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MOUNT CARMEL, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1931. PRICE TWO CENTS, MAN KILLED IN DUEL NEAR MAHANOY CITY Presidential Inspection Child Killed Second Death May Result From Battle On Mountain Getting Coal In Test Hole POLICE FROM MANY POINTS CLAMOR FOR FRED BURKE Chicago Makes First Claim for Notorious Gunman for Valentine Day Massacre MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINAL ALIVE HIGH SCHOOL CAPTAINS Life-Long Friendship Ends in Death of Savo Rancovich, of Primrose, Found Dead by the Police RECTO BRONKOVICH SHOT IN HEAD, SIDE AND LEFT ARM PgT firm '''11 if 5 at a prearranged signal and continued to shoot until both had fallen. Police called by the sounds of the shot found Rancovich dead, Bronkovich lying on the ground some paces away seriously wounded. No one else was present, and the police sought today to learn whether, in keeping with the traditions of dueling, there had been seconds and witnesses. It was the consensus of opinion among the police authorities that the two men after they had drawn their 38 calibre revolvers and fired their first shots, that they resorted to ambush and continued with their shooting.

Chief of Police McLaughlin spent considerable time with the other members of the boarding place where Bronkovich and Rancovich roomed in an effort to learn if they had quarreled prior to drawing up the pact. Police authorities early today were attempting to communicate with the families of both men. According to renorts from Shenan A note written in the Slavish language told the story today of a duel at Mahanoy City between lifelong friends of Primrose, near Mahanoy City that ended in the death of one of the combatants and the serious wounding of the other. Ravn Rancovich. 42.

was killed. Recto Bronkovich, 48, his friend, lay in Locust Mountain Hospital at Shenandoah, sufferine from bullet wounds in the head and the left side and with his left arm fractured by a bullet. Their friendship began in their native town to the Balkan section of Europe. It continued in America where both men found employment side by side in the mines at Mahanoy City. But recently disagreements started a Hft in the friendshiD.

Their ardor chilled and finally turned to a mutual hatred. Last night they agreed for the last time. Their agreement arranged the duel and they chose revolvers as their weapons. First they wrote the note in their native trmciie. Freelv translated it said that the men could no longer get along togetner ana inereiore uau Resplendent In dress uniforms, sailors and marines aboard the U.

S. S. Arizona were reviewed by President Hoover in a colorful ceremony at sea. The Chief Executive, on a holiday cruise to Porto Rico and the-Virgin Islands, is shown here as he passed between two lines of "devil dogs" on the deck of the ship. Accompanying him were Capt.

Charles F. Freeman, commander of the Arizona; Capt. Russell Train, naval aide to the President; and Lawrence Richey, White House secretary. decided to shoot it out. Locust Mountain Hospital to await They went to the woods close by the outcome of Broncovich's in)ur-the mining settlement near Maha- ies.

Hospital authorities reported at noy City where they resided, and in four o'clock this morning that Bron-the twilight stood face to face, fired covich's condition was improved. McGraw Changes His Mind About Felix Rewards for Capture Totaled Wanted for Scores of Crimes (By United Press) ST. JOSEPH, March 27. An almost countrywide fight for custody of Fred Burke, Chicago gangster whom officers term the most dangerous criminal alive," centered todav in this North Mis souri town near which he was cap tured without the firing oi a snot. Officers from several of the 18 states in which Burke is wanted on charges ranging from robbery to murdering seven men in a bunch, were hurrying here to battle for the privilege of trying him first.

Missouri authoriites were be sieged with requests from through out the Middle West for extradi tion Daoers on the gangster charg ed with killine a score of men and spreading depredation over half the country. Burke was held incommunicado In the county Jail. He maintained a stubborn, silent attitude. "I'm not talking until I see my attorney," was his surly response to all queries. He announced he would fight extradition.

