Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - August 19, 1927, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania GOOD EVENING Strong laws are usually broken by weak people Ifair Saturday THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Member of The Associated Press Truth Our Public Good Our Aim Read By Nearly Everybody In Adams County TWENTY-THIRD YEAR GETTYSBURG FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 19th 1927 PRICE THREE CENTS WHY YOUR i A Committee Approves Fine Program for With Huge Aerial Escort Battlefield Commission Guides Chamber Of Commerce Civic Clubs Hotelmen Motor Patrol And Flying Service Will Cooperate Event Com- munity Affair Gettysburg will enter a car in the International Motorcade to Quebec provide for an from the Gettysburg Flying Service Inc from some given point in Maryland to the Mason Dixon line and accompany the dis- visitors into town serve a buffet luncheon at noon present each member of the motorcade with a copy of the new battlefield booklet Human Interest Stories of the Three Days Battles at Gettysburg and a copy of a special Motorcade tion of The Gettysburg Tilths a guide will accompany each car over the 25.000 acre battlefield a band will furnish music and the school children will participate in the program of reception and entertainment for the when they ar- rive in Gettysburg September 9 These arrangements were adopted and approved by the reception committee at a luncheon Thursday afternoon followed by a meeting at the Hoffman hotel as guests cf H C Mitinger The program was outlined from a draft submitted by Henry M Scharf A budget was fixed at to meet ex- penses incident to the reception and a committee headed by Roy P Funkhouser president of the Gettysburg Chamber of Com- merce was appointed to secure the necessary amount of money I L Taylor of the Gettysburg national bank and E W Thomas of the First National bank are the other two members of the committee AUXILIARY URGES HOSPITAL SUNDAY HERE 11 Appeal To Ministers To Assist In Raising Funds For cal tion The announcement of the aerial cort of biplanes was made by Henry Berliner of the Gettysburg Flying Servce Inc and the ng onp of distinctive features of the reception This is the only of the at which such a feature has been announced and Gettysburg is expected io set a precedent foi en- hospitality through the j many varied features of the program It was the consensus of opinion of at the Boys and Girls Divided in Money Awards For Poland China Exhibits Announcement of the winners of cention should be made a community which Thursday evening affair and that the should i after two days in the E C Shriver bf impressed with the fact that all grove was made today of Gettysburg was extending the j Forty dollars in prize money of- rome and providing for tho by feed fertilizer and coal merU was declared to be selling to the Barlow co-operative because of the wide territory association was awarded to eight boys from which the motorcade personnel and girls who showed Poland China drawn and because it has gilts at the fair The stock was icon found to be a popular plan judged by Edwin C Rice Arendtsville throughout the South on just such j who also judged other livestock and casions poultry Will Briny Results George Schriver and Mary Snyder The effect a community j were tie for first place have on the said one each Other prizes were awarded the committeeman would show telling re- j suits in the future when the members Robert Waybright third Edwin cf the party return to their homes Benner fourth Theron Gouker impressed with Gettysburg as a fifth Addison Durboraw sixth ed community eager and anxious to i Edgar Stambaugh seventh Eva play host to the of visitors Swartz who visit battlefield shrine an- A fanners swine judging contest conducted on a friendly basis be- Captain of the highway swine growers of the Barlow trol represented at the meeting by and farmers of the Em- Lieutenant Frack announced that an farmers association A honorary escort of four motor from each organization will men would lead the i again compete at the Emmitsburg through Pennsylvania receiving them j farmers picnic August 24 at the Mason Dixon line near Miss Elizabeth Lofberg home burg s-d remain with the party economics extension representative for it crosses the northern boundary county judged the home the state into New York j exhibits Colonel Davis superintendent of the battlefield commission announced Council Will that the trip over the battlefield would j f not be counted as a regular trip for j those guides selected to participate in the motorcade reception President The members of the Visitation September 11 will be Hospital Sunday in Gettysburg and Adams On that day ministers through out the county will make special pleas for financial support for the Annie Warner hospital here from their pits i Designation of Sunday 11 as Hospital Sunday was gested by officers of the Adams ty woman's auxiliary of the hospital and replies received by Miss Reba S Adams president and Miss Edna Albert secretary indicate that the ministers will join unanimously and whole-heartedly in issuing the plea Seek Hospital Funds In recent years the auxiliary has attempted to money annually for the hospital but its work has been rather limited in scope according to j the officers and the idea of a pital Sunday was hit upon as the most feasible and most practicable plan for reaching the largest ber of Ministers have been requested by the auxiliary officials to present the needs of the hospital to their con- either in sermons or