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4845 CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1915. $1.00 PER YEAR
REV. US. HHiOWELL
Was a Baptist Clergyman, a
Member of Old Local Fam-ily
and a G. A. R. Veteran
THE FUNERAL TOMORROW
Rev. Charles Hallo well, a retired
clergymun of the Baptiat church and
a former resident of this borough,
died 00 Sunday at his home, North-field,
Minn., aged 71 years.
Rev. Mr. Hallowell had been in 111
health for about a year and last Win-ter
his Illness became so serious his
sisters. Mrs .ludson Sagebeer and
Miss Matilda Hallowell, of this bor-ough,
wane called to his bedside.
They remained with him for several
weeks when his condition became im-proved.
l.ast week the members of his fam-ily
here were notilled that he was
again seriously ill. Miss Hallowell
left here immediately for Northfield
and arrived there Friday and remain-ed
at the bedside of her brother until
death ensued.
Rev. Charles Hallowell was the son
of the late William and Harriet Thoni-
M Hallowell and was born in this
borough "1 years ngo, in the house at
the corner of Hector and Forrest
street. He was educated in the local
public schools, which at that time
were conducted in the old school
building now owned by the A. O. H.
and located at Second avenue and Fay
ette street. After completing the
course in the local schools he entered
Lewisburg college and after his grad-uation
from that institution he enter-ed
Crozier Seminary to study for the
Baptist ministry. After his gradua-tion
from there, he was ordained into
the ministry. His first charge was at
Ambler, Pa,, and from there lie went
to Troy, N. Y., and later to Towanda,
Pa. A quarter of a century ago, he
believed he could better labor in the
West and accepted a call to be the
representative of the Baptist State
Mission Board in Minnesota. He la-bored
long and faithfully in that field
until a few years ago when ill health
compelled him to give up his chosen
labor.
Rev. Mr. Hallowell was a veteran of
the Civil War and a member of the
G. A. R. At the outbreak of the war
he was among the first to volunteer
and he served with his regiment until
it was mustered out of service.
Mr. Hallowell was very well known
here as he has preached a number of
times in the local and West Consho-hocken
Baptist churches.
He Is survived by two children: Karl
and Eleanor and a brother, H. G. J.
Hallowell and three sisters, Mrs. Jud-son
Sagebeer, Miss Matilda Hallowell,
of this borough, and Mrs. Hannah
Yerkes, of Norrlstown.
The funeral will be held from his
late home, at Northfield, to-morrow.
SOCIETY PARTICIPATES
IN CLUB ANNIVERSARY
Garden Party and Boy Scouts Fea-tures
of Haverford Celebration.
AUTO WRECKED BY
FAST FREIGHT TRAIN
The large delivery truck of the
Leichthammer bakery, of Norristown,
was .sir-ink I'y :i last southbound
freight train on the Philadelphia A
■ ■■ ading Railway crossing on Ford
street. Weal Conshohooken, Saturday
Doming, and badly dami
The driver of the machine had serv-
•ii ins patrons In the Wast Borough
mil was en mule In I his borough
when the accident happened. The
machine was allowed to drift down
he Incline on Kurd street and while
orossing "n- tracks the driver at-tempted
to ataifl his gears with tbe re-sult
thai the engine stalled Jual as the
machine was In the middle of the
touthbound track. There were no
llgn of H train coming in either direc-tion
when the machine stopped and
the driver Jumped out and atten
to c rank it. i:>• the time be had turn-ed
the crank a couple of times a train
hovered In sight near the coal shines.
When ii was seen that an accident
tnis Imminent Station Agent McESl-hatton
flagged tt ncomlng train.
rhe brakes were Immediately applied
out tbe momentum of the train push*
ii it forward with great force and
before it offuld be stopped ploughed
nto the automobile, shattering the
body Into splinters and scattering the
sontenta In all directions. The chas-sis
of the machine was pushed down
•to the "Yellow How." a hundred yards
below the crossing before the train
OOUld he stopped, when' it was taken
ir.mi the track and laid to one side.
As the driver wag out of the tna-ihine
at the time of the accident no
me was Injured.
The machine was an autocar
was practically new having been
•rated only tt few weeks.
