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WEATHER Fair and colder. THE GETTYSBURG TIMES TWENTIETH YEAR GETTYSBURG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY llth, 1922. PRICE TWO CENTS FIRST REAL SNOW STORM OF WINTER 'PASTOR PERFORMS DOUBLE WEDDING F. Tholan, Biglerville, 1 Ties Double Knot in Downfall Delays Trains Brings The Snow Shovel Into Prominence. ELECTRIC CURRENT OFF MANY BANKS HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION Parsonage.

A double wedding took place in the parsonage of the Biglerville Luther- an church, Tuesday evening, starting at nine o'clock, when the Rev. S. F. Tholan, pastor of the church, tied the Highway Department Snow Plows on two knots. Each couple acted as Stockholders Vote For Officers And Directors For Coming Year.

DEATH CLAIMS ANOTHER BROTHER C. F. Bikle Dies at Home of His Daughter in Spring Grove. Dill Dintl 10 ISUES IRON DEALER DHI1IV DHnU 10 FOR HEART BALM LEVELED BY FIRE INCREASED IN Two Spring-Like Days. Jab.

Four at Work Early. Followed maid of honor and best man for the other; no other witnesses being pres- ent at the ceremony. The first married were Clarence and sleet that fell to the David Cool, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Snow depth of six inches during the night Christian P.

Bikle, brother Dr. Phillip M. Bikle, dean of Gettysburg College, died Tuesday morning at 6 DIVIDENDS 'o'clock at the home of his daughter, JMrs. A. O.

Mullen, Spring Grove, State Banks Follow National And All Hold Elections Same A Bjkle of there Many Officers Re-elected. WO we eks ago. Mr. Bikle was born IK Thurmont, Fire of Unknown Origin Destroys Large Barn of Wil- Ham Mickley. IS OVER $4,000 Love That Came at First Sight Soon Turned Cold.

COURT REFUSES UHLER NEW TRIAL Ordered to Appear January 21 For Sentence in Assault Case. To appease her wounded feelings as a result of the refusal of Louis Lipsitz, prominent York scrap iron dealer and AFTERMATH OF ACCIDENT connected with the York Pipe and Steel Company, to marry her, Jennie of Hagerstown, has entered Barn Was in Flames. Bucket suit asa st Lipsitz in the York court gade Saves Adjacent Buildings. Heavy gales caused snow storm of the winter. that accompanied the i considerable drifting in niany of i Jug.

the Table Rock road, and Miss Pauline Ester Miller, daughter of Mr. John Miller, of near Stone country roads. The main highways The second Tuesday in January the day set by the by-laws of all Na- td-iBost State hanlrs for hold- annual election 'of directors for the ensuing year. Al- jmost every bank in Gettysburg and the son of Christian and Barbara Bikle, his father being a native of Germany and his mother of Alsace Lor- His wife, Alice Jane Fiery, died in 1911. Fire of unknown origin evening completely destroyed the large bank barn on the farm of William i recover $5,430.

Of this amount $5,000 is for heart balm and the re- rr. ues( a imainder for special damages by reason of specified losses. Statement in the suit was filed Tuesday- by Attor- William the and.C. A. former rHstrict eran church was used er ny thC LUth Adams county, without exception, held civil War having served three yearst jannual elections Tuesday.

In many jj enlisted at Gettysburg on Sept. 23, estimated 1 counsd for the woraan She The deceased was a veteran of tne! OOQ The loss is part i covcr( by in-! wl11 leave for her home in Hagers- re were cleared for the most part by a force of men from the local office of Mr and Mrs Cool then stepped banks the same directors and officers and was discharged at Harper's, the State Highway Deparment. Pas-j back and witnessed the marriage of 0 1921 were re-elected. A few banks Ferry, Oct. 1, 1864.

He was a ser-' oclock senger train service on the Western John Edward Keefauver, son of Mrs. -voted to increase the number of direc- jg ean in Company First Regiment Maryland and Philadelphia and Read-j LiUie Keefauver, of near Bender's" tors. Several banks throughout the jp tomac Home Brigade, Maryland Ining roads were only slightly delayed, church on the old Carlisle road, and county increased the yearly dividend fantry. while the first bus to Harrisburg this Mae Elizabeth -Plank, daughter of 0 their stock, indicative of the fact! For many ye ars, Mr. Bikle lived in tfiorning arrived there only five min- Mr.

and Mrs. John Plank, of near that their surplus and earnings Hagerstown wher he was an act ve utes late. Stone Jug. A in the first ceremony, during the year. of St.

