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v 4 THE OREGON STATESMAN: SATURDAY, JANUARY 31. 1020. , MARTENS TELLS GRIM TALE OF ; RED COURIERS Runners From oviet Russia Bavcd Death to Spread M Doctrine Says Witness STORY BUT HALF TOLD Messengers Bring fortunes Risking Capture in Europe : U Is Testimony ; WASHINGTON. Jan. SO-UHow the couriers of soviet Russia; carrying funds to finance its propaganda In America, ran the gauntjet of death and imprisonment In 'the surround ing states of Europe, was a story half told then abandoned today by ', Lndwlg , C. A. K. Martens, soviet agent in the United States, before the senate foreign relation sub-committee investigating 'Russian propa ganda, j: , , Martens flatly declined to answer further questions of the committee, on the subject of the couriers, and left It to consider whether or not bis plea of "diplomatic immunity" from" further examination should be al his personal activities in endeavor ing to get his government' recognized by the state department, and In plac ing provisional contracts for 25, 000.000 worth of food, clothing and machinery with American business houses. This latter effort he sa.ld. had resulted In placing two. or three letters before President Wilson urg ing recognition, though the state de partment has remained firm in its refusal to recognize him in any way. 7 Of 20 Get Through. Out of 20 of the mysterious mes sengers who started during the last year from Moscow "with funds and letters to him. Martens said, seven had gotten through the barriers of a nn I s and Intrnatlonal frontiers. Several had been shot summarily In Finland "three that I know of." Martens said casually; of ten who tried to get through Germany. nine were caught and jailed. The tirsi man to teach him, however, carried $50,000 and his credentials as soviet ambassador to the ' United States. I Here he began to evade .though Sen ator Moses of New Hampshire, chair man of the committee, and Senator Brandegee. Connecticut, were prod ding him on with questions as to messengers' routes and methods of travel and disguises. lurther Information Decline!. "I decline to answer," h stated finally, when asked to name one ot the couriers and repeated hia words quietly when the topic was pusned further. He. -too, had sent couriers, be admitted, but of their fortunes he h.d not been advised. Altogether. 1150.000 bad come to him through the underground route, and also an instruction, he said, not to spend any New Jersey Governor Foe. of Prohibition, Taking Oath of Office at Trenton ".7 r r V . i lowed, while he; went on to recount cf the money "on politics or the sup- 3 V: HIPPODROME VAUDEVILLE TODAY BLIGHTHEATRE 9 Sth: FdThcnlzS'MoTze f tT 7 v- :4t-?i 'Bosdi Magneto, 7 r 'm "1 . 4 5 W W 1 .... UNREST AMONG FARMERS GROWS IS INDICATION Thousands of Replies to Questionaire Reveal Threat ened Crisis POSTAL HEAD REPORTS Middleman Target of Majori ty of Complaints Exodus From Farms Looms than has been done Tor the ex-servic men. That the executive board draft and initiate such legislation and consti tutional measures as may be neces sary to carry out the principles enun ciated in the platform. Kndorsing the action of the rail-; roau brotherhoods of the I nited States in co-operatlnK with the farm-, era and labor organizations In the J establishment of co-operative insti-i tutions. such as tanks, aianufactur-j ir.g plants and co-operative market ing and distributing s)steais. HONEST MEASURE! DRIVE TO START Weights and Measures De partment to Carry Cam paign Through State "An 'honet measure" campaign . l SI. al A I 4 ' nps ieen inausuraieu iy mc likely to disturb the existing econ- dcparin.ent of weights and measures j om,c Mructnre. considered by rov It will be waged throughout the ; ernment 0rfIcals to reTcale4 In ttate. but particularly in the ciUes ( more ,han 40 Q(t9 rt.pUen to , qUf. from where come mwt, complaPnts tlonnaire recentiy sent out oy tne about short weights and measures, j popff, depaflment. The object is to protect all persons, j rhe repIJeg as tnns far drted whether