The Conshohocken Recorder, April 4, 1916

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CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1916. $1.00 PER YEAR
KEEPS IMAIDLE
Demands of Tonnage Men at
Iron Works Met With Propo-sition
for Longer Hours
MEN TO MEET TOMORROW
Despite 1IIP groat activity In the
imn and Bteel trade nol a shoot or
Iron or steel baa been roiled in the
mills of thia borough this week.
Last Saturday was tho data sot for
the newer of the Bcbuylkill iron
Works to the demands of the tonnage
men for an advance <>f tan par cant.
in the wage scale. Tha man of the .1.
Wood A Urns. Company made no de-mands
bul win follow tha had of tha
tonnage men of the Bchuylklll Iron
Works.
The demands <>f the men were met
with a counter proposition thnt the
first shift begin work at midnight
Sunday and the last turn finish the
Week at -I I'. II. Saturdays, this would
give a full turn more In the week's
work than at tn.sent. The m!*ls are
operated In three shifts of s hour ,
per day, Tha wet k begins at i.»o A.
II Mondays and the last turn is done
work not later uian noon on Saturdays
and oftentimes between '■> and 10 A.
M.
The men say they will not accept
the company's offer of an extra turn
as they object to beginning work at
midnight, Sunday, as this Will mean
that men will )>.• required to go out
early Sunday night to gel the furnaces
ready, and thai they will not work
Saturday afternoons. Not in many
rears have the local mills worked af-ter
noon on Saturdays and the men
claim they are entitled to a half noii-
6 y a week t" attend to personal af
fairs and for recreation.
reaterday :i11 the rolling mills were
idle. The laborers, however, were
at work, not being Included with the
tonnage men and standing turn men
In asking for an advance, the laborers
having received an advance a few
weeks ago.
At the works of the .1. Wood & BrOB,
Co.. the mills were not in operation as
the usual shut down was made for
cleaning boilers but the tonnage men
say they will follow the lead of the
Schuylkill Iron Workers and all the
mills are idle today.
The Schuylkill Iron Works will hold
0 meeting tomorrow afternoon in the
hall rooms of Washita Tribe of Red
Men in the Tracy building.
By tha appearance of the streets one
would not know the mills are closed.
There are no congregations "f men on
the streets. The men are taking the
opportunity afforded to tend to their
personal affairs and aro staying in
their homes.
I UPSETTING OF LAMP
CAUSES BED ROOM FIRE
Excited Polander Tries to Keep Fire-men
out of Room.— Bahy in Crib
Was Lost For a Time.
J.JL
The Behrenj Meetings.
A special reservation of seats will
be» made for men to-night in the
course of the special meetings at the
l'-iptist Church under Rev. .1. l-'mncis
Hehions. Special invitations have
been extended the mens' organiza-tions
kof >t,o Church, the Adult Bible
Class and ti,„ Hoys' Club. All men,
affiliated with ibese bodies, or not, are
cordially invited.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) night, res-ervations
win be made for women,
and the Women's organizations, the
Social I'nion. the Daughters of the
King, and all women, arc specially
urged to be present.
Thursday ■ evening will he Young
Teopie's night, with special reserva-tions
for all young people
But while such reservations will be
made, everybody will he welcome, and
every night.
Last evening Mr. nehrens preached
a strong opening sermon, and follow-ed
it with n solo "Because He Loved
Me So." A duet was also rendered
by Mr. William Woodland and Miss
Fannie Campbell. Tonight the Misses
Rhea and Dorothy Venncr will sing.
Wednesday evening the soloist will be
Mr. A. Stanley Hyde.
The Church cordially invites the
public to share in the good of these
lre-haster Evangelistic services'
A trivial but exciting fire occurred
in the second story bed room of the
frame dwelling, t05 West Hector
street, on Saturday night. The house
is occupied by a Polish family and is
one of a row of two story frame
houses.
Neighbors saw smoke Issuing from
the house at !> o'clock, Saturday ev-ening
and notified the Washington
1'ire Company, a tew doors away.
The Bremen were quick!' at the
house with their chemical engine.
