Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 29, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 11, NO 207. TO RIGHT YAKIMA INDIAN WRONGS rcongren Investigates Treaty of 1885 And Manner In Which it Has Since Been Observed By Whites RED MEN WANTED PROTECTION Did Not Secure it At First But Were _ Since Aided By Secretary Fisher And Agdin by Commission From Congressman C. H. Tavenner. ‘Washington, December 29—A great wrong which has ‘done the tribe of Yakima Indians, in the state of Washington, is about to be righted, if the report of a joint com- mission of Congress, which has in- vestigated the affair, is acted upon favorably by Congress. Prior to 1885 the Yakima Indians and kindred tribes controlled a vast area of land in the state of Wash- ington. The white men found them there living by fishing and hunting and overruning the land which was theirs by the righf of long occup- ancy. It was the day of colonization by the whites. The government had already recognized its responsibili- ties toward the Indians, and conse- quently the agents of the white men’s government went to these In- dians with fair words so as to make an exchange whereby the Indiang could receive the benefits of the white man’s civilization, while the white man received land. By the treaty of 1885, therefore, the Indians surrendered a great area of their lands to the whites, keep- ing to themeslves a reservation of 200,000 acres. On this area it was proposed that the white man would teach the Indian to become a farm- er. No doubt it was pointed out to him that living on the products of the hunt and net was precarious, while the arable land provide a cer-~ tain livelihood. But not an acre of this land was arable unless irrigated. These lands adjoined the Yakima River, and the Indians at once began the construc- tion of crude reclamation works. All went well until the white pop- ulation of the district began to in- crease. Then the whitemen had need for irrigation water, and they began tapping the river from the bank opposite the reservation and above it. More and more water was diverted for the white mens farms. Finally, in 1903, the white men’s canals were taking almost the entire low water flow of the river. As a desperate measure the super- intendent of the reservation filed a priority claim for 1,000 cubic feet of water per second, as necessary to irrigate the lands then under culti- vation. Injunction suits were brought, and the matter came before former Secretary of the Interior Hit- chcock for decision, The Indlane, of course, expected that the Great White Father in Washington would protect them in their claim. But Hitchock ruled that the Indians were entitled to only 147 cubic feet of wa- ter per second. That ruling meant that all but a few of the Indians would be driven off the reservation to become beg- gers. - But in spite of the obvious in- Justice of the decision, it was sus- tained last year by Secretary Fisher of the Taft Cabinet. The Congressional commission has recommended a greatly increased water allowance for the Indians and ‘an appropriation of $500,00 to build reclamation works necessary to se- cure this supply. FEATURE FILM AT BRINKMAN “The Last Days of Pompeii,” Atftrac- tion For Tomorrow That the elementary feelings and passions of human nature were the same eighteen centuries ago as they are today is most forcibly illustrated in Geo. Kleine’s photo drama exquis- ite, “The Last Days of Pompeii,” an- nounced for Tuesday and Wednesday nights at the Brinkman theatre Dec. 30, 31. with matinees daily at 3 p. m. The principle characters of the story are Nydia, the blind flower girl who passionately loves the handsome and wealthy Greek youth, Glaucus, who pities the blind girl but is Limself in love with Tone, the beau:ilul Athen- ian maiden. Another viri'e factor ls the proud Egyptian priest, Avbaces, whose passion for Ione leads him to terrible extremes, svra to murder- ing her brother, Apecides. Then there are the idle pleasure seekers, Clodius, and Sallust, friends of Glau- cus, and 'the repulsive goreeres of Vesuvius, who herself had her love tale. It was the same world then as it is today, the only difference being . - that the development of Christianity "and civilization has taught the 3 FORM NEW PARTY Briandists Unite Under the Former Premier. Paris, Dec. 29.