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te Lihrarv ami Mown Sic Codcharles Direct MOKMNG JLL JLL VOL. XXXIV NO. 129- ESTA BTJHHKIi DANVILLE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1930 PRICE- Hiuulit Vupto, 8 Cent iO Cvnta Month TRAFFIC ON READING RAILROAD DELAYED WHEN CABOOSE JUMPS TRACK AT DANVILLE STATION CONFEDERATE VET IN CONGRESS IS 89 IT i HOSPITAL AFTER J1SM C0RM1CK BRIDE OF 3 MONTHS PATIEW FROM 360 DIES SUDDENLY GEISINGER TOWNS BLOOM HUM SILLOWIiPO ISON HOSPITAL 929 Two Members of Crew Leap to Safety Stricken With Heart Attack While Reading News Mrs. Vincent P. McWilliams Admitted to Hospital Saturday Night Residents From Many States Underwent Treatment at Institution I paper While Third Remains in Caboose All Escaped Injury FUNERAL WEDNESDAY MOTIVE IS UNKNOWN i -w i 0 751 FROM DANVILLE Traffic on the local branch of the Mrs.

Vincent P. McWilliams, Spruce Reading Railroad was delayed for one street, a bride of three months is a patient at the Geisinger Memorial Hos hour and 20 minutes yesterday artcr-noon when the caboose of a northbound freight train jumped the tracks Stricken suddenly with a severe heart attack while reading a newspaper at liis home at 507 Bloom street, James MeCormick. well known resident died Saturday night at 0:45 o'clock. Mr. MeCormick spent his entire life in Danville.

He appeared in his usual pital as the result of swallowing two to couple with the cabooSer In doing so the couplings failed to connect properly and the caboose was pushed from the rails. One of the members of the crew was standing on the platform of the caboose and leaped t5 the ground as did another man who was standing on the front of the engine. A third man was bicloride of mercury tablets at her and overturned near the Danville sta home Saturday evening. Patients from 300 towns and cifj les other than Danville, received tie it-ment at the Geisinger Memorial 11 pital during the year 1929, accord! to Dr. H.

L. oss, surgeon-in-chiei; The number of towns is an increi is of 40 over the total number for lj I2tt indicating that the large area fit which the Geisinger Hospital receise.4 patients is rapidly increasing ea ch tion at 3:40 o'clock. Three members of the trains crew The manner in which he obtained escaped injury. Two of the men leap the poison or what caused her to take the tablets is unknown as her husband in the caboose and was unable to get ed lrom the caboose when the accident occurred while a third was inside the car. The train consisting of C5 cars was out as it was pushed clown the track for a distance of 200 feet when ft jump, ad the rails completely and turned over, end for end.

and members of the family refused to discuss the matter. She was taken to the horpital by her husband about 9 o'clock, Saturday night where a stomach pump was used to rid her system hpalth Saturday evening and left his home to go to Mill street, about o'clock. He returned shortly after 9 o'clock and was seated at a table reading when he was stricken. Dr. S.

S. Rine was but Mr. MeCormick died before the physician arrived. He was a member of St. Joseph's church and the Holy Name Society.

Surviving are his wife, two daughters. Miss Alicia MeCormick, Wilkes-Burre; Mrs. Glen Shoemaker, Blooms- running special in charge of the Newberry crew with pusher manned by a crew from West Milton. It was expected that the train would of the poison. Her condition was reported as "good at the hospital last evening and it is When the cauoose oi'okc lose from the remainder of the train it severed the air line which set the brakes and brought the train to a stop.

Part of the caboose lay on the main track and it was necessary to place cables around it and drag it from the track before the second engine could pass. The train was broken at the Bloom street crossing to allow traffic to pass. Last evening the wrecking train from Oldest and youngest of the nation's law-makers, there's a difference of 56 years in the ages of these two congressmen. Representative Fred A. Hartley of New Jersey, 26-year-old "baby of the House," is pictured above, left as he congratulated Representative Charles Manley Stedman of North Carolina on his 89th birthday anniversary.

