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VOL. IX. JO. 233.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING,-. DECEMBER. 9, 1910. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
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iXAHliU 1IVE ,CEi'I3
BAUJRGEB HUT
CllTSBELF
10STA1EH1L
Outlines Plan for Handling of
i ; Power on . Public Domain
Theory That Congress, Not
President, is "Stewarg".",
WANTS ALASKA CASES;
TRANSFERRED TO COURT
Recommends Provisions for
" Coal and Oil Leases and
-1 Administering Alaska'.
- . . By John 18. Lathrop. ''
.Washington, Dec, 9.-Secretary Bal
linger, of the interior'dcpartnfent In his
,.' annual report, made public' today, comes
, cut. squarely' in -favor of state conserva
' $Tion aginst federal conservation,; es
. peclally with", reference to iWater-power
' sites. Concerning, yater powers, he says:
' "There Is wow withdrawn from dlspo
sltion, ? pending legislation concerning
c1 writer-power- fiteV. approximately 1,450,
wm 61 the publio domalav.-
tj- -s the parlous. pubtla land states and
V t'i -rtes containing water-power re
$o$.(Q$f in o far as there Is present
i martiet" for those powers, the title to
areas greater in extent than that re
maining la the government has long
slnee passed Into private ownership, and
it must- be-realized that any radical or
burdensome' restriction imposed by the
federal government upon this ' resource
will operate as a servitude on the public
lands and discourage their development
and use. - , - . a ,
' Bauingefs Plan of State ControL
1 " "Taking into .consideration- the facts
l "that the stites own the waters in the
, streams and have police power to super
vise and control public utilities, it would
Seem a direct and effective method of
control ( would' be to trustee the power
sites to the statea'ia some manner as
propose by a, bill. now pending in eon
t rents. : mfi- s.:),k..
; "I earnently- advise the adoption of
some legislation which, will in any event
retain the fee title to the lands In the
i people and effectually vest the power of
regulation and control in the state or In
I the federal government, and which will
not result In limiting prompt and econo
mical development or permit monopoli
zation or extortion,". ,
TMiixs Congteas U the -Steward."
, XTpon still1 another phase of the con
I , sorvaUon qnestlon the secretary's report
takes , . the ; antl- R oosevelt 'position,
namely; fthe tiuestion of, tha authority
of the president over public lands.' Presi
dent Roosevelt, Secretary Garrield ana
. Forester Pinehot maintained that the
! president, had : supervisory power over
1 the national domain; that while' con-
press had, absolutely !' no : restriction
placed upon it by the constitution, the
president is the steward of the publlo
domain, and In the discharge of that
' stewardship may act in the publlo In
terest to protect the people s property
from those who improperly seek It-" -
The significant sentence in Secretary
Balllnger'a report Is; ;,'"'i:'V''
; "By the constitution the congress Is
made the stewar. of the public, domain
and for its stewardship It Isfesponsi
ble to the people." "
This issue was discussed by Senator
(Continued on Page Six.)
FRENCH AVIATOR UP
, IN BLERI0T MACHINE "
ASCENDS 10,400 FTf
JTJnitwl PrM Lcaetd Wlr.l - , 4
. . pau, France, Dec. 9. -Aviator 4
Le Gagneux, in a Bleriot mono- 4
plane, today broke the record for
altltud according to an unoffi' 4
clal ( annQuncetJent His baro- 4
graph showed that he ascended 4
10,400 feet:' Tbe Instrument has 4
not been verified, but It is be 4
lleved the barograph was accur- 4
ate and that the - record will 4
: standV"5rv:i:7jii,r';rf W'-iji::''
:4
Trenton, N. J., Dec 9. Governor
elect Woodrow Wilson Is preparlns to
begin his administration with a hand
to hand struggle with the newly elect
ed New - Jersey legislature. James
Smith Jr., . leader of the Democratlo
state organization that put Wilson in.
office, Wants to go to the United States
senate to succeed Senator John.Kean.
In a primary election held In Septem
ber, James Martlne, ' "the : farmer or-
; ator," , was selected by the democrats
as their choice for . the office. Poli
ticians regarded the primary a Joke,
but Wilson considers It an 'expresslon
of the will of the people," and has an
nounced that he will back Martlne and
that he expects the legislature to elect
. him. ' ''.-'"- ' -'"J-''v:' :
SrrTttir,w sinee-ther etfr?tlonr hftsheon
making a quiet' but close canvass Of
the state 40 secure his own election to
tlie. senate. One of his methods was
to ask Martins to. withdraw, , The far
mer orator refused, sayinff he had been
indorsed by the people and that ho ex
pected to be cent to Washington..',: v
HOW WILSON STANDS PUP"
OKPEOM
TACOMA GAINS 771 .
