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I niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu | PLACE A BUSINESS S STIMULATOR HERE AND BE HAPPY IIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlim ®l)c Consholjochcn in i mi n i 11111 ii i ri i IMI n 11111 mil in tit I THE ACCUMULATIVE 5 EFFECT OF GOOD ADVERTISING CANNOT BE OVERESTIMATED iTiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. 4967 CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1916. $1.00 PER YEAR . ■H } ELECTEDTO COUNCIL Fills Third Ward Vacancy; Or-dinance to Reguiate Plumb-ing Again Defeated WANT GARBAGE COLLECTED George Goigcr Sr., was elected a member of Town Council, at the regu-lar meeting Wednesday evening.to fill the vacancy for the Third ward by the removal from the ward of Stanley Carter. Mr. Gelger was elected by the unanimous vote of Council and was the only one named for the office. .Mr. Giles of the Third ward placed his name in nomination and on motion of Mr. Bate tho nominations were closed an election entered into. Mr. Gelger has been a resident of this borough for 35 years. His first residence here was in the Third warC. When the ward was divided, the Fifth ward being created, Mr. Gelger resi-ded In the latter ward for a short time, and VI years rgo removed again into the Third ward and purchased the property, 228 Et.at Fifth avenue, where he now resides. Mr. Gelger is engaged In the paint-ing contracting business and is Well and favorably known throughout the town and this section. He has been a life long Republican having cast his first vote for General Grant for the Presidency. Hla election to Coun-cil, was made after the other members from the ward had mate many inquir-ies among the voters as to who they desired as a competent representative. The election has given general satis-faction among the residents of the ward. He will servo until January i, . at whiojfc^ime-Council will or-ganize with the ntw members to be elected in November 1917. Sanitary Ordinance Defeated. Mr. Hamilton, chairman of the Building committee, Introduced an or-dinance providing for the licensing of master plumber and journeymen plumbers; the inspection of plumbing and drainage and providing for the is-suing of permits to open strets etc. It was the same ordinance that was defeated early in the fall. The ordin-ance passed second reading and in debate Mr. Hamilton stated the object of the ordinance was to protect the lo-cal plumbers. The debate was a spirited oneandend ed by Council defeating the ordinance Mr. Garrett said since the same or-dinance had ibeen presented to Council and was deleated, he made inquiries among his constituents and found they were against it, therefore he would vote against it. He stated the persons to whom he hr.d talked, saw no bene-fit to the town In the ordinance but that, if adopted, woula create addition-al expenses to the borough, destroy competition and create a monopoly for the local plumbers. For those rea-sons, he said, he would have to vote against t'.ie ordinance as it is his duty to represent the people of his ward. Mr. Garreti's statement caused Mr. Hamilton to stcte: "If Council cannot protect men engaged in business here, Council is a poor set." He also stated that when the plumbers leave their work to the inspection of the Board of Health, It Is not necessary for Coun oilmen to go to the people. Mr. Garrett raid the ordinance does not give the BoarC of Health more power, and in addition the ordinance contains a "jofcer" which is an added expense is made to either the borough or person having plumbing work done. Mr. Stemple offered objections say-ing but two local plumbers are mem-bers of the Plumbers' Association and that the ordinance would take away the guarantee that opened streets would be properly repaired as the ordinance requires only a permit for opening and the cost to be but 25 cents. This statement brought up a discussion as to the value of the pres-ent ordinance which requires a depos-it of 125 before a street can be opened to insure its proper repair. Mr. O'Brien entered the discussion and said that in debate no one had discussed the object of the ordinance. He said it is not a measure to raise revenue, to protect the streets or to protect plumbers. It is a measure to protect the health of the town. ortlr. O'Brien asked Council to con-sider the ordinance as It is Important (Continued en Last Page) TROUBLES OF DUAL HOUSEKEEPING Two Families Fight H. C. L. Fight Among Themselves and Wind-up in Magistrate's Court F Stephen l'hojinski and Peter Try-anoski are—just now it is correct to say were—old-time friends. Tach is married and has a family of Children, Both are thrifty and while earning good wages believe in storing asur-plus for a rainy day. Steve rented a good sized house in Whiskey lane at the fot of Twelfth avenue and in or-der to keep down expenses invited Peter and his family to share the house with him and his family. Peter accepted the offer and the two famil-ies were gut herd together under tho same ro')f where they lived happily and defied the high, cost of