The Conshohocken Recorder, May 31, 1918

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SOLDIERS' TRIBUTE TO
George Smith Post Veterans
i Decorate the Graves of 441
Comrades—Services Held
CHURCH SERVICE AT GULF
Dr. Malcolm ll.nKin- Enlists
I'nder Bloomy skies and "midst fre.
quenl ibowera the veterans of Georgt
Smith Part, No. "!'. <'■• A. R assisted
by the Women's Relief Corps and the
I. O. of A. and the Citizens band.
paid thai rannual tribute to their her-
Die dead. They visited the ruin soak-ed
cemeteries, held their services, fir.
rd the soldiers' salute of holier and
tenderly placed flowers on the (raves
,,! tin ir departed comrades.
The Post hold their first service of
the day early In the morning at St.
Matthew's cemetery. Tho 1'"Hl HCI'-
vice and the service of the Women's
Relief Corps were held and Ile\ ..lames
I'. Parker offered a prayer and deliver
ed an oration paying a most beautiful
till.uii to those men who so nobly
gave themselves to their country.
On thn way to Plymouth burying
grounds, the Post halted at the home
of their comrade, George. Keys. Mr.
Keys was always an active member
of tho I'ost and always aided in pay.
InK tribute to his dead comrades until
enfeebled by illness. Mr. Keys was
assisted to the front yard at his home
and was cheerfully greeted by his com
rades. The band played n piece and
the march was resumed. The scene
was an effecting' one Mr. Keys was
greatly touncjied by the thoughtful-neaa
of his comrades.
Rev. J. P. Rhcppard, of the Frcs-byterian
church, accompanied the soL
tilers and acted as their chaplain at
the various cemeteries. At Plymouth
Rev. Ray Mussi-lman delivered an ora-tion.
At Cold Point, Rev.Q. W. Tup-per
was the orator and at Barren Hill
Rev. A. K. Chamberlain was the ora-tor
and Rev. Dr. Ilartman also paid a
fine tribute to the soldier dead.
The. veterans returned to their hall
at noon and were served with a fine
dinner by the Women's Relief Corps
Services were held at the Oulf in the
afternoon owing to the Inclemency
of the weather, the service was held
in tho church.
The veterans decorated 4-11 graves
tlds year In the following cemeteries:
Morion BquarO, 7(1; St Matthew's 76;
Plymouth, II; Cold Point, as; Barren
Hill, 130: Oulf, 99.
Memorial Day at Gulf
Tho overcast skies on Memorial
Day, portending rain, did not deter
Die spirit of patriotism at the Gulf
Cemetery, where a large crowd gath-ered
to pay tribute to the departed
soldiers. The attendance, while it
was not as large perhaps as at some
previous Memorial cermoniea, just as
much inspiration was in evidence,
and the service was carried out with
the same solemnity which character-izes
events of this nature. Honor the
soldiers dead, is tho motto of all the
participants in tho annual Memorial
Day observance, and tnio spirit was
adhered to la every concolvable man-ner.
Profuse and beautiful were the
flowers which decorated the tombs
of the soldiers, and the flag for which
they fought was also there as a last-ing
reminder of their devotion to Its
supremacy, am. to their country. In
fact tho entire burying ground show-ed
by the many flowers and plants
placed on the graves that the living
intend to keep the memory of their
doparled relatives and friends ever
regarded.
The organizations which had been
taking part In the observances at
other cemeteries reached the Oulf
cemetery at about 2.80 o'clock. They
included delegations of George Smith
Post, No. 79; (!. A. R. of ConshOhOCk-en;
Women's Relief Corps, No. 1211
of Qeorge Smith Post; a firing squad
composed of members of O. of I A ;
No. 241, of Conslioliocken; and the
Citizens Band of Conslioliocken, l>:on-ard
Smith Leader. Headed by Com-rade,
John Pugh, acting as Chief Mar-shall,
Comrade li. J. liarrold and
Rev. Frank H. Rose and Rev. II. W
Butler. The procession marched to
the tomb of John Ban in the old cem-etery,
Mr. Barr being the last war
veteran to be interred there. Here
the ceremonies of the day were held,
with John l'ugh in charge, and which
wore opened wltti prayer by Rev. M.
