Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - August 19, 1932, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania GOOD EVENING Uncertainty to as ing as bad news WEATHER Fair THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Member of The Associated Press Truth Our Public Good Our Aim Read By Nearly Everybody In Adams County ESTABLISHED 1902 GETTYSBURG PA FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 19 1932 PRICE THREE CENTS THIRD MAN IN CHICKEN GANG ELUDES POLICE Clarence Seibert De- serts Farm House Officers Find Still 50 CHICKENS ON PROPERTY Clarence Seibert ginia who has been residing in Adams county at intervals during the past ten years and who has a criminal record eluded state police sought to arrest him Thursday on charges of stealing chickens He is accused of being the third ber of the gang suspected of eral robberies during the past eral months Two other members of the trio Percy Laughman of and William S Myers of were arrested by state lice Wednesday afternoon They entered pleas of guilty to four counts each and were committed to jail in default of bail each Seibert Is Laughman recently completed a prison sentence for chicken stealing and was on probation This is first offense Seibert police believe heard of the arrest of his gang members and fled before the troopers reached his place When the state police reached Seibert's farm house which is the property of Charles Bowman over they found a ten gallon still and all other equipment for the Principals In Walker Ouster Hearing At Albany AGENT'S REPORT SHOWS INCREASE IN MILK YIELD Number Of Herds Smaller Than Five Years Ago Greater Briton Completes First Half Of Round Trip Ocean Flight ASSOCIATION FORMED IN 28 Mayor James J Walker is pictured on the left a session of his ouster hearing before Governor Roosevelt in Albany He is accompanied by Edward Mulrooney New York police commissioner and John J Curlin his chief defense counsel On the right is Seabury chief counsel for the investigating committee with some of his aides The packages on the sidewalk contain evidence on which the charges against flavor Walker are based Associated Press Photo Eighteen Administration Accounts Before Orphans Court Saturday Items Will Be Presented For Confirmation And Allowance Before Judge Donald P McPherson At A M Eighteen administration accounts the Citizens Trust Company of Guardian of the estate ny the manufacture of liquor dred and thirty five gallons of mash ready to be run through the still and a five gallon container with liquor were destroyed by the police 50 Chickens Abandoned m session at the Adams ty court house Saturday morning at 10 30 o'clock Donald P McPherson presiding The eighteen accounts will be presented to the court for confirmation fend allowance The In the chicken yard were about 50 accounts are as A o TI Tl Tl chickens which constituted bert's stock in trade He did not re- side on the premises but had leased house from Bowman for per No and final account of Harvey J Executor of the last will and testament of Jane E Oyler late of Arendtsville Borough month Seibert is suspected Of Adams County Penna deceased manufacturing liquor The rear No and final account of portion of the farm yard was Administratrix of by Seibert for his chickens most of which are believed by police to been stolen With Seibert's departure state lice faced a puzzling problem What to do the his George who resides next to Seibert's place consented to care for the chickens until police dispose of the fowls Two Men Ordered To Leave Town George Schubert 58 of Plainfield New Jersey and Paul Wampler of South Bend Indiana arrested evening by officer George B Aughinbaugh on a charge of being drung and disorderly are marching along the highway upon orders from Justice of the Peace John C Shealer The two men when arraigned before the local justice Thursday evening plead guilty to the charges Justice Shealer gave them ten hours the estate of George W Groscost late of Tyrone Township Adams County Penna deceased No and final ac FLAMES DESTROY HO USE of Pauline E Spangler minor child of Charles J Spangler deceased late of Mt Joy Township Adams County Penna No and final account of Nell K Blocher Executrix of the last wall and testament of Laura V Blocher late of the Borough of Gettysburg County of Adams State of Pennsylvania deceased No and final account of J Williams Administrator of the estate of Lydia D Nagle late of the Borough of Abbottstown County of Adams State of Penna deceased No and partial account of A Paul Young Executor of the last will and testament of Annie C No and final account of j Wolf late