living. Yesterday, while both heads of the families were at work, and the bad weather kept the children within doors, the peace of the house was dis-turbed; dissentions grew until the mothers wer at war and continued to grow until the fathers engaged in battle and peace was again establish-ed in a Magistrate's court this morn ing. Magistrate Light established peace after hearing the storic3 of the heads of the two families. Yesterday morn-ing Peter's wife was glad when her children desired to sleep late. Steph-en's children were up and about the houme, making ag reat noise. Pet-er's wifep rotested and demanded the children be quiet. This aroused the ire of Stephen's wife and the women had a wordy way which was ended, so Mrs. Peter said, by Mrs. Stephen chasing her with a knite. At this critical time Stephen appeared on the scene and heard his wife's com-plaints. Naturally he sided with her and his children, and was much of-fended with Peter's wife. He ordered Peter's wife from the house and saw that his order was obeyed, so said the offended lady, but within a short time Peter returned home. Seeing his wife grieving and friendless in the cold back yard, he soon received her explantion. His martial spirit was aroused and he charged upon Steph-en. The battle was a draw and nego-tiations were immediately entered In-to with the police and ^Magistrate Light. The differences were settled by Peter paying the costs and agreeing to remove from Stephen's house and establish a domicile of his own, leav-ing both families to fight the high cost of living single handed but to enjoy peace and quiet except the rows that may arise among themselves. II Cornelius McCloskey Held For Court Charged With Stab-bing a Balky Horse WITNESS SAYS HE SAW ACT P. O. S. of A. Rally The members of Washington Camp No. 121, P. O. S of A. entertained a number of visitors from the Camp of Manayunk and a number of represen-tatives from the various camps of the district, in their hall on Tuesday eve-ning. J. Calvin Strayer, President of the National Camp, was present and made an excellent address. During his stay here, he was the guest of National Master of Forms Samuel Roberts. After the meeting, refreshments were served. A Big Storm Another big snow storm is in prog-ress following upon the heels of Wed-nesdy's storm. Snow has been falling since early morning, covering the ground to a depth of several Inches. The sleighing is' reported as being go'od as the ground is frozen and is ftoverd with a sheet of ice from the previous storm. Horse truffle is having much diffi-culty getting through the snow and the trolleys are experiencing slight delays. However, the schedule is be-ing pretty well maintained. The wind is light from the northeast and consequently the snow is not drifting. THOMAS CLARK DEAD Thomas Clark, of West Sixth ave-nue, this borough, died this afternoon at the University Hospital, Philadel-phia, where he had gone to have an opera t inn performed. He is survived by a wife and one son. Read the Recorder, $1 a Year. One of the i.i.i brutal ads towards a dumb animal was recited in Magis-trate Light's Court yesterday morning when Cornelius McCioskey. of this borough, was charged with stabbing a horse to make it draw its* lead, Mc- Closkey denied that he stabbed Un-horse but was coder $W0 bail for trial at March criminal court. Wednesday afternoon Joseph Crow-lev, 2380 South Seventeenth street, Philadelphia, driver of a delivery' wagon of Horace K. Hover 1240 Buck-nell street dealer in cakes and crack-ers was delivering f,oodo to customers here, lie had his team in East Elm street and desired to reach Hector street. He drove a two horse team and on account of the slipperyness of the hills his team became stalled. McCloskey came along and volunteer-ed assistance. He suggested that tho team be driven to Washington street thence to Ash street and Elm street thence to Fayette street. The advice was accepted but when the team had reached Ash and Washington streets a train was approaching and the safe ty gates were lowered. The driver ex-perienced difficulty in again getting the horses to start. The near horse, a little black, refused to pull. The driver could not move his team. Mc- Closkey offered his service and tried various methocs to get the horse in motion. Crowley testified that Mc- Closkey told him to get on his wagon and take the lines that he (McClos-key) would start the team. Crowley stated that he saw McCloskey strike the horse in the stomach and then saw the horse was bleeding. He calle;! to McCloskey, saying: "the horse is bleeding, what do you meau?" He testified tlmt McCloskey replied: "That is nothing. I will fix it." He stated that .McCloskey then ran up the street and soon returned with a sack of salt and applied it to the wound. The blood kept flowing and Crowley then telephoned for the police and Mc Closkey went to the office of a mill and telephoned for a veterinarian. Of fleers Ruth and Stemple responded and Crowley pointed out McClo'skey to the officers and he was placed un-der arrest. The driver then tlephoned to his employer and stated what had