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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-18

Iieve in justice and freedom in the
United States. l will 90 further
to protect my fellow Indians and
ask for jurisdictional bill which
shall be broad enough to unraveI
all present claims which the In
dams may have against the United
States. l want Congress to adjust
as many Of these claims as it pos
sibly can and those that cannot be
SO adjusted to be presented to the
Court of Claims for adjudication.
Thanking you gentlemen OF the
Committee for any assistance you
may be able to render to the
Chippewa people who as a nation
fought side by side under the Red
White and Blue for Democracy.
They proved to be among the
most gallant men in the field and
were always at the front to do and
die for their country. The official
affirmation that the Indian is q
man; God knows that the Indians
have proved their Americanism
and their manhood. Seventeen
thousand of them were in the
World War for America and three
out of every four volunteered for
service. The American Indians
were given the Croix de Guerre
and one of them was selected by
the French Government as the
model original American soldier,
whose likeness hangs upon the
walls of the French Federal Build.
ing with those of all allied races,
namely: Charles Bellecourt of
White Earth, Minnesota, a mem.
Der of the Chippewa tribe. One
hundred and fifty Indians were
decorated for bravery and, after
all, these men that showed such
valor are kept under the guardian
wings of the Indian Bureau and
their property and money dissi-
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-18
Says Red Lake Bands
Prefer to Remain as
Wards and |nCompe-
tents.
Peter Graves, Speaking for the Red Lake
Indians, Before the Senate Investlga.
ting Commute States That Those He
Represents Wish to Continue Their
AimIess Existence.

According to the Twin City
press, Peter Graves, who claims to
represent the Red Lake bands of
Minnesota Chippewas, speaking
for those Indians before the Sen
ate Investigating Committee at
Red Lake when the committee
visited that reservation last month,
stated that the members of the
Red Lake bands did not desire
citizenship or anything else that
savored of advancement or self
support, but that they desired to
remain forever as government
wards, which of course means
life of Incidence and idleness. Ac
cording to Mr.. Graves all the Red
Lake bands are interested in was
the amount of rations doled out to
them at expense of the whole
tribe in order that they may con-
tinue to sit around in the sun and
idle away their whole existence.
Some ambition, we'll say.
Graves, who is not more than one
half Indian, and whose status as a
Minnesota Chippewa is questioned
by many who have known him
since boyhooG, cites the White
Earth reservation and its members
as the reason the Red Lakers wish
to remain as wards of the govern
ment and says: The White Earth
Indians wanted citizenship and
they got it; they had good time
for four or five years. Now they
have pothing." Mr.. Graves evi.
IDENTIFY overlooked the fact that
the recent citizenship bill passed
by Congress included the Red
Lakers as we'll as all other bands
of Indians born within the TERRI
torial limits of the United States,
ard that the members of the Red
Lake bands are now citizens
whether they want to be or not
Az to having nothing, we are of
the opinion that the White Earth
Indians. while they may be short
on warehouse rations", are other
wise possessed of as much of this
worlds goods as are the pampered
pets of the Indian Bureau-the
Red Lake Indians. The White
Earth Indians could today. be in
this same position of idleing their
time away and subsisting on ware
house rations if they did not hold
their self-respect too high.
If the treaty of 1889 had been
carried out as it should have been
the Red Lake bands would have
received their allotments when the
other bands did, whether they
wanted to be allotted or. not,- for
the treaty specifically states that
it was the duty of the Secretary
of the Interior to arbitrarily allot
any Indian who failed to take his
allotment within four years after
the signing of the treaty. The
land remaining after the allotments
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-18
Farming de Luxe.

Hardly in the most lavishly
staged motion picture was there
ever elaborated such an affecting
agricultural scene as that recently
portrayed of our president forking
hay on Vermont farm.
The President rode to the hay
field in high priced car. He was
attended by his secretary, c..
Bascom Slemp, a great harvester
himself, not of hay, but of south.
ern Republican delegates, and also
of campaign funds on the Mead.
ows of DAN" Added to the scene
were ten secret service men, three
moving picture men, ten photo
graphers, and great retinue of
newspaper men.
Cincinnatus leaving his pillow in
furrow, Putnam loosing his steed
from his pillow and riding to Lex.
ington after hearing the shot
heard round the world" were
agricultural scenes of like interest
and value. But they were simple
and unwitnessed acts.
Not so with President Coolidge
pitching hay for the sake of his
neighbor, the benefit of the NOV
ing picture industry, the good of
the Republican party, and the
votes of the farmers of America.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-18
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il brings results.
Shortest Railroad.