W. Butler, pastor of the Gulf Chris-tian
Church. This was followed by
the ritual of George S^mlth Post, Aot-lnf
Commander Jonathan Rogers, op-ening
the ritualistic service. Other
comrades who took part after a dirge
by tho Citizen's Band, were. John
White, Mahlon McNolty, Joseph K.
Moore, and George w. Williams.
Chaplain of the Post. The Women's
Relief Cwps observed their ritual,
and the assemblage sung "Nearer My
God to Thee,'' with Leonard Smith
as cornet accompanist. Comrade Jos-eph
Wilkinson gave Lincoln's address
at Gettysburg. The patriotic and in-spiring
notes of "America" were
heard from the assemblage, and the
firing of a salute of several guns over
the graves by the detachment of the
O. of I. A. assisted in depicting the
realism for which I he occasion is
observed. Taps were sounded by
I^eonard Smith.
The orator of the day was Rev.
Frank H. Rose, pastor of the Gladwyn
Presbyterian church, Ix>wer Merlon.
Owing to' the Weal her conditions the
oration 'Was 'delivered In the church.
m
lion of tin
now stationed
Pennsylvania, under Major Qulllland,
where the headquarters of the corps
is now maintained. Dr. Harklna la
within the draft age ami his enlist-ment
was made with the eon;H nt of
Hi. draft hoard of district No. 2.
The Doctor has I n recommend-ed
for a commission is second lieuten-ant.
Dr. Harklna lias won a high place
among the bacteriologists of the coun-try
and is an expert In the diseases of
horses and cattle. For several yara,
he has been associated with the Mul-for.
i Company, at Olenolden, and has
written much for medical journals and
has made addresses before many med.
leal conventions on his work.
Wednesday evening, his associates
in the Mulford labratoriea and officers
of the company gave him a testimon-ial
dinner nt the Art Club. Philadel-phia.
They also presented him with a
handsomely engraved soldier's wrist
watch.
WITH P. II SWITCH
Austrian Was Caught Trying to
Throw a Switch on Main
Track of P. & R. Railroad
fiOBBED PRISONER IN CELL
A LETTER FROM THE
ITALIAN FRONT
Mrs. Helen W. Mauck, of the Ham-ilton.
Norrislown, has received a let-ter
from an Italian army surgeon,
whom she met while traveling in
Italy several years ago with her
daughter, the late 'Miss Mabel Mauck.
The physician attended Miss MaucK
and showed both Mrs. and .MISS
Mauck many kindnessess (luring their
stay in Florence.
When Italy entered the war. Dr.
EUccloM entered the army as a sur-geon
With the rank of Captain. He
sends his. letter from the Italian front
where some of the most difficult
and terrible fighting In the war has
occurred in the Alps.
The letter is published to show the
American people, the friendship of
the Italians and the great faith in
America in helping to bring victory
to the allied arms.
My dear .Mrs. Mauck;
Alter :; long months, your parcel
reached me here, HI the front. 1 have
to tell you at once thai the mesh you
knit led is simply wonderful. It will
be (quite useful lor my patients, no
dohbt. but Just now I will wear il for
a week or so, as I have a wretched
cold hanging about me for the last
two months or so and cannot get rid
of it. The weather Is still cold and
damp and I am sure your splendid
woolen work will be the best medi-cine.
Afterwards I shall pass it to
my patient, fully sterllzed. For me
and for them, I thank you very much,
my dear Mrs. Mauck.
Everyone here knows how much
your glorious country is doing Tor the
war and we are all enthusiastic of our
new Allies. Long live to America!
There Is a kind of religion here for
your great man, President Wilson.
I return quite warmly and licartly.
your auguries of complete victory and
trust we shall get it before long. Eve-ryone
here is full of hope and faith.
My whole family in Florence are
allrlght. My brother, near me, Is
bravely w'orklng in artillery, i am
going on rather well, in spue oi wy
cold, and hope to see you again after
our Victory, before,long.
With my best wishes and sweetest
remembrances, believe me,
Tours always gratefully and sin-cerely,
DR. ERNESTO RICCIOU.
AUTO THIEF IS CAUGHT
Three Others in Raid in Northern
Suburbe Escape.
