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1.1. 10 miles to catch a Czech echelon. I had to leave all my baggage and clothes and only got out with my skin, films and a loaf of bread. ."Such a night! Five of our party remained with the train. Captain Charette. O. W. Lowe, Dr. W. H. Ford, T Dr. Medille and a Filipino named Bonzo. They are with' the reds now. The vice-consul, Mr. Hanson, and an other Red Cross man and I have hoboed It for three weeks, have rid den on 14 different trains, including armored cars, machine gun trains, sanitary trains' and all the rest. "At present I am on a Red Cross train protected by the American army and will be six weeks getting to Vladivostok. We have traveled two months and averaged 12 miles a day. We left 40 cars, of merchandise In Captain Reder Tells About Evacuation of Omsk. NARROW ESCAPES COMMON Fate of Four Americans Captured by Bolshevik! Forces During Re treat Still Vnknown. TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, TORTLAND, MARCH 21, 1020 RED CROSS MEETS RILE HARDSHIP After a taste of Kussian revolu tionary times. Hades could hold no terrors for Koss W. Reder. captain In the American Red Cross in Siberia, who is to sail from Vladivostok for home March 2o. Captain Reder. who for a number of years conducted a drug store at Forest Grove, was one of the party of six Americans who recently ran into the Bolshevik forces. but with another man made nis cs cane. Those whose fate is unknow are Captain Charettc and O. W. Lowe both of whom have brothers living in Portland. W. H. Ford of Dallas, Texas, and Dr. Medille. For three and a half months Mrs Reder. who is now in Vancouver, Wash., had not heard from the cap tain and feared that he micht be amone those lost, but Thursday sh received in one mail nine letters written from various points along the trans-Siberian railway, describing the evacuation of Omsk, which Rede mvs "Hell cannot hold a candle to.' The last of the letters was sent from Harbin and since that time a cable has come saying that the Red Cross worker will sail on the Northern Pa cific. Reder is well known here, ..cnpriallv among Shrincrs. for he is a member of Al Kader temple. Kvamation of City Ordered. One of the letters was written on Christmas day after the long journey to the coast from Omsk had began The mntxin had been in charge of the supply train out of Omsk and this had carried hini to the Siberian front. His return trip began with the order to evacuate the city. A cheerless holiday was passed, as the following suggests: God only knows whether this let ter or I will ever reach you. We are followed very closely by reds about 10 miles bark and they are takinj armored trains and capturing every thlnir that thev come to. We have five Red Cross cars and are attached to a Polish train. We are all ready to walk and are packed, so as to be able to leave on short notice." Another letter on January 5 de cribes tha town of Achinsk where an explosion killed 1300 people whose bodies were laid out in a row for manv davs afterward and -parts of men, women and children were blown in every direction. "If such a thing happened in the TJ. S. A.." the captain remarked, "the world would know of it in a few hours, but here it amounts to nothing and no word is said about it and the news is believed only by those that saw the terrible sight." Railway bridges in Siberia he de scribes as being surrounded by barbed wire entanglements and pro tected by heavy log fortresses at either end. Hundreds of deserted trains were looted by the reds and often the Poles took advantage of provision cars left along the line. The naotain remarks that he secured Red Cross socks from Admiral Kolchak's deserted train and that the food the men had was some of that turned over a few weeks previous in Omsk to the admiral. Train Journey Rather Slow The train made 15 miles a day traveling on a double track where ears were lined up all along and ex trndnd in either direction as far as tlic eye could reach. On the coast bound train were Americans. Poles Czechs, Russians. Filipinos, Swedes, lianfs. Germans, Austrians. Serbians, British and French, all working side by side. All along the route was a stream of moving humanity, people franti cally driving horses while the ther mometcr registered 34 degrees below zero. "Cine could see lines of horses for miles and along this terrible stream of moving humanity were dead and dving horses and no one to end their misery with a bullet," the letter says "The poor animals were beaten until they were unable to go further. I never will forget the sight of a man beating a horse with a large club not knowing that the poor brute was being hit dead on Its feet. Thousands of people, too, are dying from hunger and cold all along the track. The city of Krasnoyarsk is located on a large river and is a very im portant point that the reds had taken three days before our arrival. Czechs and Poles had reached an understand Ing, for no fighting was done and it was the queerest thing to see the red soldiers and the others on the street at the same time. When one sees the machine guns on the streets and iron barricades at the stations he realizes he is not in the tamest country in the world and it is a ques tion as to just what moment and where the next outbreak will occur. "While in Novonickialisk we lost 40 cars loaded with supplies, as we were obliged to go on quickly to save our skins. We are crowded up like rats