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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19

The year 1917 and 1918 will 60
down in the history of the White
Earth Agency as che most fatefuI
years of the reservations existence,
excepting perhaps the three
years erasshopper plague'' of the
early 20. Right here it may be
stated that Notwithstanding the
voracious insects devoured every
thing from blade of grass to
scytbe snaths, hoe handles and in
many instances clothing, the peo
pie managed to live through the
dismal period and did not starve
to death and did not have to call
on the State or Government for
aid, furthermore they had no tribal
funds to their credit either.
Asinstances of the many calam-
itous occasions which took place
during the year we herewith refer
to the following noteworthy Incl
dents: =
About the 18th Of December, a
year ago, the sudden termination
of a spell of pleasant weather must
have caught the agency boarding
school mapping" for on the morn-
ing in question it was discovered
that the greater portion of the
piping and radiator system of the
boys domitory was total wreck,
busted and ruined by the effects of
frost of the previous night. The
ToMAHAwK in ITS issue Of Decem-
Der 9th, 1917, published a full
account of the wreck and, stated
among other matters that IF there
ever was aus illustration of .Rlarinx
incompetency and downright care
Iessness on the part of any school
management or any other institu.
ton under government control this
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19
house Committee to
Study Indian Affairs

Washington, D, C.-The House
committee on Indian affairs pro-
poses to make thorough study of
conditions among the Minnesota
Indians. especially with reference
to the expenditure of tribal funds
for the support of the Cbippewas.
This developed recently at
meeting of a subcommittee at
which Representative G. B. Miller
explained the situation as it ap
pears to him. +
While nothing final has been
decided, the whole matter is to be
gone over by the full committee
later, at which time it is expected
that members of the Minnesota
delegation having Indian tribes in
their districts will appear.
The Indians have represented to
members that there has been I'M
necessary expenditure of tribal
funds in managing their affairs
and complain Because the COM
missioner of Indian affairs has not
given them . fair hearing, and is
opposed TO the appropriation Of
81, 900 for the annual celebration. "
II was only through an appeal
to the chairman of the rules com
mittee last year that Cato Sells.
Indian commissioner, beaded of q
general investigation of the Min
nesota situation. At that time he
asserted the investigation was in-
spired by partisan politics. =
1t IL believed that when the
Republicans assume control of the
House . complete Investigation of
the conduct of Indian affairs will
be ordered. There has been con-
slant friction between the Indians
and the commissioner practically
from the time he took charge. =
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19

plant, q picture of which is here
with printed.
The accompanying illustrations
are but q few examples of the
glaring incompetency of the policy
of governmental paternalism and
shameful prohigacy of the manner
in which the Minnesota Chippewa
tribal fund is being squandered
away. 1t is high time that the
blighting hand of waste and de-
moralization in the matter of
handling Indian funds was staid
and forever cease the continue!
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19

Conditions are such now that
while the sillage residents arc al
lowed wat%r for about one hour
during the day agency buildings,
Including the employees residences,
enjoy an undiminished supply of
water every hour of the day and
THE. INDIANS FOOT THE
Hills. Most of the village resi-
se ,ats are, now compelled to haul
later for long distances while
others have to use ice for their
daily water supply.
The next calamity which follows
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19

particular instance caps the eli
max" ST..
On December 18th, two days
after the school wreck related
above, the village residents were
treated to a novel sight. 1t was
discovered that the tank and sixty
foot tower of the village water
system, situated on rise of ground
lust west Of the village, was almost
completely shrouded in . heavy
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19

hour water ration" daily, in other
words the village water system is
closed by a :'cut-off'' from the
school system continually with the
exception of one hour at mid day.
A sinistrous feature developes
itself in the matter of addition of
the "cut-of. Particular care seems
to have been exercised to place the
cutoff" just below and in. close
proximity to the agency building.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19
addition of shame and disgrace to
governmental Indian management.

action in France, was killed while
cleaning a German dugout of ma
chine gunners, and before q Hun
bullet found it's target he had put
twenty.four Germans out of
action.
~ The great world war seemed q
necessity to establish the peerless
mettle and valJr of the naive
American and to demonstrate con-
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19

clusively that an Indian, when
properly provided with modern
war equipment was the equal Of
twenty.four Hun soldiers. Yet
these noble Indian soldiers, if cir.
cumstance had otherwise decreed
to remain within the segregated
confines of q reservation, would
undoubtedly have been branded,
by Indian bureau officials, as
'1ncompetents." . IT.. >5.:$
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19

We are in receipt of a copy of
the report of the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs for the year 1917.
The Introductory is plentifulIy
spiced with the personal pronoun
Il" and profuse pedantic display
of personal euloQiums.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19

Great Iceland Coal Fields. .s
The Iceland coal fields will supply
1SO,OOO.OOO tons equal In quality to-
the Scottish coal.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19
in the wake of this reign Of wreck
and ruin is the explosion of the
boarding school ascetylene lighting
Sioux Indian Killed "a
Huns, Then Fell.

