6 HIORNIXG OREGONIAX, FRIDAT- AUGUST 6, 1920 CHILDREN LOST. I Seattle Mother Thinks Two Daughters on Vessel. PAIR ON WAY TO RUSSIA Red Cross Takes Hand to Help Lo cate Little Ones Beins Sent From Siberia to Home. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aus. 5. (Spe cial.) Anions the 72S "wild children of the Urals" who left San Francisco Thursday aboard the steamer Yomei Maru on the second lap of their jour ney more than half way around the world from Siberia to European Rus sia there are the daughters of a Se attle couple. Thursday afternoon the mother of the children called up Red Cross head quarters here. She is Mrs. Anna Orovna. My little girls." she said brokenly, "I haven't seen them since the revo lution broke out in Petrograd. They pot separated from me and my hus band and I've heard they were found by the Red Cross and that they re on the ship you're sending to Petrograd." Children Are to Be Met. She was told it would be impossible to find out until the children reach New York, and she announced her in tention of going there to meet them. They are Rose and George Grovna, 7 and 9 years old. respectively. Mrs. fjrovna left tonight for the east and will start the wheels moving in Wash ington, L C, on her arrival there to be allowed to take her children from the ship on its arrival in New York city. According to Mrs. Grovna, she placed her children with friends in Petro prrad. Her husband was at the front. She went into an eastern Russian province on missionary work. When she returned to Petrograd six months later her children had been sent away with other children into Siberia, she was told. Mrs. Grovna came to Amer. ica shortly afterward after harrowing experiences in leaving Russia, several times in danger of being shot by bol shevik soldiers while in prison. Hfforta at Trip Futile. Since coining to Seattle she has made repeated efforts to go to Si beria, she said, but was unable to obtain the necessary papers. She has been here awaiting the arrival of the ship that was to bring the children for the last three months. She under stood the Yomei Maru was headed for this port. ' Red Cross officials here are assisting Mrs. Grovna in the re covery of her children and the matter will be taken up with Washington, I. C, by telegraph tomorrow. The "wild cnildren" who are making the long trip under the direction of Major Ktley H. Allen of the Ameri can Red Cross and formerly of Seattle, derive their name from their wander intrs. unequaled since the famous 'children's crusade" of medieval times. Driven out of their homes in and around Petrograd at the outbreak of the revolution, thousands of children drifted toward the Urals. Removed from, adult care, suffering infinite tortures from cold end hunger, they went back to first principles digging into the ground for rotten potatoes, eating swaps of bark and roots, fight ing for the tiniest portion of food. Portland Helpa Aid Children. Life was sustained in the little ones by contributions from the junior Red Cross of the northwest division in Astoria, Baker and Portland, Or.; Lew. iston and Pocatello, Idaho, and Cen tralis. Chehalis, Olympia and Tacoma, Wash. As the months passed the children began to lose their "wildness" under the care of the Red Cross workers but it was out of the question to re turn them to their homes until condi tions became more quiet in the in terior of Russia, and so they stayed on at Vladivostok. The Red Cross commission in Siberia withdrew, but still the children and their guardians remained, until, a few weeks ago, it was deemed practicable to take them home. The children arrived in San "Fran cisco last Monday. Major Allen stayed long enough to see the children safely off on the second leg of their journey and then left by train for New York, where he will rejoin them and con tinue the voyage. He is accompanied ny Mrs. Alien, wno met him in San f rancisco. crossed the Narew opposite Lomza. i ' In Volhynla the Polish positions on the upper Etyr, on the titochod and in the prlpet marshes are holding well. Enemy cavalry continues advancing along the Prussian frontier toward the Danzig Mlawa-Warsaw railroad, but in view of the small number of effectives employed in this movement, aimed at the Thorn region, consti tutes for the moment only an exten sive demonstration against Polish Pomerania. With the bolsheviki virtually knocking at the gates of Warsaw, the populace has been aroused to the highest pitch of patriotic fervor. The press declares that Warsaw must not surrender. Fresh drafts of con scripts and many volunteers are mov ing toward the front, manyof them boys of 14 and 15 years. The gov ernment has called to the colors part of the classes of 1890 to 1S95. Welfare workers, who include, per haps, 0 or 70 women, will be pro vided with transportation by their, respective