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Newspaper Page Text.... L GOOD EVGIIIITG I i i . ' ' T O. THE WZATXISSt'' - ' , Partly cloudy tooigU Mid atur&; ' variable winds, moetlr westerly,,'; v .. PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY "" EVENING, AUGUST; 4, 1805 SIXTEEN PAGES.- VOL. IV. PRICE TWO CETTrifr tl I . ' Jvv I ( V ' I I'M- w II WE VISITS GEpUS'iA KER ;IISSEDI: - Second Jury Falls to Agree and ' " Wllliamton, Bigs and Gei-..V r ner Must "Face Ordeal THIRD TRIAli SET FOR ' : AUGUST tWENTY-eiGHTH f Fprty-Thrte boors of , Deliberation ad Seventeen Ballota .With But : : ; One - Change Fail - to Bring -the -i . r t'Twelva -Men to Common OrAx ion and So They, Are Discharged. Bis for conviction, lx for aequttUU. ' For th leoond tlma tn trtal of Con - irumu J. - N. ' WlUtanwon.- Dr. Vn Unr and Marlon R.- Blccs on th charr of eoniplrmoy to suborn parjury . baa ndi In a. hunr Jury. UnabU to 'Vagraa.' tho Jurywaa dlaoharaad at t:45 o'clock thla morolna" aftar4l hours of . Imprisonment In tho cloaalr ' auarded . room whera they hava bcn confined. . ' On motion of District Attorney Heney a third trial was immediately ordered by Jhif Do Jiaven. tho data rixca Doing . Aucust tSi-:-t , c-' " In all, IT baUoU,wero U ken. by the Jury.- On the flrat throa thoro-wora aoven for conviction ' and f tvo . for .- ao-. .quittal. but on tho fourth ballot Oeorce Kirk changad hia vote from aallty to not vullty, and thereafter tho jury wii evenly divided. v , y -. i -. -Tha Tota om tho Xat Vow Sailote. For conviction: s. ' ' " ' M. 8.' Adams, Dayton., ' -j 'M W. D. Barclay.. Benton county. 1 James Orean. Sweat Homa. . ' 'J. B. Iwls, Cottasa Grora. Kay--W. Porter. Oregon City ' . ' 8, A. Tharp. Benton county.' " "! : For acquittal: -, ; j R. B. Collins, HUlsbore. " . 'Henry Keeno, Marlon county. .' ' Oeorgo Kli-hv Lane county. . ,'v 4 John Mock, vnivarsity rktaT-X rrwiliajMaosu L, A. RooajOf- fbaanlv . Jackson county, -the foreman of tho jury, and pne of tho ' most liialstant advocates of acquittal. .. made- a propoaltion ' of , eons promise after a naraber of ballots had boon taken.. lie auneatod that the ver dict bo not guilty a to Williamson and guilty as to Geaner and-Biggs. The atx jurore who -had boaa.- voting -for- eon vlctlnn refused to oonalder. the proposal and it was not -brought to a -vote. , i. When tho Jury appeared In court this Siorning the foreman rose and la answer to Judge-Da Haven's Inquiry- ss.to whether s verdict -had been reached ha read tha folowlng statement: r "Your honor,' after-a sitting of about 41 hours In tha jury-room (during which we have triad very hard to reconcile our conclusions to 1 each -other), -. wa ' hava failed to agree; and ara convinced be yond doubt that an -agreement cannot be reached- by-us, . Thanking you for the provision, protection and privileges wa have received, we aak to be excuaed from further. duty! . . . . ' Third Trial' Aoat SS. i - ' An axpreaalon of relief and satlafao tlon overspread tha faces of the defend ants and their attorneys An order was entered "-directing the discharge of tha jury and Mr. Heney at once requested that the case be set for third trial on August. SI. Judge Do Haven 41 rested that thla he done. . '. - ' . As the defendants left tho courtroom tnanyv persons crowded around. them to congnHulate them on the -outcome of the atrial. Tha Jurors who had voted for acquittal were . among the first to grasp; their hands. . Congressman - Wil liamson was aaked whether he deal red to make any statement for publication, but he v replied, ' t - -.-' , "No, I guess I'll leave that to tho ether fellow."-v - - - - Dr.