Pour motor car thieves from Phila-delphia
visited the northern suburban
seel ion Tuesday. In front of the resi-dence
of E. Dannenbaum, in Melrose
Park were two costly machines. On
one of the cars the "gas line" was lock
de, and three of the thieves who tried
to gat away with this car had to aban-don
it after driving It a square. The
fourth thief, in a li'BOO car went
through Ogonts, Jenkintown and
Ablngton, and on Terwood road smash
ed Into a ir. e. wrecking the car.
In "^.W-cantbnt- the Dairaebaum
chauffeur had telephoned to Chief
Lever, at tho Ablngton station, and.
with Pollcefan Bates In the police car
the two official hurried In the direction
Of the TerwOOd road section, arriving
there just a few minutes after the
smash, and In time to see a man run-ning
away. He was arrested and later
Identified by the chauffeur and by two
other persons. He refused to give his
name or that of his companion, nnd
beyond admitting thnt he lived some,
where in Philadelphia," refused to talk
about the case at nil. He will be ar-raigned
for a hearing before Magis-trate
Williams.
CUT ALLOWANCE AND RAISE
PRICE OF BEER
The breweries of ITilladelphia nnd
tills country have advanced the price
for beer, ale and porter, $3 per barrel,
and $1' per barrel in this county. The
prices for case goods has been ad-'
vanced to $2. Besides making the
advance, the breweries will produce
only 70 per cent, of their production
for 1017. which means the allotments
to saloons and hotels will be reduced
30 per cent.
The wholesalers in this county
have agreed to close their places
every evening at i; o'clock, with the
exception of Saturday evening.
For BABY COACH TIRES of all
sizes, go to KKIIOKS, Hector street.
•^^-^ —Adv.
Bpeola officer Thomas O'Donnell of
the P. & It. Railway, made two im-portant
arrests, shortly before noon
yesterday morning, when he captured
John Kobin an Austrian, and Stanley
Ciuiiskly. a Russian. With the men
was Andrew Atyrki. an Austrian, who
was also arrested but was given hi
liberty after a bearing.before Magis.
Date Light. Ill I lie first two men, it
is believed two enemies have been
Captured and that one of the men.
Oullesky, has evaded registration.
Officer O'Donnell was riding through
the town in the caboose of a freight,
and when near the upper canal locks,
he saw three men tampering with a
switch on the main track. He Jump-ed
from the train nnd placed all the
men under arrest. Word was sent
for Constable Kuggerlo for assistance
and the Constable met O'Donnell and
his prisoners. The men were going
along quietly when Robin put up resist
ance against O'Donnell and attempted
to escape, O'Donnell knocked him
down with a good blow with his fist.
The prisoner was cowed and came
quietly to the police station. The three
men were placed in one cell, as they
were to be given a hearing within a
few hours. While in the cell, Kobin
and Oullesky attacked Slyrki and rob.
bed him of $12. The men raised a
great commotion in the police station.
A hearing was given them before
Magistrate Light yesterday afternoon.
Robin said he is an Austrian and lias
been In this country ti years, and that
he will not be 21 years old until next
June 15. When questioned as to what
he was doing at the switch, he said he
was explaining the working of the
switch to his companions and it at-tracted
his attention because it was
of the same mechanism as used on the
Austrian railways. He denied that he
was trying to set the switch to derail
a train. ,
Stanley oullesky, aged 26, n Rus-sian.
Said his home is at Jefferson-street
Wilmington, Dei. He claimed
that he had registered. He could not
give his street numbr nor could he
tell anything about his registration.
He had no card and did not remember
his number.
Andrew Styrki, 23 years old, snld
he is an Austrian and has lived in this
country as long as he can remember,
lb said his parents live at 113 Oray
Street, South Chester. He said he had
been registered and that he lost his
Card about a week ago and was going
tw make application for a new card.
He gave the Magistrate his serial
Dumber and the number of the Hoard,
nnd asked that his story be investiga.
ed, which will be done.
Slyrki said he and his two compan-ions
worked at Ivy Rock and lived at
the commissary. They did not work
yesterday und Kobin and Guilesky,
whom be said he did not know only
by seeing them about the commissary
asked him to take a walk with them.
