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The Tomahawk., 1925-01-08

it is The intention of Congress to
exclude from the jurisdiction OF
the court all violations of the
treaties and agreements authorized
by acts of Congress that it would
be useless to enact a jurisdictional
bill as practically all of their
claims arise out of the taking OF
their property by acts of Congress
in violations of the express terms
set out in their treaties and agree,
ments under which the property
was held.
The object of a jurisdictional
bill is to enable the court to ex
anime into the transactions be.
tween the Government and the
Indians and to enable the court,
where the United States has
preached it's agreements to render
judgment in such an amount as
will fairly compensate the Indians
for the actual losses they sustained
as the result of the breach.
Similar jurisdiction has pre-
viously been conferred upon the
court, and today exists, with refer
ence to every contract entered
into by any person Except Indians
with the United States (see Section
145 of the Judicial Code of the
United States, Act of March 3,
1911, 36 Stats. at l., 10S7-1169):
BY Section 153 of said Judicial
Code the jurisdiction of the court
was expressly withheld from the
Indians (36 Stats. at L, 1889.
Thus the necessity for a jurisdic
tional law referring the claims Of
the Chippewas to the court. Under
Section 145 OF the Judicial Code
where any contract existing be-
tween any person (save and except
one growing out of an Indian
treaty or agreement) is preached
by the Government, either by q
law of Congress or an act of sn
administrative officer, the Court
of Claims has complete Jurisdiction
to hear and determine the matter
and give Judgment for any losses
sustained by the agrieved party as
a result of the breach of the con
tract by the United States
All that l am asking for the
Chippewa Indians is that they bs
given the same rights today giver
BY existing law to every Other
person, and the identical right.
given all Indians in previous juris
dictional bills. ask that they bt
given the same jurisdiction the
Cherokee Indians were given il
the jurisdictional bill enacted less
than a year ago and which is .
standard jurisdictional bill.
am sending a copy of thil
letter to your associates on the
Committee.
Sincerely yours,
Webster Ballinger.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-08
Attorney BalIlnger Cites Injustice Of Chip.
peWa Jurlsdietional Bill Proposed
By Indian Bureau,
USELESS FOR INDIANS TO 60 INTO
COURT WITH SUCH A BILL.
Asks Justice for Indians In Commute alton
TO Senator HansId.

Apropos of the Jurisdictional
Bill being sought by tne Chippe'
was this winter, the two drafts of
which were recently published in
these columns, and the injustice to
the Indians sholud the Indian
Bureaus draft of the bill be &C.
cepted and enacted into law, we
publish below a communication
from Attorney Webster Ballinger,
who also submitted a draft OF. a
jurisdictional bill, to Hon. John
w. Harreld, Chairman of the
Subcommittee to investigate
Chippewa matters, in which MIR.
Ballinger sets out the injustice of
such a jurisdictional bill as drafted
by the Indian Bureau aud urges
the enactment of a bill that will
enable the Indians to get justice
before the courts. Mr.. Balllnger's g
communication follows.
Washington, D. c.,
\ Dec. 20. 1924.
Hon. John w. Harreld,
Chairman, Subcommittee
appointed to investigate
Chippewa matters,
United States Senate,
Washington, D. G.
Dear Senator Harreld:
This morning / had a confer
ence with Assistant Secretary
Goodwin relative to departmental
draft of the Chippewa jurisdic
tional bill which has been printed
as Senate 1915. Mr.. Goodwin
confirms the statement I made to
the Committee during the hearing,
which was at first concurred in by
the Commissioner and later re-
pudiated by him. My statement
was that the intent and purpose of
the departmental draft was to
exclude from consideration by the
court all violations of the treaties
and agreements authorized by acts
of Congress. This the draft clear
~ does. Where the property of
the Indians secured to them under
treaties and agreements has been
taken pursuant to an act of Con
gress, the court, under the de-
partmental draft, could not con
slider whether any payment was
made for the property taken or
whether any payment made was
adequate consideration. As soon
as it appeared to the court that
the taking had been authorized by
an act of Congress the sole and
only power the court would have
would be to dismiss the claim and
enter judgment 10 favor of the
United States; and under the bill
that Judgment would forever con.
clude the matter.
You will thus perceive that if
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-08
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Fred Peake Does
81
Not Represent the 4
Twin City Indians
WouId-Ds Representative Now 10 Washington
Without Authority Frsm Any Indians IL.
the Twin Cities or Elsewhere. '..g

