Shamokin News-Dispatch from Shamokin, Pennsylvania • Page 1

ARNOLD'S BOOK BINDERY, Former Patrolman GoWurhlFor Murder In Co. Court Good Evening Weather man Is running true to form In his predic Weather Fair and slightly colder Vj tonight; Wednesday, fair. tions these days. Largest Circulation of Any Daily Newspaper in Northumberland County VOL. II-No, 66 DISPATCH (Estab.

1886) Combined Sept. 18. 1933, Wltb DAILY NEWS (Estab. 1893) SHAMOKIN, PA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1934-10 PAGES UNITED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE PRICE: TWO CENTS imi to mm mm THREE JURORS Amateur Killer' Mexico's New "First Family" ROAD LEADING TO MINE AREA IS BARRICADED ACCEPTED FOR ww Kv mww mwr taw WAiVZJE 1K1A.L T. R.

BROWN NAMED HEAD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS Borough Board Holds Annual Reorganization Meeting in High School Building. Excitement Runs High as "Bootleg" Miners Defy Stevens Coal Company in Edgewood Section. LIQUOR LAW CASE BEFORE COUNTYJURY Action Is First Brought in County Under State Law. I 1 tf3 III WOMAN IS ON TRIAL The first trial by Jury in this county of a person accused of violation of the state liquor laws opened before Judge Joseph S. Hollister at Sunbury this morning when Pauline Steiger, Milton, was arraigned at the instance of C.

C. Grimm, state enforcement agent from this city, on charges of illegal possession and unlabeled liquor. C. A. Williams, Harrisburg, chemist in the employ of the state liquor control was the first witness for the commonwealth.

Attorney W. R. Windsor, also a graduate chemist, attacked the testimony of Williams at the opening of the case when he demanded that Williams qualify as an expert. The court directed the attorney to furnish proof and after considerable questioning, Attorney Windsor agreed Williams The son of a. federal district judge and the son of a prominent physician were principals in a strange murder which is expected to reveal amateur dabbling in crime and racketeering in Tulsa, Okla.

Phillip Kennamer, top photo, was surrendered by bis heart-broken father, Judge Franklin E. Kennamer, as a confessed killer of John "Gorrell, 23, Kennamer said he shot Gorrell during a scuffle over amateur attempts to conduct slot-machine chains, gambling, and extortion plots. Meet Mexico's "first family," General 'Lazaro Cardenas, his wife, Amalia, and son, Cuauhtemoc General Cardenas has just been inaugurated as president to seryesixejgtrin, during reconstruction of1 the countryeconomic aacf educational situation' will be attempted. He succeeded President Abelardo Rodriquez. HjOMJtHUiuaifid.

and the trial Selection of Jury to Try Mt. Carmel Man for Death of Deaf Mute, Is Begun at Sunbury. SELF-DEFENSE MAY BE PRISONER'S PLEA Trial of Adam Wanzie, former Mount Carmel patrolman, for the murder of Jacob Rouff, 75 -year-old deaf mute at Mount Carmel on December 194 this year, opened before Judge C. K. Morganroth in criminal court at Sunbury this with District Attorney Robert MFortney in charge of the prosecution and Attorneys J.

A. Welsh and Daniel W. Kearney defending the accused man. Up to the noon hour three Jurors had been chosen from 33 examined, with every Indication the eourt will find it necessary to summon a special venire before the lose of the session this afternoon. The three Jurors chosen to the noon hour are as follows: Frank Dressier, Coal Township, Democratic county chairman and Democratic state committeeman; Chauncey Boyer, fanner, Jordan township, and Mrs.

Annie Allen, housewife, Shamokin. Counsel for the defense Indicated the examination of prospective Jurors that Wanzie will plead self-defense, it having been contended the accused man had seen slashed cross the chin with a pocketknife in the hands of Rouff before the Jormer patrolman to alleged to have (Continued on 2nd Page, 901. MARAUDER WILL SERVE 90 DAYS FOR MISCHIEF Squire Renninger Hands Out Stiff Sentence to Twp. Man. HARMED FIRE HALL A 90-day Jail sentence was meted out by Justice of the Peace Harris O.

