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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-15
INDIAN TITLE
 C0NTR0vERY
 GIVEN AIRING
Court Ruling Discussed Sen. Cochran Again Lev
 els Lance at Saloons

The aboriginal claims contro- versy, as it apears in the light of the recent decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, was air cd for the benefit of Alaska's Sen ntors in their session yesterday af- ternoon.
 Ths discussion was upon Rep, Frank Johnsons H. J. M. 22, which asked Congress to pass Dele gate E. L. Bartlett's H. R. l90, a measure calling for extinguishment of Indian title to Alaska lands by negotiated agreements. The memorial was passed by the Sen ate only after it had been amend ed into a general call for prompt action to determine and extinguish Indian title claims
 w. c. Arnold, canned salmon in dustry representative, agreed with preliminary points of Rep. John sons memorial, as did William L. Paul, Jr., Alaska Native Brother hood Secretary and associate coun- sel for Thlinget and Haida claims, who was the other witness.
 All agreed that native title claims have placed a cloud upon title to Alaska lands, effectually blocking development of Alaska industry. Arnold did not believe the Bartlett bill offered a way to remove the cloud within any req sonable number of years, and Paul was uncertain that the measure offered speedy enough action.
 Views Differ
 The two, however, took differ ing views on the Circuit Court decision. Arnold said that decis- ion has, in effect, removed the Indian title cloud, as it holds that the United States purchased Alaska from Russia free and clear of In- dian titles. He opposed the memorial endorsing the Bartlett Bill as tending to recognize the existence of Indian title and, in effect, reverse the Courts opinion.
 Arnold did think, though, that a more general memorial, spur ring Congress to speedy real so- lution, should be passed. He stress ed that the Circuit Courts decision
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Saul the first king Of the He brews, had no fixed home, but liv- ed in a tent.
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ALASKA AIR PRESIDENT

Marshall c. Hoppin.. President of Alaska Air Lines at Anchorage, ar rived in Juneau yesterday and is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
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FROM SEATTLE

Tony Zitz, from Seattle, is registered as a guest at the Gas tineau Hotel.
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WEATHER FORECAST

WEATHER FORECAST
 tJuneau and Vicinity
 Cloudy wi tn occasional light rain this afternoon and tonight. Decreasing cloudi- ness Sunday with morning fog. Cooler tonight.
 PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours endiLg 7:30 . m. today) In Juneau - AS inches; since March l, 6.42 inches; since July l, 7375 inches. At Airport - 97 inches; since March l, 3.44 inches; since July l, 4772 inches.
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 WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 7.oJ o'clock This Morning.

In Juneau-Maximum, 51; minimum, 39.
 At Airport-Maxim AT; minimum, 39.
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mant of vouchers rejected by the Auditor
 Three Senate Join5 Memorials were introduced yesterday after noon in the Senate all by Senator Walker
 s J. M. 2, petitions the High way Engineer to construct a small boa5 float in Thomas Basin, Ketch- ikan It replaces 2. B 21, which Walker withdrew by unanimous consent.
 S. J. M. 3, is umected to the Secretary of the Interior and urg- os that specialized hospitals main- tamed by the Veterans Admins tration for treatment of psychotic patients be designated to care for Alaska veterans who have been ad- judged insane. The memorialso cites his opinion that such veterans may be mere banefieially cared for and treated ill such VA institutions.
 S. J. M 1 also is concerned with Veterans welfare. Addressed to the National Veterans administration and to Congress through Delegate E. L. Bartlett, the memorial notes that restrictions imposed by Con gross upon benefits and awards to veterans, determined upon income basis, result in nulli1ying such awards to veterans resident in AL aska due to higher living costs, and urges a 25 percent differential in such benefits paid Alaska resi- dents. The memorial has an im- piled particular reference to on job training, which program is in effective in Alaska because Of liy- ing costs.
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40 BILLS. ON
 SENATE LIST

