Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - April 28, 1925, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania GOOD EVENING Some people are so two-faced it costs them 40 cents to get a shave WEATHER Fair on day 1 1 Hh dh u RG TIMES Member of The Associated Press Truth Our Public Good Our Aim Read By Nearly body In Adams County TWENTY-SECOND YEAR GETTYSBURG TUESDAY APRIL 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS DEATH-DEALING AUTO DRIVER IS STILL UNKNOWN Mystery Still Veils tity of Motorist Who Ran Down And Killed Countian SUite troopers of the Gettysburg of state police and police officials of Adams county are still without any basic clue as the identity of the driver of the machine that ran down and fatally injured Jacob Slothour 72 Hampton early Saturday evening near Hampton A broken lens and the belief that the machine was a Chevrolet touring care are thc meager details upon which the authorities have to upon and although every effort made to garner further and more every move of the authorities has been frustrated and in mystery Failure to notify the until more than two hours after the fatality has proven another handicap for the officials troopers here the to the inquest con- ducted an investigation but without All garage in ihc have been to b- the lookout for a the of but ot ro mation been thc Sift Every Anglo Private W of the local stated that every hut as yet were prospects of mystery the aid to beer carrying a flashlight still lighted at the side of the road his body discovered bv passing motorists s believed to haio walking on tho right of tho and that th approached from tho roar him with his fonder and pacing body Police lack definite to ei and are attempting to solve mis the together v tho identity of tho motorist in smaller of the county have been asked to conduct an investigation and to be on the lockout for the Local given up hope of ascertaining the unknown and although aro lacking they are of tho that further evidence v develop M iiw days that will throw some light on the Charles H Wilson's dinner today came by train which is an un- I usual event in itself But to be more specific his dinner came by an en- I gine To be still more exact it came i by the of the bound Maryland passenger train When that train docked here this morning the engineer i ed from his cab and walked around to j the front of the engine There caught between two bars of the catcher was a live guinea hen which was presented to Mr Wilson local i detective for the Western Maryland who said the fowl was to be his i ner Wood Urges Fathers to i BRADLEY Tamous Lincoln Railroad Coach Set Example for Sons to Follow IN I mimR To Be Located On Battlefield J Pleads For Proper Conduct That Sons Might Emulate i Urges Bond of Fellowship i Fathers an example of right living for your sons to follow sons follow the example set by your fathers do nothing mean or con- against them That was the urge and plea of W W Wood football coach and di- rector of the Y M C A at burg College at a Father and Sons luncheon of the Gettysburg Lions j club at the Eagle hotel Monday evening arranged as pail of the cal observance of National Boys Week straight from the shoulder with his customary directness the big blond mentor gave fathers and alike material for thought along the lines of right ing thinking and Inter- with the serious in Coach v TI Wood's was much humor ThiS S Activities Held up delighted young and old alike as Model Plan With Efforts Centered Under One Head Adams has the tical efficiently operating plan of tural instinct or its work among th and and tute people all n the state of aria the in alphabetical of e loading for a of the of commercial county of being other counties jn a model for organization work among tn.- poor and bv A E the in vi illustrated adores 2 football coach drove home the point to tho fathers that by precept and example they should live and con- duct so that their sops would feei no shame in them He pointed out that it is the of child to look up to and his father and that care should bo ex- by the to live right to the luncheon by one of his son called upon by to a One of State's Witnesses Didn't Know When Christmas and Thanksgiving Were A witness called by the wealth in the trial of colored Monday afternoon in here did not know in what months Thanksgiving Day and i were Bradley was acquitted by a jury 1 C W Rochow York 1 attorney was South street in an effort U when it wa from his i client Car Is Given By W M Company Vehicle Will Be Reconditioned And May Be Taken On Tour Through State Will Also Be Exhibited At At Philadelphia Will Be Attraction For Tourists the ex endeavored it around was located recently W W who addressed the Lions annual Father and Son dinner poetry the them J 111 i br By graphic told of v hat happens when children and anxiety that an bond of