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THE CENSUS
ENUMERATORS
FOR STATES
A Total Increase Required of
About 11,000 Over Last
Census Year
BY STATES
About 05,000 Enumerators in All
Will be Needed For the 1910 On
huh Knuinerators Must Forward
Their Returns to the Supervisors
Within 30 Days After Beginning
Work For Country Districts and
Within Two Weeks From Cities
Pennsylvania ' Will Continue to
Hold the Leadership With the
Largest Number, Requiring 5,200,
North Carolina Will Require
l.BOO.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, Sept. 11 About 65,
000 enumerators will be needed for
taking the thirteenth decennial cen
sus of the United States, Hawaii and
Porto Rico, according to estimates
prepared by the census bureau. This
is an increase of about 11,000 over
the number for the census of 1900.
The present census law requires
that the enumeration of the popula
tion shall be taken as of April 15,
1910. The enumerators must for
ward their returns fo the supervisors
within 30 days from the commence
ment of the enumeration, except in
cities having 5,000 inhabitants or
more at the preceding census, the
enumeration shall be completed
within two weeks.
Oklahoma and Washington will
call for about a 300 per cent, increase
over the 1900 force of enumerators.
Pennsylvania will continue in the
leadership, having the largest num
ber of enumerators, the 1910 force
being estimated at 5,200 against
4,720 in 1900. New York is second
with 5,000 for 1910 as compared with
4,541 in 1900. Next comes Illinois,
OhiQ, Texas, Missouri, Massachusetts,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and
California, all needing 2,000 or more
enumerators each.
Increases In population will, in
1910, occasion a 50 per cent, increase
over the 1900 force in California,
Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts,
Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, West
Virginia, and Wyoming. There will
be' no material increase in the num
ber of enumerators for Vermont and
only a small additional force for Ar
kansas, Iowa. Maine, Oregon,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, and
Tennessee.
Alabama, In 1900, was divided into
0232 enumeration districts. The in
crease of population will not require
more than 1,500 districts in 1910.
An Increase In the number of Ari
zona districts will be made. The
enumeration will be 203 against 128
In 1900. In 1900, 926 enumerators
in Arkansas were employed. A
Blight Increase In the number will be
necessary for 1910. California, in
1900, was enumerated by 1,263 men.
A great increase in population, es
pecially In the southern part of the
state, will require about 2,000 enu
merators in 1910. The Colorado
force in 1900 numbered 391. Now it
requires about 500 enumerators.
The Connecticut enumerators will be
Increased from 554 to 750. Dela
ware from 105 to 150. District of
Columbia from 160 to 225. Florida
from 279 in 1900 to 450 in 1910.
Georgia from 1,276 to 1.650. Hawaii
from 108 to 150.
Idaho's force will be advanced
from 164 to 200. Illinois 3,409 to
about 3,900. Chicago will require
X, 500 enumerators. In Indiana
1,352 districts of 1900 have expanded
to,2,200 in 1910. InUowa the 1,770
districts In 1900 will number 1,860
in 1910. The Kansas districts rise
from 1,405 in 1900 to 1,500 in 1910.
Kentucky had 1,329 enumerators in
1900 and will need 1,600 In 1910.
In Louisiana an Increase in districts
from 726 to 950 will be necessary.
There were 495 enumerators in
Maine in 1900, 550 In 1910 will com
plete the work. Maryland was count
ed in 1900 by 765. The work in
1910 will be accomplished by 900.
Baltimore will require 400 enumera
tore next year. Massachusetts had
1,853 in 1900; In 1910 it la est!-,
mated 8, COO will finish the count. In
Michigan the increase is from 1,817
in 1900 to 2,000 in 1910.
Minnesota bad 1.697 enumerators
in 1900 and ,2,000 enumerators will
be necessary' in "1910. Mississippi
was enumerated by 859 men in 1900;
IMPOSSIBLE FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES, JR.,
TO REACH RALEIGH THIS AFTERNOON:
BUT HE WILL BE HERE SURE MONDAY
Prince Runi, of Japan
Prince Kuiil, of Japan, in America to represent his cousin, the Emperor of
Japan, at Hudson-Fulton Celebration.