organizations. The majority of the French civilian population has left Warsaw, there being about 1000 in the French colony prior to the bolshevik of fensive. The American, British and French legations will probably with draw when the Polish government is forced to leave. Warsaw went about its business as usual today. Troop detachments, be decked with flowers, marched, sing ing, through the streets bound for the front. In the vicinity of all gov ernmental . buildings there was an air of mystery.. The Polish mark today took a decided drop. POLES HOLD, MAY STOP REDS Two Counter Offensives Launched Paris and London Confer. PARIS. Aug. S. (By the Associated Press.) Inspired by patriotism" in the rear and encouraged by new auppln the Polish army seems to be stiffen ing its defense against the bolsheviki, who are virtually at the gates of War saw. Although but vague and contradic tory reports came today, it ia- re garded tonight that the Poles still have a chance of stopping the reds. They apparently have not altogether abandoned the line of the Bug river. The Brest-Litovsk forts were still in the possession of the Poles, and denial is made that the bolsheviki have reached Ostrolenko. The Polish staff has launched two counter offensives in the north near Lomza and in the ex treme south in Galicia Another factor held by military ob servers to favor the Poles is that, in view of th imperfect transport of the bolsheviki, their rata of progress must decrease as their communication line lengthens. The allies have not, so far as is known, decided on what course to pur sue, but exchanges of views were go ing on all day between Paris and London. PEDEHSOH - IS HELD PI LA ROCHE DECLARES COST OF ERRORS MET BY CITY. Witness Hearing Promises Have Been Kept. at Auditorium Claims Asserts Council'a Hans Pederson has already received the amount which the city council promised to him because of errors in the submission of his bid on the con struction of the auditorium, asserted City Attorney LaRoche, chief witness for the city at the hearing of the auditorium claims committee last night. Mr. LaRoche maintained that when Pederson pointed out these errors and wanted to give up his contract thei council at that time gave htm assur ance that he would lose nothing through unlooked-for mistakes, but the council did not agree to see him through with the :job or make good to him any payments other than those specified in these particular errors, which are not at issue. Otjier witnesses called by the city were M. R. Hausman, N. M. Moody and Miss Joseph of the auditor's office and H. M. Tomlinson, deputy city attorney. Mr. Tomlinson upheld all of Mr. LaRoche's statements, while the others testified as to whether the set tlement of $21,525 allowed by the city was final. It was shown by the wit nesses that the word "final" had been written into the record with pen in stead of, as is usually done, by type writer. The committee hopes to complete its work next week. Adjournment was made until 7:30 P. M. Monday. WIFE BEATER. IS FINED CHARLES B. GROSS GUILTY OF ASSAULT AND BATTERY". being struck by flying bricks and other missies. No ac. ..ate account o- tne injured was obtainable. There was no abatement in the rioting at 10:30 P. M. At 9:35 P. M. the mob was march ing toward the city hall. There were cries of "Wreck the hall!" ' After partially destroying four cars In front of the cathedral, the mob overturned the cars and planned to set them afire. The crowd in front of the cathedral was estimated at 5000. AY TWO PORTS DISCUSSED ASTORIA AXD PORTLAND COM MITTEES CONFER. STATE DEPARTMENT IS SILENT Washington and Allies Exchanging Notes on Situation. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The Polish situation, described at the state de partment today as one of "confusion and contention." is understood to have become the subject of diplomatic exchanges between the allied govern ments and the United States. The trend of the exchanges was not disclosed here, and silence was main tained by officials generally as to the international aspects of the Polish debacle. Official reports were said to be as disquieting as press dispatches and authorization was sent by the state department today to the American legation at Warsaw for its removal with allied diplomatic representatives from the capital, endangered by the bolsheviki. John C. White, charge d'affaires of he American legation'during the ab ence of Hugh Gibson, the minister, who is in this country, was instructed to use his own discretion in leaving Warsaw. It was said that if neces sary, as seems certain, the foreign diplomatic representatives probably would go to Graudcnz. about 100 miles toward Danzig. REPUBLICAN CHIEFS MEET COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES CAMPAIGN. WARSAW LOST, REDS SAY (Continued