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HOG PBICES TAKE
AN UPWARD TURN
Opening Saturday Morning Thirty
Cents Per Hundred Above the
Friday Close.
CHICAGO PACKERS ARE PANICKY
Armour ana &win lane .Lverytning; Telegram. )--ktnr rtrsewater. editor of
in Sight. The Ire, arrived In Washington today to
I attend the ann'ial dinner of the Gridiron
Iclub. While In New York. Mr. Ro?ewater
SEE A SHORTAGE IN THE CROP jhad an Interview with Colonel Roosevelt
at the Oisfook offices rn a multiple Ity of
I. ti o rr tt xt . siibjwn, which for want of a better and
Are of the Opinion the Top Has Not mor. nniUtn m,,ht nf. clBpa
Been Reached,
NINE-DOLLAR HOG IS EXPECTED'
Claim that Ietllne
prnl Arllele.
Ago Una Ended and that llenee
forth Ment Will lie an K-fc
CHICAGO, Pec. 10.-(SpeoIal Telegram.)
The hog market at the Unlcn Stock yards
Jumped almost out of rlpht to'lay and It
U declared that pork wtll go to a higher
figure. The market opened up 30 cent
higher than It cloned Friday, end the big
packers were, buying frantically.
The. Jump today means that hogs are now
It a hundred higher than they were two
weeks ago, and that unless more hogs be.
gln coming Into the big packing centers of
the country In a short time, the market
will go much higher. Wise buyers at the
yards declared today that hogs might go
to 9.
It la said that the packers and buyers
havo Just awakened to the fact that the
country Is not full of hogs, as has been
confidently supposed, and that there la
nowhere near the supply that there
should be.
Armour and Swift were the heavy buyers
today and they did not seem to care how
much they had to pay for hogs. Just so as
they K"t hold of enough of them to keep
their killing repartments busy. Most of
them they bought in the cars and rushed to
the killing pens as fast ax possible. Mean
time pork on the butchers' block was mov
ing up right along with the hog market,
and butchera were predicting that pork
would be aa expensive aa beefsteak, unless
something happened to change the hi h
prices.
I.na Rise In Omaha.
The Chicago hog market yesterday
quoted bast grades of packing hogs at
17.70 to $7.60, with a total rise In price for
the day of from 10 to 15 cents, and the
local market was no't far behind with a
total Increase In prices for the week of
IS to 40 cents fo rthe week. The beat
grades yesterday brought from S7.80 to $7-6)
at South Omaha, with receipts moderate.
Total receipts for the week at South
Omaha were not far behind a week ago
and were slightly ahead of the same period
a year ago, giving dealers here the im
pression that the market Is normal here
for thla season aa regards. supply. .
KIDNAPED CHILD RECOVERED
Olrl at Kd Dtuk, K, J., , Abd'ieted i llama, Lincoln; steward, E, E. Bennatt
Seven Weeks lg Found In Yard ' Lincoln; pathologist, L. B. Ptllsbury, Lln
l Ham raroniclsui ' I coin.
RED BANK. N. J.. Dec 10. Four-year-cld
Mary Pettllo Is at her home today
after a disappearance since October ' 2
last. The child disappeared on that date.
Her father believed she was kidnaped. The
police were notified, but no clue was forth
coming. Frank Petlllo, the child's lather, was
entering the yard of his home early last
night, when he saw what looked like a
bundle behind the fence. Investigation
showed It to be his daughter, apparently
dead. He brought the body into the
house. There he discovered she was alive.
This morning he notified the poUce.
Petlllo is fairly weTl-to-do and demands
for money from Black Handera have bean
made on him recently.
COCKRELL WILL BE RETIRED
Mlseoarlaa Will Not Be Meappolnted
Member of Commerce Com
mission. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10-The report
which has been current for some time that
President Taft would not reappoint former
Senator Francis M. Cockrell of Missouri
as a member of the Interstate Commeroe
commission took more definite form today
when the president told a delegation of
Missouri congressmen, who called In Mr.
Cockrell'a behalf, that he was afraid the
hard work before the commission would
prove too much of a strain on a man of
Mr. Cockrelle age. Mr. Cockrell's term
expires December 81. If he were reap
pointed It would be for a term of seven
years. The Missouri delegation was headed
by Representative Lioya, wno ineu
spokesman.
as
I IVC STOCK RATE SUSPENDED
Uii- w
Adraaeo riled by Northwestern I
Olher Hailroada Held I n Until
April Tea.
n4
W 4 SinNfiTOV, Dec. 10. A freight tariff
filed with the Interstate Commerce com-
mlsoion by the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway company and participated in V'
110 other carriers Increasing the ratra on
the shipment of lle stock between th.