In the afternoon the machine
removed from the West Borough
CO the surprise of all who saw it, it
was In such a condition as to be able
.o be driven by its own power.
and
op-was
and
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION
The United States Civil Service
Con mission has announced an exam-ination
for the County of Montgomery,
Pennsylvania, to be hold at Consho-liocken
on November 13, 1915, to rill
the position of rural carrier at Con-shohecken
and vacancies that may la-ter
ccur on rural routes from other
post offices in the above-ruentincd
county.
Rural Carrier D. H. Chick resigned,
and former carrier I. .1. Moyer has
been substituting on the route.
E GETS NAME ON BALLOT
W. D. Dannehower, of Norristown,
Will Be Democratic Candidate for
Judge.
Iron Stringers Are Badly Rust-ed.—
Wooden Girders Being
Laid to Hold New Deck
NEW BRIDGE MUST COME
Lansdale Child Sustains Burn*
■While playing in his father's ma-chine
shop, at Lansdale, Warren
Couter. aged 5 years, set Are to his
clothing and was badly burned be-fore
be] parrive.d His sister huving
diptherria, he lived next door to his
home and was left alone a great part
of the time. Ills father left him for a
f.-w moments and In his absence I he
boy found some matches and started a
bonfire which ignited his clothing.
Society people from many points
Were in attendance-at Friday's cele-bration
of the COth anniversary of the
Merion Cricket Club at Haverford.
It was the big dny of the week's com-memoration
of the founding of the or-ganization.
The scheduled garden party was
held on the OlUbhOUBe porch on ac-count
of the unsettled weather condi-tions.
The club Entertainment Com-mittee,
of which Mrs. Sydney Thayer
Is chairman, was nssisted in serving
tea to hundreds of visitors by many of
the younger set. Mrs. Robert G.
Gamble headed the Tea-serving Com-mittee,
which Included Misses llnnsell
Barle, Bdltn EDarle, Charlotte Fahne-stock,
Rachel Fitler, Sara Franklin.
Elizabeth Griffith, Ethel Hastings,
Emllie Kennedy, Jean Lillie, Theodora
Lillle, Sara Myers, Eleanor Pepper,
Eleanor Cuyier, Katharine ' tgden,
{Catharine Tenney, Katharine Haum,
Margaret Uoyd, Edith Bally, Eleanor
Bryant, Mary Clayton, Agnes Brookle,
Dorothy Deacon and Caroline I. I'.rln-
;on.
That It was really ladies' day was
shown by the fact that visitors wad-corned
by the wives of the original
founders of the club. Among them
were Mrs. J. Randall Williams. Mrs.
Maskell Owing, Mrs. W. W. Montgom-ery
and Mrs. Henry K. Dllliurd.
Archery and dancing occupied the
early part of the day until troops of
Hoy Scouts marched on the OlUb
grounds and took possession of the
grounds, spectators—nnd even the
movies—which were taken to he
shown at the club's anniversary din-ner
Saturday night.
Every feature of Hoy Scout life was
exhibited. Silver cups, silver shields
and American flag! were given to the
winners of the various events. Win-trrop
Sargent was olTicer of the day:
Walter Whetstone, umpire, and
Frank H. Sykes, referee. George H.
Weldner kept score of the points made
by the various participants, while Ed-ward
D. Shaw was acting as marshal.
Among the Judges was Cuvoil M.
Runtlng, I. C. Sutton, Robert Dcurdon,
William WetherllL Walter Pierson,
T>r. John Sharp and Dr. Alexander Da-vlKslnn.
TORN TO LEATH BY SAW
To be dismembered and killed by a
circular saw at 4.45 yesterday after-noon
was the late of John Fenton,
employed as a sawyer at a portable
sawmill in the forest at Walnut lltll,
.Montgomery county, some distance
above Fox Chase. Fenton had been
working arduously at the mill, owned
and operated by John K. Ilibbs, Jr., of
No. 20 East Mt. Pleasant avenue,
(iermantown and when no other at-tache
of the mill was in position to
see In detail just what happened, he
started a heavy chestnue log on the
carrier toward the 42-Inch circular
saw that was to reduce it to lumber.
Such a task requires a sawyer to
stand on the carrier alongside the log
to steady It. Just as the forward end
of the lumber approached the saw,
which was revolving about 2000 times
a minute, Fenton slipped and fell
ahead of the big log.
