TIIE MORNING OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, 3IARCH 21, 1919.
BAKER SAID TO BE IN
Senator Chamberlain Charges
. Bad Faith by Secretary.
non-bolshevik Russians. The line of
the Urals is held by troops of the Omsk
government and Czecho-Slovaks. with
the main transportation line, the Trans.
Siberian railway, cruarded bv allied
! forces, principally the Japanese, with
Americans at the extreme eastern end
near Vladivostok.
HELSINGFORS. March 20. The bol
shevik forces have been compelled to
abandon Dvlnsk (Dunaburg), 110 miles
southeast of Kir a.
COPENHAGEN, March 20. Bolshevik
troops, under pressure of Polish forces
have been compelled to N retire and
evacuate Pinsk, 100 miles east of Brest
Utovsk. according- to a dispatch from
w trsaw.
Letts Capture Mlttao.
The important railroad Junction town
I of Mitau. southwest of Riga, has been
captured by Lettish troops, says a Let
tish official statement issued Wednes-
AdTicc of Colonel Ancll to Reform j day. The bolsheviki, the statement
COL HOUSE REPLIES
ACTION TERMED IMPROPER
Courtinartial Sjslcin Alleged
to Have Becu Rejected.
adds, are retiring:
front.
along: the whole
WASHINGTON, March 20. Dis
patches received at the state depart
merit today from Sweden said social
revolutionists tn retroerad and Mos
March 20. Senator cow nan been active in demonstrations
chairman of K,I,ai lI,e oymneviHi ana inai rioi-
. u . in me BireeiB nut occurreg. j
the senate military committee, made j boUhevlk commiss(oner who attempted
uu.j itif i to address one meetlnir of social revo
utlonists was mobbed.
According to these advices all roads
WASHINGTON,
Chamberlain of Oregon,
public
Baker in which he charted the war
secretary with being: under the influ-
ence of . reactionaries opposed to I
changes in the army court-martial
ystem. with acinic in bad faith
toward con Kress and with ordering an I
investigation which the senator said.
In his judgment, was designed to de
stroy Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel T.
Ansell. "the man who exposed the in
justice of the present system."
With his letter Senator Chamberlain
trave out a copy of a telegram received
from Secretary Baker, now on an in
spection trip on the Pacific coast, de
clining to make public immediately a
reply by Colonel Ansell to statements
made by .Mr. Baker and Judge-Advo-vale-General
Crowder.
Baker Sends Reply.
In respunse to a message from Sen
ator Chamberlain asking that the An
sell letter be published. Secretary Ba
ker telegraphed:
More than a year ago I asked of
leading to Petrosrad were closed to
passenper traffic on March 15.
nOMIML FOLIUM ACCEPTS
NAVAL COMMANDANT WILL AT
TEND KOSE FESTIVAL.
Sinnolt Confers With Reclamation
Service Director on Bill Appro
priating $100,000,000.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, March 20. Rear-Admiral
W. F. Fullam. commandant of the
12ih naval district. San Dlejro. Cal..
tne military committees of both the I aecept?tl an invitation to attend the
senate and house legislation to correct I Kos3 FesMv.il at Portland ir. June,
the evils of the present court-martial I subject to the navy department's ap
uvsteni. I shall renew the request whenproval. In x teiesrani to Representative
congress assembles. There would seem 1 McArthur today. Representative Mel
A-thur left toniiil't for Portland to
join the house naval affaiis committee.
to be, therefore, no controversy on the
merits of the subject. Have not yet
tseen the letter in question and cannot
imagine why my consideration of it on
my return will not be time enough."
In his letter. Senator Chamberlain
aid Secretary Baker was "deaf to com
plaints." and was fencing on the sub
ject. He declared the bill drafted by
the war department to correct the
court-martial system was not sent In
:ood faith to congress, but was "simply
designed to allay public apprehension
and inquiry by the appearance of doing
aomcthing."
Seaator .Waken Criticism.
The letter continued
The veekly bulletin of the depart
ment of labor Issued today shoivs a
vast improvement in the employment
situation in Portland. Or., for larit
wee!:, the surnlus ot unemployed drop
pins from 12.000 to 9000. ThU is the
best report for anv city on the raeific
coast except Spokane, all other cities
showing large increase.
Representative finr.ett conferred with
Director Davis of the reclamation
service today relative to the Lane bill
Conditions at Brest Declared
to Be Excellent.
ARMY'S WORK COMMENDED
French Minister Joins With Ameri
can in Appreciation of "Exam
ple of American Efficiency."