Renninger yesterday. Howard Shuey, 1026 Montgomery street, a chronic offender, drew the long sentence when found guilty of trespassing and malicious mischief. Shuey was arraigned before 'Squire Renninger by Michael Skopatz, a trustee of the Fairview Fire Company. Shuey, whose two brothers are reported serving sentences in Northumberland Jail, shattered a window In the Fairview station and after gaining entrance deliberately spilled fire extinguisher acid on the floors. He also littered the contents of several first aid cases over the floor.

Bert Cervinskie, a member of the eompany who resides near the station, heard the glass break in the window. He summoned other members and they trapped Shuey in the station. He was taken to the borough Jail before he was arraigned before Justice Renninger. Student Orchestra Planned in Schools FRY ELECTED TO VICE-PRESIDENCY Adjourning after a brief monthly session last evening in the high school building, the board of directors of the Shamokin school district staged a reorganization meeting for the new elective year, starting yesterday. Thomas R.

Brown, closing his first year as a member of the school directorate, was unopposed for the presidency of the board and received the unanimous vote. Joseph H. Fry, a veteran in public service, was the unanimous choice for vice president. The following directors werfr present at the December meeting marking the close of the year's administration: President J. H.

Lawrence, J. H. Fry, Earle G. Fox, C. C.

Malick, Reuben H. Kelser, Thomas R. Brown and Thomas L. Eddy. After an inspection of the monthly report sheets submitted by the respective departments of administration, the reports were approved.

Tht report of T. L. Eddy, treasurer, showed that the general fund has dropped below $400, with replenishments expected from various sources of unpaid taxcsThe fund -held $43,141,42 on the first of the current month, with $9,250 in the refunding account. A total of was paid into the school treasury last month, derived from tax collections. (Continued on 2nd Page, Col.

3) KULPMONT BOARD NAMES GORETSKY Community's School Board Holds Annual Reorganisation. At a reorganization meeting of the Kulpmont board of education last night, two new officers were elected. Nick Goretsky, former vice president, was elected to the presidency. Andrew Wargo was elected vice president. Goretsky succeeds John MoGinley, while Wargo succeeds Goretsky.

The meeting, It was understood, was called for the purpose of eieot mg oriicers. No action was taken on rebuilding of the two damaged schools at the meeting. EARLE'S CABINET NEARLY COMPLETE Governor-Elect Says Only Two Posts Remain to Be Filled. I HAVERFORD, Dec. 4 (U.R) All but two positions in his cab-! inet have been filled, Governor-: Elect George H.

Earle said at his home here today. He refused to; disclose which positions were still 0Ini 1 Earle also declined to make pub- 11c his selections "until I can name them an together." He said he would probably make an official 1 1 i Board Hears Report OnCWA Work Here SHOVEL IS ENMIRED ON MOUNTAIN ROAD The steam shovel sent Into the Edgewood section this morning to begin destruction of "bootleg" mine holes was destroyed by a dynamite blast at 2:15 this afternoon. After two unsuccessful at-, tempts to get the shovel into tho mining area, it was finally unloaded near the eastern exter-mity of the coal tract. Hundreds of angy miner crowded around the machine, several attacking it with hammers and axes. Finally, fifteen sticks of dynamite were placed under the motor, and a firing wire and exploders attached.

A few minutes later there was a terrific blast and the shovel was reduced to a tangled of wreckage. An attempt by the Stevens Coal Company to send a steam shovel into the Edgewood section this morning, for the purpose of beginning stripping operations, was halted temporarily when the huge truck carrying the shovel slid to the. edge of the highway and threatened to overturn. It-was on the shovel' second trip-up the mountain road, under escort VI ov.ro VAWfv, wuv iii inn.r hundreds of angry miners had turned the driver of the truck back. A third attempt to get the shovel into the area where "bootleg" mines are being operated was planned for this afternoon.

