The Conshohocken Recorder, May 10, 1918

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Council Devotes Session in At-tempt
to Prohibit or Regulate
Carnivals.—Does Neither
WATER SERVICE FOR 3d AV.
What is a oarnival? which are
the good and bad carnivals? Where
should ;i carnival be allowed to show
when ii cornea to town? In the
upper end of town near the homes ol
the Burgess, the President ol poun-eil
and several ether members or In
ol her seel Ions near the homos of oili-er
councilman? Bhall carnivals be
permilted to show or not?
Town Council wrestled with all
those perplexing questions for au
hour and a half al the regular meet-
Inn. Wednesday evening, and nearly
every councilman took the opportun-ity
io enlighten his colleagues on the
great subject: Carnivals, their com-position,
operation and personnel;
Carnivals- Great Public Nuisances
and Bvila.
The great question was brought Io
the fore by the offering ol an am-endment
tO section l, item 0 of the
ordinance ol October 8, 1917, chang-ing
the license lee for •'all other and
and here unclassified f< rms or law-ful
public entertainment for profit tor
each performance the sum of one
dollar ($1 >.••*" to ten dollars for
each performance.
The amendment was offered at the
request of Burgess Kay who has num-erous
complaints from residents of
the carrousel and terria wheel which
Is now located at Second avenue and
Forrest street, and for which the Bur-gess
refused to renew the license un-til
Town Council had taken action.
However, the Burgess did not specify
any amount for a license fee Inn di
Sired Council to take some action re-garding
permitting carnivals to come
here when there has been much pro-test
against them in the past. He
oaki d that specific action be taken.
After much debate and many votes
the amendment was brought to third
reading when it was discovered the
proceedings were out of order and the
amendment could not be adopted as it
had not been ofifered by a committee
and no one made B motion to suspend
the rules. The amendment was re-ferred
to the police committee,
Mr. Btemple opened the debate sav-ing
action should i» taken to prohibit
Carnivals from coming into the town.
lie said they are had for the town
and the money tiny take In they take
away from the town. He said lost sum-mer
when a carnival was showing here
cltlsens threatened to lick him twice
because of the nuisance committed by
the carnival. The carnivals bre I d
lights, they operati gambling devices,
give immoral dances and cause much
complaint from the citizens. They
ought not be permitted to rune here.
he said.
Mr. Smith said he had had much
experience With carnivals and was in
olose contact with one. showing here
last summer for two weeks. He said
carnivals are bad and are gambling
from one end to the other.
.Mr, CHles objected to the amend-ment
saying Council should lake a
decisive stand on the question. Make
Ihe license fee nominal or prohibit
carnivals from showing here. He Bold
he was familiar with carnivals anil
there la no doubt they bring some un-desirable
persons and that gambling
has occurred. lie objected to Mr.
Btemple'a statement that the money
they lake In leaves town, saying the
carnivals work on commission and
those that came here came under the
auspices Of some local organization or
society wheh have benefited financial-ly.
II,, said the Red Men own the
ground on which the present show IK
located and lie would guarantee that
no gambling Is being carried on and
that none will be. '
The Burgess slated that he gave Ihe
license permit to the show now here
after ho had read the agreement be-tween
W.ashlta Tribe trustees and the
showman and because he knew the
Tribe would not permit any unlawful
acts on their ground, lie stated that
the police had kept a close watch and
there was no gambling or disorder,
but complaints had been made by
citizens on account of the noise, de-claring
It to be a nuisance.
Mr. (I'Hrien moved that Council
commend the Burgess for his action
In the present matter and that he grant
licenses in the future according to his
best udgment. The motion was voted
down in to i. Messrs. Kane, O'Brien,
Btemple and Moore voting tor the mo-lion.
Mr. O'Brien raised a point of
order. It was not sustained and Mr.
Moore moved the ordinance proceed to
first reading.
The ordinance passed first reading
and Mr. iiiies offered an amendment,
changing the fee of 110 per perform-ance
to |6 per day. It was voted down
by the following vote: Ay<—hlessra
Giles, Kane. Kelly. Harrold—4. Nay:
Messrs. Bate, Preas, Oarrott, <:< lg< r,
.[ones O'Brien, Btemple, Smith, Moore,
Williams -10.
