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Newspaper Page TextZ ZJ7T7Tr PORTLAND. OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVE3IBER 4, 1910. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. N V E 'S "Old Guard" Plans to Beat Roosevelt. DEMOCRATS SEE DIX VICTOR Secret of Confidence Revealed in Colonel's Enemies. TREACHERY IS FORECAST Leadera of Retro bl lean Party In Now York and Brooklyn Hire Proralwd to "DeHver" Vole for Vlx Plan ! Flifi. XKTT TORK. Nor. . fSpeetal.) The "rock-bottom" Republican estimate of tli chances of Henry L. Etlmaon. to be elected Governor of thla state, hare not been reduced to figures. In the language or a leading Republican, who la heart and soul for Mr. etlmaon. ha has "a fighting chance." The limit of Republican optimum haa been et by Republican State Chairman Esrn Prentice., who haa estimated Mr. S'imsoa's plurality from 0.000 to 110.- no. -Rock-bottom" Democrats' estimate f John A. Plx'a chances of election were given today by some of the moat Influential leaders of Tammany Hall. Kased on the actual eanvaaa of the itate. It Is taken by the Democrats that llx"s election Is presaged by a plurality of (3.0A0 Totes. As a matter of fact these leaders assert 100.090 plurality ts the flfrure on which they are wl li ne to wager. Confidence Sex-rrt Re-reeled. The secret of Democratle confidence 'n part was revealed today. It la based spon promised treachery by Republican TM Guard" leadera In greater New fork, which treachery admittedly la be ns supplemented by "Old Guard" lead trs up-state. Leaders In this city. Including Brook lyn, according to Information gleaned Trom reliable sources, voluntarily have romleed Tammany Hall to deliver a itsted number of votes per precinct 'gainst Stlmson. Tt ts a deal which Tammany Itself tould not offer to make and maintain its organization." said a leader of Tam il any today. Supplementary to thla altuatloa there ts a growing evidence of a secret or ganisation among 01d Guardsman" up state to "throw" the head of the Roose relt ticket la return for votes for minor ran dt dates. Instances can be cited of meetings between representatlvea of the "Old Guard" organisation In the np-etate counties where votea hare been compared with a view to potting Theodore Roosevelt out of business ov r the head of Stlmson. Plan of Defeat Is Fixed. "TVs must make the Stlmson defeat trong enough to rob Roosevelt of any .r i cues for his rout." were the words quoted by a man who knows the Inner workings of the underground system employed against the ex-President. Tammany estimate concedes to Mr. Roosevelt the East Side In New York, where the Jews live. It takes Into account the fact that W. K. Hearst, who shares with htm In popularity In thla seatlon. Is begging bis followers to vote sgslnst Pis. which means a vote for Stlmson. In spite of these sub tractions, Tammany estimate shows 11 L00 plurality for Dig In greater New York. Including the countlea be low Toakera. offsetting a plurality for Sttmeon up-state, which ts estimated t 10.000. The Tammany estimate, as stated, la based on the actual canvass, regardless of ths estimate Tammany leadera sub sequently may make for publication. On the average It shows a net loss to the Republicans; based on the Hughes vote In It shows an average Dam- Bo-rat gain of five per cent. It also takes Into account the drop la regis tration over - ths stste. which Tam many estimates ha- been apportioned between the parties, (o per rent to tne Republicans and 40 per cent to t.ie Democrats. riSKNTHK APVISKD TO PRAY Us) nor Sa; False Statement Never Yet Rruaght Dividend. NKW YORK. Nov. I Mayor Gaynor lu-iicl another letter tonight m which he advised iUra Prentice, chairman of ;l.e Republican state committee, to 'pray every morning for a while to God to direct you to tell the truth and aee a-hat fruits It will bear." Chairman "Prentice recently Issued a rtatement In which he said he bad relia ble Information that Mayor Gaynor had fjvered the nomlnatioi of Supreme Court lustlce Keogh for Covernor rather than that of John A. Dlx. This was In refu tation of a statement Issued for the Mayor, that Mr. Dlx had been his choice. En hie) letter Mr. Gaynor says: "It aalght be a good thing for you to stop putting out false statements, even though you cannot get your campaign speakers to do the Ilka. I never favored the nomination of Judge Keogh for Gov ernor, nor m as he a candidate for Gov ernor, so far as I know. I never knew a divtdead to be got out ef