happened. Dr. H. S. Burneman, 522 Cherry street,' Norristown testified that he was called to treat the horse. He found it at Irvin Moore's livery stable. He found four clean cuts on the ribs had cut a vein this cut was about a half Inch in length. This cut was ser-ious and had been treated by the physician of the Alan Wood Company who packed the wound to prevent loss of blood. Dr. Borneman said he was told the wounds had 'been caused by a buckel but as the wounds were cle&n cut he believed they had been caused by the sin ill blade of a pen knife. The doctor said he could not state whether the horse would recover as there is always danger of infection in such a wound. Christian Brower, 23 West Oak street, Norristown, testified that he was walking along Washington street when he saw a team stalled at Ash street. He saw the near horse was unwilling to pull and tried to start the team but a number of persons were there and there was so much noise that he could do nothing and stepped aside. He testified that he saw Mc- Closkey punch the horse and then saw Wood and asked McCloskey what he was doing. Brower stated that the horse would bleed to death. He said McClo'skey replicdj "that will not hurt him; it will do him good." He stated that McCloskey then went away and returned with a sack of salt and ap-plied the salt to the wound. McClos-key, then waited and then found the salt failed to stop the flow of blood, ran to a mill office and tried to sum-moned a veterinarian. Mr. Brower said he suggested that some medical man be secured to save the horse and the physician on duty at the Alan Wood Hospital offered his service. The doctor plugged the wound and stopped the bleeding. Edward Bhunuiian, an lnsp< ctor ior the French Government stationed at the Schuylkill Iron Works gave very damaging testimony against McClos-key. He testified that he saw Mc- Closkey hit the horse several times and saw a knife in his hands. W. Henry Neavel representative i lie Pennsylvania Women's Society for the prevention of Cruelty to ani-mals was presented at the hearing and at the conclusion of the taking of testimony asked McCloskey be held for trial at court. McCloskey was asked whether he desired to make a statement. He said he did and stated that he did not stab the horse. H said the wounds were caused by a buckel on the belly-band and as the horse plunged the buckel caused the wounds. He said that he did not have a knife in his hand but was holding the tweezers which the doctor had used in packing the wound with gauze.. Officer Ruth testified as to taking the horse In a weakened condition to the livery stable of Irvin Moore and leaving it there for treatment. The horse is still at the stable and will be kept there until its injuries are sufficiently healed to permit of its removal. McCloskey is well known about town and for years has been employed about horses and has never been known to abuse them. McCloskey secured ball. E J. Wesley Potter, Civil War Veteran, Formerly of West Borough, Died, Tuesday TO BE BURIED FROM HERE BASKET BALL The Boys Club of the Baptist church will open its season Saturday evening December 16, 1916 at 8 o'clock with the strong Y. M. C. A. of Norristown. Tiie second team will play the strong St. Matthew B. C. , • • » To-night in the gymnasium of the (onshohocken High School, the first team will play the strong Ilatboro team. This is about the strongest High School team outside of Philadel-phia. They won from Jenkintown an-other strong team, with a score of something like 70 to L5. They- have also won from other High Schools with similar scores. The ibo-yB have been practicing hard for the game and have better team work and promise to develop into a stronger team than last year. | There may be a preliminary game played. , J. Wesley Potter, a former well known resident of this borough, died at the Soldiers and Sailors' Home at Erie, Pa., on Tuesday after an illness of several weeks. He was in the sev enty first year of his age. Mr. Potter was a shoe maker by trade and followed his chosen vo'cat Ion for many years on Ford street near Merion avenue, West ('onsho-hocken. After retiring from business and disposing of h'.s property several years ago, he removed to Norristown. He was a Veteran of the Civil War and was a member of Zook Post No. 11, G. A. R., of Norristown. Several weeks ago he was taken ill but recovered sufficiently to get about. It had been planned for him to come to the home of relatives here for a visit, but he desired to remain at Erie and cast his vote. This he did and on Election night he was taken ill and his condition since that time has grew gradually worse until his death Besides Ills wife he is survived by the following children: Ida, wife of David Meilor; Cora, wife of John Robinson; Nettle, wife of Richard Dal-by: Clara, wife of Benjamin Griffith, all of this borough; Ida Potter, of Nor-ristown, and Benjamin Potter, of Iliila delphia. The remains were brought to this borough and the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon, at 2 o'olock, from the residence of his son-in-law, John Robinson, 101 East Third avenue. The interment will be private at Riverside Cemetery, Norristown. The body may be viewed this eve-ning. JOHN S. IRWIN Appointed Mercantile Appraiser Engagement Announced DR. A. J. DOUGHERTY Dentist JACOBSON BUILDING, 69 Fayetto Street. Mr. and Mrs. William Katz, 53 Fayt ette street, announce the engagement of their daughter Ruth, to Mr. Alhert Edelstein, of Philadelphia. For Christmas tree ornaments go to KEHOE8.