The Conshohocken Recorder, July 16, 1920

              t Consljoljocken
Number ."i.'JIl PUBLISHBD HTVBRT
TUhiSUAir AND FRIDAY ("ONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, JULY IK, 1920. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
$1.60 A YEAR
PRICE TWO CENTS
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Councilman Charges Mistake in
Plans and Borough is Asked
to Pay for Extras
THREATENS AN INJUNCTION
i i indl, ,11 thi rei ular meeting, _
\V. .1 tn -^i i\ evening, bitterly opposed
a proposition from the county com-missioner*
submitted by consulting
( in-ill, ,-i i: II Davl on Ihe mal t< r of
. - I for the new bridge
ami lowei Fayette Btreet, The coun-ty's
proposition was submitted in a
letter .mil resident engineer . Stlnaon
was present at Ihe meeting and sub-mitted
-i plan of the proposed method
of disposing ni ' he surface «ater
Tin lettei stati ii Uiai the county
i ai I>I "* Hi' 'i u ■• w. i 11 urn the Bast
ami!in, in .ii the P. A R 11a< ki t"
the river, and three catch base* la
catch the Burface water From the
bridge. The plans were made to dla.
of i in- Btoi III water from t he
bridge through two 10-inch pipes,
This Is suiiiii. nt for the bridge but
r, n ii,,i take can of the storm water
IMHII Fayette street, ami the borough
is .iski-ii in inniii a 24-Irich aewet con-necting
tli«' flumes undet the Pennsyl-i
Railroad i,ri,hi I,, connect with
tin bridge sewer and to pay the dlf-i,
11 in-.- in cost tn build a -i-ini-ii
■ewer In place of lO.lnch as called for
In the pi esenl pla ns,
it was -.i ted th< Pennsylvania have
new Humes to place under their bridge
and ii would be a great benefit to the
borough in have all storm water con-fined
ami emptied lulu the river with-out
any overflow on the street s at
in i ■ • nt,
The in u work would require '■'■"<'
I,. • of 24-Inch tcira cotta eewer pipe
and the estlro Job would cost between
$1500 nnd (2000.
The letter also suggested that tho
new curb and sidewalks from the P.
11 I; In i.i.. in -in n, u la ill---- ■ II.I-.M
conform to ' he new Bunv a und r the
railroad brl i
Mi. Stinson.was given the prlvllegi
nf tin- II.1.1, .9V1 submitted a drawing
of the proposed work for council's
linn.
.'ii O'Brien stated that a mistake
hail I., i a in nil- in the plans by not
provldinj adequate sewerage for tat
i .111 \mi.- i.l ill- I..I III Wat i fi-.iin l-'ay.
i iii street A water course, if out,
niii-i in- restored as well or better than
• the Interruption nnd the county
• HI the Fayette street course and
now i-iiiiii s in and wants the borough
tn pay for a new system. The water
was never diverted from Fayette street
he said, until tin- bridge eontrnctors
diverted ii ii-- asked the solicitor if
tho county Is iini responsible for re-oonatructing
the course.
The solicitor replied thai the county
must take cart' of Fayette street water
ami stated that the engineer proposed
that if the borough will boar part of
the expense a better sewage plan than
has existed or provided under the
pii sent plans will result.
Mi O'Brien said the present plans
will in,i work as two 1Or Inch seweri
Will not carry the Hlorm water and the
borough is being asked t"> pay for
some one's mistakes and the contrac-
!. i an- Coming in fni extras, 11<- also
stated that as the borough wns not
slu.wii in .ai- nil- -I alinill the pi.ins.
ii should n i "butt" iii now. Hi- then
in,iii,- II mi,Hun thul action On the let-iii
if Mr. 1 >a\ is' be postponed. He
added that he would vote against any
proposition for the borough to spend
mi. cent tor the expenses of paying for
a ii i. ' v..-. as the pi i si ni iii
methods are adequate.
Mr. Noblll .ml if an action was taken
tin eounty may go ahead and build the
10-lnch sewers and these will not be
sufficient. What will the borough do?
Mr. O'Brien quickly replied; "We
will get an Injunction and stop the
work."