a falee atate (CaaiWdsd ea rage FIGHTING CHANG 55TIMS0N now EXTRA PRINCETON'S GUNS READY FOR ACTION VALLADAKfc.S INSULTS AMlllU CAN CO.NSIL AT A MA PA LA. Gunboat Cover Governor Cstle, Where Revolutionary Leader Holds Fall Control. vs-.w -rmi-EANSl Nov. 4. The Cnited Statu gunboat Princeton, at anchor off A ma pel a. Honduras, la cieereo. ior ku nA Irm enna are trained upon tne Govw eraor-e residence, now occupied by Gen eral Jose Valladaree. leader ox tne tto against the Gavlla government, according to a special cable to the picayune from Sea Salvador. Th dlMnateJi atatea that Valladarea reeaenday Insulted the American Consul. Geotge Schmuck. stationed at Amapala, threatened to shoot up his residence. Immediately upon being notified of thla. Commander Hayes, of the Princeton, pre pared his ah to far action and sent worn in th noted revolutionist that If for eigners were molested he would shoot the Governor's palace full of hole. The dispatch ads that chaos reigns through out the western portion of Honduras and that Inflammatory manifestoes are being circulated by Valladares and hla fol lowers. . NAVY TO. TRIM EXPENSE Tft and Meyer Plan Concentration at Largest Yards on Coast. WASHINGTON. Nov. I. Sweeping reforms In the Navy Department look in. tAward an economv of several mil lion dollars are said to be Included In a plan ' which Secretary Meyer is re ported to be preparing for presentation to president Taft on the Secretary's return from the Inspection trip upon which he Is now engaged. The abolition of construction corps and the pay corps and later, perhaps. the abandonment or some ot tne isavy Terda on ths Atlantic Coast, are pre dicted If the plan la carried out. The concentration of the work of the Navy at a few of the largest Navy Yarda those at Boston. New York. ThiiaieiDhla. Norfolk and San Fran cisco with a view toward auspendlng operatlona at Portsmouth. N. 1 1, and Charleston. S. C. Is causing much speculation, though It la believed noth ing definite haa been decided In the matter bsyond the plan to merge tome of them for the aake ot economy. GOVERNOR IS MINOR ISSUE Parker Denounces Root and Aska to "Cot Cancer of Roosevcltlsm." CORTLANDT. N. Y.. Nov. J. "Let us cut out the cancer of Rooseveltlsm." ssld ex -Judge Alton B. Parker. In a re ply bare tonight to what he called the "astounding address of Senator Ellhu Root, delivered last week at Carnegie Halt. New York City. "W learn that In this election. ha continued, "thousands upon thousands of Republicans and Independents intend 10 vote a Democratic ticket. We welcome their assistance and thank them for their appreciation that In thla election there la a greater Issue than the Governorship of New Tork at stake. -Mr. Root says that to defeat Mr. Roosevelt la to Injure Mr. Taft'a Ad ministration. Can any sane man believe that to Indorse Mr. Roosevelt la to fur ther Mr. Taft's Interests? If the Re publican convention at Saratoga In Its platform had sought to give Mr. Root an excuae for hla argument, we have Mr. Roosevelt's own words that he would have opposed It." WATER SURGES ON NOME Terrific Surf Sweep Tp Streets of Alaska) City; Cans Vnknown. NOMR. Alaska. Nov. 1. A terrible surf, unaccompanied by wind or disturb ance of the air, swept the beach and across the Nome aandsplt today, destroy ing two houses and -It cabins, and doing great damage to shipping. Several schooners ware wrecked. No lives were lost, but many had narrow escapes. The water awept far up trie streets, those near the shore being completely Inun dated. Many cellars were filled and thousands of dollars dsmage done to shipping. Late tonight the surf began to subside. No one here Is sble to account for the phenomenon, which some attribute to submarine volcanic action and others to the recent eclipse. All agree that the water rose to the highest point ever seen here, reaching far above the marks made when Beting Sea and Norton Sound are lashed Into a fury by the Arctic storms. 