The Jtfail of Mystery Writes From Alabama Stating
Why He Failed to Reach Raleigh Today Will Take
the Same Route as Announced in Friday's Paper.
Statement From His Manager.
Sherlock Holmes, Jr., the Alan of
Mystery, Has Iteen Delayed and
Cannot Possibly Arrive in Raleigh
Before Monday.
The following letter from the great
detective is self-explanatory:
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 8,-09
Evening Times, .
Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Sirs:
I am informed by my manager that
am due to arive in your city Sat
urday, September 11th, and that I
have been so advertised, had I been
notified ?oonrr. I might have avoided
any inconvenience to you, but as mat
ters stand, it cannot bp Helped. I am
told that you do not care co use a
ubstitute In your city (as has been
done in one or two instances of late
in other towns), but that it is essen
tial that I be there myself. This be
ing the case, it will be absolutely ne
cessary for you to postpone my ar
rival until Monday.
In looking over the train schedules
I find that I can arrive In youf city
about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon.
You can announce this fact through
your paper.
I was compelled to come here for a
little rest, and while I am not entire
ly fit, I will forego further recupera
tion so as not to embarrass the prop
osition in Raleigh.
Trusting that you can arrange mat
ters and sincerely regretting my In-
1,000 will in 1910 count as fast. Mis
souri, with 2,302 In 1900, will re
quire 2,700 in 1910. Montana had
234 in 1900, 450 men will bo re
quired in 1910.
Nebraska was enumerated In 1900
by 1,076, in 1910 1,200 will be re
quired.
Nevada's count in 1900 was made
by 54 enumerators; 100 will be neces
sary in 1910. New Hampshire In
1900 was counted by 280; the num
ber for 1910 is 325. New Jersey was
taken in 1900 by 1,123 enumerators;
In 1910 it will require 1,700. New
Mexico in 1900 was counted by 195,
In 1910 350 men will be needed.
New York was counted by 4,541 in
1900; in 1910 It will require at least
5,000; 1,800 in Manhattan and the
Bronx; and 1,200 for Brooklyn and
Long Island. North Carolina's 1,238
in 1900 will be Increased In 1910 to
1,500. North Dakota had 279 in
1900, and will require 450 in 1910.
Virginia. In 1900. had 1.110: in
1910 about 1,500 will be needed.
South Carolina had 754 In 1900 and
will need 850 in 1910. In 1900 Texas
was counted by 1824; in 1910 3,000
men will be needed. v
ability to be with you as advertised,
I am
Very truly yours,
SHERLOCK HOLMES, JU.
Manager Talks.
The gentleman now in the city
looking out for Mr. Holmes' interest
makes the following statement:
"I did not anticipate a hitch in our
arrangements here when I announc
ed that Sherlock Holmes, Jr., would
arrive in the city today, and it was
my fntention to use a substitute in
case of a delay. We have resorted to
this in one or two instances in other
towns, but since Mr. Holmes has suf
ficiently recuperated to arrive by Mon
day, and since it is the desire here
not to use a substitute, will say that
Sherlock Holmes, Jr., the man of
mystery, the cunning ingenious Mr.
Holmes himself will positively arrive
in Raleigh upon one of the trains
reaching this city about 4 o'clock
Monday afternoon.
Upon arrival here Mr. Holmes will
follow closely the route as previously
stated In this piper. That is, he will
walk up Fayetteville street, take a
look at the capltol, go into some of
the prominent business houses, pos
sibly look up the chief of police, and
in other words, make himself per
fectly at home.
Who usually catches him? you ask.
No certainty whatever as to that.
It is just as liable to be one as an
other. All sorts of people have cap
tured Mr. Holmes, and in some of the
larger cities the interest has been in
tense. Now the genuine Mr. Sherlock
Holmes, Jr., the man of mastery, will
positively come into the city upon
some train arriving about 4 o'clock
Monday afternoon.
Mr. Holmes has been compelled to
take a few weeks' rest cure, for he of
all leads the truly strenuous exist
ence. We have never been able to
find a substitute that could possibly
give the proposition the sucess it
shouia have and I am delighted to be
able to state that Mr. Holmes him
self will positively arive in Raleigh
Monday afternoon.
