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The Kusko times., 1929-12-07
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Probate Court at Ruby, Nulato Precinct, Fourth Division, Ter ritory of Alaska, before William N. Growden, United States com- missioner, and ex-officio probate judge.
 In the matter of the estate of Ed SScnlatter, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned has been duly appointed administrator of the estate of Ed Schlatter, deceased.
 All persons having claims against said estate are required to present them, duly verified, with proper vouchers attached, to the under signed, at my residence in Ruby, Alaska, within six t6) months from the date of this notice.
 Dated Ruby. Alaska, Oct 25, 1929.
 ALBERT VERHONIK,
 Administrator. JOHN w. DUNN,
 Attorney for Administrator. First pub. Oct. 26.
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is becoming depleted, while demand is increasing by leaps and bounds and fur farms are the only agencies that can meet this demand.
 The problem of food is, of course, an important one, but MT. Fromm has worked out a scheme which will aid other industries. He sees no reason why herds of reindeer should not sup ply meat for the fox farms operating on large scale and. locally grown vegetables and grains could supply the other necessities.
 The story of the growth of the Fromm farm is the story of success that comes in spite of many odds and in the face of opposition. That .suc- cess is ascribed by MT. Fromm to the fact that teamwork furnished by the four brothers made for fewer mis- takes and quickly corrected those made.
 Their first venture into the fur business came just 20 years ago in 1909 with the purchase of seven red foxes. Although. .therl local price was only $40, they could only scrape to- gether $5 of down payment.
 For five years they raised reds, in- ereAsing theenumher through breed ing and by catching others in the woods. In 1914 they env;sioned the trend toward silvers and backed their belief by contracting for three breed ing animals for $7,5OO.
 They had no money and their father had no faith in the fur busi- ness and was not, willing to assist them. But the mother had confidence in her sons and she gave them her farm. Thcyspromptiy tried to mort gage it, but the first bank at which they called refused to even take the mortgage when the purpose for which the money was to be used was ex- plained. Ik was with diffifficulty that the mortgageswas placed with sec ond bank.
 In the years that have passed since then the number of foxes has in- creased from three to 4,O0O pair, until now the, Fromm farm is the largest in the world For the first five years after Tsi4 the yearly expansion pro- gram was 20 pens per year. This year3I, ,6G1 pens were, built.
 Most of thee foxes are bred at Mil waukee and. taken to- Hamburg, Wis, for pelting. The skins of those pelts last year were worth $210 each on the average and the check received by the. Fromms was the largest ever issued in the' fur business.
 About, 5000 acres of land are used, the, laagest acreage being at Ham, burg., As high as 500 men are en- plaHHzI during construction periods, and the average crew for the year is 20U men.
 The fur is sold one company, a London concern with offices in New York. It is believed that by having furss handled by London firm a worldwide market may be created for Fromm products.
 Last year over a half million dol lars was spent in construction, and over $6O,OOO was allotted to advertis- ing. To large extent the Fromms followed the practice of Henry Ford in treatment of employees. They pay his scale of wages and take every possible care of the men w ho work for them.
 Every provision which might add to the comfort of the foxes is taken. They are well housed and given plenty of room for exercise. A vet does nothing else but treat and make researches into diseases affiicting the fox. Only about 2 per cent of the total number are. lost through illness
 > Two carloads of hoorses are used daily for food. Vegetables all kinds
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Rome Hop, Cross Country
Service Stir Air Lanes

Aviation churned its way to greater glory today
Headed by the hop-off from Old Orchard Beach, Me,
Of Yancey and williams in their plane, the Pathfinder
on their long delayed nonstop hop to Rome the flying
art projected itself with emphasis into the spotlight in
all parts Of the world.
Exclusive Of the flight Of Yancey and Williams, chief
activity Of interest in the United States Inauguration
Of the ranscontinental air transports 46hour airra
service to the Pacific Coast The initial trip started At
o'clock last night when passengers and aviation Of
fcials boarded train for Columbus Ohio in the Penn
sylvania station New York At The time tomorrow
night everything goes all right the party should be
in Los Angeles.
Coincdental with the T.-A-T.s Inauguration Of its
service is an announcement by the New York Central
RailrOad Of 46hour arra coasttO-Coast service This
service also scheduled to be inaugurated today
Il is interesting to contrast these two projects with the
flight Of Williams and Yancey to Rome. Williams and
Yancey's undertaking is perious bit Of pioneering
the aira services comparatively safe commercial
enterprises
At Culver City, Calf. air pioneering further
emplified in the attempt Of Loren Menden and r. B.
Reinhart to set endurance record
Their Bull air sedan was still aloft and going strong
today with all indications pointing to the establishment
Of higher endurance mark than that set Friday by two
fIiers in Cleveland
Lieut.. Herbert Fahy in Los Angeles announced that
he had postponed his contemplated attempt TO lower
the existing transcontnental nonstop flight record until
next Saturday.
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WEATHER HATS
BERLIN HOP