The danger that traffic has been
placed in when crossing the Mat son-ford
Hridge, which spans the Schuyl-kill
River here, can be readily seen
by a cursory examination of the iron
stringers which support the deck of
the bridge. The stringers, • which
were placed In the bridge when it
was built in 1872, have performed
their service and are not even good
scrap today. They are badly corrod-ed
and cannot DO depended upon to
withstand a sudden stress.
The County Commissioners some-time
ago placed a watchman on the
bridge to restrict traffic to a speed of
five miles an hour, a speed which
can be obtained but by few makes of
automobiles, and later placed large
signs at each end of the bridge giving
notice that traffic must obey the
speed limit. The watchman has been
removed but there is no warning for
night traffic.
The repairs are being made by con-tractor
John Heavener, of West Con-shohocken
and the lumber. is being
furnished by Wm. Davis Jr., and Com-pany,
of the same place. A new
plank deck will be laid and this will
be supported by wood stringers, ;; I
10 inches. The new stringers are
being laid lengthways with the deck
and support the roadway. The string-ers
are being laid on each side and
in the middle of the roadway.
It ii not the Intention of tightening
the trusses and it is a matter of doubt
amonr; experienced men if they can
be tightened, owing to their age and
the wear of the rivet and bolt boles
The repairing of the bridge in such
a manner is evidence that the pre-sent
Board of County1 Commissioners
are going to leave the bridge problem
to their successors and tne people
familiar with the conditions here
look upon their policy as an extrava-gant
one and the present repairs,
while absolutely necessary, could
have been avoided had a new bridge
been authorized and construction be-gun
when the bridge was pronounced
unsafe by experts two years ago.
The bridge is going to play an im-portant
part in the present campaign
in the election of a Democraitc Com-missioner.
The Republican candidates
for Commissioners, Messrs Hatfield
and Sullivan have announced them-selves
as favoring improvements and
in making such improvements in ac-cordance
with modern ideas, believ-ing
that all work should be of the
best that the upkeep expense may be
small. Messrs Bready and Keck, the
Democratic candidates have been here
during the past week and everywhere
they are asked their intention to-wards
a new bridge. Mr. Keck says
that he is for modern improvements
and believes the county's money is
wasted in making improvements that
last but for a few years. He stated
that It is his policy to build well and
good and that all improvement.]
should be of a permanent character.
Since the residents or this section
have advocated the necessity for a
new bridge, many promises have been
made by the Commissioners but no
definite action has been taken. The
County spent considerable money in
repairs. Money has been spent for
plans and soundings but the latter
work was stopped shortly after being
ordered. Knough money has been
wasted to pay the Interest on a large
amount of money.
The condition of the bridge is
now such Unit it cannot last much
longer and fears are expressed that
the old structure may fall causing
accidents to traffic which may mean
the loss of life.
The citizens of this section are
vitally interested in the bridge ques-tion
and there are enough Democratic
votes in the section affected to
choose the Democratic member of the
next Board of County Commissioners.
An agreement was entered into on
Saturday whereby the name of Wil-liam
1). Dannehower, of Norristown,
secretary of the Montogmery County-
Bar Association, will appear on the
ballot at the November election with
thai ot Judge John Faber Miller, of
Springfield township. The parties to
the agreement were the attorneys for
the two candidates and the solicitor
for the County oinmissioners. The
agreement, which is the outcome of
mandamus proceedings brought
against the County Commissioners to
compel them to put .Mr. Dannehower's
name upon the ballot, was made at
the opening of the court Saturday,
with Judge Kndlich, of Berks County,
sitting.
Charles D. McAvoy, of Norristown,
representing Mr. Dannehower, said an
offer had been received from the rep-resentatives
of Judge Miller, and that
if given 10 minutes for a conference
the matter might be amicably settled.
The mandamus proceedings were then
dismissed.
"If any agreement can be reached
whereby Mr. Dannehower's name can
be put on the ticket," declared Mont
gomery Evans, representing Judge
Miller, "the Judge is anxious it should
be done. He will be a happy man if
this conclusion can be reahced in ac-cordance;
with the law."
Commissioners Select Candidates
The County Commissioners decided
who should be the candidates on the
ballot next month where the primary
vote resulted in a tie or where names
were written on the ballot for offices
where the regular party had no nom-inees.