You supplanted the officer who had ! appropriating $100,000,000 to provide
cn fit to call your attention at th-e be-
frinniiiK of the war to the necessity of
keeping the strictest supervision over
court-martial proceeding; ly an offi
cer ho contended that uch super
vision was not necessary'and that euch
supervision would derogate from the
Mwer of the comma rid in of f h-er and
dfHtroy discipline. You elbowed astde
the one officer who even then had the
courage to condemn the tytem and
the prevision to point out its terrible
results enra Ansel 1 and took into
the bosom of your confidence a trio of
wen who are pronoun t ed reactionaries
General Crowder. the then acting
chief-of -staff, and the inspector-general
the last named of whom is even
this day engaged, by your order, in a
?o-ca I led 'investigation' designed in my
judgment to destroy the man who ex
uosed the injustice vt the present
In oilier .that any further responsi
bility might he chitted to congress, the
Senator wrote. Mr. leaker presented a
bill which if he did not know, advisers
nit), could not be passed. The slightest
cons iiie rat tori of the measure, he as
serted, would show that had it been
enacted into law it would have made
the system even "more reactionary, if
possible, than it is now.'
Action Declared Improper.
Senator Chamberlain said Colonel
Ansell. while serving as acting judge
advocate -general, had written an
opinion In which he demonstrated that
the power of supervision to correct
nils was given in existing law, but
that the secretary either ordered or
permitted Ceneral Crowder to write
a n overruling opinion.
"Advised to do the proper thing by
our chief law officer and havinir hern
1;, hv him ih umv i r d. f- CHKHAUS. Wash.. 31 arch 20. (Spe
the letter, "vou declined to do so upon j Another lot of pure-bred cuttle
some slight legal technicality. This lo l-ewis county this week, the re-
i evidence ti me that vou did not dti- I " ,L uv ,v" """ ""uf
?:oinec on arid, swamp and cut-over
lands for returning soldier's. It was
agred that some amendments might be
made to strengthen the measrre
Mr. Sinnott also held conferences at
the interior department on the water
powvr and coil, oil and phosphate land
leasing bill .vhfh ie is vo introduce
in the new congress. The water-power
billr! will be reintroduced as parsed by
the house, while the coal, oil and phos
phate land leasing bill will be reintro
duced about -is reported by the house
and senate conferees in the last con-
Chrome producers in Grmt and Jack
son counties. Oregcn, will be requested
to file sworn claim before June H as
to their actual net !osscs by reason of
the unexpected ending of the war. Rep
resentative Sinnott was advised tcday.
These losses will be paid under the
mineral relief bill passed by the last
The railroad administration was re
quested by Representative Sinnott this
a i ternoon to defer a curtai Iment. of
train service on the Crane branch of
t he Oregon-Washington Railroad and
Navigation system until a hearing
ran be had. The present servn e Is six
mixed trains each way weekly between
Ontario and Crane Citizens of Brunrt
protest against any reduction of service.
! PURE-BRED CATTLE SOLD
8675
a il for Cow at Lcwi
ly Sale.
Coun-
BY HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE.
(Copyright by the New Vork World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS. March 20. (Spec!! Cable.)
Mud Is still present at "the American
army camp at Brest, but It is a cleaner
and healthier mud than the sort thrown
at the plant In the last few weeks.
There has been a radical improve
ment In conditions. Not an improve
ment of the sort based upon negll
pence or mismanagement In the past,
but an improvement of the sort tha
always follows the presence of Yankee
enterprise and energy when these qual-
ties have a chance to show themselves.
Houne and I.eyccuea Plrafied.
The base command, the head of which
is Major-General Helmick. and Camp
1'ontanezen, commanded bv Brijradier
General Smedley Butler of the marine
corps, were inspected on Thursday by
Colonel House and French Minister of
Marine Leygues, while they were await-
ng the arrival of President Wilson.
Their visit of several hours took them
nto all quarters of the camp, and
when it was over they praised it highly.
colonel House, who is not given to
oose talk and who rarely lets himself
be quoted, said:
I think tne conditions in tne camp
and in Brest have been unjustly at-
acked. The manner in which some
hlng like 70.000 men ure beins han
dled is one callins for commendation
t is just such work as this, through
out our participation in the war, that
has made the Paris conference possi
b!e. The American army work hart
been done rapidly and excellently, and.
f my words early any weight. I should
iKe to assure my fellow countrymen
hat there Is nothing at Brest to cause
hem the least concern. On the con
rary. there is much to be proud of
The men are being well treated, wel
fed."
Amrlcan Efficiency oted.
The French minister spoke in the
same vein.
"I am more than pleased and im
pressed by my inspection of conditions
in tho American aimy at Brest and at
Camp Pontanezen," he said. "Those
tvo places afford a striking example
of American efficiency. Every possible
step has been taken for the comfort
and care of the soldiers, and the mili
tary management is above reproach.''
