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Democrats Had No Contests-
Ray and Kane Beat Oppo-nents
By Big Majorities
DEMOCRATS WRITE NAMES
The first uniform primaries to bo
held on Wednesday in iliis Mate
.'.brought out a light vott tor the Rep-ublicans
and the Democrats polled a
vote that showed the party has no in-terest
in the November election for
either borough or county offices.
There were no contests for borough or
ward offices and most of their candi-dates
were named by will Ins the
names in the ballot.
Interesl was centered In the Repub-lican
content for the burgess nomina-tion
between Jamas B. Hay and Chat.
W. Jones, both being former burgess-es.
Ray carried every ward With big
majorities, the total vote of the bor-ough
for Ray being 428 and for Jones
12«.
The Democrats had no candidate
and lidward Forwood made a cam-paign
for the nomination and 59 el'
his friends used stickers and secured
for him the Democratic nomination.
John D. Hampton was the candidate
for tax collector on both the Republi-can
and Democratic tickets. The Re-publican!
gave him a fine vote, his
total being 526.
William F. Smith, the veteran just-ice
of the Peace, was again named by
the Republicans, his vote being 528.
The Democrats of the First ward
gave Walter 1-acey 27 votes for justice
of the peace and this will make him
their candidate' for the November
election, opposing 'Squire Smith'.
Jacob Moser entered the contest for
one of the three nominations for a
full term of six years in the school
board. His opponents being present
members of the board, Ralph Campbel
George Hastings and James Morrison
they polling respectively 49li, MB and
478 votes to Mr. Moaer's 88. J.
Burnett Holland is the RepibJican
nominee for the unexplred term of 2
years. He had no opposition and
received 493 votes.
The Democrats named Frank Col-lins,
Frank .MoPhJlojny and Frank |
Thomas for the school board and John
Bhay. for two year term.
The vote for borough auditors was a
p«u/ Xvied .i.n(it.)sj ouo Sntieirsos
any candidates on the ballot and
many persons were voted for. The
Republican! named Frank J. ('. Jones
for the six yei.r term and the Demo-crates
named Walter Schank. Frank
Noble was named by the Republican!
nomination for the short term.
Nominating the t'ouncilmen was a
love feast. John A. Harrolo and \l.
J. O'llrien were nominated on botli
tickets in ihe l-'irst ward. Kach party
endorsing the candidate Ol the other.
These man Will both be elected as
there is no opposition.
In the Second ward, W. G. Garrett
and Klwood Noblit are the Republican
Candidates and .,|. F. Moore was the
only one named by the Democrats.
Two are to be elected.
Councilman Richard II. Hale and
George Gelger are again the Republi-can
nominees while the Democrats
gave one vote for Frank Thomas, who
is not a resident of the ward, there-fore
the vote foes not count. Meesors
Hale and (ieiger will have no opposi-tion
for reelection.
There was a contest for the R< pub
lican nomination In the Fifth between
Councilman William Kane and John
Jlerron. Kane was endorsed by his
party by a vote cf 1"4 to' 211. John J.
Fitzgerald was given one Democratic
vote. Judge Swart/, was given a fine
vote on the non-partisan ballot in
every ward but the Second. In this
ward, only 7 persons voted tlie non-partisan
ballot, which was due to the
fact the ballot was a separate one and
many did not ask for the ballot. Every
other ward gave the distinguished jur-ist
a line vote, ha receiving 519 In the
borough
The Democrats showed as little in-terest
In their country ticket as in
the borough ticket. Anthony lloran
was given their vote for l'rothonotary
and Hiram Wiekert was voted for for
Director of the Poor. The only oppo-sition
shown was in the race for Jury
Commissioner. William Schall was
given til voles and Francis Fryer 17.
On the Republican side, ITothono-tary
Harvey Fredericks led a runaway
race with his only active opponent,
Joseph Woodward, the vote being 421
to 58.
In the race for Director of the Poor.
Oberholtzcr led Zeiglor by a good
margin uce'vlng 2!)4 to his opponent a-
158.
Philip Eckert, of West Conshohock-en,
was given a good vote for Jury
Commissioner he leading h's oppon-ent,
Jenkins, by a vote of 358 to 81.
The nrimarles were the most list-less
the Democrats have participated
In for years. In the Fifth ward there
was not a Democratic vote polled dur-ing
the first six hours the polls were
open.