They came here hal a drink or two
and were returning home by way of
the railroad. He said Robin examin-ed
the switch and was pulling on the
leyer when the officer captured them.
The switch lock had not been broken.
Styrki surprised the Magistrate and
officers when he suddenly pointed to
the. other prisoners and accused them
of robbing him of $12. He said that
whilo in a cell in the police station
and during the absence of the officers
the two men attacked him, went
through his clothing and look his
money. The officers searched the oth.
ST men and found the $12 in their
possession, Thy admitted taking It
from Styrokl. ,
Officer O'Donnell testified that he
saw Kobin milling on the switch lever
and had not broken the lock but his
constant Jerking of leyer would have
broken the lock chain had he not been
Stopped. Had the switch been thrown
it might have caused a bad accident
to a passenger train which was short-ly
due.
styrki was fined for trespassing on
the railroad and discharged.
Robin and Guilesky were committed
to Jail and their cases will be Inves-tigated
by District Attorney Anderson.
Ex-Gov. Hanley Will Speak
on Liquor Traffic
Conshohocken will have a distin-guished
visitor Sunday afternoon,
June 2nd, when Ex Governor J. Frank
Hanley of Indiana will speak in the
Methodist church at 2.4G.
Horn in a log cabin in Champain
County, Illinois, not many miles from
the old home of Abraham Lincoln, he
received most of his early education
under the tutorship of his Mother, at-tending
school but a few weeks for
several years and then at the age of
thirteen started out to find his way
in the world, which led to the Gov-ernorship
of Indiana, at the age of
forty one, with high honors. I'pon
all of these he turned his back when
the plan to aid mankind in the tight
for the suppression of the Liquor
Traffic presented itself to his mind.
Governor Hanley is considered to
be the peer of orators in this field,
in the country. He is eloquent, force-ful
and convincing and one of the
most able speakers on the American
platform. He has dedicated his life
to the cause for which he is engaged,
and the well known statesman and
orator comes to address a Consho-hocken
audience. He Is a national
character and of pleasing personality.
He should be and no doubt will be
heard by a large audience.
The addresse will be preceeded by
music under the direction of Mlll-ington
Fisher.
High School Students Give a
Rousina Farewell to Harry
WirRn of the Faculty
HELD A SNAKE DANCE
Negro Held on Serious Charge
Wm. Neville Appointed Coroner.
Needlewark Guild Report
The War Relief of the Needlework
Guild, after little more than a year of
activity in war work subflts the fll-lowlng
report. The sewing depart-ment
turned out 1047 articles made by
hand and machine, for use In the hos-pitals.
The surgical dressings depart-ment
Is credited with 24839 gauze
dressing and 1285 muslin dressings.
B26 knitted articles and 39 comfort
kits were disposed of, most all having
been given to our town boys going to
the camps.
In the future this work will be car-ried
on by The Conshohocken Kcd
doss Branch.
The workrooms are open all day on
Thursdays and on Monday evenings
for surgical dressings. In the I'arish
House of Calvary BplsOOpel Church.
Will you come nnd help?
Keport of Treasurer of War Relief
of (he Needle Work Guild Of Consbo.
hocken, April 1917—May 22nd. 1918.
Total Receipts $2802.73
Total Expenses $2471.81
I'.a lance $ 330.9^
S IKCHNA N. D. DAVIS, Ti
Governor Brumbaugh, Wednesday,
appointed William Neville, of this
borough, Coroner to fill the unexpir-ed
term of the late Grant McGlathery,
the man who was appointed by Gov-ernor
Tener to fill Mr. Neville's un-expired
term when he resigned from
the office to take his seat in the leg-islature
four years ago.
Mr. Neville was elected Coroner In
1911 and served until January 1, 1MB
when he went to the legislature.
The appointment was made at the
request of Insurance Commissioner
Charles A. Ambler. 'Mr. Neville sup-ported
the Ambler faction In the re-cent
primary campaign.
Coroner Neville is familiar with the
duties of the office and during his
previous term gave entire satisfactltfn
to the public.
JAMES KIN8ELLA KILLED
ON RAILROAD.
