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Evening star., 1934-05-20

demand-the former overwhelmed
mostwise by the latter. A gallon Of
choice brandy jumped to the un-
heard-of price of four pieces of eight.
and rum was soon selling at the prof.
iteering demand of from two to three
pieces OF eight for four full quarts.
Drink and Gamble.
The celebration waned only when all
the liquor was consumed at these un-
precedented prices. The inebriated
pirates gambled their shares away
with reckless abandon until the whole
rested in the hands of a few. These
secretivelv watched their chances to
bury the loot in the valleys and coves
OF Tortuga for future reference. Who
knows how many of these treasure
burying pirates lost their lives on SUBJ
sequent cruises. breathing the secret
OF the trove to their most intimate
pirate pal at the last gasp or scrawl-
ing the rough chart on bloody piece
of paper as death stiffened the fin
gers? Who knows how many of these
treasure chests lie buried under the
jungle soil of Tortuga today?
Numerous other buccaneer leaders
made their names dreaded on the
waters of the Spanish Main and on
the coast lines of the southern part
of the New World after the pilgrim
pirates" had set the pace. Among
them were three known as Sawkins,
Sharp and Coxon. Piratical expedi-
tionS under these less able leaders
were prone to mutinies. If the crew
of a pirateer disliked the captain it
would mutiny. force him to walk the
plank and hold an election These
free-lance mutineers combed the seas
from the southern tip of South Amer
lea to far north in the Atlantic, en-
during fearful hardshipS. fighting with
extraordinary bravery against ships
usually far larger and better manned
than their own. No part of the West
Indies escaped their visitations.
Productive Island.
1t comes from the diary of one of
these later-day pirates that a forced
visit to the island of Juan Fernandez,
of the coast Of Chile, found this
island crowded with goats and birds
and the shore dotted with multitudes
of seals and sea lions. 1t was this
island which later became known
through the exile there of Alexander
Selkirk and Defoe's subsequent story
of Robinson Crusoe" Under date of
January 3, 1879, the pirates diary
reads:
We had terrible gusts Of wind
from the shore every hour. This day
our pilot told us that years ago a
certain ship was cast away upon this
island, and only one man saved, who
lived alone on this island for five years
before any ship came this way to
carry him off,
AS Selkirk, popularity believed to
have been the original in Defoe's
Robinson Crusoe," is reported to
have been marooned here early in the
eighteenth century. it would appear
from the diary of 1879 that he was
not the first unfortunate to suffer
being cast away on Juan Fernandez
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Voting ON Americas Future