CHICAGO, July sG.N.s). storms
and poor flying weather were be.
lieVed here today to have thwarted
efforts OF the Chicago-tO-Berlin plane,
Untin Bowler, to hop off from Great
Whale River to Port BurweH, Cape
ChidIey.
Conflicting reports have been re-
ceIved here concerning the planes
progress. One indicated the plane
had hoped off. This originated
from constant radio signals sent
out by the Bowler while In motion
and received at a local station.
Another report from Mount
Evans. Greenland. via radio, stated
the plane was still moorad I'm the
river near the lower tip Of Hudson's
Bay.
No direct word from the pilots,
Parker Cramer and Robert CAST
had been received here today.
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Pathfinder, Mate to
Green Flash, Bought
From Mrs. StiIImarl

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me-,
July 8 G.N.S.l.-The BeIIanca mono
plane Pathfinder, Rome.bound, is a
sister ship Of the Green Flash. which
cracked up on the takeoff to the
Eternal City on June IL here.
The Pathfinder, with light green
fuselage and silver wings, was pur-
chased from Mrs. James w. Still
man, of New York, The Pathfinder
was formerly known as the North
Star.
The transatlantic monoplane IL
powered with q nine,cylinder single
200.horse power Wright whirlwind
motor. 1t has q specially designed
and specially built propeller which
ii was expected would give increased
speed and result in lower consump-
tion Of gasoline.
The Green Flash held $40 gallons
of gasoline when her tanks were
filed whereas the Pathfinder took
slightly less than 500 GalleaS ct
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criticism and undiscouraged by the
accidents and delays William and
Yancey today proved that they
meant business from the start.
Both are comparatively young
men,. Williams first gained fame as
co-pflot Of the proposed flight to
Rome in the monoplane Roma.
Cesare Eabelli was the other pilor.
The Roma took OFF from the
beach here and after going as far
as Cape Elizabeth and being un.
able, to gain altiture dumped its
load and returned to Old Orchard.
After a series OF test flights it
was decided that the Roma needed
q new motor. 1t was flown to New
York, but never returned to Old
Orchard.
Yancey is a master navigator on
the high seas, a lieutenant in the
United States Navy and the author
OF several books on aeronautical
navigation. He has been q seaman
before the mast. He was navigator
aboard an aiFpIane which partici-
pated In d tranacontInent& race
from New York to California
Ambition OF lives
A flight to Rome has been the
ambition Of the lives Of both VIII
Hams and Yancey. This ambition
was shared by the wives of both
men,
Flying conditions over the At
Iantic were reported as excellent for
the next 43 hours with the excep-
ton Of the fog banks off the coast.
These banks OF mist rose 500 feet
or more from the sea level and ex-
tended from 800 to thousand miles
out.
The beach today had been Ieveled
smooth and free from burrows by
the tide. The delay of nearly two
hours in getting aloft by the Path
finder was due wholly to the Cog
and Williams and Yancey took off
with a scant Is minutes from
''deadlinep Of the incoming tide.
The tide was lifting rapidly and a
long stretch OF the beach was
needed for the take-off.
Mechanics were at work on the
plane at dawn and had the Path
finder on the beach and ready for
q start at q. m. The motor func-
toned perfectly.
Cost Of Hop $500
The flight thus far has cost Will
liams and Yancey or their financial
hackers 5000 for the Bellanca
monoplane and $1,40o additional for
new instruments and repairs.
Last-minute inspection Of the
plane was by Den Brauer, OF the
Wright Motors field service depart.
ment, and John Mccormack, me
chanic. Ben Zebora, another Wright
mechanic, who grooIned the Green
Flash, also came here. Kenneth
J. Boedecker. chief Of the Wright
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Mechanic Says Air
Hop May Finish in
Return to Me Base

