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'THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy, PORTLAND. AUGUST 21, 1910. ROOSEVELT ANGRY XTR CONTBAGTS WITH REDS ALL BROKEN NEW ENGLAND AMATEUR SWIMMER WINS GREAT CONTEST I ON THAMES AT LONDON. AT STORY OF RIFT in iimi J It Last Few Days of the HALF- PRICE New York Newspaper Elected to Membership in Famed Ananias Club. One Familiar With Indian His tory Reviews Treatment for 400 Years NO ULTIMATUM IS SENT CROOKED WORK REVEALED ..... . r -if? A SPECIAL 1 Charge Made by Blind Senator Gore Reveal Situation More Startling Than Before Becanoe of Rig Sums InTolTed. BY THOMAS B. TTBBLES. AN OMAHA ISDLA.N. OMAHA. Nab, Aur- Spclal. For 400 yara th whites hv robbed th Indians and I ho row in progress In Okla homa following eenator Core's statement of attempted brlborr n connection with an Indian contract la but tha outarowth of a scoem Just a lltUa bit lsrser than were former deal. These thefts theft before the moral law If not before the arlttoji law of the land are being perpetrated upon practi cally every Indian reset-ration In the country. Often the Indian aa-ent la "In" on the deal; mmnlnna he l not. F a of all tha rottenness of the Indian system stand tha failure of the Govern ni.ni to perform ita contract with tha red men. To this can be traced all tha trouble this country h bad with tha Indiana: to It can be traced every Indian war from Kin Philip and Powhatan to eittlcc Bull, Raln-ln-the-Faoa snd Chief Joseph. It mattered rot whether Klrg or President. Whir. Demo-rat or Repub lican ruled the country, the Indian has alwaya been tha prey of the white man. Whether It waa a William Penn. pur chasing ten square miles and measuring er ten miles square of good Pennsylvania land upon which to locate Philadelphia, or a Montana cattle king leasing l.OWKufl aorea from tha Crowa at a nominal sum. it is alwaya tha Indian who loses. Gore's More Starts Inquiry. Eenator Oore's statement has started an Inveetls-allon that will hare wide-raach-tng results. From tha time that the effort waa first made to force the lire civilised tribe to submit to the viol acton of tne treaty under which thay were removed from Oeorala and Alabama to the then uninhabited wilderness west of the Mis sissippi nntll tha present, there ha been a Bang of white swlndlena among them, each determined to get all ha could by inter-marnsge. deception or outright stealing. When nator Dawea went down there ba was astonished at tha condi tion of things among them, and it has grown steadily worse ever since. This Investigation may extend to the same scope of that of the Pnnca Indian Invrevlgatlnn. In which Senatora Hoar, never known tha Government to keep one. I believe that la all I bate to say." It seems that tha Government', un broken record for the violation of all trratiee with the Indian has bean kept with then five so-called Indian tribes. The Government promised to . sell the mineral, coal, asphaltum and oil lands belonging to them very many rear ago. and It has. in accordance with Ita record ever since the first treaty was made, violated tha contract and not sold the land. The action opened up tha way for the thieve. These lands were worth M0ii. and a lawyer g a contract to see to It that tha Government executed Its contract, and out of the proceeda he ass to received COOO.". Senator Gore, thouah blind, could sea that that waa art Morgan and Dawea took so much Inter est and which resulted In a complete reversal of the Indian policy that the Government had followed for more than 1 years. I'P to that time Indiana were "wards." and tha polltlclana were their guardian The severalty act mad them citlxen with all the rights, privileges snd Immunities of any other ctttsens. with tne exception of the right to dispose of their lamia General George ("rook was alo a prominent factor In securing tlial change. Crook's Indictment Is Crtsp. The treatment of the Indiana up to thnt time was well swimmansed by General Crook In a speech that he made in the Old suth Church In Boston, when after much effort he was Induced to try to make a speech. He csme out on the plat, form to defend the Indiana against the tjovrrnment thieves who were plundering them and causing numerous wsr with them. Hts speech was ss follower "Ijidles and Gentlemen: I have been on the frontier for yearn fighting Indians. In