Missouri and Mississippi rivers was sus-
pendrd today by order of the commission
on the ground that the proposed rates ftp-
peared unreasonable The new rates who
to have become effective today, but by th
terms of tho erder they are supm.la un
til April 10. l'.Ul.
BRITISH ELECTION RETURNS
CoalltlonUt Msie Lead of Korty
ftevra, with Kearly Five) Hun
dred Member P.terted.
LONDON. Dec. 10.-In the election re
turns so far complete tonight the govern
ment coalition has a lend over the opposi
tion of forty-seven seats tn the new parlia
ment. - The atato of the parties this evening is:
Government coalition: Libers la. 178; na
tionalists, independent nationalists, 7;
labor members. SJ. Totnl r.l.
Oppottlon: Unionists,
r:arthiuake la t aha.
HAVANA. IV-c. . .ntUo, Cuba, capi
tal of the province of that name.
shaken at o'vlock tonlht by a heavy
iUi.UaW sin.cn. There waa great alarm
among the Inhabitsin's. but so far no dam
age baa beeu rofortod.
Editor of The Bee
Visits in New York;
Calls on Roosevelt
Lunches with Jude Alton B. Parker.
Head of Legislative Department
of Civic Federation.
Fr"m a Stiff Correspondent.)
V A tilll vnTrtv Ti r t- in fcn..i.!
an "Political Reiiospert and Prospect."
Mr. TtoTWatpr al.'o hnd a most Interest
Ins Interview with Mr. Hnwland. editor of
the Outlook, who showed Mr. P.isewater
" ja beautiful volume of prep clipping, car-
of a Few Week: toon- pictures and comment on Colonel
Hi osevelt's w estern trip during the last
ca-npnlgn. This volume treats the Omaha
daillta mmt liberally, the matter colic ted
roveilnic ni'iny pmtes.
While traveling In gunh an atmosphere,
Mr. Honewater In order to make the con
trast as nhqrr as possible had luncheon
with Alton H. Parker and the special com
mittee on state orgnlzatlrn for promotion
of uniform state lea1lntlon. Mr. Porker bj
ing piej-Hcnt of the legislative branch of
tho civic fe-lerntlnn. The editor of The
Bee is chalrn an of the Nebraska council
of the civic ftileratlon.
Represent itlv Klnkald today Introduced
a bill to appropriate 8r.O0.O0O for the re
survey of the public lands In the state of
Nebraska. This survey Is necessary'to en
able homeitetrters to know whete their lire
run. In erecting fences and making Im
provements generally. Should this bill be
enacted It would enable the corps of sur
veyors now enraged In field work In Ne
braska to be Increased at least fourfold.
Repiwentatrva Hubbard of Sioux City
will leave Washington tomorrow to spend
a few weeks In Iowa.
Attorney General Mullen and Special
Counsel Albert, representing the state of
Nebraska In tho bank guaranty cases, left
Washington last night, as did John L.. Web
ster of counsel for the banks.
The following army orders have been Is
sued: Captain James D. Fife, Medical
corps, upon arrival at Pan Francisco will
proceed to Fort Slocum, N. Y., for duty.
Leaves of absent e: Captain Morton O.
Battle, Const Artillery corps, time extended
fifteen days: Captain Rrtbert J. Maxey,
Twenty-fourth Infantry, three months.
Gov.-Elect Aldrich
Announces More
Appointments
Dr. John Hay Will Be Superintenden
of Asylum at Lincoln Dr. S. R.
Jones Penitentiary Physician.
DAVID CITY, Dec, 10. (Special Tele
gram. Governor-elect Aldrlch announced
this, morning that he would moke, the fol
lowing appointments:
IJncoln Asylum Superintendent. Dr. John
Hsy, Lincoln; first physician. Dr. Wll-
Hastings Asylum Superintendent, Dr.
William Kern, Hastings; steward, George
James. Hastings. -
Norfolk Asylum Superintendent, Dr. An.
drew Johnson, Omaha; steward, W. J.
Gutxmer, Columbua
Bookkeeper at Beatrice School T. E.