'FIREPROOF BLOCKS MELT Fierce Blase Sweeps Business Dis trict or Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. Nor. S. One of the fiercest fires In the history of Philadel phia tonight destroyed two. large build ings that were supposed to he Are proof, and three residences In Vine street, near Broad. Pot the first time In seven years, a general alarm waa sounded, bringing In fire fighters from the suburban engine house. While virtually the whole de partment was busy st the Vlne-etreet fire, another spectacular blase destroyed the bottling works ot the Cunningham Supply Company, at U-a Locoat street, a four-etory brick building. Loss about . i WOMEN CALLED IN ji Mrs. Presenti in Tears on Leaving Stand. MRS. CAPIiN GIVES EVIDENCE 11 Witnesses Called Before Special Grand Jury. ROGERS SURE OF SUCCESS Deputy Prosecutor Says Criminals Will Be Behind Bars Before Los Angeles Times Building Rise Again From Ruins. LOS ANGELES. Nov. 1 (Special.) Mrs. Flora Caplsn. wife of one of the men named In connection with the al leged dynamiting of the Times newspaper plant here, waa the most Important wit ness called before the special grand Jury today. T-o other women, .Mrs. C A. Present!, wife of a Corte Madera hotel keeper and Mrs. Emily Stuperich. whose husband conducts a hotel In Sausalito, also testified. In all there were 11 witnesses called Into the inquisitorial chamber during the day and Deputy District Attorney Mc Comas was assisted In his examination of them by Earl Rogers, who conducted the search for evidence In the case, and who, after appearing against the witness yesterday, took part In the grand Jury proceedings today as a special deputy district attorney. He received his ap polntment yesterday from District . At torney Fredericks. Woman Witness Weeps. Mrs. Caplan. Mrs. Presenti and Mrs. Stuperich were the first women wit nesses to testify and after her Interro gation this afternoon Mrs. Presenti broke down snd wept. She cried for half an hour while resting In the court room of Presiding Judge Bordwell. She was comforted finally hy Mrs. Caplan, who showed no signs of having under gone an ordeal at the hands of the ques tioners In the grsnd Jury room. Another Important witness who testi fied was John C. O'Brien, owner of the South San Francisco cottsge. In which dynamite, said to have been secreted by the suspected trio Schmidt, Bryce and Caplan was found. A. Mlclo. the real estate agent'a clerk, who let the O'Brien hoose to the alleged conspirators, fol lowed O'Brien upon the stand. Then came George A. Dixon, assistsnt manager of the Hotel Argonaut In San Francisco, where the alleged plotters are said to have lived while they were op erating the launch Pastime. The last witness of the day was Harry Piper, the Jockey, who saw aboard the launch the wrappings later found with the dy namite In South San Francisco. Rogers Sura of Case. Rogers says ha Is ready to prove who the men are who are responsible for the outrage. He haa begun to present to the grand Jury bit by bit the evidence that he says will connect the men re sponsible for the Times disaster with Ooncl ud4 on Fas 3-) "DTJEH IT! EVEN I EXPLOSION INOUIBY INDEX OF TODAFSNEWS The Weather. TEPTERDATS Maximum temperature, 6 decree.; minimum. 45 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds Foreign. American gunboat readj to ahoot up strong- holil or Valladares. Page 1. Frank Gould, millionaire, weds Edith Kelly, ai-tress, by Scottish ceremony. Page 1. Politic. Stlmson haa fighting chance, la belief of New York Republicans. Page 1. Representative Hawley's re'etectton regarded aa certain. Page 7. Crowd, turn out to hear Rooeevelt In Ohio snd Indiana. Page 2. Cattle shippers to oppose West tor Gov ernor. Page 14. . Lspfaam. deposed preacher. Interrupts lAf ferty's apeevh. but is put to rout. Page 4. Knthunissm marks Rnwerman meeting la I'pcer Albina. Page 4. Dlx. New York Democratic candidate for Oovernor. urge reform. Page s. DO DION UC Women give Important testimony In Times dynamite Inveatlsation. Page 1. Two big firms mske settlement with Chi-' cago ganneut workers. Page o. Sport. Pactric Coast League renilta: Vernon 1. Portland 0; San Francisco 4. Oakland 2; Tx. Angelea 11, Sacramento A. Page 8. Death halts auto racers aa funeral prayer to departed speeder is said at Atlanta. Page . Portland Academy meets Uncoln High to day In annual football game. Page 8. Coast directors decide to shorten league season two weeks. