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' .5 XIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN. TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1913. - I r r 14 . INDIAN POPULATION Mill INCREASING Census Report Shows Loss of Period From 1890 to 1900 Is More Than Made Up. 280 TRIBES REPRESENTED Or 285,688 Redskins, Onlr Per Cent Arc Full-Bloods Study Shows Sterility LfM Common In Ouww of Miscegenation. WAfHIXOTON". D. C-. May lfc (Spe 3aL) Statistics of the Indian popula tion of the United States and of Alaska collected at the 13th decennial census, taken In 1910. are given In an advance 'bulletin soon to bo Issued by Director I'urand. of the Bureau of tho Census. The total number of Indians In the frilled States, exclusive of outlylnsr possessions. In 1S10. was 26S.S83. and In Alaska. 25.331. The corresponding; 11 cures for the census of 1900 were: Vnlted States. 337.19: Alaska, 29.536. and for tho census of 1890, United Ftates. 24S.253; Alaska. 25.364. According; to these figures, which cover the last three enumerstlons only, tho number of Indians In the United Ctates decreased between 1890 and" 1900 liut increased during; the last decade. the Increase for the 20-year period 1S90-1910 beins 17.430. or 7 per cent. The data, from the reports of the Com missioner of Indian Affairs, which are Slven in the bulletin. Indicate that the numbr of Indians decreased from 1370 to 190 and Increased by about the same amount In the following 20 years. Alaka ladlaaa Decrease. In Alaska the number of Indians re ported decreased from 1S80 to 1910 by 7.S. or 23.2 per cent. The number of Indian tribes reported for the United States In 1910 was 210. comprising; S3 linguistic stocks. Of these tribes. 77 hd more than 600 mem bers each, while 43 were represented by 1 members or less: of the latter. 10 were represented by one member each. In Alaska Indian tribes, forming; oven linguistic stocks, were reported. The principal ones, asldfi from the Southern Esquimau group, were the Kuskwo?m!ut. the largest tribe of the Ksktmauan linguistic group, with 14S0 members, and the Aleut, with 14S1; 11 other tribes were represented by . more than 00 members each. The 13th census was the first at which anr returns worthy of tabulation were cured as to the proportion of full bloods and mixed bloods In the Indian .population. EU Per Teat Fall-Blood. Of all the Indians In the United Ftates In 1910. 66.6 per cent were full floods and 35.1 per cent mixed broods, while for 8.4 per cent Information on this point vu not given. Of tho SS3.SS3 Indians reported In the United States In 1910. 13&.1I3. or 60.9 per cent, were males, and 130.650. or 49.1 per cent, females. The number of males to 100 females was 103.5. In Alaska the number of males In 1910 'was 12.995 and. of females 12.226. the ratio of males to 100 females being Jo.. Information was collected by tho Census Bureau In 1910 In regard to the number of children borne by every married woman. Only those women were Included who were between 15 and 4 4 years of age. who had been married for at least one year and T.ho were neither widowed nor divorced nor married for a second or subse quent time. Race Gradually IHminUklnic. The most significant fact Is that. 'While for all classes of marriages the proportion resulting In no Issue was S. ner cent, for marriages between full-bloods the proportion was 10.7 per cent, and for mixed marriages It was 17 ner cent. Thus sterility Is consla erably less common In cases of mis cegenation than In cases of marriage between full-bloods. Furthermore, the Troiortion of Issueless marriages de creases directly as the amount of white blood In the married couple In creases. Thus an Inverse relation be tween the amount of whit blood In the married couple and the proportion of childless unions seems to be es tablished. The results of the studies on sterility. on fecundity, and on vitality ail Indi cate that the Increase of the mixed blood Indians Is much greater than that of the full-blood Indians, and that nnless the tendencies now at work undergo a decided change the full- bloods are destined to xorm m oecreaa ln( nroDortion of the total Indian population and ultimately to disappear altogether. HEALTH BOARD HAS PUZZLE California Officials to Srttte Point Regarding Shipment of Bodies). SACRAMENTO. CaL. May !. The State Board of Health la confronted by one of Its most difficult problems in recent years In having placed before It for decision the question of when do human bones cease to become a part of Che human body. This question must decided before the board can give Its permission to Chinese at Auburn Tor a. shipment of the bones of dead Orientals by freight and parcel post to t?an