The Conshohocken Recorder, May 2, 1916

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FALL FROM CHAIR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
TO PRESENT AN OPERETTA
Francis Botto, of Spring Mill,
a Victim of Blqod Poisoning
From a Minor Accident
Wm. HAGUE DIEDSUDDENLY
(Treads, son of Joseph and Mary
Botto, aged is ylaars, «i>• **I at one
o'clock, Saturday afternon, In Charity
hospital, Norristown, of blood poison-ing,
and his death came as a severe
shock ic> his family and many Friends,
Young Botto was employed in the
Hamilton paper mills al Uifayette
and ;ii his work, be used a chair to
sa upon. On Friday, April 21, he
It-11 his chair for a few minutes and
during bis absence another employe
removed the chair to use it else-where.
Botto returned to ins work
and not noticing the chair had been
removed went to sit down. He fell
to the tloor and truck his left elbow
against the tloor or some protruding
object. While the Injury pained him,
be paid but little attention to it be-lieving
it to be but a slight bruise.
On the following Tuesday, the arm
began to swell and caused him much
pain and on Friday his condition be-came
so serious that he was taken to
Charitj Hospital thai night and the
following day Dr. Wood, performed
an operation at 7.80 o'clock that
morning, but the disease had made
such progress that the operation was
of no avail and death ensued at one
o'clock Saturday afternoon
Francis was an ambitious and popu-lar
young man and was a general
favorite with his fellow employes
and the young people of ills borough
and Spring Mill.
The funeral will be held from Ills
parents' residence, Hector street and
North Lane, Spring Mill, tomorrow
nioinii.;. at 8.30 o'clockk. Solemn
high mass will be celebrated in St.
Matthew's church at 10 o'clock and
the interment will he at St. Matthew's
new cemetery.
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William Hague.
AVITTTam Hague, Tor many years
Street Supervisor for this borough,
diet, suddenly, Saturday afternoon, at
the home of his son-in-law, William
Yahrls, Ridge pike and Steel Plant
toad, Plymouth township, aged 83
years. The cause of death was hard-ening
of the arteries.
Mr. Hague had been complaining of
ill health for some time but was not
confined to the house. On Friday
last, he was feeling better and trim-med
the trees about his home. Sat
urday, he complained of illness and
in the afternoon weal to bed. His
condition rapidly became serious and
it was found he was beyond human
aid.
Mr. Hague resided in this borough
for many years and for a number of
years was Street Supervisor.
Deceased is-survived by three child-ren:
Mrs. William Yahrls, with whom
he resided; John W. Hague and .Mrs.
William Morris, of this borough.
The funeral was held this afternoon
from the residence of his son-in-law
William Ya'iris. Services were con-ducted
at the house and the Interment
at Barren Hill cemetery.
The "Merry Milkmaids" Will Be
Sung.—75 Students in Costume,
in the Cast.
12-
On Fridfty evening, May 5th, at
7.15 P. M.. a musical production, en-titled,
"The Merrj Milkmaids," will
Iven by the sun ents In the local
high s( bool auditorium.
It is the tlrsl production of Us kind
ever given bj I and
a i.II • i undertakl
Under the professional supervision
of Mis i \: Qeller, the high school
mush i : iiinr and the pi Incipal,
Mr. i.. i!. Durbar) iured.
The trend Of thll musical dl .'iris
in a quaint and Intel e« ting fash on
the joys. lab'oTS and pastimes ot the
On I typ Cal dairy tana and in
a clever way reveals man) humorous
situations, •
With a characterisation of the
Queen, the Fortune Taller, the Village
Judge, the ommodore, the Doctor,
the beggar, the peddler and the jolly
gentlemen, the musical winds up In
the happy nuptial union of Farmer
.Mm and ins sweetheart.
Thi< operetta is given for the bene-fit
of the 'High School gymnasium
and it is hoped that the local citizens
Will show their interest li> attending.
Wm. J. Ford Jr., is Rewarded
for Heroic Act in Saving
Companion from Drowning
KEPT ACT A SECRET
PROGRAM FOR
CELEBRATION ARRANGED
Fourth of July Celebration Committee
Decide to Have a Parade.
A meeting of the Fourth of July
Celebration Committee was In Id Sun-day
afternoon, in the borough hall,
and fifteen organisations oul of the
thirty five invited had representatives
present.
