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New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
By Harrison S. Colburn

Specialtst IN Water Front Realty
There is no danger of going long
on piers in this port" said the head Of
one OF the largest steamship companies
recently to the writer. This epitomized
III single sentence was comprehen-
SlVe estimate Of the port by a far
ssghted, well informed business man.
lfee from political bias and party
prejudice.
We are told that the water frontage
OF greater New York totals 57S miles.
rhd that the water frontage in the area
A,own as the Port OF New York" to
'ais III miles. To impress upon US the
ssIenineance Of these figures we are in
-ormed that the water fronts of Ant
werp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Ham
Sure' Liverpool and London combined
York.
a startling comparison indeed, and
"eN calculated to cause the loyal Knick-
erbockerite to swell with pride. There
70 uanger, however. that we deceive
ourselves into thinking that the geo
Siaphlcal prominence of the Port Of
Ne" York is the measure of it's COM
"s raeiee as compared with the commerce
"" combined ports above mentioned,
mere the comparison fails.
True 1t is that approximately SO per
s.nl or the water borne commerce in
.a sso out Of the United States passes
through the Port of New York This
80 80 the obvious result of many con-
.r'outlng factors. New York is the
nNsntlc terminus OF eight great rail
,Vdo systems, bearing to and from its
ss"ofes more tonnage of diversified
rae'ght than any other group of rail
,oaas IN the world Freight seeks the
poI' which is not only within its
n.S na.ura traffic radius and equipped
Jun the best terminal facilities but
sue one that also offers the greatest
.s lumber Of regular sailings to foreign
rnu coastwise ports While other
porls may attract considerable ex-
poit cargo freight" they do not at
h"c' spending return cargo,
sam! "ence comparatively few regular
Why Firms Are Coming Here
In addition to the large tonnage
yormaliy seeking the Port of New
aork' many manufacturers and ship
re.s located outside its natural traffic
iasolus, with a freight differential and
Aes"'er port charges against their
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
By Edwin c. Benedict
OF Charles +. Noyes Company

N'$fft
The resumption of real estate buy
ing IN New York City is proving q
boomerang to the pessimistic views
taken by mortgage investors as re-
Gently as two or three years ago. Not
Wlthstandlng the fact that income from
mortgage investments is not Tax ex
empt, and first class bonds. even gov
efnment bonds, are selling practically
at per cent or higher basis, there
nave been more inquiries in the past
re" months for mortgage applications
py lenders than at any time since
the resumption of activity after The
panic of 1907
The source of supply for mortgage
money has been reduced to point
where practically the only lenders are
those investing institutions whose in
come is exempt from Federal income
tax. Trust companies acting as trus-
tees, estates and individual lenders
are with few exceptions making no
loans. Life insurance companies and
savings banks, which for the past few
years have been investing in govern
ment securities, are generally in the
market, and there seems to be M
limit to their funds. They are. how
ever, selecting their security with
great caution. and in order 70 pass
muster the security offered must quail
fy very highly
In most instances the lenders re-
quire amortization payments VARYING
in amount according TO the character
OF security, but generally based on ap
proxlmately 2 per cent per annur
In view of the splendid renting Sit
uatlon this Is not so much of a hard
ship as it was feared it might be sew
eral years ago when the proposition to
amortlze mortgages began to be in
sisted upon. 1t is to be hoped that the
contemplated legislation exernpting in
come on mortgages up to a certain
amount will be successful.
Cheaper Money for the Farmer
1t seems unreasonable that farmer
N Orange County can borrow money
at lower rate and on better terms
than a property owner in New York
City. Nevertheless, this is the case
the reason being that the government
through its land bank system aids the
farmer in getting a conservative loan
on his property, then practically guar
anteeing payment Of principal and in
terest and permitting 40 investor TO
purcnsss the mortgage ~ . portion ef
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Buy Riverside Drive Corner
Builders Plan to Erect Apart
ment on Site at 147th Street

Paterno Bros. (Joseph Palermo
president and treasurer) have Dur.
chased the northeast corner Of River
side Drive and 147th Street, a plot 8ox
100, and plan improving it Immediate
ly with an apartment house consisting
of small suites.
They have now also under construc-
tion thirteen-story apartment house
at the northeast corner Of West End
Avenue and 103d Street, and have Just
completed the apartment house at the
south corner Of Riverside Drive and
146th Street.
w. w. Babcock, Of tho DUFF a Brown
Company. nsgotiatsd tho saie Of tha
Riverside Drive property
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
MOntcIair Home for Baker