fathers and union was lilt The boys result M i sons in oey teir v and II that such t of divine vo ting and an 1 50 and the days with the two holidays ing tho York attorney asked I don't racily was the laconic of a of apparently 17 or IS Well do you know in which month Thanksgiving Day ho was risked Xo I don't the witness answered thoughtfully Don't Remember Do you in which Day Mr next No T or from tho spectators jurors attorneys and judges testified that ho bought n pay The famous railroad conch that Abraham Lincoln rode in from Washington to Gettysburg at the lime he delivered his immortal Gettysburg address and in which he is said to have Bradley s written his notes for the address will be located in a specially mining constructed building the battlefield here according to an announcement made this morning by Howard C Mitinger learn from him ager of the Hoffman and district consul of the vania Lincoln Highway Association This information was contained in a letter from M C ers president of the Western Maryland company Baltimore to Howard C Mitinger The letter from President Byers is in response to a formal request of he highway association for the famous coach which r said he didn't dates and Mr draw him out Rochow bv in rom t Ont Mr in having its one woi kor in lap i ooi 01 er n the Mi- M her of i oly knit thc welfare an ablo hat work board of in with tin 10 v k in the icy tho system v 7 Missing Word Contest Attracts Mathilda 70 Readers of Mil Many Find First ing Word Times Passes Away While I Potatoes Monday different L half thc was red other a wa white he said ibis rather to mony and that Willie Stratton v ho he Bradley so often that f can't tho colored by tbo after a of thirty-five colored man has been in jail five Th tho e ost the Port Covington terminal as home of Hill one of the veteran employes of the railroad who used part of the coach as bunking quarters while the rest is as a tool house In accordance with your President Byers letter reads I shall be glad if you will advise the vania Lincoln Highway Association the Western Maryland railway company willing to deliver this to them without any charge for the car or to t burg thc understanding that no I expense will be attached to this com- pany as the result of donating the car to your association and that proper be given the Western Countian Charged With Serious Offense Takes Stand on His Own Behalf This Morning inn foim if the cl in Adams in county the wav tn get at the difficult of iny care of the poor and needy ami we who th More than missing c I t Tuesday's Times I Mat of tow n ut about the K Mr COUNTY CHURCHES TO BE SEPARATE welfare Howell one arc upon Approval of executive too of tho West Pennsylvania Synod of Lutheran church to a separation of tho Now charge into two separate parishes was given at a meeting at 10 o'clock this morning at St James Lutheran church York street committee's action is subject ti the approval of the synod which meets in October Rev George W Bowersox the West Pennsylvania Synod called the ing to order Other clerical bers of the executive committee ent were the Rev W E Brown anci tho Rev C E Arnold York thc J E Longenecker Trindle Springs and the Rev Earl J man pastor of St James Lutheran church William Menges of York county was the only lay member of tiie committee present Rev George E Sheffer is pastor of the church at New ford but is not filling the pulpit of the Lutheran church at town which is vacant The committee refused two cations for ad licenses at thc meeting basing its action on cal expression in tiie The censes wiuld have given ministerial students full authority to perform tho duties of pastors they had graduated seminary mont of i other counties i1 effective sAstem n said In the work of the department said that in tho state costing tho stale about fifty million dollars annually an of utterly dependent couH to be cared for every day in tho year in the 809 public of the including dependent children and sick people in the hospitals maintained by thc state or which receive state aid Prisoners Incidentally there wore prisoners in thc penal institutions of t be to thc which opened in edition of the have been received Answers poured in from Gettysburg county others fiom of tho state some from Maryland and a few from Virginia Tho first results indicate that the content is one ha: a appeal to all v and that it will continue in popularity as the becomes difficult week ock Practically every response from last week's display contained the cor- rect answer few the missing word was located in the dis- play advertisement of the F P Cigar word being Want in the line which read If You a First Class Cigar Today's missing word begins with the letter A and ends with tho letter This is the only tip that will be given during the contest This was done at the of a the state in 1923 and their number of