Minister Leygues, accompanied by his
aides, drove later, under the guidance
of Colonel Singleton, chief of staf of
the base command, to Penfield, where
the Americans have constructed big
waterworks that probably will be
bought by the French government eith
er for national-use or to be sold to the
Brest municipality. It is a triumph of
engineering and was planned and exe
cuted entirely by an American army
outfit.
DeatN Ilate Anions; Kovvefft.
Conversations with soldiers in camp
and in the hospital show that they have
no kick to make. In fact they united
ly give Brest a better reputation than
most other camps in France or Amer
ica. For two months the death rate at
Brest has been among the lowest in
the American expeditionary force, and
lower than in any of the camps in
America east of the Mississippi.
Red Cross, Y. M. C A., Knight's of
Columbus. Salvation Army and Jewish
Welfare workers have done good work
in keeping up the morale of the men
in the face of adverse conditions. Brest
will not be a profitable subject for tra
ducers of the American army and
searchers for scandal.
lng the elaborate plan of social and
labor legislation in which he has long
been interested. He has withheld this
plan because of the absorption of pub
lic interest in war measures, and he
wishes the people to be free trom such
distractions before submitting to them
a new programme of such importance.
if the plan, as finally divulged, be
anything aa captivating as the outline
imparted to me, it will give to America
the leadership In the solution of the
gravest problems that the world faces
today the problem of workers and
their work.
In the first hours of his return to
Paris the president learned of the tre
mendous new tasks that have been set
for him. On every question over which
there was disagreement in hia absence,
the delegates referred their issues to
him for decision. Within the next few
days he will be expected to pass upon
five main phases of the treaty with
Germany, coverinsr military, economic.
financial, territorial terms and the
matter of reparation.
Reparation Hard Problem.
In respect to reparation the Presi
dent is expected to give an exact def
inition to the term, saying whether it
means damages in the American sense
or damages plus war costs, as other
nations urge. T? this distinction he
will give little attention, as the matter
is largely academic, the controlling
factor being not a definition of the
term, but an appreciation of what Ger
many may be able to pay.
in the economic and financial fields
the president feels he has only to fol-
ow the course as laid down in hw 14
points as generally accepted. In the
study of boundary issues he will find
much to perplex him..
Not the least of the tasks before
tho president is the decision he must
make in relation to Palestine, and an
other decision in respect to the man
datory which America may be will
ing to assume, with direct reference
to taking Armenia under our wing.
Then the great and perplexing prob
lem Of Russia must be considered by
him, and the obscurities and menaces
of that vast land must be cleared awaj
The world cannot be at rest with the
Russian problem unsolved, while Rus
sia settled arid contented will restore
the world-balance.
Great as may be the reward for a
solution of this problem, there is no
light to show the way and the wise
men of Paris are groping in the dark
and sounding for a channel that will
lead them to a safe haven. There Is
no longer advocacy of any particular
policy in respect to Russia. Any plan
that seems to assure good results will
be seized avidly. Russia seem to hare
caused a bankruptcy of world states
manship, yet Russia . seemingly . goes
her way in politics with increasing
strength, though she starves and suf
fers. The truth about Russia has not yet
been revealed. One by one prejudiced
and partisan indictments collapse, and
the subject remains baffling and ap
parently impenetrable.
Four to Formulate Terms.
With Russia always looming porten
tously in the background, attention is
now required for the more immediate
task of reaching conclusions witn ter
many, which may not be so entirely
dissociated with Russian prospects a
manv pretend to believe.
Draft ct the peace terms will oe
formulated by four men, President Wll
son and Premiers Lloyd George, Clem
enceau and Orlando. This quartet will
hold daily sessions as the executive
committee of the supreme council.
When the German delegates arrive,
probably about 'March 25, these lou
men will confer witn t em. .Ml one
can say what will happen if the Gcr
mans refuse to sign the preliminary
terms. It may be that provision has
been made for such a contingency, bu
f so the measures to be adopted have
not been divulged. No one likes to
think of such a possibility, and the few
who contemplate it see the only re
edy for it in the re-establishment of a
rigid blockade.
Perso3 who have studied the possi
bilities fdmit that a. fresh blockade
might sound the knell of Germany as a
nation:' and they do not tr - to concea
heir apprehension that in her fall other
countries might be .carried with her
and chaos come upon the world.
EXPLOSIVES TO BE SOLD
PRESIDENT IS CONFIDENT
"nnt Imfd Krum Kirft Pagr.t
si re to. do ."
FARM WEEK IS PROCLAIMED
Pacific orlliwot Con?rc al Walla
Wall;. ImIorril by state.