Stedman is the only Civil War veteran in either branch of burg: five sons, James MeCormick, West Orange, Joseph MeCormick Forty-Port; Eugene and Andrew Me be stopped at the Danville station and the engine in the rear of the train had uncoupled a short distance south of Danville to allow a member of the crew who lives near here to disembark. When the train reached Danville the engineer received orders from Charles Lewis, operator to continue. As the rear end of the train reached the station it was traveling about 12 miles an hour when the rear engine attempted Cormick at home and Prank at New expected that she will recover sufficiently to be discharged from the institution within the next few days. Mrs. McWilliams before her marriage was Miss Anna Gaertner.

She was married November 7th, last. Her husband, when questioned regarding the matter refused to discuss it other than he admitted she was a patient at the hospital after swallowing the bichloride tablets. York City; a brother and two sisters Daniel MeCormick, Miss Catherine and Miss Margaret MeCormick all of 2DTH umm hi SHILOH WORKERS Sunbury and three grandchildren. west Milton arrived and took the ca boose to the Milton yards. year.

Of the 4,136 patients who underwent treatment during the past yar 751 were from Danville. Shame ranked second with 380 patients rfor the year and Milton third with patients. There were 134 patients td-mitted from Sunbury and 132 fifont Lewisburg. The town and the number of a-tients admitted from each follow: Aaronsburg Abington Aldertion W. Allentown AllenwoodJ Almedia 1: Altoona Ambridge-' Aristes Ashland 13; Ashley Js-toria, N.

Y. Athens, Ga. Atln Ga. Atlas 14; Audenreid Aus-tin Avis 1. Barnesville Bay Shore, L.

I. Bear Gap Beaver Falls BePlVet4 Meadows Beaver Springs Bca.v-ertown Bedford Beech Creek; 3: Bellefonte 25; Belleville 10; Belle rt tie Benderville Benton 22; Ben icicle 66; Bloomingdale Bloomsburg Boalsburg Brady Brentwood, N. J. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Burnhani Camp Hill Canton, Pa. Canton, Ohio. Carbondale Carlilse Ci it-asaqua Catawissa 47; Center VA.all Centralia 10; Chambersburg 1 Funeral services will be held from St. Joseph's church, Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock with the Very Rey: OF SCOUTING WILL Sill Thomas F. X.

Dougherty, rector, in MRS. II. B. ECKROTH WINTER HERE FOR SIX MORE WEEKS charge. Burial will be made in St.

Joseph's cemetery. MILTON MI AND MISS BAYLOR WED BE OBSERl'EB FEB. CHURCH SCHOOL DIES Al BLOOMSBORG It will be at least six weeks before spring weather makes sits appearance, according to the prophecy of the underground weather czar, the FORMER RESIDENT DIES AT GEISINGER Special Scout Activities Will at 43 Members Visit Modern Building of Salem Reformed Church Be Held Feb. 11 to 17 Ceremony Performed Parsonage of Shiloh Reformed Churh Death Follows Operation at Bloom Hospital Aged 48 Years Cherry Dale, Chinchilla 1 Coburn Va. Chicago, HI.

Coaldale Coal Hun Coudersport 35; Con an COURT OF HONOR JUNIOR CHOIR SINGS Miss Mildred Baylor, Bloom Road Yesterday, was the day, according to tradition in which the small animal made his first appearance after his long winter sleep. Had he failed to see his shadow he would have remained out and spring would arrive within the next few days. Despite the fact that it was cloudy practically the entire day, Old Sol peeped from behind the clouds for a few minutes shortly before noon long enough to cast a shadftw. This is supposed to have frightened the Ground-j and John Dorediy. Milton, were united in marriage ut.thc parsonage of the William Bruce Hess, a former resident of Washingtonville, died at th Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the age of 59 years.