—Adv. John S. Irwin, of the Fifth ward, chairman of the Borough Republican Executive Committee and superin-tendent of manufacturing of the Lee-land Surgical Company, of this bor-ough, has been appointed by the County 'Commissioners, Mercantile Appraiser for the county for the year 1917. Mr. Irwin will assume his. new du-ties on January' 1« He will retain his present position with the Surgical company and will make the appraise-ment in his leisure hours. The appointment has met with much favor, not only to Conshohock-en and adjacent districts but through-out the county as Mr. irwin is well and favorably known throughout the county having made two' campaigns. Jit- has ben an active Republican II has been an active Republican and county. A Christmas Dance The Fellowship Club, an organiza-tion of local young men, will give a dance at City Hall, Norristown, on Christmas night. ' Smith's orchestra wil furnish the music. Watch values, Diamond values. Ring values. J. B. RAY, Jeweler.—Adv. Advertise in THE RECORDER *• iiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiMiiiii ■■■■■■■■ iiniiiiiiiiiiiiii iniiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii -'TIS I The Recorder Next Tuesday to Launch One of the Greatest Propositions Ever, Which Will Interest Thousands of Per-sons in All Walks of Life. A Great Hunting Trip Has Been Planned, Which in the End Will Wind Up in a Big Bag of Gold. Be "Dead" Sure Not To Miss Next Tuesday's Re-corder. If You Do You Will Never Forgive Yourself. FULL PARTICULARS IN NEXT TUESDAY'S RECORDER The RECORDER next TUESDAY to launch one of the great-est propositions ever, which will interest thousands of persons in all walks of life. A great hunting trip has been planned, which in the end will wind up in a big bag of gold. Be "Dead" sure not to miss next TUESDAY'S RECORDER. If you do you will never forgive yourself. Commencing with next Tuesday's Issue of the RECORDER, one of the most Interesting, educational and fascinating propositions, that ever appeared here will be launched in and by this paper. It is something that will Interest thousands of persons in all walks of life. In short, we are going to take all of our regular subscribers and many WIKI are not, on a three months' hunt. You all know what a fasalnating game hunting is, don't you? Well, this is to be a real hunt, and we are ■going after big game. It will have so many interesting features, so as to; be'perfectly.de-lightful. No matter who you are, how rich or poor you are,;how learncel. or unlearned you are—it will hold every last one of you spellbound."- It!will;arford the finest kind of entertainment for the whole family. We 'w,oulel like-to go into details and tell you all about it, but space and time in topggjp Issue forbid us doing this. But keep your both eyes open for next TC$£D,AY'S piper, when full details will appear, and the proposition will bo successfully launched. 5)111111 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiniimi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmiii.: [f Coasters on Barren Hill Road Ran Into Automobile of A. A. Garthwaite BOY HAD LEG DISLOCATED Andrew i'. Lewis, aged it years, son of Adrian Lewis of spring Mill, and Lawrence Ferdinand, aged 28 years, a son-in-law of Mr. Lewis patients in St. Timothy's hospital, Roxborough, recovering from injuries received in a sledding aoddenl at Spring Mill, yesterday afternoon. Lewis had a leg dislocated at the hip and received cuts <m the chest and bach »f his head. I-'erilinand was cut abOUl the head and face. Their in-juries are lint serious Inn Lewis will be confined to the hospital for several weeks. Yesterday afternoon* about s o'clock. Lewll and Ferdinand were sledding On the Darren Hill road, a long, steep hill descending into Spring Mill vil-lage. A. A. Garthwaite. president of the Dee. Tin A Rubber Company, ac-companied by his wife, was driving his high powered roadster along the road and when neir LentZ'a hotel, he saw the sled approaching. Mr. Garthwaite threw on Ids brakes and stopped his ear. In Stopping1, the heavy car skid-ded on the ley road but was brought to a standstill. The coasters were Approaching at high spied and were unable to steer aside ol the automo-bile and crashed Into its rear with great force. Both coasters were thrown from the sled. Assistance was immed-iately given the coasters and it was found Lewis was unable to rise. A truck of the Andorra Nurseries was requisitioned and the injured persons were taken to the hospital. Mrs Garthwaite was much upset over the accident and she was taken to her hniiie. Mr. Garthwaite Im-mediately returned to the Dewis homo und took Mr. Dewis to the hospital