Shamokin News-Dispatch from Shamokin, Pennsylvania • Page 1

I 11 MBF 1 fill 1111 tf 1 Dispatch Classified Advertising Brings FofltlVO Results Quickly HOME l5lSU-UlKS)(fci) Fourth wu not exactly and sane, Jj MJ CIRCULATION STEADILY INCREASING SOLELY ON ITS MERITS ASA NEWSPAPER, WITHOUT PRIZES, PREMIUMS OR CONTESTS THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SPECIAL WIRE AND ILLUSTRATED SERVICE 6ELECTED HIGH GRADE FEATURES AND COMICS VOLUME XLVI No. 190 OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN 8HAMOKIN SHAMOKIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 19 33 TEN PAGES MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS PRICE TWO CENTS Abandoned Scott Breaker Fodder For Big Bonfire SU CO. AMOUNCES WAGE IGREAS EAGLE CELEBRATORS APPLY TORCH TOSTRUCTURE AT KULPMONT Flames, Mounting to Sky Shortly After Midnight HEART ATTACK FATAL JUDGE RAKER AFTER Voluntary Advance Of Ten Per Cent Is Granted To Workers (fit on July Fourth, Attract BATTLE TO REGAIN DEATH ENDS CAREER Widely Known County Jurist, Citizen and Churchman, Fatally Stricken at Geisinger Hospital Monday Evening, Death Coming When He Was Believed to Have Passed Crisis of Long Illness Attained Boyhood Ambition in Election to Bench Served Eight Years a District Attorney One of Owners of Shamokin Dispatch POSTMASTER The Hon. Edward Raker, judge of the county courts since January 1, 1932, at which time he attained the zenith of a the owners and officers of The Shamokin Dispatch, died suddenly at 8 o'clock Monday evening at the Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Danville, from an acute heart suffered at a time the widely known jurist and outstanding citizen was believed to have passed the crisis of a long;" I rUy fm FOR LONG HEALTH UNDER WILSON boyhood ambition, and one of During the past two weeks Judg Raker had enjoyed marked Improvement and his family, attending physician and the public as large was hopeful of his ultimate recovery and return to his Judicial duties. Early Monday evening, with his devoted wife at his side, Judge comfortable chair, asked his nurse for a drink of water and after partaking thereof, suffered an acuta heart attack and passed peacefully into last rest.

The community received news of the passing of the widely known and popular jurist, citizen, churchman and civic leader with sincere and deep sorrow. Men, women and children in all walks of life who had known Judge Raker as a man of robust physique prior to his prolonged illness, halted In their pur suits to ponder upon the uncertainties of life as the shock of the news of the passing of Jurist and brother citizen manifested itself more forcefully. Few could realize the truth of the message and many were hopeful It was merely a rumor. But th truth of the message prevailed and sorrow grew greater In tna sue- Attains Ambition Judge Raker, whose election to that highest office within the gift of his fellow citizens of the couuity, planned from early boyhood far icgai career ana ultimate occupancy of the bench, came following I a strenuous campaign, had entei upon his duties with marked vi Turn to Pac ThrM CoL TA PITMAN COUPLE PLIGHT TROTI ion Snyder and Miss Helen A. I or Pitman, were married 1 last Wednesday evening at th home of the bride.

Rev. Daniel A. Draper, pastor of the Evangelical Congregational church at Pitman, performed the ceremony. Ther were no attendants. After the ceremony a reception and dinner was tendered the newly wedded couple at the home of tha bride's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Maurer. DO YOU KNOW? That Charles M. Hall was tho first president of the first bank opened in Shamokin. He resided at Sunbury and made daily tripa from the countyseat to Shamokin to direct the affairs of the bank which was located in one of th rooms of what was then th National Hotel building.

Eastern PeansylTania: Generally fair tonight; slightly warmer In the north portion tonight. Western Pennsylvania: Fair tonight and Thursday! slightly warmer in the south portion tonight. MANY INJURED IN FOURTH OF JULY MISHAPS IN SHAMOKIN Scores of Children and Many Adults Suffer Minor Injuries Number Are Treated by Local Doctors TWO ADMITTED TO SHAMOKIN HOSPITAL Scores of children and many adults throughout the community were suffering today from burns received while setting off works in celebration of the Fourth of July yesterday, but in most cases the victims were treated with heme remedies. However, there were some who were forced to seek treatment at the offices of local physicians and a large amount of anti-toxin was used by the doctors in order to prevent the victims from developing lock jaw. Two were taken to the Shamokin State HospitaL Andrew Lark, 513 South Market street, an employe of the Home Life Insurance Company, suffered a badly mangled finger on his left hand Monday evening.