Mr. Noblll said he would pot vote
(,., .in, i xpi millui-i- in corn ol thi mal
n,i Mi •'■ Iger also stated that as
iiii- i- nv ii responsible, he would nol
ia' oi the borough paying anything.
Mi O'Brien's motion i" postpone ac-tion
was i.u rled
Eighteen .Men Had
A Narrow Escape
Charged with malicious mischief,
John Popec, ol Bwi deland. furnished
-.iii II cash bail before Magistrate
-.■ii. ni Norristown, Tuesday for
a bearing on Wednesday morning.
i in deft miani mi., form< rly em-ploy"
'l as an ami Ini ir with tne Alan
Wood Iron and Steel Company. It
was his duiy to have charge oi the
engine thai pulled the car* containing
molten metal from Bwedelond acrosi
the bridge over the Bchuylklll to the
Alan Wood plant.
Reccntij Popec was demoted from
iii- position as engineer and given an
inferior Job, A few day; later ii was
discovered thai an effort had been
i adi io wreck the train which carried
ihe molten metal across the river
bridge. The engineer discovered a
big spike in the switch. He stopped
iin lain iii time o prevent an acci-dent.
The next day iho engineer dis-covered
a stone wedged In the
switch. There were eighteen men
working beneath the swiich and had
the cars toppled over they would have
been covered w-iih the red hot metal.
Later in HIP day it Is aliened thai
Popec was detected looking around
in the vicinity of the twitch. A war-rani
was then sworn out for his ar-rest
Ball was furnished by a Bridgeport
business man and the defendant was
released, Popec was formerly cm-plnyi-
ii as an engineer with the .Man
Wood Iron and Steel Company, it was
iii-i duty i" have charge of the engine
thai pulled ihe cars containing molten
metal from Swedi la nd ncro s the
Bchuylklll to the Alan Wood plant.
Recently rupee was demoted from
the position ns engineer and Riven an
Inferior Job, A few days later II was i
discovered thai on effoi-t had I n
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'5.
Councilman O'Brien Says He is
Contemplating Plan That Will
Stop Rate Raising
N0BLIT QUITS CHAIRMS'HP
Town council paid Its water bill for
Ore protection service amounting to
$4641.55 of which J!j8.G8 wa tor In
iin-si. for the year April i. irsg., io
Apt il l. 1919. A bill "i 8960 tor 84
Bit hydrants at the rate oi $60 per an
limn per hydrant wa.t also submitted,
i being for the quarter from inly 1,
1920, in October I, 1920 This bill
being for payment in advance was nol
paid us the borough refuses to borrow
money and pay Interest to pay bills
in advance.
The water Mil brought about a
heated debate inn Mr, O'Brien's mo-tion
to pay the old hill was earned
with only one dissenting rote, Mr.
Williams voting no.
The hill was presented by the po-lice,
Ore and water committee and
Mr. Date stated thai if the solicitor
advised payment, the bill should be
paid as interest was being charged.
Solicitor Holland stated thai tho
public service commission nnd the
superior court decided ihe hill must
In- paid.
Mr. O'Brien moved the hill be paid
Mr. Williams objected on the mounds
'i i' the borough had no Information
io the milage of tin- chargable
nine in the borough nnd asked of the
:.iio feet nf 6-inch pipe In Wes: -tenth
' avenue which is f, d by •" 2 Inch plp<
i Included in the bill. The question
WM not answered and without this
mode to wreck the train whlch'carried knowledge Mr Williams refund to
iin- lien meta lacross the river
bridge. The engineer discovered n big
Bplke n Ihe swtch, He stopped the
train in time to pre ildent.
Tin- III xi day the engineer dlseover-
, ,i a slum- wedged In the switch.
There were eighteen nun working be.
inaiii the switch and had the
toppled over they would have
said ROUncll .should ascertain from Ihe
n irioonv nf tiv watermalns.
Mr Hale informed council thai he
bad an interview with the water com-
• ."r>v rebtt've in ihe lire hvriranl or-dered
for Tenth :i'-enue and Maple
cars 1 sheet and WAS told the enmnanv hail
been n" money for extension'' bin should
covered with Ihe red hoi metal. Later I the be.rn-.ieh nay Its hack bill, the
in the day it la alleged that Poj waajwoney would be used to lav •• 6-lnch
detected looking i>round in the vicinity
of the suItch
It MM Stated at the hearing thai
Popec was paid 150 when engineer, bul
when ii ewes demoted to brakeman his
pay was less than $ln s weef Special
Officer Joseph Carroll stated thai the
foreigners did no twanl the Amerclatta
wnrklnK on Ihe railroad and did their
best to make il unpleasant for them.