IN CENSUS RECOUNT;
POPULATION IS 83,743
- - (United Presi Leued Win.) .
4 : Tacoma, Dec. 9.TThe correct -
4 population of Tacoma, as aa-.
4 nounced by Chief Statistician
Hunt of the census bureau-' to-
4 day. following. a complete reentf-
4 meratlon of the city. Is . 83,743.
,Th original announcement given
out by Director Durand at Wash- 4
4 ington, which was responsible 4
for. the protest by the local com.
4 mercial . organizations ,: , that
brought about a; recount, gave
' Tacoma a population of 82.972,
for an' increase of 120 per' cent
This was a reduction of more ..
than 33,000 names from the enu 4
meratlon turned "in by the orig. i
lnal enumerators; the census of-
flcials declaring that number of 4
names to be tictltioiu after hav-;
lng rechecked the city. A pro-'
test immediately followed and a .
committee of Tacoma business .
; men went to Washington and
made formal request for a com-
plete recount, which was granted.,
This committee checked up the' 4
figures of the latest recount to- 4
day, and were greatly dlsap- 4
pointed with the result t)ne of 4
the committeemen said: . , 4
. "While I feel certain that Mr. 4
-Hunt did his duty conscientious- 4
, ly, still I believe that had Ta-- 4
coma been enumerated as other 4
cities ' , were, t we would ; have 4
shown from IS to 17' per cent . 4
more." K'ryA' 'rhj'i--
Tacoma's increase Is 46,029, or 4
or 12! per cent; s , ' 4
Spokane's population, . an- 4
nounced last llpht i 104,402. as
against 88.8481 in 1900, an in- 4
1 crease of 67,564, or 183.S per cent 4
Tha census of the state of New 4
Jersey is 2,585,167.1 Thl la an
Increase of 34.7 per' cent ,The 4
; new , figures entitle New, Jersey , 4
to three additional congressmen. , 4
4
LINE TO W W
, ..... . 1 . ; .;).'
EOFPORT
Mount Hood Railway &"f ower
Co. Will Ask for. franchise
to Bring Passengers Across
-Bridge.;
' That the Mount Hood Rallwey A
Power company will . ask for a fran
chise' to bring Its passenger cars Into
Portland over the Barr road from Mon
ta villa Is the latest development in the
history" of the new electrio road that
will tap a' large territory east of the
city to the very foot of majestic Mount
Hood. f . W y :, i ;j
It is ' further reported on ' what ap
pear good authority that the franchise
to be sought from the council will seek
permission to bring , the cars it the
west side over the Broadway bridge. 4
Chairman R.' C. GIllls, of, the com
pany's board of dlreotora who has been
In the city since Tuesday of this week,
says it has not been definitely decided
whether a franchise . will be .asked , to
cross the Broadway or the new rait
road bridge. But it is the object of
the company to bring the line to the
west side, which he considers the log'
leal location for terminal facilities.
To Handle might. . .
We have more ; ways than oho rn
mind In getting into the city, but t
will probably ask for a franchise over
the Barr road,'', said -Mr. Gillls this
morning, when told that rumors to this
effect were in circulation., "As to cross
ing the river, it is Impossible for me to
says at this , time, and I cannot say
whether we will ask for a franchise
over the new railroad bridge or the
Broadway brlgda."
Mr. Gillls will this afternoon appear
before tha street eommltte of the city
council and ask for a revocable permit
to cross Villa avenue .near the city
limits, where the company desires and
has planned to make direct, connection
with the O. R, A N. line entering the
city by way of Sullivan's gulch. This
connection, however, will be used solely
for freight business and the crossing
; (Continued on Page Twenty.)
Smith, who admittedly had much in
fiuetice in nominating and electing
Wilson, expected hls support When
he broached the subject to the gover
nor-elect, Wilson la reported to have
given him a very chilly reception. The
newly elected chief executive declared
himself in favor of tbe people's choice.
no matter what Martlne's fitness mig.tt
be. ' i
The law providing for an advisory
vote on the senatorship was regarded
as a joke by . the politicians of botn
parties. As a result .only unimportant
candidates entered the , primary and
Martlne was an easy winner. The pol
iticians ana machine workers who had
helped Wilson are surprised' at his
standwhich they.regard. Aanaar-insur-
gency, but they intend to carry, their
fight aeuinBt Martlne into the legisla
ture, .. " . ' -
; Smith says he will be elected in
spite of . "Wilson's aetiv.iy against him
He Intimates that , the matter will end
in a flRht between Wilson end the leg
laluture. (; .. ,Ss- ;.