cial announcements asking for for the institution on that occasion Outlining the need of- of the auxiliary a letter to each minister in the county The ter in part Much Charitable Work As you know hospitals are not J institutions No lic hospital can exist without ing outside assistance This is so well recognized that in all large cities the churches have set aside one Sunday of the wear as Hospital on that day a special collection for the hospitals is taken This is what we ask you to do here in Adams ty for the Annie M Warner hospital Our hospital does a great deal of j charitable v urk much more than is covered by the appropriation from the state In fact during one quarter of last yar the charitable ed to while the state tion for the same period was only It is unquestionably the duty of the Christian people of the ty to help bear this burden and we feel that if they were to sonally they would gladly and respond Approved by Slate You know ths Inch standing of the hospital that its X-ray department and equipment for electrical treatment are the latest and best obtainable and that the hospital is approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare and the American College of geons If you desire any special in- formation before you present sub- ject please apply to Miss McKay Annie M Warner pital who will be glad to answer any As to rates it is a fact that even Questions those who pay the maximum are not charged an amount which covers the expense to which the hospital is put to maintain its service Lute Hangs Out New Shingle As Gettysburg will soon be in line for honors as another Gretna Green or Maryland and Luther C Plank clerk of courts and of the riage license docket ill shortly with marrying parsons where Of the last four marriage censes issued bj MrJ Plank three were to couples residing outside cf Pennsylvania The clerk of- at three of the four dings which followed the issuing cf the licenses Thursday afternoon Mr Plank issued licences to and married H R Van Pelt and Miss Helen K Van both of Cleveland and C H Carlson and Miss I M Dorsey of Washington D C Miss Rcca M Gehringer and George H Schuler both of were married by the clerk of the courts Wednesday afternoon after he issued them a license A marriage license was issued Thursday afternoon to George Lorain Ohio Book Amherst Ohio Hopes Flicker e i TOT Lost in Ocean Builder Declares Plane Miss Doran Can Remain Afloat in Pacific 24 Hours Bushman intimated that with an- sociation of Lancaster Adams and ha felt certain that the j York counties will be guests of the guides would contribute their Betsy Ross Council 119 here next ices to the reception Thursday afternoon and evening A Colonel Davis also stated that he J trip over the battlefield will be the would permit cars to move faster of the with supper than the regulation speed limit over served at Little Hound Top A the field because of the shortage of of the lodge take time allotted for Gettysburg and that in the evening in addition to the motor patrol escort James B Aumen assistant j tendent of the park would pilot i over the field I L Taylor intimated that he certain that Superintendent Keefauver approve of the request of the committee that the school children be j dismissed from school in time to in tha reception The committee is also making ar- rangements for the decoration of the streets of town for the motorcade Deception as wall as the auditorium Jof the hotel where the buffet luncheon be served Those present at the meeting Henry M Scharf Hotel Gettysburg Colonel E E Davis super- intendent of the battlefield sion Henry Lowell ing C P Swope and A H Nash of the Gettysburg Flying Service F B Miller Hagerstown and R F McMann Washington D C of the oil D J Forney Arthur Jones John W Brehim Paul L Roy Roy P Funkhouser R H Bushman L L Taylor E W Thomas Herbert L Grimm Lieutenant Frack Harrisburg of the motor patrol and Howard C Mitinger BABY HAS DIPHTHERIA Dorothy three-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman Irvin West Middle street has contracted theria The home has been tined by the borough health ties Motorcade Program Motorcade will be met at Mason Dixon line by delegation of Gettysburg Pennsylvania state highway department and state Chamber of Commerce cars and by honorary escort highway patrolmen Gettysburg Boys band and dignitaries Honorary aerial escort of three planes will accompany some given highway point in Maryland to Mason Dixon lino and thence into Gettysburg Procession will move into Gettysburg through living lane of school children who will occupy positions on both sides Baltimore street and Emmitsburg road as far as possible At Center Square licensed guides will accompany each car on trip over battlefield Buffet luncheon will be served at noon in the Hotel burg auditorium The caterer will be announced later Gettysburg escort will accompany motorcade to Harrisburg Gettysburg car will join motorcade here and accompany party to objective Quebec Canada Presentation of Human Interest Stories of Three Days tles of Gettysburg to member of motorcade as gift from town of Gettysburg Special edition of The Gettysburg Times will be presented to each member of motorcade as gift from town of Gettysburg San Francisco Aug The Pacific Ocean was the scene day of a renewed search for a brown j eyed girl of 22 and four men missing fliers in the aerial derby to Honolulu who may still be afloat upon its less leagues Doran pretty school er of Flint Michigan and her pilot and navigator John D Pedlar and Vilas R Knope had been down proximately -18 hours according