they le producers. rbole-; wpre 8nmmarjrPi n a rep0rt prepar salers. retailers or consumers. ; ej Kr Oeorre L. Wood. snDrrintend- Commenting on the campaign. W. , ent of tDe postoffice department's di- A. Dalziel. deputy state sealer, said: vUion of rural malls, and read to 'One Of the features of this cam- the senate po?tofflce committee to- Tumalo Fish Hatchery to Get Million Trout Eggs IiKND, Or.. Jan. 29. There will be seven million eastern brook trout eggs at the Tumalo fis-h hatchery this coming week with the transfer of the embryo trout from Lava Ike. Superintendent Lynes announced to day. The supply from the Tumalo hatchery will be unusually large this year, according to the superintendent. Are Americans too proud t work? If they should all answer In the nega tive it would help a lot. Production is the one thing needed in this coun try. ' I 1 . A... . . -. - - WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.- Indica tion of a widespread rpirlt of unrest and dissatisfaction among the farm ers of the country, so threatening' as This pLotosraj . was Uk -:i at Trenton. N J.. as Chief Justice William S. Gummere vas administering the oath of fcftice to Governor Kdward I. Hd wards in fr.jt of the Ftate boaso. Govrjnor Kdwards, who was elected on a wet plalform. pledged himself In. bis inaugural address to "do every lawful thing to hae it diterminp4 that the present condition of af fairs with respect to prohibition lias hjeen illegally forced upon the people of this state." port of internal factions or partiefi in the United States. " COl'GIU: XIGITT AM IAY John Vognue, Elberton. ta.. writes: "I coughed night and day and my throat was raw and sore. I 'got a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tsr and my condition began to im prove and In a few day 1 was as well as ever. In my opinion. Foley' is the best cough medicine made.'' Best for colds, croup, whooping cough. Children like it. J. C. Perry. SINGLE TAX IS AVOIDED (Continued from page 1) Le ouDreme .... T? arm iLnjame rHE famous "Z" Endno and the BosdiJugK ten . . .tt . non, psaiiatins magneto comlsine to mike tKe one SUPREME firm engine. 5C on us ard se tKo result of this nerfest comtinatjon FAIRBANKS MORSE 'IT WITH BOSCH MAGNETO. 5 We are substan tially assisted in delivering maximum engine serJica b$ a nearby BokK Serf ic Station, i Pricrt 1 V H. $75- 3 H. P., $tx54xrr 6 H. $oo.ooll F. O. B. Factory. nr 1 r:: LOT L PEARCE & SON, Scfem, Oregon values." As finally adopted Itreads "snbstitution of a more: equitable method of taxation." v A difference of opinion arose as to whether the plank was intended to approach the single tax and mem bers of the platform committee were not in . entire agreement. F. . E- Cbulter said that was not the inten tion, but Louis Uowerman said that was his intention as a member of the committee. M. M. liurtner. a mem ber of the grangers led the fight! against the wording1, declaring the grange had taken a definite stand against single tax. After the argu ment had gone to some length C. N. Hynerson. editor of the Portland.,Ua bor Press, made. a plea for definlie ness, so that the people may know exactly what is meant. Chairman It - l m as t ? . i a. : a. udiiwi was ur ine opinion uiai i- ct Xx nnti ik intornrftt uH n fnnatiintr the Etngle'tax. l?yneron and Ittmermaii (lash lVwerman struck fir fmni Hyner son when he said that "fear seems to dominate the arf'.on of the mem bers." ' "That is not true." retorted Tty nerson. -"I resent that insinuation. I have almost gone t: jail many a time for. principle, and I am not afraid to lake aMand on single tax or anything eie. hut here in a ques tion that we must meet in the spirit of conciliation." There was further dircussion as to what method of taxation should be substituted, but action was not tak en. When he clause ' relative to tho right to "alter, reform or abolish the government" was underdebate Uynerson sai d he had printed Jh words acmes the top of the front page of the I.alor Press recently, without explaining that they were from the ate consMtuion. hoping "to get a rise out of Hugh Hume editor of The Spectator." Hume Didn't F.ite "He didn't fall for it, though." said ttynerson, "and strange as it may seem the only paper that object ed was a labor paper which aid editorially that we were going too far." On the plank favoring abolition of the state senate a rising vote was requested. It carried 28 to 3. As a nucleus for the executive committee of the Land and Labor league the following were appointed C. K. Stipp. La Grande: F. E. Coul ter. Portland; L. J. Simeral. SJTem G. II. Haker. Ilend; O. 11. Todd. Eu gene; C. E. Spence, Oregon City: James Hryant. Albany; O. R. Gold man. Corvallis; H. M. Urower, Rose burg; J. K. Sears. McCoy; A. K bhumway. Milton. These members were instructed to complete the com mittee by naming enough others to have a representative from each county. II art wig U CKalrnun who uariwig was retained as chairman oft the lrgue and W. i: Klmsey as secretary. The plan or the organization was changed rela tive to initiation fees and dues Originally It proposed an initial fee of $3 and dues of 50 cents a month. This was stubbornly fought and changed to dues of J2 for the first six months and 30 cents a month thereafter, with the initiation fee eliminated. Anion g resolutions adopted were the followingTin Futstance: That -rejroti senators and repre sentatives in congress be required in law to Fiipport all measures adopted by the people instead of "their own leronal whims." Service Men ltcmcniltcrrd Providing that the state do more palgn is to correct the practice t:iaf a great many merchants use in the sale of such commodities as sausage, lard and ground meats that are sd in buik and wherein the dish or con tainer is weighed with the article and in most instances an ounce is taken from the consumer and of late several complaints have been made regarding this method of doing busi ness. An ounce is not much but if each home in this country was short weiR.ited an ounced a day on butter at the prevailing price it would mean a lo.-'s or about $500,000 daily to-the consumer. Another object cf this department is to rid the state of a large number of illegal weighing de vices that are in use. rnch as tho 'family scale', a scale that has been outlawed in this state and while the outside districts have been thorough ly searched for these devices, it Is known that itome merchants in the city of Portland are still using them and the orricials or the city depart ment will be given every assistance by the state to rid the community or there nnlawrul weighing devices, and merchants who persist in u?inp them need not "be surprised to bav them confiscated but may also face a charge of having illegal scales in their possession. The public is ad vised to buy from the honest mx chant. shun the person who gives 1 1 ounces for a pound, or 1800 pounds for a ton. and to co-operate with this department la correcting this shortweight eveil." ; . TODAY day by James I. Blakeslee. fourth as sistant postmaster general. The views of the farmers were obtained by the broadcasting of 200.000 con ies of a questionnaire throughout tha agt (cultural states asking for sugges tions whereby the postoffice depart ment might aid In cutting down tha cost of living. r ThouKand Asmwer Questionnaire Answers to tha questionnaires hav been coming In since' the, middle of December at' the rate of a thousand a day and while a small percentage of them are from well 'satisfied fann ers having no suggestions to- make, the great proportion, as summarized by officials show tha major com plaints of the farmers In numerical order to be: . Inability to obtain labor to work the farms, hired help and the farm ers' children having been lured to the city by ihgher wages and easier living. High profits taken by middlemen for the mere handling of food, prod ucts. and - Lack of proper agencies of con tact between the farmer and the. ul timate consumer. Many of the replies, said one offl cIEal. probably as many as SO per cent, indicate that the writers con template either leaving their farms or of