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The Kusko times., 1931-12-26
"INDEPENDENCE." "
(Stroler's Weekly.)

The day appears to have passed when man could take rifle, an axe and 2 frying pan snd go into the woods and make aGving. At least it has passed this seaion of the Ter ritory. Away up inthe Central and Northern part of Alaska, however, one can find any number of oldtimers who are living on the fat of the land with mighty little money. They have a cabin by the side of a lake in the moose country; raix their winters supply of potatoes, carrots, rutaba- gas, and cabbages on little patch of ground, and if they need meat cut down a tree close totheir cabin and pick their meat from the moose that gather to browse on the tops.
 These pldtimers nme out in the springtime chipper and as fresh as 2 Alternating bear. They work for the railroad or road commission in the summer; get few dollars, lay in 8 supply of bean, flour, coffee and tobacco, and we see them no more until the next spring.
 The world has passed them by and they are glad of it They live on memories and moose meat, and if they get lonesome jos thirty or forty miles over the hils and through the passes to g neighboFs, swap a few yarns, and hike back convinced they have paid their social obligations.
 Any man can make living in Alas ka if he has the old frontier spirit. Old age is the only foe to which he is compelled to bow. Even then old age is not vanquished until the 80 or 90 mark is passed.
 Contentment is nota matter of en- vironment or possesdon. It lies with in ones own -braeH Who can say that these men are not happier than their brethren in tk cities who are broken in the whseh of commerce and cast aside?
 At any rate they'have saved their most precious possssion-independ- ence-
The Kusko times., 1931-12-26
SAM FEDDERsON MURDERED
 BY INSANE MAN, KANTISHNA
Fairbanks News.Miner.) !

SfAlrD8nkS NeWS-Mlner.) q went out and shot down the moon and the stars and the next night met Sam Fedderson," said Charles Christensen, December 19, at Knights roadhouse on his arrival from the Kantishna.
 Christensen was obviously insane when he made the statement, but Deputy Burnett, Kanishna resident, who happened to be at Knights and who knew both Christensen and Fed dersen, had no doubt of the truth of the tale.
 Burnett was sent back to the Kan tishna by Deputy U. s. Marshal H. I. Miller of Nenana to make an investi- gation.
 Yesterday he arrived at Fairbanks to report that Christensen's story was the tragic truth.
 He found Fedderson's body lying in the snow, face down, 250 feet in front of his cabin on Little Moose creek.
 In the absence of an officer Burnett did not care to disturb the body, but it's location and every other fact in the case tallies so closely with the account given by Christensen that he has no doubt but that Fedderson was shot down in cold blood, the victim of an insane man whom he had long feared
 When Burnett arrived several dogs were still tied near the cabin where Christensen had left them the day after the murder. They were nearly starved, some being so weak they could not stand. Burnett fed them, and before he left Eugene Morris arr rived and promised to watch them.
 Burnett returned to the railroad, 30 miles away, after covering Fedder- sons body with tarpauin.
 In lis often told story at Knights, Christensen declared Fedderson had killed lis closest neighbor, man named McDevitt. However, Burnett found McDevitt safe.
 A Mckinley Park ranger, said Christensen, ordered hi into kill Fed derson, but the presence and prompt ing Of the ranger were only fgments of his imagination.
 Christensen said he shot Fedder- son with high-power rifle," related Burnett yesterday, land left it on a bench back of the cabin. was un- able to find the rifle in the short time 1 was there, but have no doubt that it will be located nearby.
 "Fedderson was killed either on the evening of the 17th or the 18th. He had marked the 17th off on his call endar and Charley arrived at Knights on the 18th. He told the story of the staying three times and never chang ed it bit. We who knew the men had no doubt of it's truth. Charley's mind had been slipping for a year. Sam knew it and lived in fear of him and yet, strangely enough, continued to associate within him. They made a trip out in November and when they were going back Sam invited Charley to stay with him. Charley finally con- sented, although he first said he would go elsewhere. Sam committed suicide by inviting Charley to stay with him.
 "The state of Charley's mind is in. dicated by the fact that on the night of October 10 he went out and shot 120 rounds of ammunition into the air and when asked what if wo~ o1]
The Kusko times., 1931-12-26