Harold A. Baker, broker of this city,
has pure hascd from Mrs. H. H. Wilcox,
the residence at 8 Westover Road,
along the western slope of the noun
tainside and near the Montclalr Hotel,
MontcIair, ~ J.
The residence is one Of the most
attractive in town and contains ten
rooms. three bathrooms. palm room,
acre Of ground, we'll andscaped. The
Frank Hughes Taylor Company was the
broker.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-18

Joseph Charette enlisted in war
service on August 2, 1852, and
served in Company G, Ninth Mn
nesota Volunteers. On August
"a, 1865, he was mustered out
with an honorable !record, having
participated in many engagements.
Three years developed this Indian
into good soldier, we'll disciplined
and brave under fire. Now, in his
Old age, he passes in mental re-
view the many incidents of army
life including engagements on the
battle field and in the quiet of
camp life.
Born in a wigwam at White Fish
Lake, MINI. his mother gave him
the name of Way ondji-mah dub,
meaning Zone who moves from
one sitting place to another. :"
Through church rights he was
given his Christian name, which
denotes that he is of French de.
scent. Old time tull-blooded In
dians call him by his materially
given name, but others of the
village address him as Joe, and to
strangers he is always ''Mr. Char
etc."
Though chief, Joseph Charette
was not 'born to the purple" but
was elected to succeed one who
had died without leaving an heir
to the authority and royal medal.
By the United States act of 1889
which dealt with the Chippewas in
severalty, Joe was devested of his
royal Office which he had filled
with satisfaction to his band and
to the federal government, a. we'll.
But he is still looked upon un-
officially as chief by his fellow
Indians. When the Chippewas
organized local courciIs, Joe was
elected president at White Earth
and continued in this Office many
years. He presided at various
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-18
The Duty Of Every Indian
Soldier who Entered
the War.

Freedom is the greatest thing to
fight for. Without freedom man
is handicapped. Freedom is = light
to those who live in darkness.
Freedom sewers the chain that
goals weaker nations. Freedom
clears away the hindrances to pos
sibilities which God has endowed
us to exert. The cir is free. The
water is free. Freedom is . life.
eiver. He who dwels in the relm
of freedom is after Gods own
image.
Brave warriors, you left your
humble homes; whether it was a
grass hut, tepee or log hug, to
fight and die under the flag of your
country for the principles that
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-18
.-Year-0|d Chippewa
Chief Who Still Joins
In Dances.

By G. H. Beaulieu, lie Sueur, Minn.
Taken from the Sunday Pioneer
Press of August ~, 1872
sta Stranger were to visit this
village and meet upon the street a
striking-looking individual, long
haired and long-whiskered, he
could arrest this mans gait and
secure his attention by the utter
ance of a single word, "Halt!''
For Joseph Charrette, former
Chippewa Indian chief, served
three years in the Civil war and is
ever responsive to the word that
since 1865 has lain in subconscious
memory. OF course he has seen
the soldiers of the Spanish-Ameri
can war and the World war, and
thus in a way has been reminded
|of the Sixties, but the word Halt"
is enough in itself to awaken
memories of his life of long ago.
|s'5During his eventful life Joseph
FCharette has served as hunter,
traders assistant, soldier, ,presi
dent of a Democratic local council
and farmer. Now, at IS years of
age, he has cast all serious cares
away and is enjoying a life of
leisure and dignity. Although he
sometimes uses Z cane, he quite
forgets it when an Indian dance is
to be held. He never misses one
of these dances; at them all he
capers nimbly. Head always of
al male participants, Joe is par
the Beau Brummel of
the occasion and wears a dance
dress native in style and costly in
material.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-18

meetings as chairman. He not
only knew how to fight, trade.
farm, reign as chief and preside,
but he knew how to speak fluently
and eloquently. Even now his
oratory is impassioned, his native
vocabulary speech convincing.
When Joe went to war he was a
bachelor, but soon after his return
he married the daughter of kah-
kah XII wi gwan; i've children have
come from this union, and Joe
now lives with his son Sam, who
is a government employe. The
elderly Indian still enjoys life, for
his eyesight and hearing are good
and he is in possession Of an in
come from his war pension.
Although he is proud Of his In
dian regalia that he wears .a5
dances. Joe is far more proud of
the little G. A. Il button he wears
constantly. Everything else in
his life sinks into insigni6cance
when contrasted with the tiny
emblem and what it REPRESENTS
the blue uniform of service, the
risks of life upon the battlefield,
the three long years of physical
discomfort during the time when
Joe was not even recognized by
the government as citizen.
Joseph Cha:ette is a man who is
proud of bis status as an old time
American soldier. Though he re-
joices in his native blood and his
standing as an aboriginal, he is
even more proud of the fact that
he is ''Veteran of the Civil
War;"
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-18
EXCELSIOR! !