and only eat two meals a day on account of the fact that the train has a small kitchen and 150 people are aboard, six Americans and the rest Russians. I have been traveling In this car over three months. On February 5 Captain Reder con tinued his story: "When we left Omsk we stopped at different places and distributed goods, arriving at Novonickoliask after the Czech soldiers had left and there re mained 15.000 Polish troops. The Poles were partly reds and could not be depended upon. Our soldiers were never nearer 'than 3000 miles from Omsk. The evacuation programme said that the Czechs were to leave first, then the Poles, then the Rus sians bringing up the rear. Instead, most of the Russians turned red and those that did not are running yet.' so you see we were left with the Poles, who agreed to take us out. All this time the reds were coming our way very rapidly and as soon as the Russian -army under Kolchak gave way they were on the rear guard of the Poles and we were only 12 trains on ahead of the rear echelon. "Russian officials were stealing engines and getting out. As soon as the Poles discovered what was up they placed a guard on every engine and the Russians were left behind. We passed more than 600 echelons with millions of dollars worth of goods, arms and everything else, all being left behind for the reds. Rnulana Trying to et Away. "The very highest Russian officials, generals and thousands of others, are everywhere trying to beg or steal a ride. Men that had wonderful estates and corps of servants would come to our train and beg for a place." The incident of the capture of the four Americans is described briefly: I I !- Pr :: if. f y -y m: y " " v jf i Captain R. W. Reder. Red Croft worker, who Is now on his way home from Siberia U I Novonickoliask and the Polish army pulled our five personnel cars out. Then the roles urned yellow and gave up so we had to leave our cars. All my souvenirs were aboard and are lost. Tt is hard to write after going through the experiences I have had. Makes me feel sort of half-shot after fleeing from the reds two months. Night after night we were ordered to sleep with our clothes on. for it looked many times as though our train would be cut off and we would have to get out with shirt tails flying. "I am very glad that I was one of the last out, for only the personnel of our train knows what really hap pened and how the poor devils suf fered, starved and froze to death. When a man would die his clothes would be ripped from his body before he was cold. Hundreds upon hun dreds died. Hell cannot hold a candle to the evacuation of Omsk and the advance of the reds. We passed over 600 echelons of Russian trains that had been deserted, robbed by the reds, burned or wrecked." HEALTH BODY ORGANIZED Hood River County Seventh In Ore gon to Perfect Plans. Hood River county is the seventh in he state to organize a Public Health association through the offices of the Oregon Tuberculosis association. Mrs. Saidie Orr-Dunbar, executive secre ary of the association and Miss Helen Hartley, assistant state ad isory nurse, spent Wednesday in Hood River and the organization was erfected at that time. Officers elected were: President ,. B. Gibson: vice-president, Walter Kimball: secretary, Mrs. Trafforfl E. Smith: treasurer, Judge Lawrence Blowers; executive committee, Leslie Butler. C. N. Ravlin, Walter Kimball, Rev. W. H. Boody. Mrs. E. R. Moller, Mrs. W. H. McClain. Mrs. F. II. Black- man, Mrs. K. O. Blanchar and Mrs Charles H. Castner; district chairmen, Pine Grove and Rose Hill, Mrs. Joseph Jarvis; Odcll and Central Vale, Mrs Allison Fletcher: Parkdale, Mrs. Mc Isaacs; Dee, Mrs. iola Crenshaw Barrett and East Barrett, Mrs. Clara Belle Steele: Oak Grove, Mrs. W. F. Andrews; Frankton. Mrs. E. J. Foley Cascade Locks. Mrs. J. II. Dunn Wyatt. Mrs. A. C. Pestle. Plain Horse Sense Reasons why you save money in this big; Upstairs Clothes Shop LOW RENT NO EXPENSIVE FIXTURES-NO CREDIT LOSSES Low Operating- Costs Mean Lower Prices Have You Seen Our New Spring Suits? The Newest Shades in Browns, Greens, Grays $30 to $60 Alterations Free ImWMmmil Oregon's Colossal Water Power lk7WJ iMfsMBlm ... HMm&ii W -- - -f - . S V mm I V , L 1 'fl 111 III I If III Ml IKM 'l I W HIv IIVK-ll-lllvll 111 H Wr m r r r r J? I M M 4,t r IwmkW 1W IIMMY DUNN UPSTAIRS Broadway at Alder DEPENDABLE CLOTHES WEEK HAS ONE FATALITY Industrial Accident Report Sliows Death of A. M. Berch, Knappa, Or SALEM. Or., March 20. (Special.) There was one fatality in Oregon due to accidents during- the week ended March 18, according to a report pre pared by the state industrial accident commission yesterday. Tho victim was A. M. Berch, brakeman, of Knappa. Or. Of the total of 351 who were subject to the provisions of the compensation -act, 15 were from firms and cornorations that have rejected the provisions of the law, and ten were from public utility corporations not subject to the provisions of the compensation act. The accidents for last week, as shown in the report, show a decided decrease when compared with the re port of the commission for the pre vious week. RAILROAD HELD ASSURED Xvada Tidewater Promoters Busy at Twin Falls, Idaho. TWIN FALLS. Idaho, March 20 (Special.) Representatives of the N vada Tidewater Railroad company of Wyoming- are here promoting- the pro posed Twin Falls-Wells railroad. They have accepted the contract drawn by the Twin Falls chamber of commerce .providing