A man who felh tree in the province of Alicaate, Spain, is com pelled by law to plant two in it's place. ,
The Kusko times., 1931-12-26

James Jeans, London astronomer, estimates that the earth weighs six sextillion tons.
The Kusko times., 1931-12-26
INTERESTING NOTES

Louisiana leads the United Statea in quantityproduction of furs.
The Kusko times., 1931-12-26

Florida citrus fruits were shipped last season to every state in tn Union except California and Arizona
The Kusko times., 1931-12-26

The new census reports the villag, of Killisno, Alaska, with . population of 3.
The Kusko times., 1931-12-26

New York City schools number 100000 pupils and 36,000 teachers.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
SLUMP HITS RENO
w e e kIy Cases Are
Diminishing
Steadily

RENO, New, Nov. IA G.N.SD.
With the usual slow months of
December. January and February
yet to be faced, the pinch of win
ter depression has hit Reno and
it's home-wrecking divorce mill.
The decline in the number of
divorce actions filed in Reno
started a few weeks ago, and
with only intermittent spurts of
normalcy, the gradual drop has
continued.
Reno lawyers have resigned
themselves to the annual hard
times" produced by the winter
slump.
While even the 1881 divorce law
with it's six-weekS residence re-
quirement has been unable to
stem the tide of seasonal depres-
sion, Reno has a good many
marital ties almost ready for the
breaking, and of these many are
of prominent and wealthy per
sons.
The divorce suit of Mrs. Edith
Gould Wainwright, wife of Car
roll Livingston Wainwright, soci-
ally prominent New York artist,
has never been publicly revealed
as yet, although it was reported
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
SHER|FF-POL|CE
FEUD AGAIN
FLARES Up
Marlboro Court to Rule in Row
Between Hopkins and
Chief in failing

The long standing feud be-
tween the Prince Georges
county police force and the
sheriff's office will probably
reach a climax in Upper
Marlboro on November 20,
the date set by Circuit
Court Judge Joseph G. Mat
tingly to hear a petition for
a writ of habeas corpus, filed
by Attorney j. Frank Lillard
on behalf of William Hicks,
now held in the Hyattsville
Jail.
According to the writ, Hicks
commitment to jail is made out
to Chief of Police jeremiah Crow.
ley instead of to Sheriff w. Cur
tbs Hopkins. The last grand jury
meeting at Upper Marlboro ruled
that all commitments should be
made to the sheriff.
Hicks was arrested and charged
with robbery in connection with
a gasoline station hold-up near
Hyattsville several days ago. Fol-
lowing his arrest, he was lodged
in the Hyattsville jail in default
of $2,500 bail.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
DANCERS To VIE
At FOOD SHOW

A group of the city's most prom
ising girl solo dancers will enter
tain the District Grocery Stores
Food Show at the Washington Au-
ditorium tonight.
Clad in flashing costumes to fit
the spirit of their numbers the
girls will vie in the costume solo
dance contest which will be the
feature of tonight's presentation.
Buck and wing, tap and toe dane.
ing will be offered.
At this afternoons session a
bathing beauty contest is being
staged for girls under 4.
Miss Estell Pride. of 2238 Mime
sofa Ave. N. W.. last night won
the girls pie eating contest. Two
year-old Roy Velde, jr., of 600 Irv-
ing st. N. W., yesterday afternoon
won the children's popularity con-
test when he strutted across the
stage in a sailor suit.
The show will be closed tomor-
row but will open again Monday
afternoon to run all next week. A
new list of novelty contests is be-
ing arranged in addition to a new
list of gifts and prizes.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
WIZARD BUICK
On EXHIBIT

