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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
T FISHER ATTACKS
OIL COMPANY IN
INDIAN INQUIRY
Says Chiefs Confessed They
Were Bribed-Concern
Principally Engaged
in Selling Stock

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2f.--After a
lengthy examination of Secretary Fish
er of the interior department the house
Indian affairs committee concluded to-
day its investigation of the contro-
versy between the secretary, deposed
members of the tribal council of the
Usage Indians and the Uncle Sam Oil
company over leases to Indian oil lands
granted by the deposed council to the
Uncle Sam Oil company.
Secretary Fisher was emphatic in
his opposition to the granting of the
leases to the Uncle Sam Oil company
and caustic in his criticism of the
conduct of the company in procuring
the leases.
While the secretary was testifying,
the United States district court here
dismissed an application for writ OF
mandamus that would force him to
reinstate the deposed officials of the
Indian tribe,
The court held that the law conferred
on the secretary the power to remove
the tribal chiefs and council for good
cause
ROYALTY TOO LITTLE
Secretary Fisher set forth that he
objected to the Uncle Sam leases be-
cause they gave the Indians a royalty
of one eighth on the oil developed, in
stead Of at least one sixth, TO which
he believed them entitled. and because,
under the leases. the entire tract of
100000 acres would go to the Uncle
Sam company, whereas he favored the
development by small holders.
Under cross examination by A. L.
Wilson. counsel for the Uncle Sam COM
pany. Secretary Fisher said that the
Uncle Sam company was more active
in selling stock than in sinking wells
CRITICIzEs CONCERN
Referring to the contract by which
the Uncle Sam company agrees to pay
the holders OF one lease on Usage land
81 900. 900 in par value OF Uncle sam
stocks. worth at market prices. $780,,
600, If the lease is approved. Secre-
tary Fisher commented.
ANY concern that could give up
ST 100000 OF its capital stock at 10
cents on the dollar in deal OF this
kind is hardly qualified in my mind to
handle a transaction Of the magnitude
that the opening OF these lands
reaches
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
HELD PRISONER IN BATH
Frank Lacy Finally Accused of Pass
Ing Worthless Checks

Los ANGELES. Jan. 21.-After hav-
ing been. held prisoner in a Turkish
bath establishment for FIVE days while
creditors were waiting to hear from his
bank at Abilene, Tex. Frank Lacy, 20
years old, who says his father was the
late Congressman w. NJ. Lacy of Pales-
tine, Tex, was arrested today on a
charge of having passed worthless
checks.
Lacy declared that he went to the
Turkish baths last Friday after night
devoted to drinking. and while there
he was deprived of his clothing pend
ing word from Texas as to the status
of his bank account
The proprietor of the bath establish
ment had the warrant issued.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
GIRLS FIND A BURGLAR
Thief Beats Roomers Into InsensIbility
and Escapes

When Nellie May and Violet Lefier
went to their room at 1851 Kearny
street last night they found a burglar
under the bed. The girls cried out and
he attacked them with his kit of tools,
beating them into insensibflity Run
ming down the hallway he was encoun-
tered by the hotel clerk
After a tussle the burglar escaped
through a rear window.
Two policemen saw the flight. Chas-
Ing the burglar up to Stockton street
they lost him in Chinatown.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
BOYS STAB PRINCIPAL
Arkansas Teacher Had Expelled One Of
Three Assailants

HATFIELD, Ark. Jan. 21.-Prof. j. G.
Hoheimer, principal Of the local schools,
was stabbed today and probably fatally
injured by three school boys The boys,
X. G. Morrow, Is years old; his brother.
13. and Shelby Lebow, Is, were arrested
The younger Morrow boy had been az
PEELED from school and when he re-
turned today he was ordered away by
the principal. The three boys then at
tackled Hoheimer with knives.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22

to follow ''On the Wings of Love- of
Mendelssohn, which will be played by
Frankos orchestra of 40 pieces as the
bridal party moves from the south
west drawing room. where the mar
riage is TO be performed. The other
numbers selected by Miss Gould are:
'Dgar's Salut glamour" "Schumann's $
Evening Song; "The Prize Song, .
from Der Meistersinger" The Medita-
tion.'' from Massanet's "Thais," and
for a recessional the Thisbe music In
Mendelssohn's Midsummer Nights
Dream" suite.
A large part of the wonderful floral
decorations have been furnished from
Miss Gould's own hothouse on the es-
tate---one of the finest in America The
foyer hall is decorated with smilax,
American beauty roses and daisies.
The drawing room, in which the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
SMUGGLED DIAMONDS
FOUND IN PHOTO FRAME
Government Agents Seize Gems Worth
More Than $4,000 and Arrest
New York Dealer
Especial Dispatch to The cam