to the Republicans. The Republic
ans will crash down on the radical
experiments Of the administration.
They will emphasize the regulated
Americanism which is so in contra
vention to the rugged individualism
through all of our past. They will
criticize the new kind of government
that has made Washington dominate
every national activity. builded bu-
reaucracy beyond any conception
heretofore and burdened the country
with tremendous costs in excess of
anything We have ever experienced,
with the end of it nowhere near in
sight
AS the administration will insist
that these expenditures, necessitating
hundreds of millions in new taxes,
were essential to turn the forces of
depression, so the Republicans will
argue that the countries across the
Atlantic, notably England, have gone
much farther along the road to recov-
cry than we have, without any such
oppressive obligations as we have as
sumed. And the administration will
counter with the statement that the
reason England is more improved is
because she went off the gold stand
ard a year before the United States
did. Whereupon the Republicans will
launch into an argument that the ad
ministration's reputation of gold was
violation Of principle and contract,
and, moreover, was unnecessary and
highly dangerous. It will be titanic
struggle of fiscal arguments.
Party Lines May Be Broken.
Every controversial subject and not
a few personalities will be projected
into the campaign. The discussions
may well break down established
party lines. The Republicans, ex-
cepting, of course, the insurgents,
will make their appeal to all conserv-
atives, be they normally Republicans
or Democrats Equally accurately,
the administration aspirants will en-
ploy the new deal to attract the lber-
al minded, whatever their political
Affiliations may have been in the past.
There is ample reason to anticipate
many definite breaks away from Re-
publican and Democratic ranks alike.
Some authorities on national politics
60 so far as to say that this by-elec-
ton will mark the beginning Of new
party alignments, the one the con-
servative and the other the liberal.
Anyway, the campaign will be un-
precedented for an of year. 1t will
determine continuance of the new
deal or a turn again to the principles
on which this country was founded
and builded. It will mark Q milestone
in our national progress.
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men who fought savagely with dag
ger. pistol and cutlass.
Among the notable pirate leaders
who succeeded Pierre le Grand was
one Rock Brasiliano, a Dutchman
who took this nom de plume by rea-
son OF long residence in Brazil. Rock S
procedure disclosed why he withheld
his right name. He was real pirate,
true maker of present-day tradition
Though an excellent leader in COM
bat, howbeit in his domestic or pri-
vate affairs he had no good behavior
nor government over himself" says
his chronicler, who added: Many
times being in drink. he would run
up and down the streets, beating or
wounding whom he met. no person
daring to oppose him or make any
resistance. To Spaniards he always
showed himself to be very barbarous
and cruel. of these he command
ed several to be roasted alive on
wooden spits."
Pirates were generally pretty bad
lot, history agrees. For example, they
would spend 1000 or 5000 pieces OF
eight in one night. not leaving them
selves peradventure a good shirt to
wear on their backs in the morning.
Rock Brasiliano was only one Of those
given to swashbuckling, and his par
ticular pleasure was to buy a whole
keg of wine. which he placed in the
middle of the main thoroughfare,
threatening to pistol all who refused
to drink with him. On other occa-
sions he varied his diversion by pro-
curing barrels of ale or beer, which
he scooped out with his cupped
hands on all who passed.
Cruelest Of Pirates.
Possibly the cruelest Of them all
was Francois L'Ollinais. a French
man, who outfitted the first ship for
his plratical career on Tortuga. The
enemies of this terrible Gaul received
no quarter, and he became known
as a true terror Of the seas, amassing
great wealth. Once the Spanish
governor of Cuba sent an expedition
against L'Ollinais, who had captured
city on the southern coast of the
island. Several hundred buccaneers,
led by the terrible Frenchman. met
the Spanish force and annihilated it.
L'Ollinais with his fleet sacked and
burned several towns on the coast Of
Central America and Cuba and put
most of the inhabitants to the sword.
More prizes were taken at sea, and
at the end of two months there was
SO much loot on hand that the fleet
sailed to the Isle de la Vache Cow
Island), south of Haiti, to divide
4,060, 900 pieces Of eight. tons of jew
els, silks. linen and other commodi-
ties of trade. The feet then sailed
for Tortuga, where the available sup
ply of rum and brandy was made
quate| for the celebration of the most
successful buccaneer cruise in his
tory.
In its palmiest pirate days the island
Of Tortuga was notorious for its orgies
in liquor, the price of the latter die
tated only by the law of supply and
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arriving there, much against the will
of the Spaniards, who controlled the
territory. to the announced exclusion
OF all other nationals.
The interlopers first tried their
luck at planting. but eventually aban-
doned this vocation to become "bou-
GAMERS" because of the great preva-
lence of wild oxen, cattle and wild
boar. The viSsitudeS of interloping,
however, were such that many of the
settlers fed to the Island of Tortuga,
| which was separated from the main
island by a strip Of channel water
7 miles wide. Tortuga offered less
territory for the "boucaniers, but
more security. Perhaps miles wide
and II miles in length. the island
was virgin hunting ground.
Eventually came Pierre le Grand
to the Island of Tortuga. Pierre le
Grand was the original pirate Of the
Western Hemisphere All the crimes
of the Spanish Main, much of the
pirate lore and actual pirating which
one may read about in books revert
directly to this Frenchman from
Dieppe. who came with good inten-
tions, but soon lost them "Boucanier-
ing" was tame to Pierre lie Grand He
soon tired of it. He followed the
meat-curing trade only until his earn
| ingS gave him possession of a small
sailing ship, and then he inveigled %
others to follow him of the path of
righteousness.
Sets Prisoners Adrift.
Pierre lie Grand was a gentler pirate
than many of those who followed him.
He found Spanish vice admiral on
one Of his prizes and, after impressing
all those Of the crew he needed as
slaves, he placed the admiral and
some others in a small boat to find
the shore as best they could. He
should have hung them to the yard
arm or forced them to walk the plank.
But records tell us that the admiral
and his companions eventually landed
to tell the tale near Tiburon, on the
western coast of Haiti.
Pierre after a time put back to
Tortuga with one of his prizes and
the booty she contained. The haul
| represented several thousand pieces of
eight. much plate and other treasure.
Members OF the original crew were
permitted to receive their divisions
and go ashore Pierre. however, con-
| tinued on to France with the Spanish
! frigate, which was his first prize, and
quit the pirate game forever. But
his work had its well known effect.
The remaining hunters and "bou-
GAMERS" of Tortuga saw greater gain
in piracy and began to outfit ships to
prey on Spanish traders.
| Within two years the buccaneers of
Tortuga had captured many valuable
prizes, including two huge Spanish
vessels loaded with plate from Cam
peche. in the Gulf of Mexico bound
for Caracas. They had also seized
many ships of lesser burden, all of
which, combined with the larger ton
mage, gave them formidable fleet,
armed with cannon and swarming with
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Continued From First Page.)