to barn the extent of his son's ami son in-law's injuries. Hound to Finish 'His Spree Harry Manning, employed at the Derr quarries. Ivy Rock, who was arrested Wednesday afternoon for be-ing drunk and disorderly and gained his liberty yesterday upon payment of the usual fine, is again under arrest. This morning (iff icer Stemple saw a man lying in an alley between two-houses In Kim street, below Ash street. The man was sound asleep and had one of his shoes off. His feet were in the snow. The Officer recognized the man as Manning. He was helplessly drunk and the officer had o pissing automobile truck bring the man to the station bouse, When Manning recovers his senses lie will be given a hearing before the Burgess. It seems thai Manning is determined to finish his spree no matter what the consequencec may be. Deforc In im; arrested on Wednesday, he laid in tlie-snow, asleep, for over an hour before he was found. GRAFONOLA WEEK at RAKOSKY'S. »1 down and the balance in easy payments.—Adv. Come and select your Grnfonoln now, small payments will secure you a machine for Christmas. Act quick; beware of shortage. RAKOSKY'S. . Adv. • DR. H. J. MEYERS • Dentist. • 75 Fayette Street. HOW CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS CAN SAVE MONEY You can save both MONEY and TIME by doing your Christmas Shopping right in your home town where you can get Christ-mas Gifts for the whole fam-ily right at WILLIAM KATZ Guarantee Shop. 53 Fayette St. Conshohocken A New Garment for the On* That FAILS to Give SATISFACTION.
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STIMULATOR
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AND BE HAPPY
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EFFECT OF GOOD
ADVERTISING
CANNOT BE
OVERESTIMATED
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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
4967 CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1916. $1.00 PER YEAR
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ELECTEDTO COUNCIL
Fills Third Ward Vacancy; Or-dinance
to Reguiate Plumb-ing
Again Defeated
WANT GARBAGE COLLECTED
George Goigcr Sr., was elected a
member of Town Council, at the regu-lar
meeting Wednesday evening.to
fill the vacancy for the Third ward by
the removal from the ward of Stanley
Carter. Mr. Gelger was elected by the
unanimous vote of Council and was
the only one named for the office. .Mr.
Giles of the Third ward placed his
name in nomination and on motion of
Mr. Bate tho nominations were closed
an election entered into.
Mr. Gelger has been a resident of
this borough for 35 years. His first
residence here was in the Third warC.
When the ward was divided, the Fifth
ward being created, Mr. Gelger resi-ded
In the latter ward for a short time,
and VI years rgo removed again into
the Third ward and purchased the
property, 228 Et.at Fifth avenue, where
he now resides.
Mr. Gelger is engaged In the paint-ing
contracting business and is Well
and favorably known throughout the
town and this section. He has been a
life long Republican having cast
his first vote for General Grant for
the Presidency. Hla election to Coun-cil,
was made after the other members
from the ward had mate many inquir-ies
among the voters as to who they
desired as a competent representative.
The election has given general satis-faction
among the residents of the
ward. He will servo until January i,
. at whiojfc^ime-Council will or-ganize
with the ntw members to be
elected in November 1917.
Sanitary Ordinance Defeated.
Mr. Hamilton, chairman of the
Building committee, Introduced an or-dinance
providing for the licensing of
master plumber and journeymen
plumbers; the inspection of plumbing
and drainage and providing for the is-suing
of permits to open strets etc.
It was the same ordinance that was
defeated early in the fall. The ordin-ance
passed second reading and in
debate Mr. Hamilton stated the object
of the ordinance was to protect the lo-cal
plumbers.
The debate was a spirited oneandend
ed by Council defeating the ordinance
Mr. Garrett said since the same or-dinance
had ibeen presented to Council
and was deleated, he made inquiries
among his constituents and found they
were against it, therefore he would
vote against it. He stated the persons
to whom he hr.d talked, saw no bene-fit
to the town In the ordinance but
that, if adopted, woula create addition-al
expenses to the borough, destroy
competition and create a monopoly for
the local plumbers. For those rea-sons,
he said, he would have to vote
against t'.ie ordinance as it is his duty
to represent the people of his ward.
Mr. Garreti's statement caused Mr.
Hamilton to stcte: "If Council cannot
protect men engaged in business here,
Council is a poor set." He also stated
that when the plumbers leave their
work to the inspection of the Board of
Health, It Is not necessary for Coun
oilmen to go to the people.
Mr. Garrett raid the ordinance does
not give the BoarC of Health more
power, and in addition the ordinance
contains a "jofcer" which is an added
expense is made to either the borough
or person having plumbing work done.