—The' “Briandist par- ty,” ties. premier. party. But Several Special ular term of court for judicial district during grind. The is quite probable that It is expected that the dispose of it. trami county will be being confined serving sentences. Judge McClenahan Grand Rapids where a set for trial. several weeks, saloon located north of hotel has moved his recently built. the neatest SCOQO " ARISTIDE BRIAND. Former French Premier at Head of New Political Party. a new political organization, was formed by 105 Republican senators and members of the chamber of dept- As its name indicates the party is | headed by Aristide Briand, The party is expected to draw sup- porters from all. those who refuse to obey the newly reorganized Radical DISTRICT JUDGES BUSY Only One Regular Term in January Cha@mber Work Takes up Time WRIGHT G[iES TO0 KOOCHICHING While there will be only one reg- three judges will be kept hard at the Koochiching term begins on January 13, and it Wright of Park Rapids will preside. more heavy than in previous years and that it will take several weeks to The next term to be held in Bel- and it is not known which of the three judges will preside. calendar will be practically the same as during the past year, grand jury will probably have but little work to attend to. at, present no men in the county jail being held to the grand jury, those cases set for hearing at his chambers in Brainerd during the month. Court cases at Walker will have the attention of Judge Stanton to- morrow and then he will return to Bemidji until next Monday when he leaves for Park Rapids where he will hear the Rima versus Rima Judge Stanton will remain in Bem- idji following the close of this case until January 20, when he leaves for Marion Hazen proprietor IN FRANGE former Terms and the fifteenth January, the county Judge B. F. term will be in February, The civil but the There are out short jali phers. DECIDE PLAN FOR CHOOSING. CITIES|* McAdoo and Houston Approve Of One Submitted And Are Preparing Blanks For All Applicants MANY PLACES ASK FOR HEARING Treasury Department Reéceives Num- €rous Messages From Towns De- siring Selection for Reserve Banks Washington, Dec.. 29.—With . its plans decided upon for choosing cities for the new federal reserve banks the federal bank organization committee turned its attention to the perfection of formal application blanks, which shall be used by institutions seeking membership. Although more than 1,000 “letters and telegrams expressing the. inten- tions of banks to enter the system have been received at the treasury department every bank wm.be re- quired to fill out and sign through its proper officials a legal application which can be kept in the treasury archives. The blank was approved by Secre- tary McAdoo and Secretary Houston and sent for final approval to the law- yers of the department. Secretary McAdoo is still confined to his home, suffering from a slight fever, but is expected to return to his desk shortly. The treasury department received many messages from bankers in cities that were omitted from the list made public of places where the preliminary | hearings are to be held. Officials reiterated that the selec- tion of the fourteen cities for hear- | ings did not indicate the positive! choice of any of them for the location| of federal reserve banks. GOPHERS PLAY TONIGHT Will Meet The Spillers at The Gillette Alleys in League Game Much interest is being shown in by James Given. the city bowling league game which is to be played this evening between the Gophers and Spillers: These two teams are now tied in' the league and the result of the game will be awaited with ~much members of the other fives. the .city’s best bowlers comprise the teanis which will roll this evening, M. S. Gillette being “captain of the Spillers while the Gophers are led ‘Ray Dennis and Nat Given also play with the Go- The game this evening wlill be the first since the alley has been put in first class condition and new ping and balls added. game évening. concern by The mnext is scheduled for Wednesday SKATES THIRTY MILES Wesley McTaggart Makes Trip to Be- midji On Frozen Lakes ‘Wesley McTaggart, son of George McTaggart, formerly of this eity but who now residers on a farm' near has many cass. case has been The case is an im- portant one and will probably take OPENS IN NEW QARTERS Marion Hazen Now Located In Gib- bons Block on Beltrami Evenue i of the the Markham stock inlo the new Gibbons’ block which was The saloon now has a corner entrance facing and Beltrami avenue and is one of and most thirst parlors in the city. All new |amounting to $185, .