of the Borough of East Berlin County of Adams of Penna deceased No and final account of i J W Bringman Administrator of I the estate of William H Bringman Adams MAY NOW PAY SCHOOL TAXES ON INSTALLMENT Local Board Tax Collector of Straban Township i County Penna deceased zes To Receive Part Payments NEW ACT SAID TO BE A BIG HELP William Ogden tax collector has been empowered by the Gettysburg board to collect school taxes on the installment plan if he so de- sires according to a new law re- cently enacted by the state ture The new law was endorsed by Dr James N superintendent of public instruction who said that more complete payment of school taxes will be made possible through William Burned Near burg Loss Fire of undetermined origin de- the two-story log dwelling house owned by Hartman located along the township line three miles north of Emmitsburg Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock The loss is estimated at Neighbors who arrived at the fire after an alarm had been spread from the Bell farm nearby ed in saving most of the household furniture and a quantity of canned goods The fire company re- to a call but the fire had gained such headway that their forts to save the structure were tile Mr Hartman was unable to mme the of the blaze There no fire in the stove at the end Youths Admit Breaking of thc house where the Alvin W Lillich Executor of the Hartman Property t Iast ana testament of John T and final account of the session Act Now in Effect The act is now in effect to get out of town once They left at POLICE ARREST 3 Fissel late of Abbottstown Adams County Penna deceased No and partial account of H Theodore Jennings trator of the estate of Anna F Plumb late of the Borough of Adams County Penna de- ceased No and final account of the Gettysburg National Bank of Administrator of the estate of Luther L late Continued on Page Two Entering Roadside Stand East Of Here cd Gypsies Ordered To Keep AGED HANOVER RESIDENT DIES and Heart Attack Fatal To For- mer Adams County Woman Miss Catherine Josephine Biehl a school boards may take of it at once to schedule instalment paying of 1932 school taxes Boards need only a resolution giving the school treasurer authority to use the instalment plan for tions and setting the periods for payments These periods may range from twice a year to quarterly or monthly payments The burg board has already acted Board also may make optional the taxpayer whether or not he shall pay his tax in a lump sum 1 or use the periodical payment plan His choice is indicated when he makes payment of the first ment when it falls due Five Per Cent Penalty If instalment payments are not made when due Doctor Rule act provides for addition of a five per cent penalty on each payment lapsed Taxes which be- come delinquent when not paid within the year are subject to an hough ths number of cows in county has from IP 1923 to 176 in 1932 more of milk have been produced in 1932 than 1928 according to the report of the Adams county cov testing association made lic today by M T Hartman county age jr and Lee tester association formed in 1928 253 cows At tnat time 8 387 pounds of milk were produced for a total of 289.4 pounds of The annual report of the fifth year ending July 1 shows 176 cows producing or nine pounds more of milk than the first year of the organization and 302 pounds of butterfat as compared with 289 or 13 pounds more than in 1928 7 Over Pounds en herds with an average of five or more cows produced an of over 300 pounds of fat Grouped in classifications of cows producing more than 300 pounds of the result 2 cows producing between 500 and 600 pounds 16 cows between 400 and 500 pounds and 53 cows between 300 and 400 pounds of butterfat Sixteen other cows produced over 400 of butterfat and 53 cows produced over 300 pounds during the year the report reveals of the seven herds B M Spangler Gettysburg John C Bream Gettysburg George E Metier Littlestown Edgar Leer SOTk Springs H E Brown field A B C Williams York Springs and Boy Weaner burg Other Banner Producers The two cows that produced be- tween 500 and 600 pounds of fat are owned by John C Bream Pontiac six years old 516 pounds and George E Hotter Little Pet 508 pounds Farmers who owned cows ing more than 400 pounds of and the number of such cows Bream Gettysburg 3 George E Motter Littlestown R M Spangler Gettysburg 6 gar Leer York Springs 2 Derby six-year-old cow owned by Lloyd of Gettysburg produced exactly 300 pounds of during the year ONE KILLED 5 HURT IN CRASH AT CROSS KEYS Louis Riley Of ton Dies From In- juries In Crash At Noon LOCAL OFFICER INVESTIGATES J A British