contestants who requested nance the taxpayers more than information relative to last week's ing i a en MI 1.1 i noon 70 wife i d aitai k which u thin a i Irul bern in failing me time but to with ihc Mond iy iim vith the heart her i was married Albert f died 12 years re- years ago and I'D second husband three Kline Hanover and n Seven four and the county near Sherman's i church Baughman near New Church Mi Chester near Hfs Bi ook Th to STiS On Stand the in ovi n behalf iti that ho never had cating in had rover sold nin Attorney moved on two casions to strike out the testimony of tho Plato's v and made a motion to quash the proceedings on thc ground that the was not properly laid Tie ruled by Judge Sergeant A F Dahlstrom Charles II Wilson Sheriff John C Shearer Dr Stewart R Mibaugh Shaw and voio tho Bradley was the only for tho Tho were Ira X C Thomas Dr Frank H Kramer Samuel F Jones J E R Miller W K J L Lerew Harry J C Linard and H R Knaub After tho jury had ley court until this i ing 9 o'clock The case John Little d witl a offense went he jury shortly before three o'clock afternoon tor Ihitt and Attorney Wible for the defence made their closing s tut fulfills o he jury when at one o'clock this Little's case got under way at 9 o'clock morning Little time was in selection of a which composed of the 1 E B K T Border J A Oliver Sanders r S Lloyd H II II a- J A Spangler L C Myers M J D F and A F R E Wible who represented tle put his client on the stand after th commonwealth rested its er calling witnesses ing several the county coroner Sheriff John C Shoaler deputy B E Bixler J L Hill C H A F steward at the county homo Muss Margaret lian ami Miss Emma Little daughter of the accused man alleged to boon from Little and from his daughter were by them front tho stand Tho alleged con- fessions connected father in improper relations GETTYSBURG MAN SUES FOR DAMAGES 000 The state welfare department is trying to get at the source of this vast destitution and conserve the human resources of the state and in this work Adams county is on tho right track and is most effective and model he said He illustrated his lecture with screen slides In many counties of the state the Rotary clubs and other organizations of a similar nature comprising and professional man are doing excellent work to help the state welfare department carry on he said The speaker was introduced by President William A Miller each contest and some clue to the word for today's schedule Hereafter all replies for week's contest must be in the hands of tho Contest Editor not later than the Monday following the publication of the display advertisements The correct answers will not be published until the contest closes Thc full-page display of ments is published every Tuesday and will continue for ten more weeks er today's issue in prizes have been announced at 9 o'clock with services from St Reformed church Silver Run of which she was a member the Rev S F Lindaman officiating by the Rev E R Hamine In- termont in cemetery adjoining the JURIST DOES NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION Judge W Rush Gil Ian of Franklin county courts the Sheriff Nabs Bail Jumper On Monday Perry Grove wanted by the erick county authorities where iic had jumped bail was apprehended by John C Shealer at thc Max Yingling boarding house West Mid- COUNCIL MEETS FRIDAY The regular of the borough council will be held Friday evening at o'clock at the fire engine house East Middle street burg who has frequently sat on the t die street Monday evening Adams county bench and who is Sheriff Shealer had been notified by known to every member of the local the Frederick county authorities to Mrs J G Mrs J G Hankey at home in Straban township Monday morning at o'clock from tho of a stroke suffered last Friday Tho deceased is survived by her husband one brother Jacob Rummer and by one sister Mrs John Groscost New Oxford An adopted son Cyrus also survives Funeral services Thursday after- noon at 1 o'clock from the house services from Bender's church thc Rev T C officiating In- terment in thc cemetery adjoining tho church Grand Jurors Visit Jail County Home Tho grand having completed its consideration of tho billr od to it by District Attorney John P Butt Monday afternoon this ing visited the jail county homo at the request of Judge D P At 11 o'clock this morning tho jurors were bpck with the report of investigation of the two county institutions In a brief report it was stated that everything was found in good condition both at the county and at tho jail and that they i had no recommendations to offer Judge McPhorson thanked them for their work at term of court and then excused them from further at- tendance The grand jury returned true bills in the cases of Bossio Linn assault and battery J II Wagner ed assault and battery Dolva and W II violation of I ho