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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1910. ARREST MADE IN CENSUS CAMPAIGN AFFIDAVIT MAKERS CONFESS PERJURY GROUP OF TUMBLERS WHO WILL PERFORM AT THE MULT NOMAH CLUB TONIGHT. N. P. Sorensen, Charged With ; Refusing to Give Infor mation Is in Jail. Witnesses Declare They Made False Statements to Es cape Indictments. The Addition with Character GAIN IN COUNT IS SHOWN SUMS PAID WERE SMALL 12 ilrSSSfllP I JTTUrcI Day's Record Said to Be j 28,000 Work in Some Ilfl j Jrlcts Is Completed and Enu J merators Are Transferred. United States Deputy Marshal Ni cholson, last night, arrested N. P. So Tensen on a John Doe Sorensen war rant, on the charge of refusing- to give Information to a qualified census offi cial. The complaint was sworn to by numerator Phil Harris and Sorensen 'was locked In the County Jail last 'night. As he was arrested after office ihours, no conveniences were put in his jway to obtain ball, for United States District Attorney Evans considers So reneen a bad case and Intends to make I an example of him. J Sorensen rooms at 215 Eleventh street and the deputy marshal waited tat that address for him last night. So irensen declined to make any statement. (Prior to his arrest he was both abusive and Insolent to the enumerator, it is , alleged. Gain In Count Is 30 Per Cent. ' Supervisor Beach now has the fg 'ures for the first three days of the icount. The third day showed an in crease of 30 per cent over the first day, and IB per cent over the second iay's count. While no statement can ibe obtained from Supervisor Beach, It is understood, an average of 215 was obtained, which would put the third iday's count at over 28,000. "k Several enumerators have finished their districts, so it 13 not expected this Increase will continue In the present ratio for more than two days. At the end If the first week a. daily de crease is then expected. ' Keports Come by Jdetter. i Among the prominent Portlanders who have written to the Census office, giving full particulars for the enum eration, are United States Senator Chamberlain and his family. The count Is now proceeding so fast that enumerators are complaining they cannot earn enough. One man in the offices of the census bureau yesterday morning complained that he had noth ing more to do. Several men have com pletely finished thelj- districts and are being thrown In other positions. The patriotism of Frank S. McCul lough, of 58 Cathcart street, Montreal, Canada, caused him to communicate with Supervisor Beach. Mr. McCullough in his letter says he is an American citizen and was formerly connected with the Immigration Bureau, living for 16V4 years In Portland. "Although for many years I have been a tran sient." concludes the letter, "I have al ways considered Portland my home. If you will forward me the necessary blanks-, I will send them filled up." Supervisor Beach was particularly pleased with the letter he received from Joe Williams, one of his enumerators in Eastern Oregon. When Williams has paid his expenses he will be out of pocket after taking the job, but his father held the position of enumerator for two previous census and was de elrous his son should have the experi ence. The letter follows: , No Money In Job. "? have ridden 105 miles from Cald well. Idaho, to get into my district, but after getting a slight wetting in the Owyhee River, I have gotten along very nicely. I rode 20 miles today to tet one family and after talking con ditions over with local people I find that I will have to make long rides to horse and cattle camps and that it will be an absolute impossibility to get my re ports out very often but will keep them until I reach a postofflce. t "I have not received any envelopes with my supplies and find that I am ehort of them. If you have any In structions for me I shall expect to come back to Rome, Or, in a few days for my mall. 5 "Please instruct me If it will be pos Ible for me to work some in Summit Precinct before finishing Crdoked Creek district as I believe it will be most ad vantageous to work part of Crooked Creek and then finish it after going to Summit. This is written on a bunk, hence the writing." ! That the mail service in the city is causing trouble by reason of slowness was a complaint Supervisor Beach had to make yesterday. "Another annoyance had cropped up be rause persons In small hotels and rooming-houses were refusing to fill up forms raying they had been counted at the place hey sleep," said the supervisor yester ay. "It they refuse to give the Informa tion after a second request- wo shall just .have to have them arrested. We can riot spend the time to argue with de linquents now." Several enumerators have been tres jmsslng on the districts alloted to oth ers and this Is causing some hard feel sing. When the matter was brought up for adjudication yesterday. Supervisor