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Evening star., 1933-05-03
WOUNDED MAN DIES
Victim Had Been Shot in Knee /,
Fight in February.

Robert Boxley, 20, colored, Of the 10O
block of Francis street southeast, died
today in Gallinger Hospital, where he
had been under treatment for a bullet
wound in the knee, said to have been
inflicted by another colored man dur
ing q fight in the 100 block Of N street
southeast on February Is. Police are
still seeking his assailant.
Evening star., 1933-05-03
Constabulary and Outlaw Slain.

MANILA. Philippine Islands, May 3
R.-Dispatches from Jolo, In the
Southern Philippines, today said Con-
stabulary Corpl. Druno and one Moro
outlaw were slain in q tight with the
remnants of band Of tribesmen once
led by Imman Saccam.
The outlaws have been sought since
13 constabularymen were killed last Fall
in an ambush which precipitated night
ing consting so more lives.
Evening star., 1933-05-03
1895, ,000, 900 OUNCES
OF GOLD PRODUCED
Bureau Of Mines Calculates
Total Production From
14o3 to 1881.

~ the Associated Press.
Now that gold In al It's forms has
become perhaps the worlds best ab-
sorbing topic. the United States Bureau
Of Mines has calculated the total pro-
duction Of the precious metal since its
mining became definitely recorded.
From 1893 through 1891 the world
total was set yesterday at l,os5. 900 900
The border vidette., 1933-01-28
DEMONSTRATION OF SILVER

Washington, Jan. "a. - The
cry for RECOMMENDATION Of silvec
at 16 to 1 ratio with gold-heart i
far and wide in the nineties l"oM
| the lips of the late William J.
| Bryan-rang out in the senate
today as efforts were MADE by
democratic liberals to attach
such an amend ment to the Class
banking reform bill.
Over the protest of the veter-
an conservative, Carter Glass cf
Virginia. Senator Wheele, OF
Montana revived the historic is
sue with a declaration that the
boosting of silver prices would
cure most of the worlds troubles
Before Wheeler spoke, Glass,
author of the bank bill the senate
hopes to pass at night session
tonight, if not sooner declared
the silver question was not
germane to the measure and thab
any further moves of similar
nature would be met with de.
mand from him that the propos.
ais be tabled.
"Of course shall ask rejectio0
Of the amendment" Glass asse i.
ed, adding the bank bill Is tc
insure in some measure good
banking and it has nothing to DO
with currency.
Wheeler said be challenged
any one last year to disprove mis-
claim that remonetization of sill.
YER at 16 to l would double the
value of the worlds primary
money and more than double the
price of wheat and cotton enc
the purchasing, power Of silver
nations.
Since that time" be added,
nobody on either side of TINS
! chambe has disputed that. NJ 1
only that, but since then We have
seen an increasing number Of
foreclosures of mortgages and
increased bank failures, and
country after country has gous
off the gold standard uutil now
nearly 40 nations are using other
standards.
Wheeler referred to statements
| by President Hoover and others
that deprecated foreign cur
rencies were lowering American
tariff protection, and said:
Reconciliation of silver will
do more to make the tariff effsc-
tive than any othsr piece Of
legislation before congress-.
The border vidette., 1933-01-28
RUTH JUDD mot INTERESTED"

State Prison, Florence, Ariz.,
Jan. g. Winnie Ruth Judd.con.
demned to die February 17th for
murder of Agnes Anne Lsrois
was silent and apparently dlsin
terested today when informed OF
the Phoenix court decision
which nullitied her effort to in
volve John j. .Hal!oran as an
accessory to the crime Of mur.
der.
On the witness stand in Phoe.
nix at Hailoran's preliminary
hearing, Mrs Judd had charged
the lun herman with aiding her
iu disposing Of the body of Mrs.
Leroi, and advising her to keep
the killing secret and to escape.
Then she told story Of justifi.
able killing in slef defense which
placed a major part 10 dismissal
of the Halloran charges today.
Prison officials said she express
sed no interest whatever v hen
they informed her Halloran had
been discharged and the com.
plant agaist him dismissed.
She made no comment.
Probably, prison attendants
said. she was prepared for the
courts refusal to hold Hallorsn
for trial. Having been informed
previously of such action i0,.'
pending.
The border vidette., 1933-01-28