''Dear Mr.. Morrison: l have
given the matter of your election
at Cass Lake as President of the
General Council. Minnesota Chip
pewas, very careful consideration
and hereby recognize your election
as such. Cato Sells, Commits
sionor of Indian Affairs. Dated at
Washington, D. G., Aug. %, 1919.
This, IN substance, heralds the
capitulation of years of obdurate
insistence against the primal rights
of the General Council as the rep
resentative factor of the Minnesota
Chippewas. and marks the bril-
liant ascendency of reason over
the narrow, biased limits of the
existence of the infexible system
of paternalism and the depressing
influences of segregation policy.
Such system never found favor
with the progressive people OF the
reservation, snd was only tostered
by the crafty cabal of a Bolshivick
element whose strife was blighted
by misrepresentation and base
deception, misguided motives and
conclusions, and spurred
with the faltering hope of the
final defeat of the just and laudable
aims and purposes of the General
Council of which John G. Morri-
son, Jr., was the properly &C.
credited President.
In last weeks issue we published
a full text of the Honorable Com.
missioner's letter, addressed to
Mr.. John G. Morrison, Jr., con-
corning the matter of his election
as President of the General Coun
Gil. Ii the same. issue we also
took occasion to publish an Order
enjoining The General Council of
the Chippewa Indians of Mime
sofa, Inc. }" composed of Benjamin
Caswe)l-William Potter-James
l. Coffey and others of their iIk.
from using or employing in any
shape Or form the terms General
Council, Minnesota Chippewas,"
etc. And the Court of the Seventh
Judicial District has ordered the
aforesaid impromptue promoters
Of the General Council of the
Chippewa Indians of Minnesota,
Inc. )" to appear at the next ses'
sion of said Court At Detroit, Min
nesota, on the 9Th day of October,
1919, and show cause why an
Injunction should not be issued
against them.
The Chippewas in general have
much cause to rejoice over the
favorable results thus far achieved
during the present year, and from
other manifest indications it seems
highly probable that other and
more potent changes will develop
in the not distant future and the
limits of a segregated policy will
soon be q matter of history on
the Minnesota Chippewa reserva"
tions, especially on the White
Earth reservation.
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-18
To The Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs.
uad.r Date Of September 9Th, j'Iu g.
Morrison, jr., Acknowledges The Re-
eslpt Of Commissioner Sells co"mun'-
cation which Declared Mr. Morrison
President Of the General conneIl,
Minnesota Chippevas.

In our last issue we published a
communication from Commission
er Sells to John G. Morrison, Jr.,
recognizing him (Mr. Morrison) as
President of the General Council,
Minnesota Chippewas, and Paul
H. Beaulieu as Secretary thereof.
Below we publish Mr.. Morrison's
reply to the Commissioners letter
dated August 28tb, 1919:
-. Red Lake. Minnesota.
Sept. 9Th, 1919..
Honorable Commissioner .
of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D. G.
Ny Dear Mr.. Commissioner:
Your letter of August 18th
appraising me that, after reading
the minutes of our Council, the
reports of Supervisor MichaeIs
and Superintendent Dickens, you
recognize our organization as be-
ing the Council representative OF
t:.e Chippewas of Minnesota
Candor compels me to say that
this is very gratifying not only to
me but to the other officers OF the
organization as we'll, and l believe
I speak for a large majority of the
Chippewa Indians and safely say
that we are very grateful to you
Mr.. Commissioner for your fair
ness in arriving at this conclusion
after reading the unbiased reports
and minutes referred to.
We all deeply regret the divls-
ion among the Chippewas but such
dissensions will remain as long as
unscrupulous men of the James l.
Coffey ilk spread unwarranted and
malicious stories among the Iese
enlightened members of our tribe
- Iwant to assure you, on behalf
of our Council and its Committees
that it is our wish and desire to
assist, aud not antagonize the De
partment in solving the so called
Indian problem among the Chip
pewas and to place every Chippew'
Indian capable Of assuming and
discharging the obligations of full
citizenship on the plan intended
for him-A True, Loyal American
upright, God-feacing and liberty
loving.
If is fully realized by US thai
full citizenship carries with it ob'
legations as we'll IS privileges sue
the essence of our aim is to place
, all who are capable of dischargina
these obligations in position t<
enjoy al the privileges, thu
merging into the body polite o.
our great country.
Again thanking you, I beg K
remain,
Very respectfully,
1AuN e MORRISON. Jr
The Tomahawk., 1919-09-18

