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Evening star., 1933-04-30

stopped these 3OO years with
rust, eight American forts,
some Of them predating the
foundation of the Federal Government,
have been set aside by the War De-
partment to be maintained as national
memorials
One Of these old forts-Fort Marion,
FIa.-has as intriguing and bloody q
history as was ever recorded Of dun
geons wherein have lain the bodies Of
men in dank depths Of stone and gloom.
The Spaniards laid its foundations at
the height Of the empire shortly after
the st. Augustine settlement in 1865, and
for 200 years it was in the building. SO
when told Of the $4,000 900 Of treasure
sunk in it, exclaimed: TITS bastions
must be made Of silver!" Out from its
40 feet shell-rock walls brave men Of
i've nations have marched at different
times in its history to victory or death
under five dags-English, Spanish,
French, Confederate and United States.
Many gruesome legends hang about
the monolithic old stone pile, nones
however, SURPRISING the find of an Army
engineer in 1885. During some repair
work that year, after its cession to the
United States by Spain, the officer no
ticed a slightly different colofed stone
in one Of the walls. Directing its re-
moval, his eyes were glued at what met
his sight. Through the darkness and
in q deeper and more hghtless dungeon
than the one in which he stood his fare
revealed two great iron cages dancing
and swinging from gallows-tree i'm
bedded in the wall. Within the cages
were the skeletons Of q man and woman.
Examination Of the crumbled remains
disclosed on the bone remnants of the
hands and wrists Of the woman rings
and bracelets bearing the royal crest of
Spain. Who were they? And what their
names? Nobility once high in royal
favor doomed to an ignomonious death?
A death far worse than the sword or
bullet. Slow starvation in an UNDER
ground tomb. No one will ever know,
but the known cruelty practiced by Euro
pean despots on the persons of those
who had incurred their royal displeasure
or anger is sufficient basis for any con-
lecture of torture one might wish 800
years ago.
Across st. Augustine Bay, tucked
away on Anastasia Island, stands old
Fort Matanza with q history none the
less horror-laden than that of old
Marion. Clinging to its gray walls is the
memory of the tragedy Of Osceola, the
Seminole chieftain, who trusted his life
to the honor Of the white man and LAM
guished to death behind prison walls
because Of that trust. Here still may
be seen the notch dug by him under
the high windows that he might gaze
again ON the outsade world. "Hail come
crush flowers: white man come. Indian
del" he b reputed 70 have exclaimed
~ he went - Int confinement nom
which he n1Nw returned.
Evening star., 1933-04-30
ANCIENT
FORTS

UNGEONS Of blood and war,
their CORY cannons' mouths
stopped these 800 years with
rust, eight American forts,
some OF them predating the
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
list IS
POSING
BY RONALD THORNE

Musical events, subnormal right
now, will be numerous during
the latter part of the month.
Many distinguished artists and
q long array of symphony con.
certs are scheduled for the weeks
to come.
They start with the second con.
cert for young people Saturday
morning, of this week, at Central
High School auditorium.
Local musicians are beginning
to renew their activities, halted
by the holidays. Helen Fetter
Cook has resumed her talks on
music criticism and appreciation.
Competing with out-of-town
attractions will be the production
Of the Gilbert and Sullivan
operetta, "The Mikado," on Fri
day evening, January 20, in
Roosevelt High auditorium, Thir-
teenth and Webster Streets North
west. The operettta is given under
the auspices of the Community
Center department. and tickets
may be obtained at the FRANK
lin School, the A. A. A. and
elsewhere. .
The Rubinstein Club announces
its first concert of the season on
January 25, at the Willard, with
Dan Gridley, tenor, as the soloist.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
Mother-In-Law's Chatter
Voids Daughters Case

while the examination was going
on. Prescott's attempts to silence
her met with no progress.
Rawlings denied he had hit
his wife and turned towards his
mother-in-law and said:
There's all my trouble"
Mr.. Prescott said:
81 believe you're ght, old
man."
Judge Donald A. DeLashmutt
must have held similar opinion
for he found the husband not
guilty.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10