Mr. Stemple offered objections say-ing
but two local plumbers are mem-bers
of the Plumbers' Association and
that the ordinance would take away
the guarantee that opened streets
would be properly repaired as the
ordinance requires only a permit for
opening and the cost to be but 25
cents. This statement brought up a
discussion as to the value of the pres-ent
ordinance which requires a depos-it
of 125 before a street can be opened
to insure its proper repair.
Mr. O'Brien entered the discussion
and said that in debate no one had
discussed the object of the ordinance.
He said it is not a measure to raise
revenue, to protect the streets or to
protect plumbers. It is a measure to
protect the health of the town.
ortlr. O'Brien asked Council to con-sider
the ordinance as It is Important
(Continued en Last Page)
TROUBLES OF DUAL
HOUSEKEEPING
Two Families Fight H. C. L. Fight
Among Themselves and Wind-up
in Magistrate's Court
F
Stephen l'hojinski and Peter Try-anoski
are—just now it is correct to
say were—old-time friends. Tach is
married and has a family of Children,
Both are thrifty and while earning
good wages believe in storing asur-plus
for a rainy day. Steve rented a
good sized house in Whiskey lane at
the fot of Twelfth avenue and in or-der
to keep down expenses invited
Peter and his family to share the
house with him and his family. Peter
accepted the offer and the two famil-ies
were gut herd together under tho
same ro')f where they lived happily
and defied the high, cost of living.
Yesterday, while both heads of the
families were at work, and the bad
weather kept the children within
doors, the peace of the house was dis-turbed;
dissentions grew until the
mothers wer at war and continued to
grow until the fathers engaged in
battle and peace was again establish-ed
in a Magistrate's court this morn
ing.
Magistrate Light established peace
after hearing the storic3 of the heads
of the two families. Yesterday morn-ing
Peter's wife was glad when her
children desired to sleep late. Steph-en's
children were up and about the
houme, making ag reat noise. Pet-er's
wifep rotested and demanded the
children be quiet. This aroused the
ire of Stephen's wife and the women
had a wordy way which was ended,
so Mrs. Peter said, by Mrs. Stephen
chasing her with a knite. At this
critical time Stephen appeared on the
scene and heard his wife's com-plaints.
Naturally he sided with her
and his children, and was much of-fended
with Peter's wife. He ordered
Peter's wife from the house and saw
that his order was obeyed, so said
the offended lady, but within a short
time Peter returned home. Seeing his
wife grieving and friendless in the
cold back yard, he soon received her
explantion. His martial spirit was
aroused and he charged upon Steph-en.
The battle was a draw and nego-tiations
were immediately entered In-to
with the police and ^Magistrate
Light.
The differences were settled by
Peter paying the costs and agreeing
to remove from Stephen's house and
establish a domicile of his own, leav-ing
both families to fight the high
cost of living single handed but to
enjoy peace and quiet except the rows
that may arise among themselves.
II
Cornelius McCloskey Held For
Court Charged With Stab-bing
a Balky Horse
WITNESS SAYS HE SAW ACT
P. O. S. of A. Rally
The members of Washington Camp
No. 121, P. O. S of A. entertained a
number of visitors from the Camp of
Manayunk and a number of represen-tatives
from the various camps of the
district, in their hall on Tuesday eve-ning.
J. Calvin Strayer, President of the
National Camp, was present and made
an excellent address. During his stay
here, he was the guest of National
Master of Forms Samuel Roberts.
After the meeting, refreshments
were served.
A Big Storm
Another big snow storm is in prog-ress
following upon the heels of Wed-nesdy's
storm. Snow has been falling
since early morning, covering the
ground to a depth of several Inches.
The sleighing is' reported as being
go'od as the ground is frozen and is
ftoverd with a sheet of ice from the
previous storm.
Horse truffle is having much diffi-culty
getting through the snow and
the trolleys are experiencing slight
delays. However, the schedule is be-ing
pretty well maintained. The
wind is light from the northeast and
consequently the snow is not drifting.
THOMAS CLARK DEAD
Thomas Clark, of West Sixth ave-nue,
this borough, died this afternoon
at the University Hospital, Philadel-phia,
where he had gone to have an
opera t inn performed.
He is survived by a wife and one
son.
Read the Recorder, $1 a Year.
One of the i.i.i brutal ads towards
a dumb animal was recited in Magis-trate
Light's Court yesterday morning
when Cornelius McCioskey. of this
borough, was charged with stabbing
a horse to make it draw its* lead, Mc-
Closkey denied that he stabbed Un-horse
but was coder $W0 bail for trial
at March criminal court.