You have heard of shortest railroads
before. Always they're the most abb
breviated ever. But off.hand one
would grant the prize to Missoula,
Mont. 1t has railroad only 100 feet
long. It connects the Northern Pacific
with the 6. NJ. & St. p, and is used
as transfer. 1t has no equipment,
no employees. and no stations, yet the
company that owns 1t gets 80 cents
for every car that passes over its rails.
Sixteen thousand have done SO thus
far. Think of it.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-09-18
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pated by the arbitrary acts of the
Indian administration.
Vim. A. Brunette.
Organizer of the United
Chippewa Council.
Dated at Mahnomen, Mimi,
August 80, 1924.
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The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
WEAVERS FAIL TO
SEE COMMISSION
President Threatens to Send
Sheriff After Them,

George A. Weaver and his son
Windsor J.. contractors. who erected
the new additions to Julletta, county
asylum for the insane. is under In
Gictment on charges Of misconstruc-
ton. did not appear before county
commissioners this morning TO talk
over repairs.
IF they don't show up Wednes-
day morning we will send the sheriff
after them" said John Kitley,
board president. This is a court,
and we are tired OF fooling around"
The partners promised to repair
the saggiug ceilings and other de-
fects according to recommendations
Of a board of arbitrators. Commits
sioners said they heard the firm was
making the repairs independent OF
the arbitrators' report and asked
contractors In for an interview.
County Auditor Harry Dunn and
the Weavers are involved in a man
date suit in Circuit Court whereby
the firm socks to compel him to pay
the $12 900 balance due them for
new additions at the county poor
farm, which Dunn refused to pay
because of alleged misconstruction
there-
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
POLICE MAY NOT
TAKE PRISONERS
BEFORE W|LMETH
Possibility Of Using Justice
Courts Arises in Bond
= WrangIe.

Possibility Of sending prisoners
arrested by police into courts Of
justices of the peace instead Of city
court was discussed at the board of
safety meeting today, if the present
disagreement between Police Chief
Herman F. Rikhoff and Delbert o.
Wilmeth, city judge, is not settled.
After expressing resentment at the
order Of Judge Wilmeth delegatlng
Probation Officer Robert Dennis to
release prisoners on their own recog-
niZance, the board instructed Chief
Rikhoff to confer with Wilmeth in
an effort to reach an understanding.
Board members were advised by
attorneys that city %iudge is an of
flee created by city charter through
the State Legislature, and that his
orders We're to be construed as man.
datory on the police chief before
prisoners were brought into court.
Justice of Peace courts are created
by the State constitution.
Judge Wilmeths order provides
that Dennis can release any prisoner
arrested between p. m. and mid
night, whose bond does not exceed
$400.
1t was also pointed out that Chief
Rikhoff might remove Dennis to
other police duties since he was un.
der jurisdiction OF the police chief,
if Wilmeth did not amend his order.
Rikhoff said Wilmeth had not con-
suited him before making the order.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
Wash YOUR kidneys
BY Drinking Water

Flush your kidneys by drinking a
quart of water each day, also take
salts occasionally, says a noted aL-
thority, who tells US that too much
rich food forms acids which al
most paralyze the kidneys in their
efforts to expel It from the blood.
They become sluggish and weaken;
then you may suffer with a dull
misery in the kidney region. sharp
pains in the back or sick headache
dizziness, your stomach sours,
tongue is coated, and when the
weather is bad you have rheumatic
twinges.
To help neutralize these irritating
acids. to help cleanse the kidneys
and flush off the body's urinous
waste. get four ounces Of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy here. Take a
tablespoonful in a glass Of water BE-
fore breakfast for a few days, and
your kidneys may then act fine,
This famous salts is made from tha
acid Of grapes and lemon juice. COM
bined with lithia, end has been used
for years to help flush and stimulate
sluggish kidneys; also to neutraIizs
the acids in the system so they no
longer irritate, thus often relieving
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; can not
iniure and makes a delightful
effervescent Whitewater drink. By
all means have your physician ex'
anime your kidneys at least twice a
year.-Adve-tiseme
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
OPEN MEETING To
END SESSION At
REFORMED CHURCH
Missionary Union IndorSes
Y. W. C, A, and Work
Among LeperS,