curtailing acreage under cul tivation because of one or more of the major grievances and because of the growing feeling against, non-producing city dwellers. . : FAMOUS FLAG ; IS PRESENTED Winchester, England, Stand ard, Brought to U. S. by Abraraj, Given Namesake WINCHESTER, Va., Jan. 2!. Formal presentation was made to night ot the original Guild Hall flag of Winchester, England, to Its name sake, Winchester, Va., as an expres sion of the enduring amity and good will of the people of the ancient Eng lish municipality totwards the hun dreds of thousands of Americans who passed through the city on their ov- Sailors Seeing New York From Towering Fighting Tops of Battleship Pennsylvania erseas journey to the A. E. F. In France. The-presentation was mad by Major General Bethel.' military attache ot the British embassy In w asouigxon. . 7 . 7. : The flag was brought from .Win chester, England., by -Colonel Carl Abrams of Salem, Or., to whom it was entrusted on the occasion of a formal ceremony on Jny 4. 1918. lausamTiall PERMIT ISSUED Structure Now Well Under Way Permission Given to Remodel Homes to t f Order for Extra Copies of Statesman Industrial Edition The Statesman Industrial Edition Manager : Will you send the forthcoming Industrial Edition of The Statesman to the following who I believe could be interested in our community. I herewith pay for papers at 20 cents each. 1 2 3 Name Street City State - ' i 4 it -i 5 C i 7 f 0 ....... i i 10 :'2 . I My Name. Three permits were Issued by City Recorder Race Thursday for the con rtruction of a three story dormitory of the Willamette university and Al terations on the other two story structures. The building will be the new Lausanne hall. . The new dormitory of the Willam ette. .university has been under con structiOn for some time and Is local ed on the Willamette campus. The estimated cost I about 180.000 and F. A. Ieicge is the contractor. 1-d Keene was riven a oermit Thursday to alter a one-story from dwelling at 224 Division street at an estimated cost of S3AO. A two-story dwelling at 1 state street U to Le altered at a cost of $3000. The work will be con tracted for by F. A. Legge. ' . Hi fKG& Kemhedv. Ooldwyn R'cturc 3tar. IN K v "LeayeltToSusan" A Dmudf Cmmeiy Drama Ye Liberty GRAND OPERA HOUSE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 WALKER man icpf Cast yrfjun Scdo Prim 30r to 2-M Scat Sale open Saturday, Jan. 31, at Ojra House rharmacjr Heserve Early Mail Orders Siow Case Will Go to United State Supreme Court . . .. . , r. i ; ft. tmm ....... ' '" ' Hlll II I f This, unusual photoRraph shows sailors of Ihe battleship Pennsylvania, flnship cf the Atlantic fleet, view in New York from the loftv fighting tops or tho firr i-ontrol masts. Brooklyn Drldg, is Ut the background. Th.w righting topS at- far rrom the water as the roof of a skyscraper from lit umun.1. The Pennsylvania, was on her war to Join the other vessels or th- Atlantic rieet at the Virginia capes. ' Krom thre th.-y pro ceed to Cuautanwiuo, Cuba, for tho usual mariuvcrs and target practic. William P. Ixrd of Portland and j J. K. Weatherford of Albany, altor-; neys were here yesterday to iTfect ; an appeal to the I'ntted States mi- preme court In the case of the Hate vs. S. J. Krazier. a Kupene man who was convicted or uttering a forged re ceipt and ho was pentenced to nerve from two to twtntr yea In the state penitentiary. On ai)ie:-l' from the Ireuit court to the iate ' preme court the dwree of the lower court was affirmed. The charge grew out of a bank ruptcy proeedin in which it 1 al leged, that Frailer pm-nled m evi dences cancelled check as a reeeiit. aliped to have ben signed wfth.th forged signature of Ur. Harri of Kugene. The case van tried in Pon ton county on a chance of venue. At torney!- ror Krarier claim the ra- snouifi have been riel in the tedoral t court. j Follow the crowd and you will So to NOr-YARY GROCERS 383 Court St. Phone 400 LADD & BUSH, BANKERS .Established 1R68 General banking Dunincua Office Hours from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.