Wednesday afternoon Joseph Crow-lev,
2380 South Seventeenth street,
Philadelphia, driver of a delivery'
wagon of Horace K. Hover 1240 Buck-nell
street dealer in cakes and crack-ers
was delivering f,oodo to customers
here, lie had his team in East Elm
street and desired to reach Hector
street. He drove a two horse team
and on account of the slipperyness of
the hills his team became stalled.
McCloskey came along and volunteer-ed
assistance. He suggested that tho
team be driven to Washington street
thence to Ash street and Elm street
thence to Fayette street. The advice
was accepted but when the team had
reached Ash and Washington streets
a train was approaching and the safe
ty gates were lowered. The driver ex-perienced
difficulty in again getting
the horses to start. The near horse,
a little black, refused to pull. The
driver could not move his team. Mc-
Closkey offered his service and tried
various methocs to get the horse in
motion. Crowley testified that Mc-
Closkey told him to get on his wagon
and take the lines that he (McClos-key)
would start the team. Crowley
stated that he saw McCloskey strike
the horse in the stomach and then saw
the horse was bleeding. He calle;! to
McCloskey, saying: "the horse is
bleeding, what do you meau?" He
testified tlmt McCloskey replied:
"That is nothing. I will fix it." He
stated that .McCloskey then ran up the
street and soon returned with a sack
of salt and applied it to the wound.
The blood kept flowing and Crowley
then telephoned for the police and Mc
Closkey went to the office of a mill
and telephoned for a veterinarian. Of
fleers Ruth and Stemple responded
and Crowley pointed out McClo'skey
to the officers and he was placed un-der
arrest. The driver then tlephoned
to his employer and stated what had
happened.
Dr. H. S. Burneman, 522 Cherry
street,' Norristown testified that he
was called to treat the horse. He
found it at Irvin Moore's livery stable.
He found four clean cuts on the ribs
had cut a vein this cut was about a
half Inch in length. This cut was ser-ious
and had been treated by the
physician of the Alan Wood Company
who packed the wound to prevent loss
of blood. Dr. Borneman said he was
told the wounds had 'been caused by
a buckel but as the wounds were cle&n
cut he believed they had been caused
by the sin ill blade of a pen knife.
The doctor said he could not state
whether the horse would recover as
there is always danger of infection in
such a wound.
Christian Brower, 23 West Oak
street, Norristown, testified that he
was walking along Washington street
when he saw a team stalled at Ash
street. He saw the near horse was
unwilling to pull and tried to start the
team but a number of persons were
there and there was so much noise
that he could do nothing and stepped
aside. He testified that he saw Mc-
Closkey punch the horse and then saw
Wood and asked McCloskey what he
was doing. Brower stated that the
horse would bleed to death. He said
McClo'skey replicdj "that will not hurt
him; it will do him good." He stated
that McCloskey then went away and
returned with a sack of salt and ap-plied
the salt to the wound. McClos-key,
then waited and then found the
salt failed to stop the flow of blood,
ran to a mill office and tried to sum-moned
a veterinarian.
Mr. Brower said he suggested that
some medical man be secured to save
the horse and the physician on duty
at the Alan Wood Hospital offered his
service. The doctor plugged the
wound and stopped the bleeding.
Edward Bhunuiian, an lnsp< ctor ior
the French Government stationed at
the Schuylkill Iron Works gave very
damaging testimony against McClos-key.
He testified that he saw Mc-
Closkey hit the horse several times
and saw a knife in his hands.
W. Henry Neavel representative
i lie Pennsylvania Women's Society
for the prevention of Cruelty to ani-mals
was presented at the hearing
and at the conclusion of the taking of
testimony asked McCloskey be held
for trial at court.
McCloskey was asked whether he
desired to make a statement. He said
he did and stated that he did not
stab the horse. H said the wounds
were caused by a buckel on the belly-band
and as the horse plunged the
buckel caused the wounds. He said
that he did not have a knife in his
hand but was holding the tweezers
which the doctor had used in packing
the wound with gauze..
Officer Ruth testified as to taking
the horse In a weakened condition to
the livery stable of Irvin Moore and
leaving it there for treatment.
The horse is still at the stable and
will be kept there until its injuries
are sufficiently healed to permit of its
removal.
McCloskey is well known about
town and for years has been employed
about horses and has never been
known to abuse them.
McCloskey secured ball.