It's not often that prosecuting
attorneys agree with defense wit
nesses, but circumstances alter
the cases.
In Rockville Police Court, yes
terday, Stedman Prescott, States
attorney for Montgomery county,
was questioning william l.. Rawl-
ings, who was charged with hit
ting his wife, Lillian. Sitting
near Mr.. Prescott was the de-
fendant's mother-in-law, who re-
peatedly volunteered Interruptions
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
DOG BARKS GIVE
ALARNINF|RE /

Colored tenants in an apart
ment house in the 1900 block
Swami st. N. W., were aroused
early today by the barks of a
little dog, which probably pre-
vented serious fire from gain
ing headway. .-.
The blaze started on a second
floor rear porch, and all the
families were out of sections
menaced before firemen arrived.
Two alarms were turned in, bring
ing eight companies.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
u. S. Guards Name
L. C. Cox President

l.. C. Cox has been elected
president of the Capital City
Lodge, American Federation Of
Government Employees. other
officers are Jacob Willy and
Cyrus Hewitt, vice presidents; j,
s. Gray, secretary-treasurer; Viii
bur H. Rock, inside guard.
The lodge is composed of guards
of Federal buildings here.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
A. U. CITIZENS TO ELECT

The American University Park
Citizens Association will meet at
American University tomorrow.
A special election will be con.
Quoted to fill the associations va
cant presidency.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
u. S. to Investigate
Magazine Charges

The State Department will
make an investigation Of charges
that a Cuban policeman operates
the switchboard in the American
Embassy at Havana, it was an
nounced. The charges we're made
by Carleton Beals, American
journalist, in an article in the
magazine, Common Sense.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
Chest Work Told
Bu "Y" Executive

The work of the Community
Chest was outlined by Major
Campbell C. johnson, executive
secretary of the Twelfth Street
Branch, Y. M. C. A.. before the
Methodist Episcopal ministers
conference yesterday at Asbury M.
E. Church, Eleventh and K SITS.
N w, .,
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
P00LESVILLE CLUB MEETS

The Poolesville CMd.) Home
Demonstration Club meets today
in the school building in Pooles.
Vile, ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07
Low THERMOMETER
READINGS REPORTED
THROUGHOUT STATE
All Points Record Temperatures
of 80 Degrees Below Zero
or More
APPROACHES RECORD HERE
Mark Of 80 Was Fourth Cold
est February Day in Last
So Years

With North Dakota experiencing its
coolest weather In four years, snow
plows pushed ahead Tuesday in an
effort to clear most main highways
by nightfall following the most severe
blizzard Of the winter Sunday night
and Monday.
Not since 1929 has North Dakota
had such low temperatures as those
recorded Tuesday morning, nearly
all points in the state having read
ings in the 30s below zero.
For Bismarck. Tuesday was the
fourth coolest February day in the
last So years, according to o. w. Rob-
erts. federal meteorologist here. Mer-
curry dropped to "a degrees below at
7 a. m. and then plunged down to
80 at 8 a. m. At 8 a. m. mercury
had risen to 80 and at 10 o'clock
it was % below. At 100 p. m. the
mercury registered l8 below.
An all-time low temperature for
February was recorded on Feb. 10,
1929, when the mercury plunged to
43 below. Lows Of Al below were re-
corded Feb. l. 1893. and Feb. Is,
1908. Roberts said.
40 Below 10 Times
Temperature has been 40 degrees
or more below 10 times since 1884.
Roberts said. but on nine occasions
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07
REVOLVING FUND TO
VALUE UTILITIES IS
SOUGHT SENATOR
Cost Of Investigations OF Serv-
ice Firms Would Be COL
lected From Them

An appropriation Of $4,000 to be
used as a revolving fund to carry out
statewide valuations of public util-
ity properties by the state railroad
commission is asked in bill offer
ed in the North Dakota senate Mon
day by e. NJ. Indergaard Of Foster
Eddy counties.
The proposed act provides that
costs Of valuations be paid for by the
public utility, with the fund to be
used as q revolving appropriation.
Sen. l.. o. Fredrickson Of Nelson
county proposed measure to make
all taxes and special assessments on
real property on which insured build
ings or other improvements are To-
the insurance in case Of loss.
Four bills to amend the building
and loan association laws received
the approval Of the senate.
Under one measure, officers OF
building and loan associations would
be permitted to disclose information
to the federal home loan bank board
at Washington or of the district
Another measure increases from 10
to Is per cent the amount of as
sets and securities an association
may pledge to secure borrowed
money.
A measure to put teeth" in the
law regulating admission to practice
Of dentists from other states was ap.
proved.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07
MINNESOTANS Fight
FIRE AT II BELOW
Loss Of $4,000 Caused BY
Early Morning Blaze At
Thief River Falls