-Oeener was equally retloent'WIl llamaon added with at smile: , -"If we go on gaining four or five Jurors at . each trtal It will take only about-,-trial nd- a- balf-merw Mforo ; we are acquitted.1 , w ' y v. ' ' "- . ( First Jury Oat 4T Xours.. , f ' H Is Juat.lS days since the jury In the l first trial of. Williamson, GesMr and Biggs was discharged. That jury was out 47 houra, or about four hours longer than the Jury In the second trial. On ' lh. f.rmi, trial tha nta with ha eeptlon of the first three or four ballots, was ten for conviction snd two- ror ao-.- quittal. ' In the -trial which ended today "the evidence, for., tho prosecution was -1 considered much atronger in a number : of Important respects,, yet the Jurors were evenly -divided after the third : ballot. . , Ordinarily a. "farmers' Jury". Is "re- prosecution In a criminal case, but In the caae which ended today five of tho "(eight farmers on the Jury -were lined up , S t or acquittal. - " ' - - ; ; . t . . v . A' Sard' OrAeeJ. '.,'- ; ' ' It was plain that the ordeal 'was try ing' to the Jurors. "The. oloaev-oenflne-'. ; mcnt In the Juryroom , told . on them -: severely. ', J. B. Lewis, -one of the Jury, ,aald after being discharged ' . " r have served on a number of juries, "but this Is tho worst experience I ever had. The ft day which we draw Is ltf r Tha war we were guarded reminds ' me of the care with which- we used to i guard Indlhn prisoners in the qld days when I was a volunteer In tho Indian ware. You have no idea what It la V ' be guarded day1 and night for two weeks, , not allowed to talk to anyone or to see f newspaper, and then at the flnjah to spend two aaya in that uitie room, it's terrible.'' .. -v? .... .. f r Dlatrlct Attorney Heney, will leave this evening for San Francisco, and will be absent about two weeks.; He will ' , (Continued on Page Nine.) x- .. j ,.;'.. ; I I I I . .. , ... ; - i. r - :''.:V tJ-vC,. ,..'; Congreaman "J.N.Wllliaraeoh; '. HEIIEV: HOT DISCOURAGED BY HIS nrnnrm ijtUUIIU Secure in the Belief That the : Tin High;Piacei He rwar.'Co fnfo'ThirdTriai Fuir-M Vv 1 1 1 of Confidence.' . i,j ifv District Attorney F. J. 'Heney. after tha conclusion of the second trial of the land trend cases, made .this statement:. IB vie w of the persistent eiiorta on the parr of .all thsjlefendants who were Indicted by the last; grand, jury In .the land fraud eases, snd their attorneys, to manufacture public sentiment by claim ing that unfair methods 'were - usea - by me before the grand Jury, to secure In dictments, and. In view of tho further fact that a deaperato effort was made by Attorney- Bennett; during the present trial to Influence public opinion, as well aa the Jury, by .utterly baselesa lnatnua tlons and charges of unreir .methods on the part of the government In relation to the testimony or Its witnesses. I am not surprised that a number of Jurors were misled and became confused as to the real laaues in the case, snd were thus Induced to vote not guilty upon evidence which seems to hava been accepted, by the publlo generally aa conolualvely es tablishing the guilt of all three of. the defendants. -;,;.- -' "I am not at all discouraged by the re sult of the two trials which have juat been had. and on Aurust IS- the - same defendants will again be placed, on trial under tho asms Indictment. -, -' - "The cltlsenahlp of thla state as evi denced "by the' grand and . petit Jurors which have come under my observation In the federal courts Is equal to .that v HELEfl BERTRAM PLEADS HER " POVERTY I.! COURT Prima Donna Says She. Has All the Comforts ofHorne But T :they Were Plated. ; (loarnst Speelal Servlet.) - - New- York, -Aus- Helefl Bertram, the prima donna, whan examined yester day In supplementary proceedings In the city court to determine whether she-was able to pay a judgment of $107, -teetl-fled that ahe owned practically ncfthlng of value. , . -. ' "....v' -. - "I am only a poor actress poor finan cially, that la," Said Mias Bertram, who In real life Is the wife of Edward J. Morgan, the actor, I have nothing save my voice, my dog, my eaj and my hus bandno jewelry, no real estate, no cash In bank except It lit a savings bank, and no salsry Just how - - ' - . 