In Conshohocken, the Democrats
placed no nominees on the ticket for
School Directors and several persons
were voted for. Joseph W. Cavanagh
one of the Republican nominees re-ceived
many votes on the Democratic
ticket and several votes were cast
for Spencer 1.. Jone^, William Cleaver
and Charles Parker, all Republicans
and none a candidate for the office.
Mr. Cleaver is a member of the
School Board and Mr. Barker was a
candidate for the Republican nomina-tion
for Town Council in the Fourth
ward. The Commissioners decided
that Mr. Jones is the Democratic
choice and his name will appear on
the ballot in the Democratic column
unless he withdraws.
The Democratic nomination for
High Constable was given to John
Burns over Walter Steraple, WHO was
defeated for the nomination for Con-stable
In the First ward.
George Pierson, the Republican
candidate for Assessor will also he
the Demccratic nominee, he being
given the place over Joseph Pierson.
Whiteniarsli: Middle District elec-tion
Judge, Dcm. Harry Gillnger won
over Joseph Kirkner.
Upper Merion: Justice of the Peace
Wash, Alexander Crocket won over
J. W. Conrad.
Plymouth: Supervisor, Wash., Jesse
Jones won over John Marpie. As-sistant
Assessor West District, Wash.
Samuel Markley won over David J.
Webster, West District, Inspector.
Wash. Thomas Casey won over
Robert W. Weidemoyer.
Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Garland, D.
D., Will Preach Here, Sun-day,
and Confirm Class.
RECEPTION FOR THE CLASS
A class of over sixty persons will
receive the rite of Conflmation in Cal-vary
P. E. church on Sunday evening
next. The service will begin at 7.30
o'clock and Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Gar-land,
D. I)., Bishop Suffragan of the
Diocese will preach the sermon after
which he will administer the rite ol
confirmation.
There will be special music for the
service by Calvary choir directed by
H. Grey Steele.
The class is one of the largest In
the history of the church and the
large number is due to the religious
work that has been done here and in
Philadelphia during the past year.
On Monday evening at 8 o.clock a
reception will be given the members
of the Confirmation class by the mem-bers
of the church in the Parish
House. This Is a social affair that
follows every confirmation and its
purpose is to make the members ac-quainted
and to promote sociability.
Calvary church, during the pastor-ate
of Rev. Mr. Moorhouse. has been
constantly extending its field of use-fulness.
The church has been made
a social center and the members are
constantly brought together in social
affairs and for worship.
Within the past few years a hand-some
addition has been made to the
Parish house, affording better accom-modations
for the church societies. A
large bible class of men has been or-ganized
and has done much to keep
intereset in the church and in relig-ion
In general aroused.
EPISCOPALIANS TO BEGIN
PREACHING CAMPAIGN
About 40 Clergymen to Conduct Ad-vent
Mission Meetings in the Dio-cese
of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Jacobs Nominated
In the disposition of ties for nomin-ations
at the recent primaries, John
N. Jacobs, County Controller of Mont-gomery
County, won the Washington
party nomination for Town Council
from W. E. Doan, Oliver Rosenberger
and Earl H. Saxe and John Kautiie
won the nomination, also for Town
Council, over Samuel Bergey.
ARCHBISHOP KENNEDY ILL
A dispatch from Rom*. Italy, to
th.i Associated press, printed in Sat-urday's
Philadelphia newspapers,
said:
Archbishop Kennedy, rector of the
American College it Rome, formerly
of Conshohocken, became seriously ill
suddenly at Cnstei CTanJoIfo, where
ho is spending his vacation, but to-night
was said to he out of danger.
Pope Benedict on learning of Monslg-iini'
Kennedy's illness, made Imnnd-lats
Inquiries aa to his condition.
Candidates for Borough Cleric
Tomorrow evening Borough Clerk
Harvey Field will tender his resigna-tion
to Town Council. Mr. Field
will remove from the borough. Coun-cil
will elect a clerk and the candi-dates
are George DeHaven, of the
Second ward, who is engaged in the
real estate business; Edmund Schrack
of the Fourth ward, a bookkeeper;
Prof. M. J. Kehoe, a member of the
faculty of the Schissler Business Col-lege
and David Hayes, clerk in the
First National Bank., both of
second ward.