Recently 1T was learned here
that Fred Peake (the name will
provoke a laugh in this country
where he came from), a member
of this reservation who for the
past five or six years has been
ekeing out a living at odd jobs in
Minneapolis, was in Washington
as a representative of the Indians
who reside in Minneapolis and ST.
Paul, and that he had presented .
petition with some 500 signers to
Indian Department heads protest
ing against the proposed 500 Der
capita payment and other matters
that we're of vital Importance to
the Minnesota Chippewas. In
order to learn tae truth regarding
the report an inquiry was made at
the headquarters of the Twin City
Indian Association. Minneapolis,
to find out the facts and also to
learn just what Attorney CD Fred
Peake was up to and the reason
for the opposition of the twin city
Indians to the per capita payment.
The following letter, received
by Attorney f. D. Beaulieu from
j. P. Buffalo, Secretary of the
Twin City Indian Association in,
answer to the inquiry is self
explanatory and will excite little.
or no surprise from the residents
of White Earth reservation where
Fred Peake is we'll known, and
where he is and always has been
looked upon as harmless kind of
simpleton and hardly responsible
for his actions. If the statements
of Secretary Buffalo are correct,
and they are not doubted in the
least, if Fred Peake has any such
petition in Washington now. and
we understand that it was this
petition that was the grounds, in
part at least, of Commissioner
Burke's argument in opposition to
the per capita payment, we are at
loss, like the:twin city Indians,
to understand where he got his
signers. We could 90 Oh and
narrate much regarding Fred
Peake, bis past and present, but it
would not be news to the great
majority of our readers who are
as well acquainted with him as we
are, and, we are sorry to say, the
information would not in all
probability reach our brothers and
friends in the twin cities, for the
reason that, Notwithstanding the
fact that The ToMAHAwK is the
champion of the Chippewa Indians
in Minnesota, we can only boast
of six regular subscribers in
Minneapolis and four in St. Paul.
This paper is legal newspaper,
DOW in its 21st year, and if the
Chippewas in the twin cities num.
her 1000 there should be 1000
subscribers among them. Never.
theless, judging from Secretary
Buffalo's letter our brothers in the
twin cities are pretty well posted
regarding Fred Peake and his
ambitions. Secretary Buffalo's
letter follows. .
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-08

The ToMAHAwK should be in
every Chippewa home. $1.5O per
year in advance.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-08
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Entered at the Postoff1ce at White
Earth, Mimi, as mail matter OF the
second class.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
AVIATOR TURNS
OUT AS Bandit;
FATALLY SHOT

ST. LOUIS, Aug 6.-Before prac-
tically 1000 persons, Richard f.
Battles, aviator, disarmed the bank
watchman, wounded two policemen
and several bystanders and was
then fatally wounded himself after
running pistol battle through the
downtown business section.
Battles presented check at the
Mississippi Valley Trust Company
which was pronounced forgery.
Watchman O'Neill was summoned
and Battles grappled with O'Neill,
took his gun away from him, com
mandeered an automobile to carry
him away. Hundreds joined in the
chase during which Battles fired
and was then shot fatally in a bar
Der shop by policemen after a short
range duel.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Rare Record of World
j War in Hoouer Library


ficial documents of every nation thru
out the war and during the recon-
struction period. Three fourths of
this material already has reached the
library. The manuscript collection
includes $4,000 reports and communi-
cations bearing on conditions in Eu-
rope during and after the war This
file is supplemented by copies of
private papers of men who were ac-
tive in world affairs of the time.
The library has collected from each
country involved file of news.
papers in sympathy with the govern
ment, together with those of two
opposition papers, representing the
Left and Right.
Mr.. Hoover was graduated from
Stanford in 1895. He Is member of
the Board of Trustees.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Self-Support Federal
Prisons Urged, Official