: E'ors Yates; n. D. Albert Grass,
grandson of the late Chief John
Grass of the Sioux Indians, the
first Sioux county man to die in
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19
SUBSCRIPTION: $3.50 Per YEAR II ADVANCE
ROLL or HoNoR.
5000 SIX THOUSAND 5000

$3.50 -. - - 49, ' :
Native Americans, Indians if you
please, in the Military Service OF
the United States, and this does
not include large number in the
Navy. August 1st, 1918. T.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19
Join the Red Cross.

Valuable to Cotton Growers.
A machine has been invented for
chopping out young cotton plants. at
the same time the crop Is being culti-
waited. -:
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-19
ech,ns,s4 pI,o ,t:an.Is.

The imperial Canal of China has u
total length Of 200 miles, which ex-
ceeds that Of any other In the world. n
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16

Marshal DeCamp and Constable w. R. Paisley arrested A. L. Sharp of Sidney, Sharp county, in this city yesterday on the charge of deserting from the army.
 Sharp was drafted and went with a contingent, leaving Sharp county some time during the past summer, and it is reported that he was only Tn camp few days before he deserted and has been in hiding here since.
 When the White River passenger arrived in Batesville Thursday even. ing, Sharp stepped off the train, ana the officers, being on the lookout immediately placed him under arrest. He was lodged in jail to await infor- nation from headquarters at Camp Pike, as to what disposition is to be made of him. Batesville Guard.
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
MARINES ARE FIGHTERS.

Washington, Dec. 15.- The spirit of First to Fight, and Last to Give Up." was so strongly, inculcated in the United States marines sent to the battle front that in the period from April 1 to September 1, their casual ties were 23 per cent, almost fourth of their entire strength, and only 25 men were taken prisoner, according to the annual report of Major General Barnett, commandant of the Marine Corps.
 In large measure the report deals with the administrative functions of the corps, much of the official data of the battle record of the organiza- tion having been printed in the navy report.
 The report shows that before the signing of the armistice, 539 officers and 21,327 men were sent to France. The list of casualties shows that A officers and 1,116 enlisted men died in action and that 76 officers and 2,832 men were wounded.
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION.

The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an exam ination for the County of Jackson Ark, to be held at Newport on Janu- ary II, 1919, to fill the position of ru- ral carrier at Newport, Weldon and Tuckerman and vacancies that may later occur on rural routes from oth- CT postoffices in the aforementioned county. The examination will be open only to male citizens who are actually domiciled in the territory of a postoffice in the county and who meet the>other requirements set forth in Form 9. 1917. This form and application blanks may be obtained from the offices mentioned above or from the United States Civil Service Commission at Washington, D. C.. Applications should be forwarded to the Commission at Washington at the earliest practicable date.
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
LIVES LIKE A RECLUSE.

Omrongen, Holland, Dec 15-The former German emperor continues to lead the life of near recluse. He is virtually cut off from communication with the outside world. Reports that he was in constant communication with his former advisers are not true.
 There is no truth in the rumors that the former empress is seriously ill She has been troubled for years with an affection of the heart and af- ter her arrival here desired to have her former physician in attendance.
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
BOYS LEFT IN FRANCE WILL ENJOY A REAL
 ENGLISH CHRISTMAS.
(By The Associated Press )

(By The Associated ffeSsJ
 London, Nov. 18.-If your son is in France or England at Christmas time you needn't necessarily feel that he is losing all the joy of life. Perhaps he is going to have the opportunity to enjoy real English Christmas.
 Invitations have been issuad to as many American soldiers and sailors as possible in France, through the Y. M. C.. A. secretaries there, and those in camps and on battleships in England were not forgotten. More than two thousand of them will be entertained for the holidays in Lon don homes alone. And on Christmas day 1,500 more will watch the brandy burning on top of the pudding and eye the roasted pig in families who are to do everything possible to make this holiday one that the American guest will always remember.
 Invitations poured in to the Inter- natenal Y. M. c. A. Hosptalty League from many farms outside of London, too from Devonshire, where riding and shooting were of fered from Scotland and from Ire
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
HIS INTELLECTUAL BQUAL