(Continued on Page Thirteen) SECOND CONFERENCE ON COAL POLICE BILL TO BE HELD TODAY (By United Press) HARRISBURG, March 27. Governor Pincho.t planned to discuss proposed changes in his administration coal and iron police bill at a conference here late today. Philip Murray, Pittsburgh, International Vice President of the United Mine Workers; Thomas B. Kennedy. Hazleton.

secretary treasurer of the Mine Workers, and John A. Phillips, president of the State Fed-j eration of Labor, represented organized labor. The governor said he did not know who would represent the employers. At a conference last Friday the bituminous coal operators who are most affected by any change in the coal and iron police law were not represented. The Mucmanno Coal and Iron Bill which would make co; and iron police merely property guards pass-: ed the House last week over the protests of administration leaders and is now in the Senate.

AGED MAN TO HOMESTEAD (By United Press) GOLD BEACH, March 277 Automobiles, moving picture shows and bright lights have no more lure for C. R. Adams, 80, who formerly lived at Hillsboro, Ore. The aged man plans to leave his bungalow and locate on a homestead In the wilderness." The tract Is about six miles back from Rogue River. ATTACKS SONS, ENDS OWN LIFE Broker, Crazed by Stock Losses, Fractures Children's Skulls and Shoots Self HONOLULU, T.

March 27. Dudley W. Wallace, wealthy New Vnvfe stock hrokpr. died in a hosnl- FIVE BANKS RETURN TO THREE P. C.

RATE SUNBURY, March 27. Five banks in the Watsontown area, have decided to go back to paying three per cent, interest on time deposits, instead of four, the rate made some years ago. They are: First National and Farmers' National, Watsontown; Allen-wood National, and First National and Farmers' and Citizens' National, Montgomery. About twenty banks of the banking association in Lykens Valley some time ago reduced tne Interest rate paid on time deposits. They had been paying four per cent, but decided to return to three per cent.

MISS OLIVETTE YEINGST DIES UNEXPECTEDLY Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Yeingst Passed Away At 4:30 A.M.

Today FATAL ILLNESS WAS OF SHORT DURATION Was High School Teacher in Halifax Where She Was Born Miss Olivette Yeingst, member of the faculty at Halifax High School and a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Yeingst, the former, superintendent of the Mount Carmel Public Schools, today was claimed by death suddenly and unexpectedly following a short liness.

Tn the verv flower of young wom anhood, she expired at 4:30 o'clock this morning at the family residence, 33 north Maple street. Her thirtieth birthday would have fallen on April 10. Only three weeks ago this Monday, Miss Yeingst, while teaching at Halifax, suffered an attack of la grippe and she was brought home where loving hands could take care of her. Neuralgia, however, developed and then a heart condition set in which resulted in the end. Even when her physical xt became more serious, Miss Yeingst cheerfully conversed with bedside callers, and word of her sudden demise came as a decided shock to the family and a large circle of friends.

The funeral Is to be held Monday morning from the home and following services, a cortege of automobiles will leave for Mount Holly Springs, near Carlisle, where interment Is to be made in the family plot. Her death is the second to occur in the family within several days. Mrs. Mary Yeingst, 78, of Mount Holly Springs, an aunt of Dr. Yeingst, died earlier this week.

She will be buried tomorrow in the same cemetery where Miss Yeingst is to be laid at rest Monday. Miss Yeingst was born In Halifax, April 10, 1901, the place where she last taught. She was graduated from Mount Carmel High School In 1919, attended Dickinson College at Carlisle for three years and finished her course of study at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, In 1924. Following her graduation from Susquehanna she taught for a year nt-. Northumberland High School but for the past four years she had been teaching Algebra and English at Halifax.

A deeply religious young woman, Olivette Yeingst lived a life consecrated to good works. To her, work was a happiness. She was a teacher of rare quality, and her pupils (Continued on Page Thirteen) For Investment; It For Firewood ployed this winter and that firewood was a luxury. The residents decided that 'nobody wants that house at No. 23," so whenever a mother was running short of fuel she would say to her son: "Go bring me a piece of No.