1 had a piano once, but the Installment people took It awfey. though I had paid $2 on it. All my furniture consists -of a bed. table snd six chairs, all stored. Besides, I've got six forks, six spoons and six knives, all the comforts of. home. but they're -U plated." v . : . Mias Bertram- asaerted'T'tliaOfher creditor bad watted until, fall she would have, paid gp:. ;., ... -,' , -. . THREE' BOMB FACTORIES - . ; . - ; FOUND AT ODESSA f. -j . i . - 5 y - . (Jearaal Speetsl 8ervic,t -, V ' Odessa, Aug. 4. Three bomb factories have been discovered here, in which finished missiles - were found and. 30 snflninfced. Twelve arrests resulted froiCthe dlacovery. t : FAILURE TO COUVICT People Mean to Put Down Graft of any state In the Union in both Intelli gence- and patriotism, snd I have never wavered from- the belief that an over whelming majority of the people of this state are opposed to graft of. all, kinds and believe in the Justice of these prose cations, snd' further i believe that I am actuated, by. worthy . motives and hsve no friends to' serve and ' no enemies to punish In these matters, .but am Inspired solely by a desire to enforce the taws Impartially, and . In' doing so to set ex- ampies, it possniie, wnicn wilt do oi lasting benefit i to the state and a lesson to every, young man who 1a- now just entering upon the duties 'of cltlsenship, and to thua teach him that public office Is a. publlo' trust 'arid that success tn public and political . life, as well -as In private and business Ufa, must be baaed Upon 'good Character and' high Ideals in order-to- be permanently suooasaful and worthy of. emulation. ' ', . ..The permanent prosperity 'of a re publican form of government necessarily depends .upon- the honesty. Intelligence end 'patriotism of the -Individual eltl sens which compose It, and It Is of vital importance that every cltisen ahall take an -active interest In the enforcement of all lawa, because they are all -made for hla benefit, and their enforcement af fects him either , directly or indirectly, JusC ss their violation alwaya injures him individually, either 'directly or In-dlrecUy.r.,4-. ' ':, GRAFTERS BUSY. Kl L1AKILA MEDICAL SUPPLIES : Shortage " in Government; Ac 'C counts , Total a Hundred t v f Thousarrd Dollars. .i -Jsrsal Sseeui Serrles.) , Washington.- D. C Aug., I. Accord ing - to reports received here from Ma nila graft has been discovered in the military -medical supply department.: It Is stated the ' books have 'been falsified to cover shortages In the property for a period of four years. Involving $104,000. Chief Clerk William Reeves has been sentenced - t3lS months' : Imprisonment for- selling eases - of surgical Instru ments stolen from the government. Caul Btangel. clerk, has been sentenced to a year and .a. half on 'the same charge. Privates Strawser and Stonebreaker of the hospital service got five years each, BYRON'S FAMOUS SWIM. ; ' '.-IN VENICE REPEATED . t; , -. . . . . . ;.