INSTRUMENTATION work among
/ lepers and Y. w. c. A. work were in
dorsed today at an an-day meeting
OF the Missionary Union of Re-
formed Churches in Indianapolis at
the Second Reformed Church. Mrs.
Emma Ackman. denominational
chairman, who will have charge of
raising funds for advancing leper
work. spoke. Miss Florence Ian
ham told Of Y. ". c. a. activities.
Mrs Frederick II. Diehm, presi-
dent, had charge of the meeting. Mrs.
L. T. Bloemker is secretary.
Mrs. William Z. Hoy, missionary
in China for forty years, was the
principal afternoon speaker. She
told Of women swork in China.
Public meeting tonight will close
the conference. Mrs. Hoy, pioneer
missionary. Will speak again. Mrs.
John Bosch is chairman of a COM
mittee to arrange for observance Of
the national day of prayer the first
Friday in Lent. Even Georgless, of
Indiana School Of Music. played
violin, accompanied by Miss Mae
Gorsuch. Luncheon was ser-ed by
Women Of the church.
Greetings were sent to Miss Alma
Iske. DR.. and Mrs. John Stuckey
and Miss Edith Huessing, all mis-
sionaries in China, who have gone
from the Indianapolis community.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
RED MEN OPEN
ANNUAL COUNCIL
Pension and Old Member S
Home Discussed,

with an attendance of about 700
delegates from 375 tribes in Indiana,
the ffty-hfth annual session of the
great council. Improved Order OF
RedSMen. opened today in the audi
torum OF the knights of Pythias
building.
Discussion Of an old age pension
plan. proposed establishment of a
home for aged members of the order
and election Of great junior saga.
more Will be the principal matters
to be considered.
Five candidates were in the field
for great junior sycamore, only com
petitive office. They are James NJ.
Hudson, Owensburg; Otis House,
Shelbyville; Albert Hausnan. Ind.
anapolis Harry Robson. Blooming
ton. and Arthur Park, Kokomo.
Election will be held Wednesday.
Opening session was devoted TO
formal reports of officers. Reports
showed a total membership in the
State Of 47,550. Eight new tribes
were established during the year.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
zAHND ANSWERS
BEVERIDGE TALK
.DenieS Public Ownership
viii Cost Public.

John Zahnd. national chairman of
the National Independent party, to-
day challenged statements of former
Senator Albert ]. Beveridge. IN his
South Bend speech, in a letter to
Beveridge.
You say public ownership Of rail-
roads would increase the public debt
$50, 600 OO0,0 and we would lose
$500, 600, 900 in taxes. You know fun
well the public would not be re-
quired to pay for the highly inflated
value placed on the railroads and
you further know that when the
public would get the pEoft from the
railroads it would reduce taxes and
would save the people annually many
millions of dollars.
Regarding your stand in support
ing Ed Jackson for Governor. last
April you told me that you could not
believe Senator James Watson il he
swOre upon a stack Of Bibles and
that Jackson was no better. 1t will
not be possible for you to make peo-
pie believe that you were sincere
then and that you are sincere now. "
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
DAVIS HITS CAL
FOR SUGAR DELAY
Accuses President With
Playing Politics,

By United Press
WITH DAVIS EN- ROUTE TO
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 21.-MovTng
up through southern Kentucky in
final stage of his campaign, John w.
Davis today severely criticised
President Coolidge fon his failure to
act on the sugar rates in the tariff
bill. Davis, by inference. accused
the President OF playing politics
with every American dinner table.
The Democratic nominee has taken
on new life following wind-up Of the
Tennessee campaign in Nashville
Monday. Intimate friends say he de-
livered there the best speech of his
tour. In classical English he pOr-
trayed his opposition to government
ownership of the railroads and other
La Toilette proposals.
Speeches are scheduled today in
Bowling Green and Elizabethtown,
Ky, before his arrival in Louisville
at 2:30 p. m. for Il night speech.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