MV Hess' home was at Waller, near Benton. For several years he lived on a Bilhneyer farm near Washingtonville. He is survived by his wife, and the folwing children: Mrs. Lloyd Ernest, Mrs. Kimber Ernest, Chester Hess and Mrs.

Ferris Koser; Strawberry Ridge; Mrs. Frank Bardo, Washingtonville; Mrs. Algenon Brown, Watson-1 town; Mrs. Arden Remley, Detroit, Carl Hess, Waller, one brother. The Twentieth Anniversary of Boy Scouts in the United States will be observed ftith special Scout activities in February 11th to lUh, it was announced by Sam Keefcr, Scout Mrs.

Florence B. Eckroth, wife of Dr. H. B. Eckroth, 286 Mill street, died at the Bloomsburg Hospital yesterday morning at 9:50 o'cxk at the age of 48 years.

Mrs. Eckroth underwent an operation at the hospital last Monday. She was in Bloomsburg and for several years was employed as school teacher in the Columbia County Schools. She Crowl 3. Dalmatia Dallas Danville 3 51; Dauphin Daytona Beach, Fla 1: Dewart Dornsife Driftoni Drums 12; Duncannon Dunmor 5.

Eagles Mere 1 East Mauch Ch ink East Orange, N. J. Ebervahi Eckley Elizabeth, N. J. Ejj za-bethtown Elizabethville 11: Ellidtts- Shiloh Reformed church, Saturday alt-ernoon at 3 o'clock.

The ceremony was performed by the Rev. C. W. Heller. hog to return to hns underground home for another six weeks of winter As a step in the preparation for their new church school building, forty-three members cf the Shiloh Reformed Church Schuui, journeyed to Shamokin yesterday afternoon and spent two hours inspecting the new church school building of the Salem Reformed church which was opened in January, 1929.

At Shamokin the Danville visitors were met by Rev. and Mrs. Alvin C. Dietz, pastor of the church and escorted through the building which contains thirty-four assembly and class rooms, fnr srhnnl with an average attend lived in Danville for the past several years. Field Executive last evening.

Tuesday evening, February 11th, a Court of Honor will be held at the Court House with Dr. J. Allen Jackson, president of the Danville Boy Life Committee in charge. Awards will be made to 14 tenderfoot scouts, nine second class scouts, seven first class scouts, She was a member of the St. Paul's GANG Col.

Hess, Columbia, O. Funeral services will be held from the Waller church, Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will be made at Waller. 4 MURDERS M. E.

Church and the Order of tne Tliey were attended by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Krainak, Bloom Road. The bride is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Harold Baylor, Bloom Road and is known among a large circle of friends in this vicinity. Mr. Doressky is the son of Mrs. George Doresky, Berwick.

The bride was attired in a gown of cream and blue flat crepe. Mrs. Krainak wore a gown of green flat crepe. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Krainak. Eastern Star. The body was taken to the Eckroth home in Mifflinville where funeral services will be held Wednes five star scouts, and 70 merit badges will be awarded. ance of 425 scholars. day afternoon uT 2 o'clock.

WILL INVESTIGATE PENITENTIARY FIRE will be made in Brown's cemetery at IN CHICAGO IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS that place. Surviving are her husband, one son, J. D. Y. Kester.

Philadelphia: two broth- burg Elysburg 40; Englewood, N. J. Erie Espy Excelsior lEx-change Exeter Eyersgrove 2. Fairmont. W.

Va. Ferndale Fern Glen Fisher's Ferry Flsh-erville Forty-Fort Frackvillf Freeburg Freeland 85. Gap Gardiner, Me. Gardner's1 Station Germantown Gettystaj urgr Girardville Glen Iron Globe Mills Gordonville Gowen Citjj Gratz Greason Green Briar 51 Halifax Harrisburg 83; HartltJtou Harwood Hawley Hazleton' 99; Herndon 15; Hickory Corner Elig-gins Highspire Honesdale Iitor-nell, N. Y.