department, will be held intact
for q period of sixty days and
efforts will be made to induce
some national organization to
take over the abandoned camp
and transform it into g national
sanitarium. At meeting of the
property owners OF the camp site
held Monday morning, Mayor
Harry J. Karns urged that the
camp be held intact and that ali
owners agree not to sell. subdi.
vide or lease the property until
it is definitely decided whether
or not it is possible to induce
some national society to open e
sanitarium here. The many i'm
provements in the camp are es
timated to be worth $3.50, 900
which is a great jnducement for
a national Organization to estab-
lish q sanitar nm here.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09
A PLEASANT THOUGHT

1t is very refreshing indeed to have
it called to ones attention that the
sun is still shining and that old moth
er earth still turns on her axis. One
is prone to get into rut of gloom
such as the depression has just buried
us in and feel there is nothing left
in the world but economic problems.
And, necessarily serious as those prob
lens are, they will become easier to
us if we take little respite and think
how refreshingly fragrant and diff
ferent from the doleful songs of woe
of the hour is this one from the Fer
gus Falls Tribune: Cheer up! The
sun mounts higher daily. The fur
ries of northwest winds and dropping
mercury are almost at an end; the
birds and spring flowers of April are
In the near future. Look up, not
down. Look forward. not backward.
Look out, not in. And lend a hand"
Spring and summer will at least
lend a hand in relieving suffering OF
masses and maybe, who knows. before
another winter, conditions may be on
the mend.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09
RELIEVES TENSION

With the proclamation of President
Roosevelt causing a nationwide bank
holiday starting Monday, came the
relief signs of many people. The ten
sion had been relieved. The general
belief was to the effect that the bot
tom of the depression had been
reached. Radio news announcers
voiced optimism and one even went
so far as to say that within a very
few weeks business would be on the
upgrade and commodity prices would
be rising. Whether all this is true
or not there is one thing certain and
that is the fact that those who APP
parently had not known there is a
depression were suddenly Jared with
the realization that there is some
thing tragically wrong and that it
should be fixed right now and the
time for this fixing apparently is
now. Time will tell.
Today is the last day of the pro-
claimed moratorium and Congress has
been called to convene in extraordi-
nary session today by the new presi-
dent which all goes to cause the hopes
of troubled nation to rise.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09

this critical time. 1t would be a
crime against society to allow fore
closures to proceed under these con-
ditions without strenuous efforts to-
work out adjustments whereby farm
ers may keep their property and
mortgage holders may be protected
against total losses.
Senator Shipstead points to the
dangers inherent in forced sales and
resistance by farm owners. In some
communities foreclosure of mort
cages is impossible because the in
habitants will not permit it. This
situation contains the seeds of an
archy. 1t must not be permitted to
develop. Governmental agencies must
step in and facilitate adjustments that
will conserve the assets of the mort
gage holders while allowing the farm
ers to hold on until economic condi-
tions improve. Most farmers will be
able to pay their debts. or at least
reasonable portion of them. If some
orderly process for adjustment OF
their obligations is provided.
By all tests that may be applied
this must be considered one of the
most serious situations confronting
Congress. Emergency action Is I'm
perative. The issue can not be post
poned until the extra session without
grave danger to farmers. savings
banks and insurance companies.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09
DEATH WINS

Anton j. Cermak, late mayor Of
Chicago, ILL.,, finally succumbed to the
ravages of a bullet wound caused by
the gun of Giuseppe Zangara which
was meant for President-Elect Frank
lin d. Roosevelt. The mayor fought
a valiant fight against death but was
finally forced to retreat to that dis
tant shore whence no one returns.
1t is almost uncanny to think back
to the moment after the shooting
when Mr.. Cermak remarked to Presi-
dent-Elect Roosevelt that he was glad
it was himself instead because the
country needed Roosevelt. 1t seems
now that this man who was apparent
ly on the road to recovery knew he
was to die.
1t shows how small a human body
and a human will is. A body that
is big and strong enough to build
mighty empires and amass mighty
fortunes is only twig in the hand Of
the Creator. The man of riches is
humble clay when he passes, there
fore is it not wasted effort to have
the money greed?
Chicago will miss Mayor Cermak
for he was it's best mayor for great
many years. He was the possessor
of sturdy Czech character.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09