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Setback given to Oregon hop market, rage 21. Wheat drops two cents st Chicago. Page 21. Steel and copper lnduatrlals active in atock market- page 1. Too many apples on Eastern market. Page 21. Alx vessels waiting at Astoria to be towed to Portland. Page 22. Active demand for all elssses of livestock noted, psge 21. Pacific Northwest. Men prominent In Spokane snd Seattle In dicted for Alaaka coal land grafts. Page 1. Seattle census enumerator Indicted for pad ding returns. Page 1. Mysterious letter offers clew In Salem mur der mystery. Page 7. Portland and Vicinity. Keren -murder trial may go to Jury tomorr row. Page 14. Construction of Mount Hood Railway being . rushed. Page 14. Federal grand Jury will make report today. Page 12. Mass meeting to protest against methoda of Port nf Portland Commission will be held tonight. Page 12. Railroads asked to grant reduced ratea for Wooljtrowers Convention. Page lb. Portland to be terminal of Batea A Chese- boroush sresmer line. If cargo Is gusr- snteed. Page 6. Mrs. Anna I'hrLaman testifies how she snd husband worked "badger game" on I. I.owengart for S21C0. Page 16. SThlef Cox Idea on gambling is disapproved. Psge 10. Merchants unite In Broadway bridge cam paign. Page 20. I BRIDE. OF WEEK IS SLAIN Note In Satcliel . Indicates Premoni tion Husband Missing. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov." I. Mrs. Es ther C. Brown, a bride of a week, was mysteriously shot and killed tonight In a desolate section of the city along the water front- Her slayer escaped and the police are now looking for the woman's husband, Andrew Brown, day clerk In a local hotel. A note found In the dead woman's hand-satchel Indicates that ahe had a premonition she waa to meet a violent death. Mrs. Brown, who was Miss Esther C. Gibbon, was married a week ago In Oakland. Little was known of her hus band by her friends. 7 HURLED ACR0SS RIVER Boiler of Boat Bursts; Injured Will Recover. PITTSBURG, Nov. J. Five men and two women were hurled almost across the Ohio River and a big dredgeboat caught fire and sank when a boiler burst a few miles west of here tonight. The boat had Just tied up and was blowing off steam when the boiler, un able to withstand the pressure, burst. Ths Injured will recover. HAVE TO ADMIT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. SIX INDICTED FOR T Charges Hinge on Alaska Coal Lands. PROMINENT MEN IN SCANDAL Spokane - and Seattle Mer chants Face Graft "Trials. HIGHER UPS ARE INVOLVED Government . May Recover Lands Valued at $200,000,000 Con gressmen, Governors and Other Officials Are Assignees. SPOKANE, Xov. S. Federal Indict ments, charging; conspiracy to defraud the United States Government out of more than 20,000 acres of Alaska coal lands valued at $200,000,000, were re turned In the United States Court by the Federal grand Jury this afternoon against six men, who control three groups of . coal lands In the Kayak mining district In Alaska, which repre sent 131 claims ot 160 acres each. Those Indicted are: - Raymond Brown and William L. Dunn of Spokane; Charles M. Doughton, formerly of Spokane, now resident of Seattle; Harry White, ex-Mayor of Se attle, now a resident of Los Angeles; Charles A. McKenzle. capitalist, of Se attle, and Donald A. McKenzle, lobby ist, capitalist and ryomoter of Wash ington, D. C. Seattle and Alaska. Prominent Men Involved. Involved In this scandal, which sweeps the country from coast to coast. are the names of some of the most prominent men In public life, the presi dent of the American Beet Sugar Com pany. Governors, . Representatives in Congress and an ex-Jdayor'of Seattle. Special agents of the General Land Office, who have labored months In the Northwest and Alaska and who brought to Spokane literally a ton of evidence, have been well rewarded, for with the return of the Indictments today, in these new groups, la made possible the restoration to the Government of thous ands of acres of coal lands valued at millions of dollars. The charges are that the six men Indicted had agreements with the claimants whereby they were to have a half Interest In the claims, which gives them more land than Is allowed by the coal land laws of the United States, which provide that one person can be interested only in one coal lo cation and Immediately exhausts his right after he. has become Interested In one location. Assignees High In Office. Among the most prominent persons who were assignees of one or more of the claims 4n one or more of groups were the late John H.' McGraw, ex Governor of Washington; James O. Gillett. Governor of California; Repre sentative McLoughlin, of ' California; Henry T. Oxnard of New Tork. presi dent of the American Beet Sugar com- (Concluded on Page 4.) 