The Conshohocken Recorder, December 15, 1916

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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
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TROUBLES OF DUAL
HOUSEKEEPING
Two Families Fight H. C. L. Fight
Among Themselves and Wind-up
in Magistrate's Court
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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.
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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.
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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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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
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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
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