to the most hopeful estimates of the cruising radius of the biplane in which they set out Tuesday in the Dole 000 flight from Oakland to The time limit set by the builder of the plane on its ability to stand the sea was only 24 hours The plight of John Frost and Gordon Scott of George monoplane Golden the other j lost entrant was considered possibly less acute ships of the navy were cruising the today under the orders of Admiral R H Jackson com- mander of the Pacific fleet REBUILDING OF FAIRFIELD ROAD IS STARTED Maintenance ment In Charge Of Work Will nate Some Curves Work of macadamizing Fairfield road from the western boundary of j the battlefield to the eastern borough limits of was begun day according to announcement today at the local office of the state highway department The work is being clone by the maintenance force of the de- At the office of the maintenance it was stated that the road would be rebuilt with bound macadam process and that the work was expected to be completed in about fourteen weeks One or two sections of the way will be built anew the road be- ing so as to eliminate eral dangerous curves Build New Bridge One of two one-way bridges is to be done away with the Adams ty commissioners today advertising for sealed proposals for the building of a concrete over a branch of Marsh creek in Highland township to be opened by the commissioners on Tuesday August 30 The projected span will eliminate the present iron-railed bridge over the same stream where the road will be changed with an where the crosses the present one-way structure At Neely's Fairfield another one-way bridge exists but no action toward rebuilding it has been taken by the commissioners It may be that the commissioners will decide later to add about four feet of way to this R E Deardorff clerk of ths commissioners said day Seek Second Structure The stone arch bridge over Marsh cresk at Black Hole is wide enough for two cars to pass if the drivers exercise said Deardorff though residents of Fairfield who use the road frequently have voiced the opinion that this bridge also should be widened a few feet to make it less dangerous for cars passing at higher speed The maintenance department also is engaged in rebuilding the road from East Berlin town Water bound macadam is be- ing used in reconstructing this stretch Massachusetts Supreme Court Refuses Writ of Error For Two Radicals Defense Counsel Asks Another Stay Pending peal To U S Tribunal Declares Vanzetti Is Insane Warden Will Remove Men To Cells In Death House Immediately v Boston Mass Massachusetts supreme court today refused to interfere in the case of Nicola Sacco and Vanzetti and counsel for the two men new sentenced to be executed in prison week launched upon a new move to the case before the U S supreme court Arthur D Hill chief of defense counsel announced his intention of filing application for a writ of certiorari at Washington and at the same time set oat tc see Chief Justice Hall of the superior court to ask a stay of execution to permit ing of the record for submission to the highest federal court The Massachusetts court in its decision written by Henry K Braley exceptions of defense counsel to refusal of Judge Webster to grant a revocation of sentence stay of tion and a new trial and to the refusal of Justice Sanderson of the supreme court to grant a writ of error The court also denied a petition for a writ of error Word of the decision was carried to the two condemned men in their cells in the state at Charlestown by Michael manno of defense counsel and Warden Hendry announced the two men would be removed immediately to cells in the death house Half a Carload of Local Product Damaged When Box Car Buckles Washington Aug submarines have been ordered from the island of Hawaii to investigate reports of an object in the water on the route of the Dole Hawaiian flight in which two planes are missing Rear Admiral McLane commander of the submarine division reported day to the navy department Chief Engineer Eckles Promises Cooperation For Wrightsville Bridge Unfinished Mile Of Concrete Started On Road A detour was established Thursday afternoon by the state highway de- on the road and all traffic to Hanover via and McSherrystown is routed by way of Cross Keys The detour is expected to be maintained about two months John S Teeter Taneytown con- tractor has begun work of concreting slightly more than a mile of the road from the eastern ary of the battlefield to the western edge of Mt Pleasant township Start Work At County Underpass The maintenance department of the state highway department this began excavating at the Gardners j underpass of the Reading railroad preparatory to turning over the re- mainder of the work of building the j subway there to the public utility The railroad will excavate only under its right of way j The subway wnen opened probably months hence will eliminate the present detour through Gardners from the concrete highway which has been built from corner to Mt Holly Springs Lawyers representing commissions of York and York counties conferred with Samuel chief engineer of the state highway department day regarding plans to build the posed county toll bridge carrying the Lincoln Highway across the hanna river between Columbia The conference was on preliminary arrangements regarding designing of the bridge and relocation of the way to meet the lines of the bridge a short distance south of the present railroad bridge which now carries the highway The ers desire the department to supervise designing and construction of the bridge but