So Sherlock Holmes, Jr., is coming.
Look out for him and remember the
phrase, "You are the mysterious Mr.
Sherlock Holmes, Jr., of The Evening
Times." v
Made High Flight.
Worcester, Mass., Sept. 10 In en
deavor to test the high flying abilities
of his Fulton airship. Captain Thomas
9, Baldwin last evening guided his
craft to an altitude of 3,500 feet.
Count Von Zepplln's best record is
1,000 fet.
THE RALEIGH
SCHOOLS ARE
ALLCROWDED
Many Institutions are Refus
ing to Receive More
Students
COLLEGES ARE FULL
A. & M. Registration Far Ahead of
Last Year Peace Institute Will be
Unable to Accommodate All Who
Wish to Kilter St. Mary's Will be
Taxed to its Limit in Spite of Three
New Buildings Meredith College
Begins Most Successful Year 2,
AOO in Raleigh Public Schools
The close of the first week at the
North Carolina Agricultural and Me
chanical College finds the largest en
rollment in Its history. The regis
tration up to date shows that there
are 420 boys there, which is fifty
five more t han were registered on the
25th of September last year.
The first-year class is far in ex
cess of any other year. The personel
of this class is better than usual, the
members being older and of more ma
turity than the classes of the past.
The new professor of agricultural
extension, I. O. Schaub, has been at
ork since July 1, and already favor
able results have been obtained from
his labors. He attended a good many
farmers' institutes and visited rural
schools and inspected the farms at
tached to them. He is now planning
an active campaign for the purpose of
bringing the farmers of the state in
closer touch with' (?he college work.
Prof. Schaub U with th co lie ere for
(fie distinct purpose of benefitting
the farmer and is ready and anxious
to render any assistance in his power
to them, if they will only let him
know.
The rooming capacity of the college
is so taxed that about fifteen students
have had to be turned away this
week, most of them being from other
states.
In addition to the many improve
ments mentioned in The Times sev
eral days ago, the college has just
finished equipping an up-to-date
foundry, and will make all its own
castings in the future. This installa
tion of the foundry was largely done
by students in the mechanical course.
The military side of A. & M. has
been improved. The old 45-caliber
Springfield rifle has been replaced
with the 1898 model of the Grag-Jor-geson
rifle. The equipment such as
belts, bayonets, etc., is entirely new.
There are incorporated in the bat
talion and band 315 officers, non
commissioned officers and privates.
The battalion was organized Septem
ber 3 and consists of Companies A, B,
C, and D, atod the band. In this de
partment of the college, the men
have settled down to work more
quickly than any. year dirftag the
present administration. It Is believ
ed that the efforts of the men mani
fested in this work will have good re
sults by the time of the public exhi
bition, which will take place on the
opening of the State Fair.
The War Department offers several
inducements in the way of securing
reasonably good positions for young
men who show an aptitude in military
work and desire a military career.
Young men who qualify as honor
graduates of the college have an op
portunity each year to appear before
a regular army examining board ami
undergo an examination for the reg
ular service as second lieutenant.
The War Department has found It
self justified in offering to certain
youlng men very good positions In the
military service In the Philippine Is
lands. There are now four A. & M.
men in the Philippine. Islands and
one in the regular service, the small
est salary of any being $1,400 per
year. There are four others waiting
the results of a recent examination,
and four more will stand In Novem
The military service of the college
not only qualifies the man for mili
tary life, but better prepares him for
civil life, whether it be in manufac
turing life'or professional, he is bet
ter equipped by this training.
There has been no hazing this year
and there are no evidences that there
will be any. The student body has
pledged Itself to abolish this and has
been sticking to its promises.
St. Mary's.
The prospects are fine for a good
attendance at St. Mary's this year
and it is expected that the capacity
of the college will be taxed to its ut
most when the session opens Septem-
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Roosevelt Bidding Penary Godspeed
.
President Roosevelt bidding fiod-speed lo t'oiniiiander Peary on deck of
Arctic Steamer Roosevelt, upon departure of explorer in questof the
.North Pole, July 7, 1!.MS, at Oyster Buy.