AM DECLARES.
REBATES WILL BE
.MOilffililS
Only Condition Is That Income
t on the Cost Shall Be 6 Per
Cent, He Assures Property
Owners..- . . ,
ASSESSMENTS SHOULD BE
, BONDED, IS SUGGESTION
Simon, Issues Statement to
1 Correct Misapprehensions
: of Many. t '
; 'There yiseems to be a - misapprehen
sion,'' said Mayor Simon today, "about
the refunding of moneys paid by abut
ting propertyewnere on account of the
installation of water mains during the
past two years and as to the proper
courseTto 'be pursued by property own
ers whose property has. been assessed
and payments not' yet made, as well as
propeHy-owners whose property is yet
to be assessed, on account of mains al
read y an thorlsed "and ; only partlall y
completed: i ' "-;'r'y if? ' T"
"Ia my judgment" the charter amend
ment 'adopted ty.lhfc,-people on the 8th
of i- November. .1 010, contemplates re
funding. to'' T-operty .owners the moneys
thatr pinv,-rii:-oaffr .he paid as well as
the inoiiuysalrtady. paid during the past
two years, ;on, account of laying water
pialna, provided . only that ' xhe annual
Income- from such .mains eouals i per
4 cent .7C the loriginal cost thereof. . -y.
- ib snort, ; u - was lnienaea .py ioe
amendment of 1910 that all water mains
that have been laid or are in process of
being laid under the provision of the
act 'of 1907 shall be made a charge
agalnst the; water fund of the city, and
where , property, owners have paid - or
shall hereafter pay assessments for lay
lng auch 'water mains, the money so paid
orto be paid'snaii be rerundea to such
property owners, if the , income from
such mains equals 6 per cent of the orlg-
lUai EU9W , - ' ' '
i"It was'-trtt , intended 'to refund the
money to property owners who nave
paid or : shall hereafter , pay - for water
mains, where there is no substantial in
come from ahe water, mains, and where
the water mains have been laid simply
to enable the owner or owners of real
estate, to .sell their x property, ana to
guard against this -contingency a pro
vision was inserted m the charter re
stricting the refund to such water mains
aa pay an income of 6 per cent per an
num oif the original cost 'i 4 jf -
"The matter of refunding to property
owners moneys so paid for laying water
mains is under consjderation by the wa
ter board, and the necessary data ; is
being secured to tenable the board to
ascertain the names of parties entitled
' (Continued on Page Six.)
Shakeup May Follow Discov
ery of Clique, Disturbing
Discipline in Local - Express
Offices. . .
A shakeup is In progress ;- in the
Wells-Fargo offices here, which has re
sulted in the resignation of Norman F.
Titus,, chief clerk to Harvey Beckwlth,
general agent of the company; and that
probably will involve mora employes of
the company. ' "". - - -
Accordreg to Mr; Beckwlth,' the ' res
ignation of Mr. Tit's was requested for
tbe good of the company's service.'. Mr.
Titus has been succeeded by J. K. Burch;
far 80 years connected with the Pacific
Express company, over 20 years of that
time in Portland. j
T have been very busy tot the past
year." said Mr. BecKwitn .toaay,
work that has taken my close attention
outside of the express office. Several
of my employes took advantage of this
to form a clique, which tended to dis
rupt discipline In the f floe. There has
been absolutely no suspicion of financial
wrongdoing in the matter,5' and it In
cludes no question of honesty,- save per
harm that , of attitude toward me cer-
sonally. At no time has there been any
package or any money missing, and no
secret agents oi tne company nave oeen
called in to make an investigation. Ru
mors to that effect are untrue."
Superintendent , Stephenson -, of; f the
Wells Fargo company at Seattle was In
Portland yesterday and the day before.
Mr. Beckwlth said his visit had no con
nectlion with the resignation of the chief
clerk, though he was Informed of the
trouble within the office,, and it Is said,
approved or the cnange, 1 - -
:: Mr. Titus la tha son of former Gen
eral Agent iTltus of the Wells Fargo
company at San Francisco. Tha elder
Titus was general agent there for more
than 30 years. Titus has been In the
Portland.. olfic for ilvayaara. and. -ha
been chief clerk, for two years.
Fire I)eiartment Dance.