| fixtures have been placed. the alley attractive Turtle River, skated to Bemidji to- day from his farm home a distance of 30 miles. McTaggart was forced to_walk a few miles when passing from one lake'to the other but the greater portion of the ‘distance was covered on the steel runners. This distance is undoubtedly the longest for any skater in this section anid was made in the record time of two hours, Moving Building Alfred Johnson of this city who recently purchased the old Hazen saloon building has employed a crew of men to move the structure to a location below the Pogue Liver Sta- bles where it will be remodeled and used for residence purposes. Mr. Johnson had planned to move it to the location excavated morth of the city hall but the new fire limit ordl- nance prevented this action. Priest Gets Present * As a remembrance, to Rev. J. J. T. Philippi, pastor of St. Philip’s Ca- tholic church was presented with a collection day. from his parishioners on Christmas Some of |[FINED FOB DISORDERLY CONDUCT 8 $100,000 Amount G nn@oun‘fiy!drlum ummu,mtuloxa suteh'l‘rmurer WQHM' 3. smlth has commenced ‘the ‘distribution .of $100,000 state ald-for county. fair assoclatiqna appropriated by the last Legiblature, - Thfs 18 double the amoust ever befsre given by - the State. Examiner .A.>73. ¥Fritz found that several of ‘the associations re- ported to the state:the payment of larger premiums than‘they actually distributed. - No ohm{za was' made that this was done to get more from the state than they vgox'e entitled' to. The examiner believes the .alleged tod. FAST GAME ME SCHEDULED Champions of North mkm to Blay ‘In ]lemnh; 'mmniny Evening In B, A C, Hall HAVE DEFEATED| UNIVERSITY What promises to prove one of ithe most exciting games of basket- ball ever played on a Bemidjl floor has been booked for Thursday even- ing of this week with the Grand Forks Y. M. C, A. fiVe. The visitors haye not been: defeated this season although they have played the strongest teams in North Dakota. One of their biggest vicitories this season was the overwhelming de- feat administered the University of North Dakota five. Bemidji will ‘be weakened by the loss of Julius Bestul who will not return to Bemidji in time to play. Bailey, Howe, Ripple or Willey will probably be- substituted and every effort will be made 'to humble the visitors. 1f the Bemidji boys are winners of this game and the Grand Forks team is successful in holding the North' Dakota Championship again this season, the local five will make every effort to carry off the honors of Minnesota and.the Dakotas. A letter has been; written to the manager of the Aséension team of Minneapolis asking for a game and it is probably that a contest will be scheduled later in the season. U Couplc Found; in me m Third Street- Building Saturday Charged with disorderly conduct Grace Smith and Robert Berget were brought into municipal ecourt this morning where Miss Smith was fined ten dollars and ‘' Berget $15. The fines were paid and ‘the pair were re- leased. The arrest was made Sat- urday night by officers Lundgreen and Zacharias who watched them en- ter the building formerly occupisd by Joseph Blondo on~ Third streat where they rented a room. The of- ficers followed them to the room where the arrest was made. Both pleaded guilty. WILL DANCE NEW YEARS EVE Sixth of Traveling Mens Social Af- fairs Wednesday Those in charge of the dance which is to be given Wednesday night, New Years eve, by the U. C. T. are preparing for one of the larg- est crowds of the season. The floor of the city hall will be in excellent shape and special features will be on ‘the program. Those who re- ceived invitations stating that the dance was scheduled for Friday night should note that the affalr will be given Wednesday. This ‘s the sixth of a series of eight dances given by the traveling men. ICE BOATING POPULAR Three Boats Now On Lake—Ice Is In Good Condition Three ice boats were among the attractions on Lake Bemidji yester- day. Althought the ice is _.covered with a thin coating of snow and is not’ in good condition for skating 1t does not prevent -ice boating and considerable interest has been arous- ed in this out door ipért. “Ito be held in that city January. 