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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER
17, 1909.
39,690 CHILDREN
SHOU BY CENSUS
Multnomah County Has Gain
of 1422 Over Preceding
Enumeration.
FIGURES MADE CAREFULLY
w Budget, Which Will Consider
Need of New Classrooms, Will Be
Submitted to the Taxpayers
December 2 8.
FEATTRES OF CITY .VXD COCNTY
SCHOOL CENSUS.
There are 1T.45S male and 17,808
female children hetween the anes of
4 and 20 years In School rrtstrlct No.
1. a total of 33.354 a sain of 1290
elnce the last census.
In Multnomah County, outside of
Portland, there are 2349 male and
208T female children, a total of
4338 a ain of 132 tlnce the last
census. 1
The number of ch'.ldren between 4
and 20 years in the city and county
is 39.69019,709 male and 19.683
female a total Bain over the last
census of 14:12.
In the county, 25 districts show
Increases, 21 slight decreases and
four no- change.
There are nine blind and 18 deaf
children in the city.
Portland ' has 35,254 school children be
tween the ages of four- and 20 years,
17.458 of whom are male and 17,896 are
female, according to Clerk Thomas, of
District No. 1, comprising all of the
city and some outlying territory. In
Multnomah County, exclusive of those
reported by the city,, there are 2249 male
and 2087 female, a total of 4336, as shown
by the figures gathered by .the census
numerators, given to County School
Superintendent Robinson. Both city and
county tabulations were completed yes
terday. There were 34.084 in Portland
proper last year.
"In compiling the ligures," said Clerk
Thomas. "1 was surprised to note that
there had been an increase over last year
of only 1290 children, but upon inquiring
in the Health Office as to the birth sta
tistics, I found that there was a like
lower rate in Increase there, so I am sat
isfied that we have taken a careful and
accurate census this year. I think we
ore getting an we are entitled to, as
due caution was used in the work by the
enumerators."
Population Is Young.
There is a com bind school population
of 39.890 in the city and county. In the
county. 25 districts show an increase over
last year. 21 a decrease of a slight num
ber and four no change at all. County
Superintendent Robinson said that,
in his opinion, Portland and Multnomah
County were being populated largely by
young people. He had so observed on
his trips into the country, he said, and
he accredited the small increase in chil
dren to this fact.
Clerk Thomas, of District No. 1, de
clared his belief that the small increase
over last year In Portland was due to
some such cause. He said also that the
percentage of pupils in actual attendance
at the public schools here is second larg
est in America, If not the largest. Sev
enty per cent of the total census returns
were recorded as in attendance, fie said.'
Seattle was the only city, he said, which
claimed a larger attendance out of the'
total cenRtis number. ,
The census in District No.' 1 -was taken
by sub-districts this year., which -will en
able the City Superintendent, his assist
ants and the teachers m each public
school to obtain lists of names of -all
the children in each sub-district.- This
will enable them to check 'up. so they
will be able to ascertain whether all. of
the children who should be there are
actually in school.
Taxpayers to Hear Budget.
With the completion of the city and
county census, the next Important event
In the Portland public schools is the an
nual meeting of the taxpayers, to be held
1n LJncoln High School, Tuesday night,
December 2S. At that time, the Board
of Directors will submit the budget, con
taining all of the items believed to be
necessary for the coming year. It will
aggregate between J1.0O0.00O and $1,600,000.
The directors are working on the bud
get now. It is a difficult tak. Various
important features are under discussion
now. One of these ts whether it is wise
to purchase more playground for schools
already established and whether to build
an expensive high school structure on the
"Went Side, to cost probably $400,000.
Wnile a large number of new rooms
and some entire new buildings have been
constructed this year, it is estimated that
during 1910 it will be necessary to add
not less than 100 rooms for the grammar
grarips. besides the proposed new high
school building for the Weit Side.
Amusements
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Em Kendall at Bungalow Tonlsrht.
Th ttrotlon a.t the Bungalow Theater,
Twelfth a.nl Morrison streets, tonight at
8:1ft o'clock and conttuinc tomorrow Sat
urday night, with a special matinee to
morrow,' will be the favorite American
comedian. Kara Kendall, and a splendid
supporting company in the delightful com
ery. "The Vinegar Buyer." This well-known
player is presented by the well-known Arm
of Uebler A Co.
Brother PermaBe at Orphean.
There are many splndld imported novel
ties on the bill at the Orjheum this week.
Prominent are the Brothers Permane. in
their original specialty. "Nightingales Mak
ing Jjove." The comedy is light and ex
tremely funny, and the eccentric costuming
is a worthy feature. Every detail has been
worked out to perfection. Matinee every
day.
'The Land of Xod" at Baker.
