Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-28
.DURAND TELLS OF FRAUDS
Census Director Gives Results Of Re
count Of Seattle and Portland.
INTENTIONAL FRAUD DOUBTLESS
Corrected Returns Are Made Public
one Enumerator Has Been In
dicted for violation of
Census Act.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27--In announcing
tonight the correct population OF Seattle
Wash, and Portland, Ore. az 2y7,1@ and
2O7 pa respectively, Census Director Durand
issued statements giving the results OF the
remuneration made necessary In certain
districts Of the two cities by evidences Of
the padding Of the original figures.
The original returns from Seattle con-
tanned 24s, SS2 names, or Hiss more than the
final figures" said Mr.. Dursnd This
difference represents names eliminated
from various districts as not entitled to
enumeration and in the case OF District
No. s., the differences between the orig
inal enumeration and accommodation,
which was found necessary. Corrections
were made in the enumeration Of fifteen
districts out OF total of 10. A consider
able number Of other districts, in which the
original returns indicated the possibility of
incorrect enumeration, were found to be
substantially correct.
The original returns for Portland con-
tanned 222,959 names, or 1915 more than
the final count, the latter number being
eliminated on a careful re-checking Of GER
tain districts.
Printed Slips Used.
A private organization in each city, in
ton, had slips printed containing the cen
sus questions and names we're added by
the enumerators from the slips thus col
lected. The organizations in each case col
lected names of many persons who
claimed not to have been enumerated and
to be entitled to enumeration" These
slips, the census bureau discovered, con-
tanned names of many transients in the
city and others not entitled to be counted.
Several enumerators in Portland as
signed large numbers OF names from these
slips to vacant lots or buildings contain
ing no residents" One enumerator on
checking up such slips handed to him
found that his own name appeared on
five different slips as not having been
enumerated"
One railroad grading gang which pos
sibly at one time was employed in Port
land but which at the time of the enum-
GRAFTON was in the state of Montana, was
enumerated"
One district enumerator listed over ], 100
persons as residents at some business e.
Enlistment"
over 100 persons we're enumerated as
residents Of a Japanese church."
The crews OF several vessels, not having
Portland as their home port and in one
case the passengers on a steamer Whlch
arrived at Portland were counted the CEN
sus bureau declares.
OF the fifteen enumerators in Seattle
found to have padded their returns, lit is
impossible" says the statement, Ito say
with certainty how many were guilty of in
territorial fraud But in the cases of dis
tricts 60 and lO7," 1t adds. 'in which the
greatest number Of names were eliminated,
there can be little doubt that Intentional
fraud was perpetrated."
In the latter district the methods pur-
sued are reported as particularly fla
grant"
The correct enumeration was l,T6S,
whereas the enumerator presented 1885
names. In the other districts the original
enumeration showed 1851 names, the re-
count 449l.
The former enumerator has been indicted
for violation OF the census act. The other
enumerator, 1t is said, interpreted his in
structions so literally that he invented out
of his own head information where 1t was
lacking. In one place the enumerator in
District 50 reported 121 persons living in a
building which a recount showed contained
only nineteen regular dodgers. In another
district the recount reduced the enumera-
ton from AIS to ASH.