COMMITTED FOR OBSERVATION
Young Italian Aroused a Whole
Street. Philadclphian ordered from
Town.
Frank (luewra, aged 21 years, a
brother-in-law to 1-ew Stinger, the
imgulist, ran amuck Sunday night.
Guerwa makes his home with the
Stingers at 120 Maple street, he be-came
angry and rushed into the
street yelling and disturbing the
neighborhood. Officer Kay arrested
him and yesterday morning Burgess
Bloomhall gave him a hearing and
committed him to jail for It) days.
He will bo placed under observation
as to his sanity.
The young man has been confined
in the Huntingdon reformatory nnd
in the House of iCorrection at Holmes
burg.
Officers Ruth and Kay arrested
Peter I.arkin, of Philadelphia, who
was found wandering on the streets
early Sunday morning, lie was In-toxicated.
The Burgess gave him a
the I hearing and discharged him ordering
i bini to leave town.
MERCHANT RECEIVED
A SURPRISE
BIBLE CLASS TO HOLD SOCIAL
The members of the Men's Bible
Class of Calvary church will hold the
first of a series of socials in the Par-ish
House on Saturday evening. The
committee on arrangements are spar-ing
no efforts in order to make the af-fair
enjoyable to all who attend. It
is expected that Mr. E. L. Noble, of
the University of Pennsylvania, who
did much toward making the class
the powerful organization that it Is at
present, and who was the teacher for
many months, will be present and de-liver,
a short address. Mr. Noble
was compelled to relinquish his duties
as teacher of the class last June, ow-ing
to his increased work at the Uni-versity.
Rev. J. Kennedy Moorhouse,
rector of the church and the present
teacher of the class, wll also make a
few remarks. The object of the soc-ials
is to broaden the influence of the
class and allow the members to be-come
better acquainted with each
other.
More than 40 clergymen. Including a
losen visiting preachers win con-duct
meeting! In connection with thi
Advent Mission preaching campaign
that will be conducted In the <i>
of Pennsylvania as pan of a nation-wide
campaign by the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
The Object of this Advent preaching
HUUpaign. which was indorsed by the
General Convention at its session In
v«w Votu two yean ago, will be t<
dvanoe the spiritual life of th<
church. Church leaders recognizi
that the spiritual coneclousnen ol
their congregations has been quicken
d, and every effort will be mudc tc
increase this spiritual awakening.
I Miring Advent daily services will bl
conducted in 40 or more EOplSCOpa
.hutches throughout the diocese ol
Pennsylvania. In many cases severs
smaller parishes will hold union set-.
•Ices that every district in the tlioeesi
A-ill come under the Influence of tin
campaign.
If the word "evangelism" could 1"
ipplled to Protestant Bplscopa
Church services, the Advent service!
might be designated as an "evangells-
,1c campaign." Many churchmei
would reject his nomenclature. How
iver, the object is to enrol new inein
iers in churches and to awaken those
already in the church.
Bishop Rhinelander has appointed i
committee of eminent clergymen li
make arrrangment for the services
which will begin with the first Sunda:
in Advent. November 28. The l!e\
>r, Floyd W. Tomkins, rector of Hoi]
Trinity Church. Philadelphia, is chair-man
of this committee, which is hold-ing
meetings every Monday at tin
Jhurch House. The Rev. Georgi
Lynda Richardson, rector of St. Mary'f
Church, is chairman of a suh-commit-ee
on Devotional Services and the
Rev. Henry Mnrtyn Medary, rector ol
the Memorial Church of the Advocate
is chuirman of the Committee 01
Ways and Means. The Rev. .1
Thompson Cole, rector of St. Paul's
OgontS, and the Re/. Dr. Georrge G
Bartlett, dean of the Philadelphia Div-inity
School, are leading members o'.
the Committee.
The Rt. Rev. John Newton McCor-mick,
Bishop of the Diocese of West-ern
Michigan, will be one of the visit-ing
preachers. Among nearly a dozen
Other visitors will be the Rev. Peres
Silver, Chaplain of the United State;
Military Academy at West Point; the
Rev. Dr. James E. Freeman, of Min-iSSOta,
who proposed the Advent
in lulling campaign and persuade.
he General Convention to endorse th<
project; the Rev. Carl Relland. ot
New York city, and the Rev. W. S
Baer. of Elizabeth, N. J.