Adelaide Harland and her real live Billl
ken man is one of the new features with
Samuel Rork's spectacular extravaganza,
"The L.nd of Nod' at the Baker this week.
Last three times tonight, tomorrow mat
inee and night. Plenty of songs and pretty
Joe Whitehead. Jeeter.
Joe "Whitehead, late star " of "The Red
Mill" and "The Umpire," is a scream at
the Grand with hie sayings, his songs and
ts dance. He grves a sample of any kind
of dance suggested by the audience, and his
Joke and gag are hot off the bat. Del
more and Lee. who do at aerial act which
. the average man would not attempt for a
million dollars.
Merry Knlertalners at Pant age .
Merriest of ail merry entertainer,
fictorode and Chappel. are the sensation in
vaudevlll circle thi week. Thi clevr
i pair In the hugely amusing skit. "lDuring
On s JUife," appear at Pan tag e this week
and bring many a gay laughter with their
hilarious patter. There are many other
good acts.
"Mr. Potter of Texae."
A gold watch will be given away at the
Lyric tonight In conjunction with the great
dramatic success In years, a dramatisation
of Archibald Claverlng Gun tor's literary
success, "Mr. potter of Texas."
No story of modern fiction ha caused
such a ripple of interest. ,
3235 GARS DELAYED
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Seat Selling: for George Cohan.
Seats are now selling at the Bungalow
Theater, Twelfth and Morrison streetts, for
George M. Cohan and his royal family,
who. together with a supporting company
of 75 people, will present Mr. Cohan's latest
musical play success. "The Yankee Prince,"
for three nights, beginning next Sunday,
December 19. This is the largest musical
comedy organization that ever came to the
Pacific Coast.
BeUe Davis and Pickaninnies.
Belle Davis, who with her famous little
pickaninnies, comes to the Orpheum next
week, made her first stage success on the
roof garden of Oscar Hammersteins Vic
toria. New York, some time ago, with a song
which afterwards sung its way into world -wide
renown. "He Certainly Was Good to
Me," and she has been a winner ever since.
"A Girl at the Helm."
Christmas week offering, at the .Baker
Theater, commencing with next Sunday's
matinee, will be the La Salle Theater's
latest musical comedy play. "A Girl at the
Helm." This musical play is said to be
out of the ordinary, inasmuch that there
Is a plot, novel electrical effects, a chorus
that can sing and a feature male sextette.
Bears From Arctic.
Twelve large polar bears will be on ex
hibition at the Grand next week and will
be seen in the strangest performance ever
given by wild animals on a local stage.
Herr Alber Is in charge of the magnificent
brutes. This is the largest bunch of North
Pole citizens ever assembled in a vaude
ville theater.
Princes Irene and Her lions.
Most sensational of all animal acts ever
presented on a vaudeville stage, princess
Irene and her troupe of seven untamable
African lions and two British Columbian
tears will positively appear at every per
formance next week at Pantages. commenc
ing with Monday's matinee. Princess Irene
fearlessly forces the beast through their
paces.
Next Week at Lyric.
Opening at the Lyric on Sunday matinee
a great scenic production' of one of the
most vastly known comedies of the day,
"A Bachelor's Honeymoon." will be pro
duced by the Athon Stock Company. The
most lavish effects will surround the story
and a presentation that will surprise all is
promised.
MOODY GETS HO MERCY
STREET COMMITTEE REFUSES
CONTRACTOR MORE TIME. '
Decisive Step Taken to Stop Pro
crastination in Making
Improvements.
A contract is evidently a contract, as
viewed by the members of the street
committee of the City Executive Board,
which met in regular session yesterday
afternoon. An extension of 90 days was
asked by N. M. Moody, contractor for a
macadam improvement on Center street,
Sellwood. He gave -the excuse that ho
could not get the necessary material
earlier. The application was denied.
"You had seven months in which to
do seven blocks of work." said City En
gineer Morris. "You had ample time, and
you did not do the work in time."
"I move that the application be denied,"
said Chairman Corbett. "We will rec
ommend this to the Board next week."
This means that if the Board adopts
the recommendation. Moody .will not get
his extension of time, and that the Board
will fine him $5 a day for the 90 days
that he is delinquent. The only way he
can get this remitted is through action
of the City Council, and it is not probable
that he can secure such action, as the
Executive Board and the Council are act
ing .In harmony since Mayor Simon took
office last July, and it Is scarcely prob
able that the Council would undo the
work of the Board.
When the new administration took
charge, numerous contractors were far
behind in their work. They frequently
came before the street committee for ex
tensions. It finally became the policy of
the committee to grant such extensions
as it seemed advisable, but to adhere
to a. strict plan of holding future con
tracts to the letter, unless some excel
lent excuse was offered. The committee
showed by its action yesterday that it
will enforce contracts.
DRAFT CAUSE OF ARREST
McKcan Held to Grand Jury on Gro
cer's Charge.