John's Lutheran church I town. discovered Ifc a oa of love at first si ht Mickley son of thej a mg to the woman who claims not until the one end of that i i finst saw her barn was a mass of flames: The 24 1921 He brought her to i re sta ea tne straw mow ot I York for a two weeks visit. Later, Telephone and electric companies were in trouble as the sleet had form-! ring service was used. Both marriages required she i aimSj they went to Baltimore, hrou where a marriage license was procur- This was issued is claimed, on 24, 1921, in Baltimore, by the sleet caused a wire to burn off on a pole on Fourth street. This break occurred at 7.30 and it was 8.50 before the repairs could be made.

Industries depending on the current to operate their machnies were forced into idleness temporarily. Early this morning the district office of the State Highway Department had its snow plows in action. These machines were soon plowing their way through the drifts on the primary roads and bus line traffic out of Gettysburg was not seriously interrupted. Fifteen men were at work with the various snow plow gangs- One plow started operations at York Springs and worked to Rose Garden. Two plows opened the Lincoln be Highway between Gettysburg ard the Franklin-Adams county line beyond Cashtown.

One plow and a roid machine operated between here and YorK Plows moving out made a way. Mr. and "Mrs. friends. Keefauver are clo.e Eighteen hundred and forty eight school of that church was en- the Pleas Court.

ed an icy casing about the wires. For less than three-quarters of an hour votes out of a total of 2903 were cast gaged in busines in Hagerstown with I is given as 38 years and that of Lip- more than an hour this morning Get-! to perform, after which Mr. Tholan jat the annual election of directors of his ate brotherj Charles, for a num- Mr Mlck and his son succeeded sitz 48 years After the return to tysburg was without electricity when sent the two happy couples on their (the Gettysburg National Bank at rts of in getting all of the livestock out of the woman continued to sojourn Both Mr. and Mrs. Cool and "-organization meeting held Tuesday.

foHowinff barn but were unabl to save the but on December 21, 1921, Lip- the arrival of the Three horses, five cows' The woman's age HAS HABIT OF and daughter: Mrs. A. 0. Mul! J. E.

McCammon was selected presi- I len, Spring Grove; C. Fred, Hagers- 'dent of the stockholders meeting and 'Rev. D. W. Woods, secretary.

1 The resolution "that the first sen- 'tence of Section 3 of the Articles of ollowin 5 town; and Paul Jersey. He is Davis Leaves Second Bride And Takes Cash With- Him. Association which reads as of Directors shall' "3 RnarH Lew A. Rev Elizabeth, New iurvived by the and sisters: Rev. Bikle, D.

Concord, N. Phillip M. Bikle, Ph. consist of nine jGettsburg; Ferdinand Smiths- and about fifteen were saved but a of hay carriages, two mowers, horse rake, drill, set of Fair- scales, and a ton of nitrate were all lost. Mr.

Mickley had sold part of his wheat crop, but about sixty bu- i told her it was all off. His heart head hogsj a gone co dj hence the i binder, two sets hay shels were destroyed together with or nine stocKnoiaers, oe TT 4 vi amended so as to read as foi Maryland; Daniel, Hartfaburg, alout 275 bushels of oatg llows: "3. The Board of Directors shall land Miss Barbara A Hagerstown hay and straw A of not less than five nor more Dr Davis, who on September twelve shareholders" was unani-1 23, was marled to Mrs. Ella M. Sinch, adopted by the stockholders, a sister of.

C. C. Merritt, Thurmont, Funeral services in Hagerstown but jthe exact time has? not been set. at the latter's home there and The stockholders then proceeded to who elect the directors for the year 1922 several days later left his wife with increased that number from nine REFBSE CARELESS DRIVER LICENSE that was to twelve electing G. R.

Thompson, to Millard Stoner who lives on the ad- jjoining farm was also lost in the flames. All the harness was destroyed. Almost 100 men gathered at the scene of the conflagration and formed ja bucket brigade from the house to the barn but they were unable to save S. Houck and I. L.

Taylor tolH. E. Rebert. Near Littlestown, the barn aml Hi re their efforts to path through the main streets of town. her since, has again reappeared in the same role.

This time in York, where, if reports from the nolice there are true Work was started on the Lincoln and description accurate, he has just Highway east of here this afternoon. The storm followed two of the balmiest days of the winter and although the weather forecast of Tuesday predicted snow, the heavy downfall came a surprise. No let up in the storm is seen in the latest weather predictions, although Thursday will ba fair and colder. disappeared from his bride of two weeks with $100 of her money. His pronounced inclination for the accumulation of many wives led him into the bonds of matrimony in York to Mrs.