Stewart, Beatrice.
Industrial School at Kearney Assistant
superlntedent, Fred 8.' Wallace, Ravenna,
Penitentiary Physician, Dr. L. B. Jonus,
Amherst.
Deputy Oil Inspectors Second district,
Lawrence Donohue, Omaha; Third district.
F. R. Neia, Nellgh; Sixth district, F. A.
Wlsner, Lexington.
Assistant Deputy Fire Warden John N.
Trouton, South Omaha.
Fish Warden W. J. O'Brien. South Bend.
Fire Inspector Fred J. Buck, Wlsner.
Assistant Game Warden Isaac King, Su
perior. Dr. Williams, Stewart and King are dem
ocrats. Governor-elect Aldrlch In announc
ing his appointments said that he had con
sulted Dr. Coulter and Dr. Young of
Omaha, Dr. S. C. Beatty and Dr. Thomas
E. Green, all distinguished alienists, re
garding the professional and personal
qualifications of candidates for offices in
the usylumn for the insane, and that men
selected are well qualified to fill positions
to which they will be appointed.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS WARNED
Chancellor Bays Radicals Will Be
Held Responetble for Excesses
Resaltlnar from TearhlnsTS.
BERLIN, Dec. 10. Discussing Interna
tional politics In the Reichstag today.
Chancellor Von Bethmann-HoMweg. wsrned
the more radical of the exponents of
oclallam that they would be he!
count for eiicesses resulting fr
Id to ac-
from their
Uuclilngs.
ARGUMENTS IN FLEGE TRIAL
Murder Case Will Go to the
Jury
Thls Afternoon at Tkree
O'clock.
j .,
poNCA. Dec. 10. (Special Telegram.)
Tne Btate and defense In the Flege murder
tJ,(aI regte(i their cases last night at
jj.piock. Arguments are in progress today
$n(1 the ce wm g0 to the Jury this after-
.lt 3 0-clock.
Crew of Wre :ked Steamer
Marooned Thirty.-Two Hours
OSWEGO. N. T., Dec. I Marooned for
thirty-two hours on the bleak shores of
the Galloup island, the crew of the steamer
John Sharplesa was rescued today by the
steamer Hinkley of this city.
The John Sharp!es, with twenty-one
men and ere woman aboard, and bound
from" Ogdi nsbuig for Chicaso, laden with
70.000 bushels of corn as overtaken yes
terday by a snowstorm on Its last trip this
season. The gale drove the stemor upon
the rocky shores of the islands la 1 1 deit!
of night.
When the vessel struck giant waves broke
over It and flooded the boiler room, extin
guishing the fires and leaving the vessel
GRAND JURY LEAK
IN LAND1S COURT?
Charles F. De Woody Charged with
"Tipping Off Federal Lccrets by
Attorney John F. B. own.
WOMAN FAILS TO BRING EVIDENCE j
Witness Savs She Fears Documents
Would Be "Exposed."
ALLEGES PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Mrs. Aileen Christopher Tells of Her
self Receiving Information.
INQUIRY IS ORDERED AT ONCE
Head of llnreno of Investigation of
Department of Justice Accused
of Cilvlnar Information to
Tlrlek Trnst.
CHICAGO. Dec. 10. Charges that secrets
of the federal grand Jury room were being
"tipped off" to Interested parties, made
before Judge Kenesaw M. Indls of the
United States district court, caused him to
suspend a case he was hearing and de
mand that the charges be sustained at
once. The man accused of being tho "tip
ster," is Charles F. DeWoody, division su
perlntendant of the bureau of Investigation
of the Department of Justice.
The accusation was made by John F.
Brown, counsel of Mrs. Aileen Christopher,
a witness against the alleged brick trust.
She was in court to show why she had
refused to bring certain evidence and docu
ments before the grand Jury aa required
by the United States district attorney. Her
answer, by ner attorney, was mn nt
feared the evidence wourd be exposed to the
persons interested, and DeWoody was the
man she accused.
Mrs. Christopher testified that DeWoody
came to her at Portage, Wis., to get cer
tain Information and, while there, told
her of the secret Information the RTand
Jury had obtained, which later resulted In
the Indictment of former Cashier Fitsgerald
of the federal sub-treasury on charges of
the theft of 8173,000.
Judge Londis directed that this be
stricken from the record.