Hublersville Hughes-ville Hunlock's Creek Huntingdon Howard 3. Jeansville Jeddo Jersey City, N. J. Jersey town 13; Johnstown Karthaus Keiser King Manor Kingston Klingerstown Knea-mer 3 Kulpmont 38. Lancaster Lansdowne Lams ei Howard Yetter, Chester and Harold SHAMOKIN POLICE WANT LOCAL MAN Yetter, Philadelphia and a sister, Miss Miirlhn Yetter, Bloonisbui'.

The Salem Church School is fully departmentalized, and has a teaching force of 42 teachers and superintendents. Many helpful ideas and sugges-, tions were received by the visiting church school workers. If weather and road conditions permit a journey will be made to Hazle-ton next Sunday afternoon to inspect the newly finished church school building of the Emmanuel's Reformed Church at that city. On the way the party expects to stop at, Conyngham to see the new Reformed Church building erected there during the past yeat. The following w-ere included in yes- i Joseph Cada, Racketeer, is Killed on Chicago's Main Street Wednesday night a Scout Rally will be held at the Y.

M. C. A. at 7 o'clock in charge cf Mr. Keefer when the combined troops will play games and stage scout contests.

Friday, February 14th, a hike will be made to the Scout Camp, weather permitting. Sunday the scouts will attend church services at the Trinity Lutheran church when the Rev. E. L. Leisey, pastor of the church and a member of the Danville Boy Life Committee will preach.

Monday night, February 17 a lather and son night will be observed at the weekly meeting of the Boys' Bible Class hi charge of Roy Fox, teacher. A program will be presented by the boys. SHAMOKIN NEEDS MORE TEACHERS (By United Trrss) Canon City. Feb. 20 An official investigation of the fire which swept the state penitentiary here Saturday will be begun early this week by the state board of correction.

The inquiry will follow an investigation oT the October riot at the penitentiary during which 13 guards and convcts were killed. Warden Francis E. Crawford and Frank Hoag, a member of the board of correction who surveyed the damage in the carpenter and tailor shops where, Saturday's fire was confined both declared the blaze was undoubtedly of incendiary origin. POLICE ARE BAFFLED ter day's visitors: Shamokin, Feb. 2 Having evaded service of a warrant, Joseph Young, Danville, was still at liberty today.

He is sought in connection with a fight at the I. K. Wetzel Hotel, Second and Walnut streets, Wednesday night. Young was supposed to have been arraigned on charges preferred by Lee Bennett, roomer at the hotel. The prosecutor claims he gave Young five dollars as a deposit on a sample case of hosiery he intended to sell.

During an argument that followed Young is said to have taken the sample case and disappeared, taking with him Bennett's deposit. NEW FLOOR WILL BE PLACED IN BRIDGE (By United Press Chicago, Feb. 2. Hardly started on an investigation into the slaying of a prosecutor's investigation, police tonight were confronted with still another baffling gangster murder. Joseph Oada, prize fighter hanger-on and all time racketeer, was shot to death today while riding in a sedan along Broadway, main traffic artery to the north side coast.

Shamokin, Feb. 2. An opportunity will be given the new directors of Shamokin board of education to ascertain conditions as they obtain elsewhere when they meet in annual conference with the school directors of the state at Harrisburg. A survey of High Schools of the vicinity reveals inadequate teaching fao ilities at Shamokin. This unsatistac-tory condition known to have existed for some years past.

The present financial straits in which the board finds itself at the beginning of the new administration, seriously hampers the drectors in working out a solution to their problems. Mr. and Mrs. A. L.

Wintersteen; Mr. and Mrs. William Piel and son Roland; Mr. and Mrs. David Sechler.

Mr. and Baylor, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C. Ritter.

