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The Tomahawk., 1922-11-23
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There was another general coun-
Gil of the Chippewa Indians at Cass
Lake last Thursday. At that time
Indian Commissioner Chas. H..
Burke of Washington, D. c., was
present and made an appeal to the
members of the tribe to mite on a
pulley so that the department
could be of service to them. The
Chippewas have a couple OF mil
lions coming to them from Gov
eminent homestead land which by
treaty they ceded to the Govern.
ment on promise Of the 81 rs per
acre which xas % be paid by the
settler. : - i. 49, - +
The address of 9oHhmissio
Burke to the Indians setting forth
their rights and asking for their
final desire in the matter is pub
lished below and explains the stu
alton. The trouble has been with
tie Indians themselves to a great
extent. Because of two conflicting
factions they have failed to ratify
Z. treaty that makes it possible to
get what is coming to them. Al
ready two previous councils have
been held on the matter and this
is the third and final council Wilde
the present commissioner is in
power. It is now up to the In
dams to get together and get what
is due them. Commissioner Burke
addressed them as follows:
"Mr. Superintendent and my
friends, the Chippewas of Mime.
sofa, l am very glad to be with
you today and to see SO many of
you as are here.
II am very sorry that my condi-
ton is such that am not able to
spend some hours with you as l
would like to do. l never like to
talk sitting down but I am going
to ask you to permit me to do 90
because 1 am not in condition to
permit me to stand very long.
''Wben 1 became Commissioner
of Indian Affairs and took up the
matters pertaining to the many
tribes of Indians in the country. l
thought there were more matters
of Importance affecting the Chip
pcwa Indians of Minnesota than
any of the other Indians in the
country and the first place that l
visited after l was Commissioner
was Cass Lake about the frat OF
August, a year ago. After q
council here;I went to Red Lake,
Leeeh Lake and White Earth.
When left your Minnesota, l
went On to North Dakota, Mon
tana and other states in the west.
Since then I have visited many
of the Indians in other parts OF the
United States in the southwest
and elsewhere. This is the first
place that l have come back too to
make 4 second visit. am telling
you that sou may know that |
have given your matters very
close attention aud have been do
ing many things for Tou.
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and that, Tor many wears, there
had been agitation without any
thing being accomplished. l found
that you had had attorneys and
you had Fac so-ca:led Representa-
lives that were at Washington,
but could oot find that they had
done anything except to agitate.
II told you, when l was here
last year, what 1 intended to do
and am here today to tell you
what I have done. l have been
examining and stud ying very
closely the laws looking into the
matters about which the Indians
claim the . Government has not
treated them in accordance with
the law and agreements. One
thing that l discovered was that
there we're certain lands sold I'M
der the Homestead Law to settlers
at $1.2 per acre and Congress, in
May, 1900, passed a law known as
the Free Homestead Law and re-
lieved the settlers from paying
for their lands. The homesteaders
were to pay 81 25 for the lands
and the Government relieved
them from paying and therefore
they assumed the liability and
should have paid the Indians for
the land. The amount due for
these lands was $1,100,000. It
should have been paid very soon
after May 17tn, 1900 or twenty
two years ago. A bill has been
prepared and introduced in the
Congress by Congressman Knut-
sol, to pay the Indians 81, 100000
and FIVE per cent interest for
years The interest
amounts to more than the princi-
pal4so tl,esTamodnt, wiill;a@<be over.
two million dollars.
Another thing I found was
that the Indians claimed that GER
tain swamp lands had been coded
to the state of Minnesota; that the
Indians were entitled to pay for.
Bills had been introduced from
time to time in Congress to per-
NIT the Indians to bring suit in
Court of Claims against the State
of Minnesota. 1t was my opinion
that there is already a law that
authorizes the suit without having
any action by Congress and so we
recommended to the Secretary of
the Interior that. he ask the De-
partment of Justice, the Attorney