Followirig announcement by tho Stevens company Saturday that it had secured a lease on the Edgewood-tract from the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, the men met last night ln the quarters of the Edgewood Republican Club and voted to retain possession of their mines at any cost. In its announcement Saturday, the company declared the life of tho Cameron colliery depended upon extension of its holdings, and that the Lehigh lease had been secured for this reason. George Jones, manager of the company, declared that it would be impractical to develop underground workings while tho "bootleg" mines were ln operation, and accordingly, a contract was let (Continued on 2nd Page, Col. 7) TWO ARRESTED FOR $5 ROBBERY IN DRUG STORE Pensyl and Stanley Chesney Placed Under Bail. ONE ADMITS GUILT Charged with larceny at the Shis-sler drug store on Saturday afternoon, November 24, when $5 in currency was stolen from a stamp vending machine, Oscar Pensyl, of South Fifth street, and Stanley Chesney, of South Market street, were arrested last evening by Sergeant Jones and Patrolman McCol-lum, after the entire police department had given active cooperation ln running down clues.

The case was turned over to Justice of the Peace W. D. Culton, this morning for a hearing, the robbery having been committed at the pharmacy owned by Chief Burgess A O. Shlssler. Both defendants were held under $500 ball for court, with the bond expected to be supplied in both rases.

Chesney admitted guilt, naming Pensvl as his accomplice and the ocrson who planned me roooery. the WALKATHON RAIDED BY CONSTABLES Five Officers Put End to Sensational Contest at Island Park. CONTESTANTS FREED Acting upon complaint of the Rev. Dr. C.

W. Walck, president of the Sunbury Ministerial Association, five Sunbury constables U.te yesterday afternoon put an end to the sensational walkathon under way the past several weeks at Island Park, near Sunbury, when they arrested George L. Ruty, the promoter, 30 contestants and other attaches, loaded all aboard a big bus and conveyed all to the offices of Alderman Clyde M. Smith, Market street, Sunbury, for arraignment. Assistant District Attorney Carl Rice, Sunbury, representing the county prosecutor's office in the proceedings, brought action against Ruty and all participants under an act passed in 1903 and which provides that no competition of any kind shall be permitted more than 12 calendar hou.

per calendar day, providing further a maximum fine of $100 or two years imprisonment or both. The reading of the Sl-year-old law came as a surprise to Ruty; who (Continued on 2nd Page, Col. 5) Superintendent Witmeyer Tells Directors of Work. LABOR CONTRIBUTED A complete report on the Improvements made in borough school property this year thru the medium of the CWA was presented last evening by Paul E. Witmeyer, superintendent of schools, to the monthly meeting of the board of education.

Renovations and improvements were made at five buildings, with a total cost to the local district of for materials. The labor cost, skilled and unskilled, amounting to $57,403.73, was contributed by the CWA, making a total improvement at five school buildings of $104,449.05. The total material expenditures on the rebuilt Washington building were $31,619.48, of which total 328.15 Is represented ln fire lnsur- ance paid to the school district when the Washington building suffered heavily in a disastrous lire, ue- ducting the insurance, the material cost at the Washington school was $6,291.33, not including $2,090.92 that had been expended under the original Improvement program that became a total loss as a result of the fire. The Improvements at the high school gymnasium cost the school district $8,095.72 for materials, with a labor cost of $9362.10 apportioned to the CWA, making a total gymnasium cost of $17,457.82. A total of $16,281.10 was expended Jointly at the Grant and Stevens buildings, respectively, with $5,239.20 paid by the school district for materials and the CWA contributing a labor charge of $11,051.90.

