The Daily Times from New Philadelphia, Ohio • Page 1

f' mmm T1M1J3 DIAL NUMBERS Genenu News -23981 and 29551 Society and Justness 1) Office 130 THE WEATHER tonight; Friday increasing cloudiness and somewhat warmer; showers R-iday or Saturday. OUR UNITED PRESS SERVICE GIVES US THE MOST COMPLETE TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS OF ANY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN TUSCARAWAS COUNTY. Volume XXV1T. Number 135. 10 Pages.

New Philadelphia, Ohio, Thursday, September 4, 1930. 10 Pages. Two Cents. 300 PERISH IN WEST INDIES HORRICANE DEATH TAKES C.M. SHERMAN, MILL WORKER COUNTY EMPLOYES PLAY AT GOAT FARM Blood Donors Unable to Save Friend PROMINENT HERE Funeral Services Saturday Curtis M.

Sherman, 46, living at; 134 Fourth street one of the best known citizens and a i roller at the local works of the American Sheet Tin Plate Company. died at 3:20 p. m. yesterday at Union hospital of the effects of a ruptured and gangrenous vermiform appendix for which he underwent an emergency operation last Friday at p. m.

Mr. Sherman became ill last Thursday evening after working the day before at the mill. Blood transfusions were resorted to at 5 p. m. Tuesday and at 1 a.

m. yesterday in efforts to save Mr. Sherman's life. Ed F. Nagely and Patrolman Alexander McIntosh of the New Philadelphia police force, were blood donors.

County employes laid aside their pens, pencils and typfewiters yesterday afternoon for their annual picnic and outing held at the Schlegel Goat Farm, near Zoar. Seventy-eight enjoyed a chicken dinner served under the grape arbors by Mrs. Bucy and her assistants after an afternoon of games and contests. A feature of the entertainment wras an indoor baseball game between P1J1 Pounders ahd Mongrels. The Pill Pounders argued a better game with Umpire Ed Ball and won out by a score of 16 to 9.

Mrs. Margaret Vale won the egg carrying contest, Mrs. Eugene Hurst won the nail driving and running contest and Mrs. Fred Frank carried off honors in the potato paring contest. Horse shoe pitching also had an important part in the program.

Court Bailiff Ed Ditto and Carroll Wright comprised the committee on arrangements. COSTE PLANE SPEEDS WEST TOWARD TEXAS Broadway Qives Qreat Reception To French Trans-Atlantic Flyers MARY DISCARDS Due In Dallas at 10 Tonight ESCORTED OFTEN Great Ovation Being Planned HALT SEARCH FOR CONVICTS 2 Succeed In Eluding Posses i Death Slpcka City The announcement of Mr. death was heard with deep regret on the part of numerous friends. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Margaret M.

Sherman, one daughter, Nola. at home; btep-daugh- ter, Mrs. R. V. Mineral City; his mother.

Mrs. Elizabeth Sherman, 73, widow of Edward Sherman, Roanoke, Indiana; one brother, Jasper L. Sherman, Toledo, and a sister, Mrs. Oras Dailey, Columbia City, Indiana. Mr.

Sherman was bom January 3. 1884, at Zanesville, Indiana. He has been a resident for twenty-five years of this city where lie was married September 27, 190d. Mr. Sherman was a member oi New Philadelphia lodge No.

516, B. P. O. Elks, of New Philadelphia lodge, No. 107.

O. O. and of New Philadelphia Circle, Protected borne Circle, all of this city. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m.

Saturday at the residence. Rev. Paul F. Ebert, Dover, will officiate. He will be assisted by Rev.

James O. Dodd, this city. Burial will be made in East Avenue cemetery, this city, by the Broadhurst Funeral Home, this city. Third Fugitive Captured Columbus, Sept. 4.

general search for two Junction City brick plant convicts, still at large after a third companion had been captured, was abandoned today. Thd manhunt ended three hours alter T. W. Glick, Canal Winchestsr marshal, chased and shot at a man believed to have been Clyde Fischer, Trumbull County auto thief, on the outskirts of the village at midnight. Fischer and Ben Caddes, Lucas county, successfully eluded one ot the largest posses in Fairfield county history after holding up a guard at the Junction City plant and escaping in an official car.