I GREAT F
NON-PARTISAN
Judge of Common Pleas Court
Aaron S. Swartz
REPUBLICAN
Prothonotary
Harvey S. Frederick
Henry A. Qroff
Edward C. A. Moyer
Joseph H. Woodward
Director of the Poor.
Sa mini L. Horton
Owen S. Moyer
Elmer EL Obertioltser
J. Horace Zlegler
Jury Commissioner.
Philip L, Kckart
Walter H. Jenkins
Burgess
James B. Ray
Charles W. Jones
Tax Collector.
John D. Hampton
School Director.
Campbell
Host IngH
Morrison
Moser
Holland
Justice of Peace
William F. Smith
DEMOCRATIC
Prothonotary
Anthony lloran
Director of the Poor
Hiram C. Wlckert
John Ferry
Jury Commissioner.
Francis D. Fryer
Ephrlnm S. Hartenstine
Irvln H. Hlltebeltel
William Schall
Burgess.
Charles Jones
Edward Forwood
James B. Ray
Tax Collector.
John D. Hampton
School Director.
Frank Collins
Frank McPhilomy
Frank Messlnger
Thomas F. McCoy
Frank Thomas
John Boyce
John Shay (2 years)
Justice of the Peace.
William F. Smith
Walter Tjicey
REPUBLICAN
Auditor (6 Years)
David Hayes
Frank Jones
Walter Schank
Auditor (4 Year*)
David Hayeg
Calvin Rlgg
Frank Noble
DEMOCRATIC
Auditor (6 Years)
David Hayes
Walter Schank
Auditor (4 Years)
David Hayes
1st
li'7
58
WARDS
2nd 3rd 4th
7 101 92
(13
8 4
9 8
5 8
4 4
40 54
26 14
iV • 70
15 10
67 ||
13 16
73 76
01 77
61 77
60 77
19 11
69 77
70
C
8
15
II
1
49
31
88
13
72
32
98
99
95
96
11
98
98
61
3
6
9
!l
7
34
28
58
20
63
5th
192
169
C
8
12
12
10
117
55
78
24
161
43
83 196
68
76
72
20
80
191
190
173
27
189
83 195
Total
519
421
34
53
46
26
294
153
358
81
428
126
526
496
419
•ITS
88
493
52S
37- 13 7 10 5 72
35 13 9 10
1
6 73
1
r, 2 5 4 1 17
0 0 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 0 0 1
30 14 4 9 ■1 61
1 0 5 4 J> 12
31 14 3 10 1 59
1 0 1 0 1 3
31 II 11 10 5 69
3(1 1 1 3 1 36
30 0 0 4 0 34
'1 0 0 0 0 |
1 0 1 2 0 4
30 0 0 3 0 33
1 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 1 1 0 9
1 0 0 1 1 4
27 0 0 0 0 27
18 0 0 0 0 18
6 5 16 31 94 152
5 0 0 0 0 5
21 0 0 0 0 21
0 5 0 26 12 43
0 0 0 a 60 62
13 0 2 0 0 15
24 0 0 1 0 25
26 0 0 0 29
WARD TICKETS
REPUBLICAN
FIRST WARD.
Town Council.
John A. Harrold 62
M. J. O'Brien 48
Judge of Election.
John O'Donneli 17
\,
Inspector of Election.
Percy Cooper 34
SECOND WARD.
Town Council.
William C. Garrett 74
Elwood Noblit 75
Judge of Election.
Mayall May 37
Howard Elliott 41
(Continued on Third Page
1500 Marchers Paraded In
Honor of the Local Drafted
Men
GOOD ORDER, NO ACCIDENTS
The greatest demonstration ever wit-n..--.
.1 her.- was held last evening In
honor ol the 58 men of this borough
and the iu men ol West Conshohocken
who make up the quota lor the two
towni in the first call for soldiers Cot
the new national army.
1500 men. 6 Lands, the motor appa-ratus
of i fire companies, and many
automobiles and motor thicks formed
the procession which was the form
Conshohocken took t<> honor her war-riors
and to give public expression of
her loyalty.
The demonstration was hastily plan-ned
and the hearty t peratlon of the
various Organisations made it B success
which thrilled every citizen with pride.