All school buildings have been placed in excellent condition for many years of service, with the Washington school outstanding in structural features and modern furnishings. SILVER CREEK MAN COMMITS SUICIDE Despondent because he was out nf wnrv nA in fniiina health jMenh Callabreesh. 71. of Silver creek. Schuvlklll county, ended his life by hanging himself at this morning.

roiiohreiwh riimiwrt Into a Dlum tree in the yard In the rear of his home, tied one end of a rope to a stout limb and the other around hl. neck, and Jumped. He died of a broken neck. Wally Bendorlch and Wally Pen- koskie, both of Mount Carmel, pleaded guilty to charges of illegal possession of liquor and each was ordered to pay a fine of $300 and costs or serve Jail sentences. Both were given '24 hours in which to make settlement and were busily engaged today in scurrying about to assemble the necessary funds.

Ralph Robinson, Sunbury salesman, was convicted on charges of defrauding a boarding house keeper and will be sentenced later in the week. PLANE off rre COURSE ON HOP ACROSSJMIFIC Coast Guard Cutter Sent to Look for Ulm and His Crew. LOST ITS BEARINGS HONOLULU, Dec. 4 (U.R) A cutter was sent today to search for the trans-Pacific airplane of Capt. Charles Ulm.

apparently off its course near Hawaii after a flight from the United States. The United States coast guard cutter Itasca was ordered to sea to search for Ulm and his two companions. They were reported to have lost their bearings while nearing Honolulu on the first stage of a proposed path-finding flight to Aus tralia. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4 (U.R) Guided by radio directional beams, the plane Stella Australia approached Honolulu today at a speed cer- (Continued on 2nd Page, Col.

2) COMMISSIONERS TO HALT RACKETEERING Board Warns Those Engaged In Ir regularities. The county commissioners today sounded warning to racketeers engaged in alleged irregularities in this county in connection with the furnishing of tombstones and markers for the graves of veterans. Reports reached the commissioners that recently, with many graves of veterans of all wars being located by unemployed in the grave registration bureau, certain persons had engaged In the tombstone business on a racketeering basis, with the commissioners announcing that in tho future only persons regularly engaged in such business will be given consideration. Inference was made that several prosecutions are being prepared by the commissioners at the present time, 1 Walter Culp Named By School Board as In- jWILL HOLD CLASSES A student orchestra composed entirely of grade students of the borough public schools was tentatively planned last evening at the monthly meeting of the Shamokin 'school board. Walter Culp, member of the teaching staff, especially qualified for organizing and Instructing a grade school orchestra, will be placed in charge of the new musleaT organization.

Two class periods will be utilized each week in instructing the orchestra, the period of instruction amounting to one day a month during the school term. It was pointed out at the directors' meeting that the teaching services of Walter Culp could be used to the best advantage by releasing him from the regular course qf Instruction during the hours set aside for the orchestra. A substitute teacher will be placed in charge of the regular classes while Culp is engaged in the special duties. The meeting also dismissed the future development of the Shamokin High School Band that has attained a high degree of excellence during recent months. Desiring to preserve the fine morale and interest of the band membership during the summer months, plans are under way for public band concerts next year, to be given In front of the several school buildings of the district.

(Continued on 2nd Page, Col. 1) JUNIOR C. D. OF A. NAMES MISS KELLY Grand Regent Tovey Addresses Or der After Election.

Josephine Kelly was elected president of the Junior Catholic Daughters of America at a recent meeting held in St. Edward's hall. Mrs. R. Schnler was the chairlady.

Other officers elected are Isabelle Campbell, vice president; Ruth Mc-Brlde, secretary; Margaret Palml-sanov treasurer; Marian Berran, organist, and Margaret Mullen, reporter. Mrs. Tovey, the grand regent, delivered an Inspiring address following the election of officers. Wednesday Bargains About 200 better haU and scarf sets to go at $1.00. Social lot of hats at All colors and head sizes, (Adv.) SHOENERS MILLINERY DI AN AnVANmi nilWjl BY COAL MEN TO STOP CHISELING i Price Cutting Reported to Have Caused Unstable Market.