When they arrived the house was full
Of Bmoke. They ran out a line of
chemical hose and as Chief Stemple
was mounting the ualru with the
Shining brass nozzle in' ih;' chemical
hose In his hands, an excited man
Wl at the head of the stairs calling
to the Bremen to gel out when be
saw tile Chief, he held his hands over
his head and criei: for the Chief to
go away. The Chief knew there was
no tune for parleying and directed the
chemical stream at the man, cooling
!:is temper, and proceeded to the bed
room. The bed mattress and some
draperies were ablate and the well-directec
chemical stream soon had
the fire extinguished.
Then began an uproar from the
women of the house. A baby had
been Bleeping in the room and could
not be found. The frantic women
ran about the house calling for the
baby when Chief Stemple made an
Investigation in the bed room and
found the child sale in its crib.
Hundreds of persons were attract-ed
to the lire which did no other dam-age
than destroying the mattress and
B few draperies and the breaking of
a set of glassware.
The lire was caused by the overturn
ing of a lighted lamp. It is said the
man of the nouse had been in bed
smoking and drinking and he acci-1
dently overturned the lamp.
The frame row is one of the oldest
in town and this is the first time
there has ever been a lire t..
WATiDl|AL DELEGATE
District Attorney Announced
His Candidacy for Delegate
to Republican Convention
VOTERS NAME CANDIDATE
District Attorney J. Aubrey Ander-son,
of I'pper Merion, on Saturday
afternoon, announced his candi lacy
for National Delegate from this, the
8th Congressional district, to the Re-one
of the most popular men in thej
county, has announced his candidacy
for member of the Republican State
Committee,
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Announcement is made of the can-didacy
of Charles K. Schwartz, of
Jenkintown, former Sheriff of Mont-gomery
county, for delegate to the Re-publican
National Convention. Mr.
Schwattz is very popular in the coun-ty
and is a strong friend of Hon.
Charles A. Ambler.
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James II. Henderson, of Glenslde,
has filed a petition at Harrisburg,
as a Candidate ftW the Legislature for
the first Montgomery county district
on the Republican primary ticket.
38 YEARS OLD
Land's Jewelry Store Will Celebrate
its Anniversary This Week
DONNELLY WILL NOT
FIGHT COUNCIL
Lawyer Will
Against
Abandon His Action
West Conshohocken
Frank J. Bradley, attorney for
Michael F. Donnelly, has notified
George C iCorson, recently elected
solicitor of West Conshohocken, that
he will not press the bill In equity
which he filed against the West Con-shohocken
borough, when the -case
was called for a hearing this morning.
Donnelly was borough solicitor of
West K'onshohocken. The borough
council voted to oust him, and elect-ed
Mr. Corson to succeed him. Mr.
Donnelly Instituted the equity action
In which he claimed that he was not
legally deposed from office and sought
to have the court so decide and to
set aside the election of Mr. Corson.
Mr. Donnelly also alleges that he
had done considerable extra work, for
which he had not made icharges but
which he is legally entitled for pay-men/.
The amount alleged is $425.
Umbrellas repaired aud covered at
KJE.flOE'S.—Adv.
Commencing Saturday and continu-ing
until Saturday, April 8th, l.m/.'s
jewelry store, Norristown will cele-brate
its thirty-eighth birthday with
a novel sale. Every article on sale
Will be priced so as to include the fig-ure
as, such as .38, $1.38, etc. A gift
of one cent for every year the store
has done business will be given to
every purchaser of a dollar's worth of
merchandise, or .38 for every dollar
spent with us during this sale.
Saturday only, the store gave out
beautiful souvenir badges to the child-ren.
Many of the older folks have
classed themselves with the children
in order to receive one of these souve-nirs.
They are worth having, and if
you want one you had better get in
line as there are not very many left.
Thirty-eight years ago Saturday,
lwanz's jewelry store, Norristown's
most reliable and exclusive gift store,
was opened to the public at I'll De-
Kalb street, Norristown. Founded in
1878 by the late Gu.stave l^anz, Sr.,
the establishment has grown from a
most modest beginning until it i^
now by far the leading jewelry store
of Montgomery county and one of the
most up-to-date In this section of the
country. Still located at the same
place, it has set the standard through
all these years; for quality has always
been queen here, although reasonable
prices prevail. The late Mr. Uinzs
liberal policies of educating the town-people
to buy at home materially bene-fit
nil the community.
