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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, APRIL 21 1 1918. OREGON TROOPS SEE SECRETARY BAKER Oregonian's Staff Correspond ent Tries to Write All News ' but Suffers Censorship. BIG THINGS BEING DONE Tiare Mention' of Colossal Scale Cpon Which War Preparations Are Coins On at American Naral Bas All That Is Allowed. BT WUX. C. MAC KAE. TVITH THE AMERICAN ARMT IN FRANCE. March li Todar thla bass received a Tlslt from Secretary Baker and General Pershing- The distin guished party arrived on. the early momlna train from Paris on which there were (delted by censor). Secretary Baker's party, la addition to General Pershing and his staff, consisted of a couple of moTlnc pic-tare-takers, several newspaper corre spondents, and a few others of more or less Importance. The old Third Oregon band was oat. played the neces sary four raffles and a flourish, and two companies belonging; to tne Mon tana regiment were drawn np to re ceive the visiting- guests. This makes the second time the baud from Oregon has played at the reception to Secre tary Baker, the other occasion being when the Secretary of War visited Chariot te. N'. C Important Baao Inspected. The party loet no time at the depot. When the party came through the door Secretary Baker was la the lead, and a few paces behind him came Gen eral Pershing, and then came his staff trickling through the open doors. A broad smlla adorned the secretary's face, and as the crowd caught sight of him and began to applaud the sec retary gracefully raised bis hat. Gen eral Pershing, looking unnecessarily and forbiddingly stern, hal no eyes for the crowd, but his eyes darted back and forth, taking in a q iick appraise ment of the soldieis drawn up before him. Then, at a command, the automo biles which were to take the party on Its quick tour of Inspection of this very important base drew up. was as quickly loaded and was off. Among the many places visited was the base hospital here, artillery camp, the T. V. C A and then, accompanied by several prominent French officers, a thorough tour of the various camps where our troops are quartered and where other Important things are be Ing done by the engineers. . . (Several lines here stricken out by censor.) Air Raiders Annoy Paris. Gotha air raiders were much In evi dence and on hand to give Secretary Baker an annoying reception upon his srrtval In Paris. Also. Just to show Mr. Baker how far he waa off the Job of Secretary of Warring, there was some one on hand to bring a gentle reminder of the fact that he was from Ohio. Of course, there was no political sig nificance to this, but Just the same detail from an Ohio Guard regiment, together with French troops, made an important raid on the German trenches. Naturally. Secretary Baker, while eat ing his petit de Jeuner (little break fast), read In the Paris newspaper the account of where some Ohio troops took part In a trench raid. There Is but one thing that counts over here ability to deliver the goods. And these soldiers. whether they are from Ohio or else where, like all American soldiers, ars doing their collective best to knock the dingbat daylights out: of the square heads at every given opportu nity. Big Things Are Being Dane. Secretary Baker's visit wss a sort of stop, look and listen, but what he saw while going over the colossal and stupendous big things which the engl neers and the small army of civilian employes are doing and have done. It must have given him a very comfort' able feeling. Re will be able when he returns home to tell the people the Army over here is producing great results and getting a return for the millions of dollars which America is spending over in France. Just Decs use censor rules say one mustn't breathe a word about what the American Array Is doing over here, one dare not tell in any detail that would be at all comprehensive of the big things done here, but if those in the States could be made to understand on what colossal scale the prepara tions behind the lines are carried on and for a moment get a glimpse of what has been done and what is doing. It would not take near the money spent for advertising when it comes to Coat ing the next liberty loan. They would know for sure then that their money wasn't being emptied into the Bay of Biscay.' ?et what Is going on at this bsse Is Just a fair sample of what- is going on at other places selected as American bases and In per Xecting the -tinea of communication. Important Changes Pes e lag. At this writing none of