In consequence, the Keystone State
may present one of the big upsets.
In the country as whole the trend
during the Summer and Fall is vitally
important to Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike. But this fact should be
kept clearly in mind: The Democratic
majority in the House as constituted
in this Congress Is so overpowering
that there is little thought, today GER
tainly, that the Republicans will re-
gain control of that branch in the
next Congress. There is general belief.
however, that they will increase their
membership. Practically all political
authorities expect some back-swing of
the political pendulum. The only
question is how far it will go.
The senatorial battles. which will
overshadow the congressional contests
because of the prominence of the
participants, are favorable to the party
in power. OF the 80 Senators coming
up for reelection only IA are Demo-
Gratis, and 9 of them come from sure
Democratic States, mostly below the
Mason and Dixon line. The others
stand an even or better chance OF
election, unless there Is some adverse
development.
Hope to Retain Seats.
Therefore the Republicans can not
hope to regain majority in the upper
branch. Their objective is to retain
at least their present strength, particu-
larly when several of their number face
the hardest kind of a campaign. They
hope, If one or two should fall by the
wayside, to offset the losses by defeat
ing an equal number of Democrats.
Whether the contests are for the
Senate or the House, the Democratic
candidates will make the Roosevelt
administration the main talking point.
They will proclaim the policies that
have proved successful. They will
draw vivid word pictures of the con-
trasts between the present time and
the depths Of the depression the coun-
try was experiencing when the ad-
ministration came into power. The
more partisan will threaten a return
to such desperate times If the hands
of the President are not upheld by
those who believe as he does politi-
cally. &.
But the country has passed from
the state of fear. It does not cringe
before threats. The people are get
ting up on their hind legs again and
doing things for themselves. They
are evincing more conservative tend
encies. They are irked by the in
hibitions and restrictions. They want
more normal conditions.
AL Of these factors are favorable
Evening star., 1934-05-20

~ EPUBL1CAN leaders, getting
- reports on soundings of senti-
ment in various parts of the
L ' country, insist political
Evening star., 1934-06-16
All WINNERS HEAR
FOREST LECTURER
Tours and Nature Studies Are
on Program Of Farm
Champions.