distance flier who completed the first ward solo flight across Atlantic ocean today His schedule calls for a quick return flight to Croydon England His wife the former Amy Johnson England's famous aviatrix is shown bidding bom farewell as he left England for the Irish coast Plane Sighted Over Halifax Airport 23 Hours After Take-Off Halifax Nova Scotia Aug 19 AP J A Mollison who already holds speed records for flights from Australia to London and thence to Capetown today completed the first westward solo flight across the North Atlantic ocean At 5.05 a m just 23 hours and 40 minutes after he left Port Marnock he was sighted over the airport at Halifax mately 2663 miles from his starting point His silver grey sports plane which is little more than a flying gasoline tank passed over the airport headed west Apparently lison had omitted a scheduled refueling stop at Harbor Grace 550 miles east ot here Officials at the Halifax airport heard the drone of the motor and as the little ship passed over the field and circled the environs of Halifax they read on the fusilage the identifying registered lettering Fog blanketed the coast in the vicinity of Shelbourne farther west and it would have been impossible for residents in that area to sight the plane St John N B Aug 19 airplane believed to be Cap- tain J A Content was reported to have landed this afternoon at Ridge N B ECLIPSE CAN BE SEEN AT The time that the eclipse of the sun can be seen in Gettysburg on August 31 is 3 -35 p m and the extent to which the sun will be obscured by the moon will be 94 per cent The eclipse will be plainly visible to the naked eye to and Adams county folk STATE OFFICIAL County Protective Association Adds 25 Members At Meeting Additional steps in the permanent organization of the Adams County Farmers Protective association will be taken at a meeting to be held at the Gettysburg court house within the next two weeks when a of the Pennsylvania reau of markets of the department of agriculture will speak WOMAN BORN IN COUNTY EXPIRES Native Of Iron Springs Dies After Illness Of Five Months of Adams county near fornd the Irwin Weiss 18 vid 18 Los Angeles and Gilbert 18 Pittsburgh were arrested day aJtemooa by Troopers J F demons and local of state police j me a touch as they motors charged with breaking into and into They made a brief looting the roadside stand of Joel I ston near tht center of to located miles east of land continued on Gettysburg on the Lincoln highway J At a on The three young men admitted o lhr theft to troopers produced some of had a of the loot and are now in the Ad- chance to eel out of car By State Police md W H of the j A carload of state me a three per cent penalty The new law to payment or 72 years died at J of at home at 301 Third street j m to tases mcr Thursday morning at c clock She was aged 75 years and 25 ams county jail They were com- mitted to jail after entering picas Two tlr from the borough -e by of guilty before Justice of the i and Greene and John C Shealer Thursday after- j They furnished noon They were unable to furnish cation cards of bail of each The cut throuch a screen and open a window to gam entrance to the roadside stand Once inside they admitted to state police they took a quantity of pop blowout patches carpet tacks pipes and some soap They unable to explain just they intended to do with the miscellaneous assortment of The three young men were carrying the stolen goods on their persons when apprehended their machine and were ordered to keep out Adam Local arc on the iD for a band of that robbed a merchant at White near Bichl suffered a heart attack Proper officials of any county city or township and dis- arc enabled to take the same and before the arrival of Or i as school directors through Hanover her f a r resolution or inz After a tion Coroner L U of York county Doctor th Miss was tlv daughter of late James and Stall Bichl and lived in until three years when she to Hanover to with her j fitr Gregory Welsh her sole 5 Die In Accident Mother And Four Children To Another Critically Burned i was a member of i Lutheran church of end also belonged he Woman's claw ol St The St Paul Midland Mich Aug 19 mother and four children were bumed today and two s were hurt in an auto fire after a WEATHER REPORT Partly and night Saturday fair It JV Ih Store s Sunday school services will be held at 2 o nt the home with further at St Pauls The John S pastor of the St Mark's church Hanover will be made in Christ Reformed near Littlestown dead are Mrs George 41 of Michigan and her four children Edward 12 For- 5 and Mary 4 Mrs hours lafur the Ker Harry Crane