-,"'. i ' , ;VtfoatxslJpcUI gervlee.) ; ' - ' 7 -Mllan. Aug. 4. Lord Byron's famous swim ,to . the Island of IJdd, Ift Venice, has. just-been repealed. Byron started from that point of the grand canal where the railway ststlon now - stands, tra versed the canal basin Jo St. Mark and to. the 'Island of Lido, taking hours and 40 minutes -to cover 'the. distance. Thla swim was repeated yesterday by Professor Zennsro' of Minln school. He teft'the railway ststlon at midnight and reached ' Lido at J;l o'clock, - beating Byron's record by half an hour. - - Chief ' Russian Peace' I Envoy . Makes an Informal Call on 'ithe President t Saga-- , !Sf':'. more " Hill. . ; c;, ''.V COMPLETE PREPARATIONS FOR COMING CONFERENCE Plenipotentiarjr Refuaea to Talk Fur- tthet totr Publication Ruaaian Dele (atioa First Visit Greek Church in Full Costume to Aak Prayera for Succetaful Iicue. : 'l- (Jesrssl Sseeial Bervlea.T ' ' . Oyster- Bay, - Aug.' '4. The - Russian, pease plenipotentiary, M. Witte, waa introduced to the president this-after noon. The gtaat envoy, arrived on the 12:20 , o clock ' train accompanied py Baron . Rosen, the Russian ambassador. "The count eomes merely to get Ac quainted with the president," explained Rosen. ' "and has nothing to say zor publication." , . . v , . . v Witte smiled and bowed,, but- voucn- ssfed. no- remarks as the president's colored -coachman drove - the visitors sway in the direction of Sagamore hllL The Mayflower with Assistant Secre tary : Pierce snd . Commander - Wlnslow arrived this afternoon. 1 Pierce will con sult the president -regarding .the de tails., of .tomorrow's reception. Envoys Witts and Rosen lunched with, the pres ident and Mrs.- Roosevelt, returning to New York on the 4:20 o'clock-train. The president then received the represen tatives of the London Times snd Tele graph. ;-v '. -X ': r. . a,--.A formal statement has been laaued by M. Karostoveta,. chief aide of the Ruaaian peace commission, declaring that M. 'Witte has authority from the csar to make a binding decision in the peace conference snd is clothed with absolute; powers. '-,-. ..-'. - V A unique spectacio this morning was witnessed in Mew Tork when the en- - Wn.mmirev-naia1 bin r.jCTSjaalis. robes of state? left the Hotel Mt. Regis for . the Russian cathedral at - Ninety, seventh and Madison, where -It went through - a ' religious service In accord ance, with tho ancient Muscovite , rite. to .begin any - momentoua work with prayer.) .- ' -- .i . Immediately- . axterwara tne party started for Oyater -Bay, where the un official -meeting between the president snd M. Witte toot place. '. READY FOR CONFERENCE. I Araa-emeata Completed fo Ccaveylng - Peaoe Savoys to Portsmouth. " -" (Joarasl Special sVmrtee.) ; New Tork, Aug. 4.-tA11 arrangements are practically complete for conveying tho peace envoys of Russia and Japan from New York to Oyster Bay, where they will be received by the president, and rom there' to Portsmouth,, New Hampshire. -' ' - . '-,.. The Russian ' plenipotentiaries - and their, suite will . embark ' on the cruiser Chattanooga at ths foot of Twenty third street at t, o'clock tomorrow morn ing. The Japanese plenipotentiaries will embsrk an hour later at the same point on the cruiser Tacoma. . The ves sels will arrive at Oyster Bay within half an hour of one another. - After the luncheon to be given by the president on the Mayflower is 'over and the president has departed the Japanese party will embark on the Dolphin, the Russian - plenipotentiaries - and their aulte remaining on the Mayflower, snd tho two vesaela will proceed to Ports mouth, convoyed by the cruiser Oal-veaton.- . A slow . run north will , be made,1 so - that Portsmouth- will ' be reached Monda'y morning. The envoys wlll . be received by the admiral com manding the Portsmouth navy. yard. T0..H01D MANCHURIA. ; . Japan Determined Kot to Kellaa,mlsh Xer grip alVie Slew Ballroad., (Josraal Rpedtl Bcrviee.) '. "..'