James, son of the late James and
Mary. Kinsella. aged 38 years, was
killed in a grade crossing accident, St
South Kelhlehem Tuesday evening.
He was walking over a street grade
crossing and did not hear tho ap.
[.roach of an express train. He had
no warning and was struck and killed
by the train.
Mr. Kinsella was born and lived
most of his life here. He was an iron
worker nnd left here to enter the em-ploy
of the Hthlehem Steel Company.
lie was employed there for the past
7 years. He was unmarried and is
survived by two sisters: Mrs. Ter.
ranee IfcGOVem and Mrs. John Mc-
Guigan, both of this borough.
The body was brought to the home
om his sister Mrs. Thomas McGulgan,
today and friends may call at the
home this evening.
The funeral will be held from the
home of Mrs. Thomas McGuignn to-morrow
morning nt 8.30 o'clock.
Solemn high mass of requiem will be
celebrated In 8t- Matthew's church at
9 o'clock and the interment will be nt
St. Matthew's cemetery.
AUTO PLUNGED
INTO STONE WALL
Plunging into a stone wall in front
of the residence of Barnett Itossen at
Mechanlcsvllle. on Tuesday afternoon,
about 4 o'clock an automobile driven
by Jennie Ramsey, wife of Natnan
Ramsey, Jr., of that place, was over-turned
and the driver pinned beneath
it. and badly Injured. That the young
woman escaped being killed was only
a miracle, when she was released
from beneath the machine she was
unconscious and was carried into the
grocery store of Charles Duncan, near
the scene of the accident, and Dr.
Pordyce, of Conshohocken was sum-moned.
The physician feared that
she had sustained a fractured skull,
but the examination dispelled this
Idea. Her Injuries which consisted
of a severe cut over the eye, abra-sions
of the face and badly sprained
arm caused concussion of the brain,
and she remained unconscious for
several hours. At last reports her
condition was favorable towards re-covery,
as the physician stated jtliat
he did not think there would be any
ill elfeets.
Jennie Is an Inexperienced driver,
so It is said. After taking the ma-chine
from the garage on the prop-erty
of John Sabloskl, she started
down the hill without cranking it.
After going a short distance the en-gine
started, and when she attempted
to turn the corner at the grocery
store to descend the steep hill to-wards
Hie Matson Ford road, she
evidently lost control of the car and
It crashed into "he wall with the a-bove
results. The auto was badly
damaged, but not to sucli an extent
that It cannot be repaired.
First class BICYCLE REPAIRING
done at KEHOE8—Adv.
To sell your real estate promptly
and profitable see LIGHT About It,
203 Fayette street
The local high school is through
with German. The German books are
things Of the past The German teach'
er has resigned his Job and left for his
home in WUIIamtport, tO enlist in the
United States army and will request
to be sent to Prance to Jain his broth-er,
who is now there, to gel a crack at
the Hun.
Tuesday, Many Wilson, a member
of the higii school faculty as teacher
of German, resigned his position aa the
senior class had finished its work for
the year. Wednesday evening, the
student body gave him a rousing fare.
well party, as he is popular with all
the students. They assembled In the
high school auditorium, the entire
high school student body being pies.
ent, and bad. a big time. The school
yell was given time and again. A good
literary program was rendered and
each number was greeted with great
applause. Aftr the entertainment re-freshments
were served and later
there was dancing.
The Athletic Association gave Mr
Wilson a very pleasant surprise when
they presented him with a soldier's
wrist watch and a soldier's kit. The
Boy Scout students presented him
with a testament.
Mr. Wilson left her, on the 11.18
P. M. train for Norristown to catch
the train for his home at Williams-port.
Before train time, the students
assembled in the street in from of
the school and formed a "snake''
line. To the thumps on a bass drum,
they escorted Mr. Wilson to the train
and gave him three rousing cheers
and ■■the school yell as he departed.
Thirty of the students accompanied
him tO Norristown and again gave him
a rousing and noisy send off as his
train departed.
Mr. Wilson's action has aroused in.
tense patriotism among the students
with whom be was so popular, and all
wish him well whetl he enters the
military service.
