Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - September 29, 1927, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania I GOOD EVENING Cider and kin before now WEATHER Cloudy and rain THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Member of The Associated Press Truth Our Public Good Our Aim Read By Nearly Everybody In Adams County TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR GETTYSBURG THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 1 927 PRICE THREE CENTS Child Slain in Revenge Plot SOLICITING BAN EFFECTIVE FRIDAY AFTER Restrict Lodging House Runners From i ing Trade In Central Part Of Town Gettysburg's new ordinance to curb soliciting for hotels lodging houses boarding houses restaurants and garages becomes at mid- night Friday ten days after the last date of the advertisement of the statute The ordinance at a stormy session of council September 2 after occupying time at various council meetings in the last eighteen months prohibits soliciting within 100 feet of the building line of any hotel ing house lodging house restaurant j shotgun when slajer fired at wrong figure in dark or garage The measure was passed to break up the practice of solicitors going on I lodging Julia Saltarelli intended victim of fiend murderer in revenge plot and right Contanzo who was riddled with the property of hotelmen house proprietors restaurant owners and garagemen to persuade tourists away from the places they originally intended to patronize While the new ordinance places a certain check on unrestrained Closed Monday For Plank Game VETERAN DIES AT ILLINOIS HOME Brother of Lieutenant er Was Wounded While Companion to Safety Lieut I S Stonesifer West Middle Under the terms of the new j of which will be turned over to street has received word of the death Gettysburg college may declare a tion it is not nearly so drastic as h ljd on Monday October 3 to give certain ordinances m Atlantic Niagara Falls and other tourist I the an opportunity to attend ters which prohibit soliciting of all j the Philadelphia kinds I phia Nationals baseball game the nance soliciting except by guides fa Eddie memorial fund com will be prohibited in Centre Square and on the first block of York 1.1 to help of his brother Eli Stonesifer 83 at on Sunday The tne funeral services were held Wednesday lisle Baltimore and Chambersburg gymnasium already dedicated to the afternoon and interment was made at streets i memory of the late Gettysburg hurler Springfield on the Lieutenant Stonesifer who is 88 By reason of the interest aroused by the new measure it is herewith Jhe efe at of age is now the given in i scheduled for 4 o deck tms member of Be it enacted and ordained by the i afternoon it is believed certain and M Benjamin Stonesifer burgess and town council of the Ambers favor the hig J sisters al ough of Gettysburg and it is of the late having died enacted and ordained by authority of i Ullei ose vas nf 1 PT here as well ss out ox to i i T- Gettysburg and Adams county for i 11 t i T tt tne ir vno ic snail De lor many years and while residing here any person or persons to solicit s 9 enlisted in the Union army during ness for any hotel boarding house the Civil War It is related of his r b i Considerable enthusiasm is Oi hre sss s highways or pavements I Imaged he was in the act of carrying Tate from the field to a station for the wounded the bullet feet of the any hotel boarding house line of lodging eate house restaurant or garage Section 2 It shall be unlawful for L any person or persons to solicit hurlers to ever don a white elephant T Ior tne w uniform j latter having been hit by the pastors in Philadelphia he himself was wounded are making special announcements on Of family five of the Sunday while the sports writers Mr and Benjamin ness for any hotel boarding house Qut columns rf Stonesifer were veterans of the Civil in- a sell out of respect and two of their sons-in-law Plank's fifteen of pitching for saw service lodging house restaurant or garage upon any of the streets or highways within the Borough of Gettysburg but shall confine himself or selves strictly to the or j pavements and shall be permitted to so solicit only upon such pavements or where the owners or of the property abutting thereon have consented thereto Section 3 Any person or persons Connie Surviving Eli Stonesifer are his Plank widow one daughter Mrs Mable son of the famous ball star will pitch Click of and Lieutenant the first ball while Mayor Kendrick is expected to receive it The college band may make the trip and parade through the streets of Philadelphia during Monday violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than 5 Dollars nor more than 10 Dollars and costs to be col- according to law Section 4 All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed ENACTED AND ORDAINED into an this 2nd day of ber A D 1927 ing- HOTEL GREETERS TO LUNCH HERE State Organization To Go Into Convention At Hanover day And Saturday The third quarterly meeting of charter 41 Pennsylvania Hotel ers of America will be held at the Richard McAllister hotel Hanover Friday and Saturday On