From First Pag-e.) action to economic pressure on Rus-isa. BERLIN. Aug. 5. The German government Is determined to prevent by every means the entente from eenaing troops tnrougn Germany to help Poland, according to a declara tion made in the reienstag today by waiter Simons, loreigr minister. Dr. Simons intimated if the neces any arose uermany would fight to prevent such a "violation" of German territory. Fighting is going on virtually on the plains before Warsaw, says the Tageblatt's special East Prussian frontier correspondent. If the red army succeeds in breaking through the Chorzelle-Pultusk line, he adds, it will have arrived before the forts or w arsaw. Chorzelle la about 70 miles north of Warsaw, while Fultusk lies about 35 miles north. Heavy fighting is reported by the correspondent at Novgorod (north west Russia). He gays that on August 1 and 2 Russian reserves, comprising ju.uuu iniantry ana a regiment field artillery, passed through Gra- jevo toward Novgorod. GENEVA. Aug. 5. Nikolai Lenine. premier of soviet Russia, has ignored tne Roumanian ultimatum to with draw his troops from Roumanian ter ritory, according to the Bucharest correspondent of the Journal da ueneve. The correspondent describes the ex terior and interior situation of Kou- rcumia as serious. Bolsheviki have invaded Galicia, he says, and in Bu- kovnia a quarter of a million d!s contented socialist workmen are ready to join tne invaaers. BOLSHEVIK OFFENSIVE STOPS Polish Counter Drive Successful Xorth and South. WARSAW. Aug. B. (By the Asso . elated Press.) The bolshevik ofjen eive against the Poles along the Bug river, between Bresi-iitovsk and the confluence of the Nurzec. has been stopped. The Polish counter-offensive north and south is developing suc cessfully, ana tne -new Polish army between the Narew and Bug rivers has driven the enemy back to the edge the province of Grodno, despite pres sure of the bolshevik forces which Woman's Son, Jl Years Old, Takes Stand and Corroborates Story of Attack. Charles B. Gross was found guilty of assault and battery against his wife, Martha, by District Judge Bell yesterday afternoon. He was fined $25. Mrs. Gross filed a complaint for divorce against her husband in the Multnomah county circuit court last week and yesterday before the trial filed an amended complaint charging her husband with attacking and beat ing her. Her testimony of the assault against her was corroborated by her little son Lee, 11 years old, who took the stand and told of seeing Mr. Gross attack his mother. The husband told an entirely dif ferent story from the wife, asserting that she attacked him with a butcher knife and that he acted wholly in self-defense. In her complaint for divorce, Mrs. Gross charges that her husband makes her work from 4 o'clock in the morning often until 10 o'clock at night and that he treats her like a "beast of burden" and shows less con- tderation toward her than toward is farm stock. They live on a dairy and stock farm i Sauvies island, known as the Reeder farm. They were married in 91S and the children are Mrs. Gross' by a former marriage. OONGRESS HOPES VANISH OREGON'S CENSUS ALLOWS NO MORE REPRESENTATIVES. Each City to Ma!te EHortS to At tract Industries and Estab lish Shipping Lines. At a conference held yesterday at the luncheon hour at the Portland Chamber ef Commerce, members of the foreign trade committee and of a special committee of the Astoria chamber discussed matters of mutual interest to the two communities. It was agreed that each city should make every effort to attract indus tries and establish shipping lines, and that advantages gained by either in community development would benefit the other. In efforts ' to bring shipping through the Columbia river gateway the ports are a unit. B. F. Stone, chairman of the Port of Astoria commission, said that in his opinion Portland, as the large port of the district and principal commercial center, should give every encouragement to the development of business at the smaller ports of Coos Bay, Alsea bay and others that might be endeavoring to increase the water borne traffic of the state. Those present from Astoria were: W. P. O'Brien, Br F. Stone, John Tait, appointed by President Sanborn of the chamber of commerce of the Clat sop city, and the Portland chamber was represented by President Van Duzer. C. K. Dant, 'John Latta, Bert C. Ball and P. Hetherton. bireat tock Redeem g Sale Means a great money-saving opportunity to every man and woman who has money to spend and needs Clothing now or for the fall and winter season, a sav ing of 75 on the Purchase Price of goods bought at this sale in comparison with what you will need pay for equal values this fall and that's conservative. BUY THEM NOW WHILE SELECTIONS ARE STILL GOOD BLACKMAIL IS ALLEGED YOUTH IS ARRESTED ON COM PLAINT