Attorney Brown said:
"The reason we feared to give the
grand Jury this information was that
other testimony before the grand Jury
had been tipped off to the Brick trust by
the head of hie department making the
investigation."
United States District Attorney Edwin
Sims asked if he was the department head
referreed to. Mr. Brown assured him he
was not and amplified his first statement
by saying:
De Woody Demands Inquiry.
"It Is not your department, Mr. Slma;
it la the Investigating department whose
head I referred to."
DeWoody eyrang to his feet and de
clared: "I am the head of the Investigating de
partment, seemingly - "referred - to; your
honor, and I wish to say I court the fullest
Investigation of the charges."
"Yes," continued Attorney Brown, "Mr.
DeWoody is -the department head I ' referred-
to. I-will show, the court he not
only exposed the secrets I have referred
to, but other secrets of the grand Jury
room, those pertaining to the Fltxgerald
case and other matters."
Attorney Brown also announced he had
a letter from Attorney General Wlckcr
sham, advising him not to give the evi
dence to the grand Jury, but J edge Landls
said such instructions had no weight In
his court.
Charles DeWoody has been in charge
of the Chicago division of the bureau of
Investigation of the Department of Justice
about five weeks.
Engineers Are
Ready to Strike
Ultimatum to Be Presented Monday
Backed by Ninety-Five Per
cent of Men.
CHICAGO, Dee. 10. The Brotherhood
of Railroad Engineers will present its
strike ultimatum to the Railroad Man
agers' association on Monday, backed by
the approval of more than 95 per cent
of the 83,000 engineers who are members,
according to Warren S. Stone, president of
the brotherhood, today.
After months of negotiations the de
mands of the engineers now are some 7
per cent higher than the railroad man
agers are willing to grant. If the de
mands are not acceded to a strike that
will close the throttle of every railroad
locomotive west, south and north of Chi
cago, may be called within five hours, it
was intimated.
OKLAHOMA CAPITAL ROW ENDS
Senate Committee Announces that
rttlsens of Oklahoma City
Have Met Conditions.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. 10. -Adjustment
f the capital location row In Oklahoma
eems to be in eight. For several days
he matter has been held up pending the
T'trnlshlng of a heavy guarantee by the
.'tizens of Oklahoma City. Today the
senate committee on capital location re-
'urted that at this morning's session satis-
! 'actory assurance from the citizens had
j -en received and that the committee
would be ready to report on the bills
Monday. The senate adjourned until Mon-
day.
helpless. Mrs. Frank Russell, wife of the
first mate, who was aboard as a passen
ger, was at first greatly alarmed, but dis
played fortitude during the trying hours
that followed.
The hatches were secured and hand lamps
lighted to keep the crew from freezing.
They remalntd In the cabin all night,
hoping that by the following day the seas
aould have abated and that they would be
a'ulo to secure shelter.
Thla condition continued until early this
morning when the lifeboat was manned
a.id a party. Including Mrs. Russell, was
taken ashore. As the boat was returning
for a second load the Hinckley waa sighted.
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FALL GRIDIRON CLUB DINNER
Quips and Jests at Expense of Poli
ticians in Capital.
MISS DEMOCRACY REIGNING QUEEN
She Appears in Band Wagon in Full
. Regalia, aud the Democrats -As
Introduced One' by One to
Meet Tbelr Fate.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 10.-Polltlcs, past,
present and future, was the dominant
note at the . annual fall dinner of the
Gridiron club tonight President Taft was
there with members of his cabinet; vice
President Sherman; senators and repre
sentatives In congress; latent presidential
possibilities; newly-elected governors of
states and men of mark In various posi
tions and of all shades of political belief
and ambassadors and ministers plenipo
tentiary of foreign countries who were
numbered among the club's guests heard
with wonder the good natured grilling ad
ministered by the newspaper men to their
victims. With tableaux and comedy
sketch and topical song, in clever speech
and moving picture, the incidents of the
last campaign were recalled and grim fore
cast made of the future.
And right wittily and with many a acln
tlllatlng thrust of oratory did the objects
of this attention retort upon their tor
mentors. Forgotten for the moment were
party differences; victor and vanquished
Joined hand and glove in repeumg me
attack of their critics.
Cannon's Fate.
