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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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A Dmudf Cmmeiy Drama
Ye Liberty
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3
WALKER
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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
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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
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