OF JAPANESE. Two Others Flee in Fusillade of Shots $500 Declared Asked After "Liquor Raid." Every Party Member to Be Inter viewed In Favor of Stanfield, Declares Sell wood Man. Hot discussions of campaign poli tics under the leadership of John L. Day, chairman of the Multnomah county central committee, marked the first meeting of the executive com mittee, held last night under the new organization in republican headquar ters at 635 Morgan building. livery member pledged himself to go out and work solidly for the straight republican ticket. Every republican in my precinct will be interviewed personally in fa vor of the election of Robert N. Stan- field before election time, declared Charles B. Turlay, chairman of the Sellwood republican club. "Senator Chamberlain Is non-parti san when he is running for office. said Martin Griffin, an old-time Mult nomah county republican, "but when he is In Washington, JL. C. he ia one of the slickest democrats in con gress." Mr. Day made the following appoint ments for sub-committees: Finance committee J. E. Dunne, chair man; Mrs. F. O. Jsorthrup, C. T. Belcher, Leonard L,. . Krause, A. A. Bailey. Mrs. Clara French. Martin G. Griffin, Thomas Alccusker. Clubs organization James McCarran. chairman: James Walsh, John B. Schae fer. C. C. Crawford, J. S. Rourke, Mrs Margaret Jeffries, F. J. Brady, I. J. Greco, C. A. Taylor. W. E. Harris, Charles Ward O. A. Eastman, James Gleason, Mra Kuth Jacobsen, J. 2i. Geohler. W. A. Carroll, J. S. Bailey. Thomas Ward. Speakers and entertainment L. P. Mor row, chairman; C. T. Evans. George Thompson, Mrs. Anna S. Warren, San field MacDonald, Charlen B. Turlay. Publicity Mra. Ruth Carter, Karl Herb. ring, Mrs. Anna J. Watson, J. XX M. Crockwell. Mrs. Dora Vradenburg, Roy bear:e. Antelope Wanted as Pets. Request has just been made of th state game warden by T. R. Beers Creston to retain a pair of tame ante lope, which he rescued from starva tion. Mr. Beers wishes to try rear ing the animals on his property, us lng the pair as foundation stock, bu Game warden Berghduff is of the opinion that they should be placed i a park. Committee Has Free Hand. The committee in charge of secur ing a new pastor for the White Temple was instructed to use its ow discretion as to the selection of. pastor, salary to be paid and all financial matters in that connection, at a meeting of the church mem bers at the White Temple last night, a loya &mitn is cnairman of th committee. Jewish Services Announced. Services will be held at the Con gregation Ahavai Sholom, Park an Clay streets, tonight at 8 o'clock. To morrow morning services at 9 o'clock. Rabbi R. Abrahamson will officiate. Belief Long Harbored Population Would Be Increased Suffi ciently Is Blasted. Announcement of Oregon's census has punctured the ambitions of number of citiiens who hoped to be candidates for representative in con gress. For months past there has been harbored a belief that Oregon's population would be large enough to entitle the etate to four representa tives in congress instead of three, as t present. To this end there has been considerable speculation as to how and where the new congression al district should be formed. Census returns show that Orearon has 783, 285 inhabitants. The present basis of population on which repre sentative districts are formed is about 220,000, or, in round numbers, Oregon is shy about 100,000 of having enough lor an additional congressional repre sentative. Representative McArthur of the third district is of the opinion that the basis of representation is likely to be increased, in which event Ore gon will be further away than ever from having a fourth representative. MOB RAMPANT IN DENVER (Continued From First Page.) badly damaged, windows broken, in teriors wrecKea ana Holes torn in roofs, but they were able to proceed to the barns under their own power. A third car was attacked near the downtown barns, and two others were turned on their sides in front of the cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Strikebreakers who manned the last two cars took refuge inside the cathedral and remained there until rescued by the police. The mob gathered in front of the Post building just after attacking the first cars. It was dispersed that time without doing more than to take copies of the afternoon edition of the paper from newsboys and lit ter the streets with them. Post's Attitude Resented. The Post has opposed the strike. At 8 o'clock last night the crowd again gathered in front of the Post. Nearly all of the windows in the present plant and in a new one being built next door were broken. When Post employes' hoisted an Americaa flag over the building the rioting subsided slightly, but was renewed a few minutes later with greater vigor. The mob then entered the building. Hammers and spikes were thrown into the linotype machines, paper rolls were moved into the streets, water poured on the presses and the presses were damaged by hammers. 