16 ‘Swift, Traverse, Strong Teamis Coming During Next LITTLE FALLS READY FOR EDITORS || Charge of Pnpntmm for Two ot lhy: ‘Business. Session THEATRES GIVE SPECIAL SKOWS e % Smoken, Auto Rides and Oth‘er ‘F 0f Amusement Will Take up Time . Of Scribes—Meet Jan. 16 and 17 , Little Falls is to leave nothing un- done which might add enjoyment to the meeting of the Northern Minne sota Editorial association which “is and 17. ! /The Commercial club of Little Falls has taken charge of the affalr and already preparations for the en- tertainment of the scribes have prac- tically been completed. ' The Janu- ary meeting is known as a business session, at which officers are elected and other matters disposed-of. The association was organized in 1908. Oommiétegl Appointed Little Falls Commercial club has ap- pointed A. H. Vernon, T. C. Gordon and L. W. Vasaly as a committee to have’ charge of the preparation for the session and they have announced what will make up most of the pro- gram. A banquet will be served at Hotel Buckman and for otHer forms of amusement there will be smokers automobile- rides and theatre parties. Managers of the theatres there have agreed to stage special attractions for the two days. A reception comittee composed of C. B. Buckman, M. M. Williams, R. D. Musser, C. E. Vasaly, A. E. Kos- losky, Julius Jetka, M. .Blake and Chas. Sylvester was also. appointed and will be of great assistance to the general committee in their work. Program About Ready The program for the two days’ ses- sion of the editors is practically com- plete and will be published wmun a few days. The officers of the association are B. F. Kiley of ‘Grand Rapids, presi- dent, C. F. Sheers of Akeley, yice- president and A. G. Rutledge of Be- midji, secretary and treasurer. ' The counties which comprise the associations are the following Altkin Anoka, Becker, Benton, Beltrami, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Clay Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching; Kit- son, Lake, Mahnomen, Marshall, Meeker, Mille Lac, Morrison, Nor- man, Ottertail, Pine, Polk, Penning- ton, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Sher- burne, Stearns, Stevens St. Louis, Wadena, Wilkin, ‘Wright. WANT MORE MEN TO REPORT Month—More Support Asked Efforts are now being made to in- duce good- athletes of the city to re- port for the Bemidji Athletic Club basket ball team which is now out for the championehip of the state. Never before has Bemidji been repre- sented by a faster five than'this year and the games to be played are wi‘h the strongest teams in the states of Minesota and North Dakota.- To be successful with their plans -more men are needed to compete in prae- tice games. Four Generations Represented J. 'W. Murray - of the Crookston Lumber Company office force has as his guests this week his mother and sister, Mrs. May E. Murray and Miss Maude Murray of Kellfher and h's grandmother, Mrs. B. Quinn of Sup- erior, Wisconsin. Mrs. Quinn is 82 ‘years of age and is one of the pio- neer gettlers of Wisconsin having re- sided there for over 60 years. While ‘here-a photograph was taken'of fhe four _generations Quinn, Mrs. Mary Murray, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Murray and the latters children. Miss Eva Pupore of Grand Forks is at St. Anthonys Hospital nnder the care of a physician. Gommoroul Club -of !I.‘hlt Gxty Has including - Mrs. George Kiewel, president of thej: GAMBLERS. SENT_TO. PRISON Protest When Not Permitted to Go on Payment of Fines. New York, Dec. 29.—Four gamblers who made confessions weré Sentenced to’four months’ each’ in the peniten- tiary by Judge Mulqueen in the court of genmeral sessions. - All of them, as well as their counsel, Edward Carpel, protested -loudly, “I have handled hundreds of gam- bling cases, and when my clients plead- ed guilty they always got off with a fine,” said Mr. Carpel. #Not before “me,” -answered Judge Mulqueen. . “I have very decided ideas on_the gambling question.” STANTON HEARS MOTIONS Lawyers of Grookston, St. Paul And Others: Places Appear Before Be- midji Judge On Various Matters DIVORSE CASE HT.ARING TODAY Lawyers from several cities of the ,s;at}g, bave' been in. Bemidji Satur- iy and today on legal matters be- fore “Judge €. W. Stanton.* Judge Stanton is today listenting to a mo- tion requesting that be made extending the stay of proceed- ings in the case of Fitzpatrick vor- sus Fitzpartick. case which was tried some time ago by Judge Stanton in St. Paul, he having been called there by the judges of Ramsey county to try the case. The case has attracted much attention in St. Paul, where Mr. Fitzpatrick is a prominent lawyer. George B. Edgerton of St. Faul, for- mer assistant attorney general, ap- Deared for Mrs. Fitzpatrick today an- order This is a divorce ed by R. S. 0’Malley, also of St. Paul. Other lawyers who have appearad before Judge Stanton - on various matters during the last few days were Frank Price, of Grand Rapids former county attorney. of