of Bear Lake is burned and not expected to recover GROUSE FREED ON BAIL Mrs Angelina Stoler wife of John D Stoler of- Pleasant Hill near Waynesboro died Wednesday evening at her home after an illness of five months from softening of the brain and hardening of the arteries She was aged 70 years Besides her husband she is vived by four Ralph at Mrs Annie M Fritz Joliet Illinois Mrs Kuth Boyer R Riley 52 years of age of Hazleton died in the Hanover General hospital at o'clock this afternoon of internal in- juries sustained in an automobile accident at the intersection of the Lincoln highway and the Carlisle j road at Cross Keys shortly after noon today Mrs Lillian Riley wife of the fatally injured man and her three children suffered injuries that necessitated their removal to the Hanover hospital Dr William M McNaugrher of 5559 Hobart street Squirrel Hill Pittsburgh the fifth victim of the mishap and driver of the second machine suffered a fracture of the middle finger on his left hand and body bruises He was dered unconscious in the accident but revived to dress his own in- juries at the scene of the dent According to Riley was driving north on the Carlisle road bound from Baltimore to leton by way of Hanover and Doctor McNaugher was traveling alone in a light car ing east enroute from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia Witnesses claim that Riley failed to stop at- the intersection of the two highways and crashed into Doctor machine turn- ing it over several times and ing it into a corn field about 60 feet away The doctor was found in an unconscious condition at the wheel of his machine but revived shortly The Riley machine turned over on the highway and is a total wreck Mr Riley his wife and three dren were rushed to the Hanover hospital where Mr Kiley died ly after Mrs Riley is suffering from slight bruises lacerations and shock Charles Riley is lacerated about the face and head Riley received a lacerated scalp and Jane Riley suffered a ly lacerated arm None of the viving Rileys are said to be seriously injured although all four are in the Hanover hospital Patrolman Wenner investigated the accident but had not compiled his report at three o'clock this Invitations will be extended to I town and Mrs Lester Kriner farmers in York Franklin and roll counties to attend the meeting At a meeting of the association in Wednesday more than 200 persons were in at- tendance 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren one sister Mrs William H Bair Ephraim Reese near a brother evening j Fair field Mrs Stoler was the daughter of David and Jane PAINTER HURT IN MAY DIES Sustained In Fall From Scafford Fatal To William March William H C March aged 53 years of McSherrystown died at the Annie M Warner hospital Thursday evening at 8 o'clock from a broken back sustained on May 16 when he fell from a scaffold while Liberty Township Man Denies Charge Of Transporting Lester Crouse old farmrr of Liberty township residing in the mountains west of Fairfield was re- from the county the county each week Farmers from several townships will be m- to weekly meetings to become acquainted with the of the association The officers of the Adams county group in to President -ir A Thursday afternoon under bail of ler Vice Grouse was by local jant Monday as he was Oxford y Mr March together with his em- She was married 50 ears ago last H S Warren M She was a member of St was working on the scaffold ak Reformed church cable end of the Bender house when he fell backward to the The funeral was held today below He was taken to the at 2 p m at the home of Mrs hospital he had since been a ter Kriner Waynesboro and burial patient was madr in Burns Hill cemetery secretary Charles Mr March was a son of Daniel Louise Weisensale March near church near Hanover He s a In West are five York Charles was alone when the approached on the scene of the j Small still He offered no resistance and was taken to the county jail All t f 3SI IS C equipment was destroyed by the poLce His car was also F ed bv the state police as well as the i a driver he Di Vit ThurU Mrs Laura Brady McSherry bv two T- Dr Frederick and amm both of York Dr re 10 cone a week s of alleged liquor At the hearing before Justice b-a Shraler Crouse admitted ownership through thi of the automobile in which the ten rallons of liquor was found m a n but denied that he was on ns liquor one of the charges ja i ed against him con op- BIRTH Mr the A Helena and for- a r the tan c m a Per Mar S Air is the Per on South t He has beer or h- ir- e on charce Store V and M A M Mr arc Mrs REPORT to Mr Gettysburg R D have as the M