23." The bricks were used for repairing chimneys and walls. Fuerstman, peeved at the theft, heirnn delvina through his law books to see what could be done about It. He demanded that somebody be ar-rested "You cant do anything about it," a detective told him. "Something's got to be done, it's stolen," he replied. "All right, we'll do something.

You Just name the thief," the detective retorted. Anthracite Mining uaunea i Youngest Vicum in roiw ville Lad of 13 WAS SUFFOCATED Rov Was Assisting Hi Father Mine Uai ror ineir Home Anthrnrite mining today claimed Its youngest victim since adoption rhiid labor laws with the death Chris Mlnchoff, 13, Pottsville tilled under a fall of top rock In the tunnel of an anthracite out crop there. The boy was working In an abandoned tunnel mining coal for the use of his family when the fall occurred, according to the police. rescue sauad of five men work- in the narrow tunnel for five hours before reaching the body Just before midnight. Three other members of the fam ily escaped in the tunnel, on the nrniwrtv of the Lehlth Valley Coal Company at Yorkvllle, a suburb.

Thfl lror of the father. Frank MinchofT, directing the mining option, was caueht by the fall, but lie soon released himself from the slide. Two other sons Carl, 12, and frank, 15, also In the tunnel escap-i unhurt. These three were further in the tunnel than the boy killed. Thrv foined In the search for the missing boy, a search that ended with finding his body.

The father was employed In the daytime as a miner by the Sherman Coal ComDanv at Pottsville. Police said, he sought to add to his Income by mining In the unused tunnel and used his sons as his helpers. Investigators today learned that MinchofT had failed to place timbers In the tunnel to support the fides and roof as the coal was removed. Miners and also Pottsville Fire men responded to call for help and corked under sunervision of mine leaders who also gave their services. George Roos, Pottsville, Assistant General Manaeer for the Philadel phia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, and also Mine Inspector Charles Fronn, Pottsville, helped to direct the rescue.

The victim sustained a fracture of the skull, then probably died of luff ocat ion while unconscious under the huge slide. The test hole where the boy was caueht. eoes straight down 25 feet then slopes in for 16 feet. RETURNED HOME Fred Hummel, of Helfensteln, and Louis Matze and Joseph Veshoskle, of Kulpmont, today were dicharged from the Shamokin State Hospital ind are now convalescing at their home. HEAVYSNOW SWEEPS WEST Post-Winter Blizxard Paralyze irarnc and isrivea temperature Below Zero (By United Press) CHICAGO, March 27.

A post-winter blizzard swept today across the western plains, par-Uyzing traffic and driving the temperature to below zero In many cities for the first time since 1930. Carried upon gales which varied In velocity from 50 to 72 miles an tour, the storm blew out of the now-swept Rockies and lost little it severeity as It traveled eastward. The temperature at Denver fell to zero for the first time this year. It also was zero at Cheyenne. In Denver, the mercury dropped 41 degrees, from 54 to 13, In a few hours when the storm first struck.

Five Inches to a foot of snow fell throughout the western half of the "orm area and was carried today to the eastern half. In many Places, highways were blocked by we foot snowdrifts. Hundreds of automobiles were stalled. Airplanes ere grounded. Busses' could not run and many "ral schools were closed as a result.

Trains were hours late. Suffering was not great. Weather ePerts said this was due to their jeeurate forecasts and the fact 'armera acted when warned. There ere not reports of livestock loss. hi the Middle West temperatures U1 not reach zero.

Kansas City as promised a low of 15 to 20 above the forecast here was for 15 above. ELECTED YESTERDAY Thomas Vershinski and Lavlnla Frymoyer Basketball Leaders for Red and White Thomas Vershinski and Miss La-vlnia Frymoyer will captain the boys' and girls' basketball teams of Mount Carmel High School respectively next season. Vershinski, a veteran, was elected to the captaincy yesterday afternoon at a meeting of lettermen of the 1930-31 Red Tornado cage squad while Miss Frymoyer was named today at a meeting held by members of the Red Amazon varsity. Vershinski started at a guard position early this season but before the court campaign ended, he was shifted to forward by Coach Ray Singley. He also saw a little service at center.