Francisco for exportation- to China. Arrangements are being" made by . Chtnese throughout the different sec tions of California to send to China a large conslgnement of skeletons of Chinese who died In this state. The state law prohibits shipment of human bodies unless .hermetically ealed In a metal casket. In order to grant the reouest of the Ilacer County Chinese the Board of Health must rule that a skeleton In the form of dried bons Is not a human body, or a part of a human body. The object of the law Is to safeguard health. BALLOON MEN ARE SAFE (Continued From Ftrwt . I through field glasses, and being unable to distinguish, anything- other than mountains and densely timbered dis tricts to the east. Unger tested the air currents and finding that there was ceo chance of changing his course he decided to alight. Owing to the rugged condition of the districts over which he was traveling-, the pilot continued in an easterly direction for about seven miles, when he detected an open spot tff about two acres. Ballooa Dearvada Fast. Without a word of warning; to his company, Unger opened the balloon Talve and the craft dropped more than 3000 feet In less than a minute and a half. - Some Idea of th speed attained by the balloon In Its downward flight ran be realised when It Is said that the craft traveled faster than tha near ballast which waa being thrown from the basket at the time of the descen When the ballon reached a point about 600 feet above the earth tbe anchor caught In the root of a tree and the remainder of the landing was made without Incident. Following the deacenalon. the occu pants of the balloon passed Saturday night In the timber, and early Sunday morning an attempt waa made to carry the aerial craft over the rugged moun tain trail to civilisation. After a Jour ney of four mllea the balloon was aban doned. During the remainder of Sunday the party were the guests of W. R. Illlck and Walter McMillan, well-known mountaineers of the Cascade country. At S o'clock this morning -the boys DESIGX FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGE BOOSTER BUTTON ACCEPTED. VANCOUVER. Wash., May 25. (Spe cial.) The design for the booster but ton for the Pacific Highway bridge, to be built between Vancouver and Port land, spanning the Columbia River, was drawn by William R. Armstrong, a sign painter and artist of this city. The design has been accepted by the Joint committees and will be repro duced on a button which will be sold to raise funds to pay for the publicity and educational campaign for the bridge bonds election, and It will be worn both In Portland and Vancouver and Clark County. The button Itself Is to be one and one-third Inches in diameter, oval In shape, and nine colors will be used In the making The seals of tbe states of Oregon and Washington will be linked together by a large bridge, spanning the Columbia, with Mount Hood In the background. started over the trail for the fish hatchery, and after 13 hours' walking reached a telephone. Frantic Wosaea Appeased. The news of the landing was re ceived here with Joy, most especially by the frantic wives and mothers, who for two days had eagerly sought some word from their loved ones. Pilot Unger declares thjtt air pockets are numerous In the Cascade districts, and that the higher, air currents were hardly sufficient to carry the balloon at a speed of 15 miles an hour. These conditions, Unger says, are somewhat unusual, and most especially In a mountainous country such as invaded by the adventurers. At the spot where the balloon landed the natural land altitude Is 2200 feet. The passengers are delighted with their experiences and suffered' no 111 effects. Members of the forestry service, un der command of Forest Supervisor Bar trum, leave tomorrow for the Cascades, where they will attempt to bring out the balloon and other equipment. The balloon Is valued at S2500. COLONEL TO HELP SCOUTS Vancouver Barracks Commander Promises Pitched Camp. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash May 6. (Special.) Under military law. with guards at night, and camped In Government infantry tents, will be the camp of St. Luke's Boy Scouts, of Vancouver, here Jbia Summer, after achool is out. Colonel George S. Young, post commander, has promised to have a camp pitched on the military Teaer vatlon for the Scouts and It will be per fect In appointment and exactly like a camp of the regular Army, with shel ter tents, headquarters, cook tent, and guards will be posted. There will be about 70 Scouts in the encampment, which will last a week. Captain Beard will be in active command and Chap lain Lloyd will have supervision. The lads will have the pleasure of marching; In line with the Grand Army