Mr. I^anz. at all times attributed his
success to the use of the county news-papers
as an advertising medium, as
he was a steady and constant adviser,
and backed his advertising by carry-ing
a large and widely assorted stock
Of merchandise. He was one of the
founders of the Norristown Chamber
of Commerce, of which organization
he was the first president.
At the death of Mr. loot, the re-sponsibility
of conducting the busi-ness
was given in charge of three ac-tive,
progressive and widely known
sons of the deceased. They, with
new and original Ideas and observing
the policies of their predecessor, of
honesty and reliability, has shown to
the public during the past few month.;,
marked capability.
J. AUBHEY ANDERSON
Mad Dog Scare.
The residents in the neighborhood
of Fifth avenue and Wood street were
alarmed yesterday afternoon by the
actions of a large black and white dog
which appeared to be mad. The pol-ice
searched for the dog but were un-able
to find it. They found a dog at
Kim and Forrest streets which gave
evidences of having been iiolsoned.
Constable Reglrro shot it. From What
the police, have learned of the other
dog, they'believe that it also had been
poisoned.
Ute Allen's Foot-Ease.
Tho antiseptic powder to be shaken
Into the shoes nnd used In the foot-bath.
If you wnnt rest and comfort
for tired, aching, swollen, sweating
feet, use Allen's Koot-Kase. It re-lieves
corns and hunions of all pain
and prevents blisters, sore and callous
spots. Sold everywhere, 25c. Try it
today.—Adv. 3-21-4W *
publican National Convention to be
held In Chicago"; next June. ATTES
same time, Henry IHallowelJ, of Both-nyres,
a well known member of the
Society of Friends and president of
the Jenkintown Trust Company, an-nounced
his candidacy for alternate
delegate.
lor several weeks the friends of
Mr. Anderson have urged him to be
a candidate for delegate to the Re-publican
National .Convention and
vote in the convention for the nominee
selected by the voters of this district.
Mr. Anderson refused to become a
candidate until last Saturday when
he acceded to the demands of his
friends and permitted the announce-ment
of his candidacy. At the same
time Henry llallowell announced his
candidacy as the alternate delegate.
Mr. Anderson gave out a brief state-ment
on Saturday. It was as follows:
"I desire to announce herewith
my candidacy for National dele-gate
to the Republican convention
in Chicago, as a representative of
the Eighth district. In doing so
I wish to express my deep ap-preciation
of the honors that have
already been conferred upon me
by the party of my allegiance,
and to assure to voters of Mont-gomery
county that I shall en-deavor
to represent truly and
conscientiously the predominant
sentiment Of Republicans of the
district in the choice of a Presi-dential
candidate."
Accompanying Mr. Anderson's an-nouncement
was an Indorsement from
Conrad S. Shieve, his predecessor in
the office of District Attorney and for
many years one of the most active
Republicans in the county.
"The candidacy of J. Aubrey
Anderson for National delegate,"
-ays Mr. Shieve, " is recognition
of the younger clement which has
been coming forward of late in
Montgomery county politics.
"Mr. Anderson is the youngest
District Attorney the county ever
had. and the splendid majority he
received last November was suf-i
lent evidence that he enjoys
the confidence of the people.
"For four years prior to tliat
election Mr. Anderson had serv-ed
as my assistant and his mas-terly
conduct of the many impora-ant
cases entrusted to him con-vinced
me that his tact, judg-ment
am; legal talent was such
as to entitle him to respect and
advancement.
"A resident of Upper Merlon
township he has long been recog-nized
in his home community for
sterling worth and Integrity of
the highest order.
"I think it proper that as one
intimately acquainted, with Mr.
Anderson and his abilities I
should issue a public indorsement
of his candidacy and I deem it a
privilege so to do.
"Without hesitation I ask the
Republicans of the district to give
him a vote at the primaries on
May 16, as generous as that by
which he was nominated for Dis-trict
Attorney, which was virtual-ly
unanimous."