Mr. Lark was engaged in setting off fireworks for his children when a crowd ol young Turn to Page Seven Col. One HOME OF MINE UNION LEADER IS DYNAMITED John Boylan, President of District 1, U. M. W.

and Family Escape Injury When Home at Scranton is Bombed DWELLING DAMAGED BY HEAVY BLAST SCRANTON, July 5 (INS) Ten sticks of dynamite exploded today under the front porch of the home of John Boylan, district mine union president, hurled members of three families from their beds and damaged three dwellings. No one was injured. The blast was the third in Lackawanna county in a week, all traced to labor disputes. The porch and a corner of Boy-lan's home were torn away; furniture was wrecked and plaster ripped from the walls, and windows were shattered. Windows in two adjacent structures also were smashed.

Boylan is president of District No. 1, United Mine Workers of Ameri- Turn to Pafe Seven Col. Three Harriet Evans Injured By Auto Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delroy Evans Kit by a Car While Riding Bicycle Miss Harriet Evans, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Delroy Evans, of Sunbury street, narrowly escaped serious injury when she was struck by an automobile while riding a bicycle. The girl was riding on Sunbury street when an automobile driven by Mrs. Hyman Peril crashed Into the rear of her bicycle. The young miss was tossed from her seat and fell to the street but escaped with minor bruises.

The wheels of the automobile passed over the bicycle, wrecking it. The little girl, badly shaken by the accident, although not seriously injured, was escorted to her home, after which the owner of the automobile visited her and agreed to reimburse her for the damage to the bicycle. Semi-Annaal sale starts Thursday. July 6. Bar-goins that cannot be compared elsewhere.

Adv. Jot Robins. Thousands Blaze to Scene of HUGE BLAZE BURNS MORE THAN 12 HOURS There were hu dreds of bonfires thruout the anthracite region during Monday night as the youth of the night celebrated the eve of the anniversary of Independence Day, but It remained for Kulpmont to boast what is believed to have been, the biggest bon-flre in the history of the United States. The abandoned Scott colliery breaker, a Susquehanna Collieries company possession, was the scene of the blaze and the fire continued from 12:10 yesterday morning unUl after the noon hour. The breaker, stripped of all valuable machinery and partly collapsed as the result of a storm more than 18 months ago, became the objective of youths ambitious to stage a real bonfire.

A few minutes after midnight flames suddenly leaped high within, the pile of dried-out lumber and the RESIDENT DIES IN QUAKER CITY Mrs. Charles Nicholason, Daughter of Late Thomas Gillespie of Shamokin, Succumbs 111 Several Weeks WILL BE BURIED HERE ON FRIDAY Mrs. Catherine Gillespie Nicholson, wifs of Charles Nicholson, former resident of this city, died yesterday morning at her home on Main street, Darby, Philadelphia, following an illness of several weeks. A message apprising local relatives of the death of Mrs. Nicholson was received late yesterday and was 'received with sincere regret.

Catherine, daughter of the late Thomas and Mary (Moore) Gillespie, was born at July 7, 1863, and was 'therefore neaiing her seventieth birthday when death came, Thomas Gillespie was among the pioneer business men ol Shamokin, whither he removed with his family when the daughter, Catherine, was In early childhood. He erected the Hotel Exchange, opposite the Reading depot, and con ducted the hostelry for many years, later retiring to engage in a general realty enterprise and to become i Identified with numeous local Industries. He was one of the founders of the Shamokin and Coa1. Town ship Light and Power Company, which was purchased many years sgo by the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Catherine Gillespie was married many years ago to Charles Nicholson, another pioneer resident here Turn to Pat Seven Col.

Two Will ROGERS pigys: i PRESCOTT. July 5 Well, here we are In Prescott, Arfo, the real western town a mile high and a 100 miles wide. I would rather have Arizona's record as state than New York with her numbers. Arizona prolong the life of the afflicted as well as makes perpetual the Uvea of the welL By the way, I see in the Arizona Republic that the London conference wu knocked cuckoo when Roosevelt told them it was our dollar and we could arrange the price of it. Tours, HeNsvikt 8rn4tcsi.