General, to bring suit. The
State of Minnesota resisted this
and did everything they could to
prevent The Secretary from max
ing that recommendation. This
caused a good deal of delay. Final
~ the Secretary recommended
that the suit be brought by the
Attorney General. The iState of
Minnesota again resisted and has
been endeavoring to get the At
torney Genersl not to bring the
suit. l hold in my hand copy
Of the letter from the Attorney
General Of the United States to
the Governor of Minnesota in
which he makes the statement that
it would rot be fair to longer post
pone and that be prosposes to file
CHS suit on the 18th of November.
Answering the request of the
Governor of the State shat he let
this go.to the 10th of December.
be makes the following answer
which I will read to you because
it is very brief. He first says
that if be did put it off TO Decem-
Der 10th be could not get decis-
ion ON the case until some time
after next summer and 50 he says:
''Such delay seems to me un.
reasonable, especially in view OF
the fact that :hc rights of Indians
for whom the Government is the
guardian arc at stake in the mat
ter.'' .sas....~ .
''Now these are two of the
things that have been started since
. L.
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OeCGlODS vi Cln DER CnaC are l0IC
standing and the five and ten per
cent on the cut over land; that
they had not been paid for the
lands that were taken in forest
reserves. 1 found that the law
provided for the appointment of
appraisers to determine the value
of this timber. Under the law,
one of the appraisers was to be
appointed by the tribes that have
been assembled under the call.
The law provides that the appraise-
ment must be made within ten
days.
1T would to make an appraisc-
ment in ten days and 50 l thought
l would appoint commission to
make the appraisement III advance
and have tnem investigate and
inquire into conditions generally
and every matter about which the
Indians complain. After this
commission had done its work,
then 1 thought we could have a
formal commission appointed and
make the appraisement and make
it good within the ten days. l
was anxious to have one man that
would be selected by the Indians.
Two councils we're held and the
Indians refused to make any selec-
ton. I then proceeded to appoint
commission, DR.. Wooster from
the Indian Bureau, Mr.. Kenipp
from the Bureau of Forestry and,
understanding that Mr.. Mark
Burns was al experienced forestry
man, a member of the Chippewa
tribe and had their confidence, 1
named him as a member of this
commission. l said to this COM
mission that l wanted them to be
generous and liberal in determine
ing the value of the timber.
asked them to look carefully into
the question of jack Pile and hard
wood that is in the cut over land.
1t has pleased me very much that
through Mr.. Burns, the value of
the timber has been materially in
creased over it might have been
without his assistance.
1.-The time has now come when
they arc about ready to make their
report. 1 believe they are to have
their meeting next week with a
view to a final report. AS soon as
the report is submitted l would
like TO have the appraisers formal
ly appointed and it is for you
people to rame your appraiser and
a representative. When that re-
port is submitted-when the ao-
praisement is mace and the report
submitted, there is sixty (60) days
for appeal. If there is no APPEAL
filed, the Secretary of the Treas
ury, under the law. will be allowed
to credit the Chippewa tribal fund
of Minnesota with the amount that
the appraisers have named. 1t
does not require any action of
Congress.
II am not here to ask any favor
of you. I am here to help you. 1
want to find out if you are willing
to help yourselves a little. If
you will appoint your appraiser
and representative it will hasten
the time when the money will be
paid in or credited to you in the
T1easury. You are the ones to be
benefited and it is for you to say
whether you want to do this or
not. want to say to you that in
your action, l don't want you to
waive any right or any claim or
ratify any act of Congress whatso-
ever.
yesterday l was shown a form |
eff resolution that had been drawn.
l read it over and made. a few
changes to make it stronger so
that there could be no possible
question about you action in any
way affecting your rights that you
claim to have l have no doubt in
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LONGS FOR PRIVATE
LIFE, SAYS HARDING