Snwll Dlmiitco 1i' The J.mrnel.i
Hood River, Or., Dec. 9. The Hood
River volunteer i fire department will
frive its seventh annual ball this even
ln H the L O. a F. hall.
CHIEF CLERK OF
; WELLS FARGO OUT;
: OTHERS TREMBLE
MISS JUANITA MILLER
Miss Jnanlta Miller; daughter of Joaquin Miller, the famoan poet of Cali
fornia, who Is living like hermit in the heart of New York. Like
her father, thd famous ,"poet of the iSierras,' she has renounced the
world for the sake of the muse."' She lives in a small room and pays
only $2 a: week for her. food.
writing poetry. Her motto, which is a part of one of her poems, is
"Ton Must Resist Red Roses; You Mnst Remain a LUly. White. Star,M
which means, ' she must keep-away from the allurements of . New.
York's society "ahd Bohemian life. ; Miss Miller's father lives in a
cabin he has built on the heights of Oakland, California"; ;';,.Ci
Shifts Predicted, With Fair
banks Added to Corps and ;
Sent to'Tokio. : !, ,
(United Ftess Latsed Wtra,) :
Washington. Deo, 9-Many changes
In the American diplomatic corps are
predicted today, among them being the
transfer , of v Ambassador . Thomas J.
O'Brien from Toklo to a European post
Charles W.1 Fairbanks, -former ; vice
president, la suggested as O'Brien's suc
cessor In Japan, ' " ' 1
W. W. RockhOl,' ambassador to Rus
sia, also is slated for a new post, ac
cording to the rumors. Among tne
names mentioned in connection with an
assignment to- St' Petersburg Is that
of J. S. Schmldtjapp of Clnclnnatt
M'KENZIE MUST FACE
LAND FRAUD CHARGE
(Ontted Pre lawi4 Wlra) ' .
Washington, Dee. 9. Preparations are
under way for. the extradition of Don
ald McKenzi .' wanted ' at Spokane ' to
answer an indictment, charging him
with 'conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment of Alaskan coal lands. McKenrle
was arrested here last night and re
leased on bait' .. - . "
YEAR'S END
EDITION OF
THE JOURNAL
' Portland's Realty and
Building; v Record 'for j
' 1910 Makes, a Re-
markabk Showing
PUBLICATION
DATE
SATURDAY,
DECODER 31
She is trying to rival her father in
Correct Figures Show, Gain in
' Deposits Since Nov. 10, '09,
of $14,221,550.68; Capital
Now $15,162,025. ' ;
Galem, Or., Deo. 9. State Bank Exam
iner Will Wright's ' annual statement,
completed yesterday, shows total indi
vidual deposits tn Oregon banks Novem
ber 10. to nave been $104,370,300.40, a
Set gain since November It, 1909, of
$14,221,550.63. i , The. total resources of
all Oregon ' banks 'on 4 November 1 0
equaled $147,618,628.07. a gain for the
same period of $19,829,568.14.
The capital of Oregon banks Novem
ber 10 was $15,1 2,02S, a. gain for the
year or since November , 19, 1909, of
$3,048,075. The increase la. the number
of .national banks has been from 77 to
82 duiin 1910. and an Increase in tha
number of state banks from 15S to 174,
making the total number of banks doing
business In this state November 10, 266.
Loans and discounts November 10
equaled; $75,888,961.77, a gain for, the
year of $13,459,014.99; total amount of
cash due from other banks equaled $42,
884,886.46, a gain of $4,076,826.63.' Sur
plus of profits on hand November 10
equaled $7,600,861.54, a gain since No
vember 1$ a year ago of $570,495.80.
BILLS FOR FREELISTING
LUMBER AND EATABLES
" ''.-'' ' ; ' ; " -. :;, .?-,. t
' Washington,: Deo, 9. A hlU for the
repeal of the present tariff on lumber
and ' the placing f on? the free list of
sawed ; lumber waa introduced In the
house, . yesterday . by Representative
Smith of .Texas, .'i-?-';'':1':';
. Representative ' C3ark bt Florida, tn
troduoed a bill providing for the free
listing of "every article usod by human
beings for' food." -H ':
, A bill. for. the. ..repealer tha. law. for
bidding, withdrawal from entry of for
est lands inOregon; Washington, Idaho,
Montana, Colorado, and Wyoming, ex
cept by act of congress, was Introduced
by- Representative Herbert Parsons of
Now . York., , The . Parsons WU directs
the secretary .of agriculture to Inform
congress whajt. lands are available for
orestr-cscmi. i .. i - ' "
HIRAfl JOHNSON
m mm-
IS PEOPLE'S STATE
Day of Corporation Rule Past;
Says Governor-Elect, and
People Will Henceforth Rule
the Corporations. ' V
.EGISLATURE EXPECTED
TO ENACT POPULAR LAWS
Johnson Reports Excellent Re
sults of Fair Boosting
Meets Roosevelt.. -
(t'olted rrees LetM Wire.)