The committee outlined a program
[or the day as follows: The cele-on
to be opened with flag raising
and salute to the flag at the borough
hall to be followed wltn a short street
parade. At 10.30 o'clock a patriotic
ng will be held, in the afternon
a hand concert will he held i'l the
end of the town. The evening
entertainment will be a band concert
and a fireworks display at Twelfth
avenue and Fayette street.
MANUFACTURERS ORGANIZE
Helping to Elect Anderson and Buck-man.
WRECKING CHURCH WINDOWS
Many Stained Glass Windows in the
Presbyterian Church Have Been
Broken.
Mischievous boys are having expen-sive
sport in breaking the stained
glass window* in the Presbyterian
Church. On the Third avenue side of
the building many of the costly stain-ed
glass windows have been broken.
An examination of the breaks show
that many were caused by rifle bul-lets
Many of the panes show small
round holes. Other breaks have been
caused iiy stones.
It is believed the damage has been
done by mischievous boys and the
damage, has been so costly thai the
Trustees of the church in another col-umn
of this issue, have ottered a re-ward
for Information that will lead
to the discovery of the guilty ones.
CORTIS LODGE VISITS
Degrees Exemplified to Conshohock-en
Candidate*.—Other Events of
Week.
About forty members of Curtis
Lodge, 239 I. O. O. V-, of Norrlstown
went to iConshohocken on Saturday
evening, accompanied by the degi
team and exemplified the first and
second degrees to a large class of
candidates of Gulf Lodge, of Weal
<onshohocken.
The Oddfellows made the trip in a
special trolley. They were royally
entertained, an orchestra furnishing
music for an excellent program at the
conclusion of the lodge meeting.
Cigars were served and the visiting
lodgemen departed for home at a late
hour.
Home boiled ham. and sausage. All
kinds Of Cheese, foreign and domestic
i KIMMBN'S Delicatessen Shop. II
Blast Hector street Adv.
Seventy-five manufacturers and
business men, from all parts of
llueks and Montgomery counties, met,
i iv. in Norrlstown and endorsed
candidacy of J. Aubrey Anderson,
it Attorney of Montgomery, and
lion. Clarence J. Buekman, Senator
from BnckS, for Republican .National
Delegates from the BHghth congres-sional
District.
[•ring resolutions wire adopted.
"All Republicans of the District,"
one identified with the move-menl
"are asked, whether employer
or employe, lo vote and work for the
restoration of well-tried Republican
doctrines and the choice of such a
President as will bring to our country
a peace and prosperity not based on
the mental aberration of Kinus and
Emperors of other countries nor the
misfortunes of their people; and to
resist the efforts of such contractors
and their discredited tools in public
office who, by the corrupt use of pub-lic
patronage in private Interest,
would prostitute that real Republican-
Ism hused upon the broad unselfish
devi lopmi ut oi our nation, the safe-guarding
of Its lndustr.es and the (
protection of the American working-j
man to their own selfish ambitions,]
lend their contracting business,
from Philadelphia and nearby coun-over
the entire state and trc-uiem
ous volume of public business "
A vigorous campaign in behalf of
M.ssis. Kuckman and Anderson was
planned and the following officers
and committees were placed in charge
of It: >
President, Samuel Roberts, I'ort
Indian.
Vice I'resident, Clifford L, Ander-son,
Bristol.
Secretary, George \Vanger, Norrls-town.
Treasurer, Harry B. Tyson, Norrls-town.
The committee are:
Finance lHarry B. Tyson, Quaker
City Shirt Company; I). It. V Mattis-on,
Keasbey and Mattison Company;
James 11. Brooks. Harkins Fidelity
Company, Bristol; Crossley Holmes,
clear Spring Worsted Company;
John Taylor, Diamond State Fibre
Company; John Storb, National Iron
Bank, of l'ottstown.
Publicity—O. O. Bean. Intelligencer,
Doylestown; Henry Cledhill, Bristol
Wall Paper ICompany; Joseph D. Ram
bo, Bridgeport Knitting Mills; H. B.
Campbell. Grander stove Company;
I \v Smith, I. W. Bmtth Woolen
Company; Merritt I. Schollinger, Dia-mond
mipany; Charles I. Geh-t
' I'.rothers, Inc.
