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
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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
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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.
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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
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SALEM AGFTVCY,
A. IV. MOOHES,
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EUGENE AGENCY,
MAC! L ADR V A SHUMATE.
ALBANY AGENCY.
A. T. STARK,
BAKER CITY AGENT,
IRA D. STURGES,
CONDON AGENT,
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WALLA WALLA AGENCY.
CDRCMHELLER A ENNIsJS
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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
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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.
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THE PACIFIC COAT BATTERY CO organized and Incorporated
in Portland, are giving daily demonstrations (evenings bv atDoint
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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
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Financial Agent
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