Thomas O'Donnell, special officer on
the p. & it. Railway on Wednesday af-ternoon
saved Charles Lapcntona. of
West Third avenue, aged 14 years.
from vicious treatment at the hands of
Randolph Wood, a burly negro, who
gave his horn ca.s Grecnsburg. Pa., and
is employed by contractors doing work
at Ivy Rock.
c Utlcer O'Donnell was making a trip
along the Plymouth branch inspecting
switch signal lamps, as for some time
past many of these lamps were brok.
en by boys throwing stones and using
the lamps as targets. When a short
distance beyond the Kim street bridge
he noticed a movement in the weeds
along the track and quickly Investiga-ting
he found the burly negro seizing
the young boy and about to maltreat
him. The officer placed the negro un-der
arrest and brought him before
Magistrate Light for a bearing. The
negro admitted thai he was about to
viciously maltreat the boy, to whom he
had given cigarettes and some money,
to entice him to go with blm. Ha was
committed to Jail without ball for trial
at court.
Another youth. 18 years of age,
stated the negro had given him cigar-ettes
and offered him money, but the
boy was afraid of the negro.
The negoo lived at the Ivy Rock com.
missary with many other workmen
from all Sections Of the country. Many
of these men are of the lowest type
and have given the local police much
trouble,
Officer O'Donnell also arrested Tony
Retwevlos, aged 12 years, and living
With his parents at (41 (lid 151m street.
chargcil with breaking switch signal
lights on the Plymouth railroad. The
boy was brought before Magistrate
Light and was sent home. His parents
were notified to keep the boy away
from the railroad.
The railroad has been given much
trouble of late by the breaking of
lamps and is determined the practise
must be broken up as It. endangers
the safe operations of trains.
Christian Speaker Cajebrateti
.His Birthday Last Ffjgfit. Too
\ Busy to Take a Day Off *.,,
CAPTIVE OF THE ALABAMA
Roll of '18 Class ('. H. S.
List your house for sale with
IT Ho has the buyers ~~fev3
uu street A
PLYMaUTH MEETW0
Thos. White. Sr.. is again able to
return to his work at the Magnesia
plant, after several weeks absence
on account of Injuries received by
falling down a stairway at the indus-try.
Miss Mary Harris, an inmate at the
Rosemoni, dislocated her shoulder by
falling down a flight of stairs, three
weeks ago, but has recovered suffi-ciently
to attend to her usual duties,
William Mo'tson. of Cold Point, still
continues In ill health, and Is con-fined
to the house most of the time.
His affliction requires constant quiet-ness
to prevent needless suffering.
The old Leedom homestead is be-ing
renovated inside and out, prepara-tory
to occupancy by the party who
will reopen the stone quarry, on the
premises, that has been idle for some
eighteen years.
Despite the inclement weather, yes-terday,
a fair number of citizens gath-ered
at the Friends burying ground,
and the Cold Point cemetery, to greet
the Grand Army on their annual visit
to decorate the graves of departed
comrades, and interesting services
were conducted at each place.
Several persons of the Community
were at Willow Grove on Wednesday
to bid good-bye to the boys starting
from that point to Camp Meade. A
few of those who entrained were res-idents
of the Community, and rela-tives,
as well as friends, gave them
a cheerful send off.
Th,e pupils of the Consolidated
School made a splendid record for
the month of May In the Thrift Stamp
enterprise in which thew are so act-ively
engaged. Sales wore as fol-lows:
May 1st , $ 81.00
May 8th 50.60
May lath 70.78
May 22nd 441.60
May 20th ..- 126.00
Total - 1784.76
The efforts of one boy In the Sev-enth
grade resulted In 78 War Saving
Stamps; and one high school girl
made a return for 13. For the 8
weeks, In which faculty and pupils
have devoted their attention tp this
mutter, a total of $1028.75 has been
gathered In to assist In swuunix the
German Autocrat. It Is an old adage
that "Nothing succeeds like success,"
and the success attending the efforts
made, has aroused a determination to
make the closing weeks of'the school
year, break all previous records.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
This evening at 8 P. M. service pre-paratory
lo the Communion. Sab-bath
at 10.30 A. M. the Sacrament of
the lord's Supper; at 7.30 P. M. the
Pastor will preach. Sabbath School
and Men's Class at 9.in A. .M. Y. P.