Nearly all of the leading clergymen
if the Diocese of Pennsylvania bn>v<
been listed as speakers in the Advent
campaign.
Fourteen Others Are Saved
From Flames on Estate of
Late P. R. R. President.
RECTOR ON TRIAL TODAY
A Business Deal of Five Years Ago
Brought Him a Late Surprise.
A local merchant, who knows his
own business well and is known as a
thrifty, careful man, last night receiv-ed
a registered letter which brought
him on unpleasant surprise nnd the
remembrance of a business deal he
made five years ago.
This merchant was always keen to
scent a bargain and when he desired
to place fire insurance on his prop, r-ty,
he searched about to find the low-est
rates, believing that all insurance
was nlike and that cheap insurance
vas as Rood as any. He applied to an
agent for the Old Line Companies but
refused to place his insurance as the
rates were too high. He continued his
search nnd found a company that
would give him what he considered
suitable rate. He placed his Insur-ance
in the Leathcrmens' Mutual In-surance
Co. The insurnace expired and
the merchant forgot all about his policy
until last night when the letter
brought him a bill for $65, being his
•duire of the losses of the company
during the life of his policy. This
morning he was trying to find out if
he can avoid paying the amount as he
held what he believed to be a
"straight" policy and paid the prem-ium
demanded for the term. He will
pay the bin.
Richmond Case Before Ecclesiastical
Court Expected to Begin, After
Numerous Delays
Woman Beaten and Robbed
When Arthus Brown, of Norris
town, returned to his home on Sun
day night he stumbled over the
hallway. She had- been clubbed over
the head by a burglar, who ransacked
the house and got $50 In cash and
some jewelry. She had just put the
children to bed and was going to her
room when attacked.
Elected Vice-President of Class.
The election of officers in the
Junior Class of Princeton University
resulted in Charles C. Highley being
elected to the office of vice-president.
Highley is playing a very progressive
game at left end on the Varsity foot
ball team and is very popular among
his classmates. The other class of
ficers are D. W. Tibbott, of German-town,
Pa., president and N. I). lack-son
of St. Paul, Minn, secretary.
FIREMEN HANDICAPPED
One thoroughbred horse was burned
,, death and fourteen others were res-cued
in a Are which early yetaerday
morning destroyed a barn on the es-tate
of the late Prank Thomson, one
one pr. si.lent of the Pennsyb
Railroad, on the Main Line, between
\, w Centreville and Stratford, cans-tg
a loss of $15,000.
Croft Qrantbam, a groom, in charge
Of the horses, who tUU B Bleeping room
,„ the second Boor of the barn, was
ilinost overcome by smoke before he
iwoke, With clouds of smoke BWI ep-
.ng through the Lain and Ailing a
italrway, Grantham sought to jump
rom a window, but Anally decided to
oak.- a dash down the steps, He
reached the open with his clothing a-
Ire and his lace and aims .-corclual.
The gl in ran B short distance to
iwaken Edward Sergeant, manager of
be farm. Mrs. Sergeant joined the
(WO and all three worked to save the
torses. The animals, the majority
pedigreed stock and destined for the
ihow ring, were stamping and neigh-ing
in stalls, with the flames creeping
oarer them each minute.
The farm manager and the groom
led fourteen Into the air. after first
wrapping blankets about their heads.
Mrs. Sargeant rounded up the animals
n a farm yard. The horse that met
hath iii the Barnes kicked so viciously
that Sargeant and ('.rantham had to
ibandon their efforts to save it.
Fire companies from Wayne. Bryn
Maur and Norristown responded to
in alarm which was telephoned from
ihe farm house at 3.10 A. M. Tho
learest water supply was 2,000 feet
distant from the burning barn, and
lit,.men coupled lines of hose over this
stretch.
Panned by the wind, the flames.
which soon swept through the barn,
which measured 80 by 100 feet, men-aced
the old Thompson homestead,
'iut strenuous work on the part of the
mburban firemen saved It. The house
I utily L'OO feet away. Large quanti-ties
of feed, hay, grain and farming
mplements were burned in the horn.
The origin of the fire has not been
letermined. Grantha/n said he in-pected
the barn before he retired and
ound everything all right.
"I awoke coughing and feeling that I
,vas Suffocating," he said. "I didn't
lUSpect B fire. I saw a brilliant light
reflected through my window and re-narked.