Saturday noon at one o'clock Henry M- Scharf will entertain the Greeters and their wives at a luncheon at the Hotel The meeting will open Friday ing at Hanover with a smoker for the men and a theatre party for the members of the ladies auxiliary morning the business session will be held at 10 o'clock at which time officers for the coming year will be nominated A day evening will close the meeting While the Greeters and their wives are in Gettysburg they will be taken on a trip over tho battlefield Peter L of the Hotel mer Lebanon is president of charter 41 and Mrs H V Hinkle of the Hotel Traylor Allentown is dent of the ladies auxiliary Town fans are planning a cade to leave here in the morning re- turning immediately after the game Stonesifer a brother LIONS HOST TO LADIES The Gettysburg Lions club will hold a ladies night function next Monday evening The Lions and Lionesses will go to Arendtsville where the Ladies Aid society of the REPUBLICANS TO T SATURDAY Party to Reorganize For Coining Campaign Reed to Withdraw As County Chairman The annual meeting of the Adams county Republican club will be held Saturday evening at Lutheran church will serve supper at clock in the club Baltimore tho Arendtsville Vocational school TORNADO SWEEPS TOWN Fort Smith Ark Sept The village of Rudy 12 miles north of here was swept today by a tornado which is reported to have razed 12 dwellings and a schoolhouse according to meager reports received here FARM WEATHER REPORT Eastern Cloudy followed by showers late tonight or Friday mild temperature 6 Weeks Old Boy To Get Good Home Adams county's advertised baby has found a taker Mrs Samuel Lerew Gettysburg R D today took Robert Guy Miller son of Mr and Mrs Guy Miller of near from the Warner pital with the parents consent Mrs Lerew plans to adopt the child it is said Last week the father advertised for a home for the child stating that owing to the illness of his wife he was unable to take care of the youngster The Millers have two other young children Robert Guy was said by hospital authorities to be a healthy ing child He had been at the pital nearly four weeks street Samuel Reed president an- today Republican candidates nominated in the recent primary are being urged to attend the meeting as well as ent members and their friends Plans for the club's activities dating the campaign bo discussed if possible a definite program decided upon Election of officers also will take place at Saturday's meeting Mr Reed who resides in Cumberland township near Gettysburg has an- that he will not be a date to succeed himself as president C Moser Gettysburg is treasurer of the organization After the business session ments will be served Fresh fish oysters and crab moat at ler's Center Square Youne chickens and meat City crab GET BIG GAME IN CANADIAN ROCKIES Three grizzly bears a like ber of moose a half dozen caribou and the same number of mountain sheep fell before the guns of three hunters one of whom was formerly a resident of Gettysburg in the wilds of British Columbia i H G Sigler who lived here at one time but who is now a resident of Hummelstown in company with H S Goodhart Harrisburg and C S Reading returned recently from a hunting trip in the Canadian Rockies where they killed these specimens of the big game of North America Fresh oysters and crab meat at ler's Square There News and Comment by THE EDITOR Wide interest was displayed throughout the county in the cial primary election figures exclusively Wednesday in The Gettysburg Times showing the vote for all candidates for contested offices in both Old Parties The tabulation revealed some interesting sidelights on the maries Although he didn't win the nomination Commissioner Last of Old Glory Hershey seeking tion from the Democrats dis- proved conclusively the old ing that a man is without honor in his home community Mr Hershey carried his home township of Franklin receiving 108 votes which was more than twice as many as the next man of the 11 candidates got in the same township Fellow townsmen of M A vin veteran railroader gave him a fine complimentary vote as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for associate judge The first ward of Gettysburg gave him 166 votes the second ward 124 and the third ward 102 George W of burg carried 32 districts of the county and tied for high in two others in a field of four dates for the Democratic tion for county treasurer Of the 51 voting districts he lost only seven He received the largest plurality of the candidates for the various offices in the Democratic primary with a lead of 1086 over his nearest rival McSherrystown second ward turned out the heaviest cratic vote of all the precincts in the county with 287 votes cast there township was a close second with 284 votes cast In striking comparison turned out only 22 Republican voters Gettysburg first ward cast the largest number of Re- publican votes On the Republican side Charles B Tate received a fine mentary vote for sheriff from his fellow citizens of Gettysburg William M of ville R D 4 received the largest vote given any candidate for a contested office in the