Former Sheriff Charles Swartz, of
Jenkintown, has announced his candi-dacy
for National Delegate and will
be Mr. Anderson's opponent.
iCounty Treasurer George Anders,
Norristown Herald:
1 lie resignation of Charles Johnson,
a State Insurance Commissioner, is
generally taken to mean that there
will be a lining up of Republican vot-ers
in Montgomery county for and
against Johnson and Penrose and for
and against Ambler and Hrumbaugh.
The last big quarrel in the Republi-can
ranks occurred in 1895. Govern-or
Hastings and Senator Quay were
leaders of the two forces, locally
James B. Holland directed the cam-paign
for Quay, while A. D. Fetterolf
led the Governor's forces. Then the
fight was on state delegates- The
county convention, by a small ma-jority,
elected the Quay delegates.
Now the fight will be drawn, it is be-lieved,
on national delegates, as well
as on the nomination for Auditor
General, With Charles A. Ambler, of
this county, as the candidate of the
! i■ urnbaugh forc•es.• •
HUNTER SUPPLEE
Well Known Mining Man a Victim
of Rheumatism.
Arrests to be Made for Irregu-lar
Attendance in West
Conshohocken
SCHOOL CLOSES JUME 15
Collegevllle Independent.
There Is just now n mixture of
political bed fellows In Pennsylvania,
With as many ns three in a bed and
a left-over or two stretched on the
floor. Pennsylvania has a very ambi-tious
Republican Governor. He wants
to be President of the United States.
In making bis appointments his am-bition
hath greatly Influenced him.
In playing polities with Philadelphia
contractors he was thinking first and
last of Brumbaugh. His program now
is to dislodge, if need be, 1'enrose
from the saddle of Republican leader-ship
in the State. The delegates to
the National Convention must be
Brumbaugh delegates, if possible. The
mix-tip In this county is peculiarly
Interesting: A Brumbaugh and Am-bler
combination In the interests of
Hrumbaugh and Ambler as against the
regular Republican I'enrose organiza-tion—
Charles Johnson, the recognized
leader! And Mr. Johnson the State
Insurance Commissioner In tho Gov-ernor's
cabinet! Some mix-up that.
It is not marvlous that it Is rumored
that Mr. Johnson will resign his posi-tion
at Harrisburg, rather than "pull
chestnuts out of the Are" for the am-bitious
Presidential aspirant and for-sake
and oppose the organization Re-publicans
of the county. The stuff
that's in him is under a severe strain.
It la safe to predict, however, that he
will not do the Governor's bidding and
turn bis back to Penrose. The Inde-pendent
has never admired cither the
politics or the tactics of I'enrose.
However, as between Penrose and a
glib-tongued Presidential candidate
Whose distinguished traits frequently
smack of hypocrisy and concentrated
selfishness, Penrose is of the two
much to be preferred. The Republi-can
contests for nominations to the
Legislature from the various districts
of this county are also involved in the
large political fight that promises soon
to be on In earnest within the ranks
of the Republican party throughout
the State. In the Third district it has
been given out that "it is to be a tight
on leadership!" on state and county
leadership, eh? The Republicans of
the Third district will take notice, ac-cordingly,
and figure out where they
will line up.
The matter of Irregular school at-tendance
by the pupils of the public-school
of West Conshohocken, has
reached the stage where patience
ceases to be a virtue, and at the regu-lar
meeting of the West Side Board
held last evening, drastic action was
taken to compel these delinquent
children to be more regular In their
attendance.
Since the beginning of the present
term certain children have persisted
in violating the law by remaining ab-sent
despite repeated notices sent by
Professor T. J. Steltz. demanding them
to attend or furnish reasonable excuse
for their continued absence. The ac-tion
of the few certain ones has spread
like contagion among others until at
the meeting last evening, the principal
reported that more than fifty children
are at present attending far below
the average set by the Board before
the opening of tho term. Tho ire
of the members was aroused by the
laxity of the parents in the matter
of school attendance and n motion was
adopted instructing the secretary to
issue warrants for the arrest of sev-eral
of the parents of the children who
have persisted in ignoring the notices
sent them. The Board is violating the
law itself in allowing the present con-ditions
to exist nnd It Is hoped that
the examples that are to bo made now
will have the desired effect In keep-ing
the attendance to where it should
be.