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me-,
July 8 Q.N.S.).-Two hours after the
monoplane Pathfinder took off
gracefully for Rome today, Ben
Zabora, mechanic OF the Wright
Whirlwind Motor Company. an.
nounced that it was possible that
the airplane would not continue on
her voyage to Rome.
Zebora stated he agreed with
Pilot Roger @. Williams few
minutes prior to the take-off that
the emergency containers carrying
SO gallons of gasoline should be re.
moved. Williams said he could lift
load with between $50 and 500
gallons OF gasoline and benzol in
the permanent tanks.
tI'll watch the indicator for throc
or four hundred miles and If find
the ship il consuming gasoline too
fast I'll DUNN most Of my load of
gas and return. refueI and make
another start Williams was quoted
as saying by .Zebora.
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TEACHERS list
ANNOUNCED

HYATTSVILLE, July S.--school
teachers for Hyattsville for the next
school year have been announced
as follows by Nicholas orem, super
intendent Of county schools:
High school TX. J.. Morros, prin-
cipal; Martha G. Temple. Nellie 3.
Parsons. Mildred ]. Moore, Marcia
Pierce. Kathleen NJ. Smith, Adelia
al. Roscasco. Mona A. Miliner,
Hilda r. Meyer. Clifford A. PAIGE,
Adalyn B. Shreve, Leland g. Worth
ingtCn: Edgar F. Long, vice princi.
pal; Mary Spence, Mary Savage.
Nellie s. Buckley, Ruth e. Feaga,
Vera Parker, Mary b. Riley. AIDE
laide G. Clougn, Henry III. Brechbil.
Nova o. Thompson, Lillian III. Ben
der, Ruth B. Lane, Alberta Wood.
ward. Margaret Wolfe and starr
Preston Sprinkel.
Four vacancies are to be filled
later.
Elementary school Honias NJ.
Sturgis, principal; Sarah N. Hessey.
Jeanette Bradley, Catherine r.
Green, Marie Gudger, Alice w.
Rice, Carolyn G. Waller. Evelyn r
farrell, Nellie Il. Pumphrey, Lillian
q. Robertson, Leone b. Curbew.
Maude r. Isenberg, Francis Grlss
and Margaret p. Footen.
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and she sailed with her two injured
seamen to Charlestown Navy Yard.
While the Mojaye was bringing
the rescued to the arms of waiting
loved ones who stood packed about
Central wharf In the heat. Capt.
A. w. Mackinnon and his crew of
20 stood by their ship and CALAMITY
brought her into port.
Lifeboats swung from the davits
ready for instant use as the Prince
George was punctured just above
the water line, had her forepeak
filled with water where the steel
PROV of the Agassiz had pierced like
an arrow the liners five-inch steel
plates, had her number one hold
filled with water and was in con
slant danger OF going down.
She was conveyed In by the Coast
Guard cutter Wainwright.
Both the wainwright and the Mo-
jave had answered 8. o. s. distress
calls flashed by radio by the radio
operator OF the Prince George as ex-
cited men, women and children
hurled from their hunks by the i'm
pact rushed on deck.
Meanwhile, the Agassiz had been
lost for q time in the fog but Chief
BoatsWain's Mate q. p. Hammond.
on his first trip as an acting COM
handing officer. had brought her
alongside the Prince George ready
for perilous work of rescue.
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gasoline. However, 80 more gallons
were stored I'm containers in the
fuselags. Today 20 gallons Of benz
zol were added to the gasoline to
prevent vibration Of the motor.
The Pathfinder had 4 total load,
with fuel ana equipment, Of $500
pounds.
The monoplane had wing spread
of SO feet, On both her sides and
tail were painted NX3789.
The Pathfinder had a top speed
of 100 miles per hour and cruising
speed Of from 9S to 100 miles per
hour.
The green and silver colored air.
ship was painted with aluminium
paint, as the pigment in this paint
was said by the American birdmen
to be 100 pounds less than in
ordinary paint.
Inside and outside the cabin was
lined with linen drawn very tight in
order to make the "ship" afrworthy
and to give her stream lines.
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BURNEDSUITOR,
SHE ADMITS
-photo BY international.