.i Nsw ToVk, Aug. 4. The Times todsy states that when the Ruaslan and Jap anese envoys begin their conference st Portsmouth - the first act of M. Witte after the preliminaries are over will be to aak ' for an outline of the Japanese terms wa a -basis of discussion. .. - Upon the reply depends the continuance of the negotiations. .T.. . No matter what contingencies may arise Japan Is determined not to re linquish her hold upon Manchuria. This Is the construction placed upon the haaty and secret preparations now going-forward for the building of exten sions to ' ths railroad - which runs from Fussn to Seoul, snd which It Is planned to take across the Yalu about IflV I II 1 1.. .M.V- W.HUHHI I., JUI.IIII WW Chinese Eastern railway at Liao Yang. Rush - orders have been placed with American firms for material - for ' the road, -which Includes Ste steel bridges. ISO locomotives and 3,000 cars. ( ; ' PROTEST FROM KOREA- 't ;-.- - :.-', '. Pa trio tie Societies OTtleot to Betaf Ab- ' serbed By Warrias BTatloaa, ' '. V Z ' Jprml Speelsl Service.) . ' 'OysTer Bay, N. Yr Aug. 4. Rev. P. K. Yoom and Ryng Man Rhee,- repressnt Ing powerful, patriotlo aocletlea lq Ko rea, are awaiting to see the' president todsy to present him with a memorial from the people of Korea, asking the president to use his good offices to pre vent their country from . being parti tioned off or gobbled up by Japan, . The delegatea atate that they do not repre sent the emperor, who la completely un der Japanese domination.- They assert that the protectorate exercised by Jspsn was obtained by trickery. , rt - 'A- V-V1---'----;. " ' -' , i .i! . . V, ,..'.' e ee4eeee r-:-' ., ' ' ; i ir- .''''.:'. ?';: -v-'..'-';. ',' 4 f What slovenly, slipshod methods wero used by the alleged "census-e ! takers sent out by Assessor Slglet U Indicated by The Journal's recount 4 4.'of one district, which, was eompleted yesjjrday afternoon.: 1 " T j 4 ' '. Her re the facU in a nutshell; ' y. .,.'-',,. -.-.yi. .'-''.v (- '''- '; -4 , DUtrict recountedSeventh to Chapman, Main to Jefferson streets. " e 4 - Assessor's rsturns showed 4t permanent residents. : : i ' e ' - Yesterday enumerators found T(B permanent residents, although many e. e eltisens and, their YamlUes are at the sea coast. Not a fair visitor or ,4 e other transient waa Included. In tha 7SSv V''- '. '- - - -' -v-e e ";' The censustaker overlooked only 2 St people tn this one limited quarter e -that's alb The" district chosen was on of those In which the most 4 striking discrepancy was shown between the ' directory and the census e 4. figures. -Nevertheless similar carelessness was shown throughout the c'ty, aa is evidenced by the scores of hourly complaints that hava been ' e e " pouring Into the office of The Journal: ever since It first called atten-' e e,. "tlon to the outrageous Injury dona to ths town by ths blundering worths) 4',of Assessor Slglers -force. v ;,',''. ' '" ' r: "" -., . . ..-!..'- -:'-y:- ?. , -"7;-:H:-.:' .-'.--.;,' ,t. ' . ..; - e 4 4 4 PORTLAND BOY DROViflS AT SEASIDE Miln Dayton. Son of Portland Hardware Merchants Perishes, in , : Sight of Crowds on Beach His Companion, Charles 7 Freeth of Honolulu, Escapes by Swimming. ' ' (Special Dispatch . to The JosrasL) Seaside, Or.. Aug. 4. While surf rid ing in a canoe, tn Hawaiian faahtdn a mile and a half out thla noon the boat eapaised and Miln Dayton, the eon of Frank Dayton, a Portland hardware mer chant, waa drowned. His companion, Charles Freeth of Honolulu, escaped by awlmmlsg ashore after having tried hard to fescue the drowning youth, and , erased by the disaster paces up and down- ths shore, while six men hold him from "the SOS. '. ; :- r, jr. The beach was crowded with bathers who wltnessesd the fatality without be ing able , to render assistance. A high sea wss running, 'rendering 1C impos sible to give aid to the sinking boy. . Among the crowds on the beach waa tha boy's mother, . who jraa -frensled ''A- boat -was hastily ' manned by "six men, who set out to attempt the res cue, but it was capslxed in the break ers and the men jail swam