Professor Steltz reported that a
course of sewing had been introduced
in the sixth, seventh und eighth grades
and that the pupils are taking great
Interest In the work wheh will be ex-hibitd
near the close of the term. He
asked the Board to furnish a suitable
I table-tor the course and also twenty-four
pairs of scissors and a quantity
was grant-
CLAIMS COMMISSION
frwin J. Gotwals Sues
Bate & Son.
William T.
Irwln J. Gotwals, Norristown real
estate broker, through Attorney T. I*
Bean, has Instituted suit in the
Prothonotary's office against William
T. Bate & Son, of thia borough, claim-ing
$97"), with interest from March
15, 11)10.
Mr. Gotwals alleges that the de-fendant
company placed in his hands
the sale of their property on Fourth
and Merion streets, Bridgeport Ort
March 19, 1910, he leased the property
to the Summerill Tubing Company,
with an option to buy.
Mr. Gotwals claims that the sale to
the company was consummated ac-cording
to the records in the office of
the Recorder of Deeds of Montgomery
county.
It is claimed by Mr. Gotwals that he
is entitled to five per cent on the pur-chase
price of $19,500, or $975, because
the parties were brought together
through him and he claims it was
through him that the sale was event-ually
consummated.
Freedom Party.
Mrs. Jane Booth, of Germantown
and formerly of this borough, gave a
freedom party, Saturday evening, at
the Casino, Germantown, in honor of
her son, Raymond Booth. Among the
guests were persons from this bor-otieb
and Plymouth.
Mr. Booth is connected with the
Keystone Publishing Company, of
Philadelphia, and has recently been
promoted, having been appointed
manager of the New York office of
the company. ,
The request
pal
of material.
ad.
The principal also reported that the
final examinations would be held much
earlier this year than In previous
years and that he expected that they
would bo completed not later than
June 1st.
The date for the annual commence-ment
was fixed for Tuesday evening,
June 13 and the principal was given
authority to proceed to complete his
program for the occasion. The class
this year will comprise only two mem-bers,
Misses Frances Dugan and
Emma Nace.
The grammar school exercises will
be held on Friday Fvcnlng, May 26.
The class to be admitted to the High
School this year Is the largest for many
yens and will comprise nineteen mem-bers.
The iiddress on this occasion
will be delivered by Professor Dunhan,
of Temple University, of Philadelphia.
The schools will close on Thursday,
June 15 and re-open on Monday, Au-gust
28. The report of the State in-spector
was read and attention was
called to the poor lighting facilities in
four rooms. The Departmentsuggest-ed
us a remedy that buff curtains In-substituted
for the present ones. The
secretary was instructed to secure lads
In accordance with the suggestion and
the change will be made Be soon as
possible.
The Teachers & Text Books commit-tee
reported that Miss Agnes Farrell,
teacher of the grammar grade, is still
off duty owing to Illness nnd that her
duties are being fulfilled by Mrs. F.
Z. Tyson,of Norristown.
Hunter Brooke, son of Camille
Freas Supple and son of the late
Hiram It., and Mary Brooke Supplee,
aged IS years, died on Saturday at
his home, 1007 Duncannon street,
i.ogan.
Mr. Supplee had been 111 about a
week. He contracted a cold which
developed into rheumatism of the
heart, which caused his death.
Mr. Supple spent his boyhood in this
town. He attended the local schools
and after leaving school, he went
West and drifted into the mining
country. The life there attracted him
and he soon engaged in mining and
later became a prospector. Alter a
few years in the West he returned to
his home here and married Miss Cain
ille, daughter of the late Daniel Frees,
of this borough. Mr. Supplee soon re-turned
to the Western mining country
and a few years ago went Into Mon-tana
and began prospecting. Tills
was his most successful venture as
upon the results of his prospecting he
formed the Black Pine Mining Com-pany,
which corporation acquired title
to property and began mining opera-tions.
Mr. Supplee was one of the
active practical men in the company
and was well known in the mining in-dustry
in both the East and West.