The parade was scheduled to move al
s o'clook and at the hands of the clock
pointed to that hour three tups were
sounded on the fire belL and the parade
headed by chief Marshal Miles Btemple
moved out First avenue into I'ayetto
street, and the men mar.'".: among
oheerlng crowds.
The parade formed In Baal First
avenue, Harry street and Spring Ml"
'ivcmie. Each organisation moved
from its headquarters at 7.30 o'clock
upon the signal of two taps of the fire
hell. The Marshall and his aides
formed the line with military efficiency
and promptness. The line of march
was on Puyette street to Dim, to
I'm rest, to Hector, to Kay-cite, to
Twelfth avenue, countermarch on
Fayette street to Second avenue.
Ovary business house and dwelling
along the route w.is brilliantly lighted
and Hays wire abundantly used for
decorations. The hi-li school build-ing
was a blase of light and Mags were.
festooned about the windows and
doors making a very pretty affect
Chairman of the Police committee
Richard ii. Bate and .Marshal Btemple
arranged to have the sidewalks on the
streets below First avenue roped off.
This was a wise precaution as thous-ands
of persons viewed the parade
from this part of the route. While a
great crowd was expected, the actual
outpouring of people exceeded any-thing
the town has ever experienced.
It was noi deemed necessary to rope
Off I'ayette street from First to Third
avenue on account of the great width
of the street, but here hundreds of
persons gathered and overflowed the
sidewalks. For the first time In Its
history, the sidewalks of the down
town section were Inadequate for the
great crowd and people lined the street
on both sides for the entire route.
The great throw; was handled by
the regular police force of four men
without a Single accident Or any dis-order,
it wan a throng of people fully
appreciating the serious business the
new soldiers are entering upon, and
while the line appearance of the
marchers brought forth applause and
handclapptng but without the leasl
boisterousnese, No arrests were made
nor were any Decenary.
The tire companies had their motor
apparatus decorated with hunting and
AagS and the Washington engine was
decorated with festoons of small red,
white and blue electric lights.
The new soldiers made a fine show-ing.
Horace C Jones, president of the
lOOal exemption board, headed the
men. Kach man carried a ling, the
Hags being presented by the citizens,
and they marched in One order. The
men were cheered along the entire
route.
Bveral Of the organizations had large
flags carried by boys and by members
of the organizations In line.
The Moose had their degree team In
uniform and the local Red Men made
a tine showing in their costumes. The
Polish Guards made their usual fine
appearance with their military bear-ing.
The Washington and George Clay
Fire Companies made a fine appear-ance
in their uniforms and both com-panies
had a large turnout.
The Red Cross, West Conshnhooki n
chapter, turned out In automobiles.
The women wore Red Cross costumes
and made a very impressive appear-ance.
At the last minute it was decide,] to
take the parade to West Conshohoi)kl n
and as the Washington firemen nnd
the Order of Moose had banquets
scheduled for Immediately after the
parade, the tin-men and the Moose
left the line at Hector strict and the
other divisions marched to West Con-shohocken.
Parade on West Side
When Ihe line reached Front and
Ford streets, the children of the pub-lic
and St. (iertrude'e Parochial school
numbering about 300 and carrying
small American (lags headed by the
West Conshohocken School Hoard and
Father Dunne, of St. Gertrude's
church, fell in line Immediately behind
the C'tizen's Band and the inarch was
continued out Ford street to Eliza-beth
street and countermarched on
Ford street to Front street, oul Front
street to' Bullock avenue and counter-marched
on Front street and back to
this borough. All along the route
there was a continuous blaze of red
lights and roman candles.
Draft Man Receive Gifts
The parade continued to Second
avenue and Fayetto street and broke
i auk... The draft men marched into
P. O. S. of A. hall, where each one was
anted with a gilt from the citi.
/.ens. The no n gave their names as
they entered the door and afterward
were seated to e row extending round
the hall. The packages containing
chocolate.? and cigarettes ware dis-tributed
by David ii. Rosa Bt i. John
Pngh and Richard H. Bale. Mr. Rosa
addressed the boye In explaining why
they had been called to ll,e building.
He said lhal each and every one of
them had a loving mother or
who woub always be interested in
them and added that ihe packages to
i i en w< re wrapped in the love or'
ih. community. "You have always
proven an honor to yourselves and
been good cltlsena", he said. Let your
conduct while away be the same as
it has. always been. And when you
return we win give you a bigger and
laiter reception.
