Shamokin News-Dispatch from Shamokin, Pennsylvania • Page 1

THE SHAMOKIN DISPATCH GOOD EVENING Shunokin'i Banks Report Successful Tear Despite Slow-op in Bushiest HEATBEB Cloudy Kith Probable Occasional Rains Tonight and Wednesday THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SPECIAL WIRE AND ILLUSTRATED SERVICE FORTY-SECOND YEAR No. 351 SHAMOKIN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1930 PRICE TWO CENTS II CUMIN AGAINST FIFTEEN CENSUS ENUMERATORS TO BE NAMED HERE BURGESS YOCUM SOUNDS WARNING OF WAR ON VICE nr ii'Am or I.D.mM OF 12 IS BROKEN nil IN JAIL AS VICE PROBE CONTINUES WATFR nilMPANY inriTrnrn Tl BY DEATH HAND a mku tntv ABRUPTLY I I Grim Reaper Invades Home of Holden Chester, District Supervisor, Makes Announcement of Plans for Taking Census Following Return from Conference at Washington Action of Harry B. Smith Against Northumberland Vcompany to Recover Back Local Cpmmittee May be Han dicapped by Lack of Finances Due to Failure of Hurtt dreds to Pay for Seals Tn Clarence Alsbach, Held as Panderer, and Girl Accuser, Held Behind Bars, as Further Evidence is Sought in Case) LICENSE EXAMS dUbOU tyages is Non-Suited by the Court The Shamokin Tuberculosis com Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.

Kunkel Claiming Life of Beloved Daughter Valeria A happy family circle of twelve was broken by the messenger of death at 1:23 yesterday afternoon when Valeria Agatha, beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Kunkel entered into last rest at the family residence. 1500 Orelda street, fol I LONG ILLNESS Ijhe case of Harry'B.

Smith of Sun- mittee, which in past years has done exceptional work in combattinir the burfy versus the Northumberland Holden Chester, supervisor of census for the ninth district, which comprises the Seventeenth Congressional district, Northumberland, Columbia, Montour and Sullivan counties, returned on Saturday night from Washington where he was in conference with W. M. Steuart, director of census, under the departments of Commerce and Labor, headed by Robert P. Lamont and James Davis, great white plague in Shamokin and Coal township, faces the current year with handicapped finances and an attendant curtailment of service unless there is prompt response to the Municipal Executive Indicates Intention of Waging Relentless Campaign Against Law Violators During Hearing of Saloon Keeper Shamokin's war against vice Is on. In the words of Burgess S.

C. Yocum at city hall this morning, an ultimatum for a relentless drive was sounded. He issued his edict to James Schiccatano, proprietor of the Nlck-elette restaurant, who appeared before him following the presentation of evidence indicating that Schicca-tano's place was under suspicion. "If you want to run your restaurant," the burgess said, "cut out brer and cut out women Lartenders. We intend to keep a close check on you in the future.

From the cvidencp which has been placed before me, I have reason to believe that your place is on the blacklist. You shall have to change your methods in running it or Turn to page Two, Col. Two company came to an abrupt Mid civil court yesterday afternoon vhenj Judge Albert Lloyd accepted a motion of the defense for a compulsory mon-suit. Clarence Alshbach. Sunbury bartender, charged with pandering, and Jacqueline Parker, New York City girl, whose statement to the city police revealed the operations of a vice ring in Sunbury, both remainad today in the county Jail, while further evidence In support of the charges was sought by the police.

Alshbach is held in default of Officers to be Here Four Times a Month to Examine Applicants for Driving Permits Instead of Twice a Month as Heretofore Death Comes as Relief to Pioneer Resident After Prolonged Suffering Loved Ones at Bedside When End Came Christmas seal appeal made prior to the holiday season. The motion was made at 1:30 cpock when court assembled after Officers of the service organization lowing a prolonged illness resultant from a complication of diseases, her death bringing deep sorrow to the immediate survivcrs and among the estimable young woman's wide circle of frier ds. Miss Kunkel. who was twenty-two th noon adjournment. The court respectively.