William J. Ford Jr., son of William
J Ford, proprietor of the American
Hotel, Spring Mill avenue and Poplar
street, who will he thirteen years old
nexl October, has been awarded a
hero nice ai by Ralston Purina Hero
t ommlssion, of St. Louis, Ma, for
saving Arthur Blanche, II years old,
from diowning in the Schuylkill river
at this place, august I kh, 1911.
This morning, Rev. James P. Park-er,
rector of St. Matthew's church re-oelved
B letter from the Commission
stating the medal has been awarded
and had been forwarded to him for
pn .".ntation to you ig Ford.
Young Ford, after making the res-cue,
tried to keep his feat a secret
but his companions made it known
and Investigation proved the truth of
their statements. Tie late William
Donnelly believed the hoy should be
rewarded for his heroic action and
took Ih" mailer up with tiie RiHton
Purina Hero Commission Before all
the finds had ben presented io tho
Commission, Mr. Donnelly died and
nothing was done on Ford's behalf
until Rev. James P. Parker, hearing
of what Mr. Donnelly had done, im-me
iately resumed communications
with the Commission with the result
that the medal has been awarded and
in-warded here, and its arrival is ex-pi
Cted today.
The Rescje.
On the afternoon of August 14,
19J I, Ford, accompanied bj Arthur
Blanche, eleven years old and John
Dundon, twelve years ok, were swim-ming
In the river at the rear of the
Bchuylklll Iron Works. Young
Blanche could not swim and was wad-ing
about on the Bandy bottom when
he stepped into an old channel where
a strong current was flowing. Dun-don
was swimming near by and went
to Blanche's assistance. Blanche
grabbed his rescurer about the neck
and both boys would have sunk had
not Dundon broke Blanche's grip.
Young Fore, saw that Blanche was in
danger and swam to his assistance.
Blanche, in his struggle, grabbed
Ford by the legs. Ford acted quick-ly
and struck Blanche a blow be-
; the eyes stunning him. lie
then pushed Blanche's . unconscious
form aside.
Blanche was quickly revived and
the boys went home After several
days, they told of their adventure.
CHURCHMEN PLANNING FOR
SOCIAL RECREATION
Bible Class Men and Vestry Commit-tee
of Calvary Church Will Meet
and Talk Recreation Plans.
I.asc Sunday the Exedutive Com-mittee
and officers of the Men's Bible
Class of Calvary church were appoint-ed
a committee to meet with a com-mittee
from the Vestry and devise
plans for social recreation for the
young men of the Sunday School and
church. The committees will hold
their first meeting tomorrow evening.
No plans have as yet been made
and the joint committee will consider
the question and submit reports to
the Vestry and Bible Class.
Calvary church is now fostering
athletics and has a good base ball
team in the iC&urch league. The
team his many loyal rooters and its
success has been one of the causes
to arouse interest in the present
movement for social recreation that
will continue the year around.
The Executive Committee of the
Bible Class is: George Giles, chair-man;
Deputy Recorder of Deeds,
Joseph C. Moore, Andrew Collins,
Louis Schall and iCalvin iP'gg.
The officers of the Class are: Presi-dent,
Samuel Beaver; vice president.
Nelson Quigg; secretary, Roy Whit-man;
treasurer, Harry Tyson.
E
MRS. MARY MOORE
Mother of M.
Morning in
Here
F. Moore Died This
Philadelphia.!—Lived
Many Years.
BOYS AS MEMBERS OF
ALLEGED ROBBER GANG
One Under Arrest, Declared to Have
Told Story of Plan to Hold Up
Owner of Store,
I>ewis Rutherford, aged 16, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rutherford, of
dale, who Is alleged to have con-
I'essed stealing automobiles belonging
to I'Ii Krupp and Samuel Ciymer, of
l.ansdale, and a horse and wagon, the
property of S. K. Weikel of Kulpsville
arrested Sunday and held for a
bearing. Tiie boy is charged with
the theft of hides, but other charges
will be brought against him.
This la the first arrest of a crusade
to break up an alleged band of youth-ful
robbers who have been figuring
in theft i ranging from automobiles to
pigeons. Following his arrest the
Rutherford boy is declared to have
told J. B. Stevenson, a detective,
every detail of a plot to hold UP, bind
gag and rob Worthington Henning,
owner of a grocery store at Kulps-ville.