He is survived by his widow, a
brother William Supplee, of Wayne
and two sisters.
The funeral will be held from his
late residence Thursday afternoon at
1.30 o'clock. Services will be con-ducted
at the house and the interment
will be at Riverside Cetemtery, Nor-ristown.
Ladies' Night on Saturday Fol-lowed
by Reception to Grand
Lodge Officers on Sunday
A MOST ENJOYABLE TIME
decided
i'onslio-
James Booth.
James Booth, of East Kim street,
died at the State Hospital yesterday,
aged 76 years. Besides his wife he
is survived by one son. The funeral
arrangements have not as yet been
completed.
EXTRAORDINARY ENTER-TAINMENT
AT THE C. H. S.
Last of Star Course (Concerts Will Be
Given by Famou s Concert Com-pany
Tomorrow Night.
Parole Short Lived.
Henry Wickers, of this borough,
who has been an inmate at the State
Hospital, Norristown, was paroled en
Saturday. He returned to his home
here and on Sunday met a number of
his old friends and yesterday was
found by Officer Heald. Wickers was
intoxicated. He was taken to the sta-tion
house and the hospital authorities
notified. Wickers was returned to
the hospital this morning.
PRICE OF PEPPER.
Pepper, a very necessary Ingredi-ent
of the most delicious dishes of
the family table, is becoming scarce.
The scarcity of pepper is due to the
present European war. dealers say.
They are advising their customers to
get all they can now while the "get-ting
is good."
The average housewffo
has not noticed the rise In
pepper, because she buys
small quantities. But the
ers have, and It would be a good idea
for the housewife to accept the ad-vice
of these dealers and lay In a sup-ply
now while the "getting Is good."
Within the last three weeks the
retail price of pepper has advanced
12 cents a pound, from 28 cents to 40
cents. This in Itself Is remarkable as
It is rarely that the price of pepper
fluctuates, let ulone advances 12 cents.
probably
price of
in such
big dcal-
DR. A. J. DOUGHERTY,
Dentist.
JACOBSON BUILDING.
«9 Fayette Street
The last of the Annual Star Courses
of entertainments, under the auspices
of the it'onshohocken High School,
will be held in the High School au-ditorium
tomorrow evening.
An unusual performance will be
given by the Fisher Shipp Concert
Company, one of America's greatest
in music, song and story, composed
of musical and character sketches in
costume and impersonations of the
different nationalities of the world.
In addition to these, Mr: Lloyd Loar,
unquestionably one of the gr.
mandollnists before the public, will
entertain on a wonderful instrument
called the "Mando Viola," of hie own
invention. This is a ten stringed in-strument,
producing the effect of a
complete orchestra.
Misses Fisher Shipp and Myrtle
Bloomquist, professional singers and
Miss Carolyn Pomeroy, a violiniste of
unusual talent; all these have met
with enviable success.
From an educational, artistic and
entertaining standpoint, tills perform-ance
stands supreme.
The net proceeds of this series is
to help equip the High School gym-nasium.
It is hoped that the people
of Conshohocken will aid this good
cause by patronizing.
Tickets on sale at all times by High
School students, at the Drug Stores
and Principal's office, High School
building.
LEADS THE RURAL FIREMEN
Burgess Andrew Graham Again Presi-dent
in Montgomery.
Andrew Graham, chief burgess of
Jenkintown, and head of the Mont-gomery
County Firemen's Association
was re-elected to the presidency of
that organization at the annual meet-ing
Saturday in the station of Pioneer
Fire Co. No. 1, of Jenkintown. Twen-ty-
four fire companies, constituting
the rire-protectlve service of the Old
York and the North Penn sections,
sent delegates to the menting. Re-ports
showed the association to be in
prosperous condition, and that its co-operative
and directing elTect had
strongly increased the efficiency of
service of all the affiliated companies.
Reports also indicated that horse and
hand-drawn apparatus is practically
obsolete In the entire department, and
that high- powered motor apparatus,
of the chemical and pumping-engine
varieties were the only types of ma-chines
suitable for real service In
suburban districts, where companies
are compelled, in numerous instances,
to make runs of five or more miles on
fire calls.