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Thani protested that he had no money and he said the trio finally left. but returned once Wednesday and twice yesterday and renewed their de mands. He finally reported the mat er to the police and Morak was wait ng for them last night when they ar rived at the house. Zahn descended from an automo bile which was driven up to the house about 11 o'clock. He flashed his light on the policeman, who arrested him. The men in the automobile jumped out and fled, deserting the machine, which had been rented from D, W. Bridge farmer, 1315 East Yamhill street. Morak emptied his revolver at the fugitives, but they did not slacken their pace. The police said Zahn wore a small badge marked "Deputy Sheriff." He was locked in the city Jail for the night. The police returned the auto mobile to the owner and Thani was ordered to take the affair up with Deputy District Attorney Deich today. ILLINOIS MOB KILLS FIVE (Continued From First Pare.) Buy Your Winter Overcoat Now and Put It Away Save $25.00 to $35.00 on the Price 366 WASHINGTON ST. M AT WEST PARK I iil!l!lil!lll!l!lll!lil!llll!llllllllS!IIIIill!ll!lllll!llllllllll!llllll!li:illllH R.M GRAY clal.) Secrtary George R. Walker of the Southwest Washington Pair association and Theodore Albert, dis trict horticultural inspector, left to day for eastern Lewis county where, in conjunction with Elmer Scherer of Randle, they will obtain a display of grains, grasses, etc., to be shown at the fair here Ausrust 13-28. This year's crops of the kinds named are about the best in the history of Lewis county. IWWTM5 '1A' ' whose bodies were discovered yesterday. At 10:30 o'clock tonight the mob began setting fire to the homes in the Frankfort Heights, a section oc cupied by foreigners, according to re ports reaching here. Other homes also are being fired, it was stated. Automobiles laden with armed par ties are reported arriving in great numbers. All city officials and Sicilian residents are said to have been given 24 hours to leave town. The mob this afternoon stormed the jalL demanding the prisoners. When this was refused, they demanded that a committee be allowed to talk to the prisoners. The authorities 'granted this de mand. One of the prisoners, a chauf feur, is said to have stated he drove Calcaterra and Hempel to Royalton Monday in company with Settino de Sensis. who also is held in connection with the murder. The committee then withdrew from the Jail and the two prisoners were hastily removed by the authorities. West Frankfort is in the southern Illinois coal region, and has been cut off from telephonic communication for some time. Foreigners are reported to be leav ing West Frankfort t.nd Marion by every road. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 5. Gov ernor .Lowden has ordered five com panies of the 8th Illinois infantry to proceed at once to West Frank fort under command of Major Wilbur E. Satterfield of Mount Vernon. The companies designated are: Headquarters company of Effingham, supply company of Cairo, oompVny B, McLeansboro; company D of Cairo and company L of Salem. Governor Lowden at 10:30 o'clock tonight received a message from West Frankfort asking for troope. It said the mob was beyond control. The message, which was from Mayor Lon Fox and Sheriff Robert Watkins of Franklin county, follows: Race riot here. Italian people are being assaulted and their property destroyed. The situation is out of control of the city and county offl cials. Troops are needed at once." CARBOXDALE, 111., Aug. E. A photographer, who attempted to take pictures of the riot in West Frank fort tonigbt. was beaten to death by the mob, according to a mesaage re ceived at the Illinois Central offices here from the company's telegraph station at West Frankfort. Chehalis Seeks Fair Exhibits. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Aujf. S. (Spe-' it ; l! 1 ' ' - l;Svl: :H 111 lm ml lit ' P i. II 11 Ml mm IP I I ll 1 II IK; I III mm I ill 11! - ill If 1 1 1 li is If s it? i St ir s v t its Ss JtS M 'lis p - 111 To the People of Portland: The MILK DISTRIBUTORS of this city have in former advertisements promised to give the public the facts which are causing the INCREASINGLY HIGH PRICE OF MILK, but by reason of an injunction suit brought by the OREGON DAIRYMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE LEAGUE on a complaint verified by ALMA D. KATZ of the MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COof NEW YORK, the Distributors are stopped and pro hibited from making further disclo sures for the benefit of the public. Advertising Committee Portland Milk Dealers By C. M. GREGORY, Mgr. 4 a a a,' m m t t 11