Show I I MORE NAMES THAN PEOPlE I Census Returns Padded at Tacoma Seattle Aberdeen Portland Ore Minneapolis Boise and Fort Smith Ark SECOND ENUMERATION IN CITY Figures Turned In Showed a Population of 1 Whereas Under Recount Only Were on Roll Rolli OTHER CITIES SUSPECTED Oct Oat 15 WASHINGTON W by b the returns by the ne new II MV ceneus in a number of n cut cm clUr Director U urn nil of the he nu bureau ordered nu an gallon the result of ot bleh appeared in 10 ini Inthe i the announcement tonight that gross roli I fraud hod been I Ir ge gace out uNo niso n D letter Idler I Irma from Tuft directing that per peri peron i HO on us implicated In lu the alleged ld frauds i be b i title hire N mentioned an as being I I affected by b the liar fraud frauds are Se Sc Sel SeI l Utile attic and 11 b 1 I I Ore Minn Minu Ida and Fort Smith Ark ArU lout lint It IK is saul that fiat there are many mooT others I The result of a second enumeration numeration I i of Tacoma fa coma was announced tonight TIt TCP TItI city shows a population of K II 3 u Ui lu I Increase of ot or 12 I 0 per r ur oer the th population of or 1 M The fir fv f fur ures ur turned in for Tacoma Tei l 1 II 8 In other words the tIe i tiun tion was Yo padded to the extent or f i fi which would have he meant a Ii furt i ad addition addition of 40 per cent These additions were made mad in 4 out ut of the 73 ra enumeration in rt ii Ta Tacoma Tacoma Tacoma coma In some BOIDe of these thit di districts tri i the number reported proved to be several times greater than the actual ula tion Uon In ten dIstricts district enumerated t th te p first census showed 2 1153 names whereas where the correct number was waa found to be The statement Issued uy by II Director Durand Darned consists in the main In of et a let letter letter letter ter from himself add to Secre Secretary Secretary tary tar Nagel of ot the tb department of com corn commerce commerce merce and labor dated dUM October 8 In III IIII which the whole cs ca is Ie presented and anel anda anela a brief letter from President Taft to Mr Nagel of date elate of October Octor 11 Tuffs Tafts Letter The letter of ot President Taft follows I Beverly asa Oct 11 II 1919 lUO I have hay read Director tor Durands DraR let jar tr r and 4 with vib hint that thai U ought to Ie ed I The eases cases of ot all those who appear to have hae violated the law Jaw bold abOd be i investigated by br the grand gnand Jury and if it sufficient is I found to justify it they should be in Ift indicted Indicted and prosecuted at once Noth Koth Nothing lag ing will 11 so II conduce to te securing a proper census as the prosecution of or tb who attempt a fraud upon the law lawI 1 I am led to bel tre that the present Continued 11 ou un Page lAge Ten reit I MORE NAMES THAN PEOPlE Continued from Page One On in census has hall been much freer from at attempted attempted tempted frauds than any previous cen can census sus but the instances cited by Mr Dur Durand Durand Durand and are ara sufficient to quire inquire the mos most vigilance to bring those thae who have yb 10 the law to Justice and proper prope punishment Sincerely yours your WILLIAM H TAFT Hon Charles Nagel Secretary o ot of Commerce and Labor How Padding Wn Was II Done flone The letter of Director Durand also addressed add to Secretary Nagel sets forth that attempted padding of ot the census was brought about mainly through the use ulle of or slips printed by private Individuals and containing the census questions These Theae were distributed very ver gener generally generally generally ally on street corners and elsewhere and were filled out by b thousands o or of people who had either already been bean enumerated or were not Dot permanent residents of ot the city and not entitled to enumeration there It Is possible that In some oases cases the names were wholly holly fictitious These Thet e slips were turned over by the I private individuals who collected them through a special agent of ot the census bureau named Corwin to thirtyfour or orthe orthe orthe the enumerators and they the under the Instructions of ot Corwin added the names to the enumeration by assign assignIng ling lag Ing them as boarders or lodgers to various houses In their districts in other words the director states the enumerators deliberately made the false tale statement that these persons were resident at this or that particular lar liu street number although the enu enumerators enumerators enumerators knew nothing whatever with regard to the so fraudulently added Careful The director says sas the census bu bureaus bureaus bureaus work In rechecking or recount recountIng recountIng recounting Ing the population of ot the padded dis districts In Tacoma was done dOll with the greatest care in order that the full population might be ascertained The director declares also that more or less extensive attempts at padding the census have hae been discovered in other cities mentioned and he adds that Investigations are in progress with reference to a number of ot still sUli other cities Full Information regarding these thee eases will wilt be made public later In Inmany Inmany many instances instance s he states this pad padding padding ding consisted In the repetition of ot visits by the enumerator to hotels boarding hoarding and lodging houses the city eity elt after the census day perhaps merely for tor a stay of a few days were add added d to the enumeration as residents Quickly Director Durand says that the cusp suspicions suspicions eion of Chief Statistician William Hunt and Chief of Division William Imam H Jar Jarvie JarVia vie Via Is of the population division of ot the census bureau With regard to the cen can census sus aus of ot Ta me were aroused when un n examination of the schedules n nhe the he office ottlee at Washington It was wad found that there was an absurdly ab large lane num nor oer of ot families reporting great numbers of ot roomers and 1 l lodgers William WilliamA A McKenzie a bureau burean expert e who had hd charge of ot the enumeration of ot th fourth district of ot Alaska was sent ent by ty Durand to Tacoma and made mad madea mada a thorough In the ten districts mentioned a corn com piete lete was made while In n other suspicious dill ilm di the head of ot house was wail vis visIted vi ted and investigated l Many names were assigned to vacant lots and they were eliminated The director says saye It Is not yet known know whether arty any Individuals or group ct cf In Individuals individuals were werft responsible for fr the false u in Tacoma The claim U s II made that the names were given glen to the tha enumerators with the avowed purpose of ot ascertaining whether they hat hal 1 been listed Instead of using the names lines n for this the enumerators added them without making any examination Excuse of Enumerators Enumerator In excuse for this course they say 1 h y were acting under directions of M ane me of ot the tho special agents of the census bureau at Tacoma He distributed large bunches of ot slips alias among the enumerators stating Mr Durand alleges that the names were thee of bona tide fide residents who ah be registered Mr Ir Durand that Corwin went BO so far as to say that the names must be bo counted even though their heir owners were assigned to o vacant ota lots 10 t |