Miss Frymoyer and Miss Mary Beierschmitt, forwards, led the attack of Miss Segrid Peterson's girls' sextet during the past season. CHILD RUNS IN FRONT OF TRAIN; KILLED Pottsville Boy of Four Breaks Away from Grandma and Loses Life Francis Snyder, aged four years, was instantly killed last night at the Pennsylvania grade crossing on Norwegian street, Pottsville, when, breaking away from his grandmother, Mrs. Nora Snyder, he darted in front of a train that was being shifted. npsnitc nromDt action on the Dart of Conductor Richmer ami Engineer Hellman, In bringing tne train to a stop the truck of the first car passed over the child The boy and his grandmother were enroute to Center street, when the shifting engine came along. Crossing Watchman Bartlett had lowered the gates and the child and grandmother were apparently waiting for the train to pass.

Just as the train reached the intersection the child broke away and darted onto the tracks. Conductor RIchman, who was on the first car- saw the child's danger and the brakemnn who 1n turn relayed the order to the engineer. The brakes were applied but the front car struck and rolled him under the train. FAMILY WAS NEARLY TRAPPED IN BURNING HOME AT POTTSVILLE Attorney Otto D. Farquhar, wife and two daughters of Pottsville were nearly trapped In their home which was destroyed by fire this morning at six o'clock causing a loss of Bed clothing is au that was saved.

The attorney Is suffering severe lacerations the result of falling down the stair steps and througn the glass door at the foot of the stairs. Neighbors discovered the flames while the family slept. They broke their way Into the home and awakened the family. The attorney was the last to start, down stairs. By this time the flames were climbing the steps.

STATE OFFICERS ENTERTAINED BY D. 0FL.N0. 42 State and district officers were delightfully entertained last evening by the Pride of Mount Carmel Council No. 42, Daughters of Liberty. Following the business session, speeches were made and refreshments were served.

The out-of-town officers and guests Included State Secretary Floyd Ballard and Mrs. Ballard, State Guide Annie Filer and her husband, Mr. Filer, Mr. and Mrs. Banks, and District Deputy Verna Welker.

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS Shamokin State Hospital reports the following admissions: Michael Dubita, Diamondtown; Mrs. Anna Barnes, Mount Carmel, abdominal; Albert Connolly, Hickory Ridge, abdominal; and Mrs. Mary Everett. Mount Carmel, abdominal. doah both men are married, their families living in Europe.

State Police were on guard at tne CLEARING SITE FOR YARDS OF NEW BREAKER Nearly AH of the Mammoth Culm Bank Has Now Been Moved Plans for the building of the second central breaker in the P. R. C. fc I chain were going ahead apace today. A large fore of men are already at work on the ground at St.

Nicholas between Shenandoah and Mahanoy City. The ground is being cleared for the foundation and the big railroad vards which will be needed to han dle the output of the giant plant. A large culm bank has been almost entirely removed from the site where the new breaker will stand. car shovels scooter the culm bank into trucks and it was used to fill in and even up the side. The work of slushing in the foundation for the breaker is about completed.

This is a task which required many months of time ana many thousands of tons of slush. The slush was sent down inside the mine through boreholes so that the old worked out sections under the ground might be made solid again. Engineers are still debating over a change in plans for the second central breaker. Information from the coal company is meagre because the entire proposition is still in the hands of the Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation. But it has been officially announced that work will get under way some time during the next thirty days.

More than 2,000 men from this section will be employed in the building of the second giant plant and they will be supplied with work for the better Dart Of a year. The St. Nicholas central breaker will prepare for market coal mined in the Shenandoah-Mahanoy City area of the Reading just as Locust Summit prepares coal mined in the Ashland-Mount Carmel area. SCRANTON COAL PRICES ANNOUNCED Mpto anthracite coal Drices to be affective April 1st were announced at Scranton yesterday and will include reductions on four sizes and increases on the same number oi grades. The reductions follow: urate coal.