Doubling it's ros4er oI measures within two days the Alaska Senate yesterday received seven new bills and three new memorials, with Senator N. R Walker betng the most prolific author
 Designed to pug noias n the present legal stru are. as part Of the groundwork t0 acodlacation Of Alaska's laws. a. three hills introduced hg Senator 0 D. Coch- ran The first Of the ti.o, 9 16- page number, s. B. 34. amends The Alaska code of Criminal Procedure to bring 1t in line with Federal statutes and court regulations now in effect Anon the amendments proposed is the procedure, ins5i- tuted last year by regulation, which allcws g defendant accused Of a felony to waive indictment by grand jury
 s. B. 38, by cochran, would per init the Tax Commissioner with approval by the Attorney General and the Treasurer to remit upon judgment taxes paid under protest, and to make refunds of oyerpay- ments of taxes, or of license fees where use of the license is prevent cd by cause beyond the taxpayers control
 s. 5. 30 by Cochran. is a triple baIrelled proposed act relating to public records IL would withhold from public inspection information possessed by the ia4 Commissioner which disclose particulars of a taxpayers affairs or business, but would not prohibit publication of such matter to assist in collection of delinquent taxes. l. also em- powers the Tax Commissioner to prcmulgate rules and regulations prescribing the form in which tax payers shall Keep records. and re- quires that q taxpayers records and premises be open to official inspec- ten. Enforcement IS provided un- der a maximum 1ine of Sl,000 fol each offeuse as 9 Inisdemeanor.
 Two bills by Senator Walker, S 3. 8 and s. B 40 would amend the Alaska World War II Veterans Act relative to the levying of tho Veterans Tax. No. 3j more clearly defines transactions subject to the tax and No. 70 clarifies what goods are exempted as exports to a for eign country.
 g B 36, by Senator Joe Green would liberalize limitations upol filing Of claims unoer the Work mems Compensation Act which va passed at the l945 special session especially aa limitations affec claims of minor children.
 Under s. B. 37 by Senator Les Rogge. the Board of Appeals fol Disallowed Claims would be abolish ed. This board passes upon pay
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SIxBILLS AND
 3MEM0RIAL.S }
 PASS HOUSE
Speaker Rebukes McCuiCh con for DiIaiory Tacii1s
 on One Measure

The House of Representatives cleaned up it's calendar yesterday afternoon by passing three House Joint Memorials, five House Bills and enc Senate Bill, and killing one House Bill, then took a full holiday today
 The holiday is a double one for Amcs Cole. Sergeant-at-Arms for the House, who celebrates his 78th birthday today.
 Memorials passed include one asking that Congress pass legisla- tion granting statehood to Alaska, one asking the Territorial High way Engineer for a road from Fort Davis to Council in the Second Di- vision, and one asking that a court house and Federal building be con- struc.ed at Valdez.
 H. B 3, which would provide for regular audits of the books of all Territorial officials. passed by a vote Of 8 to l. The bill carries an appropriation of s2O.O0O to carry out it's purposes.
 McCutcheon Delays
 The next bill on the calendar in third reading, H. B 29, to reap portion the Third Division into election districts, was attacked by Rep. McCutcheon Of that Division, who employed every means he could find to stal! of final vote on the bill
 Rep. McCutcheon first moved, seconded by Rep. Garnick, that the bill he indefinitely postponed This attempt was checkmated by Rep. Maurice Johnson. who made a mo- ticn to have McCutcheon's motion laid on the table and was support ed by B votes to H.
 McCutcheon moved, seconded again by Garnick, to lay H. B. 29 on the table. but his motion was defeated by IS to IL Another de- laying move was then made bv McCutcheon. again seconded by Garnick, in an attempt to have the bill rsccmmisted to sec5nd reading for amendment, but this too met defeat, by a vote of l5 to 9.
 The Third Division Representa- tive then made a motion, seconded by Garnick. to postpone considera- ton of the bill until a certain day, which he namcd as March 29, two days after the present session ends
 Gill Cuts Loose
 This last move was too much for Speaker Oscar Gill also rom the Third Division and author Of the bill.
 He ruled McCuteheons motion out Of order and delivered a short but stinging rebuke from the char in which he said that McCutcheon'S dilatory tactics were 9 disgrace to the House and if continued would invite ridicule of the whole body.
 The bill, after all of the delay, was defeated by a vote of 15 to 9.
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kIWANIS GLIB HOLDS
 nlNNEp- DANCE TONIGHT