Sarah Rockey, 561 West Princess street. 1 hip on the Board along with the directors for 1921 consisting of H. Picking; C. L. Longsdorf, C.

Beales, C. W. Johnson, J. Prickett, Charles W. Biesecker, E.

P. Miller, R. D. Bream and Charles H. Huber.

These men will to select bank. Fairfield National Bank The Fairfield National Bank Pleaded Guilty to Operating Machine While Intoxicated. As a result of his pleading guilty in the adjacent buildings. The house which stands some distance from the barn was never in dagger. The barn, about 50 to 90 feet, in dF- ithe Adams county court to the was burned to the ground.

iof driving an automobile while under Jt was a 0( 1 state of repair as officers for the influence of liquor, H. E. Rebert, of near L.ttleslown, has been refused a 1922 license for his motor car. After Rebert had pleaded guilty to was tho machinery. The crijrin of the fire is a mystery 10 but il is believed that a tram), may have sought refuge in York Dispatch follows: Investigation into the activities I the charge before the local court, he the barn unknown to Mr.

Mickley and re (was fined $300 and the costs of prose- the straw mow on i elected a i 1921 directors a of- Ifc wag charge( at that time ficers to serve for 1922 at its election' of Tuesday. J. E. Zimmerman was jthe offense was a second one for Rebert and the court refused to impose The lire was visible in Gettysburg chosen president of the institution the i i fine of $100 as request ed at its height and drew large crowds from the surrounding country. This is the fourth snow of the win- a man named C.

W. Davis, posing as Bream, vice president and ter here, but the first in the new year. It is the second time it was necessary for the Highway Department to bring out the plows. SOLDIER WAS INSANE Dr. George Stock, Formerly Of Gettysburg, Testifies At Trial.

Dr. George Stock, formerly of Gettysburg, now in charge of the Public Health Service at where several hundred disabled vet- of the World War are receiving treatment, was one of the Tvitnesses at the trial of William Grant K. Johnson, who was charged with the murder of Dr. Robert C. Patterson, a physician at Saranac.

The jury returned a verdict of insanity in the case and the demented soldier was committed to Mattewan. Dr. Stock testified lhat he dis- army officer, who disappear- g. Swope, secretary. ed with $100 less than two weeks af-; i men cornpose the board of direc- ter he married Mrs.

Sarah Rockey, tors: j. Zimmerman, C. P. 561 West Princess street, is being car-, ream, E. F.

Strasbaugh, Christian ried on by the White detective" agency. FreVi Jphn A Cwl Waddell court -Mrs. Rockey and the polished gentie- i a Bwope. man were married on December 16 Littlestown National Bank and on December 28, the man, with At a meeting of the esident a a i A j. ri A Tv-k r.n^..r TM (by counsel for the defense.

The first PLAN TO GIVE SHOW The follow- Hanover and this incident resulted in fine of $100 in the York county The charge which resulted in "the fine of $300 was brought by Dr. J. W. Mehring, of Littlestown, whose 12- nn hv Mrs Rockev as i TM id L1UU son, Allen, was run downtin $100 given him by Mrs. KocKey as oc kholders of the First National ml 9n wnf payment in part for some new house Bank of Littlestown Tu6sday the fol L.ttlestown November 20 by a motor fixtures disappeared and has not been lowin werc chos en officers for Car drive by Rcbert The ap seen since the, The coup.e became charged Johnson so that he might at Ws own request enter a sanatorium near his own home.

BIGLER HOLDS PRAYER WEEK Union Services Being He'ld in JJnited Brethren Church. A week of prayer of all the churches in Biglerville started in the "United Brethren church, Tuesday evening Rev. S. F. Tholan preached the sermon.

The service tonight will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Wilson, of the Friend's Grove church. On Thursday evening, Rev. Harry Kottler, pastor jsf the United Brethren church, will conduct the services in the Reformed church.

Friday evening, Rev. T. C. Heason will hold services in the United Brethren FARM WEATHER REPORT For eastern Pennsylvania: Snow or rain in MUtheaat and htftvjr snow in north and west portions this afternoon nnd night. Thursday fair and cold.

cr. Shifting nates becoming and ni meeting was held. acquainted in Detroit, Mich. SECOND OF SERIES Keagy and W. R.

Jones, vice Fiftesn directors were jing to the axle of the car. He was (dragged about, eighty feet. P. R. Pontms-Showg Slides Mid- Week Services.

'chosen at the meeting, George S. jKump, A. G. Keagy, Dr. H.