Mr. O'Brien (hen moved to amend
the amendment to read $20 in place of
$1(1. This WU lost by a tie vote.
The vote being. Aye: Messrs. ITe-.-is.
Oarrett, Jones, O'Brien, Btemple,
Moore, Williams 7. Nay: Mesrs-.
Hale. Ciger. Giles, Kane. Kellv.
Smith. Harrold—7.
Mr. Moore then moved the ordinance
proceed tO third reading. Mi. Qelger
raised a point ot order declaring the
ordinance could not proceed to third
reading without ■■ suspension of the
The point WOH sustained.
Mr. Oarrett then moved the ordl-n.
inee be 1 etc ii-. • 1 to 1 he police com-mittee.
The motion carried and end,,I
the longi si del..lie thai lias occurred
In Council for many years without
1 eachlng B d< clslon.
Water for Third Avenue
The Bprlngneld Consolidated Water
Company had a r Bolutlon presented
which Council was asked to adopt.
Tin' 1 11 quired the borough
to designate locations for fire hy-drants
in W'esl Third avenue and the
borough i" agi io pay tor the ser-vice
al such rales as may be specified
by the Public Service Commission.
The resolution also cited the n itci
main wcoild extend a di-lanc f Kill
feet and 17 property owners now de-sire
wat er serve a
Mr. Moore said immediate action
should be taken to give the residents
in that section relief and protection,
1 le said tour eases of t) phoid te\ I r
originated in that section and a hos-pital
physician informed him that the
water In that section should be looked
after carefully. The people are now
compelled to use wells and cisterns
for their supply of drinking water.
Solicitor Anderson was asked for
information as io the resolution. He
said that he could say little in Ihe ab-sence
iif any decision by the Public
Service Commission. He said he sup-posed
the water company desired to
know whether ihe borough would
have lire protection service in. that
district and if so a largl r main would
have io he laid than would be re.
quired if water is to be supplied only
for domestic purposea lie also In-formed
Council the borough would
have to pay f,,r lire hydrant service
the rates promulgated by ihe Public
Service Commission. Council should
decide whethei a pipe of sufficient
size for tin. protection purposes
should be laid. The same question
should b, decided for Bast Ninth ave-nue.
The resolution was, adopted and the
police commttee authorized t<> desig-nate
the location of the lire hydrants.
To Prohibit Fireworks
A communication was received from
1. Klein, a l-'ayelio street merchant,
asking permission to dispose of a
small stock of fireworks on .inly ■_'. ::.
and llli which he had cane d over
from last year. He promised he
Would 'lot buy any this year. The
communication brought about a de-bate.
Sonie members said other mer-chants
were iii the sumo position as
I. Klein and desin (I to dispose , f
their old stocks and purchase no more.
A letter from the Stale Fire Marshal
was read,, asking the borough to pro-hibit
the discharge of fireworks within
the borough during the July holidays
as the lime might be used by .-oiiie
1 nemy to causi fires and explosions,
The celebration of the fourth would
furnish enemies ,-, line opportunity to
do much damage and possibly cause
loss of life.
Mr. O'Brien said In these times no
person's slight monetary loss should
be considered. Every one knows the
°bl racfc r of • enemies and no
chance BhOUld be gtveil them to do
any damage. He moved the solicitor
be Instructed :•> prepare an ordinance
prohibiting ihe sal,, or discharge of
fireworks within the borough for the
period of the war. Motion carried.
Police Get a Raise
, The police committee recommend, ,|
'he police he paid ,<sn per month in-stead
01 ,*;:, as at present. The rec-ommendation
was adopted and the
police will get a raise in pay of
Tiie committee in its report also
Ported the allowance for outage
sine- lighting to he 28 cents.
Other Business
The Springfield Water Cmpany Died
■< bond in the amount of |2S0 as ■,,
guarantee the company will place in
good repair all trenches dim in the
sir, ets f,„. laying pipes. The com-pany
also asked that a check for ttS
which it deposited with the bOKUlgh
for a street opening guarantee in
June, 1810, be returned as the check
has m vc r been cashed and has to l,e
carried on the hooks of the company.