The kiwaris Cub postponed their regular luncheon business meeting today and will meet instead at the salmon Creek Country Club tonight for a social evening Of fun and frclic. Cocktails will be served at 8 and dinner at phi, followed by dancing. A fine turnout of Kiwanians and their ladies is expected for the informal Lincoln's Day celebration tonight.
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REPUBLICAN, CLUB
 BANQUET TONIGHT

Approximately I25 reservations had been made up to noon today for the Lincolns day banquet of the Republican Club tonight at the Salmon Creek Country Club.
 Howard Stabler VII be toastmas- ter and Lator Commissioner Henry Benson will be the principal speak CT
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3 ULL. [ ] N $

LONDON-New blizzards, freezing gales, blocked rail lines and dis rupted shipping is adding to tht ccal shortage crisis.
 SEATTLE-Last rites were held today for James A. Wood. 76, As sociate Editor of the Seattle Times. He died after an illness of several weeks. Wood began his newspaper career on the Post Intelligencer in 1897.
 SEATTLE - Alaska Steamship Company officials said today the steamship Alaska, damaged when she grounded near Cordova, Feb. ?, is expected to leave that port for Seattle tonight after temporary repairs.
 WASHINGTON-Ihe Navy told Congress today that even a $50O,- CCoC00 cut in it's new budget might "so greatly reduce the effectiveness of the Navy as to render 1t prac- tically immobile and impotent as an instrument of national policy"
 WASHINGTON - The weather Bureau today estimated last weeks freeze darcage to citrus fruits and cut crops in Florida at s5O0o0,0O0
 LONDON-.Prime Minister Attlee tonight issued an order under the wartime defense regulations, for fines and prison sentences for any of the 49,0oO,0OO Britons who defy an island wide limitation of house. hold electricity
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OLD REGULATIONS WILL BE ENFORCED
 BY F&WL SERVICE
Fishery Operators and Fish B0di Owners Given
 important Notice

The Fish and Wildlife Service announces that strict compliance by Alaska fishery operators and fishing beat owners with the pro- visions of Sec. 201.l and 2ol.2 Of the regulations governing the com mercial fisheries of Alaska, will De required this year
 These sections read as follows
 Sec. 20l1. Periodic reports re- quired Of fisheries operators. Every person, company. corporation. CT association shall. each season. pri- or to engaging in canning, curing, or preserving fish or shellfish, or manufacturing fishery products, furnish to the local representative of the Fish and Wildlife Service a statement in writing of intention 70 operate, together with informa- tion as to the nature. extent, and place of operation, and at the close cl the season furnish an accurate statistical report supplying data called for on forms provided for that purpose.
 Annual Registration
 Sec. 20l.2. Marking of fishing boats; annual registration. Each fishing boat in operation, whether powered or unpowered, shall be le- gitly and plainly marked with the name. initials, or symbol of the
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HOSPITAL N0TES

St. Ann's Hospital admitted G. Joseph for surgery yesterday, and Ernest Francis and Mrs. Henry Adsero for medical treatment. Will jam Haynes was discharged
 Government Hospital admitted Judy Davis of Juneau, discharged Mary Jack of Hoonah, and Mrs Helen Sarabia with her baby girl also from Hconah.
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MCCuIrach NeCkWaar

New noses il necEWear for Spring ,. The perfect Na.entin gift He knows they are the finest"
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perscn. company or corporation owning, operating, or using same, together with a distinctive number which shall identify each particu- lar boat, said name, initials, or symbol and number to be not less than 6 inches in length. Each sea- sen. prior to commencement of commercial fishing. the name, ini tials. or symbol and number of each boat shall be furnished in writing to the local representative Of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
 While these regulations were nev- CT revoked conditions during the years of national emergency com pelled their virtual suspension. With the present improved material and labor situation. however, the Service locks forward to again be- ing able to secure complete and valuable records of fishing opera tions in the Territory.
 Registration Plates
 Supplies Of boat registration plates bearing the year and serial numtar have been obtained, and beat registration will begin in the near future at all Alaska fishing ports. Everyone in the fishing in- dustry is urged to.cooperate in this program, and it is much to their advantage to do so, since the in formation thus collected forms the only completely accurate index of the fishing intensity to be expect cd
 As in pre-war years, the records made up from plant and boat re- gistration will be available to the public
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@-Il. m II
 WEATHER low centers have now
 moved into the nothwd and the interior Of Canada central The weakening low pressure IS 1W the mountan passes ana tenn this interior this morning somewhat lower with of to @ below reported Rain CT snow "A hours the coast from mountains from northern United States to Alaska and points the ineicr
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MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN
Reports from Marine Stations at 30 ?. NJ today