PEARY'S STORY CORROBORATES THE
STATEMENT MADE jY DR. COOK
EXCEPT AS TO THE TEMPERATURE
A Striking Similarity in the Two Stories in the Descrip
tion of the Arctic Fields and Also in the Description
of the Desolate Condition About the Pole is Shown
and the Critics Are More Lenient.
( By ('able to The Times. )
London, Sept. -11 Scientists de
clared today tlmt Dr. Frederick A.
Cook's story of his dash to the North
Pole and back is both corroborated
and discredited by the installment of
Commander Robert E. Peary's ac
count as published here today in the
Times.
A striking similarity in the descrip
tion of the Arctic icefields beyond the
SSth parallel of latitude and wiiiiin
the very shadow of the pule in the
narrative of the two explorers a vi
vidly simiJar description of I he
smooth, glacial suiiaces and t lie rapm
time these conditions enabled hoih
men to make, went far to shatter the
skepticism concerning Cook's exploit,
and yet, in the matter ot temperature
the figures are far different, Peary
giving the temperature at 40 degrees
below zero, while Dr. Cook placed it
at S3 degrees below, a vast discrepancy.
Beyond the SIM h. the temperature
rose 15 degrees, according to Peary.
Cook made no mention ot warmer
weather.
So identically do certain other de
tails bear out the statements of Dr.!
Cook that today scientists and geog
raphers who had held 'aloof from the
controversy declared tneir laun in
the physician-explorer's story, while.
of course, crediting cominauuer
Peary's story and using it as a basis
ot comparison.
In the matter of temperature the
biggest discrepancy exists, peaij
speaks of tae temperature ranging
from :i:l degrees to 12 on April .,
the day he let t the pole. Dr. I'nok
figures ranged fully 00 degrees lower.
After leaving the ssth parallel
Peary set out alone in his dog sledge,
leaving the other members of the
party to break camp and follow him.
Among the party was one keen young
Esquimaux who had been promised a
rifle with ammunition and a tyoat, if
he would complete the journey to the
northern goal with Peary. So eager
was this young chap for the daring
dash that it led to a quest ion of his
enthusiasm until it was found that
he was in love with an Esquimaux
girl but was too poor to mary her
until he became an Esquimaux pluto
crat, which merely consists in owning
a gun and a boat.
Peary's description of the ice fields
beyond the 88th parallel bears out
Cook's description.
The surface was smooth and as
level as a glacier fringe, broken only
occasionally with ridges and with
very little open water. The dogs were
able to proceed at a gallop and In one
run of ten hours immediately after
passing the 88th parallel Peary made
twenty miles. After the Silth paral
lel, the temperature was 4 0 -degrees
below zero. Passing the Niltli, Peary
made twenty-live miles in a single
dash in a hitter wind so cold that the
flesh cracked and even the Esqui
maux complained.
Beyond the 2Sih the sky was
sonihie, the horizon smoky and gray;
the desolation nudescribable. Not a
living thing in sight and the solitude
broken only hy the groaning of the
greenish ice Hoes over which the
sledge sped. Cool; had called it a
desolaie spot ihe solitude unbroken
mid tiie silence and loneliness oppres
sive. As Peary proceeded the going
grew belter and faster time was
made another important feature
completely vindicating Dr. Cook and
hearing out. apparently, his narrative
completely.
In twelve hours the Peary party
was able to make forty miles. There
was not a single stretch of open wa
ter to hinder the march. The goal
was almost in sight.
Commander Peary took observa
tions at frequent intervals until he
had established his feat. The com
mander had realized the ambition of
ii'.s life: he was at the North Pole.
A detour of some eighteen miles was
made about the pole, observations be
ing taken almost continually to es
tablish not only proof of the discov
ery hut for scientific values subse
quently.' On the afternoon of April T. the
day aller the pole had been discov
ered, a sounding was made five miles
from the North Pole. The plummet
dropped !,0(iU feel into the Sea and
still did not touch bottom.
Then started the race home.
A gale sprung up with biting winds
and blinding snow. Luck favored
Peary- just as it had favored Cook
l he year before. When Peary arrived
at the Roosevelt, filled with joy at
the great feat he had just consum
mated, his rejoicing was turned to
sorrow by learning of the death of
Prof. Ross Marvin.