II your skin IS yellow-complexion
pallid-tongue coated-appetite poor
you have a bad taste in your mouth
a lazy. no-good feeling-you should
take Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-a sub
stitute for calomel-were prepared by
DR.. Edwards after II years Of study.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil You viii know them by their
olive color.
TO have a clear, pink skin, bright
eyes. no pimples. a feeling Of bUoyancy
like childhood days you must get at
the cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on
the RIVER and bowels like calomel-yet
have no dangerous after effects,
They start the bile and overcome con-
stipation. Take one or two nightly and
note the pleasing results. Millions OF
boxes are sold annually at 15c and Soc.
advertisement
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
MEETINGS CLOG TRAFFIC
Safety Board Asked to Stop Satur-
day Street Services.

Request that religious meetings
of the Salvation Army and Volun-
tears Of America at Market and
Illinois SITS. and Washington and
Illinois SITS, be discontinued on
Saturday night was made by the
board of safety today. Congested
traffic conditions prompted the re-
quest.
The board found William Rusie,
of the fire prevention department,
guilty of drinking on duty and
suspended him ten days from Oct.
II. Rusie said he was given the
mixture which made him i'll by a
druggist.
Safety zones We're ordered at
Fountain Square on Prospect and
Virginia Aves.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
COMMERCIAL IS
SOLD ON ONE BID
Enquirer Company Buys
MOrning Paper.

Sale Of the Indianapolis CONNER
cial, morning newspaper. to the En-
quirer Printing and Publishing Com
pany was approved today by Su-
perior Judge Linn d. Hay. The En-
quirer company submitted a bid OF
$4,000 to Receiver Ralph W. Doug
lass. 1t was the only one received.
Robert A. Butler, editor and one
of the owners, said on the witness
stand he thought the paper would
bring more In the future. but did not
believe it is worth SC. 900 under pres
ent conditions. He urged receiver
ship be continued. Douglass testi-
fed no one else would bid. The
paper will be established on the
basis of a commercial and legal
newspaper, it was said.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
WEALTHY WOMAN'S
DEATH IS PROBED
Examine Body for Poison
TraGe-Seek Treasure,

By United Press
GREENVILLE, ILL.,, Oct. 21.-Au-
thorities today are awaiting report
of chemical analysis of viscera OF
Miss Mary Tefft, 34, reputed wealthy
land owner in Michigan. before TAX
ing definite action to solve her mys'
terious death.
Body of Miss Tefft who died at
Jackson, Mich. last July s, and
was buried here. has been exhumed.
A young woman who acted as COM
panion to the wealthy spinster is I'm
der surveillance.
Search is under way for hidden
treasure" which the woman was re-
ported to have attempted to tell of
on her deathbed. Miss Tefft, it was
said, withdrew $4,000 in securities
from q Jackson bank just before
she died.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
INDICTED MAN ARRESTED
Thomas Hogan Charged With Rob-
bing Men at Party.

Thomas Hogan. 2s, of 2o5 Hia-
watha St, was arrested today after
indictment by Marion County grand
jury on charges of robbery, grand
larceny, and conspiracy to commit
a felony.
Police say he was one of the men
alleged to have stolen $500 and a
valuable watch from Sam Cash and
James Van Cleve, sol S. New Jersey
ST., Sept. 10, following a drinking
party. Charge was denied on
Hogan's behalf.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21

What could he DO? How could
he make Chuang suffer?
He would commit suicide! His
blood would stain Chuangs door
step. and his spirit Forever would
haunt Chuangs S dwelling.
Hsu obtained pair Of scis-
sors. went to Chuang home and
drove the sharp point into his
abdomen.
Just then Chuang Erh ap-
peared. He was much fright
ened. Who wants an evil spirit
always in his footsteps? He
promised amends.
He picked up Hsu and ran to
the white mans hospital. At
last Hsu would not die on the
Chuang front step.
But Hsu viii live, SO has
changed hands. and the two are
friends again,
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
HEINY TRIAL IS
CONTINUED FOR
WEEK BY BOARD
Occupants of Car Officer
Said He Chased Deny
Statements,