Republican primary with 1966 for director of the poor John Van Dyke who also received the nomination for director of the poor from the Re- publicans polled the second est vote for a contested office with 1557 although Mr son who lost out in this contest l was only 57 votes behind him Many other things of interest can be gleaned from these official primary figures by careful study N on the part of the political dent SEED REMOVED FROM TUBES OF CHILD I Infant Daughter Of Physician i Had Watermelon Seed In 1 Tubes J On the positive diagnosis of cians at the Annie M Warner pital that the child had a foreign in her bronchial tube experts at Dr Chevalier Jackson clinic at son hospital Philadelphia removed a watermelon seed from the right bronchus of Ann Marie Stinson UL Section of wing of ill-fated monoplane that sunk in Atlantic with J D 1 daughter of Dr and Mrs Hill Lloyd Bertaud and Philip Payne aboard Wreck is shown being transferred steamship Kyle to steamship Silver City for transport to New York The American flag painted on wing may still be seen ly ARREST 8 IN COW TESTING Gobblers to be Scarce as Hen's Teeth is Report Farmers Who Interfered With State Police In Search Of Animal In Custody When Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers at the be- ginning of the Civil War Jonathan and Henry Roten left their father's rooftree in West Virginia to enlist Jonathan joined the hosts of Blue Henry the hosts of Gray From that day sixty-six years ago they did not see each other until re- cently when Henry traveled miles from his home Fort Worth Texas to visit his brother enemy ton West Virginia Some time ago Henry heard of the death of his sister Mrs Mary Baldwin in Scott county Virginia and determined to learn if possible what had become of Continued on Second Page Accused of obstructing legal ess seven farmers and one woman were arrested this morning in well York county by forty state troopers including Sergeant Joseph Merrifield and Trooper Alfred Verbecken of the local substation Captain Paul B Stout commander of Troop E was in charge of the officers The arrests are the outcome of the efforts of agents of the state bureau of animal industry to take a cow from the farm of Augustus Diehl Hopewell township Mr and Mrs Diehl yesterday the agents and two state police from taking the cow it is said This morning Captain Stout and his troopers went to the Diehl farm and found the animal missing The cow is said to have been tested several weeks ago and found to be cular Members of the Farmers tive association who had pi the officers fiom carrying out their duties yesterday appeared on the scene today and to again inter- fere it is said with a seaich being made for thd animal Mr and Mrs Diehl were two of those arrested Four of the resisted arrest and were roughly handled by the state police it is said The cow is said to be the only one the Diehls possessed ROTARY OFFICIAL PEAK HERE Special Club Luncheon Will Be Held Friday With District Governor Guest t Y M SECRETARY TO BEGIN DUTIES Oliver A Peterson graduate of the University of North Dakota has been chosen as Y M C A secretary at Gettysburg college succeeding W W Wood who resigned when he accepted the position of head ball coach at university Conn Mr Peterson will assume his new duties about October 1 Roy Sloop and Harry Gracey have been in charge of Y work since Mr left The new secretary comes highly recommended During his days at the University of North Dakota interested in the work of tho Lutheran Students Association of America arid in 1925 was chosen business manager of the association's official organ The Big Inkwell This changed to The American Lutheran Student Mr Peterson was president of the school's Y M C A during his senior year at college Ho is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity and was a member of the R 0 T C If turkeys elsewhere in the States are as scarce as they are in Adams county there will be few to the Day table at any price That is the prediction of try in Adams county those who specialise in turkey culture Black sometimes known the appendicitis ot lias caused the deaths of hundreds of young fowls cording to leading growers This disease an internal disorder is incurable tlic men declare and does not make its appearance until the are six weeks old Adams county usually supplier a large number of turkeys for nearby city markets in ber but say they will scarcely have enough birds to meet the demand of the local trade One furkey fancier Harry began his season with 133 fowls Black and wet weather have caused the death of one hundred of his crop Another man M ho began ith more than 200 birds has less than half of them lell Many persons who hatched smaller broods of turkeys are reported to have lost all ot them Dealers from city poultry con- cerns usually come into Adams county about November 1 to look the locks and to deal with the farmers foi the sale ot their birds for the Thanksgiving trade Until then no price for turkeys has been sel but one farmer said if turkeys are as scarce elsewhere as they are in Adams county the price will be almost prohibitive C H Stinson