Reach said the names might have to be counted over again by the enumerator to whom" they belonged. Mr. Beach, however, suggested to avoid trouble .that the enumerator hand the list of names over to the rightful owner and then make a business agreement to plit the receipts. j Apologies Are Received. When the enumerator called at the Residence of Mrs. George V. Walters, 590 C'ouQh street, early yesterday, the" woman Informed him that If proceedings would be stopped he would furnish the Infor mation Immediately. Profuse apologies were made at 575 Seventeenth street and a similar promise. With the definite un derstanding the women at these addresses should avoid further trouble. Supervisor Beach consented to withdraw the com plaints and to get United States Deputy District Attorney Evans to stop action In the matter. Both these women were to have been arrested yesterday on the charge of refusing information to the eniua officer. A difficulty the census office is laboring Under is that no directory or other sup plies have been made by the Government Pupervlsors Beach has obtained the nec essaries but hardly expects to be reim bursed. Although instructed to make in , etructlon tours In January, he had not been paid for his outlay then. The request of the census bureau for a launch or boat to cover the floating popu lation on the Columbia and Willamette rivers seems to have been taken as a Joke at Washington. Already J20 has been spent In telegrams to Washington to press the matter, but each day lengthy CepUes are transmitted asking for further i I , - ,flr i - - . i f i.-'- 1 : ; ' V- ' ' ' - -i . iS;;? . f-i-XXX;iXXXX?XXXXX X-'i ?"..:; 'is:- ij : i ' , " , - i : ! - - $ ' . -' . - , . - - p V' - ; yWTOJMJ'lH) t ,.)' t s t-vyi-.n....,iiMlj.JiM -. ymi,,,;,, Ft V . -iV X . " V" v , niJrjt - Information. "Telegrams from some fool at Washington," is the way Superyisor Beach alludes to them. Previous Contract Admitted. An Important i admieelon was secured from Wagner when the Government drew out the testimony that Wagner had been engaged from the time of the filing in February to time of final proof In build ing trails to the land so that C. A. Smith and A. Krlbs might examine It subject to purchase. Henry Blakely was the only other wit ness to occupy, the stand. He testified that he had entered land at the re quest of MoKinley and had secured seven others to do so. He was to receive a sure profit of $75, but the. witness in sisted that he felt free to sell the land to any other person than McKlnley if he could get more money. In that case he was to pay the $600 note and give Mc Klnley $100. CHILDREN HELP CENSUS MAN Youthful Interpreters Make Work Easy In South Portland. . Five cents for two hours' hard work as interpreter is the rate established in the Ghetto district of South Portland by the enumerators covering the district. To be allowed to accompany the census man when he makes his count Is con sidered an honor indeed in South Port land andvthe hicky youngster who can bo engaged as official aid shines with re flected glory. One enumerator reported he, paid 5 cents for two hours' work and then he got a child who could speak good English, Italian and Yiddish. Another enumerator said he was fol lowed by hundreds of children and as soon as he put a question, the answer would be volleyed at him by dozens of youngsters, all of whom were fully ac quainted with the past, present and fu ture of each family on the grill. This enumerator, who thought he was having one of the hardest districts, has found he is turning in record lists of names, for his coming Is heralded long before he touches the district. Children sound his coming, every door is open to him. and information of all kinds Is at his service. "Children give far better service than paid Government Interpre ters," says the enumerator.. SEATTLE BOOSTS HER CENSUS Chamber of Commerce Posts Bills Urging Residents to Register. Dave L. Melville, traveling freight and passenger agent for the Baltimore & Ohio at Seattle, was a visitor in Railroad Row yesterday. Mr. Melville reported business in Seattle as quiet, but commented most favorably on the situation here. He said the Chamber of Commerce had posted the whole city In Seattle with posters begging people to register for the census. "The whole town looks as If some great census attraction Is to be put on at some enormous theater," he said. "Every rail- road office nas gigantic notices asking residents to fill up the blanks before leaving the city. Seattle won't miss a man, woman or child. It will get most of the floating population, too, while they are In the city. They will be pleased to call Seattle their home." PORTLAND PLAN ADOPTED San Franciscans Record Date of Fair on Hotel Registers. "John Jones. 