For a week the band lived at an
abandoned camp at Cedars, near
I ile, and this camp was their
don. The Rutherford boy who is ar-
| figure) in the robbery of the
Ambler hardware store at l^ansdale
two years ago, but was paroled. The
detective asserts that other arrests
will be made.
NEW POWER FOR
TRANSIT COMPANY
Counties Gas and Electric Company
is Now Supplying Electric Power
for Reading Transit Company
Reception Tendered Newly Weds.
A reception was tendered Mr. and
Mrs. James O'llara, at their newly
furnished home In Wayne, on Satur-day
evening. About one hundred and
fifty persons were present. Games,
music and dancing furnished the eve-ning's
entertainment. At a late hour
the guest | were invited to the dining
room, where a bountiful repast was
spread.
Several of the guests were from
this borough and the trip was made
by automobile.
Sunday the trolley cars of the Read-ing
Transit Company on the divisions
between Collegevllle and Reading
were operated by electric current sup-plied
by the Counties Gas and Elec-ii
ie Company from the central station
at Norrlstown.
By the 1 nth inst. the local division
of the Transit Company will be op-erated
by surrcnt supplied by the
Counties G. and K. Company. The
power company has erected several
auxiliary stations and the one at Bar-ren
Hill is completed and will be con-nected
with thiB borough as soon as
a few brakes in the right of way are
straightened out.
The new power will be a great
benefit to the Transit Company and
its patrons as under the present con-ditions
cars are greatly delayed by
reason of the lack of power.
Mary widow of Martin Moore, aged
86 years, died at eight o'clock this
morning at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Harry McGovern, 5718 I .arch-wood
avenue, Philadelpria.
Mrs. Moore had been 111 since
Christmas but recovered from each
attack until three weeks ago when
she again became ill and had to take
to her bed. Death was due to a
complication of diseases due to her
age.
Mrs. Moore had many friends
among the older resdents of this
borough where she lived for a num-bed
of years. Before her marriage,
she was Miss Mary <"arroll and was
born In County Kildare, Ireland. She
married Martin Moore in Ireland and
the young couple emigrated to this
country and first settled In Philadel-phia.
Soon afterwards, they removed
to Lebanon where they remained
until 1870 when they came to this
borough. Mr. Moore died in 1888
and shortly afterwards Mrs. Moore
removed to Philadelphia.
Mrs. Moore is survived by five
children: John and Joseph Moore, of
Philadelphia; M. F. Moore, of this
borough; A. J. Moore, of Cincinnati,
Ohio and Laura, wife of Harry Mc-
Govern, of Philadelphia.
The funeral will be held from the
residence oi" her daughter Friday
morning at N.30 o'clock. Solemn high
will be celebrated at 10 o'clock
in the church of tin Transfiguration,
Fifty-fifth street and Cedar avenue,
Philadelphia. The ntcrment will be at
St. Matthew's cemetery, this borough.
Conshohocken Band Has Pre-pared
a Fine Program For
Its First Annual Concert
QUARTETTE WILL ASSIST
ALBERT KNEULE.
PUBLISHER, IS DEAD
County's Oldest Publisher and Editor
of Norristown Register Died Yes-terday.—
Was a Promnent
Democrat.
A Bridge Party.
Miss Theo Righter of Springettes-bury.
Spring Mill, is entertaining at
cards this afternoon. Miss Cornelius,
of New York, who is visiting Miss
Rlghter, assisted her to receive her
guests.
The Conshohocken Band will hold
their first annual musical this even-ing
in Little's Opera House. This is
the firsl attempt the band has made
in this respect and have worked very
hard to made it a grand success. To
the many lovers of music in the town
and vicinity, an elaborate program
lias been arranged and a musical
treat is assured.
The program:
Overture, "Marttana" Wallace
Descriptive, "A Hunting Scene
Bucalossi
BAND
"The Rosary," "The Bells in the
Lighthouse," Mecca Quartette, of
Philadelphia, Messrs. Gibbons, Han-nenian,
l-aver, Cameron.
Selection by1 Conshohocken Full Or-,
chestra.
Fantasia, "Hungarian" Tobani
Sketch "Country Life" . . I^aurendeau
BAND
Mandolin IClub, The Three Rempps
and Murray.
Overture, "Raymond" Thomas
Cornet Solo, "The Pink Polka,
MR. JOHN I.OWE
Selection, "Creme de la Creme"
Tobani
Patriotic, "American Patrol,"
Meacham
BAND
Intermission 3 minutes.