Railroader Is Hero START OCEAN HOP TOMORROW Lee Ngedleton, 28. Lucas county burglar, will be returned to Ohio penitentiary tomorrow. He was captured late Wednesday afternoon by M. M. Hanna, Columbus railroad fireman, in Levi woodland, a mile north of Plearantville.

Hanna stole up on Neddleton as the convict lay on a straw pile at the edge of the woods, watching an open field ahead of him with a Winchester rifle at his side. The gun was one of two taken from Ray Hillyard. the plant guard who was overpowered. Bulletin Louisville, Sept. 4 trans-Atlantic plane Question Mark, piloted by Capt.

Dlendonne Coste, flew over here at 12:33 today. It circled Bowman field once and then continued southwest. The French manager. Rene Ra- cover, landed at the field 30 minutes earlier and was entertained at lunch at airport. Clear skies favored the direct airline which Coste and Bellonte had set out to follow.

Their route led from here over the southeastern corner of Missouri, across Arkansas by way of Little Rock and thence to Dallas, entering Texas at Texarkana. There a squadron of six planes from Dallas was expected to Join Coste and Bellonte and escort the Question Mark to Dallas. Dispatches from Dallas said the populace of that city and surrounding towns were making elaborate plans for receiving the pilots and in the absence of Easterwood, who is ill Europe, presenting them with the prize check. NUDE BATHING Monte Carlo, Sept. 4, Mary Garden has adopted sea massages instead of nude bathing as a means of reducing.

Her famed nude baths added materially to the population of nearby shores during 1 the reducing process, the opera star I told the United Press. Sea massages are carried out in darkness in convenient spots off shore after Miss Garden and the massager swim to the selected spot. Massages are twice as effective when combined with sea water, she said. SPEED CHEST DRIVE PLANS Estimate Over 1,000 Injured CABLES JAMMED Sub-Committees Storm Moves North Named Toward Cuba Detroit to Budapest Is Goal Detroit, Sept. 4.

attempted one-stop flight from Detroit to Budapest, Hungary, will start here tomorrow when Capt. Seorge Endres and Lieut. Alexander Jagyar take off at 6 With their Lockheed-Sirlus monoplane, for Hungary," fully tested, the two aviators said today that plans were completed lor the take-off. They plan to fly from here to St. Johns, N.

refuel, and then make the long ocean hop. They hope to reach Budapest without a stop after leaving St. Johns, but if necessary, they will refuel a second time in England. SEEKS SHELTER IN COUNTY HOME By SIDNEY B. WHIPPLE.

United Press Staff Correspondent New York, Sept. 4 Capt. Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, newest heroes, sped westward across the United States today to receive one of the chief prizes of their daring flight across the Atlantic. Bound for Dallas, the French airmen lifted their giant red sesqul- plane Question Mark from the run- wav of Curtiss airport, Valley Stream L. at 6:54 a.

m. EST. Dallas, the fliers have pointed out. will be the official termination of the ocean-spanning flight that began at Le Bourget airdrome last Monday morning. There they will receive the $25,000 offered by Col.

William E. Easterwood. Texas millionaire, for the first Paris-New York-Dallas flight. While admiring thousands roared their applause, Dieudonne Coste, left, and Maurice Bellonte. right, first airmen to succeed in making a westward crossing of the Atlantic from mainland to mainland, are shown here waving to the crowds as they rode up Broadway at the head of a procession of honor.

Grover Whalen, welcoming chairman, is seated in front of the French flying team. Judge Made Chief Auditor SCHOOL FIGURE TO ROAD BOOSTERS The traffic light at Ray avenue and North Broadway, has refused to shut off at midnight for the last two nights, its signals keeping mo- torists on the alert until 5:30 a. m. Largest In History of when it automatically shuts off five Union Twp. Affair and a half hours over-time.

City Announcement was made today of the appointment by the executive committee of the New Philadelphia Community Chest of five sub-committees which will work under the head of the campaign committee named yesterday. Each of the five sub-committees will be headed by a vice-chairman who will be In charge of his respective group of workers. H. H. Scheu is vice-chairman of the publicity committee the personnel of which is as follows: Dean G.

Warner, Sonny Schenk and Harold V. Kirk. Ellis VanderPy! will head the important sub-committee on aoltclta- Itions. VanderPyl will name a captain in each of the four wards in the city. A lieutenant will be named for each precinct who will have 'charge of the six or eight solicitors in each division.