Herbert N. Wheeler, chief lecturer
of the Forest Service, today addressed
the $50 All Club champions from all
parts OF the country encamped here,
his subject being the work of the
service. He spoke to the boys and
girls in place of F. A. Silcox, Forest
Service chief, who was called away
from his engagement to speak.
Ray A. Turner, member of the Ex-
tension Service in charge of educa-
tional tours, also spoke this morning,
giving a tour talk" preparatory to
this afternoons tours, which were to
take in the Cathedral of Saints Peter
and Paul, F'olgar Shakespeare Library
and all parts of the Capitol, including
the Supreme Court, statuary hall,
Senate and House.
The delegates, here for a weeks
conference on farm and home prob
lens, will attend church tomorrow.
Information on the churches of vari-
Gus denominations in the city, and
histories of the older places of wor-
ship. is available at the camp, and
each delegate will choose the church
to which he wishes to go.
Before the church services the bows
and girls, for whom reveille will sound
at z am. tomorrow, an hour later
than on week days, will take ma
ture walk" through Rock Greek Park.
During the afternoon another edu-
cational tour will be taken, to include
Arlington Experiment Farm and Ar
hngton National Cemetery, and DR..
Allen A. Stockdale, pastor of the First
Congregational Church, will conduct
vesper services in the evening.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
NAl AIDE DENIES
PART RT1NEXPLOS|0N
HanfstaengI, En- Route to
Harvard, Says Black Tom
Unknown to Him.
/ as seen by The Stars cameraman
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 16.-The World
Telegram today quoted DR.. Ernst
Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl, piano
pounding Na1 propaganda, as deny
ing he had any connection with the
BLACK Tom" explosion in 1916.
In a special wireless dispatch from
the liner Europa, on which Hitler's
close friend and chief press officer is
returning to this country for a re-
union of his Harvard class, the
World Telegram quoted DR.. Hanf-
staengl as saying:
Il don't even know where Black
Tom was. I merely heard the blast
the same as other New Workers
Accused in Affidavit.
DR.. Hanfstaengl was implicated in
the famous munitions blast by James
Larkin, Irish labor leader, in an affi-
davt filed with the Mixed Claims
Commission
Il understand from my New York
lawyers that the whole matter has
been dropped" DR.. Hanfstaengl con-
UlnueO, DuC II pTOCetoulkS dIc CdAAAco
on it will be just a waste Of the tax
payers money"
DR.. Hanfstaengl further declared,
according to the WorldTelegram,
that he was, "of course" q pro-Ger-
man in 1916, but II never engaged in
any political activities"
IT was an art dealer" he explained.
The man whose very fortissimo
technique at the keyboard fascinates
Hitler told the World Telegram that
he would go directly to Boston for
the get-together Of his Harvard
classmates.
He intends to spend about three
weeks in the United States, he said.
He left this country in 1921.
DR.. Hanfstaengl will be heavily
guarded when he arrives late today.
More than 100 patrolmen and de-
tectives have been assigned to aid the
police departments entire Criminal
Alien Bureau in forming Gordon
about the German.
Police fear demonstration after the
S. s. Europa docks.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
WARRANT ISSUED
In GAS TAX DRIVE
Corporation Counsel Claims B. J.
Rogers Violated Act
Technically.

Continuing a drive against VIOLA
tors of the District oil and gas tax
act, the tax assessors office, through
the corporation counsel, has obtained
a warrant for Bernard Joseph Rogers,
80, 31O0 Connecticut avenue.
According to law, each gas and oil
dealer must file report on sales for
each month within 80 days after the
close of that month, and must pay
the tax required as shown by this
report within 30 days after 1t is filed.
The corporation counsel's Office said
that Rogers has paid the tax, but that
he is technically guilty, inasmuch as
he waited more than 80 days after
filing his report. The case probably
will come to court today or Monday.
In a similar case some time ago,
In which the Major OH & Gas Co.
was defendant, the court found it
guilty, but fixed an "installment"
plan for the payment Of back taxes
and placed the defendant on proba-
ton. Another like case now is pend
ing against the Independent Oil Co.,
and is set for hearing next Friday.
Evening star., 1934-06-16