Overture, "Poet and Peasant". Suppe
Irish Oddity, "The Racket at Gilli-gans
DeWitt
BAND
Selection by Mecca Quartette, "Lets
All Go Around to Mary Ann's, "At
the Beach in Summer."
Selection by Conshohocken Full Or-chestra.
Selection, "Echoes from Metropolitan
Opera House Tobani
Clarine: Solo, "Amitle Polka."
MR. CHARLIES RE.MPP
BAND
Mandolin Club, "The Dutch Picnic,"
"Georgia Serenade."
Selection from "The Bohemian Girl,"
Halle
Waltz Suite, "Danube Waves"
Ivanovici
Overture, "Wanderers Ziel" .. iSuppe
Patriotic, "Grand American Fantasia"
Bendiy
BAND
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
WATSON RESENTS
TREASURY REBUFF
Repeated Easter Music.
With the exception of the beautiful
rolo, "Hatt; Glorious Easter," sung by
Miss Madeline R. Daly, the Easter
program of music in St. Matthew's
!' C church was repeated on last
Sunday. The Unison Mass, "la Hac-he,"
was sung by the choir of mixed
voices. Mrs. James Maloy; Miss
Marie Tiernan and Mrs. John C.
Quinn sustoining the solos. The 'IHal-lelujah"
choruses were sung before
and at the end of the Mass. Batt-
Uan'S "Reglna Coell" was the Offer-tory
piece. The choir has been in
training for some time past under the
leadership of Miss Daly, who directed
the choir on Easter Sunday with Miss
Margaret Gannon, organist.
Anniee McLaughlin Caught.
Annie Mclaughlin, n Philadelphia
servant flrl, who, a few days ago,
stole $40 In cash from the home of
Jacob Hamilton, sis Fayette street,
was captured by the Philadelphia pol-ice
and sent to Jail for ten days on a
charge preferred there, Her sentence
expires today and she will be brought
to this borough, this afternoon, for a
hearing before Magistrate Light.
School Teams Play Ball
Saturday morning the low class
team of the sixth grade of the public
school defeated the high qlass of the
same grade in a game of base ball
by the score 8-3. The game was
played on the golf grounds and the
youngsters played a good game. The
batteries were: High—Holmes and
Thompson; Low—Toby and Gravi-nese.
Never can tell when you'll mash a
finger or sufTer a cut, bruise, burn or
scald. Be prepared. Thousands rely
on Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. Your
druggist sells it. p5c and 50c. Adv.
Adv.
Umbrellas repaired an* covered
KKHOE'S.—Adv.
Congressman Was Not Consulted on
Improving a Postoffice.
Efforts of Treasury' Department of-ficials
to override Representative
Henry W. Watson, of I^anghorne, in
matters related to the Norristown
postofflce, have been checked, the
Congressman said Sunday.
Representative Watson has been
seeking to have the postofflce remodel
ed and enlarged, but had been un-able
to obtain any cooperation from
the Treasury Department. A few
days ago Acting Secretary Newton
sent to Congress a recommendation
for an immediate appropriation of
JCa.OOO for "extending, remodeling
and improving the postofflce at -Nor-ristown."
Under this practice the House Com-mittee
on Public Buildings and
Grounds would have acted entirely in-dependent
of Representative Watson
and the bill would have been consid-ered
without consulting him.
To check such a plan, Mr. Watson,
has introduced a bill for an appropria-tion
of |66,000 for the Norristown of-fice
and under the rules of the House
in considering the bill, the committee
will call him to submit reasons for
the appropriation. Mr. Watson has
many facts to show the need of Im-provements
to Norrlstown and the
necessity of acquiring 8600 additional
square feet of floor space to handle
the business of the office.
Heller—Kriebel.
A quiet wedding was solemnized
Friday afternoon, at the Methodist
parsonage, when l.illie, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Rhine Kriebel, 816 East
Hector street, became the bride of
Mr. Elwood Heller, of Philadelphia.
The couple were unattended and the
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Thomas A. Armour, pastor of the
church.
The couple left on a short honey-moon
and are now residing at the
home of the bride's parents.
Both the bride and groom were em-ployed
at the Lubin moving picture
studios at Het/.wood, where they be-came
acquainted and their friendship
soon ripened into love.