Mr. I'ugh also spoke a few words.
lie said: "Boys, maybe you want have
to go. I hope you oon't. but If you
do I hope you all return salety. I
wish you all good luck."
Before the men were dismissed
Robert J. Crawford explained the hour
of leaving this morning and the neces-sity
of beinn on time.
The parade was formed into three
divisions the organisations being at*-
ranged as printed in the Recorder of
last Tuesday with the exception that
the Bridgeport Hand escorted the new
soldiers here from their banquet at
Bridgeport and participated in the
parade. The I'.oy Scouts nnd Cavalry
Quard and additional bands were in
line.
• • •
Robert .'. Crawford, chairman, C. A.
Deslmone, John O'Donneli and Harry
8. mis were the committee appointed
to escort the new soldiers from ihe
Bridgeport headquarters to this bor-ough.
The committee found the men
being banqueted by the citizens of
Bridgeport and were given places Of
honor at the banqueting table. After
the banquet, the committee and sol-diers,
escorted by ihe Bridgeport
band, which volunteered Its services.
marched to Norristown and came hero
over the Reading railway. They were
met at the station by a gnat throng
Of people and headed by Horace C.
Jones, president of the exemption
board, marched to the i'. < >. s. of A.
hall.
• • «
The mills closed down last night to
enable the men to participate In the
demonstration. This morning the men
finished work at G o'clock and many
Went to Bridgeport The rolling mills
are olfaed today. A number of other
manufacturing plains were closed I his
morning to permit the people to bid
their relatives and friends farewell.
• « »
Men Leave for Headquarters
Conshohocken Is Asked to Aid
in Great Work in Camps and
Troop Ships
FIRE COMPANY BANQUETS
DRAFTED MEMBERS
Washington Company Gave an Enjoy-able
and Patriotic Banquet in
Honor of Its Members Who Go
Into the Army Today.
FUNDS AND BOOKS NEEDED
This morning the town was alive
early. From six o'clock until lime for
the local men to report al the Draft
Board's headquarters In Bridgeport, at
8 o'clock persons from here were
hurrying to the place of departure.
The mills were closed and every trol-ley
and train was crowded to its cap-acity
and hundreds went in automo
biles to see ihe boyta off. Bev< ral of
of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
remainder, accompanied by the Con-shohocken
Band, left on Ihe Philadel-phia
ti Reading at ".ill. Not with
standing Ihe large number who went
to Bridgeport there was a great crowd
at the station to see them leave.
• • •
At Bridgeport the town paid great
homage lo the men and Ihe event A
mighty demonstration had been plan-ned
and carried through without a
hi'ch. A great parade was held which
was participated in by all the organi-sations
of the borough, school child-ren
and fire company. Thousands of
persons flocked into Ihe borough from
all of the placea represented in the
district and Bridgeport has never
known such a scene.
Cheers and tears were mingled in
Ihe sad farewells and pathetic scenes
that would melt the hardest hearts
were common. The train pulled into
the Bridgeport station about 9.20 and
the men were soon loader. and sealed
At 9.30 the spcclal.bearlng her pre-cloi
8 cargo, pulled out on schedle.
Tl e draft men from the Norristown
distr.ct left at the same hour, the
specii.l train backed across the river
and f( .'Mowed the Third District spec-ial
a few mlnules later.
• • e
Hundreds See Men off for Camp
The Camp Meade Special over thp
Philadelphia & Reading Railway carry
Ing Ihe Craft men from the Third
Montgomery County District, pulled
out of Bridgeport at the schuduled
hour at 11.30 o'clock this morning, and
five minutes later camo steaming inlo
West Conshohocken station. For
more than a square both north and
south of the crossing there was a den-se
gathering of peaple which lined
both sides of the tracks to hid their
boys a last farewell and wish them
(Jodspeed, as they; journeyed on to
Camp Meade.
In Ihe crowd were the children of
the public schools each carrying an
American flag, the employees of the
Schuylkill Iron Works and the J.
Wood & Bros, department of the Alan
Wood 'ron & Steel Company, carry-ing
booms and pounding on cans and
buckets, end hundreds of citizens of
the two boroughs.
The special train did not stop but
was run very slow and as the men
leaned far out of the windows they
were cheered lord and long. Along
.with the cheers there were many
tears.