The principles of "wiza1d con-
troll will be demonstrated at all
Buick showrooms the country
over today, when the new Buick
eight for 1882 is shown for the
first time.
Wizard control" has aroused
much discussion since the prelim-
mary announcement of The COM
ing of the new Buick. Tt results
from a sensational new method
of car control featuring a button
controlled automatic clutch, with
improved free wheeling, and a
new syncro-mesh transmission
with silent gear, said to represent
the finest engineering Buick has
ever attained in a unit of this
kind.
The presentation includes an
extensive line of 26 new models,
the most complete line ever built
by Buick, grouped in four series,
with smart, modish bodies by
Fisher and a score Of brilliant
engineering features.
In the new body design, q skill
full handling of tho radiator lines
has achieved a slim, fleet beauty,
enhanced by chrome beading on
the radiator shutters and chrome
plated streamline headlaElpS with
fender parking lamps in a har-
monizing design.
Dual trumpet-style horns, syn
chronized in tone and placed on
each side of the radiator below
the headlamps, and door-type
ventilators, instead of the usual
louvres, give further luxurious
ness to the design.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Dog Falls 215Feet,
Lives to Wag
His Tail

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. IA.
A party of Is visitors has
vouched for the accuracy of the
report that blind bulldog fell
215 feet from the top of the
Natural Bridge of Virginia and
lived to wag his tail-but the
dog himself is missing, stolen,
the owner claims, by a "sou,
venir hunter" who heard the
story.
The old dog stumbled over
the edge of the bridge. landed
in a four-foot pool of water
and emerged bruised, but
seemingly uninjured.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Z INDICTMENTS
IN KILLINGS
ALSOFOUND
Report of County Body to Be
Made Monday or Tuesday;
13 Returned Yesterday

Thirty-eight persons have been
indicted by the Montgomery
county grand jury. A few more
cases are yet to be heard.
Included in the group are two
murder and two manslaughter in
dictments. Those indicted and
the charges are:
Aaron Bland, larceny; David
Clagett and Everett Martin, both
colored, larceny and housebreak-
ing; Charles Washington, colored,
assault with intent to kill; Glen
wood Wins, assault with intent
to kill: Walter r. Benson and
William j. Piers. arson: William
j. Deckert and Willie E. Griffin,
larceny; Margaret Baker and El-
sic Diggs, both colored, larceny;
Ray D. Miller, larceny, and
Emory G.. Haines, two cases of
larceny.
Walter Chun Held
Walter Chun, colored, larceny
and unauthorized use of an auto
mobile; Ernest Warfield, larceny;
Charles Warren, larceny and
houSebreaking, two cases: Clar-
ence E. Tucker, alias John H.
Smith, obtaining goods under
false pretenses; William Combs,
larceny; Ewen Bean, manslaugh-
ter (auto accident) Alfred Aqui-
limo, assault, assault with intent
to rob, and receiving stolen
goods; Clifton Dorsey, colored,
larceny; Walter Clay. colored. lar
ceny, and William Campbell, col
ored, larceny.
Chauncey Dorsey and Albert
Scott, both colored. assault and
robbery; assault with intent to
rob and receiving stolen goods;
Deliah Corn, colored, receiving
stolen goods: Lawrence McCul-
Tough, manslaughter. two cases
(automobile accident; William
r. Buchanan, perjury; Maynard
Miles, colored, murder; James
Thomas Bell, colored, murder;
Windsor Butler, colored, house
breaking and larceny; Thomas
Bailey, colored, manslaughter.
Report Monday
James Cangany, larceny; Er-
nest Fleming, William Jones and
John Preston, all colored, larceny.
Thirteen indictments were re-
turned yesterday. The Grand
Jury report is expected Monday
or Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Marriage Licenses
Issued at Rockville

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville to Ludwig w. Rohde,
81, and Julia K. Dewey, 80, both
of Washington; James w. Coulsby,
81, of Washington, and Ethel Mae
Johnson, 18, of Alexandria; John
T. Costello, "A. and Bessie Ann
Calnan, 33. both of Washington;
Paul Talbert Graham. 81, of
Washington. and Helen Fern
Shannon. 18, OF Glen Echo
Heights, Md; Robert C. Brun-
ner, %, and Iren Sorg, 81, both
of Fort Wayne, Ind. and Ray
mond G.. Walters. SO, and Dorothy
M. Anderson, %, both of Rallston,
Va. .@SG
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
PHYSICIANS ASK
FAIRFAX CURB
ON CLINICS
Want County's Activities Con-
fined to Preventive Meas
ureS Exclusively