the tall towered pencil pushers (war corre spondents) seems to have learned the significance of Secretary Baker's visit at this time to the American front. There la some speculation, but In this land over which Is written large. "Don't talk to strangers and don't speculate it Is not conducive to the best of health to speculate. Another week will see ths officers snd non-com missioned officers back from the training school and others sent forward to replace them. With out doubt and maybe long before this letter (even If It escapes the U-boats) gets back to the States, there may be important changes in the regiments from Oregon and Washington. fighting, at the end of which the ene my was driven back. There la nothing further to report-" French. PARIS. April I The French War Office tonight reported concerning the day's operations as follows: "West of the Avre and on both banks of the Meuse there waa strong artil lery activity. In a minor attack east of St. Ml hie I. the Germans gained a footing In the French trenches, but were ejected. "On the Belgian front German at tacks resulted in the gaining of soms ground, but the enemy was almost im mediately driven back. "The Germans attempted a raid last night Its the region of Hangard-en-Santerre. Prisoners, including an offi cer, remain in our hands. "On both sldea the artillery fighting continued to be very active between Laasignr and Lay oik. "During the night French detach- ments carried out a number of raids at various points along the front, es pecially northwest and east of Rhelms. In the Champagne, in the sector of Juvlncourt and near the heights of the Meuse. The French took a number of prisoners. The Germans made sev era! of these attempts west of Butte de Mesnll and - in the W oevre. J were repulsed." BOLSHEII TRY 10 SEIZE WAR STORES Orders to Ship Sent to Vladi vostok Japanese Plan to Reinforce Troops. RUSSIANS OCCUPY DAURIA German. BERLIN, via London. April 20. In fantry activity on the battle fronts la the western theater of the war was limited today to reconnoiterlng. says ths official statement issued Dy tne Wsr Office today. The statement reads: "Western theater: infantry activity as limited to reconnoiterlng. There as stronger artillery fighting near Wytscbaete and BallleuL Between the Scarpa and the Somme artillery activ ity revived toward evening, on the Avre northwest of Moreull It remained very Intense all day. ' "In the Vosges region, as a result of a successful , thrust Into the enemy trenches southeast of Marklrch. some prisoners were brought in." Italian. ROME, April 10. "On the mountain front." says an. official statement given out today at the War Office, "our own and allied patrols made lively attacks at various places and Inflicted casual ties on the enemy. "Our artillery effectively engaged enemy positions on the Aslago plateau and kept for a long while under fire hostile detachments which were at tempting to evacuate Grave I1 Papa dopoll la order to escape the Piave flood." Star Army of 1500 Said to Include 400 Armed War Prisoners. Outbreak Against Jews in Galicls Reported. ACTUAL FIGHTING BEST rORTLAXD MAX SPCRXS DESK JOB FOR ARTILLERY SERVICE. (Whole page cat out by censor.) Official War Reports. Raleigh Hashes Enllata as Private at Casaf) Lewis After Refaalag Coaa smlaalea la U. S. Kavy. CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma, April 20. (Special.) Giving up a high-salaried position In Portland. Or., and refusing a commission In the Navy. Raleigh Hughes, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, came to Camp Lewis yesterday to enlist as a private In the J48th Field Artillery, because he was surer of seeing action in the artillery than he would be in the Navy, he said. Hughes was graduated In the class of 1907 from Annapolis and served In the Navy for nine years, resigning with the rank of Senior Lieutenant to accept a position with a shipping company In Portland. Hughes saw service In the Boxer up rising in Chins, service at Hongkong, participated In the occupation of Vera Crus In the Mexican troubles and served In the Navy for a time in Cuban waters during the Cuban pacification. When war waa declared Hughes was offered a commission with the Navy and promised assignment to the Navy Department at Washington. But he did not want a desk Job. he said. Then he was offered assignment with the fleet, but because of his previous ex perience in the Pacific Ocean he said he believed such an assignment might taka him to China or some place far away from the sone of real war activities. So