1 C0N5PI RACY GOULD IS WEDDED TO EDITH KELLY ACTRESS BECOMES WIFE BY SCOTTISH CEREMONY. Recently Divorced American Mil lionaire Is Married After So journ in Europe. EDINBURGH. Nov. 3. According to the Scotsman, Frank J. Gould, of New Tork. was married at Edinburgh on October 29. In making the announcement, the Scotsman says: "The lady, singularly enough, hears the same surname as Mr. Gould's first wife " . In the entry of the Sheriff's records, however, the names given are simply Gould and Kelly. The ceremony which followed the Scottish procedure a simple declaration before witnesses and the Sher'ff was conducted with the greatest secrecy. After the marriage, the couple went to Abbotsford, the former home of Sir Walter Scott, which Mr. Gould recently acquired as a residence. ' Frank J. Gould's first wife was Miss Helen Kelly, a daughter of the late Edward Kelly, of New Tork. The mar riage took place in 1901. Mrs. Helen Kelly Gould was granted a divorce in May, 190. She was married to Ralph H. Thomas In New York last July. Frank J. Gould and Edith Kel'.ey, an actress, formerly on the New York stage, who have been much together of late sailed on the Mauretanla in Sep tember for Europe. Mr. Gould, when questioned regarding his reported mar riage to Miss Kelly, was non-committal. According to recent dispatches from London, however, Mr. Gould and Miss Kelly were making arrangements to proceed to Scotland to have a marriage ceremony performed according to the rites of the country. . PORTLAND BESTS SEATTLE Arctic Brotherhoog Convention to Hold 1011 Convention Here. VANCOUVER, B. C. Nov. . (Special.) Portland won out tonight In a hot fight for the privilege of entertaining next year's convention of the Arctic Brotherhood. Seattle was the warmest contender, but the invitation of Port land's Mayor and abundance of literature and arguments put forth In the Interest of the Rose City were too good. The chief business of the convention and the most Important in Its ten years" existence was decided this afternoon, when it was determined to let each camp decide for Itself whether it would Intro duce a beneficiary organization ' instead of the present purely fraternal.- Dawson camp Is the only one now hav ing such an organization. Officers for next year are as follows: Grand Arctic Chief, George M. Glbbs, Vancouver: Grand Vice Arctic Chief, Gaffney. Nome; Grand Arctic Recorder J. K. Eller, Skagway, re-elected; Grand Keeper of Nuggets, F. T. Salsbury, North Vancouver; Past Grand Arctic Chiei James W. Hill. Vancouver. NOMINEES DECRY. SELVES Two Candidates for Same Office Want Other Fellow Elected. MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. S. "Any party that dd not have more sense than to nominate me for the position of Jus tice ought to see elected a man- like Joseph Zehner, even though he is a Democrat." That Is the kind of a stump speech Isaac Duddleston, Republican candi date for Justice of the Peace In Dela ware township, this county, has been making. . He has been working hard for the election of his opponent, Joseph Zehner, and Mr. Zehner has been work ing Just as hard to try to elect the Republican candidate. The campaign has become so warm that both have been Indulging in per sonalities each decrying his own abil lty and lauding his opponent. The campaign Is no Joke with the two can didates, although It affords humor for the entire county. DRINKING CiJPS TABOO Idaho Board of Health Wages War on Public Use of Germ Carrier. BOISE, Idaho, Nov. S. (Special.) The Idaho Board of Health proposes to abolish the public drinking cup In this state. Having taken up the fight the board has asked and Is receiving co-operation In this important move ment from the railroads, electric lines, public schools, state, county and city officials. The movement has grown statewide, for It Is declared by the oard of Health the public drinking cup spreads more disease than any other known medium. Dr. Ralph Falk, secretary of the board. Is working hand in hand with the State Dairy and Food Com missioner and the health officers of the towns and cities. CHINESE CONSULS SHORN Queues Cut Off and American At tire Adopted, Following Edict. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3. In compli ance with an Imperial edict, LI Yung Yew, Chinese Consul-General, and the entire staff of the local consulate ap peared today without queues and attired as Americans, causing a mild sensation In the Oriental quarter. . The edict Just promulgated from Pek ln, which, caused this change, provides that all members of the diplomatic and consular service of China In foreign lands shall cut off their queues and adopt the dress and customs of the country in which they are stationed. COUNTER DFNOSES ACCUSED DF FRAUD Enumerator Shadd, oi Seattle, Indicted. CENSUS PADDED . IS CHARGE Shadd Says He Obeyed Or ders of Superior Officer. . CREWS OF SHIPS INCLUDED Seamen Called Residents of Fieri Where Vessels Lay Lists Given hy Hotel Auditors Accept ed Without Question. TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. S. (Special-i Dr. Fruman J. Sliadd, who was cen sus enumerator of the second preclncl of the fifth ward, Seattle, and was in dicted for padding by the recent Fed eral grand Jury here, was arrested Wednesday afternoon in South Bend and taken before the United Statei Commissioner there, where he deposit ed $500 baiL He came to Tacoma to day and was granted a stay In arraign ment by Judge Donworth In order to permit him to get counsel. There are four counts in the Shadd indictment. The first charges him with the enurneratlon of 15 bogus persons from the Arcade Block in Seattle and supplying the necessary bogus Informa tion to complete the schedule.' .The second charges that Shadd listed 14 Chinamen as living at Pier 7. The third charges him with listing 100 bogus names from the Savoy Hotel and the fourth charges listing 100 bogus names as 'mariners' from Pier 6. Ths padded schedules are made part of the indictment. ..... "I am a doctor and have been in South Bend at the General Hospital ever since leaving Seattle," said Shadd today. "The names which were added to my schedules were received from my superiors and, at his orders, were placed on my schedules. The 14 Chi nese names are those of members of the Chinese consulate and the super visor told me he had information from Washington that they were entitled to be counted In Seattle and he told me to place them on my roll. The 100 names from Pier 6 are men In some ship that was then in port and we were instructed to count them too as living In Seattle and, since they had to ' be placed as living somewhere, they were put at Pier , Hear where they were lying. "The names from the Savoy were handled Just as those from other hotels in my precinct. Information slips were given to the auditors at the hotels and they were asked to list the names of their guests and obtain all the Informa tion possible. These slips were collect ed and fixed In alphabetical order and we placed them on the schedule. "All names Included In the four lists which the indictment against me quotes as returned were placed there at the orders of men in charge of the Seattle enumeration." Dr. Shadd said .tonight that all the names placed on bis lists were put there under instrucSms from William Marks, the special agent in charge of his district. R. W. Hill, census supervisor for the Seattle district, when told that Dr. Shadd Bald he was acting under in structions said that he had no knowl edge of such Instructions ever having been given. "I had 10 assistants who directed the work of the enumeratiors," said Mr. Hill. "I have no recollection of any such instructions ever having been giv en as alleged by Dr. Shadd." RECOUNT BEGINS IN TACOMA Hunt Hires 50 Hen Will Finish ; Work in Week. TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 8. (Special.) Chief Statistician W. C. Hunt, who Is to supervise the recount of Tacoma, estab lished headquarters today in the Federal building and Issued a call for 50 local men who will be paid 4 per day for eight hours" work to help him recount Tacoma's population. The recount Is to be made from the original April schedules and the Initial effort will be to establish the popula tion as it . was April 15, accepting as valid names of all persons not now here who can be proved to have been here at the time of the original count. The Census Bureau's regular staff here comprises besides Hunt, L. V. Beales, his secretary. Special Agents W. A. Mc Kenzle, Henry J. Weil, Urban H. ' Hes ter. Hart Momsen, Leroy Thomas and George W. Hann, and R. B. Leach and Harry H. Clarke, bureau employes. Mr. Hester has been rechecking In Seattle and Portland and Mr. Well in Spokane. "I am here to deal fairly and squarely with the City of Tacoma' and to count all bona fide residents of the city and no more." said Mr. Hunt today. "Of course. after the enumerators haVe completed their work there will still be consider able for the special force to do In the way of looking up uncertain names and making comparisons. The recount will start next Monday or Tuesday and ws aim to finish In six days. "Even at the figures given out by tht Census Bureau. Tacoma shows a gain oi 130 per cent, which is greater than tht ealn made by any other city of slmilai proportions, with the exception of one."