E. Get-' "ifr-Basehoar, James-D. High School Alumni Play to Follow Commencement. ISpalding, Charles Mathias, Albert J. Bair, Frank Waybright, John H.

(Continued on Second) The second of series of bibical stereoptican lectures given at regu- lar mid-week services of the Trinity i Reformed church will be held this NEWS OVER meeting of the High school alumni association Tuesday evening in the High school auditorium, the members decided to form a dramatic club and a committee composed of C. K. Gilbert, William G. Weaver and Helen Sefton was chosen to select a play which is to be presented by the alumni, the night following the High school commencement in June. It is planned to hold the show in the Lincoln Way Theatre.

A musicale was also arranged for February and a committee chosen to Grades of Biglerville Drop LOW select the talent and arrange the date. The musicale committee is ATM UiN in Percentage of Attendance For Month. evening at 7:30 by Rev. Paul R. Pon-.

tius. The first was held last Wednes- day evening. They will continue un-! til May. The subject of the lecture i this evening is "Abraham--His Jour- ney into Canann." i CRIPPLED WIRES Air Mail Service Eliminated Front Postofflce Appropriation Measure. Crippled telephone wires made tele- phonic communication with the iciated Press office in Baltimore im- Blanks are being sent out this week i Ipossible.

The following items were from the office of the Auditor General TT finally forthcoming by telegraph: Harrisburg to corporations d.omg composed of Mrs. Roy E. Zinn, Anna Miller and Maurice Stallsmith. MAILING TAX REPORTS business in this county and the state APPROPRIATIONS BILL PASSES for making the annual returns of their business so the state may fix the taxes upon capital stock and loans from Washington, Jan. 11--With provi- An epidemic of chicken pox played havoc with the attendance record the I schools of Bijrlerville were trying to attain this year for during the month Building of December.

Sonic of the grade schools dropped to as low as eighty ASSOCIATION ELECTS and Loan Declares Extra Dividend. per cent. Excellent attendance in the Directors and officers were elected NEW TRUCK LINE SERVICE OPPOSED Haulage Company Finds Many Protests Before Public Service Commission. Strong opposition and protest against the issuance of a certificate of convenience to the Pyramid Haulage Company to conduct a motor freight service out of Harrisburg to a number of towns, ipcluding Gettysburg, were made Tuesday before the Public Service Commission. It is the desire of the Haulage Company to establish a freight service between Harrisburg and Gettysburg by the way of Mechanicsburgl and Dillsburg.

Local interests arc opposing the granting of the convenience and have called to the attention of the Commission that, a motor freight service is now in operation between Gettysburg and Harrisburg and that there is no need for additional service. In a resolution passed by the Bar- ouph Council at its last meeting in 1921, the opinion was expressed to the Commission that there was no need for additional freight service between Gettysburg and Harrisburg. The (Pyramid Haulage Company eeks to establish freight lines between Harrisburg, York, Lancaster, Gettysburg and points in the Juniata, Cumberland and Lykens valleys. Strongest against the granting of certificates of conveni- cnc was mads by Pennsylvania, Reading and Susquehanna River and Western railroads and the Conestagb Traction companies on the ground that the service was not needed. Applicants for the certificate, produced ice cream manufacturers, grocery managers and others who asked for quicker service than afforded by railroads and trolleys.

Duplication of routes already covered was alleged and denied. The commission was in executive session most of thp day but gave no decisions. Uhler Was Driving Truck Which Crashed Into Car of Dr. Hiidebrand, Biglerville, Last Summer. At a short session of the Adams county court this morning at 10:30, jmotion for a new trial in the case of Harold as? jsault charge by a jury on November 116, was overruled.

Immediately af- the -trial on November 16 which I lasted for more than two days, the for Mr. Uhler filed the mo- I tion for a new trial. The court has ordered that Uhler appear before it on Saturday, January 21 when it is believed, he will be sentenced on the assault and battery charge of which the jury found him guilty. The case against Uhler grew out of an accident on.the Biglerville road during the summer of 1920 when the truck Uhler was driving crashed into the rear of the touring car driven by Dr. J.

H. Hiidebrand, of Biglerville. iWith Dr. Hiidebrand at the time of the accident was his sister-in-law, Miss Annie Griesf. Neither was seriously injured.

The trial which grew o'ut of this highway accident was one of the longest assault and battery cases ever heard before the local courts. The trial consumed more than two days and scores ot" witnesses were called on both sides. Hearings on the cases arising out of the disposition of. the late Sampson Albert estate were postponed'by tha court this morning until Wednesday, February 1. IN ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Adams county National Farm Loan Association was held on Tuesday evening in the office of C.