sll that time I have never known an Indian tribe to break a treaty and have exorbitant fee and opposed It. Tij gt him to drop hts opposition he as he w:m offered a bribe of Tale Is the course tha thieves have fol lowed ever since the Indians became "wards' of the Government, and- never was It interfered with until 3en store llor. san. Hoar and Dawea came to their res cue Now again It Is a Senator who ap pears In their defense. But this stealing l $:... from tha Indians In Okla homa dovs not compare. In cruelty to soma things that th Indian rohher r.as dor.e rn the pie". Treatment of Wlnncbagoa Shameful. One of the most glaring case of In justice that an Indian tribe ever suf fered at the hands of the Government was that of the Wlnnebagos and Oma- . i v. i v. wa iHh lost Ita entire reservation and th latter trib j a lull half of it In Is. with the result hat from being the most rtvlllxed of all Western Indians, the Wlnnebagos he rs me. and yet remain, the most de graded of them all. In the days when the Government as fighting for Its life during th ."Ivll War. th Sioux gathered their raves by the thousands snd tsklng th warpath, raided the unprotected West ern settlements, killing and burning in 11 directions. The Winnebago, who had made such vdvsncement under th tutelage of Bishop Whipple that the Government -eport. show that they were the most idvanced of all Indians In the I'nlted 'tales, offered their services to General Sully to fight the Sioux. They were ic. epted and they fought for the whit nan bravely and well. When the war aas over they went hack to the'r homes tutt the next thing they saw waa a .arid of soldiers who had order to rr. nove them to soma point west of ! Missouri River. Their household goods cere piled on th bank of th Mlssts ippl River and they were told thev vould be shipped down that river and ip the Missouri to their new reserva lon They never saw these goods again. Trine Suffers Hardships. Tha tribe was marched across the arid plain, under guard, to the west bank of the Missouri, suffering IndV rrlbable hardships by th way and lear ns; a line of graves behind them. One la their new location they were left to stnrve. the agent with them even re fusing them th prlvllg of going on a iuIiaIo hunt- Finally th mlaslonary who was with them, when he could no longer stand th sight of their suffer iJa, T w 5- I: ail W V I I Ml AI.MK AlKlton. UIXPON. Aug. SO. Miss Aisle Aykroyd. the New Knglnnd amateur, was the first to pass Hammersmith HrldKO in the swimming match on th Thames through London today. Th length of the courst is 15 miles. Thar ware 9 starters. Ing. told them to go without consent snd he would go with them. Buffalo were plenty and they came back loaded down with meat. As soon they ar rived th agent took all the meat away from them and Issued It to them as rat Ion a and charged it up to the Gov ernment. Starvation soon stared them In th face again and thev quietly built about lo canoes In a big woods that was north of them. One night they sllcutly stole away and in their little boats started down the river without the knowledge of th agent, who was left alone In an uninhabited wilderness without an Indian to rul over. Generosity Is Abused.' The Wlnnebagos came down the river and landed opposite the Omaha reserva tion. They sent a delegation to see Iron Eye. the head chief of the Oinalms. He went across the river and Investi gated their condition. Then he told them to come over on his reservation and they could cut cordwood and sell It to th whites to get something to live on. and he would present their con dition to the Government. The result of Iron Eye's unselfish ef. forts was that the Government gave tha Wlnnegabos a large part of Iron Eye's reservation without his consent and without any compensation. Of course, sfter such an experience as that, the Wlnnebagos did not go to farming again, and with a few exceptions be came the most degraded Indians In th I'nlted States. That Is the sort of work that wim al most universal until the severalty act was passed, since which time there hss been great Improvcmtnt. But the oH thieving Instinct Is still prevalent on every reservation nnd this Oklahoma matter Is only d'fferent In the amount of the stealing from what is going on everywhere. Senator Gore has a much bigger job on h1 hands than he ex pected, but If the Investigation lays bare the former "Jobs" and leads the way to a revolution In th methods of handling Indians snd Indian affairs, he will have accomplished more for the Indians than any man In a generation. BfG BUBBLE BURSTS Othello Improvement Company Comes to Grief. GROSS FRAUDS ALLEGED GERMANS 10 HAVE DAT TltSD.W, SEPT. IS. IS OFFICIAL. DATK AT STAT: FA IK. TnrnTerrlns From All Over Oregon Will Join In Big Celebration. Portland Delegation to Go. SALEM. Or, Aug. (Ppc.