The Fairfax County Medical
Society has adopted a report Of
a special committee to work
out a plan for harmonizing the
county public health program
with activities of private prac-
titioners.
Objections have been raised in
the county by private physicians
against the liberalization" Of
the medical profession in State
and national health programs.
The report provides for an
agreement between County Health
Officer A. L. Carson and the
medical society whereby the
health department will perform
no treatments of a clinical nature
except as preventive measures.
Persons seeking treatment will
be referred to their private physi-
clans.
Under the agreement, pre-
school examinations also would
be held in the offices of local
doctors with the school nurse
assisting.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
ZOO CATS TAKE
SHOW SPOTS
Staff Photo

Nearly 200 cats, countless fish,
and one bull puppy are on display
at the Raleigh Hotel, scene of the
Washington Cat Clubs annual eX-
hibit.
The cats are competing in
various classes for ribbons and
trophies. The fish are in various
aquaria as a sort of added exhibit,
Among the winning owners are
Miss E. c. Pane, Of Falls Church;
Mrs. Lucille Ashcraft Purnell,
Salisbury, Md, and Miss M. A.
Fogarty, of Sacred Heart rectory.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Pennsylvania COP.
Delegation to Meet

The Republican congressional
delegation of Pennsylvania will
meet here on November 81, to
make plans for promoting legisla-
ton in the interest of the State
and mapping out a program for
the Republican organization con-
ference. The call was issued by
Representative McFadden, secre-
tary, because of the death Of
Representative Graham. dean
and chairman of the delegation.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
British Officers
AnnUpOLiS Guests

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Nov. IA.
Rear Admiral Thomas c. Hart,
superintendent of the Naval Acad-
emy will be host Monday to Vice
Admiral Sir V. H. S. Haggard, of
the British Navy, and group OF
British naval officers.
Members of the Vice Admirals
personal staff who will be here on
that date are: Lieut.. Comdr. G
F.. Pine, Lieut.. Comdr. R. l.. B
Edwards and Capt F. N. At.
wood.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
; Arrested at Still
Held on $500 Bond

Three men charged with pos
session of articles designed Cor
the manufacture of liquor were
released on $500 bond by United.
States Commissioner j. Frank
Parran in Upper Marlboro yester-
day.
The men were Chester A. Pitt
man. Jordan Henson and William
Simmons, all of Welcome, Md.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Times Staff Photo
loan

to have been filed secretly here
some time ago.
The suit of John R. Fell,
wealthy New York Social Regis
terite, against Mildred Santry
Fell, is still pending in the Reno
courts although it was filed early
in August.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Bethesda Chamber
To Hear McFQdden

Rep. Louis T. McFadden of
Pennsylvania, chairman of the
House Banking and Currency
Committee, will be the principal
speaker at the next meeting of
the Bethesda Chamber of Com
merce, December 7.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Apple Bargains
AT QUAINT TACRES

To close out last / 900 bushels now selling
andpieked, carefully graded apples at SOC AMI
75c per bushe Stayman wineSaps and other va
rieties available In prime condition for eating.
cooking, etc.
Our fresh home-mad sweet cider is unexcelIed.
40c per gallon. in your Jug. Drive out through
Silver Spring. turn right on Colesvlle rd..
Route 81 ONLY miles from District
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
Army Orders