Especial Dispatch to The CalD
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-smuggled dia-
monds worth more than $4,000, gov
ernment agents say, We're found today
in a package apparently containing
only photographs, received from Am
sterdam, Holland. by Nathan Groen. a
New York diamond dealer. Groen was
arrested as he got the package in the
postoffice. Government agents then
went to his place of business and
seized diamonds valued at 100000.
Groen was held in $4,000 bail to
await the action of the United States
grand jury.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
MRS. MANSFIELD FOUND
American Believed Italian Brigands'
Captive, I'm Dazed Condition

LONDON, Jan. 81. = Mrs. William
Mansfield. the American who recently
disappeared from Salo. on Lake Garda,
Italy, was found today in Venice, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Rome. 1t
had been reported that she had been
captured by brigands Mrs. Mansfield
has no recollection of what has hap
discovered she had only few cents in
her pocket. She was taken to hospi-
tai
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
DEATH ON AMERICAS
FREE SOIL, sOLACE OF
DEsP0NDENT SUICIDE
Hope, Courage, Belief Are
Everything Lost All
II Can Not Live
special Dispatch to The Call,

special Dispatch to The CALI
NEW YORK, Jan. 81. a man
sprinted along the foot path near the
Manhattan terminus of the Manhattan
bridge today. swerved suddenly, leaped
over the railing and plunged down
ward. a moment later his body was
fattened out on the sidewalk of a lit
tie park below, in sight of 1000 strik
ing garment workers who were meet
fng there.
Two letters. signed solomon Berg
mann, We're found in his clothing.
Hope courage, belief are every
thing" read one. T lost all There
fore, ! can not live. | am proud to
die on tile soil which gives equal rights
TO all men"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
s. P.'s EXPERT
st TUMPE ON
A DEF |N|T|0N
when Is a Geologist Not a
Geologist?" Made to De
pend on the Shibbo-
leth 'Neocene'
HIS KNOWLEDGE OF
OIL SECOND HAND
P. w. Prutzrnan Admits
Drawing Conclusions
From Others Data

When is geoIogist not a geolo-
gist?" was the problem that put new
and old life yesterday into the suit of
the government against the Southern
Pacific company to recover 6,100 acres
of alleged oil lands in the Elk hills.
The government asserts that some
biologists are gathered under too
general conception of the term, and
that when a person like Paul w. Prutz-
man, witness for the Southern Pacific,
claims to know anything about geology
he should get down to facts and figures
and develop his strata
Mr. Mills questioned Mr. Prutzman
about the formation of lands in the vi
cinity of the Elk hills, and finally put
a direct query concerning the forma-
tions that are supposed to contain OIL
In his answer Mr.. Prutzman made
mention Of the "neocene age" and Mr..
Mills asked him to give him a defini-
tion of the word.
What do you mean by neocene?"
asked Mills.
After much hesitation the witness an
swered that he was not geological
expert" and that he didn't know the
meaning of the word.
Mills said that Prutzman as a mem
Der of the state mining bureau had
issued bulletins presumed to be truth
full tales of oil development in Kern
county. He showed that they were
truthful. SO far as the figures We're
concerned, but from the witness per-
sonaI knavledge he knew nothing OF
oil or bulletins. He had gathered his
statistics through others.
Prutzman acknowledged that he was
an expert but not a geologist, and
that he put forth the concrete work of
other experts than himself. without
direct knowledge of the oil fields of
which those. experts spoke
Charles A. Hively of the Kern Trad
ing and Oil company was the next wit
ness. He testified that. in his belief
there was no oil in the Elk hills and
that he would never invest any money
there.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
WOULD MAIL HERSELF
EIsin Matron Asks the Rate by Parcel
Post for Human Beings