Clearing the way for the incoming democ
racy, "Uncle joe cannon w ewcyv u.u.
and in a skit embodying a parody upon
the Mikado he was sentenced to decapita
tion. It was left to him to select his exe
cution. Vlvtor Muraoca, ne o'xiwm
too hasty" while ha feared Senator La
Follotte would talk him to aeam.
man he selected as of strong arm and
sure an old friend, was "Ko Ko" Long-
worth. Just in the nick of t'me President
Taft in the person of the Mikado, stayed
the iand of the executioner and commuted
"Uncle Joe's" eentence to staying in con
gress, as a helplesa minority and to being
chained to his seat during the debate on
the house rules. The catchy chorus or tne
Mlkado'a song ran:
My smile Is still serene,
As Plainly may oe scon.
No matter how they may jump tne irau
and batter tne oiu macmii,
fr I am aulte content.
To do the work that'e meant.
For a big American presiaent,
American president.
A furious cracking of whips and clank
ing of chains, and roars of "Oeddap" and
(Continued on Page Two.)
For Christmas. .
The want ad pages
arc particularly in
teresting to Christ
mas shoppers.
Before you start out on your
shopping tour today look
over the column "For Christ
mas" on the first Want Ad
page..
There you will find a large
number of Omaha merchants
who are offering suggestions
of things which they have
suitable for Christmas pres
ents. Many little things out of the
ordinary are mentioned there.
IqujC. J j -
Coming and Going in Omaha
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Events of the weeK, as Viewed oy luc
Grain Elevator
at Beaver City
. Struck by Meteor
Building Containing- Two Thousand
Bushels of Grain Set Fire by Heav-
. enly Visitor and Destroyed.
BEAVER CITT, Neb., Dec. 10. (Special
Telegram.) The large grain elevator
which Is owned by C." M? Linn of Hum
boldt, Neb., burned here last night, and
was an entire loss together with 1,100
bushels of corn and 800 bushels of wheat.
The elevator waa situated so far from the
water mains that the department was un
able to get but one stream of water to
It, and could not get the fire under con
trol. .
Mrs. A. C. Hardin and Mrs. W. E. Hor
ton, who live short distances from the
elevator site, both claim that It was
struck by a meteor.' They were looking
in the direction of the building a moment
before the fire, when a luminous ball
shot down out of the sky, striking the
cupola, and instantly the elevator burst
Into flames seemingly from the top to
the bottom.
As aoon as the ruins have cooled a
search will be made for the heavenly
wanderer.
Writ of Habeas Corpus
for Porter Charlton
aanwnnBBB m
Case Will Come Up for Argument Be
fore Judge Rellstab in Federal
Court December 19.
TRENTON, N. J.. Dec. 10. Jude Rell
stab in the United States circuit court to
day granted a writ of habeas corpus In
the case of Porter Charlton, who la ac
cused of having killed his wife, Mary Scott
Castle Charlton, In Italy. The court also
granted a writ of certiorari for the bring
ing of the case before him on December 19.
The application in Charlton's behalf was
made by his father, Paul Charlton. The
purpose of the proceedings was to prevent
the extradition of Charlton to Italy for
trial.
The petition aeta up that the treaty be
tween Italy and the United Statea for the
mutual extradition of persona charged with
certain crimes, under the construction
placed upon it by the Italian government,
does not extend to those persons who are
citizens of the asylum country.
It Is also claimed that there was no legal
proof of Porter Charlton's crime, and
Judge Blair of the Hudson county court,
sitting as a federal examining magistrate,
refused to hear testimony that had been
offered to estabUsh the fact that Porter
Charlton at the time he killed hie wife waa
Insane. The argument on the granting of
the writ of certiorari will take place before
Judge Rellstab on December 19. Mean
whtle Charlton will remain In custody in
Hudson county.
Justice Harlan Completes
Tnirty-Three Years on Bench
WASHINGTON, Dec. .-John Marshall
Harlan, presiding Justice of the supreme
court of the United States, today la do
ing wt-at only three other men have done
in the history of the court. He la celebrat
ing the close of thirty-three years service
on that bench.
On December 10, UTT. Justice Harlan took
his place tn the bench of the supreme
court. He was thon years of age. Not
only have all the men who were on the
bench during the first years of his service
pulsed away, but Justice Harlan'e ser
vice Is now twice as long as that of any
other member of the present court. Of
the alxty-two men who have eat on thla
PAgDE
ROTOTTDA
CHURCH BAZAARS
x.ce t Arlist.
I HIGH PRICE FROM HIGH LIVING
Adam Bede Says There Are More
Chauffeurs Than Sherman Had Men.