veterans Decoration day and they are now being drilled for this occasion. Each day some regular Army officer will give the boys Instruction, with a lecture on good cltlsenshlp and patriot ism. $6,000,000 FUND APPROVED Boston Chosen a xt Meeting Place of Baptist Convention. DETROIT. Mlrh.. May 26. The an nual report of the general apportion ment committee, which included a rec ommendation that the convention make the raising of 3t.000.000 an nually for missions the ultimate ob ject, was presented todsy to the North ern Baptist convention In session here. The recommendation was ap proved. One recommendation for. a United Missionary convention by the conven tion, with Dr. John M. Moore, of Bos ton, as the educational director, was acted upon favorably. Henry Bond, of Brattleboro. Va.. was re-elected president of the convention and Boston was chosen for the next meeting. FISHERMEN'S STRIKE SEEN More Than Score of Schooners Af fected by Demands. SEATTLE. Wash.. May 16. Repre sentatives of the Halibut Fishermen's Union today presented demands to the operators of independent fishing schooners, which are operated' on the co-opcratlve plan, demanding a larger portion of the catch for the fishermen's share. More than 20 schooners, employing 200 men, are affected by the demands, which. It la feared, will result In an other fishermen's strike. B d ft Mi --A If SK " 1 1 SENATE TAKES UP CURRENCY RE VISION Committee Outlines Apparent Defects and Questions for Banking Experts. NELSON INTRODUCES BILL Republican Member Proposes Sys tem of Asset-Secnred Money, to Aid In Kmergency, Providing $295,000,000 Issue. . . ctir-TA v., ? c Th a Senate i...irin. an4 onrroncv committee be gan Us Investigation of the Nation's currency system ana now it uocu should be remedied late today, when a . . ,n h, nt to bankers IIP. uroiiwH. and financial experts wss approved and prepared tor immeo.ia.ie uiomu"". Some of the questions aoDremiu are: "What are the essential defects or our banking and currency system? ..c-n...Ava,A ita QiH'iint r-cpk and dis advantages and what is to be attained by an Improved system. "What National banks continue to have a bond-secured currency, and should present reserve requirements for such banks be changed? Elastic Cnrreaey Proposed. xchAnM Aioatir Mirrenrv be author ized, and If so, should It be limited, snd to what amount? - "Should all currency have a gold basis, and how should it be issued, and what per cent of reserve should be re quired? -What should be the limit If notes are Issued to or by an association? Ti-h.t n.vii ahnulri be used to re tire such currency when demands sub side? : . .. "Should there be a centrai association t.h toannha. rr urTK association with or without a central contro!7 "Should state banks or trust compa holder in such associa tions, snd under what conditions? "How manv regional reserve associa tions should there.be? "What should be the minimum capi tal stock and wnat amount to eacn bank? vht.. ahnniii fia th a flrAneral nature of business of such association? Should It accept credits otner man w n i. - nav I nt.r.it nn denoslts. dis count double-name commercial paper for member banks on equal terms to all. and should Its discount rate be public, subject to weekly cnangci Withdrawal la Suggested. K3hA,tiri riftvMT-TimAnt denoslts be with drawn from banks and placed with such associations? "Should a National bank keep reserve with the association to which It be i ....... ..n.nt that in its vaults, or should It be allowed to use other as sociations, and If so, how mucm u i . . i .i - -- a aantlatlnn be re- OHUU1U a, . u tiv. . u quired to maintain a reserve within Its deposits? , "Should liability of each member bank . , . ... atAnV .iihccrlnttflTl and if not, what should be its liability? "What dividends should associations be permitted to pay their banks and should any share of the profits of an association be distributed to member banks in proportion to the average de posits during me yean "What Is your opinion of the plan of the National Monetary Commission and what modifications would you suggest. if anyr- Nelson Introduces Bill, canatnii Vaiaon Renubllcan member . . v. . nnmtnlttaal on banking and currency. Introduced a bill today proposing a system oi Mci-tiwi currency for National banks under which the banks of the country could. If necessary, issue emergency currency a a.