The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-29
TACOMA IS GIVEN
CENSUS RECOUNT
Director Durand Will Allow
Names to Be Taken Again
by U. S. Officials.
WEAK HEARTS KILL MANY
MORTALITY STATISTICS SHOW
THAT THIS DISEASE is SECOND
TO TUBERCULOSIS IN THE
UNITED STATES.

| Washington, ID. c.. Oct 29-Reiter-
ing and emphasizing his previous al
Legations of fraud in connection with
the census of Tacoma, Wash. Director
Durand of the census bureau was for
warded to the Tacoma committee a
letter conceding the request for re-
enumeration of the population of that
city.
| In making the concession the direc-
tor makes the condition that no pri-
waite individual or private organiza-
ton shall in any way undertake to in
terfere with or to assist in the work
of remuneration except in such man.
ner as may be approved by himself.
1T is my intention" he said. after
the enumerators have completed their
work as fully as possible to give
the local commercial organizations an
opportunity to ascertain whether other
names should be added, but until that
| time no participation whatever of pri-
vate individuals or organizations will
be permitted"
| Must Behave in the Count.
l iiC SiooCo lulo wal uluS Will Tie DOS-
tive declaration that If any such in
reference should be attempted the
| enumeration will cease at once. In
the body of his letter Mr. Durand
says:
The recount is not conceded be-
cause of any doubt whatever as to the
existence and great extent of the
l. ND In,
The evidence of such frauds is over
whelming.
1T Is a fact, however, that by rea-
son of the methods of frauds pursued
the methods of eliminating the fraudu-
lent names which had to be utilized
may quite likely have resulted in the
elimination of some names of bona
fide residents. The. people of Tacoma.
In the absence of remuneration, will
always believe that the number of
bona fide names thus eliminated was
large, and a recount will furnish the
only means by which this question
can be properly settled"
Heart Disease Kills Many.
Heart disease, ranked second only to
tuberculosis of the lungs as the prin-
cipal cause OF death during 1909
among the gainfully employed male
persons in the United States death
registration area, which comprises
over half of the estimated population
of the country, according to figures
issued by the census Office.
+ The percentage of deaths caused by
heart disease was 11.9, being higher
among men employed in domestic and
personal service during the several
/ age periods from 25 to "a, but between
the, latter age and GA greater among
men engaged in agricultural pursuits
than in any other of the five classes
into which the occupations have been
divided.
How Deaths Are cIassed.
The percentage of deaths in the diff
ferent classes at the various age pc
RODS was:
From 25 to "a years: Agricultural
pursuits. 4.6; professional men, 49,;
domestic and personal service, 81;
trade and transportation, At; and
manufacturing and mechanical. AS.
From IS to A years: Agricultural
pursuits. IA; professional men, 70;
domestic and personal service. 8.3;
trade and transportation, SO, and
manufacturing and mechanical, TO.
From Al to "a years: Agricultural
pursuits, 11.9; professional men, los;
domestic and personal service, 1872;
trade and transportation. los, and