Russel B. Exley and Elmer Stlf- fler were appointed to direct the office work. Rev. Paul McKee, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, has been named vice-chairman of the subcommittee to secure speakers for the drive. Judge osh Auditor By FRANCISCO ESCOVAR United Press Correspondent Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Sept.

4. hurricane crossed the island yesteiSky, destroying a large part of the capital and killmg many persons. The most authoritative early estimates of dead were about 300, with almost 1.000 others Injured. Damage to the city, including the destruction of the home of American Minister Charles B. Curtise, was estimated at more than $15,000,000.

An enormous number of persons were homeless, many of them suffering from injuries. Communications with the Interior regions were disrupted and it was impossible to ascertain the extent of damage in the island. Officials of 41 administration )f President Rafael L. Trujillo said urgent aid was re jujued and reported that misery war great at capital. Asylum An Insane asylvut and the inmates i wildly through the city.

Officials wire making to capture them. The greatest have been dene City mechanics u'ere working on the Rev. Ash Admitted to Infirmary -DOVERITK IE0ALLY DEAD Andrew' Dover resident, was declared to be legally dead by Probate Judge J. H. Lamneck today following a hearing on a proceeding started to establish presumption of death.

Reiss whose last known place of residence was in Dover during the month of September, 1919, owns a $2,000 interest in the Ohio theatre building in Dover and accrued rentals of $350 In a Dover bank. The money will be given to two daughters, Josephine Reiss, Canton, and Andrea Reiss, Dover. His bank funds, an automobile and household goods tied up by an injunction secured by his wife last Saturday when she tiled proceedings for divorce, Rev Floyd L. Ash, 46, former pastor of the Methodist Protestant church at Uhrlchsville, had to seek shelter at the county infirmary last Tuesday afternoon. The commitment was made on application of C.

O. Romig of the Mill township trustees. Rev. Ash explained that his. effects are tied up, that his health is Infirm and that he has no job.

He may be at the Infirmary only temporarily, then agaill he may be there permanently, commented. The court order prohibits Rev. Ash from disposing of his property until the suit is disposed of. RESERVE BOARD GOVERNOR NAMED Bulletin Washington, Sept. 4 dent Hoover has decided to Eugene Meyer, former head of the federal farm board, as governor of tty federal retene board, was learned authoritatively today BANKERS HELP TO CAPTURE RANRITS 15-Hour Flight Captain Coste said he thought the flight today would take about fifteen hours, putting him and Bellonte into the Texas city around 10 o'clock tonight EST.

Government forecasters said the weather was favorable for the trip. After their visit to Dallas, the celebrated pair will fly back east to Washington. D. where they will be guests Monday of President Hoover and other high officials in government and diplomatic circles, Little Rest In N. public aud parochial school enrollment will be well over the 3,000 largest in the history of the every school child has reported for work, Bupt.

F. P. Geiger announced today. At noon today the figures showed the following: Senior high school 481; Junior high school 650; elementary schools 1682. and parochial school 164.

The checkup reveals that the senior high school enrollment will be at least 50 more than last year, junior high enrollment about 25 more, elementary attendance about the same and parochial attendance more than In 1929. light today in an effort to save the over-tflne Juice bill. Big Success tfi lUIU'lg or alutuitn effor outlying regions vere damages ai casualties. Many building! some of them the ae to itnelf, the te- lowtr Common Plea6 Judge E. E.

I say was placed In charge of the au- the capital. Hoi diting committee which will be com- and debris and Robb and John DOCTORS FACE $35,480 SUIT posed of Frank Rosch, It was unnounced today that captains collecting funds will be required to pluce their funds in banks to be designated by the executive committee at a later date. Solicitors will use blanks contain-i ing three slips, one of which w(U be the auspices of the Union Township given to the donor, one of which Good Roads Association will be given to the bank when de- The affair was tin best of its kind posits are made and the third will Eight hundred persons consumed 45 dozen ears of corn, 85 pounds of welners, 760 buns, 20 gallons of butter milk, 100 pies and 25 cakes at the corn roast held last night on the Red farm, east of Dennison, under Salesman Charges Mal-Practice ever sponsored by the organization. In a baseball game, a team comprised of Dennison residents defeated a team of Union township farmers by a score of 11 to 10. The old be turned over to the committee.