-'.al.) Repre sentatives of the Portland Turnvereln wer in the city today making arrange ments with F. G. Deckehacli. chalsnian of th local German society committee, for Gcrmsn day. Tuesday. September 13. the second day of tie State Fair, which has been mad an official event by the Stat Hoard of Agriculture. Arranccments have teen made for the appearance of both men and women Turners of Portland, and big delegations are expected from every German society In that city. The Turners will give an exhibition de pleting the system of physical culture developed by th Teutonic peoples. A space wss selected at the fair grounds tuday for the male chorus which will Include singers from Portland. Oregon City. The Ialles. Mount Angel. Salem and other Oregon towns. The morning of German day. people of that nationality will arrive here from all over Oregon on special trains. Imme diately following their arrival will be a big parade In which at least seven bands alll participate, with members of the various Turnverelns and the German French wsr veterana of Oregon. After the parade there will be a mass meeting at Marlon Square and an address of welcome will be delivered by th Gov ernor. In th afternoon an extensive programme will be given at th fair grounds. Special racing features have bcn arranged for the day. liOngshoremnn Drops Dead. ASTORIA. Or.. Au. 20. Dan McEl roy. a Portland longshoreman for the past 3d veers, fell dead on the O. R. e N. wharf here this morning, while talk ing with a friend. He had been here for th past six weeks looking for work and during the past few days had com plained of feeling pains In the region of his heart. Th officers of the local union say that he waa a native of Ire land, unmarried and about 0 years of It is OB record that a mass of gold welshing .1 pound was taken from a Bollvan mln In former times by Spaniards. Concern Operating Here and - at Seattle Accused of Selling Real I'Mate to Whlfh It Had No Sort of Title. A real estate scheme of unusual pro portions and unlimited audacity assumed local Interest yesterday when Deputy I'nlted Plates Marshal Procbstel arrived In this clly to take charg?. under an order of the United State Court at Se attle, of the office furniture of the Othello Improvement Company, with offices In the Commercial Club building. The Marshal found that Constable Lou Wanner was ahead of him. having th day before levied an attachment on th good of the compeny. at the esjlt of the Commercial Oluh for $S0 and of a local newspaper for ti',3. The question arises which proceeding wlH take precedence. Th operations of the company were ex posed in Seattle a few days ago. where it was alleged that the concern had been engaged In selling real estate to which It had no title. The revelation came In an application made to United States Dis ttlct Judges Tallman and "ty. ot Seattle, for a receiver for the Othello Improve ment Company and the R. S. King Com pany. In gre-ntlng the receivership, th court directed that the evidence be pre sented to the District Attorney for a criminal prosecution. It was charged by the attorney for the applicant that WSVO had been re ceived by the promoters, R. S. King, H. D. Moon and A. D. Semon. In celling lands In British Columbia and at Othello, in the Yakima Valley. The oompanles did not own a foot of the land. It is alleged. They did have an option on a tract at Othello. Since last May. It is said, the officers have conducted the business from a safe distance, leaving salaried employes to face the ever-growing throng of victims), The 'Portland office was conducted by P. B. Newkirk. "managing director." whose friend say that lie Itas been an In nocent party to the fraud. He holds to the belief that the Othello property, on the new line of the Chicago. Milwaukee A 9t. Paul Railroad, ia a thing of value and that title can be delivered by th company, through the option which it holds. Even here, whr business was not so brisk. It I said that. disgruntled purchasers have begun to wake up with a bad taste In their mouths, and the Job of "managing director" Is not believed to have been a very happy one in recent weeks. The offices of the company were closed yesterday and the door was ornamented by a big writ of attachment. It 1s not yet determined whether the assets In th local office will be turned to the credit cf the local creditors or will be sur rendered to the receiver. SALEM POLICE CHIEF OUT I. V. GibMMt Iletuscs to Be Candi date for Office Again. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.) D. W. Gibson, who for 10 years ha been chief of police In Salem and for 1 years has been a member of the police force, stated positively today that he will step down and out and make no further campaigns for the office. This leaves the field open for Walter Johnson and Ira Hamilton. Hamilton is at present a Constable and Johnson became locally famous when he ap prehended Homer Black. wio attempt ed to slap Dr. C. H. Robertson, and when be sustained a wound during the recent convict huift at Buena Vista. Mrs. Ellen Bulherlsnd. of Fort Pierrs. 8 D.. las Rtvrn the use of a lsrge tract of hnd'n the rrosresalre SutTrase Committee In the mm pan n now pending for an amend ment of In state constitution rlvin the ballet to woiren. The land has been planted in sweet corn, and the proceed of all roast ins ears sold wlU b ussd for campaign wark. Offending Article Said That Repudi ation of SJiennaa - Was De manded "Unqualifiedly - False," Is Reply of Colonel. OYSTER BAT, Aug. SO. Opedal.) Mr. Roosevelt was angry today. Since re ports of the break between President Taft and him have become public prop erty he has bean nearly swamped by mes sages of congratulation and regret. H will not say which predominate. He ha re a a witn great umi - the newspapers are saying about th situation. What made the Colonel angry today, - atorv . annearing this morning stating rather positively that Mr. rlooseveit aemanaea a unwuv Via t,M.nt nri Mr. Sherman before h ii v. vi,k Toft arnln. It tald that the price of peace must be the repudiation or anerman Dy ine rmu- dent. t .t... r- fnr are mlghtv slim . ,.t.t -ithniicrh no one is able, of course. 'to look far Into the future of the political game. Th doors or tne Ananias i ii,K -nAt win when Mr. Roosevelt met a newspaper man at bagamore run today. . He said mat ne aesirea to um statement and further desired to be . 1 T. I- K4aI Kilt thla I It! TV. Briir-i, in what mirrjnrt to be the news column of the New York Times. today announcing that I nave sent nn ..i.i ia TMiit-nt Taft la unauall- dedly false.. The entire article Is without sny basis of truih and is a tissue of faWr-hoods from beginning to ena. ft was like the good old daya SHERMAN ACCUSED OF DEAL Taft Not Anxious for Roosevelt Rup. ture. Says Politician. UTICA. X Y.. Aug. 20. At the Sat urday afternoon luncheon of the Repub lican acobuc ' . . - - . - semblyman Hart, who has returned from a visit to coionei rtoosevmi iu New York, declared that the vote in the state committee that chose Mr. Sherman for temporary chairman of the convention was "cooked up." In tlia course of his speech Mr. Hart said: I assert that Mr. Sheman knew full well that It was Mr. Tsft's wish that no move be made toward choosing a tem porary chairman without the fullest consulatlon with Mr. Roosevelt. A tele gram from Mr. Taft to Mr. Sherman to 1 11 in ciii i iJKrn' " " " a s pressed, for nothing has been heard of It- "I ssk Mr. Sherman If It let not true thai In spite or knowtng mat air. uuramcn had shown a willingness to act as tem porary no,, ,,,.,, ... - - - Taft's telegram- he personally solicited votes tor nimseix as lemiiviki; r ..... Hia-k, in Mow Vnrlf man oil wiiwi '' ... - "Mr. Sherman, by lending hmself to this act of pettiest politics and by in sisting on holding the appointment s I ! n n ..ttulrmnn If ha Can hold it. has allied himself openly with the Woodruff-Barnes element and has threatened the disruption of the party in tne siaie ' CRUISER STUCK ON FLATS South Dakota Damages Naval Tug In Collision. vat.i.blio- rl. Aug. 20. Th ar mored cruiser South Dakota broke from its moorings at the Mare Island quay wall today and drifted down the channel, liiHlno' with tha naval tug Unandllla and coming to a stop on