1915," Is the way San Franciscans are registering at hotels all over the country. After writing his name, instead of giving his residence as San. Francisco, the person registering places the year "1915" in the residence column opposite, his name. No less than a score of San Francisco traveling men at local hotels are regis tered this way. The idea is to advertise the Panama-Pacific Exposition to be held In the Bay City In 1915, celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal, scheduled to be finished that year. This plan was originated by commercial travelers out of Portland before the iLewis and Clarke fair in 1905. John T. Rockefeller would go broke If he should spend his entire income trying to prepare a better rmediclne than Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea, dysen tery or bowel complaints. It is simply impossible, and so says every one that baa used it. gold, by all dealerda. . , - v ,-', l on T ARMORY IS SCENE OF MUMNO MAH ATIIXiETIO EXHIBITIOX. Full-Iress Rehearsal Proves That Show Will Surpass All Previ ous Attempts of Club. The Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club's Spring carnival will be given tonight at the Armory and prom ises to be the finest exhibition of its kind ever offered by the olub. Hereto fore it has been an invitational af fair, limited to club members and their friends, .but tonight's entertainment Is open to the publlo and for the first time It will have the opportunity of seeing what is done in athletic lines in the club's teachings, from the young est junior member to the expert fin ished gjjmnast and athlete. A full dress rehearsal was held last night at the Armory, on the newly con structed stage, and it was demonstrat ed the show is going to be a pro nounced success. The club's part of the performance will start at 8:15, but oommenclng at 7:15 the Third Regiment Band will give a concert for one hour for the benefit of the spectators who arrive early. Popular and classical muBlc will com prise the musical programme. Besides the regular class drills with wands, dumbbells and other parapher nalia, there will be several very clever fancy dances, among them being the Carnival Gavotte, a special dance ar ranged by Director Robert Krohn, and the Sailors' Hornpipe, the Frltal Scheff dance and the Multnomah Club's "Dutch Kiddies" dance. These special dances will be given by "senior mem bers and members of the ladles' annex. All events will be handsomely cos tumed and in the class drills over 300 members will take part. Other special features will be the triple bar performance by the club's expert bar performers and tumbling by its seven star tumblers, who rival most of the professlenal acrobats who ap pear in the city. The Armory will be open at 7 o'clock. PORT ORFORD GETS BANK Arrangements Completed That Will Result In Developments. After visiting the " East and making financial arrangements, J. G. Loucks, of Port Orford, Or., was In Portland yes terday completing his plans to open at Port Orford the first bank in Curry County on May 1. The United States National Bank of Portland and the Wellp-Fargo Company, of San Francisco, will be Mr. Loucks' principal correspond ents. "I do not expect the bank to pay for some time." said Mr. Loucks. "But we are' trying now to build up that country and at present there Is no bank nearer than Bandon, 32 miles away. "I believe we have the finest fruit country in Oregon. We have a deep water wharf that will, accommodate any boat running out of Portland, but at present we have not traffic enough to make It worth a eteamer's while to call. This condition we soon hope to alter. At present It takes nearly three days to get to Port Orford by rail and stage. We connect by launch with Coos Bay." BEGINS SATURDAY, 9 A. M. Closing Out Sale of . the McAllen & McDonnell Stock Begins at That Hour. Entire stock of Dry Goods and Women's and Children's Wear will be on sale at reductions ranging from. 25 to 60 per cent from former already low prices. A Hint In Time. Order the Mount Hood Brewing Com pany's famous Bock Beer now; to be de livered at your home. Phone East 139 or B 1319. To remove skin eruptions, apply a little Pantlteptio Lotion and they will quickly disappear, Attorney McConrt " Accuses O H. Jamison of Making At tempt to Intimidate Wit nesses in Land Case. Angered by constant repudiation of former statements and affidavits by the witnesses upon whom the Govern ment has relied for information as to the ramifications of the alleged con spiracy by which it Is charged that C A. Smith and Frederick A. Krlbs, of the Linn-Lane Lumber Company, illeg ally acquired a large acreage of timber land near Sweet Home, Linn county. District Attorney MoCourt yesterday pointed his finger at Attorney O. H. Jamison and accused him of attempt ing to intimidate witnesses. Jamison made no denial, though his connection with the case appeared to surprise other attorneys for the defense. The prosecutor followed with an other statement that William J. Burns, the