TACOMA, Wash. Aug. 6.-Lu-
ther c. White, Superintendent of
Federal Prisons. when here recently
to inspect Mcneil Island Peniten-
tiary, said Federal prisons should
be more nearly self-supporting. He
pointed out that the Fed eral prison
population had increased largely ir
recent years, and that the burden
on the taxpayers could be alleviated
by the establishment of roper in
dustries
He announced that Il canning
plant would be put up at Mcneil
Island and that the prisoners could
raise and can enough vegetables to
supply themselves and otner Gov
ernment institutions. He added that
the prisoners would receive some
money for their work and would be
taught useful trades as far as
possible
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
TWO DISTRICTS
ARE NARROWLY
SAVED, FLAMES

SEATTLE, Aug. 6.-The fesiden
tial districts of Lake Forest and
Beverly Park, between Everett and
Seattle, were saved from forest fires
by volunteer fighters who checked
one blaze less than 100 yards from
the residence. of E. B. Hance, at
Forest Lake.
Children with garden hose
stopped another fire which, licked
the woodshed of George Lancaster
at Beverly Park.
Telephone poles along the high
way were damaged and the Seattle
Everett interurban tracks were
threatened.
1t is reported Lake Stevens. north
of Everett, is completely circled
with flames.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal,
Aug. 6.-The Hoover War Library
endowed by Secretary Of Commerce
Herbert c. Hoover at Stanford Uni
versity, has received 44,500 books
and pamphlets. in nearly all Ian
guages. Every one bears in some
way on the World War.
The largest number, $4,000, are
printed in Russian; 10000 are in
French; 5000 in English. The rest
are divided among Hungarian, Italian
and other languages.
The library was founded in 1918.
Many OF the items, printed or out
of print. are irreplaceable. 1t offers
students facilities duplicated nowhere
and paralleled only at the Musee de
la Guerre at Paris.
The program of the institution
calls for procuring all important Of
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
SAYS ADOPTED
GIRL HAS Been
MOVIE ACTRESS

y e
ing Post says the newly adopted
daughter of Millionaire Browning.
is 81 years of age and net eighteen
as stated in the adoption papers.
Her name is Mary Louise Spas and
the Post claims she was formerly a
motion picture actress. According
to other information of her former
neighbors at Astoria. Long Island,
she was engaged to a dentist when
Browning advertised for girl not.
over IA. Her father owns Il S60,0
apartment house. Browning says
the girls father earns $50 a week
with his apartment and he considers
the family poor.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
ROOSEVELT HUNTERS e.
MAY EXTEND 1SIATIC 4
EXPEDITION TO CHINA

AMRITSAR, Aug. 6.-The Roose-
welt expedition, in quest Of rare ami
mails of the mountains and jungles
of Asia, had not decided when 1t
passed through Kashmir on its way
to the Pamirs. by just what route
it would return or how long it's trip
would last. There was some pros
pect. it was said. that the tour
might be extended to January and
that it was possible the expedition
might be continued into China and
not return to India.
The expedition. including Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, Kermit Roose-
velt George Cherrie and Mr.. Cutting
a cinema operator, made the first
part of its trip into India without
incident. The members travelled over
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
UNCANNY FEAT.

SEATTLE, Aug. 6.--Today Leber-
man, within five minutes of receiv-
ing acknowledgment from the Mac
MILAN expedition, worked three
quarters of an hour with station
X-A. Australia, forwarding dis
patch from the battleship Seattle
Leberman said: 'It was really un-
canny. l looked at the map and
found MacMillan's location was just
about at point that would be
reached If l drew a line through
the earth from Australia, SC in five
minutes we spanned halfway around
the world"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
OIL SHIPMENTS
FROM SAN PEDRO
SHOW INCREASE
Japanese Navy Purchases
Over One Million and a
Quarter Barrels.