Austin ii. Tui-icy. the engineer who
succeeded rupee, testified tho the saw
the defendant bending over the switch
at 11.80 o'clock last Saturday night-
He Investigated and found a large
piece of cinder had been Wedged in Hie
switch,
Nlghl Superintendent W. R- Welsh
Vslitied thai In- saw Ihe defendant
tampering with the switch and after-words
witness removed a spike Mike
Connedy, a track walker, testified thai
PARK YOUR CARS
ON THE RIGHT SIDE
ii.n ifti r, when yon park your mo-tor
In the highway! of the borough.
park il :-o thai vim will Be 10 posllion
to stan In the direction of the traffic.
I! you are driving north mi Fayette
Btreet and want to stop at the |iost-ofllci-
or a business house on the wesl
side of the si net, you nmsi leave
your car on the east side, else you
may be caught by Hie Slate police
and find our little ride across the
street to be a very expensive one.
State troopers pa.s through here
regularly and are on the lookout tor
violations of the motor laws and all
oilier Mai ■ laws. This morning sov
era I ears wen- parked in Fayette
si net headed against the proper di
i.'.iiiin tor traffic and ■ Btate troop-er
wailed uniil the drivers appeared
and politely told them their can wen-parked
not in accordance with the
traffic laws, saying Miat the police
did not wish to bother people but the
laws must be obeyed.
I, iin i„ Tenth nvenue **»<! the hviranl
would be in-'-illcil. This work should
Vf ,i™n |n tho very near future as
the hill Ins linen paid.
To Stop Rate Raising.
Mr. O'Brien said the constant raise
in water rates for public and domes
tic service lind given him much con
II in and thai he will shortly submit
a plan lo council llial will gel back
atiiini w.-, er company, lie said his
M?UMII would be no complete- and) ta|r
that no fair court would re.jecl il.
Mr. O'Brien Raid be was not ready
, to divulge his plan as there are aome
i details he wishes IO complete before
presenting bul would give council
an inkling of it. lie said Consho-liocken
lias been and is discrimin-ated
ngalnsl by being compelled to
pay the same rates as districts In
he found a spike and piece of wood • which it is far more expensive to dla-wedged
in the switch. Several id hers
win- on hand i" testify, but M
trate f>nhardt decided thai he had
sufficient e' idence on which to hold
Popec for eourt.
FORMER POLICEMAN
MULCTED WITH COSTS
Ambrose Mullen, a former police-man,
was given a bearing before Mag
(strata Smith charged with Mrs.
Blanche McFarland; with assault and
battery and dlsord< rly conduct, n
was testified be catnc to her I e and
broke windows in her house and
struck her. He did nol deny the
charge. The case was settled by
Mullen paying the costs and entering
a bond to keep the peace.
Engagement Announced
Mrs. Elisabeth A. Porresl announces
the engagement of her daughter Alice
tn Mi. M. Kit ■ ii March, son "f Mr.
ami Mrs. M. I. March, of 1421 DeKalb
si ,i ei. Norrlstovi n,
BICYCLE REPAIRING
DRItS at KEHOE8,
Street—Adv.
and
21?
SUN.
Hector
tribute water and Hie company has a
greater outlay in investment per Bar-vice,
lie said Conshohocken is one
mile Bquare and has 10 miles of mains
i Inches and larger, and thai tbe popu
latlon is "-11ni which shows over 800
persona are served from each mile of
main. He compared the town with
Lower Merlon with 75 miles of malm
and a population of 23,000 showing a
Bcrvlce of 820 persons per mile ol
main. He concluded that the itmsi
I,,, in ni the company is far greater
ir proportion for the business dona or
iin returns received in Lower Merlon
ii,: n in Conshohocken, He contended
thai Conahohocken la the most com-pact
territory Berv Id bj Ibe company
and ;i is discriminated against In
favor of the more Bparcely s< ttled
i nlillir.lllil ies.