Helen, Jean and Elva Ritter; Lois Wintersteen. Mrs. Augusta Kneibler. Oameron Kneibler, Harry Fox, Mrs. Nita Rhoades, Mr.

and Mrs. C. L. Foulke, Paul Foulke, Alice Appleman. Isabel Gerringer, Mr.

and Mrs. S. L. Krum, Edward Krum. Esther Krum.

Mrs. Charles Rishel, C. C. Ritter. N.

O. Reichard, John H. Dietz, Mrs. F. V.

Linker, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Shultz, John C. Foust, Edwin C. Jones, Luther Landau, Mrs.

Qakley Patton, Ethel Schiam, Mrs. Leroy Kehl, William E. Rudy and Fred W. Diehl. Cars for the trip were provided by A.

ford Lattimer Mines Laurelton Leckhill Lehigh ton Lemout Lemoyne Lewisburg 132; Lewlsber-ry Lewistown 25; Lewistown JTunc tion Light Street Linden Lln-glestown Liverpool 11; Lock Haven 11; Locust Gap Loyalton Ly kens 43. Madisonburg Mahanoy City 16; Mainville Mandata Marion Marion Heights Mary Marys-ville Mauch Chunk Maysville McAdoo McAllisterville McClure 15; McConnelsburg McComnellstown McEwensville Middleburg 33; Middletown Middle Creek Mifflin Mifflinburg 57; Mifflintown 10; Mifflinville Milesburg Mdlers-burg Millerstown Millheim 4: Millmont 14; Milroy Milton 175; Minersville 6: Mocanaqua 18; Mon-tandon 10; Montgomery Montrose Mooresburg Moshannon Mt. He apparently was accompanied by two men who brought the car to a halt, killed him, and ran away. No witnesses would admit seeing the slaying. Coaster Injured George Cannard, the 16-ycar-oid son of Mr.

and Mrs. S. J. Cannard, Ash street, sustained a laceration of the left leg below the knee when a sled on which he was coasting struck a car parked in front of Sherwood's Restaurant on Ash street, Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock. Frederick Yohn and Roy Lee, companions of Cannard's who were with him on the slea escaped injury.

The injured lad was taken to the Geisinger Memorial Hospital where four stitches were required to close the wound after which lie returned to his home. The floor of the Boyer bridge in Liberty township, spanning a branch of the Chillisquaque Creek was ordered replanked at the weekly meeting of the County Commissioners, Saturday, with William Quigg, A. H. Reiser and F. E.

Martz present. The commissioners will go to Washingtonville this afternoon at '3 o'clock where they will inspect the Rosenthal property which was moved to a new site to make way for the new Washingtonville road. Reading Tonight The reading of a play by Mrs. Augusta Freidewald entitled "Journey's End" from the pen of R. C.

Sherriff will be heard in the lecture room of the Mahoning Presbyterian Church this evening at 8:15 o'clock. The play for some months past has been received with great popularity on the New York stage. The members of the Senior Class of the Danville High School will be the guests of the College Club at this entertainment, under whose auspices the readings are given. Preaches Sermon Members of the First Baptist Church were highly pleased with their pulpit candidate, the Rev. George W.

Tryon, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Pedricktown, N. who preached here yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Tryon occupied the pulpit at both the morning and evening services.

I L. Wintersteen, S. F. Krum, J. H.

Dietz, Clark J. Shultz. Clyde C. Ritter, Ralph Baylor, F. W.

Diehl and C. L. (Continued on Page Four) Bills ordered paid were: Eastern Penitentiary J. A. Thompson and Co.

C. J. Cromis Indian Run Dairy Sheriff J. C. Mincemoyer $142; Richard McWilliams R.

L. Marks $10; Theodore W. Horton Childrens' Aid Society George Vanderslice $50; A. V. Jacobs $42.50.

TooIey'S Grocery Department Specials Daughter A six and one-half pound baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nuss yesterday noon at their home on Railroad street. Wednesday Our Big Sale Starts To close out our Dry Goods, Floor Son Born A nine pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs.