000 bail and the girl as a material announced this morning that unless present holders of at least 500 Christ 1 attorneys retired to the Judicial All of the districts in Pennsylvania were represented at the conference chiimbers where the noint was areupri. witness. Miss Parker's chief worry is the dis Tttwn Judge Lloyd returned to the as well as New Jersey, Delaware, mas seal envelopes make financial returns to the committee, it will be imperative that the distribution of penclv and announced his decision. He Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia. appearance of her twin sister.

Aldona, whom she Lst saw when they went to bed together on the night of Jan immediately adjourned court until North Carolina, and South Carolina. The sessions lasted two days and Mr. Instead of coming to Shamokin on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month to conduct examinations for drivers' licenses at city hall, members of the examination detail of the Milton barracks, state highway patrol, will be in this city every Tuesday during the month. This an this aftVrnoon at o'clock, when (he last of the Mt. Carmel culm cases With dutiful and devoted members of her family gathered about her bedside at the family homestead, Cherry and Webster streets, Ellinda Seiger, widow of Ephraim Welmeiv one of Shamokin's oldest, most highly respected and widely known women, passed into eternal rest, her death coming at 5 this morning to bring re years of age, had been in faring health during several months and in that period had received treatment at the hands of eminent specialists and the kindly devotions of the members of the family in a hope that Turn to Page Two.

Col. Three Steuart explained thoroughly Just milk to undernourished adults and children be curtailed in order to keep within the organization budget, and which latter has been made as Jow as is consistently possible with the Turn to page Two. Col. Two uary 4, at the City hotel, here. She had searched for her for nearly a week when she fell afoul of the police.

is to go t0 trial. what is expected of the supervisors Turn to page Three, Column Five Attoiyheys Cummings and Gubin, Tuijn to Page Three. Col. five Turn to Page Three, Column Four nouncement was made this morning by Corporal Lentz, in charge of the detail. The examination period will 4 READ DRAGNET 200 ATTEND PHI RHQ CARD PARTY run from 10 o'clock in the morning until 3 in the afternoon of these days.

LEW EVANS IDS NEBRASKA GIRL Other changes in examination thruout the district follow. The patrol will be in Danville on lief from an illness that had kept the beloved woman bedfast the greater part of the past ten months. Mother Weimer, whose life had been the very personification of Christian faith, motherly devotion and profound love for her children, had been a most patient sufferer in the latter years of her life of nearly ninety-two years. The illnesses that come with the frailities of advancing years had Turn to Page Two Col. Seven TOWNSHIP BOARD TO CUT OFF MILL FROM TAX LEVY the first and third Fridays of the FOR TWO PAY CAR MURDER BANDITS month from 9 a.

m. until 4 p. in Liverpool, the first Monday in each month, 10 to in Muncy, the sec- Last Evening Successful in Function Held One of Most Word Received Here of Marriage of Former Well Known Local Man at Rushville, Neb. Turn to PaRe Two, Col. Eight a History of Organization Members of the Phi Rho Sigma Every Police Agency in State GRAE6ER HEADS Plan Which Will Lop Off Approximately $10,000 In Taxes to be Adopted at Meeting of Con ssioners This Joins Forces in Effort to Run Down Desperadoes Who Dynamited Colliery Pay Car, Killing Four, and Escaped With $3000 BANK ADDS MANY IS NATIONAL BANK I A Announcements have been received here of the marriage at Rushville, Nebraska, on Sunday, January 5, of Llewellyn Evans, a former well known resident of this city, and Miss Madge Emily, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Dickson Peck, of the above city. The bride Is the daughter of one FOR 47TH YEAR YEU CAR OVERTURNS of the Nebraska city's most influen tial families and one of the most prominent young women of the Special INS Leased Wire WILKESBARRE, Jan. 14 Every police agency of the state joined forces today in the search for two bandilx who obtained $3,000 of a 533,000 paToll after dynamiting a Earnings Largest in History of younger socirj set of Rushville. Institution Notwithstanding Club were hosts last evening at one of the most successful functions in the history of the organization, the event being in the form of a public card party held in the spacious hall on the second floor of the Capitol Theater building.