the mud flats. The Unandllla was badly damaged, a dent being stove in her side and her deck sprung. She is leaking badly and haa k.an mnorcri to tha nliaV WHll. 1 The officials of the Navy-Yard say she Is In no danger or sinning ana can ..,iri Tha South Dakota Is believed to have sustained no damage beyond a dent In her side. The tug Active is stana lng by the cruiser, whloh, it Is expected, will be floated at high tide. The acci dent ia attributed to the dolphins at the quay giving way under the heavy strain caused by the strong tide tugging at the vessel. The South uakota was to nave been docked today. f i - Incendiary Sets Mill Afire. UNIONTOWM.. Pa., Aug. 20. Fire be lieved to be or lncenniary origin ia rag ing looay in tne mcrtuiaiiu numuci Comnanv's nlant on Indian Creek, 14 miles from this plac. The loss will to- .-i nm AAA .uiwIUb n lh, mlllAmlAr, C In iha omrv m m f thav anw a DlllfJlui r, 1 i " ' . man with a lighted torch run from th yaras wnen tne nr hiuim wuy una morning. Preacher Jeromes Comedian. CHICAGO. Aug. 20. Rev. Dudley C Fosher, for the last three years'pastor of the Ryder Memorial Unlversallst Church, has resigned and accepted pv.jim11 PORTLAND- I SEATTLE SPECIAL S Ade ltrce train of commodious 1 up-to-date coaches, smoking car. dining car and pari or -oo-servation car . FAST-COMFORTABLE k North SCHEDULE B a 1.1 IO Seattle J. 00 H M l S.JOj Tacoroa l J.4 E3 u 7.02m Centralis ts 1 30m fif H V l.ISm Chehalis I 1.40 jg B u .55wVaso'rWaa10 Sm s atlOJOal Portland LxlO.lOai L Northern Pacific Ry g TUhtt: PoHUnd. 1SS UmrisomSI.: faoaaM) Pad AmsSOU. lit Aw. m-U Y titer Way. If iJ"v "SrrwUrtkat XL afssa-ai tig SAL Boys' Summer-Weight Knickerbocker Suits $ 5.00 $ 6.00 $ 6.50 $ 7.50 $ 8.50 $10.00 $12.50 $15.00 $18.00 $2000 SUITS SUITS' SUITS SUITS SUITS SUITS SUITS SUITS SUITS SUITS NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW $ 2.50 $ 3.00 $ 3.25 $ 3.75 $ 4.25 $ 5.00 $ 6.25 $ 7.50 $ 9.00 $10.00 SHOWING FALL SUITS FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN $20 to $40 BEN LEADING CLOTHIER NG position with a musical comedy company. He gave as his reason for quitting the pulpit that his salary of 1200 per year was too low. When Mr. Fosher appears tomorrow on the stage at Racine, Wis., he will act In t'te role of a college professor and will sing to the dancing accom paniment, of rows of chorus girls. It was his vocal ability that obtained for him the favorable attention of the com edy company. Constil -general Frank P- H"l rapnrte that. notwithstanding th disturbance which marked the year 1S09, work on the vast sys tem of Improvements in Barcelona pro gressed almost as rapidly aa during- lBOfc Only seven houses less wers expropriate than in 190S to make way for the boulevards which are being out through the heart ot the old part of this Spanish city. There are no two ways "bout it We t hould re "aTwhai" SS WitThTctrng of a' " nroadSr ' travel this Fal and" popularity increasing .veVdayrprices have long been considerably too low. Therefore, Monday, tomorrow, at the close of business prices will be raised MAN EVERY LOT TO BE RAISED 10 TO 25 i nn AND UP, NOW, TUESDAY ALL PRICES HIGHER 5e? &SttZ2SVSEi rlhif S"uLd Evee who .elh. property is a booster. dSJ Th will aUw afl ZTnof already familiar with MANHATTAN to investigate the merits of MANHATTAN at once. Reserve Your Location Now at Original Prices Ar AVTTATTATJ has a wide sand beach. A perfect surf bathing beach No rock or holes. 'AfAXIIATTAN hZ ar'e fresh water lake. Ideal for fishing boating and bathing. MANHATTAN will havethe best train service of any present beach i in Oregon. MANHATTAN is now lower in price than any other resort m the state. MANHATTAN will still be lower in price, after this raise. . You Are Invited to File Your Application for Information at Once This will protect you in securing; low prices on the lot you buy. The terms are easv Merely make -a small first payment and agree to pay the balance at the 2S oefl5.00repeeraSJonth. That gives you a fi-t-cla- building "PfS sPt building. n MANHATTAN REALTY C0r 228 Stark Street Portland, Oregon Office open today 2 to 4 P. M. Monday evening until 9. Main 392, A. 2392. COUPON. . MANHATTAN REALTY CO. 228 Stark Street. Please mail MANHATTAN LITERA TURE. This reserves my right to buy at original prices, within 15 days from August 22, 1910. - Name ' ; Address