civil and religious liberty in America.
Earlier in the day the freedom Of
conscience" statute was presented for
preservation in the State house.
Then the spectators saw the original
individuals produce that. basis Of
freedom in the pageant.
That was only one Of the series Of
incidents pictured to show Maryland's
founding and the first so years of
her existence under the Calverts.
Religious Celebration.
An added and unexpected feature
of the celebration will be a mass to-
morrow on the site Of the first re-
lgious service ever held on the lands
of the free State. Rev. Nelson
Maconomy, rector Of old Trinity
Church here, has invited the Catholic
church to use the grounds Of his
little Episcopal Church yard for
ritual that will reproduce the ancient
service of Father Andrew White, first
missionary to the Piscataway Indians
and to Maryland.
It was Father White who acknowl-
edged that belief in the great spirit
was belief in the diety and the be-
ginning of friendly relations with the
Indians found here sprung from that
kindly attitude. 1t was Father White
who planted the seed that made this
historic spot the cradle of liberty that
has developed into the free State.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Tale of SOrcery
And "WitCh Ball"
Told IN, Warrant
Woman Bares Treatment
to Prevent Birth of
Fifth Child.
BY the Associated Press.

by IIlc ASSOClaIcu EIcSs.
MILWAUKEE,, June 16.-Tales of
crude sorcery used in purported at
tempt to prevent childbirth and to
bring a curse on a household were
told today in two warrants issued for
Mrs. Anna ZURICH.
The formal charges in the warrants
were treatment with an attempt to
prevent childbirth and practicing
medicine without license
The complainant, Mrs. Sophie OBJ
radovich, 37-year-old mother of four
children, told Walter Andrews, inves-
tigator for the State Board of Health,
that she sought Mrs. ZURICH to pre-
vent the birth of a fifth child.
The weird ritual which Mrs. OBJ
radovich said the woman used in
cluded administering messages and
bandages, cutting of corners of the
pillow on which she slept and split
ting the mattress.
Mrs. Zurich poured liquid into the
pillow, Mrs. Obradovich charged,
which caused her to faint. After she
refused to pay a $50 fee to Mrs.
ZURICH, Mrs. Obradovich said, the
woman put a curse" on the house
hold and threw a witch ball" through
the window.
Finger and toenail parings, human
hair, colored string and other al
legged black luck omens were con-
tanned in the ball, the woman de-
clared and to offset the curse" she
burned the ball and scattered the
ashes in Mrs. Jurich's backyard at
midnight.
Mrs. Obradovich said she had been
unable to sleep because of the curse"
or worry over it.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
INDIAN POLICY BILL
DUE PASSAGE TODAY
House Version of Disputed Act
Is Largely Adopted in
Conference.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senate and House confereeS last
night agreed on the administration
requested Indian policy bill, virtually
assuring enactment.
House conferees indicated the House
version was adopted in the main.
Passage of the bill was expected today.
The House won on the most con-
troverted item in the much modified
bill-that providing State laws shall
govern inheritance of Indian lands.
The Senate measure put them
under Federal law, which the House
contended was tantamount to deny
ing the Indian inheritance privileges
when all that was sought was to keep
the land from being sold away from
Indians
Another important section retained
was the House provision requiring
the Secretary of the Interior to call
elections on the different reservations
within one year, to enable the In
dians to decide by a majority vote
whether they want to come under the
new law.
The conference report will be sub
mitted formally and acted upon to-
DAY with the conferees confident the
bill will be sent promptly to the
White House.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Definite LIFE AIM
IS HELD NECESSITY
William c. Grace Addresses Alb
bot Vocational School Com
mencement Exercises.

Good character and definite aim
in life are absolute necessities, VIII
liam c. Grace, director general of the
Democratic League of America, told
the graduating class Of the Abbot Vo-
cational School last night. Roy F.
Carty presided over the exercises, at
which 20 students graduated.
Honors for various school work were
awarded Jack Olkowitz, Robert WOLF.
Walter Bender, Harmon Hall, Clarence
Splitter, Robert Bailey and Guido An
tonic.
WOLF addressed the class on Some
Aims of Education as Carried Out in
Our Trade School" Jack Olkowitz
spoke on "Other Aims of Education as
Carried Out in Our Trade School"
Completing the graduation program
was the award of honors by w. F.
Smith, selections by the school glee
club and other song numbers by the
school student body. Music was fur
nished by the Abbot School Orchestra.