Approximately 200 persons attended the function and vcted the club members admirable entertainers. The hall was attractively decorated for the occasion and was given a home-like appearance thru the use of a large number of floor lamps placed conveniently thruout the room. Progressive cards were played and valuable prizes were awarded the winners. A luncheon was served as a climax to the card games. George Burke acted as chairman of the committee which arranged the event and along with the other committee members, received much praise fori Young Coal Run Men Escape Serious Injury in Thrilling Auto Accident on Maysville Hill Veteran Banker Nears Half-Century Mark as Cashier Reports Show Gratifying Earnings for Past Year With economy ta their watchword, the majority members of the Coal township board of commissioners will present a plan at the commission meeting in Brady tonight which will reduce taxes in Coal township by over $10,000.

Since their sway on the board 1 undisputed, they are expected to carry the measure without difficulty. "Despite the fact that the present board of township commissioners is accepting an expenditure of from to $5,000 which heretofore never existed," Solicitor John Kopyscianikie pay car cf the Glen Alden Coal com Depression, Reports of Cash ier Rumbereer Show pany, killing three company employ Mr. EvaiS is a nephew of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Evans, of 621 East De-wart street and during his residence here was superintendent of the throwing plant ol the Eagle mills.

During the past several years he has been identified v.lth his brother in the management of a large rolling 's outright, fatally Injuring another pund injured three other men, one so Faith in Future of Financial Institution Revealed in Addition of 134 New Shareholders During Year Reports Faith in the continued growth and prosperity of the Market Street National bank was revealed in the addition of 134 new stockholders during the year, according to reports presented at the annual shareholders meeting held in the banking quarters at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The stockholders effected an or-Turn to Page Two. Col. Three eriously that he may die. The dead: ARTYftJR E.

WEBE. 32. Scranton mill at Rushville, Nebraska and where ibayr In charge of the car. aaiu wiia tiiui inn While traveling down the western side of Maysville Hill in a Ford coupe yesterday afternoon, Edward and Charles Cotter, of CoaJ. Run, had a thrilling escape from serious in-Jury when the rear wheels of their car locked and threw them against At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the National Bank cf Shamokin, known as the Gibraltar of financial institution in the lower anthracito- ocal 'ielis, held this morning at the banking house at Sunbury and Rock Streets, George C.

Graeber was re-elected cashier Turn to Page Two, Col Seven Stockholders of the West End National Bank met in annual session at 1 o'clock this afternoon, heard gratifying reports on the condition cf the financial institution, and elected directors for the year. The report of Cashier Henry Rum-berger revead that the bank had the newlyweds will be at home to their friends March 1. The Shamokin Dispatch Joins with exouD-iw me car. iDoseo i ol the many friends of the former re MI BURNS, 31, section fore-maru 'VNK BIMSKI. 40, miner.

JAMES SHOVLIN, 32, section fore-nan. Turn to Page Two. Col. One President Daniel BartoL John H. Sautters, Oliver Zieger, George YTolfe, Michael Spishock, Joseph to Page Two.

Col. Six sident in wishing happiness and prosperity for himself and bride. the success of the function. a guard rail, the car upsetting and sliding on its side before it came to BRAG ER LOB PEN WINTER LIFE OF AIRPLANE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY JURY AWARD OF $18,722 MADE TO LOCAL WOMAN REVERSED BY COURT ANI HER AIDS ROAD WORK HANGS IN BALANCE Contractor Kessler Has Force Anyone Submitting In Writing Something About City to Proud of Can MAN MI broken all previous records, the earnings have been the largest in its history notwithstanding the existing business and industrial depression. The banking company enters upon its fifth year with every prospect for continued growth and earnings.

During the past year a considerable sum was charged off on the band's new building and reports showed a healthy increase in accounts. Upon the conclusion of the stockholders' meeting the directors went into sessicn and elected the following officers and staff of employes: President, Attorney Abe L. Snyder; Joseph C. Taby and L. C.