sentence of his protest. Il am not a
member, and | do not wish to be-
The reaction on Stottrup's mind was
then somewhat similar to the reac-
ton against prohibition. do not
doubt today that if | had had the pow
er of a dictator then, | would have
forced Stottrup to join, and that of
course was wrong.
1t is my opinion today that We
should not try to force either by law
or any other means the individuals
right to independence. free speech.
etc, as long as it does not conflict
with others equal rights. However,
we must realize today more than ever
before the truth of this sentence,
United we stand, divided we fall"
If We are ever to pull out of the pres
ent depression we must work together
in many ways and among others be
loyal to our co-Operatives, the cream
cry. shipping association, oil assOcia-
ton. and feed store. We cannot do it
by laws making it special crime to
criticise.
LUDWIG MOSBEk.
AskOv, Mimi, March Z. 1888
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09
UNORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Editor Askov American:
| have followed the discussion about
the Willow River school with interest.
especially the point of state aids.
| suppose we can agree that the
State of Minnesota belongs to the peo-
pie in Minnesota? When our state
was organized, certain number of
sections were set aside for school aids
as | understand it. If that is correct
the school fund ought to be distrib-
uted in proportion, or nearly so, to
the number of children in each dis
trict. 1t is not: it is distributed ac-
cording to the old legend. Those who
have much shall be given more, and
those who have nothing shall be de-
prived of what they have
We are, or we were supposed to
have home rule in our school matters
when our state was organized and our
school fund founded, our home rule is
gone and our state school fund is dis
tributed according to the above men
toned old legend.
Is that fair? If not, what can we
Or what do we want to do about it?
LUDWIG MOSBEk.
AskOv, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09
DISCUSSES TAXATION

Editor Askov American:
Taxation, as we'll can be seen by
the last delinquent tax statement. Is
getting to be an unbearable situa-
ton. Governor Olson was elected by
an overwhelming majority showing
that the general public has conf
dence in his program.
The governor is the executive and
to put this program over 1t is neces-
sary for the legislature to function.
The people of Pine county, in a tax
meeting of short year ago. passed
a group of resolutions among which
were the endorsement Of the state in
come tax; the raise ingrOss earnings.
tax ON railroad companies and tele-
phone companies, an oleOmargarine
tax; higher tax on the power in
dustry. A raising of this revenue
would replace the tax on property to
the extent of collections and would
be of considerable benefit to the farm
ers and small home owners who are
now overburdened.
Pine county citizens have at diff
ferent times expressed themselves on
these issues. Help to put them over
by writing to our Representatives
Hjalmar Petersen and c. Elmer John
son, and Senator A. S. Larson, St.
Paul at the state capitol.
Senator Larson in the fight to take
away the power of our lieutenant gov
ernOr voted with the conservative or
rpa ctiOnary forces who are OUDOSod
to our governor. Write to him asking
him to support the above program or
that part of it which you are familiar
with.
will write more in regard to these
various taxes in the future.
CFIAS. BECKMAN.
Rock Creek, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09