aws and Calvin Cross Suit for damages wa- stalled ui day by Staley her father Abraham Staley W H York as tho of an accident on the Lincoln Fanners July In a in the of Atkins York county tho ages aro sot foith a- for uid medical foi of earnings for pain i credit wiil I railway company as stated in letter Recondition Car i The services of H A Bruck real tato agent of the railroad will bo available to the in getting i in touch with old of tho company which might have data I valuable in reconditioning the old con- and preparing records to be preserved with the famous coach cording to Mr Byers letter Mr stated this morning I Kit ho already had received offers Ironi two nationally known men to be allowed to assist the highway i in reconditioning the car and I preparing it for exhibition in a constructed building on 1 The district consul refused to divulge the identity of either but intimated that one was a prominent automobile manufacturer of Detroit MIC 1 Samuel Rea president of the sylvania railroad according to Mr has suggested through his that tho car DC shown in towns i and cities throughout tho state and offered to transport the coach without cost over the Pennsylvania linos for that purpose Within a few days it is expected me of tiie several offers to re- store tho old coach will bo accepted and work of repairing and i it will he immediately It is i hoped to have thc car in condition to o formally installed hero by next 19 the sixty-second an- of the date of the delivery of the immortal Gettysburg address by tho martyred president j nf tho peculiar attached to tho old con- vi the Lincoln to exhibit it at the in Philadelphia from i Mav to next voar r tho los GIRL CONFESSES KILLING HUSBAND The statement says that on July 22 1924 the plaintiff liding in tho car of a motorcycle and driven Roy Hockey and that at a point on the highway ors the defendant Glassick a Foul automobile truck in siah a negligent manner that there was a i collision of the two vehicles by reason of which Mi's was i injured I that she not from an injury her i FARM WEATHER REPORT Eastern Cloudy and probably rain generally fair with rising temperature I Ir of furniture nt May 2 R W I bar announced on Monday that he would not seek re-election Judge who is 75 years old is serving his second term In a statement his de- Judge said in The people of thc county are en- titled to have a younger and vigorous man on the bench We have ar able and conscientious bar There will be no trouble to find a man who can fill tho place better than I have done Indian Government To Help Press Simla India April Indian T i everything olio in tho In justice to myself and to the for or be on thc lookout for Grove who was arrested in the Maryland city on a j of burglary but was free on i bail Through an investigation Sheriff learned the man was I working on the Hotel Gettysburg an- j government has completed ments to assist and oii their expedition into Central Asia it was announced today The party is expected to reach Bombay about May 8th It is under- stood that after the party reaches in Eastern its To Conduct Wreck This Frederick county authorities came to Gettysburg Monday evening and took their prisoner back to Frederick people I must decline to seek DHIR store tion I Kodak 1 distion will no under Chinese A promenade or of ture 731 Forty and Eight will hold thi evening at o'clock at thr rooms of that organization in the First National Rank building There aro several candidates for initiation and a attendance of members is urged by the officers ments will be served Poultry t nil tho ami DRY FORCES TO BE Hv Washington April ot the prohibition unit is in prospect Assistant Secretary Andrews indicated today as a result of tho month's he has given the bureau since lie assumed office Secretary Andrews elid not the nature of tho changes to bo made but said that Commissioner Haynes IKy Associated Press Jersey April Mabel Sago 22 years old walked into police here shortly after and announced to Desk Lieutenant I have just killed my husband Tho young woman with Samuel manages a roadhouse here She explained that to whom she was married had at- to compel her to live an un- lawful life He was choking her said when her brother Thomas ed the house Ilor brother gave tight but was ting tho of it tho woman said when she shot her husband four or live times the heart will remain for the present in charge the trading STOCK REPORT Ry Associated Pros Yoik April resumed upward trend at tho opening of today's Public utilities whose current earnings aro largo or in which dividend developments aro believed to Im- pending particularly favored in Thc Storo mlv 1 IN SPA PERI Motors and shippings of enforcement was were in good demand Call reason to predict satisfactory money opened at four per cent nation hot ween Mr Haynes his own office tho assistant S The Store 1