$1.22 a ton; egg, stove, and chestnut, 81 cents. The increases follow: Pea, 32 cents; duck-wheat, 64 cents; rice, seven cents, and barley, six cents. The romnanies. however, becin- ning April 1 will sell to the dealers on the short ton basis of 2,000 pounds instead of long ton or 2,240 pounds. The followlne Dersons today sub mitted to operations at the Ashland State Hospital: George isjimer, Ashland! Anthonv Moraskie.

Gir- rd ville: Mrs. Lena McLaughlin. Lo cust Gap, and John Leidich, Mount Carmel. I RACE TICKET MAKES OWNER MILLIONAIRE First Prize in British Steeplechase Brings American Wins Second (By United Press) LONDON, March 27. An Italian who came to London thirty years ago and pushed an ice cream cart through the streets became a millionaire today when Grakle won the Grand National Steeplechase at Antree.

Clayton C. Woods, 248 Carl street, Buffalo, N. won the second prize. Emmilio Scala, proprietor with his brother of a coffee shop in southwest London, held Grakle's ticket in the Irish -'ospitals Sweep-slake. The first hoise home won approximately $1,772,700 for the lucky ticket holder.

Scala shared his fortune with forty relatives. He is the father of four children. His wife was ill when the family received news that they had drawn Grakle In the Irish sweep. Scale and 39 relatives, all poor, nnntrihiit.ed threeDence and four- pence each (between six cents and eight cents) to buy a sweepstake ticket for the family. Scala's home was at Isola Delliri, Italy, before he came to London.

Prior to the race, Scala said that if he won one of the big prizes he would help his aged parents, both over 80, who are in ill health. "I also can help my four brothers who are all very poor, and my wife, who is ill," Scala said. "My own desire has always been to return to school and learn some more," he added. Scala sold a part share in the Grakle ticket to a London commis sion firm. He declined to say now large an interest in the ticket he sold.

Annandale's ticket, worth about sansns. was held by George P. nvamnnd of CJaDe Town. Dyamond, holding little hope that Annandale would place, starting at oaas oi iuu to 1 against, offered to seU a half share in his ticket for $12,500. There were no takers on the eve of the race.

BUFFALO, N. March 27 A wood Inspector at a local automobile manufacturing plant won on the horse Gregalach, second winner in the grand national at Liverpool today and Is going to invest his money in horse racing. "I'm going to buy that horse Gre-galch if it Is for sale, and now I know where my luck lies. I'm go ing in for horse racing," Clayton C. Wood, 38 shouted excitedly when Informed of his winnings.

The mlddle-ased man, wearing his everyday working clothes, told the TTnited Press he had been dls chfttired earlier In the week after he was Informed that he had drawn fSresalach. "My coemployes would not let me wnrir lie snid "Thev congratulated me and promised me everything and (Continued on Page Tiurteenj "Man War" Returned Jail on the Henninger Robbery Charge to Jack McGraw, Lost Creek, changed his mind as to the positive identification of Felix "Man of War" Bocchlcchio today as one of the five men who participated in the fatal shooting of John Malloy, Mc-Graw's companion on March 2 at the Berry Hotel, near Shamokin. McGraw, who previously positively identified Bocchlcchio at Camden, N. J. and again at Shamokin, today said that because of the darkness at the time of the shooting he was not certain that the suspect was among the occupants of the automobile from which came the bullets which fatally wounded Malloy.