under the guise of Mothers allow
ances. Honest and honorable people
will be glad to do some work for the
county in exchange for this money,
or aid
l have found almost always that
when people were given aid gratui-
tOusly they came back for more and
if refused became hostile and abusive.
The children reared in homes sup
ported by charity are rarely on par
with those reared in the homes of
hard working. self supporting parents.
They are looking for sCft snaps.
Since l started this letter the bank
holiday has been announced and the
entire nation is suffering from per-
niciouS anemia. Just what the result
of this unparalleled action will be is
a puzzle, but one thing is certain.
People will be made to realize the
Importance of money which is moth
of the nation.
When too much money collects in
any particular part of the social
body" the usual ills of congestion fol-
low and the nation suffers. When
any part is shut off from the circula-
ton of this vital fluid" that part
experiences swift decay: general
slowing down and thinning out of the
circulation brings about anemia with
its ominous hints of approaching dis
solution.
The remedy? Yes, thank God,
there is remedy. Legislation to Sc
cure the depositors' money in our
banks; legislation to protect our banks
from the depredations of wild cat
spectators" and other banking laws
that will make our banks as safe as
the pOstoffice. We need the banks.
Farmers need them, business men
need them. Even the churches need
the banks with their convenient and
efficient system of keeping this med
ium of exchange" in circulation.
Banks are a vital and necessary part
OF our social organization and we
should rise as one man and demand
that they be made as staunch and I'M
uSSdll dDle as the TOch Vi SfiUI ditdI =
Then a few stiff laws to control big
business and the country will be as
good as new.
Make stocks and bonds as safe as
bank deposits by the elimination of
''watered stock" Whenever any COM
pany issues bonds for the expansion
Of the business they should be COM
PEELED by law to prove to the public
that the money is put into the bust
ness and not into the promoters peck
cts.
If | were making the laws of this
nation | would make it a crime with
capital punishment, for any board of
directors in any business, big or small,
to vote bonuses to themselves. That
would help lot in curing the habit
of scuttling big businesses and cheat
ing the stockholders of their divi-
dends huff said?
w. R. NEWMAN.
Hinckley, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09
FOR FREE SPEECH
: ASkov American:

Editor ASkOv American:
Mr.. Sigurd Stovring, you say you
were surprised to see my long write
up" prompted by your short para
graph as text. You admit, however,
that it was not your text on which l
was preaching in that you say that L
gave answer to something you never
wrote. But, your expressed opinion
did give me an opportunity to bring
before the public, my doubt of the
wisdom in some of the paragraphs in
Minnesota. 1t does not matter so
much whether yours or my opinion is
more or less we'll written, but when
two sincere men voice so different
opinion on what we consider vital
public question, the difference must
be fundamental, as l mentioned in my
last expressed opinion in regard to
eyesight influenced by biased or un-
biased minds.
Why is it that the old man believed
in free speech and open criticism,
backed by responsibility while the
younger of us two believe we need
special protection against free speech
and criticism? 1t seems tOpsy-turvy.
| was born in a period when the rod
and rope were considered a necessary
factor to education. Or is it On ac
count of these mere than 20 years
of observation. that l am the more
liberal and fundamental believer in
lihprty Of aynraSctnn9
| understand we have a law against
spreading rumors about banks. If that
is correct, has that law supported the
banks?
The main point in our opinions is
success of cooperation. We both be-
lieve in cooperation. and we recOg-
nize that today loyalty is very essen
tial as Einar Jensen and Harold Mack
said recently. l have rooted out of my
old files copies of opposite opinions
expressed in the AskOv American by
Frede Stottrup and myself about Is
years ago. | referred to a sentence
of Christ, Those who are not with
me are against me-" | drew a paral-
lei and said, Those who are not with
us in our cooperation in Askov are
against u.s." | admit this was rather
strong. ! tried to mold the public
opinion for loyal cooperation by CO.
ercion This hurt Mr.. Stottrup's in
dividualism and feelings of independ-
ence, and made this clear in the last
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09
WANTS MORE ITEMIZED REPORTS

Editor Askov American:
Allow me to make a few comments
on the County Engineers report. In
the first place 1 think the amount of
$1O,29276 paid to Albert Blomberg
under miscellaneous labor should be
itemized, so much on this road, and
that one, etc. This report on status
state aid roads, / also believe is
wrong in several places, but / will
only mention one instance: Road No.
II graded eight miles, unimprOved
14.5 miles. I know there is more
than eight miles graded on road No.
IL and if grading does not improve
a road something else is wrong. l
would also like to know how nine
miles can be re-shaped on an eight
mile stretch between Askov and Sand
stone. Also l would like to have it
explained in the monthly reports in re-
gard to certain job numbers for ex-
ample, what road such job number APP
plies to. so as to let the taxpayers
know exactly where the money is
spent. If we don't have a report that
can easily be understood what is the
use to spend money on publishing
such reports.
AS a taxpayer 1 demand that the
engineer explain in the newspaper
on what roads this $1O,O00.00 was
spent. and whether it was grading,
graveling or what.
Yours for more complete report.
A. P. JENSEN.
AskOv, MIMI, March Z, 1888.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09
SAME OLD STORY,-HHITEWASH
Capital TimeS)