\ii. O'Brien promised to aubmlt his
plan in full when lit- completes Ihe
herlng of his information and win
BUbmll ii 10 council with the idea of
Using it tO relieve Ihe people of the
borough of high water rates.
Demand Street Opening,
it was reported to souncll thai the
property owners In Wesl Eleventh
.,.1-mie are raisin- a I und to lake the
necessary legal steps to compel the
borough to make the avenue passable
a- i In roadway is in such condition
as lo be impassable for vehicles.
Council waB asked to taki some ac-tion
to -i'-e the "people relief. The
matter was referred to il"' street
i i.uimii tee.
To Abate Nuisance.
By a motion of Mr. uUrten, which
.carried, the clerk was Instructed to
notify tbe board of health to take
I action to abate a nuisance created by
the Processed Oil Corporation, an oil
! concern with a factory on the berme
Cleveland Hester, a colored It -,.,- bank. Mr. O'Brien Bald an odor BP
at the Itaincv-YV I plant. Swcii,land, offensive cm mates I rotti the plan
lhal distresses citizens ihrongbout
the town nnd especially in the lower
-i i lions ol town. He stated tnnt
i Mi mimes people are unable lo s>o|>
In cause ol the obnoxious odor.
Scores P. S. Commission.
Mr. Williams gave a short report of
the doings ai ihe recent convention
nf the Uoroughs .•.ssiiciau.iii st
Btroudsburg. He said the convention
was nol as good OS Ihe one held last
year bul thai il was a profitable meet-ing,
lie said the great I rouble ex-
BLUE BELL INN
TRANSFER REFUSED
Herman Preschmann Not a Capable
Proprietor, is Opinion of
Court Judges.
Thai Herman Praschmi on, who for
; number ol .'.ears managed the iti'
tenhouse, the St. James and Walton
Hotels, in Philadelphia, was absolute-ly
unlit to hold a license for the Blue
III II Inn. Sklppack and I'en'.lyn turn-
DlkjtS, Was tin- opinion expressed
Wednesday by Judges Swartz and
Miller in the Norristown Court, who
refused t<> allow the transfer of the
Ho n-e irom John Hinkle to Presi b
mann,
Preschman baa been manager of the
plaei- for Hinkle since ill" early part
ol May. since when, according to tea
lilnony ol neighbors, the peace of the
community has been disturbed by
di tin ken men and women who travel
ed in high priced automomles.
Preschman, In defense, said it was
all a mistake, thai the sounds and tbe
scenes depicted never occurred, thai
he wa: oareful <>t the conpuct of the
place. He declared the hotel busi-ness
is a harder proposition than it
over Was, hard to prevent persons
Coming inio the place with liquor con-cealed
in l raveling bags or BUltcasei
and then partaking of it without re-straint.
He declared, however, that
When any persons came half intox-
Icated, they were invariably refused
service. He said thai he put the last
dollar lie had io buy the inn from
ninkle for $26,000. It developed.
however, 'hat the money had nol been
actually paid, only $600, ;.wailing the
outcome of the contest.
Mrs. Mary \v. Brauer, who lives
m xt door bul one irom the inn. testi-fied
I Iin I sin had seen Inioxicaled per-sons
coming out of the place as late
i. % o'clock in the morning, and thai
■hi' bad heard women pleading with
men (o take thi m home, men who
Wei e drunk.
tin one occasion she saw fourteen
men on the porch of the hotel acting
boisterously, bhe sail, and, when one
.1 the party was found lo be missing
a search was Instituted and he was
found on Penllyn pike, lying on the
hank, when her husband telephoned
lo Hinkle, owner ol tlie plact, but who
lives two miles away, and asked that
In look after the place, id stop the
disorder. Hinkle told Bauer, she
testified, to "go to i ' where aft
lllf nlher people ol the place might
go. Her sister, MM. Anna Ruth, gave
similar testimony, as did Mrs. John
Reyner.
in refusing to grant the transfer
Of the license In IVeschlliann. Judges
Bwartc and Miller declared thai iliey
w, i, com ii 'ni thai ihe applicant
iiadn'l demonstrated ris ptness for
the place.