ashore, one of them nearly drowning before he waa rescued with-a lifeline. . VI . ---The- greatest excitement prevailed on the beach and crowds ara watching for the body-of tho youth. Tho aocldent occurred ' st noon and after lunch a number of volunteers set forth In boats to secure the remalna. .' - Freeth. who Is a native of Honolulu and an export canoeist, started out this morning accompanied by young Dayton, and the oovple were apparently greatly enjoying themselves snd tiding thi SHOTGUN .iETHODS ADOPTED . BY SEVERAL STATES Four Deaths Reported and Three Nsw Cases From Yellow v" Fever Section. , (Jearaal Special Service.) New Orleans, Aug. 4. The lo:It o'clock official report was four deaths snd three new -cases from the yellow fever section of the city. Borne deaths snd new esses hsve not been made pub llo. The total cases to data are 41. tbs total deaths . . other oases, most of which sre eonvslesoent, are: In Louisi ana, outside of New Orleans, 1, scat tered? at Ship Island quarantine. ; at Montgomery, Alabama. 1; at Lumber ton. Mississippi, 1, and at Bummers 11, Missis sippi, 1. " - Quarantine reguiationa are becoming much tighter throughout the states of Mississippi. Alabama. Texas. Tenneasee and Arkansas. Shotgun methods sre in vogue and the militia has been ordered out tn s majority-of the atates The work is progressing' cicely toward clean ing the city. Dr. K. M. Lindsay, neaa or tne Na tional Quarantine association of Nash ville, was arreated at Oulf Port. Missis sippi, by quarantine officers today while getting off a New Orleans train, and sent to Ship Island aboard, the. revenue cutter Winona. , - Governor Btanchard has received a promise from- Secretary Bhsw - thst sbuses alleged to have been committed by the revenue cutter Winona will-be, redressed snd unauthorised arts-investigated. The cutter is alleged to hava Interfered with Ashing Vessels belonging to people of Louisiana. TO REWARD CIVILIANS ' FOR AIDING SURVIVORS -"; n.i '.: (Special Dtapateb te The Jeerwt.t ' San Diego, Cel., Aug. 4. Admiral Goodrich has appointed Chaplain Stone of the flagship Chicago to prepare a Hat of tha names of civilians who aided tha Bennington victims after the explosion, with a view of honorary recognition by the navy or by act of congress. , The list will Include the San Diego doctors snd IS or 4 women who volunteered as nurses. , - ',-- - , COULDN'T PAY FOR WIFE SO HE KILLED HIMSELF " '' (Special Dteeetes tn Tae Jeerasl.t -' Baker City, Or. Aug. 4. The Chinese cook at the Pyx mine. Greenhorn, com mitted suicide last night with a shot gun. , The csuse is stated to be worry over Inability to pay for a wife lately purchased from a Victoria syndicate. Burial will take place here tomorrow, j,. ..,.v... .......,. v . - ;. STYLES breakera after the manner made famous by natives of ths Sandwich Islands. It is presumed thst tho Incoming tide caused a hesvler sea than anticipated, capatxlng the frail craft in the surf. The distance from shore rendered It lmponat. ble for any one except the most skillful swimmers to reach land. Freeth .made several sttempts to rescue ' his com panion, who bravely struggled until ex hausted., when; he sank beneath the waves. ' ' ' '. '. 