-i-kr- nnn AAA TT V a. to the total amount or ij,uuv,vu. j.5 bill would give banks authority to Issue the new notes to an amount not greater than the difference between their pres ent bond-secured currency and their total paid In capital. The new notes would constitute a "first and preferred Hen" upon all of the assets of the bank by which they were Issued. f. A.t-, tho ii an nt the new cur- 4. V 1CBUI.V l-flt rency to emergencies, the Nelson bill proposes a tax oi per ceni jem on the extra notes, increasing in rate monthly, and reaching 10 per cent In five months, in a siaiemem accom panying the bill. Senator Nelson drew attention to the fact that the total amount of clearing-house certificates Issued in the financial crisis of 1907 waa 1238,000,000 or nearly sou.uvu.uuu less than the amount of emergency currency that would be made available under his plan. Stroback's Nomination Confirmed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 26. The Senate today con firmed the nomination of Richard Stro back as Register of the North Taklma Land Office. v (' w-- . ' ?H ; 'V ' ' i JOHN DRISCOLL Candidate for Commissioner No. 35 on Ballot In selecting his candidates for Commissioner nest Monday, no elector should have any hesitancy in choosing John Drisooll as one of four for his first rhoice.- Mr. Driscoll served the people as a member of the State Legis lature in 1901 and again in 1907, and made good. He can be trusted to make eYiod in the larsrer and more responsible position to which he aspires. John Driscoll deserves your vota in Monday's Special Sales of Apparel for Ladies and Juveniles This welcome sale of ladies' and misses' tailored suits at $1L85 and $14.85 is becom ing vastly popular. To meet the demand we have again added dozens of our newest Spring models at the special prices. 1 " A GAS PROBE LIKELY Governor West Announces He Will Start Inquiry. EXECUTIVE HAS POWER House and Senate Joint Action Puts Cue and Action In Hands of Of ficial to Protect Rights of People on Grant. SALEM. Or.. May 26. (Special.) Governor West announced today that he would start next week an Investiga tion of alleged violations of Portland ga.s franchises, as authorized by a reso. lutlon adopted by the House and Sen ate at the last session of the Legisla ture. The resolution becomes effective June 3, and the Governor probably will take steps to co-operate with Portland authorities at ouce. Bills were Intro duced in the Senate for the repeal of acts authorizing Henry D. Green to es tablish a gas manufactory In Portland, passed January 7, 1859, and authorizing Al Zelber to establish a gas plant In Portland, passed October 26, 1874. It was alleged that attempts had been made to assign the rights and privi leges eranted by the Legislature with out authority of tho Legislature, and that no assignments had been lawiuuy made. The Judiciary committee of the Sen ate reported that It did not have the time or the opportunity to maice an in vestigation of the charges In the pro posed bills, and was compelled to report adversely upon tnem. The resolution of the House and Sen ate 'authorizes an investigation by the Governor and the City of Portland, the Governor to be empowered after the In. vestigation to take such action as he deems necessary to protect the rights of the people of the state and Portland and to report the resun oi me invesiir gatlon to the 28th Legislative Assembly. Tree Kills Timber Faller. ASTORIA. Or., May 28. (Special.) election. Paid Adv.). , "We now have on dis play every one of our regular $19.50 and $22.50 suits, which in cludes many of the newest fabrics and colorings. Every suit was tailored for this season's wear; your choice from any now for $11.85. The sale of the $24.50 and $29.50 grades in cludes every model regularly selling at those prices; we have also added all of our beautiful cream serges. Tour choice now at one price, $14.85. For Ladies and Misses, Entire Third Floor. BEN T. H. McMahon, a timber faller at the Larkin Green Logging Company's camp at Blind Slough, was killed Instantly today by a dead limb falling from a tree and striking him on the head, fracturing his skull. Ha was 23 years of age and unmarried. SETTLERS FORCED TO PAY Farmers on Reclamation Projects Must Meet Cost of Building. WASHINGTON, May 26. More than 10,000 farmers on reclamation projects of the West will be affected by the Su preme Court's decision today that they must pay to the Government the cost of maintaining and operating the vari ous reclamation projects, pending their completion. The decision was In the suit by D P. Baker and others farmers on the Sunnyslds unit of the Yakima. Wash., project to bavei the Reclamation Serv ice enjoined from cuttJnjr off the water supply to enforce collection of such charges. Imposed under Instructions from the Secretary of the Interior in 1902. Nearly a million dollars have al ready been collected by the Govern ment. Half a million more is about due. Justice Lamar announced tbe court's unanimous decision and declared that Congress Intended the settlers should pay the cost of maintenance and opera tion. , Thirty-one per cent of Venezuela's total Imports are takan from this country. 