The treasurer was instructed to return
the check.
Mr, Moore complained of the had
condition of Kayette street below Elm
ami asked thai the street committee
repair the strict. 11 is motion to that
effect carrii d,
The request of si. John's poibdTVo-
Olety for .-, permit to hold a carnival
which ti. ed council would
have no gambling ibviees or sid- ■-
show i, was referred to the llurgess.
Reports
The Burgess reported four arrests
during the month and the collection of
•56.50 In ins licenses and permits.
The Treasurer reported a balance In
the treasury of $S23.60.
The street committee reported that
William Little has been engaged to
repair the cuvlerts at Hector and
Marry si nets and will begin work as
soon as he can employ the necessary
labor. The committee also reported
the completion of the work of grading
W'esl Third avenue Is not progressing
as rapidly as dl sired owing Io the
contractor being unable to employ
Sufficient labor.
A report of the cost of repairs to the
Fnyette streel bridge over the P. ,v 1:
railway was submitted showing the
cost to be 11878 of which the borough
is to pay one-half. The committee
was Instruoted to authorise the railway
company Io make the repairs as they
are necessary.
The ways and means- committee re-ported
the collection of taxes as fol-lows:
laid duplicate. Si'?:.: 1817 dup-licate,
1600; special tax, 1126, Current
bills due to the amount of 11861.88
and a note for $7S13 making total pay-ments
of 19166.86. Authorization was
;.i' 1 n to have a note discounted in the
amount to cover the shortage of
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86.
ro-tor
Plant and Business has Been
Purchased by Gideon Beile'r,
A Creamery Operator
BUSINESS FOUNDED IN 1904
I;.,I, on Bi Her, a creamery operator
Of l.enover. Chester county, has pur-
, based the plant and business Of the
Harvey Ice Cream company of Al. .1.
Harvey, the founder and owner of the
business. The sale of the property was
completed Wednesday and -Mr- Beller
took immediate possession.
The sale Included the two-story
stone factory building. garage and
Other buildings being a part of the
plant, siluate-ij in the real- of Nos. 116-
i 12 Wi -i Eighth avenue and ex-tending
to an alley; the machinery
and all appliances, in the buildings and
six motor trucks used in the delivery
service.
The factory is titled with the most
modern machinery fur I In manufac-ture
oi ice cream ami has a capacity
,,r B500 quarts daily, it is also equip-ped
with an ice plant of a dally capa-city
of 1-' tons and a "hardening"
room lor the storage of cream, fruits
and ice cream and Oth : perishable
goods.
Mr. Harvey had Just Installed new
machinery to increase production and
make a better product, having no in-tention
at the time, of selling the
business.
The purchaser. Mr. Beller, operates
a creamery at l.enover. Cluster county
and has been in Ihe business a num-ber
of years. He has been anxious Io
get into the ice cream manufacturing
business and while on a visit tO the
Harvey plant Io inspect a new pleCI of
machinery, dedlded the plant was the
one he desired, owing to its modern
equipment and tin large territory It
si rvt d,
Mr, Harvey began the business of
manufacturing Ico cream in 1804 in
a small way and distributed his pro-duct
from a wagon. Kaeh year his
business increased and he added to
his plant and bad a number of wag-ons
on Ihe road. Later his wholes:!!,'
business became so extensive that lie
withdrew his wagons and placed de-liver]
motor trucks in service Today
the delivery service is handled by six
large motor trucks, serving many
stores, hotels and restaurants and a
family trade in this section and
along the Main Line and* North I'enn
sections.
Mr. Belter's son, Aaron will be in
Charge of the local business and Mr.
Harvey will remain as manager.
Tin sale of the real esate did not
include the four dwellings, lHI-lls-
L'"-:'L' West Eighth avenue and Mr.
Harvey n tains them.
MOTHER
Since ihis coming Sunday is set
aside as "Mother's, Day", let us stop
and consider for a moment the lea-se,
n tor which this day should he cel-ebrated.
First let us think why we
celebrate Washington's Dirthday.