ELG1N, III. Jan. 21.-Perplexities
that have arisen in the Elgin post
Office since the beginning of the parcel
when Postmaster Harry D. Hemmens
received letter from Mrs Mary phil
lips of Elgin asking what the rate
would be to ship herself to Washing
ton, p. c.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
JUSTICE IN SEVEN HOURS
Mississippi Negro Indicted. Tried and
Doomed Day of Crime

(SnecIal DlSpafch 70 The CaIll
GoLDPoRT, Miss. Jan. 21-withfn
seven hours after he had shot and
killed Chief of Police Charles Dicley
today, Percy Newkirk. negro who
had been trapped BY the officer while
M0bbing store, was indicted BY the
Eounty grand jury. tried on a charge
OF murder. convicted and sentenced to
be hanged February p.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
GLAD REPORTERS ARE OFF
Miss Viola Asquith Has Her .opinion
of Them
Especial Dispatch to The Cam

NEW YORK. Jan. 21.-"Thank good
ness, they're gone exclaimed Miss
Viola Asquith as the ship news report
ers left the Kaiser Wilhelm II today
and the liner sailed for Europe Miss
Asquith who sailed with the countess
of Aberdeen, has her opinion of Ameri-
can newspaper men. and she didn't
hesitate to express it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
WOULD VIOLATE ALL
PLEDGES TO WORLD

Canal Zone Not Our Terri
tory Except in Trust, De
clares Speaker, and Could
Not Have Been Acquired
at the Expense of Other
Nations for Selfish Inter
est-Can Not Be False to
Obligations Without Be
ing False to Trust Reposed
in Us by Other Countries
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
ROOT
DEC[ARESFREE
TOLLS SHOULD
BE G|vEN N ALL

Is Repeal of Law
Permitting All American
Ships to Pass Through
Panama Canal Without
Charge or Else to Submit
Matter to Arbitration-As
Case Now Stands, United
States Is in the Position of
Having Repudiated the
Principle of Arbitration
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
COVE ERNOR MAKES
GOOD HIS THREAT;
STORMS REMOVED

Decapitation of State Miner
alogist Ordered for Cause
Based on Allegations of
Gross Incornpetency =
Fletcher NJ. Hamilton of
Berkeley Named Successor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
HELEN GOULD BRIDE TO-DAY
Simplicity Keynote of Ceremony

Helen cond SIC appu fD Of photo n 1901
uudn in her ahone
bnnnndb to Shepard.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22
Sam Francisco Has

655 restaurants and cafes besides
the hotel dining rooms and grills-
the greatest cafe city in the world
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-22

Highest Temperature Yesterday. Monday
Night, 80. For details Of the Weather u.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01

About fifty years ago a slender,
modest appearing man edged his way
hesitatingly out upon London lee
5ture platform before large audience
of phlegmatic Britishers, and with
every evidence of falling courage
and embarrassment proceeded to poke
fun at the Tower of London and
every. cherished British tradition.
This was Artemus Ward. His winning
personality and the contrast between
his apparent shyness and the extra.
vagance of his statements won him
instant success in England. They
loved him for his nerve" and they
took to the quality of his humor
which in it's boisterousness and alb.
surd exaggeration was distinctively
American. &
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01

PROPOSALS FOR FRAME SCHOOL
H9usE; Department Of the Interior,
office of Indian Affairs, Washington, d.
G., June 20, 1913. Sealed proposals,
plainly marked on the outside of the
sealed envelope: Proposals for Frame
Schoolhouse Red Lake Indian School,
MINNESOTA" and addressed to the Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs Washington,
D. G., will be received at the Indian office
until o'clock p. m. of July 20, 1913, for
furnishing materials and labor for the
construction of. a frame schoolhouse at
the Red Lake Indian School, Minnesota,
ifications and instructions, to bidders.
the offices of the Supervisor Of Construc-
ton, Denver Colo, the Times, Crookston,
Improvement Bulletin, Minneapolis,
MIMI. the y: S. Indian Warehouses
at Chicago, Ills, st. Louis, Mo-, and
Omaha, Nebr., and at the School. For
further information apply to the Super
1ntendent Of the Red Lake Indian School,
Red Lake, Minnesota. Cato Sells, Com
missioner.
'std II, 3, s, 8, 10, IL, Is, II, 10.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01