Marion, o.. July 5.-Before deliv.
ering his set speech yesterday President
Harding informally told his auditors
how 1t feels to be President.
1T is pretty hard to be President
and be perfectly natural and normal. "
he said. "Some days when you have
exercised infinite patience and toler-
ance and have had the assistance of
your friends who have some measurable
degree Of wisdom, you retire at night
and think the word is going to roll
along all right.
but when the returning tide comes
In 1t is the same old story over and
over again. You see. when everything
goes lovely the President never knows
anything about it. but when there is
q struggle he becomes the chief spon-
sor.
"For example. here sits in gray dis
tnguished son Of Ohio. General Dawes,
who has inaugurated for you and me
the budget system of government. Gem
eral Dawes will go out and save So. =
600, 900 and never tell me word about
1t, but II some one in the Government
spends thousand more than is needed
he comes to me with kick.
II will welcome the day when I can
come back and stay with you perman :
emily. 1t Is very fine thing to be
President of the United States, and it il
a good thing to keep on thinking it, be e
cause when you wake up from your
dream you will find it very differen,
thing"
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Cares of Office
Weary Harding
oontinued from Page Ono

Continued from PAGE Ono
sympathy and support. Being in the
White House would be something like
being in Marion. The machine would
work. And at every important point
would be friends.
But raIty government has proved an
impossible ideal. The system does not
work smoothly. Party loyalty, the old
rallying cry. has lost its hold. Disci-
pine is gone. The friends are dis
appearing from public life as New has
and as Frelinghuysen may on election
day, or they may be the subject of
bitter attack. as Daugherty is. New
senators are coming to Washington who
will add to the confusion and who will
seek to West party control, what there
is left of it, away from Mr.. Harding
and Lis friends.
The President speaks from the bottom
If his heart when he attacks blocs. as
he did in his Marion speech. The
breakup Of the voters and their repre-
sentativcs into organized minorities
threatens still further the system which
alone would make political life en-
durable to him.
nan who adjusts himself easily to
changing conditions. He has not been
the kind Of American who moves about
the continent seeking his fortune. He
remained rooted in Marion among his
friends. Politics, as he conceives it,
10 like dealing with the leading men
Of his village. He once said so. 1t
Is no longer In reality so simple.
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FRATERNAL SERVICES
FOR DEAD ENGINEER

Funeral services by four fraternal or
ganizations will be conducted tonight for
Walter Westcott, forty. .one years old.
engineer Of the train wrecked at Wins.
low Junction Monday morning. The
services will be at his home, 412 Mar
ket street, Gloucester. N. J. The par.
ticipating lodges will be Cloud lodge
No. 101. F. and A. NJ; Cyrene Com
mandery No. Z. Knights Templars; 81.
loan Chapter, r. A. NJ, and Arwaues
Lodge, I. o. o. F.. ....
Other services will be held at the
home at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
He will be buried in Evergreen Gene.
terry. Camden. A widow survives.
Westcott's body was found fifty feet
from the engine. His head was badly
mutilated. 1t is believed that when the
engine struck the stone embankment he
was hurled out.
Edward Sickler. a brother in law Of
Westcott and who is a former railroad
employees, said that Westcott never
passed with a signal against him.
Westcott, he said, was too careful an
engineer.
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PRESIDENT ENJOYING
DAY OF RELAXATION

