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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 22, 1920 POLES ADVANCE TO MIDDLE BUG VALLEY Total , of 19,000 Bolsheviki 1 Prisoners Taken. 1920, an Oregon workman was injured every six minutes, based on the usual calculation of six working days of eight hours a week according: to a re port filed by the state industrial acci dent commission here today. In other words, 77 workers were injured dur- ng each w-orkinsr day of the year. During the same period an Oregon workman was killed every 15 hours, the fatalities for the 12 months pre ceding June 30 totaling 157.. The per sons injured during the year totaled 21.221. REDS ABANDON CANNON Soviet Troops Reported Leaving Hastily; Attempt Made to Cut Off Russians. VARIS, Aug. 21. (By the Associ ated Press.) In the principal theater of operations on the Polish front the Poles were reported advancing to ward Brest-Lltovsk. They had reached the valley of the middle Bug. Prison ers taken aggregated 19,000. Many guns, with their carriages, were aban doned by the soviet troops. The chief operations were going on In the fork of the Narew and Bug rivers, from which the bolsheviki were retiring hastily. The Polish army, advancing toward Ostralenka. had as- its objective the cutting of communication between the bolshevik center and right. Thus it was be tween Ostralenka and Lomza, on marshy land, that the enemy prob ably would make his last effort be fore the fate of the red army in the north, the situation of wiiich is grave, is decided. 1831 Maneuver Imitated. Imitating the maneuver executed In 1831 by Nicholas I, the bolsheviki have withdrawn a section of their forces to attack Thorn and Wlocla wek, across the Vistula, and cut com- munications between Danzig and "Warsaw.- These troops have encoun tered a fresh, Polish army. Meanwhile another army, advancing from Mod lin, has attacked them from the south. Finally, a third army Is defending the Narew, endeavoring to cut off these troops from their single road of retreat in the north. Scattered over nearly 100 miles along the frontier of East Prussia, between Strasbourg and Ostralenka, these red forces seemed condemned to annihilation unless they take refuge on Prussian territory. lledn Bejcln Demonstration. To dlminisrf the pressure In the main theater between tlje Narew and the Bug, the bolsheviki have under taken a demonstration on the Galician front, attacking Polish and Ukrainian positions on the Strlpa. Their cavalry had crossed the upper courses of the Bug and Cossack patrols were appear ing some leagues before xemberg. This operation, however, was con sidered too belated to effect any change in the general situation. HEAVY FIGHTIXG REPORTED Clashes- North and Xortheast of "Warsaw Are Announced. LONDON, Aug-. 21. Heavy fighting continues north and northeast of Warsaw near Plonsk and Clechanow, according to a bolshevik wireless statement. Further northeast the so viet and Polish armies were engaged near Wyszkow and Stanislavow, while in the region of Breet-Latovsk fight trig was proceeding along the line of ,the western branch o the Bug river. Near Lemberg the bolsheviki were reported developing their advance after occupying Glinisaby and during the fighting had advanced to a line of villages south and southeast of Lemberg. In the Tarnopol region soviet forces bad crossed the Stripa river and had advanced in. a westerly direction, it was declared. In the Crimean sector the bolsheviki have occupied Vasilyevka -after fierce fighting during which they captured an armored train. Further east anti bolshevik forces had landed near the outskirts of Aktyrskaia on the Sea of Azov, but soviet trops had been dispatched to that front. ELKS TO GOTO NEWPORT Albany Lodgenien Plan for Picnic and Big; Clam Bake. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 21. (Special.) The Albany lodge of Elks is arrang ing for a big picnic and clambake at Newport September 4, 6 and fi. The Albany lodge includes in Its member ship residents of many nearby cities and towns and these as well as mem bers of other vaHey lodges will par ticipate. - The Elks will go from albany to Newport on a.special train Saturday, Septembr i. That night a large class of candidates will be initiated. The next day there will be a clambake and other entertainment. The special train will return to Albany the fol lowing day. NEGRO ROBBED OF $500 Thieves Persuaded Victim to Draw Funds From Bank. Ben Smith, - negro, of 24 U North Fourteenth street, reported to Inspec tor Collins yesterday afternoon that he was robbed of 520 by two negroes who had induced him to draw his money out of the bank on a bet. Smith said that the two men bet him $25 that he could not draw (500 