New Tork, Dec . -The individual
and not the corporation will benefit by
revivified government in California, was
the assertion today of Hiram W. John
son, governor-elect of California, as he
sat in the office of the Outlook await
ing Colonel Theodore Roosevelt..
For 10 . years,',' said S Johnson,; "we
seemed to have gone crazy over protect
ing the property of corporations.' " The
individual has been a minus quantity.
This will be changed. ' Hereafter, ' in
California at least, tha individual will
be considered and not the machlne.
Other states wilt soon follow our lead.'
Johnson then discussed radical legis
lation that the California legislature is
expected to enact at the coming session.
"The Initiative and referendum, f, . the
recall, absolute control of publlo service
corporations . and a comprehensive em
ployers' liability law, abolishing ; the
fellow servant clause, will be among the
measures considered," he said, "and un
doubtedly they wlll be enacted.
We do not .mean to pass conflscarj"nJr.njeg ..... Z, .. '-:-y 7,
tory legislation. Large property own
ers and -corporations' will be protected.
We are simply going back to the orig
inal plan of the founders of the nation
that the people shall rule. We shall
compel corporations to respect the
rights of individuals, California in
tends to . take a progressive stand and
really regulate corporations. , "
"We will give the . people the initia
tive and recall, so that It they are dis
satisfied with my conduct or the con
duct of any other officer, they; can put
any of us out of office. . We must get
closer to the people. '
"Corporation control is passing, and
we Californians realize that During
the recent campaign every big corpora
tion fought me because I expressed my
confidence that the people could rule
themselvesV"":'.
.V,-ie'i" Besnlts' of Efforts for Pair.
Johnson smiled when asked regarding
tha result of his trip to Washington ta
urge legislation favorable to San Fran
cisco as the elte- of the Panama exposition-
in 1915, It was stated here
that many of the San Francisco boost
ers were unfavorable to Johnson,; and
that he refused to accompany tha com
mittee on Its- journey eastward. - John
son came alone and paid his own ex
penses. ' v " . ' 'r ; -
"On arriving at Washington," . said
the governor elect "the committee with
a generosity ,that I certainly appreci
ated, gave, me the entire Insurgent mem
bership in congress to get into line for
San Francisco. I found some pledged
partially : to New Orleans and others
who did not believe that San Francisco
was the right city to ba entrusted with
a world's fair. But finally I was able
to report to the committee that X had
secured the promises of the Insurgents
to support Ban Francisco. Then 1 came
here, leaving the committee to take care
efjthe standpatters." ,
'.-"'f.r-v i Keets oosTtn. . 'M&X'li
. Johnson, met Roosevelt for the first
time today and discussed the recent
elections with him, but he made no
comment afterward on his Interview
with the colonel; ' . - Johnson ' praised
Roosevelt most enthusiastically, saying':
"Roosevelt Is the most popular man
among Californians today. Californians
appreciate him. . He and men like him
made the battle against corporation eon
trol possible. When he comes to the
Pacific coast next March we win show
him what we think of him.
STEWARD ASSAULTED ABQAHD
SIP BY Flit W GARRY
CASE TO HIGH ENGLISH COUII I
? That charges of brutality on the part
of Captain Parry and Chief Mate Hos
klns of the British ship Scottish Moors,
which arrived here November 25 from
Antwerp, will be pushed to the highest
authorities. Is the assertion of Luther
D. Mahone, a lawyer In the Henry build
ing, who has taken up the case of the
sailors making the charge.
i Affidavits of five sailors have been
taken by Mahone, all of which ,,allege
that ,'on or about November 1, while
the ship was at sea . on her passage
to t this port. Captain r Parry and the
mate beat the steward, C O. Anderson,
p such a manner that he was confined
to his berth for several days, sufferini;
frora snndrrTnts-and"brulses about the
face and body. Charges were preferred
with the British consul here, but at the
conclusion of a hearing held in his of
fice yesterday, both the mate and tha
steward were fined 5 shillings for fljrht
lng and the sailors do not believe tint
their side of the question has been fair
ly dealt with, says Mr. Mahone,
l--Andersetti- the steward, took out h's
3HR6ESFRAUD
IN DAMAGE SUITS
FCRSl.400.00i
Dr. H. W. Coe Plaintiff in Ac-
- tion Against W. J. Furnish,
and Irrigation Co., Alleging
Conspiracy in Land Deal..