The big whistle on the Morion
(Continued on Third rage)
When our boye get to the Training
(amps what wtil they do with their
-par.- time, for they are not sept
training all the time Many w.U
want reading matter, of course many
will have papers sent from home,
many won't, Many of them have no
homes. What will the soldiers who
lives in the furthest corner of the big
city of 40(100 men do, when he has
time lo himself if he wants a book to
read?.
It is to answer such neoos thai
the work of supplying Libraries for
tliH Training Camps Is being taken up
The general answer is that every man
will have books in easy reach, but
how?
The men that called on the libra-ries
of the country to see mat tins
need of the men be met. They are or-ganized
for the iiipose and by Octo-ber
first $i,iii'0,oii» will have been
raised to establish a Library in every
camp, ant! an organisation will be
perfected which will see to it that
every soldier and 3ailor can have read-ing
matter.
see
A number of questions about thib
work have been asi:cu, and are an-swered
here
Who Is back of the movement?
The Government -Mr. Fosdiok,
chairman of the committee on Train-ing
camp authorities. Sect clary Bak-er,
and other authorities, sanction end
approve th-3 vork.
Why $1,000,000 for Libraries for Our
Soldiers and Sailors?
Because that is the least amount,
in the experience of the American Li-brary
Association and the Library
War Council, needed to supply libra-ries
lo our soldiers at tlw front, in
the field, In cantonments, in training
camps, and on board the troop .-lops.
At once, 330,000 fresh, clean books
must be purchased foT the larger can-tonments,
and these and Ihe other
reading matter njust he projx rlj kept
up end maintained and transported.
It will be necessary to have sufficient
funds on hand so lhal the reading
matter in greatest demand among Ihe
soldiers, textbooks and the like, may
be duplicated and replaced an I each
library maintained in a high state of
efficiency.
One of the heaviest items of ex-pense
at the beginning of this work
Is the erection of the library buildings
at the various cantonments through-out
the country. Plans for these
have already been made. Kach build-ing
will be in x l:!u loci in .size, one
story high, and will have accommoda-tions
for ten thousand books, m ws-papers
end magasines, and living
quarters for Hie staff. Bach of these
libraries will be in charge of a train-ed
librarian In each camp it is plan-ned
to have a library headquarters
with books, and periodicals lor read-ing
room use, together with a com-plete
syste:r of. distribution agencies,
affording to the soldiers a l'irstelass-city
public library service Without
this character of service any library
would he a useless thing.
It is for these services that the Li-brary
War Council nerds $1,000,000.
These Libraries?
Why Dosent the Government Supply
Because we are engaged in a war
in which the entire energy of the gov-ernment
is need"d lor the actual con-flict.
again, those of us who stay at home
want to take as big a part as possible
in this war. If we cannot go to limit
we Insist on doing all we can to help
the government win our battles. Our
help in 'hi.- way is not only a duty) but
a patriotic opportunity.
Do Other Peoples Supply Libraries for
Their Fighting Men?
Yes. F.arly in the war Ihe Germans
instituted a library service for all
their soldiers and fitted out as a nec-essary
part of the field equipment,
traveling libraries of about two thous-and
volumes each, for each army
corps. These were fitted up and sent
out from the Royal Library in Berlin.
The People of Our Ally, Great Brii-lan,
provide libraries lor their Soldiers
through iu less than four volunteer
organizations The Admiralty re-quested
the library to supply a volume
for every sailor in the fleets.
Aren't the Y. M. C. A. and Knights of
Columbus Doing This Work?
No. The work of the Y. M, C. A. In
caring for the comfort as well as the
spiritual welfare Of ihe soldiers is be-ing
magnificently done. But in the
making of an efficient library system,
skilled librarians are a necessity. It
was for this reason that Ihe United
States government requested Ihe
American Librr.ry Association to un-dertake
the work. The Y. M. C. A.,
Knights of Columbus and oilier organ-izations
ere enthusiastically cooper-ating.
Every Y. r\I. C. A. but the
Khlghts of Columbus building and be
a branch library, as will the camp
drug stores, banks and other busin-ess
and recreational places on the
main streets of the cantonments. In
communiliis where the number of
soldiers and sailors is not sufficient to
wadrant a coirplete library system,
there will be operated a branch lib-
(Co»itinued on Fifth Pa«e)
Pour members of the Washington
i-'ii■■■ Company. Edward Met I i
Philip Fondota, Michael Brown and
I ■< i I.I.I Nagle Jr., are m the Brat
draft quota from this borough to en-ter
the army at Camp Meade today,
and last i .• nlng, the company g
banquet in their honor.