AfCeuluS 'WaTQ was Lne nrSCAm6rl-
can contributor to London Punch;
he worte that periodical many let
tiers which were read with delight
Throughout England. In fact, his
success abroad was much greater
than any he had achieved at home,
and there was tragedy in his death,
which came very soon after he be-
gan his work in England, and Just
as he was reaping some rewards for
many years Of struggle. For Browne
was like most of our other early
| humorists, in that he was rolling
stone.
Artemus Ward, like Josh Billings
and many other contemporaries, de-
veloped an extravagant system OF
spelling. AS we Of this generation at
tempt to read his works at any length
we find less to amuse us than in
the writings of Josh Billings, fol-
instance. He lacked the undercur.
rent of philosophy that Josh Billings
possessed. Yet his fame in his own
day was greater than that, of Bill.
1ings. ..- =.
Charles Farrar Browne was borne
In Waterford, Maine, on April &C.
1884, and died in Southampton, Eng
land, on March 6, 1867. BY trade
he was journeyman printer, and
travelled from one end of the lane
to the other following his trade. The
true humorist must of necessity have
a wide knowledge Of human nature
and these early American humorists
were given great opportunity to meet
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED,

py 1oca! appl1ca Tons, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
ana that Is by constitutional remedies
DEAFNESS Is caused by an inflamed con-
d1tion of the mucous lining Of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube Is in
tiamed you have a rumbling sound or
tirely closed. Deafness Is the result,
and unless the Inflammation can be tax.
en- out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by Catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of deafness Caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. J. CHENEY & co., Toledo, OHIO
Sold by Druggists, 75c,
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton. -. .
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A Good Investment.

w. D. Magli we'll known merch.
ant OF Whitemound, Wis, bought a
stock OF Chamberlain medicine so a.
to be able to supply them to his Gus
toners. After receiving them he was
himself taken sick and says that one
small bottle of Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy was
worth more to him than the cost of
his entire stock of these medicines.
For sale by Barker's Drug Store
Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01

See that pending extradition
treaty with Paraguay will soon re-
move the last place on earth where
criminals may flee from the United
States to escape punishment.-Ex.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01
Surprising Cure. for Stomach Troubl

= : ~ IS -, ..sF.
Surprising Cure. for Stomach Trouble
When you have trouble with your
stomach or chronic constipation, don't
imagine that your case is beyond help
just because YOUR doctor fails to give
you relief. Mrs.I G. stengle, Plainfield,
N. J. writes, "For over a month past
I have been troubled with my stom-
ach. Everything Late upset it ter
ribly.I One Of Chamberlain's adver-
Using booklets came to me. After
reading a few Of the letters from, peo-
pie who had been cured by Chamber
lain's Tablets, decided to try them.
I have taken nearly three-fourths of a
package of them and can now eat al
most everything that I want For
sale by Barker's Drug Store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01
Makers Of American History
Learn One Thing Every Day
NO. 2. ARTEMUs WARD
Ghnrloc
Charles Farrar Rrownel
Copyright by Newspaper school Inc

and study odd types of humanity
in the many corners Of our new ma
ton in the days before the Civil
War.
Artemus Ward loved to, refer to
himself as a Snowman. Next to his
famous lecture on his visit to the
Mormons, his descriptions of his ira
Yelling show won the greatest popu-
lar success. "My show at present
consists Of three moral Bares and a
Kangaroo Ca amoosin little Raskal
-'twould make you larf yourself
to deth to see the little 5cuss pump
up and squeal)," he writes to a
country editor, and in the same let
ter he adds, II am angus to skewer
your inflooence. l repeat in reard
to them hanbills that shall git EN-
struck OFF up to your printin office.
My perlitercal sentiments agree with
yours exactly I know they do, be-
cawz never d saw man whoos
didn't. Respectively yures, A. Ward.
P. S. You scratch my back & lie
scratch your back - ~
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'std II, 3, S, 8, 10, IL, is, II, 10.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01
Our Billion Dollar Congress-.