Thief River Falls, Mimi. Feb. L.
R)-Fire starting in the s. A. Rinkle
Chevrolet garage here early Tuesday
destroyed that structure and the city
auditorium containing oil the city
offices and the telephone exchange.
Only the front wall and one side
wall Of the auditorium remain stand
ing.
The loss IS estimated at between
$4,000 and 100000 and includes
practically all the city government
records. Thirty automobiles were
destroyed in the garage.
Cause Of the fire was not determine
ed. It started in the rear Of the ga
fage, west Of the auditorium. A
northwest wind tanned the flames to
the auditorium and firemen, handi-
capped by grosen hose, were almost
helpless. The temperature was Il
degrees below zero. The fire burned
itself out within few hours.
When It was feared the flames
would spread to other structures and
possibly fire several blocks Of homes
and business buildings, Olga Knut-
seth, night telephone operator, re-
NAMED ct. her post in the telephone
exchange In the front part Of the
auditorium. calling city officials and
residents Of the threatened district
Finally. flames and smoke, forced hel
| to leave her post
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07
Bank Receiver Law
Amendment Is Asked

Abolition of the office Of receiver
Of closed banks and centertng OF the
work in the office Of the state exam
liner in Bismarck, with the depositors
Of each institution permitted to help
liquidate them, is proposed in bill
introduced in the North Dakota SEN
ate Monday by Sen. Chas. q. Ban
CERT, Ransom county.
Under Bangert's bill the original
court jurisdiction would be in Bur-
leigh county but hearings would be
permitted in any OF the counties
Of the state.
Present receivers would be required
to submit q report on the progress
Of liquidation within 60 days after
passage of the measure.
Senator Bangert said his proposal
is in line with irasistent demands by
depositors for q more economical
liquidation Of assets Of the banks
He believes It will expedite clearing
up Of affairs Of such institutions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07
NEWS WRITER SAYS
PROPOSAL CONFORMS
TO ROOSEVELT IDEA
Would Confine Application to
Wheat, Cotton, Tobacco,
Hogs and Rice
SENATE committee BUSY
Will Conclude Hearings Tues
day and Begin Wednesday
on Revision Of Bill

Washington, Feb. 7.-(F-Described
as embodying points set forth by
Franklin D. Roosevelt in q pre-elec-
ton speech, a re-draft Of the "domes-
tic allotment" farm relief bill passed
by the house was submitted to the
senate agriculture committee at its
request Tuesday by w. r. Ronald,
South Dakota newspapermen.
In an accompanying statement,
Ronald, editor of the Evening Repub.
lican, Mitchell, South Dakota, said his
bill had been drawn in strict regard
for principles agreed upon by the
farm organizations and in accord with
Roosevelt's Topeka speech on agricul-
ture.
One feature Of the Ronald bill Is
that 1t would confine the application
of the plan to wheat, cotton, hogs, to-
bacco and rice. eliminating two COM
modities which were put In on the
floor of the house-.peanuts and
dairy products.
The committee will have the Ronald
bill at hand as 1t begins Wednesday
the task Of preparing a report to the
senate. Members asked Ronald to
submit his ideas In legislative form
after he testified at the recently con-
cluded hearings. He was one Of the
pioneers in developing the voluntary
domestic allotment idea.
Ronald said his plan Is 50 simple 1t
can be stated in three sentences:
Tax to Equal Tariff
"An excise tax in the amount OF the
tariff. a cents per buskel on wheat:
5 cents pei pound on cotton; 2 cents
per pound on hogs: cents per pound
on tobacco, and y cent per pound on
rice, shall be collected from process
sors on domestic consumption Of these
products.
proceeds Of these excise taxes shall
be allotted and paid to participating
producers in proportion to their aver
age past production.
"As a condition to the payment Of
these adjusted benefits, producers Will
agree to cooperate in any horizontal
reduction in production required by
the secretary Of agriculture. with the
advice of the producer.
Ronald said that among the ways
his bill differs from the house ap-
proved measure are:
''It provides far more extensive
emergency relief, in that certificates
for the allotments Of producers will
be- available to them IS days after the
act is passed. As these certificates
are made rediscountable by federal re-
serve banks, it would distribute at
once to individuals $7oo 100000 Of
credit initiation requiring no financing
by the treasury.
1.-THE tax on professors and the rate
Of benefit to producers is In the
amount Of the tariff-a fixed rate II
each case.
"Allotments are made on past pro-
duction, instead Of current, SO there
would be no increase in benefits BY
increasing current production.
"Only those products Of which there
is an expcrtable surplus ). are IN
Guided"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07
HORIZONTAL SLASH
IN APPROPRIATIONS
ASKED IN CONGRESS
Further Reductions in Federal
Payroll Also Are Declared
in Prospect