out of the bank with his bank book. He drew out the money to show them and then they" took it away from him. EATTOWITZ REPORTED TAKES German Inhabitants Declared Flee- ing From Poles. BERLIN, Aug. 21. Polish forces en tered Kattowitz, upper Silesia, this afternoon and the German inhabitants are fleeing the town, sajd a Breslau dispatch to the Tageblatt. A report from Breslau stated that a clash has taken place between the populace of Konigshutte, Silesia, and allied troops. The disturbance was said to have resulted when a French officer stopped a security policeman who did not salute him. A large crowd assembled and a woman at tacked the officer, following which mo aniea garrison cleared the street. DELAY AT MLVSK IRRITATES Moscow Reported on Edge Over Polish Armistice. MOSCOW, Aug. 20. (By the Associ ated Press.) Continued delays caused by the Poles in the Minsk armistice ".ygotiatlons are causing irrigation in .MOSCOW. It wVs unofficially intimated today that the delays may be intentional, the Poles desiring to await the out come of their new offensive. STRAW BALLOT GIVES T LEAD III RACE A Secret Poll Taken by News paper of Spokane. 11,059 VOTES ARE CAST Taylor Memorial Body Xamed. SALEM, Or., Aug. 21. (Special.) Governor Olcott announced today that a Til Taylor memorial commit tee had been organized for Marion county, wKh C. P. Bishop as chair man. Other members of the com mittee are Governor Olcott and Dr. W. P. Lytle, state veterinarian. In connection with subscriptions to be taken here, a letter will be sent to Pendleton, urging that urns be placed on the round-up grounds in order that donations may be received there in sums nc to exec $1. Legionnaires to Picnic. McMINTsVILLE. Or., Aug. 21. (Spe cial.) Yamhill county members of the American Legion, with their fam ilies and friends, will hold an all-day picnic Sunday at the Lafayette locks picnic grounds. All ex-service men of the county are invited, and plans are being made for a big event. The Walnut city band of McMinnville will furnish music. There will be swim ming and diving contests open to all. tug or war between tsewoerg ana McMinnville posts and other athletic sports. Colonel Hartley Second In Guber natorial Battle In Washington. Senator Coman Is Third. SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 21. (Spe cial.) Final tabulation of the secret statewide straw ballot on the gover norship conducted by the Spokesman Review from registered voters of the stato shows a total of 11,059 returns from 57,772 postal cards sent out. This is approximately a 19 per cent return. A total of 652 ballots were disqualified because of having' voted for more than one candidate. Governor Hart leads Colonel Hart ley by nearly 800 votes in the final tabulation, with Colonel Hartley 70U ahead of Senator Coman. Robert Bridges. Seattle, expected to be a candidate of radicals for governor on the third ticket ran fourth, 238 votes behind Senator Coman. In the news paper poll he is listed as a democrat which always has been his party af filiation. Black Leads Democrats. Senator Coman" leads all candidates on his side of the state with 117 over Governor Hart, but runs sixth among all republican candidates on trie east side. Judge W. W. Black of Everett leads the regular democratic candidates with a little more than two times as many votes as Mayor E. T. Mathes of Bellingham, his nearest rival. Voters were asked to state whether they voted republican or democratic in 1916. Of 6640 who voted repub lican in 1916, 91.5 per cent cast their 1920 straw ballot lor some republican candidate. Among 2362 who said they voted democratic in 1916, only 51.4 per cent were still in the democratic candidate mood. Senator Coman carried . nine east side counties, as follows: Adams, Asotin, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane, Stevens and Whit man. Hartley Carries Three Counties. Colonel Hartley carried three Sno homish, Skagit and Kitsap. Mayor Mathes, democrat, carried his own county. Whatcom, with 178 to 152 over Governor Hart. Governor Hart and Colonel Hartley tied in Jefferson county. Representative Gellatly carried three east side counties Chelan, Okanogan and Douglas. Governor Hart carried the remain ing counties. Colonel Hartley car ried King county by 416 to 412 for Mr. Bridges. Senator Coman received 505 votes from Spokane county, the largest vote polled for any condidate in his home county. The vote from the three big coun ties of the state follows: King Coman 31, Gellatly 105. Hart 383, Hartley 416, Lamping 327, String er 90. Black 69, Bridges 412. Todd 23, Judd 2, Jones . 