Solicitors will be held responsible for lost stubs. The burden of soliciting funds will full largely on the members of the contest was won by Amos American Legion, Veterans of For- 20 The fliers arose at 3 a. long before dawn, and motored out to the field to get an early start. They had had only a few hours sleep after their crowded program of yesterday, but were cheerful and waved a friendly good-bye as their plane sped from the field. Bo wildly enthusiastic has this city been over the pair since they landed Tuesday night that Coste and Bellonte have had few hours for relaxation.

But they have sacrificed much needed rest willingly, that New York might give full vent to its adulation. Today it appeared that other cities besides New York and Dallas would be given the opportunity to demonstrate their admiration for the airmen. YOUTH CONFESSES KILLING EMPLOYER Dr. Frank A Bowers. Dennison, and Dr.

Earl K. Shaweker Dover, were named defendants in a $35,480 inal-practice suit hied in common pleas court this morning by A. T. Bpinell, well known Dennison auto- i mobile salesman. Bpinell charges in his petition I that the physicians operated on ids wife for the removal of a fibroid (tumor when she was in a weakened condition following a lengthy illness West, 60, Uhrlclisville.

There were four other contestants. Judges of the contest were Senator G. Nickels, Harvey Brown, division superintendent of the state highway department and County Engineer Ray McCullough. Addresses were made by Senator Nickels and Mr. Brown.

elgn Wars and their auxiliaries SUCCESSOR TO WEAVER NAMED tered through the City Help The popular of 000 as need medical aid as wei as The local relief in caring for i he tirely inadequate stood an al be the American Ret Volunteers wete possible to re levs confusion of the night tolb sudden hurrict te huifwr efforts. The toll injured and trt of previous hu gotten by the storm reached terday aftemo the city. Roof-tops first rush of th rooted The hurricane then serened to (capital. Cut Off Hours Ivfc dai er.e* were not for puiaUoj T-htn tl eat and tenor te tom off try 6 term and nter of the lnfc rtfca Baltimore. Sept.

4 and performed a hysterectomy 16-year-old boy was held in Jail here operation. today following his confession thatk Mrs. Bpinell died a short time fol- he killed his employer with a mon- lowing the operation, key wrench and then hid his body, Attorney Joseph C. Mitchell, immersed in alcohol and covered city, represents Mr. Bpinell.

with rubbish in a vinegar barrel. CASEV CASE REACH GRAND JURY fj Plan Good-WUI Flight rSt Th6 body of Herbert G. Wetters, a chemist, was found in the rear of his establishment Tuesday night. The youth, Kennard Thompson, was arrested yesterday and confessed after eight hours of questioning. He said he killed wetters on the night of August 1 w'hen he was drunk CLEVELAND SENDS All wPn side world were interrupted fcf.

a period of 18 houfll bn the roelich hlected uh me sutim. ua- abled and air) lant tice of Peace mas halted. ax I Although a n-Ac encai prune Cleveland, Sept. 4 case Former Service Director Harry E. was seen flyiin over City hie against James Casey, former presl- Froelich, 234 West Slingluff avenue, morning, it dii rot land.

Offmajf dent of the National Bank Dover, yesterday was selected by Do-! at the aviation Id of Gallon, charged with violating i ver township trustees, by a vote of of Santo Domingo repotyf tre the federal banking laws, will not1 two to one, as Justice of the peace to was littered will dehr Hlcu reach the present federal grand Jury succeed Cletus Weaver, whose office1 ably make landing fUnge.ibo*. I was declared vacant last August 26, when he failed to furnish a new bond. Former Mayor Perry J. Robert re- Roberts, Sept. 4 bank officials who were locked in a vault by a bandit today helped capture the bandit an hour later.

8. D. Ashton, president, and Edvard Stouffer, cashier, had been closed in the vault with a customer and another employe when a woman in the street spied the bandit rifling the tills. She ran to a store and reported the holdup. Apparently realizing he had been seen, the bandit ran from the bank, but the woman obtained a complete description of him and the car in which he fled.

Freed the vault, Asb'on and Stouffer Joined a deputy in the hunt and Leo 23. said to be the robber was arrested near Hudson a short later. Only $12 was stolen from bank. A god-w1ll flight around the Unit- States, it was reliably reported, is being arranged for them before their return to France. The plans were understood to be indefinite, but it was said that a committee of leaders in business, state, aviation and diplomatic circles was be inf formed to sponsor the project.