SAN PEDRO, Cal, Aug. G.
Figures obtained by the Port
authorities showed approximately
100000 barrels of oil were ship
ped to the Far East from this point
during the first six months of 1925
One million two hundred ard fifty
thousand barrels went to the Japan
ese Navy. The ell was carried from
San Pedro by Japanese navy tank
ers between January l and July l
and equalled third aggregate of
the shipments of oil to ali points
for the entire last four years.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Lake Trout Are
Attacked by Plague

TACOMA Wash, Aug. 6.-Silyer
trout in American lake. ten miles
south of here, are dying by the thous-
ands this summer. DR.. Hinton d.
Jonez, county health officer, has
found the cause to be parasite or
scale which attacks the gills. No
other species have been affected.
DR.. Jonez reported seeing 1000
dead trout floating in an area no
larger than the floor space of a
small bungalow.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Garfield Talks of New
Discoveries in Alaska

SEATTLE, Aug. 6.-Charles D..
Garfield, Assistant Secretary of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, has
returned here after a months trip
to Alaska and reports new discover
les of both high and low grade ore
in the north. He said the produc-
tion was ahead of recent levels In
most sections. The oil outlook was
also good, said Garfield, and coal
remain the same.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
CANADIAN LOGS
ARE PURCHASED

SEATTLE, Aug. Ed Clearing
of Bellingham, told the United States
Tariff Commission at the hearing
yesterday. that the Whatcom Falls
Lumber Company of Bellingham pur-
chased nearly half of their timber
from Canada during the last four
years.
w. B. Wood, of Bellingham. assist
ant manager offthe E. X. Wood Lum-
ber company. said he purchased one
third OF his logs from Canada.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
B. c. Delegates Ready
For Halibut Hearings

PRINCE RUPERT, B. c., Aug. g.
Four delegates representing the fish
ing interests of Northern British Co
lumbia to attend the halibut hear
ings of the Tariff Commission are
here. They are j. w. Nichols, of
the Canadian Fish and Cold Storage
company, James Meagher, of the
Halfbut Fishermen's Union, J. B.
Bradbury of the Boat Owners Union
and John Dybhaven, representing fish
dealers.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
ALMONDS VIEWS.

GLOT eESTER. Mass, Aug 6. =
John lays Hammond, former Chair
man of the Federal Coal Commits
sion, believes the suspension in the
anthracite coal industry will be short
Even should strike occur" he
said. in a formal statement, sit
probably would be short suspension
of operations, as was the case in
1923. There Is little danger of
protracted deadlock, as long sus-
pension of operations would be ruin
Gus to both operators and the min
ers."
Recalling that the coal commission
in its report held that the respon-
sibilities of the Federal Government
lay in maintaining a continuous and
equitable flow of coal in commerce
between the states, Mr.. Hammond
continued
"Since settlements reached by poll
Itical pressure rarely possesses ele-
|ments OF permanency and frequently
are not economically sound. it is
very much better to have the diff
ferences settled within the industry.
as the coal commission emphasized.
THE Presidents position. as | in
terpret 1t, Is that 1t would be prema-
ture to assume that this dispute is
not going to be settled within the
industry He has advocated repeat
edly a policy OF the minimum amount
of interference on the part of the
government with industrial affairs.
THE public should grant with pa
tience every opportunity to the par
ties at interest to settle the contro-
versy.
"If by any chance, however, occa-
sion should arise FOR President Cool
idge to exert his influence in an eff
fort to compose the situation | be-
lieve he could ally public support
as have few other presidents. He en-
joys public confidence and affection.
such a. 10 other Chief Executive
since the days of James Monroe and
the era Of good feeling
Should the time come To act, the
Pre- sidont will find all political par
ties united behind him on the prin-
ciple that the public right to con-
tinuous supply of fuel transcends the
private rishts of either capital or
labor"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
new ENTRANCE
into YUKON IS
NOT SURPRISING

VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 6. = The
Provincial Government Geographic
Service officials said they are not
surprised at the discovery of new
through a panhandle of Alaska ito
the Yukon Territory at Glacier Bay.
The officials said they knew of the
existency of this for many years and
the Canadian land at the mead of
the Bay had been reserved years
ago by the Provincial Government
for port purposes.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Convicted Banker Is
Released on Parole