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The Tomahawk., 1919-09-18

| IreeOOus equality, uoLuOCraCy,
humanity and justice. It has been
your fortune to be q part in the
righteous struggle for all mankind.
In front, where canons roared,
men fell, and big. shells bursted,
you were not forgotten. The
world applauded you.
The war is over. Many Indians
lie silent under foreign soil.
Those who are alive, some will 20
home, some will remain in the
army, while the rest will make
their homes where it will suit them
the best. A man may be counted
helpless when he is helpless; in
competent for freedom when he is
incompetent, but when that same
person delivers the goods''tt that
he is helpful and competent for
freedom, then, somebody has made
a mistake. My dear boys, do you
know chat you have demonstrated
to the world by taking up arms
for your country and standing
shoulder to shoulder with your
pale face comrades that the Indian
race is not helpless and incompe-
tent for freedom and citizenship? ~
Wheu you entered the war. you
may not have thought OF this, but
it is a real fact.
Now, what is your duty9 Carry
on the 6ght-not as you expert
enced at the front, but for the
freedom and citizenship of your
race. What did you fight for9
Freedom. Here is a race-the
blood of which flows through your
veins-and they are not fee. Your
sacrifice for your country would
be a mockery were you to stop this
side of freedom for. your people,
They have not equal rights, they
have not democracy, they have not
humanity and they have not
justice.
You have seen something. Your
duty is to have your people see
something, too. To a certain ex-
tent you know that the reservation
system holds the Indians down,
not allowing them to see and do
for themselves. That ought to
make your blood boil, when you
have fought for freedom and de-
mocracy.
People do not know the Indians
are not free, that they are in a
worse condition than the black
people in the days of slavery. So,
in your war stories, make it a
point to mention the deplorable
situation of your own race and ask
that they write to their Congress
men and Senators to act the In
dams free aud bestow upon them
their citizenship. You have been
loyal TO your country; the country
is indebted to you. There ought
oot to be any question relative to
your freedom and citizenship, but
there is to your race. Your mis-
sion, at this hour, is to preach the
gospel of truth that your race are
ready for freedom. and citizenship
as we'll - you are. Your should
proclaim this truth everywhere
and let i: be heard in the halls of
congress. You have fought a
good fight for your country, now
lit is your turn to ask the country
to give you what you helped to
win for you race
A crown of glory is not alone
Won by scars on the battle fields.
1t may be had by standing firm to
= purpose true to your race. No
! soldier was ever braver, no state
man ever so great and no man
ever truer to his race than Moses
when be stood before Phsroh and
asked, "Let My People Co."
Indian warriors, let that same
largeness of heart gil your very
souls for your race and stand
before the world and ask the
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-03-19

SUzA PREsENTA REcLAMAcloNEs
PARIS f8-Ante 81 conssio Supreme - Csair
rencias de Ia Paz ha oompareeido Sxa que pfeserft
clones acerca dc IN navegaci6n por Fl Rim.
Ha sido constitudo con6 aeronsusa anfr Fl eGsf
entrego AIenania TODD material guerra ekfro
HORRORES ~ "a CTUDAD o. HAiGF
>NUMERoSoS MUERToS. HEplDOS Y FUalifnOs
BERLIN, t5.-Moues saurricnt1s nensn Il. fsftaf
IA ciudad dc Halle (Sajoua alcrnanaD
En- un choquo habido esa rnahana s5 .eEas
ITO heridos.
La tropa fusila por centenares 4 os rabeldss
Gran parte dc IA pobaci6n sin auua sta Az
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LA PLAYA DE- Ponce QDERE QUE Sc LIE De LA NDEPNDENCA