Some will say we celebrate ihe day
because Washington was a great man
He was the lirst President of the
I'nlted Stales and was "Father of his
Country. Then ceinis our answer to
our question. Isn't your mother's
life, in your eyes, greater titan Wash-ington?
Dctn't lyoti considor her a
wonderful woman? Isn't she, out-side
your Maker, the lirst in your
life? Hasn't she. by her hard work
for you and me, earned! a special
day by which jhe should be remem-bered?
Should it be only on a spec-ial
day that wo should be respectful
lo mother? does a little while fhAv-er
pay all the respect needed to one
so precious? No, it shows thought-iillness
but in other words we can-not
coyer a heartache, we caused
mother by wearing this emblem of
white. Hut if we have done any-thing
that has caused Mother to wor-ry
or spend a sleepless night or yei
perhaps adding an extra gray hail-in
her head, let i:s. this coining Sun-day
("Mother's Day) resolve that
from now on we will not do anything
which will cause Mother Io worry,
OT which will help to hasten her de-parture.
Because, alter all. "what
we are we owe to our mothers." And
when mother's last days with us have
gone we will :io longer have some
one like her to help us Wheffl we are
in trouble, We might have many,
many friends in this world but we
have only one mother.
KSTKI.I.K S. HYDE
Oratorio "The Holy City,,.
An event of prime musical Impor-tance
will occur in Conshohocken on
next Tuesday evening, May 14th. On
that evening, tit the Baptist Church,
an augmented Choir, under the di-rection
of Mrs. Marlon Walker Max-well,
assisled by a number of outside
Soloisls, will lender the splendid
Oratorio of "The Holy City" by (*aul.
Long and consistent practice has been
given to the score of this noted
musical production, and it is confi-dently
believed that iis rendition will
lie a source of delight to all lovers
of good music.' A silver offering will
be tajsgn, and 'lie public is most cor-dially
invited. v
WILL BOOST SALE
OF THRIFT STAMPS
A public meeting will be hi Id In the
high el I auditorium next Monday
evening at 8 o'clock for tin purpose of
explaining Io the people the great aid
what can he given ihe government by
invest igal ing small amounts of money
regularly in the -1 cent thrift Stamps
and the war savings certificates.
The meeting will be opened with in-vocation
by Rev. Thomas A. Armour.
Lieut. George Bens, recently returned
from Prance, District Attorney .1.
Aubrey Anderson and Rev. .lames I'.
I'arker will make short addresses.
Then will I"' singing by Miss Madeline
I laly and II. Grey St. i le.
It is desired that the meeting he
largely attended 'hat the people may
understand tie great advantages to
themselves and ihe government the
purchase of thrift stamps brings.
Al Ihe Sehuvlkill Iron Works a num-ber
of thrift stamp clubs have been
formed. These clubs are formed with
a membership of HI persons, each of
whom contributes a quater and when
a card is filled, il is immediately con-pi
i led into a war savings certificate.
Soon. Bach member owns a certificate
with a v.el if fS.
Muy-the-Limit club is another sav-ings
organization in which each mem-ber
purchases $1000 of war savings
Certificates, the largest amount of
these securities permitted to he sold to
one pen on.
Chairman Thomas l-\ McCoy has
already secured one member to this
club and expects a number of othera
Conshohocken's puotn for the sale in
Hie sale of thrift stamps is $1(10.000 or
•'■2" per capita. At this time the sale
of stamps throughout the nation has
reached an average of 81.45 per capita.
The sales in the county to date aver-age
81-83 per capita and in Conshoho-cken
81.80. The average of $20 is to he
II iched ii> iDecember 31.
in West Conshohocken, chairman II.
K. Tomlinson is organising his com-miltee
tor an active campaign to he
carried on for Ihe balance ol' the year
and hi' has every hope I hi the $20
average will he reached.
Orphans to be Oue.sts of
Lodge at Celebration
Conshohocken Lodge, 525 I. O O. F.
Will Celebrate Its 2nd Anniver-sary
Tomorrow
Conshohocken Lodge \,i. 816, I. < >.
O. P. will celbrnte their second nnnl-ersary
on Sained .v i vetilng in Ihe p.