MARINE FORECAST PERIOD END NJ THURSDAY EVE MING nnol heT wnd 40 to 55 miles Fer Southeast Alaska north Frederick norheaster winds 25 35 miles per hour Fer the protected Southeast Alaska south of Sumner noheastery 20 miles per Entrance Yakutate2st e1lvto ncrtheasterly 0 25 miles per hour
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BUNNELL HERE

Charles E. Bunnen, Presidans ot the University Of Alaska, arrived in Juneau yesterday and is staying as q guest of the Baranof Hotel.
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O'CONNOR IN KETCHIKAN

Jack O'Connor, Fish and Wildlife supervisor. is spending several days in Ketchlkan on business.
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boats landed every day for food and water
The natives we're pleased it seemed, to be
paid in nails. Soon there was a stable price
level: 20-penny nail for 2O-pound hog;
lOpenny nail for a roasting pig; sixpence or
a string of beads for fowl or bunch of fruit.
This settlement had taken exactly week.
On June 26, the DOlbhn's commanding off
Ger, Captain Wallis, decided to formalize the
"a bilious disorder" so he sent detail con-
slsting of the second lieutenant, sergeant,
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her range and power, the
ship put a shot onto the
shore where hundreds of
other natives saw it smash
through sturdy trees.
That was enough. A thing
that flashed and doomed
and wrought havoc at so
great a distance was not to
be fought any longer. This
was the huge voice of de-
feat, no less decisive at
Tahiti than at Berlin or
Hiroshima.
Hostilities were ended.
Again the natives waved
their plantain boughs. The
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returned to the ship, all the sailors swore they
never saw handsomer made women and de-
clared they would all live on two thirds allow
ance rather nor lose SO fine an opportunity to
get girl apiece. This news made all our men
madly fond of the shore.
Even the sick which had been on the doc
tors list for some weeks now declared a
young girl would make an excellent nurse,
and they were certain of recovering faster
under young girls care nor all the doctor
could do for them" Ten days later: Most of
the seamen is now pretty WE'LL all those who
are able to 60 ashore recover fast
From this point on, it is difficult to steer
course between the possible naivete of Rob-
ertsons diary and the cyncism of modern
view. The diarisi assures us that relations
between the ships company and the
natives grew more and more pleasant.
The native queen came aboard for a meal,
and although her consort had been blown out
of his canoe in the earlier skirmish. she was
utterly gracious. She even entertained Rob-
ertson ashore, doing her best, from his mod
est account, to seduce him. Another young
woman, straight out of Boccaccio, came
aboard with her husband She was amused by
the ship and fascinated by the carpenter.
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INNS. Dolphin had no sooner taken sound
ings and dropped her anchor than 100 Tahi-
tan canoes put out from the beach and sur
rounded her. The brown-skinned natives,
says Robertson. ''lookt upon US with the
greatest astonishment We made all the
friendly signs we could think of. . Then
they made signs of friendship by holding up
branches of plantan trees and making long
speeches of near fifteen minutes. =. They
talked so very fast we could not distinguish
one word from another
Gestures and palaver were all very well,
but the ships company could now see that
the islands high mountains plunged down to
a wide green level, lush with plantations and
pastures. There were neatly matched houses
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THE CoM|CAL CONQUEST OF TAHITI