* Have your Teeth examined free *
* of charge.—DR. MEYERS, Den- *
* tiet, 75 Fayette Street. *
Straw Hats at RAKOSKY'S DE-PARTMENT
STORE. *
Albrecht Kneule, of Norristown died
Monday night in his 85th year, lie
was the oldest editor in Montgomery
County and published the Norristown
Register. He was postmaster of Nor-ristown
under Cleveland
Albrecht Kneule was born in ECs-slington,
Kingdom of Wucrtten.
Germany, on March l, 1832, his par-ents
being Adam and Frederick
Kneule. After a good school educa-tion
he entered, in 1846, an appren-ticeship
of four years In the printing
establishment of the Es.-ilingcr '/.<.■ t-iing,
alter which lie worked as com-positor
in Gotha's large printing
house in Stuttgart and later on a
French in wspaper at Berne Switzer-land.
In the fall of or the year 1861 Mr
Kneule emigrated to America and on
February 18, 1862, secured a position
in the Neutralist ollice, Skippackville,
Montgomery county, where he work-ed
as compositor and pressman until
the spring of is.". In pril, 1S,">7, he
established a new German paper at
Pennsburg, in the upper part of Mont-gomery
county, under the title of
Pennsburg Democrat, and in July,
1848, accepted an offer from the prop-rietors
of the Bouern Freund, pub-lished
then at Sumneytown, to com-bine
the papers, and published them
under the name or Baueru Freund
and Democrat until 1865, When he
bought out the interest of the former
proprietors of the liauern Freund and
carried on the business on his own
aocout up to the present time. The
Bauera Freund, after the consolida-tion
of the two papers in 1858, had
a circulation of about nine hundred,
which was brought up bp Mr. Kneule
in a few years to three thousand and
has been kept ot that figure upto the
present time.
Mr. Kneule also rounded the Per
kiomen Malley Press, a weekly Eng-lish
paper, the initial number of
which was issued January 10, 1874,
at Pennsburg, which paper has yet ,.
fair circulation in the upper part of
the county. In September of 1878,
he bought out the Norristown Regis-ter
establishment at Norristown and
on March 1, 18S0, at the beginning
of the Hancock eampaiggn. under the
firm name of A. Kneule and Son, com-menced
the publication of the Daily
Register, an undertaking which was
considered by many a very doubtful
experiment, and which it proved to
be for several years, but by endur-ance,
industry and careful attention
was finally made a success. The
Daily Register is considered today
one of the most popular newspapers
in Norristown and Montgomery coun-ty.
Mr Kneule has been not only the
manager of the leadingg Democratic
papers in Montgomery county, but lie
has also always taken a persona] BO
tive part in politics and made public
spi dies for all the Democratic can-didates
for president from BrecUin
bridge in 1800 to Grover Cleveland in
18!>2.
In May. 1881 Mr. Kneule moved
from Pennsburg to Norristown where
he has resided ever since. On July
25, 1894, he was appointed, by Presi-dent
Cleveland, as postmaster at Nor-rlstown.
He is a member of the Nor-ristown
German Evangelical Lutheran
church, Pennsburg l-odge No. -II il and
Pennsburg Encampment No. 2114, In-dependent
Order of Odd Fellows; of
Greenville Lodge No. 282. Knights of
Pythias; of Lynwood Lodge, No. 154
Ancient Order of I'nited Workmen;
and has been president of the Norris-town
Maennerchor from 1891 to L894
Jle has served as a member of the
Democratic State and county com-mittees,
and was a school director at
Pennsburg for nine years , He never
had any desire for political office,
preferring his line of journalistic lab-or.
Albrecht Kneule has been the archi-tect
of his own good fortune in his
adopted land, and a just and very
truthful compliment was paid to him
some yiears ago by a former biograph-er
who said: "The life of this Ger-man
emigrant, who has been taught
in Gorman schools and printing of-fices,
to aspire to something more
than a plodding soldier, shows the
possibilities of free American citizen-ship.
From the humble printer in
1852, by strict attention to a chosen
pursuit he has become the principal
proprietor or widely circulated news-papers.