". s of .\. hall. The committee has
arranged a very interesting program
and have add. d a special feature to
the occasion hv a in nglng Io have
present as their guests tin- eighty
children from the Orphans Hone foi
Odd FellOWS, at OgontS and Che lion
avenues. Philadelphia. They win be
brought here by automobiles in the
evening.
There, will also he present Several of
the Grand Lodge officers who will take
part in tiie entertainment. Following
the entertainment refreshments will
he served.
The committee request all members
of the lodge and their families to be
pics,.nt and participate- m the anniver-sary
of the lodge..
STEEL COMPANY
ISSUES MAGAZINE.
The Bethlehem Steel Company is
issuing n magasine with the title:
"Bethlehem Bteel''. The Bra) number
was issued this month and has a very
attractive cover and the whole maga-zine
is a credit to He- printer's art.
The magazine is well edited and
contains much Information about the
company and Its activities ol great in
iciest le, ihe- employes. .1. K. Qheen,
brother of William (iheen, oual
agent for the p. ,v. n. Railway, is the
editor.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Abner J. Davies, Pastor
Ii'. 1918
"The True Laws of Spiritual Ad-vance"
is ihe theme of the pastor's
sermon for Sunday morning. Tho
hour is 10\80.
I'rior to this tho gathering of the
Bible School at 9.16.
The meeting of the C. B. Socli ty
al >; l", I'. If, in tipper sootn.
"What Peter Did in a Crisis" is
the' subje (I of the Pastor's evening
sermon. This service is al l.:,\).
Wednebday evening next, 7.46 ihe
mid-week service.
All are cordially Invited".
JOSEPH O'BRIEN DIED
THIS MORNING
Joseph, son of Catharine and the
lati' Pells O'Brien, died at noon today
al ihe home of his tnoiher. Merlon
avenue, West Conshohocken.
Mr. O'Brien hat! been ill for sever-al
months and wor weeks his condi-tion
had been critical,
lie is survived by his mother, a
Bister, Mary ami two brothers, Felix,
proprietor of the Using Sun hoi el,
and John O'Brien, all of West Coir
■hohocken.
The arrangements for the funeral
have not as yet, boon made.
To .sell your real estate promptly
and profitable see- LIGHT About ' It,
203 have It,, street.
I.lst your
LIGHT He
I 'a V . He street.
bouse for
has the
snio with
buyers. L'.,:t
Bicyiie repairing In all Its branch-es
at KICHOrCS. Hector street.—Adv.
To sell your real estate promptly
and profitable see LKIIIT About it,
203 Kayette. street
List your house for sale wit]
LIGHT, lie has the buyers.—203'
Vaye.lle tfUiet.
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Local Business Man Elected
Sec. & Trcas—C. Colket
Wilson Elected President
RETIRES FROM LOCAL FIRM
George B5. Tracy, who for the past
ten years has been associated with
his brother, John C. Tracy, hi the
flour and feed business and trading
under the name ol James Tracy &*
Son. was yesterday elected secretary
and treasurer ol the Qermantown and
Norristown Railroad Company bj
the board of directors. At the same
time, C. Colk-i Wilson, who for
thirty years served as secretary and
treasurer was advanced to the posi-tion
of president succeeding the late
Kidridgo McFarland.
The news ol Mr. Tracy's election
came as a great and pleasant sur-prise
io his many friends. Mr. Tracy
will assume tils new duties immedi-ately
and will sever his connection
with the firm of James Tracy & Son
and the business will be carried on
by his brother, John C. Tracy, who
is also a director Ol the railroad
company.
Previous tO entering ih.- firm of
.lames Tracy A Son. which WSJ
founded by the late James Tracy,
George E, was engaged In the bank-ing
business, in Philadelphia, and
his thorough business training well
qualifies him for his new deities,
COUNTY'S SUBSCRIPTIONS TO
THE LIBERTY LOAN
The county his more than suhscrlb
ad iis quota io the third Liberty loan
and the chairman has given the tol-lowing
list us the subscriptions from
Ihe various districts:
Central Norrlstwn
A War Chest for Conshohocken
Local Drive for War Funds for this
Year.