Myers; cashier, C. Henry Rum-berger; assistant cashier, Neison M. Eoolcock; teller, Robert Mattern; bookkeeper, Helen Olesnavage. The directors of the bank as elected this afternoon are. Attorney Abe L.

Snyder; Joseph C. Taby, L. C. Myers, C. Henry Rumberger, Dr.

W. C. Wetzel, Peter Miller, Daniel W. Maurer. Cyrus C.

Crone, Dr. Donald C. Smith, C. A. Sweitzer, Wallace W.

Hollenback, Francis Reed, John of 35 Men at Work on Highway The open winter has proved a boon HEAR 4 CASES Mrs. Anna Cutwska Wysock of This City, Loses Big Verdict Because of Fact That She is Married Award Had Been Made in Belief She Was Single 11 II IE a halt. The ycuths, who are brothers and sons of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Castet-ter of Coal Run, wire returning home after making a trip to Kulp-mont.

When they were halfway down the grade Edward, who was driving, attempted to throw on the brakes to lessen the speed cf the car which was traveling at a lively When Castetter attempted to put on the brakes the wheels of tne car suddenly locked and threw the auto against the guard rail. The vehicle struck the rail and rebounded and fell on its side. Passing motorists went to the aid of the young autcists and extricated them from the machine and hurried them to Shamokin where they were taken to the office of a physician. The physician advised the motorist to take both to the Shamckin State Hospital. Upon examining both boys Dr.

Reese dismissed Charles who was only slightly injured, but treated Edward who is suffering from contusions cf the legs and arms. Although no bones are broken Edward will be forced to remain at that Institution for some time. Ralph of Sunbury, For All Companies Closed Year With Operating Deficits of Heavy Proportions, Postmaster General Brown Declares Special INS Leased Wire CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 14 The very life of the air passenger transport Industry today is in the balance, Postmaster General Walter F. Brown told the Chamber of Commerce here today.

With a paying load of only 16 to 40 per cent of capacity, all closed the year with operating deficits of heavy proportions, he said. "Many reasons may be assigned for this unhappy condition, which threat Grievances From This Section Are Aired at Meeting of Con. ciliation Board at Pottsville The "Braggers Club" of Shamokin is being organized by the chamber of Commerce. Anyone who will submit in writing something about Shamo- kin to be proud of cart become a member of this club. The more minor the detail the more acceptable It wil)e be.

The Chamber of Commerce hopfe in "this way to collect' five hundred sayings which can be used to boost Shamokin. A drive for the Cellulose Products Company was intensified yesterday when all the literature in connection with this concern was mailed 'jo every Contractor D. F. Kessler, of Northumberland, in charge of the instruction of a new state highway between Danville and Elysburg and i force of thirty-five men has been cept at work. To date onlj grading work has ew, done by the contractor and it uijlderstood that the narrow, cutff least of Danville and one of the jvis1 treacherous places on the old road, have been widened their entire length, thus greatly advancing J-ip work.

Ir the present soft weather con-inues i the contractor expected to omple'te the narrow eradine before Knovich and Joseph Parenzen. merly of Shamokin, Reappears as Suddenly as He Dis. appeared Ralph Beisel, formefly of this city, now of Sunbury, where he is employed by a junk dealer, disappeared from his home at the county seat early last weeK and police throughout the state were asked by teletype to assist in locating him. A widespread search was conducted for Because she is married, Anna Gutowska Wysock, of this city, today lost a verdict of $18,722 awarded her by a Jury for injuries received in an automobile accident on the state road between Danville and Northumberland on December 31, 1927, when the car in which she and her husband, Stanley Wysock, also of this city, were riding was struck, overturned and the girl badly injured by a car owned by Hugh Montgomery Marsh, of Milton, and against whom the verdict was rendered for damages, in an opinion handed down by Judges Lloyd and Strouss. At the time of the proceedings, the plaintiff claimed she was a single woman.

