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,
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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:
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Captain R. W. Reder. Red Croft
worker, who Is now on his
way home from Siberia
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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.
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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
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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.
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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- . ' -
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lgj--feg ggg Advertisement No. 8 of series . "ii
I workers of the country, such a pro- f rrT"- . I
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to counteract the activities of 'radical
apitators among them, speakers declared.
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Store School Bonds Required.
CKXTRALIA, Wash.. March 20.
(Special.) A special school election
will be held in Winlock March 27 to
vote on the issuance of $4500 in bonds
for the nw V'lnlo'-k ."-"lonl. tiow in
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same design will be priced at $125.
Labor coats and materials have com
pelled Brunswick manufacturers to ad
vance prices. Consistent with our
policy, we shall advance prices only on
stock purchased since February fSth.
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records of all artists and all makers
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