prac
tically every mi ains; center east of
the Mississippi -river. . Evidsaee .
showed that in several instances
where miners had voted to return to
work, the communists - had spread
their propaganda of distrust of the
government to such an extent. It wa
s id. that few if any. miners actually
got back to their Jobs.
Attempt to Incite the mine work
ers to violence were the most bold
in' West Virginia, officials said, ser
ious trouble being narrowly averted
there. But all soft coal regions were .
infested and much of the data lead-'
lng up to Friday's raids were gath
ered by secret agents clrcalaUar
among the miners and coming la
contact with the agitators themselves
It wss disclosed.
SANDERSON IS
HELD ON CHARGE
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I - f r- . ' e-
Grand Jury Indictment AUsg
es Killing of Mrs: ITInr.ie
:n Jaeger . ; t' "i
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PORTLAND. Jan. U G. . 6ib
derson,,a photographer, waa today
Indicted by the county rranj Jury
l on a charge of manslaughter, pa the
allegation that he ran down -vith
his automobile and killed Hr- Min
nie P. Jaeger, aged (0. pn thr nlcht
or October 2C UsU 11 was rllefM
by the district attorney tat Sae
derson was driving at exeeselve
speed when the accident oc.urred.
Volunteers Search for Too
Men Lost in Big LatiiiUit
JUNEAU. Alaska. Jan. 3. Volun
teers" searched today for bodies of
Henry Jaeger. Nome pioneer, and
Laurie Oaks, miner, who. it:ls be
lieved, were killed when landslide
yesterday wrecked a boarding hduse
In which they were living here. An
drew Wallln. fellow board sr. re
ceived injuries from which be died
four hours after the slide. . Eight
others -were Injured, two probably
faulty.
much headway, when the ! e
part men t arrived. . However t: f
nacc room of the library. Is W.. :
street level and water. ;j tlrc
in easily and the flames were ,..-;
ly extinguished.
The furnace Is badfy C - srJ j
the woodwork In that ?: u t
stroyed. PmctlcaUy f :y Cr r
volumes that wer ci tl r.'3 f
were ruined.
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