Washington. Feb. 7.-(ReA general
S per cent slash in government appro-
priations, an additional pay cut for
federal employees and departmental
reorganization Tuesday added new
fuel to the senate's protracted economy
debate.
The amendment offered by Senator
Bratton (Dem.. N. M, for . per
cent reduction In expenditures was
taken up first. The proposed addi-
tional 2/3 per cent federal pay cut
was next In line.
In rapid-fire order Monday night
the senate made Q reduction Of ap-
proximately $4,000! 900 in the treasury
postoffice appropriation bin on which
1t Is working.
This included applying the prevail
ing federal pay cuts to the enlisted
peronnel Of the army. navy. marine
corps and coast guard receiving $1,000
q year Or more. The senate alsl
agreed TO apply the cuts to retired pay
|of enlisted personnel when It u more
than $1,000 annually.
In addition, the senate approved an
amendment which would prevent re-
tired officers with IN income Of &c..
600 or more from receiving govern
ment retirement pay.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07

it was In January. Bismarck's mini
mum reading for the last So years
was IS degrees below on Jan. 10, 1916.
For sustained extreme cold, January.
1887, wins first honors. On the first
of the month in that year the tenn
perature was IL below and the follow
ing day 1t was A below. On the sew
enth mercury dropped to 40 below
and the reading on the eighth was
- below.
The lowest temperature on record
for North Dakota is Sc degrees be-
low, recorded at Sanish Jan. 13. 1916.
Though generally fair weather
Tuesday night and Wednesday with
rising temperature Tuesday night is
forecast, RoCGrts said residents can
expect temperature in the neighbor-
hood Of 20 degrees below Tuesday
night and early Wednesday.
Prediction that most main high
ways will be open by Tuesday night
or Wednesday was made by T. G.
Plomasen, maintenance engineer Of
the state highway department. as the
departments battery of 80 snow
plows went into action to clear roads
Of drifts.
Z. S. 10 Open At Noon
Plomasen expected U. S. Highway
No. 10 from Beach to Fargo as well
as y. S. Highway No. 2 from Devils
Lake to Grand Forks. would be open
by noon Tuesday. No. 2 from Devils
Lake to Minot will not be open until
some time Wednesday, he said, but
clearing Of the Stanley to Wtlliston
leg Of the same route Is expected by
nightfall. No. 2 from Minot to STAN
ley will not be cleared until some
time Wednesday.
Opening Of U. s. Highway No. 81
from the South Dakota line to Penn
bina and q. s. Highway No. 50 from
Bismarck to Minot was expected
some time Tuesday but u. 8. High.
way No. 28l from Devils Lake ia
jamestown will not be cleared until
Wednesday afternoon, the mainten.
ance engineer said.
No. s. Is most badly drifted from
Minot to q point about eight miles
south Of Max. where many motorists.
including several from Bismarck. are
marooned.
Mondays blizzard failed to inter-
rupt service Of Northwest Always.
Inc, whose planes made both the east
ward and westward flights without
trouble. Though the Interstate Trans
portation company's bus did not leave
here for Alnot Monday. It vas ex.
pected one would leave ct O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon on it, journey
northWard.
i
Tuesday Trains Late
Northern Pacific passenger trainG
were late into Bismarck Tuesday,
No. Was not expected until l:so p,
m. while No. Z was not expected una
til $40 p. M. both being more than
two hours behind time.
/ Northetn Ninnesota vas even cold
er than North Dakota, most o1 TIL
temperatuSes recorded from that ooc>
ton being near the - below mari
Eveleth won low h0noFs, with = renAl
Ing 81 - below. Il Was o bej0W ol
t0o1tlnued - - ees1
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07
return TO
BERLIN IS SIGNAL
FOR new CAMP Align
Nazi legions Ready For Drive
Which Seeks Favor At
Hands Of Voters

