Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — “CHILDREN’S ARK” OFF AGAIN [ARTICLE]

“CHILDREN’S ARK” OFF AGAIN

Russ Refugee Ship, Chartered by the American Red Cross, Sails From Frisco. San Francisco, Aug. 10.—The second lap of the long journey from Siberia to Petrograd started for 782 refugee Russian children whep the Japanese liner Yomel Maru, chartered by the American Red Cross and designated as the “children’s ark,” weighed anchor here and steamed for the Panama canal. The children had been the guests of the city and the Red Cross chapters for three days. Gifts were showered upon them. The children, several of whom are said to be offspring of nobility, became separated from their parents early in the World war. It was found impossible to re-' turn them overland to Petrograd because of the collapse of Russian transportation and unsettled conditions.