A committee has been formed here
to provide a War Chest for Consho-he.
cken. He v. J Kennedy Mom
hou.-i- is the Chairman ol the com«
mlttee. Howard Wood Is the treas-urer.
The following chairman of commit-tees
have been appointed to manage
thi campaign: Richard Wood, Jr.,
of Ho Industrial committee; W A.
Cooper, oi the Canvasing Committee
Mrs. w. A Cooper, V'lci I hairman;
David ii Ross, Chairman of the i
Minute 'Men; Bdwln W. Harrison, of
the Publicity Commlttei ; Jami ■'.
Gorman, Vice Chairman. The com-uiiiic
e- wants io iaise a fund ol
uea for the- Conshohocken district.
This'Is on the ba Is ol $10 per capita.
The drive to till the Chesl will
start on May 20th and will last one
week. The payments to the Chest
Will Btarl on July 1st and Will eon-lime
lor one year, or for ihe- dur-ation
of the war.
Cemetery Trustees Make
i Regulations for Improvements
The trustees of the Gulf Christian
church have adopted regulations tor
further Improvement of the Quit » mi -
lory and to provide' for perpetual care.
The price for burying lots have been
advanced 15, 136 lots are now $40 and
MO lots i" 115. Lois will he- .sold on
easy terms In weekly or monthly In-stallments.
The additional char;;- of
ST, win be placid iii thi ce-inetcrv Im-provement
fund as will $1 from the
charges for opening each grave.
,\ eiiai ge of |2 per yi ar, in ad\ anci,
will be made and ihe revenues will be
used for mowing and keeping lots in
good condition.
.1. it. Neater, who fostered the im-
Jprovement fund, was elected treasurer
for the fund ami George C. Quthrle,
tary. A, Irvin Supplee la pit I
dent of the Loan! of Tl UStei .-.
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•Conshohocken
Bridge port ,,
I'hoenixv ill-
Spin.. City .
Royersford ..
I 'ol Istovvn . ..
Collegeville ..
Seh".
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Pennsburg
Last On . nville
North Wab's .
Lansdale
Soudi-rton
llarl'-ysville ..
.$1,914,000
1.O.-.6.800
L'l.l
. 1,092,700
3 :'::.•>."."
. 1,248,600
116,050
1000,000
32,300
lou.iJo
'17,400
157,000
816,250
li i
26,000
Total *7.'ei!>,e;:,ii
Toal -No. of subscribe is. 86,972.
•There must be an error in the re-pot",
lor Conshohocken as the aggre-gate
amount reported by the three
hanks was sl,en;o.:'.lio.
.VrUSICAL BY M. E. CHOIR
The Methodist choir will give a mu-ulcal
in tin- church, Sunday evening at
-.no o'clock, directed by Samuel Els-enberg,
choirmaster, ami Miss Bthel
Apple accompanist on the pipe organ.
Ti . following is tin- program:
I'n huh- by Sterile Miss Apple
Hymn-
Prayer.
Anthem Choir
Lass Solo Mr, Clare nc-e Campbell
Contralto—My Lord ami Father,
Miss M. (Speaker
Duet—Soprano and AltO
"Mark, Hark My Soul"
Miss I. Fisher Miss' ii. Murray
Soprano Solo-How Lovely an- Thy
Ti nor Solo—1 Heard the Voice- of
Jesus Mr. .1 Blggard
Soprono Sol,. ....Mrs. s. McLaughlin
Dwellings ..from Psalm LXN.XII.
Mrs. in-, i Pavlldla
Tenor Solo—Saviour Breathe A"
Evening Blessing .....Mr. M, Fisher
Duet: Cont & Baritone
Lord I have- loved the Habitations of
Thy Heart Mr. P. Ilinehurt and
Miss C. Met'arns.
Contralto Solo—O, 1-ord l!e> Merciful
Mrs. Dutlll
T.ass Solo- The (-treat Beyond
H. Blsenberg
Offertory Berecuese by Debueok
Mis.-- Apple
Address by Pastor.
] I y tn n.
Doxotogy.
Postlude Miss Apple
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OUR GAS & ELECTRIC-ITY
BILLS ARE DUE!