Berlin, Feb. z. - @ - Chancellor
Adolf Hitler's return from Munich
Tuesday was the signal for the real
beginning Of the vote winning drive
of his Nazi legions.
Any possible indiscreet activities by
his opposition have oeen forestalled
apparently by the most drastic limita-
tons on freedom of speech and as
sembly in the republics history. How
effective will be the muzzling decree
approved by President Won linden
burg remains to be seen. !.
Now 1t remains for the rightist COM
bination of National Socialists and
Nationalist to try to capture undis-
puted control Of the National and
Prussian state governments in one OF
the biggest balloting splurges OF mod
ern times.
In three weeks about 600 new men,
bers Of the reichstag, or national par
lament, and about 400 new members
Of the diet, or state assembly Of Prus
STA, are to be chosen. A week late:
tens OF thousands Of city and town
councillors throughout Prussia are to
be chosen.
On the crest of the wild enthusiasm
Of his followers as result Of his ele-
walton to the chancellorship, Hitler
hopes to win q clear Nazi majority ir
both the National and Prussian gov
ernments. He may still need the sup
port Of the Nationalist. who made
possible his present status as head Of
| q coalition cabinet. At present the
! two parties hold only 4l.3 per cent Of
| the reichstag seats, Of which the Nazis
have 80 per cent.
The Communists were worried
whether the present DEGREES limiting
! the activities Of newspapers and pub.
| lie meetings would be the end Of the
governments protective measures
wilhelm Peick, Communist member o.
| the reichstag. has declared IN public
meeting that he has information thai
| the government would outlaw the
| Communists from politics.
Two persons were slain ana eight
injured In political disorders IN the
reich Monday. A Socialist laboret
was shot dead by Nazis at Harbura
while Q Naz was q victim Of unidenti-
fled assailants' shots In Hamburg
Three were seriously injured IN Ber'
| lin.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07
Pinned Under Bus,
Driver Is Frozen

Donnybrook, N. D., Feb. 7.-(Rt-
Pinned under an overturned school
bus near here for nearly seven
hours Monday In weather 76-dA-
grees below zero, Orville johnson,
40, driver, had both feet fro0eu
and was otherwise suffering from
exposure when found.
At hospital in Kenmare Il vas
reported Tuesday his general CON.
dition was fair and that 80 Tar
pneumonia. feared as q result Of
the long exposure, had not devel.
oped. Both feet were reported to
be badly frozen and 1t appeared
probable amputation Of the right
foot might be necessary.
He may have internal injuries.
Johnson's legs were caught un-
der the cab while the upper portion
of his body was inside the cab.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07
Former Senator's Son
Dead on West Coast

Devils Lake. N. D.. Feb. 7.-R-
John G. 0underson, Jr., AZ, son Of the
late Senator and Mrs. John g. Gun
derson Of Aneta, died at Temple City,
Calf, according to word received
here.
Born at Aneta. Gunderson attended
school there, at Pillsbury Academy
and Harvard Military Institute, Los
Angeles, Calf. He leaves three sisters
including Mrs. E. H. Otterson, North
wood. and Mrs. Howard Maher, Devils
Lake. Funeral services will BE- Of
Aneta Saturday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07
Street Disappears;
Negro Explains It

Chicago. Feb. 7.-R-Piece by
piece, the police said, one Of the
city's streets was disappearing.
As rapidly 6 the city laid paving
blocks they disappeared. They
arrested Frank Valencia, . Negro,
6 he pushed q wheelbarrow, load-
ed with wooden paving bricks.
II use ,em for fuel" he told .
fudge. 1.-THE city Is supposed to
furnish relief, isn't ~"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-07
Toothful Smile Is
Cause Of Much Pain

Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 1.-Re
Robert Harrisons pleasant smile
revealed four glittering front
teeth in gold. Tuesday he was
sorrowful and panied because .
robber, disgruntled obtaining only
IS from his filling station, noticed
his victims cleaning bridge work.
Grabbing q pair Of pliers the in
truder pulled the teeth.