The merchant was busy, and was having a troublesome time at the telephone.
 Central, who tried to get the num- Der for him, appeared to be inexperi- enced or asleep. Ordinarily the most patient of men, he finally lost his patience.
 Look here," he shouted, "either get me 1234 or give me some place where I may at least talk to my in tellectual equal.'
 Silence for moment, and then over the wire came loud "Hello!" in a mans voice.
 MT. Brownlow was much relieved.
 "What place is that?" he asked.
 "The- hospital for the insane, came the answer.-Liverpool Mer- cury.
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
RULER OF PORTUGAL IS SHOT

London, Deh. 15-Dr Sidonio Paes, President of Portugal, was shot and killed by an assassin shortly before midnight Saturday while he was in a railway station at Lisbon waiting for train to Oporto. Advices from Lis bon reporting the assassination say that he was struck by three bullets.
 President Paes died within a few minutes after he was shot.
 The presidents assailant, named Jeetne, was killed by the crowd.
 Tamagnini Barbosa, the minister of the interior, has assumed the pres idency.
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16

He arrived yesterday and said that her condition showed no change -
 Whenever there ia( HiT
 incessant drizzla .z1 land, WilliaY wife wa11 rains oa $ with d 1f two attehdant times they take trip iiii eiS motor car. x Y.
 The correspondent inquired into the'| rumor that the former emperor in tended to move his quarters and learned that Herr Hohenzollern is not interested in other houses in Holland and is not likely to move anywhere until he knows more regarding his future.
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
ALLEGED DEsERTER ARRESTED land

q want two boys for the whole of their leave," one Irish woman writes. "I am going to give them the kind of Christmas my boys would have liked if they had not been killed in France"
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
l0u RECALL THE SAYING ABOUT A
 FRIEND IN NEED.

Friends of well known Little ek man, who for obvious reasons |lshall be nameless, are telling the \Hpllowing story es Illustrating his dness of heart and his willingness Tad friend in need.
 kecording to the story, this man tuEning from St. Louis and on lisp be espied an old friend.
 peared somewhat ner-
 \ntly he disclosed the lank,' he said q really bw what to do about this. l kllple of quarts of whiskey in |se and just got to thinking at marshal at Hoxie might baggage and if he should, arrested and disgraced for I would not worry about jed Mr Blank, soothingly. what, suppose we just ex- leases until we get to Lit AI'll put yours under my lou can take mine. I'm a1raid of being arrested.
 he worried one was most effusive his thanks.
 Eventually they arrived in Little ck, having successfully run the antlet of the law as exemplified by --H
 Hoxie marshal
 As they Exchanged grips the wor- d one again voiced his gratitude. ssI certainly appreciate what you d. MT. Rank. ' he said. Maybe it kdly of me to allow you to t is the first time in my sver broke the law and l about it.'
 btion it, don't mention MT Blank in his best
 TT had eight quarts
 Eaneous combustion
 British scientists
 n or earthenware &hould De kserted- to afford {.+;on as the coal is piled
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
WHAT THE WAR COST ITALY.

(By The Associated Press.)
 Rome, Dec. 16.-The minister said the war cost Italy fifty-four billion lire. The public debt in October was sixty-four billion lire.
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16

lation as the coal is piled.
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
(By The Associated Press.)

Rome, Saturday-During the war the Italian army lost 15,60o officers killed, the minister of war announced, and more than 3O0O0 officers were wounded severely.
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
Members of the Assoclated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or snot otherwise credited in this paper hnd also the local news published herein.
 All rights or republication of spe- <ial dispatches herein are also re- .n4rved
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16
OUTBREAKS ARE SERIOUS.
lRv The Associated Press.)

Madrid, Dec 16.-Premier Roman ones, after a cabinet meeting had been called to consider serious out braks in Catalonia, issued note de- claring the king had been asked to sign a decree suspending parliament.
 Madrid, Dec. 16-One was killed and six injured in a collision Sunday
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16

aneous combustion British scientists In or earthenware
 rnr4od Ia nfford
Newport daily independent., 1918-12-16

(By The Associated Press.) Fl Paso, Dec. 16.-General Felipe
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1918
MEMORY THAT WILL LAST
French Gratitude to America |
Deeply Engraved on the Hearts
Of Her People.

Kathleen Norris. writing in tn
Woman's Home Companion, gives a,
imaginary conversation with youni
French girl describing the coming 0
the American soldiers to France as sh
y supposed to remember It:
Ard men-to stand beside GU
nen-from America! / remembe
standing at the chateau gateway on
bright November afternoon and seein
them come up the road. Soldiers! w
were used to s0ldiersl But these wer
different. Grandmere was with me
we had been here all the time.
They came along, In the stream
ing afternoon sunlight, and they smile
and waved at me. "They are tn
Americansp grandmere said, and sh
began to cry softly. "God bless Their
God bless them!" she whispered
over and over. And that night, as yol
know. we had their officers at tn
chateau, and one Of them told me h
also had a daughter, not much younge
than ], and that har name was Vii
ginie-
81 don't know why = for, Go
knows. there were hard times. All
dark times. ahead. But from that mi
ment felt-hope. Child that ] wal
/ seemed to see, behind those marcel
ing men, the big and generous natio
thatrwas dedicating itself to their ser,
ice tho women avervwhere. with thei
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
SPIRIT OF AMERICA TODAY
Veterans Pathetic Gift Showed That
His Heart Still Beat High With
Patriotic Fervor.