Artieulo " \ partir del primero
dc Junio de 1919, Il alealdr los con.
cejalcs dc Nueyo. Ponce desempehardn
todos los dcbcrcs que Ia ley prcscr-
be para alcaldcs ! conceiales de muni-
cipios dc scguuda glaec. ! con ante.
rioridad dicha feeha q rcferido al.
caldc i conceialcs tcndran las facu!,
tades e dcbcr dc desempehar todas
las funciencs que fuoren necesarias pa
RI Ia organization del nucvo municipio,
inciuycndo Ia formation y aprobaci6n
de un presupucsto para q aho econo.
mico dc l9l9-20 segGn SC prescribe por
la ley, y la imposici6n de eontribdcio.
nes inlpucStos para dieho alo ccon6,
mico, con arreglo Ley
Articulo N.--Dcsde el momento Ell
que sea nombrado q alcalde de Nucvo
Ponce ccsaran en- sus funciones los co
misarios dc los barrios que c6nsiituyen
el nuevo municipio, asunliendo dicho al
caldc las funcioncs del comisario de In
Playa, designara los que han De cier
Ger esas funciones cn los barrios dc
sam Anton Y Bucani
Articulo VIA partir del primero
dc Julio, dc 1919, la Junta Escolar dc
Wuevo Ponce desempehara todos los
debercs que prescribcn las Leyes Esco.
lares vigcntes; con anterioridad di-
cha fcha, la rcfcrida Julta Escolar dc.
scmpehara aqucllos deberes actuard
en- aqncllos asuntos que necesario fuc.
re, con el objeto dc realizar Ia orgaui-
zaci6n completa del nueyo gobierno cs.
collar, incluyendo q reparto de cscuc-
las,y nombramicnto dc maestros para q
aho 10000.
Articulo VII.-El Alcaldc, conceio y
Junta Escolar de Ponce conservardn
hasta el 80 de JUNO de 1919, Ia juris-
dicci6n que han ejercido hasta ahora,
dc acuerdo con la ley, sobre los ba-
rrios mencionados, con las excepciones
que esta ley establece.
Artfculo VIII-El municipio dc Nue.
vo Ponce formara parto de los distri.
tos judicial Y electoral dc Ia eiudad
de Ponce, en- Ia misma forma que 10
Ia venido siendo; pero en- este nueyo
municipio habra un Jucz de Paz que
sera nombrado dc acuerdo con Ia ley,
Y descmpelara sus funcioncs que la
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misma cslablecr, dcsdc q rrimero IL
Julio dc 1919.
Articuo ~. Toda propicdad . in.
mucblc pcrtcuccicntc Al municipio Dc
Ponce, y radicada usada "a q nuc.
70 municipio que Sc crca lsor csta Icy,
SC cntrcgara a Conccjo Municipal Dc
Nucvo Ponce, mas iatdar q 80 dc
Iunio dc 1919; todos los llbros, cx-
podientes, y documcntos rclntivos cx.
elusivamcntc dicho municipio, va pen.
dicntcs &c rcsoluci6u archivados, Sc.
ran cntrcgados tanbi6u Al nucvo conec.
10 municipal en- IA misma fccha iudi.
cada.
Articulo Toda reclamation que
pudicra surgir entire los municipios Dc
Ponce y Nucvo Ponce. incluyrndo Ia Il.
iaci6n dc colindaneia, Sc resolvcrd por
cl Conseio Executive 4 Puerto Rico,
cuya decision sera defuitivn, a menos
que fucsc anulada por Tribunal Com
pctente.
Artieulo ST Los biene8 one, radi-
cando en- todo en- parte, en- Ell muni
cipio de Nueyo Ponce. sean conunes .
undergraduates, quedarau snjelps las
disposicioncs del C6digo Civil sobrc
comnnidad dr bicncs; cxcepiuandosc
cl muclle municipal que, con todos sus
dcreehos y obligaciones, qucdard dc IN
exclusive pcrtcncncia DE- Ia ciudud d.
Ponces
Articulo XII.-Queda derogada 70.
ia Icy partc dc ley que se opongp
a Ia prcsentc, Ia cual, en- raz6n IN
dmergencia que existe de cssar orga
nizado q nuevo municipio antrs del
primcro de Julio pr6ximo, cmpczara
a regir Embellishments dcsputs Dc su
aprobaei6n. =
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TRIBUNAL MUNICIPAL

Ayclino Lizardi fue acusado por IN.
fracci0n dc Ia Ley dc Automobiles. Des
pu6s dc cxaminado q caso, q incz Font
impuso a Lizardi un mes DC c6recl. III.
zardi apel6 DC la sentencia ante IA Cor
&c dc .Distrito, depositando en- podcr del
sccrctario dc In Cortc Municipal 100000
en- metalico, que SC lc exigicron para
su libcrtad provisional.