Covers were laid for i"». The tables
'.'. ■ 11 set ..n the main Boor of the Bre
house and presented a very prettj
appearance. The big room was dec-orated
with electric lights and I
The tables were Bet In the form of a
long rectangle and caterer Lalsi ser
..I ..n enjoyable menu. Carroll's or-chestra
furnished music.
War and our part In it was the
theme discuss* d by all the speaki is.
Rev. a. Kennedy Moorhouse, rector of
Calvary chinch Impressed upon his
hearers s strong justification of our
entrance into the war and the p irl
the stay-at-homes must play in order
that em- armies maj be properly sup-ported
He aroused the patriotic .. n-thuslasm
of his hearers and brought
forth much appll use.
J. Burnett Holland Esq., who was ill
training al Fort Niagara for some
time, told the new soldiers some
things they may expect. He spoke
of army life as a great builder, both
physically and mentally, of men. He
told the new soldiers that after a few
weeks they would like the lift and
urged upon .".cry the value of
discipline and strict and prompt obed-
Ii nee to every order, n.. also told his
bearers he exp< ei. ,i to Join the new
soldiers very shortly al Camp Meade
as one of them.
Rev. James P. barker, rector of Bt
.Matthew's chmch, spoke feelingly of
the noble sacrifices the young men of
this town have made. He said he dl
sired every man who went from hen-to
feel thai he Is his Criend and will
give every aid and assistance to light-en
the hardships our boys will be call-ed
upon to Suffer. lie said ii Is our
duty to have every man In the service
know that we are behind them with ill
energies.
District Attorney Anderson mad,- a
stirring address. lie explained the
difficulties experienced by ihe local
exemption board and praised them for
Ihe thoroughness and care with which
they are doing their work. He spoke
of the advantages of a free govern-ment
and pointed to the w lerful
progress of the United States as the
example fur' the world to (oliow and
peace, progress and contentment can
only come through the iiberatli r
II peoples ot l|,e ,.11'h. and lor this
great end the United sta.es has enter-ad
tlie war.
Miles Btemple, chief of the tire de-parti
™ in. spoke of ih. great den -
strati,.n given previously in ihe eve-ning
In honor of the new soldiers ami
ihe loyalty of ihe town.
The banquet came |o a close with
the singing of the "Star Spangled
I.aimer" which was slum with tine ef-fect
by tin- Hi" men.
ii MEN KILLED in
FMCED(PL01N
West Side Man and Swedeland
Resident Met Fatal Accident
on Tuesday
WERE TRAMPING DYNAMITE
STATE BOARD PROBING
BAD WATER CONDITION
Representative of Board of Health
Finds Unsatisfactorf Conditions
In West Conshohocken
In response to a request Irom Iho
West Conshohocken Board of Health,
conoeninin^; the supply of water fur-nished
'he Consumers in tip. West
Borough b> ihe West Conshohocken
water company, representatives of
ihe state Health Department came to
u. i Conshohocken from Harrlaburg
on Wednesday and la e. „ -, ,i_i,| ih
v stiiMlion Of Ihe entire sysieni in-cluded
in Ihe system which will bi
thoroughly Inspected is ihe pumping
station, filtering bed, reservoir am:
Ihe entire water course Horn its
source clear, to the flittering beds.
The representative went over the
courses on Wednesday and the result
of his investigation discloses a state
of condition far worse than was
printed ^n this paper about two week;
ago. The Investigation showed con-clusively
the great necessity of
immediate steps in wiping out all of
these places which have boon a
source of contamination to the bor-ough's
supply of water, and the Slate
Hoard Intends to act promptly nnd
swiftly in the matter.
Ai the ( onipany'a plant on upp ir
Ford Street, the filtering bed.- are not
working ns they should. Presen
Aleutians point 10 the (ad that the
company has failed to comply with
Ihe suggestions made to them by the
Stale Board several months ego and
this phrase of the situation is to be
thorough probed into. On account of
the filtering beds nut being In work
tag order the water, receiving till tip.
contaminating and poluting substanc-es
that is being dumped Into tne
stream along Ihe course, is contamin-ated
when it reaches the homes.