TOULON, ILL.,, July Q.E.S.).--
Six.foot, 230-pound Laura Weaver,
21.year.old daughter OF wealthy
retired farmer, today was = prisoner
in the Stark County jail, charged
with the murder Of her middle-aged
lover. Wilmer T. Kitselman, whom
she confessed she strangled with
his own belt, then burning the body
drenched with naphtha.
She killed KitseIman, who was So,
| because he was drunk and cruel, she
said. The staying took place in
their apartment over the Yellow
| Goose, q resort In wyoming, ILL.,,
Sunday morning, June 30. while
other folk in the quiet village were
attending church services.
Carried Body 80 Miles
Miss Weaver said she tied the
body with fish line. wrapped it in =
patchwork bed quilt, dumped it In
the bacl of her automobile and drove
so miles to = lonely spot west OF
Annawan, Henry county, where she
soaked it with naphtha and left 1t
blazing in a ditch.
The Kitselman killing IL believed
b, authorities to be the first torch
murder on record committed by 3
woman.
Miss Weaver gobbed at times as
she related her story, but said she
felt no regret except because OF her
parents and other members of the
family. one OF the most prominent IN
Du Page county.
Put Him 10 Bed
'eKi:seIn1an came home drunk that
Sunday morning" she asserted. We
uuarreIed. He grabbed q chair ana
tried TO hit me with II. and when
got out OF the way he crashed it
into 4 corner. Finally got him on
thu bed. He told me to take OF his
shoes ana / did.
''IIe lay there for an hour and l
was watching him. Then he got up
and drank some more liquor. He
stumbled back TO bed and lay In q
II took off his belt and put It
around his throat and pulled 1t tight.
at nut the quilt over him. IL
seened q. long time that he kept
moving under the guilt, but nnaily
he was still.
Leaves Body Blazing
s"Thsn took the body and rolled
it. bump, bump, down the stairs
In TolIlon bought oil and gas for
the car. When I got west OF Anna
Iwan and when saw that lonely
narrow road I drove up 1t q ways
took the body ont, poured naphtha
ali over it and touched q match to
it. 1t was blazing hard when
drove away"
Miss Weaver said she returned to
their flat and threw his spectacles
and false teeth into q creek and
burned his clothes. Then, she said,
she wrote to his brother, 3. B. Kit
seiman, OF Peoria, that wilmer is
on another OF his periodical DRINKS
and has goneNaway, and ! am going
to my sisters in Naperville."
1t was at her sisters home that
Miss Weaver was arrested.
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Woman Suicide Was
Former Ziegfeld Girl

DETROIT, July 8 Q.N.S.).-Mrs
Florence Morris, SO, daughter OF
william Jerome, musical comedy
composer, who leaped to her death
from one OF the uppernaost floors
OF the 4O.stOry RarIum Tower here,
was q former Ziegfeld foillcs
beauty, It was learned today.
Mrs. Morris, the mother of five
children, had been respondent since
the staying OF Benny Evangelist
his wife and their four children
She brooded over the brutal deaths
according % her husband. Thomas
A. Norris, . consulting engineer.
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Center Boys to Build
Miniature Airnlanes

In addition to the regular sum-
mer schedule of tennis. swimming
and outdoor sports at Central Com.
munity Center, courses in minia-
ture aircraft construction under the
direction Of John H. Williams win
be offered. They will be held on
Thursdays, beginning this week,
from / o'clock to o'clock.
Boys Of all ages interested in the
building OF airplanes are invited
to join this summer course, which
is given without charge at Central
High School. Materials will be fur.
niBhed at cost.
Mrs. Ida ID. Kabler Is organizing
4 physical culture class which win
be held through July and August.
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Transfer Passengers

The passengers were transferred
from the Agassiz to the coastguard
cutter Mojave off Graves Light ut
the entrance to Boston Harbor when
the Agassiz came out of the fog
seven hours after the crash. The
lbOw - the Asassiz was crHmpled
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One inquiry was ordered by the
New England division headquarters
OF the Coast Guard Service. A
second probe was launched by Off
Gals of the Eastern Steamship
Lines. operators OF the Prince
George, and another general invegti-
CATION was set in motion by the
United States Steamship Inspection
Service.
Siren Sounded
President Eugene E. O'Donnell
OF the steamship company, raised
the question OF whether the coast
guardsman was sounding her fog
horn at the time OF the collision.
The Prince George was blowing her
siren. he said, was on her regular
course and proceeding at q mOder-
ate rate OF speed. Coast Guard Off
Gals were reticent in discussing the
mooted points until the official
probes are under way.
Seaman Ollie Hauser, who was
at the wheel of the AgaSaiz when
the PROV Of the coast glardsman
pierced the forepeak Of the steam
ship tearing a jagged hole above
ana below the water line, was still
confined to the Naval Hospital at
Chelsea today with an injured leg.
Boatswain q. r. Johnson, cut over
the eye, was released by physicians
at CharlestOwn Navy Yard. Mrs.
Seretha NickerSon, of Greenwich,
Conn.,. the only passenger aboard
the Prince George to suffer injury,
Wassat her home, not seriously hurt
but nursing q. scalp wound sus-
tanned when struck by = weight
line.
Sea Was Calm
The 248 other passengers Of the
liner. who included rs children,
were also at their homes, thanking
their lucky stars that they had
been snatched from death by brave
seamanship aided by q calm sea.
In thrilling stories told prior to
leaving for their homes the pas
sengers Of the Prince George agreed
the women and children first tradi-
ton OF the sea had been lived up
to the letter. Some of the women
reported that some of the men
were more excited than the women,
that the men crowded in the reach
for the life preserYers. But when
It came to the actual time Of rescue
by forming lines in front OF two
gang planks and by leaping with
the assistance OF sailors from the
deck OF the liner to the deck Of the
Agassix women and children were
given the right Of way.
All passengers declared there was
no actual panic but tremendous
excitement with the first spread Of
alarm the cali to the decks, the
sounding OF the fog horns ana
sirens, the shouts OF the seanen,
the cries of the babies.
Calamity of both crews was
lauded by the passengers, especially
the coast guardsmen who cranped
with 249 passengers on 526-foot
patrol boat provided beds for in
fants and children and food for
their guests.
+ Transfer Passengers
The passengers were transferred
from the Agassiz to the coastguard
cutter Mojave off Graves Light ut
the entrance to Boston Harbor when
the Agassiz came out OF the fog
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service department, also inspected
the Pathfinder.
The Pathfinder was duplicate
Of the Green Flash and proved air
worthy in test flights made here.
81 am satisfied that our flight
will be successful" said Yancey.
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FLTERS HOP OFF FROM MAINE ON ROWE FLIGHT
QUIET BIRTHDAY
ROCKEFELLER
DESIRE