'Freeth Is frantlo with remorse, ao- cuslng himself .of being the cause ot the dtsaatsr. and attempted again and again to- reenter the water In a futlls effort to rescue the drowned youth. Bathers, .seised .and prevented what might have been a second drowning. :imBDe?toirkalrai Dayton the well known hardware mer chant of this city. , He waa 1 years of age ana graduated witn tne June cisss from the Portland . High school. He waa a young man of sacellent traits of character and had many friends, - - He went to Seaside with his mother snd two sisters a month ago for a vaca tion trip and was preparing to return to Portland, where he contemplated enter ing the hardware store as a partner -of nis luafr. - - Mr. Dayton Is grief erased ever the news of ths death of his son. He could give no details ss to ths funeral as the body, hsd not been recovered when he last heard. from Seaside. , SHIPL1TS' OF WHEAT DHL DREAK RECORD Two Hundred 'and Fifty Cargoes Will Be Sent from Here - ..;. : and Sound. -,1 TwJ hundred and fifty wheat cargoes will be sent t6 foreign porta from Port land and Puget sound In the coming sea son. This statement Is made by A, Tucker, local general manager Of the shipping firm of Meyer, Wilson Co. He estlmstes that fully half the ton nage will bo shipped from the Willam ette river metropolis. It Is said that ths S9.000.000 bushels of grain produced in the inland empire this year will nearly all be exported. The eastern cities will not draw on the weat as was the caae last year, aa that seatton will have a big surplus for ex. port sfter the amount required .for do mestlo consumption Is deducted; Much of ths grain, which has slready begun to arrive at tidewater, will ' therefore have to be sent across the seas.: - In making the estimate that ISO car goes will be dispatched from the Pacific northwest an allowance is made for a large quantity of grain to go to Califor nia as well II for heavy shipments ot flour to the orient. Should the prediction prove correct It will mesn the biggest grain export busi ness In the history of the northwest. . To handle the traffic all the tonnage headed In thla direction will' hava to b pressed Into service, snd . e-ery- Idle tramp steamer on the Paclflo ocean will be able to find ready employment . CHICAGO POLICE RAID FLOATING POOLROOMS - '-(Jooraal Speelsl Serviee.t Chicago Aug. 4. Chief of- Police Collins conducted a raid upon the float ing poolroom yesterday, resulting In the arrest of 14 gamblers and the hot pur suit of others, who escaped Into Indiana outside the Jurisdiction of the police. The arrested men state that It will be Impoealble to prove a oaae against them, as the wireless apparatus refused to work throughout the day and not' a mesaage was sent or received or a bet maae aunng tne aay. - 1 C0RBIM SAYsPosmo:j: - IS PURELY CIVIL O.'iE " - tfceraal Sseeial Ssrvteat - - Washington. Aug. 4 Philippine ad vices quote General Corbln ea stating that General Wood or no other army officer will aver be made governor-general, aa the p'te i rr'y a civil po sition ml i . f : - t oClcer v The Journal's Recount Showa t the Extent of the Blundering f f Stupidity of Sigler' t : C v".? V'A'-"iV- Force-' :: ? $ -. WHOLE CITY INJURED . . ; V BY HIS; FALSE FIGURES Sample District Selected: in Which' . the City Directory and the Census Recorda Were Moat Widelr at . VarianceThe " Orefonlan'a Cant Pln " for . Shrunken Port. v land,; ;;-y. 'Zy.'::-'Zfz pt? mug ion nm census re tarns of Assessor Bv D. Slgler's enum erators do not represent the popula- . tlon of the city of Portland. - The test applied at the InsUnce of . The Journal, which guaranteed the ex- pvnees ox a recount in a given district. .. demonstrates that glaring omissions characterise the work of some of the ' deputy assessors, and that recount will show that Portland has a popula- . tlon materially larger than wss tndt- cated by the figures published by tha assessor. Mr. Slgler stated that Port land had 110,500 population, on the face ' of unofflcial returns, and that the com- -plated returns would show not more than 100 variation, from these figures. The announcement amased tha people of Portland. It was known that the city had grown In the past five years as It bad never grown before.