The Court made ii plain mal hotel
men who didn't have BUJRclenl super-vision
over their places to prevent
patrons Irom drinking liipior witli
Ibeir meals, een though thoy brought
ire liquor With them, should not ex-peel
any leniency from the foul, he
cause on account oi such violations of
ihe law they abused the privilege
granted to them. The Court cldn'1
see why I'reschniann needed a liquor
license lo serve chicken dinners,
which he claimed was iii.i prlnclpae
business.
HiT1MP.il
Coal Train Crew Finds Open
Switch in Time to-Save Fast
Main Line Train
POLICE IN NIGHT HUNT
An attempt was made on Weitnes-day
night in wreck train No, IN. on
lln main line Of the,Reading Railway,
a short distance above the West Con-shotfocken
station.
The railroad people believe ii was
tlie intention to wreck the south
bound milk train, one of the lasiesl
i rains on I lie road which carries milk
from the upstate farms Into i'hii
adelphla sod passes through Weal
Conshohooken at 10.32 P. .M. at a
p. id of about ail miles pel nour.
The crew oi | ninth bound train
ol empty COal ears Which passed the
Station a few minutes after ten o'clock
noticed i In- switch lamp where the
siding joined the south bound track
to be in a wrong position, designating
the swiich was open. TWO sleel Cart
well- on ihe siding and no engine or
tolnmen were about. The crew knew
the fast I rain was not due for some
I init- and wired Bridgeport slat ion ol
finding the swiich open. Word was
wired to llie olllcials at Reading and
the milk train was slopped at Bridge-port
and a number Oi railroad police
men boarded it.
The Main stopped a short distance
gbove ihe open switch and the police
left the train and scoured the Sur-rounding
country In Bearch ol sus-picious
characters. The train pro-eeeded
to its destination.
Had the open swiich noi been dis-covered
b) the crov, of the passing
train, the fast milk train would not
have been able to slop even should
the engineer noi iced I lie wrong posi-tion
of the lamp as the distance would
,have been too short lo step the heavy
train going at high speed.
Il Is believed the switch lock was
opened With a key and the railroad
policemen are following every clue
and hope lo make an arrest.
ROY HATFIELD'S CONDITION
The condition of County CommiUS-loner
IJ'iv \. Il.ittlelil. who has been ill
at Atlantic t'liy. is reported today ns
being considerably Improved. Mr, Hat-field
suffered n breakdown in health i
several weeks ago and went to the
seashore lo rest, lie is now planning
in spend a few weeks in the Adiron-dack
Mountains with Dr. Charles Hat-fleld.
n brother
ALLEGES LARCENY
swore out D warrant before Magistrate
Clark last evening, charging Cleveland
Marshall another workman, \silh lar-tji-
iiy of three silk shirts ,a rasor and
, a gold chain.
Hester claims that bis locker at the
pliant was broken open and the articles
, vii<en ni^ Monday, arahall lives at
1.", I :' Willow street. Noi rislown.
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RAKOSKY'H. 7» Fayette 8t*—Adv.
Advertise in THE RECORDER
Girl Unit When Auto
Collides With Truck
AN* INTERESTING HEARING.
Fifteen niinuies before the time
scheduled tot the convening of 'nun
council for its monthly session, Wed-nesday
• venlng, ami in tin presence of
several councllmen, C, A, Deslmone,
secretary of the Chamber of Commerce
and bis brother Sol, Deslmone, were
arranged before Burgesa Ray, in ihe
borough hail, charged with violating
the law governing the operation of
motoi vehicles,
The Burgess opened the hearing bj
asking <'. A. Deslmone to tell what he
said wlnn 111.- nlMi-ii- served a notice
upon htm to appear for a hearing,.
Deslmone replied thai thai did not 'li-ter
into the case.
• ifflcer Hi aid testified thai I ■• sl-mone
admitted that he had Bold his
automobile and purchased another and
operated the new machine without
having secured new license tags nnd
thai his brother was operating the
machine sold under the old license,
Tin- officer also told tin- story, at the
instigation of the burgess, as to what
was said when the notice was served.
Tin- officer said when he notified Des-lmone
in appear fo*f a hearing, he re-plied:
a boy was permitted to operate
an automobile without Interference.
The burgesa asked I ii-siniom- Hie Imy's
name, lie said he dill imt know his
name hut had seen him operating a
car. The burgess then said: "If yen
an- BUCb a gOOd eili/.ell. why did you
noi report the matter to the police?"