Itasca county, H. W. tSark of Grand Rap- ids, Judge Johnson of Detroit, W. A. ‘Marin of Crookston and Judge Tho- mas Keefe of Bagley, Operation Was Successful A. P. White, president of the Nor- thern National bank, .returned yes- terday morning from Milwaukee where the White family spent Chrigt- mas. Mr, White says that the opera- tion which ‘was performed to remove a_cataract from the eye of Harold ‘was a success and that it is believed his sight will be recovered. The op- eration was performed a week ago. Mrs, White did not return, _Johhi Hedeen, ~linotype operator and compositer. for the Bemidji Plo- neer left this morning for Carlton, Minnesota where he will spent a week visiting with friends. Mr. Hedeen formally resided at Carlton and was an employe of the Carlton County Vidette. By "HOP’ POSTAL SAVINGS SHOW INCREASE Deposits Have Grown From Ten Thousand to More Than Twelve During The Past Year CUTTER TELLS OF CONDITIONS Says That Proposed Change in Plac- ing No Limit On Deposits Would Double Amounts Now Banked More than 12,000 dollars are now deposited in the postal saving bank of the Bemidji postoffice. This is. an increase -of approximately two thousand dollars over the deposits of a year ago. The number of depositors have al-. 80 increased, there-now ‘being more than four hundred accounts. A year ago there were slightly more - than. three hundred. Banks Gained Also While: the ‘acounts of ‘the savings bank have grown the deposits at the Bemidji banks also show a substan- . tial incerase, while the foreign ex- change business has not been up io that of former years. This is ex- plained by the fact that many of the foreigners who have since the fall- ures of New York and Philadelphia banks some years ago, sent their money to the old country are again using the banks of the United Statss many of them banking their deposits in the postal bank. Samuel Cutter is in charge of the postal bank department of the- Be- midji postoffice and says that the deposits of the local office compare favorably with those of other cities. The Bemidji postoffice was the first in the state to have a postal bank. Would Double Deposits ‘When asked his opinion concern- ing the: probability of changing the deposit 1limit, Mr. Cutter said: “It would at least double the num- ber ‘of deposits and the amounts be- ing placed in the postal bank. It would be hard to estimate how many people come to the window of the bank and ask about the regulations of the deposits and are disappointed when it is explained the limit is’ $500. If there was no limit there.1s no doubt but what the deposits would'reach $25,000 in’a year. "ENDORSE SANITORIUM IDEA Federal Clubs “Approve Plan And Much Good Is Expected Buyers of Red .Cross Christmas Seals will be interested to hear that the Federated Womens’ Clubs of Minnnesota have adopted the slogan of this Association, “A Sanatorium Within Easy Reach of Every Minng- sota Home.” This announcement means that the efforts of the Minne- sota Association for the Prevention & Relief of Tuberculosis to impress upon the people the necessity of while Mr. Fitzpatrick was represent-|Properly caring for sufferers from tu- berculosis and the great good belag done by institutions especially built and maintained for this purpose, will be greatly stimulated and success will result in many instances where this asoclation cannot unsided exert the proper influences. CHIMNEY FIRE THIS MORNING P— Department Makes Quick Run to Twelfth Street Blaze Shortly after eleven o’clock this morning the Bemidji fire department were called to the Doutcher home at 722 12th street where a small chim- ney fire had caused a little excite- ment. ~ The department made a quick run but its services were not neededas the blaze was mearly out ‘when it arrived. HALFBACKS MOST POPULAR Many Backfield Men Chosen As 1914 Gridiron Leaders ‘With captains elected for & num- ber of the leading college football teams for next year, there appears to be little preference, in the award- ing of leadership so far as playing .| positions are concerned. The returns from 24 ecolleges and universities of the = east and west show that 13 captains have been sel- ected from backflelds and 11 from the' line, Halbacks appear the most popular position, with quarterback, ,jcenter.and tackle all tied for second honors, "Ends are the lowest on the list, as is shown by the following table: Halfbacks, 7; centers, 4; tackles, quarterbacks, 4; guards, 2; full- backs, 2; ends, 1. ' Atormy M. J. Brown. ‘has return- ed ttom Rmhester whcro ‘he spent