A. C. McKean, who was brought back
from Oakland. Cal., by Constable Wagner
to answer to the charge of obtaining
money by false pretenses, was arraigned
before Justice Olson yesterday afternoon
and held to await the action of the grand
jury in default of $1000 bail. H. R. Miles,
McKean's brother-in-law, who lives In
English, Ark., and who appeared as a
witness was detained under $500 bail.
McKean is charged with passing a
worthless draft for $76 upon F. Hart
man, a grocer, of 27 Union avenue. The
grocer said that McKean after making
several cash purchases in his place of
business finally asked to have an ac
count opened. When he came to settle
he offered jie draft in payment, the bill
being a small one and the remainder
of the sum being paid in cash.
Miles testified that he owed McKean
some money and that the draft which
McKean had drawn upon him had never
reached him.
FAMILY LARGEST ON BOOKS
Canadian and 1 1 Children Natural
ized in Portland.
When William Deblois Woodman ap
plied to Deputy County Clerk Wilde a
few days ago to take out bis naturaliza
tion papers, he was, handed a blank form
to fill out. It contained only seven lines
for the names of his children, however,
w-hile it was necessary for him to enter
the names of 11.
This is the largest family- ever natural
ized since County Clerk Fields has been
in office, according to Deputy Wilde. An
other prospective dtiien made applica
tion some time ago, but became fright
ened when he saw the seven lines for
children, as he said he has 14. He has
not returned.
Woodman is 56 years old and his wife
is 52. He was born at AUerton, Prince
Edward Island, and went to San Fran
cisco in 1SS2, from Wellington, 3few Zealand.
ALL FURSREDUCED.
$-X0 worth of Sample Furs sets, collar
ettes and ties on sale today and tomor
row at special reduced prices. Also fine
Silk Waists and Petticoats. Tailored Suits
and Coats. Oenuine ho rfiHna in a n
& McDonnell, Third and Morrison streets.
Best Uoods at Lowest Prices.
For viflney trouble use Oregon Herbs.
Drawbridge Operations Stop
Traffic 45 Hours.
SIX-DAY RECORD IS KEPT
Statistics Show Big Loss of Time in
Crossing Willamette River During
Business Days Table Figures
Won't tie, Says Railway.
Not including Sunday, the records com
piled by the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company for the week ending
Wednesday show that from the opera
tion of the draws on the three Wil
lamette River bridges, 3235 streetcars
were delayed, in the aggregate, 45 hours
minutes. t
These statistics cover the operation of
draws only between the hours of 6 A.
M. and 7 or 7:30 P. M., an average of
12 hours daily. This is a daily average
of - 639 cars delayed, with, an aggregate
delay representing actual loss of time in
operation of - 7H hours.
Of the three bridges, the steel bridge
leads with an aggregate loss of time of
19 hours and 30 seconds, involving the
delay of 946 cars. Second comes the
Burnside bridge with an aggregate delay
of 15 hours 574 minutes, interrupting
the operation of 1160 cars. Third In the
list is the Morrison-street bridge, the op
eration of which, during the six days,
delayed 1129 cars for various periods of
time, aggregating 10 hours 5 minutes.
Table Shows Results.
The following table shows the time
consumed dally for the six days in the
operation of the draws together with the
number of cars delayed thereby on each
of the three bridges:
Steel Bridge.
Date. Hours. Min. Cars.
December- 9............... 2 47 Jfil
December 10 i 59 u. 100
December 11............... 3 431 190
December 13 2 181 109
December 14 3 58 .j9g
December 15............... 4 14 ig8
Total . .19 V4 946
Burnside Bridge.
Date. Hours. Min. Cars.
December 9............... 2 18i 159
December 10 1 46 ' 1-5
December 11 3 48v.
December 13. ............. . 2 "t(. 151
December 14. ......... ....." 2 41 0''2
December 15............... 3 15 y224
To,aI 15 57V4 1160
, Morrison Bridge.
Date. Hours. Min. Cars.
December 9 1 g fe 113
December 10............... 1 95 13
December 11.... 2 16 "AS
December 13.... 1 i2 jS5
December 14............... 2 2 4 60
December 15............... 2 l' 200
Total 10 5 H29
Summary as Given.
Date-- Hours. Min. Cars.
December 9 g 13a- ii
December 10 , 5 10
December 11............... 9 48 717
December 13 5 rtsu. ti k
December 14 S 4"
December 16 9 35 61:!
Total 45 3 3235
BILLS STARE BAYLISS
MRS. MTLDOOX'S . DAUGHTER
. STAR WITNESS.
Justice Bell's Court Scene or Un
usual Excitement Over $8 9,
Alleged to Be Due Woman.