Wilbur Raup at their home on Railroad street, Saturday. Coverings and House Furnishings and Cadas' murder brought the number of such killings here to four in as many The dead man recently took Dan Walsh to a hospital, the latter, died after a shooting which frightened theatre crowds on Randolph street, Chicago's rialto. "Babe" Barron, prize fight ticket was wounded in the same fray. Police said they believed Cada had been killed because "he knew too much." So many clues were found meanwhile, into the death of Julies Rosen-hein, 55, who was shot and killed yesterday, that police said any one of a score of enemies might have slain the man. Rosenheim, reputed underworld "stool pigeon" for the last 20 years, was shot while walking to a street car.

He recently had been employed by the state's attorney's office as a special investigator. Two more men, a taxi cab official and his driver were murdered Thursday. Police are seeking a disgrunted hoodlum who had been discharged by the taxicab firm as a guard in a driver's war. Will Undergo Operation Harold Turner, 110 Pine street, will undergo an operation at the Geisinger Memorial Hospital today. Sale Postponed On account of death of Reeder H.

Shultz, sale scheduled for Feb. 4th- on W. W. Shultz estate has been postponed. SARAH C.

BITTNER, Executrix F3 Carmel 80; Mt. Pleasant Mills Mun-cy 12; Muncy Valley Myerstown Nanticoke Narberth Natalie Nesbit Nescopeck Nesquehoning 20; Nex Alexander, Ind. Newark, N. J. New Berlin Newberry New Bloomfield New Brunswick New Columbia New Cumberland New Philadelphia Newport Newton Hamilton New York, N.

Y. Nittany Northumberland 55; Nu-midia Nuremburg 1. Olean, N. Y. Opps Orangeville Orwin Orwigsburg Ottawa I.

Palmerton Patterson, N. J. Paxinos 23; Paxtonville Perm Brook Penns Creek Philadelphia 10; Picture Rocks Pillow Pitman Pittston Pine Grove Plains Plymouth Port Allegheny Port Royal Port Trevorton 11; Potts-(conttnuee on Page Fiv) Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. 30c Coffee 20c; 39c Coffee 25c Our After Dinner, the highest grade, pound 29c Our 60c Tea. 45c; Pure Pepper 1-4 lb 15c; lb 50c Ulmers PicNic Hams, 5 to 8 lbs.

lb 18c Large Olives, quart jar 39c Clover Bloom Butter 45c; Butter-in, lb 20c 35c Chipso 19c; ,7 bars Naptha 25c We handle nothing but Armour's high grade meats. C. White, butcher. White Frost Flour, 12 lbs 39c Salad Dressing, pint jar 25c 75c can Dove Brand Malt 45c 75c Premier Grape Juice, qt. bottle F3 Married Homer Shultz, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Harvey Shultz, Derry township and Miss Pauline Funk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Funk, of near Washingtonville, were united in marriage by the Rev.

S. R. Frost, pastor of the Washingtonville Lutheran church, January 11, it was learned yesterday. will continue until every piece i.s closed out. One thing we want to impress on the minds of the people of Danville is that we still intend to continue our Grqfjery and Meat Business, stronger than ever, by adding a cash wholesale business; and by doing that will be able to buy the quantity to still sell lower and meet the strongest competition.

All I ask is the support of my home people that my store can continue as the Leading Food Stoie of Danville. F3 JOHN TOOLE American Igton Auxiliary Meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Please bring bags. F3 PRESIDENT THE WEATHER Hello Polly is coming. Where? Valley Consolidated.

When? day evening, February 6th. To the Thurs-. F3 Dancing-Taught every Monday evening, 8:00 to 10:00. 636 E. Market street.

F3 Occasional light rain Monday, at aight; Tuesday partly cloudy..