Evidence was presented to Four cases were heard yesterday by the board of conciliation when it met in the assembly room of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company building in Pottsville. Two of the cases involved the Susquehanna Collieries, one the Stevens-Chapin Coal Company, and the remaining case was brought against the Philadelphia and Reading Coal member of the Chamber of Commerce. ens with disaster our high hopes for commercial aviation," Brown said. WELFARE WORKER TALKS TO ROTARY pring that the ccmlnz of drv Every member vas asked to consider the proposition and if so disposed to send his application for stock. Wil- Turn to Page Three, Column Six veathen wui permit the early pour-ng of concrete.

several days, it having been suspect and Iron Company. ed that Beisel was the victim of foul "My own belief is that the men who were most ambitious for the industry and who, with infinite pains, planned the longer passenger routes, perhaps forgot their own first experience in the air. "The American public was provid An electrician employed by the play. Stevens-Chapin Coal Company, Just as mysteriously as he dis Drougnt unevance 2857 claiming 1ha appeared, Beisel returned to his LOKEY ENGINEER IS FATALLY HOST AMES GRAHAM prove that she had been badly crushed about the pelvis, suffered Service Club Hears Timely Ad electrical work and rates were being place of employment. Interrogated ed with facilities for flying from coast to coast before any considerable I teicle jcians brought as to his whereabouts he merely stated that he had taken a pleasure number of people had made sight to that company's colliery.

He asked that the work be given to him and 1esi1e storage Of mined coal dress by Field Secretary of Children's Home Society Rev. Ben. P. White, field secretarv OOTOFH Turn to Page Three, Column Foui jaunt to this city to circulate among old friends, had enjoyed his vacation and was ready to proceed with his permanent injuries to the spine and was unfit for motherhood. The court in instructing the jury after the lengthy trial, informed the jury that if it found for the victim it should find for her as a single woman.

Later developments indicated that the plaintiff had been the secret seeing flights over their native towns. It is significant that the only air passenger carriers who have apparently been able to make a profit are the ones who have been carrying pas customary manual labors. of the Children's Home Society of Pittsburgh, was the principal speaker 1 1 cm ia', Monroe Wolfgang, 51, of Mt. Carmel, Dies of Injuries Received When Crushed by Cars ranna Collieries Corn- RADIO USED TO LOCATE GAP. ISAH bride of Wysock prior to the accident and it was upon the strength of dhis pany Engineer Who Was Injured When Locomotive Left Rails and Overturned on Road tc Recovery sengers on short flights of from 10 to 30 minutes.

"When our people have made a few practice flights, when they have passed the toddling stage in the air, Turn to Page Two. Col. Eight glaring injustice in suing as a single C.A.IIOENHAFER Again Storing Run-of-Coal at Pennsylvania Mine at tne weemy meeting of the Shamokin Rotary club held in the Trinity Lutheran Sunday School social room last evening and imparted some interesting information to the club members regarding the child welfare work which is being done throughout woman that the court today over Turn to Page Two, Col. six The usquehanna Collieries com- IS Word of Father's Death Con tne state. any ye JPINC IRKlRlLEO terday resumed the storage in Northumberland countv.

ovrr ARREST r.u";-mine coal on the plot adja- veyed to Walter Bittenbend er Thru Radio Broadcast Pennsylvania colliery break- one nunared and fifty children have been placed for adoption and over leenridirp. thus hpcinninir an. nair of them have been placed in the rxai icumuiation cf reshlv mined AT NEW BREAKER Well Known Citizen Believed to Be Out of Danger Following; ROBBERY CASE splendid surroundings, said the speaker. The society is working on iana i eauire. Radio broadcasting was resorted to In locating Walter Bittenbender, of Heart Attack Early ast August the Susauehanna Monroe Wolfgang, 51, a lifelong resident of Mt.

Carmel, was fatally injured at the Sayre Colliery, a Lehigh Valley Ccal Company operation located east of Mt. Carmel, at 10:30 yesterday morning, e.iring at 9:00 last evening at the Fountain Springs State Hospital. Wolfgang was employed as a lokey engineer and was engaged in taking a trip of cars from a rock bank when the forward car mounted the rails, dislcdged the engineer from the cab and crushed him between the derailed car and bumper of the locomotive. He sutured iompound frac ompanjl pecan the storaee of run- Df tons tn rpnrfins fnr Outside Construction Operations Stopped Because of Soggy Condition of Ground James Graham, Pennsylvania engineer who was so severely Injured when an engine overturned near Weigh Scales on December 6 and who had been a patient at the Shamokin State Hospital since that time, was removed to his home, 124 East Sunbury street, late yesterday afternoon, almost fully recovered. It will be recalled that Mr.