10111 orrow Low Round-Trip Excursion Fares Go Into Effect ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES IN BLOCK LIBERAL STOP-OVER PRIVILEGES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS i Tickets on Sale Daily From May 28 to September 30 Final Return Limit October 31 THREE TRAINS DAILY TO THE EAST Oregon-Washington Limited '. 10:00 A. M. Portland & Puget Sound Express 8:00 P. M. ' To Chicago, Omaha, Denver, Kansas City and all points East Soo-Spokane Train De Luxe 9:00 P.M. For Spokane, Minneapolis, St. Paul and East. All Trains arrive and depart from Portland Union Depot. CITY TICKET OFFICE THIRD AND WASHINGTON Phones Marshall 4500, A-6121 For men there are the fin est of British weaves tweeds from Scotland, home spuns from Ireland, wor steds and serges from Eng land, as well as America's best. The smartest English models with natural shoulders, fronts with soft rolL grace fully draped. The great popularity of the English models is not be cause they are English, but because they're stylish and very becoming to most men. Conservative and full box back models for those who prefer the more subdued styles; each, how ever, with an individuality of its own. Blues, browns, grays, plain tones, checks, light stripes, mix tures as fine a lot of woolens as you'd wish to see. Men are buying daily will it be your turn today f We aim to keep the quality higher than the price; any model you wish at $20, $25, $30 and $35. For Men, Main Floor. For Toung Men, Second Floor. SELLING Morrison at Fourth ATTEAUX' SALARY ISSUE DEFEXSE WIIL TRY TO PROVE PAYMENTS LEGITIMATE. Treasurer of American Woolen Com pany Testifies In Dynamite Con spiracy Trial In Boston. BOSTON. May 26. Indications that the defense would rely upon Its ability to prove that Frederic F. Atteaux, who is admitted to have received checks from the American Woolen Company, was employed by tbe company In a legitimate capacity, developed at the dynamite conspiracy trial today. The Government alleges that money paid to Atteaux upon the authority of the president of the American Woolen Company, William M. Wood, was in furtherance of a conspiracy entered Into by Wood. Atteaux. Dennis J. Col lins, John J. Breen and Ernest W. Pit man to cast suspicion upon the textile strikers at Lawrence, by "planting" dynamite on premises occupied by them. William H. Dwelly. Jr., treasurer of the woolen company, who was sum moned as a witness for the prosecution, testified under cross-examination that Atteaux was Instructed to visit various places where the company's factorlea To via Sailor, Ahoy! Every dainty washable suit for children has been grouped into one remarkable collec tion. Half Price for suits that until now have been $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $4.50, $5. Your choice of hundreds of beautiful little suits of white, tans, grays, browns, blues both striped and plain. If every father and mother could know the worth of these boys' Knicker Suits we're selling at $5, we doubt if there would be one left by Saturday night. Handsome suits of all-wool fabrics that sold at $6.50. $7.50, $8.50 and $10 are now one price, $5. Balls, bats, mitts, gloves, uniforms and go-cycles with every Kuicker Suit., Second Floor for Boys' Suits LEADING CLOTHIER are located, and confer with the mill agents regarding labor troubles. The payments to Atteaux In two checks totaling $2605 were entered, ac cording to the witness, in tho same manner as all legitimate disbursements were recorded on the company's books. Testimony that Atteaux had per formed similar services for the com pany in 1912 during- labor troubles, and that he had been paid in precisely tho same manner was given by C C Wig gin, vice-president and comptroller of tho woolen company. For this work, the witness said, Atteaux received $1000. Attorney William Butler was called by the state in an endeavor to estab lish that Wood and Aatteaux met at the offices of the American Woolen Company on January 19, 1912, the day the dynamite was "planted." The wit ness denied that he had been at the company's office on that day or had seen Wood and Atteaux together. He also denied that he had told tho prose cutor to the contrary. Bunco Steercr Gets Ten Tears. LOS ANGELES, May 26. Lee Rial, alleged head of a "National bunco syn dicate," who was convicted last week of swindling G. P. Friesz. an Illinois farmer, out of J5000 through a fake poolroom, was sentenced today by Judge Flnlayson. of the Superior Court, to serve ton years in San Quen tin Penitentiary. ' Mr. M. J. Farley holds the rank of po nce CapiJtm n i igimj, . ; THE EAST SIGNALS Day