BUYING SPORADIC A move to stabilize prices and to bring about a steady market for anthracite has been started among the independent and big coal companies. It was learned that the practice of "chiseling" on prices to heavy buyers of hard coal has caused an unusual condition In the coal mar-j ket, with the result that purchasers, who ordinarily would be doing their winter buying and stocking now, are buying day-by-day because of the price fluctuations and the underselling. Although coal operators and officials are silent when asked concerning the present program of the anthracite dealers, It was learned a secret -meeting of operators was held in Wilkes-Barre Thursday, Nov. 22, and a second is scheduled for this week. All of the coal companies were not represented, but the majority of Independents and big companies were represented to insure the movement's success.

At the meeting It was agreed all coal will be sold at circular. That is a basic scale for all companies. The representatives agreed to discontinue chiseling, which was an underselling program rather than a discount application for the grades of coal. Although no definite news could be gleaned from the conferees, the same source assures independents will be allowed 25 cents off from the circular with 50 cents off at New York tide-water. Notice The annual meeting of the West Ward Building sndLoan Association of Shamokin, will be held on Tuesday, December 18th, between the hours of 1:00 and 7:00 p.

m. for the election of officers and directors. A new series is now open in both the Short and Long Term. (Adv.) O. O.

SHOOP, Secretary. Christmas Cards At Smlnk's Book Shop you will find the largest and best selection. Open evenings. Adv, 'RECORDS' TOPIC OF ADDRESS AT ROTARY DINNER A. Wallace Brown, Secre- tary, Talks to Fellow Members.

PRESENTS DISPLAY "Keeping records" was the subject of an interesting address delivered before the Shamokin Rotary Club iast evening by A. Wallace Brown, secretary Brown "discussed the recording of data ln prehistorlc tlmes by carving and mtl on tne rock walls of caves and on stoneS( and desCribed now tne Egyptians kept their rec- 0rds on marble slabs and the walls 0f temples. The Babylonian method 0f pressing uniform inscriptions on soft dnv tahipts u-hirh Operating Company and Three Officials Face Trial. ACCUSATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (U.R) Willful negligence was charged today against the ranking officers of the holocaust ship, Morro Castle, Us operating company and one of its snore oinciais.

a recierai grand jury investigating tne disaster that took 24 lives, handed indictments. up seven named Acting The indictments Captain William 8. Warms. Chief Engineer Eben S. Abbott.

Henry E. Cabnud, executive vice president of the New York Cuba Mall Steamship Company, and the company (Continued on 2nd Page, Col. I announcement of the appointments baked, the printing of an today or tomorrow." I (Continued on 2nd Paee. Col. 3) Seven Indictments in Ship Tragedy Entered UNUSUAL TWISTS IN DAY'S NEWS uiiiiuu, uec.

vu.ru in. wide-eyed, whooping orphar. children-tied to a long TNI. II I II I rtTltl A Aim 11 ed hesitatingly thru Detroit's toy shops yesterday. Their cook, Lowell Turner, was conducting his 30th annual Christmas tour.

He said he used a rope to be sure none of the visitors was lost. SIOUX CITY. Dec. 4 (U.R) Neal Donahue, 63, asked his hotel manager to call a physician to treat him for stomach cramps. The doctor found a gaping stomach wound.

"Yes, I shot myself this morning," Donahue said Just before he died. He had been despondent over the prospect of a $2,000 mortgage foreclosure. (Continued on 2nd Page, Col, S) BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, Dec. 4. -Ireland rioted in the movie theatres when they showed pictures of the wedding of the Duke and Marlanna.

When that Ireland don't like anything, they don't even like the picture of It. ll, they missed seeing a mighty pretty couple. Our own Wiley Post went up to break the altitude record. He drifted from BartJesville, 0k1a to Muskogee. Went square dab over Claremore.

He was up 10 miles, Just high enough to clear the buildings. In case any of you happen to be keeping statistic on It, Japan Issued another ultimatum to the world today. Tours, till IUNtM IraJUat Is denied the acciuatlon and pleaded "not guilty." I ai Chesney teslliied wai ne na taken the currency and handed tho $5 to Prnsl. receiving $2 in return, Pemllng Ihe supplying of ball, tht defendants were taken to city lull fter hearing..