E
J. Wesley Potter, Civil War
Veteran, Formerly of West
Borough, Died, Tuesday
TO BE BURIED FROM HERE
BASKET BALL
The Boys Club of the Baptist church
will open its season Saturday evening
December 16, 1916 at 8 o'clock with
the strong Y. M. C. A. of Norristown.
Tiie second team will play the
strong St. Matthew B. C. ,
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To-night in the gymnasium of the
(onshohocken High School, the first
team will play the strong Ilatboro
team. This is about the strongest
High School team outside of Philadel-phia.
They won from Jenkintown an-other
strong team, with a score of
something like 70 to L5. They- have
also won from other High Schools
with similar scores.
The ibo-yB have been practicing hard
for the game and have better team
work and promise to develop into a
stronger team than last year. |
There may be a preliminary game
played. ,
J. Wesley Potter, a former well
known resident of this borough, died
at the Soldiers and Sailors' Home at
Erie, Pa., on Tuesday after an illness
of several weeks. He was in the sev
enty first year of his age.
Mr. Potter was a shoe maker by
trade and followed his chosen vo'cat
Ion for many years on Ford street
near Merion avenue, West ('onsho-hocken.
After retiring from business
and disposing of h'.s property several
years ago, he removed to Norristown.
He was a Veteran of the Civil War
and was a member of Zook Post No.
11, G. A. R., of Norristown.
Several weeks ago he was taken ill
but recovered sufficiently to get about.
It had been planned for him to come
to the home of relatives here for a
visit, but he desired to remain at Erie
and cast his vote. This he did and on
Election night he was taken ill and his
condition since that time has grew
gradually worse until his death
Besides Ills wife he is survived by
the following children: Ida, wife of
David Meilor; Cora, wife of John
Robinson; Nettle, wife of Richard Dal-by:
Clara, wife of Benjamin Griffith,
all of this borough; Ida Potter, of Nor-ristown,
and Benjamin Potter, of Iliila
delphia.
The remains were brought to this
borough and the funeral will be held
tomorrow afternoon, at 2 o'olock, from
the residence of his son-in-law, John
Robinson, 101 East Third avenue.
The interment will be private at
Riverside Cemetery, Norristown.
The body may be viewed this eve-ning.
JOHN S. IRWIN
Appointed Mercantile Appraiser
Engagement Announced
DR. A. J. DOUGHERTY
Dentist
JACOBSON BUILDING,
69 Fayetto Street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Katz, 53 Fayt
ette street, announce the engagement
of their daughter Ruth, to Mr. Alhert
Edelstein, of Philadelphia.
For Christmas tree ornaments go to
KEHOE8.—Adv.
John S. Irwin, of the Fifth ward,
chairman of the Borough Republican
Executive Committee and superin-tendent
of manufacturing of the Lee-land
Surgical Company, of this bor-ough,
has been appointed by the
County 'Commissioners, Mercantile
Appraiser for the county for the year
1917.
Mr. Irwin will assume his. new du-ties
on January' 1« He will retain his
present position with the Surgical
company and will make the appraise-ment
in his leisure hours.
The appointment has met with
much favor, not only to Conshohock-en
and adjacent districts but through-out
the county as Mr. irwin is well
and favorably known throughout the
county having made two' campaigns.
Jit- has ben an active Republican
II has been an active Republican
and county.
A Christmas Dance
The Fellowship Club, an organiza-tion
of local young men, will give a
dance at City Hall, Norristown, on
Christmas night. ' Smith's orchestra
wil furnish the music.
Watch values, Diamond values. Ring
values. J. B. RAY, Jeweler.—Adv.
Advertise in THE RECORDER
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propositions ever, which will interest thousands of persons in
all walks of life. A great hunting trip has been planned, which in
the end will wind up in a big bag of gold. Be "Dead" sure not to
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Commencing with next Tuesday's Issue of the RECORDER, one of the
most Interesting, educational and fascinating propositions, that ever appeared
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thousands of persons in all walks of life.
In short, we are going to take all of our regular subscribers and many
WIKI are not, on a three months' hunt. You all know what a fasalnating game
hunting is, don't you? Well, this is to be a real hunt, and we are ■going after
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Coasters on Barren Hill Road
Ran Into Automobile of
A. A. Garthwaite
BOY HAD LEG DISLOCATED
Andrew i'. Lewis, aged it years,
son of Adrian Lewis of spring Mill,
and Lawrence Ferdinand, aged 28
years, a son-in-law of Mr. Lewis
patients in St. Timothy's hospital,
Roxborough, recovering from injuries
received in a sledding aoddenl at
Spring Mill, yesterday afternoon.
Lewis had a leg dislocated at the hip
and received cuts |
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