TARRYToWN, n. X, July 8
Q.N.S). Behind the barred gates
and high brick walls Of his se.
cluded Pocantico Hills estate, John
D. Rockefeller today celebrated his
ninetieth birthday with virtually no
deviation from the aIlstere routine
that marks his daily life.
Unlike Thomas A. Edison, for
example, Rockefeller had no birth
day interview" to give the news
paper men who descended upon
Tarrytown in large numbers. Neither
would he consent to pose for pic
lures. He preferred to pass this
milestone IN his life quietly, sur
rounded by members Of his family
and a few close friends.
In brief, formal statement,
Rockefeller, who expects to live to
be at least 100 years old, assured
the public that he is in perfect
health ana "full OF hope and
cheer for the future" he said:
Full OF Hope
II have every reason to be CRATE
ful on my ninetieth birthday.
Everybody has been 80 kind and
good to me all the year. VITA
perfect health and full OF hope and
cheer for the future, ] have nothing
but kindness and good win for
everybody"
Rockefeller retired early last
night, as usual, having passed q
quiet Sunday. His evident inten-
ton Of attending church services in
Tarrytown was frustrated by q
group of newspaper reporters and
photographers at Union Chapel.
Several times the Rockefeller
ehauffeut drove past the church,
but John ID did not alight as had
been expected.
Golf, his hobby, win engage a
good portion of his time today, as
1t does on every other week day.
He planned to play eight holes.
He never plays any more or any
less than eight holes, figuring that
IL just about what his physique
will stand. He swings his irons and
woods with q freedom that bellies
his 30 years.
Never Uses Clock
Rockefeller who never consults a
clock or watch before retiring or
getting up in the morning, rose
early today and prepared to do just
about what he does on other days.
His schedule was to be about like
this:
Up to I a. m, with q valet to
battle and dress him. Breakfast at
1880. Has his secretary read him
the latest news at S:15. A round OF
golf beginning promptly at 3. Rest
from 1870 to 1890. Luncheon at
l p, m, An hours nap at D. m.
At p. m. he was to- take an auto
mobile ride over the roads running
in and around his 1.S00-acre Pecan
tico Hills estate. Six p. m. secre-
tary reads evening papers to him.
Family birthday party at 1880 p. m.
with 80 candles on the. birthday
cake. Short rest after the party.
And 50 to bed--abollt $50 p. m.
Rockefeller has been In fine
health for the last 20 years. When
he was 20 he suffered from stomach
trouble. but dieting, golf and reIaxa-
ton restored him to his normal
evigor. He was born on July 8,
1889, at Richford, N. Y, son Of q
farmer-doctor OF moderate circum-
stances. He amassed tremendous
fortune in oil-he was once rated
the richest man In the world and
has given away more than $780,
O0O. 600 to worthy causes.
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STEPS ON CHERRY SEED

RICHMOND. va, July S.-Mfss
Alta Finney. Of Pulaski. Va. stepped
on a cherry seed as she was walk
ing on the streets OF Pulaski ana
fractured >her right arm,