Graham, along with Russell Erdman, his fireman, had been badly scalded and otherwise injured. Erdman was discharged frcm the hospital a week ago. Both men have a host of friend who will be pleased to learn or thelt progress toward complete recovery after their miraculous escapes from death in one of the most thrilling railrcad accidents in the recent annals of this locality. Officers Investigating Exchange Store Burglary Have Secured Important Clues to the breaker for prepara- i lien trie rush nf nrrtprs rump in Friends of Charles A. Wcidcnhafer, well known resident of 13 Ncrth Sixth street, will be gratified to learn that there has been a steady improvement in his condition and that he is now expected to fully recover muin.

iius DifllK Was put arorfgh the breaker in a little mere tne otner ntty per cent and changes will be made so as to place the children in more ideal homes. He spoke of a child's heredity and also of a child's character but that most people do not interpret the real meaning of the words. During the course of the meeting. Frederick Mcesel of the Personal Finance company and Joseph Balwin, of the Kresge company were admit ted into membership. The initiatory address was made by attorney C.

K. Morganroth. INFANT DIES Chicago, whese father Herman Bittenbender. 70. died Friday at the family home in Locust Gap.

He left the Mt. Carmel township town 21 years ago and his exact whereabouts In Chicago were not known to members of the family. Rev. Celestine Bittenbender, O. F.

Rochester, N. asked station WLS in Chicago to broadcast the message in an effort to locate his brother. Wa'ter apparently picked up the message regarding the death 'tf his father for he arrived in Locust Gap ban two months, night shift opera- on or me preparation machinery from a severe attack of heart disease suffered last Thursday. aving been resorted to at the peak demand. The plan worked satfs- Iictorily and it was decided last week tures of both legs and serious abdominal Injuries.

Rushed to the hospital, the victim was given emergency stimulation and treatment. The surgeons there found the bones and flesh of both legs badly crushed and had little hope for his recovery from the time of his admission. He sank rapidly through again resort to a similar storage lolicy. Due to the soggy conditions of the ground about the new breaker operation at Locust Summit, a number of local men employed there in laying track and other outside construction were sent home this morning. According to the workmen, the recent thaw has made the mud from twelve to thirty inches deep in some parts of the operation and that continued work was an impossibility.

A freezing up of the ground will be necessary belore the men can resume their labors, County Detective Charles Densevich and two members of the state police, who have been at work since early yesterday morning on the daring burglarizing of the Gedraitis Brothers' store at Exchange, announced this morning that they have important clues and expect to make arrests before nightfall. The trio of county and state officers have had the cooperation of Constabb John Pogozel-skl, other wise known as Zeno, of Mt. Carmel township, in their investigation of the daring robbery. At the presnt tone the Greenridce Following the sadden attack Mr. Wcidenhafer's condition was most critical and for a time it was feared he would not recover.

However, there was a decided change for the better yesterday and he is now believed to be out of danger. Mr. Weidcnhafer Is a retired blacksmith, having been formerly employed in than capacity at the Excelsior colliery. at 10 o'clock yesterday morning from Jreakrr is not In operation, clthough ae LvJerground tollers are being eiv- the middle west. C'loslnr O.

all fall and winter hats while they last at 50c and $1.00. See our windows out the afternoon and evening. every opportunity to -each peak in Slnirs. The cuttirg and storing of fbal will continue for an indefinite The two weeks old child of Mr. and Mrs.

John Pomldor, 1674 West Wood street, was claimed by death at an early hour this morning. The infant died from the effects of pneumonia. Balleeney Danec Wednesday at St. Stephen's audit. Surviving are his aged mother, wife and several brothers and for wonderful bargains.

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