Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-02-22

laon u e1slng ~ back within ! yuI1s
He had then startnd eask too lne1ne
upon HI purpose n dSlay evsn ~ i B
Telegram from vaneouver bafro<1n
ana never donhting mat NJ eomnaand
lng ofncer Ind granted him 10 eus-
tonaxy loave o. abssncs psnding -
acceptance II hlp uncondlt1ooal ana
immediate reaignntion
Great Aad - ~ coasternatlsa
when. The day of hls arrival d wash
inst0u. ~ had repeFted himself ak No
war department. Net only had lsaye
of absence been denied HIN and ~
action On Hin rssignA1lon heen sn1psa6.
"a; ne had bsen postsd ~ dessetisn.
However. his record - ~ 90 hand,
ana tho indecent haata It ~ attack
on tho other. hAd brought ahout Nun
Client Intervention ~ rbenbeeS q tho
eenGkel Sta6 to cause seveEal m0nthas
dalay q Tia plan IL III enemlee 10
crush him. ASTON on th1 chargee Med
againat him By ths Indian cognlnls1ion-
err and b. hin commanding otacee ~
been pnatponed from mouth d m0nkh.
Meantime No Ind been plac4d un6eF
thu nominal arxs1t Of confinement o
the limits of tho District of Cclumbla.
which left him fres b pursus ~ ends
for which ~ had come east. w III
surprise. no contest had been 0Iod
against his mineral csalm. On tha con.
trary. he had soon found himself r.
gnlly entitled to aasign Tho minis 10
Marie. HIS carefully drawn and duly
witnessed conveyalee had etnrto0 49,
Ia the next mall. Mar1e's note 81 ae.
acknowledgement stated M estAem ~
gratitude of tho writer n the met
correct and conventional q tef1na
His progress toward tho accosnplfshs
inent Of hin second purpoee haa been
far less smooth. In TACT afksr montha
OF persistent endeavof, ~ could nj
BIO sure that no had u1ads nny pkpo
ress whatever. Hs had nOe boon toc.
rcd from m inspection q the doc0.
ments relating to the now treaty VIII
the tribe. and among them ~ ma
found vandarvyn's alioged contrAct H
purported % appoint IN yoang nAnl
attorney and trtbal entagixo ~
10 fix his compensation at twenfy -
cent of amy moneys apptopG1 ato0 -
tho tribe IN paymeat for - ceded
mineral lands. III
Hardy mad at nrst consi61fsd ~
signatures forged. hut ekaminaAlon
with 4 mtcroecope had shown him tAae
the thumb ptints were Identical with
those on tho memorandum 81 the prcn
ceedings of tho tribal council. n
had been quick 10 perceive that hiD
only chance Of defeating the outrage
Gus contract was TO bring about etthsr
an executive or q congressional inv0us
tigation. There had been 10 difaculty
| ID dIvining the manner III which Van.
dcrvyn had obtained the signatures 10
tho tribal council.
Yet no far his every move had been
blocked. He had interested one man
Of cfiicial position or influence after
another, only to.be met later with svar
sion or procrastinati0n or even out
right rebu1s. One door after another
had been shut In his face. AT last ~
had found himself regarded ID i
crnnk, than which, In Washington. no
more opprobrious term can b. applied
to q man.
With the opening of congress the IL
fiuences opposed 70 him had at last
been able 10 overcome the Oppcsttic1
that had delayed trial az tho charges
against him. The afternoon that h
came back to his shabby Iodgings after
q final attempt to obtain m interview
with tho chief Of the Indian bureau,
he was oliclally notified 70 appear the
following morning for trial by court.
martial
He already knew the charges against
him. They Included dsesrtton, failure
to report at Vancouver barracks and,
under the head Of conduct unbscom-
| ing an officer and gentleman, his con
cealment Of the developed NINA.
The ncarness Of tho trial brought
matters to q desperate pass with him.
He n.ust act quickly.
II was the night Of the frst ball %
the White House. Ar usuaI, there Was
q great crush. Hardy, In conventional