James Bayliss, formerly employed in
this city as an agent for the Buick
automobiles, but who has more recently
been a salesman for the French bank of
The Dalles, Or., was terribly grilled yes
terday afternoon in Justice Bell's court.
Bayliss was on trial on the charge of
defrauding Mrs. Margaret Muldoon, pro
prietress of a boarding-house at King and
Washington streets.
Mrs. Muldoon's 20-year-old daughter
played the part of the star witness. When
asked to take the stand and tell what she
knew the young woman said:
"Well, I know that while he wae work
ing and making money for the automobile
company, he ran up a bill for $89.25 with
us and kept putting us off with promises,
and while he had money he went about
with women to suppers to the restaurants
and to the theaters and took then! out
on automobile rides. I saw him out in
automobiles myself. I had him sized up
for one of those rounders, and I guess I
know.'-
Because . Mrs. Muldoon was uncertain
about the contents of a suitcase of cloth
ing which Bayliss removed from the
house without her permission. Justice Bell
held that technically Bayliss had not
been proved guilty, and allowed him
to go. Bayliss said that he would send
all of the money he owed to Mrs. Mul
doon as soon as he earned it.
OWL CARS RUN NEW YEAR'S
Street Railway Also Asks Shoppers
to Go Home Early.
The Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company has arranged to have a car
leave each of the down-town terminals
it i A. 11 on New Year's on all lines
to handle the crowds that will attend
theaters and other amusements.
The railway company thinks that in
addition to advising people to do their
Christmas shopping early, it also would
assist the railway company in handling
the rush crowds from 5 to 6:30 P. M.
each day, if the Christmas shoppers could
arrange to leave down town for their
homes not later than 4:30 P. M., Instead
of waiting to go home with their friends
who are detained until a later hour.
"A little thought and consideration on
this subject, on the part of patrons,
will not only assist the railway company
in the proper handling of the crowds at
the rush hour, but will afford greater
comfort to those required to ride during
the rush hours," said an official of the
company yesterday.
SCOW DWELLERS RETURN
Harbormaster Speier Prosecutes Two
Owners of Floating Shacks.
Harbormaster Speier was the complain
ant yesterday morning' in Municipal
Court against James Murphy and John
Shank, two ecowd welters with floating
shacks at the foot of Mill street. After
repeated notice to leave the city limits
had been disregarded the harbormaster
caused the arrest of the two men.
"Recently the Mayor ordered the re
moval of all scows from the city limits,"
said Captain Speier. "They have been
comlnjr back by ones and twos and in
spite of the fact that they are ordered
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Sizes from 8 to .16, full-length
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A pretty box containing three fine
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50e value, special 35J
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away by the property owners along the
waterfront they persist in defying the
law. They are a menace to the harbor in
case of Are. dissolute characters hang
about them, and they should be dealt with
summarily." Judge Bennett gave these
two 24 hours In which to move.
SEPARATE TRIAL ASKED
IiYTIiE WOULD BE SEGREGATED
FROM CO-DEFENDANTS.
Moores May Make Similar Request
Iiater, Attorney Intimates.
Bank Pleas Entered.
Separate trials for each of the in
dicted officers of the Oregon Trust &
Savings Bank, which failed, will mean
that the state will have 42 cases with
which to burden the docket of the
Circuit Court. Attorney John M. Hall,
representing Elmer E. Lytle, demand
ed of Presiding Judge Bronaugh yes
terday afternoon a separate trial for
his client, who is one of those charged
on six counts with having received
deposits in the bank knowing it to be
insolvent. Charles W. Pulton, repre
senting H. A. and W. H. Moore, said he
would not now demand separate trials
for his clients, but that he would re
serve the right to do so later.
Yesterday afternoon was set as the
time for the indicted officers and di
rectors of the wrecked bank to plead
to the 12 indictments against them.
As in the case of their arraignment,
the defendants were spared by Judge
Bronaugh the mortification of stand
ing up publicly. The attorneys for
the two Moores and Lytic Entered
their pleas for them.
Attorney Raphael Citron, represent
ing Leo Priede, informed the court
that his client was out of the city,
and that it was impossible to notify
him upon such short notice and have
him in court. So he will enter his
plea next Monday. Attorney Dan Ma
larkey, representing W. Cooper Mor
ris, was engaged with a trial in Judge
Gatens' department, so Morris also
will enter his plea Monday.
At that time Judge Bronaugh will
take up with District Attorney Cam
eron the setting of the "cases for trial.
The District Attorney will have the
right to state which case he desires
to try first.
FIGHTING MARSHAL FREED
Magistrate Holds Cottage Grove Men
Struck Logger After Provocation.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 16. At the prelim
inary hearing here yesterday of City
Marshal Snodgrass, of Cottage Grove,
before Justice Bryson, on the charge of
asault and battery on John Thurnmeier,
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