Us- Turn to Paf Ten Col. Two TOMER LOCAL Action of Silk Mill Owners in Keeping With Government Request That Industry Advance Wages Ahead of Increased Prices Silk Trade Shows Slight Improvement The employees of the C. K. Eagle silk mills welcomed a bulletin issued this afternoon at the several local plants announcing a ten per cent increase in wages, effective as of June 26 and which will be received by the employees in their envelopes on Saturday, July 8. The bulletin was received with great joy among the workers now engaged in production and those who hold hopeful anticipation of resumption of the mills on a full-time basis.

The increase announced today by the Eagle corporation is a voluntary one and is that corporation's contribution to the Roosevelt industrial recovery program. Interviewed by representatives of the press following the announcement, Joseph H. Jones, executive hi charge of operations here, stated the inorease was decided upon at a meeting of the executives and own- Turn to Page Seven Col. One BROTHER MRS. J.

COTTERALL PASSES AWAY Stricken With Strangulated Hernia While Walking Thru Woods Dies in Hospital Charles Meehan, 56, of Mount Carmel, brother of Mrs. John Cot-terall, West Walnut street, this city, and well known to many local residents in his capacity as a clothing salesman, died at the Fountain Springs State Hospital following an operation for strangulated hernia. Mr. Meehan was engaged In covering his suit sales route when he was acutely stricken and collapsed on a path between St. Clair and Dark-water.

He was unconscious when found and was rushed to the hospital where an emergency operation was performed, but he failed to rally. It was the fourth operation Mr. Meehan had undergone for the same ailment. WM. G.

HARTZEL, COAL EXPERT DIES SUDDENLY OF PNEUMONIA Breaker Foreman at Excelsior Colliery Succumbs to Acute Pneumonia at Geisinger Following Hernia Operation WAS BELIEVED ALMOST RECOVERED William G. Hartzel, of Excelsior, foreman at the Corbln breaker of the Excelsior Coal company and one of the best known residents of the community, died very suddenly Mon day evening at 6:55, a victim of pneumonia which developed at a time Mr. Hartzel was almost fully recovered from an operation for hernia. The death of Mr. Hartzel is especially sad by reason of the fact it is the third within the immediate family circle and in adjoining homes at Excelsior during the past ten weeks.

George H. Miller, a brother of Mrs. Hartzel and who resided at the Hartzel home, met instantaneous death on the nieht of April 15 when run down by a Reading train near Excelsior, while on June 25. Mrs. John Fleming, a sister of Mr.

Hartzel. passed away at the Shamokin State Hospital JUDGE EDWARD RAKER Claims Fortune Mrs. Eliza Day, 63-year-old London V.iow who-has fj.ildren, Is a ciaiiharit "(o the fortune left by Alfred E. Ridley, eccentric New Yorker who was mysteriously slain. She is the former Eliza Hunt Ridley, and believes she is cousin of the miirrierpd man.

2 LOCAL PEOPLE ARE INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Two in Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, Following Crash of Automobile and Truck Near That City MISHAP OCCURRED SUNDAY AFTERNOON Three local residents were injured in an automobile collision near Richmond, Virginia, Sunday afternoon when their machine crashed into a truck emerging from a side road about 18 miles outside of that town, two members of the party be ing so badly injured that they are at present in a hospital in the southern city. Those figuring in the accident are: John Huculak, proprietor of the Boston Fish Market, North Shamokin street; John Tehansky, also associated with the market, and Fred Long, an employee. They were en- route to Charleston, N. when the accident occurred With Fred Long at the wheel of tne Tehansky machine, a Ford sedan, the three local men were traveling at a fair rate of speed as tne trucic drew out into the road Long attempted to stop the machine Turn to Page Two Col. One Admits Slaying Wife After Son Shatters Alibi Philadelphia Man Confesses Killed Mate In a Fit of Jealousy He PHILADELPHIA, July 5-(INS) His alibi upset by his four-year-old son, Domonick Picolla, 41, broke down after six hours of questioning and confessed that he killed his wife, Josephine.