for the building of the road, and in a few days busi ness men of the town will be asked to subscribe for stock. This section will be asked to furnish $500,000 for the building of the road, while others through which the road will pass will subscribe proportionately. Plans for the road have been prac tically perfected, and it is expected that surveyors will be in the field within a month. Club Chooses Publicity Man. SALEM. Or.. March 20. (Special.) C. E. Wilson, at one time employed as reporter on a local newspaper but for the past few months a resident of Eugene, has been chosen by the board of directors of the Salem Commer cial club to assist T. E. McCroskey, secretary, during the year 1920. Con siderable publicity work is planned by the club this year and the directors found it necessary to employ addi tional help to carry on this campaign. The commercial , club also gave its ndorsement to the plan of the Cherrians to enter a float In one of the Rose Festival parades in Portland. LIGHT PLANT REOPENS m POWER TOR EASTERX OREGON SflXES ACAIX OX TAP. Resumption of Operations, Halted by Water Shortage Last Fall, Is Being Resumed. BAKER, Or., March 20. (Special.) The announcement was made by J. P Lottridge, manager of the Eastern Oregon Light & Power company, that the company is now able to furnish and maintain the power service that was cut off last fall when a dimin ished water supply suddenly paralyzed the mining industry by shutting off all means of supplying electrical power to mines in the Baker and Grant county districts. Because Baker county produces 90 per cent of the gold mined in the entire state of Oregon, the revival of the mining industry is expected to create an effect upon local mining stocks. ' The Powder River Gold Dredarlne company was the first mining enter prise to take advantage of the return of power, and Is now in operation. Mills at the Buffalo, Independence and Highland mines also will reopen within a few days. The Sumpter Valley Gold Dredging company and mills in the Bourne, Breenhorn and Granite districts will resume full operation for the first time in many months as the result of the restoration -of current in the power lines. The Baker power plant is able to resume its previous load because of the large amount of water that has been stored In Olive Lake and be cause of the melting snow. The steam plant in the city also is now being operated ten hours a day to reinforce the water power supply. UNION BOOSTS LOYALTY Timber Workers to Stage Campaign to Defeat Radical Agitators. , SPOKAXE, Wash. March 20. Plans for a nation-wide "Americanization" campaign in lumber camps of the country were formulated at the clos ing session vesterday o tne annual convention of the International Union of Timber Workers. Because of the preponderance of men of foreiprn birth anions' timber kVER 20,000,000 HORSEPOWER, ONE-THIRD OF THE UNDEVELOPED WATER POWER IN THE WHOLE OF THE UNITED STATES, is running to waste in the swirling streams of Oregon and the Co lumbia River Basin. This hydro power awaits the day it will ba harnessed by man to drive forward the wheels' of industry and progress. The immensity of this great supply will be more readily understood by realizing that only 200,000 horsepower is used throughout the state of Oregon for the generation of power, and yet this amount supplies adequate electricity for manufactur ing purposes, electric railways, lighting systems and for household consumption. In fact, each Oregonian is furnished three times the amount of electricity used by the average eastern resident. OFFICIAL STATE STATISTICS compiled by John H. Lewis; former State Engineer of Oregon, assert 3,000,000 continuous and uninterrupted horsepower of the Columbia River Basin supply is within economical transmission distance of Portland, anfl it is the only city in the world, situated on tide water, with such a great supply of natural water power adjacent. .iij .1 1 1 I I if ! I 1 ,. 'Ji i It. IJj2S3jy" transmission distance of Portland, anfl it is the only 1 " gggCI g-rg-- city in the world, situated on tide water, with such a B ' -' :-.- -jsS--"- r great supply of natural water power adjacent. gj . . . - Rig" !hijI?? iMMIStlll fpHE MAJOR PORTION of this great natural re- I " . -" . - " j mgs" H ? 'gs &l source, largely the property of the people, is lying I . LgSsS "g-I KSll-l? HM dormant and unused. Its value can only exist in the I j- ' gjjjgjfyjpg Ifg Hf 3gpfl ' service rendered industry. Unlike timber, minerals or I ' - , , 111 ILrg J. ; jSd yj3ylj other exhaustible natural supplies, water power is in- I -"; "' ''rs . gVgsi exhaustible. Full use of this resource under proper I . - '- - Pgg- ' con4't'ons w'" n0' d'm'n'sn the supply for future gen- . ' - EjiigSiESiiW ? S?B5 VIATKR POnitn IS DM': OF (IIIK(iO'! trratral art. B ' " ". . "" - 2 "..t f ---- j W and tbe prwnpf off t b ia rejianrr-e In the n I t r. linked P 1 r .-. : c--- IT "" rTTLs14f with her raw material, convenient railway anil water N . -- - T " : jt) trannportallnn f nrilitifit and mild I'llmfttr will, H Jw . - - - r t Tv5 r " : an nr population fnrrf nurn, make her a " p f -. V . " T . S. 4is "7 manufaplurinK center off the fflrnt mnKnltutle Jy .',v ' . 1- --r - ---T ' t3 J J SjH SF and the center off a new world off commerce "r z' lgj--feg ggg Advertisement No. 8 of series . "ii I workers of the country, such a pro- f rrT"- . 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