Bocchlcchio was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Heslop in Sha mokin at ten o'clock this morning on the less serious charge of having held up the hotel of Samuel Hen ninger, Gowen City, and of wounding Henninger when the latter resisted the holdup attempt. Henninger again positively identified "Man O' War" but Bocchlc chio nevertheless entered a plea of not guilty. The prisoner was taken to na-mokin from Sunbury where he had been held in the Northumberland county Jail since his extradition from Camden at which place he was captured by New Jersey State po lice. Attorney Fred Moser, his counsel, asked for bail but was referred to the county court on his piea. Bocchlcchio was held on the Hen- nineer charsres and was returned to Jail at Sunbury, while further Investigation of the Malloy shooting was planned.

"Man War" was taken very quietly from the county prison to Shamokin and as a result, oniy small gathering of people attended the hearing. District Attorney Edward Raker and County Detective Charles Den-savich pressed the holdup charge against the prisoner. Man Bays House Neighbors Use (By United Press) NEWARK, N. Mar. 27.

All that Joseph A. Fuerstman has to show today for a house he purchased last January Is a lot and a hole In the ground. His house and Its brick foundation has been stolen. Fuerstman bought the house as an Investment, had it completely renovated and was sitting back awaiting a purchaser hen one of his clerks discovered the house was missing. He called detectives and policemen, but not a splinter a brick could be found.

The house was situated In the "Ironsides" section, a factory and tenement district. Police discovered that many persons In the district were unem TEN MORE CULM CASES SETTLED BY LEHIGH Twelve Had Been Disposed of With Verdicts for the Plaintiffs. Ten culm damage cases in Mount Carmel, have been settled by the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, according to releases filed in the office of Recorder Carr at Sunbury. More than twenty of these cases had been fisted for trial without a jury before Judge Lloyd. Twelve had been disposed of with verdicts for plaintiffs.

WALTER EVANS OPENS NEW FLORIST SHOP Walter Evans, prominent young man of this city, announces the opening of Evans' Floral Shop at 140 east Fourth street, tomorrow morning. A selection of fresh and potted flowers, plants, shrubs, will be displayed. Mr. Evans has had a number of years business experience, including five years In the florists trade here, and he has just completed a course in flower culture in one of the leading horticultural schools of the country. A cordial invitation is extended to the Dubllc by Mr.

Evans to visit his new flower shop tomorrow. AUTO'S PARLOR CALL WAKES SLEEPING WOMAN Awakened by a crash while asleep on the 6econd floor, Mrs. Theodore H. Clewell went downstairs In her home, five miles east of Bloomsburg, today, to find an automobile in a front room. Furniture was smashed, plaster covered the floor, and a huge gap had been made In one wall, where the car had crashed through.

Mr. and Mrs. John Gipple and Mr. and Mrs. C.

P. Hummel, Bloomsburg, occupants of the car, were bruised and cut. They said they had been forced from the road by two other cars attempting to pass, the Gipple, the driver, lost control of his machine. FRANCIS OCEPA HIT BY AUTOMOBILE Francis Ocepa, seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs.

Peter Ocepa, Is sufferlnir from bruises of the legs and body sustained when he was struck by an automobile in iront oi his home on south Maple street last evening at 6:30 o'clock. The boy was playing and darted In front of the machine which was hotnir driven south on Maple street. The driver of the car picked the boy up and took nun to a local surgeon where the injuries were dressed. No bones were broken and the lad is expected to recover in a few days. tal here today of a bullet wound In- flicted in a suicide attempt after -he had attacked his two sons and fractured their skulls with an ax.

The sons, Dudley, 12, and Donald, 9, were in critical condition. Mrs. Wallace, who discovered the tragedy upon returning home from the exclusive Waikikl district, said her husband had been confined to a New York sanitarium for six weeks after suffering heavy losses in the Stock Market. The familv came here last July for Wallace's health, she said, and he apparently became normal again. During the last lew days, nowever, she said, he had acted strangely.

Barbara Wallace, 11, at home at the time, described the affair. She said her father came to her bedroom and ordered her downstairs, then entered the bedroom of the two boys. Hearing sounds of the attack, she rushed upstairs and saw her father disappear Into a bathroom. a few seconds later she heard a shot..