'This is a funny time for
lightning.' Then there was some
nore smoke and 1 ran for my life.
in glad that smoke made me cough."
I. O. O. F. PUBLIC INSTALLING
Wedding Announcement
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After several postponements it is
expected the ecclesiastical trial of the
Rev. George Chalmers Richmond will
begin to-day in the parish house of
the Episcopal iChurch of St. Luke and
the Epiphany 8th street below Spruce
Philadelphia at 3.30 o'clock.
Henry Budd, Chancellor of the Dio-cese
of Pennsylvania, will preside as
judge, and the Revs. Seaver It, (Hold-en,
rector of St. Paul's Church, Bris-tol;
J. Kennedy Moorhouse, rector of
Calvary church, this borough and Al-len
Rachelle Van Meter, rector of All
Saints', Torresdale, will act as the
triers who, after hearing the testi-mony
will make a recommendation.
The Chancellor, however, has the
power, of throwing the whole case
"out of court" If he so elects.
Two presentments have been lodged
against Mr. Richmond, one of them
containing fourteen counts, the other
sixty-one. The first of these is the
presentment that will be taken up to-day.
The second presentment, how-ever,
is regarded as containing the
more serious counts. Louis Bancroft
Runk. Church Advocate, will act as
prosecutor, assisted by Walter C
Douplass Jr. Mr. Richmond will be
defended by Edgar Newbold Blanck.
The wedding is Just announced ol
Miss Kathryn H. WhittOO, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Whitton, of
Spring Mill avenue and Jones street,
this borough and Kirk A. Koulke, of
Plymouth, who has been living in
Norristown for some time past. The
ceremony took place on June 30 at
Brldgeton, N. J, and only the Im-mediate
famillies of the couple were
told of it before Friday.
The happy young couple went away
the later part of June for a week's
visit near Brldgeton. While there
they secured a marriage license and
were quietly married by Rev. E. L.
Lewis, pastor of the Methodist churcli
of that place. They finished their
vacation and returned to this borough,
telling their parents who quickly for-gave
them. The secret has since
then been kept, but it became too
good to withhold any'longer, and the
announcement was made recently.
The bride and groom are among the
best known young people In the bo-rovgh.
Both have been employed at
the Lee Tire and Rubber Company,
where they are extremely popular.
They will reside in this borough.
A Parsonage Wedding.
Linford J. Shepherd, of West Point,
a former resident of this borough, and
Miss Alice P. Nase, of Sellarsville,
were married on Thursday by Rev.
Thomas R. Beeber at the parsonage
of the First Presbyterian church, of
Norristown.
The llrst public installation of the
officers of any Odd Fellows' lxidge in
Montgomery county within the last
25 years, conducted at Jenkintown by
Peace and Love Lodge, No. 3:17, in the
Jenkintown 1'lub Building, attracted
an audience of several hundred.
Grand Master J P. Hale Jenkins, of
Norristown; Burgess J. Elmer Saul,
of Norristown, and Dr. John Wilkin-son,
of Philadelphia, were the princi-pal
speakers, and the work of instal-lation
was exemplified by D. D. G. M.,
Harry G. Ely, of Bethayres, assisted
by Frank M. Woodward, Joseph W.
Coley, William S. Davis, George W.
Gray, David W. Harvey and P. I^ewls
Coulter.
The lodge has a membership at this
time of 207 and assets aggregating
more than J7000.
ORGANIZE BASKET BALL TEAMS
The Boys' Club, which had such a
successful basket ball season last year
will again be in the game this year
with strong first and second teams.
The club has organized for the season
and the teams have been selected and
are holding regular practises.
The club elected the following of-ficers:
Horace Metzger, President;
Lloyd Behmke, Vice President; Harry
McMullen, Treasurer; Frank Hlltner
Secretary. George Wood will manage
the first team and William Ray has
been selected as manager for the sec-ond
team. Alfred Dennis will captain
the second team.
The schedules for the teams are now
being prepared and they will play on
Saturday evenings in the gymnasium
of the Baptist church. They will op-en
the season, Saturday, November
6th.
. Will Entertain
The Alcott Club will be entertained
this evening by Mrs. James V. Stew-art,
at her home, corner of Third ave-nue
and Fayette street.