HAVE YOU PAID? SAVE
THE DIS00UNT.
STORE HOUSE DESTROYED
BY FIRE.
.\ frame storehouse used foj ihe
storage of tools and ri^ine. appli-ances
belonging to ihe Conshohocken
Iron .v.- Bteel Company and located
ni-iii the Company's office, along tin'
iv A; it. Railway above Forrest street,
wa- totally destroyed by lire Wed.
nestmy mt.-rno'Hi The men it the
plant hat' i|tiit work and ihe building
had been locked. Shortly after the
5.46 north bound passenger train on
the I'. <£ It had passed ihe plant, the
watchman discovered the building to
be- a lire He sent in an alarm and
both companies responded, and put
water streams :n tervlce. Tin- Barnes
had communicated to thi frame office
building and ih.- Bremen saved that
building from Cestruction out the
building was badly Cham d, The
storehouse was totally destroyed, and
damage was clone to tin- contents,
Damage was done to the inl ■ rlor
oi Ho- office by water bul this is Blight
its tin' Important business records
wen- in a lire proof safe and oilier
records and paperi can in- replaced,
The loss is about .HaOO.
ii is beleived ihe fire was caused
by -parks from ihe locomoiive which
passed shorl ly In lore Ihe lire.
SOLDIERS OFF FOR CAMP
This morning IS men were sent to
CoIumbUS Barracks. ColumbuB i'
from ihe Third district and Norris-town
sent lb. The men left on the
regular train leaving Norristown al
8.08, The I rain arrived here several
minutes late- and the departing BO1«
diers were' given a fan-well by the
blowing id' whistles ami a number of
persona \M n at the station to greet
them.
Thomas Matthews O'Connor, who
registered at Boston, and has been
living in West Conshohocken lor
thi' past I, w months, received per-mission
from the Third district board
to RO to camp end he followed the
local boys on the next train.
Tin- men who i.n this morning
Were-;
Qeorge Bhomgard, conshohocken.
Henry Roynan, Centre Square-.
Pasquale DlTlro, Conshohocken.
Fred Maih nhauer. Philadelphia.
Vincent Jogan, Port Kennedy.
Nicolll Concelll, Conshohocken.
Stanley Vaukoreski, Conshohocken.
Albert Sline, North Wales.
James Harris, Bridgeport,
John Pagilaro, conshohocken.
Rowland w. Smith, Hatfleld, Pa.
Nick Bertlna, Conshohocken.
Richard Jaoquet, Conshohocken.
Joseph D'Arcy, Conshohocken.
John Adams, Conshohockt n,
ii Ink Bantandra, of this bor-ough,
failed to appear, and he was
eZCUSed he cause ol illness. Adams
volunteered to go in place ol Ban-tandra,
and his offer was accepted,
and in' "ill leave tomorrow morning.
The RoinK of James I". WertS, of
this borough, was deferred, for med-ical
reasons, and Albert Stine. ol
North Wales, selected in his place-.
AGftlN INTHE SERVICE
John H. Griffith Aged 75 Yrs.,
Refused Service in France is
in a Shipyard
IS GUARD IN NAVY YARD
John I! ariffith for many years a
resident of this bi rough, and later
oi Florida and later of I lampion. \'a..
al-. r serving Uncle Bam In the
civil war aiu! suffered the horrors
and torturet ol Anderscmvllle prison
siiii ha- 'hat love of Country and
in-, iioni ilia' he again offered his
services, te> his country to Berve in
v. hi ever capacity he might i"- ol the
most s. i - iii.
The govermw at oilioials admired
ih' Btrong patriotism <>i the oh: vet-eran,
win, has Buffered so much for
his countrj and wa.- again willing to
make sacrifices. They mid him he
could noi be Bent to France and ask-ed
him what service he could per*
form, 'I'm old soldier. with a
iw iiikb- in hia • ye, Bald "1 can shoot.