WORDS OF PRAISE FOR TAFT
Saya Me la tne Wisest Man to Bit In
the President's Chair In Many
Ymr To Few People
j ! . Tota.
' "President Taft is ona of the wisest men
who have been In office in thla country for
years," said J. Adam Bede, ex-congressman
from Minnesota, and well known aa
one of the readiest speakers and qulckeat
Wltted men of the session In which he took
part.
Mr. Bede was in Omaha between trains.
He Is enjoying a lecture tour and Is going
from here through Iowa, and then down
to Washington to "see some of the boye
In the government"
,' -My upholstered friend, aa I call the
president, accomplished more in the way
of legislation in the first few months of
his tour than many presidents have done
In all their service. He Is not a politician.
He wouldn't go across the street and kick
a yelow dog to be re-elected and he makes
no effort to keep himself advertised. As
far as advertisement is concerned, you
know, very few papers print the whole
truth from Washington; they confine them
selves to what is in keeping with their own
business Interests. The Bee la one of the
papers that prints the truth without re
gard to policy. Some papera are big enough
to do that.
Taft Works Qoletly.
'But Mr. Taft doesn't caU In a bunch of
newspaper men and get them worked into
a fury before he wanta to do something.
He goes about it quietly, and consequently,
he gets little notice for it.
"The present high price, that have caused
the present political situation, are the very
natural result or mgn living. There are
more automobile chauffeurs In thla country
now than there were soldiers In Sherman's
army. The men who are acting aa unneces
sary servants might Just as well be off
fighting somewhere aa to be engaged in
that. During a war we do a little de
struction, but what ' does the damage is
that we withdraw so many men from active
work. Well, luxurloua living doea the same
thing and has the same effect It caui
high prices. Naturally, the fact that the
production of gold ia doubling every ten
years or so, also affects prices, but luxur
lee are the moat important cause.
"The high prices came at the time of
the tariff revision, so every one decided
that the tariff revision waa the cause of
it, and the party In power had to Buffer.
Some men thought they would merely hurt
the leaders, but they succeeded tn defeat
ing the party.
Vote Waa Very light.
"We probably got the lightest vote this
year that has been registered in years. In
all the states you will find that the success
ful candidates received only a small num-
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
bench, Justice Harlan haa been an asso
ciate of twenty-six.
The three members of the court whose
services exceeded that of Justice Harlan
were Chief Justice John Marshall, Justice
Stephen J. Field and Justice Joseph Story.
Both Marshall and Field served more than
thirty-four years.
Several months more than T7 yeara of
age. Justice Harlan waa performing today
his proportion of the work of the court.
Besides disposing of the business incum
bent upon him as senior associate Justice
during the vacancy In the chief Justiceship,
Justice Harlan haa written six of the
thirty-three opinions announced by the
court thla term
NATION NUMBERS
101,100000 SOULS
Continental United States, Within
Own Borders, Has Nintty-One
Million Inhabitants.
TWENTY-ONE PER CENT INCREASE
Growth of Country Greater Than
Anticipated by Statisticians.
WIDE DISPARITY AMONG STATES
Five Per Cent Decrease to One Hun
dred and Twenty Increase.
IMMIGRATION IS PRIME CAUSE
(roup of Western Commonwealths
fthoiv (Intra IlanalnK from Thirty
Per Cent I nwards Tin Marked
Hush to the titles. , .
WASHINGTON. Pec. 10-ln the Unite,!
States and all Its possessions, the stars and
stripes protect 101.1i).O0O souls. This Is the
official estl'vato of the United State Bureau
of the Census, announced today, In con
nection with the population statistics for
the rountry, ax enumerated In the thir
teenth decennial census. It Includfs tho
rhlllprtnos, Samoa. Guam, Hawaii. Alaska
and the Panima canal xone.
Within Its borders on the North American
continent, exclusive of Alaska, the United '
States has a population of 91,7t.2t;! inhabi
tants. In the last ten years the statea of
rhe union had an Increase of population
of 15,577,M1. which amounts to SI per cent
over the WO figures.
Since the first census was taken in 1790,
tho country has grown twenty-five times
as large, the population then having been
3.920. 214. slightly larger than the present
population of Texas.
The growth of the country was greater
than has been anticipated by the exrert
etatlclons, who have closely watched the
progress of the country's population.