Deslmone said the police saw the
violation and II was nol his business
to report such occurrences.
The burgess then delivered a lecture
in which he said he ami the officers
try to treat cvi-ryone alike and make
no exceptions. The burgess then s:nil
"Yon are a law abiding cltlxen and
this is your tii-i offense, II would in-better
ir you did nni talk an much as
thai is why your are here."
The burgesa then said hi knew all
about the child driver nnd the matter
had been attended i" Ha Instructed
Deslmone nol to take oul hla oar un-til
his new license was received, He
then discharged him,
Dedtmone stated thai he believed be
had a right to operate under the li-cense
of Hie car as be had made ap_
plication I'm his new license, and snld
If in- was wrong, he desired no lenien-cy
bul desired lo be lined as he 1
Ileved the trnfflo laws should he up-held.
Sol. Deslmone was then Riven a
hearing and discharged as ha was
Ignbranl of the law and it was his
tn i violation of the traffic laws.
The bbrgesa and the secretary of the
ciiamii. . of Commerce Bhook hunts
avowed friendship nnd the councllmen
adjourned to tin uniil chamber tor
a lonp hot session of argument and
debate.
TWO LUNATICS CAPTURED.
A man with bi< clothing dripping
w.-t was found by Officer Ruth wan
derlng about Blast Hector street last
fvening. Tbe man was dressed in
the iinilorm of patients at the Stale
hospital, Norristown, He was taken
lO the police station and the hospital
authorities came here ibis morning
and look him back to the institution.
The man was Albert Smith and he
told attendant Hoffman, of the hos-pital,
that he was lost. That lie had
climbed over the wall last nislil and
w.ided in a creek. He did noi re-member
where he had been or how
he came here. During his wander-ings
he did no harm and was glad '"
he taken back lo the hospital.
A colored man. who gave the name
Of James Jackson, but could give DO
Other account Of himself, was seen
Wandering about the road and fields
at Wood l.nne for the pasi iwo days
and last evening he Was taken in
Charge by the Lower Merion police.
They found the man lo be demented
anil they are trying to locale ihe
man's relatives and friends.
The police believe lie came here as
a railroad worker and thai he is from
Mncnn, Qa., as he named streets and
people of I lint city, and said it did not
cost him anything to come North, The
man will be examined a* to his san-ity
and should his relatives be nol lo-cated
he will be sent lo ura State
hospital.
DR. ROBERT ELZEY, Dontlat.
310 Pavette 8tre«t.
DR. WEINTRAUB—DR. MEYERS
Dontistt—75 Fayette St
Office Heu 1-8—» A. M lo R P. M. dally.
Visit the CONSHOHOCKEN TIRE
REPAIR CO. .for cheap tirei.—Adv.
A Ford touring car owned and
driven by Howard Roberts, West
fourth avenue, collided with and dls
aided a live-ton truck of the People's
Sanitary Hairy in North Lane, shortly
before 7 o'clock this morning, and
Miss .Muriel Baker, of the Consho-bocken
pike, a passenger in the Ford
was Injured and required the services
ni a physician. The other occupants
of the car suffered bruises. The Ford
was badly battered bul was able to
operate under its own power while
the iruck was completely disabled.
The party of Hie Ford car was com-posed
of Mr. Roberts, Walter lirown.
Blast Fourth avenue, Heoige WJIson.
\\e. i Fourth avenue and Miss Baker.
Thej an all employes of the l-ee
Tire and Rubber Componj and were
on their way lo the plain. They were
traveling In North lane and going ai
lair speed when Ihe big truck sudden-ly
darted into the roadway from the
driveway of the home of .1. Ellwood
I .i 11, and the Ford collided with Ihe
truck striking the latter squaely In
the middle bending the chassis. The
passengers in tbe Ford, With the ex-ception
of Mr. Roberts, who was driv-ing,
were thrown from the car. Miss
Baker was struck in the back by a
limb of a tree and for B tins it wns
In lieved she was badly injured. The
Ford was foreed agShMt the embank
mint on Hie side of the road which
prevented it from overturning.
William Murray was following the
Ford in his car and did not see or
hear the l ruck until t lie accident oc-curred.