Marion, o.. July 5.-(By A. P.)-
President Hardings second day in
Marion as a Homecoming visitor gave
promise today Of being the least siren
uous he has spent since leaving Wash
ington last Saturday. ARRANGEMENTS
had been made for him to review a
historical parade during the afternoon,
but aside from that he was not sched ,
uled to make any public appearance.
II was expected that the President
would spend most Of the day with mem :
bers Of his family and visiting with
some Of his intimate friends.
This Is the final day of Marion's
centennial and Homecoming celebration
Floats in the parade had been DECORATED
10 depict various stages in the city's
growth. Representatives of American
Legion posts throughout Ohio. who came
here TO participate in the parade, plan
ned to hold barbecue later in the day
Hanford MacNidcr, national com
nander of the American Legion, wa,
. the program for an address.
Present plans call for the departur,
Il President and Mrs. Harding tomor
row. They will stop for a, day in Co
Mmbus ON their way back to Washing
TIM by automobile.
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patriotic thing to stop for RETROSPECT
tion to take stock about our keeping OF
the legacy bequeathed by the founding
fathers.
''In our international relations all
is well. They are securer today, with
more assuring prospects Of peace than
ever before in the history Of the re.
public. New guarantees have recently
been added, by the very process Of ex-
changing viewpoints, and bringing the
spokesmen of great nations to the con-
ference table, and for the exchange Of
views, and to resolve to do together
those fine and noblcr things which no
one nation could do alone.
Frankly. we hare broader view
point than the founding fathers; we
must have, because human progress has
altered our world relationship; but we
have held firmly to all the fundamentals
to which they committed us. We cannot
be aloof from the world, but We can
impress the world with American ideals.
mean to say It because 1t is seemly
to say It. The world believes today in
American national unselfishness as
mitment to justice to be no less reso.
lutte than our determination to pre-
serve our liberties. Even Russia, toward
whom we remain aloof. except in sym
pathy and very practical proof there
of, looks upon America as friend and
example.
"a free American has the right to
labor without any others leave. 1t
would be no less an abridgment to
deny men to bargain collectively. Gov
srnments cannot tolerate any class or
grouped domination through force. II
will be a sorry day when group domi.
nation is reflected in our laws. Gov
ernment and the laws which govern
ment is charged with enforcing must be
for all the people. ever aiming at the
common good.
The tendencies of the present day
are not surprising. War stirred the
passions of men. and left the world in
upheaval. There have been readjust.
ments and liquidations. and more re-
main to be made. In the making there
has been the clash of interests. the
revelations of creed. the perfectly
natural tendency to defend self-inter-
ests. 1t has developed groups and
blocs. and magnified class inclinations.
But the readjustment Is no less newt
able. and It is worldwide. 1t is the
problem Of human kind. Your Gov.
ernment has sought to aid, with
patience, with tolerance, with SYM
pathy. 1t has sought to mitigate the
burdens. 1t has sought the merging
of viewpoints to make the way easter,
1t believes the America of our oppor-
tunity and unchallenged security affords
the way to solution"
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TheDailyNouelette
The Efficiency Girl
By !. WRIGHT
THE classified advertising Offices were

THE classified advertising Offices were
i agog with excitement and buzzing.
Dust cloths unused for weeks We're
being flicked across the highly polished
desks, we'll -sharpened pencils were being
passed along the counters, where the
ad takers stood all day checking up
the number Of spaces. the number Of
words and costs Of insertions in the
classified advertising pages Of the Chi
cago Mirror. Mary Connolly alone
was. unimpressed by the news of the
efficiency expert who, from the astound-
ing rumors floating about, was evident.
ly to come into the classified advertising
Offices, looh about with the sharp eye
of keen detective, suggest very radi-
cal changes here and there as to
lighting, position of desks and the
cashiers cage and--worst of all-fre
instantly those clerks who were In any
way inefficient.
The top Of the mornin' to you,
Susie McGinnis,' she said gayly. taking
out her fountain pen. And why all
this merry cleaning and rushing about /?
The efficiency man--if he's any efficiency
man at all--will see through your little
foibles" ..,..,
~ wish you'd call me susanne. /"
pettishly exclaimed Susie Mc(;innis.
'And I think you don't realize tine
importance of this man. The boss up
stairs has seen him work before and
he's told him that he can have any one
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Four Inquiries Into
Rail Wreck Start