Leave of absence is granted
zach Of the following officers:
Major Harry R. Kutz, Inspector
Generals Department, seven days.
Major Robert L. Walsh, Air
Corps, seven days.
Lieut.. Col. Harley J. Hallett,
Medical Corps, to Fort Hum
phreys, Va.
Each of the following officers
of the Air Corps to Maxwell
Field, Montgomery, Ala:
Capt. Guy H. Gale.
Capt. Edward w. Raley.
First Lieut.. James E. Adams.
The promotion of each of the
following officers is announced:
CJudsor. M. Smith, Infantry, to
first lieutenant; Frank G.. Irwin,
Air Corps, to first lieutenant;
George v. Holloman, Air Corps, to
first lieutenant; Gerald w. Fitz-
Gerald, eterinary Corps, to major.
x Major Howard j. Hutter. Med
1cal Corps, to the Army Medical
Center, Washington, D. C.
Major James P. Crawford, Med
Heal Corps, to William Beaumont
General Hospital, El Paso, Tex.
Capt. Roy C. Hilton, Infantry,
10 the Hawaiian Department.
Major Godfrey R. Fowler, In
kantry, to the Panal Canal De-
partment.
Eeach of the following Infantry
officers to the Panama Canal De
partment: Capt Thomas F. Bres-
nahan, Capt. Paul D. Carter:
First Lieut.. George L. Boyle, First
Lieut.. Edward C. Mack, First
Lieut.. Joseph H. Warren, First
Eieut. Arthur l.. Moore.
Capt. Lewis S, Norman, Infan.
kry. to Thirty-eighth infantry.
Col. E. r. Warner McCabe,
field artillery. assigned to duty
As military attache. Rome. Italy.
Lieut.. Col. Robert F. Patterson,
Dental Corps, to be retired.
First Lieut.. Ora E. Fately. Quar-
Eermaster Corps, to Presidio Of
Monterey, California.
Second Lieut.. Morley F. Slaght,
Air Corps, to Chanute Field, Ran
Noul, Ill.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
Navy Orders

Comdr. Robert E. Rogers, treat
ment, Naval Hospital, Washing
ton, D. C.
Lieut.. George C. Nielsen. to
Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash.
Lieut.. Comdr. Clude E. Brown
(MC), to U. S. S. New Mexico.
Lieut.. Comdr. Harry B. LaFavre
(MC), to Naval Medical School,
Washington, D. C.
Lieut.. John B. Bostick (MC), to
Marine Recruiting Station, Port
land Ore.
Lieut.. Maurice Joses (MC), to
18th Naval District.
Lieut.. Gg) Clifford D. Hamrick
(MC), to Submarine Base, New
London, Conn.
Lieut.. Gg) Judson A. Millspaugh
(MC), to Naval Torpedo Station,
Keyport, Wash.
Lieut.. Robert E. Mason, to U.
S. S. Reina Mercedes.
Lieut.. Owen A. Kneeland, to
duty U. S. S. Smitt Thompson.
Lieut.. Howard D. Mcintosh,
Lieut.. Austin S. Keeth, Lieut..
Gg) Edward L. D. Roach, Lieut..
jg) Harry L. Hicks, Lieut.. (jg)
James N. 'Shofner, Ensign Royce
P. Davis, Ensign Lindell H.
Hewett, Ensign William H. Wat
son, Ensign Knight Pryor, to duty
Destruction Squad S.
Lieut.. Thomas H. Kehoe, to U.
S. S. Pecos.
Lieut.. Gg) Bernard M, Gates,
to U. S.
Lieut.. Gg) William R.
Caruthers. to U. S.
Lieut.. jg) Robert H. Speck, to
U. S. S. Barker.
Lieut.. jg) Phillip G. Stokes, to
U. S. S. Barker.
Ensign Richard E. Fenton to
United States.
Lieut.. (jg) Carr E. Bentel (M.
c., to Destroyer Division 10.
+ Lieut.. Gg) William F. E. Lof-
tin IN. c., to U. S. S. Jason.
Comdr. Harry D. Johnson ID.
c., to Sixteenth Naval District.
Lieut.. Gg) Reed T. Roberts IS.
c., to Sixteenth Naval District.
Comdr. Harrill S. Dyer &C. H,
c., to U. S. S. Houston.
Lieut.. Cg) August F. Hohl &C,
| H. c., to U. S. S. Black Hawk,
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
BAER AND BRIDE BET PRISONER
NAMED IN SUIT WANTS JURY
by international