A quantity of ihe water has 1 n
taken to Harrisburg and a careful
analysis will be made by tin State
Hoard of Health.
It Is the intenlion of Ihe West Side
Hoard of Health to sec lhal all re-commendations
of the Siale Board be
carried out, in an effort to safeguard
the borough against any possible out-break
of an epidemic of disease.
There is one case of typhoid fever
in the borough at the present lime
but this can not be attributed to the
water as the man who is ill does not
use Ihe town water. ,
•lohn Carr, ol 219 Cedar avenue,
West Conshohocken, and Andy Hosk-ko.
Sw. ,1. land, were Instantly fcUli .1
and Joan I unlock and John Towt, BO
badl) Injured that they wire removed
to Charily hospital, Norr.stown- as
the result ol .a ■ .i !". Ion at Sw» de's
furance, Pwedcland, Bhortly before •>
o'clock, 'i ui sdaj afternoon.
Carr has been employed a. a labor
boss ai the furnace tor many yean
ami has always been responded to as
i careful workman, on Tuesday, he
was following hit usual duties, which
Including the cleaning out or ihe fur-nace
pits, These IK .(.hie choked up
v. mi hard cinders which leaks out of
the furnaces, am. in order lo get this
..uei inn it i> i' . io break
it up. This is done by means of blast-ing.
The foreman bad drilled holes
into the c'nder am: had placed some
dynamite Into one of them and
Roskko was employed in tamping
powder Into it preparatory to dlacharg
ing the dyuamite, While the two men
were working over the hole the dyna-mite
exloded with great force.. N. ith-one
hai a (bane. ,.. , • ■ ■ | nd . |
result i •;••:■ .v,is coi decapitat-ed
and '■..■ lei: Bevered. The body of
Roskko was also badly mutilated.
it is beleivcd that 'he expli
cased bj ih cinder iieim; heated at
the bottom causing ihe dynamite to
explodi.
Carr has resided ir. West Con.sho-booken
nearly all his life; he was well
and favorably known and held in high
esl n in.
lie is survived by his wife and two
daughti i i, Isal cl M. D., ami Kather-
Ine.wlfe of John Ryan, both of v. i st
Conshohocken. He is also survived
by bis aged mother and iwo sisters,
.Mrs. John McTamney and Airs, .lames
Powors, all cl Weal Conshohocken.
The funeral look place from his
i,i h.ni ■ this morning am. wa ;.i
leaded by a large number of n la
and-friends High at Requiem was
celebrated in s;. ertruda's church, and
the Interment was In St. Matthew's
cemetery1.
Student* to Bu> Equipment
For New Course
READ THE RECORDER, $1 A YEAR.
The pupils of the Commercial De-partment
oi ihe tiii'ii School Intend to
pursue a new subject: Office Training
For Stenographers. This includes
many new phases of commercial work
Which, heretofore, have not been
t la-lit in our schools, one important
thins to be taught Is flllng. including
flat and vertical filing systems. As
the pupils are anxious to secure n new
filing .cabinet, which is thoroughly
equipped for this work, they have de-nt
pi rsons in ihe
town to save old newspapers and
the cause. Mr. Alison
will call at ih.' homes of these fami-lies
next Tuesday. Septembi r :.'•">. col-lect
thi papers, and credit the Com*
merclal pupils with the value of sume.
If In should not he able io call at all
homes ii . Tuesday, he will visit the re-ins
nlng Homes on Wednesday.
This movement is meeting with
L: success and many families have
expres . .i theii willingness to help
ihe pupils in I his work.
This course was chosen |,y the pu-pil
i "is Bepti mber, nnd ihey volun-teered
to I opi 'il. in buj Ing Ihe cab-inet
themselves, Instead of asking ihe
board to luiy It, They fell that they
would more fully appreciate this new
work if they, themselves, secured the
cabinet,
RICHARD H. BATE
With a record of 24 years in Town
Council, the Republicans of the Third.
ward have again made Richard H.
Hale iheir nominee and the Democrats
will not oppose bin.. Mr. Hate bsJSj
I contlnotisiy in Council longer
than any other citizen and his terms
have been years of faithful, efficient
service to the borough and taxpayers.