It was believed probable, also, government itself would parti- pate in the plans. A singularly impressive climax wound up New great reception to the Gallic airmen last night. They were guests at a dinner of the German-Ameiicau society at the Hotel Roosevelt with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Capt.

Wolfang Von Oronau and his conquerors of the Atlantic. The seven guests of Tionor, sented simultaneously by Mayor James J. Walker, arose before the 500 cheering society members and clasped hands. The banquet hail rang with shouts of and and Mayor Walker declared he had never seen a CANTON WOMEN rnPTr I I was announced today by U. 8.

I JIM I IN VI I IIIIIV District Attorney Wilfred J. Mahon I III I I I IIU11 Assistant District Attorney Wil- Clevland, Sept. 4 in- llam McDermott is conducting a Former Mayor Perry J. Robert re- vitatlon was being relayed today to investigation of the bank's ceived one of the three cast Capt. Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Mahon said, in the belief yesterday.

Bellonte, premier French flyers and others may be involved in el- latest conquerors of the Atlantic, 8300,000 shortages, asking them to include Cleveland on; Casey, who is now under bond of a proposed tour of the United 812,500 is alleged to have used low air fleid was it pMltc iarl aged states. Tentative plans call for ceremon- Toledo, Sept. 4 (UP)-Three les at which a wreath will be plac- men motorists from Canton were cd on the grave of Ambassador My- suffering today from Injuries receiv- ron T. Herrick, who received Lind- ed when they drove into a ditch bergh in Paris and who was a per- near Lemoyne to avoid collision sonal friend of Coste. with a Toledo, Fostorla and Findlay Efforts to reach Coste over interurban car.

The women, Mrs. distance telephone to New York last Blanche Jefferson, 46, driver, her night were unsuccessful, sister, Mrs. Lillian Denzer 50, and interest bearing real estate and mortgage bonds, property of the bank. In playing the stock market. When the Investigation is completed, Mahon said, the entire matter will be presented 'to a federal grand Jury.

As soon as Mr. Froelich receives his commission from Oovemor Myers V. Cooper, he will take office. Justice-designate term will expire January 1, 1932. XVILEE SUER ON AO DELAWARE SCHOOL her daughter, Miss Katherine Jefferson.

19. all of Canton, were taken to east side hospital here. Mrs. Jefferson received a possible fractured skull. REPORTED VICTIM 01' POISON BOOZE STORM LEAVES 4,000 PHONELESS Preliminary to tlie opening of the Zoar public scliools next Mondaw.

a Bellalre Sept. 4 service was restored today to Shadyslde, a town of 4000 inhabl- Harry i tr.nts, which was isolated by a storm Lisbon, Sept. 4 (UP)- Harry tr.nts. wpl Chamberlain. 18, was blind today yesterday when fightnlng burned teachers meeting will be held fnSm from drinking poison liquor alleg- out a cable connecting phones to the to 8:45 a.

September edly sold to him by Frank Iropoll, local exchange. splendid step toward world day. 8:15 a. m. 8th.

All children should be present who was arrested and lodgeOin Jail- The rain accompanying the storm at the building at 8:45 a. H. A- The liquor was purchased last Bun-' waa the heaMest In four Jhiontto ana Ssrbaugh, principal, announced to- day but the boy J-l not begin first major rain df the middle in? sight until Uondaa. Juir. Catherine Halter, 4 if teen year old daughter of William and Hazel Halter, Route 2, Uhrlchsville, who was adjudged a delinquent In Juvenile court last week, was sentenced to the Girl's Industrial 8chool Delaware this morning by Judge H.

Lamneck. The mother of the child is serving a sixty-day sentence in the county jail which was imposed by Judge Lamneck ten days ago after she pleaded guilty to abandclmg her family and forging her name on a stolen marriage certificate in order that she might life with another Suit to collect 8248. M1 due on a bill of e.xlia pi filed in common pleui urt tfe morning by the H. C. filanef Columbus, against Llold r- row-ay, J.

Burrowuy, ay Florence Huston, also of Uhn vllle. are alleged to have gu. ran the payment of the named parties t. The law Arm WJUdn, Fisher and Limbach re plaintiff. Sermon on tlv will be used for a series and helpful discourses by man C.

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