An old man, thin and bent with the
years of hardships plainly marking his
wrinkled face, stood on a station plat
form at an Indiana town recently as
q train bearing a party Of young men
registrants to Camp Taylor stopped.
The old man wore a faded blue uni
form, the badge of the Civil war. He
had a message for the young men who
were to be enrolled in Uncle Sans
great army. and soon he was surround
ed by group of young fellows.
II wasn't counting on getting to talk
to so many of you boys" he told them
TREMENDOUSLY. 81 just came down to
give something to one of Uncle Sans
new soldiers"
He drew a parcel from under his
coat and opening 1t displayed pair OF
almost perfectly knitted socks. "They
amt much for my country" he apollo
gized, s'but they Will help some young
fellow to fight better. These don't look
ike much for soldier to give, but
knitted them myself and ] bought the
yarn out Of my pension money"
A thin fellow got the socks because
the old soldier thought he would need
them most. The train pulled out and
he little old soldier went back home
knit another pair Of socks for On
,ther young soldier.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13

One way TO get an audience nova
days is to call the subject of ones
talk Psychology" A Harvard pro,
fessor recently amazed convention
of clothing manufacturers and deal
ers by delivering an address upon this
topic In which he laid down several
principles about the effect of clothing
his hearers was due to the discovery
that what the learned man had digni-
fled by long word was nothing more
than what more commonly passes for
common sense. A good many of the
things he said were already known to
them. If they had stopped to think.
When he placed them under the head
of psychology they sat up and took
notice, says the Oregonian
He said, for example, that the we'll
dressed man is 10 per cent more eff
cient than the poorly dressed man. He
said that clothes that do not fit pre-
vent the wearer from doing his best.
Cleanliness promotes self-respect. Self
respect is contagious, like confidence.
The man who does not think we'll of
himself is unlikely. to win the good
opinion of others. Comfortable cloth
ing. made of good material. we'll brush
ed. was the foundation of the super
structure, he said. He was talking to
hard headed business men. and they
believed him, because their own expe-
rience showed his statements to be
true.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13
JAKE PHOTOGRAPHS AT NIGHT
ttandIeaps Of Fog and Darkness Have
Been Overcome BY development
Of New Process.

Neither fog nor darkness handicaps
the supereyes Of the war department
signal corps cameras, according to
Edward Hungerford. who describes
the remarkable progress of wartime
aerial photography In Everybody's.
He gives some interesting examples:
have seen photograph of n wan
ing moon. over Rome-taken by the
new process. 1t is the first real pic
ture OF the moon that have ever SEEN
although formerly attempted the
thing myself. Most Of the moonlight
pictures that one sees are fakes
made By photographing the sun In
various unusual and artistic phases.
But this was real. One could see the
tiny pools Of water standing In the
uneven places Of the tagging, the
dickering street lamps at the corner. A
picture whose reality almost makes 1t
uncanny. And the photographer who
took the picture In the rain was ar
rested by q gendarme as being mental
~ unsound. He was only released
when he took picture Of the lieuten-
ant at the police station and proved
beyond q question that he could make
good portraits by artificial light.
II have seen photographs made by
this new process from the front row OF
. theater balcony during the progress
Of the play; others made in church |
during vesperp and illumined entirely |
By the candles upon the high altar. |
The process Is very new and Il e very J
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-13

Man Who Holds Indicator In Profes
SIGNAL Ball Game Surely Has
No Hsoft Snap"

There are those who viii scoff a.
the idea that umpiring ball game Ii
work, but let these, just once, stand
out In the broiling sun Of July or Au.
gust and Judge two-hour game
while watched intently every momen
BY two keen-eyed MANAGERS. thirty OF
forty players, as familiar with the
rules as the indicator holders, ant
several thousand excited, restless and
shouting spectators. every one OF
whom is anxious to detect some slip in
judgment upon the part of the man In
blue. Let them labor for that length
Of time without encouragement. but
with shouts Of disapproval ringing in
their ears at frequent intervals. OF
have several players step on their
toes with their spiked shoes. while
making threats and referring in
sighting terms to every one connected
with them from their remotest ances-
try down to the present period. and
they will be ready not only to admit
but to make affidavit that the umpire
actually works.-Leslie's Magazine.