E. Stable, Centre Square, when the following were chosen as a board of directors for the year: John W. Mcllhenny, Wilftam H. Johns, Orville S. Riley, 0.

C. Rice and J. L. Butt. The directors then chcsc the following officers for the association: John W.

Mcllhenny, president; William II. vice president; E. A. Grouse, secretary and treasurer, and C. E.

Stable, attorney. The loan committee is composed of O. C. Rice, Orville S. Riley and Frank Felix.

An alternate loan committee of David G. Lott, J. Emory Cleveland and William H. Johns, was also selected. This association is a member of the national association which specializes in handling mortgages for farmers and is a member of the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore.

MRS. ELIZABETH PHILIPS Mrs. Elizabeth Philips died at the home of her son, David Philips, near here Tuesday noon, aged 81 years, 4 months and 27 days. Death was caused by complication--of diseases, from which she suffered for six (months. Mrs.

is survived by I the following children: Allen, of York; Frank, Five Points; Robert, of East Berlin, and David, with whom she resided. Mrs. Philips is also survived by one brother and one sister, Mrs. Barbara Stambaugh, East Berlin, and Henry Zarfoss, Fanners. PURCHASED PROPERTY Leo Bushman, who has been living south of town along the Baltimore cent.

JIIALCUCUL aLLCiiuaiivc in 1 1 1 high school department brought the and routine business was transacted j'pike, has purchased the house of John monthly nercentage into the nineties at a recent meeting of the Adams jWaidlich, Baltmiore street. Mr. i fovm at oz Thn County Building and Loan Associa- man will occupy his new ro S1 and kept the term mark at 95. The figures on attendance as well as a lengthy report on the general condition of the school and the sch'ool activities were made known to the Board Hons for the air mail service eliminat- 1 of Education in regular meeting by which the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- ed, the annual post office oppropria- vania draws most of its revenue. I tion bill carrying approximately thousand blanks are being sent out, which is the largest number of such reports ever issued.

ONLY TWO APPEAR 000,000 was favorably reported today by the House appropriations committee. BALTIMORE HARD HIT and' Only two members of the commit-! Baltimore, Jan. 11--This city tee appointed by the Albert Lentz (vicinity was hit by a forty-mile north- Post of the American Legion to take least gale accom by rain charge of a campaign for fun-is to be used in the purchase of a home appeared at the rooms Tuesday night Telephone service was badly crippled. To the west and north trees and poles wore blown.over. There reported.

the principal of the school. During the month of December the 'High Schools maintained a percen- County Building tion. An extra dividend of two per cent was declared, making a total of six per cent. These officers were elected: P. A.

Miller, president; E. H. Markley, vice president; P. C. Stock, treasurer; E.

A. Crouse, secretary; directors, P. A. Miller, E. H.

Markley, P. C. Stock, tage of 97, the Gramm'ar Grade, Dorscy Dougherty, J. W. Brehm, W.

the Intermediate, Grade, 93; the Sec- I. Oyler, C. William Beales, A. B. ondary Grade, 80 and the Primary Plank and E.

A. Crouse. Grade 87 per cent. The average for all the schools was 92 percent for the month and the term average was 95 per cent. This is considered a high March 1.

Mr. Waidlich is moving to Harrisburg. (Continued on Second) MISSION SOCIETY MEETS The Julia Harpster Missionary society of Christ Lutheran church will i FEED SMALL GAME Leo Bushman, game protector of Adams county, today issued an appeal to the farmers of the county to assist in the feeding of quail and other small game. With a of snow there is little chance for birds and other game to find food. Each year sportsmen have assisted in providing food for these bii'ds and animals.

DAILY bargains during inventory. its first meeting for 1922, Thurs-1 Watch our windows nnd half-price I day evening, January 12, at 7:30, at Something added every day. SEE Chandler advcrtisenont on the home of the presided, Mrs. Paul People's Drug Store, The Rexall Ko. lnk.

Victroln 1 MORE HOG CHOLERA An outbreak of hog cholera has been reported from Washington county to the Maryland authorities. Diseased animals have been found on four farms in that county. POSTPONE FUNERAL Drifted roads made it necessary to postpone the funeral of Mrs. Levina Fickel today at the Chestnut Grove Church, The services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at that church, Rev. G.

W. Frey officiating. FIRES in such weather are disastrous. Do you have enough insurance? Philip R. Bikle.

United telephone I page Martin, WOOLEN shirts. Excellent quality grrys. heavier 0. D. $2.26.

G. W. Weaver 1 JEWS PA PER I SlFWSPAPFld.