Heney detective, who gathered many of the affidavits, Is enroute to Portland to aid In recovering title to the lands. It is conceded by the United States Attorney that in order to regain the lands for the Government he must show a conspiracy and that the first step is the necessity of showing an agreement to turn the lands over to some other person. Witnesses Admit Perjury. In the first investigation the evi dence was gathered by Detective Burns in the form of affidavits. In many instances the witnesses have tes tified that they then swore to false statements to escape indictment by the grand Jury then In session. B. H. Wagner was among those who said that he was endeavoring to escape in dictment by telling Burns that there was a conspiracy to sell the lands be fore they were filed upon. Thomas R. Wilson. Edward Finley, henry Blakely, and Keal Dozier gave similar testi mony. ' In an attempt to counteract this character of evidence the Government prosecutor endeavored in the afternoon to substitute- the Burns affidavits for evidence which might be given by wit Besses then In the court room. The ef fort failed. Daniel W. Tarpley was on the stand for the Government at the close of the day and had recounted that the present case originated in Albany In 1902, when McKlnley and he met- Mr. Tar pley characterized the conspiracy as his first entry into the "land fraud game." After talking with J. W. Ma lay, the witness said, McKlnley and he ascertained that the Northern Pacific Railroad intended to lay scrip on the lands, and that they beat the railroad by securing persons to file at the Land Office. Later McKlnley and Tarpley caused 24 of their entrymen to surren der their claims for a consideration of $25 each. Those lands were secured by the railroad and in return the railroad withdrew contests against the rest of the claims. Mr. McCourt announced a change of programme at the opening of court, and called as his first witness Thomas R. Wilson . of Salem. The witness admitted that he was one of the men who went to Roseburg with McKlnley to file on a timber land claim; that he did not advertise the final proofs or have anything to do with the payments made for the land. Wilson said that, after making the final proofs, McKln ley paid him $75 for signing' a mort gage and note for $600, and that a deed was signed some months later. The deed is witnessed by John H. Shupe, the Roseburg lawyer. Wilson said he signed an affidavit before Special Agent Stratford without reading it and in the form the special agent pre sented. The witness never knew to whom he deeded the land. On cross-examination Mr. Wilson ad mitted that he had never made a bar gain to sell the land prior to making the entry, but that he and McKlnley possessed an understanding that Mc Klnley was to attend to that. Wilson did not expect to receive more than $75. Edward Finley, a farmer residing In the vicinity of Salem, testified that he glpiimKECTiiiffliinmm District THE APPROVAL of the most EMINENT PHYSICIANS and its WORLDWIDE ACCEPTAKCE by the WELL-INFORMED, BECAUSE ITS COMPONENT PAKLS ARE KNOWN TO BE HOST WHOLESOME AND TRULY BENEFICIAL IN EF FECT, .HAVE GIVEN TO Syrup ofFifls JEIJXIR. of SENNA THE-FIRST POSITION AMONG FAMILY LAXATIVES AND HAVE LED TO ITS GENERAL USAGE WITH. THE MOST UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION. .... TOGETITS BENEFICIALEFjFECIS, AL WAYS BUY WE GENUINE I Manufactured bt the CALIFORNIA fW SYRUP FOR SALE BY" ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS One sizeoniy.Regular price 50t per bottle iiiraiwmnmuiiiHwiiimuiMHiiiuiriiiBias a a SALEM AGFTVCY, A. IV. MOOHES, 1-2 BUSH-DREVMAN BLOCK. EUGENE AGENCY, MAC! L ADR V A SHUMATE. ALBANY AGENCY. A. T. STARK, BAKER CITY AGENT, IRA D. STURGES, CONDON AGENT, J. XV. COCHRAN. WALLA WALLA AGENCY. CDRCMHELLER A ENNIsJS W. C KOEHNE. J got Into the scheme in company with a number of bartenders and farmers through An Introduction of the subject by a professional -gambler named Hughes. Finley related the same story as to McKlnley, agreeing to furnish all the money and expenses in acquiring the land. On cross-examination Finley stated that he signed the deed running to Willd- as satisfaction of the mortgage made to Krlbs, but that he had. no agreement to sell to Willd before ne made the entry.' Hat Pays for Affidavit. Basil H. Wagner, former assistant to Detective Burns, who made original In vestigations of the Smith' cases now on trial, followed in the witness chair, and gave evidence contrary to the signed statement of his connection with the alleged conspiracy which Burns ob tained. Wagner admitted that he went to the Land Office at the solicitation of McKlnley, took a claim, and received $100 for his work. He signed the note for $600. backed by a mortgage, both funning to Kribs, and that he signed a deed three months later in satisfaction of the Indebtedness. The final proof was made April 19, 1900. and the deed is dated April 23, four days later, and Is witnessed by Kribs and Shoup. the Roseburg lawyer. Wagner testified that he never signed any papers be fore Shoup. "My agreement with McKlnley was," said the witness when first questioned by the Government prosecutor, "that there would be a profit on the sale of the claim and that I was to have $100. McKlnley held out $30 of that for ex penses." When hard pressed Wagner admitted that Krlbs was present at Salem when CO. TL. : 1 . . JT The most essential points to consider when purchasing real estate for home or investment. 