24, with a hatchet, in a fit of jealousy. In his confession he admitted he called police to divert suspicion from himself. PicoUa was arrested when the younger of his two boys, Nlchola, innocently told police: "Papa hit mamma" 25 to 35 cents saving on the dollar at the value-giving semi-annual sale. Starts tomorrow. Adv.

joe Robins. "Shine" Tarr Fails In Suicide Attempt At The County Jail illness. 1 1 THREE TEACHER VACANCIES ARE FILLED BY BORO SCHOOLBOARD Miss Mary Yocum, Supply Teacher, Advanced to Regular Post Miss McMul-len and Mrs. Marie Mc- Williams Also Elected MISS HELEN SHEARY DENTAL HYGIENIST Teachers were elected to fill three vacancies in the borough schools at a regular monthly meeting of the Shamokin school board Monday night. They are: Miss Mary Yocum, a supply teacher who was advanced to a regular position; Miss Alice McMullen of 6 West Commerce street, and Mrs.

Marie McWiliiams of 211 East Dewart street, widow of the late Holden C. McWiliiams. Miss Helen Sheary of 177 North Marshall street, was elected dental hygienist of the borough schools at a salary of $50 per month, follow ing one years service in this posi tion without pay. Placing of the new teachers was Left up to Superintendent Paul E. Witmeyer.

They will All vacancies in the fourth and fifth grades at the Lincolrt building caused by the Turn to Pf Ten Col. One Duncheskie Is Assured Of Bond Document to Be Written This Week New Tax Collector Is Informed Jesse Duncheskie, who was recently elected by the Shamokin school board as borough tax collector, is practically assured of obtaining the required $225,000 surety bond to qualify for the position, it was learned today. The Eureka Casualty Company, to whom he made application for the huge bond, has advised Mr. Duncheskie that in all likelihood the bond wiil be written In Philadelphia this week and delivered to him as soon thereafter as possible. Investigation by Attorney W.

H. Unger, solicitor for the Shamokin board of education, revealed the Eureka company is very reliable. The pric of Mr. Duncheskie's bond, however, is reported to be extremely high, due primarily to present eco nomic conditions. There has been no verification of the cost of the tar collector's bond, but the amount has been estimated by various individuals at from $1800 to $2400.

SOMNAMBULIST NEAR DEATH AS RESULTOF FALL Paul Brown, 22, of Trevor-ton, in Hospital With Fractured Skull, Received in Plunge From Second Story Window Plunging head first from his second-story bedroom window while walking in his sU'ep, Paul Brown, 22, of Trevorton, was probably fatally injured at 3:30 o'clock this morning. He suffered a fractured skull. Brown, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Brown, of 417 Railroad street.

Trevorton, was brought to the Shamokin State Hospital, where his recovery was believed doubtful. He had not regained consciousness early this afternoon. A brother, Neibert Brown, who was returning home, heard the youth walking around in the bedroom and the door Just in time to see him poise before the window and dive head first to the pavement 12 feet below. His head struck the concrete steps leading to the porch of the residence. Hurrying down the stairs, Nei-bert ran out of the house and found hi3 brother lying unconscious on the ground beside the steps.

Other Negro, Serving Time For Murder, Slashes Throat With Safety Razor Blade Found by Jail Runner Left Notes Quentin H. (Shine) Tarr, of this city, serving from ten to twenty years in the county jail at Sunbury for the murder of Ted Purcell, also of this city, in 1925 on Market street, made an unsuccessful at tempt to end his life late Monday afternoon in the county prison at Sunbury when he slashed both sides of his thorat with a rigid safety razor blade. Tarr, with blood spurting from both wounds, was found unconscious in his cell by a runner. Nearby was lying the tell-tale razor blade and a series of notes addressed to his mother. Warden Minnig and attaches of the jail.

Dr. W. H. Eister. of Sunbury, one of the county Jail physicians, was hastily summoned, staunched the flow of blood and used seven clamps to close the gaping wounds.

Tarr was then removed to a cell stripped of all but cot and mattress that he might not the attempt at suicide. Today he was believed to be out of danger. One of the notes addressed to his mother, Mrs. Mary Reeler, 612 State street, this city, read as follows: Turn to Pe Two CoL One Joe Robins' semi-annual sale. A saving of 25 to 35c on the dollar.

Sale opens tomorrow. Adv. Turn to Pi Tea Cot Threo Turn to Scvea Col. Two.