Statistics of the population of the four
states, announcement of which was with
held until the country's total population
was announced, follow:
Georgia. 2,fiO.l21, nn Increase of 392.790,
or 17.7 per cent over 2.216.S31 In 1100, when
the Increase over 190 was 378,978, cr 20.
per cent
Montana, 376,053, an Increase of 132.724. or
M.5 per cent over S43.329 In l!i00, when the
Increase over 1890 was 100,405. or 70.3 per
cent.
Washington, 1.141.M0, an Increase of 623 887,
or 120.4 per cent over 518,103 In 1900, when
the increase over 1SK0 was 1C0.S71, or 5.0 per
cent.
Wisconsin. 2,333,800, sn Increase of 264,
SIS. or 12.7 rer cent over 2,069,012 In 19.0. whn
tho Increase over 1S90 waa 375,712, or tZ.t
per cent.
The number of persons in the military
and naval section of the United States "
stationed abroad and on naval vessels Is
K6.60R.
Dnrand Hives Rrnaona. ,
In a statement explaining the Increase of
the population of the continental Vlilted
State to ' M.72,2e0. Director Durand at
tributes the growth largely to greater net
aaaiuona through linmlgraUon. He finds '
a wider disparity in the growth of the dif
ferent statea in the last decade than for
auy other. The range is from a decrease of
8.1 per cent in Iowa, to an Increase of 120
per cent in Washington.
The country," he eaya. "is plainly
marked off in broad groups of statea. so-
cording to the dlfferenoe in the increase.
The statea showing the loveat Increase,
falling below 10 per cent, are, five In the
great central section of the country. Iowa.
Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee;
cne tnree northern New Enkland states,
Maryland and Delaware.
"The statea ehowing the next highest In
crease, between 10 and 20 per cent Ha
adjacent to those showing the liwest and
Include, In the middle weat, Ohio, Michi
gan, Wisconsin, Illinois. Minnesota, Ne
braska and Kansas and on the other hand
a great belt of southern statea, irginla.
North Carolina, South Carolina. Alabama
and Mississippi.
"States which ahow an Inorease from 20
to 30 per cent are, for the most part, the
great manufacturing statea, Including Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut New
York, Pennsylvania and Weat Virginia.
The only other states increasing between
20 and 30 per cent are Arkansas and Texas.
Ktatea Showing- Largreat Galna.
The atates which ahow an increase x,'
litni wnn me exception
of New Jersey and Florlad, all in the west
and make up a belt comprising one-third of
the area of the United States. South Da
kota, Utah and Colorado had increases
between 30 and 660 per cent, while North
Dakota, Wyoming, Oregon, Nevada. Call-,
fornla. New Mexico and .Arixona increased;
between 50 and 100 per cent; and Oklahoma,
Idaho and Washington, more than 100 per
cent
"The Increase In the ten yeara. 1900 to
1910, waa greater than In the previous
decade in . twenty-alx of the forty-nine
sttaea, fifteen of these being west of the
Mississippi river. ,
"The greatest change in growth is found
In the three Paclflo coast statea and Ne
vada and New Mexico, all of which grew
faster in the last ten years than in the. one
preceding.
Population by Divisions.
"The population of the nine geographic
divisions is: ,
New England 6,fcM.l
Middle Atlantic 19 315 sstj
K.ast North Central ..ia,'i6i),'ii2l
West North Central ll.tkf7.9Jl
South Atlantlo lj i(n
Kast South Central 8,40,il
West South Central 7M M4
Mountain X33 M7
Pacific '. 4.1W.80I
"The population of the northern section
Is 66,767,115; southern section, 29,339,330;
weatern . section, . 825, 821.
"The per cents of Increase from 1900 to
1910 in tlve geographic divisions are;
New England 17.J
Middle Atlantic 25 0
Kaat North Central H
West North Central 13.6
South Atlantic tg.fj
Kast South Central 11.4 '
West South (Vnlrai 91 r
Mountain f
Pacific 7g.5
"The Increase waa 17.7 per cent In the
northern aectlon, 19.8 per cent In the south
ern section and 6.S ptr cent in the western
section,
"The fact that the Increaae for the coun
try as a whole was greater from 10 to
1910 than In the preceding decade was due
entirely to the added growth In the middle
Atlantic, mountain and Pacific divisions.
In all six of the other divisions, the In
crease In the last decade was less than
In the prevloua one."
Mr. Durand expresses the opinion that
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