The Daily Chronicle Is sending a
correspondent to New York to watch
the Peary-Cook controversy at close
range.
Washington, Sept. 1 1 The Wo
nians' National Civic Federation,
which has done much to better con
ditions among government employes
here, has under advisement a' scheme
for the formation of a loan associa
tion, which when realized, will mean
the dawn of a new era to depart
mental clerks and others In the gov
ernment employ, who have long been
sufferers from ursurers . and loan
sharks.
PEARY STILL
CLAIMS DR.
COOKAFAKIR
Says He Has Facts That Will
Effectully Disprove Cook's
Statement
HE IS A GOLD BRICK
On the Other Hand the Repeated
Charges Made by Peary Are Stirr
ing up the Friends of Cook, and
They Are Preparing a Bomb Which
Will he Exploded When Peary
Reaches New York Peary Will be
Accused of Opening Cook's Let
ters and a Member of His Own
Party is Ready to Make Affidavit
to the Fact These Affidavit Are
Now in the Hands - of John B.
Bradley, and Will be Exploded at
the Proper Time.
(By Cable to The Times)
Battle Harbor, Labrador, via Mar
coni wireless, Cape Ray, N. F., Sept.
11 The Roosevelt will remain here
three or four days coaling and over
hauling ship. I expect to arrive at
Sydney about September 15.
Do not trouble about Cook's story.
The affair will settle itself.
He has not been at the pole on
April 21, 1908, or at any other time.
He has simply handed the public a
old brick. . ; 7 ..
These statements are made advis
edly and 1 have proof of them'. "Wh'eb
he makes a full statement of his
jourhey, over his signature to sonie
geographical society or other 'reput
able body, if that statement contali ,
the claims that he has reaefced tae
pole, I shall be In a position td furn
ish material that may prove distinct
ly interesting reading for' the public.
ROBERT E. PEARY.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, Sept. 11 This latest
dispatch from Commander Robert E.
Peary, charging Dr. Frederick A.
Cook with being a fakir, today
aroused the friends of the Brooklyn
physician and they are preparing a
bomb shell which will be exploded
when Peary and Cook reach New
York.
Peary will be charged with appro
priating 87 silver fox furs, obtained
by Dr. Cook, and also with opening
letters written by the physician to
his wife in Brooklyn.
These charges will be presented In
affidavit form, sworn to by Joseph
White, who was a member of the
Peary expedition, and by Rudolph
Francke, who accompanied Cook.
The letters Peary is accused of
opening, which had been entrusted by
Cook to Francke, in his own employ.
to bring back from the Arctic seas.
disclosed Dr. Cook's plans and prog
ress toward the pole.
When Francke became disabled
and left Dr. Cook he started fop-
home, met the Peary expedition 'on
the way back and spent several days
on the Roosevelt. ;
Fancke has sworn that Dr. Cook's
letters were not only read, but
changed by someone on the Roose
velt. !
An affidavit against Commander
Peary has also been made by Joseph
White, who was a member of Peary's
own party. Such charges against a
man of Commander Peary's charac
ter seem incredible, but they show the
bitterness of the fight begun by
Peary's attack on Cook. .
The affidavits are now in the
hands of John R. Bradley, Who
financed the Cook expedition. ,
Both White and Francke were
charged by Bradley not to repeat toe
contents or their affidavits, but taeit
purport has been ascertained. It Is
understood that the object in with
holding the affidavits is not so much
because Dr. Cook's . approval is
wished, but because his friends wiab'
to question Harry Whitney regardltig
his reasons for leaving Peary's shut
In mid-sea for a slow going schooner,
Some of Dr. Cook's friends state tbelr
belief that Whitney found it unple
ant to be under Peary's control
while he carried reports made ,byj
Dr. COOk. ' ." , . i ::
All the reported actions ot Whit
ney afford a mystery to Dr. Cook's
friends, and they believe his ttotjr
will go a long way towsrd oiesrlng
up the rival olaims of the explorers.
Rudolph Francke ; and " Joeerih
White returned with Ralph johhion,
one of Peary's sailors, upon the iup-
piy snip uric. They ars wtlnjg lfc re
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