16, Mathes 32. . A total of 13,993 ballots was sent to King county with a 13.5 per cent return. Spokane Coman 505, Gellatly 78, Hart 305, Hartley 145, Lamping 75, Stringer 4. Black 81, Bridges 77, Todd 13, Judd 3, Jones 4, Mathes 8. A total of 6068 ballots was sent to Spokane county with a 20.5 per cent return. Pierce Coman 29. Gellatly 43, Hart 374. Hartley 169, Lamping 101, String er 33, Black 81, Bridges' 114, Todd 12. Judd 6, Jones 1, Mathes i. A total of 5650 ballots, with 17.1 per cent of re turn. Home County Carrie. Colonel Hartley carried Snohomish, his own county, with 40t votes, to 96 for Governor Hart. Final tabulation: Republican . East. "West. Hart 8U3 17S5 Hartley 410 15"8 Coman 1110 IS: Gellatly - 433 41S Lamping 149 703 Stringer 35 205 Democrats Bridges 270 72 Black 307 3.-.0 Mathes 3:5 . 1!S6 Todd S3 54 Judd IS 5 Jones 14 36 ABLE JUDGES DEVELOPED FIELD TRIPS EDUCATE INDUS TRIAL CLUB MEMBERS. UPJOHN GOES ON VISIT Governor's Secretary to Attend Traffic Section in California. SALEM, Or., Aug. 21,-s (Special.) -Don H. Upjohn, secretary to Governor Olcott, and Louis Compton left to night for San Francisco, where they will attend the national traffic con vention which opens there Tuesday. Later Mr. Upjohn will proceed to Los Angeles, where he will pass a few days visiting with his" brother. Sam A. Koer, secretary of state, who left for San Francisco last night, said he expected that several impor tant matters would be considered at the convention. Among these will be the standardization of automobile equipment, and the possibility of adopting a uniform speed maximum throughout the United States. , This can be brought about, accord ing to Mr. Kozer, by equipping auto mobiles and other motor vehicles with governors. In cases where the speed limit adopted is exceeded the machine will automatically stop. Boj-3 Make Tour of Several of Larger Dairy Farms In Orient Section of Country. GRESHAM.. Or., Aug. 11. (Special.) Field trips and stock-judging con tests in eastern Multnomah and northern Clackamas counties have de veloped some good judges of pure bred cattle among the members of the school children's industrial clubs this week. Accompanied by L. J. Allen, state leader, and Miss Ethel Calkins, county club leader, the boys made a tour of several of the larger dairy ranches ia the .orient section on Wednesday. At the Johansen farm, pure bred Duroc Jersey hogs were judged, and at the B. C. Altman ranch purebred Jersey cows and sheep were scored. Senator and Mrs. Altman were hosts at a picnic lunch and water melon party. Judging teams were selected to rep resent the different districts at the county fair and plans were made for a second contest next month to select the team to judge for Multno mah county at the state fair. The Lynch team, consisting of Albert and Adolph Zlnger and Grant McMillan, far outpointed the others. This game trio won first place at the county fair second at Salem, and third at Spokane last year. Harold and Leslie Lynch of the same district did some creditable judging this week. Herbert Eling, Horace Wihlon and Harry Hollywood will score for Gresham; with Powell valley represented by Sven Kelson, Leonard Kelson and Clifford Ekstrom, and Orient's chances in the hands of Harold McKinney and Nick Anderson. Rescue Teams to Compete. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Miners first aid teams, representing 17 states, Canada and Mexico, have been en tered in the mine rescue contest at Denver next September, it was an nounced today by the American Red Cross. The list of 63 entries is ex pected to be increased by state elim ination contests, now being held. III 0 ill , III KSS- llijil Woodlark Building Alder at West Park " llli " - CHILD STRUCK BY AUTO Police Sergeant Riding With Mo torist at Time of Accident. George Pruden, 7-year-old son of Mrs. M. Pruden, 7 87Vi Mississippi ave nue, was knocked down and bruised by an automobile driven by H. C. Bergler, 1209 East Madison street, at the intersection of Mississippi avenue and Failing street yesterday after noon. The little boy was taken to his home. Police Sergeant Schad was riding with the motorist at the time of the accident. Read the Oregonian classified ads. Coast Gets Headquarters. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. The dem ocratic congressional campaign com mittee announced today headquarters would be opened soon at Chicago and San Francisco to assist in congres sional campaigns. Representative Lea will have charge at San Francisco. IJJW'I JDjui 3 Los cow Rescues Held Impossible. HELSINGFORS, Aug. 21. Nothing can be done to rescue Americans stranded in Moscow in tha opinion of American authorities Here, who as scrted any attempt to help them would probably increase their diffi cultlcs. Iiaborer Hurt Every 0 Minutes. SALEM, Or., Aug. 21. (Special.) 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