he has come to Camp Lewis to enlist as a private in a branch which, he feels certains, is to see some active service. Hughes' experience in the Navy will stand him In good stead in the field artillery, where guns corresponding mofe or less to those used In the Navy are employed. He is 31 years old. (By the Associated Press.) HARBIN. Manchuria, April 14. An order has been received at Vladivostok from the Bolshevik government to ship the shells, explosives, metals, machin ery and machine toots concentrated there to European Russia. Freight and passenger traffic are to be suspended for the purpose, if neces sary, the order stipulates. The Bolshevik! recently withdrew from Dauria. near Lake Baikal, to ward Irkutsk, west of the lake. War Prleoaera Join BoIahevlkJ. When a representative of the allied powers started for Dauria he was met on the way by Bolsheviki, whose pur pose apparently waa to conceal the fact that an armed force of 1500 men. Including too armed war Drlsonera, had oeen brought in by the Bolsheviki and had again, occupied Dauria. Asaerieaa Engineers Depart. Thirty American engineers departed last Friday for stations along the Chinese Eastern Railway. A second detachment will leave soon. LONDON, April 40. Owii. to In creased anti-Japanese demonstrations at Vladivostok, where Japanese and British marines recently were landed. It has been necessary to arrange for reinforcements, telegraphs the corre spondent at Tlen-Tsln of the Exchange Telegraph Company. WASHINGTON, April 20. While rec ognising that an attempt to execute the orders of the Bolshevik government to ship the military supplies at Vladi vostok to European Russia might pre cipitate a conflict between the Jap anese forces in that Siberian port and the local soviet troops, officials here today expressed little concern over this latest development In the situation at V ladlvostok. Railroad Facilities Inadequate. The Siberian railroad Is In very poor condition, and, because of this fact, it was believed that the unskilled Rus sian railroad employes would be unable to move any portion of the vast store of supples over the several thousand miles of railroad that lie between the Pacific port and European Russia. An immediate connection was seen by the officials between the announce ment from Harbin of the order to move the war material and press dispatches from Tientsin that the Japanese and British marines at Vladivostok are to be reinforced because of increased anti-Japanese demonstrations. A large part of the war material at Vladivostok has been supplied from Japan, snd It Is doubted that the Jap anese government would permit any of this to be removed, particularly in view of the fact that the Bolshevik government has repudiated the Russian bond and other paper obligations ten dered In payment of these and other supplies. Officials were interested today In a dispatch from London, which said that arrangements had been made to In crease the Japanese forces because of anti-Japanese demonstration. Grange Repudiates League. SALEM. Or- April 20. (Special.) The Salem Grange practically repudi ated the Non-Partisan League today by passing resolutions declaring that it is not or will not become affiliated with any political league or organisation. Official Casualty List. British. w LONDON. April 0. Field Marshal Half's report today of operationa in France follows: "Successful minor enterprises were carried out by us this morning south or Hebuterne and south of the Scarpa River. We advanced our lines slightly and captured 17 prisoners and three machine guns, "The hostile artillery has been ac tive in the neighborhood of Ayette and south of La Bassee CanaL "During the night a successful coun ter attack by the first division threw out the enemy from points In our ad vanced defenses around Givenchy and Festubert. gained by him on April IS. at the cost of heavy losses. All objec tives were gained and the position here was re-established. "Local attacks against onr positions southeast of Robeco, led to sharp WASHINGTON, April 20. The casu alty list today contained 20 names, di vided as follows: Killed in action, two: died of wounds, two; died of disease, three; wounded severely, two; wounded slightly, IS; missing in ac tion, one. The list was the smallest Issued by the department in many weeks. It con tained the names of four officers, as follows: Lieutenant Bernard J. Gallagher. missing in action; Lieutenant Herbert S. Richey, died of wounds: Lieutenant Leslie E. Green and William Eugene Helander. wounded. The list follows: Killed In action Cook Fablaa Kulesxa. Prlxate U.nry w. Leacti. Died of wounds Lieutenant Herbert 8. Richer. Private Peter P. McArdle. Died of disease Privates Martin Kruser. Edgar R. uurrell. Max Zafrco, Wounded severely Prtvatee Theodore M. Pawlak. Charlie 11. Knutxon. wounded sllchtljr Ueutonants Leslie E. Orwne, William Eugene Helander. Corporal Velsbt M. Bernhardt. Edward Corllva. Frank A. Edwards, Privates John F. Callahan. James Canavaa. Leo E. Caron. Sylvester Coposxoll. William F. Garrey. Peter Gavalla. JohD W. Grven. Charles P. Klein. John J. afurphy, Harvey L. Ray. Ferdinand Staa- gonL. aliasing in action Lieutenant Bernard J. Gallagher. Seaman W. A- Conway, United States Naval Reserve Force, wss washed over board from Scout Patrols 6S2 on April li. ana lost, tne navy xepartment an nounced today. Conway's home was In Halifax. England, but he enlisted at Chester, Pa. LONDON. April "20! British casual ties reported during the week ending todsy totaled 1J.1S8. divided as follows: Killed or died -of wounds Officers. 175: men. 1M9. Wounded or missing Officers, 2171; men. 7581. The casualties reported for this week are approximately half as large again as those reported In preceding week. Although heavy fighting haa now been in progress a month, however, the lists have not begun to approach in else those of last year In the months of active operations when the British were on the offensive. There Is no means of determining how far the cas ualties now being reported represent losses In the fighting since the German offensive was started. In the several weeks preceding last week when 112 names were listed, the totals had been running no higher than between 1000 and 4000. AMSTERDAM, April 20. A serious outbreak against the Jews -. Cracow, Galicia. is reported In a Vienna die patch to the Lokal Anzeiger, of Berlin. A mob headed by members of the Polish Legion and students raided the Jewish quarters, plundered the shops and committed other excesses. One man was killed and 21 persons were injured badly. The Jewish correspondence bureau here says that since the Germans ar rived in the Ukraine the government there has altered its attitude toward the Jews, withdrawing, all Its pre vious promises to the race. , This, says the bureau, Is partly at tributed to the fact that in the Na tional Rada not a Jewish vote was cast in favor of the ratification of the peace treaty with the central pow ers and the sepsration of the Ukraine from Russia. The Jews In the Ukraine. It la an nounced, have formed a national coun cil of their own with 126 members. A dispatch from Kiev, via Benlln. says the Russian national commission ers on Wednesday made a proposal to the ministerial council of Ukraine for peace negotiations and that it was ac cepted. Vkranlaaa Agree to Peace. The Ukrainians have sent a courier to Moscow with the formal accept ance of the Ukrainian authorities. The peace negotiations will take place In Kursk. German newspapers say that the German covemment is about to resume permanent diplomatic relations wita Russia. General Count von Mirbach, former Minister to Greece, who recently wss named Ambassador to Russia, departed from Berlin on Thursday for Moscow. WASHINGTON. April 20. The State Department was informed today through Swedish press dispatches that ths Finnish government would return to Helsingfors. The damage done In the city by the recent fighting was slight. It was said. ' Vigorous protests have been made to Berlin by the Russian government against the removal of Russians from populated districts in Russian territory to other parts of the country and against the demand that Russian war materials at Helsingfors be turned over to Germany. This news reached the State Depart ment today In intercepted radio dis patches and was taken by officials to Indicate that the Russian opposition to German aggressions is growing. The provisional government of Es thonia has published a protest against the recent German intrigue In that country, according to an official dis patch from France today and has de nounced the Diet of Livonia, Esthonla and Riga, which asked for a union with Prussia. Opinions Held Falsified. The protest is quoted by the dispatch In part as follows: "As delegates of the provisional gov ernment of the Esthonlan republic, we declare that the resolution is a falsifi cation of the opinion of the Esthonlan nation and can only be the expression of an Insignificant minority composed of the German nobility and their parti sans." 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