The island looked good to the sailors
of the old British frigate when they
hit the beach $50 years ago. Here their
story is told for the first time
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nNE hundred and eighty years ago this
" month, the 32-gun British frigate DOL
bhin was sailing westward through the I'M
charted seas of the South Pacific under
Admiralty orders to explore unknown parts
of the world. A year earlier, her $50 men had
dreamed of gold and high adventure Now,
gaunt and scurvy ridden they prayed for one
thing only: the moment when the lookout on
that high swaying masthead would cry,
Land ho.''
The prayer was answered on the afternoon
of June 10. There it was - 4O-mile range of
mountains bearing WS.W on a hazy hori-
zon. The next morning the Dolphin lay to
off foamy, paln-fringed shore. Although
they did not know it, the seamen who crowd
ed her rails were the first white men to look
upon the island paradise we now call Tahiti.
They gazed, and dreamed again - of food
and fresh water and maybe more - but
finally George Robertson, their 33-year-od
senior warrant officer, turned from the rail
to make another entry in his faithfully written
account Of the Dolbhtn's adventures. His
complete diary, running to 100000 words,
was recently found by Geographer Hugh
Darlington among the numberless logs of old
ships in the British Public Record Office and
will soon be published in book form by
Englands famed Hakluyt Society.
Raleigh's Partner
l HIS organization takes its name from
Richard Hakluyt, famous Elizabethan COL
lector of travellers tales and the partner of
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II marines and l8 seamen ashore to do the
job. On the beach they stuck pole and
pennant into the sand and took possession"
in the name of King George III.
The brief ceremony was observed by 500
silent natives bearing plantain boughs and
young pigs in their arms Later they tore the
pole down. 1t was the feeblest of gestures,
Without knowing of King George, they seemed
to know that they were possessed, and from
then on they behaved in a docile fashion.
Fraternization Commences
| HE ships company, revived by fresh
rations began to stir. When a sailor is well
enough to come up on deck he soon regards
himself as we'll enough to 90 ashore. The
captain did not hesitate to grant liberty, and
the results we're recorded by Robertson:
Some of the native girls was light copper
colour, others mulatto and some almost if
not altogether white. This new sight attracted
our mems fancies good deal, and the natives
observed it and made the girls play great
many droll wanton tricks When our boats
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and barns without number, and on the shore,
throngs of people. This place would have
food, and no time could be wasted in getting it.
I'VE made them understand" says Rob
ertson, that we was willing to barter. The
method was this - some of the men grunted
and cryd like hogg and then pointed to the
shore. Others crowed lyke cocks this they
understood. . We showed them some nails,
which they appeared very fond Of In short
they seemed very fond of anything which they
saw made of iron -
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OH w dltCI NdlSlSil III lilS
founding of Virginia. The
Society was established in
1876 by a group of map
makers and explorers who
wished to publish original
narratives of great voyages.
The present script,
penned in quaint and blunt
language, tells the story Of
how Tahiti was discov-
cred and claimed in the
name of George III, and
how this conquest, like so
many others. was compli-
Gated, if not foiled, by frat
ernization and initiation.
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HE result small-scale, cautious barter,
only enough to inflame the mems appetites.
The natives, padding about the ship by the
hundreds, were now agreeable, now fright
ened, sometimes arrogant When the ships
boats finally put into shore for water. the
natives surrounded them, laughing and
hooting, and bedeviled them with stones
and fierce rammings. The men fired mus
kets over their heads and then directly at
them. The natives CONSERVATION at the shouts
of pain, and the suddenly lifeless friends was
enormous
Again and again they made their reckless,
somehow playful attacks on the boats The
ship, covering from distance, fired her can
non near them. They howled, jumped from
their canoes and then climbed back for more
attacks At length, the ship fired her three
FOUNDERS loaded with round and grape shot,
into cluster of canoes Scores of natives were
blown into the water. Then, to demonstrate
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Man Held in $1,000 Here
In Stabbing Row Over 81

A man charged with gtabbing an
other In tho chest In an argument
over a today was being held under
$4,000 bond awaiting q Municipal
Court hearing April 23 for assault
with deadly weapon.
Arrested shortly afterward at the
scene, q vacant lot near First and N
streets NE, was Howard Milton
Hill, As, colored, who gave police
no fixed address.
Police reported William H. James,
colored, of the 600 block of G street
s.e., was stabbed with a butcher
knife. and companion, Ernest
Gwyn, SO, colored, Of the 500 block
Of @ street NV, slashed across
the hand by the same knife. Gwyn
told policemen he and James were
forced to remove part Of their cloth
ing, when their alleged assailant re-
fused to believe they had no more
than the 81 he said was owed him.
James was reported In serious
condition by Freedmen's Hospital
authorities.
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|continued through the program =
his exceptional style and ttat of
his men was revealed. The con-
cert, attended by the President and
Mrs. Truman, IS part Of 9 tour
partly sponsored BY the Standard
on Co. Of California.
In the afternoon, four members