Arrested in another warrant
less raid by a headquarters
squad, Carl J. Simonton. 10, to-
day was released on $1,000 bond
by Judge John P. Mcmahon in
Police Court, after demanding a
jury trial on a charge of per-
mitting gaming.
SimOntOn was arrested at sol
Twelfth st. N. w. Police said
they followed a patron into the
place and seized paraphernaIia
used in betting on the races.
Ten other men and a c0IOred
maid we're held on bond of S1OO
each as witnesses.
Simonton bond is double that
usually fixed in sucn a case. He
had just completed a year on
probation.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
BIRTHS

Austin b. and Matte NJ. Dietz, girl
Louis H. and Julia B. Bolton. girl
George H. and Anna NJ Green, girl
Donald s. and Ruth Bliss, girl
Samuel and Ida Soroka, girl.
Lisle 7. and Gladys NJ. Maxson. girl
Wendell and Helen Chesser, girl.
owen E. and Frances Ryan. girl.
Robert l.. and Mary r. ONeill, girl
Clinton NJ. and Aida D. HisIe. girl
Aubrey M. and Catherine M. Goode,
Edwin X. and Bridgetts D. Burns,
girl.
Harvey l. and Mary A. Massey, boy.
William NJ. and Lima W. Penn. boy.
Charles s. and Hattie G. Brooks, boy.
william !. and Frances Malone, boy.
Herbert G. and Mary H. Renner, boy.
Elijah M. r. and Margaret C.
Carl II. and Marie K. Portch. boy.
Peter J. and Anna T. Fromm. boy.
Harry L. and Mary N. Rickerton, boy,
Bernard o. and Dorothy NJ Grant,
boy.
Morris and Lydia Bartlitt, boy.
George r. and Alice e. Jones. boy.
Benjamin L. and Mamie f. Marshall.
boy.
Luther and Matte Harris. boy.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
D. c. LEADS WAR
LON |LL|TERACY

BALTIMORE, Md, July 10.
With the exception of the Dis
Rict Of Columbia, Maryland has
y lower percentage of illiteracy
ealan any other state in the
South Atlantic group, it was re-
ported yesterday. through the
bureau of vital statistics of the
State board of health.
During the past decade illit-
mracy has decreased about 80
per cent the rates for 1880 show
ang a decrease of from SO per
bent of the population to 3.S per
sent since 1920.
The rate is far below that of
Nhe South Atlantic group of 8.3
nnd below that of the country
at large of 4.3. The rate for the
District was IL.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Joseph Kicks. So. and Marie L..
Barnes. A. The Rev. W. D. Jarboe.
Dennis W. Marshall, 40, and Cecilia
E. Galloway. "a. The Rev. ]. Fl. Mar
shall.
William Lee Ellison. 2s. and sallie
E. Boddie, 10. The Rev. P. II. Yancey.
Charles c. williams. 81, and Grace
R. Barnes, 10. The Rev. D. T. Coles
Roby R. Pugh. "a. and Mertie Kirby,
%. The Rev. George NJ Cummings.
william Echols CundH, %, and
Phillip X. keenan,. 80, of New York,
and Valerie de Galanine, 29, of Brook
lyn, N. Y. Judge r. e. Mattingly.
Chester Martin Tolson, 2S, and Helen
Catherine O'Leary, IS. The Rev. E. C..
Buckey.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10

RENO, July 10 1N.SD The
honeymoon of Max Baer, young
California heavyweight fighter,
and his bride, the former Dor
othy Dunbar Wells, got off 20 a
bad start today as a damage suit
for $1,500 was filed in District
Court against Dorothy Baer and
her husband, Max"
The suit alleges that during
the last four years, the new Mrs.
Baer Sub-leased an apartment
and furniture from E. M. Fuller
in New York city, and charges
that this property was destroyed
and damaged to the amount
named in the suit.
The suit was filed in the name
of Howard L. Quinn, deputy
county assessor in Reno, to
whom the Fuller claim has
been assigned.