S. C. E. Prayer Meeting at 6.45 P. M.
Theme: Christian Duty and Privilege,
in Service, in Church, and Commun-ity.
Mark 12: 28—34. (Consecra-tion
meeting.) Business meeting
Monday; Congregational Monthly
Missionary Meeting Wednesday, both
at 8 P. M.
SPORTING GOODS of all kins at.
•KBHOKfci, Hector eireet.—Ai»Y.
The senior class of the high school
completed their four years' work on
Tuesday and the honor members are
Misses Mary llaverstick and Claudia
Wilson. Miss llaverstick took first
honors with an average of 91.3 and
19 1-4 units of credit. Miss Wilson
was second with an average of 93 and
19 3-4 units of credit. The averages
based on the entire four years work.
The class Is now preparing for olasfl
week and the commencemnt which
will be held Wednesday evening. June
19, In the high school auditorium.
The class will give the annual play,
Saturday evening, .Mine 16th in the
auditorium. The play Is "Th c.lonah"
I Pleasing farce comedy. The follow-ing
Tuesday evening will be Class
Hay. The public is Invited to tin I x_
Sroises which will be an evening of
fun. The Class history and prophecy
will be read and the students will have
a lot of good nonsense.
The class is composed of 24 gradu.
atsa nnd the following is the roll:
Hannah R. Atkinson Margaret IJeil
Mary Albright Norr'.s Dans
Fanny Brownback Marcella McCoy
Clarence Campbell
Austin Davlea
William Davig
Cora Dalbey
Carrie Elliott
Mary llaverstick
Gordon Hamilton
Prances llefenflngcr
Janet Hamilton
Charles Miller
iirl Vagi le
William Pleraon
I'.'lcanor Rlghter
Isabella Ramsey
Elizabeth Raysor
Alfred RUB)
i.oi« Wentling
Claudia Wilson
NO CHARGES AGAINST
ISAAC FISCHBEIN
Isaac Fischbcin, a former resident of
this borough and who conducts a shoe
and furnishing store at Broad and
Shank streets, Philadelphia, was ar-rested
last Tuesday by government
agents. Pischbcin had a locker de.
partment connected with his store,
which Is near the navy yard In times
of peace, men In the service would
engage a locker to store their clothes.
Since the outbreak of the war and the
regulations of the navy thai enlisted
in. n cannot Wear civilian clothes.
Fisohbeln has discontinued his locker
business.
Tuesday, two agents entered his
store and asked him to get them
whisky. He refused. They then ask-ed
him to rent them two lockrs. IK
snld he did not rent to men In the ser-vice,
The men disclosed their Iden-tity
and order, d 1'isehlieln to appear
at vice squad headguartera. He did
so. and was discharged.
Christian Speaker, mill superin-tendent
of ihe J. Wood eV Brotl
department of he Alan Wood Iron &
Steel Company, celebrated his 81st
birthday anniversary, last .evening,
at his home, Seventh avenue and
Harry street ..
Mr. Speaker's family had planned
to celebrate his birthday with n fam-ily
reunion yesterday He approved
of the plan but said he would not bo
able to be present until evening as
he was too busy ai the mill, and. any-how,
he did not believe iu taking a
day off lor such occasions. •
l/ast evening Ins seven children
and ten grain, children gathered st
his home and after s line birthday
dinner, spent an enjoyable evening,
and today .Mr. Speaker is again at-tending
to his duties at the mill as
usual.
Mr. Speaker nad an eventful career
In his younger days. Ke v.us born
in Denmark, May 30, 1837, He burn-ed
the trade of ship carpenter and'
went to sea. Ho served on numerous
ships and later became ship's carpen-ter
on the famous immigrant ship,
Tonawanda. which brought so many
of the Conshohocken's early resi-dents
from overseas. »vuiie seivtng
on the Tonawanda, the vessel was
captured by the Confederate iwer,
i In Alabama. Mr. Speaker, with
the rest of the crew, was placed in
irons and held prisoner until the Ala-bama
entered a Southern port. Ho
was later exchanged and again went
to sea. In his trips to Philadelphia,
he greatly admired the city and on
his next trip, he lefl hi* ship ai Phil-adelphia
and remained In the city for
a short lime and iu 1867 came to'Con-slioiiocken.