1st DEVELOPMENT Is the property being highly developed t Will it have all improvements and are they being put in by the city? Laurelhurst is being developed right. The improvements in Laurelhurst are being put in by the city NOW. You pay for im provements in Laurelhurst as you use them and not before you get them. 2d CAE SERVICE Has the property car service NOW? Laurelhurst has all the necessary car service for years to come, for it is served by four of the beBt' lines in the city. They are in operation NOW. 0 3d PROXIMITY Is the property close int No one can ever criticise Laurelhurst for being too far out. If there could be an objection along this line, it could only be that it is too close in. T 4th WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS t The build ing restrictions in Laurelhurst are of the right kind. Nothing but high-class dwellings are allowed to be erected in the entire Laurelhurst. See Ltturelhurst now. Take Rose City Park or Monta villa cars. Both lines run direct to the property. The Sunnyside and Mount Tabor lines serve the southerly portion. Get off at East 39th street and walk three blocks north to the property. Or call at our office and let us tell you more of Laurelhurst. We will then show you the property in our automobiles. the witness made an affidavit before Special Agent Stratford, and that, following- the signing of the papers, Krlbs handed, him $5 and told him to go buy a new Tiat. YACHT CLUB TO BE HOST Social Season Will Be Opened on Willamette Tomorrow Night. The rooms and balconies of the Ore gon Yacht Club were decked with hun dreds of Japanese lanterns last night In preparation for the opening of the season dance tomorrow night. Secre tary W. C. Kelm has already been in formed of 75 couples who will be present at Its first elaborate func tion. . y It is the policy of the new board of directorate to make popular the pretty club on the Willamette. Special cars will be run both to and Electric Light and Power Direct From Primary Cells THE ESSENTIAL POINTS ARE: Simplicity, low cost, high efficiency, low voltage, no danger from fire or Injury to person, brilliancy of and steadiness of lights. The men Are Innumerable. A few of them are the lighting of homes, barns, churches, stores, hotels, public buildings, halls, mills, camps, fac tories, railway coaches, station and switch points, steamboats, launches, automobiles, etc. THE DREAM OF" SCIENTISTS SOW MADE A REALITY THROUGH THE REMARKABLE INVENTION OF" DR. H. W. DARBY. :.m,:iC ii ts Sir, fs-- i r Xff i- fin" iiH -H 4i:i 1ft f.H lS 'f' J -;r til f-m k :i r , mf ;.5, i)i i'rf f. :; g..i 3 mm 1:1 m 01 m . ' m m A m iyt , . if f f II lii fit POWER for running fans cream separators, mines lur jrwcicie uau iiuuiiais, launches, electric irons, coffee percolators. , toasters. cleaners, eic Send for printed matter for full l plant in actual operation. and see a THE PACIFIC COAT BATTERY CO organized and Incorporated in Portland, are giving daily demonstrations (evenings bv atDoint ment). rooms 616 and 616 Swetland building. "The publlo is invited to see and Inspect this for themselves. A big dividend paying lnvest- 8 TOOK FOR SALE. C. H. Revercomb, PACIFIC COAST 1S and 61" Swetlaad Bid., Phrae axirelftaif C 522-526 Corbett Building Phones Main 1503, A 1515 C h a a. M B urrowTservTr from the club. Cars will leave East Water street at 8:25 and 9 P. M. ex clusively for dancers, and cars ' will bring back the crowd at about mid night, in time to catch the last cars to different parts of the city. For those who do not care to dance card rooms have been provided and cosy nooks have been arranged on the large club balconies, which overhang the river. All those Interested in yachting and canoeing are invited to call up Mr. Kelm In his offices in the Sherlock Building. Rains Help Crop Prospects. ASHLAND. Or., April 20. (Special.1 Nearly an inch of rain has fallen here within the past 36 hours and adds much to the already bright prospects of the coming producing season in the Rogue River Valley. Clearing weather prevails tonight but there are no Indications of frosts following the rains. churns, washing machines, small sowing macnines, autos. small carpet . t Information, or better still, come Financial Agent BATTERY CO. Marshall 688. Portland, Okcsb.