WALLA WALLA, Wash, Aug. 6.
Percy Sinclair, former Ilwaco
bank president, sent to the peni-
tentiary in 1924 with is son Myron,
convicted of wrecking a bank, has
been released on parole at the ex-
piration of his minimum sentence.
His sons maximum has yet five
years to run.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Dead Alaska Prospector
May Be Seattle Man

SEATTLE, Aug. 6.-Jonn New
man recently killed by a bear at
Dan Creek, near Cordova, is be-
lieved to be Seattle man. Mrs.
John Newman said last night she
believed he had died years ago. The
prospector was her divorced hus-
band.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Town in Colorado Is !"
Flooded in 10 Minutes

KIOWA, Colo, Aug. 6.-Practically
the entire town of Riowa was in
undated by the waters of Kiowa
creek, swelled by a eloudburst yes
terday afternoon. TIL water rose to
the highesf level b the history of
the town in ten minutes. giving the
populace little time TO escape. Sixty
of the seventy buildings were dam
aged. Many stood in four feet of
u1 for
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
SALMON PACK
BRISTOL BAY
SOU TIL B OUND

SEATTLE, Aug 6. - The entire
salmon pack from the Bristol Bay
region is enroute to Seattle, Column
bia River points or San Francisco,
Dave w. Branch. local manager of
Libby, Mcneil and Libby stated to-
day. He estimated the entire pack
as little more than 80 per cent of
normal
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Burned to Death
In Bathroom, When
Heater Eaplodes

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Aug. e.
Max A. Levinson was burned to
death in his bathroom last night
when a water heater exploded. The
flames spread throughout the apart
ment driving rescuers to the street.
The property damage was $4,000.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Coolidge to Remain
Longer on Vacation

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. Aug. G.
President Coolidge began his seven
eth week of his summer vacation
and indicated he will remain an
other month, combining his exercise
to morning and evening strolls
along the rocky shore.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
WAR FLOTSAM DRIFTS ASHORE

PORTHChWL, Glamorgan. Wales.
Aug. 6.-Attachod to some wreck
age, brass plate has been washed
ashore here which belonged to the
American coast guard cutter Tampa.
The Tampa, with heavy loss of life.
in British waters, September. 1918.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Dies from Paralysis
Received Fighting Fire

WENATCHEE, Wash, Aug. g.
Christ Swartzman's funeral was
held yesterday. He diei i'll Wen
atchee on Monday from paralysis as
result of fighting forest fire.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Roy Haynes to
BE Right Arm
To Andreuus

WASHINGTON. Aag. G.-As-
sistant Secretary of Treasury
Andrews declared today that
Roy Haynes. Prohibition Com
missioner, is going to be my
right arm in the fight against
bootleegers and liquor SNUG
glers. do not care to 80 into
details until | have cleaned up
the details of reorganizat on"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06

the weh known route from Srinagar
to Leh and Ladakh. There is abun-
dant game In that section of the
country. but the expedition was In
terested in getting the owls poll ON
the lofty heights OF the Pamirs and
the long haired tiger in the Than
shan mountains of Chinese Turkes-
tan.
The owls poll. or Pamier sheep, is
not so rare as some may think, but
as 1t inhabitates the high part of
the Pamir range, the shooting of it
is made difficult This animal is the
largest of the sheep family and some-
times weighs 300 pounds. Its head
is beautified by its horns, each of
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
PLANES ARE TESTED.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-MacMil-
Ian reports that "all planes have been
in the air for radio tests. 1t rains
at intervals. The thermometer is
Al degrees. Work is progressing
well and all members of the expedi
tion are happy and anxious to get
away"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
Seattle Piano Teacher
Killed, Mountain Fall

SEATTLE, Aug. G. Advices |
received here state that Theodore
Teepe, Seattle piano teacher. was
killed in fall off Grand Teton |
Mountain, Wyoming, while on a !
trip.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-06
SEATTLE GETS PROGRAM.

SEATTLE, Aug. 6.-P. K. Leber.
man and w. j. Calmalia of the Radio
Sales Corporation reported they have
hsen In daily touch with Macmillan
Leberman said nightly programs
broadcast by the expedition have
been received here.
~ get them every night from 6 As
o'clock until daybreak," said Leber-
man.