He scoured improyiueBi.
In the rolling mills ol J Wood 6 Bro-then
and is still there For nianjr
years, he was mill wrlghl and had
charge of all the ni w and repair work.
For a nuniTier'tif years, he has
mill superintendent and every day
lie can be found hustling on the job
with as much energy and rigor as
men many years younger.
In 18C4, Mr Speaker married Mag-gie
Hovelow, who is now an invalid
and has been confined to her home
for souw lime. To their union, 8
children were born, one of whom is
dead.
-Mr. Speaker has always been a
Republican in politics and in the
years 1883-4-6 served as Town Coun-cilman
from the fifth ward.
Yesteruay he was warfnly con-gratulated
by his many friends and
his associates in the mills. He en-joys
the best of health, has never bad
a serious illness and it is an exceed-ingly
rare occasion, something more
important than an Mar birthday,
when he takes a day off.
«
THRIFT STAMP DRIVE
SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS
Thomas Fogarty was sentenced to
jail for 2 years, to pay a fino of $10
and costs of prosecution, Wednesday,
in plead guilty court, by Judge Miller.
Fogarty pleaded guilty to stealing
a quantity of brass from the boiler
house of the Conshohocken stono
Quarries, operated by Doughten and
Son, in the north end of tho borough
Injectors were stripped from the holl-er
and a lubricator was taken from
the engine. Fogarty tried to.sell his
loot to a local junk mun, who repor-ted
the matter to the police and Fog-arty
was arrested. He had no possi-ble
defense as a watchman at the
quarry saw him removing the articles
believing ho had been sent to make
repairs.
APPOINTED LIEUTENANT
Thomas Ellwood Webster, son of
Davis Webster, was yesterday ap-pointed
second Lieutenant of Infan-try
..Lieutenant Webster had been sta-tioned
at . Camp Hancock. Ga. Ha
played end on the Conshohocken foot
bail team, and has a host of friends
here who are glad to near of his
promotion
District Chairman, B. K. TomlliiHon,
of the West Conshohocken district,
In the recent War Saving drive com-pleted
a report of the amount sub-scribed
in sectioa up until May is,
the last day of the week's drive. The.
total at ihut time wus $10 000, and
this amount is being materially added
to every day. Mr. Tomlinson re-ports
that mail carrier, John Stewart,
yesterday sold WOO. worth of the
certificates, and there is every Indi-cation,
he states, that the district
will secure l|a allotment of $60,000 by
the end of the year.
Mr. Tomlinson desires to thank his
helpers and workers, lixttnding par-ticular
thanks to the ward captains
and lieutenants, who were: First
ward captain. Mrs. Derr; Lieutenants,
the Misses Margaret i^onstantlne,
Catharine Howell, Elizabeth McSl
Margaret Graham, Dorothy McKay,
Margaret Murpiiy and Sara Miller.
Second Ward; Mrs. Poiheiingham,
captain. Lieutenants; Mrs. (ohm,
Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Barrou. Mrs.
Smythe and Miss Frances K. it. ding-ton.
Third ward: Mrs. M. Da^is,
traptaU.!*. Lieutenants; Mrs. Reed,
.Mrs EUsteoe, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. A.
MacKenSie and Miss Flora Dehavcn,
upper Merlon district: Benj. Red-ington
and Harry Blsenberg, captains.
Mrs. William I., unoii and Mrs. John
O'Neill. Lieutenants.
REUNION ST. JAMES—
PERKIOMEN
The seventeenth annual reunion of
the descendants ot early members of
St. James Episcopal Church of I'er-kionien,
Dvansburg, Pa., will bo held
on Saturday, June 1st, 1918.
Exercises will consist of Morning
Prayer at llo'clock, with an address
on Rev. William Currle, one oi the
early rectors of St. .lames, by Rev. W.
Herbert Burk. rector of Washington
Memorial. Valley Forge.
Lunch will be served at 12.30 P. M.
A business meeting will bo held
at 2 P. M.
List your house for
LIGHT. He has the
Fayette street
sale with
buyers.—SOS
DR. K. J.%IEYEB8
Daatiat.
75 Nyitto 8tseet. Adv.