AVERS THEY SOUGHT TO
DEFAME HIS CHARACTER I
Alleges Defendants Circulated
Story He Was Defaulter;
Cancelled 'Contract.
Dr. Henry Waldo Coe has brought
suit against W. J. Furnish in the cir
cuit court for $300,000 actual and $300,
000; punitive damages for an alleged
conspiracy to defraud; defame and In
jure Coe in his handling of the affair
of the Inland Irrigation company and
the -Furnish Ditch company.
Coe has also filed suit against the
inland Irrigation -company, the Furnish
Ditch- -company, - Furnish" and ' H. L.
Moody for $800,000 damages because of
the cancellation of the contract held by
him for the handling and the sale of
the ; lands of the two companies. He
also asks costs and disbursements.
The two suits, in which Coe asks ag
gregate damages ,: of ; $1,400.000, , have
grown- out of the dispute- between Coe
and Furnish' over the transaction of
the business of marketing the Furnlah
lands near . Pendleton in Umatilla
county, v . - -. .; '
Sensational Charjres.
In the complaints filed Coe makes
sensational allegations against Furnish,
owner of the lands, J. H. Raley of Pen
dleton, attorney for the companies, and
companies.
It , is set out in the complaints that
up to July 2, 1910. the business and so
cial relations of the plaintiff and Fur
nish' were pleasant, and that Coe had
every confidence in 'tlje friendship aad
Integrity of Furnishl" He did not be
lieve, he says, that.Fufnish would en
ter into any plan or scheme to injur
the plaintiff, damage his reputation,
defraud or, defame him. Furnish too!
advantage of this trustfulness, Coe al
leges,, and conspired to wrong and de
fraud him." ''-',:-',
,. Coe alleges , that he entered Into a
contract with Furnish . February 25,
1909, to handle the lands of the two irri
gation companies. When he entered
Into tbe fulfillment of the contract, Coe
says, he found that the project was in
a badly tangled and disorganized condi
tion. : Furhish had. been unsuccessfully
trying to market the lands.. .The project
was - greatly Indebted, sales , were , at a
standstill and the' property apparently
had no market value. , . 1 .
Bold Btuch Land.
. No proylsiona had been made by Fur
nish fotf the construction of, dams or
reservoirs, the system of ditches was
defective and inadequate, and things
were In a bad8 "tate generally. How
ever Coe sets out: between the date of
the contract and July 1, 1910, he had
sold upwards of $500,000 worth of land,
for -which $275,000 had been paid as a
part of the purchase price on the con
tracts of sale.
' Reservoir sites - had been purchased,
datrta -; had nearly been . completed,
ditches , had been reconstructed, and
the price of , the . land bad jumped
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POPULATION OF TEXAS
3,896,542; SEEMS -TO :
MAKE STATE NO. 5
4 (DBlted Press Leased Wire.)
4 . Washington, Dec. 9. The pop-
4 nlatlon of the state of Texas Is
4 8,896,542, according to a census
4 -bureau bulletin. This shows an
4 increase, of 847,832, or 27.8 per
4 cent In the ast decade. Texas ,
4 passes Missouri in the list of the
4). most populous states, assuming
.".fifth place. ,
first, papers as an American citizen in
1906. An attempt 'was niado to tit-t a
warrant 'from the federal authorities
for the arrest of the captain and mat'?
Of the Scottish Moors, but that couM
not be done under the wartime Jaws in
less tho British consul gave his K.'tm
tion. . ,
"Aa on the occasion of one of riV
visits to Mr. Laldluw, hi synitniinii.
were apparently with tha of fibers of t'.
ship, and in yesterday's hfarlnft h t -c
the testimony of ; the boatswain w-xin ,t
that of five other members of the or. .-,
we will have recourse to tti -f -general
at Washington and, If dpc i
to. Jhe . hoard.! trla lu. Lon.iuu, - k . , .
Mr. Mahone this morning. - "t M i f
wain testified that he wti in
and saw the steward throw u i
nay at the mate, whllo Use re
the crew -say that b in
forward, at the tlir.e f.f t!. i
The U'poHi!.l-ifs of :. 1 .
of the erw were ait I fen "
('. . ; . ;
the
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