About once year this country
wakes up to the fact that it has had
another billion dollar congress. Then
there is an cutlery against govern
ment extravaganza. But it Is too
late to protest. The fourteen great
appropriation bills which suck this
huge sum from the treasury have
one by one been passed and signed.
The staggering total is only reached
when the last of these bills has be-
come law. Then congress and the
country realizes it has been extrava-
CANT again. But nothing can be
done. The horse has fled and it does
no good to lock the barn door after
him.
f3TR representative Swager Sherley of
Kentucky, has an appropriation plan
which he believes will put an end to
this extravaganza, but which will
provide adequate government reve-
nues and expenditures. 1t is the
much talked about budget SYSTEM
The budget system provides at the
beginning Of each session Congress
. oh q III. n Of oiv,o h1u ~
can spend as a totaL This figure
will be determined before single one
of the appropriation bills are drawn.
a The entire debate will be on the to-
tai. After Congress, after estimat-
ing it's probable revenues for the COM
ing year, determines upon the total
expenditure, then certain portions
will be allotted to each appropriation
bill and the various appropriating
committees will be required to keep
their estimates within the amounts
specified for them. The important
thing in the plan is that the country
will know beforehand what Congress
intends to expend rather than after
the expenditure is made. Then, if
there is protest against the size of
any budget, Congress can scale down
on it's estimates.
1t is not necessary to go into de-
tails of the plan as outlined in a reso-
luton which has been introduced by
Sherley. In the main it provides for
"a new Budget Committee of the
House, which shall report it's total
estimate of expenditures at the be-
ginning of each session. The House
will then debate on this estimate.
The result will be that when an
amount Is agreed upon, the people
who pay the taxes and stand the ex-
penses Of government will under
stands thoroughly how much the con-
gress is going to cost them Under
the present system, the amount,to be
appropriated is usually in doubt un-
til the closing days Of each session.
The government of the United
States is the greatest business insti-
tuition in the world. It's annual re-
ceipts and expenditures are over
$1,000,00O.0 900. Yet it is run in an
unbusinesslike manner. Each de-
tpartment argues for increased appro-
apriations regardless of the needs of
other departments or Of the total
revenues to be collected by the
treasury.
Representative Sherley Is one of
the most brilliant Of the young Dem
ocrats in Congress. His plan is sure
to receive serious consideration.
~ m II
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01
Portugal$Joins Peace Pact.

Washington, July 1.-Portugal
through its minister here, notified Sec
rotary Bryan Of%its approval in prin
ciple of his proposed peace treaties
and asked toebe supplied with details.
Nineteen nations have now taken this
step. IL 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01

An inquirer wants to know what
Is good for potato bugs. It's our
opinion that they thrive best on DO
tato vines, although some people feed
them paris green.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01

Wouldn't it add to our beauty if
we could have the entire dock of
concrete? What's the matter with
adding little to it each year.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01

That minister who says the we'd
ding fee is a form of graft is not
hearing many "amens'' from the
brethren.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01

BALL GAME CAUSES ,NsANl1,
Farmer Fires Revolver Into Crowd and
Then Kills Himself.

9 I" H'O1 = = M M sS'ssoIVCI,IUIC OCOWQ ava
Then Kills Himself.
Atchison, Ran, July Harry
Schenke, farmer of Rushville, Mo-,
who came hereto witness ball game,
became suddenly insane and after fir.
ing his revolver into a crowd and
wounding five persons killed himself
The shooting took place on ia down
town street after Schenke had IN
dulged in an argument over the ball
game. 1t is not believed any Of the
others struck will die from thei.
wounds. Schenke,s sudden insanity
was attributed by physicians to ex
citement. coupled with the intense
heat.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-01

Every day a different human inter-
est story will appear in The Pioneer.
You can get-a beautiful intaglio
reproduction Of this picture, with
hve others, equally attractive, TX "
inches in size, with this weeks
Mentor. lin "The Mentor a we'll
known authority covers the subject
or the pictures and stories of the
week. Readers of The Pioneer and
The Mentor will know Art, Litera-
ture, History, Science, and. Travel,
and own exquisite pictures. On sale
at the Abercombie's Book Store.
Price, Ten Cents. Write today to The
Pioneer for booklet explaining The
Associated Newspaper School plan.
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Now be honest. Would you like
to listen to Fourth of July speaker
of the day. "