My band is steady and my eye true. #
If 1 cannot gel a chance at the Kal«
s,r, i can be ol semu- service at
home-.' The government officials
when they learned Mr. Griffith had
tried te> enlist tor Bervii i In France,
decided Buch a man was needea and
that he- could shool German spies
and assigned him as a guard on one
of the ships building al tue n.ur.pion
navy yard, i'o at the' line of Tf>
year-'.'Mr. Griffith is rendering Just
as e lie c live servici as be did in the
Civil War.
In 1862, ai the age ol Is* years, Mr.
Griffith enlisicd in the 138th regi-ment
I'etina. volunteers and Berved
three' years. He was capturned by
tii rebels and confined In Anderson-ville
prison where be Buffered the
greatest cruelties and hardships and
was suii.iecie-c: to inhuman treatment.
No doubt the memories of his own
experiences Btlrwd In him an ovdr-powering
desire- to aid those afflicted
people ol Fran© and Belgium who
are victims ol the atrocious Hun.
Mr. Griffith after his return from
the war engaged in the butcher OUB-
"•ro and Inter In the Ice bus*
tni and buill one' of the first Ice -
manufacturing plants In this coun-ty,
lie retired lioin business and em-
. in farming on bis place in
l-.p. r Merlon. Several years ago,
he went to Florida and engaged in
farming there. Later he went to
Hampton, Va.. where he remained
until he entered the government ser-vice.
Mr. Griffith has always been a
Republican and Berved here as a.
councilman and burg
It is believed h ' has the distinction
oi being the old.-si man to enlist for
active war work
The Youngest Soldier
John DeHaven, son of Hugh De-
Haven, oi West Conshohocken, was,
without doubt the youngest boy to en-ter
the lighting service of the Unitefi
States since- ihe- outbreak of the war
with Germany. Shortly after the dec*
laration thai a state ot war existed,
"young DeHaven, who was at that
time only fourteen years of age, ran
away to Philadelphia and enlisted In
,!,, United State a Marine- Corps. Ho
wa-- Btationed at League island for
a shun time and was then Benl to a
rifle range in Maryland. Af i r b< Ing
Instructed In 'his branch of the ser-vice
he was again transferred to the
Philadelphia Navy Yard and was one
I ot the sea soldiers picked to so to
France in company with Geuerai
Pershing, He landed In France ba-ton
he reached his fifteenth birthday
lu all oi hit letters to hi- parents he
Baya n< I, pi:;, ctly satisfied with the
"life and is anxious i" complete his
enlistment for tour years.
RED CROSS ORGANIZED
AI a meeting in 0, A. it. Hall, Toes
day evening, a local branch of the
Red Cross Society was organized by
electing airs tieorge N. Highley,
president; .Miss Marie Tracy, secre-tary
and 'Mrs. Reese P, Mavis
treasurer. This society will begin a
campaign for members and will en-deavor
to have' e very one in town
join the organisation.
Hereafter all war relief work will
be done by the society instead of by
the war relief committee, as at pres-ent,
and which has cone such'excell-ent
work during the war.
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BASE BALL.
"On nexl Sunday afti moon on the
Hull Grounds, the IToung Midi's A v
Has, Ball Team oi this borough will
have tin Holy Saviour Base Ball
Peam of Norrlst >wn, as their oppon-ents,
'Che Y. M. A. V boys are develop-in,.
B tei m, which may prove the
best amateur team In the vicinity.
They are arranging si veral good
Sa to be played em Sunday after*
noons, and can easily assun thi pol-ling
public, that they will be worth
while going out to see.'
The si. Gertrudes Base Ball team
will play ih. State Hospital a. A.
i morrow afti moon.
i.ciiv Rein and McDonald will ho
the battery tor St. Gertrude's and
Hill Klndregan will also be In the
line-up.
Sim A- A ..nd St. bUno will cross
hats In the meadow on Sunday af-ternoon.
Tin- game will si an at
three o'clock and promises to be a
hot one.
DR. M. J. MEYERS
Dentist.
75 Fayette Street. Adv.
SHELL FRAMES
Rverybody is going to wear them.
They are stylish, comfortable and dur-v ^
able. Our new protected shell frames,
JuBt received a new assortment from
the factory. Call and sec the in d I■'.
J. Ml MHALL. The Jcwabkj*. H-.
l'ayctto SL I.-3S
.fgfte.