He look Miss Baker In bis
car ami hurried her to tin hospital al
the Lee plain and a physician was
summoned who found Miss Maker was
nol badly hurl bul had received ;i
heavy blow on the back from the ef-fects
of which she will rapidly recov-er
she was taken to her home. The
injuries of the men were dressed and
they went lo work.
Mr. Roberta bad been taking his
fellow employes to work daily in his
ear and yesterday morning as they
passed the Lee home, the milk I ruck
came out the driveway hut gave a
warning with a horn. This morning,
Mi. Roberta expecting to meet Ihe
truck. Slowed bis Car tO pass the
driveway and not hearing any warn-in
' proceeded and Hie accident re-l
lllled.
The Ford had its fendeis and i^n-ning
boards stripped off. The frame
of the truck and axle were bent.
B. Carl Koch, '20. C. H. S.
Wins State Scholarship
Awarded to County "H
DR. WEINTRAUB—DR. MEYER8
Dentists—75 Fayette St
Office Hi urs—9 A. M. to 8 P. M. dully
WON IN EXAMINATIONS
H. i 'ail Koch, \ ah dictori.in of the
-n i 'hiss "I the Ii cal high school has
won additional honors i". him i II and
his school by winning the scholarship
I'm- Montgomery county awarded by
the Sti ti
The scholarship was won in COIB-p..|.;,\
i examinations with grntluatei
of all the high selnmis in the county.
Thi Stati awards oni scholarship to
each county each year,
Koch » ill receive ■-'."" per ■ > '"'"
four years to aid in pa; in- Ins tuition
at any one of the Ii'colleges an univer-sities
within the Stale receiving Slate
aid.
Koch has seln inl the University of
Pennsylvania and will enter there BJ
the beginning of tbe fall term to take
a com Be in ch< ralstry.
He was Ihe valedictorian "f his
class anil throughout his school ci
was ii good student, lie was the «m.
n, i of thi '-'."lil me.lal awarded b;
Pittsburgh Alumni ol the Ki nm sslaer
Polytechnic Instiiuti for the boy mak-ing
the best average 111 miithem - .
and si nnei nnd also won the citizens'
prize u.warded lo :. boy member "f the
class for having. Ihe best record In
bis Btudles du.-lng the year.
Dining the hitli sviioo! course, Koch
was iiltracted T" tin study of chemis-try
and worked hard in Hie course td
fit himself for advanced study of the
BClcl
Immediately after his graduation,
, , ureil a position in the laliralory
of the Cooper ruck Chemical Com-pany.
Weal Consholiocken. ami is mak-ing
good progress In his xvork.
The winning • ' the scholarship Is A
|,i..|i tribute In the local high school
;,s Iini. are a ininilii r of schools In
Ibe county with n larger enrollment
and as the .-•In'l.iJ ship was i omp
for by gi.eh.all of ibis year from all
the four-year h'gh schools, the facul-ty
and students greatly appreciate the
hi.nor won I-." I'H ir school.
Young Koch is a son •■>( Mr. and
.\hs. Ilenjaniln Koch. I'.asl Seventh
avenue, and bis parents are greatly
pleased with tl-.c honors won by their
son ninl an anang'inu for Ins entrance
into the I'niversity lor u four year
course In chemist ry. , .
BABY COACHES RETIRED at KE-HOSS.
217 Hector otrs.t-Ady,
BRIDE SAYS SHE
WAS ASSAULTED
"Can I have a man arrested who is
beating my wife?" exclaimed William
Zearfoss as he rushed into the pri-
■veto office of Chief of Police Eller at
city hall. Norristown at !' o'clock
yesterday morning.
"Certainly." replied SHler. "If you
go gel a warrant I Will serve il for
you."
"Where is your wife?" Inquired the
chief.
"Jac" Hogen has her locked in a
room at Main and Mill Streets," was
ill. reply.
As IVircess Crawford had not yet
arrived at the police station Zearfoss
hurried to the office of Magistrate
l.enhardi and had a warrant issued
for John Hogen. who has n room at
No. 248 F.isi Main street Chief Eller
arrested Uogen in Iho hallway of the
r-ntrtmont house partially under Ihe
inlluence of liquor. Magistrate l.en-hardt
committed the defendant for a
hearing today.