Prowlers About Houses
BE
T
Committee from Workmen and
Officials of Alan Wood I. &
S. Co. Had Conference
MEN WILL MEET TONIGHT
This is the lifth we< k thai the rolling
mills of the Alan Wood Iron .\ Steel
Company and J. Wood & Bros. Com*
pany, In this borough, have been closed
on account of the workingmen di m
Ing an increase in wages and nol hav-ing
their demands granted, yesterday
a committee representing the employes
of the Schuylkill Iron Works met the
officials of the company and had a
conference. What was discussed at tho
Conference and what offers or cone, s-proposed,
if any, was nol reveal*
ed by either the committee or officials;
but it was freely state by a number ot
the workmen that it is believed the
strike will in settle,! this week.
A meeting of the employes has been
called for this evening at 7.80 o'clock,
in Red Men's hall, in the Tracy
building. The committee wll maI
full report of the confi renci rid action
will be taken by the men. Whate> er
might be the action taken, the commit-tee
will report to the officials tomor-row.
Tin re seems to be a gem ral belief
thai the report ol the committee will
be so satisfactory that the strike will
be settled and thai all the men will
Will return to work nexl Monday mor-ning.
Wh.ei \ i i act ion is taken by the
Schuylkill Iron Works employes will
concurred In by the employes of .1.
Wood .v.- Bros. Comp
Tin re i i an optomisllc feeling among
the men that the committee has a re-port
to offer thai will in I. . ii,, | ■
to an Immdlate close and adjustments
ni u tgei will be made I hat will be en-tirely
sat Isfactory,
High School Lost Race.
Tho Conshohocken High School
track team journeyed to Philadelphia
on Saturday, where they had enl
Hi" ' n:i Relays, Although they
falli I ;o bring home any prizes, tiie
team made u line showing, and Coach
Barium expects to have the runners
in first class shape lor the meet to be
held at i Iheltennam cm May G.
The failure of the team to finish
near the top was due to the fact that
their classification was too high.
The runners for theiHigh School were
Hamilton, Beaver, Craig and Went-ling.
The race was a close one.
Even i.iough the locals finished fifth
they were only a few yart.s in the
rear when Upper Darby broke the
record. Time was 3.37 8-6,
The team expects to compete at
Cheltenham, Weal hester, Penns-burg
and Norristown.
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN DINE
Radnor Company Attracts Many
Them to New Clubhouse.
of
A number of residents in the Upper
end of town have been annoyed and
many women have been frightened by
a person who Roes about trying doors
of houses at night i.asi Saturday s
man was seen in West Tenth avenue
and was frghtened away when he used
a Hash light In trying to discover whe-ther
a window was fastened. The
man was behind a hush and as he
used his flash light, a member of the
household appeared and the man
made his escape.
It Would Be Tough To Do So.
Pennsburg Town and Country:
The Montgomery Transcript comes
out flat-footed for Roosevelt. In case
of Teddy's election, like as not, Ham
bly Brothers will be busy" recruiting
volunteers to fight the Germans. Who
can tell!
Volunteer firemen from many su-burban
districts around Philadelphia
ware the guests Baturday night at a
big banquet, at which the Kadnor
Fire Company celebrated the opening
of its new clubhouse and firehouse
in Audubou avenue, Wayne.
William W. Ilearne, president of
the company, was toastmaster and
one of the honor guests was Judge
Dugene C. Bonnlwell, who was presi-dent
of the company when he was a
resident or Wayne and is now presi-dent
of the State Firemen's Associa-tion.
The guests from other departments
were experienced firefighters, includ-ing
State Senator William C. Sproul,
of Chester; it'harles (.'. Salln, presi-dent
of the Delaware countv firemen's
Association; Andrew Graham, presi-dent
ot Montgomery Couuty Fire-men's
Association; Oscar Meyer,
president Bucks County Firemen's
Association; Howard Foster, treasur-er
of the Keystone Fire Chiefs' Asso-ciation;
Edward MeC.t.y, Deputy
State Fire -Marshal; Taylor Burke,
Chief of the Chester fire department;
Battalion Chief, Michael Walsh, of
the Philadelphia department; Chief
of Polici .Martin Mulhall, Fred, II.
Treat and a number of other citizens
oi Radnor township.
Subway Defeated.
(hi Sunday .it'll rniiuii Subway was
defeated by the team representing the
United states Marine Corps by the
Score of 9 to T. Darby was the pitch-er
for Subway and fanned 12 of the
visitors Put erratic fielding;, at turn
by his team males allowed the visit-ing
team In euine nut on the long end
of a 0-7 score.
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