- . The- ad- ' vertisement ot the exposition In the east and ths efforts of railroad tralBo ' men to- Induce travel to tho weat by homeaeekers and the well known aug mentation of .population here. and in the expecuttpn . that the . Increase in population in the past flvo years had . exceeded . the increase In any previous - uwi. w uw wri msiory, r xaa mgnroe aoas miaiti . TJi Sat Portland, bad mly .W monvi people than It had in ltoe was not be lieved. The figures of the assessor were prominent' eltisens and -. by vlrtusJly every parson who. as n. expert in estl- ' mating population i is accustomed ,t watch. tha growth of the city. i am assessor aiooa oy ms returns as- . . aerting that they - were approximately correct.' He stated that the law under , which he took the census a state law adopted in 1864 did not -' invest ' him with any authority to compel people to give Information, as ' federal census takers could require, but that his men had reached close to the true figures of the city's population. . ' Examination was mads of the records In the assessor's office snd the result ' was to 'convince thst there were, glaring discrepancies; that ths deputies bsd done the' work in a slipshod man ner, and that a recount would, reveal something like 110,000, perhaps 140,oe inhabitants. ' . - Mrs. B. J. Clinton, manager for Polk A Co., stated that shs was confident that many more than 1 10.500 persons made Portland their permanent noma' She went to the assessor's office and con firmed her flrat belief by examining tho returns or tne deputies. Mrs. Clinton stated that she would expect to prove the Inadequacy of the assessor's fla-ures by making a teat In a given district, and The Journal authorised her to proceed with the count, offering to pay the ex pense. The offer was accepted, although) ' today Mrs. Clinton assumed the burden ot the cost and paid the enumerators ' herself..". - '.. . ; aaamerator-JTrist SJoi Tired. ' In order to bo fair to the assessor, a district was selected wherein are many houses occupied by fsir visitors In room- . Ing and boarding houses, tho territory oounaeu oy oevenin and Chapman streets eaat and west snd Main and Jef ferson north and south. Hera tha rmnl. Of the aaseasor show 444 persons entitled io oe counted as residents of Portland. Ths test count yesterday dlaonvemd in the same territory .715 permanent reet dents and such great ears was taken to ". inoiuae none who was here aa a vlaltor t to ths exposition, that the enumerators . atHA tnAtr IhM. n.H n n a I. - . i .. . . , - - - M. ...v., t-VWUW of many Portlanders at th soaooast re ' aucaa tna number of rwidrnu ma-.. ake1aktlA - . Still another facCta to bs noted. V This dlstrtot ordinarily contained a larger .' proportion of permanent residents, but manv nave immm. .mwuI m. -uk, r room for fair visitors who wero wiUlag ' to pay higher rates for rooms, and those '. who were crowded out are still some- - ' mediate suburbs, and.. maty should be -counted in some other portion of the ' ' city, . v . . . ; - -. Taiiiiaansa Sjh Wxa Smlarttl. .... Only one conclusion may be reached ' by consideration of the teat of yester day. It constitutes proof thst there are discrepancies In the easessor's total, and that thousands hare been ever- looked. H Is not necessary that the same ratio be carried out in the entire) city, which, in fact, la sot to be ex. peoted. ' But that so sisny people were overlooked by- the deputy sseessori in so small a district Justifies the- belief thst a recount of the entire city would hrlns to II slit enough persons net "- on the rolls to give Portland perhaps t : many as ttl.000. - In lfe the federsJ eonsne gave t population as I0.4J4. Xvon that wss j garded ae below the actual flurt. there .wero reasons to believe tvt were more than lOO.s T" ' dents In the e '. - i . the fl-5-l r rect, t Ave T