Mrs. Zearfoss w.is the onlv witness
Called, She admitted thai she was a
bride of Iwo days, having been mar-l
by Magistrate P. H Egbert lo
William Zearfoss on Tuesday after-noon.
Her name hefo-e she was mar-ried
to Zetrt'oss was Mrs. Kale Mei •
per. of this borough. She admitted
thai sife was employed -i• housekeep-er
for Hogen before she married
Zearfoss. The bride admitted thai
when she wenl to Rogeu's room yes-terday
morning for her clothing be
was not aware that ahe had been mar-ried
to Zearfoss on Tuesday. When
the woman asked for her clolhlng
Ttocen refused lo 'et her have Ihem.
She says that he struck her on Ihe
hack of ihe head with n bnu contain-ing
clothes pins, larerlaing net- scalp,
The woman also slated that Kogen
hud kicked her about Ihe body. A
woman at the rooming house washed
some of Ihe blood off Mrs. '/enrfoss
head nnd neek before Bhe appeared to
testify.
"Whv didn't yon felt me you were
married and you could have had the
clolhlng." exclaim"!! Rncen.
"You did nol give me a chance tn
evnlain." replied the bride
As the defendant was narHaliv m»-
der the Influence nf liquor tbe Third
wn'-d mn^istrnle continued the hear
ini' until todav. Rngen refused to tell
where he ohtninml Hie liquor.
Rogen i« employed al the round
house in Uridgepot. H» has r>«' be""
working for several days owing lo
the death of a brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Zearfoss are at pres-ent
boarding at Me, 41B Treemount
avenue., Norristown.
Motor Truck Saved by Holts
I.eo Carnoi. ol the firm of lliukel
and Carnoi. local distributors lor ihe
Supplee Ice Cream Company, and
Benjamin Kay were saved Irom ser-ious
injury and th ■ big motor truck
Carnoi wm diKim: was saved from
destruction by an iron bolt In the
Corresi si reel brldgi ovi r the P. R.
I.', tracks yesterday.
Carnoi, accompanied by Kay, was
driving Ihe truck up the sleep g
in Forrest si reel and as lrt> reached
hi> store at Elm street, lie stopped
the heavy truck. The brakes failed
lo hold and Hie heavy machine began
running backwards down Ihe hill and
was out of conl nil. Carnoi and K.y
i mped Irom the machine which
swerved and ran inlo th" railing of
the bridge. Kye witnesses to the
accident believed the truck would rnu
oh Ihe bridge onto the tracks below
when the wooden railing was torn
In.ni its fastenings with great force.
The rear ol Ihe truck extended over
Ihe bridge di ek bu. one of the railing
planks was fastened with a heavy
iron bolt. The wheels brought up
-, ainst this plank. The bolt held
BOd Iho truck was saved.
Will Preach a Base Hall
Sermon lo Players and Fans
Ki-.. Thomas A. Armour, pastor of
tin M. K. church, a base ball Ian and
a one lime player iiid manager, will
preach a sermon lo base ball players
and fans in his church on Sunday
e\.eliing a' '.'■'•<> o'clock. His subject-will
be 'The Came of Life" comparing
the "game oi lile" with its three
bases, home plate and umpire with.
Iin -aim- Of base hall.
Mr Armour is qualified lo speak On
the subjet and make pertinent and
interesting comparisons as lie has had
wide experience in Hie "gi.me of life"
and also in the game of baseball.
For a quarter of a century, he lia»
had to do with Ihe "game of life" as al
minister, ,-eeing life in all ils phases.
He has had a wide experience in base
ball, experiencing I lie enjoyment of
playing the game and the bitter trials
of a manager.
In his young davs. Mr. Armour
played on the base ball and foot ball
learns ol his prep, school and college,
and for llfree years was manager of
the Clifton Heights base hall team ot
the Delaware county league. He was
one of the organizers cf the league
and gave to Clifton Heights its first
enclosed ground*.
His sermon will, undoubtedly, be a
novel and interesting one. There
will he special music for the serving)
under the direction ot Mrs. Eroh. jgj
DR. WEIBiTRAUB—DR. MEYER8 I
Dentists—75 Fayette St
Office Hours—ii ▲, 11. to i I>. M. dally1*;