no terms for this service were reached Eckles promised cooperation of the department and termed the proposed bridge a very desirable but informed the lawyers that a number of legal steps must be taken by com- missioners prior to construction The commissioners representatives ised the legal matters would be at- tended to Construction of the bridge is not expected to start until next spring Ample funds are available for the bridge for voters of the two counties authorized in bonds for its construction after persons interested in a privately owned toll bridge ried a case to appellate court to test the right of the counties to issue bonds which will be retired by tolls instead of by general taxation Half a carload of furniture from the Gettysburg furniture factories was ruined almost hope of salvage when a boxcar buckled in collision with another section of a freight train in the Western land railroad late Thursday afternoon The accident occurred when a brakeman of a freight train which had been divided for the Fourth street crossing failed to hold a draft of cars shifted to meet the other section of the same train it was said No one wus injured The first car of the shifting draft was the boxcar half filled with When it struck the first car of the other section a carload of coal the wooden car buckled and burst pieces of a wide area some of it landing on top of the car to reports M C Jones general manager of the local furniture factories today said he did not know what his com- loss would be stating that none of the furniture in the wreck could bo salvaged A Western Maryland wrecking crow today cleared away tha wreckage SAYS VANZETTI IS INSANE Charlestown State Prison Boston Mass Aug ment that Vanzetti had became insane was made by Attorney Michael manno today to Warden William Hendry of the state prison after he had visited Vanzetti in his cell Upon leaving Vanzetti Attorney called men into office and with den present Vanzetti took the news very badly He kept shouting I knew it I knew it Get the million men Get the million men who are making all that news Sacco took the news quietly He was eating when I got there I told him that I was sorry to have to tell him the bad news about the court's decision Well we expected he said Start Work On New Airport Saturday Workmen will start at work to put the new field in shape for the opening of the airport August 27 This announcement was made this morning by Howard C Mitinger dent manager of the Gettysburg ing Service Inc who will be in charge of the preliminary work at the field Mr Mitinger advertised for workmen in today's issue of The Times and declared that he will start his men Saturday morning The men will be applied to the task of grading mowing the grass and in other ways the large field in good condition for the arrival of the airplanes From Washington some time next week FARM WEATHER REPORT Eastern Partly cloudy tonight Saturday fair Not much change in temperature August 21 Tnrk throo miles west of burg MERCURY DROPPED TO 51 THURSDAY With the mean temperature ping to 51 degrees Thursday was the coldest August IS in many years here according to Dr Henry Stewart of- weather recorder In burg whore the mercury dropped to 50 degi eos Thursday was the coldest August IS since The maximum temperature Thursday was 61 A partial to warmer weather was experienced today and still warmer weather is forecast for Red Men Ready To Complete Plans For Convention Saturday To make final arrangements for participation in me annual York convention of Red Men at East Berlin Saturday members of way council 28 Degree of tas will hold a special meeting at o'clock this evening The local council plans at least 50 uniformed members in the parade at 3 o'clock a feature of the annual Rod Men's convention The program will be as Singing opening ode invocation the Rov Paul Glatfelter quarter address of welcome the Rev H D Houtz vocal duet address the Rev J old Little quartet presentation of the key to the borough Chief Burgess Birdes A Jacobs response dent William Stare vocal memorial services introduction of chiefs singing benediction the Rov Paul Glatfelter 150 Attend Oyler Reunion On Thursday One hundred rnd fifty members of the family held their first ily reunion at Natural Springs park one mile east of here Thursday and effected an organization with J Price Oyler York street as president Other officers chosen for the first year Charles 0 Oyler burg secretary S G Spangler treasurer and C R Wolff Gettysburg historian Speakers during the afternoon's session included Oyler and James Oyler Johnstown Emmert C Oyler Chambersburg S G Spangler Gettysburg Charles Oyler Reading John Oyler Maxwell Iowa Charles Nagle Panama Canal Zone and Charles 0 Oyler Harrisburg It was decided to hold the 1928 re- union at Natural Springs park August 2 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Entomologists On Way Into Virginia Forty members of the Northeastern Economic Entomologists association comprising some of the leading fruit A daughter was born to Mr and of the country who left Mrs Samuel Thursday on an inspection town at the Warner hospital into several stops Both mother and child are said to Waynesboro yesterday and spent doing nicely at This ing- they continued on their way to received one thousand latest j Winchester Virginia The your favorito hook now 73 People's gists are inspecting orchards in the ha Kodak Cumberland and Shenandoah Valleys Drue Store Store j j in Gettysburg and most of can do to In in Adams county raid The Gettysburg than ot I Times overy Boost gna ness by