OI-YMPIA. Wash.. March 20. (Spe
cial.) Walla Walla."b national tractor
and power farming congress demon
stration for t he Pacific nort hwest, be
ginning A pril 13 and continuing for
Jourdajs, w as formally proclaimed farm
power and tractor wtek fur the state
by Acting Coventor Louis K. Hart yes
terday. The demonstration is indorsed by the
Portland Implement and Tractor Asso
ciation incorporation, with Washington
State col leu e. state and national agri
cultural departments, farmers and civic
organizations generally.
REDS BEATEN BY GREEKS
Oreek report from Salon ik i sa id tha t
tlreek, troops had defeated the bolshe
viki at Khfrson. nort he. t of Odessa.
I it the center of the Cront, between
Odessa and Kiga, the bolsheviki ap
parently have been living ground, as
reports says that the bolsheviki Iihvp
been forced to evacuate Pinsk by the
Poles-. In the region about Kiga. Let
tish forces have driven the bolsheviki
steadily eastward and now arc hI
Mitau, about 30 miles fcouthwest of
JSiga.
There has been more or less activity
in the lust fortnight on the allied front
touth of Archangel, but the bolsheviki
have made no iirogress. There have
been no reports of activity in the Cau
casus since Central lentktne wiped out
the bolshevik army operating along the
Kuma river.
OCTraMlve Is Imminent.
Kcent reports from Omsk have been
that the Kolchak government was pre
paring for an extended offensive move
ment west of the I'rals early in the
spring. The plan of the Kolchak gov
ernment is to advance north west ward
from Perm to join hands with the allied
forces at Archangel and southwest ward
from Ufa to connect with General Deni
Klne in the Caucasus.
In the defense of Odessa and the
nearby region, French. British, Greek
nd Kumanian forces are aiding non
bolshevik Ukrainians and Cossack de
tachments of General Denikine's forces.
In the center of the western front the
bolsheviki are opposed by the Poles,
whtle in the north the Lithuanians.
Letts and Ksthonians are fighting the
soviet forces. ,
Only in the Archangel region are
American forces actively engaged
against the bolsheviki. Other allied
troops in the nortii :ire British, Cana
. dians and Serbians. They are itftled by
vou Ileini herd held at Kent. James
Chamberlain of Cores, 12 miles west of
'helm lis. bouelit two head. Including
Kay Burke Potitiac, 3-year-old daugh
ter of King Korndyke 1'etertje Pontiac;
also a cow, Kay Nudine de Kol, who has
a 27.-3-pound record. The price of
this animal was J675. C. J. Lee of Alpha
paid $."tjo for a 5-months-old heifer
from the-famous $21,000 bull Finderne
Mutual Fayne Valdessa.
F. H. Hanke. residing west of Che
halis, secured, a heifer from the $21,000
bull, ami a cow with a 21. S 5-pound
weekly butter record.
American Sqiinciron Sails for Home.
RIO JANKIRO. March 20. The Amer
ican squadron under Rear-Admiral
Caperton. which for some time has
been paying visits tc South American
countries, sailed for the United Slates
todav.
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than ever he is willing to listen to th
voice of the people and it is his heart's
wish to make their desires articulate.
But he declines to be frightened into
(any false position by any bogies that
may be conjured up In the name of
public opinion. More than ever is Tie
inslstent that his faculty for interpret
ing the public mind is as keen as is the
insight of those who assume to speak
for the public, whether the oracles be
American, French or British.
He is unable to make any definite
conjecture as to the length of his pres
ent stay, but he hopes to be able to
return home in 30 or 40 days. Should
further conferences be required later
on, in order to shake down details of
the peace terms, it is within the bounds
of possibility .that he may make a third
trip to Europe in the summer.
If present calculations are accurate
he will be back in Washington by the
end of May and he will probably call a
special session of Congress for June for
tliL purpose of completing unfinished
legislation and of having the senate
pass upon the treaty. He lias no doubt
the senate will finally ratify it.
At the extra session it is probable
that he will submit a messa c out tin -
Disposal of Surplns War Material
Not to Vpsct Market Conditions,
WASHINGTON, March 20. Tentative
agreement has been reached with
manufacturers of explosives, under
which 50,000,000 pounds of surplus am
monium nitrate and 102.000 pounds of
I fulminate of mercury held V.- the war
department will be ausDOsed of in such
a way as not to upset market condi
tions.
A committee from the m:.nufactur
ers will meet shortly ir. Philadelphia to
work out details.
Ccntralia Pupils Make Record.
CENTRA LI A, Wash.. March 20. (Spe
cial.) Graduates of the Centralia high
school are making a good academic rec
ord at higher Institutions of learning
in the state. A report issued by the
University of Washington for the school
year of 1917-1918 shows that 84.49 pet
cent of the freshmen grades earned by
Centralians were above 5 per cent.
while only 73.85 per cent of the entire
freshman class won grades above this
figure.
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This is the first importation of all-wool
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only Portland store to be showing these
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Not a great quantity of each kind.
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