This question of long runs, like-wise,
brought up for consideration the prop-sition
of flre-zoneing the entire dis-trict,
so that only certain companies
will answer first calls in a sjgKMtied
zone; other companies to hold them-selves
In readiness to answer and co-operate
at big fires.
l'.Mliianism was given a
boost when the members oi
hocken Lodge, No. 117, Knights of
Pythian, gave over the entire week
end in exemplifying the friendship of
Damon and Pythias.
The first chapter in the events of
the local order was held on Saturday
evening, when the time was given
over as Ladies Night. The spacious
hall room at the corner of Second
avenue and Harry street was filled
by more than 250 members, and their
wives and friends who had assembled
to enjoy an evening of sociability and
listen to an interesting entertainment
arranged lor the occasion.
The following was the program ren-dered:
Piano solo Mrs. Percy Fraso
Yocal solo Miss lxivetta Mauch
Violin solo Alpheus ("instead
Piano solo Harry Bertolet
Piano solo .. Mrs. Springer Downey
Violin solo Alpheus I'mstead
Piano solo Mildred Grennor
Trombone solo Robert Ramsey
Piano solo .. Mrs. Springer Downey
I'iano solo Mildred Grennor
At the completion of the program
those present were served with sup-per
after which a social period v. as
enjoyed.
H. F. Trombore, manager of the
Publicity Department of the Grand
l-o.lge of Pennsylvania, was present
and made a few remarks. He said
that he was present on request of the
Grand Chancellor Commander of the
Domain, who was unable to be in
attendence. He told of the. great
work that Is being done by tlie Order,
and congratulated the local members
for their excellent showing. He had
with him the Fred E. Weetim Cup
which will be presented next Satur-day
evening to Clear Spring Lodge,
No. 210, of Springtown, for the largest
gain in membership for the six month
between July 1st and December 31st,
1915. During that period the Spring-town
lodge had an increase of 33%
per cent.
On Sunday afternoon the lodge
room waj again thrown open to the
members of the local lodge and visit-ing
members of the Order, when
George A. Mcntzel, Grand Chancellor
Commander of the Grand Domain of
Pennsylvania, of South Bethlehem,
together with 11. T. Trombore, Editor
of the Pythian Pilgrim and munager
or the Publicity Department of the
Grand l.odge, also of South Bethlehem
were present. Representatives were
also present from Bucks, Delaware,
Chester and Montgomery counties.
The time was devoted to sociability
with the view of bringing the mem-bers
of the order in different sections
to closer fellowship. Addresses were
made by both of the State officials,
who rehearsed the work done during
the past year, emphasized the aim of
the Grand Lodge lor the present year
and urged the local members to con-tinue
in the manner in which they
have been going during the past sev-eral
months, when more than two hun-dred
members have been initiated.
Several of the members of the order
from other counties also made re-marks.
Following the speechmaking the
visitors were served with supper and
departed for their homes well pleased
with the existing conditions of the
local lodge and wishing them continu-ed
prosperity.
Carpet weaving at KEIIOES.—Ad.
• Have your Teeth examined free *
• of charge.—DR. MEYERS, Den- *
• tist, 75 Fayette Street. •
JOBS AT STATE COLLEGE
Great Industries Wanted All the Best
Seniors.
Industrial activity throughout the'
country has created an unusal demand
for men technically trained at State
College. All departments of chemistry,
engineering and applied mechanics are
deluged with applications for students
who will be graduated in the scientific
courses in June. These requests came
largely from railroads, munitons man-ufacturers
and armament plants.
In the school of engineering nlono
more than 50 desirable jobs are posted
on the bulletin boards. Similar condi-tions
prevail in the other technical
schools. A powder company has sent
three requests to State College for
trained chemists. Twenty-eight young
graduates were recommended, and the
most of them were employed. Several
seniors in the department of mechan-ic
a! c ngineering have arranged*to en-ter
the school of apprentices of a
locomotive engineering company.
Several local students at State Col-lege
have secured positions with cor-porntons
taking up new lines of manu-facture
necessitated by war condi-tions.
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BILLS ARE DUE!
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