The people of the United States will
recall that in the last campaign the
public was given enthusiastic aSsur-
anceS by the spokesman for both pO-
litical parties of full and complete
investigation of the practices through
which the American people lost bill
lions of dollars in stock transactions
and financial manipulatiOns. These
assurances came following the insult
debacle, the Kruger revelations, and
the production of evidence showing
that Wall Street bankers had dumped
billions of dollars of worthless foreign
securities on American investors.
The senate adopted a resolution
asking for an investigation Of the
whole sordid mess. The investigation
has been in progress for several
months and we have the same old
story every time the big bankers are
investigated.ra whitewash. The Wall
street investigation is a complete flop.
They have been chasing after the poor
deceased Kruger and the expatriated
insult. The investigation becomes
one of dead horses in order to cover
up the acts of live crooks who are
rObbing the people of the nation right
now. The committee has enough facts
to put men high in business life in
Jail. but it prefers to chase after
somebody who can't be hurt
There is complete tenderness at
Washington for the financial scoan-
drels who have had a large part in
bringing the country into its present
predicament. There's a great howl
about balancing the budget There
are billion of uncollected and eyaded
taxes which could be recovered to the
Continued on Page 81
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FROM EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News.
papers, Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
Of the AskOv American.)
FARM MORTGAGE RELIEF
(The Washington Post.)

The urgent necessity for some ac-
ton to relieve the farm mortgage
situation was pointed out by Senator
Shipstead, of Minnesota, in a radio
address last night. He calls atten-
tion to the fact that nearly $4,000
100000 is invested in farm mort
cages. These obligations are held by
insurance companies, savings banks
and various other agencies. Hence.
the problem of farm mortgages is not
merely one of relieving the farmer,
but of protecting the interests of a
large class of investors.
Foreclosure of mortgages ON farms
under present conditions is utterly
impracticable. If sold today, thou
sands Of farms would bring only a
small fraction of the face value of
mortgages held against them. They
would go back to a savage state
Farmers should not be deprived of
their only means of sustenance in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09
Willow River, MINI.
COMMENTS ON RELIEF WORK

Editor Askov American:
AS taxpayer who had almost lost
hope for the future generation, l want
to express my appreciation of the way
III which the Emergency Relief Com
mittee is handling the disbursement
OF relief funds.
Mrs. Eddy's letter in last weeks
papers explained the plan under
which they are working, and the Re-
lief committee and the county COM
missiOners are certainly due for a
vote of thanks from every taxpayer
1t is the logical and sensible way
of handling the situation, and this
same plan could be extended to in
clude those receiving county money
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09
WILL "STRING" WITH DEMOCRATS
Editor AskOv American:
Deer editur:

Editor Askov American:
Deer editur:
We hav had burocrats, autocrats,
plutocrats and Demokrats. Now We
also hav Technocrats. De autocrats
and plutocrats stick vid de Republi-
cans as dey hav bilt new bilding
Department of Commerce) covering
two blocks to hold all de buros. De
Republicans tink the autocrats and
plutocrats shud control all bizness,
finance and even the government it
self. De Demokrats say der shud be
equal chance for all and no special
favor to enyone. Nobody knows vat
de Technocrats want and in order to
understand it, one must be tekno
crazy.
If bizness wood stand on its own
feet, We wood not need all desc buros
at Washington and kost of government
wood be cut in two. If bizness wood
lern dat government cannot help one
group vidout hurting some odder
group, We wood all be better off. If
We wood return to de principles of
Jefferson and Jackson. We wood not
need farm relief and de farmer wood
be able to talk kare of himself, as all
de farmer needs is a square deel.
We kannot have prosperity by pro-
tecting industry and finance by high
tariffs and leeving de farmer out in
de cold. Eeder We must Civ de farm
er de benefit of de tariff, or reduce
de protection to industry. Veil, All
tank All shall phase my fat in de
DemOkrats as dey will Civ us a new
deel.
YenS HeStebakken
ca. l. ANDERSON.)
Zumbrota, MINI.