Emmitsburg day The child is believed to have lowed the seed about two months ago although the parents themselves ara unable to say just when it The child apparently suffered no ill effects until recently when she was noticed to be breathing with and was not in normal health The parents brought their ter to the Warner hospital for an examination and X-ray Although the X-ray pictures failed to show the foreign body in the child's tube because X-rays pass through vegetable organisms physicians at the local institution basing their on a previous case of a similar nature agreed that there was an near the right lung j The child was taken to the son hospital on Tuesday and the wa- seed was removed day with a bronchoscope Today the litle girl was reported td be lesting as well as could be ex- and unless unforeseen cations arise she will be brought home within a week i TO BROADCAST G-BURG GAME AT PENN STATE HEADLIGHT CLINIC Officials Pleased With of Motorists Who Had Lights Adjusted Adams county's first headlight clinic conducted here Monday day and Wednesday evenings bv the headlight squad of the state highway motor patrol under the auspices the Gettysburg Motor club of Ad- am e WPS gratifying in respect to officials of the motor club John D Keith president said today Headlights of approximately machines wore examined and tested and many of them adjusted bv the special patrol squad Members of the squad expressed satisfaction number of headlights found to be in proper focus The clinic was conducted without cost to any of the motorists who were loud in their praise of this ice offered by the Adams county A A A The lights were tested on West Middle street at West street On Monday night 680 motorists in line for the free service an Announcement was made today by indication it was pointed out of the Ridgley P Melvin of Annapolis of programs for interest in the clinic and the desire Maryland governor of the Pennsylvania State college radio drivers to have their fourth district of Rotary al will visit the Gettysburg club day station that a play by play account of the State football game Saturday afternoon would be In order to accommodate the dis- broadcast from the field Larry Con- governor officials of the local over an assistant coach of the Penn club have announced that the State team will do the announcing eon meeting scheduled for next also give his interpretation of day evening October 3 will be held at noon Friday at the Hoffman tel Mi Melvin will address the Ro- at that time The district governor was in erick Wednesday He has visited about 30 of the 48 clubs in his dis- and plans to complete his tour by the middle of October Be will meet committee chairmen officers and of the Gettysburg club at o'clock Friday morning at the Hoffman hotel Young chickens and fresh crab meat City Market the new rules as they apply to plays in the game Preliminary announcements of the game the lineup and officials will be made shortly before time is called at p m operates on a 300 meter wave length Hold Matriculation For Seminarians BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr and Mrs N C Kurokawa of Honolulu Hawaii announce the birth of a son Dorscy Naoji Kurokawa re- cently Mr and Mrs Samuel Weikert of The special matriculation service for the junior class was held this morning at the cal seminary at which time the Holy Communion was also observed Dr John Aberly president of the semi- nary was in charge and a number of the members of the board of directors were in attendance lights conform with the state tions Four hundred and fifty ists lined up to have their lights ex- and adjusted on Tuesday and about 300 showed up for the Wednesday night clinic The examiners brought their own equipment with them The squad travels in a special automobile goes anywhere in the state there is a call for its services No stickers were given to motorists after the ad- justment of their headlights granting them immunity from arrest because it was pointed out the lights may soon become out of focus owing to a jolt or the change of a bulb Periodic examination of headlights at garages and service stations is urged by the motor patrol announce the birth of a daughter September 27 Mrs president of At noon Dr John Weidly of kawa is a sister of Mrs j rectors Mrs Weidly Dr and Mrs Aberly look luncheon with the students at the refectory GET LICENSE A marriage license was issued Tuesday at Hagerstown to Guy K Deatrick Biglerville and Grace E Bowmaster Orrtanna Republican club Saturday evening October I o'clock Every Republican otit Fresh fish clams and mout at City Market Fresh fish oysters and at Winter's Store fisli nrH meat at City Market Extension Courses To Be Outlined Teachers of Adams county who wish to avail themselves of the ex- tension courses given by Gettysburg college for higher certification are requested to meet Dr C F Sanders in room 34 Glatfelter hall Saturday morning October 1 at The extension courses 10 o'clock have county teachers for eral years f Special ppr Your opportunities la own a camera at A price Druff Store Victrola Store fish oysters and clams at Store J 1