Continued from Page One
will be brought out at the meeting Of
the investigating bodies.
Prosecutor Wolverton satisfied him.
self that the signal system was working
properly. He was considerably In
censed because his Office was not noti-
| fed of the wreck until several hours
after It had occurred.
Death Toll Fixed at Seven
With the death in the Atlantic City
Hospital Yesterday Of John Mace. con.
ductor Of the wrecked train, the death
toll In the wreck was fixed definite.
ly at seven. Mace was scalded by steam
and boiling water, both his legs were
broken and he suffered internal injuries.
Funeral services were held today at his
home in Camden.
Louis NJ. Kolker, OF GA Columbia
avenue, this city, who was on bis
honeymoon when the crash occurred. is
the only one of the thirty victims in
the Atlantic City Hospital who Is not
expected to recover. He went on after
the wreck to Atlantic City with his
bride and was driven in a taxicab to
his hotel where he suddenly collapsed.
Then he was taken to the hospital. His
wife, who is also in the hospital, shows
signs of Improvement.
Frank Musculli, forty-eight years old,
1742 North Twenty fourth street, this
city, also Is in a serious condition, but
expected to recover. The Rev. Vaughan
Vosse, fifty six years old, of Egg Har.
Dor, shows some improvement, and
Charles Lukens, fifty-five years old,
6327 Beechwood street, Germantown,
also slightly better.
At Winslow Junction yesterday
wrecking cranes Of the Reading and
Pennsylvania Railroads we're busy re.
moving the debris. Shortly before noon
the twisted remains of what once had
been one OF the Readings fastest
engines were hoisted up from the death
pit and placed on cars for removal.
Inquiries Still Pour in
A food of telephone calls from all
parts of the country continue to pour
into available telephone stations in the
did their best yesterday to answer
questions asked by friends of persons
supposed to be passengers on the train.
At the scene Of the wreck State police
were kept active maintaining their lines
about the pile Of shattered steel.
Curiosity seekers and sightseers
Thousands Of dollars worth Of per.
sonal property Of victims Of the wreck
is awaiting claim at the Office Of Prose
cutor Gaskill in Atlantic City, where
it was taken by detectives assigned to
the task of collecting and tabulating it.
Clothing and money form the bulk OF
it. OF the score or more watches re-
covered many were uninjured. even tho
crystals being intact.
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you.' I loclSd out Of The window and
say S8 crumpled up. called the West
Jersey and Seashore at Camden.
asked them II the Hammonton ONCE
was open. I notified them that there
had been an accident at WA, on Read. !.
Ing, and asked them TO. send help. i
next called the Pennsylvania ofice at
Hammonton. There I notified j. l..
O'Donnell that there was a wreck at
WA over our track, BY that I mean
part Of 1t was over the Pennsylvania
track.
I'm fifteen minutes or possibly q half
hour, DeWalt called me on the phone.
He said: Can you get Hamm0nton
Try to get my son to take me home. /
want to 20 home and don't bring me
back to this place again.
II asked him II he needed any help.
He answered:
;. Nobody can do anything now. 1t
II told him II he needed help to call
me. All right, WILL he answered.
He evidently was crying. got permis-
sion to leave my station for half an
hour with Arthur Brennan, my brother,
fifteen years old. We went over to the
wreck. 1t was pouring rain. When we
reached WA they were leading DeWalt,
CRYING. away
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Coal SETTLEMENT
|sUP TO HARDING
Drastic Action Necessary to
Break Deadlock Between opsr.
ators and Miners, Is Opinion
PREDICT SENATE ACTION

WsahinSton. Ju,v 5-settlement q,
the Nation wide cooi strike depends
epparentlv mon drastic actinn by Presi.
dent Hnr,,ino IN broak tbe deadlock
between tbe onerafors and miners.
Both sides Thus for have turned deaf
ears to the stern admonition of the Pres.
hent to agree among themselves or suffer
Ire conse1uences and 70 the peace pleas
OF Secretary Davis and Secretary Hoo
yer. Three days Of conference have
been barren of result. Iteration and re-
iteration of their respective positions
and their stubborn refusal to yield only
led to a bitter exchange which threat
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TOLD De WALT OF FLIER,
GIRL OPERATOR SAYS
Miss Brennan Declares Towerman
Knew Of Oncomlna Train

Marguerite Brennan, OF Winslow
Village. n. J.. night telephone operator
at "B" tower of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, across the meadow several hun.
dred yards from the W A tower Of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway, near
WinslOw Junction, said today she noti.
fed John F. DeWalt, the Reading
towerman, of the approach of the Read
ing fier. The express. she says, was
blowing for signals.
"On Monday morning I saw 33 com .
ing through. blowing the whistle for sig
nal." Miss Brennan said. ''There was
heavy fog and drizzling rain. but
could see the lights about q mile down
the road. I called DeWalt and told
him Here comes an express blowing
for signals.
"DeWalt answered, All I1ght. Thank
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B0TT0MLEY PLEA DENIED
Court Dismlsses Appeal for Sub.
mission Of Other Evidence

London, July 5.-The Court of Grim.
inal Appeal yesterday dismissed the an.
peal Of Horati0 Bottomley, member of
Parliament aud formerly editor of John
Bull, made recently from his conyiction
by lower court of misappropriation
OF funds OF the Victory Bond Club
Bottomley appealed on technicalities
and applied for leave to submit other
evidence.