The trial of Motorcycleman Rob
ert L. Heiny. charged with unbecom-
ing conduct and neglect Of duty, was
continued by the board of safety to-
day until next Tuesday. Heiny nor
any of his witnesses were called to
testify.
Heiny was one Of the officers pa
trolling rural roads southeast of the
city in search of the bandits who held
up and robbed the Rural st. branch
of the Fletcher Savings and Trust
Company, Oct. 10. He reported he
fired three shots an an automobile
and then was out-distanced in fresh
gravel,
Charges preferred by Police Chief
Herman F. RiRhoff state that the
automobile pursued by Heiney was
occupied by Harry Duncan and Wal
ter Gardner. city firemen. with their
wives, and that they were on a
hunting trip.
All occupants of the car testified
they heard no shots fred by Heiny.
and denied they were going near
fifty miles an hour at any time.
When they sighted Heiny on his
motorcycle for the last time he was
less than a hundred feet back OF
the automobile. but making no ef-
fort to flag them down, they said.
They testified they were not driv-
ing more than six miles an hour
then.
Counsel for Heiny attempted to
show that a shotgun was protruding
out the side Of the Duncan's car, and
that Heiny had reason TO believe the
automobile was occupied by bandits.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
SAFETY TALK GIVEN
Gyros Hear Commissioner Speak on
Grade Crossings.

Frank Singleton, public service
commissioner In charge of the State
grade crossing safety conference
here last week. addressed the Gyro
Club today on Grade Crossing Safe
ty," at luncheon at the Lincoln. Sin
gleton was introduced by Frederick
p. schortemeier, secretary to Gov
ernor Emmett F. Branch.
Singleton described results of the
safety conference and explained the
resolution providing for creation of
the office of safety commissioner to
be occupied by an existing public
service commissioner.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
MASSACHUSETTS
ARGUES ABOUT
POLICE STRIKE
Voters Ponder Long Dis
CuSSed Question as EIeC-
ton Draws Near

By United Press
BOSTON. Oct. 21.-Hoary issues
such as who broke the Boston po-
Ice strike ana taxation without
representation Is tyranny" rattle
their dry bones among the electo-
rate Of New England as the voters
ponde their political associations this
year.
The most interesting struggles will
he in Massachusetts and Rhode Is
land. since Maine, Vermont, Con
nectcut and New Hampshire show
no marked tendency toward leaving
the Republican column.
Coolidge Supported
It is in Massachusetts that the
long discussed question Of who set
tied the police srrike-Calvin Cool
idCe 0hen Governor or Mayor An
drew Peters-has become the burn
ing issue. Curiously enough. the
Boston Post, a powerful newspaper
and usually independent Democrat
in dts political persuasion, has elect
ed this year to espouse the cause OF
a favorite son and is taking up the
cudgels for Coolidge. In so doing it
has entered the lists against Peters,
who has maintained responsibility
for stopping the police strike here
some years ago.
As this storm RACES around the
presidential contest in Massachu-
setts, a junior senatorship hangs in
the balance. But while the Boston
Post helps Coolidge, its support Is
not extended to Frederick II. Gil
lette, speaker OF the last two Houses
Of Representatives now running for
the Senate as the Administration
choice.
Instead of supporting Gillette, the
Post is urging the reelection pf his
Democratic opponent, Senator David
I. Walsh, who defeated the present
Secretary of War. John w. Weeks,
in 1918.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
For1ner Constable Sentenced

Otho Denton, Great Eastern Hotel,
a former constable of Center town
ship. today pleaded guilty in Grim
inal Court to operating a blind tiger
and was fined 500 and sentenced to
sixty days on the Indiana State
Farm by Criminal Judge James A.
Collins. He was arrested April IA.
Chief Deputy Prosecutor Byron K.
Elliott consented to dismissing trans
portation charges against Denton.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-10-21
SUGAR HEARING MAYBE
Coolidge Considers Inquiry Before
Action on Tariff.
BV United Press

BU United Press
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21.-Presi-
dent Coolidge may hold hearings on
the sugar tariff problem If informa-
ton he has asked of Federal depart
ments fails to clear up tthe question,
it was said at the White House to-
day. The President hopes, however,
this additional delay may not prove
necessary.
Final decision on sugar tariff re-
duction recommended by tariff COM
mission appeared no nearer today
with the President still waiting for
data requested.